The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The grants are part of the state’s SOC/Range Initiative, a program managed by MassTech’s MassCyberCenter that aims to help build a diverse generation of cybersecurity professionals through education, training, and workforce development. Preparation, communication, and active monitoring are key to defending against online attacks.” “The

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Preservica

JANUARY 22, 2020

In 2002, I accepted the position of Statewide Records and Forms Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Electronic Government (DEG). Today, digital information and communications technologies are ubiquitous in the public sector and every agency is engaged in e-government. Playing Catch Up. Call to Action.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They’re often state-sponsored entities, foreign governments, or actual businesses. In fact, ransomware-as-a-service is alive and well, educating would-be offenders on how to undertake an attack and even offering customer support. Educate employees on how to spot and respond to suspicious emails that bypass filters.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns.

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Preservica

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The 2016 IGI Benchmark Report on The Governance of Long-term Digital Information confirmed that nearly all organizations represented have digital records and information that keep or need to keep in excess of 10 years. Download the Information Governance Initiative (IGI) benchmark report and the 2017 benchmark highlights.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. The group targeted multiple sectors, including government, defense, energy, transportation/logistics, education, and humanitarian organizations.

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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. Samples from the Dark Caracal campaign (2017) utilized around 100 commands, compared to the current 120 command version we analyzed.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Our administration knows how important it is to protect our municipal governments, small businesses, and community organizations from cybersecurity threats,” said Secretary Yvonne Hao of the Executive Office of Economic Development.

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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. And some 13,160 tech jobs cropped up in 2017, third only to California and Texas.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In 2017, Cambridge became the fastest-growing city in the UK , with businesses attracted to its proximity to London and the North, as well as its highly educated workforce. Cambridgeshire’s susceptibility to cyber attacks is particularly disheartening for us to hear at IT Governance, given that we’re based in the region.

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AIIM

JANUARY 10, 2018

For AIIM, 2017 began with this provocative question: In an Artificial Intelligence world, where deep learning completely shrinks the development time while amping up the computing power, do content management capabilities become irrelevant and obsolete? Automating compliance & governance. A Backward Glance at 2017.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

According to the company, they have over 600,000 Cameras and 50,000 Recorders installed all over the world in multiple sectors such as Banking, Retail, Government, etc. Previously seen to be exploited in the wild through 2017 and on-going.” ” reads the advisory published by Fortinet. . ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims. ” reads the joint advisory. ” continues the advisory.

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The Schedule

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sophia McGuire, Vice-Chair Sophia has been working in government records and archives for the majority of her nine years working professionally. Sophia’s focus is educating others on the importance and value of a records management program, as well as collecting and preserving city history.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. In 2017, Symantec speculated that at least 40 targets in 16 countries have been compromised by the threat actors. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm is behind destructive cyberattacks against Ukrainian state networks, the Ukrainian Government Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warns. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017.

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IT Governance

MAY 14, 2019

2018 saw a significant rise in the number of law firms reporting security incidents concerning their own staff, up from 33% in 2017 to 46% in 2018 according to research by PwC. Interactive e-learning courses are a cost-effective way to educate staff on key issues in a structured manner.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Also referred to as MuddyWater , MERCURY, and Static Kitten, the cyber-espionage group was initially analyzed in 2017. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017, then researchers from Palo Alto Networks were investigating a mysterious wave of attacks in the Middle East.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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Archive-It

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Tragedy struck Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1, 2017, when a lone gunman opened fire onto a crowd of twenty-two thousand people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival, injuring over five hundred people and killing fifty-eight. by Tammi Kim, Special Collections and Archives Technical Services Librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Archive-It

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Watch this space and the Archive-It blog for updates from the cohort and Internet Archive staff on their progress, lessons-learned, and new open educational resources. To join us for updates on all things Archive-It in Q3 2017, simply point your web browsers at call time to: [link]. Take the NDSA 2017 Web Archiving Survey.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 21, 2021

Through Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) intends to reduce dependence on oil, diversify its economy, and develop public service sectors, such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, and tourism. A Royal Decree, dated 31 October 2017 , established the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA). Resilience.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) latest statistics on data security incidents have revealed a 19% increase from Q2 to Q3 2017, with 815 incidents reported between October and December 2017. Key findings: In the central government sector, there was a staggering 178% increase in reported incidents on Q2, up from 9 to 25.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Although this figure is alarmingly high, CyberEdge notes that the skills gap decreased by ten percentage points compared to its 2017 report. The education sector (87.1%) is the most affected, followed by telecommunications and technology (85.1%), manufacturing (81.5%) and finance (81.4%).

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Our old Twitter account, which was suspended, had pretty much many attacks on government agencies, corporations, educational institutions, ministries, and many, many other things around the world (which we still do, just on a smaller scale). Unfortunately, governments are pressuring and monitoring even ordinary citizens.

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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. This custom-built backdoor has been used since at least January 2017 to achieve persistence on compromised networks. ” concludes the report. “Its

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

However, our 2017 GDPR Report found that less than 10% of organisations have provided GDPR staff awareness training to all employees. A key element of any organisation’s GDPR compliance framework is staff awareness and education. With just over six months to go until the GDPR compliance deadline, now is the time to educate your staff.

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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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Archives Blogs

JANUARY 22, 2020

In an elevator lobby promotional display for our current exhibit on the 19 th Amendment, we obscured some words on protest signs in a photo of the 2017 Women’s March. NARA had blurred words in four of the protest signs in the 2017 march photograph, including President Trump’s name and female anatomical references.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Originally published Mar 27, 2017. That’s a 76% increase from 2017. Educated and informed employees are your first line of defence. The post Phishing attacks: 6 reasons why we keep taking the bait appeared first on IT Governance Blog. This blog has been updated to reflect industry developments.

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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. Between 2017 and 2018, Fxmsp created a network of trusted proxy resellers to promote their breaches on the criminal underground. Attorney Brian T.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Truesec According to Telekom Security , DarkGate Loader’s developer, who goes by the name RastaFarEye, has been developing the malware since 2017 and has been advertising it as a malware-as-a-service model since 16 June 2023. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Educate your employees on cyber security risks. Educated and informed employees are your first line of defence when it comes to information security. A version of this blog was originally published on 1 December 2017. Monitoring unauthorised accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers. Two notable examples are Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco for $2.7B According to the U.S.

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The Schedule

MARCH 6, 2019

The following is a RMS guest post by Maarja Krusten, a retired Federal government historian who worked on records, archives, and historical research assignments and served for 14 years as an archivist in NARA’s Office of Presidential Libraries. . Margaret M. We can use such stories to show why records matter.

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