IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has arguably affected the education sector more than any other, with schools, colleges and universities around the globe having been forced to close their doors and deliver classes remotely. The most common threat that the education sector faces are downloaders, adware and Trojan horses. Adware and malware.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2018

To support the wider education sector with data protection and cyber security, we are launching a sector specific email newsletter and blog series. To sign-up, send us ideas of what you would like us to cover or questions for us to answer, please leave complete this form and choose education as your sector. How to sign up.

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Rocket Software

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

For a long time, the downside to using the mainframe for open source software had been the limited tools and binaries available. With Rocket’s Open Source Languages and Tools for z/OS, we’re supporting access to open source tools and binaries. Instead of acquiring binaries from others, the user has to build their own code.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have probed US government networks looking for vulnerable networking devices that could be compromised with exploits for recently disclosed vulnerabilities.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims. Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

“A few hours ago, we lost access to the public part of our infrastructure,” the message continues, explaining the outage affected its victim shaming blog where stolen data is published from victims who refuse to pay a ransom. Affiliates also will be required to get approval before infecting victims.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Byron: To detect deep fakes, organizations can use digital watermarking, AI-driven detection tools, and media provenance tracking.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

Worker education and knowledge management are now tightly coordinated as a multi-stakeholder strategy with IT, legal, compliance and business operators as an ongoing process, as opposed to a once-a-year check box. This discrepancy exists because policies alone cannot eliminate the prevalence and increasing use of digital tools.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2019

In August 2017, FBI agents arrested then 23-year-old Hutchins on suspicion of authoring and spreading the “ Kronos ” banking trojan and a related malware tool called UPAS Kit. “Once t[h]ings settle down I plan to focus on educational blog posts and livestreams again.” ” .

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erwin

APRIL 25, 2019

Data governance is one area where business and IT never seemed to establish ownership. Early attempts at data governance treated the idea as a game of volleyball, passing ownership back and forth, with one team responsible for storing data and running applications, and one responsible for using the data for business outcomes.

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The Texas Record

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To wrap up our 2019 eRecords blog recaps, we’ll look at two more sessions that discussed how to use software to streamline the management of government records. Using ECM Tools to Streamline Court Order and Subpoena Processing. The requests mainly came from law enforcement and other government entities.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 17, 2018

One of IT Governance’s governance and risk management consultants, Andrew Pattison, was interviewed by GBC News last week about the most common types of cyber threats after delivering IT Governance’s three-day training course on “Effective Protection against Cyber crime”.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” continues the report. .

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 19, 2024

The same tools that help to generate images and ideas for an innocent brainstorm are being used to create impersonations and more ransomware attacks. General awareness and education on the potential threats to your employee base is a must. The post Machine vs. machine appeared first on OpenText Blogs. You: Should I trust AI?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Proofpoint researchers recently reported that a Russian hacking group, tracked as Winter Vivern (aka TA473), has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities ( CVE-2022-27926 ) in unpatched Zimbra instances to gain access to the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats. reads the post published by Proofpoint.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

This is the second blog in a series on streamlining public records request response. One key similarity lies in the meticulous management of data, starting from governance levels and progressing through collection, processing, review, and export stages. Redaction of sensitive information is also common to both FOIA and eDiscovery.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Mint Sandstorm also used custom tools in selected targets, notably organizations in the energy and transportation sectors. In the last stage of the attack, the subgroup deploys a custom malware variant, such as Drokbk or Soldier instead of using publicly available tools and simple scripts. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

We have historical experiences and references to revisit in discerning what the government can do to nurture our “Analytics Revolution.” Notably, the Industrial Revolution, holds many lessons regarding the consequences of late and/or confusing government involvement and guidance (see Figure 1). Industrial Revolution Learnings.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

Wednesday morning, the City’s security monitoring tools notified our Security Operations Center (SOC) that a likely ransomware attack had been launched within our environment,” reads the statement released by the City. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

China-linked threat actor tracked as Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of the PingPull backdoor and a new tool dubbed Sword2033. In recent years, the researchers observed the group expanding its operations to include financial institutions and government entities. saspecialforces.co[.]za za resolved to 196.216.136[.]139.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In this blog post, I’ll discuss: Our current perimeter defense; The need to shift to a data-centric security approach; and, The need to educate the public to strengthen our critical infrastructure security posture. For more information about Thales eSecurity’s federal government security solutions, visit here. Perimeter Defense.

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The Texas Record

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To wrap up our 2019 eRecords blog recaps, we’ll look at two more sessions that discussed how to use software to streamline the management of government records. Using ECM Tools to Streamline Court Order and Subpoena Processing. The requests mainly came from law enforcement and other government entities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

A digital identification tool provided by OCR Labs to major banks and government agencies leaked sensitive credentials, putting clients at severe risk. London-based OCR Labs is a major provider of digital ID verification tools. IDKit verifies users by linking their faces to their identity documents.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. Now in its nineteenth year, the campaign provides tools and resources to help people learn more about the cyber security industry and the ways they can get involved.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 2, 2024

Risk management, records management, or compliance teams are usually the first to raise the alarm, as content sprawl makes it increasingly difficult for them to ensure that information security and data governance policies are being applied consistently. Often, it then falls to IT to find a solution. The result?

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Such ambition thrusts mobile devices into the hands of nearly everyone over the age of 12, inviting us to reconsider our interaction with these potent tools. In this unfolding narrative, education emerges as the harbinger of change. How can we fortify ourselves against potential threats? An evolution beckons—the “New Normal.”

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

However, those tools are not flawless. In this blog, we explain everything you need to know about it, including our top 8 tips for preventing malware attacks. Provide staff awareness training : Educating employees about cyber security best practices is important to help prevent cyber attacks. But how exactly does malware work?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In a PhaaS transaction, cybercriminals or cybercrime gangs are called vendors, and they sell access to various attack tools and technical knowledge to help customers carry out their crimes. Anyone with enough funds and access to the dark web can purchase PhaaS tools to help them launch a phishing attack. PhaaS is not going anywhere.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

billion rubles. billion rubles. 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

AUGUST 7, 2023

This comes in the form of a new feature in its Enhanced Phishing Protection tool, which was released as part of Windows 11 22H2. The tool is designed to protect users’ Windows and Active Directory domain credentials from being stolen by threat actors.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. They’re often state-sponsored entities, foreign governments, or actual businesses. Educate employees on how to spot and respond to suspicious emails that bypass filters.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This month, we look at a UK government warning about a resurgence in Russian cyber attacks and concerns that the much-discussed AI programme ChatGPT could be used for fraud. UK government warns of Russian-sponsored phishing campaign The UK government has issued a warning amid an increase in phishing attacks stemming from Russia and Iran.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

As a result, the development of de-anonymization tools is becoming increasingly more advanced. Here are a few unexpected examples of supposedly anonymous data reversal: •In 2016, the Australian government released what they called the “anonymous” (i. names and other identifying features were removed) medical data of 2.9

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. It’s why, for the past fifteen years, 28 January has marked Data Privacy Day – an international event raises awareness about online privacy and educates people on the ways they can protect their personal information. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 26, 2023

Possibilities are growing that include assisting in writing articles, essays or emails; accessing summarized research; generating and brainstorming ideas; dynamic search with personalized recommendations for retail and travel; and explaining complicated topics for education and training.

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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. ” continues the advisory.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Threat detection is increasingly automated, with tools programmed to spot vulnerabilities and intrusions with little to no human intervention. In a proof of concept published in December 2022 – just weeks after ChatGPT was launched – they demonstrated that the tool could be used to conduct phishing scams.

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