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New Browser Security Report Reveals Emerging Threats for Enterprises
According to the new Browser Security Report 2025 , security leaders are discovering that most identity, SaaS, and AI-related risks converge in a single place, the user's browser. Yet traditional controls like DLP, EDR, and SSE still operate one layer too low. What's emerging isn't just a...
EasyJet Hackers Take Off with Travel Details for 9M Customers
European budget airline EasyJet has been hacked, with attackers making off with personal details for 9 million customers. It was, the airline said, a “highly sophisticated attack” that exposed the email addresses and travel itineraries of the victims, along with payment-card information for 2,208...
Company Detected Years-Long Breach Only After Hacker Maxed Out Servers' Storage
What could be even worse than getting hacked? It's the "failure to detect intrusions" that always results in huge losses to the organizations. Utah-based technology company InfoTrax Systems is the latest example of such a security blunder, as the company was breached more than 20 times from May...
What Hacker History Can Tell Enterprises About Future Attack Strategy
There's an oft-quoted saying: "History repeats itself." For those that believe in the cyclical patterns that sometimes emerge over time, this aphorism definitely rings true. Today, we'll be applying this type of thinking to the cybercrime realm. Over the course of hacker history, numerous trends...
Information security: How Hackers Leverage Stolen Data for Profit
Data theft is inarguably big business for hackers. This has been proven time and time again when big-name companies and their customers are involved in a data breach. As these instances appear to take place more often, and the number of stolen or compromised files continues to rise, it's worth...
Hyatt Hit By Credit Card Breach, Again
Hyatt Corp., hotel guests are being warned of a credit card breach, the second since December 2015. On Thursday, the hotelier identified 41 of its hotels spread across 13 countries where it confirmed unauthorized access to payment card information. China is the hardest hit by the breach with 18...
Hyatt Hotels Suffers 2nd Card Breach in 2 Years
Hyatt Corp. is alerting customers about another credit card breach at some hotels, the second major incident with the hospitality chain in as many years. Hyatt said its cyber security team discovered signs of unauthorized access to payment card information from cards manually entered or swiped at...
BrutPOS Botnet Compromises insecure RDP Servers at Point-of-Sale Systems
Cyber criminals are infecting thousands of computers around the world with malware and are utilizing those compromised machines to break into Point-of-Sale PoS terminals using brute-force techniques, and the attackers have already compromised 60 PoS terminals by brute-force attacks against...
Emerging Threats and Going Beyond Compliance
I recently presented to a C-level gathering of retail finance executives about the industrys changing threat landscape and the emerging threats facing omni-channel sellers. The retail security environment has changed dramatically in the past few years. Not that long ago, retailers mostly worried...
Possible Data Breach at Arts and Crafts Retailer 'Michaels Store'
Western landscapes are facing a hell lot of data breaches started with Target, Neiman Marcus and now country's largest crafts chain 'Michael’s Art and Crafts' may be is the latest retailer hit by a security breach. In a statement, Irving, Texas-based company acknowledged a possible data security...
Stolen Opera Code-Signing Certificate Used to Sign Malware
Opera Software said it was able to contain the impact of a security breach that resulted in the theft of an expired code-signing certificate used to sign malware distributed to Windows users during a 36-minute stretch on June 19. Opera developer Sigbjorn Vik said the browser maker was victimized ...