Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

. “SVG images are constructed using XML, allowing them to be placed within HTML using ordinary XML markup tags. Talos has identified malicious emails featuring HTML attachments with encoded SVG images that themselves contain HTML <script> tags. Including script tags within a SVG image is a legitimate feature of SVG.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to bypass Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses by using specially crafted files. Microsoft Office SmartScreen and Protected View defense features rely on MOTW, this means that the flaw can be exploited to bypass them and deliver malware via crafted documents. ” states Microsoft. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

The popular Threat Analysis Group (TAG) Maddie Stone wrote Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of zero-day flaws exploited in-the-wild [ 2021 , 2020 , 2019 ], it is built off of the mid-year 2022 review. ” reads the report published by Google TAG. 0-clicks usually target components other than the browser.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Intelligence leaked personal data belonging to 620 alleged Russian FSB agents. Mar 31 – Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine. The Google TAG uses uncovered phishing attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Employees are the first line of defense against cybercrime and should understand how to recognize phishing emails and what to do if they suspect them. Make sure to use common, understandable labels and data value tags for your data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. ” wrote Ajax Bash, a Google security engineer from the TAG.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The price tag of the ransom is just one of the many costs of these attacks, and remediation can often exceed this fee many times over. Building security with a layered approach is the most effective strategy as you work to move from passive to active defense. Sometimes ransom payments are recovered, but not always.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shane Huntley, the head of the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), wrote on Twitter that his group had sent an above-average batch of government-backed security warnings. . TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. So why do we do these government warnings then?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2024

This is the advantage of Data Detection and Response (DDR) for organizations aiming to build a real-time data defense. With DDR, your organization can have real-time data defense. In cybersecurity, and in life, by the time you find out that something went wrong it is often too late. Here’s how it works.

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AIIM

JANUARY 7, 2021

A well-educated and well-informed workforce is one of the best defenses against security risks. Stop End-User Tagging: For too long, end-user tagging has been the primary means by which most companies classify files that contain sensitive, proprietary, or regulated data. Not knowing is simply no longer an option.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Regarding that flaw, Microsoft observed, “An attacker can craft a malicious file that would evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses, resulting in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cybercriminals devised a new phishing technique that leverages the Morse code to hide malicious URLs and bypass defense. The hexadecimal string corresponding to the encoded URL is further decoded into JavaScript tags that are injected into the HTML page. The Morse code encodes each letter and number in a series of dots and dashes.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

. “An attacker can craft a malicious file that would evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses, resulting in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging,” Microsoft explained.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 2, 2018

This is interesting: Creating these defenses is the goal of NIST's lightweight cryptography initiative, which aims to develop cryptographic algorithm standards that can work within the confines of a simple electronic device.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine Cybercrime Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Despite simultaneously targeting thousands of our IPs, presumably in hopes of slipping past automated defenses, the attack had no impact.” A report published by the Google Threat Threat Analysis Group (TAG) speculates that the attack was carried out by a state-sponsored threat actor. . “Our infrastructure absorbed a 2.5

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

“An attacker can craft a malicious file that would evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses, resulting in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging,” Leonard said.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

In March 2022, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. The attacks of the group also aimed at a Ukrainian defense contractor and several US-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and think tanks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Not only do these systems garner heavy price tags, it can be challenging to find and retain highly trained specialists that know how to work with them. A managed firewall service is defensive in nature, while a SIEM provides overall monitoring and analysis. MDR is based on the old adage that the best defense is a good offense.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. Ukraine’s defense ministry began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 30, 2021

Today’s websites integrate dozens of third-party service providers, from user analytics to marketing tags, CDNs , ads, media and these third-party services load their code and content into the browser directly. Due to optimized speeds and improved computing capacity on client devices, the architecture has evolved over the last few years.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As for the price tag on the deal, it’s estimated at $200 to $250 million. As for Thales, it’s a French aerospace and defense company. Rubrik Buys Laminar In August, Rubrik announced the acquisition of Laminar , which operates a data security posture management (DSPM) platform. The company is fairly new, having been launched in 2021.

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RFID Global Solution, Inc.

JULY 15, 2017

Driven by lower prices of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, and increasing penetration of RFID technology in various industries, the RFID market is likely to witness high growth in coming years. The offerings of the tags, chips and software providers have also been taken into consideration to determine the market segmentation.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Eventually, you will have to go hunting for it, at an inconvenient time, and data may get lost if it’s not properly tagged or otherwise categorized. To organize your data, choose a solution for unstructured volumes that also supports proper metadata or tagging procedures.

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erwin

APRIL 2, 2021

Sensitive data – at rest or in motion – that exists in various forms across multiple systems must be automatically tagged, its lineage automatically documented, and its flows depicted so that it is easily found, and its usage easily traced across workflows. They also may face heavy fines and other penalties – not to mention bad PR.

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Collibra

JANUARY 23, 2023

To begin with, as the memo acknowledges, it will be challenging for many agencies to develop an accurate approach to categorizing data and tagging data. Reflected in the federal zero-trust strategy is the calling out of agencies’ data categorization directly fueling this maturity characteristic.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

This works by allowing the IoT device to present a QR code or a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, which the user can scan with their device to establish a secure Wi-Fi connection. Back up important data , as there is no better defense against ransomware. Segment parts of your network that are more sensitive than others.

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erwin

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Sensitive data – at rest or in motion – that exists in various forms across multiple systems must be automatically tagged, its lineage automatically documented, and its flows depicted so that it is easily found and its usage across workflows easily traced. However, if there is nefarious intent, a hacker will find a way.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The embedded data is encoded with two steganography techniques and placed inside the <–1234567890> tag (see below).

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erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

As they say, the best defense is a good offense. By adopting a data governance platform that enables you to automatically tag sensitive data and track its lineage , you can ensure nothing falls through the cracks. New Data Protection Regulations – Always Be Prepared. employees).

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Data Matters

MARCH 11, 2022

Notably, all of these examples are cybersecurity incidents that may happen with frequency in today’s cyberthreat environment despite reasonable information security programs and defenses and that could vary in degree of impact from the trivial to the material, depending on the specific facts of the particular incident.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Enter the tagged VLAN and the largest debate surrounding VLANs: Is it better to work with a tagged or an untagged VLAN setup? Tagged VLANs are best for larger organizations that need stricter traffic and security controls over more complex, higher volume, and different types of network traffic. Also read: What is a VLAN?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Project Zero uncovered the weakness, which is connected to unauthorized access to freed memory, possibly allowing attackers to corrupt or change sensitive data. Arm also published two additional vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-33200 and CVE-2023-34970.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The team incorporates decades of cyber knowledge to various industries such as the intelligence community (IC)/Department of Defense (DoD), commercial enterprises, IoT, and high-tech vendors. VDA designs out-of-the-box solutions, leverages past performance, and provides quality designs at an affordable price.

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