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Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.

 

So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.

 

It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.

 

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French Luxury Giant Dior Confirms Data Breach after a Cyber Attack

May 21, 2025
French luxury giant Dior suffered a cyber attack that resulted in a data breach in numerous countries after unauthorized individuals accessed its information systems.
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250 Million Microsoft Customer Service Records Exposed; Exactly How Bad Was It?

February 3, 2020
Microsoft announced a breach where they uncovered misconfigured security rules in one internal database that exposed 250 million customer service records for almost whole of December.
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Are Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Becoming a Cybercrime Trend? Meat Processing Giant JBS, Colonial Pipeline May Only Be the Beginning

June 7, 2021
A ransomware attack once again caused a serious blow to a critical segment of the US economy last week. This time it was the food supply … these attacks demonstrate that critical infrastructure is not only a vulnerable but also viable target.
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How To Protect Company IP During the Great Resignation

May 25, 2022
The Great Resignation is currently taking center stage. This massive employment shift leaves a huge opening for increased incidents of insider risk and intellectual property theft and should be of extreme concern for both security leaders and practitioners.
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Amtrak Data Breach Stemming from Credential Stuffing Compromises Guest Rewards Accounts

June 26, 2024
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation is notifying customers of a data breach affecting their Amtrak Guest Rewards accounts. Amtrak believes the threat actor gained access via a credential stuffing attack.
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More and More Companies Turn to Cyber Insurance, Report Reveals

April 8, 2020
Marsh report shows that companies purchasing cyber insurance in 2019 more than doubled since 2014 as more and more companies are recognizing cyber threats as a critical business risk.
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WhatsApp: “High Confidence” That Nearly 100 Journalists, Civil Society Workers Targeted by Paragon Spyware

February 10, 2025
WhatsApp told media outlets that it had "high confidence" that journalists and activists were targeted by Paragon spyware and that they were "possibly compromised." It did not provide names of people it believed to be compromised.”
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Hackers Access Personal and Call Information and Port Numbers in Mint Mobile Data Breach

July 22, 2021
Hackers accessed subscribers’ information and ported their mobile numbers in the Mint data breach after potentially compromising a subscriber management software or a user account.
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CISA Warns Chemical Facilities of Data Theft After Hacker Breached CSAT Security Tool via Ivanti

July 5, 2024
CISA is warning high-risk chemical facilities of potential data theft after a threat actor breached the agency's Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) via Ivanti Connect security flaws.
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Why Industry 5.0 Needs Trusted Data

September 5, 2022
Industry 5.0 can be summarized as calling for redesigning industry around a human centric approach. It's clear that digital technologies will play an important role and trust is crucial for any industrial data flows.
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