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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Sep 27, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Healey backs bill to guard against data breaches
BOSTON – In the wake of the massive Equifax credit data breach that affected almost half of the state’s residents, Attorney General Maura Healey is … more.
Hacks account for 95% of breached health records in August
… the Protenus Breach Barometer report explains how a new trend of healthcare organizations reporting data breaches quicker than previously is not … more.
After the Equifax breach, consumers were advised to freeze their credit
Business Insider UK “Data breaches involving Social Security numbers are not rare, but this is the largest ever recorded,” Eva Velasquez, CEO of the Identity Theft … more.
Guest Opinion: Recent Hacks Could Accelerate Risk Management Innovation
The severity of the recent data breaches at Equifax in which personally identifiable information on over 143 million US consumers was stolen by … more.
SEC Chair Clayton Grilled Over Data Breaches
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to ask for an enhanced budget next year as Chairman Jay Clayton aims to beef up the SEC’s … more.
3 Hot Cybersecurity Stocks to Focus on for the Rest of 2017
Though billions of dollars and data are lost due to cyber crime, there is a positive side to it. Cybersecurity companies stand to gain from data breaches … more.
Will the Equifax Data Breach Finally Spur the Courts (and Lawmakers) to
EFF Stolen credentials can be used to set up a separate persona that incurs debts, commits crimes, and more for quite a long time before the victim is … more.
PayThink Mobile customer experience hinges on embracing new authentication
… reduce password fatigue, eliminate the headaches involved in dealing with stolen credentials, and to reduce friction along the transaction lifecycle. more.
Equifax Data Breach Prompts Federal and State Investigations, Federal
The National Law Review In one of the most significant data breaches ever, on September 7, 2017, Equifax, one of the major U.S. credit reporting agencies, announced that … more.
Equifax CEO Resigns Following Massive Data Breach
… that list of Things a CEO Doesn’t Want on Their Resum is Being the one in charge at the time of one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history. more.
Cloud Security Essential to Ensure Effective Endpoint Protection
Enterprises must ensure robust endpoint protection, and the best way would be through cloud security. There are different types of malware such as … more.
#ISC2Congress: Interview: Derrick Butts, CIO, The Truth Initiative
His tasks include increasing cybersecurity awareness, user training and endpoint protection. I ask myself how we maintain our security posture, whilst … more.
Breaking: Bank of America Reiterates $21 TP On FireEye (NASDAQ:FEYE)
WeeklyHub … were published by: Businesswire.com which released: FireEye Introduces Comprehensive Next Generation Endpoint Protection on September 25, … more.
Equifax CEO Departs, Forgoes Bonus After Massive Data Breach
(Reuters) - Equifax Inc said on Tuesday that Chief Executive Richard Smith would leave the company and forgo this year’s bonus as criticism mounts … more.
Equifax CEO Richard Smith Resigns After Backlash Over Massive Data Breach
The credit reporting company revealed earlier this month that it suffered one of the worst data breaches in history. As many as 143 million Americans … more.
Promisec Partners with Preventia Services to Expand Global Reach
NEEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Promisec, a pioneer in endpoint detection and response, today announced a partnership with … more.
As You Were Saying…Threat of ID theft here to stay
Our reality today is that data breaches are, and always will be, an unfortunate part of our lives. Whether this is carelessness due to an employee … more.
Close the networked printer loophole to prevent data breaches
networked printer. more.
3 Agency Must-Have Technologies for Ransomware Defense
For example, an endpoint protection suite bundles advanced anti-malware, anti-spam, anti-phishing and firewalling capabilities for desktops and … more.
SonicWall Releases A Slew Of New Products
This firewall promises to deliver automated, real-time breach detection and prevention, as well as TLS/SSL decryption and inspection, over … more.
ChannelLife Australia - SonicWall unveils ‘biggest innovations in company’s
ChannelLife Australia This automated, real-time breach detection and prevention platform ensures organisations can build smart, consistent and sound security postures … more.
