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Insurance and Ransomware

Schneier on Security

As ransomware becomes more common, I’m seeing more discussions about the ethics of paying the ransom. Here’s one more contribution to that issue: a research paper that the insurance industry is hurting more than it’s helping. To date, the UK government has taken a light-touch approach to the cyber insurance industry.

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What is progressive profiling and how can it benefit your business?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

madhav Tue, 07/04/2023 - 05:10 As the data trust gap between customers and businesses continue to grow, and as third-party cookies become redundant, there is an urgency to adopt a modernized approach to customer data collection. Progressive profiling introduces a fresher and far more proactive take on data collection.

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Behavioral Analytics in Cybersecurity: Does It Work as Advertised?

eSecurity Planet

UEBA has been growing for some time, and a 2022 Market Data Forecast report predicts its global market size to grow from $890.7 Moreover, what about other behavioral analytics methods in cybersecurity? million in 2019 to $1.1 billion by 2025. How much good can those accomplish? Want to Find the UEBA Solution That’s Right for You?

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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

Krebs on Security

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.),

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Are Fake COVID Testing Sites Harvesting Data?

Schneier on Security

Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a bunch of writing about what seems to be fake COVID-19 testing sites. Speculation centered around data harvesting, but that didn’t make sense because it was far too labor intensive for that and — sorry to break it to you — your data isn’t worth all that much.

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What IG Professionals Should Know About the Internet of Bodies

ARMA International

Once connected, data can be exchanged, and the body and device can be remotely monitored and controlled.” It has since evolved to include devices that gather data while residing in close proximity to a user’s body. Welcome to the Age of the Internet of Bodies. Benefits and Risks. Body-external devices (“wearables”). Legalities.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

IT Governance

Data breached: >35 million people’s data. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we found 5,255,944,117 records known to be compromised, and 128 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident. 117 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.