Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Details are in the Microsoft blog: We have published our in-depth analysis of the Solorigate backdoor malware (also referred to as SUNBURST by FireEye), the compromised DLL that was deployed on networks as part of SolarWinds products, that allowed attackers to gain backdoor access to affected devices.

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2024

IT Governance’s research found the following for April 2024: 652 publicly disclosed security incidents. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected. Subscribe now The post Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in April 2024 – 5,336,840,757 Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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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. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news….

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

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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. Very probably.

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CGI

MAY 13, 2018

To get the most from blockchain in government, a sharing mindset is needed. When I was at university earning my Masters in Computer Science, I devoted a lot of my coursework to distributed computing. federal government. Importance of governance. Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:45. ACT-IAC guidance. Depends on the problem. ).

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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. Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for the malicious code are reported in the original analysis published by Marco Ramilli in his blog. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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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. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. Kleiner was the founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins was an early Hewlett-Packard computer division manager.)

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IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion.

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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.

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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. If you are interested on follow a full detailed analysis path, please take a look to Yoroi’s Blog.

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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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Security researcher Marco Ramilli presents a comparative analysis of attacks techniques adopted by the Iran-Linked OilRig APT group. The group has targeted a variety of industries, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications, and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

When you press the power button you are providing the right power to every electronic chips who needs it. The original post is available on Marco Ramilli’s blog. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. How the PC boot process works ? Actually the boot process is super easy.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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. Computer viruses. Reputational damage. How does data loss prevention work?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

Further technical details, including IoCs and Yara rules are reported in the original post published on the Marco Ramilli’s blog : [link]. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna.

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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. This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. Fortunately, IT Governance is here to help. appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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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. Conclusion. About the author: Marco Ramilli, Founder of Yoroi.

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Lenny Zeltser

JUNE 2, 2018

Information security? Computer security, perhaps? If we examine the factors that influence our desire to use one security title over the other, we’ll better understand the nature of the industry and its driving forces. Paul Melson and Loren Dealy Mahler viewed cybersecurity as a subset of information security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the recently leaked APT34 hacking tool tracked as Jason – Exchange Mail BF. Analyzing the reversed byte-code a real eye catcher (at least in my persona point of view) is in the “exception securities” that have been placed. Security Affairs – Jason, APT34). Edited by Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

The original post is available on Marco Ramilli’s blog: [link]. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. Security Affairs – Professional Certification , malware).

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 4 May 2018. The introduction of a centralised Windows 10 agreement will ensure a consistent approach to security that also enables the NHS to rapidly modernise its IT infrastructure.”. Unsurprisingly, Equifax plans to spend heavily on IT and data security in the coming months.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 December 2017. The chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, has warned senior civil servants about using Russian antivirus (AV) software in government departments. Here are this week’s stories. Including interns on exchange programmes.

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Passwords Computer and Electronics Information Security Government 69

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. Security Affairs – MartyMcFly , malware).

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Computer and Electronics Encryption Military Security 87

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

based cyber intelligence firm Hold Security has been monitoring the communications between and among a businesses ID theft gang apparently operating in Georgia and Florida but targeting businesses throughout the United States. For the past several months, Milwaukee, Wisc. For the past several months, Milwaukee, Wisc. ” PHANTOM OFFICES.

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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.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

I referenced the fact that all 50 states (plus DC, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) have security breach notification laws , but I was not aware of any specific guidelines or opinions relating to a lawyer’s duty regarding data breach notification. An article written by Anton Janik, Jr. No exceptions*. And, Model Rule 1.4

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

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. The representative did a “visual review” of the buckets, as USPS’s internal policy is not to plug any USB sticks into a computer (not all bad practice, eh?), There’s issue number two.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

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. The representative did a “visual review” of the buckets, as USPS’s internal policy is not to plug any USB sticks into a computer (not all bad practice, eh?), There’s issue number two.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

blog post date). #!/bin/bash In this scenario, it is used to make money at the expense of computer users by abusing the infected computer to mine Monero, a cryptocurrency. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. Security Affairs – Sustes, cryptocurrency malware).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

.” No More Ransom was founded in 2016 by the Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab. The project now boasts 16 associate partners, including Emsisoft, Trend Micro, Bitdefender, Avast, Bleeping Computer, Cisco, Check Point, Tesorion, McAfee, ESET, CERT_PL, Eleven Paths, KISA, the French Police, and F-Secure.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2019

Any organisations that process, transmit or store cardholder data must comply with the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). That’s not true: they are distinct activities with their own requirements and purposes, which we explain in this blog. What are your security testing requirements?

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Computer and Electronics Compliance Risk Government 71

Info Source

JULY 13, 2023

As with the Brother device, the clean design lines and neutral colours of the product perhaps bear more of a resemblance to consumer electronics as opposed to a device designed for the ‘office’. Hardwired connections are seen as more secure! The key features of TWAIN DIRECT include: Secure, driverless scanning, multi-platform support.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2019

CST on Friday, according to the City of New Orleans’ emergency preparedness campaign, NOLA Ready, managed by the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. ” As a precautionary measure, the NOLA tweet confirmed, the city’s IT department gave the order for all employees to power down computers and disconnect from Wi-Fi.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 20, 2019

However, Walton suggested lawyers should always evaluate if their client’s legal matter warrants obtaining information from an IoT device and make proportional requests for the data, an approach that also governs other types of discoverable content. Further, it addresses topics including data privacy, fog computing, smart cities and more.

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