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FTC extends deadline by six months for compliance with some changes to financial data security rules

CyberSecurity Insiders

These changes included updated criteria for financial institutions, providing more specific requirements about which safeguards they must include in their information security programs. Since credit card fraud can often be enacted during unsecured store transactions, the FTC is determined to bolster security measures at every level.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT uses a Mac variant of the Dacls RAT

Security Affairs

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The Mac version uses the same AES key and IV as the Linux variant to encrypt and decrypt the config file.

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Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Security Affairs

The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication. It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms. Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account.

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Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak

Security Affairs

Despite containing very sensitive financial data, the server was left open without any password protection or encryption. The WizCase team found that the FBS information was accessible to anyone. User information on online trading platforms should be well secured to prevent similar data leaks. Who is FBS.

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Telehealth: A New Frontier in Medicine—and Security

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Number of data leaks from medical organizations, 2009–2020. Let’s see if there are any informational security issues with these wearables. Healthcare professionals that use telehealth should protect their work accounts with strong passwords, as well as use two-factor authentication. Source: HIPAA Journal.

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HITRUST vs. HIPAA: Ensuring Data Security and Compliance

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HITRUST: An Overview On the contrary, HITRUST is an organization that introduced the HITRUST CSF (Common Security Framework) in 2009. These assessors can identify strengths and weaknesses in your information security program and offer recommendations. HITRUST vs. HIPAA: What Sets Them Apart?

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Understanding Features and Vulnerabilities of The Decentralized Finance Attack Surface is Key to Protecting Against Cyber Attacks

Security Boulevard

Decentralized Finance and the information security protocols protecting it remain in their early stages of development, as does the adaptation of new cyberattack techniques. Blockchain-based cryptocurrency is an encrypted list arranged in chronological order providing a record of all addresses that hold assets.