Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group has been reviewing state insurance privacy protections regarding the collection, ownership, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 13, 2023

On June 6, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued their final Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships (“Guidance”).

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law. As with most of the existing U.S.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A Is the email enticing you to click on a link?'

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 | May 9th, 2023 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages. The message displayed reads, "UPDATE EXCEPTION.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. Two months later, Experian would be hit with a class-action lawsuit over these security and privacy failures.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #15 | April 11th, 2023 [The New Face of Fraud] FTC Sheds Light on AI-Enhanced Family Emergency Scams The Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers about a next-level, more sophisticated family emergency scam that uses AI which imitates the voice of a "family member in distress." Save My Spot!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., We identified certain accounts that we believe are affiliated with the Spy.pet website, which we have subsequently banned.”

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 | May 31st, 2023 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing attacks are best suited for the one industry where the money is, this massive spike in attacks should both surprise you and not surprise you at all.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 | May 2nd, 2023 [Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells? In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 | June 6th, 2023 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. make up only 0.1%

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 | May 16th, 2023 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. Russian state hackers began using the malware in their attacks shortly after.

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