Security Affairs newsletter Round 284
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 4, 2020
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 4, 2020
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Security Affairs
DECEMBER 23, 2019
The attacks aimed at government entities and managed service providers (MSPs) that were active in many industries, including aviation, healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and gambling. The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017.
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Krebs on Security
APRIL 16, 2024
Questions about who stole tax and financial data on roughly three quarters of all South Carolina residents came to the fore last week at the confirmation hearing of Mark Keel , who was appointed in 2011 by Gov. Nikki Haley to head the state’s law enforcement division.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
In the criminal complaint against Mann (PDF), a New York FBI agent said the CEO admitted that starting in 2010 or 2011 he began borrowing large sums of money from banks and financing companies under false pretenses. ” “Mann estimated that he fraudulently obtained about $70 million that he has not paid back. .”
IT Governance
JUNE 1, 2023
MCNA Insurance MCNA Insurance, also known as MCNA Dental, was caught up in a cyber hacking incident last week, in which 112 covered entities were affected. 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.
Data Matters
DECEMBER 20, 2019
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) held its Fall 2019 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) in Austin, Texas, from December 7 to 10, 2019. NAIC Advances Accreditation Standard Process for Revised Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and Regulation, and Term and Universal Life Insurance Reserve Financing Model Regulation.
Data Matters
DECEMBER 20, 2019
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) held its Fall 2019 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) in Austin, Texas, from December 7 to 10, 2019. NAIC Advances Accreditation Standard Process for Revised Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and Regulation, and Term and Universal Life Insurance Reserve Financing Model Regulation.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 16, 2021
The Court held that OCR’s civil monetary penalty for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and HIPAA Security Rule was “arbitrary, capricious, and otherwise unlawful.”. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently vacated a $4.3
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 27, 2012
On January 24, 2011, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein announced that they had reached an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (“AVC”) with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Data Matters
AUGUST 17, 2021
The Guidance replaces prior FFIEC-issued guidance on risk management practices for financial institutions offering internet-based products: “Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2005) and the “Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2011). The 2005 guidance replaced a 2001 version of the same document.
Reltio
JUNE 20, 2023
At Reltio, we call this approach modern MDM, which we pioneered back in 2011 with the launch of the industry’s first cloud-native SaaS platform. When done well, master data management (MDM) transforms enterprise data from a chronic source of frustration to its most valuable asset.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2%
Data Matters
JUNE 24, 2021
On June 15, 2021, the SEC announced settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for disclosure controls and procedures violations related to a cybersecurity vulnerability that exposed sensitive customer information. 14, 2011). 3 See SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Statement on Cybersecurity (Sept.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 25, 2020
The Report emphasizes that existing law—including the Spanish Organic Law 3/1986 of April 14 1986 on Special Measures in Public Health Matters (as modified by Spanish Royal Decree-Law 6/2020, of March 10, 2020) or Spanish General Public Health Law 33/2011 of October 4, 2011—provides necessary legal measures to deal with health risk situations.
Hunton Privacy
AUGUST 24, 2012
(“Accretive”) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and its implementing regulations, and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws. million civil monetary penalty imposed against Cignet Health in February 2011.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 7, 2011
On June 16, 2011, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior officially opened a National Cyber Defense Center as part of the comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that was adopted by the German federal government on February 23, 2011.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 26, 2012
Within the sphere of credit and finance, the Commissioner is widely considered to be focusing particular attention on the insurance industry. Not dissimilarly, in 2010, the Irish DPA published a special investigation into the use of a shared database within the Irish insurance industry.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 6, 2018
Over in the APAC region, South Korea has had a regulation in place since 2011. In the United States alone, companies across different industries have been following regulations to comply with privacy laws.
IT Governance
JANUARY 3, 2020
Canadian insurance firm Andrew Agencies struck by ransomware (unknown). The NHS lost hundreds of thousands of letters between 2011 and 2016. Louisiana Community College crippled by ransomware (unknown). Galt, CA, government suffers ransomware attack (unknown). Yerington Pauite Tribe hit by ransomware attack (unknown). Henry Co.,
Hunton Privacy
APRIL 28, 2011
On April 26, 2011, Sony Computer Entertainment America (“Sony”) disclosed an information security breach that may affect up to 77 million consumers. Affected individuals should also be provided with sufficient insurance to protect them from the possible financial consequences of identity theft.”.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 25, 2017
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) entered into a resolution agreement with MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico (“MAPFRE”) relating to a breach of protected health information (“PHI”) contained on a portable storage device.
IT Governance
JULY 5, 2018
The Australian law firm Slater and Gordon’s ill-fated £637 million acquisition of the professional services division of the British insurance outsourcer Quindell plc in 2015 has attracted a great deal of negative attention over the past few years. of the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. Worse fines if the GDPR had been in effect.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
The DPDP Act will replace India’s current data protection framework, which includes relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011. payments, insurance etc).
