Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

We’re honored to bring you our 7th Annual edition of Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), exclusively in print at the RSA Conference (RSAC) 2019. Cyber Defense eMagazine – Annual RSA Conference 2019 Edition. Setting the Standard in Cyber Training & Education. and by the RSA Conference 2019 Team! Congratulations!

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Jamf

JUNE 20, 2019

Jamf is excited to attend ISTE 2019, where educator-tested strategies meet proven resources for transforming learning and teaching. See you in Philly next week?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

The patches released today fix security problems in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 , 2016 and 2019. The software giant typically releases security updates on the second Tuesday of each month, but it occasionally deviates from that schedule when addressing active attacks that target newly identified and serious vulnerabilities in its products.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

” The FCC tweet also provided a link to the agency’s awareness page on juice jacking , which was originally published in advance of the Thanksgiving Holiday in 2019 but was updated in 2021 and then again shortly after the FBI’s tweet was picked up by the news media. This scam is referred to as juice jacking.”

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has arguably affected the education sector more than any other, with schools, colleges and universities around the globe having been forced to close their doors and deliver classes remotely. The most common threat that the education sector faces are downloaders, adware and Trojan horses. Adware and malware.

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OneHub

JANUARY 3, 2019

With 2019 upon us, many businesses are beginning to consider their data security practices for the new year. Protect your company’s online data better in 2019 by becoming aware of several helpful tips when it comes to data security. These basic data security measures should still be taken in 2019: . Beware of Malware .

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2024

22, 2024, CyberNewsWire — INE Security , a global cybersecurity training and certification provider, recently launched initiatives with several higher education institutions in an ongoing campaign to invest in the education of aspiring cybersecurity professionals. Cary, NC, Aug.

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Quest Software

JULY 3, 2019

On June 27, 2019, the Quest Data Protection business unit launched its first NetVault® Backup Users Conference for North America. This exciting online conference was delivered via webinar and included 8 informative and educational demonstration s.( read more ).

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Maryland Department of Education left students’ and teachers’ personal details on unencrypted database (1.6 Tennessee high school students at risk after data breach at Higher Education Commission vendor (unknown). The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2019 – 2.2

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The attack took place in 2019, but it was discovered only in March. Belnet (or the Belgian National research and education network ) is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes, and government services.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. Microsoft’s initial advisory about the Exchange flaws credited Reston, Va.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The Shade infections increased during October 2018, keeping a constant trend until the second half of December 2018, taking a break around Christmas, and then resuming in mid-January 2019 doubled in size. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

aka Perfect Quality Hosting), a Moldovan company formed in 2019 that lists the same UK mail drop address as Stark Industries. UK business records list an Ivan Vladimirovich Neculiti as the company’s secretary. Mr. Neculiti also is named as the CEO and founder of PQ Hosting Plus S.R.L. Ivan Neculiti, as pictured on LinkedIn.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The project was launched in September 2019 and as of August 2020, the experts collected 680 records of ransomware attacks that took place since November 2013. “In September 2019, we started a repository of Critical Infrastructures Ransomware Attacks (CIRWAs).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2020

11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary, and held on $100,000 bail. On Thursday Jan.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

percent in 2019 to 33 percent in 2020, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. “Education is definitely one piece, as raising awareness is hands down the best way to get ahead of this,” Tokazowski said, in a June 2021 interview. Nigeria has the world’s second-highest unemployment rate — rising from 27.1

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2019

In April 2019, Hutchins pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices. “Once t[h]ings settle down I plan to focus on educational blog posts and livestreams again.” At his sentencing hearing July 26, U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In 2019, that attitude will finally, and permanently, change. I think we are likely to see the first tranche of breach-related fines announced in June 2019, which will set the scene for business strategies and priorities thereafter. Board-level ownership of information security will become the norm as we move through 2019.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Zeppelin sprang onto the crimeware scene in December 2019 , but it wasn’t long before James discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the malware’s encryption routines that allowed him to brute-force the decryption keys in a matter of hours, using nearly 100 cloud computer servers. .”

