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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in December 2023 – 2,241,916,765 Records Breached

IT Governance

For instance, a two-month Europol action (revealed to the public on 22 December) discovered that 443 organisations had suffered data breaches – specifically, their customers’ payment card data had been compromised. These are only two examples, but combined already account for 484 incidents: 36% of this month’s total. *We

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What Is an Insider Threat? Definition, Types, and Examples

IT Governance

According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , insider threats account for 18% of all security incident. Meanwhile, a Ponemon Institute report found that data breaches caused by insiders increased by 14% between 2018 and 2022. But who exactly is causing these incidents and why?

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Belden discloses data breach as a result of a cyber attack

Security Affairs

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. “Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.”

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in November 2023 – 519,111,354 Records Breached

IT Governance

For example, UK service provider CTS suffered a cyber incident this month, which affected around 80 of its clients too (UK law firms). You’ll also be able to download this in the near future, along with the month’s data (and our sources). This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected.

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Luxottica data breach exposes info of LensCrafters and EyeMed patients

Security Affairs

A data breach suffered by Luxottica has exposed the personal and health information of patients of LensCrafters, Target Optical, and EyeMed. The exposed financial data includes budgets, marketing forecast analysis, and other sensitive data. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Luxottica Group S.p.A.

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5 ways to detect a phishing email – with examples

IT Governance

According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 32% of all cyber attacks involved phishing. In this blog, we use real-life examples to demonstrate five clues to help you spot phishing scams. For example, emails from Google will read ‘@google.com’. The message is sent from a public email domain.

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