Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. TA505 also used in one attack an updated version of ServHelper that included the strings’ binary encrypted in Vigenère cipher. 36/p2, that is the same binary we found in the. ISO and.LNK files that install ServHelper. ” continues the report.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Educate employees. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal. Anything short of this will result in employees becoming overworked and burned out.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2019

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. And I certainly agree that the benefits of a standardized encryption algorithm that we all trust and use outweigh the cost by orders of magnitude.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

35 TB of data exfiltrated from Henry Schein, plus ALPHV/BlackCat re-encrypted the newly restored files As we first reported last month , the US healthcare solutions provider Henry Schein announced on 15 October that it had suffered a cyber attack that caused disruption to its manufacturing and distribution businesses.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

This includes administrative, physical, and technical safeguards like encryption and access controls. These regulations often include requirements for data encryption, access controls, and incident reporting. Education Educational institutions handle various sensitive information, including student records and research data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Although the news headlines are flooded with incidents affecting areas from critical infrastructure and healthcare to retail and education, we have a great opportunity to address this challenge. Protect and control sensitive data at rest and in transit through encryption and tokenization.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de TB Paysign, Inc.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This will typically cover public authorities such as government departments, schools and other educational institutions, hospitals and the police. Many retailers sell signs like this, leaving the purpose blank so that you can fill it in with the appropriate message. This means keeping the footage in a secure location.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2021

A bold move by the retail giant which aims to offer the complete shopping journey for customers by changing how identification at check-in can substitute authentication at check-out for payment. The financial sector has long embraced innovation in tandem with the security industry and more recently, the retail industry.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

User education is one of the most powerful tools for preventing malicious mobile apps. While this sensitive payment data is only available for milliseconds before passing the encrypted numbers to back-end systems, attackers can still access millions of records. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems. More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Reports suggest that the group is stealing the data rather than encrypting the organisations’ systems and holding them to ransom.

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IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Ransomware soared in popularity at the end of the last decade, with a relatively simple method: attackers would infect organisations’ systems with malware that would worm through their systems encrypting data. With these attacks, the criminal hackers don’t simply encrypt organisations’ systems and demand money for the safe return of the data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

Across industries like education, retail and government, organizations are choosing private cloud settings to conduct business use cases involving workloads with sensitive information and to comply with data privacy and compliance needs. The popularity of private cloud is growing, primarily driven by the need for greater data security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 20, 2023

a bank), a retailer, or an individual’s employer. On the way to widely adopting SSI, several challenges must be overcome, including interoperability issues, regulatory frameworks, fallback mechanisms for offline use cases, and general education for the general populace. The verifier is the party checking the credential.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Instead, apply defense in depth, provide employee cybersecurity training , and use threat intelligence platforms to provide general protection and educate both non-technical and security teams about the latest threats. The vendor surveys report that: Cisco: Analyzed that 35% of all attacks in 2023 were ransomware. . +30%

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Coca-Cola received an overwhelming majority of the votes, beating out the toy maker Mattel, the online education platform Blackboard, the tech firm Danaher and General Electrics’ aviation subsidiary. Source: Security Affairs. It’s therefore clear to see why a water supplier would make an excellent target for a cyber attack.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Thus, if a business encrypts the personal information of the consumer, and that information is stolen, there will be no private right of action under the CCPA. Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders. Sounds cybersecurity practices are also key to mitigating liability under the new law.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Thus, if a business encrypts the personal information of the consumer, and that information is stolen, there will be no private right of action under the CCPA. Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders. Sounds cybersecurity practices are also key to mitigating liability under the new law.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB’s report Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 examines various aspects of cybercrime industry operations and predicts changes to the threat landscape for various sectors, namely the financial industry, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and the energy sector. Ransomware operators buy access and then encrypt devices on the network.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

None of this is to suggest that falling prey to holiday cybercrime is unavoidable or that the potential damage can’t be mitigated, but it is important to educate yourself, friends and family to safeguard the holiday season. Use end-to-end encryption. Protecting Against Malware and Scams While Shopping Online During the Holiday Season.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Source (New) Manufacturing Taiwan Yes 4,715,133 Mustafa Centre Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Retail Singapore Yes >3,5000,000 TRAXERO Source (New) Software USA Yes 2,634,753 Piping Rock Health Products Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 2,103,100 FBCS, Inc. Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Finance USA Yes 498,686 J.P.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Hojjati outlined how digital certificates – and the long-establish public key infrastructure (PKI) encryption and authentication framework — could be the very thing to validate the identities of both companies and individuals in a much more granular way, something that will be needed as blockchain systems take root. “You

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. TB LDLC Source (New) Retail France Yes 1,500,000 APROA Source (New) Professional services Argentina Yes 1,197,562 Petrus Resources Ltd. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB Rebekah Children’s Services Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 2,805 Butte School District Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Education USA Yes 2,658 Dignity Health Nevada St. GB Rebekah Children’s Services Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 2,805 Butte School District Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Education USA Yes 2,658 Dignity Health Nevada St.

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