IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

It emerged this week, according to the New York City Department of Education, that data from a further 381,000 students was also compromised in this incident. Data breached: 1,201,000 people’s data. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? Known data breached MovieBoxPro Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Leisure China? Young, Inc.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

PingPull, was first spotted by Unit 42 in June 2022, the researchers defined the RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications. Experts also found PingPull variants that use HTTPS and TCP for C2 communications instead of ICMP. org over port 8443 for C2.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Elevate Security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Source New Telecoms USA Yes 6,158 Nabholz Construction Company Employee Welfare Health Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 5,326 Dawson James Securities, Inc. North Hill Home Health Care, Inc.,

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An investigation determined that personal data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and bank account numbers, belonging to nearly 15 million people was obtained by an unauthorised party between 30 October and 1 November. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. These best practices don’t require additional tools and deliver immediate benefits for security.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

We've also got awesome support for it across the major browsers and yes, Edge is behind the curve here but that'll hit in the next version: In Scott's blog post, he also points out that we have content security policies (CSP) which provide another layer of defence. They might change the API endpoints the library calls.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

They notified SAP SE, which responded “in the most professional and efficient manner”, remediating the issue, launching an investigation and maintaining communications with Aqua Nautilus. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Breached records: 95,592,696.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2019

The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive. The issue affects a third-party library, called UNACEV2.DLL DLL that is used by WINRAR, it resides in the way an old third-party library, called UNACEV2.DLL,

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you discover that your antivirus or security software has been turned off without your knowledge, this might be an indication of malware attacking your system. Disconnect from the Internet Unplugging your computer from the internet ensures that the malware cannot communicate with its source or download additional malicious components.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Its goal is to establish a uniform security posture throughout the network and improve endpoint security by creating a protective barrier at the individual computer level. How Host-Based Firewalls Work Organizations often adopt host-based firewalls for device-specific security control.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

John Dolan and Ayub Khan have long shared an interest in the international library scene and how different countries and cultures can share and benefit from each other. Our involvement started when we answered a British Council advertisement, in October 2014, for help with reinstating libraries in Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan.

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Collibra

MAY 23, 2022

Better communication and problem-solving throughout the organization. Security risks. Read articles and reports by data experts ( Gartner and the Collibra Resource Library are both great places to start). Secure buy-in. Prioritize security. . Here are the key pros and cons of data democratization: Pros.

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Education Data science Access Libraries 84

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

Security experts at FireEye observed Chinese APT41 APT group targeting a web server at a U.S.-based The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. based research university. based research university. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Libraries Education Phishing Encryption 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

a United States defense research entity, a Turkish government agency managing public works, several large technology and communications firms headquartered in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and medical organizations/medical research facilities located in Japan and Canada). ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Biddy Casselden shares the key findings from a small survey that she conducted of current postgraduate library students in the UK. The survey asked how postgraduate LIS students felt about the state of the library profession and what they hoped a postgraduate qualification would do for their careers. Technology. Deprofessionalisaton.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Here he gives his view of changes in the job market for library and information roles in the corporate sector. Sue Wills, who is responsible for Arts, Heritage, Libraries and Registration Services at Surrey County Council, interprets the jobs market in public libraries. Public libraries jobs. ?There Academic Libraries. ?From

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Attackers can compromise credentials because of extensive user password problems throughout most organizations; however, a number of security solutions provide credentials protection for both basic and advanced needs. Infrastructure Protection Defense against DDoS and DNS attacks starts with effective network security architecture.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

The former collects environment information from the victim machine and sends it to DropBox, the latter runs code to evade detection by security products. “Communications with the server can take place either over raw TCP sockets encrypted with RC4, or via HTTPS. ” reads the technical analysis of the malware.

