eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Availability & Reliability Cloud storage service outages affect business operations and hinder access to crucial data. Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Make the default data storage settings private. million records exposed.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

If cybercriminals discover the environment file first, it puts the organization at risk of unauthorized access to critical data, potential data breaches, data tampering, financial losses, reputational damage, and legal and compliance issues,” Cybernews researchers write.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Verizon just released its 14th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report (DBIR) covering 2020’s foray into cybersecurity. Most of the top incident threats mirror last year’s report, with an increase in phishing, ransomware and credential theft in the wake of the worldwide pandemic and workforce’s rapid adoption of remote work.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

Major public breaches have severely impacted other luxury brands in the past. The non-profit Identify Theft Resource Center's most recent data breach analysis supports this observation, showing a decline in the number of victims per compromise, indicating a rise in targeted attacks."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Implement Zero-Trust Architecture. Given the prominence of third-party data breaches, supply chains can’t afford to assume any device, network or user is secure. They must restrict data as much as possible and verify identities at every step. Better Supply Chain Security Mitigates Shipping Challenges.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 8, 2023

Of those respondents seeing an increase in attacks, 59% report increases in malware, 48% an increase in ransomware, and 43% have seen a rise in phishing attacks. 55% of respondents who experienced a recent cloud data breach said human error is the #1 root cause of cloud data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The level of multi-tenancy frequently depends on the architecture of the cloud service provider as well as the specific requirements of users or organizations. Data Breaches How it occurs: Data breaches can occur in multi-tenant systems when a malevolent actor acquires unauthorized access to an organization’s data via system weaknesses.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Common threats include misconfigurations, cross-site scripting attacks, and data breaches. Security breaches have a lower impact when they are detected and responded to on time.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public Cloud Environments A public cloud architecture is a shared infrastructure hosted by a cloud service provider. Data Breaches How they occur: Unauthorized access to sensitive data can happen as a result of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations such as flawed access permissions or unprotected data and instances.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Customize training materials to address these specific concerns, including data handling protocols, password management , and phishing attempt identification. Organizations that invest in employee data security training can considerably mitigate the risk of data breaches and minimize the potential consequences of security incidents.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Though an important takeaway in the HHS-H3C note is that they still consider phishing, credential theft, and abuse of known exploits the highest threats.". Password managers can help this effort by creating high-strength, random passwords and enabling strong forms of two-factor authentication to protect against remote data breaches.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

Cybersecurity attacks, including phishing, vishing, smishing, and everything else “ishing,” continues to rise and become even more of a problem for organizations and individuals. yet have data that these bad actors find desirable. What is becoming the higher cost of data management? Of course, it is security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 26, 2021

Inappropriate Access Leads to Data Breaches . Inappropriate levels of access granted to employees, contractors, and partners is the leading cause of data loss, theft, and breaches. Global organizations are being overrun by a flood of malware, phishing, and ransomware attacks and compromised credentials.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

.” To guarantee accuracy and consistency across many data sources, thorough consideration of data integration, transformation, and standardization is necessary. Healthcare firms can do complicated analyses, store and retrieve data rapidly, and produce insightful insights thanks to a well-designed data warehouse architecture.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

In the 2020 Data Threat Report – Global Edition , more than a quarter (26%) of senior security executives from around the world with responsibility for their organizations’ IT and data security told Thales that their employers had experienced a data breach in the past year. Contributing Factors to These Attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2022

The event brings together security leaders, vendors and advocates to empower organizations and consumers to reduce the risk of experiencing a data breach and potentially damaging data loss. The IBM 2021 Cost of Data Breach report also indicates that 61% of all breaches were a result of stolen credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Without it, overprivileged users may unwittingly undermine network security, resulting in illegal access or data breaches. Why It Matters Network segmentation is a powerful approach for mitigating potential threats and ensuring a safe, well-organized network architecture.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 20, 2022

According to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report , 82% of breaches involve the human element — whether it’s stolen credentials, phishing, misuse or error. In reality, however, its criticality is growing with each passing day. Because many of today’s attacks begin with the user.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

