Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

A reader who was recently the victim of unemployment insurance fraud said he was told he should create an account at the Department of Homeland Security ‘s myE-Verify website , and place a lock on his Social Security number (SSN) to minimize the chances that ID thieves might abuse his identity for employment fraud in the future.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Late last year, Atrium Health disclosed it lost sensitive data for some 2.65 According to a recent Ponemon Institute study , some 59% of companies experienced a third-party data breach in 2018, yet only 16% believe they are effectively mitigating third-party risk. Advancing best practices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2024

18 Gb.dwg - 38295 pcs - drawings and schematics of chips, microchips, transistors, etc.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Hunton & Williams Insurance Litigation & Counseling partner Lon Berk reports: An Israeli security firm recently uncovered a hacking operation that had been active for more than a decade. The hackers purchased digital security certificates for each phony company to make the sites appear legitimate to visitors.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 30, 2020

While there’s no shortage of examples of ransomware attacks, a recent study by data protection firm Veritas suggests an even bigger problem that few, if any, companies are prepared for: Customers are increasingly laying the blame on companies, specifically their CEOs, rather than on the hackers perpetrating the attacks.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. Data leaks, data breaches and data dumps are so common these days that they don’t even attract that much attention.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 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. Incident details: A security vulnerability in a third party left personal data exposed of thousands of motorists who had their vehicle towed on behalf of the An Garda Síochána.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 9, 2024

Healthcare organizations need a strong data governance framework to help ensure compliance with regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in the US and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU. Despite this, many healthcare organizations face challenges.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to a recent market study 1 , 71% of individuals surveyed said double and triple extortion tactics have grown in popularity over the last 12 months, and 65% agree that these new threats make it tougher to refuse ransom demands. To increase pressure, the bad actors then threaten to publish the private data.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. ” Indeed, despite its myriad security and management foibles since announcing its historic data breach last September, Equifax has apparently taken this particular lesson to heart.

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Data Matters

JUNE 22, 2022

Consistent with all of the state data privacy laws we have seen to date, the Connecticut law does not provide for a private right of action to broadly enforce the privacy rights provisions of the law. Additionally, unlike CCPA, there is no private right of action in connection with data breaches.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. While it may be for “Amazon”–or at least devilishly hard–it’s easier than you’d think.

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IT Governance

MAY 22, 2018

A BCMS is essentially a form of insurance; you are preparing for a scenario that you hope never occurs. Ponemon Institute’s 2017 Cost of Data Breach Study: Impact of Business Continuity Management found that, on average, a BCMS helps save organisations £500,000 per incident.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low. By contrast, we disclosed 1 billion breached records in April, and almost 4 billion in the first four months of the year.

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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. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily. And why is that?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

It’s not known exactly how the invoice led to the breach, only that the criminals managed to siphon off the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of students who had applied to study at the university in 2019 and 2020. As such, it contacted the 36,000 people in its database to warn them about potential misuse.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. For over 30 years I have studied the technologies of security and privacy. The breadth and depth of information that data brokers have is astonishing.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

67,273,297 known records breached in 130 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.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Managing the interaction of these new requirements with existing obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and other health privacy laws will continue to be an area of focus in the health privacy community for years to come.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 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. We’ll also soon publish our 2023 review of publicly disclosed incidents and records known to be breached across the year, as well as our quarterly report, so keep an eye on our blog.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Managing the interaction of these new requirements with existing obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and other health privacy laws will continue to be an area of focus in the health privacy community for years to come.

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Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Managing the interaction of these new requirements with existing obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and other health privacy laws will continue to be an area of focus in the health privacy community for years to come.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

38,846,799 known records breached in 140 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.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In the ever-evolving fight against data loss , data breaches, and data theft in the 21st century, organizations worldwide have turned to a number of cybersecurity solutions, services, and software in an attempt to keep their data safe and secure from threats. Why Use Behavioral Analytics in Cybersecurity?

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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. BianLian claims to have exfiltrated 5 TB of data, comprising millions of sensitive documents. Akumin Inc.

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Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Its audit-ready compliance capabilities ensure that an organization’s security meets key standards for compliance frameworks , including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and HITRUST.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The Attorney General’s proposed regulations are thick with important provisions, and businesses should study the full regulations carefully. HIGHLIGHTS. Require businesses that provide financial incentives for different types of products or services based on the value of the consumer’s information (e.g.,

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Privacy Sales Authentication Passwords 60

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This guide will provide a high level overview of encryption and how it fits into IT through the following topics: How Encryption Works To understand how encryption works, we need to understand how it fits into the broader realm of cryptology, how it processes data, common categories, top algorithms, and how encryption fits into IT security.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Verizon's Data Breach Report showed that 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen and/or weak passwords. Find your weak passwords: [link] [Eye Opener] HTML Phishing Attacks Surge by 100% In 12 Months The Cyberwire reported: "Barracuda released a study indicating that HTML attacks have doubled since last year.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Attorney General’s proposed regulations are thick with important provisions, and businesses should thus study the full regulations carefully. Highlights. Require businesses that provide financial incentives for different types of products or services based on the value of consumers information (e.g.,

Privacy 60

Privacy Sales Paper Compliance 60

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 23, 2018

On March 14, 2018, IBM Security announced the results of a new global study on organizational cybersecurity readiness and resiliency entitled “The 2018 Cyber Resilient Organization.” 23% of respondents say they do not currently have a CISO or security leader.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 5, 2018

Key Findings from the 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study. Data is the lifeblood of a successful business in today’s world, but the balance of using it effectively and protecting it properly is pushing enterprises to the brink. No core technologies are more fundamental to data protection than encryption and key management.

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erwin

MARCH 14, 2019

In turn, data professionals’ time can be put to much better, proactive use, rather than them being bogged down with reactive, house-keeping tasks. BFSI, PHARMA, INSURANCE AND NON-PROFIT) CASE STUDIES FOR AUTOMATED METADATA-DRIVEN AUTOMATION. FOUR INDUSTRY FOCUSSED.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Attorney General’s proposed regulations are thick with important provisions, and businesses should study the full regulations carefully. Highlights. Require businesses that provide financial incentives for different types of products or services based on the value of the consumer’s information (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Hackers may have accessed thousands of accounts on the California state welfare platform Brokewell Android malware supports an extensive set of Device Takeover capabilities Experts warn of an ongoing malware campaign targeting WP-Automatic plugin Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling Kaiser Permanente data breach may have impacted (..)

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

There are many customer acquisition, engagement, and retention models, as well as studies describing the costs of finding new customers versus retaining them. Archival services imply long-term storage of content such as pension records, life insurance policies, real-estate transactions, magazines, and much more.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — HIPAA — has undergone some massive changes in the past few years to minimize the burden of healthcare entities. Related: Hackers relentless target healthcare providers.

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