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2019-01-31 13:50:00 | Airbus Employee Info Exposed in Data Breach (lien direct) | Few details as yet on a cyberattack that hit Airbus' commercial aircraft business. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-31 10:31:03 | Yahoo\'s Settlement Proposal on Data Breach Case Rejected by Court. (lien direct) | Yahoo's proposed a $50 million pay-out, plus two years of free credit monitoring for about 200 million people in the United States and Israel was rebuffed by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who said she couldn't declare the settlement “fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable” because it did not say how much victims could expect to […] | Data Breach | Yahoo | |
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2019-01-31 00:59:01 | Airbus Suffers Data Breach, Some Employees\' Data Exposed (lien direct) | European airplane maker Airbus admitted yesterday a data breach of its "Commercial Aircraft business" information systems that allowed intruders to gain access to some of its employees' personal information.
Though the company did not elaborate on the nature of the hack, it claimed that the security breach did not affect its commercial operations. So, there's no impact on aircraft production.
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2019-01-30 22:34:01 | Airbus data breach impacts employees in Europe (lien direct) | Aircraft manufacturer still investigating the breach. Did not reveal any other information. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-30 16:33:04 | Airbus Data Breach Exposes Employee Credentials, Professional Contact Details (lien direct) | Commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced a data breach incident that impacted the company's "Commercial Aircraft business" information systems and led to third parties gaining unauthorized access to data. [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-30 12:19:00 | Judge Denies Approval of $50M Settlement to Yahoo Data Breach Lawsuit (lien direct) | A federal judge has denied the approval of a proposed $50 million settlement to a class action lawsuit over a data breach at Yahoo. On 28 January, Judge Lucy Koh rejected the settlement in a order submitted to the San Jose division of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California. The settlement, […]… Read More | Data Breach | Yahoo | |
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2019-01-30 12:00:00 | Discover Issues New Cards Following Data Breach (lien direct) | The credit card company reports Discover's card systems were not involved in the breach, discovered in August 2018. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-29 14:50:00 | Yahoo data breach payout blocked by judge (lien direct) | The judge is unhappy about the sum involved and the vagueness of promised cyber-security fixes. | Data Breach | Yahoo | |
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2019-01-29 12:06:02 | Untold Number of Discover Card Account Holders Notified of Data Breach (lien direct) | An undisclosed number of Discover card account holders have learned of a data breach that might have compromised their account information. According to Bleeping Computer, Discover Financial Services first learned of the security incident on 13 August 2018. The American financial services company subsequently filed data breach notices with the California Attorney General’s office on […]… Read More | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-28 18:35:05 | Discover Card Users Affected by Data Breach, New Credit Cards Issued (lien direct) | Discover Financial Services learned that on August 13, 2018, "Discover card account might have been part of a data breach," according to a data breach notice filed on January 25, 2019, with the California Attorney General's office [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-28 09:25:05 | (Déjà vu) Data breach notification law amended in Massachusetts. (lien direct) | The Massachusetts data breach notification law has been amended. The amendments include providing victims who fall victim to a data breach a free credit freeze and 18 months of free credit monitoring. Furthermore, companies can no longer delay notifying authorities and victims of a breach on the basis that they do not know the number […] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-28 04:00:01 | Regulatory Fines, Prison Time Render “Check Box” Security Indefensible (lien direct) | In May 2017, the Equifax data breach compromised critical credit and identity data for 56 percent of American adults, 15 million UK citizens and 20,000 Canadians. The Ponemon Institute estimates that the total cost to Equifax could approach $600M in direct expenses and fines. That doesn't include the cost of the security upgrades required to […]… Read More | Data Breach | Equifax | |
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2019-01-27 10:47:00 | (Déjà vu) Security Affairs newsletter Round 198 – News of the week (lien direct) | A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Collection #1 Data Breach Analysis – Part 1 […] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-26 08:48:04 | “Collection #1” Data Breach Analysis – Part 2 (lien direct) | The cyber security expert Marco Ramilli continues its analysis of the data leak known as Collection #1, he shared some interesting views on dataThe cyber security expert Marco Ramilli continues its analysis of the data leak known as Collection #1, he shared some interesting views on data On January 19th we downloaded Collection #1 to make statistics […] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-25 12:22:04 | GDPR Behind 42K Data Breach Notifications, 255 Investigations (lien direct) | Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across Europe received 95,180 complaints regarding the mishandling of personal data and companies reported a record number of 41,502 data breaches since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted on 25 May 2018 [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-25 10:21:00 | What is a supply chain attack? Why you should be wary of third-party providers (lien direct) | A supply chain attack, also called a value-chain or third-party attack, occurs when someone infiltrates your system through an outside partner or provider with access to your systems and data. This has dramatically changes the attack surface of the typical enterprise in the past few years, with more suppliers and service providers touching sensitive data than ever before. [ How much does a data breach cost? Here's where the money goes. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-24 14:00:00 | The Changing Face Of Cybersecurity In The 21st Century (lien direct) |
67% of small and micro businesses have experienced a cyber attack, while 58% have experienced a data breach within the last 12 months, according to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Cybersecurity has become one of the major questions that plague the 21st century, with numerous businesses reporting significant losses resulting from loss of private customer data, denial of service (DoS) attacks that cripple operations and internal employee threats that pose a growing data security challenge for both small and large companies. When you consider the effects of the cyber attack in Alaska and the astounding number of businesses it crippled, it's clear that businesses owners need to understand the threats they face today.
