Data Breach Today

JUNE 11, 2021

Experts Say Odd Case Offers Forewarning to Others The chief operating officer of a network security firm serving the healthcare sector has been charged by federal prosecutors with crimes stemming from an alleged cyberattack on an Atlanta, Georgia-area medical center in 2018.

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JULY 21, 2023

Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn’t shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Voatz Smartphone App Used in 2018 Vulnerable to Hacking, Report Alleges MIT security researchers have published a paper that describes several security flaws in Voatz, a smartphone app used for limited online voting during the 2018 midterm elections. But the maker of the app contends the research is flawed.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

Privacy expert Rebecca Herold offers her predictions for the 11 most significant healthcare information security and privacy events that will occur throughout 2018. Privacy Expert Rebecca Herold Offers Trend Outlook for the New Year So, what can we expect next year?

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MARCH 2, 2023

Judge Rejects Recommendations to Drop Case in Medical Center Incident A Georgia man who is the chief operating officer of a network security firm can't escape criminal charges related to a 2018 cyberattack against a local medical center.

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JULY 10, 2018

Microsoft and Adobe each issued security updates for their products today. Microsoft’s July patch batch includes 14 updates to fix more than 50 security flaws in Windows and associated software. The latest update brings Flash to version 30.0.0.134 , and patches at least two security vulnerabilities in the program.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

A Guide to Video Interviews With Thought Leaders at This Year's Event At RSA Conference 2018 Asia Pacific & Japan, Information Security Media Group conducted dozens of video interviews with industry thought leaders. Here are the highlights.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Britain’s information commissioner has fined British Airways 20 million pounds for the 2018 hack that exposed data of 400,000 customers. In September 2018, British Airways suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 400,000 customers. ” said Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham. ” concludes the ICO.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 3, 2018

Artificial Intelligence, Bug Squashing, Secure DevOps and More What matters most, right now, to the information security community? At RSA 2018, RSA's president said WannaCry was a wakeup call for vulnerability and risk management. Other experts see artificial intelligence, machine learning and secure coding as hot trends.

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IT Governance

MAY 25, 2023

The GDPR introduced stringent requirements relating to technical and organisational measures to secure personal data, data protection impact assessments, data protection officers and the like, which many organisations found onerous. We’ve been analysing GDPR fines since the Regulation took effect in May 2018.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 4, 2018

A look ahead at five trends that should have a significant impact on cybersecurity in 2018 is featured in the final ISMG Security Report for 2017. Cybersecurity and privacy thought leader Christopher Pierson forecasts the likely occurrences.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

But Judge Rules Plaintiff in 2018 Breach Case Not Eligible for Compensation Victims of a massive 2018 Facebook data breach can continue a class-action lawsuit to try and force the social network to maintain "reasonable" information security practices, a federal judge has ruled.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2018

Adobe and Microsoft each released security updates for their software on Tuesday. Adobe plugged five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. The other zero-day is a bug ( CVE-2018-8414 ) in the Windows 10 shell that could allow an attacker to run code of his choice. Microsoft’s analysis is here. lnk) files.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 24, 2018

A Guide to Video Interviews With Thought Leaders at This Year's Event At Infosecurity Europe 2018, Information Security Media Group conducted dozens of video interviews with industry thought leaders. Here are the highlights.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

Why Making a Prediction Is So Difficult So what actions can we expect in 2018 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights as it enforces the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules? Making a prediction is difficult, given all the changes at HHS.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Facebook's Ex-CSO Says That Ship Has Sailed; Look to 2020 With less than three months to go until the U.S. midterm elections, Alex Stamos, until recently Facebooks's CSO, says there isn't time to properly safeguard this year's elections. But here's how the company can get its act together in time for 2020.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Find out how to pick the best training course and qualification to advance your cyber security career. The cyber security industry has boomed in the past decade, providing fantastic opportunities for those interested in rewarding work that pays well and gives you room to grow. Do you want the security of a desk job?

