Data Protection Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

Review of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act 2018 and publication of report by Singapore government task-force on ransomware. Review of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act 2018 and publication of report by Singapore government task-force on ransomware. systems hosted on the cloud) as CII if they support essential services ”. [2]

Cybersecurity 114

Cybersecurity Personal data Data breaches Ransomware 114

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout uncovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the Uyghurs minority. APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing.

Communications 94

Communications Manufacturing Government Security 94

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2020

When Keys left Tribune Company-owned Sacramento KTXL Fox 40 in 2010, he shared login credentials of the CMS used by the website with members of Anonymous. Keys always denied any accusation, he was released from prison in 2018. “Now, federal officials say, Keys has done it again.” ” states the Sacramento Bee.

CMS 95

CMS Cybersecurity Government Access 95

IG Guru

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

AUGUST 27, 2018 08:48 PM ET The late senator pushed relentlessly for the government to develop a comprehensive cyber deterrence strategy. Keith Alexander’s April 2010 hearing to be the first chief of U.S. By Joseph Marks, Senior Correspondent Shortly before Gen. Cyber Command, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,

Government 40

Government Information governance Information Security Security 40

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Enacted in 2010, FATCA requires that foreign financial institutions report information about financial accounts and assets held by their U.S. government. government. Social Security number.) government to ensure that they comply with the GDPR. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) for purposes of the U.S.

Compliance 70

Compliance GDPR Personal data Government 70

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

SentinelOne documented a series of attacks aimed at government, education, and telecom entities in Southeast Asia and Australia carried out by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking APT tracked as Aoqin Dragon. Between 2012 and 2015, the Aoqin Dragon actors heavily relied on exploits for CVE-2012-0158 and CVE-2010-3333 vulnerabilities.

Encryption 89

Encryption Education Cybersecurity Security 89

Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms. Additionally, the company should consider whether the platform needs to be accessible through the internet or only through a VPN, which would provide an additional layer of security.

Manufacturing 92

Manufacturing Access Risk IT 92

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. ” reads the analysis from ESET. . Pierluigi Paganini.

Military 79

Military Archiving Security Government 79

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 31, 2018

PECR sits alongside the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR and provide data subjects with specific privacy rights in relation to electronic communications. There are specific rules on: • marketing calls, emails, texts and faxes; • cookies (and similar technologies); • keeping communications services secure; and.

Government 40

Government Marketing Communications Privacy 40

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: OleOBj inclusion (click to expand it).

Computer and Electronics 90

Computer and Electronics Encryption Security Military 90

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

In middle May 2018, both The New York Times and The Washington Post , revealed the name of the alleged source of the Vault 7 leak , the man who passed the secret documents to Wikileaks. “CIA has moved too slowly to put in place the safeguards that we knew were necessary given successive breaches to other US Government agencies.

IT 117

IT Data breaches Systems administration Security 117

IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. Security breach costs Ripple cryptocurrency holders 23 million XRP (12). EatStreet food ordering service discloses security breach (6 million). Hackers stole $1.75 Ransomware.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware GDPR 111

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.

Communications 73

Communications Financial Services Government Phishing 73

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. “Finally, the 2018 Ketrican backdoors share another feature common for Ke3chang group backdoors.

Communications 90

Communications Manufacturing Encryption Security 90

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

In October 2018, prosecutors in the Southern District of California named four Adconion employees — Jacob Bychak , Mark Manoogian , Petr Pacas , and Mohammed Abdul Qayyum — in a ten-count indictment on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and electronic mail fraud. Amobee , the Redwood City, Calif. HOSTING IN THE WIND.

Marketing 202

Marketing Government Systems administration Metadata 202

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In August 2018 , the organisation disclosed an incident that affected about 2.3 That breach has a lot in common with this one, with T-Mobile saying at the time that the criminal hackers accessed customers’ names, contact information, account numbers and account types, but didn’t get hold of financial information or Social Security numbers.

