The Texas Record

AUGUST 27, 2019

On Friday, August 16, over twenty local government entities in Texas were targeted by a coordinated ransomware attack. This incident is the most recent in a year marked by cyberattacks on state and local governments across the country. In the wake of the attack, Texas local governments have been asking for help.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

The malicious messages spotted by the Ukrainian CERT have the subject line “chemical attack” and contain a link to a weaponized Microsoft Excel file. Government experts observed that malicious executables are downloaded from compromised web resources. ” reads the report published by CERT-UA. ” . .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

” Government experts warn that in 2022, most of the exploited flaws were older software vulnerabilities and that threat actors targeted unpatched, internet-facing systems. The vulnerability was exploited by multiple threat actors [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ], including Russia-linked APT groups that targeted critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

Ukraine warned of a “massive” spear-phishing campaign carried out by Russia-linked threat actors against its government and private businesses. This is the third massive spear-phishing campaign that the Ukrainian government attributed to Russia-linked threat actors this year. Details in the application… ».

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , Sanix has stayed fairly busy selling credentials that would allow customers to remotely access hacked resources at several large organizations. “Today, it is even a more common occurrence to see mixing new and old breached credentials,” Holden said.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

26 posting confirming that the compromise was at the hands of the same nation-state threat group behind the SolarWinds hack and subsequent attacks on various technology companies and federal government agencies. I always recommend, if there’s an option with multi factor authentication, to NOT go by SMS.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ensure staff have activated back-up email and IT resources if these are offered to them. Various public resources are available with information on vulnerabilities and cyber-attacks. See the list of useful links and resources below. Ensure you have third party support available if you need it.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

US and UK cybersecurity agencies said the Russia-linked APT28 group is behind a series of large-scale brute-force attacks. US and UK cybersecurity agencies published a joint alert about a series of large-scale brute-force conducted by the Russia-linked APT28 group. ” reads the advisory published by the NSA. .

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IT Governance

JANUARY 5, 2024

Networks have moved from self-contained, on-site setups to multiple Cloud services that are accessed remotely by staff and resources. These problems are compounded by a lack of resources – from a funding perspective, but also in terms of skills shortages. You say “traditional” security. Could you please elaborate?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

Installations that have not altered the default configured SECRET_KEY according to installation instructions allow for an attacker to authenticate and access unauthorized resources.” The application then validates the signature on the cookie to re-authenticate the user prior to processing the request. on April 5, 2023.

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

IT Governance identified more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 , while another report found that security incidents cost almost £3 million on average. Cyber Essentials is a UK government scheme that outlines five key controls, including patch management, that can prevent up to 80% of cyber attacks. Weak passwords.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The problem stemmed from an authentication weakness in a USPS Web component known as an “application program interface,” or API — basically, a set of tools defining how various parts of an online application such as databases and Web pages should interact with one another. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Besides Artificial Intelligence to scale operations, in a novel approach to circumvent two-factor authentication (2FA), the perpetrators crafted malicious Android code that mimics official mobile banking applications. For the tool to function, the operator must input a list of compromised email accounts to be scanned.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

The much-discussed language model boasts the power to create conversational prose that passes for authentic human writing. Not only can it be given a prompt to deliver a convincing message that encourages users to click a link, but it can also write the malware to hide within those messages. Cyber security is no exception.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This includes defining the product scope of the DT journey and the digital products and services that will deliver transformative change for a new future. Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. One essential step is developing the DT business case and connecting it with the critical success factors (CSFs) and the product scope.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 24, 2024

It is meant to be a framework for providers to find and resolve vulnerabilities, such as sensitive data and issues surrounding authentication. The guide provides a range of resources, such as best practices in each stage of the penetration testing process, from start to finish. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The immutable ledger of blockchain authenticates a product’s origin and journey through the value chain. 2 For instance, through sustainable strategic sourcing, companies consider questions like: Do manufacturing plants minimize waste and effectively use resources? .¹ And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The SMS contained a link to a login page that faithfully recreated Okta’s legitimate site. Writing on Cloudflare’s blog , CEO Matthew Prince and engineers Daniel Stinson-Diess and Sourov Zaman said that at least 76 employees were targeted and three were duped into clicking the bogus link. caught out by a scam just like this in March ).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Recent news headlines have shown how vulnerable even large companies with many resources at their disposal are to ransomware. An attacker sends a legitimate-looking email to their victim in an attempt to get them to click on a link or open an attachment. One vendor says application security may be the key to stopping ransomware.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Blog post with 2:13 [VIDEO] and links you can share with your users and family: [link]. November adds a wealth of new features you need to know about: The new (no-charge) Holiday Resource Kit is available. Do you use push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)? Blog post with links: [link]. Save My Spot!

