Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The software vulnerability was exploited by a group of cybercriminals and allowed them to access and download files belonging to certain agencies in the State of Maine between May 28, 2023, and May 29, 2023.” The type of data accessed by the threat actors varies on the individual and their association with the State.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Bitmarck, one of the largest IT service providers for social insurance carriers in Germany, announced yesterday that it has suffered a cyber attack. The incident impacted statutory health insurance companies that have their IT operated by BITMARCK.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Security experts at Flashpoint discovered the availability of the access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo. A new report published by researchers at Flashpoint revealed the availability on an underground hacking forum for Russian-speaking users of access to over 3,000 breached websites.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

. “After a full reconstruction of our systems and historical data, the investigation determined on August 11, 2023 that an unauthorized actor exploited software vulnerabilities, accessed the MOVEit Transfer server on May 30, 2023, and exfiltrated certain data from the MOVEit Transfer server during that time. million Genworth 2.5

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Its mission is to improve the lives of people worldwide through research, clinical care and education. Threat actors had access to its infrastructure. Our forensic team is continuing to conduct an assessment of the data accessed and we will provide further updates as we have them.” ” reported the Seattle Times. “If

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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. Continuously educating and informing staff about the risks and methods used by cybercriminals to launch attacks and steal data. “They are targeting a lot of U.S. ”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The incident is the result of a MOVEit attack on IBM, threat actors accessed the personal and health information of the impacted individuals. HCPF’s primary focus is on providing access to affordable and quality healthcare services for eligible individuals and families. ” reads the reads the notice. by the company.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity. Byron: It’s gone from simple file encryption to multifaceted, multi-staged attacks that leverage Dark Web services, such as initial access brokers (IABs,) as well as make use of Living off the Land (LotL) embedded tools.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Hear Riley McIntosh from Pacific Life Insurance and Alison Clarke from OpenText talk about how Pacific Life took their Records Management program and transformed it from a risk-based program to an information value-based program using process efficiencies and automation. Click here to access our full library of episodes.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. Document sent to the insurance company by the victim’s lawyer. These documents’ total size was more than 20GB, and it was accessible by anyone who found the S3 bucket.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

They accessed 41.5 million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. million individuals affected HealthEC LLC, a health technology company, has announced that it suffered a data breach in July 2023, in which systems were accessed and files were copied.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Cyber Insurer Provides Help. As Spectra Logic had the foresight to take out cyber insurance , Chubb representatives were professional and helpful, according to Mendoza. Forensic analysis of the breach came to a quick conclusion – a phishing attempt had tricked a user with privileged access into clicking on a malicious link.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 4, 2021

Exagrid paid the ransom May 13, after several days of negotiation with the attackers, who claimed to have had access to their systems for over a month. Practice the 3Ms: Minimize your risk of exposure: Don’t take unnecessary risks and invest in cyber defenses and education. medical and first responder networks over the last year.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Incident details: An unauthorised party gained access to some employee email accounts and the information within them, including demographic, medical and financial information. It turned out that an unauthorised party had accessed and downloaded its business records, including files containing personal data.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. “Royal’s initial access utilized the basic service domain service account, connecting to a server. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Xchanging is primarily an insurance managed services business that operates on a standalone basis.”

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

John Danenberger, CPCU, is Corporate Counsel at State Farm Insurance and specializes in addressing emerging issues around telematics. In 2015, he successfully transitioned from a military career as a trial attorney for the JAG Corps to working in telematics in corporate America for State Farm Insurance.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Not disclosing, subject to specified exceptions, a consumer’s genetic data to certain entities ( e.g. , those responsible for making decisions regarding health insurance, life insurance or employment). The bill is pending California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature. Violations of the Act are subject to civil penalties.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 18, 2023

The bill also contains a number of exemptions, including exceptions for financial institutions, affiliates, and data subject to Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, covered entities and business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It is not known how long the database was publicly available, nor whether anyone else accessed it. Welfare Benefits Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 13,079 Insurance ACE/Humana Inc. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day.

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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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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

heath records or records of a wellness program or similar program of health promotion or disease prevention, a health care professional’s medical diagnosis or treatment of the consumer or a health insurance policy number. The law is enforceable by the Vermont Attorney General.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Along with celebrating Cyber Security Awareness Month, several exciting events are taking place across the world, aiming to educate people on the latest trends in cybersecurity and privacy. We will have two meeting rooms, and focus will be on how to discover, protect and control access to your most sensitive data. Safe travels!

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Brazilian health insurance firm Fisco Saúde hit by cyber attack (unknown). Spain’s Generali España insurance company says it was hacked (unknown). DDSB recovering from cyber attack that left schools without access to email or emergency contact information (unknown). Personal Paraguay telecom victim of cyber attack (unknown).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals. Cybernews researchers assert that access to the Digital Ocean bucket belonging to ICICI Bank was fully restricted on March 30.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

are subject to laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), as well as regulations such as the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA). Healthcare Data Privacy Laws. Health data and patient data in the U.S.

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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." I've written quite a few times about specific cyber insurance claim cases that required going to court to settle. He covers it from all angles!

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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. On the receiving end, all they have to do is authenticate with a password to access the files. The hardware itself takes care of it for you. Park: The trend nowadays is to move everything to the cloud.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 18, 2024

Instead of forcing the customer to communicate in your home language, enterprise-grade chatbots can support multiple languages and can even make an educated guess based on the initial input, whether it’s in chat, text or voice. Government Empower citizens to access basic information on paying bills and upcoming events by using chatbots.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. Source New Defence USA Yes 1,051 Connecticut College Source New Education USA Yes 954 American Alarm & Communications Inc.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. The only way to make a system 100 percent secure is to make sure it isn’t accessible by anyone, which is impractical at best. Risk Mitigation Steps. The Human Element.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of 2019 data breach (unknown). Rady’s Children Hospital in San Diego notifying patients whose data was accessed via open port on the Internet (unknown). In other news….

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This includes an inability to protect against malware, set access controls and apply updates. By comparison, 24% said they are investing in ongoing cyber security education and 23% said they are increasing their IT or security budget. Those considering an outsourced approach should take a look at our Cyber Security as a Service.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

The CTDPA exempts certain entities, including, for example, state and local government entities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”), and qualifying covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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