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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

The Department of Justice wants access to encrypted consumer devices but promises not to infiltrate business products or affect critical infrastructure. The thing is, that distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist. More consumer products became approved for military applications.

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Brazil Nominates Directors of the Brazil Data Protection Authority; Senate Approval Pending

Hunton Privacy

Joacil Basilio Rael (four-year mandate), computer engineer who graduated from the Military Engineering Institute. The Presidency will have two years to review the ANPD structure, during which time it may convert the ANPD into an independent public authority.

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Police arrest two people over stealing sensitive data from defense giant

Security Affairs

Italian police have arrested two people that have been accused of stealing 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Media reported that the exfiltrated data included confidential accounting information and military designs. ” reads the press agency AGI reports.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. Penchukov) — fled his mandatory military service orders and was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a. w s, icamis[.]ru

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DHS report – Voting systems in North Carolina county in 2016 were not hacked

Security Affairs

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. The Feds’ report said it didn’t find any malware or evidence of remote access to the Durham County Board of Elections systems. On Monday, the U.S. ” reported the AP agency.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

discloses ransomware incident (unknown). discloses ransomware incident (unknown).

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Capturing Paper Documents - Best Practices and Common Questions

AIIM

To a greater or lesser degree, most significant information management initiatives will involve a scanning capability to capture hard copy paper documents as electronic images. First, once a document is captured electronically, it can be made accessible through the IT infrastructure to others at remote locations.

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