Arctic Wolf®, a global leader in security operations, published findings from its annual State of Cybersecurity: 2024 Trends Report, based on a global survey the company commissioned from Sapio Research of over 1,000 senior IT and cybersecurity decision-makers from over fifteen different countries.
Tag: data breaches
White House to Push Cybersecurity Standards on Hospitals
The Biden administration intends to require hospitals to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after a single hack exposed the data of 100 million Americans.
ITRC: Data Breach Notices Nearly Doubled in Q1 2024
The number of publicly reported data compromise events jumped 90% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024, with the number of organizations falling victim to supply chain attacks nearly tripling, according to recent data from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).
ITRC Report Reveals 72% Increase in Data Compromises Over Previous High
According to ITRC’s 2023 Annual Data Breach Report, the number of data compromises in 2023 (3,205) increased by 78 percentage points compared to 2022 (1,801). The ITRC set a new record for the number of data compromises tracked in a year, up 72 percentage points from the previous all-time high in 2021 (1,860).
Leaked Data Reveals 26 Billion Account Records Stolen from Twitter, LinkedIn and More
Dubbed the “Mother of all breaches,” the massive leak revealed 26 billion records (including popular sites such as LinkedIn, Snapchat, Venmo, Adobe and X, formerly Twitter) in what experts are calling the largest leak in history.
Cyberattacks Now More Likely than Fires or Thefts: Aviva
More than a fifth of businesses in the United Kingdom said they experienced a cyberattack in the last year, but perhaps even more surprising is the fact that cyberattacks are now more common than either physical theft or fire, according to a recent survey from Aviva.
Cyber Attacks Cost U.S. Small Businesses Over $8,000 Annually: Hiscox
Hiscox, the international specialist insurer, reveals the median cost of cyber-attacks has decreased for U.S. small businesses from $10,000 in 2022 to $8,300 in 2023.
2023 Toll of Data Breaches and Leaks Already Tops 2022
The total number of data breaches and leaks in 2023 so far has already outpaced last year’s numbers, according to new data from the Identity Theft Resource Center.
Identity Theft Resource Center Sees Record-Setting Number of Data Compromises in Q2
According to the H1 2023 Data Breach Report, there were 951 publicly-reported data compromises in the quarter, a 114 percent increase compared to the previous quarter (445 compromises).
Lack of Actionable Information in Notices Continues to Grow: ITRC Data Breach Analysis
According to ITRC’s Q1 2023 Data Breach Analysis, among the top ten breaches in Q1, 60 percent did not include information about the root cause of the event, compared to 40 percent in Q4 2022.