Tagged: Data Breach & News
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Cost of a data breach: US$136 per compromised record (infographic) News
06.06.2013 Human errors and system glitches caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, which, on average, cost companies about US$136 per compromised record. However, data breaches caused... -
More complaints, data breach notifications in 2012 - Data Protection Commissioner report News
20.05.2013 Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner opened more complaints for investigation last year than the year before, saw an increase in the number of data breach... -
Financial gain motivates most cyber-attackers - Verizon report News
23.04.2013 Fewer than one in five breaches were carried out by state-sponsored actors as financial gain remains the biggest motivator for attackers, a major new security report has found. -
Sony fined stg£250,000 over ‘preventable’ PlayStation Network breach News
24.01.2013 Sony has been fined stg£250,000 by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office for what it deemed the preventable hacking of the Sony PlayStation Network platform in 2011 that... -
10 of the spookiest cyber attacks of 2012 (infographic) News
31.10.2012 For the day that’s in it, a new infographic runs down a list of 10 of the scariest cyber attacks this past year. -
A beginner’s guide to thwarting hackers (infographic) News
20.10.2012 Hackers can cause a lot of damage, but more knowledge about how they operate allows consumers to be better able to protect themselves against cyber attacks, as a new infographic... -
Most SMBs in US believe they’re safe from cyber threats, survey reveals News
15.10.2012 Most US small business owners or operators say their company is safe from cyber threats and have no formal cyber security plan, a new survey released by the security firm... -
Source of AntiSec’s UDID leak revealed – and it’s not the FBI News
11.09.2012 Last week, hacker group AntiSec published 1,000,001 Apple user device identifiers (UDIDs) claiming that the data came from an FBI laptop the organisation had breached in March.... -
Weekend news roundup News
07.08.2012 In our trawl through some of the technology news from the weekend, we find Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak doesn’t think highly of cloud computing, a data breach has cost an NHS...Tags: Apple, Cloud Computing, Steve Wozniak, Data Security, Data Breach, Baidu, Wikipedia, Facebook, -
More than one in 10 Irish workers has taken contact list from work - survey News
10.05.2012 More than one in 10 Irish employees admit to having taken the contact list from their previous job, a new survey claims. -
Security group IRISSCERT promotes safe password use among teens News
09.05.2012 IRISSCERT, the non-profit computer emergency response team, has launched an awareness campaign to highlight the need for secure passwords among teenagers and young adults. -
Hackers get away with 1.5m credit card numbers in US News
02.04.2012 An attack by hackers on credit-card processing giant Global Payments saw hackers make away with numbers and information relating to up to 1.5m credit-card accounts. -
UK costs of data breach up 68pc in five years News
21.03.2012 Employee negligence is behind 36pc of all data breaches, the cost of which has risen for the fifth consecutive year, a study by Symantec Corp and Ponemon Institute suggests. -
WikiLeaks to publish 5m emails from intelligence agency News
27.02.2012 WikiLeaks will publish more than 5m emails from US-based global intelligence company Stratfor, which it says contains material about the US’ attacks against WikiLeaks. -
YouPorn breach – hackers get away with 6,400 user names/passwords News
23.02.2012 YouPorn, which is one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, has been attacked by hackers who exposed the user names and passwords of some 6,400 users. -
Hackers attack Eircom StudyHub – 11,000 usernames and passwords at risk News
17.02.2012 Hackers have breached a server that potentially risks some 10,829 account details, including 8,404 Eircom StudyHub customers. Eircom has emailed 20,000 registered StudyHub users... -
Eircom laptop theft: 7,000 customers' bank details at risk News
10.02.2012 Three laptops stolen from Eircom’s offices in west Dublin and an employee’s home could contain financial information relating to 6,845 eMobile and Meteor customers, along with...Categories: Security, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Financial, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Almost half of IT staff want better data protection training - survey News
31.01.2012 Nearly half of Irish IT administration staff surveyed by the Irish Computer Society (ICS) believe they were not given adequate data protection training, with some saying they... -
Biggest hacking campaign ever discovered – Operation Shady RAT News
03.08.2011 The biggest hacking campaign ever has been uncovered, which breached computer networks of 72 organisations worldwide, including governments, the UN and defence contractors. -
Attackers claim to breach Italian cybercops' network News
26.07.2011 A group of cyber attackers are claiming to have breached the network of the Italian government agency responsible for guarding critical national infrastructure, obtaining access...