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The Information Commissioner’s Office Issues UK Department for Education with Formal Reprimand

Hunton Privacy

On November 2, 2022, the ICO issued to the UK Department for Education (“ DfE ”) a formal reprimand following an investigation into the sharing of personal data stored on the Learning Records Service (“ LRS ”), a database which provides a record of pupils’ qualifications that the DfE has overall responsibility for.

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WinRAR CVE-2018-20250 flaw exploited in multiple campaigns

Security Affairs

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-20250, was discovered by experts at Check Point in February, it could allow an attacker to gain control of the target system. This campaign was carried out by threat actors impersonating an educational accreditation council to hit users in the United States. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

CVE-2018-15961) affecting the Adobe ColdFusion has been exploited in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15961, is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability, successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. Security Affairs – CVE-2018-15961, ColdFusion). ” reads the advisory published by Volexity.

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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Krebs on Security

man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. 2018 , when the FBI joined with law enforcement partners overseas to seize 15 different booter service domains. Charles, Ill.

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Experts observed the growth of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018

Security Affairs

Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. The number of leaked cards increased in 2018 by 56%. The total underground market value of Singaporean banks’ cards compromised in 2018 is estimated at nearly $640 000.

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Government surveying further education providers before Brexit

IT Governance

The latest guidance from the government will assess the way further education providers are preparing for the UK’s departure from the EU, and it’s currently running a survey to get input from those looking for advice. Meanwhile, IT Governance has a wide selection of tools and services to help the education sector meet its requirements.

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Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites

Krebs on Security

million attacks between 2018 and 2022, and attracted some 50,000 registered users. million attacks between 2018 and 2022. Colon is suspected of running the booter service securityteam[.]io. He was also charged with conspiracy and CFAA violations. The feds say the SecurityTeam stresser service conducted 1.3 astrostress[.]com.