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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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

Have you ever wondered why your email address and other information appeared in a data breach impacting a platform you never signed up for? and River City Media data breaches. Who is Verifications.io, and what information was exposed in the data breach? platform or River City Media.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2023

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB confirmed it has suffered a data breach after a ransomware attack. Once discovered the security breach, ABB closed VPN connections with its customers to prevent the threat from spreading. ABB has more than 105,000 employees and has $29.4

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2021

In just the past year, free VPN for Android apps have exposed the data of as many as 41 million users, revealing consumers’ email addresses, payment information, clear text passwords, device IDs, and more. All these people that work on [the VPN service], nobody is going to do it for free. All of that has to be paid.

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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. “Our Our team is working to analyze that information.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

Demirkapi believes this loophole may indicate cause for more general concern about the way Experian protects consumer information. The company has suffered data breaches in the past. . Significant data breaches at credit score bureaus include: . In 2018, Experian settled a class-action lawsuit for $22 million. .

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A few simple changes to your devices and accounts can help discourage cyber criminals from trying to access your data. Prevent Data Breaches. Giants like Facebook and Target have suffered breaches and password leaks, so it’s safe to say data from at least one of your online accounts could have been leaked.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2022

The most recent win for the good guys fighting ransomware threat actors comes from Europol, who successfully took out a VPN service, known as VPNLab.net, that was used by criminals to distribute ransomware, malware, and other types of cyberattacks. See the report from Europol for more information. What made VPNLab.net popular?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Document included in every court case, showing personal information about the victim. How Did the Data Breach Happen? What’s Going On?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Use a VPN: If you need to transmit sensitive information online, look into a VPN provider, or see if your workplace can provide one. VPNs aren’t foolproof, but they can add one more level of security and privacy to what you do online, especially if you rely on public WiFi networks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to. There are several ways you can protect your business from data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to provide network defenders with the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) utilized by a threat actor. The threat actor likely obtained the employee’s account credentials from a third-party data breach.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2020

vpnMentor experts reported that seven Virtual Private Network (VPN) recently left 1.2 terabytes of private user data exposed to online. Security experts from vpnMentor have discovered a group of seven free VPN (virtual private network) apps that left their server unsecured online exposing private user data for anyone to see. .

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Remote workers face having both their personal and work-related information compromised. If somehow passwords are leaked, a hacker can cause a data breach. A two-factor verification helps in protecting from a cybersecurity breach. Since a VPN tunnels traffic through a server in a location of your choosing.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure. Threat actors leverage VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure, to breach into the target networks. vBulletin, data breach).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Most people prefer using proxies over VPN services because they are easy to use and mostly available for free, but can it be relied on for anonymity? Now and then, we get to hear news about data breaches and cyber attacks. VPN vs. Proxy. What is a VPN? A proxy acts as a middleman between you and the Internet.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 29, 2020

Fair enough too, yet somehow - still beyond my comprehension - there was a bunch of outrage expressed at the necessity to provide personal information. Talk of data breaches, stalking and government control ensued which all started to get a little "tinfoil hat", to my mind. My (more candid!)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Problem is, I see absolutely nothing on the horizon that will actually change the status quo of how our personal information is monetised in this fashion so for now, it's just another day in data breach land. A VPN can't solve this issue, but it's a great first step. Mass surveillance is a reality.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

At least four VPN apps sold or made available to enterprise customers share security flaws, warns the Carnegie Mellon University CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). Virtual private networks (VPNs) are affordable, easy to use, and a vital component in your system. What if these VPNs are vulnerable to attackers? 8.3R6, and 9.0R2.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It is perhaps best known for selling virtual private networking (VPN) software that lets users remotely access networks and computers over an encrypted connection. Iranian hackers recently have been blamed for hacking VPN servers around the world in a bid to plant backdoors in large corporate networks.

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SecureBlitz

MARCH 7, 2021

This leaked info contains sensitive device information and login details according to an investigation by CyberNews. The data of 21 million free VPN users has been exposed appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity. The portal stated. The post Oh No!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Information Included in the Database. Some information is included but coded (given what we assume to be an internally-assigned numerical value). The Danger of Exposing this Information. This isn’t the first time a huge database has been breached. Real World Dangers. You just became a prime target for attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The group focused on the HPH Sector with ransomware operations that aimed at deploying ransomware and exfiltrating personal identifiable information (PII) and patient health information (PHI) threatening to release the stolen data if a ransom is not paid. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks.

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SecureBlitz

MARCH 7, 2021

This leaked info contains sensitive device information and login details according to an investigation by CyberNews. The data of 21 million free VPN users has been exposed appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity. The portal stated. The post Oh No!

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

US CISA added critical Apache RocketMQ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day Zero-day in Cisco ASA and FTD is actively exploited in ransomware attacks Nation-state actors (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

The other main weakness of IoT devices is the vast amounts of data that each one collects and sends. IoT Means Someone Has To Store Loads Of Data. Manufacturers assure us that they need the information to “improve products and customer satisfaction.” And so, the data breaches keep getting bigger.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

DepositFiles’ clients are at risk of their personally identifiable information, files, and passwords being stolen. In the wrong hands, the exposed data can greatly jeopardize DepositFiles’ user privacy and the company itself. What DepositFiles data was exposed? researchers said. researchers said. researchers said.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

HAR files can also contain sensitive data, including authentication information. HAR files can also contain sensitive data, including cookies and session tokens, that malicious actors can use to impersonate valid users.” ” reads data breach notification published by the company.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now includes credentials for 441K accounts that were stolen by RedLine malware. The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now allows victims of the RedLine malware to check if their credentials have been stolen.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

million is the cost of a data breach representing an increase of 2.6% A significant reason behind these breaches is just one click away, usually provoked by continuous efforts to avoid the attacks. Non-uniform updates lead to known exploits and backdoors remaining vulnerable to data breaches for an extensive worrying timeline.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

CISA (the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has issued a cybersecurity advisory after the discovery of documents containing host and user information of a state government organization’s network environment—including metadata—on a dark web brokerage site.

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