Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children. Leaking private data on the internet, in this case, poses a grave risk, as most of the leaked files expose minors.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 16, 2021

After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “DSL”) was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. The DSL will apply to data recorded in electronic and other forms. Data Security Policies. Data Security Policies.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. Most of the attacks targeted educational institutions in the U.S.,

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 7, 2020

China has lacked a comprehensive data protection and data security law that regulates in detail requirements and procedures relating to the collection, processing, control and storage of personal data. In recent years, China has seen developments on data protection both in legislation and in practice.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. The security breach resulted from a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in the MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT).-

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Protecting your organisation against cyber crime can sometimes feel like a never ending game of security whack-a-mole. Just as soon as you’ve secured one weakness, it seems as though another vulnerability rears its head. In this post, we outline five essential ways of keeping your organisation secure.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Among the uncertainty surrounding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance – particularly with Brexit complicating things – the UK government has been a reliable source for advice. Meanwhile, those that process the personal data of residents of both the UK and the EU will have to balance their GDPR and DPA 2018 requirements.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The need for experienced and qualified cyber security professionals is a highlight of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week , led by NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). The most common skills gaps are “storing or transferring personal data, setting up configured firewalls, and detecting and removing malware”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

The FBI has issued an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks on education institutions in the US and UK. The FBI has issued Tuesday an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks against education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. ” reads the FBI’s alert.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Most Popular Data Security Webinars of 2022: Sovereignty, Cloud Security and Compliance Top the List. If you have already watched them, repetition is the mother of all education. Trends in Cloud Security: Key Findings from the 2022 Cloud Security Study. Digital Sovereignty – Your Data, Their Cloud.

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IT Governance

MARCH 19, 2018

Organisations are always looking for ways to improve their security posture, but the process is often frustrating. As soon as they secure one weakness, cyber criminals find another one. Here are five essential ways you can keep your organisation secure. Leaders should support cyber security staff.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia. ” reads the message published by the group on its data leak site.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 Threat actors exploited the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34362 to hack the file transfer platform and steal the data of the organization. million individuals.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analyzing the Email Security Landscape and exploring Emerging Threats and Trends. VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security in 2024: An Expert Insight into Email Threats,” delves into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies embraced by cybercriminals this year. million as malicious.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Indeed, while anonymity provides privacy and security for transactions, it can also be exploited by criminals for illicit activities, such as money laundering , drug trafficking, illegal arms sales, and terrorist financing. Prevention comes through educating users and taking robust security measures to protect their digital assets.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Many years ago, a board member said to me, “We’ve employed you to do information security, so why do we have to do anything?” Instead we will see organisations start proactively approaching information security experts for actionable advice and guidance. This was fairly typical.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach. ” reads the update provided by the company on August 22.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. Meanwhile, Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 25% of all data breaches involve phishing.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

American retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories AutoZone discloses a data breach after a MOVEit attack. AutoZone disclosed a data breach resulting from the hack of their MOVEit Transfer installation. Based on that analysis, we have determined that certain of your information was included in those files.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in the country vulnerable to critical flaws. The BSI urges operators running vulnerable instances to install available security updates and configure them securely. reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Resecurity researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs, one of the most well-known cyberespionage tools suffers a data leakage. The data extraction was made possible through a collaboration with Resecurity, law enforcement and several ISPs in the European Union, Middle East and North America.

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IG Guru

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The post ARMA International Educational Foundation releases Peer Review Journal around IG Topics appeared first on IG GURU.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

Samsung employees have unwittingly leaked top secret data by providing them to the popular chatbot service ChatGPT. ChatGPT uses data provided by the users to train itself and build its experience, with the risk that this data can be available to other users that will query the popular chatbot. ” reported TechRadar.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In response to continuing waves of data breaches and network disruptions, companies have made a concerted effort and poured substantial resources into promoting data security awareness among employees, suppliers and clients. Safeguarding data in workplace settings gets plenty of attention. Investing in the future.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) latest statistics on data security incidents have revealed a 19% increase from Q2 to Q3 2017, with 815 incidents reported between October and December 2017. In the education sector, there was a 68% increase, from 57 reported incidents in Q2 to 96 in Q3.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Threats to your data are virtually everywhere these days, and too often, data compromises seem almost inevitable. But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International) confirms security breach after Money Message ransomware gang claimed the hack. Today MSI confirmed the security breach, it confirmed that threat actors had access to some of its information service systems.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The study, conducted by independent research firm Propeller Insights, dives into how IT business leaders feel about their security posture in a world where the technologies they embrace to grow and thrive are also vulnerable to constant and increasing threats. Human error is among the top causes of security breaches.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Healthcare services provider Welltok disclosed a data breach that impacted nearly 8.5 It provides a platform that leverages data-driven insights to engage individuals in their health and well-being. The company disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

The LockBit ransomware gang announced the publishing of data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service. The group added the South Korean agency to its Tor leak site and announced the release of stolen data by April 1st, 2023 in case the ransom was not paid.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The company disclosed the security incident after the ransomware gang BianLian listed the organization on its Tor leak site. The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data.

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