CILIP

JUNE 13, 2023

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A cyber espionage group targets governments and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries since early 2021. Threat actors are targeting government and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries as parts of a cyber espionage campaign that remained under the radar since early 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CILIP

JUNE 8, 2023

Nick Poole joins Parent Zone Podcast to discuss the future and past of public libraries In this 45 minute podcast, Nick Poole, CILIP CEO covers the evolution of public libraries and calls for new approaches from government in light of the digital and AI revolutions that are already transforming how we access and understand information.

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CILIP

APRIL 20, 2021

One world, one library network. Working Internationally for Libraries Virtual Conference 2021: A free, virtual conference for Public Libraries in the UK and across the world. Public library services around the world have been confronting massive global challenges while embracing innovation and new opportunities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 56 vulnerabilities, including a flaw that is known to be actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2021-1732 zero-day is an elevation of privilege issues that resides in the Windows Win32k component. Microsoft did not disclose details about the attacks that exploited this flaw.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

ZenGRC provides one platform to simplify audit, risk, and compliance management with a holistic view of control environments, easy information access, and continual monitoring. When alerted to threats or vulnerabilities, all information can be easily accessed from a single dashboard with critical remediation steps. Reciprocity.

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CILIP

MARCH 11, 2021

Croydon Libraries: Open letter concerning proposed cuts and closures to Croydon Libraries. Dear Councillor Lewis, Open letter concerning proposed cuts and closures to Croydon Libraries. We are writing in response to the consultation on the future of public library services in Croydon. disability.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Registration for the 2021 e-Records Conference is now open to state agencies and local governments. About e-Records 2021. Driven by new technologies and demands, Texas government is rapidly adapting to deliver easier, more secure, and constantly connected access to its external and internal stakeholders.

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CILIP

MAY 14, 2021

Should libraries fine users for late return of books and other items? We asked you what you thought about the use of library fines and you didn?t Another view, and probably the most repeated opinion, was that fines serve as a barrier to access, especially for those on a low income. t disappoint.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2022

An Iran-linked Mercury APT group exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in SysAid applications for initial access to the targeted organizations. MERCURY has already exploited the Log4j 2 in past attacks, for example, targeting vulnerable VMware apps, but this is the first time the group has used SysAid apps as a vector for initial access. .

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CILIP

JUNE 3, 2021

Suffolk Libraries upgrades to become a Premium Employer Partner with CILIP. Suffolk Libraries has become the latest major employer to join the Premium tier of CILIP?s s library service since 2012 during which time all 44 libraries have stayed open with opening hours increasing at several sites. Published: 7 June 2021.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Public Libraries as part of the HM Government ?roadmap? CILIP welcomes the recognition of libraries as essential services and library staff as ?key s pandemic response, demonstrating the vital role public libraries have to play in our national recovery. Although many library services have been ?open? key workers?

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

For many, 2021 was a year to forget. After the fuel supplier was forced to halt operations amid an attack, millions of Americans were left without access to petrol, leading to chaotic scenes. You can read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Lee Child and Libraries. ? Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021 takes place on 27 January and like every year there will be opportunities for libraries to get involved. WHAT we learn in libraries has a lasting impact on our lives. WHAT we learn in libraries has a lasting impact on our lives. Learning in libraries. ?Libraries

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CILIP

MARCH 10, 2021

Open letter concerning proposal changes to the National Art Library. Dear Dr Hunt, Open letter concerning proposed changes to the National Art Library. s new facilities in Hackney will of necessity restrict access to the Library?s

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Nine of the vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s Patch Tuesday received Microsoft’s “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants can exploit them to gain remote access to vulnerable Windows systems through no help from the user. “Test and deploy this patch quickly.” ” Quickly indeed. .

