Data breach

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 11/15/24
Insight #1: Two tricks to stop mystery breaches The majority of security leaders reportedly don’t know what caused data security incidents at their organizations over the past 12 months. To reduce the ...

Advanced Persistent Teenagers, Okta Bug Allowed Logins Without a Correct Password
In episode 354, we discuss the emergence of the term ‘Advanced Persistent Teenagers’ (APT) as a “new” cybersecurity threat. Recorded just before the election, the hosts humorously predict election outcomes while exploring ...

Man Accused of Snowflake Customer Data Breaches Arrested
A Canadian resident, Alexander “Connor” Moucka, was arrested by Canadian law enforcement at the request of the United States for allegedly stealing sensitive data of myriad corporations like AT&T and Santander Bank ...

Recovering From a Breach: 4 Steps Every Organization Should Take
The reality is, that despite our best efforts, breaches happen. And there’s a lot less information on how to respond versus how to prevent. ...

Fallout from the Change Healthcare Breach, Mortgage Wire Fraud What You Need To Know
In episode 353, we discuss the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, resulting in the largest data breach of protected health information in history. Notifications have been sent to 100 million ...

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 11/1/24
Insight #1: You can be sued for your junky software, EU says The EU recently updated its Product Liability Directive (PDF) to reflect the critical role of software in modern society. This ...

Internet Archive Hacked, Introducing The AI Toilet Camera
In this episode, we discuss the significant data breach at the Internet Archive, affecting 33 million users. We also examine the introduction of an AI-integrated toilet camera by Throne, designed for health ...

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/18/24
Insight #1: Data breach costs are climbing According to IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report, data breach costs have risen 39.4% over the past decade and are now at almost ...

Air-Gapped Systems Breached: A Deep Dive into the Attack and Prevention
Once considered impregnable bastions of security, air-gapped systems have been shown to be vulnerable to sophisticated attacks. These systems, physically isolated from networks, were believed to be immune to remote hacking ...

Internet Archive is Attacked and 31 Million Files Stolen
A user authentication database was stolen from the nonprofit , which also was been beset by a series of DDoS attacks, and a pro-Palestinian threat group has taken credit for the attacks ...