Centraleyes

DECEMBER 26, 2024

CAASM is a relatively new category within the cybersecurity domain that focuses on helping organizations identify, manage, and secure all their cyber assets. Why CAASM Tools Matter in 2024 As organizations continue to adopt cloud services, remote work, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, their attack surfaces have expanded dramatically.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

2024’s top attacks: a look back Vast quantities of personal data, stolen and sold to malicious actors or extortionists, characterised many cyber attacks in 2024. Big themes from the year included rising attacks against healthcare providers and incidents reflecting geopolitical tensions.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Many SMEs think they’re too small to fall victim to cyber attacks. MORE DDoS attacks: they havent gone away, you know. MORE Bad education: the lengths that US schools go to hide data breaches. Every month we send out the latest cybersecurity and data protection news, trends and advice from around the globe.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hackers targeted two French healthcare providers and generated the largest data breach in French history. The French Data Protection Agency (CNIL) said both Viamedis and Almerys data breaches exposed the data of 33 million people.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 16, 2021

In this blog, we’ll review the details of the most recent breach against the Microsoft Exchange Server. However, this blog’s point is that these forms of cyber attacks will continue and could likely accelerate. The post What We Can Learn From the 2021 Microsoft Data Breach appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 31, 2021

In this blog, we’ll review the details of the most recent breach against the Microsoft Exchange Server. However, this blog’s point is that these forms of cyber attacks will continue and could likely accelerate. Trying to react after the fact is not the way to do business.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2021

McDonald’s becomes the latest fast-food chain to suffer a data breach Not so long ago, Domino’s India suffered a cyber attack where personal data related to 18 crore orders were exposed online. This time another food chain company has suffered a cyber attack, the giant McDonald’s.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

At-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory discloses a ransomware attack and consequent data breach. The at-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory disclosed a ransomware attack, the hackers also stole some patient in the incident that took place on July 25, 2020. Apex Laboratory, Inc.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 19, 2021

To prevent data breaches, you need to correlate events across multiple threat surfaces. The post How Your Organization Can Prevent Data Breaches appeared first on Radware Blog. The post How Your Organization Can Prevent Data Breaches appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In fact, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach report, the average cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high, climbing 12.7%, from $3.86 The post The world’s most searched-for cyber attacks and prevention measures appeared first on Enterprise Network Security Blog from IS Decisions.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The University of Michigan recently announced a data breach that took place in August. Cyber attackers broke into the university’s network, gaining unauthorized access to systems containing data of students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

You and your cybersecurity team do everything correctly to safeguard your infrastructure, yet the frightening alert still arrives that you’ve suffered a data breach. Related: Third-party audits can hold valuable intel. It’s a maddening situation that occurs far more often than it should.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

A T-Mobile data breach has come to the public’s attention after being announced by a cybercriminal. The hacker asserted that the impact points out to 100 million T-Mobile clients, the consequences of this cyber attack consisting in the theft of databases where private customer information was stored.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 1, 2023

As a result of another attack on LastPass’s systems, the company disclosed a severe data breach in December 2022 that allowed threat actors to access encrypted password vaults.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Scandinavian Airline SAS reported a cyber attack Tuesday evening and advised customers not to use its app, but later stated that the problem had been resolved. According to media reports, the hackers took down the carrier’s website and exposed customer information from its app.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2021

Even the infamous Equifax data breach in 2017 was the result of employee negligence! The post Cyber Attack Simulation: Upgrade Your Training Tactic in 2021! appeared first on Kratikal Blogs. The post Cyber Attack Simulation: Upgrade Your Training Tactic in 2021! Employees can prove to be […].

