Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The OilRig hacker group has been around since at least 2015, since then it targeted mainly organizations in the financial and government sectors, in the United States and Middle Eastern countries. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. DigiLocker is an online service provided by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Government of India under its Digital India initiative.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

Now the threat is evolving, the Sodinokibi ransomware includes fresh code to elevate its privileges on a target machine by exploiting a vulnerability in the Win32k component present on Windows 7 through 10 and Server editions. “Since some data is stored in the registry, this article uses the names given by the ransomware itself.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The CISSP ® (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) qualification is one of the most respected certifications in the information security industry, demonstrating an advanced knowledge of cyber security. Security and Risk Management. Asset Security. Security Architecture and Engineering.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

Trojan Lampion is a malware observed at the end of the year 2019 impacting Portuguese users using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax and EDP. Figure 4: Malicious MSI file downloaded from AWS S3 bucket and using COVID-19 theme that impersonates the Portuguese Government. Lampion email templates – May 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been around since at least 2015, since then it targeted mainly organizations in the financial and government sectors, in the United States and Middle Eastern countries. ” reads the analysis published by Paolo Alto Network.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

The National Cyber Security Centre urges the citizens to think critically and not to give in to manipulation.” The attack started on the night of April 10, threat actors launched a spear phishing campaign from an e-mail address that pretended to be sent from an employee of the Ministry of Defense. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

Turla (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ), has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. The three recent Turla campaigns targeted governments and international organizations worldwide.

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ARMA International

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Government topped the list of vertical industries at 23%. Information Governance Programs Still a Work-In-Progress. In 2015, Forrester first posed the question “Have you restructured or re-organized your RIM and/or IT programs to support an information governance strategy?” participants at 77% and Canada at 17%.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers. Two notable examples are Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco for $2.7B

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2020

Security researchers have published two proof-of-concept (PoC) code exploits for the recently-patched CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability that has been reported to Microsoft by the US National Security Agency (NSA). reads the security advisory published by Microsoft. “An The flaw affects the way Crypt32.dll

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Today I’d like to share a quick analysis resulted by a very interesting email which claimed to deliver a SOC “weekly report” on the victim email. SOC report 10 12 2019.doc Technical Analysis. Analysis of dropped and executed file (emotet). But let’s try to quickly check it. Emotet Depacked. Conclusion.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 14, 2015

On January 13, 2015, President Obama announced legislative proposals and administration efforts with respect to cybersecurity, including a specific proposal for a national data breach notification standard. Businesses would have thirty days to notify affected individuals of a security breach, with limited exceptions.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

NYDFS requires that all authorized property/casualty insurers that write cyber insurance in the state employ the practices identified in the Framework, including in the first instance, establishing a formal cyber insurance risk strategy that is directed and approved by senior management and the board of directors or governing body of the insurer.

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Information Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Finding “reliable” data about the installed base of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, market size and forecasts is not easy and can be expensive if you have to buy a commercial market report. However, there is quite a bit of free data out there which I have collated here. Summary: “Our analysis uncovered three major findings.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

New trojan called ‘Lampion’ has spread using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax during the last days of 2019. Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. Technical Analysis. ChePro family.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. However, it’s quite possible to send data. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Information Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I recently sat down with Gus Tugendhat, founder of UK-based government tenders and contracts data provider, Tussell. Gus told me about the origins of Tussell, the market it is addressing, its data-driven solution for businesses tendering for public sector contracts and the challenges of growing this innovative startup business.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

So, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team decided to dive deep into technical analysis. Technical Analysis. The money is kept by the government and in return, a “non-permanent” profit officially titled as “interest” is given back to the officers at the end of each year. The Fund is financial planning for defense personnel. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. Enterprise organizations recognize this shift and need to invest in device management and endpoint security capabilities.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, and, in particular, third-party transactions in which customer information is harnessed for advertising purposes. Could a party, for instance, decline to produce, review, or even collect certain types of data due to privacy concerns? But what about other contexts?

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Troy Hunt

MAY 1, 2018

Because especially when it comes to security, there are fundamental and inherent shortcomings in everything from HTTP to HTML and many of the other acronyms that make the web work as it does today. That UserVoice idea goes back to August 2014, Chrome started supporting SRI in September 2015 and Firefox followed a few months later in December.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The attack attribution is still unclear but the large scale of the malicious activities has also been confirmed by Unit42, who reported attack attempt against government verticals too. . Technical Analysis. Code Snippet 10: “PAYLOAD_2” in hex encoding. Figure 10: Evidence about.NET Reactor obfuscator. The Hagga Pastes.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

This actor was first spotted by PaloAlto’s UNIT42 in 2018 during wide scale operations against technology, retail, manufacturing, and local government industries in the US, Europe and Asia. All threats use at least one obfuscation method to make the analysis harder. Technical Analysis. Figure 10: Amsi Bypass exploit evidence.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

So here it is - 10 Personal Financial Lessons for Technology Professionals. I don't just mean at the crazy rich end of the scale (4 of the world's top 10 richest people did it in tech - Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg and Ellison), but at all levels of our profession. Intro: This Industry Rocks!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019. ” wrote Toni Gidwani, a Security Engineering Manager with Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). ” reads the APP page.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Experts at Yoroi’s Cyber Security Defence Center along with Fincantieri’s security team investigated the recently discovered Martymcfly malware attacks. Analysis ) where unknown attackers were targeting Italian naval industries. Whois data of “anchors-chain.com”. Background. Malicious Email. anchors-chain.com.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Disrupting the Internet in a certain country requires long-term preparation, but Group-IB’s analysis of attacks described in its report proves that it is technically feasible. Many telecom operators are Managed Service Providers and provide security services to government and commercial organizations.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Development of the GCC template and instructions began in 2015 by the GCC Working Group in an effort to provide U.S. 43R —Loan-Backed and Structured Securities. Noncontrolling ownership over 10% results in a related party classification regardless of any Disclaimer. 43R — Loan-Backed and Structured Securities.

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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. Marys, Ontario, leaving the some 7,500 residents without government services.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. With evolving attack methodologies due to machine learning, quantum computing, and sophisticated nation-state hackers, security startups are receiving record funding.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Jcry is a recent ransomware written in Go which increases its analysis. Criminals have been concerned about protecting their code, however the UPX packer can be easily overcome by allowing a more efficient threat analysis. The attacks happen one month before the common data of the campaign. An Israeli website nagish[.]co[.]il

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Jcry is a recent ransomware written in Go which increases its analysis. Criminals have been concerned about protecting their code, however the UPX packer can be easily overcome by allowing a more efficient threat analysis. The attacks happen one month before the common data of the campaign. An Israeli website nagish[.]co[.]il

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 19, 2017

This week, I started looking into a large database backup file which turned out to contain the personal data of a significant portion of the South African population. Who Am I and Why Do I Have This Data? Another is the masterdeeds.sql file which I begin loading into a local database on my laptop for further analysis.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides detailed information of the Equifax hack. million individuals have been exposed, hackers accessed names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s license numbers and credit card numbers. Equifax took 76 days to detect the massive 2017 data breach.

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