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Prometheus and Grief – two new emerging ransomware gangs targeting enterprises. Mexican Government data is published for sale.

Security Affairs

Just recently, the group has published a stolen data allegedly belonging to the Mexican Government which still remains available for sale today, and possibly becoming the first cybercriminal group that has touched a major state in Latin America on such a level. Mexican Government data is published for sale. Pierluigi Paganini.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

Yet, the major attack of 2018 was definitely VPNFilter, hitting over half a million devices, mostly routers, from a wide range of known vendors. This bill demonstrates that governments can, and will, be involved in regulating IoT devices. Upcoming government standardization efforts will continue to increase substantially in 2019.

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UK NCSC releases the Vulnerability Disclosure Toolkit

Security Affairs

The release of “The Vulnerability Disclosure Toolkit” is just a part of the efforts of the UK Government in the definition of national legislative frameworks. “Equally, going forward this requirement will be embedded into legislative frameworks.

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Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus exploits Log4j flaws to deploy DLang malware

Security Affairs

The experts observed the use of NineRAT at around September 2023 against a European manufacturing entity. ” The Andariel APT (aka Stonefly) has been active since at least 2015, it was involved in several attacks attributed to the North Korean government. In March, the threat actors hit a South American agricultural organization.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The Threat is Definitely Real. Users could leave all the responsibility to governments and other institutions. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Manufacturers saw this as an opportunity and rushed in to grab their own piece of the IoT market. Here are five significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities with IoT in 2020.

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A component in Huawei network appliances could be used to take down Germany’s telecoms networks

Security Affairs

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 FCC’s move definitively banned U.S.

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What Is an Insider Threat? Definition, Types, and Examples

IT Governance

The risks presented by negligent insiders are, by definition, harder to define. Brian Johnson, who had been made redundant by the paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific after 15 years’ service, was able to use login credentials that remained valid. Definition, Types, and Examples appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.