Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked cyberespionage groups are behind the majority of the nation-state cyber attacks on US government agencies. Microsoft revealed that most of the cyber attacks on US government agencies are orchestrated by Russia-linked cyberespionage groups. ” continues the report. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This gave the attackers easy access to the system and the ability to modify any value in the system, allowing them, for example, to tamper with the water pressure, change the temperature and more. This group also hit other American websites, including a governmental education website in Texas. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

but that recursive question raised a more general question: what are the differences between cybersecurity educational models? The education process is based upon the information to be shared, by meaning that information is the “starting brick” of education. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash. Section 4: The ignorance.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This incident is the latest in a long line of cyber attacks on the education sector. It followed August’s ransomware attack on the education administrator Blackbaud , in which students’ phone numbers, donation history and events attendance were all compromised. Ransomware epidemic.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Investigators say Downthem helped some 2,000 customers launch debilitating digital assaults at more than 200,000 targets, including many government, banking, university and gaming Web sites. For example, an attacker could compose a DNS request of less than 100 bytes, prompting a response that is 60-70 times as large.

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Gimmal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Enter metadata—a powerful tool that can revolutionize your information governance strategy. Facilitate Compliance and Governance : Use metadata to automate records management processes, apply retention policies, and ensure regulatory compliance. A Visual Analogy Imagine walking down a supermarket aisle looking for soup.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

“For example, UNC2529 used a unique username, masquerading as an account executive for a small California-based electronics manufacturing company, which Mandiant identified through a simple Internet search.” ” states the analysis published by FireEye.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires encryption or equivalent security measures to protect private student records.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Our old Twitter account, which was suspended, had pretty much many attacks on government agencies, corporations, educational institutions, ministries, and many, many other things around the world (which we still do, just on a smaller scale). Unfortunately, governments are pressuring and monitoring even ordinary citizens.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

After the interview, I told him that his examples gave me paranoia. Here are a few unexpected examples of supposedly anonymous data reversal: •In 2016, the Australian government released what they called the “anonymous” (i. Another example comes from the MIT and Boston University. million people.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware. Related: Cyber espionage is in a Golden Age.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

A joint report published by ENISA and CERT-EU warns of Chinese APTs targeting businesses and government organizations in the European Union. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and CERT-EU warn of multiple China-linked threat actors targeting businesses and government organizations in the EU.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Most of the compromised websites are e-commerce sites, but crooks also offered access to websites of organizations in healthcare, legal, education and insurance industries and belonging to government agencies. According to the experts, most of the compromised servers are from U.S., Russian, or German hosting services.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2022

On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 (S. 1097) (the “Cyber Workforce Program Act”), two bipartisan bills aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity postures of the federal, state and local governments.

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Collibra

JUNE 27, 2024

UCLA Health is at the forefront of AI innovation in healthcare and has partnered with Collibra to bring clear, accessible AI governance to all levels of its organization. Balancing governance and innovation To many developers, data governance is the opposite of innovation. The two can coexist, but there needs to be a balance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

” The exposed information varied for each of the affected customers, it could include full name, contact information, account number and associated phone numbers, T-Mobile account PIN, social security number, government ID, date of birth, balance due, T-Mobile internal codes, and the number of lines. .”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

“In October 2022, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) disrupted a campaign from HOODOO, a Chinese government-backed attacker also known as APT41, that targeted a Taiwanese media organization by sending phishing emails that contained links to a passwordprotected file hosted in Drive.”

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IT Governance

JULY 18, 2019

Let’s take a look at how it works, along with an example to help you spot the clues of an attack. An example of a spear phishing email. Here’s an example of a real spear phishing email. All the above are typical examples of emotional manipulation. What is spear phishing? 2018 Act now!”. This is classic spear phishing.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Collibra

JANUARY 9, 2024

In today’s world, data drives many of the decisions made by federal and state government agencies. Take, for example, a federal health agency tracking the spread of a contagious disease. Decentralization: Consider a state-wide educational program aimed at improving literacy rates.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Businesses may optimize logistics by revaluating supply chain practices ; for example, by making transportation and shipping more efficient or using only suppliers that embrace sustainable practices. Sweden, for example, aims to be fossil fuel-free by 2040, while in Denmark, over 40% of electricity is generated from wind turbines.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For example, in certain VM environments it would not perform its malicious activities until after a few minutes had elapsed, to evade analysis by bots and researchers alike. For example, the npm author ~luminate_ who had published discord.app, wsbd.js, ac-addon, and finally this xpc.js In our tests, we noticed lib.exe was stealthy.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has arguably affected the education sector more than any other, with schools, colleges and universities around the globe having been forced to close their doors and deliver classes remotely. The most common threat that the education sector faces are downloaders, adware and Trojan horses. Adware and malware.

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Preservica

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

If you are a Clerk, Records Manager or Archivist for City or County Government, our practical “How we do it” videos are for you! We have compiled a series of videos, from users in City and County Government to share how they quickly and easily perform common electronic records preservation and access tasks with Preservica’ s solutions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

One of the examples relates to the default settings users get when starting to use a new service. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications. Misconfiguration.

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IT Governance

JULY 19, 2023

The scammer will try to gain your trust by claiming to be a figure of authority, such as the government or a well-known organisation. You can help educate your employees and bolster your organisation’s defences with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. A pretext is the reason that they are contacting you.

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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

We have historical experiences and references to revisit in discerning what the government can do to nurture our “Analytics Revolution.” Notably, the Industrial Revolution, holds many lessons regarding the consequences of late and/or confusing government involvement and guidance (see Figure 1). Industrial Revolution Learnings.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

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. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims. ” reads the joint advisory. ” continues the advisory.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There are various examples of sustainable business practices that companies can adopt to improve their business model. Google, for example, takes first place in purchasing the most renewable energy of any company over the past 10 years. One common corporate sustainability strategy is known as the triple bottom line.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

A digital identification tool provided by OCR Labs to major banks and government agencies leaked sensitive credentials, putting clients at severe risk. Its services are used by companies and financial institutions including BMW, Vodafone, the Australian government, Westpac, ANZ, HSBC, and Virgin Money.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Because decentralized exchanges are not governed by a single entity, all cryptocurrency transactions – both pending and completed – are publicly visible to everyone on sets called mempools. In the following example, a front-runner has extracted a whopping 0.34519701 ETH from a single transaction, which cost the trader $983: .

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Our lives are now driven in large part by data, code, and processing, and by the governance of algorithms. I’ve always marveled at libertarians who think the best regulatory framework for government is none at all. Do they think that means there’s no governance ? A loan to better yourself through education?

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erwin

JULY 22, 2020

There’s no doubt E.ON, based in Essen, Germany, has established one of the most comprehensive and successful data governance programs in modern business. For E.ON, data governance is not just about data management but also about using information to increase efficiencies. As an example, E.ON Avoiding Hurdles.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” Monitor the issuance of new SSL certificates for your domains by monitoring, for example, Certificate Transparency Logs. Nation-state level attackers also are taking a similar approach.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, your accounting technology should have features that work to protect your data, like internal controls, multi-factor authentication, or an audit trail that documents change to your data. Stay educated. Stay proactive.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Popular examples include artificial intelligence-as-a-service (AIaaS), software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). For example, government defense contractors must pass the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) assessment to conduct business with the Department of Defense (DoD).

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