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GUEST ESSAY: Preparing for the dire cybersecurity consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Last Watchdog

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. As the world watches the events in Ukraine, cyber incursions by hostile actors will continue across the globe.

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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon exploited a zero-day in Versa Director

Security Affairs

Exploitation requires successful authentication by a user with the necessary privileges. The web shell’s primary purpose is to intercept and harvest credentials which would enable access into downstream customers’ networks as an authenticated user. ” reads the advisory published by Versa Networks. . victims and one non-U.S.

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How to Ensure Your Digital Security During the Rugby World Cup

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Sports fans aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to this event. It’s not like bad actors haven’t taken an interest in major sporting events before. That’s why it announced it would pursue two measures designed to strengthen its national digital security posture ahead of these sporting events.

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Connecticut Tightens its Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

biometric information consisting of data generated by electronic measurements of an individual’s unique physical characteristics used to authenticate or ascertain the individual’s identity, such as a fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image. Risk of Harm Analysis No Longer Requires Law Enforcement Consultation.

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Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin

Krebs on Security

Spouses may request freezes for each other by phone as long as they pass authentication. In addition, the law requires the big three bureaus to offer free electronic credit monitoring services to all active duty military personnel. Online: TransUnion. By Phone: 888-909-8872. By Mail: TransUnion LLC. Box 2000 Chester, PA 19016.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Originally Featured in Global Military Communications Magazine’s June/July Issue. These statistics indicate data breaches remain pervasive within the federal government, and that the current methods being used to secure agency data are not working as effectively as they could.

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

After Merck filed its $700 million claim, the pharmaceutical giant’s insurers argued that they were not required to cover the malware’s damage because the cyberattack was widely attributed to the Russian government and therefore was excluded from standard property and casualty insurance coverage as a “hostile or warlike act.”

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