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

More than 70 state and local governments were hit by a ransomware attack in 2019, according to IT security company Barracuda Networks. Barracuda also reports that two-thirds of all known 2019 ransomware attacks targeted local government agencies in the U.S. Intensifying attacks Texas is by no means alone.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” Any actions done by the threat actor have been reverted and the impacted customers have been notified. The employee involved in this incident fell victim to a spear-fishing or social engineering attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DTrack is a modular backdoor used by the Lazarus group since 2019 , it was employed in attacks against a wide variety of targets, from financial environments to a nuclear power plan. Despite this, Lazarus has not changed the backdoor much since 2019, when it was initially discovered.” ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2024

After the 2019 data breach of Capital One, which affected approximately 100 million customers in the U.S., Protection through education Cybersecurity training empowers employees by educating them about the risks associated with cyber threats and the methods by which these threats can infiltrate an organization.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. “As threat actors become increasingly sophisticated and aggressive in their attacks, we are constantly educating employees about new tactics that might be used against them and adopting new security measures to prevent future attacks.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” “Two of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by actors using Netwalker are Pulse Secure VPN (CVE-2019-11510) and Telerik UI (CVE-2019-18935).” ” reads the alert.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 27, 2019

On December 12, 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) released its draft 2019-2025 Strategic Plan (the “Draft Plan”). The Plan will be subject to public consultation until January 7, 2019 (in French and in Dutch ). Read the Belgian DPA’s press release (in French and in Dutch ).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

In a report released in 2019 (PDF), Agari profiled a group it dubbed “ Scattered Canary ” that is operating principally out of West Africa and dabbles in a dizzying array of schemes, including BEC and romance scams, FEMA and SBA loans, unemployment insurance fraud, counterfeit checks and of course money laundering.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2019

The database also contained GPS coordinates, URLs to photos, ID numbers, marital status, political and education related details, and a ‘HasVideo’ field. Followed by Germany, the Netherlands, and France according to ZoomEye pic.twitter.com/DD6GBNt0oh — Victor Gevers (@0xDUDE) March 5, 2019.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The amended regulation took effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity products and will become effective on February 1, 2020, for life insurance products.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2019

The expert discovered the Elasticsearch database using the Shodan search engine, the 57GB archive included a username, gender, age, current city, home address, email address, phone number, marriage status, job history, education history, and salary history. The Elasticsearch database was shutdown on March 13, 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

About Mayhem Security: Mayhem Security, formerly ForAllSecure, is a hacker organization focused on advancing cybersecurity through research, education, and product development. Mayhem, the company’s first commercial product, launched in 2019. Pittsburgh, PA, Oct.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

Most affected organizations are educational institutions such as schools and universities, healthcare facilities including clinics and doctors’ practices, nursing services, legal and tax advisory firms, local governments, and a multitude of medium-sized enterprises. ” reads the alert published by the BSI.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2019

It's free for home and educational use. link] pic.twitter.com/gvWTpVM52f — 0patch (@0patch) May 31, 2019. Will Dormann, vulnerability analyst at CERT/CC, confirmed that the Windows zero-day works on a fully patched (May 2019) Windows 10 x86 system. Works quickly, and 100% of the time in my testing.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 31, 2021

The SEC’s order alleges that on March 21, 2019, Pearson learned of a 2018 cyber intrusion that affected data stored on the server for one of its web-based software products. On March 21, 2019, Pearson received a copy of the stolen data showing that all school district personnel usernames and passwords and 11.5

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 LockBit is a prominent ransomware operation that first emerged in September 2019. Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The malware has been active at least since August 2019, over the months the NetWalker ransomware was made available through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model attracting criminal affiliates. “Since 2019, NetWalker ransomware has reached a vast number of different targets, mostly based in western European countries and the US.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

US Department of Education warned that hackers have breached at least 62 college and university networks by exploiting a vulnerability in the Ellucian Banner Web Tailor module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. Unfortunately, threat actors started exploiting the CVE-2019-8978 flaw in the wild.

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