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Both local governments and state agencies want to know if they ‘go paperless’ — if they digitize their essential records — can they get rid of the original paper or film copies? Local Government Rules. Of all the FAQs we get, this might be the most FAQiest of them all! State Agency Rules.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

These IRRs maintain routing databases used by network operators to register their assigned network resources — i.e., the Internet addresses that have been allocated to their organization. Based in Monroe, La., Lumen Technologies Inc. Using BGP, an AS tells its directly connected neighbor AS(es) the addresses that it can reach.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Group-IB specialists discovered 19 928 of Singaporean banks’ cards that have shown up for sale in the dark web in 2018 and found hundreds of compromised government portals’ credentials stolen by hackers throughout past 2 years. Users’ logins and passwords from the Government Technology Agency ( [link] [.]

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

Authentic emails from verified sources would not require this. Persuasion for Instant Action: Males from authentic sources would not create a necessary sense of urgency and would usually not probe one to take drastic actions. Trusted Resources for Collecting Information about COVID-19. Twitter Handle: [link].

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For more details on the first core requirement, risk management, see our interview with Andrew Pattison, head of GRC [governance, risk and compliance] consultancy Europe, from two weeks ago. A DORA Regulation overview – part 2: incident management Cliff Martin is the head of cyber incident response within GRCI Law.

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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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IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Although fingerprints and retinal scans provide a much more secure authentication system than passwords, they also threaten people’s privacy, and breaches of such information have major repercussions. At the risk of sounding trite, every month is cyber security awareness month at IT Governance. appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The Iran-linked APT group OilRig was recently observed using a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan that implements news evasion capabilities. Experts at Palo Alto observed a new campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group OilRig that was leveraging on a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2019

In October 2018, FireEye experts discovered a link between the Triton malware, tracked by the company as TEMP.Veles, and the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM), that is a Russian government research institute in Moscow. ” reads a blog post published by Dragos. continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Spouses may request freezes for each other by phone as long as they pass authentication. When that time comes, consumers can temporarily thaw a freeze for a specified duration either online or by phone (see above resources). It is now free in every U.S. But it also includes a silver lining. Today, those fees no longer exist.

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IT Governance

JUNE 13, 2019

As such, it links to the GDPR’s principles of data minimisation and purpose limitation. The technology is beneficial to both customers and the organisation, as it reduces waiting times and doesn’t require the customer to have a password or other authentication details to hand. What is data protection by design?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It combines on-premises and cloud-based resources to satisfy an organization’s diversified computing demands while ensuring strong security. Role-based access control (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) regulate resource access. Encryption protects data both in transit and at rest.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The use of IoT technologies holds enormous potential in practically every segment of human enterprise – government, banking and finance, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and ecommerce to name a few. These are: Enabling strong mutual authentication between connected devices and applications. Threats and Vulnerabilities.

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IGI

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Please join the IGI and Preservica on November 16th at 11am ET for a webinar addressing The Governance & Preservation of Long-Term Digital Information. Barclay Blair, Founder and Executive Director, Information Governance Initiative (IGI). CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Lori Ashley, Industry Market Development Manager, Preservica.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A March 2020 software update of the SolarWinds Orion management platform gave malicious actors unhindered access to key government and enterprise networks. With admin-level access, the malicious actor can modify authentication data stored. TrustWave found any authenticated Windows user could log in and drop files that define new users.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Machine learning and cybersecurity use cases There are four ways ML is being used in cybersecurity: ML and facial recognition are used in authentication methods to protect an enterprise’s security. Marketers use ML for lead generation, data analytics, online searches and search engine optimization (SEO).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fundamentals of API Security API security includes a range of tactics such as strict authentication and authorization methods, data encryption technologies, and strong access controls. It offers a framework for letting other programs access resources on behalf of a user without disclosing the user’s login information.

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