IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C. million for security failings relating to a 2018 cyber attack on its mobile banking platform. UniCredit fined €2.8 about the recent rise in Facebook and Instagram account takeovers by scammers.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? Image: Archive.org.

Healthcare 252

Healthcare Passwords Sales Ransomware 252

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Compromised organizations operate in different business verticals, including manufacturing, wealth management, insurance providers, and pharmaceuticals. The researchers noticed that the path contains the same mutex name as the Babuk ransomware, a circumstance that suggests the malware borrows Babuk’s leaked source code. We are in the final!

Ransomware 84

Ransomware Encryption Healthcare Insurance 84

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2022

Tue, 04/26/2022 - 05:19. According to analyst firm IDC , 93% of pharmaceutical companies and 72% of biotech companies already have business-critical applications in the cloud, including product lifecycle management, analytics, revenue management, and much more. Data security. But the threat is a lot more insidious.

Healthcare 71

Healthcare Big data Cloud Compliance 71

Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

42% of incidents reported targeted hospitals, while health authorities, bodies and agencies accounted for 14%, and the pharmaceutical industry for 9%. “Insiders and poor security practices, including misconfigurations, were identified as primary causes of these leaks. ” reads the report.

Ransomware 86

Ransomware Healthcare Cybersecurity Risk 86

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

Insurance 92

Insurance Government Cybersecurity Risk 92

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Source (New) Engineering Japan Yes >5 TB Array Networks Source (New) Cyber security USA Yes 2.5 Critical vulnerability could have allowed threat actors to hijack any Facebook account Meta has addressed a critical security vulnerability and rewarded the security researcher who reported it under Facebook’s bug bounty programme.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Meanwhile, if you enjoy this sort of cyber security news, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest stories straight to your inbox. In a letter sent to affected individuals, Shields said that the incident dates back to March 2022, when it first identified suspicious activity on its internal network.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As detailed in my 2014 book Spam Nation , Vrublevsky not-so-secretly ran a pharmacy affiliate spam program called Rx-Promotion , which paid spammers and virus writers to blast out tens of billions of junk emails advertising generic Viagra and controlled pharmaceuticals like pain relief medications. Kink,” “Mr. Heppner,” and “Ms.

Computer and Electronics 233

Computer and Electronics Marketing Sales Healthcare 233

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Prior to the final vote to approve the changes, New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance Russell Toal made a motion to delay the implementation of these proposed changes by one year to December 31, 2022. Valuation of Securities (E) Task Force Adopts an Amendment to the Purposes and Procedures Manual to Add Instructions for Review of Funds.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Sales 88

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The current draft of the FAQ document addresses topics such as general background, the intersection of state insurance regulation and federal securities law regulation, how to satisfy the best interest standard of conduct, and insurer supervision and training requirements. 43R—Loan-Backed and Structured Securities.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Artificial Intelligence Big data 68

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences. Technology Security.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52