Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In a data breach notification filed by the Attorney General for the state of Maine, the cybersecurity incident that affected Columbus, Ohio impacted half a million people. Because of the data breach notification from Maine’s Attorney General, that number now has a little more clarity. Check the vendor’s advice.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

If a company you do business with becomes part of a data breach, cybercriminals may have full access to your confidential information. Unfortunately, data breaches are on the rise and affecting more companies and consumers than ever. billion people received notices that their information was exposed in a data breach.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

The tech giant may have used this data for targeted advertising, according to Blue Shield, which is one of the largest health insurers in the US. In a data breach notice on its website, Blue Shield says it had begun notifying certain members of a potential data breach that may have included elements of their protected health information.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2025

In a matter of days, three major cybersecurity incidents have hit the retail and financial services sectors, drawing renewed attention to supply chain vulnerabilities, credential-based attacks, and the increasing value of non-financial customer data. They prioritize a frictionless shopping experience over more secure authentication flows.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, the data was compromised in a recent security breach, marking the second leak in the incident. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, which was compromised in a recent security breach, marking it as the second leak in the incident.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide. As of 2024, the average cost of a data breach in the United States amounted to $9.36 In comparison, the global average cost per data breach was $4.88

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Notably, 2024 was unprecedentedly precarious with the second largest in history National Public Data breach and the biggest healthcare data breach to date with the massive attack on Change Healthcare. The more variables in your network, the more potential vulnerabilities and data breaches. EU, and China.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The cybersecurity regulations apply to entities overseen by the NYDFS, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, agents, and brokers, as well as banks, trusts, mortgage lenders and brokers, money transmitters, check cashers, and other related businesses. Human error was the leading cause of cloud-based data breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Learn why these modern security practices are essential for safer, stronger authentication. 2025 must be the year we adopt modern security practices, such as passkeys, phishing-resistant 2FA, and password managers, to ensure safer, stronger authentication for everyone. Passwordless authentication. So, whats the alternative?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As businesses rely more on mobile devices for authentication and communication, these evolving threats are slipping past conventional security defenses, putting corporate networks at greater risk. A single compromised device can expose an entire network, leading to data breaches, financial losses, and operational disruption.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer menus and mislabeling allergy info Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild New LightSpy spyware (..)

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 14, 2025

The increasing frequency of data breaches and the sophistication of cyber threats highlight the pressing need for strong API security. They stress the need for secure data transmission using technologies like TLS 1.2+ and strong authentication mechanisms like OAuth 2.0

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 3, 2025

Organizations worldwide spend billions annually on cybersecurity, yet breaches continue to rise. According to IBM, the average data breach now costs $4.45 Companies that don't adapt their authentication practices to today's threats are increasingly becoming victims of costly breaches."

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

It’s the May Bank Holiday, and as I sit at my desk, working, unanswered questions continue to swirl around the recent cyberattacks on Marks & Spencer (M&S) , the Co-op , and Harrods , leaving the full scope and implications of these breaches uncertain. Keeping customers informed builds trust, even in difficult situations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Among these businesses, human error was cited as the leading cause of cloud-based data breaches at 41% (10 points higher than the global number). A lack of multifactor authentication (MFA) to protect privileged accounts was another culprit, at 10%, also 7 percentage points lower than average.

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Webroot

APRIL 4, 2025

Imagine waking up one day to find that someone has stolen your identity, opened credit cards in your name, or even withdrawn money from your bank accounts. Its something that can easily happen if your personal data falls into the hands of cybercriminals. So, what is your digital identity ?

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.   Think you've been involved in a data breach?

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

Poorly managed subscriptions can open the door to cyber threats, data breaches, and financial risks. Many users reuse passwords across platforms, and a breach in one forgotten subscription service can lead to credential stuffing attackswhere hackers use stolen login details to access other accounts, like your email or bank.

