Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The data collected so far reveals that the threat actor or APT behind the fake customs invoicing smishing campaign is attempting to maliciously collect user PII by redirecting them to a cloned website via an SMS-delivered crafted URL.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This includes large amounts of Personal Identifiable Information (PII). According to a Juniper […] The post Banking Cybersecurity: The Risks Faced by Financial Institutions appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 29, 2024

That link provides an excellent over so start there then come back to this blog post which adds some insight into the data and explains how HIBP fits into the picture. We have NTLM hashes as well because many orgs use them to check passwords in their own Active Directory instances.

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Security Through Education

JULY 18, 2023

PII 101 Criminals looking to steal identities specifically target personally identifiable information (PII). PII is any information that can identify an individual including date of birth, driver’s license numbers, employment information, personal address, and Social Security numbers (SSN).

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Members of Laminar Labs’ research team recently found that one in five public-facing cloud storage buckets contains personally identifiable information (PII) – and the majority of that data isn’t even supposed to be online in the first place. Also read: Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibility Model. A Data-Centric View.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This includes large amounts of Personal Identifiable Information (PII). According to a Juniper […] The post Banking Cybersecurity: The Risks Faced by Financial Institutions appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A 36-year-old man admitted he was using stolen personally identifiable information (PII) purchased from dark web marketplaces to fraudulently create rideshare and delivery service accounts. The post Hacker Faces Over 20 Years in Jail for Creating Fake Rideshare and Delivery Service Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2024

Some of it is high value containing business-critical information or regulated data, such as PII (personally identifiable information). Other data is less sensitive and while important for your business does not pose […] The post Data Security Posture Management Should Focus on Securing the Data appeared first on TechSpective.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 29, 2019

Security researcher Bob Diachenko found the information in an unsecured 150GB-sized MongoDB database. Some of the data was much more detailed than just the email address and included personally identifiable information (PII),” wrote Diachenko in a blog announcing his findings.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 10, 2022

The FBI announced that its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) had observed an uptick in employment-related fraud involving stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and deepfakes. These fraudsters frequently use ill-gotten PII to create synthetic images and videos to apply for work-at-home positions. Protecting organizations.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 7, 2021

New York-based Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions, a medical management company that processes data for health care providers, declared that a 2020 healthcare ransomware attack may have exposed personally identifiable information (PII) of patients and work staff.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 25, 2021

Justin Sean Johnson has pled guilty to hacking into University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) human resource databases and stealing the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of more than 65,000 employees. The post The Man Who Has Stolen the PII of 65k Employees of UPMC Pleads Guilty appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

Now the company, which owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, disclosed a data breach and revealed that ransomware actors have stolen personally identifiable information (PII) of an unspecified number of individuals. Brands, the owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, discloses data breach appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 18, 2021

The post New Study Shows All mHealth Apps Are Vulnerable to API Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. This is a concern among […].

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Security researchers at Akamai have published a blog about a new Magecart -alike web skimming campaign that uses compromised legitimate sites as command and control (C2) servers. For websites that require even more security, there are specialized vulnerability scanners and application firewalls that you may want to look into.

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IT Security Central

MAY 5, 2022

Organizations can face the threat of data like their intellectual property (IP), source code, customer details, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), financial […].

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Google Security

APRIL 18, 2024

Posted Kaleigh Rosenblat, Chrome Enterprise Senior Staff Software Engineer, Security Lead Generative AI has emerged as a powerful and popular tool to automate content creation and simple tasks. Hear directly from security leaders at Snap on their use of DLP for Gen AI in this recording here.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is responsible for the personally identifiable information (PII) of more than 140 million Americans. The post Firmware and Supply Chain Requirements in the Latest CMS Acceptable Risk Safeguards (ARS) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Researchers discovered leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19. Resecurity has shared additional details in this blog post: [link]. The post COVID-19 data put for sale on Dark Web appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2022

