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I resolve to… leave those security errors for good in 2021
The resolutions for businesses to begin the New Year without old mistakes finally cleaning up the awareness mess which never seems to be untangled
Why dismissed employees take revenge and what prevention measures to implement
Revenge hacks and what prevention measures to take.
17.12
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Major outage and government employee data breach
Ransomware keeps surfing the wave of ever-presence
15.12
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Business continuity and information security integration
How to make security part of a general risk prevention and mitigation program
13.12
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Vestas got its personal data affected
The data has allegedly been shared with third parties.
French public transport company tackles a major data breach
RATP data has been exposed via an unprotected server.
The hacker turned out to be the former employee
Ubiquity has gone through a curious case
Panasonic is recovering from a 4-month exposure
The company detected the incident only after a discovery of an extreme network traffic.
01.12
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More data sent to dark web
The sourse of the incident is still being explored.
Major fraud cases in healthcare revealed this year
Pfizer discovers an insider working for a competitor, whereas Genentech hit the news with a deep-rooted story months ago.
26.11
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Government employee helped violators to access data
Otario immunisation system has launched investigation and found an insider.
When your sellers obtain your data
Amazon program was misused by its sellers, and data was intended for rankings boosting. California Pizza Kitchen announces a data employee breach.
19.11
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Robinhood employee tricked by social engineering
7 million users got their data affected in the breach announced by Robinhood.
10.11
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What kind of DLP system do you need in 2022?
David Balaban reflects on the DLP vendors' race for attention, adding of new features, sometimes going beyond the boundaries.
08.11
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Oregon state failed to ensure employees' privacy
And seemingly made it deliberately, at least according to the plaintiffs.
Throckmorton Country Memorial Hospital and Marten Transport face data breach
The recent news might be another case to add to the list of ransomware notches
Ransomware attacks keep companies on alert
The amount isn't disclosed as the hackers' groups haven't received the companies reaction yet
Acer offices in Taiwan hacked
This year the company has already faced a major incident as they were to pay a $50-million ransom.
21.10
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Credit monitoring as most popular offset against data breach
Organisation still lack basic information security solutions.
20.10
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The more they know the less they care
More and more people are unwilling to share their personal data with third parties
18.10
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Facebook security upgrade decision leaked
The company decided to exempt a number of employees from groups which have access to internal message boards.
Former employees took company's security issue to court
The company's staff is aware of what information security is, and disregard to data safety decreases the loyalty of workers.
07.10
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How to tell the difference between a phishing email and a real one?
Don't become a phisher’s target, it's avoidable.
Multi-party breaches vs third-party related incidents
Ripple events are nearly untraceable and affect hundreds of companies
30.09
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Security research based on Indian SME recent experience
Malware attacks are on the rise
29.09
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Afghan interpreters' data leaked due to an employee's mistake
The incident is gaining resonance
24.09
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Data overexposed in manufacturing sector
The relevant statistics and most common security issues in 2021 so far
21.09
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When a hack might be not such a bad thing
…where the bad and the good are twisted.
Users are monitored by gadgets Should we turn down everything digital?
Who should you trust in a digital world?
15.09
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Government sector faces human factor data breach issue
Australian public sector is concerned with the growing number of information leakage episodes due to employee mistakes.
Dallas schools compromised by a city IT employee
Whereas a disgruntled former employee's case was brought to the court.
08.09
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Bangkok Air dashes the ransom offer aside
The popular airline has declined the gang's demand
How to configure DLP and not to overlook a leak
How efficient are DLP systems with preset configurations? Can a system be configured once and for good? Learn how to adjust the settings here.
30.08
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Former employees and foolhardy ransomware attackers
Several information security incidents which have happened recently are all based on utter carefreeness
Data breach cost rises in South Africa, ransomware incidents grow in Australia
Ransomware-related data breaches rose by 24%, the cost of a breach - by 15%.
T-Mobile hacked for the 5th time
The unauthorized access was detected a few days after a number of customers got their data affected.
17.08
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Russian officials obliged to use only domestic messengers
Ministry of Digital Development prepares a regulatory framework for transferring state employees to state-owned platforms by December 2021.
11.08
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Tokyo visitors' data affected
Olympics ticket holders and event volunteers' details have been compromised
27.07
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Does an identity theft has an end or any terms?
Education workers of the Francophone Sud School District are dealing with identity theft.
26.07
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Will or won't paying ransom be made illegal?
Another surge of ransom attacks makes the necessity to remind how slippery the way to deal with them is if you choose to pay.
20.07
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DarkSide behind Guess breach
The famous fashion retailer Guess has officially announced a data breach comprising details of 1,300 people,
14.07
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Air India is asked to recompense the breach
The affected customers might be given more than $400,000 for having their data impacted.
