BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

In that spirit, we’ve rounded up five of our most popular blogs from the past year. From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. Under the GDPR, fingerprints fall under the category of biometric data.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

July 18, 2022 – Around 30,000 websites get hacked every day , with the majority of those cyberattacks due to human error. But not when considering that there are more than a billion websites live on the web, with more than 250,000 new web sites created every day. Gainesville, Fla., The Master Cybersecurity Guide for Web Hosts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On May 25, 2018, Germany entered a new era of data protection. On that day, the GDPR as well as the German BDSG-new went into effect. This marked a significant milestone, shaping global data privacy and setting the stage for enhanced regulations within Germany.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

You are no doubt aware of the grim statistics: •The average cost of a data breach rose year-over-year from $3.86 million in 2021, according to IBM. The FBI reports that 3,000-4,000 cyberattacks are counted each day. . • The FBI reports that 3,000-4,000 cyberattacks are counted each day. million to $4.24

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Compromised protected personal data resulted in 1.8 HIPAA privacy violations per day in 2020. The cost of cyber attacks globally in 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, is expected to cost $20 billion. Every 11 seconds, a company falls victim to a ransomware attack.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2021

Two of my favourite things these days are Have I Been Pwned and Home Assistant. now you are in my @home_assistant setup also :) Thanks @troyhunt pic.twitter.com/4d4Qxnlazl — Jón Ólafs (@jonolafs) March 3, 2021 Awesome! link] - @troyhunt think this one is an interesting read, maybe worthy of a blog post.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 29, 2022

Google has launched its new “nutrition labels” for apps, a feature it promised in the spring of 2021. This release came days after the Chrome team released badges for the Chrome Web Store for browser extensions. Google added information on whether an app needs data to function or if data collection is optional.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 6, 2021

And in this case, we are talking about physical and cybersecurity, as well as data privacy. Now, let's talk about a cyber vulnerability the company has been dealing with—one that was apparently exposing private customer data for quite some time. Cybersecurity and privacy concerns for Peloton. No response. No response.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

While you may disagree, data breach studies show that employees and negligence are the most typical causes of security breaches, yet these prevalent issues are least discussed. According to another study by CybSafe, human errors have been responsible for over 90% of data breaches in 2020. Introduce Data Privacy Laws.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The machine had full disk encryption and it's not known whether the thief was ever actually able to access the data. Is this a data breach? It was the largest incident of it's kind in Australia and it included my own personal data. Our service gives you control over the data you want to share online.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 31, 2021

With new threat vectors emerging every day, healthcare organizations are facing an unprecedented level of challenges to their security,” said CyberMDX CEO Azi Cohen. Ransomware has been a prominent story through 2021. Hospitals have a lot at stake — from revenue loss to reputational damage, and most importantly patient safety.”.

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Security Through Education

JULY 18, 2023

In 2021, AARP found that identify theft had affected more than 42 million U.S. Each day people post a plethora of information to social media platforms, giving bad actors plenty of opportunity to steal personal data. Make sure your privacy settings are set so that your information is not listed publicly. billion by 2023.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As employees around the world continue to work from home, 2021 is shaping up to be another year of record highs in terms of malicious online activity. Cybercriminals have always been opportunistic, taking advantage of all possible avenues that disrupt businesses, steal data, trick end users, and more to turn a profit.

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SC Magazine

MAY 26, 2021

” Leveraged by a malware program known as XCSSET, the zero-day exploit in question could even allow an attacker to gain Full Disk Access, a Jamf blog post warned this week. Apple on Monday released an update for MacOS Big Sur that included a patch for the TCC vulnerability, which has been designated CVE-2021-30713. “A

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

On January 28, 2021, due to the Data Privacy Day, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD”), through Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No. Although Ordinance No.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 15, 2022

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has found – once again – that people were the main driver behind most breaches. The biggest data breach ever recorded”. The first of these is developing a talent pipeline.

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McAfee

JANUARY 28, 2021

A couple of days ago, I have been asked whether, notably thanks to the GDPR [1] and the CCPA [2] , we were seeing as professionals, a standardization in negotiations governing privacy terms. 128 out of 194 countries have put in place legislation to secure the protection of data and privacy. So, what’s next for us?

