Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On June 10, 2022, New York became the first state to require attorneys to complete at least one credit of cybersecurity, privacy and data protection training as part of their continuing legal education (“CLE”) requirements. The new requirement will take effect July 1, 2023.

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 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. Data scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile data sets containing personal information.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Data has become critical to your organization’s success. At the same time – in fact, as a direct result of data’s central importance – more adversaries are working harder and finding more nefarious ways to steal or otherwise compromise your data. More than one-half of organizations expect a surge in cyber incidents in 2022.

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Encryption Cloud Privacy GDPR 214

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

10, 2022, the relatively new cybercrime forum Breached featured a bombshell new sales thread: The user database for InfraGard, including names and contact information for tens of thousands of InfraGard members. “If it was only the phone I will be in [a] bad situation,” USDoD said. Department of Justice in April.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To find out, we looked at the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set , specifically looking into four data breach types caused by human error: Data emailed to incorrect recipient. Data posted or faxed to incorrect recipient. At the time of writing, the data set starts in Q2 2019 and goes up to Q2 2023.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 05:15. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. Why does it matter? million on average.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 05:20. The purpose of these events is to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone to protect their personal data from digital forms of crime by adopting well established best practices, like the use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and establishing strong passwords. Use strong passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The macOS hVNC identified by Guardz has been available since April 2023, with updates made as recently as July 13, 2023, and was tested on a wide array of macOS versions from 10 through 13.2. This combination of stealth, persistence, data theft, and remote control makes the malware a very potent tool in the hands of malicious actors.

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 17, 2022, the U.S. OCR’s reminders and recommendations for regulated entities include to: assess and reduce risks and vulnerabilities to the availability of ePHI, which is defined as “the property that data or information is accessible and useable upon demand by an authorized person” pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Nearly 5 out of 10 senior IT managers have a cloud-first policy for deploying new applications, according to a recent TechTarget survey. More than 9 out of 10 have either a cloud-first or a hybrid cloud policy (1). In competitive markets, migrating your data to the cloud often fails to achieve the expected ROI.

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Cloud Data migration Compliance Communications 59

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. In August 2020, it was embroiled in a data breach affecting more than 800,000 EyeMed and Lenscrafters patients.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The consistent implementation of firewall best practices establish a strong defense against cyber attacks to secure sensitive data, protect the integrity and continuity of business activities, and ensure network security measures function optimally. Why It Matters By restricting access, this strategy mitigates potential damage.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Cloud-based customer relationship management systems allow a business or another organization to manage interactions with customers, store documents or other important business data and allow them to access it from anywhere. I also imply no wrongdoing or malicious activity that led to the data exposure.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 23, 2023

According to a 2021 study by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), 80% of executives expected their organizations to operate more than 10 distinct clouds by 2023, up from eight in 2020. Many cloud-based environments rely on Linux for their operations, and in 2022, IBM Security X-Force reported dramatic increases in Linux malware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Thu, 10/06/2022 - 06:55. Along with celebrating Cyber Security Awareness Month, several exciting events are taking place across the world, aiming to educate people on the latest trends in cybersecurity and privacy. GITEX GLOBAL, 10-14 October, Dubai. Global October Cybersecurity Events: Where You Can Find Thales.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 06:45. Federal agencies have already begun mitigating this risk. We must prepare for it now to protect the confidentiality of data that already exists today and remains sensitive in the future,” said DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a recent statement about the working group.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 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 is more than mere credentials, too – according to Cybernews, most of the exposed data is sensitive. In total, 3,876 domain names were included in the exposed data set.

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Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 | March 7th, 2023 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About This week, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand-new article at BusinessWeek, one of their media properties. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4. What they refer to is the Viasat hack. Join Roger A.

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Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity Security awareness 77

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog. We are in the final !

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Artificial Intelligence 84

Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law.

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Privacy Personal data Sales B2B 118

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

According to the press release published by the Europol, the seized drugs include over 258 kg of amphetamines, 43 kg of cocaine, 43 kg of MDMA, and over 10 kg of LSD and ecstasy pills. These target packages, created by cross-matching and analysing the collected data and evidence, served as the basis for hundreds of national investigations.”