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

APT 41 Used Android, iOS Surveillance Malware to Target APAC Victims Since 2018 Security researchers linked a surveillance toolkit called LightSpy to Chinese threat group APT41, which has a history of using surveillance malware on iOS and Android devices.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The network equipment maker MikroTik revealed that the routers were previously compromised in 2018. The vendor explained that the devices haven’t been properly secured, even if the security patches released by MikroTik at the time were installed. If somebody got your password in 2018, just an upgrade will not help.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 12, 2018

IoT security. These are some of the hottest topics on tap at the 2018 RSA Conference, taking place April 16-20 in San Francisco. Regulations and New Technologies Are in the Spotlight GDPR compliance. New uses for blockchain.

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MAY 24, 2018

A Guide to Video Interviews With Thought Leaders at This Year's Event At RSA Conference 2018 in San Francisco, Information Security Media Group's editorial team conducted more than 100 video interviews with industry thought leaders. Here are the highlights.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Adobe released security updates for Flash Player that address two vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15982, exploited in targeted attacks. “Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. ” reads the security advisory published by Adobe.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 19, 2023

HHS says the group was discovered by security researchers in 2018. HHS Says 'Obscure' Group Has Resurfaced, Hitting a Cancer Center Federal authorities are warning healthcare and public health sector entities of an apparent resurgence of TimisoaraHackerTeam after an attack in recent weeks by the obscure ransomware group on a U.S.

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DECEMBER 21, 2019

Cisco has warned customers that hackers continue to target Cisco ASA and Firepower Appliance products by exploiting the CVE-2018-0296 flaw. Experts warn that threat actors continue to exploit the CVE-2018-0296 flaw to target Cisco ASA and Firepower Appliance. ” read the security advisory published by Cisco.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, 2018 has brought significant changes in the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with cybercrime organizations and nation-state actors. 2018 was characterized by significant changes in the cyber threat landscape especially for TTPs associated with threat agent groups. .

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APRIL 5, 2018

But he also is bullish on the opportunity for artificial intelligence and DevOps security to stop attacks before they cause harm. RSA's Ex-CEO Opens up on Cybercrime and Social Media Risks Art Coviello, ex-CEO of RSA, is concerned about fraud trends and social media vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Security researcher discovered a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-14665) in X.Org Server package that affects major Linux distributions. Xorg published a security advisory on the CVE-2018-14665 flaw. — Hacker Fantastic (@hackerfantastic) October 25, 2018. Security Affairs – CVE-2018-14665, hacking).

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APRIL 13, 2018

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: A preview of our extensive coverage of the 2018 RSA Conference, which will include dozens of video interviews with thought leaders.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

London Docklands Plays Host to 17th Annual Information Security Conference The recent Black Hat Europe conference in London touched on topics ranging from combating "deep fake" videos and information security career challenges to hands-on lock-picking tutorials and the dearth of research proposals centered on deception technology.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The top cybersecurity and privacy trends that biggest impact in 2018.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 3, 2018

RSA Conference 2018 is just under two weeks away, and there isn’t a better moment to talk about data security and privacy. A few other topics that will be discussed at the conference are cryptography, the sophistication and increase in cyber attacks, as well as security in government. The theme for RSA this year is ‘Now Matters.’

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Google Project Zero disclosed details for a high severity Linux kernel a use-after-free vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-1718. The vulnerability is a use-after-free tracked as CVE-2018-17182, it was discovered by Google Project Zero’s Jann Horn. ” reads the security advisory published by Project Zero. of the Linux kernel.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 25, 2018

This morning we announced, in tandem with our partner 451 Research, the Global Edition of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report. This year’s report documents these twin drivers, what organizations are doing about the problems and best practice recommendations for how IT security stances should change to meet both needs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2018

SAP released security notes for August 2018 that address dozens patches, the good news is that there aren’t critical vulnerabilities. SAP issues 27 Security Notes, including 14 Patch Day Notes and 13 Support Package Notes. “On 14th of August 2018, SAP Security Patch Day saw the release of 12 Security Notes. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Security researchers from the Cisco Talos team uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting the aviation industry for two years avoiding detection. Security researchers from Cisco Talos uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting, dubbed Operation Layover, that targeted the aviation industry for two years without being detected.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You’ll often see the terms cyber security and information security used interchangeably. In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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