Daymark

JULY 25, 2018

On July 12, 2018, Microsoft announced new options for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 end of support. End of support is quickly approaching:

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Mental Health Records Dating Back 14 Years, Plus COVID Test Info Breached The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported a hacking incident that affected 236,000 individuals, potentially including any current or former inmate who since 2008 received a mental health diagnosis while incarcerated.

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MAY 4, 2021

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public comment as it plans to update its 2008 guidance for implementing the HIPAA Security Rule. But Is It Time to Overhaul the Rule Itself? But is it time to update the security rule itself?

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 14, 2020

Security Experts Recommend Holdouts Review Their IT Strategy and Cloud Options Microsoft has ceased offering free security updates for its Windows 7 operating system, as well as Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2.

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DXC Technology

MARCH 13, 2019

Most midsized companies have relied on Windows and SQL Server 2008 for the past decade to run essential business applications. Now that these long-trusted products are coming to end-of-life (EOL) status, businesses still running these systems face hard decisions. It’s a major challenge for many organizations, and a full-blown crisis for some.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 3, 2023

Dark Reading's Kelly Jackson Higgins explains the enormous legacy left behind by Dan Kaminsky and his seminal "Great DNS Vulnerability" talk at Black Hat 2008.

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Threatpost

MARCH 30, 2018

Microsoft released an out-of-band security update that corrected a faulty patch that left Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 open to attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These issues impacts Windows Server 2019 and lower versions, including Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 SP2.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 27, 2021

He gained cybersecurity fame in 2008 after discovering and helping to coordinate a patch for a massive security flaw in the internet's Domain Name System. Banisher of 'The Kaminsky Bug' Lauded for His Drive to 'Make Things Better' Dan Kaminsky, a renowned security researcher, died last week at age 42.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This is the first update to the agencies’ guidance since it was issued in 2008. Department of Health and Human Services released joint guidance on the application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule to student records.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

The post Every Great Business Is An Argument (from 2008) appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. The post Every Great Business Is An Argument (from 2008) appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Completely through happenstance, I came upon this post I wrote for American Express more than four years ago.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 15, 2019

Vulnerability in XP, Windows 7 and Server 2008 Could Be 'Wormable' Microsoft has taken the extraordinary step of issuing patches for its old XP, Windows 2003, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems. The problem is an easy-to-exploit Remote Desktop Services vulnerability that could be turned into a worm.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 23, 2019

The coming end-of-support for Windows Server 2008 leaves IT organizations with few viable options to receive security updates beyond the cut-off date of January 14, 2020. Upgrading will be no small feat as roughly 70% of enterprise Windows applications run on Windows Server 2008 or earlier versions*.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Both involve weaknesses in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP, Windows’ built-in remote administration tool) running on Windows 7 through Windows 11 systems, and on Windows Server 2008-2019 systems. The flaws let an attacker view the RDP password for the vulnerable system.

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ChiefTech

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Not a new piece, but I noticed a sudden surge of interest in my 2008 article, The Enterprise RSS Value Chain (also published under the title, Enterprise RSS benefits go ignored): Along the way, an important allied Web 2.0 technology has been largely neglected.

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Dark Reading

MAY 14, 2019

Microsoft releases security updates for some out-of-support systems to fix a bug that could be weaponized as a worm if exploited.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2019

The vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0708 ) resides in the “remote desktop services” component built into supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008 R2 , and Windows Server 2008. “This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction,” Pope said.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In 2008, Cyber Monday hit the big time as Thanksgiving fell five days later than in 2007 so the people were hungry for the online deals. Then, in 2005 the clever people at the National Retail Federation decided that an online frenzy of shopping was needed the Monday after Thanksgiving. We know this Monday as Cyber Monday.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. com shows that in 2008 it displayed the personal information for a Dmitry Starovikov , who listed his Skype username as “lycefer.” ru , and the website web-site[.]ru

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 29, 2008

beijing 2008 3. euro 2008 10. beijing 2008 9. Fastest Rising (Global). sarah palin 2. facebook login 4. heath ledger 6. nasza klasa 8. wer kennt wen 9. jonas brothers. Here's the US version : Google.com - Fastest Rising (U.S.). facebook 3. fox news 7. david cook 10. surf the channel. Google News - Fastest Rising (U.S.).

