eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’ve been compromised in a data breach, hackers can use your stolen email and password to try and enter thousands of other sites—and if you keep using the same credentials, they’ll be successful. To secure them, make sure your devices are up to date with antivirus software and are password-protected. Discover Webroot.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Rootkit scanning solutions are best suited for personal devices and programs, while antimalware, antivirus, EDR, and XDR tend to be more effective at identifying and responding to malware on a business scale. In many cases, antivirus protection is included as part of a greater cybersecurity suite of solutions, such as EDR or XDR.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. The data is published after Medibank reportedly declines to pay a US$10 million ransom demand.

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Spinone

APRIL 7, 2020

Cloud security compliance is a serious challenge, especially when it comes to protecting sensitive data in healthcare. That leads organizations to look for HIPAA compliant cloud backup , antivirus, or data protection software to ensure the safety of vital information. Are Native G Suite/Office 365 Backup Options Enough?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Open-source tools can also be valuable; for example, tools like KeePass for password management or ClamAV for antivirus protection are free and widely respected.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Leverage antivirus software. Protect yourself from malware by purchasing, updating, and upgrading antivirus software. Malware is malicious software designed to harm devices or glean data to commit identity-related crimes. (Think of Google Chrome blocking you from visiting a suspicious website.) Change passwords repeatedly.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 7, 2024

A single data breach can compromise your ability to operate, generate revenue, and ruin the reputation you’ve spent years building with your clients, business partners, and vendors. Book your demo and see why our cyber risk and compliance platform is the go-to solution for large industries like retail, insurance, and education.

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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Within this whirlwind of all things moving to the internet, insurance vendors recently began to take cyber insurance very seriously. They first sold it asking ‘do you have antivirus and a firewall’ – check box one, check box two, now you have cyber insurance. MSSP EXPLOSION – will lead to MSSP CONSOLIDATION.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It serves as a vessel for various strains of malware, including ransomware, and underlies data-stealing campaigns that target large organizations and individuals alike. According to Verizon's 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), a whopping 74% of breaches involve a human element, which is exactly what phishing aims to exploit.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The year closed out with Starwood Properties, parent of the Marriott hotel chain, disclosing it lost personal data for 500 million patrons in a breach that lasted some four years. Disclosures of huge data breaches no longer shock the public. Imagine all of the fresh attack vectors. Cutting-edge malware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Britain's biggest banks, including Barclays, HSBC, and NatWest, and insurance companies, including Aviva and Direct Line, will face new tougher testing of their cyber defences by the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC). Banks and Insurers to Face Tough Cyber Stress Tests under Bank of England Plan.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

There is a broad attack surface here — not just military and political but also insurance, law enforcement and commerce,” said Matt Turek, a program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the Financial Times. AI makes it possible to identify patterns and correctly guess passwords.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 12, 2024

Verify the existence of communication protocols for notifying relevant stakeholders, including regulatory authorities, in the event of a data breach. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act): HIPAA requires covered entities to conduct regular risk assessments as part of their compliance efforts.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2019 cited the following: Lost business is the biggest contributor to data breach costs The average cost of lost business in 2019 was $1.42 Cybersecurity insurance will offset the ransom.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Compliance Many compliance standards require some form of encryption for data at rest and many also specify requirements for the transmission of data. For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information.

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Spinone

APRIL 30, 2020

Keeping your data secure is not a piece of cake these days. With all the data breaches happening every second, no wonder it is expected that yearly worldwide spending on cybersecurity will have reached over $133.7 The situation puts us in a position where we can’t afford to be ignorant about data security any more.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

These were companies spanning all sorts of different industries; big tech, general infosec, antivirus, hosting, finance, e-commerce, cyber insurance - I could go on. Anyone can cobble together a website with some APIs and load in a ton of data breaches, but establishing trust is a whole different story.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

For example, Malwarebytes asked ChatGPT to write the opening paragraph of a novel about an antiquated antivirus program that relies on signature-based detection to stop new and emerging threats. Here's what the program came back with: “The antivirus program blinked to life, its archaic interface flickering on the outdated CRT monitor.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

The developer-friendly startup offers Relay to encrypt field-level data and codes to isolate and process code as needed. With robust encryption policies, Evervault can help reduce insurance premiums and offers PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance automation. Privafy aims to serve a valuable corner of the market – securing data-in-motion.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Its audit-ready compliance capabilities ensure that an organization’s security meets key standards for compliance frameworks , including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and HITRUST.

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