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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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OpenSubtitles data breach impacted 7 million subscribers

Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

OpenSubtitles has suffered a data breach, the maintainers confirmed that the incident impacted 7 Million subscribers. OpenSubtitles is a popular subtitles websites, it suffered a data breach that affected 6,783,158 subscribers. The hack is the result of poor cyber security since its launch in 2006, administrator OSS said.

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The Risk-Conscious, Security-Aware Culture: The Forgotten Critical Security Control

Cisco Security

JULY 12, 2021

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) identifies email and its attachments as the number one threat vector. Leadership must also practice what they preach on a continuous basis, and hold accountable its executives for the effective risk management posture of the business units they control. million in 2006 to $8.19

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash , a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade.

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What To Know About Privacy Data

Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

These are generally not considered privacy data, but when coupled with an element like your identity document, it becomes private. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

With the advancement by BitDefender to come out with machine learning with the Anti-virus in 2006 along with Cisco, FireEye, Checkpoint, etc. Insurance carriers will offer a variety of different policies and coverage, including: Costs associated with an actual data breach, including letters to all affected victims.

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CSPM vs CWPP vs CIEM vs CNAPP: What’s the Difference?

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Amazon did the same thing for cloud infrastructure (IaaS) with the launch of AWS in 2006, and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings began to appear around the same time. CWPP provides strong defenses against a wide range of risks such as malware , ransomware , DDoS attacks , configuration errors , insider threats, and data breaches.

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Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

Together, CWRU and the FBI were able to identify that an IP address with which the malware was communicating had also been used to access the alumni email account of a man called Phillip Durachinsky. As a member of the club, he competed in a local programming competition, helping the team to win in both 2005 and 2006.

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US Government Accountability Office Releases New Report On The Internet of Things (IoT)

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 19, 2017

On May 15, 2017, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report entitled “ Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world.” One sensor called an accelerometer cost an average of $2 in 2006. For example, the price of sensors has significantly declined over the past decade.

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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006). Regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandate strict adherence to data security and privacy standards (Voigt et al., H., & Yau, K.

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Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Backup and Security

Spinone

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Security G Suite for Education (GSFE) , previously Google Apps for Education (GAFE), was launched in 2006 and now has more than 40 million users worldwide. Google does not show ads on this platform, nor do they scan user data of students, faculties and teachers.

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How Banks Can Enhance Security of Office 365 and G Suite

Spinone

JANUARY 27, 2019

PCI-DSS is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and is a set of security standards designed to ensure that any organization that accepts, processes, stores, or transmits credit card information maintain a secure environment. One of the worst data breaches in history happened in 2017 with the Equifax data breach.

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Creating a Vulnerability Management Program – Patching: Take the Panic out of Patching by Managing CVE Threat Overload

NopSec

JULY 19, 2022

And while cybercrime is ramping up, the number of common vulnerabilities and exposures identified each year has been declining — from 6,610 in 2006 to 4,155 in 2011. Grimes, too, focuses on vulnerabilities with known exploits but he refines it further, taking into account information available from the U.S.

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Cloud Bucket Vulnerability Management in 2021

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Since 2004, there have been 11,000 US data breaches. These breaches left contact information, account passwords, credit card numbers, private photos, and more exposed. Since 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the leading provider of cloud computing services. Identify cloud bucket vulnerabilities.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. A DSW data breach also exposes transaction information from 1.4 retailer (Polo Ralph Lauren).

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