IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

Upon opening the attachment, ToxicEye installs itself on the victim’s device and performs some operations in background such as: stealing data deleting or transferring files killing processes on the PC hijacking the PC’s microphone and camera to record audio and video encrypting files for ransom purposes. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Data loss prevention (DLP) refers to a set of security solutions that identify and monitor information content across storage, operations, and networks. DLP solutions help detect and prevent potential data exposure or leaks. DLP integrates procedures, technology, and people to effectively detect and prevent sensitive data leaks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

ReversingLabs discovered two malicious packages, respectively named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent, in the npm package repository containing an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. The malware also supports anti-sandbox and analysis functionalities to avoid detection and prevent being analyzed.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. What Makes an Encryption Algorithm Strong?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

The Royal ransomware is written in C++, it infected Windows systems and deletes all Volume Shadow Copies to prevent data recovery. According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

19, Apex was alerted that its systems had been infected with a destructive strain of ransomware that encrypts computer files and demands payment for a digital key needed to unscramble the data. “When they encrypt the data, that happens really fast,” he said. Roswell, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. Between April 7, 2023, and May 4, 2023, Royal performed data exfiltration and ransomware delivery preparation activities. ” continues the report.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, we’ll consider situational analysis, how to assess what’s happening in the school and how to support staff to protect the data in their care. Situational analysis – understand what’s happening now. There are several ways to reduce the likelihood and severity of data breaches. Introduce device encryption.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DTrack allows attackers to gather information from the infected host, and upload/download/manipulate files on the infected host, exfiltrate data, and execute commands. The second stage payload is a heavily obfuscated shellcode, the APT group used an encryption method different for each sample. ” continues the analysis. .”

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The phenomenon in numbers Numerous reports from the Italian Postal Police ( [link] ) confirm CERT-AgID’s weekly data ( [link] ) on phishing campaigns involving dozens of exploited brands, including Poste Italiane, Intesa Sanpaolo, Nexi, Inps, Agenzia delle Entrate and Zimbra. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security acts as something of a virtual barrier, preventing unauthorized access to data and assets beyond the traditional network perimeter. As the internet has enabled us to access work, data, and equipment from any location, remote access security has become increasingly crucial.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

According to its analysis , 260 organisations in the UK fell victim to ransomware between January 2020 and June 2022, a figure that’s only exceeded by Canada (276) and – in a distant lead – the US (2,379). Across the UK, the education sector was the most frequently targeted, with 24 incidents. Why are small businesses at risk?

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good. Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Its operators have a DLS site, where they post exfiltrated data from their victims who refused to pay the ransom. As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. Downloaded data is decrypted, decompressed and injected to newly started svchost.exe process.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Anomaly detection systems recognize anomalous behavior by analyzing past data and trends. Behavioral Analysis Behavioral analysis , a machine learning-driven approach, assesses cloud workload and app activity to identify possible security issues. Data Security Protection of data is a crucial function of any CWP platform.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 5, 2022

In today’s world of complex data architectures and emerging technologies, databases can sometimes be undervalued and unrecognized. IBM has been the pioneer in paving the way for data management technologies and advancements for decades, from the first commercial database to quantum computing systems. This is the story of Db2. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Cylance. “Analysts have observed evidence of the threat actors attempting to deliver ransomware to the healthcare and education industries with PyXie.” ” continues the analysis. ” continues the analysis.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

.” By way of explaining iNSYNQ’s initial reluctance to share information about the particulars of the attack early on, Luchansky told customers the company had to assume the intruders were watching and listening to everything iNSYNQ was doing to recover operations and data in the wake of the ransomware outbreak.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

The first signs of the ransomware attack at data storage vendor Spectra Logic were reports from a number of IT staffers about little things going wrong at the beginning of the day. Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus. Lessons Learned.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

The settlement resolves a multistate litigation arising out of a May 2015 data breach in which hackers infiltrated WebChart, a web application run by MIE, and stole the electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) of over 3.9 failed to encrypt the sensitive ePHI. MIE”) and its wholly owned subsidiary NoMoreClipboard, LLC.

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Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

Delivering on that mission requires a wide variety of data-driven decisions. From the smallest tactical responses taken in response to real-time triggers, through to strategic decisions based on long-term market trends – data holds the key to better decision making. Everything is encrypted. Driving agile data operations .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 13, 2018

This implies a dramatic improvement in technology and the creation of an amount of data never seen before. In these blog posts, we look at how a public key infrastructure (PKI) -based solution for managing the authentication and confidentiality for users, devices and networks are crucial to data integrity. It’s All About the Data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2022

Virtually all ransomware encrypts the contents of files on the filesystem. The same Bitcoin wallet address has been observed across all DEV-0586 intrusions and at the time of analysis, the only activity was a small transfer on January 14. All your personal data has been sent to a public network.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Extra security measures have been taken to protect (scientific) data. UM is investigating if the cyber attackers have had access to this data.”. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. The attacker focused on encrypting data files in the Windows domain.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Also read: Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations. Our analysis will then need to consider what it will take to prepare to meet that request and how to communicate it clearly, without technical jargon, to our executives, to the board, and possibly to a judge and jury. Establishing formal risk analysis and policies.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Once an actor has infiltrated a network with Netwalker, a combination of malicious programs may be executed to harvest administrator credentials, steal valuable data, and encrypt user files.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 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. For instance, it could monitor users’ keystrokes or encrypt the user’s files in a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Once an actor has infiltrated a network with Netwalker, a combination of malicious programs may be executed to harvest administrator credentials, steal valuable data, and encrypt user files.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Data has become critical to your organization’s success. At the same time – in fact, as a direct result of data’s central importance – more adversaries are working harder and finding more nefarious ways to steal or otherwise compromise your data. One-half of corporate data is now stored in the cloud.

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Encryption Cloud Privacy GDPR 215

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Gartner defines digital risk management as “the integrated management of risks associated with digital business components, such as cloud, mobile, social, big data, third-party technology providers, OT and the IoT.” Some smaller companies have even gone out of business as the result of a data breach. The Threat Level Is Rising.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Increased transparency over advertiser and app accesses to user data. Today, Facebook users can download and view much of the data the company has about them. The company could be more transparent about what data it shares with advertisers and others and how it allows advertisers to select users they show ads to.

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