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Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

This month’s Patch Tuesday also includes security fixes for the newly released Windows 11 operating system. to fix a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-30883) that is being leveraged in active attacks targeting iPhone and iPad users. CVE-2021-36970 is an important spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows Print Spooler.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

By all accounts, the most pressing priority this month is CVE-2021-31166 , a Windows 10 and Windows Server flaw which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute malicious code at the operating system level. With this weakness, an attacker could compromise a host simply by sending it a specially-crafted packet of data.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks in 2021: 5.1 billion breached records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,243 security incidents in 2021, which accounted for 5,126,930,507 breached records. Our findings support this theory.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2021 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. The changes are effective December 31, 2021. As a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the NAIC met in a hybrid format with attendees participating both in person and virtually.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

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. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

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Regulatory agenda of the Brazilian national data protection authority for the 2021-2022 biennium

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On January 28, 2021, due to the Data Privacy Day, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD”), through Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No.

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UK police forces suffered more than 2,000 data breaches in 2020

IT Governance

UK police forces experienced 2,386 data breaches in 2020, according to data gathered by VPNoverview. For example, the report revealed that police stations suffered 299 data breaches on average between January 2016 and April 2021. Who are the worst offenders?