Data breaches 135

Data breaches Passwords Encryption Access 135

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. The first worm of note that accomplished this was Stuxnet.

Energy and Utilities 212

Energy and Utilities Systems administration Access Cybersecurity 212

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2019

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. Since then, APT3 has been actively penetrating corporations and governments in the US, UK and most recently Hong Kong. ” continues the analysis. .

Access 80

Access Security IT Cybersecurity 80

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. Unauthorized access through this malware was stopped on 22 March, 2018. The Incident. Who was impacted?

Personal data 40

Personal data Data breaches Security Compliance 40

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Security researchers from WizCase have discovered several vulnerabilities in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS. But is it secure enough to protect your companies data? But is it secure enough to protect your companies data? CVE-2018-18472 – WD MyBook Live Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution.

IoT 65

IoT Authentication Encryption Security 65

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 1 June 2018. He also hacked into a further 11,000 accounts between 2010 and his arrest in 2017. I’m going to go back to reading the new Data Protection Act, but until next time you can keep up with the latest information security news on our blog. Acting U.S.

GDPR 51

GDPR Compliance Computer and Electronics Data breaches 51

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Following in the footsteps of Governments across international borders, the results of the long-awaited and much discussed Review into Open Banking in Australia were released late on Friday, 9 February, 2018. ACCC will be supported by other regulators, most notably OAIC on customer privacy and security protection.

Privacy 40

Privacy Government Access Insurance 40

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. Meal, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP, Christopher Sitter, Information Security Director, Forensic Technology, Juniper Networks, Matthew Todd, Ph.D., RAS Enterprise Risk Management.

e-Discovery 31

e-Discovery Information governance Cloud GDPR 31

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Federal regulatory inquiries about cybersecurity are now commonplace, with inquiries coming from a growing roster of federal and state agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office for Civil Rights and state attorney general offices.

Data breaches 60

Data breaches Cybersecurity Risk Compliance 60

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. agarwal_mohit) January 5, 2018. India's Aadhaar implementation is the largest biometric system in the world, holding about 1.2 billion locals' data. They claim that they're hack-proof.

Security 111

Security Government Encryption Risk 111

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.

Privacy 40

Privacy Risk Cybersecurity Information Security 40

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.

Military 130

Military Government Security IT 130

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. “As of April 2018, Yakubets was in the process of obtaining a license to work with Russian classified information from the FSB,” notes a statement from the Treasury. Image: FBI.

Government 220

Government IT Communications Education 220

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However most of the new attacks, qualitative speaking, happened during the time frame between 2018 to 2019. For example from 2017 to early 2018 APT28 used specific techniques such as: T1251 , T1329 , T1336 and T1319. Finally from October 2018 to late march 2019 APT28 introduced a totally different weaponization technique: the T1345.

Computer and Electronics 63

Computer and Electronics Libraries Security Military 63

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. The protocol seems to have been deployed in UK emergency services from 2018 [17,18]. Suppose a user Alice works at Thales e-Security in Cambridge. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

Encryption 91

Encryption e-Delivery Authentication Government 91

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.

Passwords 54

Passwords Compliance Risk Cloud 54

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.

GDPR 120

GDPR Personal data Government IT 120

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?

Records Management 110

Records Management Archiving Government IT 110

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. One of the premiere security researchers that Bowen invited to California was J.

Blockchain 52

Blockchain Paper Security IT 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. One of the premiere security researchers that Bowen invited to California was J.

Blockchain 52

Blockchain Paper Security IT 52

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

Privacy 94

Privacy e-Discovery Computer and Electronics e-Delivery 94

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

While digital voting systems are more secure today, what about the larger ecosystem, starting from the moment you register until your vote is counted? Who’s keeping those systems secure? In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. One of the premiere security researchers that Bowen invited to California was J.

Blockchain 40

Blockchain Paper Security IT 40