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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Part one covers January to June, and will be followed by part in the coming days.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2019 ­– 39.7 million records leaked

IT Governance

June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect. Edcouch, TX, government hit by ransomware attack (3,000). NY, government systems accessed by unauthorised party (unknown). Hackers stole $1.75 Ransomware.

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2019 end-of-year review part 2: July to December

IT Governance

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. The Chinese smart home vendor Orvibo leaked more than two billion user logs containing sensitive personal data such as names, email addresses, passwords and locations. The 2019 study found that the average total cost of a data breach was $3.92

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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

and Saudi Arabia have been steadily escalating for at least the past decade, with notable spikes in activity throughout the course of 2019. Buried in the Shamoon code was an image of a burning American flag, intended as an admonishment to the Saudi government for supporting American foreign policy in the Middle East.

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A new trojan Lampion targets Portugal

Security Affairs

New trojan called ‘Lampion’ has spread using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax during the last days of 2019. Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. The P-19-2.dll Lampion trojan (P-19-2.dll)

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New EU Strong Customer Authentication Standards: Implications for Payment Service Providers

Data Matters

These regulatory technical standards were passed into EU law as Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 (the RTS), which entered into effect on September 14, 2019. a password or a PIN); possession: something the user possesses (e.g., a particular SIM card in a mobile phone or a token or smart card); and/or.

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Free Ransomware Decryption Site Celebrates Milestone as New Threats Emerge

eSecurity Planet

Haron’s ransom note and negotiation site bear striking similarities to Avaddon ransomware, the key difference being that Haron requires an ID and password to log into the negotiation site. To infect victims, Haron uses Thanos ransomware, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) first launched in 2019. ” Introducing BlackMatter. .