The Question of Cybersecurity
A few decades ago, the thought of cyber warfare would have seemed far-fetched to say the least. But today, it has become as likely as it is terrifying, especially when you consider how many of our gadgets are connected to the internet - mobile phones, smart TVs, PCs, and IoT devices. The technical advancements in data-hacking have led to the parallel development of data-protection. While downloading an antivirus software may previously have been sufficient protection, this is now only a preliminary measure, and must be coupled with stronger controls like 2-factor authentication, access control, and raising threat awareness. The cyber-security industry grows steadily each day, and it is now possible to find adequate protection for all your gadgets: from your phone to your tablet and yes, even your new television set.
Artificial Intelligence Shaping Cybersecurity
If you have a basic interest in the tech world, you will have undoubtedly come across Sophia. Sophia is a humanoid robot and may be termed by many as the perfect illustration of how far AI has come. It is for this reason that AI is leading the cybersecurity field. This is through the application of the concept of synthesizing data. Basically, what this means is that two independent chunks of information can be combined to arrive at a single conclusion. In layman's terms, AI is expected to improve cybersecurity by speeding up incident response when malicious activity is detected, thwarting ransomware and automating practices. This way, companies will be able to remain a step ahead of potential cyber threats.
The Future of Cybersecurity Innovation
Conventionally, data transfer has been achieved through electrical signals. However, this may change if we enter the era of data exchange through light signals. This works through the use of photons as carriers of quantum information in cyberspace. Photons are light particles which are generated simultaneously in pairs. With timing controls, this would mean that data transfer would only be possible if twin-photon particles existed for the sender and recipient. Ultimately, the only way to hack the data would be to upend the laws of physics. More innovations like deep learning, cloud technology, and hardware will revolutionalize the future of cybersecurity, making it easier for companies to prevent cyber attacks.
The field of cybersecurity is shifting and improving daily to match the changing needs of today’s cyberspace. It is essential that everyone, including businesses, become familiar with the means with which to protect their data. Understanding the changing face of cybersecurity is a key step to achieving that goal.
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2019-01-24 08:00:00 | GDPR Compliance Lowers Data Breach Frequency and Impact Says Report (lien direct) | Companies that follow the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) experience extra benefits such as lower frequency and effect of data breaches, as well as fewer records being impacted in the attacks, shorter downtimes and lower overall costs [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-22 15:39:04 | Proposed Law Classifies Ransomware Infection as a Data Breach (lien direct) | The newly announced Act to Strengthen Identity Theft Protections in North Carolina proposes that ransomware attacks be treated as data breaches. | Ransomware Data Breach | ★★ | |
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2019-01-21 12:02:02 | Data Collected from Old Breaches Is Not a New Data Breach (lien direct) | Knowing what I typically write about, my phone has been dinging and ringing lately as people were concerned about the new MONSTER MEGA DATA BREACH that they read about online. Of course they were referring to the numerous stories published this week about a giant data breach with 773 million unique email addresses in it. [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-20 06:31:04 | “Collection #1” Data Breach Analysis – Part 1 (lien direct) | Cybersecurity expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the huge trove of data, called Collection #1, that was first disclosed by Troy Hunt. Few weeks ago I wrote about “How Data Breaches Happen“, where I shared some public available “pasties” within apparently (not tested) SQLi vulnerable websites. One of the most famous data breaches in the past […] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-18 14:00:00 | Things I Hearted This Week, 18 Jan 2019 (lien direct) |
London saw a few flakes of snow drop this week, and social media nearly broke with everyone sharing photos of the white pixie dust falling from the sky. Fortunately, I have few friends, and even fewer social media platforms that I use, so was saved from most of the insanity… well, except for my daughter singing “let it snow”..jpg)
TheCurious Case of the Raspberry Pi in the Network Closet
What would you do if you found a Raspberry Pi plugged into the network closet? Sounds like something from your worst nightmare, especially if you hadn’t commissioned any red team testing.
