Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Finisher, aka FinFisher, is a multiplatform surveillance software used by government and law enforcement agencies for their investigations, but unfortunately, it made the headlines because it was also used by oppressive regimes to spy on dissidents, activists, and Journalists. ” reads the Amnesty’s report.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

AI is driven by data, and as a society we’re not particularly good at structuring, governing, or sharing data. If I can avoid talking about the joys of the upcoming election and/or the politics of Silicon Valley billionaires, I’m optimistic I’ll return to form. Let’s get to it. The AI party takes a pause.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Finisher, aka FinFisher, is a multiplatform surveillance software used by government and law enforcement agencies for their investigations, but unfortunately, it made the headlines because it was also used by oppressive regimes to spy on dissidents, activists, and Journalists.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. ” The malware leverages the Microsoft implementation of SSL/TLS, Secure Channel, for C2 communication. ” reads the analysis. “The described installation technique is unique.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In that time, the popularity of text messaging (“texting”) has skyrocketed while awareness that text messages (“texts”) are potentially government records has increased very little. The definition of a government record in Texas is media neutral. Believe it or not, you can conduct government business via text message.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

O’Neill said he opened the investigation into Ngo’s identity theft business after reading about it in a 2011 KrebsOnSecurity story, “ How Much is Your Identity Worth? prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2020

But now, as we remain in lockdown and are forced to communicate with colleagues and friends remotely, it’s one of the world’s most talked-about technologies – whether that’s because of its easy-to-use and free set-up or because of accusations that it steals your data and infects you with malware. So, which side of the divide should you be on?

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Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

The SEC is considering enhancing its disclosure rules concerning cybersecurity risk governance and has indicated a target release date of October 2021. provide for open communications between technical experts and disclosure advisers. provide for open communications between technical experts and disclosure advisers.

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The net-net is this – 1) over a 15-year period from 1995 to 2010, labor productivity growth averaged about 2.56% per year; and 2) since 2011, the annual growth rate in labor productivity has averaged.46%. With total technology purchases by business and government going up by an average of 4.8%, why is productivity growth stuck at less than.5%

Communications 90

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 18, 2011

On April 15, 2011, the United Kingdom’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) announced that the UK will adopt the new EU rules on cookies without “gold-plating” the regulations by imposing additional national requirements, to help ensure that British companies can compete with the rest of Europe.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

“Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated, pursuant to Section 224 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a Russian government research institution that is connected to the destructive Triton malware.” ” continues the press release.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

The cyber mercenaries were recruited by governments and private companies, it was composed of highly skilled hackers able to conduct sophisticated attacks. ICEFOG-M is the latest variant, it is a fileless malware that supports the same features of the ICEFOG-P but leverages HTTPs for communications.

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ChiefTech

MAY 22, 2012

Less than a quarter of the Australian Government's regular websites can be considered smartphone or mobile-friendly, according to a survey conducted by iTnews. A survey by the ITNews concludes that government Websites fail mobile access tests. Now, there are some very good examples of government in Australia using mobile.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Many experts linked the Regin malware to the Five Eyes alliance , they found alleged references to the super spyware in a number of presentations leaked by Edward Snowden and according to malware researchers, it has been used in targeted attacks against government agencies in the EU and the Belgian telecoms company Belgacom.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Guidance replaces prior FFIEC-issued guidance on risk management practices for financial institutions offering internet-based products: “Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2005) and the “Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2011). The 2005 guidance replaced a 2001 version of the same document.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

As it happens, for several years KrebsOnSecurity closely monitored the day-to-day communications and activities of the accused and his accomplices. Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. Image: FBI. Our client — XYZ Corp.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Take the example of the pandemic: only some governments engaged pandemic experts to develop actions plans. The end state is to use DT to optimize the use of resources, increase ROI, and improve governance, strategic risk management, and compliance, as illustrated by the five levels in Figure 3. Linking Scope to the Business Use Cases.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 1, 2021

” 2021 will be a year where we search for the root causes of our failures over the past few years, and at the center of that failure is a communication system that mindlessly manufactures disinformation. I’m generally inclined to be optimistic, but rose-colored glasses stretch time. Facebook’s chickens come home to roost.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Government organizations combine the best of both the energy and healthcare industries for scammers, with government entities both having access to sensitive information and being necessary to the day-to-day lives of citizens. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S.,

