Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The analysis of attacks where Egregor has been deployed revealed that the TTPs used by the threat actors are almost identical to the ones used by the ProLock operators, whose campaigns have been described in Group-IB blog post in May. Egregor operators use the combination of ChaCha8 stream cipher and RSA-2048 for file encryption.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2022

” A team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab ( SEEMOO ) at the Technical University of Darmstadt demonstrated a technique to tamper with the firmware and load malware onto a chip while an iPhone is “OFF.” Thus, it has a long-lasting effect on the overall iOS security model.”

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus. Tony Mendoza, Senior Director of Enterprise Business Solutions at Spectra Logic, laid out the details of the attack at the annual Fujifilm Recording Media USA (FRMA) Conference in San Diego late last month.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers). . “But we collect information only for legitimate national security purposes.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Interested parties are invited to submit their responses to the calls for contributions by 11 March.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The closed session featured a discussion on the benefits and risks of the Internet of Things among four experts from academia and the private sector and the Conference member authorities. Conference members called on big data users to take a number of actions, including the following: Respect the principle of purpose specification.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Overall, we continue to think the security industry is still ripe for commoditization, especially from the cloud providers who have the capacity to simply offer features as a default. The biggest security specific omission for us was the lack of discussion on quantum computing and the impact it will have on the industry.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

The academic researcher James Pavur, speaking at Black Hat 2020 hacking conference , explained that satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception. Pavel explained that attackers could also collect information even when the traffic is encrypted. Pierluigi Paganini.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. OCR chooses cases based on perceived importance and message.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Should privacy be considered a “burden” under the proportionality analysis required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 26(b)? 3 As a result, an emerging consensus of courts and commentators has concluded that privacy interests may — and indeed, should — be considered as part of the proportionality analysis required under Rule 26(b)(1).

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Encrypting critical data assets.

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Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 3, 2018

By having more cybersecurity professionals, we can enhance security. A Global Information Security Workforce Study conducted by ISC showed that out of all the cybersecurity experts surveyed, only 7% are below the age of 29, and only 13% are below the age of 30-34.

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Brandeis Records Manager

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Like most people, I prefer to have a reasonable sense of job security, as long as my interest is engaged. The “public ledger” role and “smart contract” applications of blockchain already in existence sound suspiciously familiar to our turf, and they’re handled by encryption keys and code, not by people. No red herring here.

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Data Matters

MAY 9, 2019

Blockchain is a ledger technology that creates a shared system of record through advanced encryption methods. Advocates of blockchain note that it has the potential to improve the efficiency, security and trustworthiness of a wide variety of transactions.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 13, 2022

Despite all the security measures you might take, a codebase can be the weakest link for any business’s cybersecurity. While this guide focuses on sanitizing and validating inputs, other elements such as the server’s configurations must also be taken into account to secure forms. Also read: Top Code Debugging and Code Security Tools.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2022

What good is connecting applications, servers and networks across the public cloud if you’re unable to securely operationalize the datasets that these interconnected systems store and access? And addressing data security has become paramount. It has become very, very clear that data security is pretty broken for most enterprises.”.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak. Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication. Russian govn blocked Tutanova service in Russia to stop encrypted communication.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Security enthusiast and Linux evangelist Binni Shah consistently offers valuable tutorials, guides, and insights for the cybersecurity community. Binni Shah | @binitamshah.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. ” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. Say you’re an organization that’s been hit with ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Conference of Mayors in Honolulu in early July felt compelled to sign a resolution never to pay a ransom to hackers. Those on the front line defending these attacks – the security analysts manning enterprise SOCs, the IT administrators in SMBs and the MSPs servicing multiple companies – have a greater security burden than ever to bear.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The LockBit ransomware gang no longer offers just one service, like ransomware, but multiple services, like anti-analysis tools and bug bounty programs. With ransomware, attackers encrypt an organization's data and hold it hostage until a ransom is paid. I am a global security adviser at Splunk. Ransomware is not new.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Each of these mule recruitment sites had the same security weakness: Anyone could register , and after logging in any user could view messages sent to and from all other users simply by changing a number in the browser’s address bar. . Further reading: DOJ press conference remarks on Yakubets. tank: Mr. F **g Brian F **g Kerbs!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2019

In the past year, NIST has been assessing the submissions, and scrutinizing them for security and efficiency. The selected algorithms fall into two categories: those which allow public-key encryption (17 selected) and key establishment, and those for creating digital signatures (9 selected).

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? And on the other hand, we're saying security, that's a secondary concern. But we all know how security by obscurity works in the end.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Where the Information Commissioner gives notices to data controllers, she can now secure compliance, with the power to issue substantial administrative penalties of up to 4% of global turnover. How then will we secure adequacy without adhering to the charter? Where she finds criminality, she can prosecute.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Syxsense Secure. Stop breaches with one endpoint security solution. Pre-built templates keep organizations secure without needing large teams and specialists.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

In this industry, there's everything from income-producing equipment to conferences to charitable donations to an organisation like Let's Encrypt that can reduce your tax bill (obviously get expert advice on this if you're not sure). Optimising your tax position is free money. Free legal money and there are many, many ways to do it.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Arquilla is a distinguished professor of defense analysis at the United States Naval Postgraduate School. He coined the term ‘cyberwar,’ along with David Ronfeldt, over 20 years ago and is a leading expert on the threats posed by cyber technologies to national security. For decades, consumers have not demanded secure IT products.

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