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News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of September 19, 2022

September 19, 2022
Editorial Team
American Data Privacy and Protection Act, Asia, California, Data Privacy, Legislation, Phishing, Weekly Update
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Phishing Attacks on the Rise, and Other Data Privacy Trends in Asia A recent Kaspersky report noted that more than 11 million phishing links were blocked by its Anti-Phishing system a year in Southeast Asia, primarily in Vietnam, Indonesia and…

News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of August 15, 2022

August 15, 2022
Editorial Team
Africa, Breach Report, Data Privacy, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Phishing, Weekly Update
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ADCG’s Breach Report and more news updates discussing the FTC announcing new Data Privacy Rules; Troy Hunt, security researcher, releases new email spamming tool to dupe scammers; and Data Privacy advances in Africa.

News and Alerts for April 5, 2022

April 5, 2022
Editorial Team
AML, European Union, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), GDPR, Phishing, Russia, United Kingdom
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Russian Lawsuits Highlight Flaws in UK Data Privacy Law Russian Oligarchs are using the United Kingdom’s General Data Protection Regulation to sue journalists and others who possess unflattering information about them—including typed notes and compromising photos. According to the Washington…

2020 News in Review

Week Ending December 28 ICO Warns SolarWinds Victims to Report Breaches The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to organizations compromised by the SolarWinds breach. The breach, which was carried out by Russian hackers, affected more than 18000 organizations worldwide. ICO requires UK data controllers subject to NIS regulations to report…

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Best Practices for Cybersecurity During Social Distancing

March 18, 2020
Amy Willcox
Breach prevention, Business Continuity, Compliance, Cyber Fraud, Cybersecurity, Phishing, Privacy

It’s unusual that a cybersecurity news organization has the chance to report on a biological virus instead of a software virus. But here we are. The rapid-fire spread of COVID-19 has turned the world on its head, and it’s safe to say that a lot of changes are in store for the foreseeable future. While…

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Phishing Schemes are Only Getting More Sophisticated

January 5, 2020
Tim Crino
Cyber Fraud, Phishing

Pretexting is the New Phishing Email phishing schemes may seem like a tactic from bygone days – when the internet was new and users still reeled from the novelty. But the reality is that, according to Proofpoint’s Phishing Statistics and News report, email-based phishing attacks quadrupled in Q3 of 2018 over the previous quarter. These…

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