The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

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.

IT 123

IT Military Cybersecurity Phishing 123

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

Security 145

Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 145

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. Highlights include, among others, adoption of revised risk-based capital bond factors for life insurers, amendments to SSAP No. NAIC Adopts Revised Risk-Based Capital Bond Factors for Life Insurers.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Cybersecurity 88

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. billion in revenue for 2019. Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Data breaches 86

Data breaches Insurance Retail Ransomware 86

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 breaches 118

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 118

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Legitimate retailers are never going to make you dig for the deals, so they aren’t going to put the good stuff in an attachment. It’s not just attachments from retailers, but also from shipping companies or financial institutions. According to the Better Business Bureau, 37.9% On top of that, 80.5%

Passwords 95

Passwords Retail Insurance Phishing 95

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange.

Passwords 270

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Access 270

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

We spoke at Black Hat USA 2019. Eventually, governments will address the risk by beefing up security and purchasing cyber insurance, which go hand in glove. Small banks, credit unions, retailers, manufacturers and service professionals are in much the same boat as local governments.

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Ransomware Government Security Retail 153

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2020 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) from July 27 to August 14, 2020. NAIC Considers Comments to the Group Capital Calculation Template and Instructions and Related Revisions to the Insurance Holding Company Act . GCC Template and Instructions.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Artificial Intelligence Big data 68

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Unlike an attack on retailers, for example, victims have no alternative when systems are down. According to a report from the insurance broker Gallagher , 49% of local councils have been attacked since the start of 2017 and 37% were attacked in the first half of 2019 alone.

Ransomware 84

Ransomware Phishing Retail Insurance 84

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group has been reviewing state insurance privacy protections regarding the collection, ownership, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions.

Insurance 78

Insurance Paper Privacy Risk 78

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Microsoft Azure Microsoft Hyper-V 2016/2019 R2/2019 VMware ESXi up to 7.0 Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04 Clusters of physical and virtual appliances can be deployed to expand reach or improve resilience through redundancy.

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Authentication Access IoT MDM 98

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 21 February 2019. According to Edgescan’s 2019 Vulnerability Statistics Report , more than 81% of systems have at least one known vulnerability for which there is an available patch or workaround. million of this amount, the rest being covered by insurance.

Passwords 62

Passwords Data breaches Retail Government 62

Info Source

JULY 16, 2019

July 16, 2019 – ABBYY , a global leader in Content IQ technologies and solutions, today announced it has opened a regional office in Hong Kong to strengthen its relationships with enterprise-level customers and partners in the market. billion in 2019, an almost 80% increase over 2018, and $15.06 MILPITAS, Calif., billion in 2022.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Financial Services Marketing Retail 40

Info Source

JANUARY 31, 2019

31, 2019 – Ephesoft, Inc. , Examples include retailers’ invoices and credit card applications during Cyber Monday and other shopping holidays; tax firms’ form processing during tax season; mortgage lender applications or loans during prime real estate seasons; and insurance company claims after a natural disaster.

Cloud 40

Cloud Artificial Intelligence Insurance Marketing 40

Reltio

MARCH 11, 2019

The third Modern Data Management annual summit ( #DataDriven19 ) held on February 26-27 2019 attracted more than 400 business and IT professionals getting together in San Francisco to witness the future of data management, share success stories and learn best practices. Watch a quick video from 2019 summit to get a quick glimpse.

Digital transformation 40

Digital transformation Financial Services Data science Retail 40

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Carrefour France and Carrefour Banque are both affiliates of the French retail group, the Carrefour Group. The group has diversified its activities into the banking and insurance, travel agency and e-commerce sectors. Background.

GDPR 91

GDPR Personal data Data collection Marketing 91

Info Source

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

September 24, 2019 – Kodak Alaris is launching a new wave of network-connected scanning solutions aimed at tackling the most difficult pain points organizations face when onboarding information into line-of-business applications. ROCHESTER, N.Y.,

Information capture 61

Information capture IoT Cloud Metadata 61

Reltio

APRIL 25, 2019

Blake Morgan , Customer Experience Futurist, makes her point in the Forbes article Five Trends Shaping the Future of Customer Experience In 2019. White Paper: The Golden Path to B2C Customer 360 – What We Learned from World’s Largest Retail & Consumer Brands. For Future. The post Is Your Customer Experience Future-Ready?

