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Dell notifies customers about data breach

Malwarebytes

Email addresses are a unique identifier that can allow data brokers to merge and enrich their databases. So, this is another big data breach that leaves us with more questions than answers. We have to be careful that we don’t shrug these data breaches away with comments like “they already know everything there is to know.”

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How Your Organization Can Prevent Account Takeover

Security Boulevard

With the acceleration in digital spending, there’s been an increase in related cyberthreats, like account takeover. Account takeover (ATO) occurs when a malicious actor gains unauthorized access to a user’s digital identity account. ATO is often the source of data breaches, theft, and other fraudulent activities.

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Expert releases Metasploit modules for Cisco UCS flaws

Security Affairs

Last week, Cisco released security fixes to address 17 critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting some Cisco Unified Computing products, including Integrated Management Controller (IMC), UCS Director, and UCS Director Express for Big Data. ” wrote the expert. ” reads the security advisory published by Cisco.

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Attunity data leak: Netflix, Ford, TD Bank data exposed by Open AWS Buckets

Security Affairs

Attunity data integration and big data management firm exposed a significant amount of sensitive data through unprotected Amazon S3 buckets. Data integration and big data management firm Attunity exposed a significant amount of sensitive data through unprotected Amazon S3 buckets.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

” Once inside of a target organization, the hackers stole source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data and other information they could use or resell. “SonarX served as an easily searchable repository for social media data that previously had been obtained by CHENGDU 404.” Image: DOJ.

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4 Tips for Securing Your Communication Lines Remotely

CyberSecurity Insiders

Scenarios such as information leaks, wiretapping, and data breaches can compromise your organization. Considering that we are in the age of big data, it has become easier for anyone — including cybercriminals — to acquire sensitive information. . Secure your work-related accounts. Use a secure conferencing app.

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Best Encryption Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Attackers can intercept data transfers, and from there gain access to all manner of sensitive data. Thus, data in transit, as well as data at rest, should be made indecipherable via strong encryption. By encrypting data, it can only be accessed with the right password and by those with the appropriate access rights.