Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The security breach took place in the State between May 28, 2023, and May 29, 2023. ” reads the notice of Security Incident. Compromised data may include the Social Security number (SSN), date of birth, driver’s license/state identification number, and taxpayer identification number. million individuals. million PH Tech 1.7

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Data breaches Insurance Education Cybersecurity 109

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

million Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America 2.6 “The most heavily impacted sectors are finance and professional services and education, which account for 24.3 ” The experts explained that is impossible to accurately calculate the cost of the MOVEit security breaches. million Genworth 2.5

Insurance 83

Insurance Ransomware Data breaches Education 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Security 88

Security Ransomware Cybersecurity Authentication 88

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is warning investors of potential investment scams related to Hurricane Ida. ” continues the SEC.

Cleanup 83

Cleanup Insurance Education Security 83

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Its mission is to improve the lives of people worldwide through research, clinical care and education. In a notice of security incident published on its website, Fred Hutch pointed out that all clinics are open and actively serving patients. ” reported the Seattle Times. “If ” Robert M.

Ransomware 110

Ransomware Insurance Education Marketing 110

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Almost everyone wants to know what the future has in store – particularly when it comes to cyber security. With that in mind, Geraint Williams, IT Governance’s chief information security officer, discusses his cyber security predictions in the upcoming year. Our predictions. Ransomware will continue to increase.

Security 98

Security IoT Phishing Ransomware 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Welltok had previously installed all published patches and security upgrades immediately upon such patches being made available by Progress Software, the developer of the MOVEit Transfer tool.” The company has no evidence that any of patients’ information has been misused. ” reads a notice published by the company.

Data breaches 94

Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Education 94

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

million Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America 2.6 The most heavily impacted sectors are finance and professional services and education, which account for 24.3 The most impacted sectors are finance, professional services, and education, which collectively account for over 48% of reported victims.” million “U.S.-based

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Retail Education Ransomware 110

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

Once discovered the security breach, HCPF quickly launched an investigation into the incident. In response to the incident, the company is reviewing policies, procedures and cybersecurity safeguards to enhance the cyber security of its systems. CDHE did not disclose the number of impacted individuals.

Data breaches 85

Data breaches Ransomware Education Access 85

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Our online security team has uncovered a massive data breach originating from a misconfigured Amazon Bucket, which was operated by a Turkish Legal advising company, INOVA YÖNETIM & AKTÜERYAL DANI?MANLIK. Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Insurance Paper Access 96

Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

The Cybersecurity Guidance is directed at plan sponsors and fiduciaries regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) as well as plan participants and beneficiaries. Online Security Tips for plan participants and beneficiaries. Considerations for Plan Sponsors and Other Fiduciaries.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Insurance Risk Compliance 68

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The ICO found that Interserve had failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure personal data (in contravention of Articles 5(1)(f) and 32 GDPR) for a period of ~20 months. On the face of it, this is a sizeable fine issued to a non household name controller for perceived failings in information security.

Security 52

Security GDPR Personal data Insurance 52

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack.

Ransomware 77

Ransomware Insurance Financial Services Manufacturing 77

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. IBM Security X-Force found the most common threat on organizations is extortion, which comprised more than a quarter (27%) of all cybersecurity threats in 2022. Where do data breaches originate?

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City confirmed the security incident and is working to recover from the ransomware attack that impacted its services, including the police department. Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools.

Ransomware 105

Ransomware Encryption Systems administration Cybersecurity 105

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Not disclosing, subject to specified exceptions, a consumer’s genetic data to certain entities ( e.g. , those responsible for making decisions regarding health insurance, life insurance or employment). Violations of the Act are subject to civil penalties. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to HIPAA and the HITECH Act.

Privacy 85

Privacy Insurance Marketing Information governance 85

Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 19, 2023

No matter the size of a business, a well-defined record retention policy serves multiple purposes: ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, aiding in efficient document management, and securing sensitive information. However, they also require IT infrastructure to facilitate secure storage and backup.

Compliance 52

Compliance Archiving Digital transformation Sales 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured.

