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Children’s shoemaker Start-Rite confirms major security incident, full customer details leaked
Start-Rite notifies customers of a major data breach which saw credit card data exposed The details about the attackers are unknown at this time Users with purchases between October 14 and November 7 should scrutinize their bank statements Children’s footwear brand Start-Rite has confirmed suffering a painful data breach in…
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AI-focused recruitment platform exposes half a million job seekers
Xobin left a database publicly exposed online for at least three months The database was filled with the PII of over 500,000 job applicants Identification documents and passports were included in the files Days after a database containing the personally identifiable information (PII) of millions of jobseekers was uncovered, another…
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The new frontline of digital defense: customer experience
When was the last time your customer experience team sat down with your security experts? If the answer isn’t ‘recently’, your business might be more vulnerable than you think. As I read a recent article in this very publication about the CrowdStrike aftermath, I realized there’s an important addition to…
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This devious new malware is going after macOS users with a whole barrel of tricks
Security researchers from Group-IB discover unique new piece of malware It abuses extended attributes for macOS files to deploy the payload The malware is most likely built by North Korean state-sponsored actors Cybersecurity researchers have stumbled upon yet another malware variant for macOS likely built by the notorious North Korean…
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Brains behind HDTV revolution want to deliver storage tech that is near indestructible — and can shrink a DVD movie to the size of a human thumbnail
New storage method inspired by antique photographic techniques SWS technology preserves data for centuries without power NASA tests confirm SWS’s resilience in extreme conditions Veteran engineers Clark Johnson and Richard Jay Solomon are tackling a major challenge in data storage: keeping information safe and intact for centuries without using energy.…
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Another major US healthcare organization has been hacked, with potentially major consequences
American Associated Pharmacies allegedly fell prey to a ransomware attack The attackers are saying the company paid for the decryptor The group is asking for more money, to keep the stolen files private American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is joining the ever-growing list of American healthcare organizations to have suffered a…
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