Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 414 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

In this blog, we explain everything you need to know about it, including our top 8 tips for preventing malware attacks. It can do this in a number of ways, such as: Stealing, encrypting or deleting sensitive information; Hijacking or altering core system functions; Monitoring user activity; and Spamming the device with adverts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. The blog post examines a typical Hancitor and Cuba kill chain, the threat actors’ TTPs, detailed recommendations, and mitigation techniques. Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

19, Apex was alerted that its systems had been infected with a destructive strain of ransomware that encrypts computer files and demands payment for a digital key needed to unscramble the data. “When they encrypt the data, that happens really fast,” he said. Roswell, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb. More than a week later on Jan.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2022

Meanwhile, Digital Shadows Senior Cyberthreat Intelligence Analyst Chris Morgan, added: “There are screenshots reportedly highlighting documents taken from Coca Cola’s network. It instead takes a shock-and-awe approach, crippling the victim’s system, encrypting sensitive data and making it obvious that an attack is underway.

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Archive Document Data Storage

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In this blog, we offer our tips for boosting your data protection strategy in 2019. Use Encryption Software. You can protect your data from hackers by encrypting your data. Encryption software scrambles your emails and files, so only authorised end users with the encryption key can unlock and read them.

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OneHub

JUNE 14, 2022

A marketing agency client portal is a digital workspace for secure online document storage and sharing—a protected digital space to communicate and collaborate with clients, who may access it by logging in through your website. Bank-level, 256-bit encryption is just as powerful—and essential—as it sounds.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 16, 2022

South Staffordshire Water was reportedly infected with ransomware, which is a type of malware that encrypts the victim’s files and essentially locks them out of their systems. The criminal gang posted stolen documents on the dark web supposedly verifying the compromise. Education is the key to ransomware prevention. Get started.

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Archive Document Data Storage

JANUARY 2, 2018

In this blog post, we offer our tips for keeping your information safe all year long. Consider using a password manager to help you remember and encrypt your passwords. Make sure that your WiFi network is protected with a strong password and WPA-2 encryption. Update Your Password Strategy. Fortify Your WiFi Network.

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Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

Educate participants and beneficiaries who manage their retirement accounts online about online security. The Best Practices highlight 18 areas of cybersecurity controls appropriate for policies approved by senior leadership, which emphasize the “documented” nature of the recommended cybersecurity program.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this blog, we look at those principles and explain the steps you can take to meet them. Additionally, you should consider encrypting data or using VPNs where possible. Encryption can greatly reduce the risk of data being compromised in transit, but it will also make sharing data more complex and will require significant resources.

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OneHub

JULY 18, 2019

This feature lets you sign up for notifications whenever someone accesses your cloud storage, views a preview, downloads a file, or prints a document. Data Encryption. Encrypting your data makes it essentially useless to hackers. You can also encrypt your own data if you prefer. Physical Security.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding blockchain and legal technology titled Understanding Blockchain and its Impact on Legal Technology that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Or think of it as a document in Google Docs that is being seen by multiple people simultaneously. If not, keep reading!

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This will typically cover public authorities such as government departments, schools and other educational institutions, hospitals and the police. You might also decide to encrypt digitally recorded CCTV footage to further protect it. As part of this process, we’ll: Review documentation (policies, procedures, records, etc.);

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IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

Most charities are considered data controllers, as they instigate the processing of personal data, determine what information is collected and document the lawful basis for processing. Find out how you can appoint a DPO >> The GDPR also exempts organisations that employ fewer than 250 people from certain documentation requirements.

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. The crooks were able to download nightly backups of the complete database, which contained all public forum posts, team forum posts and direct messages.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding mobile device collection titled Mobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Tom’s overview is split into four parts, so we’ll cover each part separately. The first part was last Thursday, here’s the second part.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

It means physically securing servers and user devices, managing and controlling access, application security and patching, maintaining thoroughly tested, usable data backups and educating employees. Educate employees about digital safety, including two-factor or multi-factor authentication. Establish a cybersecurity policy.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Educate employees. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal. Data protection is so central to your business that you should think of it the way you do your mission statement.

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CGI

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Therefore, we are probably looking at mainly anonymised data, but anything that is not anonymised must be either encrypted or transmitted securely, preferably both. The use of documented — and widely-supported — standards-based APIs will not just be a boon for external interoperability, it will also help with internal interoperability.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 16, 2018

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview for Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Because more than 90 percent of documents today are generated in electronic format, ESI is becoming more and more prominent in criminal matters, especially white collar criminal cases.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: You’ve undoubtedly seen Kim Crawly’s work; her byline appears on a number of blogs from a number of different outlets. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. She is an impressive force within the infosec world.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: You’ve undoubtedly seen Kim Crawly’s work; her byline appears on a number of blogs from a number of different outlets. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. She is an impressive force within the infosec world.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 18, 2018

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview for Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. There is no time frame established for this review since it may take a substantial amount of time, especially with encrypted drives. An ESI Discovery Production Checklist.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2023

In this blog, we look at seven ways you can avoid physical security threats in the workplace – whether that’s in a traditional office or a remote location. Organisations should also ensure that laptops are password-protected, and that sensitive information stored on portable devices are encrypted. Secure portable devices. Get started.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 25, 2018

A frequent court appointed special master in electronic evidence, Craig is a prolific contributor to continuing legal and professional education programs throughout the United States, having delivered over 2,000 presentations and papers. He currently blogs on eDiscovery topics at ballinyourcourt.com. This is not that day.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

A 2022 analysis of several billion document attachments, website links, and email messages, by cybersecurity firm SlashNext, reflects a 60% increase in phishing-borne attacks that focus on the exploitation of user credentials via their mobile devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

In our previous blogs we have discussed the many challenges that organizations face as they are seeking to embrace the Zero Trust security model. The smarter CISOs/CIOs have embraced this challenge and turned it into an opportunity to educate other business stakeholders, and the laggards are almost bound to follow. Encryption.

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Data Matters

MARCH 22, 2022

In addition to CISA’s Shields-Up campaign , which we covered in a previous blog post , the White House’s March 21 Fact Sheet stresses the urgency of key cyber hygiene steps including recommendations to: Mandate multi-factor authentication. Encrypt data. Educate the workforce on common attack mechanisms over email and websites.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Maitland, FL, dentist says five months of patient records encrypted by ransomware (unknown). Maryland Department of Education left students’ and teachers’ personal details on unencrypted database (1.6 Tennessee high school students at risk after data breach at Higher Education Commission vendor (unknown).

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB Rebekah Children’s Services Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 2,805 Butte School District Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Education USA Yes 2,658 Dignity Health Nevada St. GB Rebekah Children’s Services Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 2,805 Butte School District Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Education USA Yes 2,658 Dignity Health Nevada St.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. This essay originally appeared on the RSA Conference blog.

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

At Appellant’s apartment, after the agents discovered a single computer, an HP Envy 700 desktop, which was encrypted with TrueCrypt, Appellant informed the agents that he lived alone, that he was the sole user of the computer, and that only he knew the password to his computer. H a p p y T h a n k s g i v i n g !

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Encrypting critical data assets. On February 21, 2018, the SEC issued an additional cybersecurity disclosure guidance document to assist public companies in drafting their cybersecurity disclosures in their SEC filings. Encrypting Critical Data Assets. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

DV is easy and indeed automation is a cornerstone of Let's Encrypt which is a really important attribute of it. Plus, long-lived certs actually create other risks due to the fact that revocation is broken so iterating quickly (for example, Let's Encrypt certs last for 3 months) is a virtue. Do you know?

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