Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2023

John Clifton Davies , a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. that was part of John Davies’ 2015 fraud conviction.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2020

According to the experts, the ransomware encrypted files on the authority’s servers and its backup servers. From there, the virus spread to the authority’s servers and backup servers, encrypting files.” The airport authority will seek to recover the $25,000 deductible it paid on its insurance policy from LogicalNet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2019

The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a huge trove of documents from the British insurance company Hiscox, Hackers stole “hundreds of thousands of documents,” including tens of thousands files related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

The images include scans of government-issued IDs, retail club membership and loyalty cards, NRA membership cards, gift cards, credit cards with all details exposed (including CVV), medical insurance cards, medical marijuana ID cards, and more. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The crew has published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the systems at the company. These images include a screenshot of folders on a SeaChange server compromised by the gang, insurance certificates, a driver’s license, and a cover letter for a proposal sent to the Pentagon. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

. “The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers’ demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb had no choice if it wanted to retrieve its records, which the hackers encrypted.” “The payment is being covered by insurance.” ” reported the Associated Press. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Incident details: The company found that data on its network had been encrypted without its knowledge. Incident details: Successful phishing attack, breaching records on a server that reached end of life in 2015, though the information itself was “of low-sensitivity and semi-public”. Records breached: 91,000 individuals affected.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The lawsuit concerns a May 2015 data breach in which hackers allegedly stole health information relating to 3.9 represented in its privacy policy that the Company used encryption and authentication tools to protect information but failed to encrypt the data (at rest) on its computer systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In 2015, global cyber crime had a cost of about $3 trillion, and the cost is expected to rise to $10.5 Ransomware. Ransomware is the fastest-growing trend.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 23, 2015

On July 1, 2015, Connecticut’s governor signed into law Public Act No. On July 1, 2015, Connecticut’s governor signed into law Public Act No. A brief summary of the data security requirements for health insurers and state contractors is set forth below: Health Insurers. State Contractors.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

MaxLinear restored some of the systems using its backups, despite Maze Ransomware threatened to leak over 1TB of data allegedly stolen before encrypting the infected systems. “We carry cybersecurity insurance, subject to applicable deductibles and policy limits. Source: BleepingComputer. ” states the SEC filing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the CISA’s report , Iranian hackers from an unnamed APT group are employing several known web shells, in attacks on IT, government, healthcare, financial, and insurance organizations across the United States. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

At the time of the attack, the ransomware operators published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the systems at the company. These images include a screenshot of folders on a SeaChange server compromised by the gang, insurance certificates, a driver’s license, and a cover letter for a proposal sent to the Pentagon.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

The settlement resolves a multistate litigation arising out of a May 2015 data breach in which hackers infiltrated WebChart, a web application run by MIE, and stole the electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) of over 3.9 failed to encrypt the sensitive ePHI. failed to encrypt the sensitive ePHI. million individuals.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The attack took place on March 14th, 2020, when the Maze Ransomware operators exfiltrated data from the HMR’s network and then encrypt their systems. The Hammersmith Medicines Research is notifying impacted individuals via email the incident, the hackers stole data then employed ransomware to encrypt its systems.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2019

Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s largest police forensics lab contractor, announced to have paid a ransom to crooks to recover its data after a ransomware had been encrypted them. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. usual if all parties agree.” ” “If ?test

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

On February 3, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released a Risk Alert , entitled Cybersecurity Examination Sweep Summary, summarizing observations from the recent round of cybersecurity examinations of registered broker-dealers and investment advisers under the Cybersecurity Examination Initiative.

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Data Matters

MARCH 12, 2019

Of particular note, the Safeguards Rule NPRM proposes to align the FTC’s requirements with those of the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), as found in its cybersecurity regulations, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), as found in its insurance data security model law.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Evervault is on a mission to make encrypting sensitive data seamless with its security toolkit for developers. Series F Immuta 2015 Boston, MA 180 $158.2

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

Experian, 2013 – 2015: Hackers stole a trove of information from T-Mobile customers whose data had passed through Experian to check credit there and open a new account. Many companies now offer insurance policies that can help you recoup lost money, and even help you through the reporting and recovery process.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Flaws in several self-encrypting SSDs allows attackers to decrypt data they contain. Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the worlds first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). a16z Investments.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

TA505 also used in one attack an updated version of ServHelper that included the strings’ binary encrypted in Vigenère cipher. and which used emails with subjects pertaining to finance or urgent concerns on insurance policies. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. XLS or VBA.DOC macros.”

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 30, 2019

More than 60 agencies, including local councils, state coroners, Centrelink, the National Disability Insurance Agency and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, have been accessing data using a loophole in the Telecommunications Act that allows them to bypass restrictions in the 2015 data retention legislation, under which access was restricted (..)

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 24, 2015

On April 8, 2015, a New York Assemblyman introduced the Data Security Act in the New York State Assembly that would require New York businesses to implement and maintain information security safeguards. physical safeguards, such as disposing of electronic media so that the information cannot be read or reconstructed.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

in 2015 when BBB began collecting data. It’s best to do your banking and shopping at home, but if you have to use public Wi-Fi, consider using a VPN (virtual private network) that encrypts your activity. According to the Better Business Bureau, 37.9% of all reports to the BBB Scam Tracker “were online purchase scams, up from 24.3%

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The data included bank account details, salary information, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, addresses and phone numbers. In 2015 he was found guilty of fraud and disclosing personal data and was jailed for eight years. However appropriately protected, this treatment of data opens up the possibility of vicarious liability.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ransomware attacks use malware, often injected through phishing schemes, to encrypt a victim’s data files or programs, followed by a ransom demand by the threat actor that offers the decryption key in exchange for payment. Since 2015, the U.S. sanctions law violations if U.S. Notable sanctions designations include.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Moreover, the paper lists a number of security practices that all users should employ as a precaution, including: Keeping their operating system updated; Using antivirus solutions; Using a strong password as their master password to mitigate brute-force attacks on compromised database files; Using full-disk encryption; and.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

Besides selling this data, with social security numbers bad actors can: take out loans in your name apply for credit cards collect tax refunds collect benefits and income commit crimes set up phone numbers, websites and residences use your health insurance. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A sophisticated set of encryption and electronics is at work inside the vehicle. But now we've gone from having two separate encrypted chips, the digital signal transponder and the ignition immobilizer to just one. Vamosi: In 2015 Samy Kamkar debuted at DEF CON and attack he called a role jam attack.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

They also failed to renew an Azure one in 2013 and just to be clear about it certainly not being a Microsoft thing, HSBC forgot one in 2008 , Instagram forgot one in 2015 and LinkedIn forgot one last year. DV is easy and indeed automation is a cornerstone of Let's Encrypt which is a really important attribute of it. Too long ago?

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

In this industry, there's everything from income-producing equipment to conferences to charitable donations to an organisation like Let's Encrypt that can reduce your tax bill (obviously get expert advice on this if you're not sure). pic.twitter.com/yNuQLUC7EK — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 16, 2015. So, I made new goals.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 8, 2019

Notably, the proposed amendments would require covered financial institutions to encrypt all customer data held or transmitted by the institution both in transit over external networks and at rest. The proposed changes would add more detailed requirements on how financial institutions must protect customer information.

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