eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

As enterprise IT environments have expanded to include mobile and IoT devices and cloud and edge technology, new types of tests have emerged to address new risks, but the same general principles and techniques apply. Many organizations have business-critical assets in the cloud that, if breached, can bring their operations to a complete halt.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Experts warn that the Russia-linked APT29 group has been observed targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers to gain initial access to the targets’ networks. And it’s even worse: With access to the build process, attackers can inject malicious code, compromising the integrity of software releases and impacting all downstream users.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 2, 2022

The intent of this tradition was to ensure trusted access to and physical security of the Tower, the most secure castle in the land, so that intruders would not be able to gain access. These men and women are obviously highly trained in security matters, as it’s reported that they need to have 22 years of military service to even.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2022

Credential compromise is the leading cause of cybercriminals’ ability to gain access to enterprise resources. Implement policies based on a “least privilege” access model. A surprising number of organisations have not yet implemented an MFA requirement to access systems and data, yet this is the first step to a true Zero Trust journey.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The nonprofit GDI Foundation has tracked close to 175,000 examples of misconfigured software and services on the cloud this year. As more and more organizations are moving to the cloud, the number of leaky servers is increasing. Compounding the problem, configuring Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the cloud can be difficult.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 16, 2018

When I first wrote about Cloud Access Security Brokers in 2015, so-called CASBs were attracting venture capital by the truckloads — and winning stunning customer testimonials. While cloud services give companies amazing flexibility and scalability, they also create endless additional vulnerable access points.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Cyber recovery is designed to help organizations prepare for and recover from a cyberattack, which is an intentional effort to steal or destroy data, apps and other digital assets through unauthorized access to a network, computer system or digital device. What is cyber recovery? What is a cyberattack?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The cyberespionage group continues to target members of defense companies, embassies, governments, and the military.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

“Once NOBELIUM obtains credentials and successfully compromises a server, the actor relies on that access to maintain persistence and deepen its infiltration using sophisticated malware and tools. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. “Use of FoggyWeb has been observed in the wild as early as April 2021.”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He pulled together the Michigan Cyber Range , an unclassified, private cloud network initially set up to teach, test and train IT staff to defend their organizations’ networks. Other hubs followed at military bases, other state universities and even a high school and a non-profit community arts and tech center. They answered, yes.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

It’s Testing U.S.

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Preservica

MARCH 7, 2022

The acceleration in digital transformation and cloud-first initiatives over the last year has put increased focus on the way long-term digital content is governed and used. We then further extended UK hosting with the availability of its popular Cloud Essentials and Professional editions on the AWS Europe (London) region.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2020

Cyber criminals have discovered Zoom logons, in particular, to be useful for carrying out credential stuffing campaigns to probe for deeper access inside of breached networks. To make an impact, they must be able to address the audience in accessible business language and in risk language.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“The actors leverage access to CDC networks to obtain sensitive data about U.S. ” Threat actors employed similar tactics in many attempts to compromise enterprise and cloud networks. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.” ” reads the joint alert. Air Force, U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

ShellClient is previously undocumented and stealthy RAT (Remote Access Trojan) used to steal sensitive info from the victims. “The most recent ShellClient versions observed in Operation GhostShell follow the trend of abusing cloud-based storage services, in this case the popular Dropbox service. Russia, and Europe. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

“In December 2022, an unauthorized third party gained access to and installed malware on our cPanel hosting servers. The risk that these types of events could seriously harm our business is likely to increase as we expand the number of cloud-based products we offer and operate in more countries.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. It has become easy to get user credentials and use them to access the network. LW: Can you frame how privileged access covers a lot more ground today?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2019

military and Apple regularly offering rewards to anyone who can find and report vulnerabilities. Do they need someone to test their cloud services and applications, or are they after a pen tester? This can include seeking professional kudos, responding to ad hoc requests or, in general, they just have a desire to do the right thing.

