IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

MCNA Insurance MCNA Insurance, also known as MCNA Dental, was caught up in a cyber hacking incident last week, in which 112 covered entities were affected. MCNA Insurance later confirmed that 8,923,662 people were affected in the incident and said the breach was a result of a ransomware attack. million people.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks. Find out more.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

They accessed 41.5 million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. million individuals affected HealthEC LLC, a health technology company, has announced that it suffered a data breach in July 2023, in which systems were accessed and files were copied.

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Ransomware strikes TrialWorks, preventing lawyers from accessing documents (2,000). US retailer Kroger reports ‘isolated incident’ involving pharmacy records (unknown). French fashion retailer Sixth June victim of payment card skimming scam (unknown). Johannesburg held to £28,000 ransom by cyber criminals (unknown).

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 92

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. billion in revenue for 2019. Luxottica Group S.p.A.

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Data breaches Insurance Retail Ransomware 74

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

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Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 145

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Several strong themes emerged from 2022’s crop of breaches, including the targeting or impersonating of employees to gain access to internal company tools; multiple intrusions at the same victim company; and less-than-forthcoming statements from victim firms about what actually transpired. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 240

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

million patients when hackers gained unauthorized access to databases operated by a third-party billing vendor. Members gain access to third-party IT security risk management best practices via case studies, surveys, whitepapers, webinars, meetings and conferences. Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks.

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Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Legitimate retailers are never going to make you dig for the deals, so they aren’t going to put the good stuff in an attachment. It’s not just attachments from retailers, but also from shipping companies or financial institutions. According to the Better Business Bureau, 37.9% On top of that, 80.5%

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Retail Passwords Insurance Phishing 95

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Once this has happened, the ransomware will display a message demanding that the victim make a payment to regain access to their files. Unlike an attack on retailers, for example, victims have no alternative when systems are down. Over that six-month period, local government experienced 263 million attacks.

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Ransomware Phishing Retail Insurance 95

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The group was first mentioned in Group-IB’s annual report “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020.”. Since then, it has conducted 26 targeted attacks on commercial organizations alone, including companies in the fields of construction , finance , consulting , retail , banking , insurance , law ,and travel. Covering traces.

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Cloud Phishing Analytics Access 138

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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IT Military Cybersecurity Phishing 83

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

We spoke at Black Hat USA 2019. Eventually, governments will address the risk by beefing up security and purchasing cyber insurance, which go hand in glove. SMBs tend not to have ready access a dedicated security operations center (SOC) or an army of analysts and security techs.

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Ransomware Government Retail Security 153

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 21 February 2019. According to Edgescan’s 2019 Vulnerability Statistics Report , more than 81% of systems have at least one known vulnerability for which there is an available patch or workaround. million of this amount, the rest being covered by insurance.

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Passwords Data breaches Retail Government 76

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Carrefour France and Carrefour Banque are both affiliates of the French retail group, the Carrefour Group. The group has diversified its activities into the banking and insurance, travel agency and e-commerce sectors. Background. Highlights from the CNIL’s decisions are detailed below.

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GDPR Personal data Data collection Marketing 91

Collibra

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This summer Dresner Advisory Services ranked Collibra as the number one vendor in their 2019 Data Catalog Study. 47% of Dresner’s survey respondents indicated that they have difficulty accessing data, but simply locating data is only part of the challenge.

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Marketing Analytics Government Financial Services 49

Reltio

MARCH 15, 2019

You have access to real-time data about your customers, partners, suppliers, employees, business processes, and transactions, and that data holds a great deal of value within. Whether it is retail, CPG, or auto industry, unlocking the value of customer data is always challenging. It is much more than the sum of all these things.

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B2B Digital transformation Retail MDM 40

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 11, 2019

On October 10, 2019, with just weeks to go until the law goes into effect, the California Attorney General released the long-awaited draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Written comments will be accepted by the Attorney General until 5 PM (Pacific time) on December 6, 2019.

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Sales Retail Privacy Access 40

Reltio

APRIL 25, 2019

Blake Morgan , Customer Experience Futurist, makes her point in the Forbes article Five Trends Shaping the Future of Customer Experience In 2019. Can your data platform ensure access to the full customer data at all your customer touch-points to fulfill operational responsibilities and provide a delightful customer experience?

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Customer Experience Digital transformation B2B B2C 75

Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

On October 10, 2019, this wait finally ended. Moreover, if the business operates a website, but primarily interacts with consumers in retail locations, it will be required to add a third option that allows consumers to submit a form that can be submitted in person at those locations. Right to Opt-Out of Sale.

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Sales Privacy Passwords Compliance 60