Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Experts warn of an ongoing hacking campaign that already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors by exploiting CVE-2021-40539. In the middle of September, the FBI, CISA, and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warned that nation-state APT groups were actively exploiting the CVE-2021-40539 flaw.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We don’t know much about the source of the November 2021 incident, other than GoDaddy’s statement that it involved a compromised password, and that it took about two months for the company to detect the intrusion. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between July and September 2021, which accounted for 185,721,284 breaches records.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While each of them has its distinguishing features, Apple’s privacy and security are what makes it the typical enterprise’s pick. All this happens while promising cloud backup, prioritized support, and secure data storage. Related: Co ok vs. Zuckerberg on privacy. Apple eyes SMBs.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2022

Log4j, a widely publicized zero day vulnerability, was first identified in late 2021, yet security teams are still racing to patch and protect their enterprise apps and services. To improve web application security, there are basic steps an organization should take: •Security test earlier in the development cycle.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

“Recent news reports have revealed an enormous threat to Americans’ safety and national security,” Wyden said in a statement provided to KrebsOnSecurity. That was in March 2021, but there are similar fake EDR services on offer today. In July 2021, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

Related: Cultivating ‘human sensors’ They may not entirely realize that when compounded, these two concerns could pose a critical security threat for their organization. Losing the security talent that they do have to what has been called the Great Resignation. He is the author of The Shellcoder’s Handbook.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

billion phishing emails with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 in 2021. However, only 22 percent of customers using Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Microsoft’s Cloud Identity Solution, have implemented a strong identity authentication protection as of December 2021. The IT giant added has blocked more than 25.6

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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. The $180 “OMG cable.” ” Image: hak5.org.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

North Korea-linked TA406 APT group has intensified its attacks in 2021, particularly credential harvesting campaigns. A report published by Proofpoint revealed that the North Korea-linked TA406 APT group ( Kimsuky , Thallium , and Konni , Black Banshee, Velvet Chollima) has intensified its operations in 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Image: Abnormal Security. The brazen approach targeting disgruntled employees was first spotted by threat intelligence firm Abnormal Security , which described what happened after they adopted a fake persona and responded to the proposal in the screenshot above.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 14, 2022

million in 2021 , compared with $3.8 Despite increased public awareness of cybersecurity risks and safe browsing practices, the impact of phishing has increased exponentially – IBM’s 2021 Cost of Data Breach Report found phishing to be the second most expensive attack vector for enterprises. companies rising to $14.8 million in 2015.

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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. 6, 2021, a day when most of the world was glued to television coverage of the riot at the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S. Department of Defense.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

Essential security tool. Post Covid 19, these patterns are likely to become even more engrained as digitally remote work, education, healthcare and entertainment activities predominate. VPNs factor into this shift, as the burden on individual consumers to preserve privacy and secure their sensitive data is greater than ever.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 26, 2021

Compiling this information enables us to see how security incidents occur and the trends to look out for. Doing this reveals more about how security incidents happen and who is to blame. When a security incident is disclosed, organisations don’t always know, or report on, its cause. How were organisations exploited?

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Alongside our existing Partnership Agreement with CILIP in Scotland (renewed in 2021), we are working closely with the National Committees - CILIP Cymru Wales and CILIP Ireland - to establish a new basis for our work together under Joint Agreements. 2021 has been a tremendously exciting year for CILIP?s A year in review. be the bridge?,

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IG Guru

AUGUST 20, 2021

The post Infogov World 2021 Schedule Posted appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the schedule of events and presentations here.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Hackers still $600m from Chinese cryptocurrency firm Poly Network (unknown) Japanese Exchange Liquid Global suffers cyber attack (unknown) Cream Finance loses $25 million in another security breach (unknown).

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2021

Belnet (or the Belgian National research and education network ) is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services. BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries, and international organisations.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Alex Holden is founder of Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm. Security firm Tripwire points out that the HHS advisory on Venus says multiple threat actor groups are likely distributing the Venus ransomware. “ Cl0p ” a.k.a. “ TA505 “), and a newer ransom group known as Venus. .

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In October, we discovered 94 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 51,248,331 breached records. However, there are plenty of other incidents to dig into, including a raft of ransomware attacks against the education sector.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

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. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers from Alibaba Cloud’s security team that notified the Apache Foundation on November 24.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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AIIM

APRIL 29, 2021

You can have some great, fantastic ideas about what you want to do with information, but you need to be able to educate everyone up and down the stack about what you are planning. Educate potentially stressed individuals on why changes need to occur. Recognize That Change Management Isn't Just for Frontline Workers.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. In this blog, we provide an overview of the security landscape in the past three months, and look at key statistics and observations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. In May 2021, cybercriminals offered more than 36,000 login credentials for.edu email accounts and advertised the data on an instant messaging platform. To nominate, please visit:?.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The need for experienced and qualified cyber security professionals is a highlight of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week , led by NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). Cyber security focuses on protecting computer systems from unauthorised access or being otherwise damaged. Build your cyber security career.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 292 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. A data inventory allows you to focus the greatest security (and monitoring) where it needs to be. Educate employees. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2024

Security experts say the Dark Angels have been around since 2021, but the group doesn’t get much press because they work alone and maintain a low profile, picking one target at a time and favoring mass data theft over disrupting the victim’s operations. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 21, 2024.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 16, 2021

After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “DSL”) was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. Data Security Policies. Data Security Obligation. increasing the punishment dynamics for violations of the law. .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Time for the crystal ball – What to expect in 2021. Wed, 02/03/2021 - 11:56. In the fourth Thales Security Sessions podcast , Neira Jones asked me to join Troels Oerting, Chairman of the Board of the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity (C4C) and discuss what we can expect in 2021 by reviewing 2020. Encryption.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2021

The cyber security industry was rocked in February after a ransomware attack against the Cloud service provider Accellion. Dozens of organisations that used the software reported incidents in one of the worst months we’ve ever recorded. We found 118 publicly recorded incidents, of which 43 were ransomware attacks.

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IG Guru

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

You are invited to the Virtual 3rd Annual Official Cyber Security Summit: Houston/San Antonio on December 2nd from 8:00AM – 6:35PM CST. The post ARMA Houston promotes Virtual 3rd Annual Official Cyber Security Summit on December 2nd, 2021 appeared first on IG GURU. Please see the […]. Please see the […].

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