Top 7 Information Security Threats
About everybody has had the stomach-churning terror of being hacked at some time in their lives. And, ideally, it's nothing more than a fleeting worry. Still, with the lurking information security threats waiting for...
Russia-Linked Threat Group Caught Deploying Backdoors on Linux Servers
Publicly blaming the infamous Sandworm APT group for a campaign of long-term hacking attacks against numerous IT and web hosting shops in Europe, the French National Department for the Protection of Information Systems (ANSSI).
The...
Antivirus Solutions Provider Emsisoft Discloses Data Breach
Last week, antivirus service vendor Emsisoft announced that a third party had compromised a database containing technological logs that had been publicly exposed.
The problem, Emsisoft said, was a misconfiguration that resulted in the Internet...
Embedded Software Wind River Systems Has Started Informing Employees of a Data Breach
Wind River Systems' embedded device software vendor has begun advising workers of a privacy breach that culminated in a third party stealing their personal information.
TPG Capital's wholly owned subsidiary, headquartered in Alameda, California, produces...
About 1 Million at Washington State Auditor Hit by Data Breach
The Washington State Auditor's Office (SAO) has reported a cybersecurity incident in which more than 1 million people's confidential details could have been hacked.
Accellion programme used for file transfers was at the centre of...
US Cellular Informing Customers That Their Personal Information Is Breached
Last week, Chicago-based telecommunications provider UScellular began warning subscribers that it was possible to hack their personal details and port their phone numbers as a result of a cybersecurity leak.
UScellular is one of the...
Menswear Brand Bonobos Started Informing Customers of a Data Breach
Menswear brand Bonobos has began advising clients of a data leak that could have exposed their personal details.
Created in 2007, Bonobos launched as an online men's apparel retailer, then in 2012, it started opening...
Computer Chipmaker Intel Corp. Blamed an Internal Error for a Data Leak
On Friday, computer chipmaker Intel Corp. blamed an internal misunderstanding for a data breach that caused it to issue an early quarterly earnings update. It said it was not affected by its corporate network.
The...
GenRx Pharmacy Warned Hundreds of Thousands of Patients Over a Potential Data breach
Hundreds of thousands of patients were warned by GenRx Pharmacy, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based healthcare company, about a possible data leak after a ransomware attack earlier this year.
"The company said in a recent security alert:...
Personal Information of Thousands of People in Delaware is Under Data Breach
On Sunday, Delaware public health officials announced that the personal details of thousands of individuals who were screened for coronavirus this summer were accidentally shared with an unknown user.
The Public Health Division of the...
