VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 18, 2024

Don’t overlook data at rest—files sitting idle on servers or databases. Even if passwords are compromised, those extra identity checkpoints block illicit access attempts. A single compromised login could damage your entire network. Encrypt this dormant yet valuable information to prevent snooping.

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Payments Source

MAY 13, 2020

Even before the coronavirus outbreak, cybercriminals were shifting their attention away from point-of-sale terminals — but the retail industry still absorbs the most attacks seeking to compromise databases or networks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Messaging app Telegram said a data breach has exposed a database containing the personal information of millions of users, according to a Cointelgraph report. The database, which was exposed on a darknet forum, included users’ phone numbers and unique Telegram user IDs, according to the report.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

Another day, another massive database of stolen data discovered. Security researchers have discovered a massive database containing some 560 million emails and passwords that belongs to … someone. The database itself, however, is not a mystery any longer since the Kromtech Security Research Center found it.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Equifax, the credit scoring company that suffered a data breach that impacted as many as 143 million Americans, is blaming a vendor software flaw in its online databases. consumers and potentially compromised the credit card numbers of approximately 209,000 people. On Thursday, Sept. website application to gain access to certain files.

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The Paypers

MARCH 17, 2016

(The Paypers) India’s parliament has passed a law which gives federal agencies access to a biometric database, with the risk of violating the privacy of a billion people.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Marriott , Facebook and a database marketing firm by the name of Exactis exposed the records of roughly 300 million people. Retailer Hudson’s Bay got story started in early April with the disclosure that Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor stores in North America had their payment cards compromised. Exactis Hack.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

An Indian web system — used to mark attendance for government workers, which records names, photos and unique Aadhaar numbers — was easily compromised, and led to the access of private information for thousands of workers, reports showed. . The existence of the database was ruled constitutional by India’s Supreme Court in September.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

A massive data breach has compromised the records of 198 million car buyers. 19, the database was still online the next day. Jeremiah Fowler, a senior security researcher at Security Discovery , discovered the breach after coming across the same 413GB dataset multiple times. “It

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 27, 2024

Snowflake is a cloud database platform used by companies worldwide to store their data. Upon investigation, it was revealed that personal information such as student names, addresses, dates of birth, and potentially other sensitive details had been compromised.

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Fintech News

JULY 16, 2024

Aashish Sharma “Consumers are seeking smarter onboarding processes and identity checks that do not compromise security or anti-fraud measures. Technologies like improved identity verification, transaction history analysis, open banking and government databases can save them time without compromising security.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2020

The company’s databases were compromised including users’ contact details and email addresses. So far, investigators revealed the unauthorized access to Dunzo’s database may have followed a breach in the servers of a third party, one of its customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

No user funds have been compromised in the attack. The data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details and tax ID numbers, the report stated. Other reports, however, show only leaked information of 161,487 of the exchange’s users, noted Cointelegraph, citing BleepingComputer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2016

KFC reportedly only found 30 accounts that were compromised so far. For KFC’s part, it pointed out that the company’s database doesn’t include payment information whatsoever. According to a report by Forbes , which cited U.K.’s Even though it may not result in a massive breach, KFC did sent out emails to its 1.2

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Here are some examples based on their criticality: High criticality assets , such as primary data centers, key network infrastructure (including routers, switches, and firewalls), and critical applications, could cause significant harm to an organization’s operations or reputation if they’re compromised.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

None of your financial data (including credit card information) or social security numbers were involved, and no passwords were compromised,” said the disclosure. . The company did not reveal details about the database, length of exposure time or how it was fixed, reporters said. percent” of its roughly 75 million users.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Thompson formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted. I’ve basically strapped myself with a bomb vest,” Ms.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It doesn’t compromise the internal controls that businesses have in place,” Disque said. But as he sees it, selecting the right platform can offer optionality to certain suppliers in your vendor database while not disclosing that opposite optionality to others. “It infrastructure remains very decentralized.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

But what about businesses that want to explore the dark web, specifically to see if their data or information has been compromised, without the risk that comes with poking around in such an unfamiliar place? That database provides a reflection of what exists on the dark net, without having to actually dig into it. Let The Search Begin.

