Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches can be devastating for organizations, these are 3 of the worst incidents that could have been prevented. Data breaches can be devastating for organizations and even entire countries. Eliminating the risk of a data breach is nearly impossible, but some things can be done to reduce it significantly.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

American technology company Ubiquiti Networks is disclosed a data breach and is notifying its customers via email. American technology vendor Ubiquiti Networks suffered a data breach and is sending out notification emails to its customers asking them to change their passwords and enable 2FA for their accounts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

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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Graham Cluley

MARCH 6, 2024

Ukraine claims its hackers have gained possession of "the information security and encryption software" used by Russia's Ministry of Defence , as well as secret documents, reports, and instructions exchanged between over 2,000 units of Russia's security services. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

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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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Insurance giant CNA notifies customers of a data breach after the Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack suffered in March. US insurance giant CNA is notifying customers of a data breach after the ransomware attack that it suffered in March. Therefore, we have no reason to suspect your information has or will be misused.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The security breach was first reported by BleepingComputer that also shared a copy of the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted customers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

According to the complaint by the FTC this was made possible because CafePress failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect the sensitive information of buyers and sellers stored on its network. The passwords are said to have been protected by “weak encryption”, an absolute security no-no.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of defense giant Elbit Systems, disclosed a data breach after Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked it. Now the company has confirmed the data breach that took place on June 8, 2022 and impacted 369 people. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is a U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidance on how to prevent data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks. The post US CISA releases guidance on how to prevent ransomware data breaches appeared first on Security Affairs. softwa re company Kaseya. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Hotel chain Marriott International suffered a new data breach, a threat actor has stolen 20GB from the company. Hotel chain Marriott International confirmed it has suffered a new data breach after a threat actor stole 20GB of files from one of its properties. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The popular children’s online playground Animal Jam has suffered a data breach that affected more than 46 million accounts. Animal Jam has suffered a data breach impacting 46 million accounts belonging to children and parents who signed up for the game. . million monthly active users. million monthly active users.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

Western Digital is notifying its customers of a data breach that exposed their sensitive personal information, the incident took place in March. The company is sending customers data breach notification letters to confirm that threat actors have stolen sensitive personal information in the March attack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) discloses a data breach resulting from the compromise of its Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) file sharing service. Energy giant Shell disclosed a data breach resulting from the compromise of an Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) used by the company. billion in 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

This breach exposed users’ names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, order details, and more. Hundreds of thousands of users were compromised in the breach. There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. What’s Happening?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

In April the information technologies services giant Cognizant Technology suffered a ransomware attack, now it has confirmed also a data breach. In April the information technologies services giant Cognizant Technology was hit by Maze Ransomware operators. ” reads the notice of data breach.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. “Upon learning of the incident, we immediately launched an investigation, engaged Mandiant, a leading security firm, and alerted law enforcement.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. In February, American fashion brand Guess was hit by a ransomware attack, now the company is disclosing a data breach and is notifying affected customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

Chipmaker giant Nvidia confirmed a data breach after the recently disclosed security incident, proprietary information stolen. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the incident. . Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, NVIDIA).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

At-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory discloses a ransomware attack and consequent data breach. “On July 25, 2020, Apex Laboratory of Farmingdale, NY (“Apex”) discovered that it was the victim of a cyber-attack and that certain systems in its environment were encrypted and inaccessible.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2020

The third-party company is owned by a former Team Leader, still Member of the JRD team at the time of the breach.” ” reads the data breach notification. “Known to the current Team Leader at the time of the breach. ( [link] ) Each backup copy included a full copy of the website, including all the data.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

. “As you know, RailWorks was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack in which an unauthorized third party encrypted its servers and systems, which may have involved access to your name, address, driver’s license number and/or government issued ID, Social Security number, date of birth and date of hire/termination and/or retirement.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Yahoo is continuously trying to settle a lawsuit on the massive data breach over the period of 2013 to 2016. million settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history”. SecurityAffairs – Yahoo data breach, settlement).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric suffered a data breach after a Cactus ransomware attack. BleepingComputer contacted Schneider Electric which confirmed the data breach. The attack impacted the services of Schneider Electric’s Resource Advisor cloud platform causing outages.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Poshmark, a social commerce marketplace where people in the United States can buy and sell new or used clothing, shoes, and accessories, disclosed a data breach. On August 1, the US social commerce marketplace Poshmark disclosed a data breach. SecurityAffairs – Poshmark, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2020

” reads the data breach notification published by Blackbaud. Our Cyber Security team—together with independent forensics experts and law enforcement—successfully prevented the cybercriminal from blocking our system access and fully encrypting files; and ultimately expelled them from our system. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

Due to the large number and various types of unique documents, it is difficult to estimate the number of people exposed in this breach. There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. What’s Happening? Original post at [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. ’s Information Commissioner’s Office, Marriott International was not compliant to the European Union’s data protection regulation GDPR.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense to encrypt and protect its data. “Now the Ukrainian special service has the information protection and encryption software used by the morph, as well as an array of secret service documents of the Russian Ministry of War.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Network Solutions, one of the world’s biggest domain registrars, disclosed a data breach that impacted 22 million accounts. Network Solutions , one of the world’s biggest domain registrars, disclosed a data breach that may have impacted 22 million accounts, no financial data was exposed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

The leaked data numbers in the millions and was accessible to anyone who possessed the link. There was no need for a password or login credentials to access the information, and the data was not encrypted. The leak has since been secured. What’s Happening? Original post at: [link]. About the author: Chase Williams.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

A database containing personal information of 8,929,503 Zacks Investment Research users emerged on a popular hacking forum on June 10, 2023. The availability of the archive was reported by the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned , which notified Zecks.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

As every computer security professional knows, if anything is on the Internet, it’s subject to increasingly sophisticated attacks. According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 percent of CMS users worry about the security of their CMS—while 46.4

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2024

Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive madhav Thu, 05/23/2024 - 05:16 Our recently released 2024 Data Threat Report showed a direct correlation between compliance and cyber security outcomes. 84% of organizations that failed a compliance audit reported having a data breach in their history. Supply chain security.

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