Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

It is also not uncommon for firms in the healthcare vertical to symbiotically share various types of information with one another; private healthcare-related data is also almost always shared during the M&A process – even before deals have closed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 19, 2025

While insurers benefit from regulatory oversight like the banking sector, persistent friction points like opaque claims processes and intrusive data collection eroded goodwill. However, adoption of passwordless authentication grew modestly, with 75% of consumers prioritizing it in 2025 (vs. 72% in 2024). 72% in 2024).

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Insurance Banking Authentication Data privacy 71

IT Security Guru

AUGUST 7, 2024

Robust CIAM platforms incorporate effective ID verification mechanisms, such as document verification and biometric authentication, to ensure the authenticity of customer identities while eliminating friction and fraud risks. In addition, the burden on IT is reduced through centralised and automated user management processes.

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Insurance Data collection Authentication Technology 124

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Under Christmas tree you can find great gifts such as significant improvements of user interface (panel), modal windows on loading and expansion of data collection objects. The New Year’s Update Before the New Year 2024, the Meduza team decided to please customers with an update.

Password Management 143

Password Management Cryptocurrency Passwords Authentication 143

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

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Encryption Artificial Intelligence IoT Data collection 176

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

’ The CERT-UA also reported that the state-sponsored hackers used compromised VPN accounts that weren’t protected by multi-factor authentication. Authentication data collected by POEMGATE can be used for lateral movement and other malicious activities on the compromised networks. “Note (!)

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Telecommunications Authentication Data collection Passwords 133

The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

Use multi-factor authentication. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the process of protecting your digital password with a physical form of identification. Multi-factor authentication can be conducted in a variety of ways—it might include a quick fingerprint scan, a phone call, a text message, or a code.

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Passwords Password Management Accountability Authentication 182

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

Americans currently have very few rights to opt out of the personal and financial surveillance, data collection and sale that is pervasive in today’s tech-based economy. The breach at National Public Data may not be the worst data breach ever.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 231

Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, according to Michael Samios of the National Observatory of Athens and his fellow colleagues who put together a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

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IoT InfoSec Data collection Encryption 128

Threatpost

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Data collected for two-factor authentication purposes “inadvertently” matched users to targeted-advertising lists, the company admits.

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Data collection Advertising Authentication Data breaches 62

Malwarebytes

MARCH 27, 2025

Its minimal data collection, transparency, and advanced security features make it superior to WhatsApp in protecting user information. ” Enable “Screen Lock” to require biometric authentication or a PIN to access the app. Switching to Signal is justified if privacy is your top priority.

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Encryption Data collection Mobile Authentication 55

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

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Social Engineering Media Data collection Passwords 144

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 6, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The end looms for Meta's behavioural advertising in Europe Microsoft Teams used in phishing campaign to bypass multi-factor authentication Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users FAQ: How does Malwarebytes ransomware rollback work?

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Data collection Ransomware Phishing Advertising 86

CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Customer identity and access management (CIAM), a subset of identity access management (IAM), is used to manage authentication and authorization of account creation and login process for public facing applications. Marketers want to collect data about customers and their devices.

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CSO Data collection Marketing Accountability 80

SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2023

This includes data from browsers, such as saved credentials, browsing history, and cookies, as well as information from instant messengers and emails. Info stealers are also indiscriminate, infecting as many computers as possible to maximize the amount of data collected.

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Accountability Data collection Cyber threats Risk 129

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2024

arrives in phases, with the first set of mandatory requirements around multi-factor authentication, penetration testing, and password security taking effect on March 31st. March 31, 2024: First compliance phase for PCI DSS v4.0 Hold onto your credit cards! The highly-anticipated PCI DSS v4.0

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Cybersecurity Data privacy Data collection Penetration Testing 108

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

Together PAM and AD oversee processes that assign identities to all humans and machines while also authenticating these identities for each transaction. Legacy PAM and AD security solutions, Lansing argues, supply a kind of static, always-on privilege, and then focus on accurately authenticating the entity seeking to use that privilege.

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Accountability Authentication Digital transformation Passwords 138

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

The company allegedly obtained this information from non-public sources without the consent of the person filing the complaint or the potentially billions of others affected by the data collection. Activate multi-factor authentication on all accounts where it’s available, especially on email, banking, and social media platforms.

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Identity Theft Data breaches Passwords Encryption 130

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2024

NPD, which provides background check services to employers, investigators, and other businesses, reportedly obtains this information by scraping data from various sources, often without the direct consent of the individuals involved. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible.

