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A cyber attack hit Nissan Oceania

Security Affairs

“The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. In January 2021, a misconfigured Git server caused the leak of the source code of mobile apps and internal software used by Nissan North America. and nissan.co.nz.

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Nissan Oceania data breach impacted roughly 100,000 people

Security Affairs

The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Current estimates are that up to 10% of individuals have had some form of government identification compromised. reads the statement published by the company on its website.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Those concerns are certainly justified. What is cloud security? Source: Microsoft.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware.

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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses.

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SEC Announces Settled Charges Against First American for Cybersecurity Disclosure Controls Failures – Lessons Learned

Data Matters

On June 15, 2021, the SEC announced settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for disclosure controls and procedures violations related to a cybersecurity vulnerability that exposed sensitive customer information. SEC Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures.

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NYDFS settles cybersecurity regulation matter for $1.8 million

Data Protection Report

On May 13, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a $1.8 Readers may recall that NYDFS’ cybersecurity regulation went into effect in March of 2017. Readers may recall that NYDFS’ cybersecurity regulation went into effect in March of 2017. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation.