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Malware

Double extortion ransomware a new threat to businesses

Pressure is mounting on firms as ransomware gangs now threaten to leak stolen data online if victims refuse to pay.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Nov 2020

Global Stories

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Breach Prevention

Web companies most likely to lose your data – report

Web companies more likely to lose data than other industries, according to new research by cybersecurity experts VPN Overview.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Oct 2022

Malware

What we can learn from the leaked Conti ransomware group chats

In February, Russia-based ransomware group Conti declared it would fully support the Russian Government during its invasion of Ukraine.

By Scott Leach • 5 min read • Tue, 7th Jun 2022

Data Analytics

More than 40 billion records exposed in 2021 - research

Ransomware had a monumental impact on organisations in 2021, responsible for approximately 38% of all breaches, and 31% of breaches in APAC.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Jan 2022

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity experts weigh in on GoDaddy data breach

Cybersecurity experts warn of the dangers of password reuse after the recent GoDaddy data breach exposes 1.2 million customers' data.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Nov 2021

Data Privacy

Hackers leak 5 million email addresses daily - reports

Hackers leak around 5.5 million email addresses daily, with passwords attached, according to research by cybersecurity firm Surfshark.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Tue, 9th Nov 2021

Software-as-a-Service

New certification standards announced, designed to secure and protect consumer data

Vanta has announced the public availability of two new certification standards designed to help secure the internet and protect consumer data.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Jul 2021

Phishing

600 million profiles for sale on hacker forum - Third LinkedIn scrape in four months

LinkedIn has experienced another huge data scape, the third in four months, with 600 million profiles for sale online.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Jul 2021

Cybersecurity

Risk of data leaks high as employees unsure about confidentiality

One in four UK employees risk sharing confidential work information due to lack of knowledge, according to new research.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Jul 2021

Artificial Intelligence

Oversharing of sensitive documents soars 450%

Oversharing increases the risk an organisation will lose data, violate compliance or privacy mandates, or experience cybercrime.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Jun 2021

Data leak

Australians fear COVID-19 misinformation threat - study

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines on social media is feared to hinder Australia's vaccination efforts, according to a new poll.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Dec 2020

Virtual Private Networks

10 billion records sit in unsecured databases - China leads the pack

A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 11th Aug 2020

Data Privacy

Almost 10,000 unsecured databases with more than 10 billion credentials exposed

Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Jul 2020

Virtual Private Networks

7 VPN services leaked data of 20 million users - report

Seven VPN providers leaked personal data of over 20 million users, raising concerns about their security practices.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 27th Jul 2020

Hyperscale

Millions of Facebook user records exposed in latest data leak

UpGuard reported that each of the data sets was stored in its own Amazon S3 bucket configured to allow public download of files.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Apr 2019

Multi-factor authentication

Expert comment: What the Collection #2-5 data dump means for credential abuse

TechDay spoke to experts and executives in the security industry about the data leak and the implications on phishing and credential stuffing.

By Kai Ping Lew • 6 min read • Mon, 4th Feb 2019

Multi-factor authentication

Massive 2.2bil-username data dump leaked on dark web

A colossal 2.2 billion unique usernames and passwords have surfaced on the dark web in the second major data dump in two weeks, rocking cybersecurity experts.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Fri, 1st Feb 2019