eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. Archer was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management and IT vendor risk management tools.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

The highly-targeted attacks aim at organizations in government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. “Symantec researchers observed it being used in some activity in 2020 and 2021, as well as this more recent campaign, which continued into the first quarter of 2023. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2021

Experts spotted the RokRat Trojan being used by North Korea-linked threat actors in attacks aimed at the South Korean government. On December 7 2020 researchers from Malwarebytes uncovered a campaign targeting the South Korean government with a variant of the RokRat RAT. ” continues the analysis.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:08. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. As a result, data has become a critical asset for companies and governments alike, as well as the primary target for nefarious actors and nation states. In the Dec. In the Dec.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The source code of Cerberus was released in September 2020 on underground hacking forums after its operators failed an auction. ERMAC differs from Cerberus in the usage of different obfuscation techniques and Blowfish encryption algorithm. ” reads the analysis published by Threatfabric.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools. Other industry standards too can have the force of “pseudo-law” – notably, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which federal regulators often apply to financial-services firms and government contractors. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

A deeper analysis revealed that the threat actor CloudWizard has been linked to an activity cluster that dates back to May 2016 that was tracked by ESET researchers as Operation Groundbait. Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. ” We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The threat actors are using the backdoorsince at least 2020. The attacks against entities in Afghanistan took place prior to the Taliban’s recent takeover of the government in the country and the withdrawal of all military forces of the United States and its allies. ” reads the analysis published by Talos researchers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For example, although the Thales Data Threat Report 2022 recorded a 44% global increase in the volume and severity of attacks against critical infrastructures, Deloitte demonstrates a staggering 220% growth across the EU Member States between 2020 and 2021. The use of cryptography and encryption. Supply chain security.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Estimates vary, but a recent FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report found an almost 10-fold increase in ransomware attacks between mid-2020 and mid-2021. Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. The focus is on recovering deleted and encrypted files as quickly as possible. And the threat is growing.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It is important to remember that the analysis should not end with just cookies and Google Analytics. Therefore, it is important to conduct a technical analysis to determine if and how a website or app utilizes these types of services to determine if mitigations are needed. An Important Reminder.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

According to its analysis , 260 organisations in the UK fell victim to ransomware between January 2020 and June 2022, a figure that’s only exceeded by Canada (276) and – in a distant lead – the US (2,379). The post UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!! Zero Trust.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

“A new Phishing campaign against INPS users , similar to the previous one of April 6, 2020 , has been detected in the past few hours by our research and analysis center for Phishing campaigns.” Like a previous campaign observed in early April, threat actors set up a fake INPS site used ( “inps-it[.]top”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. DigiLocker is an online service provided by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Government of India under its Digital India initiative.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Incident details: SEI, an online payment service provider, has notified customers that its systems has been accessed by an unknown individual who copied an encrypted database.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. Archer was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management and IT vendor risk management tools.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? The fourth biggest threat to public cloud security identified in CloudPassage’s report is unauthorized access (and growing – 53 percent, up from 42 percent in 2020). Encrypt data in motion and at rest. Encryption is a key part of any cloud security strategy.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

pic.twitter.com/StU68THrXy — MalwareHunterTeam (@malwrhunterteam) March 6, 2020. Once the GuLoader malware has downloaded an encrypted file from [link] it will decrypt it and inject the malware into the legitimate Windows wininit.exe process. states the analysis published by FireEye.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 27, 2020

On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU ) published its decision in the landmark case Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd, Maximilian Schrems and intervening parties, Case C-311/18 (known as the Schrems II case). Read the briefing for our detailed analysis of the ruling.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

” Users who click “Yes” are directed to Crypto Sheriff, a tool that matches available decryptors to the user’s encrypted files. ” Separately, S2W Labs researchers published an analysis of the new Haron ransomware, which was first discovered earlier this month. A recent Keeper Security survey of 2,000 U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

” Nicko died nine months later, on April 16, 2020. Perhaps the largest lesson to draw from this case, Crockett said, is to take these threats more seriously and look beyond a simple cost-benefit analysis. In response, Crockett expects businesses will increasingly demand government action , which could take two possible forms.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

So, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team decided to dive deep into technical analysis. Technical Analysis. The money is kept by the government and in return, a “non-permanent” profit officially titled as “interest” is given back to the officers at the end of each year. The Fund is financial planning for defense personnel. Conclusion.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

These incidents recall an incident at Dusseldorf University Hospital in Germany in 2020, when a patient died after being turned away by the hospital, which was under attack and unable to treat her. Additionally, the UK government website crashed – on the day that Britons aged 25–29 were invited to book their COVID-19 vaccines.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

email domain providers and many corporate and government entities. A public key is stored with the Domain Name System (DNS) for download by any email server receiving emails with the encrypted digital signature. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. What is DMARC? What is SPF? Common Issues with DMARC Deployment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 13, 2018

According to Gartner 1 , we can expect that in 2020 more than 20 billion devices will be connected to the Internet. That is all well and good, but governments have yet to fully grasp the extent of this revolution. PKI-based solutions provide a mechanism for handling device credentials and data encryption.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Moving into 2020, organizations with health data should be aware of: Shifting OCR enforcement priorities; Regulators’ continued attention to key HIPAA compliance activities; The changing threat landscape for health data; and. In addition, organizations should “pay attention to the red flags” and to update and monitor their risk analysis.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the Guidelines, NYDFS cites the 2020 SolarWinds attack as an example of how managing growing cyber risk is “an urgent challenge for insurers.”. Progress toward those goals should be reported to senior management and the board or governing body on a regular basis, and should incorporate the six practices outlined in the Framework.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A March 2020 software update of the SolarWinds Orion management platform gave malicious actors unhindered access to key government and enterprise networks. Read Also: The IoT Cybersecurity Act of 2020: Implications for Devices. Microsoft has dubbed the infamous supply chain compromise of SolarWinds as “Solorigate.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

As just one measure, the number of data breaches in the first nine months of 2021 exceeded all those in 2020, a new record. Conduct risk analysis. In any case, risk analysis is the smart thing to do. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Independent tests, user reviews, vendor information and analyst reports were among the sources used in our analysis. Deep content inspection and context analysis for visibility into how sensitive data travels. API-based inline deployment for fast risk scoring, behavioral analysis , and detection. Jump ahead to: Broadcom.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

This piece of malware is known for the usage of the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira) email templates to lure victims to install the malicious loader (a VBS file). Figure 7: Source-code of the 2nd VBS file and the encrypted URLs that will download the last stage of the Lampion trojan banker.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

the EternalBlue exploit used by the WannaCry and NotPetya15 attacks); if cloud systems had also been encrypted such as the COVID-19 vaccination system. According to HealthcareIT News , more than 40 million patient records have been compromised in incidents reported to the federal government in 2021 so far alone.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Dave Kennedy started as forensic analysis and cyber warfare specialist in the US Marine Corps before entering the enterprise space. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. In-depth technical analysis of a new method of extracting user cardholder data from compromised websites using legit Google Analytics protocol ?

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