IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6 Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 75

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Unpatched vulnerabilities are at fault in anywhere from a third to more than half of all data breaches, depending on the study, so it’s natural to wonder why organizations don’t do a better job of patch management. Also read : Is the Answer to Vulnerabilities Patch Management as a Service? Patching Is Hard.

Cloud 135

Cloud Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity 135

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 31, 2024

The rules would ensure people can obtain their own financial data at no cost, control who it’s shared with and choose who they do business with in the financial industry. This would change the economics of consumer finance and the illicit data economy that exists today.

Financial Services 99

Financial Services Privacy Personal data Marketing 99

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 30, 2019

It’s summer, and life’s a breach. A data breach, that is. It’s your service provider’s breach, but it involves your (more likely, your customer’s) data. So put down the beach reading, for some breach reading. Who “owns” a data breach?

Data breaches 45

Data breaches Cybersecurity Financial Services Risk 45

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 29, 2024

However, a relentless barrage of data breaches, ransomware attacks, and sophisticated cyber threats steadily erodes this trust. Payment Services Directive (PSD3) PSD3 is an updated version of PSD2 and provides rules on the efficiency and security of digital payments and financial services in the EU.

Compliance 71

Compliance Cybersecurity Risk Manufacturing 71

Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) finalized the second amendment to its cybersecurity regulations, which are available here. The rules contain the provisions we had described in the original NYDFS proposal a year ago (see our blog post here ), but include some changes.

Cybersecurity 105

Cybersecurity Compliance Financial Services Government 105

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

402,437,094 known records breached in 240 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

A digital identification tool provided by OCR Labs to major banks and government agencies leaked sensitive credentials, putting clients at severe risk. Its services are used by companies and financial institutions including BMW, Vodafone, the Australian government, Westpac, ANZ, HSBC, and Virgin Money.

IT 84

IT Financial Services Access Risk 84

IT Governance

AUGUST 26, 2021

For example, financial services firms may be worried about employees breaching insider trading laws. Preventing data breaches. Monitoring software is therefore essential to ensure that data breaches are spotted promptly and to give your organisation the opportunity to respond.

Compliance 120

Compliance Data breaches Privacy Risk 120

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

Personal data 96

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 96

IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers (unknown). Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms security breach (unknown). State-sponsored hackers breach Greece’s top-level domain registrar (unknown). University of Alabama discovers 10-year-old account breach (1,400). Ransomware. J’Syracuse?

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Government 111

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

66,702,148 known records breached in 103 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 6.9

Data Privacy 79

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 79

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. This dupes a Windows machine that has not been patched against the vulnerability into allowing illegitimate data packets into the legitimate network. What is the EternalBlue vulnerability?

Phishing 109

Phishing Ransomware Search queries Access 109

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: more than 59 million data records. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group. Data breached: 5 TB.

Data Privacy 98

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 98

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

How can it be that marquee enterprises like Capital One, Marriott, Facebook, Yahoo, HBO, Equifax, Uber and countless others continue to lose sensitive information in massive data breaches? As I came to understand it, this new approach leverages multi-factor secret sharing algorithms previously only used by government entities.

Encryption 159

Encryption Security Compliance Digital transformation 159

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. Data breached: 70,840,771 email addresses.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Data Protection Report

MARCH 16, 2022

The relevant portions of the law, titled the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“Act”) proposes reporting requirements for incidents, establishes new programs to curtail ransomware attacks and encourages information sharing between government agencies. New Government Programs.

Ransomware 59

Ransomware FOIA Agriculture Cybersecurity 59

Data Matters

MARCH 21, 2022

Congress has passed a significant new cybersecurity law that will require critical infrastructure entities to report material cybersecurity incidents and ransomware payments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 72 and 24 hours, respectively. Background. a supply chain compromise.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Cybersecurity Agriculture Communications 97

Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal personal information, followed by an affected company sending regretful notification letters offering a year or two of complimentary credit monitoring. and foreign government agencies. All rights reserved. imposed economic sanctions.

Cybersecurity 97

Cybersecurity Government Authentication Ransomware 97

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Creating an Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

Security 93

Security Data breaches Ransomware Financial Services 93

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

5,255,944,117 known records breached in 128 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

Data Privacy 91

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 91

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Report: Fitness Tracker Data Breach Exposed 61 Million Records and User Data Online (websiteplanet.com) (61,000,000). SANSA breach: International hacker group claims responsibility for Space Agency leak (thesouthafrican.com) (0). SC: Dorchester County Government Notice of February Security Incident (databreaches.net) (0).

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Financial Services Privacy 111

Data Matters

APRIL 21, 2020

North Korea has been subjected to comprehensive international sanctions implemented to pressure its government to denuclearize. Foreign financial institutions risk secondary sanctions for engaging in the same. The Advisory’s recommendations are in accord with general cybersecurity regulations that govern financial institutions.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Risk Ransomware Government 68

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Open Raven is committed to data security visibility and compliance for the cloud and brings much cybersecurity industry experience to the table. Open Raven analyzes data at rest, classifies inventory, and automates data governance as these become critical capabilities for the hybrid infrastructure’s security posture.

Cybersecurity 142

Cybersecurity Cloud Compliance Analytics 142

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 16, 2022

The White House describes the Executive Order as the “first whole-of-government strategy” on digital assets and attempts to strike a balance between encouraging innovation and U.S. In June 2021, the House Committee on Financial Services also organized a Digital Assets Working Group. explore a U.S. global competitiveness.”.

Risk 86

Risk Marketing Financial Services Government 86

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

Security 86

Security Ransomware Data breaches Phishing 86