Deloitte Hack Underscores Risk of Credential Leaks

The exact circumstances of the hack of Big 4 accounting firm Deloitte aren’t known, but evidence suggests the company was among many that fail to prevent leaks of sensitive data to cloud-based platforms like GitHub.

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Equifax Breach Could Have Far-Reaching Effects

The Equifax data breach—one of the largest breaches ever made public—has the potential to be the catalyst for a major change in the way that courts look at the damage that data breaches cause to victims.

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Equifax Hacked Via Six Month Old Struts Vulnerability

Equifax confirmed that a vulnerability in Apache Struts 2, patched in March, was used to hack into the firm and steal data on 143 million individuals. Is that the whole story?

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The Data Breach (Amazon) Bucket List

The leak of data on U.S. veterans this week is just the latest to be tied back to insecure cloud-based storage. What’s going on? Let’s take a look.

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Dragonfly Hackers Gain Access to Global Energy Operations

A group of attackers with suspected ties to the Russian government has been conducting a long-term campaign that has penetrated the networks of energy providers in both the United States and Europe, giving them access to vital systems and the potential ability to cause power disruptions at their leisure.

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South Carolina School District Does the Ransomware Two Step

A South Carolina school district is the latest to do the ransomware two step: assuring parents that data encrypted and held hostage by the criminals wasn’t “accessed” by them. Nice try.

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Game of Pwns: What you need to know about the massive HBO data breach

The hack of everyone’s favorite entertainment mill could be bigger than the hack of Sony Entertainment. We break down what happened.

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Is a ransomware infection always a data breach? Yes.

FedEx’s disclosure of a material impact from NotPetya last week highlighted the awkward two-step that companies play around malware outbreaks and data breaches.

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Mass Breach a Big Concern for Risk Experts

Asked about the possibility of systemic cyber attacks, risk experts cited the possibility of a mass breach in industries like healthcare and finance as a top concern.

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Last Year: The Worst Year (Again) for Healthcare Data Breaches

A report from the firm Bitglass said healthcare breaches hit an all-time high in 2016, amid warnings that even pediatric patient data is being used by cybercriminals and identity thieves.

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