eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. But those aren’t the only laws or regulations that affect IT security teams.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. The number of leaked cards increased in 2018 by 56%. The total underground market value of Singaporean banks’ cards compromised in 2018 is estimated at nearly $640 000.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

The attackers may have gained access to the members’ credentials for a legacy member system that was decommissioned in 2018. The security breach was detected on March 17, 2003 and according to the company the intrusion begun on or about March 6, 2023. million members impacted appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 17, 2020

While an assessment of "cybersecurity hygiene" like this doesn't directly analyze a network's hardware and software vulnerabilities, it does underscore the need for people who use digital systems to interact with them in secure ways. Especially when those people work on national defense. [.]. GAO found that DoD has met only six of those.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In the months following director William Hinman’s noteworthy speech on whether and when a digital asset is subject to securities laws, U.S. regulators have continued their stern warnings regarding the importance of compliance with the securities laws. securities laws. Convertible Equity Securities.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Millions of Rewarding Jobs: Educating for a Career in Cybersecurity. In following along with the Week 2 theme of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2018 , we’ve compiled our second toolkit. A Year in the Life of A Security Awareness Program Manager on-demand webinar. Get your toolkit today!

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Some fresh evidence of this encouraging trend comes to us by way of shared intelligence from WhiteHat Security. Based on 17 million application security scans carried out in 2018, WhiteHat found a 20% increase in vulnerabilities found in the applications that organizations tested for security flaws.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

APRIL 8, 2019

In June of 2018, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which seeks to give consumers additional safeguards regarding their personal information. The CCPA will become effective January of 2020 and may impact companies in the education sector, including the larger education technology companies.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It operates in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language; encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. 2018 , when the FBI joined with law enforcement partners overseas to seize 15 different booter service domains. Charles, Ill.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 31, 2021

The SEC’s order alleges that on March 21, 2019, Pearson learned of a 2018 cyber intrusion that affected data stored on the server for one of its web-based software products. On August 16, 2021, the U.S. The server was accessed and downloaded by a “sophisticated threat actor” taking advantage of an unpatched vulnerability on the server.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Figures from the ONS (Office of National Statistics) show that security incidents in Cambridgeshire increased from 2,789 in 2016 to 4,155 in 2018. In 2018, Cambridgeshire saw 63.7 Meanwhile, universities have long been considered a cyber security liability, due to budgetary constraints and their necessarily wide networks.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

million attacks between 2018 and 2022, and attracted some 50,000 registered users. million attacks between 2018 and 2022. Colon is suspected of running the booter service securityteam[.]io. He was also charged with conspiracy and CFAA violations. The feds say the SecurityTeam stresser service conducted 1.3 astrostress[.]com.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. The FBI recommends mobile carriers take the following precautions: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announced to have suffered a security breach, “an unknown outside entity” had access to data of up to 1.3 Exposed data includes names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, and internal identification numbers of up to 1.3 million people. million individuals.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

According to the indictment, between at least August 2018 and August 2021, Dubnikov and his co-conspirators are alleged to have knowingly and intentionally laundered the proceeds of ransomware attacks on individuals and organizations throughout the United States and abroad.” On February 7, 2023, Dubnikov pleaded guilty in the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In reality, the caller had just tricked a GoDaddy employee into giving away their credentials, and he could see from the employee’s account that Escrow.com required a specific security procedure to complete a domain transfer. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

With many employees now working remotely, securing company data isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. As of 2018, more than 2 million people were working abroad for U.S. International workforces can be an excellent way to find top talent, but they can introduce unique security risks. Related: Employees as human sensors.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2019

More than 50 universities in the UK have had their lack of cyber defences exposed, with security testers breaching their systems in under two hours. John Chapman, the head of Jisc’s security operations centre, warned that the vulnerabilities could be a sign of an impending “disastrous data breach or network outage”.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Four out of five organisations can’t find qualified staff to fill cyber security positions, according to CyberEdge’s 2018 Cyberthreat Defense Report. The education sector (87.1%) is the most affected, followed by telecommunications and technology (85.1%), manufacturing (81.5%) and finance (81.4%).

