Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Computer and Electronics Ransomware Marketing 90

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

.” The Snatch ransomware was first spotted at the end of 2019, Sophos researchers discovered a piece of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions. Snatch threat actors conduct ransomware operations involving data exfiltration and double extortion.”

Ransomware 118

Ransomware Computer and Electronics Military Agriculture 118

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

Data breaches 83

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Security Insurance 83

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 5, 2024

Many industries rely on high-performance computing (HPC) to achieve this goal. For example, HPC offers high levels of computational power and scalability, crucial for running performance-intensive workloads. In the era of gen AI and hybrid cloud, IBM Cloud® HPC brings the computing power organizations need to thrive.

Artificial Intelligence 69

Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Financial Services Manufacturing 69

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. In the meantime, you can find the full list of security incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news….

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 141

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

Use cases of secure IoT deployment. In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Tue, 06/01/2021 - 06:55. Use case 1: Fortune 500 Healthcare Company. Use case 2: Automobiles.

IoT 71

IoT Computer and Electronics Security Manufacturing 71

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. It’s simply the case that in the majority of cases, the breached organisation didn’t reveal how much data was compromised, either because it didn’t know or wasn’t obliged to reveal it publicly. Data breaches.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While AI can undoubtedly offer a competitive edge to organizations that effectively leverage its capabilities, we have seen unique concerns from industry to industry and region to region that must be considered—particularly around data.

Cloud 78

Cloud Computer and Electronics Compliance Financial Services 78

IT Governance

JULY 14, 2022

Organisations that fall within Levels 2–4 of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) can attest to compliance with an SAQ (self-assessment questionnaire). There are several types of questionnaire, and in this blog we help you understand which one is right for you. What is a PCI SAQ? They are as follows: SAQ A.

Computer and Electronics 115

Computer and Electronics Compliance Sales Paper 115

IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Data loss refers to the destruction of sensitive information. It’s a specific type of data breach, falling into the ‘availability’ category of data security (the other two categories being ‘confidentiality’ and ‘integrity’). In this blog, we explain what you need to know and provide data loss prevention tips.

IT 98

IT Computer and Electronics Data breaches Risk 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2021

Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant Acer was victim of the REvil ransomware attack, the gang is demanding the payment of a $50,000,000 ransom, the largest one to date. billion in revenue.

Ransomware 142

Ransomware Computer and Electronics Sales Encryption 142

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The SDV in a nutshell In an SDV, the vehicle serves as the technological base for future innovations, acting as a command center for collecting and organizing vast volumes of data, applying AI for insights and automating thoughtful actions. Based on insights from this data, new software is delivered to vehicles via over-the-air updates.

Computer and Electronics 72

Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Cloud Customer Experience 72

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. In other news….

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

IT Governance

JULY 12, 2019

Digital Guardian recently asked a group of cyber security experts what the most important step is following a data breach. So how should you approach a data breach investigation? This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. The crime scene.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Education Access 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

It is no secret that security plays a very important part in the successful deployment and management of this technology, and its applications are set to transform the way we live and do business. What is the biggest security challenge facing the growing IoT? I actually wrote a separate blog about this here. Weak authentication.

IoT 92

IoT Security Computer and Electronics Authentication 92

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

Financial Services 66

Financial Services Computer and Electronics Cloud Digital transformation 66

The Security Ledger

JANUARY 8, 2019

In this episode of The Security Ledger podcast (#128): you're going to hear a lot from the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) out in Las Vegas this week, but are any of the new gadgets being released secure? And do security and privacy have a seat at the table at the world's largest electronics event?

Privacy 40

Privacy Computer and Electronics IoT Security 40

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. First, who sends data via a posted USB stick? Buckets of thumb drives”.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. First, who sends data via a posted USB stick? Buckets of thumb drives”.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

When I spoke at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference last month, there was a question from the live stream audience about a lawyer’s duty to disclose a data breach within his or her law firm. Of course, as you probably know by reading this blog, the DLA Piper situation isn’t unique. An article written by Anton Janik, Jr.

Data breaches 57

Data breaches Cybersecurity e-Discovery Computer and Electronics 57

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Marco Ramilli, founder and CEO at cyber security firm Yoroi has explained how to use Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper. The evidence comes from traffic analysis where the identified pattern sends (HTTP POST) data on browser history and specifically crafted files under User – AppData to specific PHP pages.

Computer and Electronics 106

Computer and Electronics File names Security IT 106

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Related: How the Middle East has advanced mobile security regulations Over the past couple of decades, meaningful initiatives to improve online privacy and security, for both companies and consumers, incrementally gained traction in the tech sector and among key regulatory agencies across Europe, the Middle East and North America.