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. “As our research demonstrates, their origins date back to 2008, the year the first Prikormka samples were discovered. . This means that the threat actor was able to avoid detection for more than 15 years.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows 10 (build 14393) Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (build 14393) Microsoft Windows 10 (build 17763) Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (build 17763).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , that dark_cl0ud6@hotmail.com address has been used in conjunction with the handle “ DCReavers2 ” to register user accounts on a half-dozen English-language cybercrime forums since 2008, including Hackforums , Blackhatworld, and Ghostmarket. An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Windows Server 2008 R2: By default, SMBv1 is enabled in Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 R2: Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:SYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters" -Name SMB1 -Type DWORD -Value 0 –Force. If it returns an SMB1 value of 0, it is disabled. (Get-WindowsFeature Get-WindowsFeature FS-SMB1).Installed

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Satnam Narang , senior research engineer at Tenable , said the vulnerability affects the following installations of IE: Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as well as Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019; IE 9 on Windows Server 2008; and IE 10 on Windows Server 2012.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The flaw is present in most supported versions of Windows Server, from Server 2008 through Server 2019. CVE-2020-1472 earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” severity rating, meaning attackers can exploit it with little or no help from users.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

The flaw affects Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022. CVE-2022-26925 was publicly disclosed prior to today, and Microsoft says it is now actively being exploited in the wild. Greg Wiseman , product manager for Rapid7 , said Microsoft has rated this vulnerability as important and assigned it a CVSS (danger) score of 8.1

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2023

The PlugX backdoor has been used since 2008 by multiple China-linked APT groups, including Mustang Panda , Winnti , and APT41 In the attacks observed by ASEC, once exploited the vulnerability, threat actors executed a PowerShell command to create a file named esetservice.exe. ” reads the analysis published by ASEC.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

During the financial crisis in 2008, the trust levels of bank clients dipped. In Europe, it’s been used since 2008 for cross-border payments under the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Improving reporting and analytics capabilities through financial services transactions. Evolution of ISO 20022.

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Information Management Resources

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Big Data, machine learning and artificial intelligence are all being touted as the saviors of active fund managers in their battle the rise of low-cost passive funds.

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ChiefTech

OCTOBER 16, 2008

The “IDEA Conference&# :[link] took place in Chicago on October 7-9 at the Harold Washington Library Center. The speakers pushed the boundaries of what it means to design complex information spaces of all kinds. We can all expand our practice by absorbing their experiences and ideas.

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ChiefTech

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

During 2007 the held a forum in Second Life to gather feedback on how they might use the space and in April 2008 they held a virtual youth forum to celebrate Youth Week. They built an island with a public landing area, but the majority of the space is private and accessible only by invitation.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

CVE-2021-31959 affects everything from Windows 7 through Windows 10 and Server versions 2008 , 2012 , 2016 and 2019. .” Microsoft also patched five critical bugs — flaws that can be remotely exploited to seize control over the targeted Windows computer without any help from users.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

For the second month in a row, Microsoft has patched scary flaws in the DNS servers on Windows Server 2008 through 2019 versions that could be used to remotely install software of the attacker’s choice. All five of the DNS bugs quashed in today’s patch batch earned a CVSS Score (danger metric) of 9.8 — almost as bad as it gets.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 1, 2023

In 2008 (the same year BIPA went into effect), the restaurant implemented a system that required employees to scan their fingerprints in order to access their pay stubs and their computers. White Castle moved to dismiss the claim based on the statute of limitations: the plaintiff’s claim arose once, in 2008. 740 ILCS 14/20.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The plaintiff alleged that White Castle implemented a biometric-collection system in 2008 that required employees to scan their fingerprints to access their pay stubs and computers, but did not seek her consent until 2018. White Castle”). White Castle used a third-party vendor to verify each scan and authorize the employee’s access.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 24, 2018

Ben Ransford, a principal researcher in a groundbreaking 2008 report about cardiac device cyber risks, offers his assessment. How much progress has the healthcare sector made in the last 10 years addressing medical device cybersecurity issues? And what action is still needed?

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