IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Mobile Guardian, which is used to help parents manage their children’s device usage, was hacked on 19 April, according to the Singaporean Ministry of Education.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Kid Security breached again: children’s live GPS locations exposed on the Internet Last November , the parental control app Kid Security, which allows parents to monitor and control their children’s online safety, was found to have exposed more than 300 million records via misconfigured Elasticsearch and Logstash instances.

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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. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. through 12.4 through 15.6

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

President Biden issued an Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. Standards for AI Safety and Security Red-teaming requirements. Finally, the Department of Commerce will develop new standards for content authentication and watermarking for AI-generated content, and U.S. New standards.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

Security Breach Notice Act. The amendments to Vermont’s Security Breach Notice Act include expanding the definition of Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”), expanding the definition of a breach to include login credentials and narrowing the permissible circumstances under which substitute notice may be used.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

While some of the measures stipulated in the order are considered table stakes like multi-factor authentication, the fact that the order exists will help to raise the collective security posture of products and services. Keatron Evans, principal security researcher, Infosec Institute. Bryson Bort , CEO, SCYTHE.

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Unwritten Record

JANUARY 23, 2024

Signal Corps cameramen recorded the conditions, the dead, and the survivors at Dachau and other liberated camps as a record of events, for troop education, use in war crimes trials , and for other educational purposes. In all, the National Archives holds 228 reels of this film, comprising 200,000 feet, or more than 37 hours of footage.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. Encryption is the act of translating data into secret code ( ciphertext ) and back again ( plaintext ) for secure access between multiple parties. What is Encryption?

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. Is the email enticing you to click on a link?' I'm being asked to do something here.'"

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Lenny Zeltser

JUNE 2, 2018

Information security? Computer security, perhaps? If we examine the factors that influence our desire to use one security title over the other, we’ll better understand the nature of the industry and its driving forces. Paul Melson and Loren Dealy Mahler viewed cybersecurity as a subset of information security.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster. This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This could be as simple as getting another member of staff to check it for authenticity, or as complex as using a second means of communication to confirm the invoice with the organisation that sent it. Failure to do this can lead to hefty fines that far outweigh the negative feedback that can come with a security incident.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. government.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2018

The Russian APT group tracked as APT28 (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and operates under the Russian military agency GRU and continues to target US politicians. Security guidance and ongoing education. ” continues Microsoft.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Hope isn’t considered a best security practice. A: AWS, Cloud Security Alliance, every analyst and every other cloud provider talks about “shared responsibility” for data security. This means that the customer is ultimately responsible for data security. Successful data security architectures have layers of defense.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. One other thing: the Conti source code was also leaked, allowing security companies to create their own decryption services for anyone infected with the Conti ransomware.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They have IT contractors who can provision laptops and maintain a certain level of compliance and security. They can provide that additional security, remotely. They have those security capabilities. In a way and then you consume the outcomes.

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