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Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 billion claim over NotPetya damages

Security Affairs

known as Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) outside the United States and Canada, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies globally, engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a wide range of healthcare products. Merck & Co., Merck filed a $1.4

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CNIL Unveils 2017 Inspection Program and 2016 Annual Activity Report

Hunton Privacy

On March 28, 2017, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2016 (the “Report”) and released its annual inspection program for 2017.

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

Security Affairs

During the last summer, Google observed threat actors from China, Russia, and Iran targeting pharmaceutical companies and researchers involved in the development of a vaccine. . This week, the Google Cloud team revealed that in September 2017 it has mitigated DDoS attack that reached 2.54 Tbps, the largest DDoS attack of ever.

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China-linked APT10 leverages ZeroLogon exploits in recent attacks

Security Affairs

The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , and Cloud Hopper , has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide.

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Cambridgeshire crowned the UK’s cyber crime capital

IT Governance

In 2017, Cambridge became the fastest-growing city in the UK , with businesses attracted to its proximity to London and the North, as well as its highly educated workforce. For example, the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which is based in Cambridge, was last year imitated in a sophisticated phishing scam targeting job seekers.

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BEST PRACTICES: Rising complexities of provisioning identities has pushed ‘IGA’ to the fore

The Last Watchdog

SailPoint, which went public in November 2017, has grown to more than 1000 employees in 30 locations.

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The hidden threats facing your intellectual property

IT Governance

For life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, this includes data on the development and testing of new therapies and details of how therapies are manufactured. In the 2017 WannaCry attack, for example, cyber criminals used ransomware to prevent victims from accessing their IP unless a ransom was paid. The risk of losing your IP.