Security Incident
Survey Surfaces Growing Lack of Cybersecurity Confidence
A survey of 706 IT and security professionals finds half are not very confident that they can stop a damaging security incident in the next 12 months, with 30% admitting they are ...
Every Security Incident has a Story
You have lots of security tools at your disposal, but do they help you visualize your data to identify threats or quickly resolve security incidents? Do you know what your data is ...
FireEye Acquires Respond Software to Advance Cybersecurity AI
FireEye Inc., a provider of managed security services augmented by machine learning algorithms, has acquired Respond Software, a provider of a platform that automates security incident investigations, for $186 million. Peter Bailey, ...
Computer Manufacturing Company Compal Discloses Security Incident
Computer manufacturing company Compal Electronics announced that it had suffered a security incident involving some of its systems. Qingxiong Lu, deputy manager director of Compal, told United News Network on November 9 ...
Law Firm Seyfarth Shaw Hit by Apparent Ransomware Attack
Seyfarth Shaw fell victim to a crippling malware attack over the weekend, the global law firm disclosed earlier this week. According to an official statement, unauthorized activity was detected by the company’s ...
Tesla Fires Employee for Allegedly Sabotaging Operations at California-Based Factory
Employees at the Tesla car-manufacturing plant in Freemont, California, have been informed by company officials that a former worker “maliciously sabotaged” operations at the factory last month. According to an internal memo ...
Shopify Discloses Security Incident Involving Some Merchants’ Data
Canadian multinational e-commerce company Shopify disclosed a security incident that involved the information of some of its merchants. On September 22, Shopify published an incident update on its website. This bulletin explained ...
Data Breach: Instacart Shoppers Warned of Security Incident after Third-Party Contractors ‘Review’ Too Many User Profiles
US-based grocery delivery and pick-up service Instacart has disclosed a security incident that involved unauthorized access of customer information by two support agents from a third-party vendor retained by the company. Instacart ...
Avon Cosmetics Leaks 7GB of Personal and Technical Information from Unsecured Server
Last month, SafetyDetectives researchers discovered an unsecured database belonging to the popular Avon beauty company. The server, which lacked basic security measures, was easily accessible by investigators, who found a trove of ...
South Africa’s PostBank is Replacing 12 Million Bank Cards After Major Security Breach
South Africa’s Postbank has suffered a major data breach, forcing the financial institution to replace 12 million bankcards after rogue employees stole its 36-digit master key. Data breaches have become a day-to-day ...
