An annual global analysis of 113,620 data breaches published by IBM today finds the cost of the average data breach decreased by 9% year over year, thanks mainly to faster discovery and containment. The post IBM Report Sees Drop in…
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Tea App Data Breach Deepens, with 1.1 Million User Chats Exposed
The security breach of the popular women-only safe-dating app Tea widened over the weekend, when a second database storing 1.1 million DMs between members was compromised. News of the exposure came days after an initial investigation found that a database…
Palo Alto Networks In Talks to Acquire CyberArk for $20 Billion: Report
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is in discussions to acquire CyberArk Software for more than $20 billion in one of tech’s biggest deals this year, as vendors scramble to fortify their cybersecurity defenses. Palo Alto Networks could finalize a deal for…
Mapping Mayhem: Security’s Blind Spots in Identity Security
For years, primarily driven by regulatory compliance mandates, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, identity and access management has been treated as a regulatory compliance exercise, rather than the security exercise it should be — and simply checking off…
Nile Gives Your Campus Network More Than Just a Password
For decades, network security followed a simple model: the castle and moat design philosophy. We built strong perimeters with firewalls and relied on Network Access Control (NAC) to act as a guardian, checking credentials at the door. Once inside, users…
Intruder Open Sources Tool for Testing API Security
Intruder this week made available an open-source tool that scans application programming interfaces (APIs) for broken authorization vulnerabilities. The post Intruder Open Sources Tool for Testing API Security appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security…
U.S. Woman Sentenced to 8.5 Years for Role in North Korean Worker Scam
Christina Marie Chapman, an Arizona resident, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for her role in a wide-ranging North Korean IT worker scam that sent $17 million to the outlaw country. Chapman ran a laptop farm from her home,…
“Bleach Wasn’t Strong Enough: Clorox Sues Cognizant After Help Desk Allegedly Gave Away Passwords to Hackers”
Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant, claiming their help desk handed over employee passwords to hackers — no phishing, no malware… just gave them away. The post “Bleach Wasn’t Strong Enough: Clorox Sues Cognizant After Help Desk Allegedly Gave Away…
Cognizant Agents Gave Hackers Passwords, Clorox Says in Lawsuit
Clorox is suing Cognizant for $380 million, saying the IT services provider’s service desk put in place to protect the multinational company from cyber risks in 2023 gave hackers password resets and other credentials when asked without verifying the identities…
The “S” in Vibe Coding Stands for Security
Vibe coding is here. And it’s not just a fad — it’s reshaping how we build, deploy and even conceive of software. But unless we hit the brakes and bake in security now, we’re setting ourselves up for another generation…