Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp Spotify music converter TuneFab puts users at risk Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania Russia-linked APT28 used new malware in a recent phishing campaign Clash of Clans gamers at risk while using third-party app New Version of Meduza (..)

Artificial Intelligence 106

Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks Malware Ransomware 106

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Retail Cyber Threat Landscape Time and again, the retail industry has found itself in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. Data breaches in the retail sector illustrate the vulnerabilities inherent to this industry, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures. Retailers: Embrace the 'Secure the Breach' mindset.

Retail 83

Retail Cybersecurity Financial Services Mobile 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compliance madhav Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:17 It is essential for any business that stores, processes, and transmits payment card information to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Consumers’ payment data is a compelling target for criminals who continue to circumvent IT security defenses.

Financial Services 77

Financial Services Data breaches Accountability Encryption 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Protection Day commemorates the January 28, 1981, signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Data Privacy Week also encourages businesses to respect data and be more transparent about how they collect and use customer data.

Data privacy 127

Data privacy Data breaches Social Engineering Technology 127

Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. The latest OpenText Threat Report provides insight into these changes, offering vital insights that help us prepare and protect ourselves against emerging threats.

Antivirus 68

Antivirus Cyber threats Education Phishing 68

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

Cybercrime 91

Cybercrime Hacking Ransomware Malware 91

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2021

Kaseya obtained a universal decryptor for REvil ransomware attack Over 80 US Municipalities Sensitive Information, Including Residents Personal Data, Left Vulnerable in Massive Data Breach Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2021 What Is An Identity and Access Management So-lution and How Can Businesses Benefit From It?

Spyware 112

Spyware Data breaches Government Threat Reports 112

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Connected customers become walking databases of personal information with the potential of having their every move tracked by hackers. Our recent Data Threat Report, Retail Edition showed that 52 percent of U.S. However, there is no question that a data breach results in a poor customer experience and a tarnished brand.

Retail 100

Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Risk 100

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. Despite the culminating threats, the report also showed insufficient ransomware preparedness across critical infrastructure organizations.

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Technology 77

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 CISA orders federal agencies to patch CVE-2022-26925 by July 22 Tens of Jenkins plugins are affected by zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft: Raspberry Robin worm already infected hundreds of networks. Upgrade it now!

Cybercrime 90

Cybercrime Data breaches Ransomware Healthcare 90

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box.

Data breaches 82

Data breaches Ransomware Hacking Threat Reports 82

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It also introduces new concepts, including the requirement for notifying the regulator of any cross-border personal data transfers (both before and after the transfer). The new law goes further by introducing criminal sanctions for personal data breaches.

Encryption 71

Encryption Data breaches Authentication Risk 71

Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Data Breach Statistics Experiencing a data breach leads companies to many undesirable consequences—financial and reputational damages, disruption of business continuity, compliance violations, and others. The average cost of a data breach is $3.86

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Data breaches Phishing Cyber threats 52

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Cloud hosting provider Swiss Cloud suffered a ransomware attack Hacking a Tesla Model X with a DJI Mavic 2 drone equipped with a WIFI dongle WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of Americans Expert released PoC exploit for Microsoft Exchange flaw Most Common (..)

Data breaches 93

Data breaches DDOS VPN Hacking 93

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2020

In my family, we regularly ‘unplug’ and use the opportunity to discuss cyber awareness and topics such as the risks to our family information, how we can improve personal safety, and what are we doing to prevent identify theft. It’s impossible to protect data if you don’t know where it is. Protecting sensitive data is the key.

Encryption 130

Encryption Authentication Passwords CISO 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Retail Edition , nearly two thirds (62%) of U.S. retailers reported experiencing data breaches, with more than a third (37%) occurring in the past year. Unfortunately, this results in retailers as a top target for cyberattacks. The Perfect Storm.

Retail 89

Retail Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption 89

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

Spyware 99

Spyware Cyber Insurance Hacking Advertising 99

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Some companies fail to recognise the danger of losing confidential information owing to employee negligence or malice. Unquestionably, ‘insider threats’ is one of the most neglected aspects of cybersecurity. However, insider threat reports and recent developments have shown a sharp rise in the frequency of insider attacks.

Social Engineering 88

Social Engineering Risk Technology Cybersecurity 88

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

Even when banking organizations are upgrading security posture to safeguard sensitive financial information, hackers can steal the data intelligently by tying known vulnerabilities together, and making it turn out to be a potential attack. Stolen credentials. the amount of each payment transaction. known fraud scenarios.