Personal data 96

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 96

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 17, 2023

Controller Obligations Controllers would be required to implement reasonable security practices, provide a compliant privacy notice to consumers and enter into agreements with processors that handle the controller’s personal data.

Privacy 72

Privacy Personal data Sales Insurance 72

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

Arizona and 15 other states (the “Multistate AGs”) filed the suit in December 2018, asserting claims under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (“HIPAA”) as well as various applicable state data protection laws. Notably, the lawsuit was the first-ever multistate litigation alleging claims under HIPAA.

Data breaches 58

Data breaches IT Insurance Privacy 58

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

The cyber security industry, much like the rest of the world, is on edge. In the final days of February, there were a flurry of security incidents related, either directly or indirectly, to the Ukraine conflict. It will take place on Thursday, 3 March at 3pm, and you can register for on our website.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

The link could direct users to a mock-up of YouTube’s website and ask them to log in for security purposes. But the cyber security research group Securonix has unearthed a new campaign from a threat group dubbed Tactical#Octopus. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

Phishing 114

Phishing Passwords Ransomware Insurance 114

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). And as these figures show many organisations still need to act to make sure the personal data they hold is secure.

GDPR 63

GDPR Government Education Compliance 63

Hunton Privacy

JULY 11, 2017

On July 10, 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China published a new draft of its Regulations on Protecting the Security of Key Information Infrastructure (the “Draft Regulations”), and invited comment from the general public. This post has been updated. . They must conduct this inspection and evaluation at least once a year.

Energy and Utilities 45

Energy and Utilities Security Cybersecurity Manufacturing 45

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

The public availability of such kind of information could expose the owners to identity theft and other scams. The experts also discovered a large number of insurance certificates that expose various personally identifiable information (PII), such as names, phone numbers, postal and email addresses. Pierluigi Paganini.

Military 79

Military Insurance Education Phishing 79

Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. Any measure undertaken to educate the small business community about cybersecurity won’t do much good if the U.S. What Does the SBCAA Seek to Accomplish? Until the U.S.

Cybersecurity 61

Cybersecurity Education Government Risk 61

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

and which used emails with subjects pertaining to finance or urgent concerns on insurance policies. The emails used in these campaigns used subjects pertaining to finance or urgent concerns on insurance policies.” The post TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets appeared first on Security Affairs.

e-Delivery 73

e-Delivery Insurance Retail Government 73

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Take advantage of how technology is levelling the playing field Technology has broken barriers and created greater access to opportunities in other fields for years: education, healthcare, etc. Often it’s legal that is aware of security frameworks that are “whale tested,” and have a good sense of what works and what does not.

CMS 41

CMS Phishing Communications Insurance 41

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Take advantage of how technology is levelling the playing field Technology has broken barriers and created greater access to opportunities in other fields for years: education, healthcare, etc. Often it’s legal that is aware of security frameworks that are “whale tested,” and have a good sense of what works and what does not.

CMS 41

CMS Phishing Communications Insurance 41

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Information Governance Perspectives

MAY 10, 2020

The usual checkbox compliance, ad-hoc governance, and reactive information security policies will fail, if they haven’t already, and create too much organizational risk. To provide these things, you must build a strong information governance framework and privacy compliance plan to succeed.

Compliance 52

Compliance Information governance Privacy Data Privacy 52

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 7, 2012

The tapes contained the personal and protected health information of approximately 800,000 individuals, including names, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers and medical diagnoses. At that time, South Shore Hospital shipped several boxes of unencrypted back-up tapes to a service provider in Texas to erase them.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Privacy Insurance Education 40

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2019

The GDPR considers personal data to be anything that identifies, or can be used to identify, a living person, such as your name, National Insurance number or email address (personal or work). Things get a little more complicated when you factor in that each piece of information doesn’t have to be taken on its own.

GDPR 86

GDPR Compliance Personal data Data breaches 86

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

Security 103

Security Cloud Cybersecurity Risk 103

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. IT governance and security. Riskonnect.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. IT governance and security. Riskonnect.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. Meanwhile, you can subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. However, we’ve decided to consolidate our records onto a single page.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122