Security breaches stories

Egress survey finds a substantial 94% of organisations experienced insider data breaches in the last year, with human error the top cause.>>

Despite security issues, more organisations than ever are moving workloads to the cloud, building applications in the cloud and subscribing to a wide range of SaaS and other cloud services.>>

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.>>

The research also found that 35% of the breaches recorded by Tenable were caused by ransomware attacks, while 14% of breaches stemmed from email compromises.>>

SMBs and enterprises that disclose breaches proactively tend to experience 40% less financial damage, according to new research from Kaspersky. >>

Having these three processes working in tandem is key to cushioning the blow of a breach - which, if insufficiently protected, can take on average 279 days to contain and costs an average of almost US$4 million.>>

8.4 billion documents were leaked in the first three months of 2020, smashing records and setting a sombre tone for the year.>>

"The risk of cybercrime to businesses all around the world is continuing to multiply by the day.">>

The Commission was informed last week that more than 200 meeting and interview transcripts across a range of the Commission’s work were contained on computer equipment stolen in a burglary.>>

"When a company provides only a minimum amount of access needed for the employees to fulfil their roles, the risk of wide-spread breach greatly diminishes.">>

Peel Smart Remote could leak your personal pictures, information, and documents to an unknown server.>>

Schneider’s Steven Carlini discusses ways to improve data centre cybersecurity that most people don’t think of until it’s too late.>>

93 percent of companies without disaster recovery who suffer a major data disaster are out of business within one year.>>

There were no pints enjoyed at this Scottish brewery this week as it fell victim to a crippling ransomware attack.>>

"In a twisted way, many cybercriminals are digital pioneers, finding ways to leverage big data & web-scale techniques to stage attacks & steal data.">>

You can't control everything - 80% of GDPR-related data isn’t under the control of CISOs.>>

Arturo Maqueo says he has seen many security breaches over the years and ironically this is most often in data centres with state-of-the-art security.>>

The power grid in modern countries may not be as secure as you think, as reports have emerged revealing hackers have breached Germany's supply.>>

Fewer than half of all organisations are able to detect a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident within one hour.>>

Mark Zuckerberg has issued a statement following the bombshell that Facebook's data of 50m people has been misused to "change audience behaviour.>>

A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.>>

“The NSW Government needs to establish a clear whole-of-government responsibility for cybersecurity that is appropriately resourced.">>

Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.>>

IBM estimates the cost of a data breach is $3.62m, highlighting the importance of encryption - COMPAREX UK's expert on the matter provides his advice.>>