SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

In its 17th edition, Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) continues to deliver one of the most comprehensive analyses of cyber incidents worldwide. The most effective controls combine microsegmentation with strong authentication and adaptive access and behavioral analytics.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

Have you ever wondered why your email address and other information appeared in a data breach impacting a platform you never signed up for? and River City Media data breaches. Who is Verifications.io, and what information was exposed in the data breach? Was your personal data exposed in a data breach?

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

While details remain sparse, reports suggest social engineering tactics like phishing, SIM swapping, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks may have been used to infiltrate systems. These backups must be secured against unauthorised access and tested frequently to ensure they function as intended.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta said the intrusion allowed hackers to steal sensitive data from fewer than one percent of its 18,000+ customers. For this reason, they can’t be locked down with multifactor authentication the way user accounts can.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Further, if a hacker were to use their wrongful access to steal customer data, then a small business might also have to front the cost for sending out data breach notifications, per their states regulations. Hackers frequently buy usernames and passwords on the dark web from prior data breaches.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Lock things down Having a strict policy to protect your important assets with strong passwords and multi-factor authentication (MFA) should be a no-brainer. Make sure you have backups that are as recent as possible and that are easy to deploy. Know what legal body you need to inform in case of a breach.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2023

Following criticism, Google has decided to bring end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to its Google Authenticator cloud backups. The search giant recently introduced a feature that allows users back up two-factor authentication ( 2FA ) tokens to the cloud, but the lack of encryption caused some commentators to warn people off using it.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

From there, the bad guys can reset the password of any account to which that mobile number is tied, and of course intercept any one-time tokens sent to that number for the purposes of multi-factor authentication. Usually, this is a mobile app like Authy or Google Authenticator that generates a one-time code.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reddit Warns Users of Data Breach. Reddit is warning its users of a security breach, an attacker broke into the systems of the platform and accessed user data. Reddit is warning its users of a security breach, a hacker broke into the systems of the platform and accessed user data. ” continues Reddit.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Email provider VFEmail has suffered what the company is calling “catastrophic destruction” at the hands of an as-yet unknown intruder who trashed all of the company’s primary and backup data in the United States. “I fear all US based data my be lost.” Founded in 2001 and based in Milwaukee, Wisc.,

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide. As of 2024, the average cost of a data breach in the United States amounted to $9.36 In comparison, the global average cost per data breach was $4.88

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. ” reads the data breach notification. Now the investigation revaled that threat actors were able to access customers’ data.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Here goes: Last week, someone reached it to me with what they claimed was a Spoutible data breach obtained by exploiting an enumerable API. But fortunately these days many people make use of 2 factor authentication to protect against account takeover attacks where the adversary knows the password. And the 2FA backup code?

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 13, 2024

This is an urgent notice to inform you that your data has been compromised, and we have secured a backup.” This note is followed by instructions to contact the attackers via Telegram to negotiate the return of their data. When it comes to protecting GitHub data, it is crucial to understand who is responsible for creating backup.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45 million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Also consider creating a policy for which employees can access which types of data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2020

. “It appears that someone was able to breach the server through a shell in avatar uploading in the forum software and get access to our current database dating April 2, 2020,” said Ace. The data breach notice discovered by the data breach monitoring service Under the Breach.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer menus and mislabeling allergy info Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild New LightSpy spyware (..)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Update the incident response plan to include procedures such as the internal process for responding to cybersecurity events, recovery from backups, and conducting a root cause analysis after an event. Conduct annual tests of the incident response plan, disaster recovery plan, and backup systems.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. The Finish researchers pointed out that the attack cannot bypass multi-step authentication. concludes the alert.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Set-up 2-factor authentication. If somehow passwords are leaked, a hacker can cause a data breach. Two-factor authentication or two-step verification involves adding a step to add an extra layer of protection to accounts. It is vital to back-up your data. Even the most strong password is not enough.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Then, on October 4, news leaked that Sony had told current and former employees and their family members about another cybersecurity breach that exposed personal information. This was confirmed by a Data Breach Notification submitted in Maine. Create offsite, offline backups. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

First and foremost, cyberattacks can lead to data breaches in which sensitive information is stolen. This problem, called ransomware , explains why keeping backups is so important. Hijackers’ demands lose power when you can just recover your operations from backups.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. The Finish researchers pointed out that the attack cannot bypass multi-step authentication. concludes the alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2024

Patch it now!

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

But what exactly are passkeys, and why are they considered the future of authentication? With Password Day coming up this Saturday, it’s the perfect time to discuss the future of authentication. Passkeys leverage public-key cryptography to authenticate users without requiring them to remember or type in a password.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The first step consists of recommending organizations to follow best practices to neutralize ransomware attack such as set up offline, off-site, encrypted backups. “In addition, educate your staff on the folly of using the same password on different platforms, and consider the many benefits of multifactor authentication.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

Implement Multi-Factor Authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires multiple verification methods to access an account online, significantly enhancing protection. It ensures you stay one step ahead of potential security breaches. By staying current, you protect your data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Sources state that the hackers accessed a portion of the data from the company servers, respectively, and are demanding a large amount as ransom for the decryption key. Both the companies revealed the same in SEC filing and apologized for the incident and assured that such data breaches will never get repeated.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Here are 8 cyber security best practices you can begin to implement today to keep your business data secure. . It’s easier to prevent malicious attacks and data breaches than recover from them. Your business data is one of your most valuable assets. If your system is hacked, you can use backups to restore your data.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A hardware security key uses public-key encryption to authenticate a user, and is much harder to defeat than other forms of authentication, such as passwords, or codes sent by SMS or generated by apps. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud. It isn't new, nor is it complete, but it now covers more kinds of data.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Related: Marriott reports huge data breach Ever thought about encrypting the data held on a portable storage device? Key takeaways: Protected backup Even with increased adoption of cloud computing, external storage devices, like USB thumb drives and external hard drives, still have a major role in organizations of all sizes.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Zyxel device flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2025 ficed 2 actively exploited bugs Hacking Attackers exploit a new zero-day to hijack Fortinet firewalls Security OpenSSL patched high-severity flaw CVE-2024-12797 Progress Software fixed multiple high-severity (..)

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Duo is a multi-factor authentication (MFA) tool. It helps protect your accounts by requiring a second form of authentication and password. Data breaches and hacking attempts happen all the time. Look for an option that says Enable Two-Factor Authentication or Add a Second Layer of Security. What is Duo?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a “second attack,” a threat actor used data stolen from the August security breach and combined it with information available from a third-party data breach. The backup contains both unencrypted data (i.e. ” reads the update published by the company.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Organizations that invest in employee data security training can considerably mitigate the risk of data breaches and minimize the potential consequences of security incidents. Keep these copies on two separate types of media: hard disks, cloud storage , and tape backups.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2018

Despite the fact that we all use passwords to access personal accounts every day, weak passwords are still a major cause of business data breaches. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) can also be used to provide an additional layer of protection. Ensure you have comprehensive backups.

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