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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 A major focus of cybersecurity as an industry is its efforts to detect, root out, and respond to potential fraudsters attempting to trick companies and people out of their money, data, or both. Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%.

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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

based Dun & Bradstreet [ NYSE:DNB ] is a data analytics company that acts as a kind of de facto credit bureau for companies: When a business owner wants to open a new line of credit, creditors typically check with Dun & Bradstreet to gauge the business’s history and trustworthiness. Short Hills, N.J.-based

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 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. 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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GUEST ESSAY: HIPAA’s new ‘Safe Harbor’ rules promote security at healthcare firms under seige

The Last Watchdog

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — HIPAA — has undergone some massive changes in the past few years to minimize the burden of healthcare entities. Cyberattacks against healthcare entities rose 45 percent between November 2020 and January 2021, according to Check Point. Promoting best practices.