SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

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. A Guess retail store. N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0 link] , via Wikimedia Commons).

Retail 102

Retail Ransomware Hacking Digital transformation 102

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 3, 2018

A cached version of the company’s website shows that it promised “access to our massive in-house data collection, as well as one of the largest data supplier networks of any data or lead company.”. The data was exposed due to a misconfiguration of Elasticsearch , an open-source search engine technology.

Identity Theft 194

Identity Theft Data collection Engineering Passwords 194

IT Security Guru

JULY 28, 2023

Hybrid work models and broadly adopted cloud technology disperse operations extensively; data is moved, stored, and accessed from highly distributed locations. Businesses can prioritise protection efforts by classifying data based on its importance and regulatory requirements.

Data breaches 95

Data breaches Risk Education Telecommunications 95

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Microsoft has said it is committed to making technology more accessible and user-friendly. Leading experts in AI and technology have expressed their views on this groundbreaking development. John Reynolds, a technology journalist, adds: "This move by Microsoft is a game-changer. What are the experts saying?

Artificial Intelligence 73

Artificial Intelligence Surveillance Technology Risk 73

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 29, 2020

The breadth of personal data collection in digital solutions in smart city projects makes it difficult to contain it to what is necessary for specific purposes. To address this risk, Sidewalk Labs had proposed privacy protective technology that “locked” personal data into specific purposes and retention times.

Surveillance 59

Surveillance Data collection Risk Data breaches 59

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.

Healthcare 99

Healthcare Identity Theft Digital transformation Data collection 99

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

The open database is a logging database the company, Ningbo Jus Internet Technology , uses to keep track of app bugs and errors. It also houses hundreds of gigabytes of data and is hosted on a Huawei cloud server in China. Sen said anyone can access the data using a web browser if they have the right IP address.

Internet 77

Internet Internet Data collection Technology 77

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2021

According to the IBM data breach report, the average cost of a data breach has reached $4.24 Many security professionals spend hours each day manually administering tools to protect enterprise data. For many organizations, spending so much time collecting data is not conducive to innovation and growth.

Cybersecurity 134

Cybersecurity Data privacy Small Business Threat Detection 134

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

According to the IBM data breach report, the average cost of a data breach has reached $4.24 Many security professionals spend hours each day manually administering tools to protect enterprise data. For many organizations, spending so much time collecting data is not conducive to innovation and growth.

Cybersecurity 122

Cybersecurity Data privacy Small Business Threat Detection 122

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

Cybercrime 241

Cybercrime Government Data collection Internet 241

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33. Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs.

IoT 96

IoT Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Data collection 96

SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

One of the most important responsibilities of security professionals is to avoid data breaches. At the same time, the IBM report reveals that it takes an average of 277 days to detect and contain a data breach. Of note is the ratio of the "technological" and "methodological" parts of the implementation.

Technology 80

Technology Unstructured Data Data breaches Information Security 80

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 17, 2017

We have a data breach problem. My full written testimony is in that link and it talks about many of the issue we face today and the impact data breaches have on identity verification. Data Breaches Occur Due to Human Error. Quite the opposite, in fact - things are going downhill in a hurry.

Data breaches 186

Data breaches Education Passwords Penetration Testing 186

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

The open database is a logging database the company, Ningbo Jus Internet Technology , uses to keep track of app bugs and errors. It also houses hundreds of gigabytes of data and is hosted on a Huawei cloud server in China. Sen said anyone can access the data using a web browser if they have the right IP address.

Internet 59

Internet Internet Data collection Mobile 59

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. These were customized audits based on long-established frameworks and protocols from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and other organizations — but tweaked slightly by each company.

Cyber Risk 165

Cyber Risk Risk Digital transformation Accountability 165

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. Maintaining the privacy of sensitive data is imperative in most industries.

IoT 72

IoT Data collection Encryption eCommerce 72

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. In this milieu, even well-defended enterprises continue to suffer catastrophic data breaches. Just ask Capital One , Marriott or Equifax.

Big data 159

Big data Firewall Digital transformation Software 159

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Whilst it’s easy to assume cybersecurity breaches are a technology issue, the main culprit is human error. But errors resulting in cybersecurity breaches can have disastrous consequences for all involved. Verizon’s 2022 Data Breaches Investigations Report concluded that 82% of data breaches involved a human element.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Passwords Scams Phishing 52

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.

Spyware 186

Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 186

SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

“And so as organizations collect more sensitive data, their employees should be more attuned, and… better trained on what constitutes sensitive data…”. There are ways of looking at the metrics on that,” she continued. “It’s ’ So periodic audits and assessments or I would say are needed.”.

