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Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
18 hours agoA fintech app asked users for their passports - then left 360,000 files unprotected for five years - Silicon Canals
A money transfer app exposed over 360,000 sensitive files on a public server for nearly five years, including unencrypted personal documents.
Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
21 hours agoA money-transfer app stored customer passports on an unencrypted, publicly accessible server for nearly five years - Silicon Canals
Fintech companies face regulatory pressure to collect identity documents but lack enforceable obligations to protect them, leading to data breaches.
#ai-security
Software development
fromThe Hacker News
2 weeks agoHow Ceros Gives Security Teams Visibility and Control in Claude Code
AI coding agents like Claude Code operate outside existing enterprise security controls, requiring new machine-level security infrastructure to provide visibility, policy enforcement, and audit trails.
Software development
fromThe Hacker News
2 weeks agoHow Ceros Gives Security Teams Visibility and Control in Claude Code
AI coding agents like Claude Code operate outside existing enterprise security controls, requiring new machine-level security infrastructure to provide visibility, policy enforcement, and audit trails.
fromComputerworld
10 hours agoA core infrastructure engineer pleads guilty to federal charges in insider attack
Rhyne's attack involved unauthorized remote desktop sessions, deletion of network administrator accounts, and changing of passwords, showcasing significant security vulnerabilities.
Information security
fromWIRED
20 hours agoCBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards
The public Quizlet set contained information about alleged codes for specific facility entrances. 'Checkpoint doors code?' asked one card, with a specific four-digit combination listed in response.
Privacy professionals
Privacy professionals
fromMedCity News
2 weeks agoThe Evolving Landscape of Privacy and Cybersecurity: Essential Strategies for Legal and Compliance Professionals - MedCity News
Organizations must combine strong controls with comprehensive employee training and accountability culture to effectively protect sensitive data and comply with evolving privacy laws.
Privacy professionals
fromThe US Sun
2 weeks agoSmall businesses sleepwalking into cybersecurity crisis, expert warns
One in five UK SMEs would close within three months following a data breach, with businesses losing up to £100k annually on unbudgeted security fixes despite risky practices like public Wi-Fi use and minimal cybersecurity training.
fromSecuritymagazine
2 months agoThe New Battleground of Cybersecurity
I've always had what I would consider a hacker mindset, a curiosity to take things apart, understand them, and use that knowledge to solve problems. That mindset took me on a circuitous route into the cybersecurity industry; after being kicked out of high school for hacking computer systems, I worked a range of jobs, managing office supply companies by day and cracking Wi-Fi networks by night until I started a Digital Forensics degree which led me to the world of security research.
Science
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
3 days agoThe Rising Tide of Executive Protection: Corporations Ramp Up Security in an Era of Heightened Threats
Companies are increasingly investing in executive protection due to rising threats, making it a strategic necessity for business continuity and resilience.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month agoAI Can Delete Your Data. Here's Your Prevention Plan.
Never feel that you are totally safe. In July 2025, one company learned the hard way after an AI coding assistant it dearly trusted from Replit ended up breaching a "code freeze" and implemented a command that ended up deleting its entire product database. This was a huge blow to the staff. It effectively meant that months of extremely hard work, comprising 1,200 executive records and 1,196 company records, ended up going away.
Artificial intelligence
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks agoBeyond integration theatre: Building stronger cyber platforms | Computer Weekly
Integration layers between security platforms, not the platforms themselves, have become the primary enterprise security risk requiring rigorous governance of delegated trust.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 weeks agoWhy Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic
Security validation tools operate in silos while attackers exploit interconnected systems, creating a structural blind spot that Agentic Exposure Validation can address through continuous, autonomous, context-aware assessment.
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 weeks agoHow CISOs can build a truly unified and resilient security platform | Computer Weekly
Modern enterprise security requires rethinking architecture from perimeter defense to distributed asset protection across decentralized networks and cloud environments.
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
4 weeks agoThe Great Security Culture Shift: Building a Proactive Defense in an Era of Advanced Threats and Social Engineering
Hackers exploit DLL side-loading on trusted platforms like LinkedIn to deliver malware through seemingly legitimate file attachments, bypassing traditional security defenses and compromising entire corporate networks.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 month agoBuilding a High-Impact Tier 1: The 3 Steps CISOs Must Follow
Tier 1 SOC analysts process the highest alert volume with the least experience, creating a structural vulnerability where alert fatigue, decision fatigue, and cognitive overload directly undermine organizational security performance and increase incident costs.
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month agoUnderstanding Breaches Before and After They Happen: What Every Organization Should Know
Most security breaches result from neglected fundamentals—human error, unpatched systems, weak authentication, and poor network segmentation—rather than advanced, novel exploits.
Information security
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months agoReducing risk: The importance of administrative access responsibilities
Clearly defined and strictly managed administrative access reduces cybersecurity risk while preserving operational efficiency in real estate, title insurance, and mortgage systems.
fromThe Hacker News
1 month agoSecuring the Mid-Market Across the Complete Threat Lifecycle
For mid-market organizations, cybersecurity is a constant balancing act. Proactive, preventative security measures are essential to protect an expanding attack surface. Combined with effective protection that blocks threats, they play a critical role in stopping cyberattacks before damage is done. The challenge is that many security tools add complexity and cost that most mid-market businesses can't absorb. With limited budgets and lean IT and security teams, organizations often focus on detection and response.
Information security
Information security
fromAbove the Law
2 months agoThink You Are Covered? Better Read Your Cybersecurity Policy - Carefully - Above the Law
Cyber insurance often fails to fully protect organizations due to exclusions, leaving law firms particularly vulnerable without proper cybersecurity and coverage review.
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