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The Data Breach "Personal Stash" Ecosystem

Troy Hunt

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates.

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What Is Firewall-as-a-Service? FWaaS Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offers firewall capabilities as a cloud-based service. Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis. Flexible Cloud Scaling As your organization grows, security needs to keep up.

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Cybercriminals are Oversharing with Social Media Data Breaches

SiteLock

It’s been a busy time for data breaches in the social media world with Myspace, LinkedIn and Twitter all experiencing them. In each of these cases, the cybercriminals behind the breaches were after usernames and passwords. Peace stole data from over 360 million Myspace accounts. 29 milliseconds to crack them.

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What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Data Breaches

Adam Levin

On the other, enterprise firewalls assailed by cyber-attackers and botnets, and there’s an equally beleaguered staff tasked with keeping out the bad guys. And as with any company’s most sensitive data, an illegal market emerged for any information that could spoil the next big twist. A Market for Leaked Data.

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POS Malware Hits Target in Data Breach

SiteLock

So if that’s actually the true and final number, it means that a data breach that lasted just a few weeks managed to compromise credit and debit cards along with lots of personal information, of more than a third of the adults in the United States. Now’s an opportunity to use security fears as a marketing tool. generated ads.

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Thales and Palo Alto Networks collaborate to offer mid-markets the enterprise protection

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Thales and Palo Alto Networks collaborate to offer mid-markets the enterprise protection. According to a recent study by RSM US , nearly three-quarters of middle-market businesses will experience a cyberattack in 2022. The problem of the increasing threat landscape is equally reflected in the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report.

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News Alert: INE Security enables CISOs to secure board support for cybersecurity training

The Last Watchdog

CISOs are increasingly anxious because while they realize the ax will fall on them when the inevitable breach occurs, securing boardroom support for heavy investment in preventative measures, like training, is challenging in a world where revenue is demanded for each dollar spent. million compared to those with lower levels.

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