Education 109

Education Security Awareness Data privacy Social Engineering 109

Herjavec Group

JANUARY 27, 2022

Data Privacy Week aims to create awareness about online privacy, educate citizens on how to manage and secure their personal information, and support businesses in respecting data and being more transparent about how they collect and use customer data.

Data privacy 52

Data privacy Digital transformation Education Cybersecurity 52

Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

I’m proud of our success, but it wasn’t just our technology that got us here. If you’ve ever been involved in a company’s data breach (which is extremely likely), there’s a chance that the username and password that were associated with that data breach can be bought on the dark web for just pennies.

Data breaches 68

Data breaches Passwords Banking Malware 68

eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Despite the similarity in name to endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, MDR providers are more like general managed security service providers (MSSPs) , operating on all layers of an organization’s infrastructure, including the network, endpoints, applications and other IT resources. The company currently secures $5.7

Threat Detection 57

Threat Detection Technology Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity 57

Spinone

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

authentication (the technology that allows you to log into an app via your Google or Facebook account) can introduce many security flaws as apps using this type of authentication are granted access permissions to user account actions and data on install. What Makes an App Risky? Poorly implemented OAuth 2.0

Mobile 40

Mobile Data breaches Accountability Risk 40

SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2022

healthcare organizations reported that they had not received data security training. 90% of healthcare institutions had a data breach in the past two years, and the average cost of the breaches was over $9 million. IoT devices are always collecting data. in 2020 to $188.2B 59% of information workers at U.S.

IoT 67

IoT Healthcare Risk Firmware 67

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

Data privacy 67

Data privacy Engineering Encryption Internet 67

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Over the past few years, there has been a notable increase in data breaches related to data stored in the cloud. This is especially true in today’s environment, which is continually dealing with new technologies that could be exploited by cybercriminals. Utilize anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies.

Identity Theft 87

Identity Theft Phishing Accountability Banking 87

SC Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

We have high-fidelity, facial recognition technology embedded into that. But the employer never collects any of the data involved, right? So it’s all about eliminating the risk of a data breach resulting from this data collection. And then we verify your social security number and… your address.

Risk 54

Risk Encryption Education Media 54

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. CAMPBELL: Win.

Government 40

Government Technology Firewall Engineering 40

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. Super Bowl Sunday watchers are treated to no fewer than a half-dozen commercials for cryptocurrency investing.

Cryptocurrency 233

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 233

SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the EU, lawmakers are working on the Data Act , meant to further protect sensitive data, as well as a comprehensive AI legal strategy that might put a curb on a range of invasive machine-learning technologies and require greater accountability and transparency. This might have various implications for privacy.

Insurance 102

Insurance Social Engineering IoT Data breaches 102

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 4, 2023

I predict that in 2023, there will be a major security breach that can be traced back to inefficient management of redundancies. Data sovereignty hits the road. The concept of "data sovereignty" refers to both the legality of data collection and storage in accordance with local laws.

Cybersecurity 87

Cybersecurity Risk Ransomware Marketing 87

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2023

Experience (and security) is everything The evolution of CIAM technology came about in response to a demand for more security, control, and visibility of consumer identity-related data and information. Secure digital identities are the foundation of establishing that safety feeling and preventing successful data breaches.

Authentication 71

Authentication Mobile Retail Passwords 71

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

XDR is often considered an evolution of EDR, moving beyond endpoint data analysis and threat response to look at telemetry data across clouds, applications, servers, third-party resources, and other network components. With DFS, relevant data can quickly be sorted through and brought to light for investigative purposes.

Network Security 115

Network Security Penetration Testing Firewall Antivirus 115

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

According to thought leaders, the compromise of video data could result in intellectual property theft, physical security threats, privacy violations, extortion and perhaps regulatory punishment. Odds are more than one was breached here,” said Davisson. “I Of course, for some institutions, this is not practical.

Surveillance 129

Surveillance IoT Accountability Passwords 129

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In the ever-evolving fight against data loss , data breaches, and data theft in the 21st century, organizations worldwide have turned to a number of cybersecurity solutions, services, and software in an attempt to keep their data safe and secure from threats. Why Use Behavioral Analytics in Cybersecurity?

Advertising 122

Advertising Cybersecurity DDOS Data breaches 122

Centraleyes

MARCH 25, 2024

Cloud misconfigurations , such as a misconfigured cloud storage bucket, are common causes of data breaches. Every month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) adds over 2,000 new security flaws to its National Vulnerability Database. As it scans, it uses its built-in technology to evaluate vulnerabilities.

Antivirus 52

Antivirus Firewall Risk Software 52