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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. While investigating the incident, it discovered that confidential consumer information had been accessed by an unauthorised third party.

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Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

eSecurity Planet

A quarter were financially motivated, and three of those were linked to ransomware operations. Exploitation of enterprise IT zero-day vulnerabilities are continuing into 2023, led by a Fortra GoAnywhere zero-day that has been behind more than a hundred attacks by the Clop ransomware group.

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

Organisations must always have access controls in place to ensure employees can only view information that’s necessary for their job. Your employees are the ones following your policies and procedures, so they are directly responsible for keeping threats such as ransomware and phishing at bay. Manage user privileges.

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Proposed Amendments to NY Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Impose New Obligations on Large Entities, Boards of Directors and CISOs

Hunton Privacy

As part of the “access privileges” requirements under Section 500.7 The CISO’s obligation to report to the senior governing body ( e.g. , board of directors) has been expanded to include plans for remediating inadequacies and timely reporting on material cybersecurity issues or major cybersecurity events.

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NYDFS proposes significant cybersecurity regulation amendments

Data Protection Report

The proposed changes mark a turn by NYDFS toward more specific, granular and prescriptive requirements notably with respect to governance, risk assessments and asset inventories (detailed below). Governance. Asset inventories and Access Controls. conduct an independent audit or their cybersecurity program at least annually.

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Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

The Security Ledger

. » Related Stories As Election Threats Mount, Voting Machine Hacks are a Distraction Cryptojacking and MikroTik’s Bad-Feeling Feel Good Patch Story Iranians Indicted in SamSam Ransomware Scheme. And: you’ve heard of Business Email Compromise attacks but what about Business Service Impersonation scams?