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Zurich refuses to pay Mondelez for NotPetya damages because it’s ‘an act of war’

Security Affairs

Zurich American Insurance Company is refusing to refund its client because consider the attack as “an act of war” that is not covered by its policy. According to the cyber security community, NotPetya is a cyber weapon develped by Russia to hit the Ukrainian government. SecurityAffairs – Mondelez, cyber insurance).

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Experian South Africa discloses data breach, 24 million customers impacted

Security Affairs

The credit agency did not disclose the exact number of impacted users, but according to a report published by the South African Banking Risk Centre (SABRIC) the security incident may have impacted 24 million South African citizens and 793,749 local businesses. ” reads the report. ” reads a statement released by the agency.

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Have board directors any liability for a cyberattack against their company?

Security Affairs

During the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of running a presentation on how to deal with the risk of ransomware cyberattacks on corporations for the benefit of members of the “ In the Boardroom ” training course dedicated to professionals who are or aspire to become board members of publicly traded companies.

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Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Krebs on Security

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? the security posture of vendor partners). ENTIRELY, CERTIFIABLY PREVENTABLE.

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RSAC insights: How ‘TPRM’ can help shrink security skills gap — while protecting supply chains

The Last Watchdog

Big banks and insurance companies instilled the practice of requesting their third-party vendors to fill out increasingly bloated questionnaires, called bespoke assessments, which they then used as their sole basis for assessing third-party risk. It does this by ingesting and correlating data from a wide array of security-related datasets.

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Unprotected DB exposed PII belonging to nearly 90% of Panama citizens

Security Affairs

Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch server exposing personally identifiable information belonging to nearly 90% of Panama citizens. Exposed data includes full names, birth dates, national ID numbers, medical insurance numbers, and other personal data. The database contained 3.4 Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Top 5 Reasons to Use an API Management Platform

Security Affairs

– Authentication and Security : APIs may require authentication for access control. Here are a few: Security Vulnerabilities : Unmanaged APIs may have security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious actors. This security is crucial for protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access.