Tag: data

Data breach at French govt agency exposes info of 10 million people

August 28, 2023

According to Bleeping Computer, Pôle emploi, France’s governmental unemployment registration and financial aid agency, is informing of a data breach that exposed data belonging to 10 million individuals. “Pôle emploi became aware of the violation of the information system of one of its providers involving a risk of disclosure of personal data of job seekers,” … More Data breach at French govt agency exposes info of 10 million people

Recovering from a supply-chain attack: What are the lessons to learn from the 3CX hack?

August 28, 2023

The campaign started with a trojanized version of unsupported financial software. The compromise of the 3CX communication software made history as the first-ever publicly documented incident of one supply-chain attack leading to another. Two critical infrastructure organizations in the energy sector and two organizations in the financial sector are among the confirmed victims.  A supply-chain attack attempts to evade cybersecurity … More Recovering from a supply-chain attack: What are the lessons to learn from the 3CX hack?

Mitigating risk – data loss prevention helps prevent security disasters

August 25, 2023

Organisations have increasingly become targets of hacking that result in massive data breaches, calling to attention both the increasing importance of proper cybersecurity software, but also an overall change in security strategy. According to a recent report, the average cost of a data breach globally in 2022 reached a sum of $4.35 million, up from the … More Mitigating risk – data loss prevention helps prevent security disasters

Do you need to sacrifice privacy for security?

August 23, 2023

It is a commonly held belief of many people that using software that watches what happens on their devices means giving up their privacy. However, even though privacy and security are intertwined, they are not the same.  Security software usually works in either one of these four ways: All four of these options could sound … More Do you need to sacrifice privacy for security?