Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

On March 28, the attackers pushed two commits to the “php-src” repository hosted on the git.php.net server, they used the accounts of Rasmus Lerdorf, the PHP’s author, and Jetbrains developer Nikita Popov. Based on access logs, we can determine that the commits were indeed pushed using HTTPS and password-based authentication.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The EU’s new digital copyright legislation also aims to place constraints on Facebook’s dissemination of news content, requiring the company to choose between sharing “copyright-related revenue” with journalists and publishers, or limit aggregated content to excerpts that are “ very short.”

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

I had the chance to discuss the wider implications of the shifting cybersecurity defense vs attack landscape with Forrester analyst David Holmes, lead author of the report. See excerpts of our exchanged, edited for clarity and length, below: LW: Breaches are up, both from external and internal sources.

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Archives Blogs

MARCH 30, 2020

Two of the musical selections presented in this archival broadcast recording, available in the media player at the top of this page, have been edited down to brief excerpts to respect copyright protection of the holder; the interview is presented in its entirety. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2019

The GandCrab was advertised in Russian hacking community, researchers noticed that authors leverage the RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits to distribute the malware. Early 2018, experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service dubbed GandCrab. advertised in Russian hacking community on the dark web.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2019

The Habr uses ProtonMail for its newsletter and many users started reporting problems in receiving it a circumstance that led the experts into believing that Russian authorities were blocking in some way the service. ” wrote the Habr author Pas. Apparently, for quite a long time, but no one has paid much attention so far.”

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Information Governance Perspectives

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The author with Melissa Gilbert and Sara Gilbert When December rolled around that year, Mom and I headed over Coldwater Canyon to Aunt Barbara’s Christmas party. This excerpt is from the new book, The Bastard of Beverly Hills , available at Amazon , Barnes & Noble and Audible. Each time I saw Melissa, I knew she thought of him.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

(Authors: Maria Freed and Sarah Swanson). Those who have access to the records are… Access is granted by… Those who have the authority to make changes are… The vendor is required to inform us within [specify timeframe] in cases of security breaches. Content Disclaimer. The guidance provided below does not constitute legal advice.

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IT Governance

MAY 22, 2018

Excerpts of this blog have been extracted from The Power of the Agile Business Analyst, Second edition by Jamie Lynn Cooke, currently available to pre-order from IT Governance. Agile project management demonstrates a dramatically enhanced level of communication and pragmatic collaboration between business users and software developers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

Below an excerpt from the security advisory : “CISA encourages users and administrators review the Microsoft Security Advisory [3] and the Microsoft Customer Guidance for CVE-2019-0708 [4] and apply the appropriate mitigation measures as soon as possible: Install available patches.

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Information Governance Perspectives

JANUARY 29, 2024

The following excerpt about careers in Health Information Technology is from the book Tomorrow’s Jobs Today , which can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The first is Dr. Katrina Miller Parrish, a researcher, author, and Chief Quality and Information Executive for L.A. What is Health Information Technology? Care Health Plan.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 31, 2020

To start off, I pulled a March interview from Episode 180 that i did with security luminary Gary McGraw, the noted entrepreneur, author and now co-founder of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning. We’re excerpting those conversations now in a special end of year edition of the podcast. The Security Risks of Machine Learning.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A reporting company must devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls that provide reasonable assurances that access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization. The Complaint excerpts a number of internal grumblings about the Company’s cybersecurity culture.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

An excerpt of Realtek and Linksys router exploits downloading the next stage payloads. During this same time, Gafgyt binary (hash: e847dfbd831df6015519d03d42ada8241ce1174e9bd96f405452627617229c63 ) was also downloading Simps binary from the same C2 URL. see Figure 4 and 5). Figure 4: Linksys router exploit. Figure 5: Realtek router exploit.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2018

SSL and TLS come into play in the form of digital certificates issued by Certificate Authorities (CAs) — vendors that diligently verify the authenticity of websites, and then also help the website owners encrypt the information consumers type into web page forms.

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Information Governance Perspectives

JULY 31, 2023

The following excerpt is from The Bastard of Beverly Hills , available from JIA Publishing. The author with his stepfather, Tony Roma, mother, singer Jerry Vale and comedian Buddy Hackett. In the morning, I ran errands in the Cadillac with Dad just like we used to when Tony Roma was around. But Dad hadn’t yet forgiven my transgression.

