eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

PwC’s 2022 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey reported that 46% of surveyed organizations experienced corruption, fraud, or other economic crimes in the 24-month survey period. 52% of companies with more than $10 billion in revenue were hit with fraud. Government organizations are arguably the most at risk of fraud attempts.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I remember the first time we were asked for a SOC 2 report, which quickly became the minimum bar requirement in our industry for proof of an effective security program,” he said. The vision was to automate security and compliance across 14 frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR. Growth has definitely been robust. “Our

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

On Monday, January 24, 2022, in a speech at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law annual Securities Regulation Institute conference, Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. These SEC rules could broadly affect cybersecurity requirements across the U.S. Public Companies and Service Providers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 362 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. Patch them now! Patch them now! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A cybersecurity alert published by the FBI, CISA, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned U.S. The advisory updates to the FBI FLASH BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Indicators of Compromise released on April 19, 2022 and on December 19, 2023. The FBI, CISA, and the Department of HHS warned U.S. Recently, the U.S.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 | May 2nd, 2023 [Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells? In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. Meanwhile, you can subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. However, we’ve decided to consolidate our records onto a single page.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A major focus of cybersecurity as an industry is its efforts to detect, root out, and respond to potential fraudsters attempting to trick companies and people out of their money, data, or both. This made a lot of sense, especially in the earlier days of the Internet where cybersecurity measures were nowhere near as robust as they are today.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

A leader tasked with cybersecurity can get ahead of the game by understanding where we are in the story of machine learning (ML) as a hacking tool," Tyson writes. "At At present, the most important area of relevance around AI for cybersecurity is content generation. Security awareness training still has a place to play here."

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breached organisation: A Limerick-based IT services firm (in the Republic of Ireland), retained by 11 towing companies, which are used by state bodies including the Irish national police and security service, An Garda Síochána. Records breached: Up to 4,341 files, containing addresses and grades of students from 2003–2022.

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

Building up your organization's human firewall by fostering a strong security culture is essential to outsmart bad actors. The Snake peer-to-peer botnet had infected computers of some NATO member governments. Russian state hackers began using the malware in their attacks shortly after.

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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.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware divya Thu, 02/16/2023 - 06:10 Ransomware perpetrators are adopting more sophisticated attack techniques with much success. Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 | December 6th, 2022. Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from November 2022. By Roger A. Save My Spot!

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

[link] Spear Phishing Attacks Increase 127% As Use of Impersonation Skyrockets Impersonation of users, domains and brands is on the rise, as is the use of malicious links, in response to security vendors improving their ability to detect malicious attachments. Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They can provide that additional security, remotely.

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