Tech Republic Security

APRIL 23, 2020

The event impacted the accounts of almost 8,000 people. Here are tips on how to protect yourself and your organization from website breaches.

Small Business 82

Small Business Data breaches Accountability 82

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The small business (SMB) movement is anything but small. From sole proprietors to startups, businesses with one to four employees account for 1.2 million businesses in the United States. In fact, 42 percent of small businesses plan to increase their security investment within the next 12 months.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

Elaborating more on this, we have explained in this article basic PCI DSS firewall requirements, and the need for small businesses to install firewalls. This helps facilitates better accountability for the security of the CDE. Why does a small business need to have PCI Compliant Firewall?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

More than 16,000 Ivanti VPN gateways still vulnerable to RCE CVE-2024-21894 Cisco warns of XSS flaw in end-of-life small business routers Magento flaw exploited to deploy persistent backdoor hidden in XML Cyberattack disrupted services at Omni Hotels & Resorts HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood technique can be exploited in DoS attacks US cancer center (..)

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Data breaches Small Business Hacking Malware 94

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Yahoo is continuously trying to settle a lawsuit on the massive data breach over the period of 2013 to 2016. million for the settlement of 3 billion hacked accounts. million settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history”.

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Data breaches Small Business Advertising Cryptocurrency 71

Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

According to the 2020 Data Breaches report by Verizon, 25% of all breaches involved the use of stolen credentials. And for small businesses, that number hit 30%. Brute force attacks have a similar share, accounting for 18% of all breaches, and 34% of those for small businesses.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

– card issuer and financial corporation suffered a data breach that exposed personal information from more than 100 million credit applications. Thompson (33) is suspected to be responsible for the data breach. SecurityAffairs – Capital One, Data breach). Capital One, one of the largest U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

Threat actors targeted the company’s employees and contractors to gain access to an internal support and account admin tool. “On January 11, the Mailchimp Security team identified an unauthorized actor accessing one of our tools used by Mailchimp customer-facing teams for customer support and account administration.

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Social Engineering Small Business Marketing Accountability 78

Hot for Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Phishing attacks masquerading as QuickBooks invoices are targeting users of the popular accounting software in an attempt to infect victim’s devices with the infamous Dridex banking Trojan. Emails mimicking a regular QuickBooks invoice that small businesses or organizations usually receive can have severe consequences.

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Malware Banking Small Business Phishing 145

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

The cost of ransomware attacks accounts for 21 percent of the overall expenses, while the cost of malicious insider accounts for 15 percent. Which is the impact of cybercrime on small business? According to the 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 43% of all nefarious online activities impacted small businesses.

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Cybercrime Small Business Data breaches Mobile 118

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Most small businesses use a content management system to build their site. These systems are easy to use and offer the capability to add external features and functionality, which allows businesses to design a fully functioning website without a single line of code. Prioritize Security When Outsourcing Website Help.

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Small Business Identity Theft Data breaches Insurance 98

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Oh, what a year it was for insecurity, and especially for the small business. It wasn’t as though we didn’t already know – that small businesses were firmly in the crosshairs of hackers. And they found it in small business websites. Small businesses are popular targets because they often have lax security.”.

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Cybercrime Small Business Antivirus Malware 87

CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses. Breached employee credentials on dark web pose significant threat to businesses.

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Authentication Small Business Password Management Passwords 75

Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2019

That data included approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and approximately 80,000 bank account numbers on U.S. “Importantly, no credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were compromised and over 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not compromised,” Capital One said in a statement posted to its site.

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Data breaches Small Business Media Accountability 269

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2023

By eliminating many of the current barriers associated with opening bank accounts, blockchain-based banking solutions have the potential to open new economic opportunities for those who have previously been excluded from participating in the global financial system. This could lead to further cost savings for businesses in the long run.

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Technology Banking Small Business Data breaches 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 26, 2023

Small and Medium Businesses Day: Tips on Securing the Backbone of National Economies madhav Tue, 06/27/2023 - 05:46 The United Nations General Assembly designated 27 June as Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day to raise awareness of these businesses’ contribution to national economies.

