IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2021

” The investigation is still ongoing, according to security firm Huntress Labs at least 200 organizations have been impacted, making this incident, one of the largest ransomware attack in history. This is part of a larger global event aimed at the American software company Kaseya. ” reads a statement from Visma.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. of victims) and Retail (14.5%). ProLock = Egregor. Inside Egregor. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

.” Cybercriminals will attempt to entice their victims in multiple ways including: E-mails advertising hot-ticket or products that are hard to find on the market, such as event tickets or gaming systems. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Researchers spotted 5 malicious Google Chrome extensions used to track users’ browsing activity and profit of retail affiliate programs. Below is a step-by-step flow of events while the users navigate to the BestBuy website. . users appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

The platform lists coupons in multiple categories including health, travel, food, services, events. million fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK, over its data breach that impacted millions of customers. The post TicketClub Italy Database Offered in Dark Web appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In this interview, Camille Stewart, Google’s Head of Security Policy for Google Play and Android explains how understanding how systemic racism influences cyber security is integral to protecting the American people and defending the country from cyber adversaries. Read the whole entry. » But what about the lack of diversity?

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Staff at a leading Shanghai courier firm, YTO Express, are suspected of selling millions of items of personal information about its customers to online traders, who then sold the information to online retailers. Arrest of Three Men in Illegal Sales of Millions of Items of Personal Information.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

Kroll security experts discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. The experts speculate the Clop group potentially had an exploit for the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability prior to the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool exploitation that took place in February 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

That attack was 140 percent larger than a 1 Tbps attack in 2020 and larger than any similar event ever detected on the Azure public cloud, they said. See the Top IoT Security Solutions for 2022. Azure officials in October reported that they were able to mitigate a 2.4 Tbps and had a packet rate of 240 million packets per second (pps).

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

On September 15, 2016, the New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that seeks to limit retailers’ ability to collect and use personal data contained on consumers’ driver and non-driver identification cards. The bill, known as the Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act , must now be approved by the New Jersey Assembly.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) released its annual National Exam Program Examination Priorities (Exam Priorities). 1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors. 1 As has been widely reported, the Exam Priorities’ general focus areas include: retail investors.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 8, 2020

Another was directed to commodity pool operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors (CTAs), introducing brokers (IBs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs). One DSIO cyber threat alert was directed to swap dealers (SDs) and futures commission merchants (FCMs).

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2023

According to a Digital Guardian report , 90% of data breaches are caused by phishing, while Venari Security found that organisations lose approximately $181 (£150) for each piece of personal information stolen in online scams. In this example, seen by MailGuard , the message appears to be a security alert from Netflix.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates. The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. Storage limitation: Organizations should securely dispose of data as soon as its purpose is fulfilled.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

A Digital Guardian report found that 90% of corporate security breaches are the result of phishing attacks. An Office for National Statistics report revealed that UK organisations have experienced a 57% increase in “consumer and retail fraud” compared to pre-pandemic levels. of attacks, while Excel was used in 8.7%. com’ websites.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Malware is often associated with card transactions, because it offers the most direct returns (financial information), and POS (point-of-sale) systems have historically been plagued with vulnerabilities. The employee definitely shouldn’t have shared the information with someone outside the organisation.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 18, 2018

In order to use, disclose or sell the personal information of Chicago residents, website operators and online services providers must obtain prior opt-in consent from individuals. Upon request, businesses must disclose to the individual (or their designee) the personal information they maintain about the individual.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The first section of the Report covers operations issues related to anti-money-laundering (AML), cybersecurity and technology governance, outside business activities, books and records, regulatory event reporting, and fixed income markup disclosure.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

In late March 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL, an open source utility that encrypts traffic from a web browser to a server and forms the basis of trusted transactions online. ” To test their fuzzing engines, security vendors will randomly choose from open source tools in use today.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

In late March 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL, an open source utility that encrypts traffic from a web browser to a server and forms the basis of trusted transactions online. ” To test their fuzzing engines, security vendors will randomly choose from open source tools in use today.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

In late March 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL, an open source utility that encrypts traffic from a web browser to a server and forms the basis of trusted transactions online. ” To test their fuzzing engines, security vendors will randomly choose from open source tools in use today.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Consideration was given to whether the same factors apply in both the privacy and security contexts, the risk of potential injury versus realized injury and when government intervention is warranted. With respect to the data security hypothetical, panelists were asked the same question of which stage they believed injury occurred.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2024

About Vanessa Horton Vanessa holds a degree in computer forensics, as well as a number of cyber security and forensics qualifications. Now, she’s part of our cyber incident response team, helping clients with their cyber security requirements. Return to contents Detection – security monitoring and what is ‘normal’?

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to the DPAs, automobile manufacturers, distributors, retailers, repair shops and providers of communications and telemedia services must ensure the informational self-determination of drivers. Privacy in Connected Cars. The German DPAs highlighted the risks of data processing in the context of “connected cars.”

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Adapture

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As we continue to work through these challenging times, businesses need to rely on secure cloud services to support the health and safety of individuals using or visiting customers’ facilities. Companies are making the transition to an AI-driven network strategy to ensure their infrastructure and end users remain secure.

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ARMA International

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The major categories of financial institutions include central banks, retail and commercial banks, investment banks, investment companies, brokerage firms, internet banks, credit unions, and savings and loans associations. financial institutions. Risk Management and RIM.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The FTC continues its defense of the wide-reaching Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on “ Commercial Surveillance and Data Security ” that the Commission, by a 3-2 vote, issued in August. Marshall Erwin , Chief Security Officer, Mozilla. Paul Martino , Vice President and Senior Policy Counsel, National Retail Foundation.

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