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Exposure Comes as Ireland Probes Facebook's Handling of Children's Data For at least a month, Instagram leaked the email addresses of minors, which occurred as Ireland's Data Protection Commission probed whether its parent company, Facebook, failed to protect children's personal data. MORE
Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [ NYSE:WIT ] is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks against some of the company’s customers, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. 12, Nair sent a statement that acknowledged none of the questions Wipro was asked about an alleged security incident involving attacks against its own customers. MORE
Move Comes Despite Lack of Final Version of Sweeping Data Protection Law Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act officially began Wednesday despite the lack of a final, codified version of the regulation. Experts weigh in on compliance steps organizations should take MORE
Like their counterparts who run legitimate businesses, cybercriminals need hosting and cybersecurity protection, too MORE
Joker’s Stash , by some accounts the largest underground shop for selling stolen credit card and identity data, says it’s closing up shop effective mid-February 2021. and European authorities seized a number of its servers. MORE
The Taidoor RAT, which has been around for over 10 years, has recently been spotted in several campaigns against IT service providers CISA, DOD, FBI Issue Warning About Campaign Using Taidoor RAT A trio of U.S. MORE
As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. MORE
Britain’s most senior cyber general declared that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could destroy its enemies. Sanders explained that its cyber army was supported by the GCHQ intelligence agency to deliver offensive cyber capabilities. MORE
Smartwatch and wearable device maker Garmin had to shut down some of its connected services and call centers following a ransomware attack. The outage also impacted the company call centers, making it impossible for the company to provide information to its users. MORE
But the breach has caused a collective gasp because it potentially magnifies risks for enterprises Potential Leak of GitHub, Bitbucket Tokens As Well Docker, which offers an open source container platform, is notifying users that an intruder briefly had access to sensitive data from 190,000 Docker Hub accounts, or less than 5 percent of Hub users. MORE
Group-IB Finds Hacking Group Attacked Hundreds of Checkout Sites A cybercriminal gang dubbed "UltraRank" that has planted malicious JavaScript code in hundreds of e-commerce websites around the world over the last five years to steal payment card data also takes the unusual step of selling the data on its own, the security firm Group-IB reports. MORE
The financially-motivated hacker group FIN11 has started spreading ransomware to monetize its cyber criminal activities. In recent attacks, the group was observed deploying the Clop ransomware into the networks of its victims. MORE
trillion plan for COVID-19 relief includes nearly $10 billion in cybersecurity and IT spending. Security Experts Say Proposal Amounts to a 'Down Payment' President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 Some security experts hope the amount as just a "down payment" toward a broader effort MORE
France's Sopra Steria Was Hit By Previously Unseen Version of Ryuk Ransomware French IT services firm Sopra Steria, which was hit with Ryuk ransomware in October, now estimates that the attack could cost the company up to $60 million in recovery costs. MORE
Cyberecurity Training Center Wants Others to Learn From Phishing Attack The SANS Institute, which is known for its cybersecurity training courses, is now planning to turn its own data breach into a teachable moment for its membership MORE
Apparent Ransomware Attack Has National Impact A security incident that apparently involved ransomware has crippled the network of Universal Health Services, which owns hundreds of facilities across the U.S. and U.K. MORE
Security Experts Offer Risk Mitigation Tips With the massive shift to telework as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, shadow IT is becoming a more critical security issue around the world. Security experts offer tips on mitigating the risks involved MORE
The hosts with the outdated version were exposing travel portals implemented by Apple to its employees. Even if the outdated versions were affected by security flaws, the experts pointed out that Apple was using WAF to mitigate the attacks against its applications. MORE
The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The post Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
Company Says Certain VPNs and Gateways Affected By 'Coordinated Attack' Security vendor SonicWall is investigating what the company calls a "coordinated attack" against its internal network by threat actors using a zero-day exploit within the company's remote access products. MORE
It's also created a bevy of new security challenges. Jay Heiser of Gartner says if organizations don't get cloud security right, it's their own fault. Jay Heiser of Gartner Says the Cloud Demands New Security Processes, Tools The transition to cloud-based software and infrastructure has revolutionized development and services. Here's why MORE
As organizations increasingly move mission-critical workloads to the cloud, it’s important to recognize some of the common pitfalls and how best to mitigate their impact. MORE
But people who don’t take advantage of these added safeguards may find it far more difficult to regain access when their account gets hacked, because increasingly thieves will enable multi-factor options and tie the account to a device they control. ” Microsoft support sent Dayman and his son a list of 20 questions to answer about their account, such as the serial number on the Xbox console originally tied to the account when it was created. MORE
