IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. Data breached: 36 million records. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2023

AI has been the subject of a lot of hype in recent months, but one place where the hype is justified is cybersecurity. AI will completely remake the cybersecurity landscape — and create a lot of disruption in the process. Our educational system does not know how to change quickly, but when these changes come, they will happen quickly.

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Security Education Cybersecurity Manufacturing 103

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Researcher discovered that global B2B CRM provider Really Simple Systems exposed online a non-password-protected database with million records. Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained over 3 million records.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches B2B Education Access 103

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. CEOs who say that cybersecurity is the biggest threat to short-term growth have doubled in the past year. trillion by 2025, according to the report Cyberwarfare in the C-Suite from Cybersecurity Ventures.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Cybersecurity Phishing Encryption 145

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post. “Luckily, we fought them off well and they did not gain access to any important service. .

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Phishing Authentication Passwords Access 363

IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure. Can you spot a phishing scam?

Phishing 105

Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Personal data 105

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Phishers also use to share stolen personal data with their subscribers. User personal data for sale. Crooks offers data collected through phishing campaign to the subscribers. Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances.

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Phishing Sales Archiving Personal data 88

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 31, 2021

On March 21, 2019, Pearson received a copy of the stolen data showing that all school district personnel usernames and passwords and 11.5 million rows of student data had been exfiltrated, which included students’ birth dates and email addresses. On August 16, 2021, the U.S.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Manufacturing Passwords Data Privacy 111

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Nearly 20 million Cutout.Pro users’ data breached Cutout.Pro, an AI photo and video editing platform, has suffered a data breach. Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

KnowBe4

OCTOBER 2, 2019

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time to think holistically about security awareness. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is well underway! Are you sick of cybersecurity advice yet? A cybersecure workforce does not come from a one-and-done approach to teaching security best practices.

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Cybersecurity Security Security awareness Phishing 40

eDiscovery Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

As I noted a couple of months ago, 2018 is certainly on its way to becoming the year of data privacy rights for the individual and, back then, California passed a new data privacy law which will give consumers several rights regarding their personal data (though the California AG doesn’t seem thrilled about it).

IoT 35

IoT Cybersecurity Data Privacy Privacy 35

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Shields Health Care Group The largest data breach of April 2023 was at the Shields Health Care Group, a Massachusetts-based medical services provider. Reports emerged near the end of the month that a cyber criminal had gained unauthorised access to the organisation’s systems and had stolen the personal data of 2.3

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

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.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Blackbaud provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics services to various charitable organizations, including healthcare, religious, and educational institutions as well as various foundations. In this case, the plaintiffs are customers, donors, etc.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Personal data Risk Ransomware 59

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Blackbaud provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics services to various charitable organizations, including healthcare, religious, and educational institutions as well as various foundations. In this case, the plaintiffs are customers, donors, etc.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Personal data Risk Ransomware 52

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The CPRA incorporates the principle of data minimization, requiring that a business’s collection and use of a consumers data be reasonably necessary and proportionate to the purposes for which it was collected and to refrain from using personal data incompatible with the disclosed purposes for which it was collected.

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Privacy B2B Sales Data breaches 122