eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., of cyber attacks IBM handled. 70% of attacks were on banks.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

The BBC reported that “There were people from sales who were drafted in to do production line work. The ransomware was accompanied by a note: “Your files are encrypted with the strongest military algorithms. Cyber security experts and governments urge victims to never pay the ransom.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. The information was offered for a private sale on the now-defunct hacking forum Breached, and it was later leaked in its entirety for free. million unique email addresses and 2.6

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

We have summarised the key compliance obligations under the PIPL below, with new obligations in bold for ease of reference: Relevant Laws/Regulations The PIPL becomes the primary, national-level law governing processing of personal information, but does not replace the existing data privacy framework.

Data Privacy 111

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. The government of Costa Rica is forced to declare a state of emergency after a ransomware attack by Conti cripples government systems. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 240

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. It was yet another case of point-of-sale vulnerabilities being exposed, as the US fails to expedite its transition to chip and PIN. IT Governance released its final Weekly Podcast. McFarland was doing the same with her AOL account.

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Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The CCPA governs how businesses treat “consumer” “personal information.” This page will enable consumers to exercise the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. The new law also allows businesses to offer consumers “financial incentives” for the collection and sale of their personal information. Exemptions.

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Privacy Sales Compliance Cybersecurity 58

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The CCPA governs how businesses treat “consumer” “personal information.” This page will enable consumers to exercise the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. The new law also allows businesses to offer consumers “financial incentives” for the collection and sale of their personal information. Exemptions.

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Privacy Sales Education Compliance 58

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Millions of Pure Incubation Ventures records listed on hacking forum 183,754,481 records apparently belonging to the venture capital and private equity group Pure Incubation Ventures have been listed for sale on a hacking forum. The claim is yet to be verified.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 13, 2023

The Strategy recognizes that the US government must use all tools of national power in a coordinated manner to protect national security, public safety, and economic prosperity. Data Security Jillian Belles | Vice President of Sales Public Sector, North America, Thales More About This Author > Schema

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed. Data breached: 6.9

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Encrypting critical data assets. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Using appropriate access controls.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

DV is easy and indeed automation is a cornerstone of Let's Encrypt which is a really important attribute of it. Plus, long-lived certs actually create other risks due to the fact that revocation is broken so iterating quickly (for example, Let's Encrypt certs last for 3 months) is a virtue. Mayo Clinic. Not a single one.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

This is worth a quick watch (it's 2 minutes): The key sentence being the last one in that clip: Now, of course I am minimising my tax and if anybody in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their heads read because as a government, I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Data scraping site taken offline after billions of Discord users’ messages offered for sale A data scraping website called Spy.pet has been taken offline after harvesting more than 4 billion messages made by almost 630 million Discord users and offering them for sale.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

As bad as the ransomware scourge was for businesses, local governments arguably had it worse. Businesses, individuals, governments, and organizations alike can become savvier about the threat, understand the scope of the problem, and prepare for it. But while it’s worked on, there’s something all of us can do.

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Ransomware Encryption Insurance Cybersecurity 86

Data Matters

JUNE 26, 2018

The CCPA does not restrict a business’ collection or sale of a consumer’s personal information if every aspect of the conduct takes place wholly outside of California. The CCPA also exempts data covered by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and consumer report data governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Privacy 60

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. These days, some of the most frequent posts on those channels advertise the sale of various “methods” or tips about how to bypass ID.me

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.

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