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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. For many organizations, the idea of storing data or running applications on infrastructure that they do not manage directly seems inherently insecure. What is cloud security?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

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Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists

Security Affairs

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. The evidence demonstrates that governments used Pegasus to intimidate journalists and critical media.

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Australian Privacy Regulator Sues in Data Breach Case

Hunton Privacy

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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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure.

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Multiple threat actors exploited Progress Telerik bug to breach U.S. federal agency

Security Affairs

Multiple threat actors exploited a critical flaw in Progress Telerik to breach an unnamed US federal agency, said the US government. In 2020 and 2021, this flaw was included by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in the list of the top 25 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups in attacks in the wild.

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Analysing Data Breaches Caused by Human Error

IT Governance

To find out, we looked at the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set , specifically looking into four data breach types caused by human error: Data emailed to incorrect recipient. Data posted or faxed to incorrect recipient. At the time of writing, the data set starts in Q2 2019 and goes up to Q2 2023.