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This blog post will delve into the fundamental principles underpinning effective information security principles and practices. In essence, it means that unauthorized individuals or systems should not be able to access protected data. Integrity: The integrity principle focuses on the accuracy and reliability of data.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. However, personal information is rarely historic data that losses significance to the person it is associated with. Think Before You LinkedIn! The Ransomware Scourge.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

Tue, 06/01/2021 - 06:55. In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Cars are getting smarter and more connected every day. Use case 1: Fortune 500 Healthcare Company.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Sensitive data is stored across multicloud environments, and data storage and classification are major concerns. Failed audits and cloud data breaches are common…. That’s normally what we’re wrestling with these days.”. And doing so with the same amount of resources.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 25, 2021

The law takes effect on July 9, 2021. For notice violations, there is a 30 day cure period after which a plaintiff may seek $500 in statutory damages per violation and may seek an award of attorneys’ fees, expert fees, and injunctive relief. Key Takeaway #1 – Know Your Data. Receive our latest blog posts by email.

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Digital Shadows

JULY 5, 2021

On 02 July 2021, details started to emerge of a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Kaseya VSA, virtual system administrator software used to manage and monitor customers’ infrastructure. Kaseya’s CEO, Fred Voccola, claimed on 03 July 2021 that “fewer than 40 worldwide” customers were impacted.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

However, certain challenges remain in securing this network to the point where consumers feel comfortable enough to trust it with their data. As of January 2021, there were 4.66 Interestingly though, the opposite tends to often be true. Bridging the Digital Divide. billion active internet users worldwide.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Technologically speaking, we are where we are because a handful of tech giants figured out how to collect, store and monetize user data in a singular fashion. Each operates a closed platform designed to voraciously gather, store and monetize user data. Thus far we’ve accepted this as a fair trade.

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Centraleyes

MAY 6, 2024

A Look at Some Numbers 31% of the participating European insurance firms were utilizing AI across the entire value chain, and another 24% were in the “proof of concept” stage, according to EIOPA’s 2018 thematic study on the use of big data analytics in health and auto insurance. trillion GDP of the United Kingdom in 2021.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

Our Threat Trends blog series takes a look at the activity that we see in the threat landscape and reports on those trends. This data comes from Cisco Umbrella , our cloud-native security service. Then we’ll drill further into the data, looking at trends for particular threats that are known to work together. Want to learn more?

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Recently, while co-hosting a webinar that kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a panelist commented that cybersecurity and privacy are team sports on a campus, much like our athletic teams. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. After the feedback stage, OWASP plans to release the definitive 2021 list later this year. . Who isn’t these days? MORE It’s been a record-breaking year for zero-day attacks. Pinpointing web application weaknesses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Communicating through emails is often preferred over phone calls, but it may present a greater security risk – especially if we consider the amount of critical business data shared through email these days. The data of over 1.2 What is email fatigue?

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. The ongoing campaign has targeted more than 10,000 Office 365 organisations since September 2021, using ‘adversary in the middle’ (AiTM) sites to steal passwords and hijack login sessions. Links we liked. Sign up here.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

The release did not disclose any zero day vulnerabilities or active exploitations. Manual installation is possible, but the August 2021 servicing stack update (KB5005112) must be installed first. For those unable to patch quickly, Akamai’s blog provides an OPA rule to add to detect and block potential attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 18, 2021

In 2021, just like everything else, our identity and the way we prove it is evolving too. When you think about it, these two areas cover a huge number of interactions – including both day-to-day moments and life milestones. They should also be created along privacy by design principles.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

A decade ago to the day, I published a tweet launching what would surely become yet another pet project that scratched an itch, was kinda useful to a few people but other than that, would shortly fade away into the same obscurity as all the other ones I'd launched over the previous couple of decades: It's alive! "Have

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

Our Threat Trends blog series takes a look at the activity that we see in the threat landscape and reports on those trends. This data comes from Cisco Umbrella , our cloud-native security service. Then we’ll drill further into the data, looking at trends for particular threats that are known to work together. Want to learn more?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Data has become critical to your organization’s success. At the same time – in fact, as a direct result of data’s central importance – more adversaries are working harder and finding more nefarious ways to steal or otherwise compromise your data. One-half of corporate data is now stored in the cloud.

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