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Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups.

Krebs on Security

Experts say the biggest reason ransomware targets and/or their insurance providers still pay when they already have reliable backups is that nobody at the victim organization bothered to test in advance how long this data restoration process might take. That’s why tabletop exercises are incredibly important.

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News Alert: Guardz uncovers new macOS malware – Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC)

The Last Watchdog

1, 2023 – Guardz , the cybersecurity company securing and insuring SMEs, today disclosed the existence of a Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware targeting macOS devices. SMEs, who once considered macOS as the safer option, should exercise caution and prepare themselves for the impacts of this changing threat landscape.

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Cybersecurity Rules for Insurance Companies to Take Effect in South Carolina

Hunton Privacy

New cybersecurity rules for insurance companies licensed in South Carolina are set to take effect in part on January 1, 2019. The new law is the first in the United States to be enacted based on the data security model law drafted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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CrowdStrike: Lessons on the Importance of Contracts, Insurance and Business Continuity

IT Governance

But as a reminder, here are some key facts about the CrowdStrike incident: CrowdStrike is a publicly listed security company, which provides security software to – among many other large organisations – Microsoft. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. Learn more about the CIA triad here.)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 408 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

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RSAC insights: CyberGRX finds a ton of value in wider sharing of third-party risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

Back in the mid-1990s, big banks and insurance companies came up with something called “bespoke assessments” as the approach for assessing third party vendor risk. So much time and energy was put into the administrative exercise of just requesting data and responding to questionnaires,” Kneip says. “By Visibility boost.

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California Governor Signs into Law Bills Updating the CPRA and Bills Addressing the Privacy and Security of Genetic and Medical Data, Among Others

Hunton Privacy

During the week of October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law bills amending the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), California’s data breach notification law and California’s data security law. Genetic Data: California Data Breach Notification and Data Security Law Amendment Bill.

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