AT&T Data Breach Spurs Lawsuit and Action from Washington
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AT&T announced on July 12, 2024, that it had been a victim of a data breach. The company learned of the breach in April but delayed disclosing it at the request of federal investigators. The attack is attributed to unauthorized access to an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform. Snowflake is a well-known data warehousing (more…)
One Security Breach Cripples 15,000 Car Dealers
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CDK Global is a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of integrated technology solutions to the automotive retail industry. According to a 2023 cybersecurity report published by CDK that focused on automobile dealerships, 17% of dealers reported experiencing a cyberattack or incident in 2023. That is an increase of 13% over the year prior. Of those that reported an attack, 46% said their business was impacted either (more…)
Live Nation Faced with Suit after Recent Data Breach
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A hacker group known as ShinyHunters, claims to have breached Ticketmaster’s systems and exfiltrated a staggering 1.3 terabytes of data belonging to approximately 560 million customers worldwide. Ticketmaster is an event ticket broker owned by the global entertainment company, Live Nation. The compromised data included names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card information, and other payment details (more…)
Cybersecurity Awareness Posters – Movie Madness
You may be an INSIDE THREAT
MORE THAN A FEELING. Threat actors use social engineering to manipulate your emotions and behavior.
DDoSPICABLE BOTS
Don’t let an attack flood your networks with traffic to disrupt or incapacitate your business operations.
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Elaborate Email Deception Scam Swindles $445,000 from Victim
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The town of Arlington, Massachusetts, discovered firsthand how well-organized cybercriminal organizations on the other side of the world can steal money from unsuspecting victims. On June 5, 2024, the Town Manager published a letter to the community outlining how the local municipality had fallen victim to a business email compromise (BEC) email scheme attack in which more than $445,000 was diverted to an account in control (more…)
Dell Computer Data Breach Potentially Impacts 49 million Customers
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Dell Computer sent out data breach notifications to its customers alerting them of a data breach that may have compromised the data of as many as 49 million customers on May 8, 2024. According to the letter, the information obtained in the breach includes names, physical addresses, and details related to the customer’s Dell purchase, such as the seven-digit service tag, system serial (more…)
