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Stolen credentials increasingly empower the cybercrime underground

CSO Magazine

The cybercrime underground has long functioned as an open market where sellers of products and services are paired with buyers and contractors. Last year, 4,518 data breaches were reported," researchers from Flashpoint said in a new report. To read this article in full, please click here Threat actors exposed or stole 22.62

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2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches

Identity IQ

2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches IdentityIQ This past year has been an eye-opening year in the realm of digital security. Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. Microsoft Cloud Email Breach: A major Microsoft cloud email breach affected U.S.

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5 Data Breach Trends to Anticipate This Year

Identity IQ

5 Data Breach Trends to Anticipate This Year. In its recent annual Data Breach Industry Forecast, credit reporting agency Experian made five predictions for cybercrime and data breach trends to expect this year. Here are five data breach and cybercrime trends to anticipate this year.

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Web developers SitePoint discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers, SitePoint discloses a data breach that impacted 1M users. SitePoint is an Australian-based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers. The company has disclosed a data breach and notified its users via email.

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How Cybercriminals Profit from a Data Breach

Identity IQ

If you’re still under the impression that hacking is restricted to hoodie-wearing individuals in darkened rooms, then you might be vastly underestimating the scale the data breach problem. . Last year alone more than 300 million consumers were impacted by data breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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Plex discloses data breach and urges password reset

Security Affairs

The company disclosed a data breach after threat actors have access to a limited subset of data stored in a compromised database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. We have created a support article with step-by-step instructions on how to reset your password here.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 474 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.