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Privacy Beats Ransomware as Top Insurance Concern

23

Feb

2024

As corporate directors and security teams scramble to ensure they meet the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new cybersecurity regulations, claims due to mishandling protected personally identifiable information (PII) could rival the cost of ransomware attacks, warns David Anderson, vice president of cyber liability at Woodruff Sawyer, a national insurance brokerage. While privacy claims take […]

Category Privacy protection Security Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

U.S. State Government Network Breached via Former Employee’s Account

16

Feb

2024

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed state government organization’s network environment was compromised via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. “This allowed the threat actor to successfully authenticate to an internal virtual private network (VPN) access point,” the agency said in a joint advisory published Thursday […]

Category Data loss Threats & Malware Written by Thehackernews 0 Comments

OpenAI and Microsoft Terminate State-Backed Hacker Accounts

15

Feb

2024

Nation-state hackers including Russian military intelligence and hackers backed by China have used OpenAI large language models for research and to craft phishing emails, the artificial intelligence company disclosed Tuesday in conjunction with major financial backer Microsoft. Threat actors linked to Iran and North Korea also used GPT-4, OpenAI said. Nation-state hackers primarily used the […]

Category Hacker Threats & Malware Written by Databreachtoday 0 Comments

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