IG Guru

JUNE 7, 2022

FTC and DOJ Order Twitter to Pay $150 Million Penalty for Violating 2011 FTC Order and Cease Profiting from Deceptively Collected Data. The post FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell Targeted Ads appeared first on IG GURU.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 20, 2021

In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 31, 2022

On May 25, 2022, Twitter reached a proposed $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company deceptively used nonpublic user contact information obtained for account security purposes to serve targeted ads to Twitter users.

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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 security firm warns of a possible escalation of the attacks and urge to increase the level of cyber security of potential targets. ” reported the Japan Times.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2018

While most organisations believe that their information security systems are secure, often the reality is that they are not. Faced with these increasing information security threats, organisations have an urgent need to adopt IT governance best practice strategies. What is IT governance?

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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

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. Ltd. (????) . ” states DoJ.

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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. Security Affairs – Triton Malware, ICS). ” continues the expert.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Is mobile technology on a course to become more secure than traditional computing? Related: Securing the Internet of Things I’ve been writing about organizations struggling to solve the productivity vs. security dilemma that’s part and parcel of the BYOD craze for some time now. We spoke at Black Hat 2019.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 10, 2011

On June 7, 2011, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the “ Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 ” (the “Act”), co-sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Ben Cardin (D-MD). impacts federal databases or concerns federal employees or contractors engaged in national security or law enforcement services.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint alert to warn critical infrastructure operators about threats from Russian state-sponsored hackers. ” reads the joint alert. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Collibra

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Manual identity provisioning processes, involving tasks such as user creation, modification, and de-provisioning, can lead to bottlenecks, errors, and security vulnerabilities. This not only simplifies the provisioning process but also enhances the overall governance of identity and access.

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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 21, 2021

French cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at French organizations carried out by China-linked APT31 group. The French national cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of ongoing attacks against a large number of French organizations conducted by the Chine-linked APT31 cyberespionage group.

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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. Levashov was arrested in 2017 while in Barcelona, Spain with his family. I will die in a year.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, Mahan Air was hit by similar attacks “many times,” for this reason Mahan’s Cyber Security Team rapidly neutralized these attacks. The US had sanctioned Mahan Air in 2011 for providing financial, material, or technological support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 24, 2019

Ensuring that systems behave only how a designer intends is a central aspect of security. A security-enforcing system will take the context of available information measured against policy to determine whether an operation should be permitted or denied. MBSE and security engineering. Model-Based Systems Engineering.

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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 Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate information. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. According to the company, attackers did not obtain sensitive information about defense contracts.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, K-Electric).

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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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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. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinSpy).

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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. That said, there remains to be sector-specific restrictions on the transfer of personal data (e.g.

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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.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 2, 2011

On March 2, 2011, the German Federal government adopted a draft law revising certain sector-specific data protection provisions in the German Telecommunications Act.

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IG Guru

JUNE 14, 2021

Nearly 8 billion usernames have leaked since June 2011. The post TEN YEARS OF BREACHES IN ONE IMAGE via THE VERGE appeared first on IG GURU.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms. Additionally, the company should consider whether the platform needs to be accessible through the internet or only through a VPN, which would provide an additional layer of security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

A security researcher found new evidence of activities conducted by the ICEFOG APT group, also tracked by the experts as Fucobha. Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha ) is still active. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

This week, Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed the security incident only after two local newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei , reported the security breach.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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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. The Order alleges that this vulnerability exposed over 800 million images dating back to 2003, including sensitive personal data, such as Social Security numbers and financial information.

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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. Amid the uncertainty about how the pandemic would affect us, cyber security experts warned that cyber criminals would use this opportunity for their own gain. Is Zoom safe to use?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 14, 2022

They saw an opportunity in the public cloud data security market. In the latest release, the company announced the following: SOC 2 Type II certification Microsoft Azure support Comprehensive data-centric security policies Discovery and classification of “shadow data,” which is not tracked by IT. The company is fairly young.

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