IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Unfortunately, the number of breached records doesn’t tell the full story, as there were a whopping 105 incidents – making February 2020 the second leakiest month we’ve ever recorded. Puerto Rico government loses $2.6 Wake County, NC, learns that third party breached government employee info (1,900). Ransomware.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Security Breach Notice Act.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In November 2020, researchers uncovered a large-scale campaign conducted by China-linked APT10 targeting businesses using the recently-disclosed ZeroLogon vulnerability. Its features include capturing screenshots, recording webcam, editing registry, keylogging, and stealing passwords. ” reported Nikkei Asia.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. According to Forbes , Defense Department employees affected included “officials from the Air Force, the Army, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff”.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 12, 2022

The container had a database backup file with over three million records of customer email addresses and account passwords, the latter of which were hashed and salted. Wegmans updated the container configurations to prohibit public access on May 12, 2021 and notified consumers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

In March 2020, CERT France cyber-security agency warned about a new wave of ransomware attack that was targeting the networks of local government authorities. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. newversion file extension instead of .

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 21, 2021

According to the 2020 Trustwave Global Security Report , the majority of data breaches involving cardholder data were CNP (card-not-present) attacks. The PCI DSS contains 12 requirements that organisations must meet if they are to achieve compliance. Who needs PCI DSS compliance? Benefits of PCI DSS compliance.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The FBI estimates that $12 billion has been lost in these scams globally over the past five years. California passes law that bans default passwords in connected devices. California has passed a law banning default passwords such as ‘admin’, ‘123456’ and ‘password’. The law will apply to consumer electronics from 2020.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The FBI estimates that $12 billion has been lost in these scams globally over the past five years. California passes law that bans default passwords in connected devices. California has passed a law banning default passwords such as ‘admin’, ‘123456’ and ‘password’. The law will apply to consumer electronics from 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

The service was claiming a database of over 12 billion records from over 10,000 data breaches. link] — We Leak Info (@weleakinfo) January 15, 2020. ”With execution of the warrant, the seized domain name – weleakinfo.com – is now in the custody of the federal government, effectively suspending the website’s operation. .”

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Despite an array of technological solutions designed to counter phishing attacks – from antimalware software to password protections – the main weapon in anyone’s arsenal should be knowledge and awareness. Indeed, no matter how sophisticated a phishing attack is, it always relies on its ability to make the recipient take action.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:28. Security breaches in this sector can be incredibly disruptive to society and are attracting considerable attention from governments and regulatory bodies around the world. The Ongoing Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure. The effects of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure can be catastrophic.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Jump to: What is ransomware?

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Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The surveillance regime the UK government has built seriously undermines our freedom,” Megan Golding, a lawyer speaking for privacy advocates, stated. We’re talking about an enormously powerful surveillance capability that no government has ever had in the history of humanity,” Stanley says.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 November. However, according to a report issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) this week , the OPM has failed to comply with 28 of the 80 recommendations the GAO made in the aftermath of the debacle. Here are this week’s stories. million individuals ?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 11, 2020

On May 4, the Californians for Consumer Privacy, led by founder Alastair Mactaggart, announced its submission to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act for the November 2020 ballot. Right to know, access and receive personal information collected before the 12-month lookback period for data collected on or after Jan.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

Donahue is co-founder of Kodex , a company formed in February 2021 that builds security portals designed to help tech companies “manage information requests from government agencies who contact them, and to securely transfer data & collaborate against abuses on their platform.”

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

1, 2020, unless changed in the interim. The potential negative effects on innovation and widespread business practices are likely to prompt considerable interest in making necessary corrections and other amendments to the law before it takes effect in 2020 as well as in possible preemptive federal legislation.

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

1, 2020, unless changed in the interim. The potential negative effects on innovation and widespread business practices are likely to prompt considerable interest in making necessary corrections and other amendments to the law before it takes effect in 2020 as well as in possible preemptive federal legislation.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. In August 2020, it was embroiled in a data breach affecting more than 800,000 EyeMed and Lenscrafters patients. A month later, a ransomware attack shut down the company’s operations in Italy and China.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Meanwhile, the 2020 MSP Benchmark Survey found that in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 91% of service providers said their customer base suffered a cyber attack in the previous 12 months. That’s where IT Governance can help. Blackbaud eventually paid the ransom , which averted the short-term risk of data being leaked online.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

This piece of malware is known for the usage of the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira) email templates to lure victims to install the malicious loader (a VBS file). Lampion trojan is one of the most active banking trojans impacting Portuguese Internet end users since 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. link] pic.twitter.com/cVIyB44o6q — Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 22, 2020. — Parisa Tabriz (@laparisa) January 26, 2020. Ingenious!

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

billion in funding in 2020. In September 2020, Axis Security raised $32 million in Series B funding, for a total of $49 million over three rounds. Cado Security is a young startup, founded in 2020, yet it’s already received $1.5 In November 2020, Cato closed on a $130 million round of funding. Cado Security.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In the summer of 2018, the California Legislature drafted and passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in record time. This abbreviated legislative process produced a bill with numerous gaps and anomalies, however. update their privacy policies with numerous disclosures.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2020

Lampion was first documented in December 2019 , and it was distributed in Portugal via phishing emails using templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. More recently, in May 2020, a new variant of Lampion was observed. Figure 1: The email template used in July 2020 is similar to the previous one used in May 2020.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Join us Wednesday, July 12, @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demonstration of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing. Date/Time: Wednesday, July 12, @ 2:00 PM (ET) Save My Spot! Government. Get a look at FOUR NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

link] — Bank Security (@Bank_Security) November 20, 2020. After analyzing the leaked data, we noticed the list of vulnerable targets includes domains belonging to large enterprises, financial institutions, and government organizations from all over the world. Geomap of impacted countries. Complete list of affected countries.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 10, 2020

On June 9, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2019 (the “Report”). Failure to protect personal data, e.g. , because the data was available on the internet or disclosed to unauthorized third parties, the passwords were transmitted in clear text or were not sufficiently robust, etc.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2022

T-Mobile says no customer or government information was stolen in the intrusion. These unauthorized sim swaps allow an attacker to intercept a target’s text messages and phone calls, including any links sent via SMS for password resets, or one-time codes sent for multi-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the past 12 months, MSTIC experts observed increasingly sophisticated attacks orchestrated by Iranian APT groups. Since September 2020, researchers analyzed the ransomware operations conducted by six Iranian threat groups that were launched in waves every six to eight weeks on average.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Tape vendors have been promoting themselves as a solution to the ransomware problem because of their ability to provide air-gapped data backup, but trying to recover terabytes of data from a tape drive can be a little like, well, running into red tape. Here are some examples: Quantum. Iron Mountain. Spectra Logic. A device is a device.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Armis was acquired at a $1 billion price tag by Insight Partners in January 2020, joining Insight’s other cybersecurity subsidiaries like SentinelOne, Perimeter81, Mimecast, and Tenable. Armis’ solutions include cybersecurity asset management, OT security, ICS risk assessment, zero trust , and more. Armis Features.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In the summer of 2018, the California Legislature drafted and passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in record time. This abbreviated legislative process produced a bill with numerous gaps and anomalies, however. The regulations also subject deletion requests to a two-step process.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. government reported a significant rise in hacks perpetrated against private companies by nation-state-sponsored threat actors. Not anymore.

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