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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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New Anti Anti-Money Laundering Services for Crooks

Krebs on Security

.” Tom Robinson , co-founder of blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic , said Antinalysis is designed to help crypto money launderers test whether their funds will be identified as proceeds of crime by regulated financial exchanges. “To date, this type of analysis has been used primarily by regulated financial service providers.”

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CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules

Schneier on Security

The rules would ensure people can obtain their own financial data at no cost, control who it’s shared with and choose who they do business with in the financial industry. The best way for financial services firms to meet the CFPB’s rules would be to apply the decoupling principle broadly.

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6 benefits of data lineage for financial services

IBM Big Data Hub

The financial services industry has been in the process of modernizing its data governance for more than a decade. How can banks, credit unions, and financial advisors keep up with demanding regulations while battling restricted budgets and higher employee turnover? How will one decision affect customers? Stakeholders?

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 [Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake

KnowBe4

The reports show that ransomware incidents have increased from 17% to 19%, often spread through phishing emails and malware. Sales employees had the highest rate of open rates due to their vendor- and customer-facing roles.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2019 – 2.2 billion records leaked

IT Governance

Chinese job recruiting site hacked, with CVs for sale on dark web (160,000). Department of Health Services email hacked exposing patient data (14,591). Two Puerto Rico hospitals report ransomware attacks (520,000). Steel plant Blastech becomes second Mobile-based organisation to be hit by ransomware this month (unknown).

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

IT Governance

suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group. Data breached: more than 59 million data records. Akumin Inc.