IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified 106 publicly disclosed incidents accounting for 29,582,356 breached records this month. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

Insurance 128

Insurance Ransomware Risk Data science 128

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 26, 2023

CIAM in insurance: A unified, secure user experience with a single login madhav Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:33 In recent years, the insurance industry has transformed from a singularly focused entity to a multi-brand or multi-service type of business. Adding value to the user experience (a top priority for 59% of insurers) 2.

Insurance 71

Insurance Digital transformation Security Authentication 71

Data Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Death, taxes and data breaches. These threats lead to direct costs on victims, and these costs have also grown exponentially in recent years, as readers of the famed annual Ponemon data breach report well know. In 2021, the average total cost of a data breach rose to $4.24

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Security Compliance Cloud 97

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 4, 2022

How Cybersecurity Insurance Can Work To Help An Organization. For many years, organizations had limited options for addressing data protection risks. In the last 20+ years, cybersecurity insurance has added risk transference to the available palette of palliative choices. The function of cybersecurity insurance.

Insurance 71

Insurance Cybersecurity Cleanup Ransomware 71

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 108

Data breaches Retail Cloud Insurance 108

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The compromised databases included names, addresses, dates of birth, insurance policy details, medical record numbers, account balances and dates of service — of both guarantors and patients. The fact that this incident is being labeled “the Atrium breach” in the media also shows where the reputational risk lies. Sticky problem.

Data breaches 153

Data breaches Insurance Risk Ransomware 153

IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

Cyber insurance is big business these days. With the ever-present danger of data breaches and cyber attacks, organisations must be sure that they have the financial backing to respond appropriately. The most common reasons that insurers reject cyber insurance claims are organisations’ failure to.

Insurance 89

Insurance Data breaches Risk Information Security 89

Schneier on Security

APRIL 12, 2018

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws.

Insurance 48

Insurance Cybersecurity Data breaches Retail 48

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from August in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. Cloud data and backup services are a prime target of cybercriminals who deploy ransomware.

Ransomware 229

Ransomware Insurance Encryption Cloud 229

IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 , organisations spend £2.9 This includes the costs associated with detecting a breach, notifying affected customers, regulatory penalties and customer churn. You’ll receive cyber insurance cover ?. You’ll achieve security peace of mind. You’ll save money.

Security 131

Security Insurance Data breaches Information Security 131

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

Yet, as data becomes more valuable, it’s also becoming harder to protect. Companies continue to create more attack surfaces with hybrid models, scattering critical data across cloud, third-party and on-premises locations, while threat actors constantly devise new and creative ways to exploit vulnerabilities.

Data breaches 83

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Encryption 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

vpnMentor ’s research team discovered a hack affecting 80 million US households, and the incident is still actively leaking data. Hosted by a Microsoft cloud server, the 24 GB database includes the number of people living in each household with their full names, their marital status, income bracket, age, and more. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 90

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Cloud 90

Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

The data exposures all stem from a misconfiguration in Salesforce Community that allows an unauthenticated user to access records that should only be available after logging in. A researcher found DC Health had five Salesforce Community sites exposing data. That data later wound up for sale on a top cybercrime forum. .”

Access 299

Access Authentication Information Security Communications 299

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

A Guide to Key Management as a Service madhav Thu, 06/15/2023 - 11:29 As companies adopt a cloud-first strategy and high-profile breaches hit the headlines, securing sensitive data has become a paramount business concern. The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management.

Encryption 133

Encryption Compliance Cloud Authentication 133

Adam Levin

AUGUST 26, 2019

The data breach of Capital One was big news, but it was also a familiar story: a major financial company with the budget and means to secure its data didn’t bother to do so, and the personal information of over a hundred million of its customers and applicants was exposed. Cloudy with a Chance of Client Error.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches e-Discovery Cloud Insurance 56

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Company officials at Capital One Financial Corp ought to have a crystal clear idea of what to expect next — after admitting to have allowed a gargantuan data breach. Related: Hackers direct botnets to manipulate business logic Thompson is accused of pilfering sensitive data for 100 million US and 6 million Canadian bank patrons.

Data Privacy 198

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Cloud 198

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. The Ponemon Institute estimates that data breach costs rose to an average cost of $4.24 Be in-line with insurance policies. infrastructure issues (power outages, cloud outage, etc.),

Insurance 125

Insurance Ransomware Data breaches Cloud 125

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

In fact, organizations should expect increasing pressure on lawmakers to introduce new data protection regulations. A number of high-profile data breaches and scandals have increased public awareness of the issue. With these precautionary steps, organizations are primed to respond if a data breach occurs.

