eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on Apple iPhones used by journalists, activists, government officials and business executives is becoming a global controversy for NSO, Apple and a number of governments at the center of the scandal. Journalists, Government Officials Targeted.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2019

California has a civil grand jury system designed to serve as an independent oversight of local government functions, and each county impanels jurors to perform this service annually.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In the absence of IoT security regulations, many smart product manufacturers simply release new devices that lack built-in security measures and have not undergone proper security review and testing. That’s precisely what happened in the case of Dyn back in October 2016. Take manufacturing, for instance. IoT Protection is Key.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). We have tested this tool across Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 deployments.” ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The US Department of Justice charged two Chinese hackers for hacking numerous companies and government agencies in a dozen countries, US Indicts Two Chinese Government Hackers Over Global Hacking Campaign. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release.

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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 Kyodo News.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Before we dive into the specific cybersecurity concerns, let us remind you about the attack that took place in October 2016. Users could leave all the responsibility to governments and other institutions. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Here are five significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities with IoT in 2020.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including the defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. “In late 2016, we identified a previously unknown backdoor that we named Okrum. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

The hackers targeted organizations across multiple industries and have also hit foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). But I can confirm that it did indeed drop a shell on my test Exchange 2016 box. Well, I'll say that the ProxyLogon Exchange CVE-2021-26855 Exploit is completely out of the bag by now.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

Mamba was first spotted on September 2016 when experts at Morphus Labs discovered the infection of machines belonging to an energy company in Brazil with subsidiaries in the United States and India. The first sample of Mamba Ransomware discovered in the wild was using the full disk encryption tool DiskCryptor to strongly encrypt the data.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Buried in the Shamoon code was an image of a burning American flag, intended as an admonishment to the Saudi government for supporting American foreign policy in the Middle East. Russia has twice now knocked out Ukraine’s power grid for extended periods, in the Industroyer attacks of December 2015 and again in December 2016.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. The two media outlets attribute the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ).

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

On November 14, 2016, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published guidance on cybersecurity for internet-connected devices, Systems Security Engineering: Considerations for A Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems (the “Guidance”).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

increased from 24% in 2016 ) and 18% in the UK. residents (87%) believe the government should implement stricter data security regulations for connected cars, and in the UK, that percentage was even higher at 92. Together with an independent firm, we recently conducted a survey of 1,000 consumers across the U.S. Across the U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Secure Boot mechanism allows the execution of only software that is trusted by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). “RWEverything (read-write everything) is a powerful tool that can allow an attacker to write to the firmware on virtually any device component, including the SPI controller that governs the system UEFI/BIOS.”

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Information Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Billion Connected “Things” Will Be in Use in 2017, Up 31 Percent From 2016. billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2017, up 31 percent from 2016, and will reach 20.4 in 2016 Led by Manufacturing, Transportation, and Utilities Investments, According to New IDC Spending Guide. Date: 3 May 2016.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Security researchers from ESET have discovered a new piece of a sophisticated malware used by the Russia-linked Sednit group (aka Fancy Bear , APT28 , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and STRONTIUM ) in targeted attacks aimed at government entities in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. ” continues the report.

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RFID Global Solution, Inc.

JULY 15, 2017

Billion in 2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% The base year considered for the study is 2016, and the forecast period is between 2017 and 2023. The RFID ecosystem comprises chip and inlay providers, tag manufacturers, reader and software providers, and system integrators. Software designers and manufacturers.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers. Two notable examples are Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco for $2.7B

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. The hackers targeted organizations in the chemicals, manufacturing, electronics, aerospace, healthcare, and automotive sectors.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The researchers attributed the attacks to a China-linked threat actor tracked as TURBINE PANDA who targeted multiple companies that manufactured the C919’s components between 2010 and 2015. “However, the C919 can hardly be seen as a complete domestic triumph, because it is reliant on a plethora of foreign-manufactured components.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 23 March 2018. And the US has accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on its government agencies and “organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors”. Here are this week’s stories.

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IGI

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Please join the IGI and Preservica on November 16th at 11am ET for a webinar addressing The Governance & Preservation of Long-Term Digital Information. Barclay Blair, Founder and Executive Director, Information Governance Initiative (IGI). CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Lori Ashley, Industry Market Development Manager, Preservica.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 21 September. Whatever your information security needs – whether regulatory compliance, stakeholder reassurance or just greater business efficiency – IT Governance can help your organisation to protect, comply and thrive. Here are this week’s stories.

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Data Matters

APRIL 18, 2018

The Framework was originally developed to focus on energy, banking, communications, and defense sectors, but has been adopted voluntarily by a much broader group of companies and government agencies. Significantly, version 1.1 NIST’s fact sheet on the updated version is available here: [link].

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

A number of computer manufacturers and cloud service providers have deployed sandboxes for regular use by clients. Sandboxing can detect the newest and most critical threats, foster collaboration, minimize risks, and facilitate IT governance. Also Read: How VMI Can Improve Cloud Security. Why sandboxing? Established. Crowdstrike.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

ARMA defines information as “Data that has been given value through analysis, interpretation, or compilation in a meaningful form” (ARMA 2016, p 28). ARMA defines data as “Any symbols or characters that represent raw facts or figures and form the basis of information” (ARMA 2016, p 12). Content Marketing Platforms (CMP).

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Info Source

AUGUST 23, 2018

In 2016, Sphereon launched a service utilizing blockchain to guarantee the authenticity of documents stored in SharePoint. Sphereon made that integration commercially available in 2016. This might be a change of address, for example, which is important to the local government and many other institutions as well.”.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 29, 2016

On July 25, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) released their respective Opinions regarding the review of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications (the “ePrivacy Directive”).

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Collibra

MAY 25, 2022

The FAIR Data Principles for scientific data management and stewardship were first introduced and published in scientific journals in 2016. Add to this, the hurdle of managing data in a highly regulated industry where virtually every regulation governing life sciences calls for a rigorous data management and data integrity strategy.

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Info Source

AUGUST 29, 2022

Western governments imposed a series of financial, trade, and travel sanctions on Russia in late February in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. IMPACT ON BUSINESSES, CUSTOMERS, AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING. Russia`s government has allowed parallel imports, i.e., goods can be imported without the rights holder’s permission.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Now, our government. “Hi, Rob.”

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Now, our government. “Hi, Rob.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Local government agencies remain acutely exposed to being hacked. However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. That’s long been true.

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