Data breach stories - Page 34
Expert says Cash Converters cybersecurity breach 'yet ANOTHER wakeup call'
Tue, 21st Nov 2017
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Cash Converters breached, hackers have access to UK customer account details, usernames, passwords, addresses and partial credit card numbers.
'Leaker' behind massive NSA breach possibly still working at agency
Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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nsa
A cybersecurity expert has said it is a 'stunning admission' by the former CIA director about the NSA breach that is being touted as catastrophic.
'No way' to stop sale of 46 million Malaysians' personal data after crippling breach
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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A cyber breach has left data from 46 million Malaysian mobile users for sale at RM32,000. Once bought, there's 'no way' to halt its sale or misuse.
Current IT security not up to the job – time to make some changes
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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data protection
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breach prevention
IDC says billions of dollars are spent around the world every year on various forms of IT security, and yet, data breaches are still happening.
'Victory for the good guys' - criminal behind Mandiant hack arrested
Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
FireEye has nabbed the hacker behind the Mandiant attack that compromised researcher Adi Peretz's accounts, claiming it as a victory for the good guys.
Major data breach hits Malaysia's 46 million mobile phone users
Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
A data breach has put more than 46 million Malaysian mobile phone users at risk and has affected many of the country's major telecommunicatio.
Trend Micro gains 'perfect' 100% breach detection score in NSS Labs testing
Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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trend micro
rend Micro says it has achieved a 'perfect score' for breach detection in NSS Lab's Breach Detection System Report.
Kaspersky CEO rubbishes 'false' allegations of hacking from US media
Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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It was only weeks ago when the US Government had been hacked again and blamed Kaspersky Labs - the cybersecurity company's CEO says they're false.
RSA boosts solution portfolio as GDPR regulations approach
Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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risk & compliance
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data privacy
RSA extends its governance, risk and compliance solution to help businesses comply with security legislation such as GDPR.
Australia's breach disclosure policy has major holes, expert says
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
Australia's breach disclosure policy doesn't go nearly far enough in protecting consumers and pales in comparison to the European Union's GDPR.
Not again… Expert discusses potential SECOND Equifax breach
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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firewalls
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
It was only weeks ago that one of the single largest data breaches in history was announced - now Equifax may have been hacked again.
Why encryption is a critical step towards NDB compliance
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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encryption
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
1,901,866,611 data records from 918 breach incidents were compromised globally with only 4.6% of breaches rendered useless due to encryption.
Hacking of national security projects highlights importance of patching
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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cybersecurity
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The recent release of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) 2017 report revealed a small breach – with massive implications.
Accenture's data breach stark reminder of server misconfiguration dangers
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Publicly downloadable information included credentials, platform configurations, certificates, decryption keys and API data.
Russian hackers steal from US government again – expert says US at fault
Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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nsa
Piers Wilson says that in some ways, it is genuinely shocking that the NSA has allowed a contractor to expose vital US cyber-defence data like this.
SonicWall onboards more customers as malware block rate soars
Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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malware
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
SonicWall reports a 524% increase in unique malware variants in the last 6 months, equating to around 1000 new variants daily.
Yahoo's colossal security breach - experts give their opinions
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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yahoo
Yahoo's latest news of a breach of 3m accounts is certainly nothing to cheer about, but experts from the industry give their insights on the matter.
Yahoo's 2013 data breach hit all three billion user accounts
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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yahoo
Yahoo's entire user base of more than three billion people were affected by Yahoo's colossal data hack in 2013, despite initial reports.
Australia's cybersecurity is 'undermined' by skills shortage
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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centrify
Cybersecurity is being undermined by the ongoing skills shortage and Australia will need at least 11,000 new security employees to keep up.
New data logging service allows actionable cybersecurity insights
Thu, 28th Sep 2017
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storage
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Palo Alto's new service is for machine learning & advanced analytics in order to correlate potential threats & prevent successful cyber breaches.