Here you will find all the articles with the tag: data breach.
The pandemic is in full swing, and cybercriminals are attacking everyone. They are taking every opportunity to challenge IT security pros, and it is working out for the hackers. IT pros need fresh, relevant, and precise data to analyze the threats presented to them. In an environment that moves ... Read more
4 years ago
A new report by Exonar shows that most of the GDPR penalties issued fall into two categories. Businesses across Europe have so far paid over 620 million euro in fines under the GDPR rules. 65% of these fines come from security and data storage infractions. 39% of those fined were found to be i... Read more
4 years ago
On Wednesday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced that Facebook should not be sending European data to the U.S. In a recent inquiry by regulators, it is believed that the data transferred to the United States does not protect users from surveillance by American agencies. If Facebook... Read more
4 years ago
Twenty percent of companies experienced a data breach caused by remote workers, according to a new study by the cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. Businesses are increasingly exposed to significant cyber risks ever since the shift from working in the office to working from home. This inevitably le... Read more
4 years ago
Microsoft plans to acquire the United States branch of TikTok, which according to President Trump has to be done within 45 days. After a conversation between Microsoft-CEO Satya Nadella and the United States president, Microsoft has been given until the 15th of September to negotiate a deal. The... Read more
4 years ago
Twitter accounts of a large group of celebrities were hacked by cryptocurrency scammers. Among the victims were Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos and presidential candidate Joe Biden. Not only celebrities fell victim to these hacks, but accounts of large companies such as Apple and... Read more
4 years ago
Credentials of 15 billion accounts are being sold on the dark web, according to research by Digital Shadows. The price ranges from under ten euros for access to streaming websites to about 100.000 euros for access to large companies. The research 'From Exposure to Takeover: The 15 billion stolen... Read more
4 years ago
WhatsApp users who used the Click to Chat feature in the app unknowingly had their phone number appear in Google's search results. An estimated amount of 300.000 phone numbers of WhatsApp users worldwide were published online. Cybersecurity expert Athul Jayaram discovered the problem after he no... Read more
4 years ago
Four out of every five companies have experienced at least one cloud data breach in the past year and a half. Of these companies, about half have experienced ten or more breaches, according to a study by cloud security company Ermetic. Based on a survey under 300 CISO's, the report states that 8... Read more
4 years ago
Data from over a thousand employees of the European Parliament was easily accessible online for a considerable time. This is what Marcel Kolaja, the vice-president for IT policy in the European Parliament, told Politico. The exposed data included log-in details for 1200 accounts of off... Read more
4 years ago
