Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

The infamous cybercrime syndicate ShinyHunters has struck again, this time claiming responsibility for an absolutely staggering data breach impacting live entertainment giants Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Consumers have become numb to data breaches, which leads to industry complacency."

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Herjavec Group

JANUARY 27, 2022

January 28th is Data Privacy Day, an international effort to empower individuals and support businesses in the endeavor to respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust. This year, the National Cybersecurity Alliance has extended the data privacy campaign to be a week-long initiative.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Friday, January 28, 2022, is Data Privacy Day, or Data Protection Day. With so many activities making headlines about data breach scandals, hacks, and cybersecurity threats it is imperative to give the topic the attention it needs to underline the necessity for data privacy and advocacy for increased data privacy legislation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

CISA adds SonicWall SonicOS and Palo Alto PAN-OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Juniper Networks fixed a critical flaw in Session Smart Routers China-linked APT group Winnti targets Japanese organizations since March 2024 Xerox VersaLink C7025 Multifunction printer flaws may expose Windows Active Directory credentials to attackers (..)

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Webroot

MAY 28, 2025

From phishing scams to malware , hackers are constantly looking for ways to exploit weaknesses in cybersecurity systems and software. Their goal is always the same: to get access to personal data and use it for profit. This is partly due to the increase in data breaches.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2021

As if this yearly ritual does not put us enough on edge, it has also now become a primetime playoff for hacking scams and fraud. Personal scams. In order to provide some context, tax fraud is so prevalent that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a list of "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for 2020. The scam breaks down like this.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The survey results showed there is a lack of consumer trust across industries to protect their data, as 4 out of 5 people have experienced a negative impact on their lives after a data breach. Most of the impact is fraudulent financial and personal information use and tailored scams based on their information.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The risk of identity theft is a concept that most of us are probably familiar with given the rise of cybercrime and data breaches. Works has revealed that most employees do little to protect themselves when they learn their personal information has been exposed in an employer’s data breach.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Even McAfee’s most basic plan includes a VPN, identity monitoring, and text scam detection. I recommend McAfee if you’re looking for features like social media privacy, personal data monitoring, and scans of old internet accounts. Norton 360 lacks text scam detection, but again, Norton does offer a free detection tool, Genie.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Cybercriminals are shifting their focus toward targeted identity fraud and scams resulting in fewer overall victims. The post 2023 Sees Record Data Compromises Amidst Changing Tactics appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Adam Levin

JULY 28, 2020

It’s increasingly difficult to distinguish between a legitimate message, a phishing scam designed to spread viruses and other computer malware, or your basic, everyday piece of unsolicited email. Privacy-centric options exist, including Protonmail which features end-to-end encryption. The trade-off for more control is more work.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Why Is Data Privacy Important? If you have never been affected by a scam or issue such as identity theft, then you may not yet fully comprehend the important role that data privacy plays.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In episode 353, we discuss the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, resulting in the largest data breach of protected health information in history. We explore the implications of this significant breach and whether paying ransoms is a viable solution.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

McAfee Overview Better for Privacy & Data Cleanup Features Overall Rating: 4.4/5 McAfees most basic plan consists of a VPN and text scam detection features that Microsoft Defender lacks. McAfee benefits organizations wanting features like social media privacy, personal data monitoring, and scans of old internet accounts.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Cybercriminals continued targeting gamers’ accounts filled with valuable in-game items or giving access to games on several devices, and often used in-game currency to lure victims to participate in their scams. Unfortunately, this ambiguity sets the stage for an anticipated increase in charity-related scams in 2024.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investment money is flowing into a fast-growing digital identity solutions market that is being fueled by the ongoing increase in data breaches launched via identity scams, a government focus on the issue, and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

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. The future isn’t about worms, viruses, Trojans, scams, pig butchering, or any other single scam.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

More than half of data breaches over the past year involved insider threats. This includes employees who have unintentionally allowed a breach because of bad cybersecurity hygiene. US states like Maine and Nevada have already passed a state data privacy law or have it scheduled for 2021. Insider Threat .

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With 52% of security breaches being caused by human error , it is important to recognize that one of your employees could inadvertently be the cause of your company’s next data breach. Educating your employees is key to preventing a breach, so here are some best practices to get the ball rolling: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

PrivacySharks’ Madeleine Hodson , the first to report the new leak, noted that while it appears simply to be a “cumulation of data from previous leaks,” that data could still include private as well as public information. ” LinkedIn had a similar response to the recent leak.

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In its annual Data Breach Investigations Report , published at the beginning of 2013, Verizon revealed that businesses with fewer than 100 employees made up the single largest group of victims of data breaches. It wasn’t as though we didn’t already know – that small businesses were firmly in the crosshairs of hackers.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This same email address may even be involved in data breaches and data leaks. By extension, your email address may be sold, exposed (ex: data breaches or data leaks), or leaked to other parties outside of the party you shared your email with. Think about it. and everything in between.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 7, 2024

Episode 324 features discussions on a significant AT&T data breach affecting 73 million customers and a sophisticated thread jacking attack targeting a journalist.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. There’s plenty of food for thought and perspective for anyone in security leadership or privacy roles in their organisations.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This will help improve your data privacy too. Knowledge is your best defense; educate yourself and others about new scams and phishing techniques. Minimize Attack Paths: Disabling unused services, ports, and protocols strengthens defenses and creates a more resilient digital space capable of withstanding cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2023

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) was passed in November 2020. It amends the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) introduced in response to rising consumer data privacy concerns. Take actions to prevent a data breach Compliance with regulations is only the first step in consumer data protection.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2024

Not OK: SMS 2FA — Widespread spam targets carrier employees, as scrotes try harder to evade two-factor authentication. The post SIM Swappers Try Bribing T-Mobile and Verizon Staff $300 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Some smaller companies have even gone out of business as the result of a data breach. having been breached at some point in the past. billion worth of academic research by performing a phishing scam on university professors.” Every data privacy regulation we’ve seen calls for a similar set of best practices.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

Behind the majority of these attacks: the ransomware gang known as Vice Society , a Russian-based group linked to multiple K–12 data breaches, including LA Unified, the second-largest school district in the nation. Secure data storage is also a requirement of FERPA.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Securing your child’s data is one of the biggest concerns of parents today. With stories of ransomware targeting and successfully hitting schools, not to mention the many other data breaches, parents and carers might feel that there is nothing they can do to protect their child’s data. Far from it.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In this episode of the Podcast, # 123: Troy Hunt, the founder of HaveIBeenPwned.com joins us to talk about Marriott International’s big mess: a breach of Starwood Hotels’ reservation system that revealed information on half a billion (with a “B”) guests. Part 1: Marriott’s Big Mess.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

In this episode, we explore the recent Okta breach where hackers obtained sensitive customer data via unauthorized access to the Okta support system. Next, we discuss the emerging threat of “quishing,” a combination of voice calls and phishing that preys on unsuspecting victims.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

These unique and rather intimate data points can be used to exploit users in highly targeted marketing and advertising campaigns - or perhaps even used to facilitate scams and malware via advertising tools third parties who may receive such information provide to advertisers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

‘Twas a simple phishing scam that brought Twitter down! And so, the data breaches keep getting bigger. The inevitable result of collecting so much information is that data breaches are increasing. Start Asking Questions About Data Privacy and Security. Where do they send it?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

Eight UK men were arrested in an investigation into scam text messages. These scam text messages are known as " smishing " within the security industry, where text messages entice victims with a web link to either malware or malicious website, in a bid to steal personal data or bank details or to have the victim make a bogus payment.

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