Retail 143

Retail Banking Big data Computers and Electronics 143

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1. In our 2018 Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , we found 50% of respondents reported a data breach this past year, so it goes without saying that the holiday shopping season is a prime time for cyber criminals to target both retailers and consumers alike.

Retail 70

Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Companies and organizations, whether in the public or in the private sector, are re-establishing their business in the era of information and data revolution. Weak security practices lead to data breaches. Despite the solid regulatory environment, digitalized industries have a greater threat exposure. Encryption.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Mobile Digital transformation Encryption 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to the global edition of the Thales 2020 Data Threat Report , 47% of healthcare organizations are either aggressively disrupting their market or are embedding digital capabilities that enable greater agility. Despite the critical importance of this data, organizations fail to properly secure these assets.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Digital transformation Encryption Data breaches 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

Careful planning and forward-thinking security is the best way to protect your most precious asset – your data – either while it is in transit or at rest. Whether the data breach is from stolen identities or human error, privacy breaches of unencrypted data can result in severe penalties under data protection regulations such as GDPR or CCPA.

Encryption 106

Encryption Data breaches Risk Authentication 106

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 23, 2018

While it’s no surprise to anybody reading this that data breaches are on the rise, the attacks facing healthcare organizations, most recently in Asia, are particularly worrisome. One need not look very far to find examples of the threats facing these entities: In Singapore, 1.5 Evolving Threat Landscape.

Healthcare 72

Healthcare Data breaches Penetration Testing IoT 72

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 341 appeared first on Security Affairs.

Banking 65

Banking Small Business Data breaches Firmware 65

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. What I’d originally planned to write about was a topic that directly applies – why retailers of all stripes are not investing in data security. This had me asking a simple question – Why?

Retail 66

Retail Data breaches Big data Financial Services 66

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

As the world is slowly returning to pre-pandemic conditions, the underlying trends that have always driven information security, such as new technologies, greater compliance mandates and more severe security incidents, continue to be significant change agents. Ransomware’s severity, frequency and impact has altered breach economics.

Risk 126

Risk Encryption Ransomware Technology 126

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2023

Almost 50% of retail respondents mentioned that retail cybercrime increased over the last year, and one-third of respondents experienced a retail data breach in the previous 12 months. Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report showed that retailers encountered 629 incidents in 2021, 241 of which with confirmed data disclosure.

Retail 71

Retail Cybersecurity Ransomware Authentication 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2018

According to my colleague, Peter Galvin, however, “ we have to admit that data breaches are the new reality ”. Our recent Global Data Threat Report revealed that two thirds of businesses (67%) have been breached, with over a third (36%) reporting a breach within the past year.

Encryption 63

Encryption Data breaches Data privacy Risk 63

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

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Data breaches 74

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Hacking 74

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Any organization that directly holds vast amounts of data or holds client, supplier, or partner information is vulnerable to double extortion attacks. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. To increase pressure, the bad actors then threaten to publish the private data.

Ransomware 71

Ransomware Encryption Backups Cyber Insurance 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The age of Big Data is upon us. And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. In a world where data breaches are all to common, Pivotal Greenplum has partnered with Thales eSecurity to ensure its Big Data is also safe data. respondents.”.

Big data 86

Big data Encryption Security Intelligence Data breaches 86

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The publication provides “general deployment models and use cases where Zero Trust could improve an enterprise’s overall information technology security posture.”. In August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its blueprint for establishing a Zero Trust security architecture, NIST SP 800-207.

Architecture 62

Architecture Data breaches Technology Firewall 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Ahead of the May 2018 legislation, we’ve been asking organisations if they’re #FITforGDPR – whether they’re ready to improve their personal data protections, as well as take on the increased accountability for data breaches, should they occur. As expected, responses have been mixed.

Retail 63

Retail Data breaches Financial Services Healthcare 63

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2018

According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report , two in five global healthcare organisations (39%) experienced a data breach in the last year, and that’s using today’s relatively modest and well-understood web systems. For more information, please read Thales eSecurity’s Healthcare IoT Security Blueprint.

Technology 72

Technology Healthcare IoT Encryption 72

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to the 2020 Insider Threat Report , contractors, service providers, and temporary workers pose the greatest risk to 50% of organizations. These attacks require physical access as someone must physically insert the rogue device, and in this case, that “someone” was an insider; more specifically, an outsourced worker.

Social Engineering 126

Social Engineering Healthcare Engineering Hacking 126

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. Healthcare Data Prized by Cybercriminals.

Healthcare 87

Healthcare Digital transformation Unstructured Data Encryption 87