In the first half of this year 3,813 data breaches were reported, which is 54% more than in the same period last year, a new report by Risk Based Security shows. The number of exposed records rose by …
New Canon Survey Reveals Critical Gaps in Companies’ Cybersecurity Agenda
A new survey indicates that when it comes to cybersecurity, businesses are most concerned with the actions of their own staff. When asked about the biggest threat to their organization, 30% of …
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Pakistani Man Bribed AT&T Employees to Unlock Phones, Plant Malware
The US Justice Department has indicted a Pakistani man named Muhammad Fahd for paying around $1 million in bribes to AT&T employees at a call center in Bothell, Washington to unlock phones and …
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60% of companies experienced insider attacks in the last year
A new Nucleus Cyber report sheds light on the growing insider threat to organizations. 70% of companies indicate that cyber attacks carried out by insiders are on the rise, and 60% of organizations …
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NSA Isn’t Always Following Its Own Cybersecurity Policies, Watchdog Says
A new report by the Inspector General of the US National Security Agency (NSA) shows that the agency doesn't always follow internal policies that are meant to protect the highly sensitive information …
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One in 10 IT Pros Would Steal Data if Leaving a Job
One in ten IT experts would attempt to take whatever information they could get their hands on before leaving their job, a new Gurucul survey shows. Furthermore, 15% respondents said that would make …
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Over Half of Employees Don’t Adhere to Email Security Protocols
A new survey by Barracuda Networks shows that the vast majority (87%) of decision makers believe email threats will rise in the coming year. However, companies are ill-prepared to defend against these …
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Desjardins, Canada’s largest credit union, announces security breach
A recent security breach at Desjardins, the largest credit union in Canada and one of the world's biggest banks, highlights how insiders can put organizations and their data at risk. Last week, Quebec …
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Human error still the cause of many data breaches
A new survey by Shred-it shows that data breaches are very often the result of human error. The majority of C-suite executives (53%) and more than a quarter of Small Business Owners (SBOs) (28%) point …
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How privileged insiders threaten the security of global organizations
Almost two out of three IT organizations suspect that they suffered a direct or indirect breach in the past year due to abused or misused employee access (64%) or because a third party vendor got …
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