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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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UK FCA Consults on Changes to Strong Consumer Authentication, Dedicated Interfaces, and Guidance on Payment Services

Data Matters

The FCA has provided new guidance for PIs and EMIs using the “insurance or comparable guarantee” method of safeguarding. This includes a requirement that the insurance policy or comparable guarantee must pay out for the full amount of any claim regardless of how the relevant insolvency event occurs (including if the firm is at fault).

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Publicly available” is narrowly defined in AB 375 to mean essentially only records of federal, state or local government that is used in a manner compatible with the purpose for which the records are maintained. The law supplements existing federal and state protections and does not apply in the event of a conflict with federal law.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Protections Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Publicly available” is narrowly defined in AB 375 to mean essentially only records of federal, state or local government that is used in a manner compatible with the purpose for which the records are maintained. The law supplements existing federal and state protections and does not apply in the event of a conflict with federal law.

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MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud

Krebs on Security

That action set off a chain of events that led another financial institution that helps MyPayrollHR process payments to briefly pull almost $26 million out of checking accounts belonging to employees at more than 1,000 companies that use MyPayrollHR. 1, 2019 to Aug.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

The new right to be forgotten will allow children to enjoy their childhood without having every personal event, achievement, failure, antic or prank that they posted online to be digitally recorded for ever more. Perhaps the Government could respond on that point. change it substantially.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). Noticing that digital forensic tools used by law enforcement were insufficient, Canadian police officer Jad Saliba founded Magnet Forensics in 2011.