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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

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European police chiefs call for an end to end-to- e nd encryption A joint declaration by the European police chiefs calls for tech companies to limit end-to-end encryption so the companies can identify and report illegal activity on their platforms, and enable law enforcement investigations to access secure messages.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

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Other industry standards too can have the force of “pseudo-law” – notably, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which federal regulators often apply to financial-services firms and government contractors. Thus, it can be difficult for even small enterprises to keep up with information security and data privacy compliance.

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

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GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Evervault is on a mission to make encrypting sensitive data seamless with its security toolkit for developers. Series C Bitglass 2013 Campbell, CA 170 $150.1

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed.

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SEC Releases Observations from Recent Cybersecurity Examinations of Broker-Dealers and Advisers

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Conducted by the SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) from 2013 through April 2014, the examinations inspected the cybersecurity practices of 57 registered broker-dealers and 49 registered investment advisers through interviews and document reviews.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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The Microsoft Exchange Attack Saga Continues

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approach in that the attackers copy and exfiltrate a company’s data just prior to encrypting it. Microsoft reports that the tool has been tested for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. REvil uses the Ransomware 2.0 The other Vulnerability Culprits. According to their data, the U.S.