Security Boulevard

MARCH 14, 2022

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2021 indicates that credentials are the most sought-after asset in data breaches. Compromised credentials are then used to launch further attacks, such as privilege abuse and impersonation attacks to exfiltrate personal data. Guest Blogger: Anastasios Arampatzis.

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Enterprises have experienced lightning-fast digital transformation over the past 18 months. As cyber breaches and ransomware attacks skyrocket, businesses now have no choice but to face the truth — cybersecurity is no longer an option. Not using easy to decrypt passwords or the same password for multiple accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Data breaches and cybersecurity threats were at an all-time high this past year. On top of this, the consequences of rapid digital transformation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic created the perfect storm for successful ransomware attacks. Use Best Password Practices. Practice Good Remote Working Habits.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

I was joined by Liz Waddell, Incident Response Practice Lead at Cisco Talos , who’s often there at ground zero for data breaches, helping teams put out fires in remediation. And finally, Christos Syngelakis, CISO, and Data Privacy Officer at Motor Oil Group. Meet the experts. Lead with, “How can I make your life easier?”.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2018

The recent data breaches at Timehop and Macy’s are the latest harbingers of what’s in store for companies that fail to vigorously guard access to all of their mission-critical systems. Compromised accounts came into play in data breaches of Uber, Tesla, Gemalto, Aviva, Equifax and many others.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Last Watchdog recently sat down with Satya Gupta, founder and CTO of Virsec , a San Jose-based supplier of advanced data protection systems. Virsec is a leading innovator of memory protection technologies. Gupta put memory attacks in context of the complexity that has overtaken modern business networks. Addressing the exposure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2024

How You Can Prevent Breaches like Snowflake in the Future andrew.gertz@t… Thu, 06/06/2024 - 14:36 Recently, major data breaches at accounts with Snowflake highlight how something as easy to implement as Multi-Factor Authentication could have helped prevent unauthorized access to millions of data records.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Even the most security-aware and technologically apt teams can fall victim to a sophisticated attack like this. These attacks have proliferated to such a degree that there were 493 million ransomware attacks in 2022 alone, and 19% of all data breaches were the result of stolen or compromised login credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. And each new API is a pathway to the valuable sets of data fueling each new application. There have been numerous examples of API manipulation coming into play in data breaches leading to the loss of millions of records, Dooley told me.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2019

Many organizations are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the security of their digital transformation strategies. On the one hand, the number of data breaches continue to increase and damages stemming from cybercrime have businesses losing more than $3.86 Let’s dive deeper.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2022

Making passwords passé. Everyday cybersecurity headlines highlight the intrinsic failings of passwords. Large-scale phishing attacks and massive data breaches are almost invariably password related. Apple Passwordless Future Brings Passkeys Into Focus. brooke.crothers. Wed, 06/22/2022 - 15:15. It’s security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

According to the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report , cloud migration, remote working and complex security systems were the most dominant contributing factors to increasing the cost of a data breach. At the same time, the leading cause of breaches are compromised credentials.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report advises organizations to deploy multifactor authentication throughout all systems and discourage password reuse. And yet, according to Norton , data breaches for 2019 included 3,800 publicly disclosed breaches, 4.1 authentication technologies.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

According to the IBM Cost Per Breach Report for 2019, the average total data breach cost increased from $3.86M in 2018 to $4.24M in 2019. The scaling of the cybersecurity landscape and organizations’ digital transformation projects drove the need for more significant cybersecurity investment priorities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Remember earlier this year when news broke that Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency was keeping their passwords on a Post-it note, right after a false missile alert was blasted to residents across the state? citizens’ personal data being made available to the public, which has heightened awareness with government officials.

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