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Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself

Security Affairs

The Postal Police has issued an alert to warn citizens against insurance scams using QR codes. In practice, fake insurance operators contact victims through calls, messages, or sponsorships on social networks, offering policies at advantageous prices. Online companies do not use generic domains or channels such as WhatsApp or Telegram.

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Vermont Enacts Insurance Data Security Law

Hunton Privacy

515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). Information Security Program Requirements. On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515

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First American Financial's SEC Breach Settlement: $488,000

Data Breach Today

SEC: Executives Left in Dark About Vulnerability in File-Sharing System Title insurance company First American Financial Corp. Information security staff members were aware of the vulnerability in the company's EaglePro document-sharing system for five months but failed to fix it, the SEC reports.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. Securities and Exchange Commission settled its investigation into the matter after the Fortune 500 company agreed to pay a paltry penalty of less than $500,000.

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How to make sure your cyber insurance policy pays out

IT Governance

Cyber insurance is big business these days. Damages incurred by information security incidents generally aren’t covered in commercial insurance policies, so a specific policy is necessary to help cover the costs of things like forensic investigation, incident response and notification procedures.

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American Insurance firm State Farm victim of credential stuffing attacks

Security Affairs

The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Michigan Adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law

Data Matters

On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. The Act defines licensees as persons authorized, registered, or licensed under Michigan insurance laws or required to be so. 6491 (Act). MCL § 500.550.