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Best Practices Q&A: Guidance about what directors need to hear from CISOs — from a board member

The Last Watchdog

Related: The ‘cyber’ case for D&O insurance Vanessa Pegueros knows this all too well. She serves on the board of several technology companies and also happens to be steeped in cyber risk governance. CISOs can sometimes be their own worst enemy, especially when it comes to communicating with the board of directors.

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E-Verify’s “SSN Lock” is Nothing of the Sort

Krebs on Security

But KrebsOnSecurity recently discovered that this is not the case with all federal government sites built to help you manage your identity online. A key concept here is that these services only allow one account per Social Security number — which for better or worse is the de facto national identifier in the United States.

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Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

Security Affairs

“Access to approximately 3,000 breached websites has been discovered for sale on a Russian-speaking underground marketplace called MagBo. “ Illicit access to compromised or backdoored sites and databases is used by criminals for a number of activities, ranging from spam campaigns, to fraud, or cryptocurrency mining.”

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., of cyber attacks IBM handled. 70% of attacks were on banks.

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Interview with Gus Tugendhat of Tussell

Information Matters

I recently sat down with Gus Tugendhat, founder of UK-based government tenders and contracts data provider, Tussell. Since 2005 we’ve grown organically to a team of 9 people with a fairly even split between product and tech and those working in marketing and sales. What we call B2G (Business to Government).

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. The data is published after Medibank reportedly declines to pay a US$10 million ransom demand.

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Best Fraud Management Systems & Detection Tools in 2022

eSecurity Planet

Finally, it also is useful for companies looking for a governance, risk, compliance ( GRC ) solution. Banks, financial services, and insurance companies are especially vulnerable to fraud due to their access to large amounts of money and sensitive information for customers and employees alike. of attacks IBM handled, respectively.

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