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The AMD Data Breach: Cyber Threats and Dark Web Activity

Jun 18, 2024 By Foresiet In Foresiet
Recently, our team at Foresiet Threat Intelligence detected a significant data breach affecting AMD, a prominent computing company. This breach, orchestrated by the renowned dark web threat actor IntelBroker. The breach, uncovered by the Foresight Threat Intelligence Team, revealed a vast array of compromised data, including details on future products, spec sheets, employee and customer databases, property files, ROMs, source code, firmware, and financial records. The Dark Web Connection.
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12 Types of Data Breaches to Look Out For in 2024

Jun 18, 2024 By Taran Soodan In Teramind
Already in 2024, nearly 10,000 publicly disclosed global data breaches affected hundreds of millions of user records. Apple, Meta, and Twitter all succumbed to data breaches in 2024 (and numerous times in the past), providing the public and its shareholders with a stark reminder that malicious activity constantly makes user data susceptible to cybercriminal activity, no matter the platform or level of password security.
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TicketMaster breach: Leaked credentials are the golden ticket once again

Jun 17, 2024 By KrakenLabs In Outpost 24
It had already been a challenging few weeks for Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. as they faced down a lawsuit from The Justice Department regarding anti-competitive practices. Things got worse at the end of May when a cybercriminal known as “SpidermanData” claimed to have breached a huge database of 560 million records (including personal and financial data) belonging to TicketMaster Entertainment, LLC – a Live Nation company.
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Snowflake Data Breach: 165 Customers' Information Exposed in Ongoing Extortion Campaign

Jun 13, 2024 By Foresiet In Foresiet
Recent reports reveal that up to 165 customers of Snowflake, a prominent cloud data warehousing platform, have fallen victim to a sophisticated data breach and extortion campaign. This ongoing operation, identified by cybersecurity firm Mandiant as UNC5537, underscores broader implications for cybersecurity practices in cloud environments. Understanding the UNC5537 Campaign.
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CDR: How Cloud Has Changed the Game

Jun 13, 2024 By Mike Watson In Sysdig
Some organizations are just beginning their migration to the cloud, while others are already firmly settled there, but almost everyone is in the cloud in some capacity by now. And for good reason: the cloud creates substantial advantages in speed, scalability, and cost. But the sobering reality is that modern threat actors have also made gains from migrating to the cloud. By weaponizing cloud automation, these threat actors can fully execute an attack in 10 minutes or less.
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SecurityScorecard Reduced External Third-Party Breaches by 75%

Jun 11, 2024 By SecurityScorecard In SecurityScorecard
The interconnected nature of our digital economy requires a shift in how companies think about their cyber risk. Companies need to consider the broader system and how to build mutual support with their entire cyber ecosystem– customers, partners, and vendors. Yet, today, most companies still rely on manual vendor onboarding, monitoring, and point-in-time external security reports to manage supply chain cyber risk – even top Fortune 500 companies.
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Snowflake Breach: Stop Blaming, Start Protecting with Protecto Vault

Jun 10, 2024 By Amar Kanagaraj In Protecto
Hackers recently claimed on a known cybercrime forum that they had stolen hundreds of millions of customer records from Santander Bank and Ticketmaster. It appears that hackers used credentials obtained through malware to target Snowflake accounts without MFA enabled. While it's easy to blame Snowflake for not enforcing MFA, Snowflake has a solid track record and features to protect customer data. However, errors and oversight can happen in any organization.
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First American Data Breach in December Impacts 44,000 Individuals

Jun 5, 2024 By Foresiet In Foresiet
In an alarming revelation, First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, disclosed that a cyberattack in December resulted in a significant data breach affecting 44,000 people. This incident underscores the importance of robust cybersecurity measures and services such as phishing takedown, online risk evaluation, stolen credentials detection, and darknet monitoring.
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What's at Stake if a Credit Union Is Breached?

Jun 4, 2024 By Aranza Trevino In Keeper
The financial industry experienced the second-highest data breach cost in 2023, according to IBM. This includes breaches that affected credit unions as well as other financial institutions. But, despite costs, what else is at stake if a credit union is breached? If a credit union is breached, customer Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is at risk of being exposed and used for malicious purposes such as identity theft and fraud.
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