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BORN Ontario data breach impacted 3.4 million newborns and pregnancy care patients

Security Affairs

The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), the Ontario birth registry disclosed a data breach affecting some 3.4 The BORN funded by the government of Ontario disclosed a data breach that impacts some 3.4 Compromised data included the services people received and their demographic information.

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Meta subsidiaries must pay $14m over misleading data collection disclosure

Malwarebytes

Meta has run into yet another bout of court related issues—two subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $14 million regarding undisclosed data collection. Last year, Instagram received a record fine of $400m for the abuse of children’s data. Even so, the fines keep coming. Get a free trial below.

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5,200 Data Breaches Analyzed in Annual Verizon Report

SecureWorld News

Verizon has released its 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the 16th annual publication providing an analysis of real-world data breaches and security incidents. This year, Verizon analyzed 16,312 security incidents and 5,199 confirmed data breaches. So what did they find?

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Ransomware Attacks: The Constant and Evolving Cybersecurity Threat

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Ransomware Attacks: The Constant and Evolving Cybersecurity Threat madhav Tue, 03/12/2024 - 13:00 Enterprise data collection is skyrocketing, driven by factors like connected devices, cloud computing, personal data collection and digital transactions. It accounts for 25% of all data breaches.

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inSicurezzaDigitale launches the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor

Security Affairs

The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Fashion brand Guess hacked, DarkSide ransomware group the likely culprit

SC Magazine

Following news that noted fashion brand Guess suffered a data breach in which personal information may have been stolen, cybersecurity experts on Tuesday said that retailers should take this case as motivation to lock down their cyber defenses.

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The Future of Privacy: How Big Tech Is Changing the Way We Think About Our Data

Cytelligence

Major cybersecurity corporations specializing in services such as cybersecurity audits, vulnerability assessments, and ransomware consulting play a critical role in fortifying defenses against cyber threats, including ransomware attacks. The impact of Big Tech on privacy is multifaceted.