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In January of 2021, CodeCov suffered a supply chain attack that exposed client environment variables. In the following months, the specifics of the breach and its technical applications have been thoroughly examined by the application security community to determine what went wrong and how to combat similar attacks in the future. But another interesting outcome of the breach were the insights into a slightly less glamorous topic: responsible disclosure.

In Q1 of 2021, 4 in 10 people encountered an unsafe link while using their mobile devices – less than a year later, 5 in 10 people encountered threats in Q3 2021. This trend will only continue as text message, email and social media phishing scams surge.

A recent report from IBM found that data breach costs rose from $3.86 million to $4.24 million in 2021. This year’s estimate is the highest average total cost in the 17-year history of the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. Partly, the record-setting cost of a data breach has to do with the fact that so many companies are working remotely.

It feels like cybersecurity is dominating the newsfeeds, doesn’t it? There is a reason. Cyberattacks and cybercrime have risen dramatically in the last five years. 2020 broke all records in terms of data loss and the number of cyberattacks. Between 2019 and 2020 ransomware attacks alone rose by 62%, the same year that the World Economic Forum identified cyberattacks and data theft as two of the biggest risks to the global economy.

Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season are around the corner: don’t be the victim of an online shopping scam or cyber security breach. Cyber Monday is here, and the holiday shopping season is in full swing. With some of the world’s biggest brands vulnerable to a Magecart attack, you can’t be too careful with your credit card information.

This week, the popular web host GoDaddy reported that it experienced a serious data breach impacting 1.2 million customers. Is your organization at risk, and what should you do? Here’s what you need to know.