Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

According to the alert issued by the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), crooks are contacting investors via phone calls, voicemails, emails, and letters. The post US SEC warns investors of ongoing fraudulent communications claiming from the SEC appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

“The developers who publish these tools disguise their true purpose by defining them as “Remote Administration Tool” or “for educational purpose only”, although some of their characteristics are often found in malicious Trojans.” The use of the popular IM service gives to the attackers multiple benefits. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Even in the cloud era, Microsoft Exchange Server remains a staple business communications tool across the globe. Fortunately, effective tools and wise best practices can help mitigate this this exposure enabling companies to indefinitely leverage Exchange Server as a productive, resilient and secure communications tool.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Josh Renaud alerted Missouri education department officials that their website was exposing the Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 primary and secondary teachers in the state. Renaud found teachers’ SSNs were accessible in the HTML source code of some Missouri education department webpages.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – July 13, 2023 – Security Journey, a best-in-class application security education company, has today announced an acceleration of its secure coding training platform enhancements. Media contact: Katie Fegan, Account Manager, Say Communications, T. +44 Learn more and try our training at www.securityjourney.com.?

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The City of Dallas, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its IT systems. The IT systems at the City of Dallas, Texas, have been targeted by a ransomware attack. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City has shut down the impacted IT systems. ” reported the website of Fox4News.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The Federal Public Service Interior’s communications director, Olivier Maerens, confirmed that the attackers were not able to breach the server of the ministry, this means that threat actors did not steal any data. BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries, and international organizations.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Medibank faced angry questioning during its annual general meeting yesterday as shareholders sought explanations for the organisation’s response to last month’s cyber attack. The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 million current and former customers was compromised.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And how they put a heap of effort into education to warn folks about the hallmarks of phishing scams? Ok, that final one might be a bit of a stretch , but the fact remains that people have high expectations of how banks should communicate to ensure that they themselves don't come across as phishers: Just a good old phish.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

How to Avoid/Overcome: Overcome this issue by addressing objections directly with good communication and contextual education. Vendor-neutral research, or case studies, can be valuable tools when communicating with internal decision-makers. How to Avoid/Overcome: Once again, consistent communication is essential.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

She’s a devoted security and privacy enthusiast with a focus on public education and communication. . After the interview, I told him that his examples gave me paranoia. He laughed and responded, “There’s no such thing as anonymous data; it all depends on how determined the other party is.”.

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CILIP

JUNE 7, 2021

Engaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing is a comprehensive resource that provides an overview of best practice strategic marketing, with advice on how to implement effective marketing activities in libraries and information services with the best chance of success.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2023

The informative and educational series has already looked at topics such as AI and whether ChatGPT could conduct a cyberattack, discussions around Hornetsecurity’s recent compliance survey, as well as a conversation with Microsoft Certified Trainer on how secure Microsoft 365 actually is. For more information, visit www.hornetsecurity.com.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In order to spread the ransomware within the victim’s network, the exploit component exploited a flaw in version 1 of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol used in some Microsoft operating systems and intended to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports and various communications between network nodes.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with members through the InfraGard portal online — using a new account under the assumed identity of a financial industry CEO that was vetted by the FBI itself. “If it was only the phone I will be in [a] bad situation,” USDoD said.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

Included non-technical skills like leadership skills and communication during the interview process. About the essayist: Jack Koziol is the founder, SVP and GM of Infosec Institute , a cybersecurity education company. Losing the security talent that they do have to what has been called the Great Resignation.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Leaking this kind of data opens up the possibility of disrupting the company’s systems operations, hampers its ability to view internal server communication, and potentially enables malicious actors to gain further access to cause harm to customers. London-based OCR Labs is a major provider of digital ID verification tools.

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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. Without education, employees could be overly worried about AI being deployed to replace them or to eliminate the workforce.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Slow Communication. Communication can be slow and challenging with employees spread across different time zones. Slow communication can also leave workers vulnerable to phishing attacks, where cybercriminals pose as legitimate authorities. Things get even more complicated if you have an international remote workforce.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

This group focuses on public school districts and other educational institutions, like other ransomware gangs it implements a double extortion model and publishes data stolen from the victims on a data leak site. In response to the security breach, the IT infrastructure of the city was shut down.

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CILIP

MARCH 12, 2020

Supporting the Future of Scholarly Communication. Different institutions will refer to research support, scholarly support or scholarly communication depending on their own interpretations and the services they offer. So, what is research/scholarly support/communication? ve seen many trends come and go. However, in this time I?ve

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Like other ransomware gangs, the group has developed a Linux encryptor to target VMware ESXi servers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The malware was used in attacks against multiple industries, including education, real estate, retail, non-profit organizations, telecom companies, and governments. The backdoor is written in.NET and leverages the domain name service (DNS) protocol to establish a covert communication channel with the command and control infrastructure.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harter Secrest & Emery’s privacy and data security clients range from Fortune 100 corporations to closely-held businesses in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, data analytics/big data, retail, education, manufacturers, defense contractors, and employers of all sizes. www.hselaw.com.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to Microsoft, the campaign aimed at building capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region in the case of future crises. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and stay under the radar.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On June 10, 2022, New York became the first state to require attorneys to complete at least one credit of cybersecurity, privacy and data protection training as part of their continuing legal education (“CLE”) requirements. The new requirement will take effect July 1, 2023.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

Arguably, one of the most critical changes needed will be to adapt hiring practices to help candidates without a traditional college education enter into these critical roles. About the essayist: Jack Koziol is the founder, SVP and GM of Infosec Institute , a cybersecurity education company. And it works.

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Information Governance Perspectives

MAY 8, 2020

Hunter, Dr. Tao Jin, Dr. Patricia Franks, Rae Lynn Haliday, Cheryl Pederson, and Wendy McLain on the topic of Meeting Evolving Business Needs – A Conversation Between RIM Educators and Thought Leaders. And recruiters are looking for that education and experience. There are other important areas of course like management….

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about “ juice jacking ,” a term first coined here in 2011 to describe a potential threat of data theft when one plugs their mobile device into a public charging kiosk.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Attackers often exploit current events or emergency situations to elicit emotional responses and induce victims to act hastily without carefully evaluating the legitimacy of the communications. Education improves awareness” is his slogan. This would prevent e-mails from being sent and received.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

It’s important that as consumers are shopping for these smart home devices that they learn to recognize the Matter trademark so that they can make educated decisions.” Email remains far and away the most widely used business communication tool, and thus a primary target. It can be cumbersome to set up and so adoption has been sluggish.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

“After that, you will be free to communicate with them wherever you want in any way you want,” the instructions read. .” “After that, you will be free to communicate with them wherever you want in any way you want,” the instructions read. This word has become dangerous and toxic.”

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 4, 2021

On July 31, 2021, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom also would be required to develop and maintain a documented process for communicating with law enforcement about meeting disruptions involving illegal content, including dedicated personnel to report serial meeting disrupters to law enforcement.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Targeted Sector Vulnerabilities: Financial Services, IT, Healthcare, Education, and Government sectors have emerged as primary targets, with attackers fine-tuning their strategies to exploit specific vulnerabilities within these industries. billion emails globally, identifying approximately 950.39 million as malicious.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I am writing to you from an old desktop computer in the tent of the chaplain who works on behalf of a refugee agency, because here there is no internet point or effective means of communication. […]. during the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022.

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