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A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

Security Affairs

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down for some days. It is not clear who is behind the DDoS attack, but the media speculate that it was launched by pro-Russian hacktivists in response to the German financial and military support to Ukraine.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Strategies include: Developing a comprehensive, defense-in-depth plan Technical controls all organizations should consider Gotchas to watch out for with cybersecurity insurance Benefits of implementing new-school security awareness training Best practices for creating and implementing security policies Get the E-Book now!

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. But what distinguishes Ryuk’s deadliness is its military-grade levels of encryption, ability to delete shadow copies on the endpoint , and encrypt network drives and resources. Ransomware facts. Make a plan to beef up your defenses against ransomware.

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Executive Order on access to Americans’ bulk sensitive data and Attorney General proposed regulations – Part 2

Data Protection Report

government, including the military and Intelligence Community.” government, including the military and Intelligence Community.” (at What types of data brokerage transactions are in-scope?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Real estate USA Yes 46,906 Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 44,312 Air Methods Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 34,016 GREYHOURS Source (New) Retail France Yes 18,700 Groveport Madison Schools Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (Update) Education USA Yes 15.5

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. We use public key cryptography in https and secures how we use our financial services or order online. Digitally to all of these online services? Lewis: Good. Other: Wait.