3 Important Facts to Take Away From the New Data Security Law

By Lecio De Paula, Jr., Director of Data Privacy, KnowBe4. New Hampshire joins Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan in enacting a new data security law directed at insurers modeled after ...

August 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Bad Guys Exploit CapitalOne Breach to Push Backdoor Trojan

The bad guys are now exploiting news of the CapitalOne breach to push a malicious backdoor trojan via a phishing email purporting to offer a Windows Security Update. See the attached ...

July 30, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

5 Things You Need to Know About Facebook’s $5 Billion Fine

By Lecio De Paula, KnowBe4's Director of Data Privacy. On July 24, 2019, it was announced that Facebook, Inc. will pay a 5 billion dollar penalty to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...

July 30, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

You Don't Want THAT In Your Wallet

Capital One has announced a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 106 million people that includes transaction data, credit scores, payment history, balances, and for ...

July 23, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Is Equifax Paying Up To 700 Million... Or Is It 1.4 Billion?

In a settlement with the FTC, consumers affected by the breach are eligible for up to $20,000 in a cash settlement, depending on damages they can prove. But different news sources claim ...

July 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Attacker’s Use of OneDrive as a Malicious File Host Jumps Over 3200% in Q1

The need for reputable hosting services to make phishing scams involving malicious files look legitimate has caused a rise in popularity for Microsoft’s cloud-based file sharing service.

July 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Evite Invites Over 100 Million People to Their Data Breach

Larry at Bleepingcomputer wrote: "The data breach monitoring service Haveibeenpwned.com has added a database dump of almost 101 million Evite users who had their information exposed when ...

July 9, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The Stock Market Doesn’t React Well to Data Breaches

The latest data from UK-based research firm, Comparitech, shows that organizations who suffer a data breach continue to suffer in the stock market well after.

June 20, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Massive Cyberheist Bankrupts Medical Debt Collector

AMCA, a medical billing collections agency that was hacked last year in an incident believed to impact millions of medical patients is now seeking a federal bankruptcy court’s protection ...

June 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-Up] How Hackers Use Ransomware To Hide Data Breaches And Other Devastating Attacks

Different sources claim that ransomware attacks are either going up or going down. The very real threat remains though and it is clear that the bad guys are moving from consumers as their ...

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