Data breach stories - Page 18

New Zealand property management firm LPM Property Management left over 31,000 images of personal information exposed on an unsecured Amazon database.

The firm believes that the breach could have compromised contact details of a number of people who have had contact with the police.

VIPRE’s reseller partners can now offer SafeSend to their customers to help prevent data breaches caused by employee-error.

A successful cyber attack can have many implications for your business, including a price tag you may be unwilling or unable to pay.

Headline-grabbing security breaches of high-profile enterprises are becoming more common, fuelling the anxieties of business leaders who hope they're not next.

8.4 billion documents were leaked in the first three months of 2020, smashing records and setting a sombre tone for the year.

GoDaddy, the largest domain registrar with 77 million domains, discloses a data breach affecting users' SSH accounts, impacting 19 million customers worldwide.

Approximately 450 active WHO email addresses and passwords, and emails belonging to others working on fighting COVID-19, were leaked on the internet.

Major data breaches push Southeast Asia firms to prioritise data protection, reveals Kaspersky survey. Companies to bolster cybersecurity budgets.

Australian organisations take an average of 200 days to identify a breach and another 81 days to contain them, both longer periods than a year ago.

When you have a small, expensive, generalist security team, it is an inefficient use of their time to be chasing down ghosts and false positives.

Thankfully, there are some effective steps that can be taken to overcome four of the most common security issues, thereby reducing the attack surface.

Bitglass research reveals 38% of Fortune 500 firms lack a CISO, exposing vulnerabilities. Public trust now hinges on solid cybersecurity credentials.

New Zealand businesses must prepare for new regulations around mandatory breach legislation, warns the Privacy Bill.

Edwards has a clear message: If New Zealand businesses undermine the issue of privacy, they will ruin their business.

Discussion is likely to focus on cloud security, with IT professionals asking themselves: How did we cope with the threat situation last year?.

More than 27 million individuals were affected by breaches of protected health information, according to Bitglass.

KiwiSaver provider Generate reports a data breach exposing personal information of 26,000 customers over a one-month period, sparking identity theft concerns.

New research shows that nearly 40% of companies worldwide feel threatened by cyber incidents, making it the top business risk in 2020.

Equifax breach vulnerability from Apache Struts tops WatchGuard’s Q3 2019 list of network attacks, highlighting rising malware and zero-day threats.