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Data breach stories - Page 19

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Beyond the breach: How to preserve your customers’ trust
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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Transactions happen online between two entities that will never see each other. This means trust matters even more as physical interactions disappear.
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Engineer says Emirates is virtually handing customer data to hackers
Fri, 9th Mar 2018
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storage
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breach prevention
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wireless networks
After the allegations about Emirates' customer data policies emerged, High-Tech Bridge ran a test on the site's security - with interesting results.
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Expert: Farce involving Russia’s US elections breach needs resolving
Mon, 5th Mar 2018
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elections
Multiple US officials have announced the intelligence community had evidence that states had been compromised by Russia but didn't tell anyone.
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Australian CIOs well aware of internal security risks and plan to do more
Mon, 26th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
The battle of the breach continues to play out and at least 87% of Australian CIOs have experienced a breach in their own company.
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EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant
Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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data protection
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data privacy
Despite the low level of compliance, Forrester Research says these numbers are in fact 'encouraging' for a number of reasons.
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Breach prevention better than cure for NDB regulations, says Aleron
Wed, 14th Feb 2018
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As the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act comes into effect, Aleron stresses prevention over cure to avoid hefty fines and loss of trust.
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Equifax ushers new CISO as breach fallout continues
Wed, 14th Feb 2018
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Equifax has ushered in a new chief information security officer as the fallout continues from the company’s massive US data breach last year.
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Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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Games organisers have reportedly admitted that its servers had been attacked, forcing them to shut down the official website.
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Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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siem
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Australians simply aren’t prepared for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, even just with less than two weeks to go before the scheme takes effect.
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Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss
Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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encryption
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dlp
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breach prevention
IBM estimates the cost of a data breach is $3.62m, highlighting the importance of encryption - COMPAREX UK's expert on the matter provides his advice.
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Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers’ data stolen via hacked partner
Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.
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Personal details of 12,000 social media ‘stars’ leaked in avoidable breach
Tue, 6th Feb 2018
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Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.
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Applying best practice identification to prepare for Notifiable Data Breaches
Mon, 5th Feb 2018
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The NDB scheme will mean businesses could be facing penalties of up to $360,000 for individuals and $1.8 million for body corportates.
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NSW hacker to appear in court seven months after GoGet data breach
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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Popular car sharing service GoGet has been hit by a massive data breach that may affect all users who joined prior to July 27, 2017.
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Why the C-suite must not be exempt from cyber defense training
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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phishing
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email security
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breach prevention
Some C-suite executives do not think they need training or education to spot attacks because they don’t think they would ever fall for an attack.
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How businesses can prepare for the Notifiable Data Breaches legislation
Tue, 23rd Jan 2018
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Australian organisations are likely to embrace mandatory data breach reporting requirements and most businesses believe it should be mandatory.
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Singapore Cybersecurity Challenge winners laud UK 'Masterclass' experience
Wed, 17th Jan 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has congratulated participants in last year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK Masterclass Finals.
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How digitisation is changing the security landscape
Tue, 16th Jan 2018
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Australia’s complex mandatory data breach notification laws coming into effect in February. The security pressures of the digital age are evident.
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£400k fine: Is it big enough for Carphone Warehouse’s huge data breach?
Thu, 11th Jan 2018
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hackers
The retailer has received a £400k fine after 'striking' security issues & systemic failures led to its 2015 breach - but experts say it's not enough.
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SonicWall ramps up APJ presence with new GM & sales VP
Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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data protection
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
SonicWall appoints Wias Issa as VP of sales and GM for APJ. Issa aims to drive growth, enhance security, and forge strategic partnerships in the region.