eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By gaining a deeper understanding of application security, companies can take the necessary steps and actions to safeguard their valuable assets and reduce the risk of devastating data breaches. The security measures that AppSec requires depends on the type of application and risks involved. How Does Application Security Work?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

To remedy this vulnerability, Adobe recommends installing Update 16 for ColdFusion 2018 and Update 6 for ColdFusion 2021. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches. The deserialization vulnerability has a high-severity CVSS score of 9.8.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

To remedy this vulnerability, Adobe recommends installing Update 16 for ColdFusion 2018 and Update 6 for ColdFusion 2021. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches. The deserialization vulnerability has a high-severity CVSS score of 9.8.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For example, SEC guidance from 2018 emphasizes that there is a range of factors that may affect whether an incident should be disclosed to investors beyond the bottom-line financial costs to respond to the incident. Public Companies and Service Providers. Public companies currently must disclose material cybersecurity incidents.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

2 (2021) regarding “Cyber Insurance Risk Framework” (the “Guidelines”), calling on insurers to take more stringent measures in underwriting cyber risks. In the Guidelines, NYDFS cites the 2020 SolarWinds attack as an example of how managing growing cyber risk is “an urgent challenge for insurers.”. The litigation, Mondelez Intl.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Another branch of attacks revolve around ransomware, crypto jacking, denial of service attacks and malware spreading activities. The company’s IT team got the network back online in a record 10 days, but cost Maersk between $250 million and $300 million.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

billion in 2018. Simon Aldama, principal security advisor at IT services management company Netenrich, told eSecurity Planet that the risks associated with IoT security currently will get worse before they get better. Three years ago, there was only a 10 percent difference in spending between display and search ads.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A 2018 InsuranceBee survey found that 83% of organisations didn’t have any money reserved to recover from a cyber attack, and a quarter were unaware that security incidents had significant financial consequences. Here are five things SMEs should do to mitigate the risk of cyber attacks and data breaches: 1. Preventing data breaches.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 8, 2019

On December 28, 2018, the U.S. HHS describes the publication as “practical, understandable, implementable, industry-led, and consensus-based voluntary cybersecurity guidelines to cost-effectively reduce cybersecurity risks for health care organizations of varying sizes.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29. In 2018, the Timehop app suffered a serious breach that resulted in data belonging to 21 million users being compromised. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack made media headlines across the world because of its cascading effects. Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Our recently released 2018 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report found that 75% of U.S. According to the 2018 Verizon Enterprises Data Breach Investigations Report , 92% of malware was still delivered by email. employees lack at least some awareness toward threats to cybersecurity and data privacy. Our Phishing Findings.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Here, Part 3 discusses how to manage the various DT risks. This discussion includes methods, tools, and techniques such as using personae and identifying use cases that have high business value, while minimizing project risks. This part also discusses managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. This discussion will include methods, tools, and techniques such as using personae and identifying use cases that have high business value, while minimizing project risks. Although not generated by humans, this can be mission-critical data” (ARMA 2018, p 68). Introduction.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 22, 2022

On 10 March 2022, the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) issued a monetary penalty notice to a professional services firm (the Firm ) to the tune of £98,000 for a breach of Article 5(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ). The Firm did not use MFA for remote access to its system.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

* This article first appeared in In-House Defense Quarterly on April 3, 2018. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

A month later, a ransomware attack shut down the company’s operations in Italy and China. MCNA Insurance later confirmed that 8,923,662 people were affected in the incident and said the breach was a result of a ransomware attack. One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Additionally, as fundamental parts of this complete architecture, adherence to safe API design standards and compliance with data protection laws reinforce APIs against a variety of cyber risks. Tracking APIs helps manage potential security gaps and the risk of unauthorized entry, preventing potential points of attack.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In 2018, the software giant took the step of doing away with passwords for people signing into its Edge web browser, saying instead they could use a number of alternatives. Further reading: Top 10 Single Sign-On Solutions. A good example of this is the move to single sign-on and passwordless authentication.”.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

In the recent case of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack , the Department of Justice and FBI were able to recover a majority of the crypto-payment made to the DarkSide ransomware group. Mitigating risk of false key propagation and identity theft. Risk of compromise. Cryptocurrency Risks for Coins.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. Would you use it? Would you help others? Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. Would you use it? Would you help others? Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

More than 10 million lines of Pastelería Mozart customer data apparently posted on dark web The Ynnian hacking group has posted 10,870,525 lines of data on the dark web, apparently originating from Pastelería Mozart, a popular bakery chain in Chile. VF Corporation confirms 35.5 million customers’ data. Data breached: 35,500,000 records.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2023

Risk Resource Insights (RRI) technology contextualizes security findings and prioritizes critical resources. This updates a June 29, 2018 article by Jeff Goldman. There are also new FortiGate 70F, 600F, 3000F and 4800F series firewalls. Thus, Fortinet wins in this category despite the compelling value of Sophos.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

While state-sponsored cyber-attacks pose exceptional risks, technical experts may recommend the same preventative measures to defend against a state-sponsored attack as any other type of cyber-attack. The 2018 VPNFilter attack was responsible for multiple large-scale attacks that targeted devices in Ukraine. Current State of Play.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

At first glance, the report this week from cybersecurity software vendor McAfee showing that the incidence of ransomware dropped by half in the first quarter seems like good news to a world that continues to feel the repercussions of the seemingly ubiquitous malware. Ransomware is the Focus. This is a number of years old,” he said. “We

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Having just gone through the BYOD process with my 10-year old son at school (and witnessing the confusion and disinformation from parents and teachers alike), now seemed like a good time to outline some fundamentals whilst sitting on a plane heading down to Sydney to do some adult-related cyber things! Which brings me to the next point: 2.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. The steady nature of ransomware attacks is a reminder that no company is immune. We can't (yet) stop ransomware. Spoofed domains, malicious attachments and executables to name a few.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2021

Named the “Most Innovative Startup,” Apiiro was selected by a panel of esteemed judges for its Code Risk Platform. Apiiro Security Code risk platform 2019 Tel Aviv, Israel $35M. Abnormal Security Advanced email security 2018 San Francisco, CA $74M. Axis Security Zero trust cloud security 2018 San Mateo, CA $99.5M.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

We’ll start with the top 10 overall and then look at other noteworthy startups in a number of markets. Top 10 Cybersecurity Startups. Startup Est Headquarters Staff Funding Funding Type Abnormal Security 2018 San Francisco, CA 261 $74.0 Series A Confluera 2018 Palo Alto, CA 33 $29.0 2018 Santa Clara, CA 305 $50.0

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. Group-IB: The ransomware plague cost the world over $1 billion. Late 2019 and all of 2020 were marked by an unprecedented surge in ransomware attacks. Countries of North and South America (excluding the US) are at 10% and Asian states are at 7%.

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Data Matters

APRIL 21, 2020

Foreign financial institutions risk secondary sanctions for engaging in the same. As a result, North Korea has increasingly used cybercrime, such as ransomware attacks, to raise funds to support its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. Share technical information of the North Korean cyber threat.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

One risk of the AI language models is that they can be adapted to perform social engineering at scale. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.

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Data Matters

MAY 29, 2018

On May 15, 2018, various media outlets reported that the Trump administration decided to eliminate the position of White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. During their tenure at the White House, Joyce and Bossert together were responsible for managing the government’s response to cyber threats, including the WannaCry ransomware attack.

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