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Archive-It

JULY 24, 2024

Guest Post by Carissa Pfeiffer, Librarian at Buncombe County Public Libraries (BCPL) This post is part of a series written by members of the Community Webs program. Last October, the reading room of Buncombe County Special Collections , the local history division of Buncombe County Public Libraries , shut its doors for a day.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Experts warn that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second bug disclosed in the popular Log4j logging library. American web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare warns that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-45046 , disclosed in the Log4j library.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

It offers baseline testing to find out how phish-prone an organization is, has a huge library of security awareness training content, automated training campaigns, simulated phishing attacks, and a way to monitor improvements in user behavior. Comprehensive training library with fresh content. Access anywhere on mobile and desktop.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and were observed conducting cyberespionage, data theft, and credential access attacks. The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key.

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CILIP

JUNE 29, 2021

Know your rights: the key to eBook access. Maintaining the status quo for public libraries ? Here he speaks to Rob Mackinlay about why not challenging the methods used by publishers to protect their content will damage not only libraries, but also threatens research and innovation. ?Publishers This has undermined libraries?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DEV-0206 is an access broker tracked by Microsoft, which uses malvertising campaigns to compromise networks worldwide. The discovery made by Microsoft is very interesting because it is the first time that researchers found evidence that worm operators leverage an access broker to compromise enterprise networks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

AI survey launches to help the sector find the answers to the biggest questions Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents risk, uncertainty, hope, and opportunity in our profession, and we are launching the AI survey to uncover where we stand on this new technology as library and information professionals.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With one month left in 2021, the annual total running total of compromised records is to just shy of 5 billion. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Apprenticeships: supporting new talent in to libraries. Last summer Kirklees Libraries recruited two new apprentices as part of a council-wide programme to develop and deliver apprentice opportunities. Among the vanguard of library apprenticeships schemes is Kirklees Libraries in West Yorkshire. Career opportunities.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

This article looks at the top digital forensic software tools of 2021 and what customers should consider when buying or acquiring a DSF tool. Best Digital Forensics Software Tools of 2021. The Sleuth Kit enables administrators to analyze file system data via a library of command-line tools for investing disk images. ProDiscover.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Trends in the library technology market ? Ken Chad looks at the underlying issues and trends that are shaping library technology. His piece focuses on public libraries and libraries in higher education institutions. In public libraries the LMS is no longer the central piece of library technology it was.

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CILIP

MARCH 8, 2021

Feminist leadership, libraries and Covid-19. s Library which was established in 1991 and now has more than 20 paid staff ? s was Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library. I have been a lifelong library lover, but have no formal training as an information professional. s Library were sown.? Adele said:

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

They contain everything required to run applications, such as code, runtime, tools, libraries, and settings, and can run on top of an OS as designed regardless of the environment, so they’re more portable than virtual machines (VMs) and require fewer resources. Identifies non-OS third party libraries, including Node.js

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites in response to the discovery of the Log4Shell flaw in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites as a preventative measure after the disclosure of a PoC exploit for the Log4Shell flaw ( CVE-2021-44228 ) in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2023

China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA, aka Volt Typhoon, was spotted observing a novel tradecraft to gain initial access to target networks. CrowdStrike researchers observed the China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA, aka Volt Typhoon , using a novel tradecraft to gain initial access to target networks. ” concludes the report.

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CILIP

MAY 6, 2021

The Office for Students is running a consultation which closed on the 6 May 2021 relating to the recurrent funding distribution for 2021/22. courses, including Library and Information Science. CILIP is the professional association representing people working in information and knowledge management, data science and libraries.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Ownership rights declining, Physical media rising Libraries are becoming crucial champions of free and equal access to information and entertainment, writes Caroline Ball. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), vinyl sales experienced remarkable growth for the 16th consecutive year in 2021, amassing $1.2

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Chinese security researcher p0rz9 publicly disclosed a Proof-of-concept exploit for a critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability, tracked a CVE-2021-44228 ( aka Log4Shell ), in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. p0rz9 revealed that the CVE-2021-44228 can only be exploited if the log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2021 – 61 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me million) Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system (unknown) Willdan Group, Inc. Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Threat actors are already abusing Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library for malicious purposes such as deploying malware. A few hours ago, researchers at NetLab 360 reported that their Anglerfish and Apacket honeypots were already hit by attacks attempting to trigger the Log4Shell flaw in the Log4j library.

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