IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2021

The UK version was born out of the EU GDPR, so you might think that there are only cosmetic differences and that minor actions are required to adjust your documentation and compliance practices. Do you have appropriate security mechanisms for data transfers? GDPR documentation made simple. Find out more.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Microsoft today released updates to address 147 security holes in Windows, Office , Azure ,NET Framework , Visual Studio , SQL Server , DNS Server , Windows Defender , Bitlocker , and Windows Secure Boot. Yes, you read that right. “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The documents include details for three projects named Scan, Amesit, and Krystal-2B.

Energy and Utilities 89

Energy and Utilities Education Ransomware IT 89

Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This reality has made data security increasingly important, requiring a sea change in the way companies handle their documents. We have decades of experience in the safe storage, scanning, and shredding of our clients’ important documents. What paperwork do I need to keep: How do you know which documents to keep or shred?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

China-linked Earth Preta cyberespionage group has been observed adopting new techniques to bypass security solutions. Trend Micro researchers reported that the China-linked Earth Preta group (aka Mustang Panda ) is actively changing its tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to bypass security solutions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

exe heavily via various types of Microsoft Office documents. During our analysis of these malware samples, we have identified that some of the malware samples belonged to Qbot and Lokibot attempting to execute.ocx files. Microsoft Word/Rich Text Format data/Composite Document —. Figure 3: Malicious File Types.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Security experts from vpnMentor have discovered two corporate finance companies that leak half a million legal and financial documents online. vpnMentor experts uncovered a database exposed online on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is leaking a huge amount of sensitive legal and financial documents. ” concludes vpnMentor.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The ransomware attack on Xplain impacted tens of thousands Federal government files, said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain.

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Ransomware Data breaches Unstructured data Personal data 118

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2021

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers have been manipulated before the leak. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. reported the analysis published by Cyble.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2020

DoppelPaymer hackers leaked online internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world. The gang behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware has stolen internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world from the industrial contractor Visser Precision.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Experts warn that recently disclosed Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure vulnerabilities are massively exploited in the wild. x and Ivanti Policy Secure. is a command injection vulnerability in web components of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, x) and Ivanti Policy Secure. reads the advisory published by Ivanti.

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IT Governance

JULY 8, 2019

Organisations seeking ISO 27001 compliance must prove their compliance with the Standard by completing appropriate documents. List of documents required for ISO 27001 compliance. Information security policy. Information security risk assessment process. Information security risk treatment plan.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 2, 2019

If you’re planning to implement an ISMS (information security management system), you’ll need to document the scope of your project – or, in other words, define what information needs to be protected. You should instead document the organisation and its processing under Annex A control A.15 15 – supplier relationships.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Shockingly, a lot of organizations, even today, manage this through, either homemade tools or documents, checklists, Excel files, custom-made databases and so on and so forth. Traditionally, these are manually documented, monitored and managed. The C-Level Demands GRC Real-Time Impact Analysis. Impact analysis is critical.

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Compliance Risk Government Data breaches 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled as “confidential” or “restricted secret.” ” The hackers shared the documents on the file-sharing site MEGA. ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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IT Governance

MAY 8, 2019

Most GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance projects start with a gap analysis. A gap analysis is a popular method of assessing compliance against the requirements of the Regulation. What does a gap analysis involve? Can I use a free GDPR gap analysis tool? What gap analysis options are available?

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GDPR Compliance Personal data Risk 80

Threatpost

MAY 13, 2020

DHS posts analysis, documentation for new cyber-attack tools on US-CERT on three-year anniversary of WannaCry.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2020

The collection, dubbed “ BlueLeaks ” and made searchable online, stems from a security breach at a Texas web design and hosting company that maintains a number of state law enforcement data-sharing portals. “Additionally, the data dump contains emails and associated attachments,” the alert reads.

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Archiving Government Risk Security 363

WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

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

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Security Military Data breaches Ransomware 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2019

Experts analyzed an Office document containing a payload that is able to bypass Microsoft AppLocker and Anti-Malware Scan Interface (AMSI), Introduction. Technical analysis. Initial document view. This trick is able to bypass all the major sandboxing services, like Any.run and Hybrid Analysis. Sample information.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks analyzed the method used by Iran-linked OilRig APT Group to test weaponized docs before use in attacks. Security researchers Palo Alto Networks have analyzed the techniques adopted by Iran-linked APT group OilRig (aka APT34 ) to test the weaponized documents before use in attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But that success and the openness inherent in the community have led to a major challenge – security. Therefore, any security vulnerabilities are disclosed publicly. This has given rise to a large number of open source security tools. The Best Open Source Security Tools. WhiteSource.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. ” concludes the company.

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Military Insurance Education Phishing 80

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The cybersecurity researcher nao_sec discovered a malicious Word document (“05-2022-0438.doc”) The document uses the remote template feature to fetch an HTML and then uses the “ms-msdt” scheme to execute PowerShell code. The popular cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont published an analysis of the flaw.

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Cybersecurity Security IT Information Security 145

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a joint Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) between cybersecurity authorities from the U.S., See the Top Active Directory Security Tools. How Users and Admins Can Secure PowerShell. Defenders can use EDR tools or other security products to mitigate them.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 12, 2021

Really interesting research : “Exploitation and Sanitization of Hidden Data in PDF Files” Abstract: Organizations publish and share more and more electronic documents like PDF files. We gathered a corpus of 39664 PDF files published by 75 security agencies from 47 countries. Short summary: no one is doing great.

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Metadata Security Paper IT 140

Hunton Privacy

MAY 25, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that it had reached a settlement with Peachstate Health Management, LLC (“Peachstate”) for violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. In December 2017, OCR began a compliance review of Peachstate to determine the company’s compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

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Security Compliance Risk Privacy 102

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Palo Alto Networks recently discovered a malware dropper, dubbed CARROTBAT, that supports a dozen decoy document file formats to drop many payloads. Experts from Palo Alto Networks have recently discovered a malware dropper, dubbed CARROTBAT, that supports a dozen decoy document file formats to drop many payloads.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole. Code debugging and code security tools exist to find and help developers fix the problems that occur. Security and Speed Needs Drive Growth. Best Code Debugging and Code Security Tools. SonarQube’s standout features.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Security Cloud Compliance Risk 90

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action madhav Thu, 03/07/2024 - 04:56 APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the backbone of modern digital innovation. Attackers increasingly exploit vulnerabilities, frequently targeting API business logic to bypass traditional security measures.

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Security Authentication Risk Cybersecurity 87

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The resolution agreement requires Green Ridge to pay $40,000 to OCR and enter into a Corrective Action Plan that obligates Green Ridge to, among other items: Implement a security management process, including a thorough risk analysis, which is to be provided to HHS for review within 60 days.

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Ransomware Personal data Risk Privacy 111

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

While Brexit continues to cause widespread uncertainty, you can at least be sure of one thing: deal or no deal, the security risks your organisation faces won’t go away. Data breaches are on the up, and information security and GDPR compliance remain business-critical issues. Understanding best-practice information security.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 16, 2018

ISMS (information security management system) that meets the requirements of ISO 27001 can be challenging. One solution is to conduct an ISO 27001 gap analysis – a process many organisations consider an important starting point when putting a prioritised plan in place. But what is an ISO 27001 gap analysis, and what does it entail?

Information Security 68

Information Security Compliance Data breaches Risk 68

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2018

If you’re planning to implement an information security management system (ISMS), you’ll need to document the scope of your project – or, in other words, define what information needs to be protected. For example, your organisation’s foyer probably won’t need security controls. What should the document look like?

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