Data Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The EU AI Act is the worlds first horizontal and standalone law governing the commercialization and use of AI, and a landmark piece of legislation for the EU. appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog. through training and hiring staff with the appropriate background and skillset).

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2022

The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, the collective claims to have hacked multiple organizations and government entities. Achinsk City Government. The collective has stolen over 7,000 emails from the Achinsk city government and leaked an 8.5GB archive via DDoSecrets.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2024

FTC Sweep for Risk Management and Governance appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog. Several late-2024 examples present important insights for companies navigating how to effectively and legally implement artificial intelligence technologies in their businesses.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. In December 2019, the APT group targeted several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The Gamaredon group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015, but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. It was also targeting government institutions and think tanks in the United States and the European Union involved in foreign policy.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

The good news is that the attacks were detected and neutralized by government experts with the help of cybersecurity firms ESET and Microsoft. Security firm ESET, which helped the Ukrainian government, published a detailed report on the Industroyer2 wiper used to target a Ukrainian energy company. .” To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

I launched Security Affairs for passion in November 2011 and since then the blog read by millions of readers. Nine year ago I launched Security Affairs, a blog that over the years obtained important successes in the cyber security community, but the greatest gift is your immense affect and support. Happy BirthDay Security Affairs!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2022

Anonymous also launched massive DDoS attacks against the main Belarussian government websites for the support that Belarus provides to Russia in the invasion of #Ukraine. JUST IN: Massive attack carried by #Anonymous against the Belarusian government for their complicity in the #Ukraine invasion. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

. “Seven of the nine 0-days TAG discovered in 2021 fall into this category: developed by commercial providers and sold to and used by government-backed actors. TAG is actively tracking more than 30 vendors with varying levels of sophistication and public exposure selling exploits or surveillance capabilities to government-backed actors.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Pro-Ukraine hackers, likely linked to Ukraine IT Army , are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen websites belonging to government, military, and media. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. ” reported Crowdstrike. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2022

Threat actors are targeting Ukrainian government agencies with phishing attacks delivering the IcedID malware. Threat actors are targeting Ukrainian government organizations with exploits for XSS vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (CVE-2018-6882). April 16 – Threat actors target the Ukrainian gov with IcedID malware.

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Gimmal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

Italy presented its National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2022/26 and reinforce the government’s commitment to addressing cyber threats and increasing the resilience of the country to cyber attacks. The strategy is aligned with the commitments undertaken within international organizations of which Italy is a member party.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom. The attack impacted multiple government services, including CCSS, the Finance Ministry and the Labor Ministry. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that hit the government infrastructure of Costa Rica. Last week a ransomware attack has crippled the government infrastructure of Costa Rica causing chaos. The Costa Rican state will not pay anything to these cybercriminals.” said Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

government interests online. 22 post from Groove calling for attacks on the United States government sector. Sometime in the last week, Groove’s darknet blog disappeared. government sector and they eat it up. I don’t even know what to do now with this blog with a ton of traffic. government interests.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

German government warns that technology to regulate power consumption in Huawei network appliances could be used for sabotage purposes. government officials as well as European security authorities, which have warned of the risks associated with Chinese telecoms equipment.” The activity will be completed in the coming months.

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Data Matters

MARCH 14, 2025

On February 12, 2025, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ( EIOPA ) published a consultation on its draft opinion on artificial intelligence ( AI ) governance and risk management (the Opinion ).

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Gimmal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For information governance professionals, understanding and managing RIOT data is crucial. Data Governance Challenges You can’t protect or govern what you can’t access or read. This solution helps enterprises and government agencies uncover and remediate RIOT data effectively.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2022

The Space Pirates APT group focuses was spotted targeting government agencies and enterprises involved in aerospace, IT services, and electric power industries located in Russia, Georgia, and Mongolia. The name Space Pirates comes from the string P1Rat used in PDB paths, and the focus of some attacks on the aerospace industry. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

A massive DDoS attack took down Finnish government websites while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed Finland’s members of parliament (MPs). ” reads the announcement published by the Finnish government. The situation has returned to normal at around 1 p.m.” Security Center.” Palvelunestohyökkäys on ohi.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

At this time the attacks haven’t caused any problems to the Italian entities, only three government websites were unreacheable during the first wave of attacks. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). To nominate, please visit:?.

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erwin

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Will the new creative, diverse and scalable data pipelines you are building also incorporate the AI governance guardrails needed to manage and limit your organizational risk? Tackle AI data readiness and governance with erwin. The post Why data observability is essential to AI governance appeared first on erwin Expert Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

State television announced that Iran has foiled massive cyberattacks that targeted public services operated by both government and private organizations. According to the Iran state television, the attack attempts took place in recent days and aimed at the infrastructure of more than 100 public sector agencies. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

The IT giant has seized the domains used by the threat actors employed in its attacks aimed at organizations in tech, transportation, government, and education sectors located in the U.S., sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”) To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2022

A series of DDoS attacks launched by Russian hacktivists are targeting several Romanian government websites. The Romanian national cyber security and incident response team, DNSC, warns of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting government websites. The attacks have started on April 29, 2022, at 04:00.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2024

A campaign tracked as EastWind is targeting Russian government and IT organizations with PlugY and GrewApacha Backdoors. In late July 2024, Kaspersky researchers detected a series of targeted cyberattacks against the Russian government and IT organizations. Kaspersky named this campaign has EastWind.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

All the targets were of interest to the Spanish government and experts pointed out that the specific timing of the targeting matches events of specific interest to the Spanish government. ” concludes the report. . ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Proofpoint researchers recently reported that a Russian hacking group, tracked as Winter Vivern (aka TA473), has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities ( CVE-2022-27926 ) in unpatched Zimbra instances to gain access to the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats. reads the post published by Proofpoint.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I launched Security Affairs for passion in November 2011 and since then the blog was visited by tens of millions of readers. Eleven years ago I decided to launch Security Affairs, a blog that is considered today one of the most valuable sources of the cybersecurity industry.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2022

A series of DDoS attacks launched by Russian hacktivists are targeting several Romanian government websites. Ukraine CERT-UA warns of ongoing DDoS attacks targeting pro-Ukraine sites and the government web portal. April 29 – Anonymous hacked Russian PSCB Commercial Bank and companies in the energy sector. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2022

government blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cyber heist. government attributes the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cryptocurrencty heist to the North Korea-linked APT Lazarus. To nominate, please visit:? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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