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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised.

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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). As Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report notes, 82% of cyber security incidents are the result of human error – and this is no different for ransomware. What else should organisations do?

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

Preparing your organisation for cyber attacks and data breaches is complicated, and you should look for advice wherever you can get it. Misconfigured applications, databases and networks are one of the most common causes of delays and data breaches. Create a risk management regime. Secure your configurations.

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Network Encryption Keeps Our Data in Motion Secure for Business Services

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Network Encryption Keeps Our Data in Motion Secure for Business Services madhav Tue, 07/25/2023 - 04:59 The demand for high-speed networks and fast data transfers is increasing due to cloud adoption, digital transformation, and hybrid work. Why do you need network encryption in business services?

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New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

Krebs on Security

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Weekly podcast: banks, Thomas Cook, London cyber court and Facebook

IT Governance

This week, we discuss operational resilience in the banking and financial market infrastructures sectors, a data breach affecting Thomas Cook subsidiaries, London’s proposed new court building and the latest development in the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. Here are this week’s stories.

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Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the Podcast, # 123: Troy Hunt, the founder of HaveIBeenPwned.com joins us to talk about Marriott International’s big mess: a breach of Starwood Hotels’ reservation system that revealed information on half a billion (with a “B”) guests. It now holds information on more than 5.6