eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S.,

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 5, 2020

Adjacent to these initiatives, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently published draft guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications. 10 GDPR and any applicable national legislation. geolocation data; biometric data; etc.)

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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. A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They can provide that additional security, remotely.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access. The HSE Security Operations team requested that the Server team restart servers.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. Emerging Trends in Breaches. New and Enhanced Frameworks and Tools.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

On October 10, 2019, this wait finally ended. If a business collects personal information to verify, it must use it only for the purpose of verification or for security or fraud prevention, and it must delete the information as soon as practical after processing the request.) Need for Security Measures. No Need to Re-Identify.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The data in this story come from a trusted source in the security industry who has visibility into a network of hacked machines that fraudsters in just about every corner of the Internet are using to anonymize their malicious Web traffic. mail server responds “OK” = successful access). ” The Gift Card Gang’s Footprint.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This is more than a 70% increase over 2020. 52% of companies with more than $10 billion in revenue were hit with fraud. Banks, financial services, and insurance companies are especially vulnerable to fraud due to their access to large amounts of money and sensitive information for customers and employees alike.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2019

On October 10, 2019, this wait finally ended. Meanwhile, the CCPA itself still goes into effect on January 1, 2020, and businesses may quickly begin seeing data subject rights requests, let alone the potential for data breach litigation pursuant to the private right of action. a link to the business’s privacy policy.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

Related: Authenticating IoT devices Physical machines, like driverless vehicles and smart buildings; but, even more so, virtual machines. As a result, the way in which they connect and authorize communication makes them a primary security risk for organizations. In one sense, digital transformation is all about machines.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Attackers can compromise credentials because of extensive user password problems throughout most organizations; however, a number of security solutions provide credentials protection for both basic and advanced needs. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20% increase accesses of specific organizations advertised.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. A new report (PDF) from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that from March through October of 2020, some $3.5

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