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U.S. and Foreign Cybersecurity and Intelligence Agencies Recommend Measures to Counteract Threat of Russian Cyberattacks

Data Matters

These recommendations are further detailed below, but two to note in particular: The Advisory recommends that organizations “require multi-factor authentication for all users, without exception.” Require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users. Implement centralized log collection and monitoring.

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NY Charges First American Financial for Massive Data Leak

Krebs on Security

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. Santa Ana, Calif.-based

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Mysterious custom malware used to steal 1.2TB of data from million PCs

Security Affairs

million Windows systems between 2018 and 2020. million files and 26 million credentials, 11 million unique email addresses, and 2 billion web login cookies, researchers pointed out that 22% of the web login cookies were still valid at the time of the discovery of the archive. terabyte of stolen data. The database includes 6.6

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

Statement by President Biden on our Nation’s Cybersecurity (March 21, 2022). Defense Information Technology , Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Sec. In response, the Biden Administration has made cybersecurity defense a key agenda item. Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022, S. Agency (Feb. 14,028, 86 Fed.