06.07
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Call a hacker - he'll tell you about a breach
Don't have enough information about how the data breach occurred? Speak with the hacker who let it happen.
30.06
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Treasurer’s office vs. mayor
Westfield clerk treasurer's office brought the case regarding the city's mayor act to court
24.06
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Untimely breaches
...or why a law firm can't be trusted
JBS chose to pay ransom
JBS, the largest meat producer, paid a $11 million ransom, according to Andre Nogueira, chief executive of Brazilian JBS SA’s U.S. division
15.06
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Euro 2020 fraudulent websites
It has been recently explored that since the beginning of the year there have been 130 new domains registered – all related to EURO 2020 (EURO 2021) tickets.
10.06
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Top 5 actions to be taken by CEO to increase cybersecurity
Top 5 actions to be taken by CEO to increase cybersecurity and employee trust in the company
08.06
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Trello boards indexed by major search engines put at peril business processes of Russian companies
Almost a million Trello boards, thousands of which contain corporate data of large and small Russian companies, were publicly available.
04.06
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UK Special Forces soldiers aren't sure in their data safety
Over 1,000 UK Special Forces soldiers got their data exposed. The document containing their personal data was distributed via WhatsApp.
04.06
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Microsoft is going to gather cyber security specialists in the APAC region
The APAC countries are concerned about growing information security risks
02.06
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Not all DLP systems are equally helpful
How to choose a system and not to get disappointed
27.05
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Targeting human vs. hacking software
85% of data breaches are the cause of targeting people, not software
21.05
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Why FileAuditor? SearchInform customer gives an elaborate answer
SearchInform customer – scientific technological pharmaceutical company Polysan – has deployed FileAuditor, a DCAP system, and shared the first impression with the company.
19.05
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Why is it important to control third-party security policies?
According to the recent report it seems that roughly half of companies don't know how to deal with third-party security
18.05
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Microsoft threat and database security time bomb
Companies using Microsoft 365 might jeopardise their data safety and be more vulnerable than those who don't. 19 petabytes of data are exposed right now according to CyberNews.
13.05
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A "remote" reminder
Don't set it loose when it comes to data security
Outsourcing the role of information security officer
A piece of insight into infosec as an MSSP solution
Order in your files and folders: how to organize access control and protection against leaks
Expansion of the IT infrastructure complicates controlling who accesses, copies, moves from folders, and deletes information.
20.04
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Was there a breach?
Companies refuse to admit leakage accusing announcers of misleading its readers.
16.04
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Better employee experience from security viewpoint
What should be done to ensure it?
14.04
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(In) Secure digest: the hit parade of the most comical infosecurity incidents
The most comical infosecurity incidents to laugh and learn from it. Enjoy, but tread carefully!
07.04
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Blocking that does not slow down business processes
Interview with Sergey Ozhegov, CEO of SearchInform
05.04
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All about invisible DLP control and where its invisibility ends
The DLP doesn’t function in a hidden mode for nothing: on the one hand, it doesn’t interfere with the work of respectable employees, on the other hand, it helps to catch insiders off guard.
02.04
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Fraudsters won’t miss a chance — what threats to people and business remain in 2021
The “Roaring 20s” is no longer a euphemism from the last century, in the 21st the new decade also began loudly.
31.03
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How to detect an employee accepting kickbacks using DLP?
Proven schemes for searching for corrupt individuals in the company.
24.03
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Shell goes through a data breach
Accellion service the company uses got destabilised by a hack
23.03
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How to surf the flow of information security events: use SIEM system correctly
Security Information and Event Management works on the principle of video surveillance.
26.02
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Clubhouse might be an issue
What are the chances of it turning into a Clubhole
24.02
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Why is the Telegram bot allowing you change Caller ID dangerous?
Telegram bot and the growing number of scammers
21.02
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(In)Secure digest: default passwords, sensitive info for free, and phisher salary
Every month we collect "classic" and non-trivial incidents on Infosecurity across the world and in Russia in particular. Here is our first digest for 2021.
COBM: once a leak always a leak
One of the most massive compilation leaks
iPhones which weren't meant for selling
An employee of a recycling company profiteered from selling Apple products
ABSA leak might still have impact
How is ABSA bank doing after an employee’s security policy violation?
Insider check: could you be damage to your company?
The test will define you as a certain type of insider. Remember: any employee could become a culprit of a leak, however, circumstances are different. We don’t mean to pretend “scientific”, we intend to make this test entertaining and informative.
Legal monitoring, smartphones control and your employee personal portrait
These and other ticklish issues regarding the launch of information security solution within your system.
20.01
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Signal replaces WhatsApp?
The most popular messenger has recently announced an update which made users question its necessity
Ex-employee takes data to a new job
SoftBank former employee took data to another company, whereas a Canadian firm Aurora Cannabis informed its staffers about breached personal data on the last day of the year.
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