eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.”

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OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 27, 2023

Data Privacy Day, held every year on January 28, is a time to raise awareness and promote data protection best practices that build trust. As we honor this day and mark a new year, the global privacy landscape continues to develop.

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Collibra

JULY 13, 2023

Whenever I speak with data scientists, the words “model” and “data” pop up all the time. When I challenge these smart model builders about the importance of good data assets, they wholeheartedly agree. They say, “Of course, data is very important.” Data is their responsibility.” AI is dead! Long live AI!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2023

World Youth Skills Day 2023: Engaging Youth with Cybersecurity madhav Thu, 07/13/2023 - 04:56 In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Welcome to our September 2023 catches of the month feature, which examines recent phishing scams and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. AgentTesla is a keylogger that can “log keystrokes, access the host’s clipboard, and conduct disk scans to uncover credentials and other valuable data”.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 7, 2023

Welcome to our August 2023 catches of the month feature, in which we explore the latest phishing scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. The pretext is also a quintessential example of phishing, as it creates a sense of shock and urgency.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On February 6, 2024, the UK government published a response to the consultation on its AI Regulation White Paper, which the UK government originally published in March 2023. The government views the non-statutory approach as offering “critical adaptability,” but has indicated this approach will remain under review.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Recent developments in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone to facilitate cross-border data transfers are expected to provide greater flexibility in exporting data from China, which has been stymied by the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”)’s strict cross-border data transfer regulations proposed in December 2023.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On November 8, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) intended to reinforce their “common mission to uphold individuals’ data protection and privacy rights, and cooperate internationally to achieve this goal”.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On 1 and 2 February 2024, at the fourth 4 th ASEAN Digital Ministers Meeting ( ADGMIN ) in Singapore, ASEAN [1] unveiled: the updated Joint Guide to ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses and EU Standard Contractual Clauses ( Joint MCC – SCC Guide ); and the ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics ( ASEAN AI Governance Guide ).

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2023

Data privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the state of California, are inescapable. The key to differentiation comes in getting data protection right, as part of an overall data strategy.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

We’ve looked at sources such as IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report , Verizon’s 2023 DBIR (Data Breaches and Investigations Report) and Proofpoint’s The State of Phishing report , and found 50 essential stats to reveal the threat that phishing plays – plus we have an extra statistic to explain how you can prevent attacks.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2023

Welcome to our January 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Malware campaign uses stolen bank data for phishing. This means that the attacker has gotten access to customers’ data,” Qualys said.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. According to the Securonix researchers, the malware was observed capturing clipboard data and recording keystrokes.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Welcome to our November 2023 catches of the month feature, which examines recent phishing scams and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. Once the victims had been infected, the attackers exfiltrated customer data.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Juniper said it has since fixed the problem, and that the inadvertent data exposure stemmed from a recent upgrade to its support portal. George said he found the data exposure earlier this week by accident while searching for support information on a particular Juniper product. Sunnyvale, Calif.

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2023

Welcome to our July 2023 catches of the month feature, in which we explore the latest phishing scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. Fortra’s PhishLabs team found that 23.6%

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

So, as ever, this blog series examines recent phishing campaigns and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. Following the link in the message took them to a phishing page mimicking a USPS page, where they were asked to enter their personal data and financial information. Can you spot a phishing scam?

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On December 18, 2023, the updated response from UK Information Commissioner John Edwards to the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill (the “Bill”) was published on the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The Commissioner’s original response was published in March 2023.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

government, which is frequently the target of phishing domains ending in.US. Most countries have their own ccTLDs: MX for Mexico, for example, or.CA That’s according to The Interisle Consulting Group , which gathers phishing data from multiple industry sources and publishes an annual report on the latest trends.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. AI is widely used in many business processes, helping organisations analyse data and automate tasks. Cyber security is no exception.

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Welcome to our May 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. For example, one bogus site purports to offer ‘ChatGPT detectors’ that help people spot content that has been artificially generated.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

” Infoblox determined that until May 2023, domains ending in.info accounted for the bulk of new registrations tied to the malicious link shortening service, which Infoblox has dubbed “ Prolific Puma.” government agencies. “Our current abuse rate on abuseIQ for example is currently at 0%.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Data loss prevention (DLP) best practices are principles that help prevent intentional or unintentional data erasure. By following these guidelines, organizations can reduce the detrimental impact of data loss and quickly resume operations after an incident. Proofpoint’s 2024 data loss landscape report reveals 84.7%

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CILIP

JUNE 14, 2023

Highly skilled and predominantly female - Workforce Mapping 2023 Survey results out now The libraries and information sector has a highly experienced and predominantly female workforce, with 40 per cent of staff having more than 20 years of work experience, according to data gathered for the Workforce Mapping 2023 survey.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 22, 2023

For example: Automated Decision-Making: where a data controller uses personal data to conduct any automated decision making, it must proactively inform data subjects in advance the types of data processed and the potential impact of the automated decision making.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Also consider creating a policy for which employees can access which types of data. The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 30, 2024

The claims related to the company’s sharing personal data without consumer consent and making it very difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to this telehealth service. The order also requires that the company destroy personal data for which it had not received consent and to create a document retention and destruction policy.

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Collibra

JUNE 21, 2023

There are a host of challenges to scaling AI, and they all start with data. For starters, just imagine the repeated cost of training an LLM on a data set that contains poor quality, inconsistent, inaccurate or incomplete data. 72% of companies say that data is the biggest challenge to achieving AI goals between now and 2025.

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IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2023

Welcome to our June 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. File Archive in the Browser scam exploiting ‘.zip’

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CILIP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 1, 2023

On 18 July 2023, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (“ PDPC ”) issued for public consultation a set of proposed guidelines for the use of personal data in AI recommendation and decision systems (“ Proposed Guidelines ”). The public consultation is open until 31 August 2023.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Mora said it’s unclear if the bitcoin address that holds his client’s stolen money is being held by the government or by the anonymous hackers. “The government doesn’t need the crypto as evidence, but in a forfeiture action the money goes to the government,” Rasch said. federal court.”

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 13, 2022

The UK’s Department for Health and Social Care (“ DHSC ”) has published a major strategy document (‘ Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data ’) outlining the government’s plans for the regulation and use of data in healthcare. Secure Data Environments. Fair Terms for Data Partnerships.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

These scammers often attempt to disguise themselves as a government agency, bank, or other organization to lend legitimacy to their claims, for example, a postal service like the United States Postal Service (USPS), asking to pay additional delivery fees via credit card.

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