Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2021

With respect to ransomware prevention, the Department expects regulated companies to implement the following controls whenever possible: Email filtering and anti-phishing training for employees, including regular exercises and blocking malicious attachments and links; Vulnerability and patch management, including a documented program to identify, assess, (..)

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2021

The phishers had access for more than 24 hours, and sources tell KrebsOnSecurity the intruders used that time to steal Social Security numbers and sensitive files on thousands of state workers, and to send targeted phishing messages to at least 9,000 other workers and their contacts.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 11, 2023

😊 The new subscription model launched this week and as many of you know from your own past experiences, pushing major new code live is always a bit of a nail-biting exercise. I expect I'll blog that this coming week and probably quietly slip out the documentation on the 2 new endpoints in advance.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Also, the credentials could have been used to gain initial access into corporate networks to deploy ransomware, steal or sabotage internal documents, or gain access to user data. It’s advisable for them to externally verify the information contained in emails and exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

national security law did not provide equivalent privacy protections to those available in the EU. national security law protects EU personal data. Given the detail set forth in the Paper, and the CJEU’s silence regarding any actual comparison of the relative national security safeguards of the U.S. agencies is compelling.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The stolen information allegedly included names and identifying information, hashed passwords, security questions and answers, family information, Social Security numbers, lab results, health insurance information, doctor’s names, and medical conditions, among other things.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The Working Documents were adopted by the Working Party on October 3, 2017, for public consultation. The Working Documents were adopted by the Working Party on October 3, 2017, for public consultation. Comments Applicable to Both Controller and Processor BCRs. The BCRs do not need to restate the actual elements of these provisions.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, I reported a security vulnerability in Rust’s linked-list-allocator to the RustOS Dev team, which was assigned CVE-2022-36086. The main idea with this harness is to initialize the heap object with a random size, then exercise the other functions at random. The Target. Request an allocation: allocate_first_fit.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 19, 2024

Data Protection Assessment – Like Colorado, the law will require controllers not to conduct processing that presents a “heightened risk of harm” to consumers without conducting and documenting a data protection assessment.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Discovery focuses on understanding legacy application, infrastructure, data, interaction between applications, services and data and other aspects like security. Modernization teams perform their code analysis and go through several documents (mostly dated); this is where their reliance on code analysis tools becomes important.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

The experts also warn that enterprise security software cannot monitor the use of ChatGPT by employees and prevent the leak of sensitive/confidential company data. In general, it’s always important to exercise due diligence when discussing sensitive information online. “Since ChatGPT launched publicly, 5.6%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 24, 2019

Ensuring that systems behave only how a designer intends is a central aspect of security. A security-enforcing system will take the context of available information measured against policy to determine whether an operation should be permitted or denied. MBSE and security engineering. Model-Based Systems Engineering.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strongly advised public companies to improve their cybersecurity. While the new security proposals have not yet become law, cybersecurity managers can begin to prepare metrics and audits that will not only help comply with those laws, but can also help create positive change now.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The only data processing activities exempt from the GDPR are national security or law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. An organization must establish and document its legal basis before collecting any data. ” The organization documents all data processing activities.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

Typically, these vulnerabilities result in remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks, posing major dangers to users’ data security. To mitigate these risks, users must promptly apply vendor-provided software patches and updates, as well as exercise vigilance when using online services and apps. are vulnerable.

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Libraries Risk Cybersecurity Honeypots 97

Adam Levin

JUNE 24, 2020

Among the hundreds of thousands of documents are police and FBI reports, bulletins, guides and more,” DDoSecrets announced on its Twitter feed (Twitter has since banned the DDoSecrets account). Included in the data set are emails, audio, video, scanned documents, bulletins, guide, and police and FBI reports.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 28, 2023

Controller Obligations Among other obligations, controllers subject to the MDCPA are required to (1) provide a privacy notice with certain specified content, (2) establish a secure and reliable means for consumers to exercise their privacy rights under the law, (3) obtain a consumer’s consent to process sensitive data, (4) enter into contracts with (..)

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Between June 8, 2018 and April 6, 2019, the CNIL received 15 complaints from individuals relating to the exercise of their data protection rights with affiliates of the Carrefour Group. According to the CNIL, copies of ID documents should only be retained for the time necessary to verify the identity of the requester.

