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Retail giant Home Depot agrees to a $17.5 million settlement over 2014 data breach

Security Affairs

million settlement in a multi-state investigation of the data breach that the company suffered in 2014. million settlement over the 2014 data breach. In 2014, Home Depot revealed that the data breach impacted 56 million customers across the US and Canada. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Data breach).

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SHARED INTEL: Report details how cyber criminals leverage HTTPS TLS to hide malware

The Last Watchdog

TLS, he says, is increasingly being used to cloak a wide array of the operational steps behind the most damaging attacks of the moment, namely ransomware attacks and massive data breaches. This surge in TLS abuse has shifted the security community’s focus back to a venerable network security tool, the firewall.

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Password Encryption 101: Best Practices Guide for Orgs of All Sizes

SecureWorld News

As the frequency of data breaches surges, it becomes increasingly imperative to guarantee the security and adequate encryption of passwords. In this article, I will provide an overview of password encryption, explaining its essence and modus operandi. What is password encryption? How does password encryption work?

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Introducing next-generation firewall from Palo Alto Networks to support 5G-enabled IoT, OT and IT use cases

CyberSecurity Insiders

Next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks with AT&T Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) solutions are designed to help protect enterprises while optimizing security performance for these new use cases. They also help reduce complexity by assisting the customer with ongoing configuration changes to their firewall policies.

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Home Depot Data Breach Settlement: 5 Things It Must Do Now

SecureWorld News

The Home Depot recently reached a multi-state agreement which settles an investigation into a 2014 data breach. The data breach compromised payment card information of roughly 40 million customers. The Home Depot data breach and agreement. The company will pay a total of $17.5 million to 46 U.S. Of the $17.5

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23andMe sparks rethink about safeguarding data: on-premises vs. hybrid cloud strategies

IT Security Guru

This approach gives organisations direct control over their data and allows them to implement rigorous security protocols. For instance, by keeping genetic data on-site, an organisation like 23andMe is able to secure it behind multiple layers of firewalls and intrusion detection systems, reducing the risk of external breaches.

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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on content management systems (CMS) — and how to secure them

The Last Watchdog

According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 or higher) encryption protocol, because systems using an older version of TLS are a security risk.