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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Librarian Sues Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach, Wins $600

Krebs on Security

And now she’s celebrating a small but symbolic victory after a small claims court awarded her $600 in damages stemming from the 2017 breach. Vermont librarian Jessamyn West sued Equifax over its 2017 data breach and won $600 in small claims court. The 49-year-old librarian from a tiny town in Vermont took Equifax to court.

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Sophie Sayer on the IT Governance Partner Programme

IT Governance

The benefits of partnering with us, and our partner-exclusive event IT Governance launched its partner programme in 2017, which now includes more than 400 organisations. The main objective is to educate their sales teams about new products and/or services. What else can partners expect from the event?

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BlueCharlie changes attack infrastructure in response to reports on its activity

Security Affairs

The APT group has been active since at least 2017, its campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft. The APT group has been active since at least 2017, its campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft.

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My (somewhat unreliable) data protection predictions for 2017

Data Protector

I’ve recently had a quiet year on the blogging front – my professional duties have prevented me from playing a more active role on the Internet during this year than I would have liked, but that is set to change in 2017. They're not definitive statements of the law that must be ruthlessly adhered to. Thats is it for this year’s predictions.

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Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Security Affairs

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. The operating algorithm was RSA.

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Vice Society ransomware also exploits PrintNightmare flaws in its attack

Security Affairs

This group focuses on public school districts and other educational institutions, like other ransomware gangs it implements a double extortion model and publishes data stolen from the victims on a data leak site. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities for local privilege escalation (LPE) or remote code execution (RCE).