IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

2022 will go down as the year where some semblance of normality returned. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

China-linked BRONZE PRESIDENT group is targeting government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America with PlugX malware. Secureworks researchers reported that China-linked APT group BRONZE PRESIDENT conducted a new campaign aimed at government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America with the PlugX malware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 18, 2022

RSA Conference 2022 Back to Physical - The Thrill of Meeting in Person! Thu, 05/19/2022 - 05:25. And just like that, RSA Conference 2022 is back in San Francisco ! Besides keynotes and presentations, RSA Conference 2022 is also about socializing and networking. The keyword here is ‘together.’. ThalesRSAC2022.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

About the only consensus on cybersecurity in 2022 is that things will get uglier, but in what ways? Here are some of the more interesting predictions for 2022 we’ve seen from cybersecurity researchers. Here are some of the more interesting predictions for 2022 we’ve seen from cybersecurity researchers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang is threatening to ‘overthrow’ the new government of Costa Rica after last month’s attack. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to our March 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. This signifies that the information sent to and from the website is encrypted, and that’s normally a sign that a website is legitimate.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Many people believe that this indicates that a URL is genuine, but it simply means that traffic sent to the site is encrypted. Get started.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

The global cost of ransomware has risen from $325 million to $20 billion from 2016 to 2021, and on average, only 65% of encrypted data was restored after a ransom was paid. Zerto’s automated failover and failback is said to recover encrypted files, virtual machine (VM) applications, sites, and data within minutes of when an infection occurs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2022

Five Hot Security and Privacy Topics You Need To Understand in 2022. Thu, 01/27/2022 - 06:13. Multinational organizations face difficult and unique compliance challenges to successfully meet the ongoing waves of government regulations for data privacy and security. Beyond Zero Trust: The Future of Continuous and Granular Access.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2024

ESET researchers reported that a Windows version of DinodasRAT was used in attacks against government entities in Guyana. ESET first discovered a new Linux version of DinodasRAT in October 2023, but experts believe it has been active since 2022. Compared to RESHELL, XDealer provides more comprehensive backdoor capabilities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

MIM is a government body responsible for industry and mineral resources operations. file was indexed by IoT search engines was in March 2022, meaning that the data was exposed for at least 15 months. Cybercriminals may exploit the leaked credentials to gain initial access to government systems and launch ransomware attacks.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

August 2022 has been a lesson in being careful with whom you provide sensitive information. In a month that saw the former US president accused of misappropriating classified government documents, there were also a spate of malicious insiders compromising their employer’s systems. Financial information.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 2, 2022

On April 5, 2022, North Carolina became the first state in the U.S. to prohibit state agencies and local government entities from paying a ransom following a ransomware attack. Passage of this first-of-its-kind law follows a sharp increase in ransomware attacks against state and local governments.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

The man served as an Information Systems Security Designer between June 6 to July 1, 2022, this job position gave him access to sensitive information. These attempts occurred between August and September 2022, using an encrypted email account to demonstrate his willingness to share sensitive information.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112).

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IT Governance

JANUARY 13, 2022

Welcome to the first review of phishing attacks for 2022, in which we explore the latest scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal information. However, it simply means that the site provides end-to-end encryption, which makes it harder for a cyber criminal to intercept traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new year brought few new vulnerabilities, and only Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) and Kyber, the quantum resistant encryption algorithm, publicized new vulnerabilities or fixes. Government agencies have until January 23 to mitigate the issues or stop using affected products. The fix: Update to 2022 Service Update 5.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

All enterprises need to have more observability and control over how encryption is managed across their systems, and ensuring that all applications leverage the best possible cryptography is a key aspect of improving cybersecurity posture,” said Nadia Carlsten, Vice President of Product at SandboxAQ. A broad range of U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

1/9 pic.twitter.com/WyxzCZSz84 — ESET research (@ESETresearch) November 25, 2022. The APT hacking group is believed to have been behind numerous attacks this year, including an attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the deployment of a persistent botnet called “ Cyclops Blink ” dismantled by the US government in April.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The Holy Ghost ransomware appends the file extension.h0lyenc to filenames of encrypted files. The HolyRS.exe was first detected in October 2021, HolyLocker.exe in March 2022 and BTLC.exe in April 2022. The first possibility is that the North Korean government sponsors this activity.” ” concludes Microsoft.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

Thu, 03/24/2022 - 05:00. The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. 2022 Report. 2022 Report. 2022 Report. 17% of respondents said that more than 50% of their sensitive cloud data is encrypted.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

Key Findings: MY2022, an app mandated for use by all attendees of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, has a simple but devastating flaw where encryption protecting users’ voice audio and file transfers can be trivially sidestepped. Citizen Lab examined the app and found it riddled with security holes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. ” reads the analysis published by Rising.AFR-6fyvilv #Sfile #Ransomware New Sample: 6E029B9B0A600CDC1E75A4F7228B332B pic.twitter.com/tB27dM8tjd — dnwls0719 (@fbgwls245) January 9, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

RansomExx operation has been active since 2018, the list of its victims includes government agencies, the computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE , and the Italian luxury brand Zegna. The ransomware iterates through the specified directories, enumerating and encrypting files. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2023

The variant was employed in attacks aimed at organizations in government and legal sectors. The Monti group has been active since June 2022, shortly after the Conti ransomware gang shut down its operations. The new Linux encryptor appends the bytes “MONTI” followed by an additional 256 bytes that are linked to the encryption key.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. “FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth approximately half a million dollars.” The Kansas hospital opted to pay approximately a $100,000 ransom in Bitcoin to receive a decryptor e recover the encrypted files. ” reads the announcement published by DoJ.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. In addition, the Japanese Police, supported by Europol, have released a recovery tool designed to recover files encrypted by the LockBit 3.0

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

Royal ransomware is one of the most notable ransomware families of 2022, it made the headlines in early May 2023 with the attack against the IT systems in Dallas, Texas. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Researchers from Trend Micro, while monitoring the activity of the China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca , discovered an encrypted file hosted on a server under the control of the group. It consists of two components, the loader and the encrypted main payload. The backdoor uses AES-ECB encryption for C2 communications.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Secure remote working tips and VPN insights from our senior penetration tester Leon Teale is a senior penetration tester at IT Governance. The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) also added requirements for home working to the scheme in January 2022. Ensure full-disk encryption, especially for laptops and other portable devices.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2022

On October 11, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration released an informational statement about the current Administrations’ progress in strengthening America’s national cybersecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. Protocols and policies setting new parameters for trusted connections are being hammered out and advanced encryption, authentication and data protection solutions are being ramped up. Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have breached the IT firm NJVC , which supports the federal government and the United States Department of Defense. Another US defense contractor suffered a data breach, the BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have hacked NJVC. The company has more than 1,200 employees in locations worldwide. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The state-sponsored hackers exploited the CVE-2022-47966 RCE vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine. The CVE-2022-47966 flaw is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that impacts multiple Zoho products with SAML SSO enabled in the ManageEngine setup. The vulnerability was addressed by the company on October 27th, 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Read more : Best Third-Party Risk Management Tools of 2022. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Once data is mapped, organizations make better decisions on how that data is governed and reduce their risk footprint. Read more : Top Database Security Solutions for 2022.

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