How Bad Are The Breaches? Please take the time to visit a visual mapping of the largest breaches… http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/ Which I shortened for you… https://tinyurl.com/CDMG-DEC-2021  (you can trust me, I’m a CISSP and the Publisher of this Magazine in our 10th Anniversary) also… https://tinyurl.com/breaches2021  your choice.  Feel free to test these two URLs in VirusTotal but be warned, antivirus – even next gen AV cannot stop these breaches from happening. BILLIONS OF RECORDS, SO FAR……

A man from Oregon has been charged with stealing confidential data from his employer and secretly extorting the company for a $2m ransom while purporting to be working on remediating the theft.  Portland resident Nickolas Sharp allegedly stole gigabytes of data from Ubiquiti Inc., a technology company headquartered in New York, where Sharp was employed from August 2018 to around April 1, 2021.  According to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, Sharp’s senior developer role gave…

The UK’s data watchdog has slapped the British government with a hefty fine for exposing the addresses of individuals chosen to receive honors.  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that the safety of hundreds of 2020 New Year Honors recipients had been placed in jeopardy after their personal data was published online. “On 27 December 2019 the Cabinet Office published a file on GOV.UK containing the names and unredacted addresses of more than 1,000 people announced in the New…

Nearly all railroads and airlines in the United States have been ordered to report cybersecurity breaches to the federal government.  Under the new Transportation Security Administration–issued mandate, rail operators, airport operators and airline operators will be required to report cybersecurity incidents to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within 24 hours of detection. All three types of operators will also have to designate a cybersecurity coordinator. The mandate applies to both passenger and freight railroads….

Many APIs are openly accessible online, and that means big chunks of your apps are, too. Cisco’s Vijoy Pandey has tools and tips to help businesses get visibility into their APIs. Image: Shutterstock/Den Rise There’s a slight problem in the world of app development, and it’s one that’s pretty fundamental to the way modern software works: The disconnect between the necessity of application programming interfaces (APIs) and their horrible reputation as security black holes.  This…

By Mike East, VP EMEA, Menlo Security The pandemic has shifted the balance in many arenas, not least in relation to cybersecurity. Where COVID-19 has continued to have a drastic influence over economies, societies and governments globally, cybercriminals have been able to piggyback on a perfect storm of uncertainty and confusion, tapping into fears and capitalizing on new vulnerabilities. One of the most significant indirect impacts of the pandemic has been the uptick in remote…