Data breaches 108

Data breaches Identity Theft Password Management Data collection 108

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

The extent of the flaw is wide, according to data collected by Krstic during the study, the vulnerabilities could impact up to 10 million people and 30,000 doors at 200 facilities. Some of the flaws, rated as ‘critical,’ could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take full control of the vulnerable systems.

Hacking 111

Hacking Advertising Surveillance Data collection 111

SecureList

JULY 8, 2024

It’s a sophisticated cyberespionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection, and exfiltration via Microsoft Graph, Yandex Cloud, and Dropbox cloud infrastructure. The malware leverages cloud resources as its command and control (C2) servers, accessing them through APIs using authentication tokens.

Government 143

Government Malware Data collection DNS 143

NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Open cmd.exe and execute PowerShell or PowerShell ISE using the runas command so that network communication authenticates using a provided set of domain credentials. If you are starting from a non-domain system typically people run it using the process below. The interactive HTML report attempts to consolidate and summarize the results.

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Passwords Risk Data collection Backups 145

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 17, 2024

These components include: Training data collection and preprocessing Model development environments Training procedures Model testing harnesses Live deployment architectures Monitoring and observability tools Threats manifest across this entire stack. It also summarizes known techniques to mitigate these multifaceted threats.

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Artificial Intelligence Data collection Architecture Healthcare 112

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

The software components at this level include the servers and databases at the core of the production workflow that feed data collected from field devices to higher-level business systems, or those operating in the cloud. Francois Lasnier | VP, Authentication and Access Management Products. Identity & Access Management.

Healthcare 126

Healthcare Ransomware Authentication Threat Reports 126

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2021

I had assumed that they either stole or spoofed a SolarWinds digital certificate, which they then used to authenticate the tainted update. This level of granular scrutiny, oriented to flushing out coding that shouldn’t be there, can be done thanks to advances in data collection and data analytics.

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Software Hacking Malware Engineering 202

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2021

In this instance, the severed tip belonged to the finger that was registered to the device and Kieran was able to access his device because the finger used to identify enrolment was the same used for the authentication. This means that there were no faults in the system of the manufacturer.

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Marketing Technology Data collection Authentication 114

Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Firms should consider a solution that collects only security information about devices – the less personal data collected, the better. You can learn more about this topic in Duo’s Two-Factor Authentication Evaluation Guide. Provide access only to applications based on roles and privileges.

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Authentication Mobile VPN Risk 105

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Over 14 percent of the extensions studied by the researchers collect PII, more than 6 percent collect authentication data, 2.51 percent collect personal communications, and 1.21 percent collect financial and payment information. Chrome extensions used to aid in writing are the most data-hungry (79.5

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Risk Adware Data collection Passwords 113

SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

Guccione continued: "While the data leaked in this breach did not include highly sensitive information like usernames, passwords, or financial details, users may feel violated knowing that information about interactions with their trusted healthcare provider was shared with advertisers without their knowledge or consent.

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Data breaches Healthcare Identity Theft Advertising 111

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users Gizmodo An owner of a data broker business brags and showcases his company's ability to deliver "personalized messaging at scale." Of course, personalized in this context means leveraging extensive amounts of data collected on people.

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Surveillance Data breaches Spyware Malware 59

Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

Users must be better protected from the outset, and the only way to ensure that is to impose significant restrictions on data collection and usage by companies seeking to monetize or use it to their asymmetric benefit in any way. social engineer a mobile provider employee to facilitate a SIM swap).

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Data collection Media Mobile Identity Theft 98

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. Facebook needs to be both explicit and detailed about how and when it shares user data. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The publications described the bug as “extremely easy to exploit, and grants unfettered remote access to all of the data collected from a victim’s Android device.”

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Spyware Malware Data collection Hacking 138

Webroot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

As OpenText’s Muhi Majzoub, EVP and Chief Product Officer, points out: “ As personal and family AI use increases, it’s essential to have straightforward privacy and security solutions and transparent data collection practices so everyone can use generative AI safely.

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Education Passwords Password Management Authentication 111

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication.

IoT 96

IoT Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Data collection 96

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Earlier this month , popular Hollywood actor Tom Cruise was trending on social media not because of a new film that he’s working on, but thanks t o TikTok videos that went viral , generating many reactions from users around the ir authenticity. . What are deepfakes? .

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Technology Authentication Media Accountability 93