AIIM

JUNE 22, 2018

With the problem growing, and the attacks getting more sophisticated, there has never been a better time to learn how to defend your business’s data and protect your employees. In this article, we will examine how to educate your employees so that a lethal hack does not disrupt your business. It’s All About Passwords.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children. The DigitalOcean storage bucket, containing almost a million sensitive files, was left open to anyone without requiring authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

When it comes to alternative asset trading, protecting investor data is of critical importance. Here are seven tips to protect investor data in alternative asset trading. By working together, a robust cybersecurity framework can be established to protect investor data. Implement strong data encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Related: The need for robust data recovery policies. Empowering control In an operating environment of hyper interconnectivity and rapid software development, Exchange Server can offer tangible, hands-on control over sensitive data. And this has material value for organizations concerned about data sovereignty.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Fortinet has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331 (CVSS score of 9.3), in its Fortinet FortiPresence data analytics solution. FortiPresence is a comprehensive data analytics solution designed for analyzing user traffic and deriving usage patterns. ” reads the advisory published by the vendor. .

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Data Breach Today

JULY 8, 2020

Joni Brennan on Identity Being Core to a Socioeconomic Safety Net Joni Brennan, president of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC), says identity management is a core component to building a solid foundation for a socioeconomic safety net, particularly during a pandemic.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Consider these four best practices as the core of your finance team and business’ cybersecurity plan: •Regularly update and back-up your data systems.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

It’s important that as consumers are shopping for these smart home devices that they learn to recognize the Matter trademark so that they can make educated decisions.” Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. And it’s exciting that CSA is already working on those specs, as well.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Siemens Metaverse, a virtual space built to mirror real machines, factories, and other highly complex systems, has exposed sensitive data, including the company’s office plans and internet of things (IoT) devices. We can’t say for sure how much of the aforementioned data could be accessed using the ComfyApp credentials alone. “We

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. Data Sovereignty What is data sovereignty? Yes, it does matter.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

In particular, ransomware, which encrypts users’ data and demands a cryptocurrency ransom for their release or to avoid a dataleak, is becoming increasingly prevalent, causing financial and operational damage to individuals and businesses worldwide. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The experts pointed out that the data they found on the devices could be used to identify the prior owners, this information can be used by threat actors to breach their networks. Exposed corporate data and sensitive data include the maps of sensitive applications hosted locally or in the cloud. . ” concludes the report.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On October 31, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with education technology provider Chegg in connection with the company’s alleged poor cybersecurity practices. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. And when a breach does happen, then our personal data is the main target. Why does it matter?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Organizations can rent infrastructure components like virtual machines, storage, and networking from IaaS providers rather than owning and managing actual servers and data centers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As well as October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, there are many planned events to help educate on the emerging trends around cybersecurity and privacy. GITEX GLOBAL features every major technology vendor, trend, and vertical covering sectors including smart cities, cybersecurity, the data economy, mobility, healthcare, and telecoms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to inject arbitrary operating system commands or access sensitive data. “A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IND could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device.”

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Student Data Privacy. Security Breach Notice Act. The number of affected consumers exceeding 5,000 is no longer a basis for providing substitute notice.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. “I am doing LE Emergency Data Requests for snapchat, twitter, ig [Instagram] and many others,” Bug wrote.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations or an authenticated, remote attacker to establish a clientless SSL VPN session with an unauthorized user. Cisco investigated the hacking campaign with the help of Rapid7.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors. for data exfiltration to FTP servers or cloud storage. Phobos is also able to identify and delete data backups. ” reads the joint CSA.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In fact, all of their other concerns—malware, stolen data, phishing, ransomware and misconfiguration of cloud services—include an element of human error and/or malice. This demonstrates a lack of rigorous employee education and training on cybersecurity measures, making employees part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

January 28, 2020 marks the 13th iteration of Data Privacy Day. An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy. Key Management.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2023

Data privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the state of California, are inescapable. The key to differentiation comes in getting data protection right, as part of an overall data strategy.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Below is the list of flaws exploited by the ransomware gang’s affiliate: CVE-2021-27876 : The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Be prepared by backing up data. Educate staff on the hazards of using the same password across different platforms, and consider the benefits of multifactor authentication. Businesses can bolster security through rigorous authentication procedures and company policies requiring long and complex passwords.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. “If it was only the phone I will be in [a] bad situation,” USDoD said.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Improving cybersecurity practices of critical infrastructure, including transportation, banking, water and healthcare; Creating new infrastructure, such as expanding the network of electric-vehicle charging stations and bringing high-speed Internet to underserved parts of the country, and ensuring that new infrastructure is safe and secure; Providing (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

billion Azure AD brute force authentication attacks and detected 35.7 Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless authentication would allow customers to protect their accounts from brute force attacks. billion Azure AD brute force authentication attacks and intercepted 35.7 ” states Microsoft.

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2022

The Stormous ransomware gang announced earlier this week that it had hacked Coca-Cola and stolen 161 gigabytes of data. Unlike most cyber attacks, ransomware isn’t designed to sneak in undetected and exfiltrate data before the organisation closes the vulnerability. A scavenger hunt.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations or an authenticated, remote attacker to establish a clientless SSL VPN session with an unauthorized user. Cisco investigated the hacking campaign with the help of Rapid7.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They can refuse to pay the ransom and have criminals release sensitive data. In fact, ransomware-as-a-service is alive and well, educating would-be offenders on how to undertake an attack and even offering customer support. Data, even when returned, can be damaged or useless, delaying ongoing projects. High-stakes threat actors.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Most Popular Data Security Webinars of 2022: Sovereignty, Cloud Security and Compliance Top the List. Throughout 2022, Thales hosted more than 40 webinars on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics, including, cloud security, data sovereignty, compliance, data threat trends, and rethinking approaches to role-based authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. Passwords are the most common method of authentication. Passwordless Authentication 101. The Problem with Passwords. MFA Basics.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. In 2024, we are likely to see an API-based attack that will go undetected for a long period of time because it doesn’t seek to breach data, but rather to abuse the application logic. Educate your workforce.

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