Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt. We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” 49 (that domain is hobbled here because it is currently flagged as hosting a phishing site).

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The malicious software encrypts victims’ systems and forces them to pay money in return for the safe return of the data. Ransomware is a type of cyber attack in which criminal hackers plant malicious code on the victim’s systems, which cripples services and encrypts files. Then came the rise in ransomware.

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Preservica

JANUARY 22, 2020

In 2002, I accepted the position of Statewide Records and Forms Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Electronic Government (DEG). Today, digital information and communications technologies are ubiquitous in the public sector and every agency is engaged in e-government. Playing Catch Up.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

. “We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for other our motives [sic],” reads an update to the DarkSide Leaks blog. From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2019

And as our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Europe Edition recently revealed, many of these businesses become extremely vulnerable during digital transformation, with those in Europe being no different. Encryption, encryption, encryption. The financial and reputational damage could prove to be severe. The GDPR effect.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The malware has been active at least since August 2019, over the months the NetWalker ransomware was made available through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model attracting criminal affiliates. “Since 2019, NetWalker ransomware has reached a vast number of different targets, mostly based in western European countries and the US.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The malware has been active at least since August 2019, over the months the NetWalker ransomware was made available through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model attracting criminal affiliates. “Since 2019, NetWalker ransomware has reached a vast number of different targets, mostly based in western European countries and the US.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If threat actors can steal or encrypt highly sensitive information, their victims may be more willing to pay a higher ransom. Professional services, health care, and education were the most popular targets for ransomware in 2020, with attacks against health care rising 75% in October alone according to Kroll. Valuable Data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. LockBit is a prominent ransomware operation that first emerged in September 2019. This NCA-led investigation is a ground-breaking disruption of the world’s most harmful cyber crime group.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. However, it included patients’ first and last names, physical addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and other government-issued ID.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The stand-off between various pro-government hacker groups saw new players come onto the scene, while some previously known groups resumed their operations.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2021

Kaspersky also helps you achieve key compliance goals like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with certified encryption functions and its remote wipe feature. . The platform also earned an industry-high “AA” rating in Advanced Endpoint Protection from NSS Labs. Symantec Endpoint Security is available in three wide-ranging models.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2019

On 22 August 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced the implementation of the Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data Regulation (????????????), (“the Regulation”) which came into force on 1 October 2019. Other Characteristics.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. government reported a significant rise in hacks perpetrated against private companies by nation-state-sponsored threat actors.

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Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

With the initial Collibra implementation having proved a success, ATB made the decision in 2019 to modernize its data infrastructure. Everything is encrypted. Self-service access to trusted and governed data. A key part of that process is to ensure enough education, training and support is available to help in that process. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

de Groot pointed out that the software skimmer was heavily obfuscated and uses encryption, these features suggest that the attack was carried out by crooks familiar with e-skimming attacks. pic.twitter.com/HAc7UunK5n — Willem de Groot (@gwillem) October 25, 2019. Educate employees about safe cyber practices.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. It’s good to see more public education about the damage that money mules inflict, because without them most of these criminal schemes simply fall apart. 2019 indictment of Yakubets, Turashev. Image: FBI.

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KnowBe4

MAY 29, 2019

Early this month the City of Baltimore announced ransomware had seized a variety of city government computer systems. According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , ransomware persisted as the second-most common type of malware reported, accounting for nearly 24% of incidents where malicious code was used.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

Finding this odd, you turn to your firm receptionist who tells you that the firm was hit with a ransomware attack overnight, and that if you turn on your computer all of your files will be immediately encrypted, subject to a bitcoin ransom.”. An article written by Anton Janik, Jr.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

User education is one of the most powerful tools for preventing malicious mobile apps. During the 2019 holiday season, the Barracuda research team analyzed 4,200 Android apps related to shopping, Santa, and games. Other forms of ransomware threaten to publicize sensitive information within the encrypted data.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019 found that one in five charities suffered a cyber attack last year. Staff awareness and education is a key component of any organisation’s GDPR compliance framework. Achieve GDPR compliance with IT Governance. This isn’t a rare occurrence.

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

At Appellant’s apartment, after the agents discovered a single computer, an HP Envy 700 desktop, which was encrypted with TrueCrypt, Appellant informed the agents that he lived alone, that he was the sole user of the computer, and that only he knew the password to his computer. In Commonwealth v. 56 MAP 2018 (Pa.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, organizations around the world have moved to remote work platforms in a span of a few short weeks. Governments and cybersecurity experts are reporting a surge in COVID-19-related phishing activity. Enabling “safe searching” browser security features can help.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Banks must still be allowed to process data to prevent fraud; regulators must still be allowed to process data to investigate malpractice and corruption; sports governing bodies must be allowed to process data to keep the cheats out; and journalists must still be able to investigate scandal and malpractice. change it substantially.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Yes, grasshoppers invaded Las Vegas at the start of hacker summer camp in 2019. Gosh, there must be 20 or more villages at DEFCON if you want to learn radio if you want to learn tampering with seals if you want to learn encryption, if you want to learn you name it. In Sin City, it's the Insect Invasion. NBC : putting on a show.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Play it out across a few decades and you start to see the type of trouble we’ll be in if we don’t start educating our legislators now, if current trends are allowed to just continue. And I think there were something like 18 and 2019. Roberts: We've got some great so secure repairs I founded in 2019. It’s not.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Play it out across a few decades and you start to see the type of trouble we’ll be in if we don’t start educating our legislators now, if current trends are allowed to just continue. And I think there were something like 18 and 2019. Roberts: We've got some great so secure repairs I founded in 2019. It’s not.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Vamosi: Wiki space, got bought out and then shut down in January of 2019. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that. And like 100 people join this thing, and everybody started putting in stuff about what they were doing and reverse engineer the robot.

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