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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. In May, the Department of Health and Social Care signed a deal with Microsoft to upgrade the NHS’s extensive IT estate to Windows 10 in an attempt to bolster its cyber resilience in the wake of 2017’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak. million it initially estimated.

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Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

Krebs on Security

In October 2019, someone hacked BriansClub , a popular stolen card bazaar that uses this author’s likeness and name in its marketing. This was true even though by the end of 2018, 91 percent of cards for sale from medium-sized institutions were chip-based, and 89 percent from smaller banks and credit unions. Source: NYU.

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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare

Krebs on Security

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access. Still, the work to restore infected systems would take months. hospitals and healthcare providers.”

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Enterprise ransomware accounts for 81% of total infections, and by market segment, 62% are small to medium-sized businesses ( Symantec ). The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group. This gives your team clear guidelines as to what segments need added protection or restrictions.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. While 2017 was the year of WannaCry , NotPetya , and BadRabbit ransomware epidemics, 2018 revealed a lack of preparedness for side-channel attacks and threats related to microprocessor vulnerabilities.

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Can Gather Change the Course of Internet History?

John Battelle's Searchblog

And this was no fly-by-night startup – the company’s founders, team, and investors are all deeply experienced in AI, Internet security, scaled engineering, product design, marketing, and much more. As Gather marketing lead Niki Aggarwal pointed out, now that I had the data in my control, I could start to ask it questions.

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SEC and FINRA Issue 2020 Examination Priorities for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

Data Matters

Broker-dealers may be selected for examination based on their market making or other significant trading activity in unlisted securities, as well as employing registered personnel with disciplinary history. OCIE has increased its examination coverage of RIAs over the past several years from 10% in FY 2014 to a high of 17% in FY 2018.

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