IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. Meanwhile, we have again seen a comparatively low number of data breaches (75). The 82 data breaches and cyber attacks equate to 24% of Q2’s total.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. Although that’s a positive development in terms of organisations’ fight against cyber crime and their ability to prevent data breaches, we must remain cautious.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 126

Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim’s customers and partners directly, warning that their data will be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm to pay up. “Good day!

Ransomware 294

Ransomware Personal data Retail Privacy 294

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 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. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

More prominently, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have come to offer digital forms of central bank money, while tokenized deposits tokenize the lifecycle of commercial bank money in both the retail and wholesale context. Privacy refers to the right of data owners to control who accesses their transactional information.

Retail 100

Retail Privacy Compliance Government 100

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 5, 2024

Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, Pick n Pay is a leading retailer that operates more than 1,650 stores in seven countries on the African continent. Aviator is Large Language Model (LLM) technology that uses Google’s PaLM 2 data lake as its main source of reference data.

Retail 67

Retail IT 67

Collibra

MAY 11, 2022

It’s perhaps a shocking truth: We live in an era of stunning digital transformation that is only going to become more data-driven each day. By 2025, it’s estimated that 463 exabytes of data will be created every day. Only 32% realize tangible value from data. 77% integrate up to 5 different types of data in their data pipelines.

Analytics 77

Analytics Digital transformation Government Retail 77

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 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. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

Artificial Intelligence 93

Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Security Ransomware 93

Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

The company said that the ransomware attack took place on Friday night and impacted only one data center in Sweden. Impacted customers include Sweden’s largest cinema chain Filmstaden (the attack disrupted its online ticket system) and the discount retail chain Rusta. Tietoevry notified law enforcement and impacted customers.

Ransomware 109

Ransomware Government Retail Cloud 109

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. However, as this technique became well-known, experts urged organisations to prepare for attacks by creating regular offline backups of valuable data.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Ransomware Government Encryption 59

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 27, 2024

The company is working with extremely high volumes of data and expects this situation to continue or grow. So, you’ve got a ton of assets earmarked for data storage , with many more workloads on the way. Your business isn’t expecting this data to collect dust in a vault, either. What is a hyperscale data center?

Cloud 108

Cloud Marketing Retail Artificial Intelligence 108

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The tech titans have swelled into multi-billion dollar behemoths by myopically focusing on delivering targeted online advertising, in support of online retailing. Cybercriminals have begun escalating their efforts to bend the legitimate online advertising and retailing fulfillment ecosystem to their whims.

Retail 138

Retail Digital transformation Phishing Data collection 138

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM) Social engineering attacks target Okta customers to achieve a highly privileged role Talos wars of customizations of the open-source info stealer SapphireStealer UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler Researchers released a free decryptor for the Key (..)

Security 107

Security Ransomware Data breaches IoT 107

Collibra

MARCH 3, 2021

A business glossary is a collection of data related terms described in clear language that everyone in an organization can understand. Those definitions form part of a business ontology – helping organizations understand how different terms relate to one another. . In some cases, differences can be semantic.

Metadata 59

Metadata Retail Government Communications 59

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

Part I of this series ended with Ngo in handcuffs after disembarking a flight from his native Vietnam to Guam, where he believed he was going to meet another cybercriminal who’d promised to hook him up with the mother of all consumer data caches. After all, few people know as well as he does how best to exploit access to identity data.

Retail 321

Retail Government Access Insurance 321

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 25, 2022

Notably, the complaint alleged that because Sephora’s website offers for sale prenatal and menopause support vitamins, third parties can use this data to infer conclusions about women’s health conditions, thereby “depriving consumers of the ability to limit the proliferation of their data on the web.”.

Sales 114

Sales Analytics Privacy Retail 114

Collibra

APRIL 1, 2021

Data governance is the essential foundation for organizations looking to create business value from data. It creates the structure that enables collaboration on and analysis of trusted data. Setting up effective data governance, however, can be quite challenging. What is an operating model in data governance?

Government 63

Government Digital transformation Communications Retail 63

Data Protection Report

JUNE 21, 2023

The new law has exclusions for Gramm-Leach-Bliley-covered financial institutions, HIPAA-covered covered entities and business associates, non-profits, institutes of higher education, and electric utilities, power generation companies, and retail electric providers. A similar requirement applies with respect to the sale of biometric data.

Privacy 84

Privacy Personal data Sales Retail 84

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Six months on from the legal implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a third of consumers have admitted they still aren’t confident that the companies they interact with comply with the regulation. A surprising 17% of UK consumers said they still hadn’t heard of the regulation compared to just 9% in Germany.

