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Data breach victims increased by 490% since the first half of 2023

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Data breach victims increased by 490% since the first half of 2023

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has released a report analyzing H1 data breach incidents for 2024. According to the report, there was a 490% rise in data breach victims in H1 of 2024 compared to H1 of 2023. Yet, Q2 had 732 publicly reported data breaches, which represents a 12% decrease from Q1.  Security leaders weigh in  Stephen Kowski, Field CTO at SlashNext:  “The surge in breach victims is likely due to several large-scale…

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Researchers discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web

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Researchers discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web

Researchers at SlashNext discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web. This phishing kit, known as FishXProxy Phishing Kit, starts with uniquely generated links that can evade initial suspicion. Cybercriminals on underground forums are advertising this kit as “The Ultimate Powerful Phishing Toolkit” due to the sophisticated tools it provides. Capabilities this phishing kit provides includes: Sophisticated antibot systems that utilize Cloudfare’s CAPTCHA and filter out security measures Redirection abilities that obscure intended destinations Page…

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Cybersecurity at the Paris Summer Olympics

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Cybersecurity at the Paris Summer Olympics

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Mark Manglicmot, SVP of Security Services at Arctic Wolf, we discuss how individuals and businesses can defend against cyber threats during the Olympics.  “For this year’s Olympics specifically, the risks of AI being manipulated by bad actors is increasingly high and a new threat for this Olympics compared to the past with the emergence of the technology. This is why individuals, athletes, administrators, coaches and anybody else attending…

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Report suggests organizations sacrifice client privacy to save money

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Report suggests organizations sacrifice client privacy to save money

A report by Bugcrowd finds that 1 in 3 security leaders believe that half of organizations are willing to trade their customer’s privacy in order to save money. By surveying more than 200 security leaders across the globe, the report aimed to better understand the nuanced role of the CISO. Key findings include:  91% of security leaders anticipate AI will outpace the capabilities of security teams.  56% report that their teams are understaffed, and 87%…

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Security leaders weigh in on Life360 data breach

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Security leaders weigh in on Life360 data breach

Life360 was impacted by a data breach, which they announced in early June. The malicious actors behind the data breach have appeared to target systems associated with Tile, a Life360 subsidiary. Possibly compromised information may include client names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and identification numbers for tile devices.  Security leaders weigh in  Piyush Pandey, CEO at Pathlock: “In this instance, it appears that access was given using the admin credentials of a former Tile…

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Christina Alexandropoulou | Women in Security 2024

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Christina Alexandropoulou | Women in Security 2024

Falling down isn’t failure Throughout her decades-long career, security professional Christina has seen it all and has learned that failure isn’t an option. Over the years she has held various roles in security, safety, facilities management and profit protection. She has also worked on the technology vendor side — at companies such as Lucent Technologies and Avaya — and security systems integrators, starting at the internship entry level and gradually progressing to senior management roles….

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Anjanette Hebert | Women in Security 2024

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Anjanette Hebert | Women in Security 2024

Protecting your community during a disaster Anjanette Hebert was born and raised in Louisiana. Her first security job was as a mall security officer, until she moved into private investigations before eventually settling as a hospital security officer. “It didn’t take me long to figure out that I really enjoyed it; I felt like that was my place. I ended up staying in that organization for 28 years. In 2002, I took on the role…

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Ava Turner Leone | Women in Security 2024

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Ava Turner Leone | Women in Security 2024

Thriving in security When Ava Turner Leone first entered the workforce as an officer manager for an import customs brokerage firm, she couldn’t have imagined where her career would take her over the next 26 years. “Early on my career really was happenstance, it was completely kind of unplanned in terms of what direction that I was going, I didn’t know what I wanted to do or where I was headed,” Turner Leone says. Her…

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Risk management and mobile devices

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Risk management and mobile devices

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jim Coyle, U.S. Public Sector Chief Technology Officer at Lookout, we discuss what organizations can do to manage mobile device risks. “A lot of the conversations that we have, most people are under the assumption that having a mobile device management — or some kind of management software on their mobile device — will stop all of these various different threats that we see today. Whether it’s…

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Navigating political polarization in the workplace

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Navigating political polarization in the workplace

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Scott McHugh, retired CSO at LyondellBasell Chemical Company and Faculty at Rice University, we discuss the challenges security leaders face when navigating political polarization in the workplace. “This is actually not a new phenomenon,” Scott McHugh says. “It really started in the late ’90s, in the Clinton administration, and it’s just been manifesting itself through the years ever since then. And it’s become much more of a…

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