IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data. million (£2.99

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Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

erwin

JUNE 14, 2019

According to IDC’s digital transformation predictions report for 2019, these types of initiatives are going to flood the enterprise during the next five years. Digital Transformation in Retail. The inherently competitive nature of retail has made the sector a leader in adopting data-driven strategy. Data can tell you.

Digital transformation 111

Digital transformation Retail Government Customer Experience 111

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

In October 2019, someone hacked BriansClub , a popular stolen card bazaar that uses this author’s likeness and name in its marketing. McCoy and fellow NYU researchers found BriansClub earned close to $104 million in gross revenue from 2015 to early 2019, and listed over 19 million unique card numbers for sale.

Sales 324

Sales Retail Military Paper 324

Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since September 2019, in June the group announced the LockBit 2.0 in Australia since 2020.

Ransomware 107

Ransomware Retail Security Manufacturing 107

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Although the total number of data breaches – or rather, in those reported – decreased by 24% between 2019 and 2022 in the finance sector, the number of incidents increased by 99%. So to account for seasonality, we’ve only looked at Q2–Q4 for all four years (2019–2022). million (about £4.70

Risk 104

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The amended regulation took effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity products and will become effective on February 1, 2020, for life insurance products.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Risk Analytics 68

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

In at least one case , retail store employees were complicit in the account takeovers. Like Kenny “NexusZeta” Schuchmann , who pleaded guilty in 2019 to operating the Satori botnet. WHO HACKED T-MOBILE? Two other young men have been charged in connection with Satori — but not IntelSecrets.

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Data breaches Access Retail Sales 306

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

“The adversary is particularly interested in exploits related to VPNs and network appliances , including CVE-2019-11510, CVE-2019-19781, and most recently CVE-2020-5902; reliance on exploits such as these lends to an opportunistic operational model.” ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. Pierluigi Paganini.

Access 82

Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 82

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Utility providers were caught out by a rudimentary phishing scam involving a shoe retailer and a former member of the pop group McFly. The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for September 2019 appeared first on IT Governance Blog. Utility providers targeted with spyware.

Phishing 83

Phishing Retail Cloud Data breaches 83

Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2019

based PCM [ NASDAQ:PCMI ] is a provider of technology products, services and solutions to businesses as well as state and federal governments. Sources say PCM discovered the intrusion in mid-May 2019. El Segundo, Calif. PCM has nearly 4,000 employees, more than 2,000 customers, and generated approximately $2.2 earlier this year.

Cloud 237

Cloud Retail Access Government 237

Collibra

JANUARY 25, 2019

Collibra organized a Data Governance and Business Transformation seminar in Paris recently, bringing together data managers from the financial, retail, transportation, and logistics industries. What Forrester describes as “Data Governance 2.0” According to Forrester, Governance 2.0 Governance Across the Enterprise.

Government 40

Government Digital transformation Customer Experience Metadata 40

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations. PYSA ransomware operators focus on large or high-value finance, government and healthcare organisations. The PYSA ransomware group (aka Mespinoza) recorded an increase of 50% in November. in November compared to October.

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Encryption Government Retail 92

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown). University of Missouri Health Care discloses 2019 security incident (unknown). China launches cyber attacks on government websites and banks following India massacre (unknown). Australian government bombarded by cyber attacks (unknown). Ransomware.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Retail Personal data 140

IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

IT Governance discovered 377 security incidents between April and June 2021, which accounted for 1,224,539,395 breached records. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. The post Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q2 2021 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

Data Matters

JANUARY 29, 2019

On January 17, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter (Letter), which identifies topics that FINRA will focus on in 2019. The post FINRA Issues Its 2019 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Risk IT Compliance Marketing 60

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The data stolen from BriansClub encompasses more than 26 million credit and debit card records taken from hacked online and brick-and-mortar retailers over the past four years, including almost eight million records uploaded to the shop in 2019 alone. at , a thriving fraud bazaar named after this author. million more. million cards.

Sales 200

Sales Marketing Retail Government 200

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

is a stock company with the Hungarian MOL Group and the Croatian Government as its biggest shareholders, while a minority of shares is owned by private and institutional investors. Fuel sales at our retail locations continue unhindered. ” reads a security breach notice published by the company on its website.

Ransomware 111

Ransomware Encryption Retail Sales 111

Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2022

Nothing in that letter is out of the ordinary, and is in line with what I wrote about blockchain in 2019. But that doesn’t mean there can’t be some governance system on top of the blockchain that enables reversals. They still require governance. But there are other modes like proof-of-stake that are not.

Blockchain 145

Blockchain Retail Government Ransomware 145

Collibra

MAY 11, 2022

Thriving enterprises in every sector of the economy — from banking to life sciences to retail — are seeking better ways to harness an abundance of data. Federated computational governance. Principle 4: Federated computational governance. So too must their data intelligence and governance strategy. – Zhamak Dehghani.

Analytics 97

Analytics Digital transformation Government Retail 97

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. In 2019 the Web Payments Working Group began work on Secure Payment Confirmation to help fulfill Strong Customer Authentication requirements with low checkout friction.

