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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On the basis of the size-cap criterium, all medium and large enterprises (as defined by the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises) that fall under the definition of ‘essential entities’ would need to comply with the obligations.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

The CCPA’s definition of “consumer” is equally broad. This definition therefore not only encompasses a “consumer” in the traditional sense (i.e., The business community is already lobbying the California legislature to narrow this definition. The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates at least 500,000 U.S.

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

There’s no definitive method or technique that defines malware; any program that harms the computer or system owners and benefits the perpetrators is malware. Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. The data is neither stolen nor manipulated. Computer Viruses.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. Only 5 definitely haven’t had data breached. Nearly 20 million Cutout.Pro users’ data breached Cutout.Pro, an AI photo and video editing platform, has suffered a data breach. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93