Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. In 2017, U.S. According to cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence , the address polkas@bk.ru

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

Security researchers at ESET reported that China-linked threat actor APT15 (aka Ke3chang , Mirage , Vixen Panda , Royal APT and Playful Dragon) has been using a previously undocumented backdoor for more than two years. ” reads the report published by ESET. We discovered that the Okrum backdoor was used to deliver a Ketrican sample.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2019

The APT3 cyberespionage group had been active since at least 2009 and its last operation was uncovered in mid-2017. In 2010, security vendor FireEye identified the Pirpi Remote Access Trojan (RAT) which exploited a then 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

All four men have pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from a grand jury indictment handed down in June 2017. A statement of facts filed by the government indicates Petr Pacas was at one point director of operations at Company A (Adconion). HOSTING IN THE WIND.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, aka FIFA, is a governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. In August 2017, Fancy Bears hackers claimed that around 160 football players failed drug tests in 2015, and 25 2010 World Cup players used doping medicines. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

According to his LinkedIn profile , Schulte worked for the NSA for five months in 2010 as a systems engineer, after this experience, he joined the CIA as a software engineer and he left the CIA in November 2016. The man was released in September 2017, but in December he was arrested again for violating the conditions of his release.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Security researchers revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom used BGP hijacking to misdirect Internet traffic through China. Security researchers Chris C. The incident also affected US government (‘‘.gov’’) gov’’) and military (‘‘.mil’’) mil’’) websites. ” continues the report.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” cyber ops capability is Stuxnet , the self-spreading Windows worm found insinuating itself through Iranian nuclear plants in 2010.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“Teams of hackers connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security had penetrated HPE’s cloud computing service and used it as a launchpad to attack customers, plundering reams of corporate and government secrets for years in what U.S. The list of victims is long and includes tech giants like HPE, IBM, DXC, Fujitsu, and Tata.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 31, 2018

There are specific rules on: • marketing calls, emails, texts and faxes; • cookies (and similar technologies); • keeping communications services secure; and. million in fines issued for nuisance calls since 2010, with in many instances companies entering insolvency to avoid substantial penalties. Proposals for change.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

According to his LinkedIn profile , Schulte worked for the NSA for five months in 2010 as a systems engineer, after this experience, he joined the CIA as a software engineer and he left the CIA in November 2016. Schulte was identified a few days after WikiLeaks started leaking the precious dumps. .” ” states the report.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Fast forward to 2017. Branching attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. Stage2: extracted Payload.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

Security experts from ESET uncovered a cyber-espionage group tracked as Machete that stole sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. Security experts from ESET reported that a cyberespionage group tracked as Machete has stolen sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. The man pleaded guilty in December 2017 to one count of willful retention of classified national defense information. Pierluigi Paganini. Securi ty Affairs – Kaspersky Ban, NSA TAO).

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

But another part involves fears about national security. There is definitely a national security risk in buying computer infrastructure from a country you don't trust. It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Security experts observed the LuckyMouse APT group using a digitally signed 32- and 64-bit network filtering driver NDISProxy in recent attacks. The APT group has been active since at least 2010, the crew targeted U.S. The hackers attempted to inject malicious JavaScript code into the government websites connected to the data center.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In 2010, security firm FireEye identified the Pirpi Remote Access Trojan (RAT) which exploited a then 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. In May 2017, researchers at threat intelligence firm Record Future discovered a clear link between APT3 cyber threat group and China’s Ministry of State Security.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Thallium cyberespionage group targets government employees, university staff members, human rights organizations, and individuals and organizations working on nuclear proliferation issues. The post Microsoft sued North Korea-linked Thallium group appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Through Thallium. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 1 June 2018. Baratov and another criminal hacker, Alexsey Belan, were charged for the 2014 incident in March 2017 along with two FSB agents, Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin, but Baratov – a Canadian – was the only conspirator to be arrested. Here are this week’s stories.

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CGI

MARCH 19, 2019

The federal government has a long history of sharing critical health information for those who need to know, and has put foundational pieces in place to tackle the opioid crisis. For example, the CONNECT health information-sharing platform supports the secure exchange of health information for more than 2,000 organizations across the U.S.

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CGI

MARCH 19, 2019

The federal government has a long history of sharing critical health information for those who need to know, and has put foundational pieces in place to tackle the opioid crisis. For example, the CONNECT health information-sharing platform supports the secure exchange of health information for more than 2,000 organizations across the U.S.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

*Article first appeared in Corporate Board Member on November 7, 2017. D-Link Systems Corp) focused on one company’s failure to “take reasonable steps” to secure sensitive consumer information against “reasonably foreseeable risks of unauthorized access.” Yet too many deals suffer from superficial consideration of these issues.

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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. For more on the benefits of using a Security Key for MFA, see this post. McLean, Va.-based

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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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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

The proposed changes to the Safeguards Rule add a number of more detailed security requirements, whereas the proposed changes to the Privacy Rule are more focused on technical changes to align the Rule with changes in law over the past decade. It includes general, high level elements of a security program, but lacks detailed security steps.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2019

Upon completing this session, you will be able to: Highlight the need for a multi-disciplinary approach for transformative information governance projects. The number of records compromised in data breaches since the start of 2017 has increased at an astounding rate. RAS Enterprise Risk Management. Build your cloud knowledge.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. Treasury Department says Yukabets as of 2017 was working for the Russian FSB , one of Russia’s leading intelligence organizations. What follows is an insider’s look at the back-end operations of this gang.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. Security is paramount. Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

Those include a large number of cybercrime forums and stolen credit card shops, ransomware download sites, Magecart-related infrastructure , and a metric boatload of phishing Web sites mimicking dozens of retailers, banks and various government Web site portals. KrebsOnSecurity uncovered strong evidence to support a similar conclusion.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2019

For example from 2017 to early 2018 APT28 used specific techniques such as: T1251 , T1329 , T1336 and T1319. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. Weaponization Timeline.

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ARMA International

APRIL 11, 2022

Among these management issues are insufficient documentation of official acts, incorrect use of recordkeeping technologies, poor filing systems and maintenance standards, poor management of non-record items, insufficient identification of vital records, and insufficient records security policies. Is the DOD 9/30/2010 or 10/01/2010?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The UK government is promoting the MIKEY-SAKKE protocol [16] that implements an identity-based protocol proposed by SAKAI and KASAHARA in 2003. 8,9]) combines signature and encryption in a secure way, providing efficient joint authentication and encryption. Suppose a user Alice works at Thales e-Security in Cambridge.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 5, 2023

The healthcare industry’s heavy reliance on legacy systems, regulatory and security challenges are significant hurdles for its journey toward digital transformation. HR digital transformation In 2010, SingHealth needed to consolidate the disparate HR systems across its hospitals, specialty centres and polyclinics.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg infamously declared that privacy “is no longer a social norm” in 2010, he was merely parroting a corporate imperative that Google had long since established. Our research shows a correlation between good privacy practices and good business practices,” Dennedy told me in late 2017.

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