Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. This week, the U.S. First American Financial Corp.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This week, we discuss the use of cryptocurrency mining software on numerous government websites, a phishing scam that robbed Bee Token investors of $1 million and cyber attacks on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Here are this week’s stories. Some call it cryptojacking. and NHS sites in the UK.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

This week, we discuss new reports from Cisco, McAfee and the CSIS, and Big Brother Watch, and hear more about malicious Monero mining. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 23 February 2018. I neglected to reveal the sum the criminals managed to mine in the few hours before they were detected.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you. So I chose to unlock it.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. IoT Attacks in 2018. Yet, the major attack of 2018 was definitely VPNFilter, hitting over half a million devices, mostly routers, from a wide range of known vendors.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

15, 2018, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged then 27-year-old Bloom, of Thornhill, Ontario, with selling stolen personal identities online through the website LeakedSource[.]com. 21, 2018, which linked to a story about the charges against Bloom and a photo of Bloom standing in front of his lime-green Lamborghini.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

That is almost 2000 times more data in less than 20 years (Press 2013, Patrizio 2018). This includes defining the product scope of the DT journey and the digital products and services that will deliver transformative change for a new future. Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. This is a best-case scenario. Cloud-First.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

IoT device security has also attracted the attention of federal government officials (see The IoT Cybersecurity Act of 2020: Implications for Devices ). billion in 2018. They essentially need a basic understanding of device API documentation, some capability with JavaScript and low-level online advertising skills.

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IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2018

Cryptojacking is when cryptocurrency miners are delivered through malware, using a computer’s processing power to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. This technique has been used over the past few years, but it is likely to become one of the main cyber security threats in 2018–19 as it evolves into a newer technique – exploiting website visitors.

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AIIM

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I want a new football game and football because my little brother always tries to steal mine. The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will become mandatory as of 25 May 2018 will put further pressure on a firm's information management practices.”. “We Let’s get down to business.”. Dear Santa. I am doing fine.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Ukraine is accusing Russian intelligence services of carrying out cyberattacks against one of its government organizations. Ukrainian government experts were able to determine the command and control (C&C) infrastructure that is using Russian IP addresses.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Related: Long run damage of 35-day government shutdown. The end game for this particular hacking ring is to install crypto currency mining routines on compromised Linux servers. Worldwide spending on information security products and services rose to $114 billion in 2018, up from $102 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.4

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

While these RIM practices are still important to help ensure governance, compliance, and manage risks, it is also important to realize that information is both a product and a service. This includes defining the product scope of the DT journey and the digital products and services that will deliver transformative change for a new future.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hong Kong, 16.11.2018 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, presented the findings of its latest Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report at the FinTech Security Conference in Hong Kong organized by Binary Solutions Limited in partnership with Group-IB. Attacks on Crypto. Group-IB in Asia.

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Unwritten Record

MARCH 25, 2021

You may have heard that the National Archives is partnering with the University of Maryland Cinema and Media Studies Program to present Films of State , an online conference on government-produced moving images (if not, check out my last blog post for more background). In addition, “access” meant something completely different at the time.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Experts also linked the incident to the supply chain attack that targeted CCleaner in September 2018. The Operation ShadowHammer was d campaign was uncovered by experts from Kaspersky Lab and took place between June and November 2018, but experts discovered it in January 2019. ASUSTeK Computer Inc.”).”

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 4, 2023

The most blunt solution is to ban cryptocurrency mining altogether. China did this in 2018 , but it only made the problem worse; mining moved to other countries with even less efficient energy generation, and emissions went up. Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO 2 emissions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

to discuss the findings of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. to discuss the findings of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. Question: Can you provide an overview of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, and elaborate why it’s needed today more than ever?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In this case, it looks as though the attackers had been on the Starwood network for somewhere around three years, mining out their reservations database (keep in mind that Marriott only acquired Starwood in 2016 ). Since in Tech we often travel “for a living”, I found in my bag an older Starwood preferred guest card. Not used in years.

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IT Governance

MARCH 16, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 March 2018. Data integrity is of paramount importance to Gwent Police and we continually review our governance procedures to minimise the risk of data breaches.”. Here are this week’s stories. Cryptocurrency is still very much in the news at the moment.

