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The Case for Limiting Your Browser Extensions

Krebs on Security

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity reported to health insurance provider Blue Shield of California that its Web site was flagged by multiple security products as serving malicious content. How did a browser extension lead to a malicious link being added to the health insurance company Web site?

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Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Further, SSNs are a rather American construct with Canada having SINs (Social Insurance Number) and the UK having, well, NI (National Insurance) numbers are probably the closestequivalent. Do take note of the file name in the embedded image, though - "people_data-935660398-959524741.csv"

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

If you have a cyber insurer , they will have their own processes for responding to any cyber attack. The ransomware assessed the times the PC was booted, and when it hit 90, it encrypted the device and its files, demanding the user to renew their license with PC Cyborg Corporation by sending a sum of $189 or $378 to a P.O.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

link] Cyber Insurance: Is Paying a Ransom Counter-Productive? It also includes a summary of indicators of compromise (IOCs), such as unique command-line strings, hashes, file paths, exploitation of certain vulnerabilities, and file names commonly used by this actor. By Jacqueline Jayne.

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Medibank Defends its Security Practices as its Ransomware Woes Worsen

IT Governance

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 In most cases, basic personal information – such as their name, date of birth, email address, phone number and gender – was exposed. million current and former customers was compromised.