Collaborate Disseminate
Confidence isn’t new when it comes to cybersecurity. All the way back in 2015, for example, 86% of security professionals working in the energy sector told Tripwire that they were confident they could detect a breach in a week. Just less than half (49%… Continue reading Survey: Nearly Half of Manufacturers Suffered a Digital Attack in the Last Year
In a previous article, we introduced the fact that one of our largest growing populations is that of the “Baby Boomer” generation (those born between 1946 to 1964). As the Boomers get older, they become susceptible to many of the emerging dirty tricks … Continue reading Protecting the New Most Vulnerable Population – Subscription Scams
The National Police of Ukraine is crowing about arresting eight alleged ransomware scrotes from the Clop gang.
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Phishing attacks continue to plague organizations across the globe with great success, but why? Cybercriminals are targeting the human element of organizations. Additionally, they are developing techniques to use an…
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Each week Breach Clarity, recently acquired by Sontiq, compiles a list of what it considers to be notable data breaches—those that are worth highlighting because of the increased intensity of the risk to personal information. The Breach Clarity score … Continue reading Breach Clarity Weekly Data Breach Report: Week of June 14
Prime Day is a two-day online shopping event in the US that enables consumers to score great deals and save money. Yet, fraudsters use this opportunity to execute many types of attacks. As we near Prime Day, let’s take a look at fraud trends that eComm… Continue reading Be Vigilant Against eCommerce Fraud this Prime Day
Just days before President Biden was set to meet with Russia President Vladimir Putin, with cyberattacks a key topic on the agenda, NATO heads of state and government met at the North Atlantic Council meeting in Brussels and issued a communiqué that u… Continue reading NATO Allies Say Kinetic Response to Cyberattacks on Table
Here are the top security stories from recent weeks.
McDonald’s Hit by Data Breach Exposing Customer Information in South Korea and Taiwan Markets
Children’s Apparel Giant Carter’s Exposes 410K Customer Records
Hackers Steal EA’s FIFA 21 Source Code… Continue reading Bitglass Security Spotlight: Data Breaches and Hacks Across Industries, and a Ransomware Payment Recovery
Imperva research shows an increase in the volume of data stolen every year. In 2020, we started to see more and more breaches that exfiltrate records in billions. Based on the analysis of thousands of data breach details published on dbdigest, we made … Continue reading Lessons Learned from 100 Data Breaches: Part 4, Trends in Average Volumes of Stolen Records
A sharp rise in ransomware is buffeting the health care sector and forcing IT security professionals to reevaluate how they tackle the threat. More than a third of health care organizations were hit by ransomware in the last year, according to a Sopho… Continue reading Ransomware Reshapes Health Care Security Landscape