Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In Q1 2023, threat actors linked to Russia’s military intelligence service focused their phishing campaigns on Ukraine, with the country accounting for over 60% of observed Russian targeting. The group targeted multiple sectors, including government, defense, energy, transportation/logistics, education, and humanitarian organizations.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

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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. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” through 12.4

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from August in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches. Cyber attacks.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

You can upload your own SCORM training modules into your account for home workers Active Directory or SCIM Integration to easily upload user data, eliminating the need to manually manage user changes Find out how 50,000+ organizations have mobilized their end-users as their human firewall. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Departments of Homeland Security and Energy will draw on these standards to address critical infrastructure risks, as well as cybersecurity, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks. AI use by the military and intelligence community. The Administration will also support the expansion of AI-enabled tools in education.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning of the North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO group that is targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea, the US and elsewhere.

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Data Matters

JUNE 16, 2021

semiconductor production, scientific research, development of artificial intelligence, and space exploration in the face of growing economic, technological, and military competition from China. cybersecurity or engage in the theft of trade secrets. Senate adopted by a 68-32 vote S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Lenny Zeltser

JUNE 2, 2018

If you’re in the business of safeguarding data and the systems that process it, what do you call your profession? Are you in cybersecurity? Yet, the term cybersecurity is growing in popularity. Paul Melson and Loren Dealy Mahler viewed cybersecurity as a subset of information security. Information security?

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

A leader tasked with cybersecurity can get ahead of the game by understanding where we are in the story of machine learning (ML) as a hacking tool," Tyson writes. "At At present, the most important area of relevance around AI for cybersecurity is content generation. Date/Time: Wednesday, April 5, @ 2:00 PM (ET) Save My Spot!

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Meanwhile, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) enforcement continues apace.

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Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Talks had previously stalled over how to regulate AI trained on large amounts of data and able to perform a wide range of functions, referred to as ‘foundation models’ or ‘general purpose AI’. It does not apply systems used for purely military or defence purposes.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. A cyber catastrophe may seem inevitable, but there are basic practices and actionable steps any healthcare organization can take to begin reducing the clear and present risk of being impacted by a cybersecurity event. Evaluate data inventory.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 36 million records. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9 Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

In this episode, Sonny Sandelius , Assistant Director of the SANS workforce programs, talks about programs that recruit people from outside computer sciences, encouraging those from diverse backgrounds who share the curiosity and the basic aptitude necessary to become hired cybersecurity professionals in as little as six months.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them. Storage: Contains user and application data at rest; can be integrated with other elements (server, etc.)

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. It’s used to keeping this stuff behind multiple levels of security: gates with alarms, armed guards, safe doors, and military-grade cryptography. The meeting presenters try to spice things up.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to our September 2022 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That’s because we’re looking for ways to improve the way we deliver this data. Our blog has become the go-to source for monthly data breach statistics, and we’ve been producing this series for over seven years. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

My healthcare is always going to be one again, it's a vertical healthcare and education, both where you have large amounts of very sensitive information, but not necessarily the budgets to secure it effectively. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. It’s not like data breaches are going away, they’re shifting.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 24, 2020

OCIE also will focus on recommendations and advice provided to retail investors, with a particular emphasis on seniors, retirees, teachers and military personnel, as well as products that the SEC considers higher risk (e.g., Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Assets. Additional Focus Areas Specific to Broker-Dealers.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. As networks evolved and organizations adopted internet communications for critical business processes, these cryptographic systems became essential for protecting data.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

Veriti added "The malware can upload and download files, execute commands, and send back data about the infected computer at regular intervals." Thus, a fraudster might claim a common religion, a shared military background, membership in a profession, or a common ethnicity, all with the goal of convincing the victim that they can be trusted.

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KnowBe4

MAY 22, 2019

He’s got info security folks requiring him to take annual training, posting educational videos, and sending simulated phishing email all the time. To Bob, it’s all about protecting data. What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think of the “bad guy” or enemy when it comes to cybersecurity? Less filling!”.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

It's not common for any Wells notice to be sent to a company in relation to cybersecurity," a former DoJ prosecutor told me for my story, who said they're typically only sent to CEOs or CFOs over securities or other financial fraud. Zimperium data says otherwise. This may be the first time a CISO got a Wells notice.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

OCIE will also continue to focus on broker-dealers’ controls surrounding mobile and online access to customer brokerage account information, as well as RIAs’ protection of their clients’ personal financial information (with respect, for example, to access controls, data loss prevention, training, and incidence response and resiliency).

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ForAllSecure

JULY 14, 2021

It was also designed under President Eisenhower to move military troops and vehicles from point A to point B, but that's another story. Daniel: I spoke to some folks to do a lot of maritime cybersecurity and industrial control, a kind of technology security in the maritime industry, both for the arts as well as commercial stuff.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

And so that's when you know threat actors within the last couple of years transitioned into the double extortion model, which is where prior to actually performing the encryption event, they're going to find what they believe to be sensitive information and steal that data from the environment. Of the of the incident. What's the first step?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. For more details about the year’s incidents, check out our new page, which provides a complete list of known data breaches and cyber attacks in 2023.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 | May 2nd, 2023 [Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells? Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, where he'll share a comprehensive strategy for phishing mitigation. Data breaches are getting larger and more frequent. KnowBe4 Mobile Learner App - Users can now train anytime, anywhere!

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