eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2023

Jump ahead to: How Pentest Frameworks Work 10 Categories in a Pentest Framework How Penetration Test Frameworks Are Used 7 Top Pentest Frameworks Bottom Line: Pentest Frameworks Also read: What Is Penetration Testing? Reporting results: The pentest framework is used to frame results based on tools used, tactic category performance, and more.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2021

That’s one reason we added this new category and teamed up with Zoom to have them in the contest. A successful demonstration of an exploit in either of these products will earn the contestant $200,000 – quite the payout for a new category.” Microsoft Teams will also be a target. ” reads the announcement published by ZDI.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This year’s event has seven different categories for contestants and more than $1,000,000 in prizes available: – Mobile Phones – Wireless Routers – Home Automation Hubs – Printers – Smart Speakers – NAS Devices – The SOHO Smashup. The team earned $100K cash and 10 Master of Pwn points.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers from Qrious Secure team used two flaws to execute an attack against the Sonos One Speaker, they earned $60K and 6 Master of Pwn points. STAR Labs team also hacked the Sonos One Speaker in the Smart Speaker category using one unique bug and another previously known bug. The team earned $22,500 and 4.5 Master of Pwn points.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 16, 2023

The new content in this chapter relates to AI and inferences, affinity groups and special category data. For example, the updated guidance notes that it may be possible, using AI, to infer or guess details about a person, which may constitute special category data.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

For organizations looking to improve their security posture, this is causing confusion and vendor fatigue, especially for companies that don’t have a full time Chief Information Security Officer. The vendors are well-intentioned. This delivers the power of speed, choice and relevancy, while delivering ROI on time and investment.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission declared that calls using AI- generated, cloned voices fall under the category of “artificial or prerecorded voice” within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and therefore are generally prohibited without prior express consent, effective immediately.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The attackers viewed customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and carried out SIM swapping attacks on a small number of customers. “Affected customers fall into one of three categories. “The second category an affected customer might fall into is having their SIM swapped.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2024

The analysis categorized AI risks into three categories: Attacks Using AI; Attacks Targeting AI Systems; Failures in AI Design and Implementation. CISA collaborated with Sector Risk Management Agencies (SRMAs) and regulatory agencies to conduct sector-specific assessments of AI risks to U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Relatedly, PIPL outlines some categories of sensitive information that do not receive additional protection under GDPR. Also, health and financial data, among other categories of more sensitive data, is often treated as a more protected category of data under general data-privacy laws – subject to stricter protection requirements.

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IT Governance

MAY 15, 2024

Physical access control, physical security monitoring, CCTV, and more When we hear the term ‘information security’ – or, for that matter, ‘ISO 27001’ – our thoughts usually turn straight to cyber security. However, physical security is also an important aspect of information and data security.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cyber security roles are often technical and require knowledge of the threat landscape, detection/monitoring, technical protection, risk management and cyber incident response. Information security is a broader category that protects all information assets, whether in hard copy or digital form.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

#Pwn2Own pic.twitter.com/UTvzqxmi8E — Zero Day Initiative (@thezdi) March 22, 2023 The first hack of the day was performed by the AbdulAziz Hariri ( @abdhariri ) of Haboob SA ( @HaboobSa ), who demonstrated a zero-day attack against Adobe Reader in the Enterprise Applications category. Hariri earned $50,000 and 5 Master of Pwn points.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

CIPL’s key recommendations include: Legitimate Interest : Adding a legitimate interest processing ground within the PIPL; Compatible Processing : Clarifying that organizations can process personal information for compatible purposes in reliance on the original ground for processing; Children’s Data : Enabling a risk-based approach for organizations (..)