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GDPR Personal data Data collection Marketing 91

Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2019

In January 2019, the National Security Agency (NSA) announced the release at the RSA Conference of the free reverse engineering framework GHIDRA. WikiLeaks obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from a CIA high-security network that details CIA hacking techniques, tools, and capabilities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Law enforcement also observed ransomware gangs diversifying approaches to extorting money , such as the use of “triple extortion” by threatening to publicly release stolen sensitive information, while disrupting the victim’s internet access and/or informing the victim’s partners, shareholders, or suppliers about the security breach.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

On September 29, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission published the eleventh blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As previously reported , the FTC will publish an entry every Friday for the next few months focusing on each of the 10 principles outlined in its Start with Security Guide for Businesses.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Effective (and ideally automated) information classification is the bedrock to ensuring the application of appropriate information security controls to the relevant systems and processes. This could result in the Commissioner exercising the new powers while an entity is still managing a suspected or actual data breach in real time.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Behind the sleek interfaces and promising functionalities lurks a hidden concern that has captured the attention of security researchers and users alike – dangerous Android app permissions. Android permissions The Android operating system has a comprehensive permission system designed to protect a user’s privacy and security.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We make IT, security, or any business decision by weighing the risks and the rewards. Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? Document the incident response process as a plan. The building manager to handle threats to physical security at a specific office.

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AIIM

MARCH 16, 2021

In addition to helping organize and classify content, Metadata enables good findability, can trigger workflow and transactional processes, reveals document usage patterns and history, and helps establish retention and disposition events. Here is an outline of the steps included in this exercise to build your Metadata plan.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Army told Reuters it removed an app containing Pushwoosh in March, citing “security concerns.” Reuters said the CDC likewise recently removed Pushwoosh code from its app over security concerns, after reporters informed the agency Pushwoosh was not based in the Washington D.C. THE PINCER TROJAN CONNECTION.

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Adam Shostack

APRIL 15, 2021

So let me start by saying I like the way that they frame it: “At GitHub, threat modeling isn’t necessarily a specific tool or set of deliverables—it’s a process to help foster ongoing discussions between security and engineering teams around a new or existing system. for a new or existing service.

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Lenny Zeltser

JANUARY 6, 2021

Malware analysis sits at the intersection of incident response, forensics, system and network administration, security monitoring, and software engineering. As someone who’s helped thousands of security professionals learn how to analyze malware at SANS Institute , I have a few tips for how you can get started.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 18, 2023

SB 5 also requires controllers to establish, implement and maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical data security practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of personal data.

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Privacy Personal data Sales Insurance 132

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Less than two months remain for healthcare organisations to demonstrate compliance with NHS Digital’s DSP (Data Security and Protection) Toolkit. Ask a healthcare expert >> Data security standards and the GDPR. Ask a healthcare expert >> Data security standards and the GDPR. Unsure if you need to comply?

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 15, 2019

This effectively leaves victims unable to file reports or get documentation of their stolen identities, which is typically a first step for mitigating damage to credit and financial accounts. . Several agencies have expired website security certificates , and are unable to renew them. With 87.5%

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2020

That means ensuring that you remain productive and – just as important – safe, both in terms of your organisation’s security posture and your mental wellbeing. The popularity of the app has surged during the COVID-19 crisis, but since Monday it has faced a string of accusations about its security.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 20, 2023

This document provides guidance on the conditions applicable to the use of this technology which presents high risks to the data subjects’ right to privacy. The CNIL will also check the measures implemented to ensure the security of the data. management of data subjects’ rights).

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 25, 2019

The $5 billion penalty is the largest imposed on any company for violating consumers’ privacy – nearly 20 times the largest privacy or data security penalty to date. The order also requires Facebook to document security incidents when data of 500 or more users has been compromised.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Document properly the processing activities. Some guidance is provided on how to ensure that the DPO can perform his or her duties independently without receiving any instruction to exercise his/her mission, without conflict of interests and with real effectiveness for the organization.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 17, 2017

The CNIL’s methodology notes that, under the GDPR, organizations will have to keep full internal documentation of their data processing activities. verifying the data security measures implemented. Step 6: Keeping Documentation on Compliance Measures. The CNIL’s methodology proposes a template register.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Under the GDPR, you are required to document your data processing activities. This method also enables you to assess the risks in your data processing activities and identify where controls are required, for example, assessing privacy and data security risks. One way to do this is to map your organisation’s data flows.

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