GDPR 81

GDPR Data breaches Retail Manufacturing 81

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We’ve talked a lot recently about the financial effects of data breaches and how you should respond to incidents , but that still leaves the question of how data breaches occur. This blog looks at some real-world examples of some of the most common causes of data breaches and explains how they occurred.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 96

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Recent judicial interpretations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14, present potential litigation risks for retailers who employ biometric-capture technology, such as facial recognition, retina scan or fingerprint software. Shutterfly, Inc. , 16 C 10984, 2017 WL 4099846 (N.D. Google, Inc. , 3d 1088 (N.D.

Privacy 53

Privacy Retail Marketing Risk 53

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2023

An M&A is often associated with the “business world”; with industries such as finance, retail, technology, and more. The outcome of a merger or acquisition is relatively the same; the entities involved are combined or absorbed into one another and, by legal definition, become the same organization.

Risk 85

Risk Compliance Cybersecurity Retail 85

Info Source

AUGUST 16, 2023

We did a lot of research around pre- and post-COVID and looking at the data that Infosource ( contact Barbara for more information about her research) has as it relates to what we call distributed scanning. And so definitely we’ll see more of that. That’s an interesting question.

Retail 52

Retail Marketing Sales Customer Experience 52

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In parallel with its development of the new model, the Privacy Working Group is continuing to draft a white paper on data ownership and use rights. 5R) — to address new concepts included in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) revisions to the definition of an “asset” and a “liability.” 26R — Bonds (SSAP No. 4) and SSAP No.

Insurance 78

Insurance Paper Privacy Risk 78

IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

The Supreme Court has given Morrisons permission to appeal a ruling that found the supermarket liable for a data breach caused by a malicious insider. Skelton was arrested soon after leaking the data and in July 2015 was sentenced to eight years in prison. This incident shows how complex liability can be regarding data breaches.

Data breaches 82

Data breaches Insurance GDPR Compliance 82

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

One of the more common and perennial cybercriminal schemes is “reshipping fraud,” wherein crooks buy pricey consumer goods online using stolen credit card data and then enlist others to help them collect or resell the merchandise. “Reshipping definitely has become more complicated,” Holden said.

Computer and Electronics 306

Computer and Electronics Marketing Retail Sales 306

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Eyal launched an Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to raise funding to create universal shopper profiles, maintained on the blockchain , that would track customer purchase histories across online retailers and recommend products based on the collected data. The problem is that SEC believes that Shopin never created a functional platform.

Retail 58

Retail Blockchain Security IT 58

Reltio

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Nicola Askham is the leading data governance training provider in the UK with over 16 years of experience and research in the field. She delivers training and consulting to major organisations to help them implement full data governance frameworks. ” However, I got into data governance totally by accident.

Government 55

Government Digital transformation Big data IT 55

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But in the US, Black Friday refers to the discounts that retailers offer the day after Thanksgiving – and thanks to the rise in online shopping (which will be even more prominent this year with COVID-19), it has become a global custom. You definitely shouldn’t buy the TV online there and then. What do you do? Instant messaging scams.

Phishing 137

Phishing Sales Retail Passwords 137

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

issued a flash alert to warn organizations of the new threat actor targeting healthcare, government, financial, and retail industries in the US. Feds warned that the decryptor for the ProLock is not correctly working and using it could definitively destroy the data. Early this month, the FBI?

Ransomware 109

Ransomware Retail Access Security 109

Data Protection Report

MAY 17, 2019

Social media data – right to remove and prohibit sale. Excludes “employees” from definition of “consumer”. Excludes “employees” from definition of “consumer”. Clarifies non-discrimination provision to allow retail loyalty programs. Permits use of data to prevent fraud or illegal activity. Bills to narrow CCPA.

Retail 40

Retail Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

Reltio

APRIL 23, 2019

Scott Taylor also known as “The Data Whisperer” is a firm believer in “making your data do the work,” and has enlightened many business executives to the value of proper data management by focusing on the strategic rationale and business alignment rather than technical implementation and system integration.

MDM 40

MDM Marketing Big data Cloud 40

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 11, 2014

On March 10, 2014, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information and all 16 German state data protection authorities responsible for the private sector issued guidelines on the use of closed-circuit television (“CCTV”) by private companies. View a PDF of the Guidelines.

Retail 56

Retail Compliance Security 56

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The need to collaborate, share data and agree on definitions across organizational boundaries and systems. In a manufacturing, distribution or retail context, this is the supply plan. However, the reality of this is complicated by several factors including: Differing time horizons and cadences: Days/Weeks vs Months/Quarters.

Analytics 52

Analytics Sales Manufacturing Retail 52

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2018

At that time, Sears, like many other retailers, was focused on creating versions of its websites that were optimized for mobile web browsers rather than on developing mobile apps. Even more importantly, as the first of its kind, it shows that the FTC is willing to modify data privacy orders.

Privacy 40

Privacy Retail Data collection Data Privacy 40