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Debt-Collector Firm Files For Bankruptcy Following Data Breach Costing Millions

June 27, 2019

New York-based debt collection company Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. has filed for bankruptcy due to a massive data breach. Following the leak, the legal obligation on the company to notify the 7 million affected by the data breach cost it $3.8 million. Another $400 000 was also spent on external IT consultants to determine the…
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Reporting Data Breaches: Do you need to do it?

October 29, 2018

Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, has been the latest in the long list of companies affected by major digital data breaches. It was reported that the sensitive data of over 9.4 million customers were compromised due to the incident. Over 400 expired credit card numbers, and 27 active cards (without CVV information) were leaked.…
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Are your organization’s fax machines security vulnerabilities?

August 20, 2018

It has recently been discovered by Check Point researchers that fax machines contain cyber-vulnerabilities that allow attackers to infiltrate your network using only a fax number. Given that many companies today still use fax machines, and that fax numbers are publicly provided contact information, this new exploit poses a major vulnerability concern to thousands of…
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Best Practices Against The New “Spectre” And “Meltdown” Cyberthreats

May 29, 2018

Best Practices Against The New “Spectre” And “Meltdown” Cyberthreats The cybersecurity threats “Spectre” and “Meltdown” were first discovered January of this year as vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information on computers using modern Intel, AMD, or ARM CPUs. While the name “Spectre” included Variants 1 and 2 of the vulnerability, “Meltdown”…
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Are your organization’s fax machines security vulnerabilities?

Best Practices Against The New “Spectre” And “Meltdown” Cyberthreats

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