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2021 data breach exposed data of 70 Million Luxottica customers

Security Affairs

Luxottica has finally confirmed the 2021 data breach that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers. On May 12, the cybersecurity expert Andrea Draghetti noticed that a threat actor released data belonging to Luxottica speculating a new databreach. Luxottica Group S.p.A.

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American retailer Guess discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. In February, American fashion brand Guess was hit by a ransomware attack, now the company is disclosing a data breach and is notifying affected customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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UScellular discloses the second data breach in a year

Security Affairs

UScellular, one of the largest wireless carriers in the US, has disclosed a data breach after the hack suffered in December 2021. UScellular has disclosed a data breach after the attack that compromised the company’s billing system in December 2021. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. In 2021, IC3 received 1,611 SIM swapping complaints with adjusted losses of more than $68 million.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs. “Probably, they wanted to keep that revenue stream going.”

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Risk Management under the DORA Regulation

IT Governance

The financial sector is quite heavily regulated, and involves a lot of confidential data. You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. In fact, in 2020–2022, the financial sector was the second-most attacked sector, topped only by the retail and manufacturing sector.

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51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023

IT Governance

We’ve looked at sources such as IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report , Verizon’s 2023 DBIR (Data Breaches and Investigations Report) and Proofpoint’s The State of Phishing report , and found 50 essential stats to reveal the threat that phishing plays – plus we have an extra statistic to explain how you can prevent attacks.

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