Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” ransomware. . ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

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erwin

JULY 12, 2019

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. While not the first , it is the largest penalty levied since the GDPR went into effect in May 2018. Govern PII “at rest”. Govern PII “in motion”.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

After supporters and opponents of mandated government access to encrypted communications publicly feuded for much of 2016, reprising arguments they’ve had since at least the days of the “Clipper Chip,” these “encryption debates” seemed to quiet down for much of last year.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

South Africa’s Information Regulator is expected to put the Act into force in the second half of 2018. It behooves companies, government agencies, nonprofits and other entities to understand what new requirements POPI imposes on them. Encrypt Everything. In other words, keep reading. More data, more risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

RansomExx operation has been active since 2018, the list of its victims includes government agencies, the computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE , and the Italian luxury brand Zegna. ” reads the analysis published by IBM Security X-Force. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. File encryption 2013 – 2015. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. Targeting enterprises Late 2018 – present day.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. Indianapolis-based GovPayNet , doing business online as GovPayNow.com , serves approximately 2,300 government agencies in 35 states. GovPayNow.com displays an online receipt when citizens use it to settle state and local government fees and fines via the site.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The top cybersecurity and privacy trends that biggest impact in 2018.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

One thing all of these incidents have in common is how accessible the leaked information was after the breaches themselves occurred, something that could have been avoided had the data been encrypted. For more information on the Privacy Amendment Act 2017, please visit our dedicated landing page.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended. In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 15, 2018

The government appears to have given up on its ambition of undermining the global encryption standards that underpin secure communications on the internet. The template, by now, is so familiar you can probably recite this next bit by heart, but let’s run through it because the details matter.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 19, 2018

Every June, Gartner hosts a terrific security conference near Washington, D.C. called Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. This event is focused on the needs of senior IT and security professionals, such as CISOs, chief risk officers, architects, IAM and network security leaders. The keyboard of course!

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When government agencies and international intelligence groups pooled together resources to gather user data, the VPN’s encryption seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel. On the 6th of December 2018, a law that is a direct attack on internet users’ privacy was agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 27, 2018

Companies subject to New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation are acting quickly to finalize their compliance obligations as the fifth “due date,” September 4, 2018, quickly approaches. Looking ahead, Covered Entities will be required to meet one final compliance deadline for the NYDFS on March 1, 2019.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

The app heavily encrypts all user financial data. Deploying privacy protections: The app uses encryption to protect data from cybercriminals and other prying eyes. Learn how organizations can use IBM Guardium® Data Protection software to monitor data wherever it is and enforce security policies in near real time.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. ” reads one of the alerts.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. ” In at least some of those recruitment ads — like one in 2018 on the forum sysadmins[.]ru ru account and posted as him.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

And yet we are overlooking profound privacy and security ramifications. 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.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

APIs have become a security nightmare for SMBs and enterprises alike. The same types of security risks impact businesses, whatever their size. SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. The threat that API security breaches pose to enterprises should not be taken lightly.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

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. Equifax issued its financial report for the first quarter of 2018, revealing that its huge 2017 data breach had so far cost it $242.7

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

“During the incident, the hackers changed the DNS records for Escrow.com to point to to a third party web server,” Barre wrote , noting that his security team managed to talk to the hacker responsible for the hijack via telephone. The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt.

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IG Guru

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

November 3rd, 2018 A team of security researchers has discovered another serious side-channel vulnerability in Intel CPUs that could allow an attacker to sniff out sensitive protected data, like passwords and cryptographic keys, from other processes running in the same CPU core with simultaneous multi-threading feature enabled.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

According to OPB, the district didn’t provide details, but said that “our student credentials may have been compromised as part of a security incident”. For more information about the SEC cyber security disclosure rules, register for our free webinar on 30 November.) It is not known whether the individual can decrypt the database.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

26, and encrypted dental records for some — but not all — of the practices that rely on DDS Safe. Original story: However, some affected dental offices have reported that the decryptor did not work to unlock at least some of the files encrypted by the ransomware. PercSoft did not respond to requests for comment.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef. billion bad ads in 2018,including 58.8M Slack Launched Encryption Key Addon For Businesses. Experts observed the growth of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

This trend remained constant from 2016 to 2018. From 2018 to 2023, bad bot traffic increased dramatically, rising from 20.4% in 2018 to an all-time high of 32% in 2023. However, while gaming suffers most from bad bots, the law and government sectors suffer from the most advanced ones. Why has Bad Bot Traffic Increased?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

At the 2018 Winter Olympic Games held in PyeongChang, for instance, cyber criminals leveraged a previously unknown family of malware called Olympic Destroyer to attack the Games’ servers just before the opening ceremony. Regarding the 2019 Rugby World Cup, they should also follow a few additional security best practices.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2020

and Secure Swiss Data Ltd (more on Secure Swiss data in a moment). This is notable because in 2018, Pankov and Dudorenko were convicted of cigarette smuggling in the United Kingdom. government to secure Davies’ extradition, but he appears to have slipped away once again. Docklands Enterprise Ltd.,

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 29, 2020

in 2018 beat back federal prosecutors seeking to wiretap its encrypted Messenger app. If the decision is unsealed, other tech companies will likely try to use its reasoning to ward off similar government requests in the future. Here's the 2018 story. This is interesting : Facebook Inc. Slashdot thread.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

The highly-targeted attacks aim at organizations in government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors. “Lancefly’s custom malware, which we have dubbed Merdoor, is a powerful backdoor that appears to have existed since 2018.” The intelligence-gathering campaign started in mid-2022 and is likely still ongoing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 2, 2019

The EU recently adopted two key pieces of legislation designed to govern cybersecurity and privacy issues. The second regulation, the EU Network and Information Security Directive (NIS) 2 , provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU. Governing the transfer of data.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. You can read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. How to get back files encrypted by the Hacked Ransomware for free. LUCKY ELEPHANT campaign targets South Asian governments. WinRAR CVE-2018-20250 flaw exploited in multiple campaigns. Exodus, a government malware that infected innocent victims. Kindle Edition.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies. That changed on Jan.

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