Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We’re now learning that the CIA is still “using an irresponsibly secured system for asset communication.” The bulk of the websites that we discovered were active at various periods between 2004 and 2013. All of these flaws would have facilitated discovery by hostile parties. […].

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2022

Indeed, security-minded readers have often alerted KrebsOnSecurity about spam to specific aliases that suggested a breach at some website, and usually they were right, even if the company that got hacked didn’t realize it at the time. ” HaveIBeenPwned’s Hunt arrived at the conclusion that aliases account for about.03

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2024

TEDxPSU 2010: “ Reconceptualizing Security ” TEDxCambridge 2013: “ The Battle for Power on the Internet ” TEDMed 2016: “ Who Controls Your Medical Data ?” I have spoken at several TED conferences over the years. ” I’m putting this here because I want all three links in one place.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 6, 2018

Appellate Court Throws Out Enforcement Action in Dispute Dating Back to 2013 LabMD, a now-defunct cancer testing laboratory, has won a major victory in its longstanding legal dispute with the Federal Trade Commission.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

Rescator added that there was a second database of around 80,000 corporations that included social security numbers, names and addresses, but no financial information. As it happens, Rescator’s criminal hacking crew was directly responsible for the 2013 breach at Target and the 2014 hack of Home Depot. billion in 2013.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2013, investigators going through devices seized from Kivimäki found computer code that had been used to crack more than 60,000 web servers using a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe’s ColdFusion software. Kivimäki was 15 years old at the time.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. Department of Justice.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

Stanx said he was a longtime member of several major forums, including the Russian hacker forum Antichat (since 2005), and the Russian crime forum Exploit (since April 2013). “Something new was required and I decided to leave Omsk and try to live in the States,” Kloster wrote in 2013. ” the post enthuses.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2018

Security experts from Kaspersky Labs have spotted a sophisticated strain of banking malware dubbed Dark Tequila that was used to target customers of several Mexican financial institutions. According to the researchers, the complex Dark Tequila malware went undetected since at least 2013. Pierluigi Paganini.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have caused more than $55 billion in losses between 2013 and 2023, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “ Fin7 ,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. com , which promises to “grow your business with our IT, cyber security and cloud solutions.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2013, Adam Markowitz founded Portfolium, an edtech startup that matched college students and graduates with employers. “I I remember the first time we were asked for a SOC 2 report, which quickly became the minimum bar requirement in our industry for proof of an effective security program,” he said. Other investors included J.P.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But for all its potential, there are legitimate concerns around, among other things, data security. Bridget Kenyon is the CISO (chief information security officer) for SSCL, a member of the UK Advisory Council for (ISC) 2 , and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security. An ‘AI penetration test’, if you like.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

“This is the most extensive security of Bitcoins by law enforcement authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany to date.” It was operating between 2008 and 2013. In 2013, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) shut down the website due to concerns related to copyright infringement.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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IT Governance

JULY 27, 2018

This enables staff to identify how the Standard applies to their organisation, and provides a framework for staying secure. 2 Information security policy. Information security risk assessment process. Information security risk treatment plan. 2 Information security objectives ; 2 d) Evidence of competence.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? As a data-driven, security-focused company, we’ve rounded up our top tips inspired by World Password Day to help you improve your password game. We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2020

organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. NotPetya wrought $10 billion in damages , according to Tom Bossert a senior Department of Homeland Security official at the time. For instance, a scan might turn up a configuration setting that ought to be changed to boost security. million from U.S. I’ll keep watch.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Given what can only be described as an omnishambles of security breaches, is there much more that the ICO can do to warn data controllers of the risks they should take account of? Guidance on data security breach management (Dec 2012). Bring your own device (May 2013). A practical guide to IT security (Jan 2016).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2024

CERT-UA warned that Russia-linked actor is impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in a new phishing campaign to distribute malware. Threat actors sent out emails attempting to impersonate Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and contains a link to download a file named “Documents.zip.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2023

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to quash at least 74 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and software. The Outlook vulnerability ( CVE-2023-23397 ) affects all versions of Microsoft Outlook from 2013 to the newest. .

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

But as documented by KrebsOnSecurity in November 2022 , security experts soon discovered Ransom Man had mistakenly included an entire copy of their home folder, where investigators found many clues pointing to Kivimäki’s involvement. The DDoS-for-hire service allegedly operated by Kivimäki in 2012.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A new version of ISO 27001 was published this week, introducing several significant changes in the way organisations are expected to manage information security. Annex A of ISO 27001 now refers to the updated information security controls in ISO 27002:2022, and the Standard requires organisations to document and monitor objectives.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Islam also pleaded guilty to reporting dozens of phony bomb threats and fake hostage situations at the homes of celebrities and public officials (Islam participated in a swatting attack against this author in 2013 ). Troy Woody Jr. left) and Mir Islam, are currently in prison in the Philippines for murder. In December 2022, Troy Woody Jr.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including the bug used in the Stuxnet attacks. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The indictment alleges that from 2013 to 2022, Kadariya played a key role in distributing the Angler Exploit Kit, which was used to spread various malware, including ransomware, through malvertising and other methods. Kadariya has been indicted for distributing the Angler Exploit Kit and other malware to millions of victims.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22620 , was fixed for the first time in 2013, but in 2016 experts discovered a way to bypass the fix. CVE-2022-22620 was initially fixed in 2013, reintroduced in 2016, and then disclosed as exploited in-the-wild in 2022.” reads the security advisory published by Apple. “A

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 3, 2013

On July 2, 2013, the Indian government released its ambitious National Cyber Security Policy 2013.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Extending your ISMS to address Cloud security risks ISO 27001 sets out the specification – the requirements – for an effective ISMS (information security management system). But did you know you can extend your ISO 27001 ISMS to cover specific aspects of Cloud security ? Administrator’s operational security CLD.12.4.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

CDHE discovered the ransomware attack on June 19, 2023, it immediately launched an investigation into the security breach with the help of third-party specialists. At the time of this writing, no ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the security breach. ” reads the Notice of Data Incident published by the company.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 20, 2014

On May 19, 2014, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2013 (the “Report”) highlighting its main accomplishments in 2013 and outlining some of its priorities for the upcoming year. In 2013, the CNIL conducted 414 inspections. Read the CNIL’s full report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them to elevate privileges to run PowerShell in the context of the system and gain arbitrary or remote code execution on vulnerable servers. It's perhaps just Exchange 2013 that requires a tweak. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2019

The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) space is maturing to keep pace with digital transformation. One company still actively innovating as an independent CASB is San Jose, CA-based security vendor CipherCloud. CASBs began by closing glaring security gaps created by the rapid adoption of mobile devices and cloud tools.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2020

Such kind of scripts was also employed in investigations conducted by law enforcement, in 2013, the FBI admitted attack against the Freedom Hosting, probably the most popular Tor hidden service operator company at the time. that features important security updates to Firefox. ” reads the post published by the Tor team.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 23, 2013

Sotto , partner and head of the Global Privacy and Data Security practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, discussed the top privacy trends and threats for 2013. Lisa predicts that security vulnerabilities will remain the biggest threat to privacy, particularly with the move toward mobile computing.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

This article looks at the remote desktop protocol, how RDP attacks work, best practices for defense, the prevalence of RDP attacks today, and how remote desktop software vendors are securing their clients. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Table of Contents. What is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Sometime around 2013, Taleon launched a partnership with a money transfer business called pm2btc[.]me. Alex Holden is founder of the Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security. Those include the 2013 breach at Target and the 2014 breach at Home Depot , intrusions that exposed more than 100 million payment card records.

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