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The US government sanctioned four entities and one individual for supporting cyber operations conducted by North Korea

Security Affairs

The sanctioned entities conducted operations to steal funds to support the military strategy of the regime. In December 2022, South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, estimated that North Korea-linked threat actors have stolen an estimated 1.5 ” reads the announcement. trillion won ($1.2

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. Through the years, we’ve seen several strains of ransomware make headlines: CryptoLocker in 2013, Locky in 2016, WannaCry and Hermes in 2017, GandCrab in 2018, and now, Ryuk joins the pack of notable names in criminal malware. Ransomware facts.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 30 April 2024 – ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification unavailable Certification bodies must stop offering (re)certification to ISO 27001:2013 by 30 April. You can find out more about them on the PCI Security Standards Council’s website.

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The Microsoft Exchange Attack Saga Continues

eSecurity Planet

Microsoft reports that the tool has been tested for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. A disturbing 23% of all attacks have been levied on Government and Military organizations, followed by Manufacturing (15%) and Financial Services (14%). . The other Vulnerability Culprits. According to their data, the U.S.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

One place to start may be ensuring organizational awareness and use (by the IT security, legal, and audit departments, in particular) of the NIST Framework on Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS Framework), published in 2013. Mandatory Access Control. Role-Based Access Control.