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

In 2015, he successfully transitioned from a military career as a trial attorney for the JAG Corps to working in telematics in corporate America for State Farm Insurance. In the military, he got his first exposure to telematics when they asked him what he wanted to do after being a prosecutor, and he exclaimed, “convoys!”

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The disk image, when unpacked and loaded, is a snapshot of a hard drive dating back to May 2013 from a Linux-based server that forms part of a cloud-based intelligence sharing system, known as Red Disk. Red Disk was envisioned as a highly customizable cloud system that could meet the demands of large, complex military operations.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. The challenge of the moment is that many companies already have their hands full trying to improve their security posture as they migrate their legacy, on premises, IT systems to the cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

The internet and, now, cloud computing transformed the way we conduct business. The downside to this long-term trend is that communications online, never mind on public cloud platforms, present vulnerabilities via web attacks and malware. It’s insurmountable to succeed without the resources available online today.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

Originally Featured in Global Military Communications Magazine’s June/July Issue. Additionally, initiatives pushing for IT modernization within the federal government mean more data is being stored in the cloud; in big data repositories; being used for IoT purposes; and being stored in containers.

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Preservica

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Collections Manager at the Military Women’s Memorial , Amy Poe, faced a wide range of challenges in making their collections easily accessible and secure online. Our world is creating more digital information today than ever before, with little insight into how future generations will access it in the decades to come.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

There are four operators in Myanmar: state-owned Myanma Posts and Telecommunications ( MPT ) , Qatar based Ooredoo, military-aligned Mytel, and privately owned Telenor Myanmar. Telenor redirects all users attempting to access a blocked domain to an inexpensive VPS outside of Telenor’s own infrastructure under a non-Telenor domain.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 26, 2018

Cybercriminals are targeting enterprise resource planning (ERP) apps–some of the oldest and most difficult-to-secure business software systems–with new attacks in an effort to exploit vulnerabilities and gain access to valuable, sensitive enterprise data, according to a new report. Read the whole entry. »

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

drone attack that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani. Immediately following Iran’s counterstrike against American military posts in Iraq, a tweet circulated claiming that more than 20 American soldiers had been killed. It’s often the sloppiest of mistakes that give hackers access to your business.

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Preservica

JULY 26, 2018

The digital archive will streamline secure access to information for up to 700 people across its 20 international offices working to defend human rights. It will also enable Amnesty to digitally preserve and provide better access to 57 years of history. In addition to this, our support of individuals and communities can span decades.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” 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.” A cloud access security broker (CASB) can help manage policy enforcement for your organization’s cloud infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2022

reported that hackers – some linked to Russian GRU military intelligence – breached computers at nearly two dozen U.S. .” The surge in cyber activity reported by SaaS Alerts and others coincides with the build-up to Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, and yesterday Resecurity Inc. Most common SaaS critical alerts.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Cyber attacks. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

government, including the military and Intelligence Community.” government, including the military and Intelligence Community.” (at The IT services provided under the contract involve access to the medical facility’s systems containing the bulk personal health data. What types of data brokerage transactions are in-scope?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Limited tests can focus on narrower targets such as networks, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, physical security, cloud security, web applications, or other system components. Since much of the access information is provided up front, these tests are less expensive than black box tests.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2022

Either exploited by military groups or criminal gangs, attacks on satellites, their systems, and base stations on Earth are seeing a steady uptick. While this lowered barrier to entry increases innovation and discovery, it also increases the number of potential access points for hackers. Elon Musk knows this to be true.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

“An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could access a user’s Net-NTLMv2 hash which could be used as a basis of an NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user,” the company wrote. Critical Outlook Zero-Day The Outlook zero-day, CVE-2023-23397 , with a critical CVSS score of 9.8,

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 18, 2020

Near the end of the movie the Rebel Alliance infiltrates the Imperial Center of Military Research on the planet Scarif (i.e., The Rebels engaged in social engineering tactics—using ways of fooling the user into providing data or access to information—to steal the schematic plans for the Death Star. Scarif base).

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