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Noticeably, covered entities are now subject to new requirements imposing heightened responsibilities on Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and more specific and prescriptive requirements in relation to governance, risk assessments, and notifications to the NYDFS. f), is sufficient to trigger this new notice requirement.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

The lure document, called “ Information security memo ,” provides security practices for passwords, confidential information, etc. “This very capable Rat falls into the category of unknown threat actors we track. ” concludes the report. “ Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

. “The RRA also provides a clear path for improvement and contains an evolving progression of questions tiered by the categories of basic, intermediate, and advanced. ” The tool would help organizations in improving their resilience to ransomware attacks by implementing best practices.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Under the Data Security Law, organisations are required to classify the data they process according to their level of significance. Where some types of data have multiple categories (e.g. Data grading.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2024

Adobe addressed multiple code execution vulnerabilities in its products, including Adobe Acrobat and Reader software The software giant released its Patch Tuesday updates to fix 35 security vulnerabilities 12 of these issues impact Adobe Acrobat and Reader software.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2024

“Based on the usual structure of legal digital marketplaces, narcotics, criminal services, but also detailed instructions on serious crimes were sold in various categories. .” reads the press release published by the German police.

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National Archives Records Express

AUGUST 18, 2023

Hurricane Hilary has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm and is headed toward Southern California and the Southwestern United States. For more details about this process, see NARA’s information about unauthorized disposition. Flash flooding, locally significant, will be possible.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

The company is also looking for: Path traversal / zip path traversal vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary file write Intent redirections leading to launching non-exported application components Vulnerabilities caused by unsafe usage of pending intents Orphaned permissions Below is the table reporting the rewards offered by the company for the different (..)

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National Archives Records Express

AUGUST 28, 2023

Of those, 5 to 9 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 1 to 4 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA has forecast a range of 12 to 17 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). NOAA has a 70% confidence in these ranges.

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Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 19, 2023

No matter the size of a business, a well-defined record retention policy serves multiple purposes: ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, aiding in efficient document management, and securing sensitive information. Each category will have different legal and operational retention requirements.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Identify and protect special category data When inventorying data, organizations should make a note of any especially sensitive data that requires extra protection. The GDPR mandates added precautions for three kinds of data in particular: special category data, criminal conviction data, and children’s data.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But what does the uptick in SOC 2 attestation mean for your organisation, and how will it affect the way we view information security – particularly in relation to ISO 27001 , which is the most widely used framework in the UK and Europe? Auditing SOC 2. How we have helped.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 26, 2022

Specifically, employers that control the collection of employee data would be required to inform employees of how the employer plans to collect and use employee data at or before the point of collection.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

There were also two failed attempts, the STAR Labs team of Billy, Calvin and Ramdhan targeting Parallels Desktop in the Virtualization category were not able to get their exploit to work within the time allotted. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. million in cash and other prizes.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2022

These apps were downloaded a total of over 300k times belonging to the following common categories: Communication (47.1%) Health Personalization (5.9%) Photography Tools (39.2%). “The tools and communication were among the most targeted categories covering the majority of the Joker-infected apps.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 19, 2020

Tusla collects and processes highly sensitive, often special category data concerning children, vulnerable women and families across Ireland. It will act as a reminder to organisations of the powers of the regulator when considering their obligations in relation to privacy, data protection and information security governance.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 4, 2023

The fine was reduced following representations from TikTok to the ICO which resulted in the ICO not pursuing the earlier finding related to unlawful use of special category data. This fine follows the initial notice of intent which was issued to TikTok in September 2022 for a fine of £27 million.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. I ask you to vote for me again (even if you have already done it), because this vote is for the final.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The attackers noticed that the applications often reached the Top-3 in the “Top New Free” category, in an attempt to trick users into believing that the application was legitimate and downloaded by a large number of users. According to ThreatFabric, the dropper applications were uploaded on Google Play in the targeted regions.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

Under First American’s documented vulnerability remediation policies, the data leak was classified as a security weakness with a “level 3” severity, which placed it in the “medium risk” category and required remediation within 45 days.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2021

Our award winners for 7 categories in the Black Unicorn Award are here. The Black Unicorn Report for 2021 Grab this PDF version and help fund our operations: [link] Yumpu Magazine Version [link] Free PDF Version hosted on our site [link] Mobile Version [link]. Thank you so much for your continued support as we are now at Black Hat 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

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