How to Combat the No. 1 Cause of Security Breaches: Complexity
The scaling of hardware, software and people has created an ever-growing complexity problem.
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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.
The scaling of hardware, software and people has created an ever-growing complexity problem.
Move is aimed at driving accountability and transparency
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule amendments to require publicly traded companies to report data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents within four days after they're discovered. [...]
The unfortunate truth is that while companies are investing more in cyber defenses and taking cybersecurity more seriously than ever, successful breaches and ransomware attacks are on the rise. While a successful breach is not inevitable, it is becoming more likely despite best efforts to prevent it from happening. Just as it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark, companies must face the fact
APT41, the state-sponsored threat actor affiliated with China, breached at least six U.S. state government networks between May 2021 and February 2022 by retooling its attack vectors to take advantage of vulnerable internet-facing web applications
Law firm says clients have been left in the dark for over six months
Patient and employee data in care of Duncan Regional Hospital exposed in security incident
Samsung on Monday confirmed a security breach that resulted in the exposure of internal company data, including the source code related to its Galaxy smartphones
E-commerce giant Mercado Libre has confirmed "unauthorized access" to a part of its source code this week. Mercado additionally says data of around 300,000 of its users was accessed by threat actors. [...]
Mobile vendor confirms that some source code used with its Galaxy devices was breached.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the Ragnar Locker ransomware group has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. [...]
190GB worth of internal files, looks like source code for proprietary tech including Knox, Bootloader and more Samsung has acknowledged its data was stolen after the Lapsus$ extortion gang deposited what appears to be 190GB of the company's stolen internal files online.…
Samsung Electronics confirmed on Monday that its network was breached and the hackers stole confidential information, including source code present in Galaxy smartphones. [...]
Training data stashed in GitHub by mistake... unfortunately, it was *real* data