Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

. “The leak of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) poses a huge risk to both individuals and organizations, potentially leading to financial losses, identity theft, reputational damage, and increased susceptibility to cyber attacks,” CloudSEK notified relevant authorities and potentially impacted organizations.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

In April the information technologies services giant Cognizant Technology suffered a ransomware attack, now it has confirmed also a data breach. This week, Cognizant reported to the Office of the Attorney General of California that intruders were able to exfiltrated “a limited amount of data from Cognizant’s systems.”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Like any large organization with a global presence, we know the Department is a constant target for cyber attacks,” states the US State Department. The Agency claimed it took steps to secure its system, and it is offering three years of credit and identity theft monitoring to the affected employees. “Sens.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2021

“In light of this, I would urge any customers who have been affected by this breach to be wary of any unexpected communications they might now receive, whether that’s over email, text messages or phone calls. Data breaches continue to be a scourge of enterprises. million – was down 20 percent. million – was down 20 percent.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, contact information, health card numbers, and for approximately 85,000 customers their lab test results. ” said Brown.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

US DoJ indicted a member of sophisticated China-based hacking group for series of computer intrusions. The group is also responsible for the 2015 Health Insurer Anthem data breach. These defendants allegedly attacked U.S. back in 2015. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. based organizations. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022. The attackers compromised one of the company systems and had access to the emails and documents of some employees.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Kindergarten through 12th-grade schools are also targeted by cybercriminals with hacks, ransomware, phishing scams, data breaches and more. According to the K-12 Security Information Exchange , last year set a record of cyber incidents in schools, with 408 disclosed incidents. There are a few major reasons.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This data set contained an even more extensive array of PII data than pwn0001 ‘s. According to Resecurity, one of the main sources of this data – breached 3d parties attacked by cybercriminals to steal PII.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

So, pretty soon, the government of UK is said to redraft the 30-year-old Computer act that will then allow the intelligence personnel to hack the digital networks of the cyber crooks for interrogation. Note 1- Till date, a special permission was needed to access the devices used by cyber criminals such as a smart phone and laptop.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

By learning how to use online platforms safely from the tips below, you will be able to minimize the risks of identity theft and money fraud. Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. If your password is exposed in a data breach, you must change it immediately.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. In response to the security breach, the United States subsidiary of HSBC blocked access to online accounts to prevent abuses. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Mobile devices pave the way to launch ransomware attacks on Australian businesses of every scale and domain.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. Data leaks, data breaches and data dumps are so common these days that they don’t even attract that much attention.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

With 2020 being the worst year on record in terms of files exposed in data breaches , a thorough security approach is necessary to combat modern dangers. Luckily, new tech trends could help keep our financial data safe even with an increase in risk. Blockchains are highly secure and decentralized data flow systems.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In today’s digital age, the threat of data breaches is a constant concern. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what hackers are planning to do with your data and take proactive measures to protect it. The main point is money is a big motivation to steal data. Which threat actors would like to obtain which data?

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

” reads the data breach notice issued by the company. “On April 11, 2020, Magellan discovered it was targeted by a ransomware attack. ” The company is not aware of any misuse of personal information stolen during the attack. SecurityAffairs – Magellan, hacking). ” concludes the company.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 3, 2021

It’s still entirely too easy to steal someone’s credentials, which is why identity theft continues to be a primary cause of data breaches. It’s time to take a closer look at alternative identity management and authentication strategies. Cyberattacks designed to steal identity are on the rise.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

[If you are not familiar with the attack, read some of our past SecureWorld articles covering the SolarWinds attack.]. Now comes new research that reveals a surgning number of supply chain cyber attacks, like the one that caught SolarWinds. Why are supply chain cyber attacks increasing?

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

American consumers lost $56 billion to identity theft last year with an average of 49 million consumer victims, according to a CNBC News report. The 2021 Identity Fraud Study by Javelin Strategy & Research reports the identity fraud resulted from stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and data breaches.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2023

The UK Electoral Commission suffered a data breach that exposed voters’ personal information between 2014 and 2022. The UK Electoral Commission disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of voters in the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2022. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. Cryptocurrencies are represented in hacked accounts to trading sites. The highest price is for an actual transfer from a hacked account. Hacked accounts for crypto are highly-priced now. Lykke is the most expensive hacked service at 260 USD.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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