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Friday Five: Hacked ISPs, Major Breaches, Insider Threats, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 08/30/2024

This past week, hackers took advantage of a 0-day to steal ISP customers' credentials, a former Verizon employee pleaded guilty to feeding info to a Chinese spy agency, and more. Get up to speed in this week's Friday Five!

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Friday Five: Unsuspecting Threats, New CUI Guidance, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 05/17/2024

This past week, BreachForums was taken down for a second time, an Arizona woman was arrested for her role in a North Korean remote work scheme, CISA and the NIST released new guidance, and more. Catch up on all the latest news in this week's Friday Five.

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Friday Five: Zero-Trust Guidance, IP Theft, Surging Cybercrime, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 03/08/2024

An FBI report on rising cybercrime topped this week's headlines and was further underscored by an IP theft scandal at Google, but new initiatives from the White House and NSA aim to combat such threats. Get up to speed on these stories and more in this week's Friday Five!

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What Is Data Compliance? Top Regulations You Need to Know

By Chris Brook on Mon, 02/19/2024

Embracing data compliance can help organizations maintain best practices. Let's look at some of the challenges and benefits of data compliance, along with some of the top regulations.

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Friday Five: Insider Threats, Compliance Woes, Fighting Espionage, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 12/08/2023

In this week's Friday Five, learn how internal threat actors are finding success, the U.S. and allies are fighting foreign espionage campaigns, a new bill could fortify the U.S. cybersecurity workforce, and more.

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3 Data Masking Techniques and How to Implement Them

By Chris Brook on Tue, 12/05/2023

Data masking or data obfuscation has become a popular way to modify data to make it difficult to ascertain what's authentic vs. what's been modified. In today's blog we look at three different data masking techniques.

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Stories from the Street with a Cybersecurity Veteran: Your Data Is Traveling. Shouldn't Your Security?

By Wade Barisoff

Your employees are everywhere. So is your data. Have we equipped our teams to deal with this situation?In this on-demand webinar, cybersecurity industry veteran and Fortra’s Director of Product Management for Data Protection Wade Barisoff will discuss his experience on both sides of the table, both as a Fortune 500 security director as well as leading product direction at Fortra.Our 30-minute...

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Friday Five: DDoS and USB Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Concerns, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 07/21/2023

A rise in cyberattacks’ volume and sophistication, lawmakers cracking down on privacy, the rising threats to critical infrastructure, and more. Catch up on these stories and more in this week’s Friday Five!

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Digital Guardian Sees Through Data Protection Evasion Techniques

Tue, 12/06/2022

This demo mimics the various techniques used to mask attempts to steal sensitive company data and how Digital Guardian can stop them.

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Extending Microsoft Purview Information Protection Through DLP

Wed, 11/30/2022

Data is what fuels business today. Whether your emphasis is regulated data such as PCI, PHI, PII, or intellectual property – it is one of your most valuable assets. The complex blend of high value assets on multiple platforms makes data protection one of the biggest challenges your organization may face – so how do you make it easy?Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MIP) delivers a set of...

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Insider Threat: Definition & Examples

Tue, 12/28/2021

A recent report said that almost half of data breaches involve an insider element. In this blog we define what constitutes an insider threat and give you nearly 50 examples to help illustrate the threat further.

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CISA Rolls Out New Insider Threat Risk Assessment Tool

Thu, 09/30/2021

The tool, which is intended for both public and private sector organizations, can help companies better assess their vulnerability to insider threats.

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US Indicts Man Behind Shopify Insider Breach

Mon, 04/12/2021

It seems as if the goal of the breach was to set up copycat merchant pages to divert sales from the originals.

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Suit Claims Attorneys Stole, Destroyed Data Before Joining Rival Firm

Wed, 02/17/2021

A new lawsuit alleges four attorneys plotted their exit months before they left for a competing firm, then copied and destroyed corporate data.

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Insider Threats Poised to Increase in 2021

Wed, 10/28/2020

Forrester, citing the persistence of remote work, predicts that internal incidents will be responsible for 33% of breaches in 2021.

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Former Employee Breached Company Payroll Data

Thu, 10/22/2020

Before resigning, the employee stole company data and created a "superuser" account that let him access the network after he left.

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Shopify Acknowledges Insider Breach of 200 Stores

Wed, 09/23/2020

A breach at the popular e-commerce site was linked back to two "rogue" support team employees.

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Popcorn Recipe Case Highlights Niche Trade Secret Theft Risk

Mon, 05/06/2019

This company protected its sensitive data with biometric thumbprint scanner but still managed to suffer trade secret theft after a former director of research allegedly stole gigabytes of data on its recipes.

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New Insider Threat Report Breaks Down Scenarios, Statistics

By Chris Brook on Wed, 03/06/2019

Verizon's new Insider Threat Report breaks down five categories of inside threat actors and outlines 11 steps to reduce risk and defend against malicious insiders.

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Nine Steps to Effective and Sustainable Payment Card Security

By Chris Brook on Tue, 12/11/2018

These nine steps can help can help organizations looking to achieve PCI Security compliance detect weak spots in their security systems and evolve in the face of challenges.

Friday Five: Hacked ISPs, Major Breaches, Insider Threats, & More

Friday Five: Unsuspecting Threats, New CUI Guidance, & More

Friday Five: Zero-Trust Guidance, IP Theft, Surging Cybercrime, & More

What Is Data Compliance? Top Regulations You Need to Know

Friday Five: Insider Threats, Compliance Woes, Fighting Espionage, & More

3 Data Masking Techniques and How to Implement Them

Stories from the Street with a Cybersecurity Veteran: Your Data Is Traveling. Shouldn't Your Security?

Friday Five: DDoS and USB Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Concerns, & More

Digital Guardian Sees Through Data Protection Evasion Techniques

Extending Microsoft Purview Information Protection Through DLP

Insider Threat: Definition & Examples

CISA Rolls Out New Insider Threat Risk Assessment Tool

US Indicts Man Behind Shopify Insider Breach

Suit Claims Attorneys Stole, Destroyed Data Before Joining Rival Firm

Insider Threats Poised to Increase in 2021

Former Employee Breached Company Payroll Data

Shopify Acknowledges Insider Breach of 200 Stores

Popcorn Recipe Case Highlights Niche Trade Secret Theft Risk

New Insider Threat Report Breaks Down Scenarios, Statistics

Nine Steps to Effective and Sustainable Payment Card Security

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