Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

Energy and Utilities 334

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 334

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security in 2024: An Expert Insight into Email Threats,” delves into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies embraced by cybercriminals this year. Amidst this dynamic landscape, email stands as a primary battleground for cyber defense.

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Security Phishing Communications Financial Services 346

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2021

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 million requests per second (rps) at one of the internet infrastructure company’s customers in the financial services space. This group is likely large, well-funded and dedicated.”.

Financial Services 142

Financial Services IoT Education Passwords 142

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Individuals risk identity theft, financial loss, and privacy violations. Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. Employees play an integral role in the security of their organization.

Security 62

Security Encryption Data breaches Cybersecurity 62

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. In fact, ransomware-as-a-service is alive and well, educating would-be offenders on how to undertake an attack and even offering customer support.

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Ransomware Education Phishing Financial Services 124

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Paul Greene , CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Privacy and Data Security practice group helps clients respond to data security incidents of all kinds. NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach ® firms are selected based on their experience, competency, thought leadership, and industry engagement. Greene Led by partner F.

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Data breaches Financial Services Big data Retail 100

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bad actors are increasingly using a technique called HTML smuggling to deliver ransomware and other malicious code in email campaigns aimed at financial services firms and other organizations, according to Microsoft researchers. They also often sell unauthorized access to the said operators.

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Ransomware Education Phishing Passwords 124

Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

” West said pig butchering victims are often quite sophisticated and educated people. “There are just horrifying stories that run the gamut in terms of victims, from young women early in their careers, to senior citizens and even to people working in the financial services industry.”

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Marketing Communications Mining Financial Services 331

IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Maryland Department of Education left students’ and teachers’ personal details on unencrypted database (1.6 Tennessee high school students at risk after data breach at Higher Education Commission vendor (unknown). Unprotected server at Brazilian financial services provider exposes customer data (unknown).

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Government 111

IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Organisations across many industries face the risk of data theft, but those in the financial services sector are particularly vulnerable to the loss of “propriety algorithms”, and recruitment agencies and estate agents risk losing highly valuable client databases. Staff education. Different opinions.

Education 57

Education Information Security Financial Services Risk 57

Collibra

JUNE 16, 2021

Today we kicked off our best Data Citizens yet with 45 speakers across 8 industries including retail, financial services, telecommunications, technology, healthcare and education. Class in session: Data Intelligence in higher education: This was our first panel session of the day and I loved every minute of it.

Digital transformation 59

Digital transformation Education Financial Services Retail 59

Collaboration 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Topics Facebook , Network , LinkedIn , IPO , Financial Planning , Investment , Financial Services , Finance , Oliver Marks Blogger Info Oliver Marks Bio Contact Biography Oliver Marks Oliver Marks provides seasoned independent consulting guidance to companies on the effective planning of Enterprise 2.0

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Paper Marketing Cloud Financial Services 123

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 2, 2022

Alabama Appleseed is a public policy and direct service organization based in Montgomery and Birmingham that uses policy analysis, original research, public education, and community organizing to build a more just and equitable Alabama. ” Ready, set, build.

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Data science Analytics Education Financial Services 68

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

As threats mount from ransomware gangs , Russian-backed hacker groups , and other nation-sponsored attackers and as the growth in remote work makes security management increasingly complicated, many companies are finding it makes sense to turn to a managed security service provider (MSSP) for help with handling an extremely complex threat landscape.

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Security Cloud Compliance Analytics 110

CGI

JANUARY 12, 2017

As FinTech firms aggressively and innovatively push their way into the financial services space, established banks are increasingly focused on effectively responding to the competitive threat. Instead, they’re investing in understanding customer expectations through, for example, focus groups, panels, beta launches, surveys, etc.

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Education Marketing Risk 40

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, if a threat actor writes a malicious script on a financial services company’s web server on a page where users input their financial data, the threat actor can steal that data every time someone uses the page. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) What Is a Real-World Example of XSS?

Risk 105

Risk Financial Services Security Libraries 105

Collibra

MARCH 11, 2021

Decentralized or federated (there are multiple groups of authority). Stewards form groups that roll up to the head of business lines, and business lines roll up to the leaders of business and IT. This requires educating them on the value of data governance and communicating how it affects their everyday lives.

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Government Communications Insurance Customer Experience 59

KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

The majority of these heists were committed by groups associated with North Korea. The cyber heists caused more than just financial losses. Cryptocurrency thefts have hit an all-time high of $3.8 billion globally, making the past year the worst on record for such incidents. So far it has met our expectations in this regard.

