Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

The group is also responsible for the 2015 Health Insurer Anthem data breach. The US Department of Justice indicted Fujie Wang (32), a member of sophisticated Chinese hacking group that breached at several US companies, including the health insurer Anthem Inc. back in 2015. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Iran and its allies have a history of launching attacks that are hard to prove but nonetheless concerning. Theoretically, fake news doesn’t affect decision making in Washington, because facts are facts (unless they are alternative facts) and one would hope cooler heads might prevail when the worst-case scenario is World War III.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We hope that your business is never victim of a security or data breach. But, with some studies suggesting [updated for 2017] that not only are data breaches increasingly common, but increasingly expensive as well, it’s important to prepare. Especially if the breach was as a result of employee error – which it often is.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to go down in history as one of the defining moments of our lifetime. The key for many was to plan for the worst and assume a breach had occurred. From a business perspective, it transformed business models, changed customer expectations, and disrupted the networks that run businesses.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I went on the record saying that 2021 will be the most profound year in cybersecurity in our global history, and it’s no secret that the challenges we’ve faced in the cybersecurity community so far this year have been unprecedented and demanding. Should the everyday individual be concerned with the topic of cybersecurity?

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Herjavec Group

APRIL 26, 2021

The recent SolarWinds breach was a tough reminder that technological advancement will always carry inherent risks. Negligent PAM has led to some of the worst cyber-breaches in the past decade. Think back to the 2019 Capital One breach. To this day, it remains one of the biggest data breaches in history.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In our last article, you cleared out your extraneous digital footprints by removing unnecessary accounts and opting-out of data broker services, and have finished a dedicated review of your online history. Welcome back! In this final section, we will answer the natural question encountered at the end of any journey: What’s next? .

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Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

In recent years, there has been an explosion of almost unbelievable data breaches making news headlines that have resulted in anything but a positive outcome for the organizations involved. As the world we live in has become much more digital in nature, information and data volumes are increasing exponentially.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Data breaches and cybersecurity threats were at an all-time high this past year. 2021 saw some of the most damaging ransomware breaches in recent history. Every year as December winds down and the New Year approaches, I reflect and look back at the year I’m leaving behind. The Rise of Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Without a comprehensive network segmentation or microsegmentation policy, malicious actors can also move laterally within your organization’s network, infect endpoints and servers, and demand a ransom for access to your data. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. How ransomware works.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

MGM Resorts International, a casino and hotel chain, announced that it had suffered a cybersecurity breach on Monday, September 11. As a result of the breach, some customers were unable to make reservations, use their credit cards, or access their hotel rooms. The FBI is investigating the breach.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It might be the worst-kept secret in all of cybersecurity: the FBI says don't pay ransomware gangs. But corporations do it all the time, sending millions every year in Bitcoin to recover data that's been taken "hostage." The days where victims could simply pay ransom for an encryption key, unscramble their data, and move on are ending.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 7, 2023

This keeps with the spirit of HIBP's roots being a community service and ensures the data is accessible without barrier to the majority of people. Which led us to here (all in USD from now on): Plan Breached addresses Percent of all domains Price / m Pwned 0 Up to 10 60% Free! Pwned 1 Up to 25 10% $3.95 Pwned 2 Up to 100 10% $16.95

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

User data appears to have been scraped in 2019 by malicious actors exploiting a vulnerability in the platform. What type of data was leaked? The leaked data includes phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, location, past location, date of birth, account creation data, relationship status, bio and some email addresses.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 17, 2017

We have a data breach problem. My full written testimony is in that link and it talks about many of the issue we face today and the impact data breaches have on identity verification. Data Breaches Occur Due to Human Error. Quite the opposite, in fact - things are going downhill in a hurry.

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SecureList

JANUARY 11, 2021

Our own observations indeed confirm that Kazuar was used together with other Turla tools during multiple breaches in past years. Introduction. On December 13, 2020, FireEye published a blog post detailing a supply chain attack leveraging Orion IT, an infrastructure monitoring and management platform by SolarWinds.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

It verifies a user’s identity beyond just the login details they provide; it considers their geographic location, IP address, and biometric data (from a smartphone) to ensure everyone who accesses your business applications is exactly who they say they are. LastPass disadvantages: history of hacking.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With cyberattacks and data breaches on the rise, it's become especially important for brands to ensure their assets are sufficiently safeguarded, particularly as more of their infrastructure migrates to support remote systems to cloud-based platforms and their services become more reliant on the internet. What are digital media assets?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2021

From the Target breach of 2013 , up to the more recent breach of Singapore’s SingHealth system , weak or unmonitored access mechanisms had a primary influence on the commission of these crimes. In the SingHealth breach, “bad system management” was responsible for the event, resulting in access to an unsecured administrator account.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to a recent report, breaches that are caused by stolen or compromised credentials are not only responsible for nearly 20% of breaches 1 , they are also the most challenging to identify and contain. These types of breaches can take more than 200 days to identify and more than 80 days to contain 2. These tables are: .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 9, 2021

The NPfIT was described by Members of Parliament as one of the " worst and most expensive contracting fiascos " ever. The commission reviewing the project called it “ the worst failure in public administration in Australia’s history.”. However, developing an app does not always go as planned. Failures do happen.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

It even took steps to make it harder for victims to recover from data backups. This was accomplished by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Kaseya VSA, a network management tool widely used by managed service providers (MSPs) as their primary tool to remotely manage IT systems on behalf of SMBs. Neither will come easily or cheaply.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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Spinone

JANUARY 27, 2019

The modern era of mobile devices and “always on” access and activity has driven a change in the way businesses architect infrastructure and allow customers to access data. Various industries are taking advantage of the public cloud to host many different business-critical services such as email and file storage.

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

Privacy rule – Defines how the privacy of PHI data should be maintained by health care providers and safeguards PHI information disclosure 2. Security rule – HIPAA PHI data should be secured at all times. Are you migrating your data to the cloud? HIPAA includes the following five main directives: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 14, 2021

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack has been by many measures the worst to date in the history of cybersecurity, nearly crippling the Southeastern U.S. and causing the pipeline company untold millions in damages. “We build walls where there are no walls.” “We build walls where there are no walls.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Understand malware is a reality; prepare for the worst, and plan your response to a malware attack. Rather than stealing data, adware is more of an irritant forcing users to see unwanted ads. Rather than stealing data, adware is more of an irritant forcing users to see unwanted ads. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The attackers are mainly interested in collecting data on user accounts, IP addresses and session information; and they steal configuration files from programs that work directly with cryptocurrency and may contain account credentials. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. Non-mobile statistics. Mobile statistics.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? And he's right Ransomware is malware that blocks access to the data on a computer until a sum of money is paid. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? And he's right Ransomware is malware that blocks access to the data on a computer until a sum of money is paid. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. The Cloned Credit Card and Cardholder Data Market. PrivacyAffairs released the Dark Web Index 2021, the document provides the prices for illegal services/products available in the black marketplaces. 2020 is a case in point.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. Since the pandemic began, cybersecurity has been named a top priority for national security and we’ve witnessed some of the largest, and most destructive cyber breaches in history.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

But for the small team of programmers responsible for maintaining the program, it was still their best line of defense against the unrelenting tide of new and unknown viruses that threatened to breach their systems. As of November 2022, people can no longer ignore the artificial elephant in the room.

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