Category: Cyber Breach

How Your Credentials Get Leaked and What Happens Next

Credential leaks have become alarmingly common in today’s digital landscape. What’s more concerning is that your passwords may already be circulating in private channels without your knowledge. According to recent statistics, approximately 15 billion compromised credentials are available on the public internet, with millions of new credentials being leaked daily. Even more alarming, malware targeting credential stores jumped from 8%...

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Cybersecurity: What Every CEO and CFO Should Know

*This article was originally written by Melissa Lin for TopTal. “Think of [cybersecurity] more as safety and security in roads and cars. The car hasn’t really changed in the last 30 years, but a lot of security is built in, and it’s not sexy until the moment it saves your life. You’ve got bits that are hidden – airbags –...

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High Profile Security Breaches: Healthcare Industry

High profile security breaches are so common in our mobile app-driven society that most of us are no longer shocked when a previously trusted company reveals a major breach. It’s easy to forget how much is at stake — particularly for small businesses that offer apps.

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High Profile Security Breaches: e-Commerce Industry

A hack can take a business at its peak and drive it into the ground. High profile security breaches target multinational conglomerates and large national corporations, since those businesses are the ones most likely to have something of value to steal. But don’t be fooled: every business, every app, and every developer is a potential target. For every high profile...

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High Profile Security Breaches: Finance Industry

It seems every time you turn on the news, you hear about another high profile security breach. And yet most people still won’t take even the most basic steps to secure their apps, online accounts, and mobile devices. We always think it won’t happen to us — until it does. Small businesses and app developers aren’t very different. They’re constantly...

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OneLogin Security Breach: Could You Be Affected?

It’s astonishing when you stop to consider how integral online communication has become to virtually every facet of our daily lives. Every day, consumers connect again and again to the internet with little regard for the inherent risks of all this activity. Security breaches, after all, are regular occurrences, and no one can ever be absolutely sure whether their data...

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How to Steer Clear of a Cyber Attack

A cyber attack can destroy your business, your reputation, your brand, and your bank account in the blink of an eye. One moment you’re soaring high, celebrating your successes. And the next, you’re the subject of bad publicity, angry customers, and seemingly endless data leaks.

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Don’t Fall Victim to a Security Breach

As much as mobile applications have proven to be a pervasive part of everyday life, the rise of this technology has, of course, been plagued by issues of its own, namely those involving the risks of a potential security breach. Because consumers are increasingly comfortable with inputting sensitive information on their smartphones and tablets, such devices are prime targets for...

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Yahoo Involved in One of The Largest Cyber Security Breaches of All Time

Yahoo recently notified its members that their system had been hacked sometime in the past two years and warned them to take certain precautions to protect their data. While it is apparent that the company has actually known about the hack for sometime now, this is the third time that Yahoo has reported an attack on their security system in...

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What is a Cyber Breach?

A cyber breach, sometimes called a data breach, has the power to quickly throw your business — and possibly your life — into disarray. In most cases, you won’t even know that a data breach has occurred until your customers are already at risk.

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