Data breach stories - Page 26
Spear-phishing attacks on the rise, with risk to small businesses
Mon, 21st Mar 2022
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
According to a new report by Barracuda, Spear-phishing attacks are evolving and becoming significantly more common.
New report shows increase of ICS vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure
Thu, 3rd Mar 2022
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edutech
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iot
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breach prevention
The number of vulnerabilities in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) has surged by 110% in the past four years, according to a report by Claroty.
Australian data breach statistics revealed in OAIC report
Tue, 22nd Feb 2022
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Australia's data breach report reveals an increase in notifications, with attacks and human error taking the blame.
Advanced scams, data breaches, crypto and NFT attacks to shape cyberthreat landscape in 2022
Fri, 14th Jan 2022
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ransomware
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crypto
2022 cyber security trends include a decrease in targeted ransomware attacks, advanced scams, more data breaches, and attacks on cryptocurrency/NFT industries.
Biggest data breach will hit in 2022 - Micro Focus
Fri, 24th Dec 2021
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ueba
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
In the aftermath of digitalisation on a scale that we haven't seen before, 2021 has left many organisations still scrambling to secure their IT networks.
Rubrik enhances cyber resilience solutions to protect against ransomware
Thu, 9th Dec 2021
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malware
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Rubrik has announced new enhancements to its cyber resilience solutions, designed to help equip customers protect against ransomware.
Australians have mixed feelings on cybersecurity priorities according to new PWC research
Thu, 2nd Dec 2021
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breach prevention
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
Australians have been found to have seemingly mixed priorities when it comes to cybersecurity, a new study by PWC has revealed.
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams — Who is Security Centric?
Tue, 23rd Nov 2021
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firewalls
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ransomware
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network security
Security Centric: An Australian-based infosec consulting firm specializing in managing cybersecurity risks. We chat with principal Sash Vasilevski.
New study shows IT decision-makers think organisations compromise cybersecurity in favour of other goals
Wed, 17th Nov 2021
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Security compromised as IT decision-makers downplay cyber risks, says Trend Micro study. Collaboration and clear communication needed to prevent risk.
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Cohesity CISO discusses ransomware and data management
Thu, 11th Nov 2021
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malware
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data protection
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ransomware
Cohesity CISO Brian Spanswick discusses the rise of ransomware in the last two years and how the worlds of compliance and data management are colliding.
Millions of police records are accidentally deleted — what are the lessons?
Fri, 5th Nov 2021
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
8 million police files were deleted in Dallas, Texas earlier this year, impacting 175,000 criminal court cases. How did this happen?.
Stolen data spreading even faster on the dark web - report
Mon, 25th Oct 2021
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Increased volume of data breaches and more avenues for cybercriminals to monetise data has led to increased activity surrounding stolen data on the dark web.
Aquila Technology customers urged to change passwords after data breach
Wed, 29th Sep 2021
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
A data breach of the Lower Hutt retailer's systems may have compromised customers' personal and credit card information.
The large, less obvious costs of phishing attacks on organisations - report
Wed, 18th Aug 2021
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malware
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ransomware
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phishing
Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute reveal that the cost of phishing attacks has almost quadrupled, with US companies losing an average of $14.8m annually.
Beware the top three blind spots that precede cloud data breaches
Wed, 21st Jul 2021
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cloud security
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
The ability to correlate individual events/alerts over time into an attack 'storyline' can help mitigate major cloud security blind spots.
LinkedIn data from 700 million users for sale on hacking forum
Thu, 1st Jul 2021
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cybersecurity
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linkedin
LinkedIn faces second data leak in two months, with 700 million user records posted online. Data includes usernames, job titles, emails, and more.
Enterprises prioritise customer data protection but continue to leave it exposed
Fri, 16th Apr 2021
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encryption
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multi-cloud
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supply chain
Protecting customer personal information is the top priority for enterprises, yet the rate of encrypting customer data remains low, according to new research.
Data transparency increasingly important, Kaspersky study states
Mon, 12th Apr 2021
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Half of consumers would abandon an online service provider after a data breach, while 63% fear their data being sold to a third party, according to Kaspersky.
IT professionals destroying end-of-life hardware over fears of data breaches - report
Wed, 20th Jan 2021
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
IT directors are destroying end of life tech hardware as opposed to erasing its data out of fear of making a mistake and facing data breaches.
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Veeam?
Tue, 8th Dec 2020
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virtualisation
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data protection
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dr
Veeam's senior global technologist speaks on the great shift to a digital economy and organizations' investments in digital platforms.