KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. This enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more. Don't get caught in a phishing net! In this E-Book Roger A.

Phishing 83

Phishing Security awareness Insurance Cybersecurity 83

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. Obtain cybersecurity expertise to properly understand and evaluate cyber risk.

Insurance 70

Insurance Cybersecurity Risk Education 70

IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Two Puerto Rico hospitals report ransomware attacks (520,000). Alabama-based school says its systems have been wiped out, but won’t confirm whether ransomware is to blame (unknown). Steel plant Blastech becomes second Mobile-based organisation to be hit by ransomware this month (unknown). Ransomware. J’Syracuse?

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Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Government 111

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group. Data breached: more than 59 million data records. Akumin Inc.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Source (New) Real estate USA Yes 46,906 Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 44,312 Air Methods Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 34,016 GREYHOURS Source (New) Retail France Yes 18,700 Groveport Madison Schools Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (Update) Education USA Yes 15.5

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

Overall, the use of stolen credentials is the overwhelming leader in data breaches, being involved in nearly 45% of breaches – this is more than double the second-place spot of "Other" (which includes a number of types of threat actions) and ransomware, which sits at around 20% of data breaches. Your employees are your last line of defense.

Data breaches 73

Data breaches Phishing Security awareness Ransomware 73

KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. According to the report, the financial services industry as a target has increased by 72% over 2022 and was the single largest target of financial fraud attacks, representing 49% of all such attacks.

Phishing 76

Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 76

Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

In March 2022, Congress passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act, which was signed by President Biden and will require critical infrastructure entities to report cyber incidents within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24 hours to CISA. Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022, S. 3600, 117th Cong. (as Persistence.

Cybersecurity 97

Cybersecurity Government Authentication Ransomware 97

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

In particular, in a blog article entitled, The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the FTC , dated August 31, 2016, the FTC provided guidance suggesting that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is consistent with the agency’s approach followed since the late 1990s in over 60 law enforcement actions and in business education guidance.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 1,955,385 BerryDunn and Reliable Networks Source (New) Finance and IT services USA Yes 1,107,354 VISAV Limited Source (New) IT services UK Yes >1,000,000 Designed Receivable Solutions, Inc. Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Finance USA Yes 498,686 J.P.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94