Krebs on Security

JULY 19, 2019

Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ says it is trying to recover from a ransomware attack that shut down its network and has left customers unable to access their accounting data for the past three days. based iNSYNQ specializes in providing cloud-based QuickBooks accounting software and services. A message from iNSYNQ to customers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2020

Data Viper , a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and its user database posted online. The incident also highlights the often murky area between what’s legal and ethical in combating cybercrime.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 11, 2024

Last year, companies around the world spent close to USD 219 billion on cybersecurity and security solutions, a 12% increase from the previous year according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) (link resides outside ibm.com.)

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

28, and that it disabled access to its platform for all users in an effort to contain the security incident. Cloran said while there are other cloud-based companies that work with multiple PEOs, PrismHR is by far the largest. “Everyone I know who has tried any of the others ends up back at Prism. Hopkinton, Mass.-based

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Today’s enterprises face a broad range of threats to their security, assets and critical business processes. Cyber recovery is the process of increasing your organization’s cyber resilience or ability to restore access to and functionality of critical IT systems and data in the event of a cyberattack.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2024

A disaster recovery strategy lays out how your businesses will respond to a number of unplanned incidents. Strong disaster recovery strategies consist of disaster recovery plans (DR plans), business continuity plans (BCPs) and incident response plans (IRPs). What are business continuity plans and incident response plans?

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates. The same incidents appear here: And so on and so forth.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The company’s Web site says it currently owns roughly 700 veterinary hospitals and animal boarding facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 27, and soon after hired two outside security firms to investigate and remediate the attack. Agoura Hills, Calif.-based No one closed their doors.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2019

theme will help to encourage personal accountability and proactive behavior in digital privacy, security best practices, common cyber threats and cybersecurity careers. As part of their digital transformation process, more and more businesses are moving to the cloud. The NCSAM 2019 focuses on personal accountability. Protect IT.’

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 29, 2024

Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are risk management strategies that businesses rely on to prepare for unexpected incidents. Regardless of how you choose to approach the development of BCDR at your organization, it’s worth noting how quickly the field is growing worldwide.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The report includes details about the group’s kill chain discovered by Group-IB’s DFIR specialists , as well as unique data that Group-IB collected during incident response operations related to campaigns attributed to RedCurl. In less than three years, RedCurl attacked dozens of targets all over the world — from Russia to Canada.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Max Henderson, the Manager of Incident Response at Pondurance joins us to talk about what companies get wrong in responding to ransomware and other threats. Related Stories Spotlight: Is There A Cure For InfoSec’s Headcount Headache? We also talk about and what companies get right- and wrong in their response.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations and security incidents in Kubernetes environments, these are 5 key components of the control plane that demand special attention. Organizations are no strangers to security incidents in their Kubernetes environments. Why it needs to be secured. How to secure it. kube-apiserver.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Uber provided an update regarding the recent security breach of its internal computer systems, the company confirmed that there is no evidence that intruders had access to users’ private information. “We have no evidence that the incident involved access to sensitive user data (like trip history).” states the message.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2021

Related: Digital certificates destined to play key role in securing DX. 8, security vendor FireEye reported that it had been compromised by a state-sponsored adversary; then on Dec. 8, security vendor FireEye reported that it had been compromised by a state-sponsored adversary; then on Dec. Supplier trojans. Treasury, the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Hannah Anderson was breached.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes. Even organizations that don’t fall under the GDPR’s purview may adopt its requirements to strengthen data protections.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

An IT security certification can provide a key boost for your career, but with so many different certifications available (and so many organizations more than happy to take your money for training and testing), it’s important to make sure that the time and investment are well spent. How to Choose a Security Certification.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

Microsoft is struggling through a rough July for security issues even as the company continues to add more cybersecurity capabilities through acquisitions. The software giant earlier this month issued an emergency update in Windows after researchers at cybersecurity vendor Sangfor published a blog about a security flaw dubbed “PrintNightmare.”

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

Security analysts at Sophos’ Managed Threat Response unit last year detailed some campaigns that used VMs to hide their malicious payloads. Security analysts at Sophos’ Managed Threat Response unit last year detailed some campaigns that used VMs to hide their malicious payloads. ” A Growing Trend.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The more security teams and employees know about the different types of cybersecurity threats, the more effectively they can prevent, prepare for, and respond to cyberattacks. According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , ransomware attacks represented 17 percent of all cyberattacks in 2022.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

Incident response in the cloud. James Campbell, CEO of Cado Security , shares his experience with traditional incident response, and how the cloud, with its elastic structure, able to spin up and spin down instances, is changing incident response. It’s 3am and the call comes in.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. IBM Security X-Force found the most common threat on organizations is extortion, which comprised more than a quarter (27%) of all cybersecurity threats in 2022. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2021

Network security is in the throes of a metamorphosis. Advanced technologies and fresh security frameworks are being implemented to deter cyber attacks out at the services edge, where all the action is. Related: Automating security-by-design in SecOps. This means Security Operations Centers are in a transition.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

But the attention paid to the malware by journalists, cybersecurity vendors and increasingly, government agencies , has pushed companies to improve their preparedness to defend themselves against ransomware gangs, according to a report this week by security solutions vendor Cymulate. Companies Invest More in Security.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 12, 2022

In brief, on April 5, 2021, a security researcher contacted Wegmans about a serious flaw the left some of Wegmans’ customers’ personal data available to the public. In brief, on April 5, 2021, a security researcher contacted Wegmans about a serious flaw the left some of Wegmans’ customers’ personal data available to the public.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

But there’s a catch: Insurers are going to carefully assess your cybersecurity controls before writing any policy, and there are limits to coverage. However, a good cyber insurance provider can also leverage their partnerships to help your company afford better security controls. That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It’s clear that managed security services providers (MSSPs) have a ripe opportunity to step into the gap and help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) meet the daunting challenge of preserving the privacy and security of sensitive data. We had a fascinating discussion about this.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

There’s no need to make customers wait for the answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) or to take the next step to purchase. McDonald’s is building AI solutions for customer care with IBM Watson AI technology and NLP to accelerate the development of its automated order taking (AOT) technology.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. You can read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

Incidents are errors or complications in IT service that need remedying. Many of these incidents are temporary challenges that require a specific remedy, but those that point to underlying or more complicated issues that require more comprehensive addressing are called problems. What is incident management?

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Adam Shostack

MAY 20, 2020

Without knowing these things, it’s hard to evaluate the ways in which we engineer defenses. And that’s what makes US CERT’s new alert AA20-133A , “Top 10 Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities” interesting. What fraction of incidents have a discovered initial access method?

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 13, 2020

Organizations need to take into account increased risks to the security of their networks, systems, and data during this time. One area of concern is that employees may take shortcuts to ease working on personal devices or outside of the organization’s environment.

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