Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Octo Tempest Hacked Las Vegas, Twilio and Hooked Up With BlackCat A financially motivated hacking group is becoming more aggressive, leading Microsoft to dub it "one of the most dangerous financial criminal groups." Octo Tempest is the rare English-speaking affiliate of Russian-speaking ransomware group BlackCat.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Andrew Bud of iProov discusses how identity proofing is evolving to meet the challenge. Andrew Bud of iProov Discusses How Technology Can Counter Emerging Fraud Techniques Knowing your customer has become of more a challenge in a world where in-person interaction has become scarce.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. Icamis and Sal were in daily communications with these botmasters, via the Spamdot forum and private messages.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Fall 2023 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) from November 30 through December 4, 2023. This Sidley Update summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings held in lieu of taking place during the Fall Meeting.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

With the growth of the high-tech industry worldwide, it is no surprise that more and more transactions involve the transfer of rights to access or control data and derivative data. In our previous update we discussed protecting business data in a commercial context. Due diligence concerns.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

How do you balance sharing and protecting your business’ data? Unlike tangible assets, which can be protected primarily through physical means, intangible assets such as data require additional considerations. One key strategy to protect your business’ data is to characterize, and protect, that data as intellectual property.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

On September 3, 2020, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (“LIBE Committee”) of the European Parliament held a meeting to discuss the future of EU-U.S. data flows following the Schrems II judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”). elections, may delay the process.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board (the “Board”) announced an upcoming public meeting to take place over Zoom on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 9 am PST. Additionally, the Board announced on its agenda a discussion surrounding proposed insurance regulations and a discussion on a proposed registration fee for data brokers.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 30, 2020

Check Point Guessed Valid Meeting IDs, Allowing for Snooping Conferencing service provider Zoom has fixed a vulnerability that - under certain conditions - could have allowed an uninvited third party to guess a meeting ID and join a conference call.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2023 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) from August 12–16, 2023. The post Regulatory Update: National Association of Insurance Commissioners Summer 2023 National Meeting appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Empower Your Reps to Deliver Personalized Experiences Generative AI tools significantly augment our ability to meet our customers’ changing needs. Read IBM’s State of Salesforce Report to learn how top performers are using generative AI The post Generative AI: Meet your partner in customer service appeared first on IBM Blog.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Monsido Meets Digital Sovereignty Requirements with Cloud Key Management madhav Tue, 11/07/2023 - 05:34 The World Economic Forum estimates that over 92% of all data in the western world is stored on servers owned by very few US-based companies, which raises concerns about data ownership and control.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 7, 2020

AI meeting assistants present increasing risks as more companies rely on teleconferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic, says U.K.-based based Steve Marshall, CISO at Bytes Technology, an IT and cybersecurity consultancy, who discusses risk mitigation steps.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 26, 2023

AI tools like ChatGPT are grabbing headlines, but other AI techniques and tools specifically designed for enterprises are quietly helping companies meet their sustainability goals. AI solutions work by collecting asset performance data and feeding it into machine learning models, which can predict asset health and risk of failure.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 9, 2020

Criminals Keep Hitting Big Targets Ransomware gangs keep innovating: Maze has begun leaking data on behalf of both Lockbit and RagnarLocker, while REvil has started auctioning data - from victims who don't meet its ransom demands - to the highest bidder. Can't Stop the Crypto-Locking Malware Attacks?

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OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

To secure your data, you must be proactive, have oversight of your entire IT infrastructure, and be poised to efficiently remediate any incidents. OpenText’s MxDR platform combines exceptional tools and a proactive approach to ensure you have highly … The post Technology meets tenacity appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Data Matters

APRIL 19, 2023

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Spring 2023 National Meeting (Spring Meeting) March 21–25, 2023. This Sidley Update summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings held in lieu of taking place during the Spring Meeting.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the last year alone, advisers and wealth managers in financial sectors have witnessed an 80% increase in cyber threats and intrusion activity, with investment advisers being particularly vulnerable due to the sensitive nature of the data they handle. Help your employees become better defenders of your data.

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OpenText Information Management

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the past, these files were just a small, mostly inconsequential part of the data collection, such as sales and marketing materials, holiday videos, and user internet downloads. Rarely were A/V files … The post Meet Your Audio-Video eDiscovery Needs with OpenText eDiscovery solutions appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 15, 2022

During the sessions, members of the California Attorney General’s Office and various privacy and cybersecurity experts led discussions on topics such as the sale and sharing of personal information, dark patterns, data privacy impact assessments, cybersecurity audits and automated decision-making.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In our previous publication , we discussed how a business’ data can be protected by characterizing it as intellectual property and protecting it as such. The creation of new data derived from a licensor’s business data may result in a substitute to, and/or reduce the market for its products or services.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The week closes with the news of another embarrassing data breach, the Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed a hack on Valentine’s Day. The dating app Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed that hackers breached its systems on Valentine’s Day and may have obtained access to users’ account data.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 28, 2022

The first meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 11:00 am PT, will provide an overview of personal information and the CPRA. Topics of this meeting include the collection, sale and sharing of personal information; data flows; dark patterns; communicating business practices and consumer preferences; and opt-out preference signals.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Many organizations — including quite a few Fortune 500 firms — have exposed web links that allow anyone to initiate a Zoom video conference meeting as a valid employee. The PMI portion forms part of each new meeting URL created by that account, such as: zoom.us/j/5551112222

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings held in lieu of taking place during the Summer Meeting. 26R — Bonds (SSAP No. 26R) and SSAP No.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 27, 2022

On July 28, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board will hold a remote, special public meeting at 9AM PDT to discuss possible action on proposed federal privacy legislation, including the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (“ADPPA”), according to the Board’s publicly released agenda.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

This type of thinking can be applied to Rule 26(f) conferences (also known as meet and confers). As mandated by Rule 26(f) of the FRCP, both parties must meet at least 21 days before holding a scheduling conference. To get the ball rolling, counsel can prepare a list of general questions: What data types need to be collected?

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings that were held during July in lieu of taking place during the Summer Meeting.

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IT Governance

APRIL 18, 2023

Data minimisation is a key part of information security and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in particular. Its principles are at the heart of effective data protection practices, and are intended to prevent privacy breaches and minimise the damage when security incidents occur. What is data minimisation?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

National Security Agency (NSA) admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to monitor Americans’ activity online without a court order. The data acquired by the intelligence agency can reveal the websites visited by the US citizens and what apps they use. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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