Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

“On Monday June 10th, 2019, the City of Lake City was targeted by a malware attack known as ‘Triple Threat.'” Crooks made a request of a ransom a week after the initial infection, they contacted the Lake City’s insurance provider, the League of Cities, which negotiated a payment of 42 bitcoins.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The hospital chain hasn’t revealed the amount it has paid to the crooks to decrypt the data, it seems that an insurance covered the cost. “As time goes by, and we determine the full impact of this, we will be very grateful we had cyber insurance in place.” ” continues the post.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2019

Another curious, if only coincidental, development: On April 4, 2019, the government of India sold “enemy” shares in Wipro worth approximately $166 million. “The buyers were state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), New India Assurance and General Insurance Corporation. .

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IT Governance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Lloyd’s of London has announced that its insurance policies will no longer cover losses resulting from certain nation-state cyber attacks or acts of war. In a memo sent to the organisation’s insurance syndicates , Underwriting Director Tony Chaudhry said that Lloyd’s remains “strongly supportive” of policies that cover cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Data governance tools used to occupy a niche in an organization’s tech stack, but those days are gone. The rise of data-driven business and the complexities that come with it ushered in a soft mandate for data governance and data governance tools. Research indicates business leaders recognize the need for data governance tools.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. UK government commits email privacy blunder (300). Hong Kong government dental clinic loses patients’ personal data (383).

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IT Governance

JANUARY 29, 2019

Although there will be some debate about the usefulness of including the 772,904,991 records from the Collection #1 breach – which comprises data stolen from a number of historic data breaches – even without them, the number of breached records still stands at just under 1 billion records for January 2019. million user details.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2020

The new year – and new decade – is underway, but before saying goodbye to 2019, we have one more monthly round-up to get to. Hackers break into government system used by the country’s schools (unknown). Chinese government-linked hacking group has been bypassing 2FA in a wave of attacks (unknown). Data breaches.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect. Edcouch, TX, government hit by ransomware attack (3,000). NY, government systems accessed by unauthorised party (unknown). Ransomware. Data breaches. Broome Co.,

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

” The government alleges Mann was kiting millions of dollars in checks between his accounts at Bank of American and Pioneer from Aug. 1, 2019 to Aug. NatPay said its insurance should help cover the losses it incurred when MyPayrollHR’s banks froze the company’s accounts.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 14, 2019

On December 19, 2018, Ohio adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Act is designed to “establish standards for data security and for the investigation and notification to the Superintendent of Insurance of a cybersecurity event.”.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. According to NYDFS, the incorporation of these practices should be proportionate to each insurer’s size, resources, geographic distribution, and other factors. The Framework.

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Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 78

Data Matters

MAY 9, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Spring 2019 National Meeting (Spring Meeting) in Orlando, Florida, from April 6 to 9, 2019. The March 7, 2019, exposure drafts of the CFR Model Laws have been revised to address those comments as well as certain other comments received from interested parties.

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Insurance Blockchain Big data Risk 67

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The amended regulation took effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity products and will become effective on February 1, 2020, for life insurance products.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I count this month’s total of leaked records to be 692,853,046, bringing 2019’s total to 2,462,038,109. Possibility of data breach with mySalam health insurance scheme, Perkasa claims. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2019 – 692,853,046 records leaked appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2019

Identity governance and administration, or IGA , has suddenly become a front-burner matter at many enterprises. Related: Identity governance issues in the age of digital transformation. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with Mike Kiser, global strategist at SailPoint , an Austin, TX-based supplier of IGA services to discuss this.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

(“Carnival”), the world’s largest cruise-ship operator, for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in connection with four cybersecurity events between 2019 and 2021, including two ransomware events. .

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

First surfacing in September 2019, the gang is estimated to have made hundreds of millions of U.S. The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. Department of Justice (DOJ).

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2020

million organisations fell victim to cyber crime in 2019. Beaming calculates that UK business lost almost £13 billion due to cyber crime in 2019, and when you factor in damaged assets, financial penalties and lost productivity, the total cost over the past five years is more than £87 billion. The benefits of certifying to the Standard.

