Data leak stories - Page 2

Registries and artifact management systems are prime targets for threat actors as they are crucial elements within the software supply chain.

Residential proxies can open up the door to bad actors, who are ready to exploit user anonymity for nefarious activities.

Pro-Russian hacktivists have moved beyond the basic denial-of-service scripts and crowdsourced attacks to more advanced and potent techniques.

Board buy-in essential for reducing cyber attack risk, as recent high-profile breaches highlight vulnerabilities. People-centric approach needed.

Secureworks has found that the Iranian threat group, Cobalt Sapling, has reemerged with a new persona, Abraham's Ax.

A publicly exposed API is widely believed to be the cause of at least one of the major attacks on Australian enterprises in the back half of 2022.

Web companies more likely to lose data than other industries, according to new research by cybersecurity experts VPN Overview.

In February, Russia-based ransomware group Conti declared it would fully support the Russian Government during its invasion of Ukraine.

Ransomware had a monumental impact on organisations in 2021, responsible for approximately 38% of all breaches, and 31% of breaches in APAC.

Cybersecurity experts warn of the dangers of password reuse after the recent GoDaddy data breach exposes 1.2 million customers' data.

Hackers leak around 5.5 million email addresses daily, with passwords attached, according to research by cybersecurity firm Surfshark.

Vanta has announced the public availability of two new certification standards designed to help secure the internet and protect consumer data.

LinkedIn has experienced another huge data scape, the third in four months, with 600 million profiles for sale online.

One in four UK employees risk sharing confidential work information due to lack of knowledge, according to new research.

Oversharing increases the risk an organisation will lose data, violate compliance or privacy mandates, or experience cybercrime.

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines on social media is feared to hinder Australia's vaccination efforts, according to a new poll.

A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.

Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.

Seven VPN providers leaked personal data of over 20 million users, raising concerns about their security practices.

UpGuard reported that each of the data sets was stored in its own Amazon S3 bucket configured to allow public download of files.