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Is RIOT Data Undermining Your Information Governance? Here’s What You Need to Know 

Gimmal

For information governance professionals, understanding and managing RIOT data is crucial. It’s not just about data cleanup—it’s about safeguarding your organization’s efficiency, compliance, and bottom line. Data Governance Challenges You can’t protect or govern what you can’t access or read.

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At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software

Krebs on Security

In each incident, the intruders have left behind a “web shell,” an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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The FBI issued a flash alert for Hive ransomware operations

Security Affairs

Government experts state that the group uses multiple mechanisms to compromise networks of the victims, including phishing emails with malicious attachments to gain access and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to move laterally once on the network. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files.

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China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA uses a new tradecraft in recent attacks

Security Affairs

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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4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup

Everteam

You need to show them not only why you need to perform a data cleanup, but prove the ROI behind it. For information you use regularly, you will want it available on higher storage tiers (Tier 1 storage) for frequent and fast access. It shouldn’t be difficult to show ROI for data cleanup compared to the potential costs of fines.

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Ready or Not: Building & Deploying AI-Ready Data

Gimmal

Tools like Microsoft 365’s Copilot can inadvertently access and disseminate sensitive information buried within unstructured data. For example, if a confidential HR document containing sensitive employee information is accessible to AI tools, this data could be unintentionally included in new documents or reports.

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GUEST ESSAY: Too many SMBs continue to pay ransomware crooks — exacerbating the problem

The Last Watchdog

The Costa Rican government declared a national emergency , after attackers crippled govenrment systems and demanded $20 million to restore them go normal. The Glenn County Office of Education in California suffered an attack limiting access to its own network. Lean toward spending money on cleanup and restoration rather than a payoff.