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Millions affected by Scottrade brokerage breach that dates back two years
Missouri-based retail brokerage firm Scottrade has suffered a breach nearly two years ago, but they are only notifying their customers about it now, because they only found …
Personal info of 15 million T-Mobile USA customers stolen in Experian breach
Personal information of some 15 million T-Mobile US customers and applicants has been stolen by hackers who managed to breach several Experian servers. The credit agency …
Mobile payments data breaches expected to grow
A survey of 900 cybersecurity experts shows an overwhelming majority (87%) expect an increase in mobile payment data breaches over the next 12 months, yet 42% have used this …
The number of fingerprints stolen in OPM hack rose to 5.6 million
Once again, the scope of the breach at the US Office of Personnel Management has been amended: OPM’s press secretary Sam Schumach announced on Wednesday that “of …
The average budget required to recover from a security breach
The average budget required to recover from a security breach is $551,000 USD for enterprises, and $38,000 for small and medium businesses according to Kaspersky Lab.Based on …
Do we need harsher penalties and enforced data breach detection measures?
The spate of high-profile data breaches reported in recent years is leading to increasing public fear about organizations’ ability to prevent and detect cybercrime, according …
2015 saw 888 data breaches, 246 million records compromised worldwide
Gemalto revealed that in the first six months of this year a total of 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide.Compared to the first half of …
Ashley Madison developers not big on security
Just a ten minutes long browsing session of the leaked Ashley Madison source code revealed to infosec consultant Gabor Szathmari a number of security mistakes that have likely …
Hacker had access to sensitive info about Firefox bugs for over a year
Mozilla has announced on Friday that an attacker managed to access security-sensitive information about a considerable number of (at the time) unpatched Firefox …
Should a data breach be the kiss of death for the CEO?
The fact that CEOs have tendered their resignations in the aftermath of public breaches is a clear indication that the executive level is being held more accountable for the …
How data breaches are changing information security
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2015, Gautam Aggarwal, Chief Marketing Officer at Bay Dynamics, takes a look at the past year in the security space and the important …
Payment card info of 93,000 Web.com customers stolen
The name, address, and credit card information of approximately 93,000 customers of Web.com, a popular US-based provider of Internet services to small businesses, has been …
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