Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The threat actors also claim to have stolen over 27 TB of corporate data and encrypted the company’s VMWare ESXi virtual machines during the attack.” Immediately after detecting the intrusion, the company launched an investigation with the help of leading third-party cybersecurity experts and is also coordinating with its insurers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The attack took place on March 14th, 2020, when the Maze Ransomware operators exfiltrated data from the HMR’s network and then encrypt their systems. The Hammersmith Medicines Research is notifying impacted individuals via email the incident, the hackers stole data then employed ransomware to encrypt its systems.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

is perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves. We encrypt all that stuff down to the file level with keys that rotate and expire every 24 hours.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It is perhaps best known for selling virtual private networking (VPN) software that lets users remotely access networks and computers over an encrypted connection. Citrix provides software used by hundreds of thousands of clients worldwide, including most of the Fortune 100 companies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the CISA’s report , Iranian hackers from an unnamed APT group are employing several known web shells, in attacks on IT, government, healthcare, financial, and insurance organizations across the United States. A web shell is a code, often written in typical web development programming languages (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The command-and-control beacons allowed Royal to prepare the City’s network resources for the May 03, 2023, ransomware encryption attack.” . “During the surveillance period, Royal performed several actions to inject command and control software and established command-and-control beacons. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

According to open-source reporting, since August 2020, DarkSide actors have been targeting multiple large, high-revenue organizations, resulting in the encryption and theft of sensitive data. 3 ],[ 4 ]” reads the joint alert.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Gunnebo Group is a Swedish multinational company that provides physical security to a variety of customers globally, including banks, government agencies, airports, casinos, jewelry stores, tax agencies and even nuclear power plants. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem, this governance is the role of API management. organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem. This governance is the role of API management. APIs – like any other technical resource – won’t manage themselves.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2025

Some of the most important are Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ( GLBA ), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ( NAIC ) Data Security Model Law, the New York Department of Financial Services ( NYDFS ) Cybersecurity Regulation, and the National Credit Union Administration ( NCUA ) cybersecurity guidance.

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. Worse, for systems using BitLocker Drive Encryption, you also need to enter a special key to unlock your encrypted drive if you can’t unlock the drive using your normal method.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 14, 2019

On December 19, 2018, Ohio adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Act is designed to “establish standards for data security and for the investigation and notification to the Superintendent of Insurance of a cybersecurity event.”. O.R.C. §§ 3965.01(E).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The cybersecurity regulations apply to entities overseen by the NYDFS, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, agents, and brokers, as well as banks, trusts, mortgage lenders and brokers, money transmitters, check cashers, and other related businesses.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2024

.” Dark Angels is thought to be a Russia-based cybercrime syndicate whose distinguishing characteristic is stealing truly staggering amounts of data from major companies across multiple sectors, including healthcare, finance, government and education. And those types of breaches tend to make headlines quickly.

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Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. As more of our interactions and transactions occur online, the need for robust data protection measures becomes increasingly critical to safeguard personal data and maintain public trust in government institutions. There’s no going back.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Turn off SSH and other network device management interfaces such as Telnet, Winbox, and HTTP for wide area networks (WANs) and secure with strong passwords and encryption when enabled. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

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IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

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. Document an incident response plan.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2024

The first campaign, “LegalQloud,” is impersonating Microsoft to target government workers and investment bankers in North America. The first campaign, “LegalQloud,” is impersonating Microsoft to target government workers and investment bankers in North America. Boomer targets government and healthcare sectors,” the researchers write.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 4, 2022

How Cybersecurity Insurance Can Work To Help An Organization. In the last 20+ years, cybersecurity insurance has added risk transference to the available palette of palliative choices. I recently spoke with Neira Jones and Danna Bethlehem about how cybersecurity insurance can work to help an organization. regulations.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. The government of Costa Rica is forced to declare a state of emergency after a ransomware attack by Conti cripples government systems. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation. In addition to the monetary penalty of $5 million, NYDFS also accepted Carnival’s surrender of its insurance producer license; thus, Carnival has ceased selling insurance in New York.

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Data Matters

JUNE 23, 2022

Kentucky and Maryland recently continued the trend of state insurance departments adopting some version of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Insurance Data Security Model Law. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 474 into law, and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed SB 207.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Shared responsibility is about controlling your own security – anything from data encryption to managing the encryption keys. Having full control and access to the encryption keys places more trust and confidence on leveraging the powers of the cloud. This is exactly why organizations like Thales and Google are working together.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

the EternalBlue exploit used by the WannaCry and NotPetya15 attacks); if cloud systems had also been encrypted such as the COVID-19 vaccination system. That compliance centered on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), which prioritizes protecting the integrity and privacy of patient data.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyber insurance will become more popular and more comprehensive. It’s led to a growing trend for organisations to purchase cyber insurance, which Forbes contributor Emil Sayegh believes will continue in 2022. This market squeeze will certainly affect the cyber insurance industry itself. “We

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

These documents are likely needed so that the loan company can apply for the free income-driven government repayment plans , such as the PAYE (Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan) or IBR (Income-Based Repayment Plan). However, the US government makes these services available for free to consumers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Once data is mapped, organizations make better decisions on how that data is governed and reduce their risk footprint.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The landscape of cybersecurity laws and regulations today is set to undergo significant changes, impacting businesses, government entities, and individuals alike. HIPAA mandates that healthcare providers, insurers, and business associates implement robust security measures to safeguard patient data.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

The fallout from this breach has the potential to ripple through societies globally, with far-reaching consequences for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. The implications of such massive data exposure are far-reaching, potentially impacting individuals, businesses, and governments globally.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

” Cyber Insurance No Longer Reliable. ” Crockett said unofficial numbers indicate that only about 10 percent of such cyber insurance claims are paid out. ” Crockett said unofficial numbers indicate that only about 10 percent of such cyber insurance claims are paid out. Cyber Regulations Could Bring Fairness.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 26, 2023

Confidential computing is a technology and technique that encrypts and stores an organization’s most sensitive data in a secure portion of a computer’s processor — known as the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) — while it’s processed and in use. Most other encryption approaches protect data at rest and data in transit only.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Managed Detection and Response Product Guide Top MDR Services and Solutions Encryption Full disk encryption, sometimes called whole disk encryption, is a data encryption approach for both hardware and software that involves encrypting all disk data, including system files and programs.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: It’s gone from simple file encryption to multifaceted, multi-staged attacks that leverage Dark Web services, such as initial access brokers (IABs,) as well as make use of Living off the Land (LotL) embedded tools. Erin: Do you think cyber insurance should play a bigger role in companies’ cybersecurity strategies?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 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. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. 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.

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