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- Krebs on Security
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- Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak
- Why CISA is Warning CISOs About a Breach at Sisense
- Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
- April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes
- Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites
- ‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec
- Thread Hijacking: Phishes That Prey on Your Curiosity
- Recent ‘MFA Bombing’ Attacks Targeting Apple Users
Tag Archives: data breaches
US businesses suffered 666,000 internal security breaches
Over 666,000 internal security breaches took place in US businesses in the last 12 months, an average of 2,560 per working day, new research has revealed. The findings, revealed by IS Decisions, also found that despite this regular occurrence, only … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Business, Computer Security, Computers, Education, Hacking, Home Networking, Information Technology, Linux, Medical, Networking, Windows
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800M exposed records make 2013 record year for data breaches
While the number of incidents data loss incidents in 2012 is almost by a third bigger that that for 2013, the number of records exposed in 2013 breaches has reached a record 823 million. 800M exposed records make 2013 record … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Business, Computers, Education, Hacking, Home Networking, Information Technology, Linux, Medical, network, Networking, Organizations, Technology, Windows
Tagged data breaches, hackers, Hacking, privacy
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Visualization of Data Breaches
The site Information is Beautiful gives a visualization of data breaches and other information about hacking over the past several years.
Posted in Technology
Tagged apple, computer security, data breaches, Identity Theft, Linux, online security, Ubuntu, Windows
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Have you been hacked this month?
Since the start of this year, globally, there have been 365 data loss incidents involving 126,727, 474 records. According to research by Juniper Research, 90% of organizations have suffered data breaches in one form or another over the past 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Computers, Hacking, Information Technology, Internet, Networking, Organizations, Technology
Tagged data breaches, hackers, Hacking, id theft, Identity Theft
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New Nationwide Breach Law Could Force Data-Centric Security Push – Dark Reading
New Nationwide Breach Law Could Force Data-Centric Security Push – Dark Reading. The surge in high-impact data breaches in the first half of 2011 — and its resulting attention from consumers –is increasing the pressure on federal lawmakers and … Continue reading
Posted in Computers
Tagged data breach law, data breaches, data security, internet security, IT laws
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Chronology of Data Breaches – Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has excellent tips and information for consumers and the internet. With dozens of links and tips, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a wealth of information. An excellent on-site searchable database for data breaches is available. Link
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Tagged data breaches, id theft, Identity Theft, internet security, online privacy, wireless security
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