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This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually. Breaches of large organizations where the ...
According to The Register as reported in the Washington Post, one of the biggest bill-paying sites on the Internet, CheckFree.com, has been hacked, potentially opening up its customers to malware.
Data breach. A data breach, also known as data leakage, is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information ". [ 1] Attackers have a variety of motives, from financial gain to political activism, political repression, and espionage. There are several technical root causes of data breaches, including accidental or ...
Replay attack. A replay attack (also known as a repeat attack or playback attack) is a form of network [ 1] attack in which valid data transmission is maliciously or fraudulently repeated or delayed. [ 1] This is carried out either by the originator or by an adversary who intercepts the data and re-transmits it, possibly as part of a spoofing ...
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Phishing. Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information [ 1] or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often transparently mirror the site being targeted, allowing the attacker to ...
A cyberattack (or cyber attack) occurs when there is an unauthorized action against computer infrastructure that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of its content. The rising dependence on increasingly complex and interconnected computer systems in most domains of life is the main factor that causes vulnerability to ...
Web threat. A web threat is any threat that uses the World Wide Web to facilitate cybercrime. Web threats use multiple types of malware and fraud, all of which utilize HTTP or HTTPS protocols, but may also employ other protocols and components, such as links in email or IM, or malware attachments or on servers that access the Web.