The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

By using real-time antivirus scanning to detect and neutralize security risks as they enter the trading system, threats can be quickly identified and eliminated. Encryption renders data unreadable to unauthorized individuals, significantly reducing the risk of data breaches. •Employ real-time antivirus scanning.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Keeping informed about current attacks is one of the best ways of reducing the risk of falling victim. This month, we look at campaigns targeting Microsoft credentials by abusing open redirects from the job site indeed.com and exploiting LinkedIn Smart Links, and a series of attacks on users of postal services around the world.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

A high-profile cyber incident may cause substantial financial and reputational losses to an organization, including the disruption of corporate business processes, destruction or theft of critical data assets, loss of goodwill, and shareholder and consumer litigation. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

The leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Data breached: 10,870,524 lines. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we’ve found 130,036,285 records known to be compromised, and 116 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

The proposed regulation stated that: “To the maximum extent feasible, the bulk thresholds would be set based on a risk-based assessment that examines threat, vulnerabilities, and consequences as components of risk” (at 24). The regulation also proposes this chart with respect to risk levels and bulk thresholds: (at 25).

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. GB Rebekah Children’s Services Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 2,805 Butte School District Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Education USA Yes 2,658 Dignity Health Nevada St. Data breached: >7,000,000 records. Vauxhall Motors database with 5.5

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