Authentication 100

Authentication Communications Financial Services Retail 100

Info Source

MAY 29, 2020

in 2019, up from 5.3% Apart from gas, tourism, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and construction have been the main drivers of growth. In March, the government announced the allocation of EGP100 billion as an emergency response package. Real GDP growth in Egypt reached 5.6% a year earlier.

Marketing 52

Marketing Retail Government IT 52

CGI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Wed, 09/25/2019 - 04:12. In Sweden and the Netherlands, retailers can choose their preferred payment method, with no obligation to accept cash, so activities like buying a bus ticket prove difficult for tourists or the young when using cash is not an option. Who pays in the cashless society? What does it mean for banks?

Retail 65

Retail Government Risk Access 65

Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2019

. “In response to the publication of operations in late March 2019, domains associated with suspected APT33 activity were parked or changed to new hosting providers.” Over 1,200 domains have been in use since March 28, 2019 alone. ” reads the report. 728 of these were identified communicating with infected hosts.

Energy and Utilities 66

Energy and Utilities IT Communications Retail 66

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But in the US, Black Friday refers to the discounts that retailers offer the day after Thanksgiving – and thanks to the rise in online shopping (which will be even more prominent this year with COVID-19), it has become a global custom. A version of this blog was originally published on 27 November 2019.

Phishing 137

Phishing Sales Retail Passwords 137

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Synoptek has more than 1,100 customers across multiple industries, including local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. . The infection took place on December 23, the hackers first compromised the company network then installed the ransomware.

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IT Ransomware Financial Services Retail 64

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 4, 2019

On May 27, 2019, the Illinois General Assembly voted 79-32 to approve Senate Bill 1624 , an amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”). The bill’s sponsor, Senator Suzy Glowiak (D), expects Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) to sign the bill into law in short order.

Retail 52

Retail Data breaches Passwords Risk 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Although share prices showed signs of recovery within a couple of days, more than £1 billion was wiped off the stock market value of the firm, as investors worried that retailers may be less keen to buy into the automated warehouse technology having seen that there is a potential vulnerability.*. Business continuity management.

Retail 103

Retail Risk Marketing IT 103

CGI

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In 2019, our CGI Client Global Insights reveal, once again, that utilities are making considerable progress in their digital transformation journey, with 92% of executives now reporting their organization has a defined digital strategy in place. Learn more about the 2019 CGI Client Global Insights for Utilities. For further insight.

Energy and Utilities 92

Energy and Utilities Retail Digital transformation Analytics 92

Info Source

JULY 16, 2019

July 16, 2019 – ABBYY , a global leader in Content IQ technologies and solutions, today announced it has opened a regional office in Hong Kong to strengthen its relationships with enterprise-level customers and partners in the market. billion in 2019, an almost 80% increase over 2018, and $15.06 MILPITAS, Calif., billion in 2022.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Financial Services Marketing Retail 40

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

issued a flash alert to warn organizations of the new threat actor targeting healthcare, government, financial, and retail industries in the US. issued a flash alert to warn organizations in the United States that the ProLock ransomware decryptor doesn’t work properly. Early this month, the FBI?

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Retail Access Security 99

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. Here are this week’s stories.

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Passwords Data breaches Retail Government 76

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

Source (New) Software Luxembourg Yes 3,600,000 National Automobile Dealers Association Source (New) Retail USA Yes 1,065,000 Consórcio Canopus Source (New) Professional services Brazil Yes 1,400,000 The Teaching Company (Wondrium by The Great Courses) Source (New) Education USA Yes 1.3 TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

Data Matters

JUNE 3, 2019

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released two Risk Alerts, on April 16, 2019 and May 23, 2019, highlighting the importance of privacy and cybersecurity compliance for SEC-registered investment advisors and broker-dealers under Regulation S-P.

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Risk Privacy Cybersecurity Compliance 68

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This week, we discuss ICANN’s warning about DNS attacks, the extent of credential stuffing attacks on the retail sector, password managers’ responses to recent research into security flaws, and the European Data Protection Supervisor’s annual report for 2018. Here are this week’s stories.

Passwords 73

Passwords GDPR Retail Government 73

The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill. Certain verticals, namely the government and transportation sectors, gave themselves a positive preparedness rating; meanwhile the hospitality, legal and retail sectors were much less positive about their cybersecurity preparedness.

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Risk Cybersecurity Passwords Ransomware 131

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this case, scammers begin by creating a fake website that mimics the layout and URL of a legitimate online retailer. A version of this blog was originally published on 27 November 2019. The post Top 3 Black Friday scams to avoid in 2021 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Get started.

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Phishing Sales Passwords Retail 119

IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

The breach occurred between 23 April and 4 May 2019, potentially affecting anyone who has made a purchase through shop.lcfc.com. Upon discovery of the breach, the security of our retail platform was immediately restored and appropriate measures were taken to ensure the security of all other online assets,” the statement read.

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GDPR Personal data Data breaches Retail 66