Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

Identity Theft: Leaked personally identifiable information (PIIs) can be used to access accounts on other websites, leading to further information leaks and outright identity theft. Scams, Phishing, and Malware: It is common for unethical hackers and criminals on the Internet to use personal data to create trustworthy phishing emails.

Data breaches 99

Data breaches Identity Theft B2B Phishing 99

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yesterday, I wrote the first part of this 5-part series on fixing data breaches and I focused on education. The next few parts of this series all focus on cures - how do we fix data breaches once bad code has already been written or bad server configurations deployed? Who now owns that data? The cat site?

Data breaches 133

Data breaches Data collection B2B Mobile 133

The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

It is astounding that billions of online accounts have been breached over the past 18 years and that US consumer accounts are by far the most compromised. It’s in findings of a deep dive data analytics study led by Surfshark , a supplier of VPN services aimed at the consumer and SMB markets. Related: VPNs vs ZTNA.

VPN 229

VPN Data breaches B2C Internet 229

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Today, according to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report , phishing is one of the leading five tactics used to initiate data breaches. These include: Implementing a layered email security strategy that accounts for different types of phishing attacks and dissuades bad actors from attempting an attack.

Phishing 97

Phishing Social Engineering Small Business B2B 97

Troy Hunt

JUNE 3, 2020

That's me who's pwned again because my personal data has just turned up in yet another incident from a source I can't attribute. Less than 3 weeks ago I wrote about The Unattributable "db8151dd" Data Breach which, after posting that blog post and a sample of my own data, the community quickly attributed to Covve.

Data breaches 362

Data breaches B2B Marketing Accountability 362

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Researcher discovered that global B2B CRM provider Really Simple Systems exposed online a non-password-protected database with million records. Upon further research, records indicated that the database belonged to global B2B CRM provider Really Simple Systems. Jeremiah finds and reports data breaches and vulnerabilities.

Data breaches 117

Data breaches B2B Education Identity Theft 117

The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2024

The creation of fake websites used for phishing-related attacks (which are a top cause of account takeover (ATO)) is a growing problem that has earned cybercriminals an astonishing $1 billion+ in 2023 alone, according to data from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. That’s more than three times the amount reported stolen in 2020.

Scams 162

Scams B2C B2B Media 162