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 10, 2021

Two Skinner’s Kent Academy schools were closed after a Tunbridge Wells data breach took place, cybercriminals getting access to pupils ‘personal records. The post Tunbridge Wells Data Breach: Two Kent Schools Closed Following Cyberattack appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. What happened?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Picture establishing a virtual model of IT infrastructure where one can identify loopholes, create attack scenarios, and prevent catastrophic attacks before the system is officially put in place. Digital twins can help assess Cyber threats. Final thoughts.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 22, 2024

Data breach incidents have increased since post covid. The increase in work-from-home for employees has led to multiple cyber attacks, data breaches, and financial fraud. A significant breach is observed in consumer data encryption during a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

Frontier Communications is notifying over 750,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a recent cyber attack. The RansomHub group claimed to have stolen 5GB of data from the telecommunications giant. We gave frontier 2 months to contact us but they don’t care about clients data.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 13, 2024

Our data shows that between 93-97% of OX Security users have activated two-factor authentication (2FA), which helps keep accounts, data, and secrets private. Moving Forward The reality is, GitHub-related attacks are evolving, but so are our methods to combat them.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Department of Defense presumably has expended vast resources this century on defending its digital assets from perennial cyber attacks. And yet two recent disclosures highlight just how brittle the military’s cyber defenses remain in critical areas. Being the obvious target that it is, the U.S.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A group calling itself "Anonymous Sudan" has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack which knocked the website of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) offline earlier this week, and left customer data exposed. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 10, 2021

According to an FCA Analysis incidents such as data breaches have dropped by 30% between 2019 and 2020. On the other hand, Kroll data shows a 56% increase in Cyber-attack incidents for the same period of time.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

However, we believe that it is the first time a breach of this size has included peoples’ names, addresses, and income. This open database is a goldmine for identity thieves and other attackers. Here’s how: Cyber Attacks. Why This Data Breach is Different. SecurityAffairs – US Households, Data leak).

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 31, 2019

This week it's a combination of more of the same (travel, events and data breaches), as well as more thoughts on the future of HIBP and Cloudflare's role when it comes to nasty content online. But regardless, I'm committed to continuing the cadence of doing these updates each week and 132 of them in, I'm yet to miss a week.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

An enterprise's inability to detect cyber attacks has tangible effects on its productivity and profitability. The post Why Responding to a Cyber Attack with a Traditional SIEM Leaves You Vulnerable appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

Unfortunately, many organizations fail to educate their employees on the importance of cyber hygiene, leaving them vulnerable to phishing scams, malware infections, data breaches, and other cyber attacks. Supply chain blindness.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 7, 2022

During the last week of March, three major tech companies - Microsoft, Okta, and HubSpot - reported significant data breaches. This highly sophisticated group utilizes state-of-the-art attack vectors to great success. Meanwhile, the group behind the HubSpot breach was not disclosed.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Were you aware that in 2023, the worldwide mean expense of a data breach was $4.45 The number is more than figures; it reflects the deep-seated impact of cyber threats on the global economy. Amidst unprecedented technological leaps forward, 2023 has […] The post Top 5 Cyber Attacks in 2023 appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 14, 2021

On Monday, a cyber attack shut down New Jersey Hillsborough Schools’ entire township system. The post Hillsborough Schools Computer Network Shut Down by Cyber Attack appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Image Source: Hillsborough Board of Education […].

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The most important thing to understand about data breaches and cyberattacks is that they are not a singular event. The post Why The Biggest Cyberattacks Happen Slowly appeared first on Radware Blog. The post Why The Biggest Cyberattacks Happen Slowly appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Graham Cluley

AUGUST 1, 2024

The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cost of a Machine Identity Data Breach with Yahoo! Consequences from the Yahoo Data Breach. Though it’s easy to focus on the cost of a data breach, the ramifications of Yahoo!’s s breach were vast and equally as destructive. accounts and other important data were targeted, Yahoo! billion to $4.48

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 7, 2024

El Salvador Cyber Attacks Pose Significant Threats Cybercriminals and hacking groups are increasingly exploiting geopolitical instability to launch attacks, like the recent El Salvador Cyber Attack, that create chaos and financial gain.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Lethal unauthorized code injections like XXS (cross site scripting) attacks are some of the most dynamic cyber-attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2024

We gave frontier 2 months to contact us but they don’t care about clients data. Below is screenshot of some of the data.” “Now anyone who wants to buy this data can contact our blog support, we only sell it once.” ” reads the message published by the group.

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