Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2020 address a total of 49 vulnerabilities in various products, including a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-0601, in the core cryptographic component of Windows 10, Server 2016 and 2019 editions. DLL, that affects Windows 10 systems. ” reads a blog post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

” reads a blog post published by IBM. X-Force data shows only eight Anonymous attacks in 2015 and 2016, and only one in 2018. “Three of the arrested hacktivists received sentences in 2018 and 2019 , all with prison time of three years or greater, including one with a 10-year prison sentence.”

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events.

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IT Governance

JUNE 22, 2018

The Information Commissioner’s Office fined BT £77,000 this week for sending nearly 5 million spam emails to its customers. The unsolicited emails were sent between December 2015 and November 2016, and promoted three charities: BT’s My Donate platform, Giving Tuesday and Stand up to Cancer. Instead, it downloads malware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Mike Janke, the co-founder of DataTribe, and a six-time CEO and former Navy Seal, observes “Before the creation of DataTribe in 2016, many Maryland-based cyber and related startups had to relocate to Silicon Valley to succeed.” Janke says the company was valued at $139 million in its most recent round of financing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Figure 10: Parameters for the “CryptEncrypt” function. Technical details, including IoCs and Yara Rules, are available in the analysis published the Yoroi blog. Figure 9: Imported RSA key through “ CryptImportKey ” API. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. The second half of the year began with major data privacy news: the UK’s data protection authority, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), announced its intention to fine British Airways and Marriott International a combined £282.6

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

xls MD5: d490573977cc6b42ba0b4325df953a7f SHA1: dacf34580c09f7b1e4b8ba02f3ab8b6be08d03ab Creation date: 2018-12-19 10:42:12 First submission in VT: 2019-02-19 23:16:29. According to the XLM Spec , all information about a sheet such as its name, type, and stream position are kept within a BOUNDSHEET record (85h). Technical Analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. — Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Malware researc h ers at Yoroi -Cybaze analyzed the TrickBot dropper, a threat that has infected victims since 2016. TrickBot it is one of the best known Banking Trojan which has been infecting victims since 2016, it is considered a cyber-crime tool. Introduction. Example of the sample detection rate. Content of the JavaScript file.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I've played in 10 finals, I think I counted at DEF CON. It's fun, but this was probably 10 years ago when legit BS was the organizers. So if the fair the exact year earlier year, so yeah, it's been at least 10 years I think. He’s played in DEF CON’s prestigious final round a number of times. And he’s won.

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Lenny Zeltser

AUGUST 6, 2018

Motivate other vendors to innovate beyond the commodity security controls that Microsoft offers for its modern OS versions. Windows Defender Antivirus and Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) on Windows 10 are examples of such tech. Some have hardware dependencies are incompatible with older hardware.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Information security is not yet a science; outside of the handful of issues falling under the field of cryptography, there is no formalized system of classification. The most prepared cybersecurity programs of today will not attempt to implement a static, “out-of-the-box” solution to cyber risk.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Designed to exploit a backdoor on Unix systems, and to stay hidden, the worm quickly spread, copying itself over and over again and infecting a full 10% of all networked computers. 2016: Mirai botnet As computers continue to evolve, branching out from desktop, to laptops, to mobile devices, and a myriad of networked devices, so does malware.

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Data Matters

APRIL 21, 2020

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires financial institutions to develop written information security plans. Security plans must include a comprehensive safeguards program that is regularly monitored and tested and a risk assessment plan that can be used to appropriately modify cybersecurity practices. 510.701 (2020). The post U.S.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

I'm Robert Vamosi, and in this episode I'm going to talk about hacking cryptocurrencies bug bounties, securing our election systems, and yes ransomware and how a high school student has already gained valuable experience in all of the above. Vamosi: Everyone's journey and information security as you need. You had to send 0.01

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

I'm Robert Vamosi, and in this episode I'm going to talk about hacking cryptocurrencies bug bounties, securing our election systems, and yes ransomware and how a high school student has already gained valuable experience in all of the above. Vamosi: Everyone's journey and information security as you need. You had to send 0.01

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Brandeis Records Manager

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). Like most people, I prefer to have a reasonable sense of job security, as long as my interest is engaged. Flow of information (“extravagant dissemination,” “ad hocracy”), Kelly argues, is everywhere and inevitable.

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