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When it comes to data breaches, consumers don’t know where to turn
The results of a new Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) study on consumer perceptions and behaviors in response to identity theft and data breaches demonstrate widespread …
Equifax, former CEO reveal more details about the devastating breach
Mandiant has concluded the forensic part of its Equifax breach investigation, and the results are as follows: 2.5 million additional US consumers were potentially impacted, …
After hack, security researchers probe Deloitte’s security posture
It’s difficult – if not impossible – for any organization to keep their networks and systems completely safe from knowledgeable, well-resourced and …
Industry reactions to the Deloitte cyber attack
Deloitte has been targeted in an attack that compromised the emails and plans of some of its clients. Here are some of the industry comments Help Net Security received …
Number of lost, stolen or compromised records increased by 164%
According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index, 918 data breaches led to 1.9 billion data records being compromised worldwide in the first half of 2017. Compared to the last …
Equifax breach happened because of a missed patch
The attackers who breached Equifax managed to do so by exploiting a vulnerability in its US website, the company has finally confirmed. The vulnerability – CVE-2017-5638 …
How Equifax failed miserably at handling its data breach
A data breach, as conventional wisdom goes, can happen to anyone, but how an organization handles the fallout is what shows us if they care about users at all – and …
Equifax breach: Sensitive info, SSNs of 44% of U.S. consumers accessed by attackers
Equifax, one of the three largest American credit agencies, has announced that it has suffered a “cybersecurity incident” affecting some 143 million U.S. …
Attackers exploited Instagram API bug to access users’ contact info
Instagram has confirmed that “one or more individuals obtained unlawful access to a number of high-profile Instagram users’ contact information — specifically …
HBO hackers demand money, leak more stolen data and GoT scripts
The hackers who’ve breached HBO and supposedly made off with 1.5TB of the company’s data have released a second data dump. According to the Associated Press and …
HBO hacked, attackers leak GoT script and some episodes
HBO has become hackers’ latest entertainment industry target: attackers have breached the company’s servers, and they claim to have syphoned from them 1.5 …
Nation-states are biggest cyber threat for drug and medical device makers
Government-sponsored hackers were seen as the biggest threat to cyber security among executives in charge of technology, information, and security at drug and medical device …
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