Curiously the announcement comes a few days after the company has updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. ,, “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” states WhatsApp’s privacy policy. MORE
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64 Hacked Firm Also Taps Former Facebook CSO as It Responds to Supply Chain Attack As security software firm SolarWinds investigates the supply chain attack involving its Orion software and looks to rebuild its security processes and reputation, it's hired former U.S. MORE
Senator Wyden Releases CIA's Own 2017 Report Into Leak of 'Vault 7' Hacking Tools An internal CIA report from 2017 - just released in heavily redacted form - found that the agency's failure to secure its own systems facilitated the massive "Vault 7" data breach that enabled classified information, including details of 35 CIA hacking tools, to be leaked to WikiLeaks MORE
Company Notes: Permanent Fix Won't Be Ready Until January Citrix is warning its customers that attackers are taking advantage of the company's ADC products to conduct and amplify DDoS attacks, according to a notification published by the firm. MORE
Symantec Sees New Tortoiseshell Gang Hitting Targets in Middle East A hacker group called Tortoiseshell has been hitting targets in the Middle East since at least July 2018, apparently targeting IT service providers to gain access to many potential targets at once. MORE
Sopra Steria: Recovery Effort Will Take Weeks, But No Data Has Leaked French IT services firm Sopra Steria is confirming that its internal infrastructure sustained a Ryuk ransomware attack that has disrupted its operations, with a full recovery expected to take weeks MORE
Security Researchers Believe Gang or its Affiliates Are Likely to Return The Maze cybercrime gang, which revolutionized the ransomware business by adding an extortion element to each attack, has issued a statement saying it has hung up its spikes and will retire, at least temporarily. MORE
NATO announced it is assessing its systems after the SolarWinds supply chain attack that impacted multiple US government agencies. NATO announced it is checking its systems after the SolarWinds supply chain attack to determine if they were infected with a backdoor. MORE
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 8, 2021
Hacked Firm Also Taps Former Facebook CSO as It Responds to Supply Chain Attack As security software firm SolarWinds investigates the supply chain attack involving its Orion software and looks to rebuild its security processes and reputation, it's hired former U.S.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 18, 2021
trillion plan for COVID-19 relief includes nearly $10 billion in cybersecurity and IT spending. Security Experts Say Proposal Amounts to a 'Down Payment' President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 Some security experts hope the amount as just a "down payment" toward a broader effort
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APRIL 15, 2019
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 20, 2021
marks its first anniversary of fighting COVID-19, pandemic expert Regina Phelps says the next several, critical weeks come down to two vital words: vaccines and variants. Pandemic Expert Regina Phelps Says Next Weeks Are Critical As the U.S.
Speaker: Shannon Lietz, Director of DevSecOps Team, Intuit
You've finally done it: You've won over C-Suite and your DevSecOps team is up and running. You feel ready to take on rising security threats while continuously delivering quality software updates. But how do you monitor your new program? Are you truly able to gauge the state of your projects? To ensure the success of this new breed of a team, you need to know the metrics to look at and how to advocate these metrics to C-Suite and stakeholders. Join Shannon Lietz, Leader and Director of DevsecOps at Intuit, and learn to lead your DevSecOps team to the top.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2021
Company Says Certain VPNs and Gateways Affected By 'Coordinated Attack' Security vendor SonicWall is investigating what the company calls a "coordinated attack" against its internal network by threat actors using a zero-day exploit within the company's remote access products.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Apparent Ransomware Attack Has National Impact A security incident that apparently involved ransomware has crippled the network of Universal Health Services, which owns hundreds of facilities across the U.S. and U.K.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 18, 2021
Joker’s Stash , by some accounts the largest underground shop for selling stolen credit card and identity data, says it’s closing up shop effective mid-February 2021. and European authorities seized a number of its servers.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 17, 2020
Senator Wyden Releases CIA's Own 2017 Report Into Leak of 'Vault 7' Hacking Tools An internal CIA report from 2017 - just released in heavily redacted form - found that the agency's failure to secure its own systems facilitated the massive "Vault 7" data breach that enabled classified information, including details of 35 CIA hacking tools, to be leaked to WikiLeaks
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 13, 2020
Cyberecurity Training Center Wants Others to Learn From Phishing Attack The SANS Institute, which is known for its cybersecurity training courses, is now planning to turn its own data breach into a teachable moment for its membership
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Group-IB Finds Hacking Group Attacked Hundreds of Checkout Sites A cybercriminal gang dubbed "UltraRank" that has planted malicious JavaScript code in hundreds of e-commerce websites around the world over the last five years to steal payment card data also takes the unusual step of selling the data on its own, the security firm Group-IB reports.
