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Q&A: Crypto jackers redirect illicit mining ops to bigger targets — company servers

The Last Watchdog

Illicit crypto mining is advancing apace. It began when threat actors began stealthily embedding crypto mining functionality into the web browsers of unwitting individuals. Related article: Illicit crypto mining hits cloud services. It’s likely IT and security teams won’t find the infection for months.

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The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

Krebs on Security

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database.

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Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports

Krebs on Security

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. states to place a security freeze on their credit files.

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MY TAKE: Massive data breaches persist as agile software development fosters full-stack hacks

The Last Watchdog

I’ve had a few deep discussions about this with Doug Dooley, chief operating officer at Data Theorem , a Palo Alto, Calif.-based based software security vendor specializing in API data protection. A classic example of this type of intrusion is the Capital One data breach. This makes perfect sense.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in September 2022 – 35.6 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our September 2022 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Compared to August, it was a comparatively quiet month, as we identified 88 publicly disclosed security incidents and 35,566,046 compromised records. That’s because we’re looking for ways to improve the way we deliver this data. Data breaches.

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Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) shut down the mill after a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) was hit with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) announced to have suffered a ransomware attack late on December 27, 2022, which impacted its operation. . It is still unclear if there was a data breach.

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The State of Data Breaches

Troy Hunt

I've been harbouring some thoughts about the state of data breaches over recent months, and I feel they've finally manifested themselves into a cohesive enough story to write down. The breach is known, it's been reported in the public domain, but good luck ever getting an email about it yourself.