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CILIP

JUNE 1, 2021

As well as recently setting up the Climate Museum UK, Bridget McKenzie has been active in a world that crosses culture, environment and education for over a decade. At first, I hosted several prototyping workshops which grew a community of interested people, and we registered in the UK as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in December 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

.” “Organizations faced similar security visibility and control challenges with SaaS apps like Box or Dropbox,” adds Kunal Agarwal, Founder and CEO, dope.security. For more on governance and policies, check out our article on IT security policies , including their importance and benefits, plus tips to create or improve your own policy.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. These features make Nmap a popular port scanning tool among network administrators, security experts, and amateurs.

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ARMA International

APRIL 28, 2022

These undertakings require planning, communication, documentation, and collaboration to be successful. These floors contain offices, a record center, a library and researcher area, a processing area, and the archives. I knew from previous education and training that documenting damage before moving or addressing anything was critical.

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CILIP

JUNE 22, 2020

CILIP is working with the library and knowledge workforce to ensure there are more ways into the job, while maintaining standards. The recent CILIP Library, Information and Knowledge Management (LIKM) Professionalism Review provided a great opportunity to examine with the community how we develop skills in the workforce.

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CILIP

MAY 23, 2023

Here, researcher In Digital Education at the University of Manchester Mark Carrigan speaks to Rob Green about what we should be thinking about. There is lots of conceptual, educational and practical work being done about what it means to have an AI system and how you use that – how it can be taught, measured, and rolled out.

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Education Libraries IT Communications 52

CILIP

JULY 8, 2019

Identified transferable skills include independent research, writing and communication, interpersonal skills, use of IT, time management and group working all of which are also common to the information sector.". UCL was established in 1826 in order to open up education in England for the first time to students of any race, class or religion.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Walker Books receives 10 entries on the longlist while independent publisher, Book Island, secures its first listing. Independent publishers are strongly represented across the longlist, with Walker Books securing 10 entries, making them the publisher with the highest number of longlisted books. The winners will each receive ?500

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2021

And now, kids were streaming into their office and getting food education, medical care, my work in Uganda had immediate life changing results right away, Vamosi: You might not think of hackers as charitable people as individuals who might be working to make the world a better place. Then again, if any of this comes as a surprise to you.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

The recent information exposes the increasing dangers in the world of cryptocurrency and the urgent requirement for more robust security measures. Perhaps more importantly, do you know how effective new-school security awareness training is as a mission-critical layer in your security stack? Download this new report to find out!

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Data breaches Phishing Security awareness Ransomware 74

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Employees play a role in organizational cybersecurity – Reddit mentions that "soon after being phished, the affected employee self-reported, and the security team responded quickly, removing the infiltrator's access and commencing an internal investigation." Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

The bill appealed to many privacy-conscious education advocates, and appropriately so. More important, McKay’s work demonstrated that computer models can predict the likely fate of proposed legislative amendments, as well as the paths by which lobbyists can most effectively secure their desired outcomes.

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Brandeis Records Manager

MAY 27, 2015

We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders. in higher education (substitute your vertical market) were invaluable not only in getting up to speed with the industry, but also in empathizing with various university functions and their professionals. It’s about points of view. Services and Stakeholders.

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Records Management Communications Paper Mining 40

ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Communication technologies have continued to change societies and human interaction. For example, organizations can re-package video libraries, songs, research, and course material for different audiences – customers, researchers, academics, students, and so on; and they can monetize the content via CaaS.

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Digital transformation Blockchain IT Computer and Electronics 59

CILIP

JANUARY 24, 2022

And, from a blank sheet of paper, a safe and secure way found of hosting the world?s We help people understand where knowledge can be found, often, for example, by promoting various community discussions, using a network of champions. All the venue agreements to be renegotiated. All the plans redrawn. s biggest sporting event ?

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It will ensure that libraries can continue to archive material, that journalists can continue to enjoy the freedoms that we cherish in this country, and that the criminal justice system can continue to keep us safe. How then will we secure adequacy without adhering to the charter? Where she finds criminality, she can prosecute.

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