Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. Upon release from prison, Skorjanc became chief technology officer for NiceHash , a cryptocurrency mining service.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. IoT a Security Concern.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 10, 2019

On May 28, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released draft Data Security Administrative Measures (the “Measures”) for public comment. The Measures cover 40 articles in total, divided among four chapters, that address data collection, processing and use and data security. Regulated Data and Activities.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This week, we discuss the use of cryptocurrency mining software on numerous government websites, a phishing scam that robbed Bee Token investors of $1 million and cyber attacks on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Here are this week’s stories. Some call it cryptojacking. and NHS sites in the UK.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Security researchers have recently discovered a botnet with a novel defense against takedowns. Either everyone has a copy of it, or the blockchain’s security fails. But people need to continually verify the blockchain’s history on the ledger for the system to be secure. Most Bitcoin mining happens in China.

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Preservica

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The member libraries needed a way to preserve, store, and provide access to important digital objects such as archival materials, special collections, theses and dissertations, institutional materials (such as course catalogs, images, records), and more.

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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. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD.

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The Falcon's View

MAY 16, 2018

Yet, today, it's essentially wrong, and moreover isn't a helpful starting point for a security discussion. And, when we do think about it, it falls under the domain of site reliability engineering (SRE) rather than being a security function. We've reached this point thanks in large part to the cloud and the advent of utility computing.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 4, 2023

The most blunt solution is to ban cryptocurrency mining altogether. China did this in 2018 , but it only made the problem worse; mining moved to other countries with even less efficient energy generation, and emissions went up. Of course, some people will try to evade the tax, just as people evade every other tax.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 25, 2018

It’s more likely than not that any reader of mine already knows all about GDPR, but for those who don’t, it’s the most significant new framework for data regulation in recent history. The third major player in all of this, of course, are governments.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 27, 2018

United States, holding that the federal government needs a warrant to access cellphone location records. At issue in Carpenter was the government’s warrantless collection of historical cellphone location records. The Court disagreed with the government and sided with Carpenter.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of the basic principles for securing a data lake will be familiar to anyone who has secured a cloud security storage container. Of course, since most commercial data lakes build off of existing cloud infrastructure, this should be the case. Data Lake Security Scope.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

You could, of course, sell your skillz to the dark web. And the rest, they say is this as a reporter, I was in a position to learn as I wrote about information security. Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure. And that was my introduction to the world and security. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of monetary exchange through transactions on a computer network and is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 25, 2018

It’s more likely than not that any reader of mine already knows all about GDPR, but for those who don’t, it’s the most significant new framework for data regulation in recent history. The third major player in all of this, of course, are governments.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Over the course of this week, I've been writing about "Fixing Data Breaches" which focuses on actionable steps that can be taken to reduce the prevalence and the impact of these incidents. Of course, not everyone earns hundreds of thousands of dollars by probing away at other people's systems. Let's explore that further.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For example, organizations can re-package video libraries, songs, research, and course material for different audiences – customers, researchers, academics, students, and so on; and they can monetize the content via CaaS. The common theme in both definitions is delivering content to clients for their consumption.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 25, 2018

It’s more likely than not that any reader of mine already knows all about GDPR, but for those who don’t, it’s the most significant new framework for data regulation in recent history. The third major player in all of this, of course, are governments.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. Facing a backlash from lawmakers and the public, the IRS soon reverses course , saying video selfies will be optional and that any biometric data collected will be destroyed after verification.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 18, 2011

And this is not just because we might be worried about how the government or large platforms might use our data (though both issues certainly came up in talks with Chris Poole, Senator Ron Wyden, Genevieve Bell, and Sean Parker, among others). Shouldn’t that address be mine? Shouldn’t someone provide me with home security?

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Brandeis Records Manager

MAY 27, 2015

And of course, we’re all fully staffed, right? We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders. Our initial client service engagements—managed offsite storage and retrieval, secure document shredding, digitization, and, recently, electronic redaction—began in March of 2014. It’s about points of view.

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Brandeis Records Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The components, processes, and details of records management are, of course, the focus of exam prep. Mine has been a positive one, and I thank the ICRM for supporting the opportunity for measurable, professional validation. BYOD can introduce threats to the security of your organization’s information.”. They were for me.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

As a journalist, I, of course, had experienced all of the relevant domains, but my knowledge in each was only so deep. I guess the answer is what I usually say to a security question: It depends. Clearing you don’t want someone off the street coming in as a Level 2 security analyst. I also went after a CISSP certification.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 4, 2022

Welcome to the hacker mind and original podcast from for all security. This was written for 16 synchronized player pianos, accompanied by two grand pianos, as well as three xylophones, four brass drums, a gong, three airplane propellers, seven electric bells, and of course a siren. I'm Robert Vamosi. Well, he wasn't very successful.

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Unwritten Record

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Mine was 0311 which was an infantry rifleman, and I was sent off for advanced infantry training. So I went to Vietnam in December of 1966 as an infantryman and through a mistake in my orders was assigned to the 1 st Marine Division Security Platoon instead of directly to a line company. ” But of course I didn’t.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

“It’s run by a fraud ring of cryptocurrency scammers who mine dating apps and other social media for victims and the scam is becoming alarmingly popular.” It sort of feels like the federal government is ignoring this, so people are going to local agencies, which are sending these victims our way.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Finally, it also is useful for companies looking for a governance, risk, compliance ( GRC ) solution. Government organizations are arguably the most at risk of fraud attempts. According to FTC findings in 2019, government impostor fraud was the most-reported type of fraud. million in losses. Want to learn more?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

We now know, of course, they weren’t kidding. What if companies stopped treating consumers as wellsprings of behavioral data – data to be voraciously mined and then sold to the highest bidder? Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. I mean what's the remaining gap? But that shouldn't be that surprising given that only 2.3% We still have a way to go!

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 15, 2022 I've had various public users of HIBP, commercial users and even governments reach out to ask what's going on because they were concerned about their data. I think he’s actually serious!  number of ppl living at the house has changed.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? Welcome to the hacker mind, in original podcast from for all security. I'm a principal on the security team at Cybereason, and I'm also a digital forensics instructor at the SANS Institute, Grooten: Martijn Grooten. So I hope you'll stick around.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Anyone who has anyone in the information security community is usually melting under the hot Nevada sun. And by de I'm an analyst at Javelin strategy and research where I do security risk and fraud for the financial services industry. I write a monthly security column for Windows Secrets and I do a couple other things on the side.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Of course, success at that level is exceptionally rare, but my point is that in this industry more than any other I can think of, we can create amazing things from very humble beginnings. Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year).

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 6, 2020

Vamosi: So it’s, what, July and for me that would mean my 20th year going to Las Vegas.for Hacker Summer Camp, for Bsides Las Vegas , for Black Hat , and, of course, DEF CON. And last year’s defending champion, PPP, aka the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, will have to compete online, of course. Guest: Zaratec , PPP team member.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 5, 2020

Vamosi: So it’s, what, July and for me that would mean my 20th year going to Las Vegas.for Hacker Summer Camp, for Bsides Las Vegas , for Black Hat , and, of course, DEF CON. And last year’s defending champion, PPP, aka the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, will have to compete online, of course. Guest: Zaratec , PPP team member.

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