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Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

Krebs on Security

Worst in terms of outright scariness is CVE-2022-37969 , which is a “privilege escalation” weakness in the Windows Common Log File System Driver that allows attackers to gain SYSTEM-level privileges on a vulnerable host. .” Definitely test and deploy this update quickly.” Monterey), macOS 11.7 (Big

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What is Smishing? Definition, Examples and Prevention

IT Governance

According to Proofpoint’s 2022 State of the Phish Report , employees at 74% of organisations were sent fraudulent text messages in the previous year. The scammer will try to gain your trust by claiming to be a figure of authority, such as the government or a well-known organisation. A pretext is the reason that they are contacting you.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. The biggest data breaches of 2022.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q3 2022

IT Governance

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance identified 285 publicly disclosed security incidents between July and September 2022, which accounted for 232,266,148 compromised records.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q2 2022

IT Governance

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 237 security incidents between April and June 2022, which accounted for 99,019,967 breached records. million).

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2022 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group expects to expose an initial draft of the white paper in advance of the Fall 2022 Meeting. NAIC Progresses Revisions to Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2022

IT Governance

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between January and March 2022, which accounted for 75,099,482 breached records.