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2018 saw 6,515 reported breaches, exposing 5 billion sensitive records

There were 6,515 publicly disclosed data compromise events through December 31, 2018, exposing over 5 billion sensitive records, according to Risk Based Security’s Year …

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Most companies anticipate a critical breach in 2019, CISOs need to prioritize threats

80 percent of IT business leaders anticipate a critical breach or successful cyberattack over the coming year, according to the Cyber Risk Index (CRI), a Trend Micro survey of …

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SMBs spending a day each week dealing with cybersecurity issues

Almost half of UK small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) believe a cyberattack would put their business at risk of closure, and 48 per cent of businesses report they have had …

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88% of UK businesses breached during the last 12 months

The UK’s cyber threat environment is intensifying. Attacks are growing in volume, and the average number of breaches has increased, according to Carbon Black. Key survey …

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There’s a growing disconnect between data privacy expectations and reality

There is a growing disconnect between how companies capitalize on customer data and how consumers expect their data to be used, according to a global online survey …

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773 million records exposed in massive data breach

Someone has compiled a massive collection of email addresses and plain text passwords, apparently from 2000+ hacked databases, and has made the trove freely available for …

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Companies still struggle to detect IoT device breaches

Only 48% of businesses can detect if any of their IoT devices suffers a breach, according to Gemalto. This comes despite companies having an increased focus on IoT security: …

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There’s a sizable gap between confidence in security programs and their effectiveness

A Syncsort survey of over 300 respondents found that while 85 percent of respondents are either very or somewhat confident in their organization’s security program, 41 percent …

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The year ahead: More breaches, bolstered regulation and the rise of AI

This time of the year is always exciting for us, as we get to take a step back, analyze how we did throughout the year, and look ahead at what the coming year will bring. …

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Equifax: A study in accountability but not authority responsibility

Like most of the security community, I have spent hours digesting the recently released U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report on …

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Quora data breach: 100 million users affected

Question-and-answer website Quora has suffered a data breach that may have affected approximately 100 million of its users. About Quora Quora was founded in June 2009 by …

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Industry reactions to the enormous Marriott data breach

On September 8, 2018, Marriott received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database in the United States. …

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