IT Governance

MAY 2, 2024

IT Governance’s research found the following for April 2024: 652 publicly disclosed security incidents. The number of records breached this month was high – particularly compared to March – largely due to two outlier events: Spy.pet, a data scraping website, offering 4,186,879,104 Discord messages for sale. million licences/records.

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Data breaches Sales Computer and Electronics Access 64

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

“INSTAT assures the public that the 2023 Census data are not the subject of this attack. INSTAT’s technical team immediately activated emergency protocols to protect the data and prevent further damage. The hackers added that they have stolen over a 100 Terabytes of GIS and census data from the INSTAT.

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Computer and Electronics Government Communications IT 122

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a new cyber espionage campaign carried out by the Russia-linked group APT28 (aka “ Forest Blizzard ”, “ Fancybear ” or “ Strontium ”). CERT-UA discovered multiple phishing attacks aimed at government organizations between December 15 and December 25.

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Phishing Computer and Electronics Communications Encryption 117

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 5, 2019

Preparing for Data Security in the Quantum Computing Era. Each passing day brings the world closer to the exciting reality of powerful quantum computing. Quantum readiness, or crypto-agility, is critical to protecting and securing data and fending off new threats. Waiting until quantum computing is widely available ?

Computer and Electronics 90

Computer and Electronics Risk Paper Security 90

Data Protector

AUGUST 17, 2020

One of the Government's core objectives throughout the Brexit negotiations has been to respect data protection rights, slash Brussels' red tape and allow the United Kingdom to be a competitive safe haven for businesses all over the world. This is a process that would never end.

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Privacy GDPR Personal data Computer and Electronics 156

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2023

A gang of more than 100 individuals used fake social network accounts to conduct disinformation and psychological operations in support of the Russian government and its narrative on the invasion of Ukraine. The gang used a massive bot farm to distribute illegal content, personal data of Ukrainian citizens and commit frauds.

Computer and Electronics 68

Computer and Electronics Communications Sales Personal data 68

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania, a government agency reported. Albania’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed that cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Data breaches. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. In the meantime, you can find the full list of security incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 141

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

It’s simply the case that in the majority of cases, the breached organisation didn’t reveal how much data was compromised, either because it didn’t know or wasn’t obliged to reveal it publicly. Data breaches. We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. Cyber attacks.

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Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 26, 2022

Data is at the heart of the EU’s digital and green transformation, which are the two priorities of the European Commission. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016, the EU has created a solid framework for the protection of personal data in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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Personal data GDPR Computer and Electronics Artificial Intelligence 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Once it’s inside, Ryuk can spread across network servers through file shares to individual computers,” reads a post published by SBI. ” At the time it is not clear if the attackers have stolen any data from the City of Durham’s systems. .” 911 calls, though, are being answered.”

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Ransomware IT Computer and Electronics Mining 115

IT Governance

JULY 14, 2022

Organisations that fall within Levels 2–4 of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) can attest to compliance with an SAQ (self-assessment questionnaire). Organisations that are subject to the PCI DSS must demonstrate that they have taken appropriate steps to secure the payment card data that they hold.

Computer and Electronics 115

Computer and Electronics Compliance Sales Paper 115

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While AI can undoubtedly offer a competitive edge to organizations that effectively leverage its capabilities, we have seen unique concerns from industry to industry and region to region that must be considered—particularly around data.

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Cloud Computer and Electronics Compliance Financial Services 79

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Expert opinion on US surveillance laws highlights FISA risk for data transfers to the US. Section 702 permits the US government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign (ie, non-US) persons located outside the US in order to acquire “foreign intelligence information.” By: Andrew Serwin, Carol A.F. Key findings of the expert opinion.

Computer and Electronics 96

Computer and Electronics Communications Risk Government 96

eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 26, 2020

Wolford denied the defendant’s Motion for Return of Property Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), ruling that “[t]he government’s evidentiary interest in the [defendant’s] iPhone outweighs Defendant’s interest in its return, at least at this stage of the proceedings”. Case Background. Judge’s Ruling.

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Government IT Computer and Electronics Access 53

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Parson said he would seek to prosecute and investigate the reporter and the region’s largest newspaper for “unlawfully” accessing teacher data. “It is unlawful to access encoded data and systems in order to examine other peoples’ personal information. On Wednesday, the St. ” Missouri Gov.

