Malwarebytes

APRIL 15, 2025

The Hertz Corporation, on behalf of Hertz, Dollar, and Thrifty brands, is sending breach notifications to customers who may have had their name, contact information, driver’s license, andin rare casesSocial Security Number exposed in a data breach. Check the vendors advice. Change your password.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2025

Kelly Benefits has determined that the impact of the recently disclosed data breach is much bigger than initially believed. Benefits and payroll solutions firm Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, aka Kelly Benefits, announced that the impact of a recently disclosed data breach is much bigger than initially estimated.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 17, 2019

But occasionally I feel obligated to publish such accounts when companies respond to a breach report in such a way that it’s crystal clear they wouldn’t know what to do with a data breach if it bit them in the nose, let alone festered unmolested in some dark corner of their operations.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Tip 1: Educating and Training the Workforce Regularly Human error remains one of the leading causes of data breaches. According to the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report , 68% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. Many cyber attacks exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 30, 2025

I've no doubt whatsoever this is a net-positive event that will do way more good than harm. I saw a lot of "if it can happen to Troy, it can happen to anyone" sort of commentary and whilst it feels a bit of obnoxious for me to be saying it that way, I appreciate the sentiment and the awareness it drives.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2025

Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach after customer data was stolen via Cleo zero-day exploits in late 2024, affecting Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. Car rental giant Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach that impacted its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 6, 2025

In the past week, several significant cybersecurity incidents have made headlines including high-impact data breaches, and newly discovered or exploited vulnerabilities. Below is a structured summary of the most notable events, with key details: CISA Alert Resurge Malware Exploiting Ivanti ZeroDay (CVE-2025-0282) The U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Texas Tech University reports a data breach affecting 1.4 million, exposing personal, health, and financial data from its health sciences centers. Texas Tech University disclosed a data breach that impacted over 1.4 ” reads the notice of security breach published by the HSCs.

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Joseph Steinberg

MARCH 24, 2025

We all know that we face increased threats from costly hacker attacks and data breaches unfortunately, however, much of what we have been taught about how to protect ourselves is simply wrong.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2021

My Definitions of Event, Alert, and Incident. A definitions reminder: Incident : A security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. Breach : An incident that results in the confirmed disclosure—not just potential exposure—of data to an unauthorized party.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised. million individuals were compromised.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Fashion retailer Forever 21 disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500,000 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals. “As a result, we believe the risk to individuals whose personal data was involved in this event is low.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. We launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists, to determine the nature and scope of the event. The investigation is ongoing.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

Software solutions provider Young Consulting disclosed a data breach impacting 950,000 individuals following a BlackSuit ransomware attack. ” reads a notice of data breach published by the company. On April 13 the company “became aware of technical difficulties” that impacted its infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) announced that it has suffered a data breach impacting more than 45,000 individuals. In November, the hacktivist group SiegedSec claimed responsibility for the hack of The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and leaked stolen human resources data. organizations, especially U.S. municipalities.

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a worrisome turn of events, messaging app giant Line Yahoo Corporation has revised the scope of its previously reported data breach.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rather than merely cataloguing breaches, we look into the anatomy of significant cyber attacks, associated vulnerabilities that led to such events, and relevant controls. We’ve chronicled key developments month […] The post Major cyber attacks and data breaches of 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 29, 2024

Why does it need to be a crazy data breach week right when I'm struggling with jet lag?! I came home from Europe just as a bunch of the Snowflake-sourced breaches started being publicly dumped, and things went a little crazy.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach) The company has disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In this video, we explore the alarming details surrounding the largest data breach ever, which has exposed an astonishing 2.9 billion records linked to the National Public Data (NPD) breach. billion records — nearly half the world’s population — have just been compromised in one of the largest data breaches in history.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The big excitement for me was that Ubiquiti doorbell and whilst that might seem like a small thing, I'm absolutely loving it and the ability to answer it from anywhere whilst also integrating it into Home Assistant and triggering events like Sonos text to speech is really cool. References My (ISC)² award arrived!

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The digital imaging products manufacturer OmniVision disclosed a data breach after the 2023 ransomware attack. ” reads the data Breach Notification. As proof of the data breach, the extortion group published data samples, including passport images, NDAs, contracts, and other documents.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Bank of America revealed that the personal information of some customers was stolen in a data breach affecting a third-party services provider. Bank of America began notifying some customers following a data breach at the third-party services provider Infosys McCamish System (IMS).

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Troy Hunt

JULY 24, 2024

Things like speaking at events, writing blog posts, and, of course, running Have I Been Pwned. It takes people like you reading this now to turn up to my talks, consume the posts I write and use HIBP to do useful things after data breaches happen to make me successful at what I do.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 12, 2022

So yes, I took a shortcut with the description of this video, but it all worked out well in the end IMHO with plenty of content that wasn't entirely data breach related, but yeah, that does seem to be a bit of a recurring theme in these vids.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 19, 2019

A medical billing firm responsible for a recent eight-month data breach that exposed the personal information on nearly 20 million Americans has filed for bankruptcy, citing “enormous expenses” from notifying affected consumers and the loss of its four largest customers. and CareCentrix Inc.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Don’t get pwned; get real-time alerts & prevent breaches #SecureYourSite I caught up with Josef Prusa in Prague (what he has created at Prusa is massively impressive!) Experts Live EU was an awesome event 😎 (felt a lot of love in Prague, thanks everyone 😊) The dbForums data breach went into HIBP (and.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Oregon Zoo, one of the state's top tourist attractions, has announced a data breach that may have exposed the payment card information of more than 117,000 visitors. Our response to this event included initiating an investigation and notifying federal law enforcement."

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2024

As is often the case these days, it turns out that the cyberincident was very likely a ransomware attack that included a data breach. Ransomware operators typically steal data from the compromised systems to use as extra leverage against the victim. The company has not so far specified the type of data that may have been stolen.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Amazon disclosed a data breach exposing employee data, with information allegedly stolen in the May 2023 MOVEit attacks. Amazon disclosed a data breach that exposed employee information after data was allegedly stolen during the May 2023 MOVEit attacks.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 24, 2022

Less techie, but hopefully something you'll all enjoy 😊 References NDC Melbourne was very much like a reunion being the first NDC event we've been back to since London in Jan 2020 (and being able to share it with the kids made it extra special 😊) The travel thread continues, with much more to come yet before hitting home (a (..)

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2023

You know, the things you kinda want to keep pretty well protected and out of the hands of nefarious parties, like the kinds of folks that following their data breach could match firearms to an individual at an address on a phone number of a gender and specific age. But don't worry, no financial information was compromised!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Customers are often unaware which payment provider is used by their online shops, so a data breach notice may come as a surprise to many of the 1,693,000 affected people. Protecting yourself after a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Significantly, the data breaches weren’t confined to the United States; they extended globally, impacting individuals in a wide range of countries including France, Peru, Vietnam, Italy, Russia, Mexico, the Philippines, Switzerland, Australia, India, South Africa, and even mixed international sources.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of health care and coverage in the United States, is dealing with the fallout from a significant data breach that has affected more than 13 million individuals. The company revealed details of the incident in a public notification posted on April 25th.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2024

As cyberattacks and malicious campaigns grow increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, the event underscored the urgent need for robust defensive strategies across both the public and private sectors.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2024

The City of Wichita disclosed a data breach after the ransomware attack that hit the Kansas’s city earlier this month. ” reads the Notice of Data Event updated on May 14, 2024. On May 5th, 2024, the City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its network to contain the threat.

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