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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

Policybazaar, the Indian Insurance companies that offer an array of online services to users seeking health and car insurance were targeted by hackers leading to a data breach. So, at this juncture, incidents such as these can put a permanent dent to their business expansion, as IRDAI doesn’t take data breaches lightly.

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Expect More Spam Calls and SIM-Card Scams: 400 Million Phone Numbers Exposed

Adam Levin

Facebook Is an Open Book. Once the number has been transferred, the criminal has control of any accounts that are identified by caller ID (including many financial institutions) as well as any accounts protected by two-factor authentication. It is believed this was the method used to recently hack Jack Dempsey’s Twitter account. .

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News & Analysis | No. 281

Daniel Miessler

Biden signed an executive order on cybersecurity, with three top highlights: 1) multifactor authentication for all federal agencies within 6 months, 2) breach disclosure requirements based on the severity of the incident, and 3) a star rating system for the security of software sold to the government. It’s really hard to sell a book.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Management Problems Have Created a Privacy Nightmare For Americans – Even Without Vaccine Passports

Joseph Steinberg

Hospitals, medical clinics, labs, pharmacies, insurance companies, and others involved in the vaccination process often require people who want to be vaccinated to share large amounts of both medical and demographic data in order to register for vaccine appointments.

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2024: My Predictions

Jane Frankland

To counter advancing cyber threats, organisations will implement more sophisticated security measures like multi-factor authentication, micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring. Balancing security and user experience, innovations in IAM solutions will provide seamless and frictionless authentication experiences.

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Thinking About the Future of InfoSec (v2022)

Daniel Miessler

This will include things like cloud configurations for open protocols, open ports, authenticated entities, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, who is accessing what items, etc. HT to Jeremiah Grossman to also being very early to seeing the role of insurance in InfoSec. Insurance companies. Introduction. Org Structure.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint found that Megatraffer’s ICQ was the contact number for Himba[.]ru

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