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Small Business Encryption Risk Accountability 62

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In a limited sampling, I saw an incredibly wide range of documents, which belonged to different kinds of organizations, from small businesses to global well-known organizations. These screenshots represent an example of a small portion of the exposed documents that I saw in the database.

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Data breaches B2B Education Identity Theft 100

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

More clients of Capital One have been impacted in the 2019 data breach, the US bank is notifying them of their SSNs exposure. US bank Capital One notified a number of additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in the data breach that took place in July 2019. District Court in Seattle.

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Hacking Data breaches Banking Small Business 67

Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

So, your business has just suffered a data breach and it’s time to dig deep in your pockets to pay all the resulting expenses. Indeed, with liability limits ranging from $1 million to $5 million or more, cyber insurance policies can cover a good chunk of the damage caused by a data breach.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus.

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Hacking Accountability Data breaches Marketing 200

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

That’s why large, medium-sized, and small businesses need to become more proactive in their approach to cyber security. Cyber security is important if you want to efficiently operate your business, and it’s also critical for protecting your clients’ information. Your business data is one of your most valuable assets.

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Computers and Electronics Cyber Attacks Data breaches Passwords 120

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Spyware Manufacturing Small Business Surveillance 115

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 215

Vipre

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We’ve all heard about big companies getting hit by data breaches — Yahoo , Facebook , Marriott International , and more have notoriously fallen victim to large-scale attacks that rocked news headlines. But what about small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs)? Access to financial information including bank accounts.

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Cybersecurity Small Business Data breaches Phishing 59

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Enterprises and big brands may receive unwanted publicity for cyberattacks and data breaches, but smaller doesn’t mean safer. In fact, website attacks increased 14 percent in Q1 2018 compared to Q4 2017 as cybercriminals set their sights on independent websites and small businesses. Popularity has its drawbacks.

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Small Business Media Risk Data breaches 52

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As a small business, your website is a critical component of your success — in fact, it’s hard to be in business at all without a website these days. Small businesses spend an average of $497 per month on SEO services to improve search rankings, keyword selection, and number of backlinks. This number was also up 7.3%

Small Business 52

Small Business eCommerce Accountability Software 52

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. 3 Small businesses are at risk. As bad actors opt for a more agile and efficient approach, they’re turning their attention to “easy” targets: small businesses.

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Phishing Social Engineering Small Business B2B 84

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2022

There is a common misconception that small businesses aren’t targeted by cybercriminals. They surmise, “I don’t have anything of value compared to a big business.” One slip on a phishing email, one weak password, one orphaned account or a misconfigured privilege could wreak havoc — even for an SMB.

Social Engineering 103

Social Engineering Passwords Accountability Phishing 103

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Banking Small Business Data breaches Firmware 65

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 As the number and severity of data breaches continues to rise, organizations are recognizing that those costs are not theoretical. Others specialize in small businesses that are often targeted by ransomware these days.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SaaS sprawl is a situation where a business is bloated with so many different (and even duplicate) SaaS apps that IT can no longer manage them effectively. Most departments now have 40 – 60 SaaS tools each, with 200+ apps at the company level— and for small businesses, only 32 percent of these apps are IT-approved.

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Data breaches Malware Firewall Risk 81

Webroot

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For most small businesses, the chances of falling prey to a long-term covert surveillance operation by well-resourced, likely state-backed actors are slim. This shows that stealthily surveilling a network is not a tactic exclusive to highly sophisticated threat actors targeting enterprise businesses.

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Small Business Hacking Passwords Surveillance 70

Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2021

Business Size Doesn’t Matter Whether a business is a start-up or a larger corporate organisation, all companies are at risk of a cyber-attack. We often see million-pound enterprises on the news when they suffer from a data breach, such as Estée Lauder, Microsoft and Broadvoice.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Recognizing the prevalence of BEC scams helps organizations prioritize executive training and secure email practices to minimize the risk of financial loss and data breaches. Insider threats: Insider threats arise from employees accidentally or intentionally causing security breaches by mishandling sensitive information.

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Cyber threats Phishing Encryption Small Business 124

Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. No authentication was required to read the documents.

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Insurance Banking Identity Theft Scams 276

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4

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Small Business Password Management VPN Healthcare 84