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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Sep 1, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Yahoo faces nationwide litigation over massive data breaches
A judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised … more.
711 Million Email Addresses Compromised by Onliner Spambot
The Onliner Spambot dump is a significant haul in a year that has already seen several massive data breaches. These breaches, including River City … more.
A server hosting dozens of popular file converter sites has been hacked
… the past year using a well-known, easy-to-use exploit. Here are 2017’s biggest hacks, leaks, and data breaches so far. Dozens of data breaches, … more.
This Week In Cybersecurity News: 10 Things To Know
Most of the credentials appear to have come from other data breaches, as first reported by ZDnet. The significance of the spambot is that it can … more.
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
… specializing in applied machine learning for advanced persistent threat detection, network traffic analysis and behavior anomaly detection. more.
Seen & Heard: Yahoo Faces Litigation for Data Breaches
will face nationwide litigation over the three large data breaches that took … more.
Change Your Email Password Now! 700 Million Logins Leaked Online
Spammers are using the stolen credentials in a large-scale malware operation. The Onliner spambot spreads a banking Trojan dubbed Ursnif. more.
Is Your Endpoint Security Upgrade Not a 10? - Here’s 5 Tips
reasons to reevaluate your options for endpoint protection. more.
Judge says Yahoo must face litigation over data breaches
Yahoo must face litigation on behalf of more than a billion users whose personal information was compromised in a massive data breach, a US judge … more.
Privacy Commissioner to probe Australian government agencies on compliance
… people be alerted of their data being inappropriately accessed come February 2018 under the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act. more.
College students target of identity thieves
Between homework and exams, identity theft is the last thing on college student’s minds, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be ripped off, especially … more.
IRS Computer Security Incident Response Center needs improvement
The IRS has suffered a number of high-profile data breaches in recent years that led to shutting down several of its online applications for the public, … more.
CrisisResponsePro Offers Free Access To Cloud-Based Crisis Communications
Markets Insider … provides tools to respond quickly and effectively to immediate crises like physical accidents, data breaches or product recalls, as well as longer-term … more.
On the Radar: Cylance Adds an Endpoint Detection and Response Capability -
Business Wire (press release) Cylance’s flagship product is CylanceProtect, described as a next-generation endpoint protection platform (EPP) based on artificial intelligence (i.e., … more.
Industry experts share ways to mitigate cyber risk with area businesses
… Response reported by the Online Trust Alliance, the true number of incidents is over 20 times that of consumer data breaches publicly reported. more.
Hackers Make Searchable Database to Dox Instagram Celebs
Many of the emails were also not included in large scale data breaches, such as LinkedIn, according to breach notification site Have I Been Pwned?, … more.
The New Reality is Virtual for Security Operations Centers
Not only is the technology cool and different, it actually has a practical business use case that makes threat hunting and response more efficient for … more.
On the Radar: Cylance Adds an Endpoint Detection and Response Capability -
Business Wire (press release) Cylance’s flagship product is CylanceProtect, described as a next-generation endpoint protection platform (EPP) based on artificial intelligence (i.e., … more.
Noel Whelan: Public services card row is silly season nonsense
While private-sector data-protection consultants have a vested interest in catastrophising about data breaches and insinuating Big Brother motives to … more.
Indian companies become aware of security risks, spending to reach $1.5
BGR India These processes would include centralized log management, vulnerability management, internal network segmentation, backups and more. more.
HPE Software and Micro Focus close $8.8B spin-merger deal
… are HPE’s businesses focusing on application delivery management, big data, enterprise security, information management and governance, and IT … more.
The real extent of Britain’s hidden data breaches
The real extent of Britain’s problem with data breaches has been revealed by a survey which suggests almost one in three IT workers are keeping … more.
Data security: Is there any mechanism to report data breaches to the user?
data breaches, is there any mechanism Jotform may report to us? more.
WikiLeaks suffer defacement at the hands of OurMine group
… attention for the group though and have followed a template of using previously used passwords that came to light following data breaches. more.
NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law Poised for Adoption
Each requires that the licensee perform a risk assessment to evaluate the potential for data breaches or unauthorized access to nonpublic … more.
Beware of one of the biggest data breaches of all time leaking 711 million
International Business Times, Singapore Edition More than 711 million email records have recently been released in one of the biggest data breaches of all time. The spammer is reportedly using … more.
Guest blog: What is GDPR and how will it impact your business?
In addition to this, all insurance cover should be reviewed to check that coverage extends to data breaches. All organisations will be impacted by the … more.
Yahoo Lawsuit Over Data Breaches Can Go Forward
Verizon was going to pay more but, when the two massive data breaches came to light, it obtained the company’s internet assets for a lower price tag. more.
Judge Decides Yahoo Must Face Litigation Over Massive Data Breach
Verizon has hit a setback in its efforts to limit potential liability from massive Yahoo data breaches. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San … more.
How Does the Chip in My Credit Card Work?
The same point holds true for a data breaches at retailers: While chip-based card technology doesn’t prevent hackers from stealing transaction data or … more.
Judge says Yahoo to face lawsuit over data breaches
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) -A judge has said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation from well over a billion users who said their personal information was … more.
Why does cloud need elastic PAM?
Disconnected Residual Access with plausible data breaches/leakages. Lack of well-defined user lifecycle processes often result in terminated users … more.
HackerOne Expects $100m Paid Out in Bounties by 2020
… 200,000 vulnerabilities found and fixed, and $100 million paid out in rewards. The savings thanks to avoidance of data breaches will be on the order … more.
Judge Rules That Yahoo Data Breach Victims Have Right to Sue Company
This leaves “well over 1 billion users” open to sue the company, all of whom were affected by one of three total data breaches that began to gain … more.
GDPR and disaster recovery compliance who does the buck stop with?
Data breaches can no longer be kept under wraps and the reputation of the business could be at stake if there are data mismanagement issues, which … more.
Yahoo data breach class action allowed to move forward
Photo Over one billion Yahoo users whose personal information was compromised due to a series of massive data breaches will get their day in court, … more.
The FDA has recalled about 500000 internet-connected pacemakers over
Business Insider UK Health data is highly personal in nature, and the number of patients affected by health data breaches hit a new high in 2015. As a result, 57% of global … more.
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