Computer and Electronics 113

Computer and Electronics Encryption Cybersecurity Privacy 113

Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

Cyber security expert Marco Ramilli explains the difficulties for scraping the ‘TOR networks’ and how to enumerate hidden-services with s crapers. Plus a queue manager system to manage scrapers conflicts and a database to store scraped data need to be consistent. Scraping the “TOR hidden world” is a quite complex topic.

Computer and Electronics 77

Computer and Electronics Cybersecurity Security Communications 77

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

This is not going to be a full path analysis so If you are interested in a more complete one, including dissection steps on final payloads, please refer to some of my previous analysis ( HERE , HERE , HERE ) or to Yoroi’s Blog. The used variable holds a Base64 representation of encrypted data. I am going to call this stage: stage1.

Computer and Electronics 97

Computer and Electronics Encryption Communications Security 97

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

So, I came up with this blog post and this GitHub repository where I proposed a new testing-set based on a modified version of Malware Instruction Set for Behavior-Based Analysis , also referred as MIST. The original post along many other interesting analysis are available on the Marco Ramilli blog: [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

Artificial Intelligence 71

Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Honeypots Cybersecurity 71

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Electronic design automation (EDA) is a market segment consisting of software, hardware and services with the goal of assisting in the definition, planning, design, implementation, verification and subsequent manufacturing of semiconductor devices (or chips). The primary providers of this service are semiconductor foundries or fabs.

Cloud 89

Cloud Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Marketing 89

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 26, 2023

Cloud computing offers the potential to redefine and personalize customer relationships, transform and optimize operations, improve governance and transparency, and expand business agility and capability. In 2017, 94% of hospitals used electronic clinical data from their EHR.

Cybersecurity 77

Cybersecurity Cloud Compliance Computer and Electronics 77

Rocket Software

JUNE 2, 2022

To meet business goals, organizations worldwide link more processes, exchange more data and share more applications internally with colleagues and externally with global suppliers, partners and clients than any time in the past. . Providing security, monitoring, control and management of all data exchange activities. .

B2B 72

B2B Passwords Computer and Electronics Compliance 72

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 25, 2022

Application Security Testing (AST) is a vital component of the software development process. Functional Testing is an important part of application security as it verifies that features work as intended without exposing sensitive information or attack vectors to hackers. What is Functional Testing? Functional Testing vs. Fuzzing.

Security 52

Security Computer and Electronics IT Compliance 52

Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem. It made sense. Probably not.

Computer and Electronics 117

Computer and Electronics Encryption Government Privacy 117

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

identical electronic records at both its approved premises and the EDSP (whether located in Hong Kong or elsewhere). identical electronic records at both its approved premises and the EDSP (whether located in Hong Kong or elsewhere). Whom does this affect? The new requirements are relevant to firms that. How does it affect you? .

Cloud 68

Cloud Access Information Security Risk 68

Lenny Zeltser

JUNE 2, 2018

If you’re in the business of safeguarding data and the systems that process it, what do you call your profession? Information security? Computer security, perhaps? Until recently, I’ve had no doubts about describing my calling as an information security professional. Are you in cybersecurity?

Computer and Electronics 64

Computer and Electronics Information Security Cybersecurity Communications 64

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

First of all the attacker knew the target organization was protected by a SOC (Security Operation Center) so she sent a well crafted email claiming to deliver a Microsoft document wrapping out the weekly SOC report as a normal activity in order to induce the victim to open-it. But let’s try to quickly check it. Conclusion.

Computer and Electronics 80

Computer and Electronics Security Encryption IT 80

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Last month, the security team at Coinbase noticed something strange going on in Ethereum Classic, one of the cryptocurrencies people can buy and sell using Coinbase’s popular exchange platform. An attacker had somehow gained control of more than half of the network’s computing power and was using it to rewrite the transaction history.

Blockchain 39

Blockchain Cybersecurity Security Computer and Electronics 39

Data Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The decision now under review held that electronic communications that are stored exclusively on foreign servers cannot be reached by U.S. prosecutors to work with authorities in Ireland (where the data was stored) to secure the information in a manner consistent with Irish laws. The post U.S.

Computer and Electronics 60

Computer and Electronics Communications Privacy Access 60

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 10, 2019

Just as the number of data breaches continues to rise, the number of lawsuits over data breaches continues to rise as well. Chances are that your data has been hacked at some point from at least one company with which you do business. But this lawsuit is unique. million US citizens. million US citizens.

Data breaches 41

Data breaches Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics Insurance 41

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Security researcher Marco Ramilli presents a comparative analysis of attacks techniques adopted by the Iran-Linked OilRig APT group. During group_id time frame the attacker group introduced additional two layers: Data Encoding (rif T1132) and Custom Cryptographic Protocol (rif. and more personal thoughts.

e-Delivery 83

e-Delivery Computer and Electronics Phishing Communications 83