Data breaches 102

Data breaches Phishing Security awareness Ransomware 102

Collibra

APRIL 11, 2022

Decentralized or federated (there are multiple groups of authority). Stewards form groups that roll up to the head of business lines, and business lines roll up to the leaders of business and IT. Usually, a data domain–especially in the context of your data governance system–represents a specific grouping of data that’s logical. .

Government 52

Government Communications Insurance Customer Experience 52

CILIP

JULY 19, 2019

Kevin: So if a senior board level person working in financial services is having conversations on slack or instant messenger, can Preservica help preserve the full spectrum through digital archiving? I think archivists as a group are going through an evolution. Their role is educating, so now we?re ve supported.

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Archiving Records Management GDPR Digital transformation 40

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

In particular, in a blog article entitled, The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the FTC , dated August 31, 2016, the FTC provided guidance suggesting that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is consistent with the agency’s approach followed since the late 1990s in over 60 law enforcement actions and in business education guidance.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets.

Financial Services 361

Financial Services Retail Education Information Security 361

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

CURRENT VERTICAL MARKET BREAKDOWN The Finance segment (Banking and Financial Services combined with Insurance) represents the largest industry sector. grade schools), is the second largest group of verticals. The Public Sector, which consists of Federal, State and Local Government (incl.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. The group targeted municipal governments, county governments, public higher education and K-12 schools, and emergency services (e.g.,

Ransomware 246

Ransomware Agriculture Education Government 246

KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

This data makes it clear that security awareness training designed to educate users on the need to be continually vigilant, regardless of the device, is critical to an organization remaining protected against attacks. The training is always excellent and it is a huge help in keeping our staff educated, and aware.

Phishing 104

Phishing Security awareness Insurance Cybersecurity 104

Data Protector

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Data protection professionals will continue to feast on nuggets of guidance from the Article 29 Working Group, despite some of the Working Party officials privately advising key opinion formers to ignore parts of what was “agreed”. The Working Group offers opinions. Who knows whom I’ll be advising!

GDPR 120

GDPR Communications Financial Services Education 120

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group. Akumin Inc. Data breached: 5 TB.

Data Privacy 89

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 89

eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Speakers Include: Constantine Pappas – Senior Manager, Relativity Solutions, Relativity; Karen Wagshul – eDiscovery Counsel, Allstate; Kimberly Quan – Lead, eDiscovery & Information Governance, Juniper Networks; Beth Solomon – Director & Senior Counsel, Payments, Discover Financial Services.

e-Discovery 45

e-Discovery e-Delivery GDPR Education 45

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The New York State Department of Financial Services recently amended its annuity suitability regulation to apply a “best interest” standard in connection with both life insurance and annuity transactions with consumers. Annuity Disclosure (A) Working Group Compromises on Age Restriction on Indices Used in Annuity Illustrations.

Insurance 68

Insurance Paper Risk Big data 68

Collibra

MAY 15, 2019

Speakers will hail from a variety of sectors, including financial services, utilities, telco, technology, retail, healthcare, and universities, providing deeper insights and perspectives on common data challenges shared across industries. DNB, Norway’s largest financial services group , will outline their data journey.

Financial Services 53

Financial Services Data Privacy Privacy Retail 53

Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

ATB Financial provides a diversified set of financial services to more than 770,000 residents of Alberta, Canada. Being a regionally focused institution, the group is dedicated to knowing its customers intimately, understanding their needs and providing products and services that help them achieve their goals.

Cloud 59

Cloud Government Access Metadata 59

Info Source

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With customers in nearly every industry including government, education, financial services, manufacturing and health care, Laserfiche offers solutions tailored to organizations’ needs, and the expertise and personalized service that drive customer success.

ECM 40

ECM Education Financial Services Manufacturing 40

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

Data Privacy 70

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 70

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 30, 2023

The case was taken after SIPTU (a trade union) inadvertently sent an email with the names and addresses of claimants to a group of other SIPTU members. The guides will also be helpful to parents, educators and other stakeholders. The aim of the guides is to inform children and enable good practices around online safety.

Personal data 52

Personal data GDPR Compliance Financial Services 52

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Many of the new or modernized laws tend to be based on comprehensive legislation, rather than sectoral rules, as data needs to move across industry groups and borders. Companies in the financial services, technology, airline and hotel industries are among those that could face substantial compliance obligations.

Personal data 68

Personal data GDPR Data Privacy Privacy 68

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Source New Retail Lebanon Unknown Unknown Palterton Primary School Source New Education UK Unknown Unknown Victory Heights Primary School Source New Education UAE Unknown Unknown Disaronno International Source New Manufacturing USA Unknown Unknown Allmetal Inc.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

Microsoft said it notified the targeted 150 organizations, which included “IT companies (57%), followed by government (20%), and smaller percentages for non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services.” This group has been in business for a long time and has made a name for itself with its successes.

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