
Millions of records compromised in these data breaches
We used 1 million records exposed as our floor in creating this list. Starting with a number that big says a lot about the state of data security.
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AWS's S3 Console now contains "public" labels that aim to make it harder to miss that an S3 bucket has been made publicly available.
Infected CCleaner planted backdoor in computers at Microsoft, Intel, Samsung and other tech giants.
The accidental mass leakage of Swedish drivers’ personal details caused red faces amongst that country’s government, providing fodder for hackers that have become highly effective in dreaming up new ways to generate profit.
David Braue | 31 Jul | Read more
Businesses that continue to prioritise perimeter security over data protection will face a day of reckoning when a perfect storm of new regulations comes into effect next year, security experts have warned as new research finds that more than half of Australian businesses admit they’ll fail to meet deadlines for compliance.
David Braue | 12 Jul | Read more
Two out of three merchants fail to make any changes to their fraud prevention strategies even after they suffer a data breach, according to a merchant survey that also found those merchants are more concerned with reputational damage from a breach than the actual loss of data.
David Braue | 28 Jun | Read more
2014 made it clear that cybercrime affects everyone. From retailers to banks, consumer goods companies and health care, there isn't an industry left untouched by cybercriminals looking to disrupt, steal or embarrass. So what has to change? The recent Sony attack and countless other examples point to the need for board members and executives to consider cybersecurity under the concept of risk management and business resilience.
By Adam Meyer, Chief Security Strategist, SurfWatch Labs, a cyber risk intelligence company | 10 Jan | Read more
IBM sponsored the and Ponemon Institute examined the actual costs of data breaches at 61 US companies and drew on the results of more than 500 interviews to reveal the true costs of data breaches today, from detection and escalation to customer churn.
Email fraud is nothing new, but online criminals have become ever more-effective at spoofing their identities to trick employees into sending them money. The Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACSC) recorded losses of over $20M to business email compromise (BEC) attacks last year alone, up 230 percent over the previous year – and the full amount is certain to be much larger.
Cybersecurity Insights - Attack
No matter how robust your security, or how diligent your employees, network credentials are a free pass for cybercriminals. This is mostly because employees are relied upon for their own password management. And with more than 4.8 billion sets of stolen credentials said to be available online, odds are that at least a few of your employees’ user IDs and passwords are just waiting to be used by unscrupulous outsiders. Are you ready to stop them?
Cybersecurity Insights - People
Cyber resilience will be particularly important as Australian organisations face increased pressure to quickly detect, respond to, and manage the repercussions of breaches in the wake of 2018’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme.