Technical reporting and analysis on high-profile data breaches, how they happened, and how hackers are using the information mined from breaches.
Fresh data on data breach costs from IBM show phishing, business email compromise, and stolen credentials take the longest to identify and contain.
A recent phishing scam impersonating the Heineken beer brand demonstrates how very little effort is needed by scammers to convince victims to give up all kinds of personal information.
New data from the Identity Theft Resource Center shows rises in the number of data compromises following 2021’s record-setting year, all stemming from cyber attacks.
New data shows despite decreases in global data breach levels (-5%) in 2021, the U.S. experienced proportionally more data breaches than in the previous year.
Ireland’s Teaching Council has been fined €60,000 by the country’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over a breach of nearly ten thousand teachers’ data, the Irish Examiner reports. An ...
Privacy issues came about all across the board in 2020, 2021, and 2022 will be no different. From WhatsApp updating their terms of service and losing millions of users to countless ...
A new warning from Accenture Security highlights this new cybercriminal group making waves that focuses on a "data breach and extortion” MO rather than relying on ransomware.
New shocking data shows how unconcerned victim users are after being notified of a data breach involving their credentials, personal information, and even social media accounts.
You already knew remote workers increase the risk of cyberattack. New data spells out exactly what the impact of a remote workforce is on data breaches and the cost to remediate.
Bleeping Computer recently reported a data breach from popular stock trading platform Robinhood. This breach has impacted over 7 million of their customers.
New analysis of attacks shows threat actors that traditionally focus on stealing data are now utilizing extortion as their monetization strategy, converging tactics with ransomware ...
Mentioned in passing as part of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Syniverse admits to hackers having access for five years, potentially impacting millions of mobile phone ...
A survey sponsored by Egress found that 94% of organizations suffered insider data breaches over the past year. The survey offers the following results:
Whether it’s from an accidental leak of data or falling victim to a phishing attack, new data from email security vendor Egress puts the insider’s role in breaches into critical ...
According to an annual survey from Apricorn, UK IT decision makers are fearing the worst as their staff continues to work in a remote environment.
A hacking forum recently published over 553 million personal data of Facebook users. The type of exposed data ranged from phone numbers, Facebook ID's, full names, locations, birthdates, ...
The Netherlands is dealing with what looks like one of the largest data breaches in the nation so far. Late last week, Dutch public broadcaster NOS revealed that customer data of millions ...
A recent 2020 report we just discovered confirms what we have been saying for many years now. About 9 out 10 data breaches are caused by your users. We are pleased that the somewhat older ...
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) recently measured the number of reports of data theft in 2020 and the number of attacks skyrocketed. The report documented that it increased no ...
The pandemic changed the fortunes of many organisations. Perhaps none so much as Zoom, which has found itself becoming a noun synonymous with any form of video call.
