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Breach means unauthorized access to a computer system or network that exposes or steals sensitive data like personal details, passwords, or proprietary information. Attackers often exploit software flaws, weak passwords, or social engineering to gain entry. Breaches can also result from insiders misusing access or accidental data exposure.
Understanding breaches is crucial because they reveal weaknesses in security controls and can lead to data theft or operational disruption. Effective defenses include promptly patching vulnerabilities, enforcing strong authentication, and segmenting networks to limit attacker movement. Detecting breaches quickly through monitoring and logging helps contain damage and guide targeted remediation efforts to secure affected systems and data.
CISA has added an almost three-year-old high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server to its catalog of security flaws exploited in attacks. [...]
Healthcare platform Cerebral is sending data breach notices to 3.18 million people who have interacted with its websites, applications, and telehealth services. [...]
AT&T is notifying roughly 9 million customers that some of their information has been exposed after one of its marketing vendors was hacked in January. [...]
The FBI is investigating a data breach affecting U.S. House of Representatives members and staff after their account and personal information was stolen from DC Health Link's servers. [...]
Veeam urged customers to patch a high-severity Backup Service security vulnerability impacting its Backup & Replication software. [...]
Taiwanese computer giant Acer confirmed that it suffered a data breach after threat actors hacked a server hosting private documents used by repair technicians. [...]
The Sandbox blockchain game is warnings its community that a security incident caused some users to receive fraudulent emails impersonating the game, trying to infect them with malware. [...]
The seemingly innocuous Microsoft OneNote file has become a popular file format used by hackers to spread malware and breach corporate networks. Here's how to block malicious OneNote phishing attachments from infecting Windows. [...]