Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The FCA is proposing amendments to: the UK onshored versions of EU technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure methods of communication (UK SCA-RTS); its Approach Document on Payment Services and Electronic Money (Approach Document); and. its Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

government and others, we are still no closer to seeing zero trust architecture widely adopted. I am very surprised that the cyber insurance industry has not required zero trust architecture already, but perhaps the $1.4 All resource authentication and authorization are dynamic and strictly enforced before access is allowed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

In this instance, Kid Security failed to configure authentication for its Kafka Broker cluster, exposing at least 456,000 private social media messages, audio recordings, IP addresses, device locations, usage statistics and more for over a year. EyeCare Services Partners exposes more 3.5 The biggest database in the blob contained 3.1

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

31, 2021, the HSE’s antivirus software detected the execution of two software tools commonly used by ransomware groups — Cobalt Strike and Mimikatz — on the Patient Zero Workstation. But the antivirus software was set to monitor mode, so it did not block the malicious commands.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The ransomware-as-a-service model has lowered the barrier to entry and helped ransomware groups rapidly scale their activities. Companies need to get the basics right: implement multi-factor authentication, lock down Internet systems and remote access solutions. Most B2B partners assume API machine calls are authenticated and safe.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 The attack, which occurred after a cyber criminal exposed the login credentials of a high-level employee, led to two separate leaks on a dark web site operated by the ransomware group REvil.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Kremlin breaks with all tradition and announces that — at the request of the United States — it has arrested 14 people suspected of working for REvil , one of the more ruthless and profitable Russian ransomware groups. Penchukov was arrested after leaving Ukraine to meet up with his wife in Switzerland.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

FBI and DHS’s CISA have published a joint alert to warn of ransomware attacks conducted by the DarkSide group. The Darkside ransomware gang first emerged in the threat landscape in August 2020, in recent months the group was very active and targeted organizations worldwide. 3 ],[ 4 ]” reads the joint alert.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

USinfoSearch’s statement did not address any questions put to the company, such as whether it requires multi-factor authentication for customer accounts, or whether my report had actually come from USinfoSearch’s systems. After much badgering, on Nov. “I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.”

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Change Healthcare Ransomware The United Healthcare Group (UHG) acquisition of Change Healthcare in 2022 started paying the wrong type of dividends this February when stolen credentials led to over $870 million in damages. The costs, affected patients, and consequences continue to be tallied.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In the 2021 FBI report, individuals over 60 years of age had the highest number of complaints of any age group with 92,371 and the highest amount of reported losses with $1.68 Of the six age groups listed (under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69), the three oldest age groups reported $4.13 for individuals under 40.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. ” reads the alert.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

The SolarWinds attack affected a number of government agencies, while the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack nearly shut down the U.S. There also were a range of top executives from other fields, including finance (JPMorgan Chase, TIAA and US Bancorp), insurance, education, and critical infrastructure water and energy.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The attacks aimed at government entities and managed service providers (MSPs) that were active in many industries, including aviation, healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and gambling.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access. These controls include: Active Directory (AD): Manages users, groups, and passwords as a fundamental access control for an organization and the basis for most other security tools.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Criminal hackers threaten to leak World-Check screening database A criminal group known as GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3 million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

4 (less than two hours before my scheduled call with VCPI and more than two weeks after the start of their ransomware attack) I heard via email from someone claiming to be part of the criminal group that launched the Ryuk ransomware inside VCPI. Cloud-based health insurance management portals. On the morning of Dec.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Parent groups expressed concerns when Sage was introduced to Snapchat+, as they feared younger children might not realize they are communicating with a chatbot. Additionally, it can serve as a constant virtual assistant suggesting amusing videos and providing clever ideas on what to say in group chats. must help cover $1.4

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Occasionally cybersecurity officials and researchers obtain the keys or crack the encryption code and make the keys freely available, but ransomware groups will typically respond by quickly changing their encryption approach to render the keys worthless. LockBit This RaaS group has been the most active ransomware group over the last year.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This picture comes from an analysis of specific statistics and by reading between the lines in reports from 1Password, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Flashpoint, Google Threat Analysis Group/Mandiant, NetScout, Pentera, and Sophos. This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

A Russian-based group’s cyberattack in late May on a range governmental agencies, think thanks, non-governmental agencies (NGOs) and the like around the world highlight the growing threat from software supply chain campaigns like the high-profile SolarWinds hack that was perpetrated by the same cybercriminals last year.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Instead of having to remember and follow specific steps to encrypt each folder or group of folders as they’re added to a disk, full disk encryption ensures even temporary files are protected against unauthorized access. Full disk encryption is most valuable for organizations that work with a lot of sensitive data that’s constantly changing.

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IT Governance

MAY 5, 2020

The email claims in broken English that “in corporation with National Insurance and National Health Services the government established new tax refund programme for dealing with the coronavirus outbreak in its action plan”. Why would the government take money away from the NHS and give it to citizens?

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 24, 2018

The amended law will require persons, companies and government agencies doing business in the state to notify affected individuals within 45 days of determining that a breach has resulted in or is reasonably likely to result in substantial economic loss to affected individuals. Substitute Notice.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Do you use push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)? The users were able to impersonate an infinite number of entities (such as banks, retail companies and government institutions) for financial gain and substantial losses to victims. Understanding the modus operandi of these groups. Learn anytime, anywhere! Save My Spot!

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Outsiders can include lone hackers and cybercriminals who can belong to a criminal group or a nation-state-sponsored organization. Such mobile devices increase risk because they are authenticated and authorized in different ways and introduce new endpoints that need protection from cyber threats. Use dedicated data security software.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily. And why is that?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

A few weeks ago, a group of criminal hackers published a list of about 2,500 email addresses and passwords that they had obtained from users of the gaming chat platform Discord. The scams begins with a direct message from someone in the victim’s friend list or group chat, or someone on the same server. The messages can take many forms.

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IGI

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Please join the IGI and Preservica on November 16th at 11am ET for a webinar addressing The Governance & Preservation of Long-Term Digital Information. Barclay Blair, Founder and Executive Director, Information Governance Initiative (IGI). CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Lori Ashley, Industry Market Development Manager, Preservica.

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Information Matters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

They also have a long history of being at the forefront of security methods, from the development of the vault to multi-factor authentication. They also have a long history of being at the forefront of security methods, from the development of the vault to multi-factor authentication.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk. Principle 5.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. California man Jay Brodsky brought a class-action suit against Apple , claiming that iPhone and Mac users are being forced into time-consuming two-factor authentication. IT Governance released its final Weekly Podcast.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

There are concerns that China has already collected a massive amount of data on government officials and ordinary U.S. And what can/should you do to improve your organization's authentication methods? To achieve this, China would need to develop the necessary cyber, psychological and social engineering capabilities.

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Data Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

These are grouped into several main themes. A controller must comply with an authenticated consumer request to exercise a right. The controller “authenticates” a consumer by verifying through reasonable means that the consumer exercising a right is the same consumer with respect to the personal data at issue. Entity exemptions.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include BeyondTrust, Duck Creek Technologies, New Relic, and Tenable; and Insight’s other successful investments include Alibaba Group, BMC, Cvent, DocuSign, SolarWinds, Tumblr, and Twitter. Paladin Capital Group. Also read : Top Cyber Insurance Companies. Insight Investments.

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