Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

trillion, the risk of a data breach extends beyond immediate financial losses. Data Security Thales | Cloud Protection & Licensing Solutions More About This Author > As Black Friday and Cyber Monday loom, the stakes for retailers extend far beyond enticing deals and record sales. trillion and $5.28 trillion and $5.28

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 27, 2025

63% cited future encryption compromise 61% said key distribution, and 58% are concerned about the future decryption of todays data, including the harvest now, decrypt later threat. 48% of the respondents said they are assessing their current encryption strategies. 45% focus on improving their crypto agility.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Phishing scams, ransomware attacks, data breaches, and identity theft are part of a growing list of online dangers that are a daily reality. Ransomware encrypts your files and demands payment to release them. Data breaches occur when hackers gain unauthorized access to and steal sensitive files and information.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2025

With the right tools and expertise, businesses can navigate the murky waters of data sovereignty, taking advantage of datas huge potential while securely processing and storing data wherever it is. So, to help you along the way, here are our 15 best practices for navigating the data sovereignty water.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2025

With the right tools and expertise, businesses can navigate the murky waters of data sovereignty, taking advantage of datas huge potential while securely processing and storing data wherever it is. So, to help you along the way, here are our 15 best practices for navigating the data sovereignty water.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 23, 2025

The framework forces us to reconsider how we treat data, users, and devices, and it’s often tougher to implement than it sounds. So, in this blog, we’re not here to sell you the dream. Data Breaches Are More Common (and Expensive) Than Ever The old “perimeter defense” approach doesn’t hold up anymore.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

No day goes by without risk of data breaches, identity theft, or financial losses to both people and businesses around the world. In this blog, we'll delve into the attack vectors and their intricate workings alongside evolving tactics used to safeguard data. These are the foundation of lucrative weak links for hackers.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

When data breaches escalate, cyber-attacks grow more sophisticated, nation states ramp up their digital warfare, and regulations tighten the noose, staying ahead isnt just an optionits your only line of defence. This is where the real opportunity lies, and what Im exploring in this blog.

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

It works like magicuntil you discover the tool wasnt approved by IT, lacks encryption, and just exposed sensitive customer data to a third party. A developer might use an unapproved AI coding assistant to speed up a project, or a sales rep might feed customer data into a free CRM AI tool, unaware that it lacks GDPR compliance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Employ advanced 2FA, like security keys or biometrics, for highly sensitive accounts, such as banking, email, or company access, where data breaches have severe consequences. The Future of Authentication: Passkeys and 2FA, Together Used together, Passkeys and 2FA form a formidable defense.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

That’s what this blog is all about, In it, I’m examining the changing landscape of cyber threats, looking first at the M&S cyber attack. This includes implementing robust access controls, encryption standards, network segmentation, and regular vulnerability assessments to address potential weak points.

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Graham Cluley

JUNE 13, 2025

Bert is a recently-discovered strain of ransomware that encrypts victims' files and demands a payment for the decryption key. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Over 60% of data breaches involve insiderssome malicious, others accidental. Encryption Sensitive data must be encrypted, whether in transit or at rest. This isnt just about compliance; its your last line of defense if an attacker gets their hands on your data.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 18, 2025

In this blog, Ill be examining how AI is reshaping the fight on both sides, shedding light on the unprecedented collaboration among hackers, and why the old cybersecurity playbook is no match for todays challenges. But today, these controls are no longer sufficient on their own.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

That is to say, healthcare organizations and business partners may face greater liability in case of a security breach. In 2024, the average data breach size jumped from 225,000 to nearly 400,000, though reports are still being counted. Between 2022 and 2023, the HIPAA Journal reported a jump from 51.9

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 28, 2024

With data breaches on the rise— over 3,200 incidents in the U.S. last year alone —businesses are increasingly under pressure to protect personal data and comply with evolving privacy regulations. By converting data into an unreadable format (ciphertext), encryption ensures that it remains secure even if data is intercepted.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2025

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

In this blog, I’m exploring these changes, grouped under key categories that I’ve used in previous years, to help business leaders and cyber risk owners better prepare for the evolving landscape. Ransomware remains a prominent threat, but the methods have evolved. million annually compared to those that don’t.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 30, 2025

Cybercriminals use a constantly evolving toolkit, ranging from phishing and phone scams, to malware and AI-generated deepfakes, to compromise systems and steal personal information, which is then sold, resold, and repackaged by data and access brokers operating across dark web forums, encrypted channels, and subscription-based criminal marketplaces.

