Jailed BreachForums creator, admin sentenced to 20 years of supervised release

Conor Fitzpatrick created and ran a notorious website used to facilitate online crime and leak sensitive data.

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Hacker tied to D.C. Health Link breach says attack ‘born out of Russian patriotism’

The hacker who took responsibility for the D.C. Health Link breach claims to have targeted U.S. politicians out of allegiance for Russia.

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22,900 MongoDB databases held to ransom by hacker threatening to report firms for GDPR violations

Hackers are once again finding unsecured MongoDB databases carelessly left exposed on the internet, wiping their contents, and leaving a ransom note demanding a cryptocurrency payment for the data’s safe return.
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Social Engineering Attacks: Common Methods Involved and How to Avoid Being Caught Out

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we take a closer look at what a social engineering attack entails and how to spot them
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Security Fundamentals Are Key To Successful Cloud Migration

Earlier I wrote about the importance of patching, or more accurately the importance of transferring the need to patch (& the associated risk) to someone else by using their cloud security service. While patching definitely falls into the security fundamentals category it remains as relevant as ever, but it’s not the only security best practice we need to collectively remember. Continue reading Security Fundamentals Are Key To Successful Cloud Migration

A Simple Data Breach Guide (Interpreting GDPR)

Perhaps it’s too melodramatic to claim that the debate over how to define a data breach “rages on” because we haven’t seen bodies flying out of windows yet, but it is a serious question with genuine financial ramifications now t… Continue reading A Simple Data Breach Guide (Interpreting GDPR)