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State Farm Suffers Data Breach

securityforumadmin August 9, 2019 0

State Farm, the insurance provider in the US, has been compromised in a credential stuffing attack, according to a news report.  The firm, says the report, acknowledged the cyberattack, filing a data breach notification with the California Attorney General, and by sending out “Notice

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Kern County suffers data breach compromising over 15000 employees’ personal information

securityforumadmin August 8, 2019 0

A data breach at the systems of third-party vendors might have impacted the health benefits program run by Kern County on behalf of its employees. This could have exposed the personal information of current and former Kern County employees, their dependents, and medical staff at Kern Medical Center. What is the issue? A potential security […]

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HERE’S WHAT IT’S LIKE TO ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSE THE DATA OF 230M PEOPLE

securityforumadmin March 19, 2019 0

STEVE HARDIGREE HADN’T even gotten to the office yet and his day was already a waking nightmare. As he Googled his company’s name that morning last June, Hardigree found a growing list of headlines pointing to the 10-person marketing firm he’d founded three years earlier, Exactis, as the source of a leak of the personal records of nearly […]

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E-Commerce Company Gearbest Leaked User Information

securityforumadmin March 18, 2019 0

Chinese e-commerce company Gearbest has failed to properly secure some of its databases, thus leaking users’ personally identifiable information (PII), VPNMentor’s researchers have discovered. Gearbest has downplayed the impact of the incident, which it has blamed on an error made by a member of its security team. Highly successful, Gearbest sells electronics and

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New Data Affirms Cyber Threat for Industrial Control Systems

securityforumadmin March 1, 2019 0

Recent CyberX report finds that plain-text passwords, direct internet connections, and weak anti-virus protections place industrial control systems at risk for cyber attacks by Phil Neray, VP of Industrial Cybersecurity, CyberX “Press Here to Kill Everybody,” the provocative title of Bruce Schneier’s new book, gets right to the heart of the risks involved in industrial

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The 25 Passwords Leaked Online in 2018

securityforumadmin February 27, 2019 0

SkOUT Secure Intelligence has released the top 25 passwords that were leaked online in 2018. The top 25 included perennial favorites such as ‘123456’ and “password” at number one and two places, respectively, as the most common. This was followed by ‘123456789’, ‘12345678’ and ‘12345’, rounding out the top five. The list also included other obvious passwords such […]

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DNC issues cybersecurity guidance for 2020 election

securityforumadmin February 26, 2019 0

Stung by Russian hackers intent on swaying the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has put considerable resources into shoring up cybersecurity and on Friday releases a checklistmeant to secure campaign and candidate devices. “The checklist is exactly that: a list of steps you can complete and then check off,” DNC CSO Bob Lord […]

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Retail trading industry targeted with malware attacks; stolen data being sold on Dark Web

securityforumadmin February 25, 2019 0

A Trojan is believed to be circulating among trading firms allowing attackers to steal information on a large scale. Panda Trading Systems, a tech service provider to trading firms found that the malware used was Emotet. With malware campaigns nearly targeting every industry, retail trading firms are no exception. A recent investigation by Panda Trading […]

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Dunn Brothers, Chino Latino and other Minnesota businesses hit by data breach

securityforumadmin February 20, 2019 0

The breach occurred between January 3, 2019, and January 24, 2019. North County Business Products, Inc. said that, on January 4, 2019, it became aware of suspicious activity occurring within certain client networks. North Country Business Products, Inc. has announced a data breach that may have impacted hundreds of restaurants and coffee shops operating in […]

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Third batch containing 93 million account credentials stolen from 8 companies put up for sale on the Dark Web

securityforumadmin February 19, 2019 0

Following the second batch of 127 million accounts stolen from 8 companies, the third batch containing 93 million accounts stolen from 8 companies was made available for sale on Dream Market marketplace. Each listing the seller posted in Dream Market was accompanied by a message demanding fair justice for Goerge Duke-Cohan who was arrested and […]