Cybersecurity

A newly circulating AT&T-linked dataset shows how “old” breach data of reportedly 176 million records can become more dangerous over time. Criminals are assembling profiles instead of having only isolated details by combining personal data from separate breaches to commit high-impact fraud. The takeaway for security leaders is that, given past breaches don’t fade but

Security executives risk their data’s privacy when vendors are entrusted with saving device encryption keys for recovery purposes, which could result in non-compliance with contracts or mandates. Security executives risk compromising data privacy when they entrust vendors with storing device encryption keys for recovery purposes, potentially resulting in non-compliance with contractual or regulatory mandates. This

Ransomware attacks are determined to be opportunistic, driven by whatever access attackers can get, which means organizations are victimized rather than deliberately chosen by being in a particular industry. While a few groups show preferences or state-sponsored motives, the overwhelming majority of attacks stem from common weaknesses like unpatched systems, stolen credentials, and weak MFA,