IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

For many, 2021 was a year to forget. 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. 2021 got off to an inauspicious start when cyber security researchers reported a huge leak of Brazilian residents’ data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2021, law enforcement continued making a tremendous effort to track down, capture and arrest ransomware operators, to take down ransomware infrastructure, and to claw back ransomware payments. REvil and BlackMatter are not “shutting down” due to external pressure from the government and law enforcement agencies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2023, the researchers attributed a combined total of 48 out of 58 zero-day vulnerabilities to commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) and government espionage actors, while 10 zero-day flaws were attributed to financially motivated actors. The researchers also tracked at least four ransomware groups exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. Network Security Product.

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erwin

MAY 17, 2021

erwin by Quest just released the “2021 State of Data Governance and Empowerment” report. This past year also saw a major shift as the silos between data governance, data operations and data protection diminished, with enterprises seeking to understand their data and the systems they use and secure to empower smarter decision-making.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? According to Bloomberg , CNA Financial opted to pay the ransom two weeks after the security breach because it was not able to restore its operations.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 2, 2022

On May 11, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2021 (the “Report”). The Report provides an overview of the CNIL’s enforcement activities in 2021. In particular, the Report revealed that: The CNIL received 14,143 complaints in 2021 (+4% compared to 2020) and closed 12,522.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But sometime over the past 48 hours, the cybercriminal syndicate updated its victim shaming blog to indicate that it is now selling access to many of the organizations it has hacked. It’s also not obvious why they would advertise having hacked into companies if they plan on selling that access to extract sensitive data going forward.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 20, 2022

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,243 security incidents in 2021, which accounted for 5,126,930,507 breached records. How security incidents occurred.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2024

government is warning that “smart locks” securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

MITRE and CISA announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list. MITRE and the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

The US government urges cyber security audits of public water systems, highlighting the importance to secure US critical infrastructure. The Biden administration announced on Friday that it will make it mandatory for the states to conduct cyber security audits of public water systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2021

Zero trust security is a concept that’s been around for several years, but it may finally be starting to gain traction as a technology product. But buyers are beginning to express interest, and a number of security vendors have assembled some interesting approaches to zero trust security. What is zero trust security?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A cyber espionage group targets governments and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries since early 2021. Threat actors are targeting government and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries as parts of a cyber espionage campaign that remained under the radar since early 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2021

From agentless solutions for multi-cloud infrastructures to implementing zero trust and threat scoring, the 2021 class of innovators predominantly addresses cloud, data, and application security. Also Read: Top 22 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021. RSA Conference (@RSAConference) May 19, 2021. RSAC 2021 innovators.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2021

For several years, we’ve produced a monthly list of security incidents , comprised of publicly disclosed breaches from mainstream publications. At the start of 2021, we decided to expand our research to learn more about the organisations that are being breached and how they were falling victim. How security incidents are occurring.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A stealthy APT group tracked as Gelsemium was observed targeting a Southeast Asian government between 2022 and 2023. Palo Alto Unit42 researchers an APT group tracked as Gelsemium targeting a Southeast Asian government. appeared first on Security Affairs. OwlProxy is a unique and custom tool used by the group.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In 2021, we endured the fallout of a seemingly endless parade of privacy controversies and milestone cyber attacks. Related: The dire need to security-proof APIs. Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about lessons learned in 2021– and any guidance they might have to offer heading into 2022.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2021

What if Identity Security and Access Management Didn’t Exist? Mon, 08/16/2021 - 06:56. For example, let’s take identity security. What about life without access management? Thankfully, in the modern workplace, identity is the heart of security. In the world of tech, we love to future gaze. Fuhgeddaboudit.

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erwin

JUNE 17, 2021

erwin by Quest just released the “ 2021 State of Data Governance and Empowerment” report. This past year also saw a major shift as the silos between data governance, data operations and data protection diminished, with enterprises seeking to understand their data and the systems they use and secure to empower smarter decision-making.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

. “Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021. The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

ZenGRC provides one platform to simplify audit, risk, and compliance management with a holistic view of control environments, easy information access, and continual monitoring. StandardFusion risk management aims to simplify the complexities of governance, risk, and GRC using automation, all at an affordable price. Reciprocity.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For federal and state governments and agencies, identity is the crux of a robust security implementation. Numerous individuals disclose confidential, personal data to commercial and public entities daily, necessitating that government institutions uphold stringent security measures to protect their assets.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity hit record highs in 2021, and isn’t expected to slow down anytime soon. Such consolidation across markets is good news for customers and vendors alike in terms of market growth and maximizing security investments. Related: Stolen data used to target mobile services.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

But their popularity has made them a target for hackers, making container security an important area to supplement in the already extensive cybersecurity portfolio. The need for container security. Misconfigured permissions can multiply these problems, so container security is too critical to be taken lightly. Runtime security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

The FBI revealed that foreign hackers compromised the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting flaws in an unpatched Fortinet VPN. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that an APT group had breached the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched Fortinet VPN.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

The data exposures all stem from a misconfiguration in Salesforce Community that allows an unauthenticated user to access records that should only be available after logging in. Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The British government will ban the installation of new Huawei equipment in the 5G networks of Wireless carriers after September 2021. The British government will not allow the installation of new Huawei equipment in the 5G networks of Wireless carriers after September 2021. ” th e UK Government announced.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cyberattacks caused by supply chain vulnerabilities mean organizations need a renewed perspective on how to address third-party security. BitSight Security Ratings Platform. Ten years after BitSight became a pioneer in the security ratings space, the Boston-based company holds 32 patents and has rated over 40 million companies.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

Further investigation allowed to identify over 30 victims in multiple countries, most of whom were linked to government agencies. According to the researchers, the malware campaign targeting MS Exchange Server has been active since at least 2021. Some of the countries targeted by this campaign are Russia, the U.A.E.,

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2023

IT security buyers are consolidating vendors at an overwhelming rate, according to a speaker at this week’s Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. ” Security Products Merge Into Platforms As part of that trend, security products are consolidating too, MacDonald said.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a difficult year many of us, and with the hope that COVID-19 will dissipate in the spring, this is a new year more than any other where we want to look forwards, not backwards. But before we turn our attention to 2022, we must first round out 2021 with our final monthly review of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

On February 8, 2021, Pinellas County, Florida officials announced that a hacker had remotely gained access to the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment system on two separate occasions and was able to change the setting for sodium hydroxide in the water supply.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Thales at GITEX 2021 – An Exciting Time With Exciting News. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 07:29. The GITEX 2021 conference was met with high attendance along with safety protocols, and it lived up to its usual innovative expectations. Identity and security management is one of the challenges of any organization’s cloud migration initiative.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Network Access Control (NAC) helps enterprises implement policies for controlling devices and user access to their networks. NAC can set policies for resource, role, device and location-based access and enforce security compliance with security and patch management policies, among other controls. Auconet BICS.

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