data theft
EC-Council discloses hack of customer email accounts
The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council), an organization that provides training and certifications for security professionals, has finally …
290k+ users possibly affected in North Dakota University breach
Hackers have managed to access and to apparently misuse one of the servers used by the North Dakota University System, but there is no evidence that they made off with the …
50,000 Statista users affected by data breach
Customers of the biggest online statistics portal Statista are being notified that the company’s systems have been breached and the hackers likely made away with its …
Personal info of 12 million KT customers stolen and misused
Two men have been arrested in connection with the massive KT Corp. data breach that resulted in the theft of personal and financial information of some 12 million customers of …
Cyber crooks will go after medical records next
As security firms and law enforcement agencies continue to cooperate and successfully take down botnets, cyber crooks will be forced to look for new and more lucrative …
University of Maryland sets concrete cybersecurity goals in wake of data breach
The individuals affected in the recent data breach at the University of Maryland will be getting five instead of one year of free credit monitoring, the University’s …
Target hack spurred US businesses to spend more on cyber security
New research conducted this month reveals that the attacks on international businesses, including banks and retail giants such as Target, led to a significant 60% of US …
Details about Neiman Marcus breach revealed
The Neiman Marcus breach is not as bad as previously believed, as the number of potentially affected cards dropped from 1.1 million to approximately 350,000. “The number …
Nearly 310,000 affected in University of Maryland breach
University of Maryland is the latest higher learning institution to have suffered a data breach of considerable scope and proportions, as nearly 310,000 records of staff and …
800M exposed records make 2013 record year for data breaches
Despite oft repeated claims that the insider threat is the one organizations should be looking out for, the numbers and statistics related to 2013 data breaches show that risk …
Cost of Target data breach exceeds $200 million
Financial institutions continue to respond to the massive data breach at Target. According to data collected by the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) and the Credit Union …
Lessons learned from blocking 100 million cyber attacks
Using real-life data from the 100m+ malicious hack attempts FireHost blocked in the last 12 months, they produced a Superfecta report which contains a quarter-by-quarter guide …