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. To learn more about the newly disclosed macOS hVNC and the rising trend of threats against SMEs, see Guardz’s recent blog post here.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Exploitation drivers From the case of Hegestratos committing insurance fraud by sinking a ship in 300 B.C., Scholars have determined that the precursors of money in combination with language are what enabled humans to solve cooperation issues that other animals could not. The advancement of fraud has materialized parallel to that of currency.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Our monthly blogs will provide analysis of the data we’ve collected and we’ll continue to discuss the biggest breaches on our 2023 overview of publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks. The post Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2023 – 867,072,315 Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

This article prompted me to buy the new black XL T-shirt you see in the blog. Blog post with (lots of) links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. However, the dark side of AI looms when it has turned against people. Users beware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. I've written quite a few times about specific cyber insurance claim cases that required going to court to settle. He covers it from all angles!

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

[link] Munich Re: '3X Growth Estimated in Cyber Crime Costs Over the Next 4 Years' As cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication and frequency, cyber insurers are expecting their market to double in the next two years. I've spent a lot of time here educating you on attack specifics, industry trends, and the impacts felt by attacks.

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eDiscovery Daily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Farmers Insurance Exchange, No. In this Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case, the plaintiff alleged that, at the direction of the defendant insurance companies, non-party Farmers Insurance agents James Lohse and Joe Ridgway sent text messages to her without her consent, in violation of the TCPA. In Gould v.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

ICICI Bank’s response Threat to financial accounts Finance and insurance are one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals. Unfortunately, Cybernews journalist’s email was rejected, and, at the time of writing, we’ve received no official response from the bank.

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

John Danenberger, CPCU, is Corporate Counsel at State Farm Insurance and specializes in addressing emerging issues around telematics. In 2015, he successfully transitioned from a military career as a trial attorney for the JAG Corps to working in telematics in corporate America for State Farm Insurance.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2022

million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. In other news… SolarWinds can’t dodge investor suit over massive cyber attack Germany closes Russian darknet market Hydra Fake phishing email sent by OHSU to gauge employee gullibility draws criticism from labour union.

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Rocket Software

MARCH 6, 2020

What it means to be an IBM Champion: I enjoy assisting and educating the IBM community on Db2 tools and how they can simplify common everyday work tasks. When you go to the bank, buy insurance or make any financial investment, the chances are that these transactions are taking place on an IBM Z. Name: Bob Bersano.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Cyber attacks Discovery at Home notifies patients after phishing incident (unknown) Health Employers Association of BC healthcare workers’ private information subject to data breach (unknown) Nigeria’s NITDA warns of cyber attack on Nigerian government infrastructure (unknown) Egypt’s health minister says patients’ data sold online (2 million) (..)

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

By comparison, 24% said they are investing in ongoing cyber security education and 23% said they are increasing their IT or security budget. You’ll also receive insurance cover for up to £500,000 – so you can be sure that no matter how severe the disruption, you’ll have the resources to respond and recover.

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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.

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OpenText Information Management

AUGUST 20, 2024

This is the 7 th post in our ongoing “The Rise of the Threat Hunter” blog series. Externally, they collaborate with clients, cybersecurity insurance companies, and supply chain vendors, and other connections in the industry. The post How threat hunters stay informed and collaborate appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2020

As noted by Bitdefender’s Hot for Security blog (with hat tip to Sharon Nelson’s Ride the Lightning blog), the bill understandably makes exceptions for penetration testing, security researchers, and other legitimate reasons to own ransomware. You can register to attend here. So, what do you think? Seriously, TWO?!?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In this blog, we look the costs organisations incur when addressing cyber security and explain how you can manage them. You’ll also receive insurance cover for up to £500,000 – so you can be sure that no matter how severe the disruption, you’ll have the resources to respond and recover. It doesn’t have to be this way, though.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. Breached organisation: ClassPad.net, an educational web application operated by Casio Computer Co., American Family Insurance confirms cyberattack is behind IT outages Date of breach: 14 or 15 October 2023.

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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 The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2021 – 61 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

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. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

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Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

DOL guidance provides a series of questions that should serve as a starting point for this review and includes topics such as the service provider’s information security standards, track record, cybersecurity insurance coverage, and cybersecurity validation techniques.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Brazilian health insurance firm Fisco Saúde hit by cyber attack (unknown). Spain’s Generali España insurance company says it was hacked (unknown). Brookfield admits ‘blackout pen’ error led to sharing of special education students’ information (unknown). Cryptocurrency platform Deribit hit in $28 million scam (unknown).

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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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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 23, 2020

In this theft-of-business-property insurance claim case, each party had a significantly different view about the time of when the defendant first anticipated litigation. August 3, 2017 , because it was the date when “Covington’s assigned claims administrator sent the insured correspondence. Case Background. So, what do you think?

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Craig Ball once made a great point in responding to a post of mine about educating lawyers when he said “ We not only need to persuade lawyers to take the plunge, we need to insure there’s a pool for them to jump into. Pursue online education?

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Education In education and training , AI can tailor educational materials to each individual student’s needs. Insurance With AI, the insurance industry can virtually eliminate the need for manual rate calculations or payments and can simplify processing claims and appraisals.

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IT Governance

JULY 4, 2023

On this page: Cyber attacks Ransomware Data breaches Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents Cyber attacks Oregon and Louisiana departments of motor vehicles become the latest government department affected by MOVEit breach (9.5

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

However, there are plenty of other incidents to dig into, including a raft of ransomware attacks against the education sector. million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. You can take a look at our full list below, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

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 its part, Dun & Bradstreet recently published a blog post outlining recommendations for businesses to ward off identity thieves. ” PHANTOM OFFICES. .

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Cyber insurance has in some regions encouraged victims to pay as it is cheaper than remediation in some cases. Education is also becoming increasingly important when protecting organisations. The post 11 cyber security predictions for 2020 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Ransomware will continue to increase.

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IT Governance

JUNE 7, 2024

Want to receive future interviews like this – and other blogs – straight to your inbox? That’s why forensic investigation is so important: figure out what happened, what vulnerabilities you need to fix, where staff education is lacking, and so on. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter: the Security Spotlight.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

It added: “We are working with local law enforcement, GEMA, GBI, and insurance officials to recover the funds. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. The post Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for July 2022 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Get started.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 18, 2024

Instead of forcing the customer to communicate in your home language, enterprise-grade chatbots can support multiple languages and can even make an educated guess based on the initial input, whether it’s in chat, text or voice. Speak customers’ language Your customers can contact your chatbot from almost any country globally.

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Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In our vertical market sizing and analysis, we cover horizontal use cases e.g., accounting, HR management, as well as vertical specific use cases e.g., bank account opening, mortgage processing and insurance claims processing. The major Capture & IDP use cases in the Insurance sector also relate to Case Management.

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