Data breach stories - Page 5

Google’s management was aware of the bug but chose not to share it with the public to avoid scrutiny by regulators. >>

A number of the available servers investigated by Flashpoint led analysts to conclude that most of the breaches are from either US, Russian, or German hosting services. >>

Barracuda Networks, Sophos, RedLock, and Darktrace offer their views on the data leak that affected close to 50 million accounts. >>

Almost 50 million accounts have been compromised through a daisy-chained vulnerability in the View As feature, which allowed an unknown party to snatch authentication tokens of 50 million users. >>

There were no pints enjoyed at this Scottish brewery this week as it fell victim to a crippling ransomware attack.>>

A recent survey by CA Technologies found that 40% of APJ executives have sold customer data, although many cybersecurity pros aren’t actually aware that this happened.  How is this possible?>>

The malicious Chrome extension asks for elevated permissions & steals credentials from sites such as Amazon, GitHub, Live.com, My Monero, plus others.>>

Healthcare organisations are seemingly prime targets for cybercriminals because of the wealth of personal data they possess.>>

ForeScout says that network segmentation splits networks into specific zones, which can then enact barriers against infiltrators.>>

“There’s currently no law requiring companies like Z Energy, Vector, or LinkedIn to tell New Zealanders if their data has been leaked.">>

Phishing for and using the stolen credentials to access systems or services stands out as a particularly popular attack method.>>

Cisco has announced the intent to acquire Duo Security in order to expand its users' ability to manage secure connections to devices.>>

Its primary access points for code and infrastructure had required two-factor authentication via SMS, and the main attack intercepted the text.>>

The company admits that approximately 10 million records containing personal data may have been accessed during the 2017 breach.>>

The healthcare industry is among the most preferred prey of cybercriminals.>>

Gartner research director Sid Deshpande has put together a commentary to address the impact of this serious breach of personal data.>>

More than 100 manufacturing companies including Tesla, Volkswagen, Toyota, and Ford have been caught up in a data breach.>>

The stakes are high, given the fact that healthcare records contain a wealth of data, of the kind that can be used to perpetrate identify fraud.>>

At least 1.5 million patients who visited any SingHealth outpatient clinic or polyclinic between 1 May 2015 and 4 July 2018 may be affected.>>

“These organizations continue, year after year, to spend on the same security solutions that worked for them previously.">>

Users of file sharing website Mega have been tripped up in a credential stuffing attack.>>

Discussion with Caroline Sapriel, founder and Managing Partner of CS&A International, who is a keynote speaker at the 2018 ASIAL Security Conference.>>

The campaign is executed by the threat group Magecart and affects over 800 e-commerce sites around the world.>>

The breach occurred as an access credential to TimeHop’s cloud computing environment that didn't have multifactor authentication was compromised.>>