Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

RockYou2021, the largest password compilation of all time has been leaked on a popular hacker forum, it contains 8.4 billion entries of passwords. . What seems to be the largest password collection of all time has been leaked on a popular hacker forum. The same user also claims that the compilation contains 82 billion passwords.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2018

We don’t yet know the root cause(s) that forced Marriott this week to disclose a four-year-long breach involving the personal and financial information of 500 million guests of its Starwood hotel properties. Or a previously unknown security flaw gets exploited before it can be patched. TO COMPANIES.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. Like an incident response plan, MFA has become a critical element of cybersecurity programs.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Web application attacks directed at organizations’ web and mail servers continue to take the lead in cybersecurity incidents. This is according to Verizon’s latest 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ). Brute forcing passwords (10 percent) came in third. Brute forcing passwords. Shifting exposures.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blackbaud”) in connection with alleged security failures that resulted in a breach of the company’s network and access to the personal data of millions of consumers. On February 1, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Blackbaud Inc.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

La Malle Postale, a transportation company serving hikers on popular hiking trails in France, leaked personal data and private messages of their clients. The Cybernews research team has discovered a data leak on La Malle Postale’s system that exposed the personal data of their clients.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Ask A Stupid Question Day: The Cybersecurity Edition. No matter how long you have worked in the cybersecurity industry, hardly a week goes by without a new acronym appearing in a communication. Here are two of our favorites by Infosec blogger John Oppdenaker on Twitter: My password was hacked. How do I change my password?".

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 31, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence presents dilemmas for security teams as they determine how to use it in ways that benefit their business without creating vulnerabilities. It released a report of the results and found that 88% of participants were able to trick a bot into exposing passwords.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. The data of these municipalities was stored in several misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets that were sharing similar naming conventions to MapsOnline. What Data Was Left Vulnerable? What’s Happening?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Act and Protect Trust. We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. In fact, for these digital services to be trusted, consumers must first be assured that they and their data is secure.”.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

CyberNews reported the discovery of an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket containing users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data. Both Vadix and CyberNews attempted to contact LPM Property Management to secure their database. The database is now secured. What data is in the bucket. Disclosure.

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Adapture

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2022 The threat of cybersecurity attacks is continuing to evolve. Organizations need to take the proper steps now to protect themselves from cybersecurity threats in 2022. Businesses on the cutting edge of cybersecurity are already preparing for the next generation of cybersecurity threats.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

The hack gave the attackers access to the computer networks of some 18,000 of SolarWinds’s customers, including US government agencies such as the Homeland Security Department and State Department, American nuclear research labs, government contractors, IT companies and nongovernmental agencies around the world.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

VF immediately began taking measures to remediate the attack and launched an investigation into the security breach. “Based on VF’s preliminary analysis from its ongoing investigation, VF currently estimates that the threat actor stole personal data of approximately 35.5 million individual consumers.”

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 24, 2022

million settlement for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) that contributed to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of consumers’ health data in connection with a cybersecurity event in 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident. Library branches remain open, Wi-Fi is still available and materials can still be borrowed.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Ransomware Redefined: RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware attacks MAR-10445155-1.v1

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2020

On March 4, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) fined the international airline Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay Pacific”) £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. There have been no confirmed cases evidencing the misuse of personal data accessed by the attackers.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

million fine to Interserve Group Limited for failing to keep employee personal data secure, which violates Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), during the period of March 2019 to December 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The European Union is poised to place more demands on manufacturers to design greater security into their wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Manufacturers will be required to adhere to the new cybersecurity safeguards when designing and producing these products. Common EU Security Standards.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 15, 2021

The SEC charged First American with failure to maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that all available, relevant information concerning a software vulnerability that led to a cybersecurity incident was filed with the Commission.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the simplest sense, a cybersecurity threat, or cyberthreat, is an indication that a hacker or malicious actor is attempting to gain unauthorized access to a network for the purpose of launching a cyberattack. Worms are self-replicating programs that automatically spread to apps and devices without human interaction.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 14, 2022

Wegmans”) in connection with a cloud storage security issue. The NYOAG alleges that Wegmans exposed the personal information of three million consumers by storing the data in misconfigured cloud storage containers. As a result, the NYOAG alleges Wegmans violated New York data security and consumer protection laws.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 28, 2019

ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has released a new cybersecurity standard for consumer Internet of Things devices in February 2019 (TS 103 645). The standard contains thirteen key cyber security recommendations for consumer IoT. These recommendations are: no default passwords. communicate securely.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2021

Since we are quickly putting out large technologies, security risks always come with this. Microsoft has had several security vulnerabilities including Zero Logon. Penetration tests can be defined as the testing of a system to find security flaws in it. This is important because personal privacy is important.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Cybernews research team has discovered that their personal data was exposed in a leak. They recommend immediately terminating any active sessions on the device by logging off from the service, changing passwords, and making sure there are no reused passwords on multiple accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. The Cybernews research team has discovered that the Bengaluru branch of BMW Kun Exclusive, a BMW dealership in India, has exposed sensitive data to the public.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 29, 2021

Between June 2018 and January 2020, the CNIL received several dozen personal data breach notifications concerning a website from which several million customers regularly make purchases online. Credential stuffing occurs when a malicious person uses lists of login credentials found on the dark web following data breaches.

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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. The NYAG faulted Wegmans on five security areas: access controls, password management, asset management, logging and monitoring, and data collection and retention.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

Customers’ details involved in the security breach include names, dates of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket information, Star Alliance, and Air India frequent flyer data as well as credit card data. ” reads the data breach notification sent to the customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 17 was not related to a security incident, but rather a technical issue that materialized during planned network maintenance. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The company has declared that it will not pay the ransom and hired cybersecurity and forensic experts to investigate the extent of the security breach. The company believes the security breach only impacted an isolated server holding limited data from South African business. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Data breach ).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

” The attackers exploited zero-day flaws impacting the SunOS operating system, they gained access to “core technical data” including passwords and the operations of key network devices. The post China accuses the US of cyberattacks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Threats to your data are virtually everywhere these days, and too often, data compromises seem almost inevitable. But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

It has imposed online learning and earning, which in turn has open new doors of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. Now the data processors have to be extra vigilant to maintain their compliance with data protection authorities like GDPR. It ensures no personal data is misused or lost during data processing.

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