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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

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Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., Only 4 definitely haven’t had data breached. Data breached: 4,186,879,104 messages. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached?

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

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Insider threats are one of the most difficult security challenges that organisations face. Preventing this from happening requires a nuanced approach to information security, and it’s one that organisations are increasingly struggling with. The risks presented by negligent insiders are, by definition, harder to define.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

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Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

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billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Fowler contacted the company, which secured the database. The security researcher Bob Diachenko identified the leak in September and contacted TuneFab, which fixed the misconfiguration within 24 hours.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

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The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,212 Butte School District Source (New) Education USA Yes 900+ Fenway Community Health Center, Inc.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

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million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions. Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Only 5 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

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Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C. 92 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? TB Paysign, Inc.