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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches. 1 in 4 Americans reported that they would stop doing business with a company following a data breach, and 67% of consumers reported a loss of trust in an organization following a breach. What Are Data Breaches?

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RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested

Krebs on Security

Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums , an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015. Coelho landed on the radar of U.S.

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How to manage the security risk of remote working

CyberSecurity Insiders

They need a modern cybersecurity strategy that’s up to date and fit for purpose, particularly at a time when cybercrime is rising across the board. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) the number of data breaches reported in 2021 eclipsed that of 2020 by as early as October.

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Unsecured Database Exposes Data of 80M U.S. Households

The Security Ledger

households, exposing sensitive data and putting people at risk for identity theft, ransomware and other cybercrimes. » Related Stories Veeam mishandles Own Data, exposes 440M Customer E-mails Report: Bad Bots sent One in Five Web Requests in 2018 Mysterious Trisis Malware Strikes Again.

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You’ve Never Heard of the C-Suite Targeting Scam, but It’s a Killer

Adam Levin

With the W2 variety, a citizen of the c-suite requests all the W2s from human resources or accounting–thereby collecting a rich file of personally identifiable information that can be used to commit tax-related fraud as well as all stripe of identity theft. So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing?

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35 million US voter records available for sale in a hacking forum

Security Affairs

. “This suggests the information disclosure is not necessarily a technical compromise but rather a likely targeted campaign by a threat actor redistributing possibly legitimately obtained voter data for malicious purposes on a cybercrime forum,” . electoral process such as voter identity fraud and voter suppression.”

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BEC Still #1, but Investment Fraud passes Romance Scams

Security Boulevard

For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam. Personal Data Breach. Identity Theft. Corporate Data Breach. But this year, we had a change! 600,249,821. 517,021,289. 194,473,055. Real Estate/Rental. 350,328,166. 213,196,082. 98,694,137.

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