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Weekly podcast: Australian Cabinet Files, Matt Hancock MP’s app and Monero mining

IT Governance

This week, we discuss the Australian government’s loss of thousands of classified documents, DCMS Secretary of State Matt Hancock’s buggy new app and the growing trend of cybercriminals using cryptocurrency miners. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 2 February 2018. Here are this week’s stories.

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Iran-linked threat actors compromise US Federal Network

Security Affairs

According to a joint advisory published by the FBI and CISA, an Iran-linked APT group compromised a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization using an exploit for the Log4Shell flaw ( CVE-2021-44228 ) and deployed a cryptomining malware. These files have been identified as variants of the XMRIG cryptocurrency mining software.

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Oh, the things they say… Why we should stand up to arguments against copyright reforms

CILIP

Standing up to arguments against copyright reforms GETTING copyright right matters for libraries. It’s arguably one side of the same coin as funding, determining what we can do with our resources, and so how far readers, researchers and learners can enjoy effective library services. This article shares some examples.

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Spotlight: Happy Birthday, West Virginia

Unwritten Record

The state was created when several northern Virginia counties were admitted to the Union during the Civil War after several years of petitioning the United States Government. The film, West Virginia and Its Natural Resources , was part of the film library of the Bureau of Mines. Clip from West Virginia and Its Natural Resources.

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The Devil’s Brigade: The First Special Service Force

Unwritten Record

Army, while the Canadian soldiers would be paid by the Canadian government. These two groups have been successfully welded into a unified group: This group of parachutists wave and yell encouragement to a group about to board a transport while awaiting their turn. Frederick and activated on July 9, 1942.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files. Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 228

Security Affairs

At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks. A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries. China-linked APT41 group targets US-Based Research University. Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency. Once again thank you!