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Marketing Sales Education Cybersecurity 76

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2022

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43. With businesses becoming more and more digitized, they are exposed to greater cyber risks. Cyber risk insurance covers the costs of recovering from a security breach, a virus, or a cyber-attack. Regularly back-up critical data and test to ensure these back-ups are recoverable.

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Insurance Authentication Risk Ransomware 78

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The grants are part of the state’s SOC/Range Initiative, a program managed by MassTech’s MassCyberCenter that aims to help build a diverse generation of cybersecurity professionals through education, training, and workforce development. Preparation, communication, and active monitoring are key to defending against online attacks.” “The

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Cybersecurity Education Government Security 113

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 15, 2023

An IBM partner since 2013, Denmark-based Anycloud has been awarded Cloud Partner of the Year 2017, Technology Service Provider of the Year 2019, and Business Partner of the Year and Business Partner Excellence Award – Europe 2022. Tier-3 data centers have an expected uptime of 99.982% per year.

Cloud 65

Cloud Systems administration Access Sales 65

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

Twenty years ago, Saturday Night Live nailed a tendency in IT to be overly absorbed in tech-speak and to do a poor job of educating users. It contained no data about what I had done, what email or website, or when this happened. See the winners of eSecurity Planet’s 2022 Cybersecurity Product Awards. org and IP 176[.]10[.]124[.]180

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

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Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 119

Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

*Reprinted with permission from the May 6, 2022 edition of the New York Law Journal © 202X ALM Global Properties, LLC. While state-sponsored cyber-attacks pose exceptional risks, technical experts may recommend the same preventative measures to defend against a state-sponsored attack as any other type of cyber-attack. Agency (Feb.

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Data Protection Report

MAY 24, 2024

The AI update was published alongside a speech by chief executive Nikhil Rathi announcing the FCA’s plans to focus on Big Tech and Feedback Statement FS24/1 on data asymmetry between Big Tech and firms in financial services. It also sets out how the Principles map to data protection law principles, obligations, and rights.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

According to the report, the financial services industry as a target has increased by 72% over 2022 and was the single largest target of financial fraud attacks, representing 49% of all such attacks. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

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Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 75

KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

1 Root Cause of Data Breaches Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I'll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks. This year's Data Breach Investigations Report has nearly 1 million incidents in their data set, making it the most statistically relevant set of report data anywhere.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Not until an employee sends a reply, runs an attachment, or fills in a form is sensitive information at risk. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. Let's start by looking at some of the data around users engaging with mobile attack. back in 2020.

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Phishing Security awareness Insurance Cybersecurity 82

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Phishing-borne threats IBM’s 2022 Data Breach report highlighted how effective phishing-based attacks have become, being the second leading cause of cybersecurity incidents globally, by using a sample instance that affected hundreds of international entities.

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Phishing Security awareness Passwords Education 75

KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4. We already know that 10% of threats get past security solutions, so we're left with educating the user to stop attacks. Blog post with links: [link] Do Users Put Your Organization at Risk With Browser-saved Passwords? And nobody knows this more than Roger A.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 | December 6th, 2022. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. Active Directory or SCIM Integration to easily upload user data, eliminating the need to manually manage user changes. By Roger A. Save My Spot!

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Portnox is a private company that specializes in network access security with nearly 1,000 customers and closed a Series A fundraising with Elsewhere Partners for $22 million in 2022. Discounts are also available for education and non-profit customers. per device per year for each additional 30 (RADIUS+) to 45 (ZTNA) days.

Cloud 98

Cloud Authentication IoT Access 98

KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

link] [Finger on the Trigger] How the FBI Nuked Russian FSB's Snake Data Theft Malware The Five Eyes member nations' cybersecurity and intelligence agencies dismantled the infrastructure of the Snake cyber-espionage malware that was operated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). Grimes , Data-Driven Defense Evangelist.

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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. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. Date/Time: Wednesday, May 10, @ 2:00 PM (ET) Can't attend live? Did you know? Join Roger A. Save My Spot!

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