Easy Appointments contained a very dangerous Broken Access Control vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0482 that was exposing PII. Easy Appointments is now secured, so the best way to be protected is to update the software to the last stable version. Another day, another threat to your data. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The combination of a large user base (citizens, contractors, and students, for example), a treasure trove of personally identifiable information (PII), and relatively small IT budgets provide a favorable cost-benefit analysis for.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Companies from various industries are increasingly relying on transacting sensitive Personal Identifiable Information (PII) digitally. The post Data Asset Classification: Why it’s Important for Client-Side Protection appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In September 2020, Singapore-based online grocery store, Redmart, experienced a data breach that exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of over 890,000 of its customers. Continue reading "Cloud Security Risk for Retail Companies: Why Ignoring Best Practices Could be Costly – The Redmart Story".

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers. still available for you to use.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

It would also have enabled the attacker to access previous communication with the company’s customers, which may have contained sensitive information like account passwords or personally identifiable information (PII). Car industry fails to prevent data leaks Volvo is not the only car brand that has recently exposed itself and its customers.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) is, in a way, California’s version of the EU’s GDPR regulation with the purpose of protecting PII / customer data. appeared first on Security Boulevard. While there are some differences …. Continue reading "Is your cloud ready for CCPA?". The post Is your cloud ready for CCPA?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The statement is quite long, takes a few digs at MGM Resorts, and seeks to correct what the group feels to be inaccurate statements made by security vendors and others with regard to the attack. However, the statement is quite light with regard to the specifics: We are unable to reveal if PII information has been exfiltrated at this time.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The traditional focus on security has been on breach prevention and threat detection but these can only go so far. For organisations going through digital transformation there needs to be a layered approach to security – complimenting these traditional strategies with data protection.In Data, data and more data! contracts).

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The 2021 Identity Fraud Study by Javelin Strategy & Research reports the identity fraud resulted from stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and data breaches. Retailers have to protect consumer PII and stay compliant to PCI DSS, GDPR, CPPA and more. By providing this additional layer of security, MFA can be 99.9%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This blog will explain how Thales is enhancing CipherTrust Data Discovery and Classification (DDC) with ML models that help analyze data, learn from insights, and improve results. Navigating Diverse Data Repositories for Visibility Data discovery is the first step for organizations looking to comply with data protection regulations worldwide.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Fast forward to 2015, and we’ve had several trending cyber security issues appear in just these first few weeks. Below are 7 trending cyber security stories that you should read for February 2015. Security consultant Mark Burnett leaked 10 million usernames and passwords online through his personal blog last week, in a very risky move.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2022

They go on to list what to do if you’re a partnership member or provider, along with the warning not to send any PII via email. This allegedly includes 850k PII records which includes names, addresses, and social security numbers. We appreciate your patience and understanding and apologize for any inconvenience.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 8, 2019

You can learn a little more about what FAIR and the Open Group are doing in this regard in one of my previous blogs ). The bean counters responsible for calculating an organization’s risk should think about sharpening their pencils and evaluate the cost of reasonable data security care versus the increased cost of losing control of PII data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

With branches throughout India, the company has quadrupled its workforce since the pandemic and secured $22 million in funding from international investors. Cybernews reached out to the company, and access to users’ data was secured. It runs offices in the UK and Australia.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2021

Learn more about Constella's 2021 Annual Identity Breach Report titled "PII Fuelling the Threat Economy: How Crisis Creates Targeted Vulnerabilities for Individuals, Executives, and Brands.". The post Constella Intelligence Publishes 2021 Identity Breach Report appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2023

Whether an API is exposed for customers, partners, or internal use, it is responsible for transferring data that often holds personally identifiable information (PII) or reveals application logic and valuable company data. So, how can you ensure your API security is effective and enable your digital transformation?

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McAfee

OCTOBER 14, 2021

McAfee’s unique multi-vector data exfiltration protection (more on that here ) can also assist in ensuring that sensitive PII data doesn’t end up somewhere it shouldn’t. Consider testing and enabling our Chinese PII classifications. appeared first on McAfee Blogs.

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