Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Fact: Zynga, the California-based social game developer, suffered a major data breach in 2019 when a malicious actor stole 218 million records belonging to “Words With Friends” players. If you were a victim of the Zynga data breach, you’ve probably changed the password for your account already.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. It’s not like data breaches are going away, they’re shifting.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A review of the screenshots posted to the cybercrime forum as evidence of the unauthorized access revealed several Internet addresses tied to systems at the U.S. Other domains and Internet addresses included in those screenshots pointed to Miracle Systems LLC , an Arlington, Va.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable. The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. Internet Of Things. Data security.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

What To Know About Privacy Data. The internet makes our lives more convenient but also brings about new threats that we need to be on the lookout for. Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. IdentityIQ.

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Fox IT

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Over the past few months NCC Group has observed an increasing number of data breach extortion cases, where the attacker steals data and threatens to publish said data online if the victim decides not to pay. Collection & Exfiltration. Conclusion.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 24, 2022

Delete unused apps on your internet-connected devices and keep others secure by performing updates. of automated attacks when enabled and can ensure your data is protected, even in the event of a data breach. Conduct an assessment Conduct an assessment of your data collection practices. For Businesses.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. In a complex and dynamic business environment undergoing digital transformation, this approach to efficient data collection is setting the table for intuitive analytics. Talk more soon.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. Maintaining the privacy of sensitive data is imperative in most industries. Protecting the integrity and confidentiality of data collected by all connected devices. Connected devices outnumber people.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Rising implementations of cloud services and IoT systems, not to mention the arrival of 5G, has quickened the pace of software development and multiplied data handling complexities. In this milieu, even well-defended enterprises continue to suffer catastrophic data breaches. Just ask Capital One , Marriott or Equifax.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“ElasticSearch is a very common and widely used data storage and is prone to misconfigurations, which makes it accessible to anyone. This instance left sensitive data open and was already indexed via popular IoT [internet of things] search engines. Cases like these raise questions about corporate data collection practices.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

As the number of network intrusions, data breaches, ransomware attacks, and similar threats continues to increase in both frequency and severity, expertise in cyber incident response becomes critical to organizations and insurance companies.,” Put simply, everything that is connected to the internet can be compromised.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2022

I love the possibilities that Internet of Things (IoT) products bring to our lives. CEs and BAs must always consider and mitigate IoT risks appropriately to protect patients and insureds, meet HIPAA compliance, and also to comply with a wide range of additional legal data protection requirements. IoT devices are always collecting data.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2023

Period-tracking app users scrambled to find the most secure app online , and one period-tracking app maker promised to encrypt user data so that, even if law enforcement made a request for their data, the data would be unintelligible. In August, the company confirmed a data breach that affected 5.4

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

.” Song pointed out that several of the things reported by Twelve are not true, for example he denied that Wyze sends data to Alibaba Cloud in China. Song also added that Wyze only collected health data from 140 users who were beta-testing a new smart scale product, the claims of a massive data collection were fake.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 22, 2019

In our second segment this week: we’re used to hearing stories about connected device makers getting caught out with shoddy device security, insecure applications, dodgy data collection practices – or all three.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On the other hand, we saw the repeal of Roe vs Wade and the subsequent controversy surrounding female reproductive health data in the US as well as investigations into companies selling fine-grained commercial data and facial recognition services to law enforcement. One way to do that might be to insure yourself against data breaches.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 27, 2023

Which states and territories get how much is being determined by a Broadband Data Collection map from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On the other… the massive federal inject of $42 billion in spending on increased broadband and internet infrastructure will have a profound impact on cybersecurity."

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Collecting information about a company from public sources. The first and simplest step that can be taken by cybercriminals is to gather data from publicly accessible sources. Over the past few years, there has been a notable increase in data breaches related to data stored in the cloud.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Odds are more than one was breached here,” said Davisson. “I Pictured: a Dome Series security camera from Verkada. Thought leaders advise reducing or eliminating the use of these skeleton key-like accounts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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Spinone

JULY 3, 2020

GDPR Overview and Definition GDPR is the law created to give people more control over the personal data they share on the internet. Before the GDPR was created, there had been multiple cases of personal data violations and misusages, like selling contacts to third parties without users knowing about that. It includes: 1.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 23, 2018

In its Global Risk Report 2017 , the World Economic Forum found that “large-scale cyber-attacks or malware causing large economic damages” or “widspread loss of trust in the internet” remain the primary business risks in North America.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q4, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Morgan Asset Management, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Formation 8, BlackRock Funds, Accel Partners, and Data Collective, as well as individual investors such as Microsoft Chairman John W. The Privafy product was designed to secure “data-in-motion.” It has raised $332.5

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Centraleyes

MARCH 25, 2024

Cloud misconfigurations , such as a misconfigured cloud storage bucket, are common causes of data breaches. In a case like this, an administrator may unintentionally expose sensitive information to the public Internet by failing to implement proper access controls or encryption measures.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): SIEM consolidates log data collecting, processing, and reporting from both cloud and on-premises systems, assisting in the detection and response to security events. Data synchronization is critical in hybrid cloud architectures to provide consistency across infrastructures.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

There’s been a major data breach, and you’re booked on the next night flight out, at 6am. As you hustle to the airport, the team already onsite is collecting the log files and the backups as needed so that when you arrive you can begin the investigation. It’s 3am and the call comes in.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a recent security report, researchers revealed an unsecured archive of US voter data collected by Deep Root Analytics, a data firm connected to the Republican National Convention (RNC). The database has been secured at the time of this writing, but it remains unclear how long this data was exposed to the internet.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 19, 2017

For the last 4 years, I've also run a free service called Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) which aggregates data breaches and presently contains about 4.8 million people presently subscribe to those notifications and I've had up to 3 million people visit the site in a single day after a major data breach.

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