This Week in Data Breaches | UpGuard Newsletter
Here's your weekly digest of global data breaches. This week's newsletter covers breaches impacting D-Link Systems, Super SA, and BHI Energy.
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Data Breaches
???? Taiwan | The Hacker News | Manufacturing
Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has confirmed a data breach that led to the exposure of what it said is "low-sensitivity and semi-public information." The development comes more than two weeks after an unauthorized party alleged to have stolen the personal data of many government officials in Taiwan as well as the source code for D-Link's D-View network management software. D-Link also said the breach happened as a result of an employee inadvertently falling victim to a phishing attack. Read More
???? Australia | IT News | Financial Services
Super SA, the South Australian government-owned superannuation provider, has disclosed a data breach at a “former external service provider” that affects member data.?Super SA administers superannuation schemes for many South Australian public sector employees. The breach disclosure is brief, simply noting that the provider is “aware [of] a small cohort of members who may have been impacted by a cybersecurity incident”. Read More
???? United States | JD Supra | Energy
BHI Energy filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access records stored on the company’s computer system. In this notice, BHI explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes their names, health information, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Read More
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Other Cybersecurity News
???? United States | Security Week | Government
The US cybersecurity agency CISA along with the NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC released a joint guide detailing commonly used phishing techniques and providing recommendations on how to mitigate them. Organizations are advised to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) but to avoid weak forms, such as MFA without FIDO or PKI-based MFA enabled, push-notification MFA without number matching, and SMS and voice MFA. Read More
???? Israel | Infoseurity Magazine | Government
Hacktivists have claimed to hit Israeli websites through DDoS and defacement attacks following the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas. While most of the cyber activity relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict has centered around low-level DDoS and website defacements, there are signs of more impactful attacks being attempted. Read More
?? Global | Bleeping Computer | Technology
Google has announced new, real-time scanning features for Google Play Protect that make it harder for malicious apps employing polymorphism to evade detection.?This is a significant step toward enhancing safety for all Android users and aims to decrease malware infections on the platform. Read More
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