Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

On January 28, 2022, in celebration of Data Privacy Day, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office issued prepared remarks from Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and published guidance on data security best practices. Regularly reviewing and updating security policies.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

On December 20, 2018, the French data protection authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it levied a €400,000 fine on Uber France SAS, the French establishment of Uber B.V. for failure to implement some basic security measures that made possible the 2016 Uber data breach. acted as a mere data processor of Uber B.V.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 29, 2018

According to Thales eSecurity’s latest Data Threat Report, European Edition , almost three in four businesses have now fallen victim to some of the world’s most significant data breaches, resulting in a loss of sensitive data and diminished customer trust. Where the hazard really lies.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

NHS Digital suffered a data breach in July that resulted in the confidential information of 150,000 patients being shared without their permission. The breach affected national data opt-out (formerly type 2 opt-out) patients. The best method to do so is to use a data mapping tool. What can be done?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2021

The phishers had access for more than 24 hours, and sources tell KrebsOnSecurity the intruders used that time to steal Social Security numbers and sensitive files on thousands of state workers, and to send targeted phishing messages to at least 9,000 other workers and their contacts.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2018

Although data breaches as a result of cyber attacks get all the press, it is often negligence or a lack of basic processes, policies and procedures that result in data breaches. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) compiles quarterly statistics about the main causes of reported data security incidents.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 10, 2023

The final text of the DPDPB as passed has not yet been released, but India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology released a description of the DPDPB’s “salient features” which include: Obligations of “data fiduciaries” ( i.e. , persons, companies and government entities who process data), including as to security safeguards, data breach (..)

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the rush to comply with various standards, such as addressing the OWASP Top 10 API , companies are looking at API security with renewed interest. Some organizations have begun using Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to protect their APIs, but this isn’t a true solution to API security. Are WAFs Enough for API Security?

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

With many employees now working remotely, securing company data isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. International workforces can be an excellent way to find top talent, but they can introduce unique security risks. Inconsistent data regulations. If any of these are security-related, it can be a cybersecurity risk.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Effective (and ideally automated) information classification is the bedrock to ensuring the application of appropriate information security controls to the relevant systems and processes. Many data breaches are exacerbated by poor retention and disposal practices, despite most organisations having a retention policy.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors. Organizations must prioritize implementing effective security measures and conducting frequent audits. Attackers were seen attempting to disable security plug-ins.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

CardX recommends that customers keep track of transactions involving their accounts and exercise caution to avoid any potential fraud. As reported by Prachachat Online, CardX has taken swift action to improve its protection against unauthorized access to customer data after discovering a leak of personal information.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

The website offers any kind of fitness articles, exercises, workouts, and supplements. “Bodybuilding.com recently became aware of a data security incident that may have affected certain customer information in our possession. Data potentially exposed in the incident includes name, Bodybuilding.com usernames and passwords.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

If you operate in Singapore, handle Singapore data, or maintain a server in Singapore, it is crucial that you have protocols in place to guide employees on what to do when a data breach occurs and consider doing a data breach tabletop exercise. (We NEW mandatory data breach notification requirement.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic keeping us stuck inside and struggling to find ways to remain productive, now might be the perfect time to take an online cyber security training course. Let’s take a look at five of the best online courses for cyber security. Certified Cyber Security Foundation Training Course.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Security Affairs newsletter Round 209 – News of the week. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Breach Memorandum, which is intended for each agency’s Senior Agency Official for Privacy (“SAOP”), updates OMB’s breach notification policies and guidelines in accordance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (“FISMA”).

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Most companies are no strangers to the consequences of a data breach. Incident readiness includes having a state-of-the-art incident response plan, conducting tabletop exercises, implementing a vendor management program and having adequate cybersecurity insurance. It’s now rare to be unaffected by such incidents.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to one report , 82% of data breaches involved the human element, from social attacks to misuse of technologies. Due to the increasing use of digital tools for business operations and reliance on employee conduct to ensure security, new solutions are required. Team Exercises.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 3, 2020

This is expected to result in a strengthening of rights for data subjects while making data breach notifications mandatory and increasing penalties for noncompliance. increasing penalties to be imposed on companies for breaches of the APPI and/or administrative orders issued by the PPC. Data Breach Report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2022

Italian authorities confirmed that the attacks has not caused data breach or other damages. The Italian police is investigating the attack, while the National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) confirmed that the websites were hit with DDoS attacks. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yesterday, I wrote the first part of this 5-part series on fixing data breaches and I focused on education. The next few parts of this series all focus on cures - how do we fix data breaches once bad code has already been written or bad server configurations deployed? Best of all, it's about prevention rather than cure.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 8, 2015

(“AT&T”) stemming from allegations that AT&T failed to protect the confidentiality of consumers’ personal information, resulting in data breaches at AT&T call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines. customers. file regular compliance reports with the FCC.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

Cybersecurity experts would have you believe that your organization’s employees have a crucial role in bolstering or damaging your company’s security initiatives. According to another study by CybSafe, human errors have been responsible for over 90% of data breaches in 2020. Customize Your Security Training.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 19, 2023

I want to try something new here - bear with me here: Data breach processing is hard and the hardest part of all is getting in touch with organisations and disclosing the incident before I load anything into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). Meaning web Subscriptions may potentially lead to more money in your pocket.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2021

There are also new requirements around transfers of data outside of the UAE and requirements to keep data secure, and to notify the new data protection regulator, and in some circumstances data subjects, of data breaches. Data security. Data breaches. 44) of 2021.

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IT Governance

JUNE 22, 2023

This data breach is the latest in a series of security concerns regarding machine learning tools. The costs will vary greatly depending on the types of data, but among the 100,000 stolen credentials, it’s unlikely that many will sell for more than a few dollars. Does ChatGPT pose a cyber security risk?

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

“Dearlove said that the emails captured a “legitimate lobbying exercise which, seen through this antagonistic optic, is now subject to distortion.”” ”” Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 9, 2020

Data Breach Notification: Controllers are required to notify the Commissioner of Data Protection of any personal data breach that compromises a data subject’s confidentiality, security or privacy. For more detail, read the full client alert.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Mandatory data breach notification (the DBN Obligation). Generally, an organization should assess whether a data breach is notifiable within 30 calendar days once it has credible grounds to believe that a data breach has occurred, or it should be prepared to provide an explanation to the PDPC.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2022

I recently joined the Director of Operations of the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Paul Chichester on the Thales Security Sessions podcast, to discuss the scale of the ransomware problem. And perhaps most importantly, ensure that all those plans are exercised and tested on a regular basis. Data Security.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The GDPR applies to any organization that processes the personal data of European residents, regardless of where that organization is based. Finally, the GDPR applies to the processing of personal data for virtually any reason: commercial, academic, governmental, and otherwise. However, all organizations may want to keep such records.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

” reads the security notice published by Comodo. “Over the weekend at 4:57 am ET on Sunday September 29, 2019, we became aware that this security flaw in the vBulletin software had become exploited resulting in a potential data breach on the Comodo Forums. SecurityAffairs – vBulletin, data breach).

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2023

Red team cyber security assessments are a crucial way of giving organisations a practical understanding of their defence capabilities. In these exercises, the red team faces off against their counterparts, the blue team, in a battle to control a particular asset. What is a red team?

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 7, 2021

This is slightly more generous than the one year period proposed in the draft SCCs, but it will still mean a large repapering exercise in the coming months, which organisations should start preparing for. Module 4, clause 8.2 ); (d) the timeframe within which importer controllers mist deal with data subject rights. Module 1, clauses 8.5;

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