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170m passwords stolen in Zynga hack, monitor says
- More than 170m usernames and passwords were stolen from the company behind Words With Friends in a hack this year, according to a breach monitoring site.
- According to Have I Been Pwned, a monitoring site that warns internet users if their personal details have been stolen in data breaches, the information accessed by the hacker included email addresses, usernames and passwords stored in securely.
  
  The Guardian - Alex Hern | December 19, 2019
theguardian.comDecember 19, 2019
Data of 15M Patients Stolen, Retrieved in LifeLabs Cyberattack
- LifeLabs paid hackers to retrieve the data of 15 million customers after a cyberattack; an email hack and a malware attack disrupting patient care complete this week's breach roundup.
- Officials paid the cybercriminals in order to retrieve the data. The action was part of a 'collaboration with experts familiar with cyberattacks and negotiations with cybercriminals.'
  
  Health IT Security - Jessica Davis | December 18, 2019
healthitsecurity.comDecember 18, 2019
Cyber-sleuths: Ransomware used in New Orleans attack likely tied to organized crime
- While New Orleans officials remain tight-lipped about a cyber-attack that has hobbled city government since Friday, cyber-sleuths have homed in on the likely weapon: Ryuk, a menacing breed of =93ransomware=94 used to lock up computer data until the target pays in Bitcoin for the key to release it.
- It was Ryuk that also hit state government servers in November, forcing a shutdown.
  
  Nola.com - John Simerman | December 17, 2019
nola.comDecember 17, 2019
The hacker behind your company's data breach may be sitting right in the next cubicle
- Companies hacked in the last 18 months say half these incidents were an inside job, according to the 2019 Global Data Exposure Report.
- The Q4 CNBC Executive Technology Survey released Tuesday revealed that most tech executives think state-sponsored cyber warfare and individual hackers are the most dangerous threats to their organization.
- Only 16% said rogue employees were a threat, compared to 36% for state-sponsored cyber warfare and 36% for individual hackers.
  
  CNBC - Joel Dreyfuss | December 17, 2019
cnbc.comDecember 17, 2019
LifeLabs Data Breach Exposes Personal Info of 15 Million Customers
- Canadian clinical laboratory services provider LifeLabs has announced a data breach that exposed the personal information for up to 15 million Canadians after an unauthorized user gained access to their systems.
- The data breach notification goes on to say that the personal data for up to 15 million customers was accessed by an unauthorized user. This information includes customer names, addresses, emails, logins, passwords, date of birth, and health card numbers.
  
  Bleeping Computer - Lawrence Abrams | December 17, 2019
bleepingcomputer.comDecember 17, 2019
Biggest data breaches of 2019: Same mistakes, different year
- We never want to hear the words "unsecured database" ever again.
- The words "unsecured database" seemed to run on repeat through security journalism in 2019. Every month, another company was asking its customers to change their passwords and report any damage.
  
  c|net - Rae Hodge | December 17, 2019
cnet.comDecember 17, 2019
16 Steps to Securing Your Data (and Life)
- Attackers look for the path of least resistance. Recently, that path has shifted from enterprise networks to you and your devices for two reasons.
- First, as we have built more secure software and systems, it has made it harder to attack enterprise networks.
- At the same time, we have started to access more sensitive information, both personal and professional, on our phones.
- In the current era of cybersecurity, your life is part of the attack surface.
- The list is prioritized by risk reduction, so start at #1 and work your way down...
- Joel de la Garza | November 12, 2019
hak-iq.us20.list-manage.comNovember 12, 2019
Microsoft: Cyberattacks now the top risk, say businesses
Source: ZDNet
By: Liam Tung
Published: September 19, 2019

* Cyberattacks are now considered by most execs to be the top business concern, far outranking economic uncertainty, brand damage, and regulation.
* The global survey of over 1,500 business leaders illustrates the rapid change in business leaders' perceived risks to their organizations and shows that having a cyber insurance policy is now more common than two years ago.

zdnet.comSeptember 19, 2019
Every Ecuadorian has been compromised in massive data breach
Source: HackRead
By: Sudais
Published: September 18, 2019

* Data of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks was also found in this breach who lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012 til April this year after being granted asylum initially.
* The breach of an Ecuadorian data analytics firm named Novaestrat has resulted in the leakage of the personal information of over 20 million people - inclusive of 7 million children - due to an insecure server.

hackread.comSeptember 18, 2019
New Jersey Data Breach Notification Law
Source: Security Boulevard
By: Enzoic
Published: September 18, 2019

* New Jersey's Data Breach Notification Law Went Into Effect on Sept 1 to Include Account Takeover PII Data.
* As of Sept 1st, 2019, businesses based in New Jersey are now required to notify impacted users of online account information exposed in a data breach.

securityboulevard.comSeptember 18, 2019

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