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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2021 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. The changes are effective December 31, 2021. As a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the NAIC met in a hybrid format with attendees participating both in person and virtually.

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Catches of the month: Phishing scams for December 2021

IT Governance

Social media trading pages and auction websites typically aren’t subject to the same regulations as standard e-commerce sites, making it easier for people to scam customers. Alternatively, the message may trick you into clicking the link by giving you a delivery date after Christmas.

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Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors

Security Affairs

Cybercriminals are leveraging advanced tactics in their phishing-kits granting them a high delivery success rate of spoofed e-mails which contain malicious attachments right before the end of the 2021 IRS income tax return deadline in the U.S. Easter), that’s why you need to be especially careful during these times.

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China Issues Provisions on the “Scope of Necessary Personal Information Required for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications”

Hunton Privacy

On March 12, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China released Provisions on the “Scope of Necessary Personal Information Required for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications” (the “Provisions”) (available here in Chinese ). The Provisions will become effective beginning May 1, 2021.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2021 – 21 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2021 – 21 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. hit by cyber criminals (7.3

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Top MDR Services for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Here is our list of the top MDR services for 2021. Then in 2021 it acquired the Israeli Kubernetes security company Alcide.IO Arctic Wolf raised $200 million in Series E funding in 2020, raising its valuation to a total of $1.3 Expel was rated the leader in MDR in the Forrester Wave Managed Detection and Response Q1 2021 report.

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FBI warns of crooks targeting online shoppers during the holiday season

Security Affairs

. “During the 2020 holiday shopping season, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received over 17,000 complaints regarding the non-delivery of goods, resulting in losses over $53 million,” reads a public service announcement published by the FBI. Untrusted websites and ads promoting unrealistic discounts and bargains.