Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

” Exposed data include name, Social Security Number, and health or medical insurance plan number. According to the Data Breach Notification, the security breach impacted a total of 4,961 employees. In December 2022, the American identity and access management giant revealed that its private GitHub repositories were hacked.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). Carbee said the vulnerable sites were all created rapidly in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, and were not subjected to their normal security review process.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On October 24, 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) issued a £4.4 million fine to Interserve Group Limited for failing to keep employee personal data secure, which violates Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), during the period of March 2019 to December 2020.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Alex Holden is founder of Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm. First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. “ Cl0p ” a.k.a. “ TA505 “), and a newer ransom group known as Venus.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

Mon, 05/09/2022 - 05:40. Attacks on Critical National Infrastructure will continue to rise in 2022 as ransomware gangs show no signs of abating. However, even after the Colonial Pipeline attack, less than half of businesses (48%) have a formal ransomware plan according to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report. east coast.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

Security experts investigating 16Shop found the service used an application programming interface (API) to manage its users, an innovation that allowed its proprietors to shut off access to customers who failed to pay a monthly fee, or for those attempting to copy or pirate the phishing kit.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

The company is sending out breach notification letters to the impacted customers, threat actors had access to names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, individual tax identification numbers, dates of birth for PayPal users, and of course transaction histories. ” reads the letter sent by the company to the affected customers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Thales conducted a focused analysis drawn from its global 2024 Data Threat Report survey, centered on security and IT management professionals working for FinServ organizations to better understand the challenges these entities face in a rapidly shifting threat landscape.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. Require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users. The following are the best practices highlighted by the Advisory, Microsoft report, PANW report, and Mandiant report.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances. The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A cloud security policy is a comprehensive document that describes the organization’s guidelines for protecting cloud services. It specifies how data should be secured, who can access it, and the procedures for monitoring permissions. It establishes rules for cloud data security , access management, and threat response.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Below are some cases included in the alert: April 2022: Threat actors posing as an employee of a healthcare company with more than 175 medical providers changed Automated Clearing House (ACH) instructions of one of their payment processing vendors to redirect the payments. The attacker stole $3.1 million with this attack.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

April 22, 2024 CISA Adds 2022 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Type of vulnerability: Elevation of privilege. Although fixed in the October 2022 updates, Microsoft notes that the zero-day vulnerability may have been exploited as early as April 2019.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

On December 12, 2022, the Cybernews research team discovered a publicly accessible database with 260GB of sensitive personal data belonging to myrocket.co, offering ‘end-to-end’ recruitment solutions and HR services for companies in India. The discovered database was not protected by authentication. HR management platform myrocket.co

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. doing so in 2022, a 93% increase. Is the email enticing you to click on a link?'

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

The healthcare system discovered the security breach on October 19, and reported the incident to local authorities, it also hired a third-party cybersecurity expert to help with the investigations. In response to this incident, Broward Health is taking steps to prevent similar security breaches in the future. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. Read more : Best Third-Party Risk Management Tools of 2022. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Read more : Top Database Security Solutions for 2022.

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 17, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Thu, 10/06/2022 - 06:55. Along with celebrating Cyber Security Awareness Month, several exciting events are taking place across the world, aiming to educate people on the latest trends in cybersecurity and privacy. GITEX GLOBAL is the biggest security and technology event and exhibition in the Middle East.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” “Email lures came in the form of updating account security surrounding 2FA, MFA, and general account security. ” continues the report.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. IBM Security X-Force found the most common threat on organizations is extortion, which comprised more than a quarter (27%) of all cybersecurity threats in 2022. Where do data breaches originate?

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On January 24, 2022, the New York Attorney General (AG) announced a settlement with vision-benefits-provider EyeMed Vision Care, Inc., On January 24, 2022, the New York Attorney General (AG) announced a settlement with vision-benefits-provider EyeMed Vision Care, Inc., In total, information for approximately 2.1 Background.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

This new regulation ( EU 2022/2554 ) requires financial entities, and their critical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) suppliers, to implement contractual, organisational and technical measures to improve the level of digital operational resilience of the sector. Cloud users remain responsible for the security in the cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. “Why do I need a certificate?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:28. Security breaches in this sector can be incredibly disruptive to society and are attracting considerable attention from governments and regulatory bodies around the world. When tackling these security challenges, the human element is the most important factor. A Very Human Problem.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team is a ransomware and data extortion group that has been active since at least June 2022. After gaining access to the target’s VPN server, Daixin actors move laterally via Secure Shell (SSH) and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). . If you use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), secure and monitor it. administrative?accounts,

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. The CTDPA aligns with the CPRA in not requiring the authentication of opt-out requests.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

The criminal group had been mailing malware-ridden USBs to various entities in the transport, insurance, and defense industries under the guise that they originated from a trusted source, such as Amazon and the US Department of Health and Human Services. The post It’s Called BadUSB for a Reason appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services announced a settlement with EyeMed, a licensed life, accident, and health insurer, with respect to a security incident that occurred in 2020. The settlement requires EyeMed to pay $4.5 million, among other things. Background. million.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. At this point, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has permeated most applications, becoming a minimum safeguard against attacks. MFA can be hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

of the wealth in the United States as of Q1 2022, compared to 6.5% 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. Read More At: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022. since Q3 of 2007.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

PwC’s 2022 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey reported that 46% of surveyed organizations experienced corruption, fraud, or other economic crimes in the 24-month survey period. Best Fraud Management Systems & Detection Tools in 2022. Take a look at Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022. million in losses.

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