The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch File encryption 2013 – 2015. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

According to the summary findings related to the period 2013-2020, the most targeted critical infrastructures are government facilities, followed by education and healthcare. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2015, the UK government introduced the Modern Slavery Act, giving law enforcement greater tools to identify and apprehend anyone involved in enslavement or human trafficking. The UK saw 16,938 modern slavery referrals in 2022 – a 419% increase on 2015, when the Act was passed. Unfortunately, that’s not true.

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eDiscovery Daily

MAY 22, 2019

May 10, 2019) , the US Court of Federal Claims, in an opinion issued by Judge Bruggink, “grant[ed] plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions because the government destroyed relevant evidence that it had a duty to preserve.” In March 2015, the agency modified the license to increase the licensed quantity by 168 cores. 15-945C (Fed.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

What countries are doing : Many countries are making changes in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, a landmark international treaty negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) to limit the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2023

The government seized four-dozen booter domains, and criminally charged Dobbs and five other U.S. But the government’s core claim — that operating a booter site is a violation of U.S. man charged in the government’s first 2018 mass booter bust-up. men for allegedly operating stresser services. Charles, Ill.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The best news of the week with Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

The Bandook was spotted last time in 2015 and 2017 campaigns, dubbed “ Operation Manul ” and “ Dark Caracal “, respectively attributed to Kazakh and the Lebanese governments. This circumstance suggests that the implant was developed by a third-party actor and used by multiple APT groups.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. The early Cyber Range hubs were mainly used to help educate and certify military technicians and cybersecurity professionals at selected companies. Merit has a fascinating heritage. But the program has steadily morphed.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. Promising metrics Since its launch in March 2015, Lucy has grown to 23 employees, with zero outside funding. office in Austin, TX.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. can hope for at present and an encouraging sign that the problem is on the government’s radar. It’s as bipartisan a bill as the U.S. state and territory.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

A deeper analysis of some of these samples revealed that they were compiled in 2014 and used in the wild between 2014 and 2015. According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies. These malware strains did not present any similarities with malware associated with other APT groups.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Data were left unsecured online on a misconfigured Elasticsearch server, exposed data includes full PII, marital status and date of marriage, level of education, financial info, and more. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The server contained a total of 20.8 ” continues the post.

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Positively RIM

APRIL 17, 2014

Last year, when leaders of ARMA International and The Sedona Conference discovered they were each planning conferences on Information Governance for this April, it was obvious they should combine their efforts, not compete. The result was the first Executive Conference on Information Governance, held April 14-15 at Amelia Island, Florida.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

Turla (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ), has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. The three recent Turla campaigns targeted governments and international organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Turla, hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The group has continued launching attacks against entities in Southeast Asia, including military, satellite communications, media and educational organizations. The targets of the two groups show significant overlap, Billbug also targeted organizations many military and government organizations in South Asia since at least January 2009.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

RYUK has been implicated in attacks on government, education, and private sector networks around the nation and the world.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. Many of the targeted systems belong to government agencies, healthcare providers, educational organizations, and financial institutions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ, as part of the celebration of its centenary , has released emulators for World War II cipher machines that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef released for educational purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The name Fxmsp refers a high-profile Russian- and English-speaking hacking group focused on breaching high-profile private corporate and government information. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Attorney Brian T. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The only difference being the data returned by the PDL also contained education histories.” Agencies like the FBI can request this information through legal process (a type of official Government request), but they have no authority to force the identified organization to disclose the breach.” ” continues the post.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This survey builds on the previous Workforce Mapping carried out in 2015 by CILIP and ARA; the insights gathered from the previous survey led to the creation of CILIP Pathways and the establishment of our diversity networks. Published: 20 October 2021.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

but that recursive question raised a more general question: what are the differences between cybersecurity educational models? The education process is based upon the information to be shared, by meaning that information is the “starting brick” of education. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash. Edited by Pierluigi Paganini.

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CGI

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Better sharing of data among government agencies is vital if we want to protect our most vulnerable citizens. Tue, 09/22/2015 - 03:10. The UK government is already beginning to embrace using information to help citizens, and is in the process of shifting its agenda from “resolution” to “prevention”. p.butler@cgi.com.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in government, education, and finance sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2018

The Scottish government unveiled its cyber resilience strategy in 2015, with the aim of helping Scotland’s people, businesses and public sector improve their ability to use technology securely, and understand and address cyber crime. Educate your staff to be alert to phishing attacks >>

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. Many of the targeted systems belong to government agencies, healthcare providers, educational organizations, and financial institutions.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. reads the alert. public health organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In 2015, the California Bar committee weighed in on the topic, providing a list of 9 skills needed for technological competence. 1] Matthew Knouff, “How to Gain & Maintain Technology Competence — Element 1: Education — Part 1 of 3,” ESI Survival Guide, March 30, 2021. [2] 1] The list goes on. Joy Flowers Conti and Richard N.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Group-IB specialists discovered 19 928 of Singaporean banks’ cards that have shown up for sale in the dark web in 2018 and found hundreds of compromised government portals’ credentials stolen by hackers throughout past 2 years. Users’ logins and passwords from the Government Technology Agency ( [link] [.] Underground market economy.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes Microsoft.

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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. The APT primary focus on cyberespionage against targets in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam.

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IGI

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

IGI Founding Supporter Drinker Biddle recently reported on The Sedona Principles’ newest focus on information governance. b to Principle 1 that “ The discoverability and proliferation of ESI has increased the importance of effective information governance programs.” Borden and Jason R.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Most of the compromised websites are e-commerce sites, but crooks also offered access to websites of organizations in healthcare, legal, education and insurance industries and belonging to government agencies. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Russian, or German hosting services.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

“This warning is specifically targeted to small and medium-sized businesses and government agencies that take credit card payments online. Educate employees about safe cyber practices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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