Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Talks had previously stalled over how to regulate AI trained on large amounts of data and able to perform a wide range of functions, referred to as ‘foundation models’ or ‘general purpose AI’. It does not apply systems used for purely military or defence purposes.

Artificial Intelligence 58

Artificial Intelligence Risk Marketing Military 58

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Meanwhile, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) enforcement continues apace.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It led to worrying signs that the tensions would play out as an online proxy war, with UK and other countries that opposed Russia’s military action coming under attack. Even if sensitive data wasn’t compromised, the turmoil of a breach and the embarrassment caused is often enough to warrant this sort of incident as a win for the attacker. .

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Military Government Paper Security 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. ” IoT risk must be taken seriously. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. ” continues Microsoft.

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IoT Military Access Education 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Barely a day goes by where we don’t hear of a data breach. Affecting big companies and small in virtually every vertical and hitting government institutions at the local, state and federal level, sensitive data is routinely exfiltrated, stolen and leveraged with shocking regularity. For example, are they encrypting their data?

IoT 89

IoT Encryption Military Insurance 89

KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

You can upload your own SCORM training modules into your account for home workers Active Directory or SCIM Integration to easily upload user data, eliminating the need to manually manage user changes Find out how 50,000+ organizations have mobilized their end-users as their human firewall. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4.

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Phishing Security awareness Cybersecurity Education 81

KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Not until an employee sends a reply, runs an attachment, or fills in a form is sensitive information at risk. link] Users Clicking on Multiple Mobile Phishing Links Increases 637% in Just Two Years New data shows that phishing mobile devices as an attack vector is growing in popularity – mostly because it's increasingly working.

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Phishing Security awareness Insurance Cybersecurity 83

Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

China Cuba Iran North Korea Russia Venezuela What is “personally identifiable data” that is “in combination with each other”? These proposed regulations generally address only Section 2 of the Executive Order. Which countries are “countries of concern”? Note that the only difference between the two examples is the addition of IP addresses.

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Access Military Compliance Personal data 58

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

We have seen several AWS data leaks this year – from Booz Allen Hamilton to the WWE – that have left millions of private records exposed. My sense is that data leaks appear to be growing exponentially due to the increasing rate of data being stored in the cloud. Is this problem unique to Amazon?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. A cyber catastrophe may seem inevitable, but there are basic practices and actionable steps any healthcare organization can take to begin reducing the clear and present risk of being impacted by a cybersecurity event. Evaluate data inventory.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

This was before David Miranda, Greenwald’s partner, was detained at Heathrow airport by the UK authorities; but even without that, I knew there was a risk. I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. I thought about it a lot before agreeing.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 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. Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

A high-profile cyber incident may cause substantial financial and reputational losses to an organization, including the disruption of corporate business processes, destruction or theft of critical data assets, loss of goodwill, and shareholder and consumer litigation. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

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Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them. Storage: Contains user and application data at rest; can be integrated with other elements (server, etc.)

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Security Cloud Cybersecurity Risk 103

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 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. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. Data breached: 70,840,771 email addresses.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

APRIL 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 US Environmental Protection Agency allegedly breached: nearly 8.5 Data breached: 8,460,182 accounts.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

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Artificial Intelligence Metadata Military Government 101

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

We have just seen 8,801,171,594 breached data records in one month. Take a look at every data breach and cyber attack that we recorded in May in this blog. Outsourcing group Interserve is recovering after hackers steal employee data (100,000). Indonesia probes breach of data on more than two million voters (2.3

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Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics e-Delivery 145

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

My healthcare is always going to be one again, it's a vertical healthcare and education, both where you have large amounts of very sensitive information, but not necessarily the budgets to secure it effectively. It’s not like data breaches are going away, they’re shifting. And we're starting to see more and more.

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Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

Veriti added "The malware can upload and download files, execute commands, and send back data about the infected computer at regular intervals." Thus, a fraudster might claim a common religion, a shared military background, membership in a profession, or a common ethnicity, all with the goal of convincing the victim that they can be trusted.