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

Over a nine-month period in 2018, the site performed at least 16 million checks, and over a 13-month period beginning in September 2021, the site performed at least 17 million checks.” ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” The indictment is the result of a law enforcement operation conducted by the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

At the time of writing, it is not clear if threat actors exfiltrated data from the UK agency that reported the incident to the National Crime Agency, the National Cyber Security Centre and Information Commissioner’s Office. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With this, they deceived the employees of phone stores to obtain duplicate SIM cards and, in this way, have access to the bank’s security confirmation messages. In this way they could operate in online banking and access bank accounts to empty them after receiving security confirmation messages from the banks.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

The security officials told lawmakers that the ministry’s investigation has been triggered by an energy management component from Huawei, two lawmakers present at the briefing who spoke under the condition of anonymity told POLITICO. . ” reported POLITICO. “Berlin has previously been criticized over its stance by U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Numerous strains of this destructive code have been the front-page news in global computer security chronicles for almost a decade now, with jaw-dropping ups and dramatic downs accompanying its progress. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. It vanished from the radar in June 2018, when the ransomware plague took another sharp turn.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018 – LulzSec Italy announced credit a string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy. In celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018, LulzSec Italy announced credit for a massive string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The services were involved in attacks against millions of individuals and organizations in multiple industries, including educational institutions, government agencies, and gaming platforms. In December 2018, the FBI seized other 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services, the U.S. com, ragebooter(.)com, com, downthem(.)org

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AIIM

MAY 15, 2019

I am very pleased to announce that the Certified Information Professional (CIP) exam has been approved for reimbursement under the Veterans Education Benefit program for Licensing and Certification reimbursements administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - aka the GI Bill. This is something that is intensely personal to me.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 22, 2018

On January 18, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its 2017 Privacy & Data Security Update (the “Report”). Read the full Report.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2018

The Legaltech Judges Panel returns for 2018 to examine critical issues in ESI: Rule 34(b) Implications: why are courts still struggling with lawyers who don’t know the rules have changed and why lawyers are still struggling with “reasonable time specified to respond”. 2018 Global Discovery: International Compliance in the Cloud.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) has great information on Big Data use and security. We surveyed more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, and virtually all (99%) report they plan to use Big Data this year. Top Big Data Security Concerns. Strategies for Securing Big Data.

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eDiscovery Daily

AUGUST 19, 2018

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2018 (known as ILTACON) kicked off yesterday with several networking events, and begins in earnest today with the first day of sessions. The post ILTACON 2018 Has Begun!

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 6, 2018

On February 28, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report, titled Mobile Security Updates: Understanding the Issues (the “Report”), that analyzes the process by which mobile devices sold in the U.S. receive security updates and provides recommendations for improvement.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 26, 2018

Shofiur R" found troyhunt.com on a "free online malware scanner" and tried to scare me into believing my site had security vulnerabilities then shake me down for a penetration test. pic.twitter.com/lifCZRcICF — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. Ooh, he’s good! Suggestions? Your move ?? We have a price!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Security researcher Nguyen The Duc published on GitHub the proof-of-concept exploit code for a Ghostscript zero-day vulnerability. ” wrote the expert that added that his PoC was created only for educational purposes and cannot be used for law violation or personal gain. Here're slides from my talk at ZeroNights X!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

ARCHIPELAGO “browser-in-the-browser” phishing page The ARCHIPELAGO group has shifted its phishing tactics over time to avoid detection, the attackers use phishing messages posing as Google account security alerts. The threat actor employed malware like BabyShark that were hosted on Google Drive in the form of blank files or ISO image files.

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eDiscovery Daily

JULY 29, 2018

Here are a few sessions to check out (including one that I’m speaking on at 1pm on Monday, just sayin’): Monday, 08/20/2018: The Future of eDiscovery: A Discussion Amongst Industry Leaders (11:00AM to Noon) : What does the future of eDiscovery hold? Tuesday, 08/21/2018: O365 and eDiscovery: What’s New? (1:30PM

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