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience Digital transformation B2B B2C 75

Data Protection Report

MAY 17, 2019

On May 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing that included S.B. Clarifies non-discrimination provision to allow retail loyalty programs. Exempts “insurance institutions, agents, and support organizations”. 561, the “Attorney General amendment” to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

Retail 40

Retail Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

Collibra

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This summer Dresner Advisory Services ranked Collibra as the number one vendor in their 2019 Data Catalog Study. The industries with the most respondents specifying that data governance is absolutely “critical” were insurance (60%) and retail/wholesale (55%), closely followed by healthcare and financial services. .

Marketing 49

Marketing Analytics Government Financial Services 49

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 21, 2019

At the beginning of February, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority (DPA) participated in the Safer Internet Day (SID) 2019 and searched 40 websites of large companies based in Bavaria. …and indicates actions companies may take now. By Wiebke Jakob & Verena Grentzenberg. Fine imposed on Google by French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).

GDPR 49

GDPR Personal data Risk Retail 49

Reltio

MARCH 15, 2019

Manish Sood , CEO & Founder, Reltio fittingly said in the third Modern Data Management summit (aka #DataDriven19) held in 2019, “Sunshine is inherently good and life-giving force. Whether it is retail, CPG, or auto industry, unlocking the value of customer data is always challenging. Reltio Data Genius Recipients at #DataDriven19.

B2B 40

B2B Digital transformation Retail MDM 40

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 11, 2019

On October 10, 2019, with just weeks to go until the law goes into effect, the California Attorney General released the long-awaited draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Written comments will be accepted by the Attorney General until 5 PM (Pacific time) on December 6, 2019.

Sales 40

Sales Retail Privacy Access 40

Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

On October 10, 2019, this wait finally ended. Moreover, if the business operates a website, but primarily interacts with consumers in retail locations, it will be required to add a third option that allows consumers to submit a form that can be submitted in person at those locations.

Sales 60

Sales Privacy Passwords Compliance 60

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. Singapore-based retailer Love, Bonito apologises to customers after malware infection (unknown). Canadian insurance firm Andrew Agencies struck by ransomware (unknown). Henry Co.,

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 26, 2024

Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. How close was the connection between GustaveDore and Mr. Shefel? At the same time, U.S.

Ransomware 273

Ransomware Retail Insurance Government 273

IT Governance

MAY 1, 2019

Still, April 2019 saw a not completely disastrous 1,334,488,724 breached records. Customers at US fast food retailer Chipotle say their accounts have been hacked (unknown). Illinois dental insurer notifies members after phishing attack (unknown). That’s better than last month, bringing the annual total to 5.64

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 111

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Doncaster-based One Call Insurance hit by ransomware (unknown) Ransomware attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG (6,500) Wolfe Eye Clinic victim of Lorenz threat actors (unknown) One of the US’s largest pipelines shuts down to contain cyber security breach (unknown) J. Find out more. Ransomware.

Data breaches 123

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 123

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

million of expected insurance coverage. “As previously communicated in Company announcements on 3, 4 and 17 September, the Demant Group experienced a critical incident on our internal IT infrastructure on 3 September 2019. The Group’s IT infrastructure was hit by cyber-crime.” ” reported ComputerWord.

Ransomware 101

Ransomware Sales Retail Insurance 101

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source (New) Retail USA Yes 2,588,849 Keenan & Associates Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 1,509,616 AGC Group Source (New) Manufacturing Japan Yes 1.5 TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5 TB UK forex customers Source (New) Finance UK Yes 1,001,214 A.N.S.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

Info Source

MARCH 29, 2019

March 27, 2019 – Today, Xerox (NYSE: XRX) announces a new services portfolio , comprised of five horizontal and four industry-specific services that are built to address clients’ digital transformation imperatives. NORWALK , Conn., Xerox Sector-Specific Services. Availability.

Digital transformation 40

Digital transformation e-Delivery Retail Insurance 40

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The group was first mentioned in Group-IB’s annual report “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020.”. Since then, it has conducted 26 targeted attacks on commercial organizations alone, including companies in the fields of construction , finance , consulting , retail , banking , insurance , law ,and travel.

Cloud 145

Cloud Phishing Analytics Access 145

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. Information relating to nearly 4.5 Data breached: 4,452,782 records. TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

Data Privacy 58

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Manufacturing 58

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

US retailer Kroger reports ‘isolated incident’ involving pharmacy records (unknown). French fashion retailer Sixth June victim of payment card skimming scam (unknown). Louisiana-based health insurance firm Humana notifies customers of privacy breach (500). Irish beauty chain Thérapie Clinic investigating data breach (unknown).

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 92

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 126