Healthcare sector reports greatest number of security incidents
While overall healthcare data breaches are most likely the result of accidental disclosures and human error, cyberattacks on the sector continue to … more.
Masergy Empowers the Detection and Response Mission With Integrated Network
Markets Insider The ability to execute critical capabilities such as threat hunting, investigation and incident response requires complete network visibility, said Amy … more.
Cyber attacks target healthcare and social media users McAfee
It examines a range of malicious activity and how to prevent them, including; the rise of script-based malware, five proven threat hunting best practices, … more.
Bernard Mendelman: Protecting our personal information
With data breaches occurring more frequently, recently happening to large companies like Yahoo and eBay even Target was targeted do we … more.
Warner to SEC chair: Question if Equifax has right to continue providing
Augusta Free Press Noting a number of significant data breaches in both the public and private sector have affected hundreds of millions of people in recent years, Warner … more.
Joomla 3.8 patches eight-year-old credential stealing flaw
The attacker could then use the stolen credentials to login in to the administrator control panel and take over the Joomla installation and potentially the … more.
AG backs bill to prevent data breaches like Equifax’s, which put 143
Eagle-Tribune BOSTON (AP) Attorney General Maura Healey is backing a bill that she says will help guard consumers against data breaches. The bill is aimed at … more.
Maximizing digital security: 5 things credit unions need to do now
While there have been many large, publicized data breaches over the past few years (2016 hit record numbers), one of the biggest examples of errors … more.
AG BESHEAR PROPOSING LEGISLATION TO PROTECT KENTUCKIANS FROM DATA BREECHES
(KT) Attorney General Andy Beshear is proposing legislation to protect Kentuckians from data breaches. The action comes in the wake of the recent … more.
Deloitte Breach: Simple Oversight, Major Consequences
“The data breaches for Deloitte, Equifax, or Uber can prove to be catastrophic, but it hasn’t always done so, said Jamal Hartenstein, Data Privacy … more.
Nextcloud’s file storage solution gets a security boost
There has been no shortage of data breaches and hacks in recent months reliable encryption and security is absolutely vital to reducing those … more.
Data breaches in 2017 totally eclipse 2016 - already
1.9 billion records have been leaked or stolen in the first half of 2017: more than throughout the entire previous year (1.4 billion), and more than 160 … more.
Small Business: Here’s One Legit Solution to Counter Cyberattacks You’ll
HuffPost … to jump ship after experiencing one of the largest data breaches in history leaving millions of small and medium sized businesses holding the bag. more.
Millions of Consumers May Have Been Impacted by Equifax Breach, says Parker
Markets Insider … a national personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of victims injured by data breaches and other types of consumer fraud notes that, … more.
Europol: Ransomware top threat in 2017 cybercrime ‘epidemic’
The 80-page report also named data breaches, darknet markets, extortion of youth for child pornography and payment fraud as growing threat areas. more.
CRN Exclusive: ForeScout Teams Up With CyberArk To Help Partners Bring
CRN Abreu said the solution responds to the growing recognition that most of the major data breaches today involve compromised data and stolen … more.
Suit Seeking Payments for Data Breaches Loses in Court
Over time, OPM revealed that data breaches at the agency and at one of its contractors affected more than twenty-one million people, and that the … more.
The Vulnerabilities Of A POS System
Rather, POS-related data breaches affected some pretty big companies, some of which suffered staggering losses. In 2013, Target’s POS system was … more.
What can the public sector do to bolster its cyber security?
… to act and bolster the sector’s cyber security systems with a 21m investment, but the right steps must be taken to prevent data breaches altogether. more.
Ransomware attacks ‘global epidemic’, says Europol
The report also said that last year saw an unprecedented increase in data breaches with vast amounts of data being stolen, including over two billion … more.
Comodo and 451 Research to Explore the Most (and Least) Effective Endpoint
PR Newswire (press release) Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) provides a complete solution, including the industry’s only default deny posture, which automatically … more.
BullGuard rolls out its next generation anti-malware engine
The cyber security market doesn’t stand still for long and there’s a constant arms race between the good and bad guys. Security company BullGuard is … more.
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