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Why DSPM is Essential for Achieving Data Privacy in 2024

Security Affairs

According to other reports, most of that data is unstructured. As organizations deal with such high volumes of dark and unstructured data, most of this data contains sensitive information , making it a primary target for data breach attacks.

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MediSecure data breach impacted 12.9 million individuals

Security Affairs

.” reads a company’s statement on cyber security incident. “The impacted server analysed by McGrathNicol Advisory consisted of an extremely large volume of semi-structured and unstructured data stored across a variety of data sets.”

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Canadian authorities arrested alleged Snowflake hacker

Security Affairs

. “Through the course of our incident response engagements and threat intelligence collections, Mandiant has identified a threat campaign targeting Snowflake customer database instances with the intent of data theft and extortion.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) as an Enabler for Enhanced Data Security

Security Affairs

AI-driven systems overcome these limitations by using advanced machine learning models and context-aware algorithms to recognize complex data types, providing a more reliable and dynamic classification framework. This is particularly useful for unstructured data (as found in most document stores, email and messaging systems, etc.)

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Play ransomware attack on Xplain exposed 65,000 files containing data relevant to the Swiss Federal Administration.

Security Affairs

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain. The attack took place on May 23, 2023 and the Play ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the data breach.

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DCAP Systems: Protecting Your Data with Advanced Technology

SecureWorld News

One of the most important responsibilities of security professionals is to avoid data breaches. At the same time, the IBM report reveals that it takes an average of 277 days to detect and contain a data breach. What is Data-Centric Audit and Protection?

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CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire. Phoenix posed as a browser update.