Data breach stories - Page 29

The Digital Shadows CEO delves into one of the main tactics behind extortion - ransomware - and how businesses can defend themselves.

There were 918 data breaches that led to a staggering 1.9 billion records being compromised around the world in the first half of 2017 alone.

The Equifax breach spotlights inadequacies in current cyber security practices and underscores the urgent need for AI-driven solutions to stay ahead of hackers.

Many educational institutions lack a plan to manage the security risks posed by the hundreds of devices connected to their networks, according to Wavelink.

Both Yahoo and victims of its multiple data breaches have been granted – and denied – the ability to dismiss lawsuits after its massive data breaches.

Companies that have never written code in the last decade will be responsible for over a trillion lines of code in the next decade.

An increase in the amount of data businesses must store means the risk of a data breach or cyber-attack also increases.

Hackers have released another batch of information supposedly belonging to cybersecurity firm FireEye, two weeks after the initial data dump.

The alert from Centrify come as the Sabre Corp data breach continues to claim victims around the world, with Trump Hotels the latest announced.

Big data increases the risk of cyber attacks, warns Aleron's director Alex Morkos. Organizations must take steps to protect themselves.

More and more companies are realizing that trusted & trained employees can also pose an enormous threat. We have identified three types of employees.

Your company's information is always at risk of being stolen, but what if that stolen information is encrypted - and worthless to hackers?.

Do you like RDP? Good. So do attackers. Wait? What?! Yes, attackers love your weakly-defended RDP port as the payoff can be huge.

Workplace group chat tool HipChat has been hit by a data breach and users are being advised to check if they are vulnerable.

LogRhythm's latest cyber resiliency report casts a damning look into the state of Asia Pacific organisations in Asia Pacific.

Verizon's Threat Research Advisory Center is now live and operational - representing what it calls a 'significant milestone' into cybersecurity.

More than half of Japanese enterprises are increasing their security spending – and topping the list is compliance.

As organisations look towards data to track patterns, they should also be mindful of the legal regulations that govern data protection and breaches.

So it's all very well to understand cyber risks, but how do you put security measures in place? Brennan IT suggests five tips to better security.

Gemalto's Breach Level Index proves once again that data breaches across the world continue to increase in scale and severity.