Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

” reads the report published by the security firm Intezer. ” Back in 2013, the security researchers at FireEye spotted a group of China-Linked hackers that conducted an espionage campaign on foreign affairs ministries in Europe. “We believe the operation was conducted very recently.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Back to September 2013, Belgacom (now Proximus), the largest telecommunications company in Belgium and primarily state-owned, announced its IT infrastructure had suffered a malware-based attack. The attack between 2000 and early 2010, the hackers targeted company admins with spear-phishing attacks aimed at infecting their machines.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

A statement of facts filed by the government indicates Petr Pacas was at one point director of operations at Company A (Adconion). The government alleges the men sent forged letters to an Internet hosting firm claiming they had been authorized by the registrants of the inactive IP addresses to use that space for their own purposes.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. According to the prosecutors, between 2010 and 2015, the former NSA hacker had taken home with him TAO materials, including exploits and hacking tools. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Security firm revealed that China-linked APT group Turbine Panda conducted cyber-espionage operations aimed at various aerospace firms for years. Security researchers at Crowdstrike conducted long-running cyber-espionage operations aimed at various aerospace firms. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

In January 2023, the Faceless service website said it was willing to pay for information about previously undocumented security vulnerabilities in IoT devices. Recently, Faceless has shown ambitions beyond just selling access to poorly-secured IoT devices. In 2013, U.S.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2018

This week, we discuss the sentencing of one of the perpetrators of the 2013 Yahoo breach, a new type of denial-of-service attack that can crash computers just using sound and how not to email your customers. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 1 June 2018. Here are this week’s stories. Acting U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 30, 2013

On May 29, 2013, a bill , accompanied by an explanatory memorandum , was proposed in the Australian Parliament that requires businesses and government agencies that experience a serious data breach to notify affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. On May 7, the U.S. Image: Shutterstock.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 11, 2013

On November 21, 2013, the Supreme People’s Court of China passed the Provisions on the Online Issuance of Judgment Documents by People’s Courts (the “Provisions”), which will take effect on January 1, 2014. At the same time, it remains to be seen how easily searchable the judgment opinion network will be after the Provisions are implemented.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JUNE 17, 2019

Hong Kong’s past reforms to the PDPO have been “event driven”, the best example being the Octopus Rewards case in 2010, which led to extensive reforms to Hong Kong’s direct marketing controls. DPP 4 Analysis: Data Security. The Incident.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, the Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the “Minister”) announced that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the “Act”) would be going into effect as of November 15, marking the end of years of postponements.

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JKevinParker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Through AD security groups inside corresponding SharePoint groups. I prefer to keep the names consistent between SharePoint and AD security groups. AD Security Group SharePoint Group SharePoint Permission Level. What is the best way to manage individual users' access to SharePoint sites? Example Permission Groups for SharePoint.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. It's not the only such claim either; earlier last year in the wake of another security controversy, another similarly spectacular claim was made : In public, UIDAI claimed Aadhaar was completely secure.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But if we focus on the beginning of 2018 it looks like APT28 was using a more consolidated intelligence technique ( T1376 ) by focusing on Human Intelligence in order to grab precious information used to deliver a well-crafted email campaign (government institutions related to foreign affairs). Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2021

As organizations look to strengthen their network security or update their cybersecurity defenses, the gospel of zero trust awaits. . We’ll touch on the history of zero trust, the benefits, and how to implement zero trust into your network security starting today. . Also Read: Top Zero Trust Security Solutions of 2021 .

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 11 May 2018. Twitter provided some helpful advice on password security – unlike some companies that tried to join in with World Password Day – which bears repeating: Change your password on Twitter and on any other service where you may have used the same password.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Banks must still be allowed to process data to prevent fraud; regulators must still be allowed to process data to investigate malpractice and corruption; sports governing bodies must be allowed to process data to keep the cheats out; and journalists must still be able to investigate scandal and malpractice. change it substantially.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

4 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have begun — since their inception — with a guiding command for courts to seek “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.”5 19 No longer are the proportionality considerations described as separate “limitations” on an inquiry governed solely by relevance.20

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

On January 28, 2013, the London office of Hunton & Williams marked European Data Privacy Day with the launch of the fourth edition of Data Protection Law & Practice , written by Senior Attorney Rosemary Jay. The Commissioner has made significant use of these powers, particularly in response to security breaches.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Early Computer Hacking: 1950s & 1960s Hacking is a term that has been used to describe unauthorized access to computer systems or networks for various purposes, including stealing data, causing damage, or demonstrating security vulnerabilities. Computer security was in its infancy in the 60s.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The men — a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab — were reportedly prosecuted for their part in an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky , a convicted cybercriminal who ran one of the world’s biggest spam networks and was a major focus of my 2014 book, Spam Nation.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Named after a character from “Scooby-Doo,” the Creeper was originally intended as a security test for the U.S. As a security test, the Creeper’s effects on infected machines were minimal. Read More: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. How Do VC Firms Work? AllegisCyber Investments.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One year later, chatbots have faded (but “appbots” are on the rise ), and voice-driven systems have secured a place in our shared culture. Certainly in the business to business realm, privacy as a product boomed this year (there’s not a board in the world that didn’t authorize more spend for security this year). Predictions 2013.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 25, 2013

On July 24, 2013, the Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners at both the Federal and State levels issued a press release stating that surveillance activities by foreign intelligence and security agencies threaten international data traffic between Germany and countries outside the EEA. National Security Agency (“NSA”).

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One year later, chatbots have faded (but “appbots” are on the rise ), and voice-driven systems have secured a place in our shared culture. Certainly in the business to business realm, privacy as a product boomed this year (there’s not a board in the world that didn’t authorize more spend for security this year). Predictions 2013.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One year later, chatbots have faded (but “appbots” are on the rise ), and voice-driven systems have secured a place in our shared culture. Certainly in the business to business realm, privacy as a product boomed this year (there’s not a board in the world that didn’t authorize more spend for security this year). Predictions 2013.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 6, 2017

It’s another to secure your entire online life. That kind of security is hard to do, mainly because it obviates much of the value of the data harvesting which drives convenience in the consumer tech world. Predictions 2013. 2013: How I Did. Predictions 2010. 2010: How I Did. Related: Predictions 2016

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And all of that is a security risk , especially if you are the president of the United States. US presidents have long tussled with their security advisers over tech. In 2010, President Barack Obama complained that his presidential BlackBerry device was “no fun” because only ten people were allowed to contact him on it.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A fund for the New York City Council campaign of Zead Ramadan (D) forked over $85 to Web Listings in 2013. Also in 2013, the Committee to Elect Judge Victor Heutsche (D) paid $85 to keep his Web site in good standing with Web Listings. The Friends of Mike Turzai committee spent $65 in 2010 on the GOP Representative from Pennsylvania.

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