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Personal details of 12,000 social media 'stars' leaked in avoidable breach

Tue, 6th Feb 2018
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Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.
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Why the C-suite must not be exempt from cyber defense training

Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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Some C-suite executives do not think they need training or education to spot attacks because they don't think they would ever fall for an attack.
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£400k fine: Is it big enough for Carphone Warehouse's huge data breach?

Thu, 11th Jan 2018
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The retailer has received a £400k fine after 'striking' security issues & systemic failures led to its 2015 breach - but experts say it's not enough.
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SonicWall ramps up APJ presence with new GM & sales VP

Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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SonicWall appoints Wias Issa as VP of sales and GM for APJ. Issa aims to drive growth, enhance security, and forge strategic partnerships in the region.
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LogRhythm divulges eight key predictions for cybersecurity in 2018

Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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The predictions for the new year include both good news and bad news, like the biggest data breach settlement of all time and increased awareness.
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LinkedIn's outage blunder left users exposed and was 'easily preventable'

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.
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Waikato Uni academic says cybercrime is now bigger than drug trafficking

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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New Zealand business leaders are not taking cybersecurity seriously, says academic, posing significant risks to reputations.
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Round 2: New line-up of cybersecurity maestros comment on Uber breach

Fri, 24th Nov 2017
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We covered an expert commentary story of the Uber breach - this is round 2 with Check Point, Barracuda, Digital Shadows, Mimecast, and Webroot.
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BREAKING: Uber tried to sweep data breach of 57m people under the rug

Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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In October last year hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber and it has only just emerged now.
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Experts share their opinions on Uber breach - some supportive, some scathing

Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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A number of experts have come forward to share their opinions on the huge Uber breach affecting 57m people that was kept under wraps for a year.
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Interview: Understanding the bleeding edge to do business at the cutting edge

Wed, 22nd Nov 2017
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With a career spanning over five decades, Richard Cousins explains why understanding the bleeding edge of technology is essential for thriving in business.
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Expert says Cash Converters cybersecurity breach 'yet ANOTHER wakeup call'

Tue, 21st Nov 2017
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Cash Converters breached, hackers have access to UK customer account details, usernames, passwords, addresses and partial credit card numbers.
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'Leaker' behind massive NSA breach possibly still working at agency

Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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A cybersecurity expert has said it is a 'stunning admission' by the former CIA director about the NSA breach that is being touted as catastrophic.
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'No way' to stop sale of 46 million Malaysians' personal data after crippling breach

Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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A cyber breach has left data from 46 million Malaysian mobile users for sale at RM32,000. Once bought, there's 'no way' to halt its sale or misuse.
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Current IT security not up to the job – time to make some changes

Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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IDC says billions of dollars are spent around the world every year on various forms of IT security, and yet, data breaches are still happening.
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'Victory for the good guys' - criminal behind Mandiant hack arrested

Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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FireEye has nabbed the hacker behind the Mandiant attack that compromised researcher Adi Peretz's accounts, claiming it as a victory for the good guys.
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Major data breach hits Malaysia's 46 million mobile phone users

Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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A data breach has put more than 46 million Malaysian mobile phone users at risk and has affected many of the country's major telecommunicatio.
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Trend Micro gains 'perfect' 100% breach detection score in NSS Labs testing

Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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rend Micro says it has achieved a 'perfect score' for breach detection in NSS Lab's Breach Detection System Report.
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Kaspersky CEO rubbishes 'false' allegations of hacking from US media

Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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It was only weeks ago when the US Government had been hacked again and blamed Kaspersky Labs - the cybersecurity company's CEO says they're false.
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RSA boosts solution portfolio as GDPR regulations approach

Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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RSA extends its governance, risk and compliance solution to help businesses comply with security legislation such as GDPR.