Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses 2020 cybersecurity trends, including fixing "fake everything," dealing with the issue of weaponized social media and securing the U.S. presidential election.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Google published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report which reveals the company has taken down ten coordinated operations in Q2 2020. Google has published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report , a bulletin that includes coordinated influence operation campaigns tracked in Q2 of 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 1, 2020

Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report 2020 highlights the leading causes of breaches last year, including credential theft, phishing, ransomware as well as issues linked to cloud implementations and web applications. In an interview, Verizon's Ashish Thapar offers an in-depth analysis.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 3, 2020

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses countering the threat of nation-state cyberattacks in 2020. Also featured: an update on France's experiment with facial recognition technology and sorting out what "zero trust" really means.

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Security 101

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

REMnux is a free community distribution that ethical hackers, security researchers, and many other security pros can leverage to build their own labs and speed up malware analysis. As the founder and primary maintainer of REMnux, Lenny Zeltser likes to say: REMnux is for malware analysis as Kali is for penetration testing.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 20, 2020

Also featured: A discussion of potential 2020 election changes; tips for staying secure in a remote workplace. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes how cybercriminals are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

1, 2020, companies are making last-minute compliance preparations. Three Key Areas That Need Clarification With the California Consumer Privacy Act set to go into effect Jan. But these preparations are challenging because regulations to carry out the law are still pending and ambiguities remain. Here's a look at three issues.

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Compliance Privacy 148

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for November 2020 address 112 flaws, including a Windows bug that was chained with Chrome issues in attacks. The IT giant also addressed the CVE-2020-17087 Windows flaw that was chained with the CVE-2020-15999 Chrome bug in attacks in the wild. ” states the analysis published by ZDI.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 2, 2020

I caught up with Faiz Shuja, SIRP cofounder, at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently. An endless stream of technologies that deliver data, combined with a shortage of skilled security analysts, has pushed the market toward SOAR, which automates repetitive security analysis tasks and frees analysts to work on more important tasks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

. “Without the correct byte map, the encrypted shellcode, including all components and relevant data, cannot be correctly decrypted, making decryption and analysis of the shellcode more time-consuming for analysts.” ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report: the global total cost of a data breach averaged $3.86 million in 2020, down about 1.5% This year the researchers analyzed 524 breaches that occurred between August 2019 and April 2020, in organizations of all sizes, across 17 geographies and 17 industries. million in 2020, down about 1.5%

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Dark Reading

JULY 9, 2021

The analysis shows potential attack paths and the most effective techniques for each tactic documented in CISA's Risk and Vulnerability Assessments.

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Risk 62

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

At least one ransomware operator appears to have exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic. At least one ransomware operator appears is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic. ” reads the analysis published by the expert.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 23, 2019

Also featured: An initiative designed to safeguard the 2020 presidential elections and a CIO's third-party risk management efforts. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the ransomware attack on Texas municipalities as part of a broader trend.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. ” reads CISA’s advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2020

Cybersecurity firm Volexity is warning that nation-state actors are attempting to exploit a vulnerability recently addressed in Microsoft Exchange email servers tracked as CVE-2020-0688. That was quick, since 2 hours ago seeing likely mass scanning for CVE-2020-0688 (Microsoft Exchange 2007+ RCE vulnerability).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2020-14882 in Oracle WebLogic is actively exploited by operators behind the DarkIRC botnet. Experts reported that the DarkIRC botnet is actively targeting thousands of exposed Oracle WebLogic servers in the attempt of exploiting the CVE-2020-14882. c25e6559668942[.]xyz.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Tripwire VERT security team spotted almost 800,000 SonicWall VPN appliances exposed online that are vulnerable to the CVE-2020-5135 RCE flaw. Security experts from the Tripwire VERT security team have discovered 795,357 SonicWall VPN appliances that were exposed online that are vulnerable to the CVE-2020-5135 RCE flaw.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

Researchers from blockchain analysis firm Elliptic estimated that Darkside ransomware gang has made over $90 million from its attacks. Experts from blockchain analysis firm Elliptic estimated that the Darkside ransomware gang has earned over $90 million from ransom payments from its victims since October 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

