Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

. “After a full reconstruction of our systems and historical data, the investigation determined on August 11, 2023 that an unauthorized actor exploited software vulnerabilities, accessed the MOVEit Transfer server on May 30, 2023, and exfiltrated certain data from the MOVEit Transfer server during that time. million Genworth 2.5

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Bitmarck, one of the largest IT service providers for social insurance carriers in Germany, announced yesterday that it has suffered a cyber attack. The incident impacted statutory health insurance companies that have their IT operated by BITMARCK.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Its mission is to improve the lives of people worldwide through research, clinical care and education. Threat actors had access to its infrastructure. Our forensic team is continuing to conduct an assessment of the data accessed and we will provide further updates as we have them.” ” reported the Seattle Times. “If

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks. That’s a 29.1%

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The network also includes a children’s hospital, rehabilitation centers, and partnerships with academic institutions to support medical education and research. ” The investigation revealed that the ransomware gang had access to the personal data of at least 134,000 individuals, including cancer patients.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The incident is the result of a MOVEit attack on IBM, threat actors accessed the personal and health information of the impacted individuals. HCPF’s primary focus is on providing access to affordable and quality healthcare services for eligible individuals and families. ” reads the reads the notice. by the company.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. “Royal’s initial access utilized the basic service domain service account, connecting to a server. ” reads the report.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Holden said the internal discussions among the Venus group members indicate this gang has no problem gaining access to victim organizations. Continuously educating and informing staff about the risks and methods used by cybercriminals to launch attacks and steal data. “They are targeting a lot of U.S. ”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2022

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage. With cyber attacks amounting to a question of when and not if, cyber insurance becomes crucial for ensuring business continuity and mitigating the business impact of attacks – should they occur. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

1, 2023 – Guardz , the cybersecurity company securing and insuring SMEs, today disclosed the existence of a Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware targeting macOS devices. About Guardz: Guardz is a holistic cyber security and insurance solution designed for SMEs. Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug.

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AIIM

APRIL 3, 2019

In other places around the world, it means that information, and access to it, will become more readily available and can be accessed from anywhere around the world. This means that someone in Ghana can chat with someone in Chicago easily with uninterrupted access. This is what the Internet of Things truly boils down to.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals. Cybernews researchers assert that access to the Digital Ocean bucket belonging to ICICI Bank was fully restricted on March 30.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. Any measure undertaken to educate the small business community about cybersecurity won’t do much good if the U.S. What Does the SBCAA Seek to Accomplish? Until the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2024

. “For the longest time, they didn’t even want to cause a big headline, but they probably felt compelled to create that leaks site because they wanted to show they were serious and that they were going to post victim data and make it accessible.” Further reading: ThreatLabz ransomware report (PDF).

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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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. But in certain cases the cloud is not readily accessible. On the receiving end, all they have to do is authenticate with a password to access the files. The hardware itself takes care of it for you. Park: The trend nowadays is to move everything to the cloud.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ongoing education and skill development requires educating teams and ensuring employees become proactive contributors to organizational defense. Camellia Chan , Co-Founder and CEO, Flexxon Chan In a single month, major breaches hit MGM, DP World Australia, Philippine Health Insurance – just to name a few.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Scalable solutions and strict entitlements will enhance access control, advancing data governance and reducing exposure risks as data volumes grow. Government initiatives and awareness campaigns will educate users on phishing and malware threats.

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Collibra

APRIL 9, 2021

Recapping a discussion moderated by Stijn Christiaens and featuring insurance data experts from Deloitte UK . Insurance is a data-intensive business. Insurance companies need data to better assess risks and price policies competitively, but also profitably. Drivers for cloud adoption.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity. Byron: It’s gone from simple file encryption to multifaceted, multi-staged attacks that leverage Dark Web services, such as initial access brokers (IABs,) as well as make use of Living off the Land (LotL) embedded tools.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Cyber Insurer Provides Help. As Spectra Logic had the foresight to take out cyber insurance , Chubb representatives were professional and helpful, according to Mendoza. Forensic analysis of the breach came to a quick conclusion – a phishing attempt had tricked a user with privileged access into clicking on a malicious link.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

This story is about the victims of a particularly aggressive business ID theft ring that’s spent years targeting small businesses across the country and is now pivoting toward using that access for pandemic assistance loans and unemployment benefits. ” PHANTOM OFFICES. . ” RECYCLING VICTIMS.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Hear Riley McIntosh from Pacific Life Insurance and Alison Clarke from OpenText talk about how Pacific Life took their Records Management program and transformed it from a risk-based program to an information value-based program using process efficiencies and automation. Click here to access our full library of episodes.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets standards for protecting sensitive health information, particularly electronic health records (EHRs). This includes administrative, physical, and technical safeguards like encryption and access controls.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Additional bills, amending the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”) and the California Insurance Code, also were also signed into law. 3) a notice that the consumer’s deidentified genetic or phenotypic information may be shared with or disclosed to third parties for research purposes.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 4, 2021

Exagrid paid the ransom May 13, after several days of negotiation with the attackers, who claimed to have had access to their systems for over a month. Practice the 3Ms: Minimize your risk of exposure: Don’t take unnecessary risks and invest in cyber defenses and education. medical and first responder networks over the last year.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of 2019 data breach (unknown). Rady’s Children Hospital in San Diego notifying patients whose data was accessed via open port on the Internet (unknown). In other news….

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2022

Two staff fired for patient privacy breaches at Campbellford Memorial Hospital (500) Food delivery service Yandex blames insiders for data leak (unknown) Block confirms Cash App breach after former employee accessed customer data (8.2 million) Deaconess Health employee viewed women’s personal, medical data without cause (unknown).

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It also appears that the data was accessed: the Readme bot “partially destroyed” the open instance, injecting a ransom note with a bitcoin wallet address to send a payment to in exchange for the files. Source (New) Education USA Yes 1,493 Kimber Mfg., Some payment card data was also exposed. Data breached: over 300 million records.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

heath records or records of a wellness program or similar program of health promotion or disease prevention, a health care professional’s medical diagnosis or treatment of the consumer or a health insurance policy number. The law is enforceable by the Vermont Attorney General.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Source (New) Transport USA Yes 129,611 Tcman Source (New) Manufacturing Spain Yes 108 GB (179 files) Compass Group Italia Source (New) Hospitality Italy Yes 107 GB Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Inc.

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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. The only way to make a system 100 percent secure is to make sure it isn’t accessible by anyone, which is impractical at best. Risk Mitigation Steps. The Human Element.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

are subject to laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), as well as regulations such as the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA). Healthcare Data Privacy Laws. Health data and patient data in the U.S.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As a result, the personal data of 244,850 patients was compromised – which likely includes patients’ names and numbers, but protected health information such as dates of birth and health insurance numbers might also be affected. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Not disclosing, subject to specified exceptions, a consumer’s genetic data to certain entities ( e.g. , those responsible for making decisions regarding health insurance, life insurance or employment). The bill is pending California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature. Violations of the Act are subject to civil penalties.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

These sectors include: insurance (both general and health insurance); groceries; loyalty schemes; non-bank lenders; superannuation; transport; government; health; education; and. agriculture. Sector designation. the potential for competition and innovation in the relevant sector and the Australian economy more broadly.

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