Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

“Depending on location, 16Shop will also collect ID numbers (including Civil ID, National ID, and Citizen ID), passport numbers, social insurance numbers, sort codes, and credit limits,” McAfee wrote. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit. Image: ZeroFox.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

The discovered database was not protected by authentication. Researchers found about 435,000 payslips, 300 tax filings, 3,800 insurance payment documents, and 21,000 salary sheets belonging to various companies using the HR platform’s services. If you want to know how to protect yourself, give a look at the original post here: [link].

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 16, 2021

On July 13, 2021, federal bank regulators – the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (collectively, the “Regulators”) – requested public comment on proposed joint guidance regarding banking organizations’ management (..)

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

LW: With all the wonders of the digital age, it’s fascinating how important it can be to have an encrypted drive in the palm of your hand when you really need one. So it’s easy to use for anybody; you don’t have to know how to do encryption. Park: Exactly. The hardware itself takes care of it for you.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

With digital transformation leading to a boom in the use of digital certificates, our bedrock authentication and encryption framework is at an inflection point, where the demand and adoption of automation is set to rapidly accelerate to keep up with technology requirements. PKI touches nearly every aspect of our connected technologies.

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. To combat this scam Zelle introduced out-of-band authentication with transaction details.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We will have two meeting rooms, and focus will be on how to discover, protect and control access to your most sensitive data. This talk will cover how to effectively leverage Google Cloud’s key management offerings to solve common security and compliance objectives. Thales will be present at Stand H1-C65. Use it when you register here.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Implement training for employees on how to identify and report phishing, social engineering, and spoofing attempts. As budget constraints allow, consider options in authentication or barrier layers to decrease or eliminate the viability of phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

By attending our live sessions at the Thales booth, you will learn how to: Discover and classify your data wherever it resides. Be in control of your encryption keys and their location, and how to control access to your sensitive data and digital services to comply with emerging data sovereignty requirements.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Lee: FFS, an insurance broker, requested the production of all written communication after the defendants violated their contract by sharing company information after termination. Train employees on how to appropriately send work texts. These methods are time-consuming and harder to authenticate in court. [5]. 4] Anthony J.

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Armstrong Archives

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. Strong encryption methods for data should be used, and multi-factor authentication will add even another layer of security.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Most organisations have some form of authentication, but inconsistent or weak authorisation procedures can create vulnerabilities that need to be identified and fixed. Access controls authenticate and authorise individuals to obtain information that they are permitted to see and use. How to protect yourself.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. This article looks at cybersecurity risk management, how to establish a risk management system, and best practices for building resilience. What is Cybersecurity Risk Management?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Check your cyber insurance policy. For accounts with wider authorisations such as admin and privileged accounts, consider tighter security such as requiring multi-factor authentication. Ensure multi-factor authentication for any public facing applications and resources (or equivalent protection). Check notification requirements.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With all this in mind, let’s take a look at what a scammer does, who they target, and how to spot one trying to pick your metaphorical pockets. Here’s How to Do It Right. Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Read More At: Most Organizations Do DMARC Wrong. Table of Contents: Who Do Scammers Target and Why?

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #17 | April 25th, 2023 [Head Start] Effective Methods How To Teach Social Engineering to an AI Remember The Sims? link] [Head Scratcher] More Companies With Cyber Insurance Are Hit by Ransomware Than Those Without? Well Stanford created a small virtual world with 25 ChatGPT-powered "people."

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

The entity must provide all information necessary for the resident to enroll in such services as well as instructions for how to implement a credit freeze. Norton Rose Fulbright has been shortlisted for ‘Cyber law firm of the year’ at the Insurance Insider Cyber Ranking Awards 2017. Connecticut has a similar provision.).

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Do you use push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)? Cybercriminals are aware that most people don't know how easily push-based MFA can be abused. In this Mobile-First module, your users will learn what push notification abuse is, how these attacks work, and learn tips on how to respond to a push notification attack.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Bottom line: Hackers sure know how to leverage the theft of a domain name. It should include an inventory of who can access registrar accounts, implementation of two-factor authentication, and password hygiene checks. Hackers were also quick to pounce on the disruption caused by the 2018 shutdown of the U.S.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that deals with how healthcare providers, insurance companies, and other businesses safeguard personal health information. PIAs identify how data processing might harm user privacy and how to prevent or mitigate those privacy concerns.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Enable two-factor authentication.

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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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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To help, we break down the process into the following steps: How to Prepare for Ransomware. How to Prepare for Ransomware. We should use multi-factor authentication. Budgets and IT capabilities may limit how much security we can afford to deploy, but not all security costs a fortune. Ransomware Response.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Mobile attacks. Other methods.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Learn how to create a holistic data protection strategy Staying on top of data security to keep ahead of ever-evolving threats Data security is the practice of protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption or theft throughout its entire lifecycle. Use dedicated data security software. Manage third-party-related risks.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

That includes social security and social insurance numbers, bank account numbers, phone numbers, birth dates, email addresses and self-reported income; in short, just about everything on an identity thief’s wish list. They were not using two-factor authentication and clearly no one was monitoring the audit logs.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

There’s plenty of advice on how to spot phishing scams , but without any real-world examples that explain how they work, it can be easy to see the threat as purely theoretical. That they didn’t suggests the university doesn’t teach its staff how to identify phishing emails or that those lessons weren’t effective.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

Where appropriate, employers may consider providing specific examples to illustrate how to spot malicious messages or engaging a security firm to send test phishing messages. Multi-Factor Authentication. Employees should be on alert for increased phishing attempts related to the current situation.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

I will focus on how to ensure the devices connected to your network are legitimate and who they say they are. These are: Enabling strong mutual authentication between connected devices and applications. I also will discuss the mechanisms needed to enable the fundamental security framework required to make the IoT trustworthy.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

She goes back to the human factor and asks what they want AI to enable for their team, and what they want to enable to support their business, and then start from those use cases to identify how to apply AI.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

She goes back to the human factor and asks what they want AI to enable for their team, and what they want to enable to support their business, and then start from those use cases to identify how to apply AI.

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OneHub

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But with more companies turning to digital file storage and sharing options (and more clients expecting the convenience), do you know how to securely share files? Here’s what every business needs to know about using an encrypted file sharing service and how to safely share documents. What Is Bank-Level Encryption?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Stay informed about AI developments and explore how your business can benefit from advancements in the public sector – and be mindful of the consumerization of AI-enabled fraud. Camellia Chan , Co-Founder and CEO, Flexxon Chan In a single month, major breaches hit MGM, DP World Australia, Philippine Health Insurance – just to name a few.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Bill said this criminal group averages between five and ten million email authentication attempts daily, and comes away with anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 of working inbox credentials. “For context, our research indicates that multi-factor authentication prevents more than 99.9% ” The Gift Card Gang’s Footprint.

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