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Zero Day

JULY 9, 2025

Join us on a typical passkey journey from discovery to registration to authentication to deletion. PT Reviewed by David Grober Adam Smigielski/Getty Images Over the last few decades, compromised usernames and passwords have typically been at the root of some of the most sensational, damaging, and costly data breaches.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 2, 2025

Email hacks are not just inconvenient; they can lead to identity theft and data breaches. Enable Two-Factor Authentication Adding an extra layer of security can prevent further unauthorized access: Navigate to Security Settings: Most email providers offer 2FA options.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 17, 2025

If a VPN sounds too techy, stick to your mobile data for sensitive transactions. When in doubt, wait till you’re back on a trusted network before logging in to banking apps or entering passwords. Activate MFA Everywhere; It’s Your Digital Sunscreen Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is like sunscreen for your online accounts.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These systems are used for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) by a wide range of industries: agriculture, finance, transportation, mobile communications, banking and others. If internet access is a necessity, we recommend protecting your devices with robust authentication mechanisms.

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Webroot

JUNE 17, 2025

Research shows that the travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattacks, with nearly 31% of hospitality organizations experiencing a data breach and a record 340 million people affected by cybercrimes. Thieves often access loyalty accounts with credentials stolen in a data breach.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

The regulation emphasizes strict access control measures to ensure that only authorized personnel can access sensitive data. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls are your best friends here. Over 60% of data breaches involve insiderssome malicious, others accidental.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). banks, ISPs, and mobile phone providers.

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Webroot

APRIL 30, 2025

Data breaches are on the rise, and according to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, a staggering 81% of them are linked to weak or compromised passwords. Start with your most sensitive accounts, such as banking, email, and healthcare and update those first. The bottom line? Did you know?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CISA adds Palo Alto Expedition, Android, CyberPanel and Nostromo nhttpd bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog DPRK-linked BlueNoroff used macOS malware with novel persistence Canada ordered ByteDance to shut down TikTok operations in the country over security concerns Critical bug in Cisco UWRB access points allows attackers to run commands (..)

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While compliance enforces behavior through rules and consequenceslike being forced to exercisetrue buy-in reflects authentic understanding and commitment. Phishing-resistant authentication: Widespread use of passkeys, biometrics, and passwordless solutions to bolster security. Let me unpack what I mean.

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Webroot

JULY 21, 2025

Since more than 80% of data breaches start with stolen passwords, it’s more important than ever that your children use strong passwords that are difficult to crack. It includes real-time monitoring to safeguard you from bank and credit card fraud and identity theft. Threats like social media phishing have skyrocketed from 18.9%

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2025

Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme Experts warn of the new sophisticate Crocodilus mobile banking Trojan Crooks are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan Russian authorities arrest three suspects behind Mamont Android banking trojan Mozilla fixed critical Firefox vulnerability CVE-2025-2857 U.S.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Alarmingly, the database also held sensitive data from banking institutions, healthcare providers, and government portals. Fowler's analysis suggests that the data was harvested using InfoStealer malware, a malicious software designed to extract sensitive information from infected systems.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2024

On Wednesday June 12, 2024, a well-known dark web data broker and cybercriminal acting under the name “Sp1d3r” offered a significant amount of data allegedly stolen from Truist Bank for sale. Truist is a US bank holding company and operates 2,781 branches in 15 states and Washington DC.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems. Most immediately is the ubiquity of 2-factor authentication.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

But it's exactly what it sounds like and on Thursday next week, I'll be up in front of US congress on the other side of the world testifying about the impact of data breaches. For a bit more context, I've been chatting with folks from the House Energy and Commerce Committee for a while now about the mechanics of data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2024

disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. AT&T also acknowledged the customer records were exposed in a cloud database that was protected only by a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

A shocking number of organizations — including banks and healthcare providers — are leaking private and sensitive information from their public Salesforce Community websites, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Huntington Bank has disabled the leaky TCF Bank Salesforce website. Washington, D.C.

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