Data breach stories - Page 18
Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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Australians simply aren’t prepared for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, even just with less than two weeks to go before the scheme takes effect.
Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss
Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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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.
Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers’ data stolen via hacked partner
Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.
Personal details of 12,000 social media ‘stars’ leaked in avoidable breach
Tue, 6th Feb 2018
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Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.
Applying best practice identification to prepare for Notifiable Data Breaches
Mon, 5th Feb 2018
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The NDB scheme will mean businesses could be facing penalties of up to $360,000 for individuals and $1.8 million for body corportates.
NSW hacker to appear in court seven months after GoGet data breach
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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Popular car sharing service GoGet has been hit by a massive data breach that may affect all users who joined prior to July 27, 2017.
Why the C-suite must not be exempt from cyber defense training
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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Some C-suite executives do not think they need training or education to spot attacks because they don’t think they would ever fall for an attack.
How businesses can prepare for the Notifiable Data Breaches legislation
Tue, 23rd Jan 2018
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Australian organisations are likely to embrace mandatory data breach reporting requirements and most businesses believe it should be mandatory.
Singapore Cybersecurity Challenge winners laud UK 'Masterclass' experience
Wed, 17th Jan 2018
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The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has congratulated participants in last year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK Masterclass Finals.
How digitisation is changing the security landscape
Tue, 16th Jan 2018
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Australia’s complex mandatory data breach notification laws coming into effect in February. The security pressures of the digital age are evident.
£400k fine: Is it big enough for Carphone Warehouse’s huge data breach?
Thu, 11th Jan 2018
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The retailer has received a £400k fine after 'striking' security issues & systemic failures led to its 2015 breach - but experts say it's not enough.
SonicWall ramps up APJ presence with new GM & sales VP
Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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SonicWall appoints Wias Issa as VP of sales and GM for APJ. Issa aims to drive growth, enhance security, and forge strategic partnerships in the region.
LogRhythm divulges eight key predictions for cybersecurity in 2018
Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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The predictions for the new year include both good news and bad news, like the biggest data breach settlement of all time and increased awareness.
Are you ready for the new Australian NDB regulations?
Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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Immature governance, risk and compliance investments by majority of Aussie organisations are inadequate to support NDB requirements.
Gemalto survey: Data breaches may cause customer exodus
Mon, 4th Dec 2017
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A Gemalto report reveals data breaches could trigger a mass exodus, with over half of Australian consumers ready to switch banks or retailers post-breach.
LinkedIn’s outage blunder left users exposed and was ‘easily preventable’
Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.
Waikato Uni academic says cybercrime is now bigger than drug trafficking
Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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New Zealand business leaders are not taking cybersecurity seriously, says academic, posing significant risks to reputations.
Round 2: New line-up of cybersecurity maestros comment on Uber breach
Fri, 24th Nov 2017
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We covered an expert commentary story of the Uber breach - this is round 2 with Check Point, Barracuda, Digital Shadows, Mimecast, and Webroot.
BREAKING: Uber tried to sweep data breach of 57m people under the rug
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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In October last year hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber and it has only just emerged now.
Experts share their opinions on Uber breach - some supportive, some scathing
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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A number of experts have come forward to share their opinions on the huge Uber breach affecting 57m people that was kept under wraps for a year.