Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The potential future compromise of classical encryption methods and "harvest now, decrypt later" (HNDL) attacks is seeing interest in post-quantum cryptography soar (72% in the financial services sector vs. 68% overall). To dive deeper into the report findings, download the Thales 2024 Data Threat Report: FinServ Edition.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Cloud Compliance Authentication 62

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

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.

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 121

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Legitimate retailers are never going to make you dig for the deals, so they aren’t going to put the good stuff in an attachment. It’s not just attachments from retailers, but also from shipping companies or financial institutions. …and don’t open that attachment. Change your passwords.

Passwords 95

Passwords Retail Insurance Security 95

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Ransomware is a specific type of malware that encrypts computer files, essentially locking the owner out of their systems. Unlike an attack on retailers, for example, victims have no alternative when systems are down. What is ransomware? Over that six-month period, local government experienced 263 million attacks.

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Phishing Retail Government 92

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. The app heavily encrypts all user financial data. Deploying privacy protections: The app uses encryption to protect data from cybercriminals and other prying eyes.

Data Privacy 78

Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 78

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.

Data Privacy 78

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 78

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The use of IoT technologies holds enormous potential in practically every segment of human enterprise – government, banking and finance, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and ecommerce to name a few. Employing asymmetric cryptography, PKIs manage the key pairs used for signing and encrypting data.

IoT 72

IoT Encryption Data collection Agriculture 72

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

confirms security incident (unknown) Friedrich Air Conditioning, LLC announces security breach (unknown) Gibson Overseas, Inc. announces security breach (unknown) The Country Club at Woodfield, Inc. victim of a cyber attack (unknown) Berkshire Partners LLC announces data breach (unknown) United HealthCare Services, Inc.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Government 116

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Moreover, the paper lists a number of security practices that all users should employ as a precaution, including: Keeping their operating system updated; Using antivirus solutions; Using a strong password as their master password to mitigate brute-force attacks on compromised database files; Using full-disk encryption; and.

Passwords 68

Passwords Data breaches Retail Government 68

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.

Cloud 91

Cloud Digital transformation Access Compliance 91

Info Source

JANUARY 31, 2019

Examples include retailers’ invoices and credit card applications during Cyber Monday and other shopping holidays; tax firms’ form processing during tax season; mortgage lender applications or loans during prime real estate seasons; and insurance company claims after a natural disaster.

Cloud 40

Cloud Artificial Intelligence Insurance Marketing 40

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. Secure remote access : Enables encrypted connections between internal network resources and remote users using a variety of methods.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 121

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. Insurance & claims management. To use an example of a functional GRC strategy in action, imagine a fictional retail business that sells vitamin supplements.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The data included bank account details, salary information, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, addresses and phone numbers. The 2014 breach saw Andrew Skelton, a disgruntled senior internal auditor, upload the details of 99,998 staff to data sharing websites. It’s a risk that no organisation should take.

Personal data 48

Personal data Data breaches Risk Insurance 48

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. Insurance & claims management. To use an example of a functional GRC strategy in action, imagine a fictional retail business that sells vitamin supplements.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

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.

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Compliance Government 58

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.

Privacy 58

Privacy Education Sales Government 58

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Vamosi: In the 1970s, while working for Bell Labs, Robert Morris Sr came up with the idea of a one way algorithm, a means of encryption that can’t easily be decrypted. Moffatt: And the subtle difference between encrypting a password and hashing the f1 the cards encrypted, let's just throw cryptography at this problem.

Passwords 52

Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 21, 2018

Think about taxing your car, paying for a TV license or buying an insurance policy – not exactly the sort of transactions that set the pulse racing! The phrase “We guarantee to keep all of your personal data encrypted” might just help to drive up the bottom line for more than a few businesses in the coming months.

Security 54

Security Personal data Retail Marketing 54

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.

Data Privacy 91

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 91

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. TB Turtlemint Source (New) Insurance India Yes 1,800,000 Chunghwa Telecom Source (New) Telecoms Taiwan Yes 1.7 The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Source (New) Real estate USA Yes 10 GB Unitex Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 9.5 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. Source (New) Real estate USA Yes 10 GB Unitex Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 9.5

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

CISA adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812 Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment Internet Archive was breached twice in a month Unknown threat actors exploit Roundcube Webmail flaw (..)

Security 303

Security Data breaches Archiving Ransomware 303