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Information Security Phishing IoT Insurance 142

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

All material from 2018-2019. Figure 5 – Screenshot from Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution system Nevertheless, according to Group-IB’s findings, despite the post author’s claim that the cards were compromised from 2018-2019, 97% of the records in the database are still valid. Valid at 3%.

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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. 2019 Revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and the Credit for Reinsurance Model Regulation.

Insurance 60

Insurance Risk Artificial Intelligence Privacy 60

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. 2019 Revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and the Credit for Reinsurance Model Regulation.

Insurance 60

Insurance Risk Artificial Intelligence Privacy 60

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”), the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, would pay a $1 million penalty for violations of the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation in connection with a 2019 data breach.

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Financial Services Data breaches Insurance Cybersecurity 64

Adam Levin

JUNE 25, 2018

South Carolina became the first state to pass a law requiring all insurance entities to create and maintain a cybersecurity and data breach response program. . The law itself was drafted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Cybersecurity Working Group, and was adapted from a similar proposal in New York.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

However, that’s more a function of hackers targeting individuals less, and companies and governments more. In the first four months of 2019 alone, some 22 attacks have been disclosed. days in Q2 2019, as compared to 7.3 days in Q1 2019. A poll of IT pros in the U.S., Canada, Germany and the U.K.

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Ransomware Access Cybersecurity Insurance 196

Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

In a report released in 2019 (PDF), Agari profiled a group it dubbed “ Scattered Canary ” that is operating principally out of West Africa and dabbles in a dizzying array of schemes, including BEC and romance scams, FEMA and SBA loans, unemployment insurance fraud, counterfeit checks and of course money laundering.

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Insurance IT Education Government 303

IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Puerto Rico government loses $2.6 Wake County, NC, learns that third party breached government employee info (1,900). The US Defence Information Systems Administration discloses 2019 cyber attack (unknown). Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Personal data 144

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 25, 2019

My current work is split between two projects: One has to do with data governance, the other political media. And second… Governance. Government – well for sure, I’d wager that’s increased given who’s been running the country these past two years. But Governance? Data Governance. We’ll start with Governance.

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Government IT Marketing ROT 92

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

In 2019, Dun & Bradstreet saw more than a 100 percent increase in business identity theft. She shared with me a copy of the lease, which included a fraudulent ID and even a vehicle insurance card for a Land Cruiser we got rid of like 15 years ago. For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime.

Energy and Utilities 363

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Insurance Risk 363

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

These documents are likely needed so that the loan company can apply for the free income-driven government repayment plans , such as the PAYE (Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan) or IBR (Income-Based Repayment Plan). However, the US government makes these services available for free to consumers.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2019

Students and undergraduate applicants to Lancaster University had their personal details stolen in a pair of breaches that were disclosed on 22 July 2019. Patients were also offered free one-year membership to an identity protection service, covering insurance, credit monitoring and identity theft recovery.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The government alleges Mann was kiting millions of dollars in checks between his accounts at Bank of American and Pioneer from Aug. 1, 2019 to Aug.

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Communications Financial Services Insurance Risk 187

ARMA International

JANUARY 30, 2020

State and federal governments already have criminal DNA databases, but calls for mandatory, national databases were resisted. December 23, 2019. [2] December 20, 2019. [3] December 24, 2019. [4]. December 27, 2019. [5] But Matloff suggests it’s the concerns about surveillance that are truly front and center.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Local government agencies remain acutely exposed to being hacked. However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. We spoke at Black Hat USA 2019. That’s long been true.

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Ransomware Government Security Retail 153

AIIM

JULY 24, 2019

Advanced capture is already involved with 10% of existing RPA implementations and almost 25% say they plan to incorporate capture into RPA-based processes in 2019. This may account for the upswing in adoption over last year; 38% in 2019 vs 30% in 2018 have advanced capture with Machine Learning. Future Plans. Real World Snapshot.

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Information capture Digital transformation Paper Customer Experience 131

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. The government of Costa Rica is forced to declare a state of emergency after a ransomware attack by Conti cripples government systems.

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