GDPR 100

GDPR e-Discovery Compliance Metadata 100

ARMA International

AUGUST 7, 2023

These include artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid and remote work collaboration, cloud, workflow automation and customization, mail processing and digitization, and security and data privacy. What third-party and cloud-based solutions are being used by your employees? It’s easy to understand why.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Data Privacy Privacy 52

OneHub

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Insurance documents. In 2018, more than 6,500 data breaches were reported. These breaches led to over 3.6 The damages incurred from a breach can be disastrous. Data breaches can happen for a variety of reasons. Cloud storage. Additional Cloud Benefits. Legal documents. Market research.

Security 65

Security Data breaches Cloud Encryption 65

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2024

Organizations had to re-examine the traditional business perimeter and migrate to cloud-based tools to support distributed workforces. They had to re-examine the traditional business perimeter and migrate to cloud-based tools to support distributed workforces. Which is the impact?

Cloud 112

Cloud Security Compliance B2B 112

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2019

based Billtrust is a cloud-based service that lets customers view invoices, pay, or request bills via email or fax. In an email sent to customers today, Billtrust said it was consulting with law enforcement officials and with an outside security firm to determine the extent of the breach.

B2B 120

B2B Ransomware Cloud Insurance 120

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Data protection and data privacy Data protection , defined as protecting important information from corruption, damage or loss, is critical because data breaches resulting from cyberattacks can include personally identifiable information (PII), health information, financial information, intellectual property and other personal data.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

The BBC disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of BBC Pension Scheme members. The BBC disclosed a data breach that occurred on May 21. Threat actors gained access to files on a cloud-based service belonging to the British public service broadcaster. ” reads the announcement.

Data breaches 102

Data breaches IT Insurance Cloud 102

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. On-premises data centers look to remain a big part of hybrid cloud networks, going forward, and keeping these systems up to date, with respect to vulnerability patching, isn’t getting easier. Enterprises, especially, tend to be methodical and plodding.

Digital transformation 113

Digital transformation Security Risk Cloud 113

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

ransom and sued its insurance firm for refusing to cover this payment Crooks stole $375k from Premint NFT, it is one of the biggest NFT hacks ever Google is going to remove App Permissions List from the Play Store Security Affairs newsletter Round 374 by Pierluigi Paganini APT groups target journalists and media organizations since 2021.

Security 97

Security Ransomware Insurance Analytics 97

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

Rules for handling children’s data might become even stricter if the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), currently under consideration in the US Senate, becomes law. They might regularly use personal data without the subject’s permission because supervisors lack the oversight to spot and correct the behavior.

Data Privacy 79

Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 79

OpenText Information Management

MAY 10, 2024

Examples include names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, social insurance numbers, and credit card details. When implementing GenAI and training language models (LLMs), businesses face the challenge of accidentally including PII in the training data. and personal or sensitive data types (e.g., PI/ PII, PCI, PHI, etc.).

Security 57

Security Artificial Intelligence Privacy Compliance 57

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2019

Once you’ve determined that, you should set up a backup schedule, saving your work on an isolated local device or in the Cloud. This might seem futile – the police will almost certainly be unable to recover your data, let alone catch the crooks – but evidence of the attack is necessary for filing a cyber insurance claim.

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Insurance Encryption Paper 99

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

For example, implementing peak-time computing resources to Amazon not only controls operations risk during the holiday season but also opens up opportunities to rent excess computing power and develop AWS cloud computing. Clear Prioritization The IRM process associates value for data, systems, and the risks that potentially threaten them.

Risk 67

Risk Compliance Communications Insurance 67

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This data creates leverage for the bad guys as it increasingly affects the customers' personal information. Ransomware gangs may become aggressive and divulge the data breach to the victim's customers, revealing that their sensitive personal or financial data was disclosed.

Ransomware 71

Ransomware Encryption Security awareness Insurance 71

IT Governance

MAY 1, 2018

A lack of comprehensive automated tools available to investigate new technologies, such as bring your own device (BYOD), Internet of Things (IoT) and the use of Cloud-based IT. It’s a legal requirement. Incident response planning is mandated as part of all major cyber security regimes. Benefits of CIR management.

Risk 75

Risk Information Security IoT Insurance 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 6, 2018

For most enterprise IT security professionals, there are some common reasons that we need to protect a given data set. Minimizing the chance of a data breach of PII. Protecting sensitive financial data, intellectual property or secrets. Implementing best practices. Or complying with a customer or supplier requirement.

Security 54

Security Encryption Cloud Access 54

ARMA International

AUGUST 2, 2019

with Equifax in connection with a 2017 data breach that exposed sensitive, personal data of around 147 million people. According to the FTC’s press release, the data breach included “names and dates of birth, Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and other personal information that could lead to identity theft and fraud.”

Cloud 41

Cloud Data breaches Encryption Access 41

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals. Files exposed sensitive data of the bank and its clients. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

Personal data 98

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 98