From Microsoft Windows Blogs: On Sept. 10, 2024, Microsoft will host a Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit at our Redmond, Washington, headquarters. Microsoft, CrowdStrike and key partners who deliver endpoint security technologies will come together for discussions about improving resiliency and protecting mutual customers’ critical infrastructure. Our objective is to discuss concrete steps we will all take…
Category: Business Sector
Ca: Personal information of 1 million Park’N Fly customers accessed during data breach
Amanda Anderson reports: The personal information of about one million Park’N Fly customers was accessed during a data breach last month. The company confirms a third party accessed its network through unauthorized remote VPN access between July 11 and July 13. When the hack was detected the company said its information technology team and a…
Toyota’s cyber woes continue as latest breach marks fifth major IT incident in two years
Solomon Klappholz reports: Toyota is once again in the headlines after a hacker collective claimed to have exfiltrated 240GB of sensitive data from the car manufacturer’s internal systems. Toyota has confirmed its network was breached after a threat actor listed a 240GB trove of data stolen from the company’s internal systems on an underground hacking forum. The…
Top US oilfield firm Halliburton hit by cyberattack, source says
Liz Hampton reports: U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton (HAL.N) on Wednesday was hit by a cyberattack, according to a person familiar with the matter. Halliburton said it was aware of an issue affecting certain systems at the company and was working to determine the cause and impact of the problem. The company was also working with “leading…
National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords
Brian Krebs reports: New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone numbers online. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that another NPD data broker which shares access to the same consumer records inadvertently published the passwords to its…
National Public Data reports highly publicized breach affected a total 1.3 million people
There has been a lot of publicity about a breach and then leak of data from National Public Data. Some early reports erroneously claimed that 2.9 billion people were affected. Other sources noted more accurately noted that 2.9 billion was the number of records and not the number of unique individuals. In its disclosure to…