Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

In other words, bad actors glean lists of breached usernames and passwords and run them against desired logins until they find some that work. And, there remains general bad hygiene surrounding the creation of usernames and passwords, with many being reused over multiple websites. Good password hygiene and password managers. “If

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2023

On June 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) published an updated proposed Second Amendment (“Amendment”) to its Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500. On November 9, 2022, NYDFS published a first draft of the proposed Amendment and received comments from stakeholders over a 60-day period.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Regis, Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels or anywhere else that operates on Marriot’s Starwood guest reservation database, it’s time to redouble your cybersecurity and privacy efforts, because this compromise is one of biggest we’ve seen—dwarfed only by the Yahoo breach that affected 2 billion users. If you’ve made reservations at the St.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

So, we can call this a Facebook privacy facepalm legacy attack. It’s a sad state of Facebook privacy news fatigue that the urge is so strong to create privacy fail sub-categories—but there you have it. The information is at least a year old, which was when Facebook stopped allowing developers to have user phone numbers.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Bad actors are standing up these virtual bots by the million, cheaply and stealthily, via Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Stolen usernames and passwords are loaded up on botnets, which then relentlessly test them on account logon pages. Botnets can test stolen usernames and passwords at scale.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The infamous Mirai botnet self-replicated by seeking out hundreds of thousands of home routers with weak or non-existent passwords. Mirai ultimately was used to carry out massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. From there Mirai spread voraciously between other types of consumer IoT devices, as well as corporate computers.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Make sure your smartphone, tablet and laptop are password-protected, particularly if you’re in the habit of carrying them around wherever you go. Create long and strong passwords. Never use duplicate usernames or passwords across any of your online accounts to limit your exposure in case of a data breach. Lock your devices.

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Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services announced a settlement with EyeMed, a licensed life, accident, and health insurer, with respect to a security incident that occurred in 2020. EyeMed neither admitted nor denied the AG’s findings in the settlement.

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Cybersecurity Personal data Risk Financial Services 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This enhances data privacy and security and allows for greater control and efficiency in AI application deployment within the enterprise. Initially a driving force in financial services for secure transactions, blockchain now faces the challenge of reshaping its image and functionality.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

This will help in the drive to move away from passwords and remove friction by requiring fewer steps to log into websites. This certainly might help with some of the more stringent data privacy regulations. Check back in for part two of my blog, slated to post tomorrow. In it, I discuss open banking and secure remote commerce.

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Blockchain Financial Services Data Privacy GDPR 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The conference features a variety of topics and sessions regarding all aspects of financial services, from cryptocurrency to banking. The use of biometrics on the device ensures that the user’s privacy is protected. One financial institution actually saw identity as the “killer app” for blockchain. Blockchain.

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Blockchain IT Authentication e-Delivery 63

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Onfido, a London-based company, offers photo-based IDV services for businesses. Financial service providers, car rentals, and many other suppliers that need to confirm customer identities employ similar third-party services. Only the service provider knows which user or piece of data a specific token represents.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 5, 2019

Together, the new laws require the implementation of reasonable data security safeguards, expand breach reporting obligations for certain types of information, and require that a “consumer credit reporting agency” that suffers a data breach provide five years of identity theft prevention services for impacted residents.

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Cybersecurity Data breaches Privacy Risk 68

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Although California has recently captured the lion’s share of attention with respect to privacy and security, on October 23, 2019, New York’s amended security breach law goes into effect, and on March 1, 2020, new security safeguards go live (N.Y. Biometric information that is used to authenticate or ascertain the individual identity.

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Security Financial Services Passwords Risk 40

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) posted proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“Cybersecurity Regulations”). As part of the “access privileges” requirements under Section 500.7

Financial Services 55

Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk Passwords 55

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. The fraudster then uses Zelle to transfer the victim’s funds to others.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Your company stakeholders — especially the employees — should know the strategies your security team is using to prevent data breaches, and they should know simple ways they can help, like password protection and not clicking on malicious links or files or falling for phishing attacks. This varies between organizations.

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Data breaches Big data Cybersecurity Security 98

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords. Organizations may also want to look for an IAM solution that works in hybrid environments that include private data centers as well as cloud deployments.

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Cloud Security Encryption Risk 132

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The FCA’s stated position under its existing guidance is that the information printed on a card can be used as evidence of possession of a card, alongside use of a knowledge factor (such as a password or onetime passcode). However, the Consultation Paper indicates that the FCA now plans to adopt the EBA’s more conservative position on cards.

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Authentication Paper Risk Insurance 68

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Consider that some 80 percent of hacking-related breaches occur because of weak or reused passwords, and that over 90 percent of consumers continue to re-use their intrinsically weak passwords. Authentication systems that leverage machine learning and biometric technology are now ready to replace legacy password-centric technologies.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. Subscribe now The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. The claim is yet to be verified. Data breached: 36 million records.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 8 – 14 January 2024 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Data breached: >7,000,000 records. Vauxhall Motors database with 5.5 million call logs between employees and customers.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

The leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Subscribe now The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Data breached: 10,870,524 lines.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2021

Credential stuffing is a type of advanced brute force hacking that leverages software automation to insert stolen usernames and passwords into web page forms, at scale, until the attacker gains access to a targeted account. I rarely, if ever, need to use a password. Data enrichment is a thing that happens in the criminal economy.

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Passwords Authentication Marketing Access 257

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

The problem: The command line interface (CLI) for AWS and Google Cloud can allow attackers with CLI access to obtain passwords, user names, and other secrets used to access cloud repositories. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Authentication MDM Cloud Cybersecurity 62

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

The hope is that the strategy outlined herein will help corporate directors and executives who support them ( e.g. , legal, information technology security, privacy, compliance, and audit) make practical use of the various technical guidelines available without misaligning their systems from the broader corporate mission.

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Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

Will there be some exempt financial transactions?

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Access Military Compliance Personal data 59

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. Customers in financial services, energy, government, healthcare and manufacturing sectors are using its testing and training modules.

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Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Education 166

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

For everything from minor network infractions to devastating cyberattacks and data privacy troubles , digital forensics software can help clean up the mess and get to the root of what happened. For solutions, Exterro offers products across e-discovery, privacy, risk management, and digital forensics.

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e-Discovery Computer and Electronics Marketing Compliance 139

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Added pressure came from having to also meet stringent new data security rules that took shape in the form of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, New York state’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies and California’s Consumer Privacy Act.

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Access Government Authentication Data breaches 169

Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

NOBELIUM, a group of Russia-based hackers, gained access to multiple enterprises through software code, stolen passwords, compromised on-premises servers, and minted SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) tokens. The post Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Cybersecurity Government Authentication Ransomware 97

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

SECURITI’s solutions help organizations secure data while automating privacy and compliance using AI and machine learning tactics. was recently named a Leader in the Forrester Wave’s Privacy Management Software, Q4, 2021. Ethyca is compliance -focused as regulatory enforcement becomes an essential part of data privacy.

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Cybersecurity Cloud Compliance Analytics 142

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

PA: Penelec customers must reset passwords after security breach (databreaches.net) (0). Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc. Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Event | | djournal.com (0). HBP Financial Services Group notice of breach impacting Pathology Consultants of New London, PC (databreaches.net) (0).

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