Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2022

This is a dangerous vulnerability: An assessment from security firm BitSight found six vulnerabilities in the Micodus MV720 , a GPS tracker that sells for about $20 and is widely available. The researchers who performed the assessment believe the same critical vulnerabilities are present in other Micodus tracker models.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2023

US Government and defense contractor Belcan left its super admin credentials open to the public, Cybernews research team reveals. Belcan is a government, defense, and aerospace contractor offering global design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information technology, and digital engineering solutions.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

” Rosaviatsia is the government agency responsible for the oversight and regulation of civil aviation in Russia. About a third of them were classified as incidents of varying levels of danger. As of March 2022, Russia had about 820 foreign-made civilian aircraft. ” continues the announcement.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 12, 2018

military information for sale on the Dark Web for a nominal sum, in and of itself, is unfortunate and unremarkable. This raises wider questions about data security best practices, not to mention the wider contractor support community. The discovery of sensitive U.S. Abstracting mission-Internet from personal-Internet is a challenge.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

However, evidence suggests that the rogue superstate’s cyber capabilities are as weak as its military stance in Ukraine, especially when met with resistance. Spurred into action by the invasion of Ukraine, Spielerkid89 decided to investigate whether he could find Russian IPs with disabled authentication to fool with.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world. The advisory provided details about the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with GTsSS.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

One meeting I had at RSA Conference 2023 , was a briefing about a new partnership , announced this morning, between a top-rung Silicon Valley tech giant and the leading provider of digital trust. Honoring data sovereignty Name any business use case: banking, retail, healthcare, government, military, entertainment, elections.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The report issued by the Inspector General’s office details several basic lapses in security protocols at five separate locations, including: A lack of multifactor authentication to access BMDS technical information. Known and unpatched network vulnerabilities dating back as far as 1990. No physical locks on server racks.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Brian Trzupek of DigiCert joins Paul to talk about the findings of a recent State of PKI Automation survey and the challenges of managing fast-growing population of tens of thousands of PKI certificates. What SolarWinds Tells Us About Securing the Software Development Supply Chain. Click the icon below to listen. Can We Fix It In 2022?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims. ” reads the joint advisory. through 12.4 through 15.6

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published new details about the identity of “Rescator,” a Russian cybercriminal who is thought to be closely connected to the 2013 data breach at Target. KrebsOnSecurity began researching Icamis’s real-life identity in 2012, but failed to revisit any of that research until recently.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2022

BSI remarks that the trust in the reliability and self-protection of a manufacturer as well as his authentic ability to act is crucial for the safe use of any defense software. The alert pointed out that antivirus software operates with high privileges on machines and if compromised could allow an attacker to take over them.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

Threat actors attempted to influence the sentiment of users in Ukraine regarding the relationship between the Russian and the Ukrainian governments. Experts discovered that about 80,000 accounts followed one or more of these pages, and about 10 accounts joined at least one of these groups.

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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. You can find more details about the SolarWinds attack here.

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Info Source

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

federal government will require a driver license, permit or ID card to be REAL ID compliant if an individual wishes to use it to board a domestic flight or enter military bases and certain federal facilities. About Integrated Document Technologies. About Alaris, a Kodak Alaris Business. Beginning October 1, 2021, the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

publicly disclose and provide the school with material information about the operator’s collection, use and disclosure of covered information, including publishing terms of service, a privacy policy or similar document.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

If you’ve been holding out because you’re not particularly worried about ID theft, here’s another reason to reconsider: The credit bureaus profit from selling copies of your file to others, so freezing your file also lets you deny these dinosaurs a valuable revenue stream. It is now free in every U.S. Online: TransUnion.

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Lenny Zeltser

JUNE 2, 2018

Until recently, I’ve had no doubts about describing my calling as an information security professional. This might be because the industry continues to embrace the lexicon used in government and military circles, where cyber reigns supreme. Yet, the term cybersecurity is growing in popularity.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

According to the report, it appears that remote use of mobile devices is a part of the problem, with a greater issue being the use of personal devices (makes sense, as the user certainly isn't thinking about protecting the organization when on their own mobile phone, etc.) And he wants to share what he learned with you!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

Originally Featured in Global Military Communications Magazine’s June/July Issue. federal IT leaders about data security, data breaches, spending practices, and a gamut of other security-related issues. What can you tell us about these breaches, and why are they becoming so prolific?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. based e-commerce company, stealing personal and financial data on 1,300 government employees, and providing the data to an Islamic State hacking group.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

There is simply far more data to lose today, and thanks to data breach notification laws and good netizens, we now know about the household names that lose control of our personal information and government secrets. And of course, we can’t forget about Uber, who was in the news twice for major data breaches.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Even government and public bodies’ websites – including, ironically, the ICO – were found to be running cryptomining software after a third-party plug-in was compromised, but it transpired. 119,000 individuals were affected.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. I’ve spoken about this before, about managed service providers or MSPs. From the COVID perspective.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. Some of that work is highlighted in the 2022 Year in Review review below.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

I remember speaking to DHS about this. Third, It’s one thing to talk about network servers having exploitable vulnerabilities -- and Mike is an expert on ICS and automotive software as well -- but it’s quite another when the software involves life critical services. And what's really interesting about solar IDs is it.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

I remember speaking to DHS about this. Third, It’s one thing to talk about network servers having exploitable vulnerabilities -- and Mike is an expert on ICS and automotive software as well -- but it’s quite another when the software involves life critical services. And what's really interesting about solar IDs is it.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications. The development of cryptology has been critical to safeguarding data for government agencies, military units, companies, and today’s digital users. Password Salting.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 18, 2019

The disclosure that malicious intruders hacked the computer systems of the South Korean government agency that oversees weapons and munitions acquisitions for the country’s military forces is not much of a surprise. So each time an admin wants to use the power of their position, they are required to re-authenticate.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

According to PWC’s report (PDF), there were multiple warning signs about a serious network intrusion, but those red flags were either misidentified or not acted on quickly enough: On Mar. The HSE ultimately enlisted members of the Irish military to bring in laptops and PCs to help restore computer systems by hand.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2022

federal security agencies are putting companies on alert to potential threats from Russian state-sponsored cybercriminal groups, warning in particular about dangers to critical infrastructure and urging organizations to learn how to detect and protect against attacks. The joint cybersecurity advisory issued Jan. A Familiar Threat.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Fact is, we’ve long had passwords as a credential.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

government strategic systems. military and civilian personnel. The Pentagon has since issued a statement conceding that a department cyber team informed leaders about the breach on Oct. It’s not as if big government agencies and most enterprises aren’t making an effort to stop breaches. On Friday, Oct. Cross-referencing.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications. The development of cryptology has been critical to safeguarding data for government agencies, military units, companies, and today’s digital users. Password Salting.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

There are no spectacular threats, no promises of instant wealth, just a notice about a failed update. AI tools such as ChatGPT and social media are about to collide Sage suggests that generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and social media are about to collide. Not to say anything about social engineering.)

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