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Brazilian Data Protection Law Update – Delayed Enforcement, Lack of Administrative Structure, and Market Unreadiness

Data Matters

Indeed, the comprehensive law has been viewed as a necessary measure for the country to join a select but growing group of nations in the systematic protection of individuals’ personal data. Undoubtedly, the LGPD’s requirements impose a myriad of compliance measures to be undertaken by companies that process individuals’ personal data.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

Siev also couldn’t say exactly what the attackers were looking for or how they were manipulating the devices but did say that generally bad actors target IoT devices to either steal personal information or money like credit card numbers and to manipulate home systems like gates, safes and door locks. billion in 2021 , with 55.2

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Celebrating Safer Internet Day: Surviving Lockdowns Edition

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 10:06. With all of us being more exposed to online threats and risks, including phishing attacks, ransomware, and misinformation, being able to take action to protect our personal data and stand for a more responsible and polite online behavior will make a difference.

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Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29. The Japanese video game company Nintendo suffered a data breach in 2020 in which hackers used credential stuffing techniques to access user accounts belonging to at least 160,000 Nintendo registered users. Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication.

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51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023

IT Governance

Phishing in the UK 10. This represents a 28% increase compared to 2021. Cyber criminals also target internal data (32%) and personal data (24%). Organisations lose approximately $181 (£150) for each piece of personal information stolen in a phishing attack, according to Venari Security. million (£3.42

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2021 – 2.3 billion records breached

IT Governance

million) Serco says ‘no data compromised’ despite hack (0) France’s Dax hospital center targeted by a large-scale cyber attack (unknown) Singaporean telecoms company Singtel suffers cyber attack (unknown) Michigan State Police investigating cyber attack on Saginaw Township schools (unknown). Data breaches.

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A Decade of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach. It's something I certainly didn't understand 10 years ago, and I still remember the initial surprise when agencies started reaching out. You could call it.