Last month Bitdefender revealed that 70 percent of UK CISO have faced pressure to conceal security incidents, cyberattacks and breaches. […]
Tag: data breaches
Insecure code is behind a wave of data breaches
New research reveals that insecure code is behind a shocking number of cyber breaches in the UK, with two-thirds of […]
Insider threats are getting costlier and harder to detect
A recent study from IBM revealed that insider threats were the costliest data breaches of 2024, averaging $4.99 million per […]
What last year’s biggest data breaches have taught us about authentication [Q&A]
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) there were 1.1 billion breaches in the first half of 2024 — […]
Oracle has reportedly suffered 2 separate breaches exposing thousands of customers‘ PII
Trustwave’s Spider Labs, meanwhile, said the sample of LDAP credentials provided by rose87168 “reveals a substantial amount of sensitive IAM […]
60 percent of healthcare organizations unprotected against a second major data breach
Inconsistent adoption of DMARC standards is leaving 60 percent of US healthcare organizations that have already reported breaches exposed to […]
Google Chrome may soon use “AI” to replace compromised passwords
Google’s Chrome browser might soon get a useful security upgrade: detecting passwords used in data breaches and then generating and […]
Data breaches in UK legal sector up over a third
Analysis by NetDocuments of information collected by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reveals a sharp increase in data breaches […]
Software-as-a-Service breaches surge 300 percent
A new report from Obsidian Security reveals an unprecedented 300 percent year-on-year increase in SaaS breaches between September 2023 and […]
Over 195 million records breached in ransomware attacks last year
In 2024, ransomware groups claimed responsibility for 5,461 successful ransomware attacks on organizations worldwide. Of these 1,204 were confirmed by […]
