Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Data leaks containing Aadhaar IDs in India was caused by the insecurity of 3rd parties while aggregating such information for KYC. According to experts, the leak of PII data containing Aadhaar information (and other such details) related to Indian citizens on the Dark Web creates a significant risk of digital identity theft.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2018

This week’s extract is taken from Graham Day’s book Security in the Digital World. This must-have guide features simple explanations, examples and advice to help you become security-aware in a developing digital world. Q: Which brand/website was reported to suffer a data breech in this episode?

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

ThreatFabric observed threat actors using two publicly available exploits (CVE-2018-4233, CVE-2018-4404) to deliver macOS implants. The experts noticed that a portion of the CVE-2018-4404 exploit is likely borrowed from the Metasploit framework. The flaw resides in WebKit and impacts macOS version 10.13.3

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

BulletProofLink has been active since 2018, it was used by multiple threat actors in either one-off or monthly subscription-based business models. The post BulletProofLink, a large-scale phishing-as-a-service active since 2018 appeared first on Security Affairs. ” concludes Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10 million fine for hacking into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. The news is disturbing, Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. “There is a lot of possible research that might be unleashed by this study.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

DoJ sentenced Zhukov to 10 years of jail in the U.S. Komitee to 10 years’ imprisonment for perpetrating a digital advertising fraud scheme through which the defendant and his co-conspirators stole more than $7 million from U.S. This was done by the data center-based browsers pretending to be Android devices.” So-called 3ve.1

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

1, 2023– AppViewX , a leader in automated machine identity management (MIM) and application infrastructure security, today announced the results of a research study conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) on SSL/TLS Certificate Security. New York, NY, Aug.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. The study also revealed that two of those VPN products are under its other developer name, Lemon Clove, and another two by Autumn Breeze 2018. Innovative Connecting VPNs products. Source: VPNpro.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy & Information Security Law Blog has been nominated in The Expert Institute’s 2018 Best Legal Blog Contest for Best AmLaw Blog of 2018. We appreciate your continued support and readership, and ask that you please take a moment to vote for our blog. Click here to vote.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

APIs have become a security nightmare for SMBs and enterprises alike. The same types of security risks impact businesses, whatever their size. SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. Related: Using employees as human sensors.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. For more information on each story, simply follow the links in the transcript on our blog. Patches were rushed out , but many.

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2018

To mark the launch of the Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit, we are offering 10% off our DSP Toolkit Documentation Templates when purchased before 30 June. . The DSP Toolkit has superseded the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit as the standard for cyber and data security for healthcare organisations.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

Experts spotted a new mysterious malware that was used to collect a huge amount of data, including sensitive files, credentials, and cookies. terabyte of stolen data. Threat actors used custom malware to steal data from 3.2 million Windows systems between 2018 and 2020. “The data was collected from 3.25

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

Kaspersky experts discovered that Sodinokibi, aka Sodin, Ransomware currently also exploits the CVE-2018-8453 vulnerability to elevate privileges in Windows. The body of each Sodin sample includes an encrypted configuration block that stores the settings and data used by the malware. 2.44%), and Malaysia (2.20%). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

CISA has added to the catalog of vulnerabilities another 15 security vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added fifteen more flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 14, 2019

On December 19, 2018, Ohio adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Act is designed to “establish standards for data security and for the investigation and notification to the Superintendent of Insurance of a cybersecurity event.”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users’ data with Facebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million for the lack of transparency on how it shares European Union users’ data with Facebook companies.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Cyber security department director Chien Hung-wei told parliament representatives that government infrastructure faces “five million attacks and scans a day” . The ministry’s information security and protection centre handled around 1.4 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2021

April 2021 Security Patch Day includes 14 new security notes and 5 updates to previously released notes, one of them fixes a critical issue in SAP Commerce. SAP Security Note #3040210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.9 SAP Security Note #3040210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.9

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

BTC-e collected virtually no customer data at all, which made the exchange attractive to those who desired to conceal criminal proceeds from law enforcement.” ” In July 2018, a Greek lower court agreed to extradite Vinnik to France to face charges of hacking, money laundering , extortion, and involvement in organized crime.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. The Act does not, of course, supersede federal privacy or data security laws, such as HIPAA. 6491 (Act). MCL § 500.550. MCL § 500.560(6). MCL § 500.561.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The US Fertility (USF) network is comprised of 55 locations across 10 states that completed almost 25,000 IVF cycles in 2018 through its clinics with 130,000 babies have been born. “On September 14, 2020, USF experienced an IT security event [.] “On September 14, 2020, USF experienced an IT security event [.]

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2023, the FBI IC3 received a record number of complaints, totaling 880,418, which represents a nearly 10% increase in complaints received compared to 2022. According to the report, in 2023 tech support scams and extortion crimes increased, while phishing, non-payment/non-delivery scams, and personal data breach slightly decreased.

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Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

In the Order, the SEC alleges that First American’s disclosures concerning the vulnerability were deficient because senior executives were not provided all available and relevant information, specifically that First American’s information security personnel had identified and failed to remediate the vulnerability months earlier in January 2019.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2020

On March 4, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) fined the international airline Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay Pacific”) £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. The ICO became aware of the breach when Cathay Pacific self-reported on October 25, 2018.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has fined Heathrow Airport £120,000 for failing to secure sensitive personal data after a member of public found an unencrypted USB stick containing data about the airport’s staff. How did the data breach occur? However, the ICO hasn’t confirmed this. Maximum penalty.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

The popular question-and-answer platform for programmers Stack Overflow announced on Thursday that is has suffered a data breach. The news of a data breach makes the headlines, this time the victim is the popular question-and-answer platform for programmers Stack Overflow. SecurityAffairs – data breach, hacking).

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Organisations are beginning to acknowledge the threat of data breaches, but they aren’t doing enough to prevent them, a UK government report has found. The desire to prioritise cyber security shouldn’t come as a surprise – not least because 43% of surveyed businesses said that they were breached in the past 12 months.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On October 8, 2023 and October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed A.B. 947 amends the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018’s (“CCPA”) definition of “sensitive personal information” to include personal information that reveals a consumer’s “citizenship or immigration status,” while A.B. 1194 , S.B.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 11, 2018

As reported by Mundie e Advogados, on July 10, 2018, Brazil’s Federal Senate approved a Data Protection Bill of Law (the “Bill”). The Bill, which is reportedly inspired by the EU General Data Protection Regulation, is expected to be sent to the Brazilian President in the coming days.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Last week, network data from the Internet observatory NetBlocks detailed a near-total disruption to internet service in parts of Kurdistan in Iran from the evening of Monday 19 September 2022. The group calls for action to launch DDoS attacks on Iranian websites, steal their data and leak them online. Is she sick like Mahsa?!

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2022

Amadey Bot is a data-stealing malware that was first spotted in 2018, it also allows operators to install additional payloads. The post Amadey malware spreads via software cracks laced with SmokeLoader appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

The service allowed crooks to check the status of bulks of stolen credit card data that were purchased or sold by cybercriminals. Over a nine-month period in 2018, the site performed at least 16 million checks, and over a 13-month period beginning in September 2021, the site performed at least 17 million checks.”

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2018

Achieving certification to ISO 27001 demonstrates to existing and potential customers that your organisation has defined and put in place best-practice information security processes. ISO 27001 is the only auditable international standard that defines the requirements of an information security management system (ISMS).

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 2, 2021

million settlement with two related insurance companies, relating to violations of two different requirements of the NYDFS cybersecurity regulation during the period 2018 to 2019. This matter began when insurance affiliate #1, licensed by NYDFS, discovered a phishing email in September of 2018. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation.

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