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

Data Protection and Encryption Free Plan: Zoom Free provides end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for meetings, but its not enabled by defaultusers must opt in. Theres no support for managing encryption keys, and recordings are limited to local storage (not cloud), with a 40-minute meeting cap.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

Februarys Change Healthcare ransomware attack led to 100 million data breach notices being sent. The Snowflake compromise, first discovered in June, was believed to have been the cause of many other high-profile breaches including Ticketmaster and Santander. The subsequent recovery costs exceeded $26 million.

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

For example, an employee might use a free-tier AI tool to analyze customer data, unaware that the platform lacks encryption or compliance with GDPR and CCPA. Worse, Shadow AI tools can lead to data breaches, with the average cost of a breach reaching $4.45 million in 2023 (IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report).

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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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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2025

A friendly Eye of Sauron helps everyWizard In this blog I dive a little bit into how Wiz builds and uses its Security Graph, how it uncovers toxic combinations of risk and prioritizes CVEs and other vulnerabilities by exploitability and context. Another example: imagine a database containing sensitive customer data.

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Centraleyes

MAY 5, 2025

Implement Controls: Deploy both physical (access control, surveillance) and logical (encryption, firewalls) measures, mapping them directly to identified risks. Implement logical security controls (encryption, firewalls, antivirus solutions). Schedule regular reviews and updates of all policies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 3, 2025

When properly implemented, a data-centric strategy will protect an organizations assets and data against cyberattacks, as well as guard against insider threats and human error, which remains among the leading causes of data breaches. Why does complexity factor into data security risk?

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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. Set up encrypted connections: Consider using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to protect your personal information. The good news?

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Centraleyes

JULY 14, 2025

Technical Safeguards: These safeguards are designed to protect ePHI through encryption, access control, and audit trails to track access to sensitive data. Updates to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule The Breach Notification Rule will see updates aimed at speeding up the process and enhancing transparency when a data breach occurs.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 19, 2025

As more data is shared and stored electronically, the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access rises. July 2025: Healthcare providers will need to comply with new patient access requirements, ensuring patients can view, download, and share their health data securely.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 21, 2025

In a bold response to a sophisticated insider-led data breach, Coinbase has turned the tables on cybercriminals who recently targeted the organization with ransomware. Coinbase disclosed the incident through a detailed blog post and an SEC filing, in which they outlined the ransom demand and their refusal to comply.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 18, 2024

I linked to the story from the beginning of this blog post and got a handful of willing respondents for whom I sent their data and asked two simple questions: Does this data look accurate? The above example simply didn't have plain text entries for the encrypted data.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

You've possibly just found out you're in a data breach. The organisation involved may have contacted you and advised your password was exposed but fortunately, they encrypted it. Isn't the whole point of encryption that it protects data when exposed to unintended parties? But you should change it anyway.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This week, I've been writing up my 5-part guide on "Fixing Data Breaches" On Monday I talked about the value of education ; let's try and stop the breach from happening in the first place. A fundamental part of fixing data breaches is that we need to collectively strive to do better. But here we are.

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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

MARCH 30, 2022

Conti ransomware is an extremely damaging malicious actor due to the speed with which encrypts data and spreads to other systems. The post Shutterfly Hit by Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The group is using phishing attacks in order to install the TrickBot and BazarLoader Trojans […].

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

The threat actors succeeded in getting access to the game developer’s network, the consequences being data theft and system encryption. The post Crytek Data Breach: the Company Confirmed Its Data Being Leaked appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Who Is Crytek?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

At-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory discloses a ransomware attack and consequent data breach. “On July 25, 2020, Apex Laboratory of Farmingdale, NY (“Apex”) discovered that it was the victim of a cyber-attack and that certain systems in its environment were encrypted and inaccessible.”

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