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MI5 seized Boris Johnson’s phone over security risk fears

Security Affairs

In April, media reported that Boris Johnson ‘s personal mobile phone number has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years after it was published in a think tank press release in 2006, but never deleted. ” The case raises the importance of a good cyber security posture for politicians and government officials.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. backed media outlet that ran stories examining the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur people living in its Xinjian region. Image: DOJ.

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US CISA added 17 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Security Affairs

According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities , FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect their networks against attacks exploiting the flaws in the catalog. The company pointed out that all the attack attempts failed.

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level. government smart cards. government smart cards.

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Strategies for Securing Your Supply Chain

IT Governance

Interviewer note: Damian Garcia, our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance) consultancy, discusses this in more detail in this interview. Specifically, he explains how to monitor and review risks.] Worse, those criteria bore no relationship to any risk. At the end of the day, security is about risk.

Security 108
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How to Address AI Security Risks With ISO 27001

IT Governance

Just the person to talk to about: The impact of AI on security; User education and behavioural economics; and How ISO 27001 can help address such risks and concerns. How significant are those risks? Yes, that increases the risk of that vulnerability being exploited, but you’re not creating a new weakness in your systems.

Risk 108
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Documentation Theory for Information Governance

ARMA International

iv] Further, “the practices of government [and other public and private institutions] become formal or official to the extent that they are documented.” [v] This article aims to consider what a documentary focus can offer to the practices and understandings of information governance.