IT Governance

MAY 7, 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. Data scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile data sets containing personal information.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The provider of network security products Stormshield discloses data breach, threat actors stole information on some of its clients. Stormshield is a major provider of network security products to the French government, some approved to be used on sensitive networks. ” continues Stormshield.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 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. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways. Provides certain exemptions from public disclosure for materials provided to the state in response to an investigation of a breach of security.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 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. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Data breached: 2.7 Date breached: 384,658,212 records.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2021

Norway parliament, the Storting, has suffered a new cyberattack, hackers stole data by exploiting recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. A number of measures have been implemented in our systems, and the analysis work is ongoing. “The work takes place in collaboration with the security authorities. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2021

At least one China-linked APT group exploited a new zero-day flaw in Pulse Secure VPN equipment to break into the networks of US defense contractors. In all the intrusions, the attackers targeted Pulse Secure VPN appliances in the breached networks. “A vulnerability was discovered under Pulse Connect Secure (PCS). .

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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. An effective DLP solution provides the security team a complete visibility of their networks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

Last year, the group published a detailed analysis on how the Chinese government has improved its surveillance system to detect and block the popular circumvention tools Shadowsocks and its variants. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

The first half of 2020 ended on a familiarly bad note, with 92 security incidents accounting for at least 7,021,195,399 breached records. As such, affected individuals should already have been aware that their data had been compromised and taken the necessary steps to mitigate the damage. Cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) data leak exposes data of 2.3M Malware Static Analysis. PewDiePie ransomware oblige users subscribe to PewDiePie YouTube channel. LUCKY ELEPHANT campaign targets South Asian governments. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. You can read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that several recent successful cyberattacks hit various organizations’ cloud services. Data in the Analysis Report is not explicitly tied to the supply chain attack on SolarWinds Orion Platform software. ” reads the report published by CISA. .

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

At first glance, February appears to be a big improvement cyber security-wise compared to the start of the year. If you’re interested in detailed breakdowns of these incidents, why not subscribe to our Weekly Round-up or visit our blog , where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ? Puerto Rico government loses $2.6

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2021

Experts spotted the RokRat Trojan being used by North Korea-linked threat actors in attacks aimed at the South Korean government. On December 7 2020 researchers from Malwarebytes uncovered a campaign targeting the South Korean government with a variant of the RokRat RAT. ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Security experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found several documents relating to the Covid-19 vaccine allegedly stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) leaked in the Darkweb. In the last months, security experts reported the surge of the illegal market for Covid-19 vaccines on the Darkweb market.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Threat intelligence feeds are continually updated streams of data that inform users of different cybersecurity threats, their sources, and any infrastructure impacted or at risk of being impacted by those threats. As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). The APT group used fake online personas to create and disseminate disinformation as well as leak stolen data.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

In our examples, the clothing brand secures a segregated design team with physical locks on the doors, extra computer security to prevent digital theft, and a backup solution for their marketing data. If the marketing data computer crashes, the design company will need to respond and restore the computer and the data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2021

The European agency plays a crucial role in the evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines across the EU, it has access to sensitive and confidential information, including quality, safety, and effectivity data resulting from trials. Multiple security firms, such as Cyble and Yarix, have found leaks on underground forums. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975. A cyber attack could also cause the loss or corruption of customer data, impacting the ability to read meters or access billing systems. Cyber risk is both a social risk in terms of safety and security, as well as a governance risk in terms of management effectiveness.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. Chinese hackers also targeted several organizations in the healthcare sector, government and defense sectors of countries in Asia. ” reads the report published by CrowdStrike.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 30, 2024

Setting up a firewall is the first step in securing your network. A successful firewall setup and deployment requires careful design, implementation, and maintenance to effectively improve your network integrity and data security. Take note of your security requirements, physical environment, and component interoperability.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Back in December, the SolarWinds supply chain attack made the headlines when a Russian cyber espionage group tampered with updates for SolarWinds’ Orion Network Management products that the IT company provides to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices. Upgraded encryption algorithm strength for all stored credentials.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The first sample of Mamba Ransomware discovered in the wild was using the full disk encryption tool DiskCryptor to strongly encrypt the data. The alert provides a list of mitigations to stay protected from ransomware families: Recommended Mitigations • Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, North Korea).

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IT Governance has recorded more than 1,000 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents so far this year and 20 billion breached records. You can find the first part below, with the second part to follow next week – make sure you’re subscribed to our Weekly Round-up to catch it. Oh, and did we mention the Zoom quizzes?

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IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

Verizon’s annual DBIR (Data Breach Investigations Report) is among the most valuable studies in the security industry, so the release of the 2019 edition this week is cause for celebration. The reports are renowned for detailed analysis, with the latest study delving into more than 41,000 security incidents.

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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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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. Users can monetise their YouTube channel if they create original content, have 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

A malware campaign using new LuckyCat-Linked RAT dubbed ExileRAT has been targeting the mailing list of the organization officially representing the Tibetan government-in-exile. Given the nature of the threat and the targets, the campaign was likely designed for espionage purposes, Talos’ security researchers say. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Cloud security fundamentals are the core requirements that ensure data protection, regulatory compliance, and access management in a cloud environment. Understanding cloud security challenges and knowing the cloud security tools available in the market significantly contribute to enhanced cloud security.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Even a robust IT or security department will find certain tasks or projects beyond their capabilities. But ignoring issues that you lack the time or expertise for can risk operational failure or security incidents. Yet IT and security vendors will provide their services according to the specifics of the contract.

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Everteam

JULY 11, 2019

The world is leaning towards digital transformation and automated processes in its government transactions, aiming to improve the communication between citizens and public institutions. According to the United Nations, easy-to-access data will improve policy decisions and increase accountability. The Role Everteam is Playing… .

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Collibra

AUGUST 26, 2021

Anomaly detection, also called outlier analysis, is the process of identifying unusual patterns, rare events, atypical behaviors, or outliers of a dataset, which differ significantly from the rest of the data. Uses of data anomaly detection.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2023

CAASM (cyber asset ASM) and DRPS (digital risk protection) are also related terms and elements of ASM.

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Collibra

AUGUST 26, 2021

Anomaly detection, also called outlier analysis, is the process of identifying unusual patterns, rare events, atypical behaviors, or outliers of a dataset, which differ significantly from the rest of the data. Uses of data anomaly detection.

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