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Resecurity Released a 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast

Security Affairs

Bad actors will leverage these regulations as tools for manipulation and extortion, echoing the tactics employed by certain ransomware operators who threaten victims with GDPR compliance violations and regulatory fines. This strategy goes beyond just deploying the latest technologies to combat AI and mobile threats.

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90% of critical infrastructure providers have fallen victim to a cyber attack since 2017

IT Governance

The anonymous survey covered the utility, energy, health and transport sectors – industries renowned for keeping their activities secret because they store highly sensitive information and are responsible for essential services. Most GDPR investigations have been launched off the back of public complaints. NIS Regulations.

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UK NIS Regulations impose new cybersecurity obligations (and a new penalties regime) on operators of essential services and digital service providers in the UK

Data Protection Report

These Regulations have received limited press attention, in part due to the emphasis that has been placed on GDPR implementation. Under the NIS Regulations, entities meeting certain threshold conditions in the energy, transport, healthcare, utilities and digital infrastructure sectors will be considered to be operators of essential services.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

Source (New) Technology USA Yes 204 Ho Chi Minh City Energy Company Source (New) Energy Vietnam Yes 84 Austal USA Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 43 Income Tax Department of India Source (New) Public India Yes 1 Gloucestershire County Council Source (New) Public UK Unknown 1 Daiho Industrial Co., Data breached: 5 TB.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Legal Canada Yes 1 TB Double Eagle Development Source (New) Real estate USA Yes 904,980 Southern Water Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Utilities UK Yes 750 GB BuidlersTribe Source (New) Professional services Singapore Yes More than 661,000 Dillard’s Inc. Data breached: 750 million victims’ personal data.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

IT Governance

According to CyberNews , more than 300 million data records were compromised, including 21,000 telephone numbers and 31,000 email addresses. Some payment card data was also exposed. Data breached: over 300 million records. The company’s description of the incident suggested ransomware.