Schneier on Security

MARCH 30, 2023

Now this is interesting: Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkan’s engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before attacks on national infrastructure, spread disinformation and control sections of the internet. Lots more at the link.

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Armstrong Archives

APRIL 23, 2024

Documents play an important role in preserving memories, whether through official records or any number of other materials. However, many of these documents won’t stand the test of time. Archival document storage provides a solution to maintain them indefinitely for future generations to appreciate. which holds the Magna Carta.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Dalke served as an Information Systems Security Designer for the NSA from June 6, 2022, to July 1, 2022. The ex-NSA employee had Top Secret clearance that give him access to top secret documents. ” Dalke was deceived by an FBI agent who posed as a Russian spy looking for the classified documents. .”

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Record Nations

JANUARY 5, 2023

A secure cloud platform can revolutionize your document storage, along with providing an easy way to sync devices, […] The post How the Cloud Provides Secure Document Storage appeared first on Record Nations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

North Korea-linked Konni APT group used Russian-language Microsoft Word documents to deliver malware. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed the North Korea-linked Konni APT group using a weaponized Russian-language Word document in an ongoing phishing campaign. The Word document seems to be in the Russian language.

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Record Nations

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Is blockchain technology the future of document management? The post Blockchain & Document Security appeared first on Record Nations. Although the origin of blockchain technology is often debated, it’s thought to have come into prominence around 2008.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. At this point, those documents are more historical than anything else. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that that all happened ten years ago.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Threat actors claimed to have stolen classified NATO documents from the Armed Forces General Staff agency of Portugal (EMGFA). “It was a cyberattack prolonged in time and undetectable , through bots programmed to detect this type of documents, which were later removed in several stages”, explained one of these sources. .

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

court documents to reveal internal Facebook discussions about data security and privacy controls, as Parliament probes Facebook and other social media firms, as well as Russian interference and fake news. Bikini App Developer's Lawsuit Discovery Feeds Parliament's Facebook Probe A British lawmaker has obtained sealed U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. Security experts say LockBit was likely bluffing and probably lost most of the data when the gang’s servers were seized this month by U.S. The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 17, 2020

Aging Accounts' a Useful Tool for Stealing Money As business email compromise schemes continue to evolve, some cybercriminals are focusing on accessing companies' financial documents, which provide useful information to support the theft of money, according to a new report from security firm Agari.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 9, 2019

The malware is spreading through infected Microsoft Word documents, and it has the ability to evade advanced security filters, according to security researchers at Fortinet.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Revised Draft Guidance Lists Security Asks for Premarket Medical Device Submissions The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued revamped draft guidance providing updated and detailed recommendations for how medical device makers should address cybersecurity risk in the premarket of their products, especially as the threat landscape continues (..)

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Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This reality has made data security increasingly important, requiring a sea change in the way companies handle their documents. We have decades of experience in the safe storage, scanning, and shredding of our clients’ important documents. What paperwork do I need to keep: How do you know which documents to keep or shred?

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Microsoft hearing , Sony supplied a document from PlayStation chief Jim Ryan that includes redacted details on the margins Sony shares with publishers, its Call of Duty revenues, and even the cost of developing some of its games. We have learned this lesson again : As part of the FTC v.

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IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2021

The UK version was born out of the EU GDPR, so you might think that there are only cosmetic differences and that minor actions are required to adjust your documentation and compliance practices. Do you have appropriate security mechanisms for data transfers? GDPR documentation made simple. Find out more.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Uber on Thursday disclosed a security breach, threat actors gained access to its network, and stole internal documents. Uber on Thursday suffered a cyberattack, the attackers were able to penetrate its internal network and access internal documents, including vulnerability reports. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari confirmed the availability of internal documents online, but said it has no evidence of cyber attack. Documents belonging to the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari are circulating online, the company confirmed their authenticity stating it is not aware of cyber attacks.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 25, 2022

Document May Help Entities Avoid Fines by Showing 'Recognized Security Practices' New draft guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology - if properly applied by HIPAA regulated entities - could help organizations avoid fines and similar enforcement actions by regulators in the wake of breaches, some experts say.

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Record Nations

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Digitizing Documents allows for quick and easy retrieval, saves space, and provides security, legal compliance, and disaster recovery. What enables a document management system to do all of this is document indexing. How Document Indexing Works The post How Document Indexing Works appeared first on Record Nations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2021

Researchers disclosed two new attack techniques that allow modifying visible content on certified PDF documents without invalidating the digital signature. The attacks are documented in CVE-2020-35931 , CVE-2021-28545 , and CVE-2021-28546. ed document by inserting annotations that include malicious code.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There’s a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. Dropbox isn’t sharing all of your documents with OpenAI. Here’s CNBC. Here’s Boing Boing. Some articles are more nuanced , but there’s still a lot of confusion. It seems not to be true.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The documents include details for three projects named Scan, Amesit, and Krystal-2B.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records. ” .”

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IG Guru

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The post FBI Document Shows How Popular Secure Messaging Apps Stack Up via PCMAG.com appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the link here.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Security experts from Cyble found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey, is it a case of cyber hacktivism or cyber espionage? The post Researchers found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the post published by Cyble. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 13, 2023

Joint Road Map Details How Manufacturers Should Bake Security Into Design Processes Cybersecurity authorities issued a road map Thursday detailing how software manufacturers should go about baking security into their design processes.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

I think this is the first documented case of a cyberattack causing a fatality. UK hospitals had to redirect patients during the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack , but there were no documented fatalities from that event. The police are treating this as a homicide.

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AIIM

MARCH 31, 2020

No, not the paper products that have been scarce for weeks now, but all the paper documents and records that are still prevalent in so many organizations. There are a number of issues associated with keeping information in paper format – or worse, printing born-digital documents – and I’ll address some of them later in this post.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Via a FOIA request, we have documents from the NSA about their banning of Furby toys.

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IG Guru

AUGUST 15, 2022

Frederick, Maryland – In the wake of growing demand for the mass digitization of paper records, The Crowley Company (Crowley) has expanded its physical footprint with the addition of a dedicated digital document scanning facility to its corporate campus. Running double shifts since […].

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HID Global

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Discover how ID document readers are revolutionizing KYC verification, enhancing efficiency, security, and compliance for businesses in various industries.

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Armstrong Archives

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Safeguarding your company’s documents – such as historical records and confidential business files – from our extreme weather conditions is essential for the smooth functioning of your organization. At Armstrong Archives , we understand the importance of preserving your valued documents. This causes documents to deteriorate.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

exe heavily via various types of Microsoft Office documents. 97% of these samples belonged to malicious Microsoft Office documents such as Excel spreadsheet files carrying.xlsb or.xlsm extensions (see Figure 3). Microsoft Word/Rich Text Format data/Composite Document —. Figure 2: Timeline from March 2021 – January 2022.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Judge Says Cisco's Own Documents Showed It Infringed on 4 Centripetal Networks Patents Why did Cisco, one of the world's largest and most successful networking companies, have to pay more than $2.6 A judge found that it infringed on four patents held by network security firm Centripetal Networks. billion in damages?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. It wouldn’t even show me the four multiple-guess questions.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In today's digital era of information technology, a company needs to consider several factors to decide how to manage their data and documents online. A large share of companies have now adopted cloud-based infrastructure, but many still rely on the tried-and-true legacy of on-premises document management software programs.

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