New report claims that Israeli police used the Pegasus spyware on the country's citizens, including opponents of then-president Benjamin Netanyahu and a number of other targets not under suspicion of a crime.
With an average of 10 direct partners and up to 90 fourth parties, 98% of primary organizations analyzed by IT security firm SecurityScorecard work with breached third parties.
F5 Credential Stuffing Report found that credential spills doubled between 2016 and 2020 while credential stuffing became the preferred attack method.
Key takeaways from the data rights report include that access and deletion are the most common types of requests, and that data accountability is a major technical challenge.
Study finds RTB adtech systems share online behavior data 294 billion times per day in the U.S. and 197 billion times per day in Europe. Average internet user in the US is exposed 747 times each day; in Europe it is 376 times per day.
Researchers attribute the sharp rise in DDoS attacks to malicious efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic when most consumers became dependent on online services while workers started working from home.
A Reuters report indicates that popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance was pressured into handing user data over to the Russian FSB, but the company denies that the story is accurate.
KnowBe4's State of Privacy and Security Report found that employee awareness of cybersecurity best practices is so appalling that most workers cannot identify common security risks.
Manila Bulletin, the largest English-language newspaper in the Philippines, says that a serious data breach of the country's Commission on Elections (Comelec) occurred. Comelec called it "fake news" and claimed that it never happened.
Even though Norsk Hydro cyber attack is projected to cost the company $75 million, the refusal to pay ransom and transparent working with law enforcement during the attack could mean a new standard for cyber security.
