SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The City of Brotherly Love discovered an incident on May 24 after noting suspicious activity on city email accounts; but the City just reported the breach days ago. Also, on August 22, 2023, we became aware that the at-issue email accounts include email accounts that may contain protected health information."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

By learning how to use online platforms safely from the tips below, you will be able to minimize the risks of identity theft and money fraud. When device manufacturers and software developers find out about bugs, they immediately release a patch to fix them. Keep All Your Devices Up to Date. Good Practices for Passwords.

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Google Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

People still use and rely on trillions of SMS texts each year to exchange messages with friends, share family photos, and copy two-factor authentication codes to access sensitive data in their bank accounts. Like any forty-year-old technology, SMS is antiquated compared to its modern counterparts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

It manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. The company employs approximately 25,000 people and has 50 plants all over the world.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

CISA and FBI urge manufacturers to use proven prevention methods and mitigations to eliminate this class of defect while urging software customers to demand secure products from manufacturers that include these preventions, the agencies wrote in a joint fact sheet.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2022

While it's unfortunate that many Russians will be unable to watch their favorite Netflix show, or even access their bank account, it is one of the only ways to assist Ukraine in its fight without escalating the conflict to a full-scale war. pharmaceutical manufacturer. Among the targeted systems were those of U.S. entities.".

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Among the leaked data were bank account details, bank statements, credit card numbers, full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, emails, personal identification documents, and employees’ and candidates’ CVs. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

granting them access to live and archived video feeds across multiple organizations, including manufacturing facilities, hospitals, schools, police departments and prisons. Kottmann also reportedly even posted some of the videos on Twitter, which later deleted the hacker’s account and their offending tweets.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Meanwhile, greater reliance on mobile devices for everything from managing our bank accounts to checking credit scores leaves fintech users more at-risk than ever. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise, with online shopping hacks and COVID-related scams popular among cybercriminals. .

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 24, 2024

Additionally, there sectoral privacy regulations in the United States, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and state level regulations like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Also, the GDPR recommends data anonymization to minimize the risk of PII breach and identity theft.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

These attacks can lead to identity theft, banking theft, ransom-based threats, and even blackmail, depending on what information is compromised. The excessive trust in mobile device manufacturers and OS platform security fosters a breeding ground for malware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2023

Unfortunately, Smart Devices are popular ports of entry for cybercriminals to conduct Digital break-ins to then steal our identities, customer data, financial information, bank accounts, credit cards, etc. 1) Manufacturer Protocols “Matter” First, consumers should seek to purchase Smart Devices that are Matter certified.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In its 2021 Threat Force Intelligence Index , IBM reported that manufacturing and financial services were the two industries most at risk for attack, making up 23.2% Its account protection features build an ever-growing profile of shoppers within the network to detect abnormalities and stop fraud attempts as quickly as possible.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Key Targeted Regions Figure 3: Number of organizations listed on data-leak sites by geography, Q3 2024 As expected, the US accounted for approximately 50% of ransomware victims posted to data-leak sites, while English-speaking countries made up around 70% of posts. Fortinet allegedly refused to pay.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Example: A manufacturing company must adhere to OSHA regulations to maintain workplace safety, while a bank ensures compliance with Basel III to manage risk. Purpose: KYC compliance prevents fraud, identity theft, and unauthorized account creation. Regulatory compliance is not optionalits the cost of doing business.

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 24, 2024

The breach resulted in the exposure of millions of customer records, leading to potential identity theft and financial losses for the affected individuals. Another instance involves a manufacturing company that outsourced a significant portion of its production to a third-party supplier in a foreign country.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Make sure you can access critical elements of your digital life without your device, such as: Your password manager account. Make a list of important accounts Make a list of important accounts (for example banks and crypto) which you will want to change passwords to in case your phone is lost or stolen.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Key Points Account credentials are highly valued by threat actors as they provide easy access to critical data. With these credentials, threat actors can perform account takeover, credential stuffing, and valid account abuse. This can lead to account takeover, identity theft, financial loss, and data breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Since the report was released, “A security breach in India has left a billion people at risk of identity theft,” 2 Under Armour was breached affecting 150 million user accounts, Orbitz discovered a data breach potentially affecting 880,000 customers 3 , and “the U.S. Interested in learning more?

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Key Points Account credentials are highly valued by threat actors as they provide easy access to critical data. With these credentials, threat actors can perform account takeover, credential stuffing, and valid account abuse. This can lead to account takeover, identity theft, financial loss, and data breaches.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials. The scheme likely aimed at identity theft: the illegal use of others’ personal details for deriving profit. Others offered the coveted Green Pass without vaccination.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

American consumers lost $56 billion to identity theft last year with an average of 49 million consumer victims, according to a CNBC News report. The 2021 Identity Fraud Study by Javelin Strategy & Research reports the identity fraud resulted from stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and data breaches.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

To complete the booking, the scammers requested bank card details, claiming that a certain sum would be temporarily blocked on the account to verify the card’s authenticity. By gaining access to a corporate account, criminals could conduct financial transactions on behalf of employees and gain access to large customer databases.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

percent, a fraction of the hard-to-reach (many of whom do not have email accounts) will get to the point where they might answer the census questions. They can infect networks and devices with malware, and trick users into providing sensitive personal information that can be later used in an identity-related crime.

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