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Phishing Security awareness Passwords Risk 90

KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Using world-class training and simulated phishing, we help customers to improve their security posture, mitigate risk, and manage the ongoing problem of social engineering. Zimperium data says otherwise. Compliance and Risk Officer Unsolicited shout out for Christina H. "Hi, Simply put, mobile phishing works," the report says.

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Phishing Security awareness Passwords Computer and Electronics 77

KnowBe4

MAY 22, 2019

He’s got info security folks requiring him to take annual training, posting educational videos, and sending simulated phishing email all the time. To Bob, it’s all about protecting data. The Risks are Different. This article was originally published on CPO Magazine. . Bob’s an employee at BigCorp, and he’s confused.

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Info Source

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, due to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, and resulting economic sanctions, draining of foreign investments (but of course also because of other perennial problems plaguing the Russian economy), the market has been in fundamental confusion ever since, which will undoubtedly continue for some time. 771 million EUR).

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Marketing Manufacturing Sales Military 52

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Focus areas for such examinations will include sales practices, supervision of high-risk personnel and compliance with key regulatory requirements (including Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), the locate requirement of Regulation SHO and the obligation to file suspicious activity reports (SARs)).

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Retail Compliance Marketing Risk 68

Data Matters

JANUARY 24, 2020

OCIE also will focus on recommendations and advice provided to retail investors, with a particular emphasis on seniors, retirees, teachers and military personnel, as well as products that the SEC considers higher risk (e.g., Information Security . Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Assets.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Retail Compliance Marketing 68

ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

And so that's when you know threat actors within the last couple of years transitioned into the double extortion model, which is where prior to actually performing the encryption event, they're going to find what they believe to be sensitive information and steal that data from the environment. Of the of the incident. What's the first step?

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Ransomware Encryption Authentication Communications 40

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. For more details about the year’s incidents, check out our new page, which provides a complete list of known data breaches and cyber attacks in 2023.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Such issues include safety and security, privacy, equity and civil rights, healthcare, employment and education in addition to promoting innovation, developing international standards and ensuring responsible government AI use.

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Artificial Intelligence Security Privacy Risk 74

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

Our Cyber Academy for Enterprise creates unprecedented educational opportunities for all, irrespective of their background or skill level,” Zur continued. Data-driven post-training matching, enabling optimization of both internal and external recruitment practices.

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Education Cybersecurity Military Access 100

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Reading the headlines, one would hope that the rapid gains in AI technology have also brought forth a unifying realization of the risks—and the steps we need to take to mitigate them. Some are concerned about far-future risks that sound like science fiction. AI could destroy humanity or pose a risk on par with nukes.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

It’s refreshing to see a government executive order that understands technology trends such as “zero trust”, is able to delineate “Operational Technology (OT)” from “information technology (IT,)” and can talk intelligently about supply chain risks. Bryson Bort , CEO, SCYTHE.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

One risk of the AI language models is that they can be adapted to perform social engineering at scale. Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, where he'll share a comprehensive strategy for phishing mitigation. Data breaches are getting larger and more frequent. Did you know? Join Roger A.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4. He wrote the book on it, literally - A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense.

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Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity Security awareness 78

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Meanwhile, if the necessary technical toolsets and data restoring capabilities are not in place, ransomware attacks could not only cause downtime in manufacturing but also bring operations to a standstill. Maze (who allegedly called it quits not long ago)pioneered the tactic of publishing sensitive data as leverage to extort money.

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Ransomware Phishing Sales Manufacturing 131

Schneier on Security

APRIL 26, 2023

These risks may be the fallout of a world where businesses deploy poorly tested A.I. It could plausibly educate citizens, help them deliberate together, summarize what they think, and find possible common ground. Companies attempt to filter these data sets, fine-tune LLMs, and tweak their outputs to remove bias and toxicity.

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Data Matters

JUNE 25, 2018

Awareness and education are needed ,” as users, developers, manufacturers, and infrastructure operators all can lack the knowledge and capabilities to protect the Internet. Increase awareness and education across the ecosystem.”. in isolation.”. State Department Reports. On May 31, 2018, the U.S.

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