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Transparent Tribe APT hit 1000+ victims in 27 countries in the last 12 months

Security Affairs

The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. Transparent Tribe has been active since at least 2013, it targeted entities across 27 countries, most of them in Afghanistan, Germany, India, Iran and Pakistan. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Finding the treasure in governement information management

CILIP

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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Weekly podcast: A recap of the top stories of 2017 and a look ahead to 2018

IT Governance

This week, we look back at the big news from last year, and consider what the next 12 months have in store. Hello and welcome to the first IT Governance podcast of 2018. As it’s the first one, let’s have a brief recap of some of last year’s biggest stories, and then look ahead to what we can expect from the next 12 months.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 In February 2017, Horohorin was released after serving four years in a U.S. Festi also was the botnet used in the DDoS attack that sent Vrubelvsky to prison for two years in 2013. prison for his role in the 2009 theft of more than $9 million from RBS Worldpay.

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Average cost of cyber crime rises to £10.3 million

IT Governance

million) in 2017 to $13 million (£10.3 This represents a 12% increase year-on-year and a 73% increase over a five-year span, demonstrating how rapidly the cost of cyber crime is growing. million appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. million (about £8.6 million) the following year. Your weakest link.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. million US customers had been affected by 2017’s Equifax breach , bringing the total number of victims to 147.9

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance [1] finalizing, at the legislative level [2] , the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation [3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680 [4]. 2018-1125 of 12 December 2018. [2] 15] Article L.

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