The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. But in certain cases the cloud is not readily accessible. The administrator can set password rules, put certain types of files on white lists or black lists, remotely reset devices; they can even disable devices lost in the field.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

The company added that the unauthorized accessed were the result of credential stuffing attacks and that its systems were not breached. “On December 20, 2022, we confirmed that unauthorized parties were able to access your PayPal customer account using your login credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

” CMG quickly took its systems offline as a precautionary measure and took additional steps to prevent further unauthorized access.” CMG discovered the incident on the same day, when CMG observed that certain files were encrypted and inaccessible.” ” continues the notification. ” concludes the letter.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare portals, payment information, and websites. million payments. ” reads the alert. In one case, the victim reported having lost approximately $1.5

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Holden said the internal discussions among the Venus group members indicate this gang has no problem gaining access to victim organizations. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication. “They are targeting a lot of U.S. ”

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Under the revised Payment Services Directive (2015/2366) (PSD2), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Commission were required to develop and adopt regulatory technical standards on strong customer authentication and common and secure open standards of communication. STRONG CUSTOMER AUTHENTICATION. What is SCA?

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

According to the settlement agreement, the threat actor obtained access to the EyeMed email account on approximately June 24, 2020 and not only obtained access to six years’ worth of information, but also began sending 2,000 phishing emails on July 1. EyeMed blocked the threat actor’s access on July 1.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

These recommendations are further detailed below, but two to note in particular: The Advisory recommends that organizations “require multi-factor authentication for all users, without exception.” Require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users. Enable Controlled Folder Access.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru ru in 2008.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

The attack took place on October 15, 2021, when threat actors breached the hospital’s network and accessed patient data. According to the investigation, the attackers compromised a third-party medical provider who was permitted access to the system to provide their services. ” continues the letter.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The FCA is proposing amendments to: the UK onshored versions of EU technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure methods of communication (UK SCA-RTS); its Approach Document on Payment Services and Electronic Money (Approach Document); and. TPP access. its Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG).

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

credit or debit card number, or any financial account number in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to such financial account. 60-Day Notification Window.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 22, 2023

Banking, finance, and insurance institutions must safeguard consumer information and accounts while providing customers continuous access to their balances and funds. On the other hand, if you can consistently impress your customers with personalized, easy-to-access and use service, you can dramatically increase their lifetime value.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Check your cyber insurance policy. Ensure you have access to appropriate threat intelligence. Make sure that your back-up strategy and policies also includes key access data such as decryption keys and access tokens – as well as the underlying data – so you can recover your data quickly. Ensure good password hygiene.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The compromised data included contact details, national insurance numbers and bank account details, as well as special category data, including ethnic origin, religion, details of any disabilities, sexual orientation and health information.

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Security Personal data GDPR Insurance 97

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Identity and access management for players, staff & ticket holders Tickets sold through all major ticket vendors will most likely be digital, optimized for mobile, and email accessible. For that reason, it’s more important than ever to secure authentication with phishing-resistant MFA or passwordless log-in.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The stolen information allegedly included names and identifying information, hashed passwords, security questions and answers, family information, Social Security numbers, lab results, health insurance information, doctor’s names, and medical conditions, among other things.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 Health data, by contrast, enables attackers to operate under the radar, typically to commit health insurance fraud. First, it employed multi-factor authentication to protect employee accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

A file is found copied to a location accessible via web request (typically running_config.xml): Perform a Private Data Reset of the device. Destruction of forensic artifacts will prevent incident response investigations and criminal investigations, and could affect cybersecurity insurance processes.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

While investigating the incident, it discovered that confidential consumer information had been accessed by an unauthorised third party. On 2 September, it confirmed that an unauthorised party had accessed or removed some of its files, some of which contained confidential patient information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server. The actors have then used SSH to connect to accessible ESXi servers and deploy ransomware [ T1486 ] on those servers.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 9, 2019

Further, the expanded definition now includes “username or email address in combination with a password or security questions and answers that would permit access to an online account” (without an individual’s name). HB 1071 provides that if the breach involves a username or password, an entity may provide notice by email.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

is perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves. prompts users to choose a multi-factor authentication (MFA) option. These days, ID.me

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2019

These controls include the following: Implement multifactor authentication: Multifactor authentication is widely lauded as the most effective control to detect and prevent unauthorized access. standard login passwords). hardware tokens and one-time passwords). standard login passwords). biometrics).

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2019

These controls include the following: Implement multifactor authentication: Multifactor authentication is widely lauded as the most effective control to detect and prevent unauthorized access. standard login passwords). hardware tokens and one-time passwords). standard login passwords). biometrics).

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Armstrong Archives

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. The guidelines ensure that patient information is safe from unauthorized access and sharing. What are the Most Common HIPAA Violations?

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Computer and Electronics Insurance Compliance Risk 52

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Create long and strong passwords. Lock your devices.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services announced a settlement with EyeMed, a licensed life, accident, and health insurer, with respect to a security incident that occurred in 2020. EyeMed blocked the threat actor’s access on July 1. EyeMed neither admitted nor denied the AG’s findings in the settlement.

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Cybersecurity Personal data Risk Financial Services 52

KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

The capacity to craft compelling, well-formed text is in the hands of anyone with access to ChatGPT, and that's basically anyone with an internet connection." While researching his recent book Hacking Multifactor Authentication, Roger tested over 150 MFA solutions. He covers it from all angles!

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Attackers will use the IoT (Internet of Things) to gain access to targets, pivoting attacks through compromised devices or using their resources as part of cyber attacks. Cyber insurance has in some regions encouraged victims to pay as it is cheaper than remediation in some cases. Attacks involving the IoT will continue.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

Ransomware attacks use several methods, or vectors, to infect networks or devices, including tricking individuals into clicking malicious links using phishing emails and exploiting vulnerabilities in software and operating systems, such as remote access. Limit access to backup systems until you’ve removed the infection.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The attacks aimed at government entities and managed service providers (MSPs) that were active in many industries, including aviation, healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and gambling.

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Authentication Insurance Access Government 81

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. of cyber attacks IBM handled. 70% of attacks were on banks.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Closely related to data security and an integral part of taking a proactive stance toward it is data privacy , or how data is stored, accessed and secured against improper access, theft or other loss. That tells you which data must be protected from unauthorized access to prevent harm to individuals and businesses.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Since many people use the same passwords or patterns when generating passwords, hackers have more and more opportunities to gain access to sensitive company data. For enterprise organizations with a large workforce that must access a wide variety of applications and databases, the risk is exponentially greater.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

They did it again this week with news that 419 million records, including phone numbers and user IDs, were scraped from Facebook and stored in a database that was just sitting online accessible to anyone who might like to peruse it. More than 130 million of those compromised by the discovery were American users. What You Can Do.

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