These teams support large personal data repositories, including historical student records and personally identifiable information. Organization charts and contact information are often publicly available, which can be used to create realistic phishing campaigns and spear-phishing attacks. How Can Zero Trust Security Help K-12?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2022

Human identities are being phished…. Indeed, Verizon Enterprise wrote in its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2021 that credentials—both for human and machine identities—constituted the top variety type in 60% of analyzed breaches for the year. This explains the rise in phishing attacks targeting users.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Malware ranked as the top cause of increased security attacks by 64% of security and IT experts from all critical infrastructure businesses, closely followed by ransomware (47%) and phishing (36%). Download the full Thales 2023 Data Threat Report for the Critical Infrastructure for more information.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 13, 2018

But fuel it I did and I spent a big whack of the week doing things I hope to talk about next week (namely some major architectural changes to HIBP services), as well as preparing both the Pemiblanc credential stuffing list for HIBP and then pushing out Pwned Passwords V3. There were a bunch of data breaches I discussed this week including: 2.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

This global reach and control ensure effective security measures wherever your data goes. Modern Network Architecture Support FWaaS smoothly integrates with modern networks, supporting the latest tech and protocols, and expanding the definition of network security. Innovation and protection go hand in hand.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Malware in Cloud Storage Buckets Malware threatens cloud storage buckets due to misconfigurations, infected data, and phishing. Monitor and develop an incident response plan : Employ continuous monitoring to spot suspicious behaviors early on and create a strong incident response strategy to resolve security breaches quickly.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 8, 2022

and Australian governments is a detailed and well thought out technical and architectural advice document for cybersecurity teams in the face of high-impact ransomware incidents trending upward. Nearly 70% of business leaders feel their cybersecurity risks are increasing, and a recent CISA alert has validated these concerns.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2022

CISA added 7 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog TA558 cybercrime group targets hospitality and travel orgs Russia-linked Cozy Bear uses evasive techniques to target Microsoft 365 users CISA added SAP flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog A flaw in Amazon Ring could expose user’s camera recordings Cisco fixes High-Severity (..)

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

Now, new software is designed using microservices architectures and deployed to the cloud, making it impossible to draw a ‘perimeter’ around it and secured via traditional methods like firewalls and network segmentation. And employees themselves are a liability, prone to human error, phishing, malicious activity and poor judgement.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

According to Verizon’s most recent Data Breach Incident Report , instances of advanced ransomware have doubled in the past year, alongside major upticks in phishing attacks and social engineering. The advancing ransomware business is a threat not just for the big guys, but for organizations of every size.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. In some cases, in-depth analysis is done on outgoing messages to detect and block the transmission of sensitive data. Employees are duped into clicking on malicious email attachments and links.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

User Training and Awareness Programs: These programs educate users and staff on best practices in security, training them to recognize and avoid common risks such as phishing. Here are some examples of hybrid cloud security architectures. It is critical to protect data going through and between these devices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Researchers warn that such data leaks are hazardous as they might help threat actors craft targeted phishing campaigns, assist in forgery and identity theft, and trick companies into making payments. To guarantee the safety of the user data, the company claims to have started an internal investigation of the matter.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Organizations must practice incident response if they want to stop data breaches and cyberattacks. Phishing attacks: Deceptive techniques, such as fraudulent emails or websites, trick individuals into revealing sensitive information like credit card and payment information, passwords, or login credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

These include: Malware Malvertising Phishing DDoS Ransomware Session hijacking Drive-by attack When Should You Do an External Vulnerability Scan? By conducting these scans, large organizations can spot vulnerabilities and take prompt action to reduce the chances of unauthorized access and data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Attackers constantly send phishing emails, publish fake websites, or push fake browser alerts that contain software updates laden with malware. While a large number of PCs can be affected in any number of ways, physical access risks detection and the initial damage might be a data breach for quick financial gain.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s likely we’ll continue to witness a significant shift in the motivation behind prominent cyberattacks, as data sources indicate a resurgence in activities such as information theft, covert communication monitoring, and content manipulation from state sponsored attackers and cybercriminals. The first is by rule making.

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