But that’s exactly what one team found, and this is the story of how they tracked down (almost) the suspect. If Scooby Doo has taught me anything, it was the janitor!
The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet | Christian Haschek
Ad Company Serves Magecard Code
To quote Miss IG Geek, when your supply chain is so long you don’t even know who’s got their fingers in your website, you cannot manage your risk.
Yeah, go ahead, ask me to disable my ad-blocker.
Compromised ad company serves Magecart skimming code to hundreds of websites | HelpNetSecurity
Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood: Who's the "Crazy Evil Genius" Behind a Global Racket?
This is a story from last July, but only saw it this week, and wow. This is a masterclass in social engineering, and the work of someone who genuinely seems to enjoy tormenting her victims.
Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood: Who's the "Crazy Evil Genius" Behind a Global Racket? | Hollywood Reporter
Beware Of This Scam Targeting Travel Photographers And Instagram Influencers | SLR Lounge
The DDoS Attacker Rescued by a Disney Cruise Ship is Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison
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A 34-year old man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, after being found guilty of launching a massive denial-of-service attack against Boston Children’s Hospital.
The sentencing of Martin Gottesfeld, from Somerville, Massachusetts, comes almost three years after he attempted to escape to Cuba – a plan that failed after his speedboat broke down in the choppy sea, and he was picked up by a Disney cruise liner.
The DDoS attacker rescued by a Disney cruise ship is sentenced to over 10 years in prison | Hot for Security
Facebook Cybersecurity Exec Victim of Swatting Call
A Facebook cybersecurity exec had his home swatted by Palo Alto police after a prank call claimed he shot his wife, tied up his kids, and placed pipe bombs around the house.
A SWAT squad arrived in force at the exec's home, a two-bedroom house in Palo Alto, ordered him to ste |
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2019-01-18 13:47:01 | MEGA Data Breach (lien direct) | A newly revealed trove of 772,904,991 unique email addresses and more than 21 million unique passwords that have been aggregated from over 2,000 leaked databases was recently discovered by Troy Hunt, the security researcher who maintains HaveIBeenPwned. The records were stored on one of the most popular cloud storage sites, MEGA, until it got taken down, and then … The ISBuzz Post: This Post MEGA Data Breach | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-18 01:31:04 | Weekly Update 122 (lien direct) | Presently sponsored by: Live Workshop! Watch the Varonis DFIR team investigate a cyberattack using our data-centric security stackAnd then there was the biggest data breach to go into HIBP ever! I wrote that sentence from home just after publishing all the data, then I got on a plane...Holy cow that's a lot of emails! Hundreds upon hundreds of emails came in whilst on the way to | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-17 21:15:02 | (Déjà vu) If Cybersecurity Breaches Are Inevitable What Should Organizations Do About It? (lien direct) | There's an inconvenient truth in the business community. As many business decision-makers are only too aware, hardly a week seems to go by without a data breach of some form being reported to press, and this year alone has witnessed some major breaches which have affected thousands of people around the world. Just take a … The ISBuzz Post: This Post If Cybersecurity Breaches Are Inevitable What Should Organizations Do About It? | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-17 18:01:00 | 773 Million Records Amassed in Massive Data Breach Collection (lien direct) | A newly discovered set of compromised login details contains roughly 773 million email addresses, Australian web security expert Troy Hunt reveals. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-17 16:32:03 | Oklahoma Securities Commission Data Breach (lien direct) | Another huge leak of government information – a huge amount, 3 terabytes, of unprotected data from theOklahomaSecurities Commission wasuncoveredby Greg Pollock, a researcher with cybersecurity firm UpGuard. It amounted to millions of files, many on sensitive FBI investigations, all of which were left wide open on a server with no password, accessible to anyone with … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Oklahoma Securities Commission Data Breach | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-17 16:06:00 | Data Breach Collection with 773 Million Email Entries Leaked Online (lien direct) | A giant 87 gigabyte archive consisting of 773 million unique email addresses and their associated cracked, or dehashed, passwords has been spotted being promoted on an online hacking forum. This file is being called "Collection #1" and was designed to easily be used in credential stuffing attacks. [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-17 15:04:01 | The Collection #1 data breach - what you need to do about it (lien direct) |  A huge collection of email addresses and passwords, which can be used in attempts to break into online accounts, has been discovered.