The OpenSSL Project has released a security update for OpenSSL that addresses a DoS vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-1967. The OpenSSL Project released a security update for OpenSSL that patches a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1967, that can be exploited by attackers to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

Researchers conducted a new analysis of the Diavol ransomware and found new evidence of the link with the gang behind the TrickBot botnet. reads the analysis published by Fortinet. The sample analyzed by IBM X-Force was submitted to Virus Total on January 27, 2021 and has a reported compilation date of March 5, 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The number of vulnerabilities discovered in industrial control system (ICS) products surged in 2020, security firm Claroty reports. Experts reported that 449 vulnerabilities were disclosed affecting ICS products from 59 vendors during 2H 2020. ” reads the report published by Claroty. . continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It’s hard to summarise 2020 without resorting to cliché, considering that our experiences have been so universal and subject to such little variety. These figures dwarf last year’s totals and show that criminal hackers were one of the few winners of 2020. What a simple time January 2020 was. Unprecedented. Challenging.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Hunton Andrews Kurth’s 2020 Retail Industry Year in Review provides an in-depth analysis of the issues and challenges that retailers faced in the past year, and a look ahead at what they can expect in 2021. This is an extraordinary and unprecedented time for the retail industry. Read the full publication.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 30, 2021

Researchers: Phishing Campaign Targeting Insurance and Legal Industries Trickbot appears to be making a comeback with a fresh campaign that is targeting insurance companies and legal firms in North America, according to an analysis by Menlo Security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We have tracking Lampion activity from the beginning, and we noticed that since February 12th – 2020, the malware has been presented with a new “visual” but maintaining the same modus operandi. 2020-02-13] #Lampion v2 #portugal #malware #ATA 0998f6473004e0ba54ead5784ba62db8 h}//vrau-x.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.[com/0.zip com/P-14-7.dll

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Plus, a case study on cross-border payment fraud, and an expert's take on security for the 2020 elections. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why cyber defense teams need to think more like attackers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

Organizations are delaying in patching Microsoft Exchange Server flaw (CVE-2020-0688) that Microsoft fixed with February 2020 Patch Day updates. Organizations are delaying in patching Microsoft Exchange Server flaw ( CVE-2020-0688 ) that Microsoft fixed with February 2020 Patch Day updates. ” concludes the report.

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OpenText Information Management

JUNE 22, 2020

It seems like 2020 is going to be known as the year that organizations will be tested on adapting to situations out of our control! For enterprise organizations, those “behaviors” … The post The value of process analysis during uncontrollable times appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 27, 2020

In almost the first three quarters of 2020, the U.S. Most recently, on July 27, 2020, Lifespan Health System (“Lifespan”) agreed to pay $1.04 On March 3, 2020 , Steven A. The first three HIPAA settlements of 2020 highlight that compliance with the Security Rule remains a top priority for OCR in its investigations.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues affecting Windows, Word, Dynamics Business Central, Edge, and Internet Explorer have been rated as critical severity.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 9, 2020

Biggest Incidents Have a Wide Variety of Causes What major health data breach trends emerged in the first half of 2020? Here's a rundown of the latest statistics - plus an analysis by experts.

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Data breaches 245

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the recently fixed CVE-2020-1967 denial-of-service (DoS) issue in OpenSSL has been made public. The CVE-2020-1967 vulnerability has been described as a “segmentation fault” in the SSL_check_chain function, it is the first issue addressed in OpenSSL in 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2020

Related: Why cybersecurity should reflect societal values An emerging approach, called Network Traffic Analysis , is gaining traction as, in effect, a catch-all network security framework positioned at the highest layer of the networking stack. Just ask Equifax or Capital One. Heavyweights Cisco and FireEye are playing in this space.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 22, 2019

1, 2020, says privacy attorney Sadia Mirza of the law firm Troutman Sanders, who encourages organizations to submit comments on the proposed regs. Draft regulations to carry out the California Consumer Protection Act do not go far enough to clarify ambiguities in the law, which goes into effect Jan.

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Privacy 101

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

The updated Grandoreiro Malware equipped with latenbot-C2 features in Q2 2020 now extended to Portuguese banks. During April and May 2020, a new Grandoreiro variant was identified. During this investigation, several samples were found online, specifically grouped by campaigns and countries (see Technical Analysis).

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