Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Date: August 18, 2016 Conference Title: SANS Data Breach Summit 2016 Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States For every organization, data breach is a major risk. It’s not a matter of whether your organization will be breached; it’s when, and – most…
Dropbox Hit With False Data Breach Claims
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Reports of data breaches and cyberattacks are serious, but what happens when those claims are untrue? According to Krebs on Security, last week, several identity theft protection companies incorrectly named Dropbox as the source of a data breach that compromised nearly…
IT Professionals Want One Day Cybersecurity Breach Detection
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans More than 90 percent of IT professionals indicated they want to detect cybersecurity incidents that lead to breaches of their network within a day. The “Current Trends in Enterprise IT Network Security” survey of U.S. IT executives by Lumeta also revealed…
1.5 million customer data for sale online as Verizon’s anti-data breach unit hacked
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Headline grabbing hacks such as Sony and Talk Talk previously had both personal and corporate data increasingly at risk as these companies failed to keep personal information secure. Last week, hackers stole contact information of business customers of Verizon’s B2B unit,…
J.P. Morgan Clamps Down After Breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans J.P. Morgan did not comment on the phishing test, but a memo issued following the hack prohibits employees to use work email addresses for personal use, including registering for social media accounts or shopping sites. J.P. Morgan expects to spend around…
UAE Bank Victimized by Data Breach and Bitcoin Ransom
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Another customer data breach is in the news, only this time, the results are worse than we’re used to. The breach occurred in the United Arab Emirates, and the attack is being labeled as the biggest in the country’s history. According…
JD Wetherspoon data breach exposed details of over 650,000 customers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans JD Wetherspoon is the latest high-profile company to become victim of a cyber attack. A hacker gained access to a database containing the details of over 650,000 JD Wetherspoon customers. The database mainly contained names, dates of birth, email addresses and…
JPMorgan’s 2014 Hack Tied to Largest Cyber Breach Ever
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. described a vast, multi-year criminal enterprise centering on hacks of at least nine big financial and publishing firms and the theft of information on 100 million of their customers that fueled a web of stock manipulation, credit-card fraud and illegal…
Security Researchers Breach Phishing Server Belonging to Iranian Hackers Rocket Kitten
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Rocket Kitten is a hacking group that first appeared in April 2014 and was unmasked for the first time by FireEye researchers in May 2014. The most damning report on their activity was published this year by a joint effort betweenTREND…
TalkTalk hack was just friends having a laugh: Cyber-criminals who witnessed data breach said there were no criminal mastermind behind attack… and they just did it
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have claimed ‘at least 25’ cyber-criminals had access to TalkTalk customers’ personal information following the attack on the company. Four people who claim to have witnessed the attack unfolding, including one who said they were involved, told Channel 4 News…
