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Industry reactions to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report

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Nearly 2,000 breaches were analyzed in this year’s Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report and more than 300 were espionage-related. Here are some of the comments Help Net Security received on the report. John Madelin, CEO at Reliance acsn Today’s report highlights that businesses must rethink their protection strategies to guard against cyber attacks. The fact that 88% of breaches identified in the report fall into patterns first identified in 2014 is an illustration of … More → Continue reading Industry reactions to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report→

Ransomware, Cyberespionage Dominate Verizon DBIR

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Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report for 2017 shows big growth in the reported number of ransomware attacks and incidents involving cyberespionage. Continue reading Ransomware, Cyberespionage Dominate Verizon DBIR→

Verizon’s annual data breach report is depressing reading, again

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The takeaway from the 10th annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is depressingly familiar: Of the 1,935 breaches analyzed, 88 percent were accomplished using a familiar list of nine attack vectors, meaning they could probably have been prevented by a few simple cyber-hygiene measures. The DBIR, an analysis of breaches and incidents investigated by Verizon personnel or reported by one of their 65 partner organizations, is one of the most comprehensive reports in an industry that sometimes seems to specialize in thinly sourced surveys — marketing gussied up as research. So its release is closely watched by cybersecurity mavens every April. But in recent years, the DBIR has become a repetitive litany of attacks that exploit well-known and long patched vulnerabilities in familiar ways. The 2017 report released Thursday found, for example, that 81 percent of hacking-related breaches employ either reused/stolen passwords or weak/crackable ones. “There is no such thing as an impenetrable system, but doing the [cybersecurity] […]

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Cybercrime can come in any shape or size, and not always the form you’d expect

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Cyberespionage is now the most common type of attack seen in manufacturing, the public sector and now education, warns the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report. Much of this is due to the high proliferation of propriety research, prototypes and confidential personal data, which are hot-ticket items for cybercriminals. Nearly 2,000 breaches were analyzed in this year’s report and more than 300 were espionage-related, many of which started life as phishing emails. In addition, organized … More → Continue reading Cybercrime can come in any shape or size, and not always the form you’d expect→

Trump Signs Repeal of ISP Privacy Rules

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President Trump signed a resolution to complete the overturning of internet privacy protections that would of prevented ISPs from tracking you online without first asking users to opt-in. Continue reading Trump Signs Repeal of ISP Privacy Rules→

Verizon to pre-install a ‘Spyware’ app on its Android phones to collect user data

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If the death of online privacy rules wasn’t enough for Internet Service Providers and advertisers to celebrate, Verizon has planned to pre-install spyware on customers’ Android devices in order to collect their personal data.

The telecom giant has partnered with Evie Launcher to bring a new application called ‘AppFlash’ — a universal search bar that will come pre-installed on the home screens

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Privacy Advocates Vow to Fight Rollback of Broadband Privacy Rules

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Privacy activists say rolling-back ISP privacy rules means health, financial and browsing habits can be used, shared and sold to the highest bidder without consent. Continue reading Privacy Advocates Vow to Fight Rollback of Broadband Privacy Rules→