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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

BianLian group claims to have hacked AMCO Proteins The BianLian ransomware group has added AMCO Proteins to its list of victims, claiming to have exfiltrated 4 TB of data, including personal data; accounting, budget and financial data; employee data; operational and business files; email and message archives; and more. Data breached: 4 TB.

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

IT Governance

ru Source (New) Retail Russia Yes 38,694 Richmont Graduate University Source (New) Education USA Yes 37 GB CBIZ KA Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 36,295 La Red Health Center Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 35,602 Kinetic Leasing, Inc. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes >400 GB Hafez Insurance Co.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 April 2024

IT Governance

TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

US GAO publishes ransomware report The US Government Accountability Office has published a study into federal agencies’ cyber security practices and, in particular, how prepared they are to mitigate the risk of ransomware. Alternatively, you can view our full archive. Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 of the Standard.

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Off the Record – Nuclear Records Testing, Legal IG Guidance, Perfect Retention Policies

The Texas Record

To illustrate this point, they focus on a case study of a large U.S. retailer and distributor of tires and automobile parts profiled by Information Governance Initiative (IGI). The firm’s blog articles discuss first finding a small-scale project that can offer a quick-win opportunity to establish IG value.

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CCPA In-Depth Series: Draft Attorney General Regulations on Consumer Requests

Data Matters

The Attorney General’s proposed regulations are thick with important provisions, and businesses should study the full regulations carefully. Highlights. In particular, for requests to know, all businesses must provide a toll-free number and, if the business operates a website, it must also provide an interactive webform.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

While this case study is just a snapshot, vigilance in the app store is required. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. Short for “ archive bomb ”, this trojan is built to slow, freeze, or overwhelm the computer’s performance by using malcrafted archive headers, repeating data, and identical files in the archive.

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