One of the challenges that businesses regularly face is how to balance the known costs of network, application and data protection against the unknown costs of a data breach or series of breaches. Often, business owners or IT staff are left to guess or worse, fail to acknowledge the costs and consequences of a significant breach of information. Thanks to the Ponemon … [Read more...]
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WatchGuard XCS 9.1 Update 2 Now Available: Spam & Data Loss Prevention Enhancements
WatchGuard is very pleased to announce the release of WatchGuard XCS version 9.1 Update 2 for all XCS Extensible Content Security appliances. WatchGuard XCS 9.1 Update 2 includes significant enhancements to our award-winning WatchGuard XCS Extensible Content Security solutions. This release includes enhancements in spam protection, management and reporting, as well as data … [Read more...]
GDPR Complaints Used as an Extortion Tool in 23,000 Databases
Last week ZDnet reported on a hack affecting 23,000 databases using MongoDB. The hacker, or possibly multiple hackers, ran scripts to automate access to misconfigured databases. In total, ZDnet reported that they hit 47% of open online MongoDBs. This attack likely started around April of this year, but others use the same techniques to attack open mongo databases all the … [Read more...]
Two Major Data Breaches – Daily Security Byte
Over the past few weeks, a number of organizations have disclosed big data breaches, including Under Armour, Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor. These breaches resulted in the loss of various types of personally identifying information (PII), from password hashes to credit card track data. Watch the video below to learn much more about these breaches, and what you should … [Read more...]
FBI Report Says Loss From Cybercrime Exceeded $1.3B in 2016
The FBI recently released their 2016 Internet Crime Report, which tallies the overall U.S. financial loss from cybercrimes last year at more than $1.3B, a 24 percent increase over the previous year. The report is based on information gathered from more than 300,000 cyber complaints filed with IC3. However, only an estimated 15 percent of the nation's fraud victims … [Read more...]