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The danger of data breaches — what you really need to know

Webroot

If a company you do business with becomes part of a data breach, cybercriminals may have full access to your confidential information. Unfortunately, data breaches are on the rise and affecting more companies and consumers than ever. billion people received notices that their information was exposed in a data breach.

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Most Common Causes of Data Breach and How to Prevent It

Security Affairs

Which are the most common causes of a Data Breach and how to prevent It? Data breaches are highly damaging and equally embarrassing for businesses and consumers. If you look at Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, you can find some of the most common causes of data breaches.

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Crooks social-engineered GoDaddy staff to take over crypto-biz domains

Security Affairs

The threat actors were able to modify DNS settings by tricking GoDaddy employees into handing over the control of the targeted domains with social engineering attacks. Our security team investigated and confirmed threat actor activity, including social engineering of a limited number of GoDaddy employees.”.

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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure. The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide.

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Teenager Hacks Uber by Social Engineering an Employee

SecureWorld News

According to this cyber wonderkid, they used social engineering to pull off the hack. This incident is yet another example of how easy it is for malicious threat actors to use social engineering to gain access to an organization's internal systems. Uber's response to being breached. September 16, 2022.

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GUEST ESSAY: How the ‘Scattered Spiders’ youthful ring defeated MFA to plunder Vegas

The Last Watchdog

Using routine social engineering strategies, the cyber-thieves gathered information about key employees. Professional networking and social media platforms continue to prove a rich landscape for phone numbers, locations, hobbies, dates of birth, family members, and friendships.

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Twilio breached after social engineering attack on employees

Malwarebytes

Cloud-based communication platform provider Twilio has announced a breach via a social engineering attack on employees. It seems likely they used data from another breach, or breaches, and searched for Twilio employee names with their phone numbers. The most effective strategy is education.