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Unwritten Record

JUNE 6, 2019

The version on the left has been annotated by the author to show the approximate boundaries of the D-Day beaches. An excerpt of that film, annotated by the author, can be seen below: Invasion of Europe (Normandy) , Local Identifier: 428-NPC-4647. Cartographic Records. 1944 – ca. Still Photographic Records.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

An excerpt of Xmrig malware activity detected by Uptycs EDR is shown below (see Figure 9). About the author: Uptycs Threat Research. Users can navigate to the toolkit data section in the detection alert and click on the name to find the description of the toolkit. Figure 9: XMrig detection with Uptycs EDR.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Buran is offered as a RaaS model, but unlike other ransomware families such as REVil , GandCrab the authors take 25% of the income earned by affiliates, instead of the 30% – 40%. In May, researchers from McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research Team discovered a new piece of ransomware named ‘Buran.’ ” concludes the analysis.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 8, 2011

Sotto discussed recent changes to the legal landscape, emphasizing regulatory authorities’ growing interest in policy and enforcement issues and increased legislative activity on the state and federal levels. View an excerpt from Sotto’s remarks as part of the panel discussion.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

A vendor offering to issue certificates from reputable Certificate Authorities (CAs), along with forged company documentation, as part of a package of services enabling an attacker to credibly present themselves as a trusted U.S. company for less than $2,000.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Here are excerpts edited for clarity and length: LW: Why are secure thumb drives still in demand? And then when it’s received, grant them the authorization to access the device. This gives the user the ability to inventory and audit portable storage devices being used out in the field. LW: Sort of like an evidence chain?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2020

The PKI framework revolves around distributing and continually managing digital certificates, issued by Certificate Authorities (CAs). Here are excerpts, edited for clarity and length: LW: No doubt there are many benefits to wider use of IoT systems, but the flip side is security and privacy. Can you frame where things stand?

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IT Governance

MAY 23, 2019

Under the GDPR’s strengthened data breach notification requirements, organisations must report all personal data breaches to their supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of them. This blog is an excerpt from our GDPR – The Year So Far report. How has the GDPR affected data breach reporting?

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 16, 2013

Most of us might be willing to agree to such a framework in a presearch world, but the implications of such broad government authority are chilling given the world in which we now live—a world where our every digital track, once lost in the blowing dust of a presearch world, can now be tagged, recorded, and held in the amber of a perpetual index.

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Information Governance Perspectives

JANUARY 29, 2024

The following is an excerpt from Tomorrow’s Jobs Today, Wisdom & Career Advice from Thought Leaders in AI, Big Data, Blockchain, the Internet of Things, Privacy, and More , available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and wherever fine books are sold. Patrick Sweeney of EveryLibrary discusses his career in Tomorrow’s Jobs Today.

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Archives Blogs

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Here are a few excerpts about the things Arthur did on vacation. Arthur frequently begins an entry with an excerpt from a poem or popular song: “8th Tuesday. Excerpts from multiple entries.]. The section begins with an excerpt from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”: “13 th Sunday.

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IGI

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Authored by Jason R. The following is an excerpt of a letter submitted to the National Archives and Records Administration by the IGI in response to a public hearing of the FOIA Advisory Committee to be held at the National Archives McGowan Theatre on October 19th, 2017.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In my 30 plus years of experience as a consultant, author, and speaker in the field of automated litigation support systems, I’ve used almost every software program deployed for the litigation market. Directly download excerpts from social media sites. What I Like About CloudNine. An eDiscovery Platform Review by Tom O’Connor.

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CILIP

JANUARY 28, 2020

3 ; this is a position familiar to this author, who spent many hours in dusty basements in previous library roles! Other excerpts from the Arup Newsletters advertise new books, technical reports and standards added to the library collection, as well as job records and accompanying photographs. Thankfully, today?s

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2020

Editor’s note : This is an excerpt from Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, Second Edition , a detailed overview of Cloud Security Posture Management ( CSPM ) and an assessment of the current threat landscape. About the Authors. It covers all possible attack landscapes that can be targeted by malicious parties.

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Archives Blogs

APRIL 11, 2019

But perhaps most flattering have been the authors who included it as part of their fictional works. The bolding of WQXR has been added to the excerpts. Over the years WQXR has distinguished itself in many ways. WQXR on the page helps set the scene, tone and mood as well as introduce a familiar voice or piece of music.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2022

The lawsuit, filed July 28, 2022 in California Central District Court, argues that Experian’s documented practice of allowing the re-registration of existing Experian accounts without first verifying that the existing account holder authorized the changes violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 7, 2018

Place lengthy technical excerpts such as code fragments into an appendix. Authored by Lenny Zeltser , who’s been writing as an information technology and security consultant, product manager, author and instructor for many years. Refer to every figure and appendix section from the main text. Post-Scriptum.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2024

An excerpt from the FTC’s complaint against TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate. The FTC levied a $5.8 million penalty against the companies for allegedly acting as CRAs because they assembled and compiled information on consumers into background reports that were marketed and sold for employment and tenant screening purposes.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

As a result, the way in which they connect and authorize communication makes them a primary security risk for organizations. Here are excerpts, edited for clarity and length: LW: Can you frame the top challenges businesses face as digital transformation accelerates? Machines control the flow of all types of sensitive data.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Here are excerpts of the interview, edited for clarity and length. To combat this issue, adaptive authorization policies need to be implemented and enforced; access can be conditional, taking into account risk. I asked Chris Curcio, vice-president of channel sales at Optimal IdM to set the wider context.

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