The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Tip 1: Educating and Training the Workforce Regularly Human error remains one of the leading causes of data breaches. According to the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report , 68% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. Many cyber attacks exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 30, 2024

Last week, I wrote about The State of Data Breaches and got loads of feedback. Let me explain: Hackers This is where most data breaches begin, with someone illegally accessing a protected system and snagging the data. It's awkward, talking to the first party responsible for the breach.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

notifies customers of credit card data breach, after threat actors hacked a third-party app from its e-commerce provider. disclosed a data breach that exposed its customers’ credit card data after threat actors hacked a third-party application from its e-commerce providerBigCommerce.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2025

Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach after customer data was stolen via Cleo zero-day exploits in late 2024, affecting Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. Car rental giant Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach that impacted its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. are still exploitable.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

If a company you do business with becomes part of a data breach, cybercriminals may have full access to your confidential information. Unfortunately, data breaches are on the rise and affecting more companies and consumers than ever. billion people received notices that their information was exposed in a data breach.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 7, 2024

These 15 cyber attacks or data breaches impacted large swaths of users across the United States and changed what was possible in cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2024

The OWASP Foundation disclosed a data breach that impacted some members due to a misconfiguration of an old Wiki web server. The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach that impacted some of its members. No joke, we did have a data breach in late March involving the resumes of our earliest members.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2025

Community Health Center (CHC) data breach impacted over 1 million patients in Connecticut, the healthcare provider started notifying them. The healthcare provider is notifying over 1 million patients of a data breach that exposed their personal and medical data. The compromised data varies for each individual.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The cracked software is being resold as a cloud-based attack tool by at least two different services, one of which KrebsOnSecurity traced to an information technology firm based in Turkey. Araneida Scanner. A passive DNS lookup on this domain at DomainTools.com shows that its email records pointed to the address ori0nbusiness@protonmail.com.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. “It’s a patch for their own software. “It’s not like they forgot to patch something that Microsoft fixed years ago,” Holden said.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 29, 2024

A “misconfiguration” in Volkswagen’s automotive software subsidiary, Cariad, has led to a significant data breach, exposing the location data of approximately 800,000 electric vehicles across its brands, including VW, Audi,... The post Volkswagen’s Cariad Exposes Location Data of 800,000 Electric Vehicles appeared (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised. million individuals were compromised.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

The tech giant may have used this data for targeted advertising, according to Blue Shield, which is one of the largest health insurers in the US. In a data breach notice on its website, Blue Shield says it had begun notifying certain members of a potential data breach that may have included elements of their protected health information.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2024

Kootenai Health suffered a data breach impacting over 464,000 patients following a 3AM ransomware attack. Kootenai Health disclosed a data breach impacting over 464,088 patients following the leak of their personal information by the ThreeAM (3AM) ransomware gang. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2025

This week, Cl0p ransomware group listed Sams Club among the victims of its December Cleo software exploit , accusing it of ignoring security. The ransomware gang did not leak the alleged stolen data as proof of the data breach. Walmart owned Sams Club has allegedly been breached by Clop Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

Software solutions provider Young Consulting disclosed a data breach impacting 950,000 individuals following a BlackSuit ransomware attack. ” reads a notice of data breach published by the company. The software maker offers one year of free credit monitoring services to the impacted individuals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It provides a range of development resources, including SDKs (Software Development Kits), documentation, sample code, and learning materials for networking, security, and cloud infrastructure. Below is an update published on October 18, 2024: Based on our investigations, we are confident that there has been no breach of our systems.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 28, 2025

Verizon surveyed about 22,000 security incidents and 12,000 data breaches. Ransomware incidents increased, while the median ransom payment dropped.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 24, 2025

Its that time of year again: Verizon Business has released the 2025 edition of the Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) , its 18th-annual report on cybercrime. The post Verizon 2025 DBIR: Third-party software risk takes the spotlight appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2024

Business intelligence software company Sisense suffered a cyberattack that may have exposed sensitive information of major enterprises worldwide. Sisense, a business intelligence software company, experienced a cyberattack potentially exposing the sensitive data of global enterprises.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

Beware of scammers Scammers are always on the lookout for data breaches as it presents an opportunity for phishing. Do not install software when asked out of the blue, especially if it reaches you as an email attachment. Do not install software when asked out of the blue, especially if it reaches you as an email attachment.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A data broker has confirmed a business contact information database containing 132.8 In February, 2024, a cybercriminal offered the records for sale on a data breach forum claiming the information came from pureincubation[.]com. million records has been leaked online.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2024

In a new episode of Spy vs Spy , the mobile monitoring app mSpy has suffered a data breach that exposed information about millions of its customers. This is the third known mSpy data breach since the company began in around 2010.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Supply chain attacks, misinformation campaigns, mobile malware and larger scale data breaches are just some of the threats to watch for next year, Check Point Software says.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I've become more familiar with this sector over recent years due to the frequency with which it's been suffering data breaches that have ultimately landed in my inbox. i speak at conferences around the world and run workshops on how to build more secure software within organisations.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach impacting 58,000 customers, attackers gained unauthorized access to a server via GitLab flaw. US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a company server by exploiting a GitLab vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

” The company is reporting the impacted individuals and has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission in anticipation of a data breach. In May 2021, threat actors breached offices of multiple Japanese agencies after gaining access to projects using Fujitsu‘s ProjectWEB information-sharing tool.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2025

Label maker Avery has filed a data breach notification , saying 61,193 people may have had their credit card details stolen. An investigation showed that cybercriminals had inserted malicious software that was used to scrape credit card information used on its website. Heres what you need to know.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It provides a range of development resources, including SDKs (Software Development Kits), documentation, sample code, and learning materials for networking, security, and cloud infrastructure. Below is an update published on October 18, 2024: Based on our investigations, we are confident that there has been no breach of our systems.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Info-stealers like RedLine typically are deployed via opportunistic email malware campaigns, and by secretly bundling the trojans with cracked versions of popular software titles made available online. Also, unless you really know what you’re doing, please don’t download and install pirated software.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

Dell, one of the world's largest technology companies, has just disclosed a major data breach that may have compromised the personal information of tens of millions of current and former customers. The breach went undetected for several months before finally being discovered in early 2023.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 10, 2025

However, the use of any kind of software that deals with large amounts of sensitive customer data can make a business the target of cybercriminals. Ultimately, it is up to your business to be aware of customer data laws in the areas you operate and ensure that you stay within them. We make it a priority."

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2025

Bots (software programs that interact with web sites) have been ubiquitous for years. That could be down to a flood of data breaches that flooded the market with more stolen credentials to try, Imperva said. Install anti-malware software and follow basic cyber hygiene measures. Protect your PC.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2023

. “When I arrested the defendant on March 15, 2023, he stated to me in substance and in part that: a) his name was Conor Brian Fitzpatrick; b) he used the alias ‘pompompurin/’ and c) he was the owner and administrator of ‘BreachForums’ the data breach website referenced in the Complaint,” Langmire wrote.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

As I say in the intro, it appears the horticulture industry is a little like the software one where you get cowboys who in this case, put in plants that were way too big and whose roots now threaten to break through the tiles and the house itself, Little Shop of Horrors style.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2025

Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated “I sent you an email from your email account,” sextortion scam claims “Follow me” to this fake crypto exchange to claim $500 Hertz data breach caused by CL0P ransomware attack on vendor Meta slurps up EU user data for AI training No, its not OK to delete that new inetpub (..)

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