Data Breach Today
JULY 1, 2020
Move Comes Despite Lack of Final Version of Sweeping Data Protection Law Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act officially began Wednesday despite the lack of a final, codified version of the regulation. Experts weigh in on compliance steps organizations should take
Security Affairs
JANUARY 6, 2021
Curiously the announcement comes a few days after the company has updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. ,, “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” states WhatsApp’s privacy policy.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Exposure Comes as Ireland Probes Facebook's Handling of Children's Data For at least a month, Instagram leaked the email addresses of minors, which occurred as Ireland's Data Protection Commission probed whether its parent company, Facebook, failed to protect children's personal data.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 4, 2020
The Taidoor RAT, which has been around for over 10 years, has recently been spotted in several campaigns against IT service providers CISA, DOD, FBI Issue Warning About Campaign Using Taidoor RAT A trio of U.S.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
France's Sopra Steria Was Hit By Previously Unseen Version of Ryuk Ransomware French IT services firm Sopra Steria, which was hit with Ryuk ransomware in October, now estimates that the attack could cost the company up to $60 million in recovery costs.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The post Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm appeared first on Security Affairs.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Sales enablement is the strategic process of providing sales teams with the content, guidance, and mentorship needed to engage targeted buyers. It’s all about equipping sales professionals with the tools they need to put their best-selling foot forward. And if sales teams want to continuously sell better -- and faster -- their sales enablement process must have a game-winning strategy. It's time for you to start selling smarter - and hitting your sales number - with the best B2B database in the market. Get started today.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 17, 2020
Security Experts Offer Risk Mitigation Tips With the massive shift to telework as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, shadow IT is becoming a more critical security issue around the world. Security experts offer tips on mitigating the risks involved
Data Breach Today
APRIL 29, 2019
But the breach has caused a collective gasp because it potentially magnifies risks for enterprises Potential Leak of GitHub, Bitbucket Tokens As Well Docker, which offers an open source container platform, is notifying users that an intruder briefly had access to sensitive data from 190,000 Docker Hub accounts, or less than 5 percent of Hub users.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Security Researchers Believe Gang or its Affiliates Are Likely to Return The Maze cybercrime gang, which revolutionized the ransomware business by adding an extortion element to each attack, has issued a statement saying it has hung up its spikes and will retire, at least temporarily.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Symantec Sees New Tortoiseshell Gang Hitting Targets in Middle East A hacker group called Tortoiseshell has been hitting targets in the Middle East since at least July 2018, apparently targeting IT service providers to gain access to many potential targets at once.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Take a look around you at any given moment, and somebody is likely surfing the web on their phone. In 2020, society has fully immersed itself in the web and all it has to offer - and no one more so than those of Generation Z. With “Gen Zers” beginning to enter the workforce at entry-level positions, it’s crucial to understand that this generation operates differently from the last. With this caveat in mind, read on to learn how to adapt your recruiting strategy to appeal to this pool of potential employees.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 22, 2019
It's also created a bevy of new security challenges. Jay Heiser of Gartner says if organizations don't get cloud security right, it's their own fault. Jay Heiser of Gartner Says the Cloud Demands New Security Processes, Tools The transition to cloud-based software and infrastructure has revolutionized development and services. Here's why
Security Affairs
JANUARY 18, 2021
The hosts with the outdated version were exposing travel portals implemented by Apple to its employees. Even if the outdated versions were affected by security flaws, the experts pointed out that Apple was using WAF to mitigate the attacks against its applications.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Britain’s most senior cyber general declared that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could destroy its enemies. Sanders explained that its cyber army was supported by the GCHQ intelligence agency to deliver offensive cyber capabilities.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2020
As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com.
Advertiser: Amplitude
As part of our goal to continue helping our community during these times, we wanted to share with you this critical data on the state of digital products across industries and provide context on how businesses are responding to the changing winds.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 19, 2020
But people who don’t take advantage of these added safeguards may find it far more difficult to regain access when their account gets hacked, because increasingly thieves will enable multi-factor options and tie the account to a device they control. ” Microsoft support sent Dayman and his son a list of 20 questions to answer about their account, such as the serial number on the Xbox console originally tied to the account when it was created.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Sopra Steria: Recovery Effort Will Take Weeks, But No Data Has Leaked French IT services firm Sopra Steria is confirming that its internal infrastructure sustained a Ryuk ransomware attack that has disrupted its operations, with a full recovery expected to take weeks
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Company Notes: Permanent Fix Won't Be Ready Until January Citrix is warning its customers that attackers are taking advantage of the company's ADC products to conduct and amplify DDoS attacks, according to a notification published by the firm.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 17, 2020
Like their counterparts who run legitimate businesses, cybercriminals need hosting and cybersecurity protection, too
Speaker: Crystal Cao, Lindsey Simon & Lisa Ripley
Join Onna and experts from Quip, Airbnb, and Oracle for this live webinar as they dive into proactive data deletion policies, retention strategies, and legal hold practices that are essential to a modern enterprise information governance strategy.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 15, 2019
Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [ NYSE:WIT ] is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks against some of the company’s customers, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. 12, Nair sent a statement that acknowledged none of the questions Wipro was asked about an alleged security incident involving attacks against its own customers.
Security Affairs
JULY 23, 2020
Smartwatch and wearable device maker Garmin had to shut down some of its connected services and call centers following a ransomware attack. The outage also impacted the company call centers, making it impossible for the company to provide information to its users.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 19, 2020
NATO announced it is assessing its systems after the SolarWinds supply chain attack that impacted multiple US government agencies. NATO announced it is checking its systems after the SolarWinds supply chain attack to determine if they were infected with a backdoor.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 18, 2020
The financially-motivated hacker group FIN11 has started spreading ransomware to monetize its cyber criminal activities. In recent attacks, the group was observed deploying the Clop ransomware into the networks of its victims.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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