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Security Education Computer and Electronics Access 313

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. Information is at the heart of any organisation, whether it’s business records, personal data or intellectual property. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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Information Security Security Computer and Electronics Encryption 126

eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As a vital part of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) , any data collected is done so with the intent to capture it exactly as intended or as it was actively being used. This ensures the searchability and traceability of your data so it can be properly collected, indexed, and documented for use in litigation.

Computer and Electronics 76

Computer and Electronics Data collection Access IoT 76

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. The PDP Draft Law is now sitting with the House of Representatives and other concerned government officials. General personal data v.

Data Privacy 104

Data Privacy Privacy Personal data Computer and Electronics 104

Krebs on Security

MAY 30, 2019

Canadian government regulators are using the country’s powerful new anti-spam law to pursue hefty fines of up to a million dollars against Canadian citizens suspected of helping to spread malicious software. Section 7 of CASL deals with the alteration of transmission data, including botnet activity.

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Computer and Electronics Compliance Communications Marketing 194

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Government Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA is investigating multiple attacks against organizations in Ukraine that involved a new piece of ransomware called Somnia. Then the threat actors abused the victim’s Telegram account to steal VPN configuration data (authentication and certificates).

Ransomware 80

Ransomware Computer and Electronics Authentication Government 80

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. According to the company, attackers did not obtain sensitive information about defense contracts.

Data breaches 120

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Government Manufacturing 120

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines.

Computer and Electronics 205

Computer and Electronics Passwords Sales Government 205

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice. What is Encryption?

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Encryption Computer and Electronics Cloud Passwords 124

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Computer and Electronics Sales Marketing Access 299

IT Governance

JULY 12, 2019

Digital Guardian recently asked a group of cyber security experts what the most important step is following a data breach. So how should you approach a data breach investigation? This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. The crime scene.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Education Access 103

Collibra

JULY 21, 2022

In another case, after migrating data to the cloud, you find a ton of duplicated data, jeopardizing your operations for two whole days while data engineers try to resolve the issues. They need undamaged data that represents real-world entities correctly and consistently. What does data integrity mean?

Computer and Electronics 52

Computer and Electronics Compliance Access Government 52

The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures. It used to be that trusting the connection between a workstation and a mainframe computer was the main concern. Modern digital systems simply could not exist without trusted operations, processes and connections. This challenge has not escaped the global cybersecurity community.

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Computer and Electronics Encryption 214

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

One participant on the government conference call today said the agencies offered few concrete details of how healthcare organizations might better protect themselves against this threat actor or purported malware campaign. based Sky Lakes Medical Center’s computer systems.

Ransomware 273

Ransomware Computer and Electronics Communications Cybersecurity 273

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “ Hieupc ” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare set by the U.S. BEGINNINGS.

Computer and Electronics 336

Computer and Electronics Access IT Data collection 336

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have breached networks of Russian federal agencies. Attackers gained access to mail servers, electronic document management servers, file servers, and workstations of various levels to steal data of interest. ” reads the report.

Computer and Electronics 113

Computer and Electronics Cloud Phishing Authentication 113

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. It’s been the usual mix of data breaches this month, with lots of mistakes being made and lots of ransoms being paid. First, who sends data via a posted USB stick? BEC scams pose a serious threat to all organisations.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. It’s been the usual mix of data breaches this month, with lots of mistakes being made and lots of ransoms being paid. First, who sends data via a posted USB stick? BEC scams pose a serious threat to all organisations.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

Everteam

AUGUST 15, 2019

European companies who have been more prudent in their use of personal data (though at the cost of innovation) have now seen their efforts rewarded in the form of increased levels of customer trust and regulatory compliance. The post Privacy and Innovation Combined in Information Governance appeared first on EVERTEAM.

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Information governance Privacy Government Computer and Electronics 40

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“The County of Delaware recently discovered a disruption to portions of its computer network. We commenced an immediate investigation that included taking certain systems offline and working with computer forensic specialists to determine the nature and scope of the event.

Computer and Electronics 103

Computer and Electronics Ransomware Insurance Encryption 103

Data Protection Report

MAY 15, 2019

In a significant recent decision, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) altered the regulatory landscape when moving personal information between affiliated companies and across Canada’s border for data processing or storage purposes. It was determined Equifax Inc. OPC findings. Accountability. PIPEDA’s Section 4.1.3

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