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 3, 2014
Accretive experienced a breach in July 2011 that involved the protected health information of more than 23,000 patients. million for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws relating to the same incident.
Hunton Privacy
OCTOBER 31, 2011
The Committee stated in its October 18, 2011 report that the current penalties for unlawfully obtaining personal data (under Section 55 of the DPA) are an inadequate deterrent, and urged the government to exercise its power to introduce prison sentences without delay. “We
Data Matters
DECEMBER 14, 2018
The RFI seeks public input on a broad range of potential reforms to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations with a focus on enhancing care coordination.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 24, 2012
This failure contributed to a July 2011 information security breach when an Accretive employee left an unencrypted laptop containing information of approximately 23,500 patients in a rental car. The laptop was stolen and has not yet been recovered.
Hunton Privacy
AUGUST 19, 2010
The definition of “employer” under the Act exempts banks, insurance companies, law enforcement agencies, debt collectors and state and local government agencies that require the use of credit history. The Employee Credit Privacy Act will come into effect January 1, 2011.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 20, 2014
Gameover Zeus, a sophisticated type of malware that first emerged in 2011, is designed to steal banking and other credentials from the computers it infects. Read our previous blog entry about Gameover Zeus and how cyber insurance may help mitigate risks posed by malware. Read the FTC’s Consumer Information blog post.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Mr Skelton had taken personal data (including name, address, gender, date of birth, phone number, national insurance number, bank details and salary information) relating to nearly 100,000 employees and posted it on the internet. The solution is to insure against ruinous group claims…. What compensation will be payable for distress?
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 13, 2021
Noticing that digital forensic tools used by law enforcement were insufficient, Canadian police officer Jad Saliba founded Magnet Forensics in 2011. For the time being, increasing regulation and scrutiny of sensitive data make banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) the fastest-growing segment of the DFS market.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 23, 2011
On June 23, 2011, in a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in IMS Health Inc. Sorrell that a Vermont law prohibiting the sale of prescriber-identifiable data to drug companies was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.
Hunton Privacy
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
On September 12, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) unveiled a model privacy notice for personal health records (the “PHR Model Privacy Notice”).
Robert's Db2
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
IBM's 2011 Information on Demand conference took place last week in Las Vegas. I attended a number of the event's technical sessions, and summarized what I heard in some of those sessions in a couple of entries posted to this blog. DB2 10 for z/OS: it's about time.
John Battelle's Searchblog
JANUARY 3, 2016
This trend will evince itself in many forms: We’ll see massive older companies shift their marketing focus to purpose-based messaging – both to insure top talent considers them as a career choice, and to maintain relevance to a new generation of purpose-based consumers. Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did.
Data Matters
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
The FCA has provided new guidance for PIs and EMIs using the “insurance or comparable guarantee” method of safeguarding. This includes a requirement that the insurance policy or comparable guarantee must pay out for the full amount of any claim regardless of how the relevant insolvency event occurs (including if the firm is at fault).
InfoGovNuggets
MAY 1, 2018
Would your health insurer/doctor like to track your food and alcohol purchases? Former CFO of Autonomy convicted of fraud in connection with the sale of Autonomy to HP for $11 billion in 2011. Is there other information they can deduce from your purchases that someone would like to track? Whose information is that, anyway?
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
DECEMBER 7, 2017
The group claims that between June 2011 and February 2012 Google obtained personal information by bypassing the default privacy settings on the iPhone to install cookies in the Safari web browser. . “Google You Owe Us” – Representative Action.
eDiscovery Daily
JANUARY 9, 2019
Court Compels Non-Party Insurance Agents to Produce Text Messages in TCPA Case : In Gould v. Farmers Insurance Exchange , Missouri District Judge Rodney W. 2011: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. Here they are: 2017: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. 2016: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. So, what do you think?
CGI
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Ovum Enterprise Search and Retrieval 2011/2012 – Technology Evaluation and Comparison report www.ovum.com. So the digital world is changing rapidly. If you want to be among the winners, I recommend you talk to us about a Discovery and Search strategy that can adapt as your world changes around you. Add new comment.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 22, 2016
million settlement with the Minnesota Attorney General for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and its implementing regulations, and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws. In 2012, Accretive entered into a $2.5
Data Matters
JUNE 29, 2018
AB 375 does not apply to protected or health information that is collected by a covered entity governed by the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act or the notification rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services made pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Availability [sic] Act. 552 (2011), the U.S.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 26, 2022
Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Also read : Top Cyber Insurance Companies. Bessemer Venture Partners. Honorable Mention Cybersecurity VCs.
Data Matters
JUNE 29, 2018
AB 375 does not apply to protected or health information that is collected by a covered entity governed by the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act or the notification rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services made pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Availability [sic] Act. 552 (2011), the U.S.
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