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 6, 2013

In December 2011, France released the beta version of its open government data website, data.gouv.fr. In December 2011, France released the beta version of its open government data website, data.gouv.fr. Other EU Member States previously had set up open data portals (such as the UK’s data.gov.uk

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 12, 2011

On April 12, 2011, U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 (the “Act”) to “establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission.” An email address. A place of birth.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

From the Department of Didn’t See THAT Coming… Yes, it’s true: Last year, I did not predict a global pandemic in 2020. COVID is a gravitational force that warps everything it touches, so I approach this annual ritual of self-grading with trepidation. So that’s one argument for giving myself a “Nailed it.”

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IT Governance

MAY 4, 2018

Typically, the board/governing body of an organisation will not have the knowledge and experience required to achieve this. Organisations that embrace the opportunities and benefits that ‘cyber’ offers will expose themselves to its inherent threats and vulnerabilities. What makes cyber risk different?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Today Merit supplies IT infrastructure to schools, universities, government and other entities across the state. For a drill down on Merit, and its role supplying Cyber Range infrastructure, please listen to the accompanying podcast with Pierrette Dagg, Merit’s director of marketing and communications. Human scale advances.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

As of 2011, Saint Lucia has also adopted legislation, but the law has not yet gone into effect. the office of an “Information Commissioner”) “charged with the responsibility of overseeing the manner in which personal data in the possession of [private and government] entities is handled.”

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Privacy Personal data Compliance Data breaches 68

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 24, 2019

As many software systems govern important aspects of life and are exposed to security risks by being connected to the internet, the same robust engineering approaches need to be applied. This means the software industry needs to adopt better tools and processes for communicating about and understanding the systems they build.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 11, 2011

In a speech at the ICO’s annual Data Protection Officers’ conference on March 8, 2011, the UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said that businesses running websites in the UK must “wake up” to the fact that the changes are happening and to start thinking about how to achieve compliance with the new requirements.

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Computer and Electronics Compliance Communications Government 40

Data Matters

JUNE 25, 2018

On May 22, 2018, the Secretaries issued the Botnet Report, which, consistent with longstanding Federal policy, promotes the longstanding partnership between the federal government and the private sector in combating cyber-attacks. government engagement with international and domestic partners to address the growing cyber threat.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 18, 2012

On December 18, 2012, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) released an enforcement report (the “Report”) on the extent of compliance with recent changes to UK law governing the use of cookies ( The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ).

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 16, 2011

On June 15, 2011, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011 (the “Act”). The Act would apply only to non-government entities and would not impact law-enforcement activities.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 22, 2012

On March 20, 2012, the Senate of the Philippines unanimously approved the omnibus Data Privacy Act of 2011, also known as “An Act Protecting Individual Personal Information in Information and Communications Systems in the Government and the Private Sector, Creating for This Purpose a National Data Protection Commission, and for Other Purposes” (S.B.

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Data Matters

MARCH 2, 2018

This focus on open communications between “technical experts” and disclosure advisors is new. Like the 2011 guidance, the Guidance emphasizes that companies “should consider” the materiality of cybersecurity risks and incidents when preparing required disclosures. 3 In Commissioner Jackson’s view, “much more needs to be done.”

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eDiscovery Daily

JULY 23, 2018

June 22, 2018) , The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) held, in a 5–4 decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts, that the government violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution by accessing historical records containing the physical locations of cellphones without a search warrant. Did you miss it? In Carpenter v.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 16, 2011

On March 16, 2011, UK Information Commissioner Christopher Graham shared details of the government’s proposals for the implementation of the e-Privacy Directive with delegates at the Direct Marketing Association’s Data Protection Conference in London.

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Privacy Government Communications Marketing 40

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 24, 2011

The Indian government’s clarification should come as a welcome relief to the Indian outsourcing industry, and to the companies that use Indian outsourcing services. Under the Rules, which were first published on April 11 , an individual’s prior written consent is required to process or disclose sensitive personal data.

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Privacy Personal data Communications Government 40

Hunton Privacy

MAY 25, 2011

On May 25, 2011, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) issued a news release stating that organizations and businesses that run websites aimed at UK consumers will be given up to 12 months to “get their house in order” before enforcement of the new cookie law begins.

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