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Fixing Data Breaches Part 4: Bug Bounties

Troy Hunt

Over the course of this week, I've been writing about "Fixing Data Breaches" which focuses on actionable steps that can be taken to reduce the prevalence and the impact of these incidents. Let's move on and talk about why this makes a lot of sense when it comes to fixing data breaches. across the internet.

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BlackCat Ransomware gang stole secret military data from an industrial explosives manufacturer

Security Affairs

The company is a globally recognised industrial explosives manufacturer, it provides complete blasting solutions, including packaged, bulk explosives and initiating systems to meet its customer needs across the globe. “The data leakage affected all products and classified documents of the company.

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E-Verify’s “SSN Lock” is Nothing of the Sort

Krebs on Security

I was then asked to select five questions and answers that might be asked if I were to try to reset my password, such as “In what city/town did you meet your spouse,” and “What is the name of the company of your first paid job.” The site requested my name, address, SSN, date of birth and phone number.

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LeakedSource Owner Quit Ashley Madison a Month Before 2015 Hack

Krebs on Security

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. experienced a data breach several years back, and according to Apollo the email address ownagegaming1@gmail.com belongs to Jordan Bloom in Ontario. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc.

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Susan Sherrouse AIIM18 Speaker Interview

AIIM

The onslaught of information is burying us - we need to learn how to dig out - and mine the gold - more effectively! Now - with the maturing of a new tech saavy generation, and the advent and proliferation of apps - (everyone has a smart phone) - we have to also recognize and address the real risk of data breaches.

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NEW TECH: LogicHub introduces ‘virtualized’ security analysts to help elevate SOAR

The Last Watchdog

I had the chance to meet with him again at Black Hat 2019 in Las Vegas. Rising implementations of cloud services and IoT systems, not to mention the arrival of 5G, has quickened the pace of software development and multiplied data handling complexities. And this inspired him to co-found LogicHub.

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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

Krebs on Security

Prior to KrebsOnSecurity alerting Shifter of its data breach, the Acidut profile page associated Florea with the websites microleaves.com, shrooms.io, leftclick[.]io June 22, 2022: Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet. io , and online[.]io. 1, 2021: 15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark.