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Security breaches stories - Page 6

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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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Singapore passes Cybersecurity Bill for nation's critical infrastructure providers
Wed, 7th Feb 2018
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Singapore's parliament has passed the new Cybersecurity Bill, bolstering cybersecurity for critical infrastructure sectors, from water to aviation.
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Create a safer internet by building a culture of security
Wed, 7th Feb 2018
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On Safer Internet Day, stakeholders emphasised the crucial role of organisations in fostering a culture of security to ensure a safer internet for all.
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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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LinkedIn’s outage blunder left users exposed and was ‘easily preventable’
Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.
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2017’s threat landscape report shows ransomware epidemic
Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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Cyberthreats have changed significantly in 2017 - Bitdefender's annual report shows one in six spam emails now contain some form of ransomware.
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Round 2: New line-up of cybersecurity maestros comment on Uber breach
Fri, 24th Nov 2017
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We covered an expert commentary story of the Uber breach - this is round 2 with Check Point, Barracuda, Digital Shadows, Mimecast, and Webroot.
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Expert says Cash Converters cybersecurity breach ‘yet ANOTHER wakeup call’
Tue, 21st Nov 2017
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Cash Converters breached, hackers have access to UK customer account details, usernames, passwords, addresses and partial credit card numbers.
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Check Point & LG plug security vulnerabilities in smart appliances
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Check Point researchers recently worked with LG to plug vulnerabilities in a number of home appliances, including robot vacuum cleaners & dishwashers.
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Kaspersky CEO rubbishes ‘false’ allegations of hacking from US media
Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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It was only weeks ago when the US Government had been hacked again and blamed Kaspersky Labs - the cybersecurity company's CEO says they're false.
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Industry experts weigh in on getting ready for GDPR
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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A recent worrying survey found that only 3 in every 10 UK businesses have started preparing for the GDPR - seven experts have provided their insights.
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Krack vulnerability puts Wi-Fi networks and devices at risk
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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A new Wi-Fi vulnerability named Krack could expose global networks and devices to eavesdropping, sparking concerns from cybersecurity experts and ISPs.
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Not again… Expert discusses potential SECOND Equifax breach
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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It was only weeks ago that one of the single largest data breaches in history was announced - now Equifax may have been hacked again.
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Hacking of national security projects highlights importance of patching
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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The recent release of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) 2017 report revealed a small breach – with massive implications.
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Cybersecurity still not top priority despite 85% businesses being breached
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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​Recent research reveals that cybersecurity is still taking a backseat despite the vast majority of businesses experiencing a breach in recent times.
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Russian hackers steal from US government again – expert says US at fault
Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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Piers Wilson says that in some ways, it is genuinely shocking that the NSA has allowed a contractor to expose vital US cyber-defence data like this.
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Yahoo's colossal security breach - experts give their opinions
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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Yahoo's latest news of a breach of 3m accounts is certainly nothing to cheer about, but experts from the industry give their insights on the matter.
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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned
Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.
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Hackers steal data through ‘easy back door’ in massive Deloitte breach
Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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​In just the last few weeks we’ve had three major breaches go public, and experts say this one could have been easily prevented.
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First half of 2017 sees 164% increase in stolen or compromised records
Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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There were 918 data breaches that led to a staggering 1.9 billion records being compromised around the world in the first half of 2017 alone.