Data leak stories - Page 3
Web companies most likely to lose your data – report
Wed, 12th Oct 2022
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
Web companies more likely to lose data than other industries, according to new research by cybersecurity experts VPN Overview.
New certification standards announced, designed to secure and protect consumer data
Tue, 13th Jul 2021
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saas
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
Vanta has announced the public availability of two new certification standards designed to help secure the internet and protect consumer data.
10 billion records sit in unsecured databases - China leads the pack
Tue, 11th Aug 2020
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vpns
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.
Almost 10,000 unsecured databases with more than 10 billion credentials exposed
Thu, 30th Jul 2020
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
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passwords
Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.
Expert comment: What the Collection #2-5 data dump means for credential abuse
Mon, 4th Feb 2019
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mfa
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phishing
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email security
TechDay spoke to experts and executives in the security industry about the data leak and the implications on phishing and credential stuffing.
Massive 2.2bil-username data dump leaked on dark web
Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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mfa
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iam
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cybersecurity
A colossal 2.2 billion unique usernames and passwords have surfaced on the dark web in the second major data dump in two weeks, rocking cybersecurity experts.
'Leaker' behind massive NSA breach possibly still working at agency
Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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nsa
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.