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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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers (unknown). LaPorte, Indiana, government pays $132 after its systems crippled by ransomware (unknown). New Bedford, MA, and Syracuse, NY, governments also hit by ransomware (unknown). NV, becomes latest US government to be hit by ransomware (unknown). Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The attack took place in 2019, but it was discovered only in March. In early May , a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack hit most of the Belgium government ’s IT network, according to the media the attack also knocked offline internal systems.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” The FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. ” reads the alert.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

Cyber criminals who specialize in plundering local governments and school districts are in their heyday. More than 70 state and local governments were hit by a ransomware attack in 2019, according to IT security company Barracuda Networks. Intensifying attacks Texas is by no means alone.

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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. Zach Whiting.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

“In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group ’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. These surgical attacks took place between July and August 2020, but experts speculate the attack are going on since at least October 2019.

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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

MARCH 2, 2024

The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Phobos operation uses a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, it has been active since May 2019.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Most of my career has been spent evangelizing the power of technology to positively transform business, education, and politics. My current work is split between two projects: One has to do with data governance, the other political media. And second… Governance. But Governance? Data Governance. So let’s go.

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IG Guru

OCTOBER 8, 2019

These two free IG education sessions will take place in Nashville on Sunday afternoon before ARMA InfoCon 2019 and will be presented by industry experts Warren Bean, CRM and Soo Kang, IGP, CIPM, CIPP/E, CIPP/US. The post Zasio is Offering Two Free IG Education Sessions Sunday before ARMA InfoCon 2019 appeared first on IG GURU.

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IG Guru

OCTOBER 2, 2019

These two free IG education sessions will take place in Nashville on Sunday afternoon before ARMA InfoCon 2019 and will be presented by industry experts Warren Bean, CRM and Soo Kang, IGP, CIPM, CIPP/E, CIPP/US. The post Zasio is Offering Two Free IG Education Sessions Sunday before ARMA InfoCon 2019 appeared first on IG GURU.

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 27, 2019

On Friday, August 16, over twenty local government entities in Texas were targeted by a coordinated ransomware attack. This incident is the most recent in a year marked by cyberattacks on state and local governments across the country. In the wake of the attack, Texas local governments have been asking for help. Other Resources.

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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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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 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

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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

In 2019, there were an estimated 9.9 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-Grade Security.

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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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Under the name Mayhem Security, the company will continue to collaborate with the government and the industry to advance cybersecurity and revolutionize how organizations approach cybersecurity by automating the process of finding and fixing software vulnerabilities. Mayhem, the company’s first commercial product, launched in 2019.

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IG Guru

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The post i-SIGMA provides recent listing of House and Senate Bills by State and Federal Government involving Privacy 2019-YTD appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the detailed list here.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The benefits of partnering with us, and our partner-exclusive event IT Governance launched its partner programme in 2017, which now includes more than 400 organisations. And why should organisations consider partnering with IT Governance? What is it that makes IT Governance special? What else can partners expect from the event?

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IG Guru

DECEMBER 4, 2018

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IT Governance

JANUARY 26, 2021

Or that there was a 50% increase in breached records compared to 2019? The education sector followed, with 157 incidents and 884 million breached records. As with healthcare breaches, security incidents at educational institutes are especially dangerous, because the majority of records involve children’s data.

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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. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. ISS reveals malware attack impacted parts of the IT environment.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“According to the indictment, Ptitsyn facilitated the worldwide use of a dangerous ransomware strain to target corporations and various organizations, including government agencies, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Experts from Kaspersky explained that in February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, some of them cannot be associated with the activity of known APT groups. . In November 2019, ESET researchers discovered a new downloader, dubbed DePriMon, that used new “Port Monitor” methods in attacks in the wild.

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IG Guru

JANUARY 21, 2019

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations. PYSA ransomware operators focus on large or high-value finance, government and healthcare organisations. The PYSA ransomware group (aka Mespinoza) recorded an increase of 50% in November.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Educating staff on the ways they could put data at risk helps organisations turn one of their biggest vulnerabilities into an area of strength. The post 5 ways to improve your information security in 2019 appeared first on IT Governance Blog. Identify the challenges you may face when creating your ISMS.

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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. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to sit down with Lucy CEO Colin Bastable, to discuss the wider context. It is headquartered in Zurich, with a U.S

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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 Local governments, small and medium-sized businesses, large international corporations, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions are the common targets.

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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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The Texas Record

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To wrap up our 2019 eRecords blog recaps, we’ll look at two more sessions that discussed how to use software to streamline the management of government records. The requests mainly came from law enforcement and other government entities. Using ECM Tools to Streamline Court Order and Subpoena Processing.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The database, discovered on October 16, 2019, contained more than 4 terabytes of data is the largest data leaks from a single source organization in history. The only difference being the data returned by the PDL also contained education histories.” ” continues the post. .

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