If you are one of the affected users, what should you do about it?
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2019-01-17 12:17:05 | Nearly 800 Million Email Addresses Exposed in “Collection #1” Data Breach (lien direct) | A data breach known as “Collection #1” exposed approximately 800 million email addresses as well as tens of millions of passwords. In the beginning of January, multiple people reached out to Australian web security expert Troy Hunt about a sizable collection of files hosted on cloud service MEGA. This collection, which is no longer available […]… Read More | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-16 21:54:01 | The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach (lien direct) | Presently sponsored by: Live Workshop! Watch the Varonis DFIR team investigate a cyberattack using our data-centric security stackMany people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the concept of credential stuffing so I'm going to write this post for the masses | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-15 21:44:03 | Data Breach Roundup: U.S. Healthcare, Cryptopia, SingHealth and Experian (lien direct) | January is off to a running start on the data breach front, while Experian is predicting new attack frontiers ahead. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-15 09:57:00 | IDG Contributor Network: Breaches, market volatility and the government shutdown: Security in the crosshairs (lien direct) | Last year ended with a number of high profile data breaches, tech stocks taking a massive tumble and the start of what has been to date the longest government shutdown on record. Marriott International's Starwood reservation system was hacked exposing the personal data of up to 500 million guests. Quora's data breach exposed up to 100 million users' names, email addresses, IP addresses, and more…Apple, Facebook and Google stocks took heavy hits in December 2018 as the global economy and privacy concerns took their toll, and investors worried about a looming bear market. And then came the government shutdown. For cybersecurity professionals looking ahead at the rest of 2019, these events present a trifecta of challenges. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-14 16:20:03 | Massachusetts Amends Law Protecting Consumers From Security Breaches (lien direct) | Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a new law on January 10 that amends the state's data breach law removing the fees imposed by credit reporting agencies for security disclosures and freezes of consumer credit reports [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-14 10:57:00 | If Cybersecurity Breaches Are Inevitable What Should Organisations Do About It? (lien direct) | By Maxim Frolov, Vice President of Global Sales at Kaspersky Lab There's an inconvenient truth in the business community. As many business decision-makers are only too aware, hardly a week seems to go by without a data breach of some form being reported to press, and this year alone has witnessed some major breaches which […] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-10 18:30:01 | Why Fixing The Internet Isn\'t That Hard (lien direct) | The Internet is a scary place right now, similar to the old American Wild, Wild West, where well-armed gangs of bad guys faced off with common town folk, taking and destroying anything they wanted with near impunity. Hackers routinely steal so many data record each year that a new 100M record data breach barely makes … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Why Fixing The Internet Isn't That Hard | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-10 15:27:01 | Singapore Airlines Customers Have Passport Details Exposed (lien direct) | In response to the news today that Singapore Airlines has suffered a software glitch that exposed customer data, please see below for comment from Kaspersky Lab. “While the sum of customers affected by Singapore Airline's data breach is not large, the fact that sensitive details such as passports and email addresses were accessed is particularly worrying. Customers whoentrusttheir … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Singapore Airlines Customers Have Passport Details Exposed | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-10 13:51:00 | Neiman Marcus agrees to $1.5 million data breach settlement (lien direct) | Neiman Marcus credit cards were accessed fraudulently, exposing customer information. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-10 12:22:01 | Neiman Marcus to Pay $1.5 Million under Data Breach Settlement (lien direct) | Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement for an earlier data breach that exposed customers’ information. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, announced on 8 January that he and his fellow Attorneys General from 42 other states will enter into the $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus. […]… Read More | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-10 05:13:04 | Young Man Admits To German Politician Data Breach (lien direct) | A young man has confessed to being responsible for the data breach that affected hundreds of German politicians, which he reportedly did out of annoyance at statements made by the public figures whose data he exposed. In light of this news, please see the comment below from Jake Moore, cyber security expert at ESET UK. … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Young Man Admits To German Politician Data Breach | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-10 00:00:00 | How Enterprises Are Attacking the Cybersecurity Problem (lien direct) | Data breach fears and the need to comply with regulations such as GDPR are two major drivers increased spending on security products and technologies. But other factors are contributing to the trend as well. Find out more about how enterprises are attacking the cybersecurity problem by reading our report today. | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-09 13:41:05 | State attorneys general announced a $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus (lien direct) | Tens of state attorneys general announced a $1.5 million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group over a 2013 data breach. Tens of attorneys general announced this week a $1.5 million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group LLC over a data breach suffered by the company in 2013 and disclosed earlier 2014. 43 states and the […] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-08 14:34:01 | Kitchen Utensil Manufacturer Discloses Data Breach of E-commerce Site (lien direct) | A manufacturer of kitchen utensils, office supplies and housewares disclosed a data breach of customer information submitted to its e-commerce website. OXO International Ltd confirmed on 17 December 2018 that digital attackers might have compromised the data submitted by customers to its e-commerce website. The manufacturer believes that those responsible for the security incident might […]… Read More | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-08 14:00:00 | 2018 Sees Record Number of Online Retail Data Breaches (lien direct) | During the holiday season people logged on to make purchases through online retailers, like no other time of the year. While there was significant growth in many segments of society on a global scale in 2018, we also saw a significant increase in online retail breaches where personally identifiable information was compromised at an alarming rate. With more and more people using online services for everything from ordering perishable food products to plane tickets and hotel reservations, 2018 proved to be a huge year for online/cybercriminals. Here are some facts around some of the largest and most far-reaching retail breaches of 2018: Data breaches are on the rise, and the total number of accounts breached has become ridiculously high. A report from cybersecurity firm Shape Security showed that almost 90% of the login attempts made on online retailers' websites are hackers using stolen data. Many of these breaches were caused by flaws in payment systems that were taken advantage of by hackers. Dozens of security breaches have occurred in 2018. Many of them were caused by flaws in payment systems, either online or in stores. Data breaches are on the rise for both retailers and other businesses. These data breaches are a real danger for both companies and customers and can affect the trust shoppers have in brands. According to a study by KPMG, 19% of consumers would completely stop shopping at a retailer after a breach, and 33% would take a break from shopping there for an extended period. Example Breaches Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Darden Restaurant announced it was notified by government officials on August 16 that it had been the victim of a cyber attack. Customers who visited Darden-owned Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen between November 3, 2017, and January 2, 2018, may have had their credit-card information stolen. Darden estimates that 567,000 payment card numbers could have been compromised. Customers affected would have visited a Cheddar's location in any one of these states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Macy's Macy's confirmed that some customers shopping online at Macys.com and Bloomingdales.com between April 26 and June 12 could have had their personal information and credit card details exposed to a third party. Macy's did not confirm exactly how many people were impacted. However, a spokesperson for the company said the breach was limited to a small group of people. Macy's said in a statement: "We have investigated the matter thoroughly, addressed the cause and, as a precaution, have implemented additional security measures. Macy's, Inc. will provide consumer protection services at no cost to those customers. We have contacted potentially impacted customers with more information about these services." Adidas Adidas announced in June& | Data Breach Threat | Heritage APT 3 | |
