Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The US had sanctioned Mahan Air in 2011 for providing financial, material, or technological support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Hooshyarane Vatan hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack and added that it was able to access internal documents, emails and reports that linked the airline to the IRGC.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 25, 2011

The government? we're ready to announce the theme for the Web 2 Summit, 2011 , and it's this: The Data Frame. Given all this, we’re tempted to simply declare 2011 “Points of Control, The Sequel.” Of course, this fact raises serious issues of consumer privacy, corporate trust, and our governments’ approach to balancing the two.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 3, 2012

I’ve done this a few times in the past, and this year I’m feeling the need to review all I wrote in 2011, and highlight the best posts (at least, by my own measure). Do We Trust The Government With The Internet? I wish Google would take my advice. Surprisingly, I argue that we should. Is This Legal? Who Knows?!

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 31, 2022

In a complaint filed in federal court, the government alleged that Twitter violated both the FTC Act and a 2011 FTC Order by misrepresenting the extent to which the company maintained and protected users’ nonpublic contact information. The complaint further alleged that Twitter misrepresented its compliance with the EU-U.S.

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ARMA International

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

iv] Further, “the practices of government [and other public and private institutions] become formal or official to the extent that they are documented.” [v] This article aims to consider what a documentary focus can offer to the practices and understandings of information governance. But what exactly is documentation?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Once dubbed “the world’s most wanted hacker” after his youthful exploits attacking Digital Equipment Corporation and Pacific Bell, Mitnick completed his decade-long transition to cybersecurity luminary when he joined KnowBe4 as Chief Hacking Officer and part owner in 2011. Mitnick’s Legacy The U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2023

The campaign was launched to protest against the Government’s plan to release the treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The hacker collective Anonymous has launched cyberattacks against nuclear power-linked groups in Japan as part of an operation called #OpFukushima. ” reported the Japan Times.

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IG Guru

JUNE 6, 2019

DURHAM – In the midst of social media chaos, from Facebook to Twitter, and growing needs for governments, businesses and other organizations to create a record of tweets to blogs, startup ArchiveSocial is bringing order – and now has a huge investor.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Yes, and that is what Sony exactly lost when they were hacked and the personal info of every one of its customers leaked in 2011. Compliance, governance. This came to the news because Sony is one of the biggest names on the planet. Every second, even while you are reading this article, a hacker is trying to hack a site.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Security experts from FireEye found evidence that links the development of the Triton malware (aka Trisis and HatMan) to a Russian government research institute. a Russian government-owned technical research institution located in Moscow. The Triton malware interacts with Triconex SIS controllers., ” continues the expert.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 14, 2011

On June 7, 2011, the Congress of the Republic of Peru passed the Personal Data Protection Law ( Ley de Protección de Datos Personales, Proyecto de Ley 4079/2009-PE). View a copy of the Personal Data Protection Law (in Spanish) as passed on June 7, 2011. Require consent for the processing of personal data.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. The APT40 group has been active since at least 2013 and appears to be focused on supporting naval modernization efforts of the Government of Beijing.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

In 2011, KrebsOnSecurity dissected “SevAntivir” — Severa’s eponymous fake antivirus affiliate program — showing it was used to deploy new copies of the Kelihos spam botnet. The government argued that under U.S. ” Mark Rasch , a former federal prosecutor with the U.S.

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ChiefTech

MAY 29, 2013

I first got involved with the Government 2.0 This does not mean that Government 2.0 Cloud-computing is firmly on the agenda in federal and state government (although not necessarily always in a way that suits the dominate cloud-computing vendors ). At the same time, I also see a natural fragmentation as Government 2.0

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IT Governance

JUNE 20, 2019

In fact, it’s probably not been to the required standard since 2011.] The UK’s data protection watchdog has admitted that its website’s cookie policy breaches the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). What did the ICO do wrong? gdpr #pecr pic.twitter.com/aIFuO0kR4e. Adam Rose (@adam_rose) 16 June 2019.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

” The Government experts shared a list of Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) for these attacks, ANSSI also urges impacted organizations to report any evidence of compromise. . The state-sponsored hackers are hijacking home routers to set up a proxy mesh of compromised devices to conceal its attack infrastructure. This week the U.S.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

The Tropic Trooper APT that has been active at least since 2011, it was first spotted in 2015 by security experts at Trend Micro when it targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. ” continues the report.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2022

government includes: Russian state-sponsored APT actors targeting state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments and aviation networks, September 2020, through at least December 2020. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 27, 2024

Vehicle software safety…umm… As with the advent of the automobile in the first decades of the 20th century, the arrival of the “smart car” in the first decades of the 21st century has transpired as an industry-led initiative transpiring in a vacuum of government oversight, regulation and guidance.

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Preservica

AUGUST 7, 2018

Boston, MA and Oxford, UK | Day August 7, 2018 | Preservica, a world leader in digital preservation, has announced its support for the Council of State Archivists’ (CoSA) 2018-19 research initiative into the risks to electronic state government records from file format and technology obsolescence.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On 11 August 2023, India’s long-awaited law governing data protection – the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ( DPDP Act ) – received the President’s assent and was published in the official gazette the following day. Rumours are that there will be a grace period for organisations to comply, but it may be as short as six months.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Symantec believes Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2022

ECM’s domestic clients include the Novovoronezh, Kursk and Smolensk nuclear power plants, Russian Railways JSC, State enterprise Moscow Power Directorate, the Energy department of Moscow Government, the Moscow united electric grid JSC branch, and Baltic Oil Pipelines LLC. The collective has released a 1.7

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

million to settle a legal dispute for selling vulnerable software to the US government. The case was filed in the Federal District Court for the Western District of New York and was handled under the False Claims Act, which specifically addresses fraud and misconduct in federal government contracts. Cisco is going to pay $8.6

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 15, 2013

In March 2013, the UK government launched its consultation on cybersecurity standards (the “Consultation”) following the government’s recent announcement regarding a cybersecurity partnership initiative to facilitate information sharing on cyber threats. The Consultation closes on October 14, 2013.

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Archive-It

APRIL 6, 2022

Dory Bower covered how the FLDP’s legally mandated web archiving continues the Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) mission of “Keeping America Informed,” as Federal agencies increasingly disseminate directly through their own websites. by Tanya Ulmer, Web Archivist for Archive-It. Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

As reported in 2011, the company fell victim to two cyberattacks, which are suspected to be part of an espionage attempt. While no serious spying activities were reported, government officials confirmed that there were attempts to do so. The vulnerability left the company at risk from cyberattacks over an extended period of time.

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IT Governance has recorded more than 1,000 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents so far this year and 20 billion breached records. Originally founded in 2011 for corporate clients, Zoom’s software is now being used in situations it was never designed for.”. Unprecedented. Challenging. In it together. New normal. And so it began.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. This morning, at a press conference, Yoshii Kan, a secretary-general of Japan, said that the company had reported the intrusion. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Nikkei.

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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. Depends what you mean by “sell.”.

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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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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

Ask your client if they have any formal information governance policies. Preparing for the Rule 26(f) Scheduling Conference and Other Practical Advice in the Wake of the Recent Amendments to the Rules Governing E-Discovery,” The Federal Lawyer, August 2007. [2] If not, probe further to identify how and where their data is stored.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch inch diskettes. The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero.

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