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CGI

JANUARY 10, 2018

Wed, 01/10/2018 - 15:25. They could also capture the household recycling data, add data visualizations, and sell or share that to other companies, local governments or environmental agencies. As a nearby mine expands, the entire town is being moved three kilometers from its current location. Take a modern film, for example.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 27, 2018

On June 22, 2018, the US Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Carpenter v. United States, holding that the federal government needs a warrant to access cellphone location records. At issue in Carpenter was the government’s warrantless collection of historical cellphone location records.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of monetary exchange through transactions on a computer network and is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Back in 2018, they bought $50,000 in cryptocurrency and then locked it safely within their Trezor One wallet.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

There are several interesting sessions today related to eDiscovery, Information Governance, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy. 10:00am – 11:00am: ARMA’s Information Governance Implementation Model: The Way Forward For Information Governance. Key Takeaways: Receive an overview of the Information Governance Implementation Model.

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IGI

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Zasio provides agile, innovative technology solutions and consulting services to help businesses of all sizes build and maintain a successful Information Governance program. Once the GDPR takes effect in 2018, that amount will increase to a whopping €20 million or 4% of a business’s gross annual global turnover, whichever is greater.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 29, 2018

This is the seventh of the 2018 Legaltech New York (LTNY) Thought Leader Interview series. Jason is a member of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP ’s Information Governance and eDiscovery practice and co-chair of the Information Governance Initiative. Today’s thought leader is Jason R. Interviewed the last day of the show}.

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Unwritten Record

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Class in placer-mining (20 miles from Camp) Company 591 F-42; Superior, Montana.” To learn more about CCC photographs held in the Still Picture Branch, researchers may wish to view a session from the 2018 Genealogy Fair titled How to Search for Photographs that Document CCC Camps & Activities. Local Photo ID: 35-GE-3B-3.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

One Plugin, Over 4,200 Victims – When Thousands of Government Websites Were Hijacked to Mine Monero. Tennessee hospital notifies 24,000 patients after EMR system attacked with cryptocurrency mining software. Instead, cyber criminals seem to have shifted their focus to ransomware. County computers shut down by ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

While security experts have been aware of printer vulnerabilities for quite a while, even previous large-scale attacks on printers like the Stackoverflowin hack in 2017 and the PewDiePie hack in 2018 did not seem to shock the public into securing their networked devices. How we did it. The results. Securing your printer.

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CILIP

JUNE 29, 2021

t refuse to sell paper books to libraries, but they can and do refuse to sell them eBooks. And all we want to do is to be allowed to do what we?ve ve always done, to keep the status quo, to be allowed to build collections, preserve and lend, so it is strange that the solution sounds a bit frightening and radical,? m serious when I say we?re

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 15, 2022 I've had various public users of HIBP, commercial users and even governments reach out to ask what's going on because they were concerned about their data. If you find your name and home address posted online, how do you know where it came from? Where on earth did it come from?

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I'm a massive proponent of Let's Encrypt's and Cloudflare's missions to secure the web and of browser paradigms such as HSTS and upgrade-insecure-requests via content security policies to help make it a reality. Yet I also find myself constantly using VPNs for a variety of security and privacy related reasons and it got me thinking - why?

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Everteam

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Analyzing , Information Governance , Records Management. A little history… EDM, ECM, Governance, Web 2.0, A little history… EDM, ECM, Governance, Web 2.0, According to The Shift Project, in 2018, the digital sector was responsible for 3.7% Digital sobriety. Anne-Claire Girard. 25 November 2021.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

pic.twitter.com/4NK5GAm1z2 — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) December 24, 2018. When you boil it down, what do those three things have in common? Those are choices. Money is not peace of mind. Money’s not happiness. Money is, at its essence, that measure of a man’s choices. I’m kinda a bit excited about this one! This is a measure of my choices.

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CGI

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Wed, 10/31/2018 - 03:39. This series of blog posts builds on the 2018 CGI Client Global Insights, providing insights into how utilities are making progress toward digital transformation. The 2018 CGI Client Global Insights reveal that utilities recognize data as the new “digital capital.”

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What role does technology play in facilitating intimate partner abuse? What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? Lodrina Cherne and Martijn Grooten join the The Hacker Mind podcast to discuss their Black Hat USA 2021 presentation. Vamosi: Ever get the feeling that someone is watching you. It's natural.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the concept of credential stuffing so I'm going to write this post for the masses and link out to more detailed material for those who want to go deeper. Let's start with the raw numbers because that's the headline, then I'll drill down into where it's from and what it's composed of.

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