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What You Need to Know about the Norton LifeLock Data Breach

Norton LifeLock is a global player in consumer cyber safety with a growing portfolio designed to ensure users are confident in their online privacy, security, and identity theft protection. In January 2023, the company announced that many customer accounts were affected in a breach.

How to Build a Data Breach Response Plan

Businesses of all shapes and sizes can fall victim to data breaches. Unfortunately, even with the best privacy and security measures in place, hackers are continually becoming more skilled at beating them. A well designed and implemented data breach response plan is essential if businesses are to minimize the effect of data breaches and protect their reputation. Not only that, but they can reduce the financial damage to the business and better position the organization for recovery.
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Why Manufacturers are in the Crosshairs of Threat Actors

In today's modern digitised environment, the manufacturing industry faces multiple interwoven challenges that can have a serious impact on their overall performance and sustainability. These challenges include supply chain disruptions, with events such as natural disasters, geopolitical issues, and pandemics disrupting the global supply chain, affecting the timely delivery of raw materials and components. These disruptions put pressure on manufacturing organisations to better plan for potential supply chain uncertainty, while responding quickly to changes in customer demand, and also trying to keep costs low.

Data Disaster: Los Angeles Public Health Department Suffers Biggest Data Breach

On June 17, 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) disclosed a data breach impacting more than 200,000 clients, employees, and other individuals. The stolen data includes personal, medical and financial information. The DPH said the incident took place between February 19-20, 2024, was caused by a gang of cyber criminals who gained access to the log-in credentials of email accounts of 53 employees through a phishing email.

Healthcare Cybersecurity: Preventing Data Breaches

Healthcare organizations find themselves today at the forefront of a disturbing trend: a seemingly unending onslaught of data breaches. These nefarious incidents, far from being isolated occurrences, have emerged as a persistent and pervasive threat, one that demands immediate and comprehensive action to safeguard patient privacy and operational integrity.

The AMD Data Breach: Cyber Threats and Dark Web Activity

Recently, our team at Foresiet Threat Intelligence detected a significant data breach affecting AMD, a prominent computing company. This breach, orchestrated by the renowned dark web threat actor IntelBroker. The breach, uncovered by the Foresight Threat Intelligence Team, revealed a vast array of compromised data, including details on future products, spec sheets, employee and customer databases, property files, ROMs, source code, firmware, and financial records. The Dark Web Connection.

12 Types of Data Breaches to Look Out For in 2024

Already in 2024, nearly 10,000 publicly disclosed global data breaches affected hundreds of millions of user records. Apple, Meta, and Twitter all succumbed to data breaches in 2024 (and numerous times in the past), providing the public and its shareholders with a stark reminder that malicious activity constantly makes user data susceptible to cybercriminal activity, no matter the platform or level of password security.

TicketMaster breach: Leaked credentials are the golden ticket once again

It had already been a challenging few weeks for Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. as they faced down a lawsuit from The Justice Department regarding anti-competitive practices. Things got worse at the end of May when a cybercriminal known as “SpidermanData” claimed to have breached a huge database of 560 million records (including personal and financial data) belonging to TicketMaster Entertainment, LLC – a Live Nation company.

Snowflake Data Breach: 165 Customers' Information Exposed in Ongoing Extortion Campaign

Recent reports reveal that up to 165 customers of Snowflake, a prominent cloud data warehousing platform, have fallen victim to a sophisticated data breach and extortion campaign. This ongoing operation, identified by cybersecurity firm Mandiant as UNC5537, underscores broader implications for cybersecurity practices in cloud environments. Understanding the UNC5537 Campaign.