DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

The most prevalent schemes include phishing designed to trick them into disclosing credentials or other confidential information, as well as business email compromises focused on diverting electronic payments to criminals’ accounts. Governments and cybersecurity experts are reporting a surge in COVID-19-related phishing activity.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The attackers have a vast, pliable attack surface to bombard: essentially all of the externally-facing web apps, mobile apps and API services that organizations are increasingly embracing, in order to stay in step with digital transformation. Related: The ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionage is upon us.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

There’s a chance the unsolicited offer in your inbox is a “ phishing ” scheme. Phishing” occurs when a scammer poses as a legitimate company or website in an attempt to get their targets to click on a link that prompts them to enter personal information or downloads malware onto their devices. Be wary of email offers.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) posted proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“Cybersecurity Regulations”).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In addition, telemedicine has generated a larger pool for potential phishing scams as well as other socially-engineered, and technically based, attacks (e.g., According to the report, almost all (97%) of financial services organizations store data in the cloud. ransomware). More importantly, half of that cloud data is sensitive.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Much like any other banking channel, financial institutions need to strengthen their customer authentication if they expect to stop fraud in the financial services industry, said Neil Schwartzman of secure messaging infrastructure provider, Message Bus.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The client and server communicate over the SMB Protocol. Targeted Phishing and Social Engineering: In some cases, attackers may employ targeted phishing emails or social engineering techniques to gain initial access to a system within the target network.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As organizations move toward cloud environments, vulnerabilities rooted in vast internet communications are coming to light. Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. In the last decade, we’ve seen ransomware attacks increase exponentially. Ransomware facts.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [Brand-New Benchmark] Here Are Your Updated 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmark Results With phishing on the rise, your employee's mindset and actions are critical to maintaining a strong security culture in your organization. million simulated phishing security tests.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Known records breached Up to 3,806 organisations with DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) servers Source (New) Healthcare Unknown Unknown >59 million Akumin Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 5 TB AMCO Proteins Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 4 TB Norton Healthcare Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 2.5

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Colorado issued a revised draft of its privacy regulations, which added a list of what could be “substantial or material changes” to a privacy policy, which would require notice communicated to consumers in the manner by which the controller usually interacts with consumers. Which one is NOT on the list?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

Security vulnerabilities including hacking, unauthorised access, malware, phishing and ransomware attacks totalled 462 breach notifications. Six companies were prosecuted for direct marketing infringements, mainly for failing to obtain the valid consent required to send direct marketing communications by email and SMS.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Per the SEC’s recent disclosure guidance, among other things, the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures are tied to an organization’s ability to enhance communications between technical experts and disclosure advisors on data management processes that may address such risks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Larger organizations most targeted by advanced persistent threats (APTs) like enterprises and government agencies, financial services, energy, and telecommunications make up Kaspersky EDR’s clientele. Web application firewalls (WAF) offer monitoring, filtering, and blocking of internet communications.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

They're the long game operations where something as small as a single phishing email could escalate into millions of IDs being exfiltrated. And so we thought it was really useful to communicate between leadership and the offenders and the defenders, that we thought you know what let's publicly release this thing and so we released it.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

They're the long game operations where something as small as a single phishing email could escalate into millions of IDs being exfiltrated. And so we thought it was really useful to communicate between leadership and the offenders and the defenders, that we thought you know what let's publicly release this thing and so we released it.

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