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GUEST ESSAY: Recalibrating critical infrastructure security in the wake of evolving threats

The Last Watchdog

In this instance, hackers are suspected to have exploited simple cybersecurity loopholes, including the fact that the software shipped with easy-to-guess default passwords. Unitronics software is used by critical infrastructure (CI) organizations throughout the U.S.

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Play ransomware attack on Xplain exposed 65,000 files containing data relevant to the Swiss Federal Administration.

Security Affairs

Government experts discovered sensitive information, including personal data, technical information, classified details, and passwords, in approximately half of the Federal Administration’s files (5,182). “On August, the Government launched an administrative investigation into the data breach. .”

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The Impacts of Data Loss on Your Organization

Security Affairs

Examples: Customer Personal Identifiable Information, transactional data, inventory records, and financial statements. Unstructured Data: Unstructured data, on the other hand, is characterized by its lack of organization and predefined format. Software Corruption: Software are not infallible products.

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DCAP Systems: Protecting Your Data with Advanced Technology

SecureWorld News

With the increase in the complexity of IT infrastructures and the various ways of storing data, safeguarding against data leaks has become more resource-intensive. Since data is the target of the vast majority of attacks, organizations should concentrate on safeguarding critical data.

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SentinelOne forks over $155 million for log management company

SC Magazine

Automated endpoint security company SentinelOne has acquired Scalyr, a log management and data analytics platform, for $155 million in equity and cash. Managing and processing voluminous log data is often cited as one of the most difficult tasks for businesses on the lower end of the security maturity spectrum.

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Avoid these seven sins to stay out of data privacy hell

SC Magazine

Data privacy laws like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) give consumers the right to be forgotten and the right to request their information. Failing to implement privacy by design in agile software development. We acknowledge that adhering to privacy regs takes a lot of work.

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CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire. Data stolen but untouched.