Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. Cybernews researchers assert that access to the Digital Ocean bucket belonging to ICICI Bank was fully restricted on March 30. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

Personal data 98

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 98

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. Likewise, lookalike and spoofed web domains and well-crafted phishing emails now easily trick employees into thinking they’re dealing with trustworthy sources.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Education Phishing Financial Services 124

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

Security 96

Security Data breaches Ransomware Artificial Intelligence 96

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Enterprise & operational risk management. Audit management.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools. Other industry standards too can have the force of “pseudo-law” – notably, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which federal regulators often apply to financial-services firms and government contractors. PIPL Raises the Bar – And the Stakes.

Data Privacy 145

Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance.

Risk 145

Risk Cybersecurity Encryption Access 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. ransomware and phishing scams).

Ransomware 110

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Financial Services 110

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Phishing attacks continue to dominate cyber threats. Also read: Complete Guide to Phishing Attacks: Different Types and Defenses. Ransomware.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Cybersecurity Phishing Encryption 145

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In August, F-Secure Labs experts observed a spear-phishing campaign targeting an organization in the cryptocurrency industry. The attackers are attempting to exploit the need to install additional security software when South Korean users visit government or financial services websites. . ” Pierluigi Paganini.

Financial Services 104

Financial Services Phishing Government Security 104

Ascent Innovations

MAY 17, 2018

The utilities and energy industries experienced high indicators of attack activity, suggests that attackers have access to critical infrastructure and are waiting to exploit this access. Email phishing remains the top malware delivery mechanism. State actors tend to zero in on government agencies or utilities and energy targets.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities IoT Mining Financial Services 40

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

If personal devices are used to access company resources, employers may remind employees to: (1) update their device’s operating system and apps; (2) ensure anti-virus software is installed and running on all devices used for remote work; and (3) enable security features for browsers and cloud-based applications and accounts.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Phishing Authentication Access 52

IT Governance

AUGUST 26, 2021

For example, financial services firms may be worried about employees breaching insider trading laws. More broadly, organisations may fear that employees are misappropriating sensitive information or gaining unauthorised access to certain parts of their database.

Compliance 119

Compliance Data breaches Privacy Risk 119

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The first phishing campaigns have already been sent and more will be coming that try to trick you into clicking on a variety of links about blood drives, charitable donations, or "exclusive" videos. The reports show that ransomware incidents have increased from 17% to 19%, often spread through phishing emails and malware.

Phishing 89

Phishing Security awareness Compliance Risk 89

Data Matters

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ransomware attacks use malware, often injected through phishing schemes, to encrypt a victim’s data files or programs, followed by a ransom demand by the threat actor that offers the decryption key in exchange for payment. Payment is often demanded in bitcoin, and thus third-party services are often used to make such payments.

Ransomware 68

Ransomware Compliance Risk Government 68

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Enterprise & operational risk management. Audit management.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) posted proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“Cybersecurity Regulations”). As part of the “access privileges” requirements under Section 500.7

Financial Services 55

Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk Passwords 55

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” A cloud access security broker (CASB) can help manage policy enforcement for your organization’s cloud infrastructure.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Encryption Insurance Cloud 97

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

And yet, for all of its sophistication, Nobelium also engages in routine phishing campaigns to get a foothold in targeted organizations. They revert back to the tried-and-true technique of compromising victims’ passwords to gain access to their accounts. This of course is how they get a toehold to go deeper. Simple techniques.

Phishing 214

Phishing Passwords Authentication Financial Services 214

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. Lucy’s’s software allows companies to easily set-up customizable mock attacks to test employees’ readiness to avoid phishing, ransomware and other attacks with a social engineering component. It is headquartered in Zurich, with a U.S

Phishing 166

Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Education 166

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This packet contains the exploit code that takes advantage of the EternalBlue vulnerability, allowing the attacker to gain unauthorized access and execute arbitrary code on the compromised system. A bad actor, seeking to exploit the vulnerability, initiates an attack by sending a specially crafted network packet to the vulnerable system.

Phishing 120

Phishing Ransomware Search queries Access 120

IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers (unknown). TX-based Wise Health reports data breach caused by phishing attack (35,899). Hackers publish list of Discord credentials they accessed in phishing scam (2,500). Hackers breach SyTech, a contractor for Russia’s national intelligence service (unknown).

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Government 111

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. A criminal hacker gained access to Lafourche Medical Group’s Microsoft 365 environment following a phishing attack that impersonated one of the medical group’s owners. Akumin Inc.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Simon Moffatt from CyberHut joins The Hacker Mind to discuss how identity and access management (IAM) is fundamental to everything we do online today, and why even multi-factor access, while an improvement, needs to yield to more effortless and more secure passwordless technology that’s coming soon. Something better?

Passwords 52

Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Using appropriate access controls. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Encrypting critical data assets.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

Cybersecurity experts at both Microsoft and SecureWorks said that the hacker group – called Nobelium by Microsoft but which also is known as APT29 – accessed the Constant Contact email marketing account used by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch phishing campaigns against a broad array of targets.

Phishing 70

Phishing Cybersecurity Government Authentication 70

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

million to settle a complaint alleging that the home security camera company Ring “allowed employees and contractors to access consumers’ private videos and failed to implement security protections, enabling hackers to take control of consumers’ accounts, cameras, and videos”. iSharing is used by more than 35 million users.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Cloud access security broker CASB McAfee Microsoft. Identity and access management IAM Okta Microsoft. Managed security services MSS/MSP Secureworks Trustwave. Network access control NAC Cisco ForeScout. Cloud access security broker (CASB): McAfee. Network Security Product. Top Product Runner Up. Kaspersky EDR.

Security 117

Security Cloud Analytics Access 117

ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

government agencies. Duff: What MITRE does is provide usually high level understanding to our government customers on problems that they face, and that can range anything from work we do with the FAA to work we do with the NCC OE so the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which is operated by NIST, a variety of programs in between.

Government 52

Government IT Access Analytics 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

government agencies. Duff: What MITRE does is provide usually high level understanding to our government customers on problems that they face, and that can range anything from work we do with the FAA to work we do with the NCC OE so the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which is operated by NIST, a variety of programs in between.

Government 52

Government IT Access Analytics 52

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

Security 107

Security Ransomware Data breaches Phishing 107