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2019-01-07 15:19:00 | OXO Discloses MageCart Attack That Targeted Customer Data on Oxo.com (lien direct) | United States based kitchen utensil manufacturer OXO International disclosed a data breach that spans numerous periods over two years. This breach notification states that customer and payment information may have been exposed and further research by BleepingComputer indicates this was most likely a MageCart attack. [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-07 06:05:00 | IDG Contributor Network: Managing identity and access management in uncertain times (lien direct) | If we remember one thing from 2018, it is that we are all victims now through one breach or another. Every day, we hear more news about another data breach affecting millions of users with significant financial and reputational consequences to its victims. With massive breaches like Equifax, Facebook, Deloitte, Quora and Yahoo, it is clear that breach notification services and multi-factor authentication (MFA) are not enough to prevent the next data breach headline from appearing in tomorrow's newspapers.Organizations have started thinking holistically, and rightly so, about risk and approaches to security using frameworks such as CARTA, Zero Trust, NIST SP 800 and IDSA. These frameworks offer progressive thinking and valuable approaches to modern identity strategy, but there is no one size fits all. These frameworks are akin to buying furniture from IKEA; assembly required, but with a lot more complexity and a lot more at stake. | Data Breach | Equifax Deloitte Yahoo | |
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2019-01-05 15:10:00 | 27% of Passwords From Town of Salem Breach Already Cracked (lien direct) | Over the holiday, the popular browser-based game Town of Salem had a data breach that exposed the hashed passwords for approximately 7.6 million unique accounts. At the time of this writing, over 27% of the passwords have already been cracked. [...] | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-05 01:37:03 | Town of Salem Data Breach Exposes 7.6 Million Gamers\' Accounts (lien direct) | A massive data breach at the popular online role-playing game 'Town of Salem' has reportedly impacted more than 7.6 million players, the game owner BlankMediaGames (BMG) confirmed Wednesday on its online forum.
With the user base of more than 8 million players, Town of Salem is a browser-based game that enables gamers (which range from 7 to 15 users) to play a version of the famous secret role
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2019-01-04 15:00:00 | Popular \'Town Of Salem\' Game Suffers Huge Data Breach (lien direct) | n light of the news that a popular browser-based game called 'Town of Salem' suffered a data breach last week in which the personal details of 7.6 million users were stolen, please see the below comment from Jake Moore, cyber security expert at ESET UK. Jake Moore, Cyber Security Expert at ESET UK: “I would suggest this … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Popular ‘Town Of Salem’ Game Suffers Huge Data Breach | Data Breach | ||
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2019-01-04 14:00:00 | Things I Hearted This Week, 4th Jan 2018 (lien direct) |
Welcome to 2019! I hope that you had a well-deserved break over the holidays, and a special shout out to all the people that carried on pulling shifts in the SOC, were on-call, and helped ensure stuff stayed as secure as possible while the rest of us were eating and sleeping too much! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, that you are the real backbone of the security industry, and although you may never go to conferences, or be heard on a podcast, or put your name to a blog - you go about your job keeping things as secure as possible.
We’re only half a week into the new year and the security world hasn’t slowed down in the slightest, so let’s just get down to what’s been going on these last few days, and catch up with some of the excitement that I missed while I was busy consuming mince pies.
Victorian Government Employees Details Stolen
We didn’t even make it a day into the new year without news of a data breach where thousands of records were stolen. Sure, it’s small compared to the millions of records we’re getting accustomed to reading about, but it’s significant nonetheless. It’s like data breaches have become an olympic level sport with everyone racing to be first.
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The work details of 30,000 Victorian public servants have been stolen in a data breach, after part of the Victorian Government directory was downloaded by an unknown party.
The list is available to government employees and contains work emails, job titles and work phone numbers.
Employees affected by the breach were told in an email their mobile phone numbers may have also been accessed if they had been entered into the directory.
Data breach sees Victorian Government employees' details stolen | ABC New
Town of Salem Breach Affects 7 Million Accounts
Getting up to the kind of breach numbers we’re all more used to, The Town of Salem (video game) was hit with a massive data breach last week that exposed the information on more than 7 million users.
The breach was discovered by the cybersecurity research Dehashed on December 28 when he received an anonymous email that indicated someone had gained access to the game’s database. Town of Salem is a role-playing game operated by BlankMediaGames.
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Town of Salem breach affects 7 million accounts | SC Magazine
Promote Your Scams
In the battle for advertising revenue supremacy, social media giants have automated their whole process and seem to have forgotten to include any basic checks for, you know, looking for obvious scams. Like this little gem whereby an obvious PayPal phishing scam was sent as a promoted tweet.
And we think we’re going to clean up fake news.
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