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Ransomware Leak Sites Suggest Attacks Reached Record High. Mathew J. Schwartz • January 15, 2025 . While ransomware groups' data-leak sites regularly lie, if taken at face value, in December 2024 they collectively listed the largest number of victims ever seen in a one-month period, dominated by RansomHub, Play and Akira operations, plus a bevy of newcomers, researchers report.
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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Feds Tell Health Sector to Watch for Bias in AI Decisions. Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • January 13, 2025. Federal regulators are reminding healthcare providers, insurers and other regulated firms of their duty to ensure that AI and other emerging technologies for clinical decision making and patient support are not used in a discriminatory manner - and ...
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Dec 22, 2011 · Information Security Media Group (ISMG) announces the launch of DataBreachToday, a multimedia website providing news, insights and education on data breach detection, notification and prevention.. Designed for information security leaders and other senior executives across all business sectors, DataBreachToday debuts at a time when major data breaches are grabbing headlines on an almost daily ...
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2 days ago · Article T-Mobile Sued by Washington State Over 2021 Data Breach. Mathew J. Schwartz • January 7, 2025. Washington state's attorney general filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile over a massive 2021 data breach that exposed personally identifiable information for more than 79 million consumers, alleging in part the telecom failed to …
Breach Roundup: Microsoft Makes Security Staff Cuts
23 hours ago · Image: Shutterstock / ISMG. Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, Microsoft laid off security staff and released Patch Tuesday, Russian hackers intensified attacks on Ukraine in 2024, Telefónica confirmed a breach, a Tennessee mortgage leader reported a breach …
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Cybercrime UN Cybercrime Treaty Faces Longs Odds to US Passage. Chris Riotta • January 8, 2025. Experts tell Information Security Media Group that a controversial United Nations cybercrime convention is unlikely to be ratified in the U.S. Senate due to mounting concerns from technology, human rights, and privacy advocates over its potential impact on internet security and privacy protections.
Tracking Major Data Breaches - DataBreachToday
Dec 20, 2011 · A string of data breaches in recent months has put the spotlight on the need to take adequate precautions to protect sensitive information. From hackers issuing phony digital certificates to million of patients having their records potentially exposed as a result of lost or stolen backup files, breaches point to the value of preventive measures, ranging from encryption to intrusion detection.
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PowerSchool's Breach Fallacy: Paying Criminals for Promises Cybercrime History Teaches That Paying a Ransom for Data Deletion Is Foolish. Mathew J. Schwartz • January 10, 2025 Data breach victim PowerSchool, maker of a widely used K-12 student information system platform, has been attempting to assure schools, and parents and guardians, by saying its attacker has promised to delete the ...
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Whitepaper Facing the Unknown: Uncovering & Addressing Systemic Active Directory Security Failures. February 16, 2023. Organizations across every industry are failing to address Active Directory (AD) security gaps that can leave them open to cyberattacks, according to results from a survey of IT and security leaders who have deployed the Purple Knight free AD security assessment tool in their ...
2023 Data Breach Investigations Report - DataBreachToday
Jun 22, 2023 · The 2023 Data Breach Investigations report says that 83% of breaches involved external actors—with the majority being financially motivated. Facing today’s