Privacy compliance is only the beginning. While following the law can help avoid penalties, it may not be enough to fully protectpersonally identifiable information(PII) and other sensitive data from hackers, misuse, and other privacy threats. Some common principles and practices organizations use to...
Infinity Insurance disclosed a data leak in March 2021—attackers temporarily achieved unauthorized access to files on the company’s servers for two days during December 2020. Here is the information leaked during this event: Employee information— The exposed servers housed PII of existing and forme...
Motivations for phishing attacks differ, but mainly attackers are seeking valuable user data such as personally identifiable information (PII) or login credentials that can be used to commit fraud by accessing the victim's financial accounts. Once attackers have login information, personal data, access...
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It may affect various types of confidential information, such as trade secrets, personal health information (PHI), and personally identifiable information (PII). Organizations handling and storing personal data are responsible for protecting it. If threat actors gain unauthorized access to this data ...
Here are some examples of data classification: Personal Identifiable Information (PII): This classification includes data that can identify an individual, such as names, addresses, social security numbers, or phone numbers. It is classified as sensitive and requires strict protection to prevent identity...
Typically the payment amount of a bug bounty program will be commensurate with the size of the organization, the difficulty of exploiting the vulnerability, and the impact of the vulnerability. For example, finding a data leak of personally identifiable information (PII) of a Fortune 500 company ...
Sensitive data can take various forms depending on the context and the entity it pertains to. Here are some common examples of sensitive data: Personally Identifiable Information (PII) This includes data that can directly identify an individual. However, it’s important to note that not all PII...
Attack vectors allow cybercriminals to exploit system vulnerabilities to gain access to sensitive data, personally identifiable information (PII), and other valuable information accessible after a data breach. With the average cost of a data breach at $4.35 million, it's important to plan ahead to...
Online casino scams are widespread nowadays. Apart from creating rigged games that are impossible to win, scammers also use these platforms to stealPersonally Identifiable Information(PII) from players. They're not above spying on in-platform transactions. Many would even let targets "win" a few...