Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. An example of spam email content Clicking the malicious link obviously leads to downloading a weaponized document. Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV.

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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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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 5, 2022

An Oxford-educated mathematician working at the IBM San Jose Research Lab, Edgar “Ted” Codd, published a paper in 1970 showing how information stored in large databases could be accessed without knowing how the information was structured or where it resided in the database. They were expensive. No one knows your data like you do.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

For example, if a web server unexpectedly connects with an unknown IP address, an alert may be triggered. Behavioral Analysis Behavioral analysis , a machine learning-driven approach, assesses cloud workload and app activity to identify possible security issues. Unusual patterns prompt observations and further investigation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

“It’s not uncommon for attackers to download legitimate third-party tools onto infected machines (for example, PsExec is often abused to run other tools or commands).” ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. based payload, and a bunch of encrypted files.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, in the Enron financial fraud, executives and board members claimed ignorance or that they could not understand the financial maneuvering of Enron’s CFO (chief financial officer). Risk analysis and policies provide the foundational documents upon which all IT operations and security is supposed to be based.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Review Data in Real-Time DLP solutions perform instant analysis of data packets or files as they’re observed. Blocking data access, limiting user privileges, or terminating suspicious processes are all examples of actions that can be taken to reinforce security standards and reduce the risk of data breaches or unauthorized disclosures.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

For instance, it could monitor users’ keystrokes or encrypt the user’s files in a ransomware attack. According to its analysis, malware was proportionately more common in phishing attacks, with Emotet and QakBot remaining the two most common strains. YouTube has said its team are investigating the phishing campaign. “We’re

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the Guidelines, NYDFS cites the 2020 SolarWinds attack as an example of how managing growing cyber risk is “an urgent challenge for insurers.”. For example, Mondelez International Inc. This information should be compared with analysis of past claims data to identify the risk associated with specific gaps in cybersecurity controls.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The report goes on to note: In addition to the massive Equifax breach that exposed personal information of 143 million individuals, other noted breaches last year included the education platform Edmodo (77 million records hacked); Verizon (14 million subscribers possibly hacked); and America’s JobLink (nearly 5 million records compromised).

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

For example, it could allow users to turn off individually targeted news and advertising. There have been numerous examples of attackers targeting cloud service platforms to gain access to user data. Shutting down a feature based on internal security analysis would be a clear message. Better security for collected user data.

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Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

Just as an example, we had one financial reporting query that took about eight hours to run on our legacy on-prem system. Total cost of ownership, stability and availability were all contributing factors, as were the variety of tools available to support data preparation and analysis. Everything is encrypted.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

One example relates to processing children’s personal data. Conduct a detailed gap analysis. Conducting a GDPR gap analysis will help you assess your current workflows, processes and procedures to identify the gaps that you need to fill. GDPR exemptions for charities. Develop operational policies, procedures and processes.

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Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 18, 2018

This example, therefore, serves to show you the importance of taking cybersecurity seriously since a cyber attack can terribly damage an organization’s reputation and even lower the quality of the service or product it offers. You can use real-life examples such as account information and credentials of a customer sign-in.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Uses advanced threat detection techniques like machine learning, behavior analysis , and anomaly detection to identify and eliminate complex threats such as zero-day attacks. Encrypts critical email exchanges to protect the security of information during transmission. Email encryption safeguards critical correspondence.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Rise of Harvest Now, Decrypt Later Attacks A large, emerging concern are "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" (HNDL) attacks, where hackers intercept and store encrypted long-life data with the intention of decrypting it once quantum computers become capable of breaking current encryption standards.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest? Determine which threats and vulnerabilities affect your firm and its SaaS apps.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Encryption protects data both in transit and at rest. Encryption: Encrypting data and cloaking it in a secure, unreadable format both during transit (through protocols such as SSL/TLS) and at rest prevents unwanted access. Here are some examples of hybrid cloud security architectures.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs): Improve the general security of a firewall with advanced packet analysis capabilities to block malware and known-malicious sites. Virtual private networks (VPNs): Secure remote user or branch office access to network resources through encrypted connections to firewalls or server applications.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

A 2022 analysis of several billion document attachments, website links, and email messages, by cybersecurity firm SlashNext, reflects a 60% increase in phishing-borne attacks that focus on the exploitation of user credentials via their mobile devices. A companion Readme file provides dependency, installation, and usage instructions.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Encryption will regularly be used to protect the data from interception. In the broadest sense, defense in depth uses: Data security : protects data at rest and in transit such as encryption, database security, message security, etc. For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

For example, how much data, how sensitive, how available must it be, user access levels, what kind of internet connection, access to and from where? The smarter CISOs/CIOs have embraced this challenge and turned it into an opportunity to educate other business stakeholders, and the laggards are almost bound to follow. Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Ransomware attacks: Ransomware is malware extortion attack that encrypts a victim’s files, demanding a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key. Examples include baiting, pretexting, and impersonation. These tools provide alerts that help to identify attacks in progress and log file analysis for investigating the attack.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. And so, a lot of times once the encryption occurs, that's really the final stage. They found what they believed to be sensitive data and then they perform the encryption. Of the of the incident. What's the first step?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 7, 2022

Sharon Ginga , Encryption Product Marketing Director at Thales. Nurture multi-discipline backgrounds – When assessing work applications or mobility inside an organization consider broad work experience and educational background that may not necessarily be related directly to the specific job description.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

“That’s why we are constantly working to foster relationships with organizations outside of Google that are also committed to educating users and advancing cybersecurity.” Also read: Homomorphic Encryption Makes Real-World Gains, Pushed by Google, IBM, Microsoft. Will Other Vendors Follow?

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

In fact, those guys are all pretty good examples of the ability to build amazing things from the ground up and I'm sure that many of you reading this have sat down and started building something with the same enthusiasm as, say, Zuckerberg did with Facebook in 2004. Just over 2 years ago, my wife (Kylie) had spinal surgery.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Encrypting critical data assets. For example, organizations dealing with the most sensitive data—such as defense contractors—should target the adaptive tier across functional areas, while organizations with a lower risk profile may decide to target lower tiers when designing their systems. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Concern about the increasing use of algorithms and automatic data processing needs to be addressed, perhaps requiring recording, testing and some level of disclosure about the use of algorithms and data analysis, particularly when algorithms might affect employment ​or are used in a public policy context.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

And, when you think about it, criminal hackers don’t have years of formal education. And again, I do think it’s important that we have people who are formally educated. For example, I didn’t take a professional CISSP course although I was advised that I should, nor did I even sign up to do any online study.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that. Environmental effects caused by pollution. This included the rapid adoption of smart meters.

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