eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 10, 2024

AT&T Data Breach: How to Know If Your Information Has Been Exposed IdentityIQ More than 51 million people have had their personal information compromised in the recent AT&T data breach. The exposed data has been found on the dark web , a place where cybercriminals buy and sell leaked personal information.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Scammers often try to take advantage of data breaches. They know that the breached company is likely to be contacting victims, and that the victims will be looking out for emails from the company. And if there is anything important, we will update this article.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest bottlers of Pepsi beverages in the US, has reported a data breach affecting the personal information of several employees. It said that as of now it is not aware of any kind of identity theft or fraud involving the leaked personal data. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

On January 6, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update its data breach reporting rules for telecommunications carriers. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

The security incident was the latest to affect the service in recent times in the wake of unauthorized access to its development environment in August last year , serious vulnerabilities in 2017 , a phishing attack in 2016 , and a data breach in 2015. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

Now, mushrooming concern around a possible data breach stemming from a now-fixed Twitter flaw is poised to drive the company further down unless Twitter takes quick action. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This post is focused on stopping data breaches with SSE. This subject is critical because legacy data protection strategies and technologies no longer suffice in the modern business world. To read this article in full, please click here Our previous topic revolved around securing hybrid work.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2021

Telecommunications giant T-Mobile has warned that information including names, dates of birth, US Social Security numbers (SSNs), and driver’s license/ID of almost 50 million individuals comprising current, former, or prospective customers has been exposed via a data breach. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Password management company LastPass, which was hit by two data breaches last year , has revealed that data exfiltrated during the first intrusion, discovered in August, was used to target the personal home computer of one of its devops engineers and launch a second successful cyberatttack, detected in November.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 16, 2021

In today’s data-driven world, data breaches can affect hundreds of millions or even billions of people at a time. Digital transformation has increased the supply of data moving, and data breaches have scaled up with it as attackers exploit the data-dependencies of daily life.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

With an ever-increasing number of cybersecurity threats and attacks, companies are becoming motivated to protect their businesses and customer data both technically and financially. To read this article in full, please click here million — more than twice the global average of $4.35 The global cyber insurance market was valued at $13.33

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

The global average cost of data breaches reached an all-time high of $4.35 About 60% of the breached organizations raised product and services prices due to the breaches. To read this article in full, please click here million in 2022 compared with $4.24 million in 2021, according to a new IBM Security report.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

In theory, enterprises should not only have security measures in place to prevent a data breach but should also have detailed plans for a response in the event of a breach. In other words, when a company gets hit with a serious data breach, the best-laid plans often go out the window.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 7, 2023

After covering up a data breach that impacted the personal records of 57 million Uber passengers and drivers, the company's former Chief Security Officer has been found guilty and sentenced by a US federal judge. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Samsung has opened up about a data breach it detected on or around August 4, affecting the personal information of some of its customers. “In To read this article in full, please click here In late July 2022, an unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s US systems.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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. Breaches cripple businesses, harming their reputations as well as their finances.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

GoDaddy WordPress data breach timeline. To read this article in full, please click here The latest organizations to fall foul of WordPress security vulnerabilities is domain registrar GoDaddy, which recently went public on unauthorized third-party access to its Managed WordPress hosting environment, impacting up to 1.2

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

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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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 17, 2022

million after being accused of lying about the extent of data breach, and notifying "only a fraction" of affected customers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. The parent company of women's fashion site Shein has been fined $1.9

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Ride-hailing giant Uber has confirmed that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident as reports emerge that the firm has suffered a significant network data breach forcing it to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems. Attacker announces Uber breach through compromised Slack account.

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GlobalSign

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this article, we'll take a look at how utilizing cloud-based managed PKI can help prevent costly data breaches and keep you and your data safe and sound.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

A pending class action lawsuit accuses online payments giant PayPal of failing to adequately safeguard the personal information of its users, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and related ills at the hands of the unidentified perpetrators of a data breach that occurred late last year.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Act is a broad set of data privacy rules that define how an organization must handle and protect the personal data of citizens of the European Union (EU). The Regulation also outlines the way that organizations can report a data breach.

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Graham Cluley

JANUARY 9, 2024

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Clients of a pregnancy care clinic in Ontario have had their personal information exposed to hackers. I'm sure I don't need to tell anyone who has made use of the services of a midwife, that a lot can happen in nine months.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 24, 2021

Last Friday, e-commerce enterprise Mercari has revealed it has suffered an important data breach that took place due to exposure from the Codecov supply-chain attack. The Codecov breach led to tens of thousands of client information being exposed to cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

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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CSO Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

However, a spokesperson for the CAO’s office did confirm the data breach and pledged to communicate updates from law enforcement to affected legislators and staff. To read this article in full, please click here

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Graham Cluley

JUNE 21, 2023

Snack giant Mondelez is warning past and present employees that their personal information may now be in the hands of hackers following a data breach at a third-party firm. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sizable fines assessed for data breaches since 2019 suggest that regulators are getting more serious about organizations that don’t properly protect consumer data. Marriott was hit with a $124 million fine, later reduced, while Equifax agreed to pay a minimum of $575 million for its 2017 breach.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 16, 2023

LifeLock Data Breach Compromises Thousands! Recently, thousands of Norton LifeLock customer accounts were compromised in a data breach. Credential stuffing is a type of data breach where hackers use previously stolen lists of information, such as usernames and passwords, to gain unauthorized access to accounts.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 19, 2022

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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SecureWorld News

APRIL 20, 2023

CommScope, a network infrastructure company based in North Carolina with more than 30,000 global employees, has suffered a data breach and leak following an apparent ransomware attack last month.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense(MoD) has created data breach early this month exposing contact details of over 250 Afghan interpreters who are hiding in Afghanistan or have moved to other countries through different means, because of the Taliban’s takeover of entire Afghanistan in August this year from the forces of America and UK.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

The volume and velocity of data breaches are on the rise, and so are the costs. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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Graham Cluley

JULY 27, 2022

The former Chief Security Officer of Uber is facing wire fraud charges over allegations that he covered up a data breach that saw hackers steal the records of 57 million passengers and drivers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Amazon was hit with a data breach just days before Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the biggest shopping time of the year. The major data breach exposed names and email addresses of customers due to a technical error on their website. This article originally appeared on LIFARS.com. .

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