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China-linked Budworm APT returns to target a US entity

Security Affairs

The China-linked APT27 group has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. It is designed to load malicious DLLs and encrypt payloads.” based organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experts linked ransomware attacks to China-linked APT27

Security Affairs

Researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes linked a series of ransomware attacks to the China-linked APT27 group. Security researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes investigated a series of ransomware attacks against multiple organizations and linked them to China-linked APT groups.

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FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to its GLBA Safeguards and Privacy Rules

Data Matters

Over the last few years, States have enacted increasingly aggressive legislation concerning data privacy and security, raising concerns that companies will be subject to a patchwork of different standards. Aligning the Safeguards Rule with State Regimes.

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Chinese LuckyMouse APT has been using a digitally signed network filtering driver in recent attacks

Security Affairs

Security experts observed the LuckyMouse APT group using a digitally signed 32- and 64-bit network filtering driver NDISProxy in recent attacks. The APT group has been active since at least 2010, the crew targeted U.S. defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Of particular concern to state-level policymakers and enforcement authorities are business practices that in their view may contribute to security incidents. The insurance industry has not been immune from such scrutiny, and the imposition of business practice requirements intended to enhance cybersecurity sector-wide.

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FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to GLBA Implementing Rules

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The proposed changes to the Safeguards Rule add a number of more detailed security requirements, whereas the proposed changes to the Privacy Rule are more focused on technical changes to align the Rule with changes in law over the past decade. It includes general, high level elements of a security program, but lacks detailed security steps.

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Zero Trust: Can It Be Implemented Outside the Cloud?

eSecurity Planet

The concept of zero trust has been around since 2010, when Forrester Research analyst John Kindervag created the zero trust security model. As security breaches continue to happen hourly, sooner or later zero trust requirements are going to be forced upon all organizations, given the impact and cost to society.

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