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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Jun 28, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Americans scammed out of more than $1 billion last year from internet
Valley News Live Also on the list are corporate data breaches, malware, crimes against children, terrorism, gambling and hacktivist scams. IC3 was created in 2000 to … more.
The Energy and Utilities Sector Remains Vulnerable to Hackers
Because attacks on the energy and utility sector are often kept confidentialunlike data breaches suffered by retailers and healthcare organizations … more.
Lacework Announces 14-Day Free Trial of Zero-Touch Cloud Workload
PR Newswire (press release) Lacework is the industry’s first zero-touch, cloud workload security platform that provides breach detection, insider threat management, workload … more.
Campaign Data Breaches: Political Toxic Waste
political campaign database on the internet with detailed information on over … more.
The New Rules of Identity Theft Protection for Employees
Organizational data breaches, exposing thousands if not millions of records, now average more than three per day in the US. Thieves move fast to … more.
Oopsy. New law accidentally banned fingerprinting of state prisoners
She said that’s important for when state agencies have data breaches, such as the recent theft of a hard drive that Washington State University … more.
‘Unprecedented’ cyber attack spreads across globe
Data breaches and cyber hacks are one of the biggest risks facing business worldwide, Michelle Crorie, a partner at law firm Clyde & Co. who … more.
Charlie Sheen, Babe Ruth and the Case of the Stolen Identity
From there, they can use those stolen credentials to gain access to names, addresses, contact numbers, email addresses and any other sensitive data … more.
Questions Loom for Healthcare’s Data Security
2016 saw a significant increase in data breaches, from 600 million to more than 4 billion - a 566 percent increase, in fact, according to a recent IBM … more.
Petya variants behind the global ransomware outbreak: here’s what we know
Naked Security Customers using Sophos Endpoint Protection are protected against all the recent variants of this ransomware. We first issued protection on June 27th … more.
Trend Micro launches $100M venture fund to nurture IoT startups
… that the first mega wave the company caught was the growth of the PC marketplace, and hence they committed early on to endpoint protection. more.
NEW CARD SECURE SMARTPHONE APP ELIMINATES ID THEFT & FRAUD
With data breaches expected to cost $2.1 trillion by 2019, Card Secure provides unparalleled security for merchants, card issuing banks and peace of … more.
Anthem Agrees to Pay Over $100 Million to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit:
JD Supra (press release) One of the most notable data breaches in recent years was the one suffered by health insurer Anthem involving the personal information of nearly 80 … more.
Even after a breach, most merchants don’t change their fraud prevention
CSO Australia … |improve their breach detection]], incident response and security capabilities. New legislation such as Australia’s National Data Breach (NDB) … more.
Global Log Management Market Size, Status and Forecast 2022 - IBM, Intel
Digital Journal (press release) The research report on Log Management market studies the industry, taking into account both the positive as well as the negative aspects of the … more.
Trend Micro launches new $100 million venture fund with focus on IoT
The first mega wave we caught was the growth of the PC marketplace; we committed early on to endpoint protection and remain a Leader in Gartner’s … more.
Cadbury NZ affected by Petya malware
Reporting of data breaches is currently not mandatory in New Zealand, meaning it was important for businesses to share and alert the right people. more.
How much data breaches cost SA business
New research suggests that the average cost of a data breach in South Africa is a staggering R32m. According to the research, from Ponemon Institute … more.
The cost of data breaches in SA
IBM Security has announced the results of a South African study exploring the implications and effects of data breaches on businesses. Sponsored by … more.
Security Solution Free of Charge to Stop Zero-Day, Malware Assaults
The Advanced Endpoint Protection of Comodo Security Solutions sports the company’s cWatch EDR as complementary to the Endpoint Protection … more.
Anthem to pay record $115m to settle lawsuits over massive breach
In 2015, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recorded that US providers were affected by 253 medical data breaches, equivalent to 112m records. The bulk … more.
Security Solution Free of Charge to Stop Zero-Day, Malware Assaults
… certificates, on June 26, declared it would provide free EDR (endpoint detection and response) software like never before available in the industry. more.
Most golf clubs are not aware of new data protection rules
Under the new rules, the maximum fine for certain data breaches in the UK will rise from 500,000 to 20 million (17.7 million) or four per cent of … more.
Egnyte Protect Helps Prevent Your Company From Getting Pwned By Data
Forbes If you watched this season of Silicon Valley or work at any tech company you know that data, patents and other intellectual property become the center … more.
VeriClouds Announces Support for NIST Special Publication 800-63B
Benzinga VeriClouds recognizes that most breaches we hear about today are caused by weak or stolen credentials, and the importance of enforcing policies for … more.
Size of Data Breaches Goes Up YoY
The average total cost of data breach has decreased from $4 million in 2016 to $3.62 million in 2017 for the companies that participated in a global … more.
Nova Scotia privacy czar calls for mandatory breach notification
Nova Scotia organizations would be required to keep of a record of all data breaches with specified details available to the provincial commissioner … more.
Don’t want your cyber attacked? Move to the cloud
Stories of crippling ransomware dominate the news, but ensuing data breaches tend not to surface for years. Such breaches primarily affect end users … more.
Today’s Pickup: Changes to CSA recommended
Ransomware attacks have been in the news recently, but more run-of-the-mill data breaches remain a large problem at U.S. companies. According to … more.
Shift4 Announces US EMV Certification With Heartland Payment Systems
Many companies have operated under the misconception that EMV chip cards will protect merchants from payment data breaches. This is not true. more.
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