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Data breach stories - Page 7

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Enterprises prioritise customer data protection but continue to leave it exposed
Fri, 16th Apr 2021
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Protecting customer personal information is the top priority for enterprises, yet the rate of encrypting customer data remains low, according to new research.
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Data transparency increasingly important, Kaspersky study states
Mon, 12th Apr 2021
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Half of consumers would abandon an online service provider after a data breach, while 63% fear their data being sold to a third party, according to Kaspersky.
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IT professionals destroying end-of-life hardware over fears of data breaches - report
Wed, 20th Jan 2021
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IT directors are destroying end of life tech hardware as opposed to erasing its data out of fear of making a mistake and facing data breaches.
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Ministry of Defence reports 546 potential data breaches over the year
Tue, 19th Jan 2021
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In total there were 546 reported incidents of potential data breaches in the most recent financial year, up from 463 in the previous year (2018/19).
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UPDATED: RBNZ ascribes data breach to third-party file sharing service
Mon, 11th Jan 2021
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand hit by data breach, compromising 'commercially and personally sensitive' information. Urgent investigation underway.
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The retailer safety guide for the world of online shopping
Thu, 19th Nov 2020
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Are you an online retailer? This guide details the threats that you need to be aware of to keep safe in the biggest ever year of online shopping.
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Kroll expands data breach notification support for AU businesses
Fri, 13th Nov 2020
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Risk solutions provider Kroll has expanded its breach notification services to assist Australian organisations with data breaches.
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The three-pronged security approach that confronts security breaches head-on
Mon, 26th Oct 2020
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NCC Group's Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution offers a human-centric, integrated approach to cybersecurity, helping prevent costly breaches.
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The most popular usernames of all time revealed
Fri, 25th Sep 2020
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Interestingly, usernames one would think might be quite common, such as admin or user, did not make the list of the 200 most popular usernames.
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New data reveals correlation between cyber attacks and work from home initiatives
Tue, 25th Aug 2020
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20% of organisations have experienced a cybersecurity breach as a result of remote work, according to a report by Malwarebytes.
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ComCom takes responsibility for external provider breach
Thu, 6th Aug 2020
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Commerce Commission admits security flaws and pledges to implement stronger systems following burglary incident.
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Data breaches costing companies millions - could incident response help?
Wed, 5th Aug 2020
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On average, data breaches cost companies $3.86 million per breach, with compromised employee accounts the most expensive root cause.
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80% of security breaches involve exposure of customer data - IBM
Fri, 31st Jul 2020
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IBM report: Employee data breaches costliest, hitting firms for $3.86m each.
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LPM Property Management leaves Amazon S3 buckets unsecured
Thu, 16th Jul 2020
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public cloud
New Zealand property management firm LPM Property Management left over 31,000 images of personal information exposed on an unsecured Amazon database.
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NZ Police & research firm caught up in data breach
Thu, 16th Jul 2020
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The firm believes that the breach could have compromised contact details of a number of people who have had contact with the police.
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SafeSend available to VIPRE partners
Mon, 8th Jun 2020
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VIPRE’s reseller partners can now offer SafeSend to their customers to help prevent data breaches caused by employee-error.
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Cyber alert: tackling the unseen risk that could sink your business in 2020
Wed, 27th May 2020
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A successful cyber attack can have many implications for your business, including a price tag you may be unwilling or unable to pay.
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76% of execs losing sleep over being the next high-profile breach
Wed, 20th May 2020
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Headline-grabbing security breaches of high-profile enterprises are becoming more common, fuelling the anxieties of business leaders who hope they're not next.
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Q1 2020 sees more data breaches than ever before
Tue, 19th May 2020
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8.4 billion documents were leaked in the first three months of 2020, smashing records and setting a sombre tone for the year.
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GoDaddy reveals widespread data breach
Wed, 6th May 2020
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GoDaddy hit by SSH cyber intrusion, 19M customers possibly affected.
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WHO urges caution after emails, passwords stolen
Wed, 29th Apr 2020
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email security
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Approximately 450 active WHO email addresses and passwords, and emails belonging to others working on fighting COVID-19, were leaked on the internet.
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Southeast Asia firms rank data protection as top security concern
Thu, 16th Apr 2020
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SEA firms rally to combat cyber threats, prioritising data security amidst surge in breaches.
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Cybersecurity training: the key to strengthening your security posture
Wed, 15th Apr 2020
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Australian organisations take an average of 200 days to identify a breach and another 81 days to contain them, both longer periods than a year ago.
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How small security teams can benefit from simple attack detection and response
Mon, 6th Apr 2020
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When you have a small, expensive, generalist security team, it is an inefficient use of their time to be chasing down ghosts and false positives.