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passwords
Longer passwords aren’t safe from intensive cracking efforts

88% of organizations still use passwords as their primary method of authentication, according to Specops Software. The report found that 31.1 million breached passwords had …

email
Russian hackers breached Microsoft, HPE corporate maliboxes

Cozy Bear (aka Midnight Blizzard, aka APT29) has been busy hacking and spying on big tech companies: both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have recently …

Trello
Data of 15 million Trello users scraped and offered for sale

Someone is selling scraped data of millions of users of Trello, a popular a web-based list-making application and project management platform, on a dark web hacker forum. The …

risk
2024 brings new risks, with cyber incidents in the spotlight

Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to Allianz. The closely …

xfinity
Citrix Bleed leveraged to steal data of 35+ million Comcast Xfinity customers

Telecommunications company Comcast has confirmed a breach that exposed personal information of more than 35.8 million of Xfinity customers. Exploiting Citrix Bleed to breach …

mr. Cooper
Mr. Cooper breach exposes sensitive info of over 14 million customers

Mortgage company Mr. Cooper has confirmed that personal information of over 14.6 million customers has been exposed in its October 2023 data breach. The breach “On …

MongoDB
MongoDB corporate systems breached, customer data exposed

Database management company MongoDB has suffered a breach: attackers have gained access to some of its corporate systems and customer data and metadata. The MongoDB breach …

chain
Organizations prefer a combination of AI and human analysts to monitor their digital supply chain

The number of cyber breaches targeting organizations’ supply chains continues to rise, with an average 4.16 breaches reported to be negatively impacting operations this …

energy
Third-party breaches shake the foundations of the energy sector

90% of the world’s largest energy companies experienced a third-party breach in the past 12 months, according to SecurityScorecard. Powering the global economy and everyday …

Okta breach: Hackers stole info on ALL customer support users

The scope of the recent breach of the Okta customer support system is much wider than initially established, the company has admitted on Tuesday: the attackers downloaded a …

Eddie Zhang
Vulnerability disclosure: Legal risks and ethical considerations for researchers

In this Help Net Security interview, Eddie Zhang, Principal Consultant at Project Black, explores the complex and often controversial world of vulnerability disclosure in …

spotlight
New horizons in cyber protection with 2024 trends to watch

2023 proved to be another challenging year for companies combating supply chain security and breaches. The 2024 outlook could be worse as attacks become increasingly …

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