Security News

A new wave of sophisticated digital fraud hits Europe
2023-06-05 03:30

In Germany alone, forced verification grew by 1500% as a proportion of all fraud cases, from 0.3% in the full year 2022 to 5% of all fraud in Q1 2023. In Great Britain and Europe, as well as in North America, the proportion of deepfakes among all fraud cases grew considerably from 2022 to Q1 2023.

The strategic importance of digital trust for modern businesses
2023-05-31 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Deepika Chauhan, CPO at DigiCert, talks about the importance of maintaining high trust assurance levels for businesses in today's digital landscape. How does DigiCert define "Digital trust," and why is it essential for businesses to maintain high trust assurance levels in today's digital landscape?

Digital nomads drive changes in identity verification
2023-05-29 03:00

Over the past year, 4 in 5 financial companies had experienced an increase in the number of verification cases involving foreign documents, according to Regula. It appears that Financial Services companies are grappling with a surge in foreign document verification cases, with 80% of them reporting an increase, particularly in countries like France, Turkey, and the USA-the country most visited by digital nomads as of March 2023.

Malicious open-source components threatening digital infrastructure
2023-05-17 04:00

A new risk emerges in the digital era, where open-source software has become a fundamental pillar in developing innovative applications. In this Help Net Security video, Henrik Plate, Lead Security Researcher at Endor Labs, discusses the dual-edged nature of open-source software.

Digital trust can make or break an organization
2023-05-09 09:08

Even with these stated benefits and with 90% agreeing that demonstrating a commitment to digital trust will ultimately make organizations more successful, only 24% have a dedicated digital trust staff role and only 36% say their board of directors has prioritized digital trust. 82% of respondents say measuring the maturity of digital trust practices is extremely or very important, yet 31% do not measure the maturity of digital trust at all.

Western Digital: Customer info stolen in that IT attack
2023-05-08 23:01

Customer information was stolen from the IT systems of Western Digital in that March IT security breach, forcing the storage manufacturer to shut down its online store until at least next week. Western Digital first disclosed the intrusion in early April, saying that in late March its engineers discovered someone had broken into "a number" of the biz's systems.

Western Digital Confirms Customer Data Stolen by Hackers in March Breach
2023-05-08 14:06

Digital storage giant Western Digital confirmed that an "Unauthorized third party" gained access to its systems and stole personal information belonging to the company's online store customers. "This information included customer names, billing and shipping addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers," the San Jose-based company said in a disclosure last week.

Western Digital store offline due to March breach
2023-05-08 10:02

The Western Digital online store is offline as a result of the "Network security incident" it suffered in March 2023. "This information included customer names, billing and shipping addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. In addition, the database contained, in encrypted format, hashed and salted passwords and partial credit card numbers," Western Digital informed.

Western Digital says hackers stole customer data in March cyberattack
2023-05-07 16:10

Western Digital has taken its store offline and sent customers data breach notifications after confirming that hackers stole sensitive personal information in a March cyberattack. The company emailed the data breach notifications late Friday afternoon, warning that customers' data was stored in a Western Digital database stolen during the attack.

How To Create Seamless Digital Experiences For Web And Mobile
2023-05-04 14:04

The most important thing to create a seamless digital experience for the web and mobile is to adopt new technologies and trends. The best solution to deal with such issues and create a seamless digital experience for web and mobile is to rent out these devices from online digital experience testing platforms such as LambdaTest.