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Segpay

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This multi-modal approach ensures that even if one fingerprint is compromised, the system is still secure. These systems provide an added layer of security, ensuring that even if one method is compromised, the others stay intact. A biometric trait, unlike a password, cannot be easily changed if compromised.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 18, 2024

For instance, web servers, database servers, and DNS should each be implemented on their own separate servers. Requirement and Testing Procedures 2.2.1 The principle here is to assign only a single primary function to each server. This is done to avoid the coexistence of functions that demand different security levels on the same server.

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Segpay

DECEMBER 13, 2024

However, the implementation of strong identity management systems must align with data protection regulations, so that the collection, storage, and processing of data for identification purposes does not compromise individuals’ privacy. If a breach occurs, identity data, once compromised, is hard to restore.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Last year the hotel company revealed that guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. Of the 500 million guests impacted, around 327 million had information compromised that ranged from names to passport numbers to email addresses and Starwood account information.

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Segpay

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Blockchain technology offers a solution to these concerns, enabling age verification without collecting or storing sensitive data in a centralized database. With its decentralized nature, cryptographic security, and innovative techniques like zero-knowledge proofs, blockchain offers a way to verify age without compromising user privacy.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Users of HIBP can enter their email into a query and see if it’s been compromised. To make matters worse, about 140 million emails and 10 million passwords were new to the HIBP database, meaning they’ve never been reported stolen or compromised before. In his blog , Hunt talked about how he discovered the breach.

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Segpay

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

typing speed, location data), with authoritative databases or records. Self-sovereign identity models, where individuals store their identity information on personal devices rather than centralized databases, are also being explored to enhance privacy and reduce the risk of data breaches.

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VISTA InfoSec

MAY 15, 2025

Prevent Compromise of Credentials 4.1 Database Integrity 6.4 Reduce Attack Surface and Vulnerabilities 2.1 Internal Data Flow Security 2.2 Security Updates 2.3 System Hardening 2.4A Back Office Data Flow Security 2.5A External Transmission Data Protection 2.6 Operator Session Confidentiality and Integrity 2.7 Vulnerability Scanning 2.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2017

According to Reuters , the vulnerabilities addressed had the potential to allow hackers to have control over the databases and business applications utilized by large global firms. In many cases, cyberattacks on the software databases of these types of companies can be more lucrative for hackers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s also the evolution of how “we re-verify the individual on an ongoing basis” to make sure that accounts have not been compromised, added Madhu. Then, “you can assume that all the transactions that are encrypted into that database in an immutable way are bound to that key.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

30) that as many as 500 million guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. Of the 500 million guests impacted, roughly 327 million had information compromised that ranged from names to passport numbers to email addresses and Starwood account information.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

EDGAR Database. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that its EDGAR database for corporate filings had been compromised the previous year and now, more recently, may have been hacked by individuals who wished to make illegal insider trades based on the information from the previous breach.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

The alleged hacker, Paige Thompson, was a former employee of Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. “We Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2016

The hack is believed to have taken place sometime between late 2012 and early 2013, but the hacker behind the breach is now selling a smaller subset of the database on a dark web marketplace for 1 bitcoin (a value of approximately $580). All users’ data mentioned in this database was changed compulsorily.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

More recently, their complaints have been made more transparent, thanks to the CFPB’s consumer complaint database. As a consequence, we have three credit reporting agencies operating today, who are largely free to do whatever they want with the data they have — consumer complaint database be damned. They are not.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Fortune 500 company Tech Data left a server with access to customer and billing data unsecured, and it was compromised by security researchers, according to a report by TechCrunch. The server in question was operating a database that was used to log company events for its StreamOne Cloud service.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

All user passwords were reset at web hosting company Hostinger after it discovered a customer database was hacked, reports said on Sunday (Aug. The breach included the company’s API database with about 14 million customer usernames, email addresses and passwords out of a possible 29 million customers. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A study from the Cifas National Fraud Database found that identity theft against consumers over the age of 61 rose by 22 percent in 2019, contributing to an 18 percent increase in identity theft overall.

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