Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. Holden’s team gained visibility into discussions among members of two different ransom groups: CLOP (a.k.a. “ Cl0p ” a.k.a. Last month, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft shared disconcerting details about the recent, massive hacking campaign conducted by the Cl0p ransomware group that targeted the MOVEit Transfer file transfer platform designed by Progress Software Corporation. million Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America 2.6 million Genworth 2.5

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Collibra

MARCH 26, 2025

This is why we offer certified Data Citizen User Groups in the Collibra Community to keep the conversation and inspiration going among all of you our customers. What are Data Citizens User Groups? Our Data Citizen User Groups are interactive, real-time opportunities for our customers to connect.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks. That’s a 29.1%

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2024

A ransomware group called Dark Angels made headlines this past week when it was revealed the crime group recently received a record $75 million data ransom payment from a Fortune 50 company. ThreatLabz found Dark Angels has conducted some of the largest ransomware attacks to date, and yet little is known about the group.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Paul Bantick, Group Head of Cyber Risks, Beazley said: “Business leaders are finding it a struggle to keep up with the constantly evolving cyber threat. “The

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

One fraud-fighting group is intercepting hundreds to thousands of these per day. For the past year, BWare has maintained contact with an insider from the criminal group that’s been sending daily lists of would-be victims who are to receive counterfeit checks printed using the real bank account information of legitimate companies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Clop ransomware group claimed to have hacked hundreds of companies globally by exploiting MOVEit Transfer vulnerability. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach. state of Colorado. CDHE did not disclose the number of impacted individuals.

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Collibra

APRIL 9, 2021

Recapping a discussion moderated by Stijn Christiaens and featuring insurance data experts from Deloitte UK . Insurance is a data-intensive business. Insurance companies need data to better assess risks and price policies competitively, but also profitably. Drivers for cloud adoption.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here is part one of three groupings. Ongoing education and skill development requires educating teams and ensuring employees become proactive contributors to organizational defense. What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024? The comments we received were uniformly insightful and helpful.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

Hold Security founder Alex Holden said the group appears to target both active and dormant or inactive small businesses. 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. ” PHANTOM OFFICES. . ” RECYCLING VICTIMS.

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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. and Robert W. Baird & Co.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2022

Data breaches.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This was confirmed about a fortnight later, in early November, when the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group took responsibility for the attack , claiming to have encrypted Henry Schein’s files and exfiltrated 35 TB of data. Source (New) Education USA Yes 1,493 Kimber Mfg., Data breached: over 300 million records.

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Information Management Resources

JULY 5, 2019

The health insurer and the Atlanta University Center Consortium—the oldest and largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities—are partnering to help students become data analytics experts.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

million) India’s public education app exposed millions of students’ data (1.6 Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of 2019 data breach (unknown). Central Kansas Orthopaedic Group recovers from ransomware without paying demand (17,214). Samsung website error exposes UK customer data (150).

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Professional services USA Yes 11,556 Poder Judicial de Santa Cruz Source (New) Legal Argentina Yes 8,732 J.D.

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

The malware was traced back to a unit within Center 16 of the FSB, which is the infamous Russian Turla hacking group. 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.

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Information Governance Perspectives

MAY 8, 2020

Hunter, Dr. Tao Jin, Dr. Patricia Franks, Rae Lynn Haliday, Cheryl Pederson, and Wendy McLain on the topic of Meeting Evolving Business Needs – A Conversation Between RIM Educators and Thought Leaders. And recruiters are looking for that education and experience. They have to move from defense to offense.

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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. million people.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Brazilian health insurance firm Fisco Saúde hit by cyber attack (unknown). Australian government contractor PNORS Technology Group says stolen data yet to be posted online (unknown). Spain’s Generali España insurance company says it was hacked (unknown). DOCS Medical Group discloses ransomware incident (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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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

link] [Head Scratcher] More Companies With Cyber Insurance Are Hit by Ransomware Than Those Without? In an interesting twist, new data hints that organizations with cyber insurance may be relying on it too much, instead of shoring up security to ensure attacks never succeed. Date/Time: Wednesday, May 3, @ 2:00 PM (ET) Save My Spot!

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

– JDSupra (unknown) VNS Health Confirms Data Breach at TMG Health Resulted in Data of 103,775 Consumers Being Leaked | Console and Associates, P.C. – JDSupra (unknown) Hillsborough County Confirms MOVEit Data Breach Leaks Information of 70k+ | Console and Associates, P.C.

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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. I've written quite a few times about specific cyber insurance claim cases that required going to court to settle.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. Austrian construction group hit by cyber attack (unknown). Hackers breach the Philippines United Student Financial System for Tertiary Education (unknown). leaked sixteen years’ worth of title insurance records (885 million). That brings the annual running total to 7.28

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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

JUNE 7, 2024

In this interview Ransomware trends Why these trends are worrying How to decide whether to pay the ransom Why ransomware groups favour exfiltration over encryption What to do if you suffer an exfiltration attack The importance of root-cause analysis Mitigating the damage done Preventing future attacks To what extent do you track industry news?

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

8 TB of data exfiltrated from Advantage Group International Following an outage affecting its leak site (see the ‘Enforcement’ section below), the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group is listing only a single incident: a data breach affecting the business management consultant Advantage Group International.

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ARMA International

APRIL 28, 2022

The plan was to meet the insurance coordinator at the Howard Avenue office at 8:30 a.m. I knew from previous education and training that documenting damage before moving or addressing anything was critical. I was aware that I would need documentation on damage and losses for insurance and internal purposes.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Occasionally cybersecurity officials and researchers obtain the keys or crack the encryption code and make the keys freely available, but ransomware groups will typically respond by quickly changing their encryption approach to render the keys worthless. LockBit This RaaS group has been the most active ransomware group over the last year.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

More than 10 million lines of Pastelería Mozart customer data apparently posted on dark web The Ynnian hacking group has posted 10,870,525 lines of data on the dark web, apparently originating from Pastelería Mozart, a popular bakery chain in Chile. VF Corporation confirms 35.5 million customers’ data. Data breached: 35,500,000 records.

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