Data Breach Today

JULY 21, 2020

Parliament Panel's Report Slams Government for Not Investigating Russian Activities The British government was underprepared for Russia's alleged attempts to influence the outcomes of the Brexit referendum in 2016 and the 2017 general election and failed to conduct adequate investigations, according to a report by the U.K.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2023

China-linked APT group Sharp Panda targets high-profile government entities in Southeast Asia with the Soul modular framework. CheckPoint researchers observed in late 2022, a campaign attributed to the China-linked APT group Sharp Panda that is targeting a high-profile government entity in the Southeast Asia.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In a case that ups the stakes for CSOs dealing with data breaches, former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan was found guilty by a federal jury earlier this week of obstructing justice and of misprision (concealing) of a felony in connection with his coverup of a 2016 breach. See the Top Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) tools.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released a comprehensive report on the 2017 Equifax hack. It's a great piece of writing, with a detailed timeline, root cause analysis, and lessons learned. Lance Spitzner also commented on this.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 1, 2021

Before, you likely had to manually provide this info to lenders, creditors or government agencies. Equifax’s 2017 megabreach that exposed the personal and financial details of 145.5 At the time, all you needed to view someone’s entire work and salary history was their Social Security number and date of birth.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 20, 2021

Your employees encounter potential cyber security threats on a daily basis. In The Psychology of Information Security , Leron Zinatullin explains how employees respond to those challenges and explains why they make the decisions they do. Use this book to understand your employee’s behaviour and resolve security-related conflicts.

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Data Matters

MAY 4, 2022

By adding these two global market leaders, we are expanding our expertise to better support our clients with the ever growing risks associated with national security and cybersecurity matters across our multi-disciplinary practices.”. political parties.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

Singapore has announced the third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the security of government systems exposed online. The government of Singapore has announced its third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the level of security implemented for government systems exposed online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Researchers from Dutch security firm Hunt & Hackett observed Sea Turtle cyber espionage group (aka Teal Kurma, Marbled Dust, SILICON and Cosmic Wolf) targeting telco, media, ISPs, IT service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns.

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The Texas Record

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Presentation materials from the conference are available on the e-Records 2017 website. Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed. Establishing Information Governance for Local Governments in Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365. Data Protection and Information Governance across Data Silos.

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The Texas Record

DECEMBER 14, 2017

This is the sixth post of a multi-part recap of the 2017 e-Records Conference. Presentation materials from the conference are available on the e-Records 2017 website. Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed. Establishing Information Governance for Local Governments in Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 25, 2020

New research: " Best Practices for IoT Security: What Does That Even Mean? " Confusion is evident from guidelines that conflate desired outcomes with security practices to achieve those outcomes. Back in 2017, I catalogued nineteen security and privacy guideline documents for the Internet of Things.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a security incident involving the compromise of personal emails belonging to a member of the presidential staff. The government attributes the security breach to North Korean threat actors. Recently, a U.N.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Russian APT groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Another ransomware attack made the headlines, the victim is the state government of Louisiana, numerous services have been impacted. The incident forced the state of government of Louisiana to shut down several numerous web sites of the state as well as email and Internet services. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A Cyber Resilience Strategy for Scotland: Public Sector Action Plan 2017/18 was developed by the Scottish government and the National Cyber Resilience Leaders Board (NCRLB) to enhance the cyber resilience of digital public services in Scotland.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor, appears to be the first corporate executive criminally prosecuted—let alone convicted—for his response to a data security incident perpetrated by criminals. In the wake of the 2014 breach, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) initiated an investigation into Uber’s data security program and practices.

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Collibra

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Data governance is the practice of managing and organizing data and processes to enable collaboration and compliant access to data. Data governance allows users to create value from data assets even under constraints for security and privacy. Modern data governance is freedom. Data governance in detail. No, no, no.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. National Security Agency (NSA). Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2019

Cybersecurity in Operational Technology: 7 Insights You Need to Know found that 90% of respondents from the UK, US, Germany, Australia, Mexico and Japan had been breached since 2017, with many organisations revealing they’d fallen victim to multiple attacks. Want NIS Regulations compliance advice?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 261 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! Please give me your vote for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 5, 2022, former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan was found guilty by a jury in U.S. The government alleged that in 2016, in the midst of an ongoing FTC investigation into Uber for a 2014 data breach, Sullivan learned of a new breach that affected the personal information of more than 57 million Uber customers and drivers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

Security researchers have found a new government spyware, tracked as Exodus, that was distributed through the Google Play Store. According to Motherboard, the Android surveillance malware on the Google Play store that was sold to the Italian government by a company that sells surveillance cameras. on November 6, 2017.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 19, 2019

Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices. The government says between July 2012 and Sept.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The government says Quantum Stresser had more than 80,000 customer subscriptions, and that during 2018 the service was used to conduct approximately 50,000 actual or attempted attacks targeting people and networks worldwide. The landing page for the Quantum Stresser attack-for-hire service. Attorney Adam Alexander.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2019

Marcus Hutchins , the “accidental hero” who helped arrest the spread of the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2017, will receive no jail time for his admitted role in authoring and selling malware that helped cyberthieves steal online bank account credentials from victims, a federal judge ruled Friday. ”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. A few weeks later, threat actors launched multiple attacks that attempted to exploit the CVE 2017-11882 Office flaw to run a malicious executable. ” continues the report.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

With only 40% of organisations confident that they can prevent cyber attacks and 42% of micro/small businesses identifying at least one breach or attack in the last 12 months, it is only too clear why businesses need to invest more in cyber security. Organisations need a solid foundation on which to build their cyber security strategies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

Nissan immediately notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre. Current estimates are that up to 10% of individuals have had some form of government identification compromised. In December 2017, Nissan Finance Canada was hacked , personal information of 1.13

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CGI

JANUARY 10, 2018

Reflections on 5 business-changing IT-related trends in 2017. As 2017 has come to an end, we can reflect on how technology continues to change our lives exponentially. Below are five examples of trends this past year that demonstrate the deep infusion of technology into business imperatives: Major security breaches continued.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. ” The National Security Agency issued a waring to organizations operating critical infrastructure. The US embassy in Montenegro advised U.S.

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CGI

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

10 measures for good IT security governance. Wed, 02/15/2017 - 01:58. Too often we see organizations implement technical security safeguards, but fail to implement proper security policies or procedures. As a result, weak practices persist that undermine security and expose assets to significant risk.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2018

Hello and welcome to the first IT Governance podcast of 2018. The three biggest infosec stories of 2017 were, arguably, the Yahoo data breach, the WannaCry ransomware outbreak and the Equifax data breach. The story developed throughout 2017, thanks in no small part to Yahoo’s acquisition by Verizon Communications.

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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. In December 2017, experts from FireEye discovered a new strain of malware dubbed Triton that was specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS).

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