Schneier on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

The insurance company Ace American has to pay for the losses: On 6th December 2021, the New Jersey Superior Court granted partial summary judgment (attached) in favour of Merck and International Indemnity, declaring that the War or Hostile Acts exclusion was inapplicable to the dispute. Merck suffered US$1.4 Merck suffered US$1.4

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

You can create unlimited, customizable dashboards, which makes this a powerful tool for small, medium, and large enterprises that need to monitor and resolve risk and maintain governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Netwrix Auditor is a cloud-based risk visibility and governance platform. Learn more about LogicManager. Visit website.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. We also look into the most dangerous strains today and predictions for 2021. Only 38% of state and local government employees are trained for ransomware prevention, and only 29% of small businesses have experience with ransomware ( IBM ). Screenshot example. Statistics.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

The government alleges Coelho and his forum administrator identity “ Omnipotent ” profited from the illicit activity on the platform by charging “escalating prices for membership tiers that offered greater access and features, including a top-tier ‘God’ membership status.” Coelho landed on the radar of U.S.

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Lenny Zeltser

JULY 1, 2020

The most likely way in which you’ll learn that you’ve fallen victim to the identity theft-based unemployment insurance scam is by receiving an unsolicited debit card in the mail. People in New York, where I live, use ny.gov for many interactions with the state government. There is no evidence of the claim in my account.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 2, 2021

Connecticut recently passed two cybersecurity laws that will become effective on October 1, 2021. On June 16, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5310, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. On July 6, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 6607, An Act Incentivizing the Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards for Businesses.

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Back in 2017, I called up a few of the information governance friends I’d made through the AIIM Community to better understand the challenges they were up against. Four years later, we're finally seeing this shift in governance mindsets in nearly every AIIM member organization we speak with. Hurdles to Information Governance Success.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million drivers’ details (3.3 million drivers’ details (3.3

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Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 129

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The majority of those records came from a cyber attack in which a hacker accessed Argentina’s government ID database, with every citizen of the country thought to be affected. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The attack took place on October 25, 2021, as reported by the data breach notification letter shared with the U.S. “On or around October 25, 2021, Meyer was the victim of a cybersecurity attack by an unauthorized third party that impacted our systems and operations. Attorney General offices of Maine and California.

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. Perhaps the best comparison is the Suez Canal blockage from 2021. Then there’s insurance. In just a few days, between 18 and 22 July, CrowdStrike ($CRWD) lost 23.1%

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Insurance Risk Encryption Manufacturing 104

IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Avanan’s 2021 Global Phish Cyber Attack Report found that credential harvesting is used in 54% of all phishing attacks.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. 2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. Insurers should: Establish a Formal Cyber Insurance Risk Strategy.

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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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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Government assistance can be essential to individual wellbeing and economic stability. This was clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments issued trillions of dollars in economic relief. The agency manually verifies the data and stores it in a government database. Related: Fido champions passwordless authentication.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2024

Security experts say the Dark Angels have been around since 2021, but the group doesn’t get much press because they work alone and maintain a low profile, picking one target at a time and favoring mass data theft over disrupting the victim’s operations. .” Further reading: ThreatLabz ransomware report (PDF).

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Collibra

JUNE 1, 2022

Collibra Adaptive Data and Analytics Governance is available for a free test drive! The key is adaptive data and analytics governance. At Collibra, we believe it’s the next big step forward in data governance. . Collibra: The one-stop shop for adaptive data and analytics governance. Today, we have great news.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Ransomware response demands a whole-of-business plan before the next attack, according to our roundtable of experts.

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Ransomware Insurance Government Security 120

Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. On May 6, 2021, an unauthorized third party acquired certain records stored in our systems,” states the letter. ” concludes the letter.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

” Government experts believe that the increase in targeted attacks against the healthcare sector is the response of the group to law enforcement actions against the Blackcat group in early December 2023. municipal governments, defense contractors, and critical infrastructure organizations).” reads the press release. “To

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyber insurance will become more popular and more comprehensive. It’s led to a growing trend for organisations to purchase cyber insurance, which Forbes contributor Emil Sayegh believes will continue in 2022. This market squeeze will certainly affect the cyber insurance industry itself. “We

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AIIM

APRIL 21, 2022

It doesn’t matter if you’re an insurance company, local government agency, or something else. In tapping into the AIIM end-user community, we found impressive examples of that philosophy at work in leading organizations like Farmers Insurance, Ogilvy, and UnitedHealth Group.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Insurance & claims management. Audit management.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 68

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

During the week of October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law bills amending the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), California’s data breach notification law and California’s data security law. AB-825 : This bill amends California’s (1) data breach notification law (for both government agencies (Cal.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways. Additional Considerations for Businesses.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Sophos’s most recent annual ransomware survey, The State of Ransomware 2021 , found that 37% of organisations surveyed in 2021 had been affected by ransomware in the previous year. Cyber insurance cover of up to £500,000 for additional peace of mind.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States. The Company has retained leading security experts, is working with law enforcement and notified customers, clients and certain government agencies.” ” reads the Reuters. healthcare organizations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Tue, 11/09/2021 - 11:20. This trust is transformed into value because when the overall risk is decreasing, the cyber insurance cost is reduced as well. This level of relationship between tech providers, companies and insurers is something way beyond shared responsibility. This is called shared fate. Cloud security.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Fall 2020 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) December 3-9, 2020. NAIC Adopts the Group Capital Calculation Template and Instructions and Related Revisions to the Insurance Holding Company Act. Insurance groups will be exempt from filing a GCC if.

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Insurance Paper Risk Analytics 68

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Head Mare hacktivist group targets Russia and Belarus Zyxel fixed critical OS command injection flaw in multiple routers VMware fixed a code execution flaw in Fusion hypervisor U.S.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On 22 July 2021, the Treasury released a consultation paper setting out the target industry sectors that are proposed to become subject to the CDR after the implementation in the energy and telecommunications sectors is complete. agriculture. Sector designation.

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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. million user accounts earlier this year.

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

IT Governance identified more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 , while another report found that security incidents cost almost £3 million on average. Cyber Essentials is a UK government scheme that outlines five key controls, including patch management, that can prevent up to 80% of cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

Further research revealed that the post was nothing but a very bold ad to scale up the user base of newly established card shop All World Cards, which joined the carding market in May 2021. In the entire batch Group-IB researchers found 810 expired cards, 30 of them expired in June 2021, 780 in July 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

billion in reported fraud in 2021 alone. For example, Experian’s 2021 Global Identity and Fraud Report stated that 82% of surveyed businesses had adopted customer recognition strategies. Finally, it also is useful for companies looking for a governance, risk, compliance ( GRC ) solution. of attacks IBM handled, respectively.

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