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Compromised credentials still to blame for many data breaches
Compromised credentials are still the cause of almost a quarter of all data breaches, according to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Data breaches, account hijacking and …
FBI warns farming industry about equipment hacks, data breaches
As Internet-connected equipment is increasingly used in many industry sectors, alerts like the latest one issued by the FBI to US farmers will likely become a regular …
A global data analysis of hostile activity
Solutionary’s latest Global Threat Intelligence Report contains information from 24 security operations centers, seven R&D centers, 3.5 trillion logs, 6.2 billion …
Exposing the Cybercrime as a Business model
Trustwave released a new report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2015. Experts gathered real-world data from hundreds of breach …
Hacking Team hacker explains how he did it
Some nine moths ago, a hacker that calls himself Phineas Fisher managed to breach the systems and networks of Hacking Team, the (in)famous Italian company that provides …
Why few US consumers penalize hacked companies?
About a quarter of American adults reported that they were notified about their personal information being part of a data breach in the previous year, but only 11 percent of …
6,013 breaches reported in the US since 2005
In 2005, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) began monitoring and tallying the ever-growing number of US security breaches. Since then, the organization has seen a 397 …
Panama Papers: A data security disaster
The Panama Papers security breach is a juicy, made-for-the-Internet scandal. It has all the elements – secret off-shore accounts; involvement by international politicians, …
Cybercriminals are adopting corporate best practices
Cybercriminals are adopting corporate best practices and establishing professional businesses in order to increase the efficiency of their attacks against enterprises and …
Are your vendors leaving you vulnerable?
Third-party vendors can be a significant security risk if their access to IT systems are not managed and monitored correctly, according to Bomgar. The new study explores the …
Industry reactions to the Mossack Fonseca data breach
The Panama Papers, a collection of 11.5 million files leaked from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, are now online. The documents show in detail just how exactly the …
The power to immediately counter data theft with Matchlight from Terbium Labs
In June 2015, Terbium Labs launched Matchlight, a first-of-its-kind data intelligence system used to find stolen enterprise data on the dark web within minutes of it …