The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

NTT Research opened its doors in Silicon Valley in July 2019 to help nurture basic research in three subject areas that happen to be at the core of digital transformation: quantum physics, medical informatics and cryptography. Along the way, of course, cybersecurity must get addressed. NTT Group, for instance, typically spends more than $3.6

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have led to the theft of card data from customers who visited any of its 850 locations nationwide. 10 and contained the breach by Dec. On the evening of Monday, Jan.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

. “During the incident, the hackers changed the DNS records for Escrow.com to point to to a third party web server,” Barre wrote , noting that his security team managed to talk to the hacker responsible for the hijack via telephone. The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

First released by mobile phone companies in 2019, it relies on radio frequencies for data transmission like its predecessors 3G, 4G and 4G LTE networks. Enter 5G, with its speedy download and upload times and wider bandwidths capable of handling much larger volumes of data. One area of concern is encryption. What is 5G?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Organisations that suffer security incidents are sometimes said to be victims of “cyber extortion”, but it’s often unclear what exactly that phrase means. With individuals’ details on sale for as little as £10, this is a consistent but inefficient way of profiting from criminal activity. Examples of cyber extortion.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2019

We’re 10 to 15 years from the arrival of quantum computers capable of solving complex problems far beyond the capacity of classical computers to solve. Right now, the race is on to revamp classical encryption in preparation for the coming of quantum computers. Put another way, future-proofing encryption is crucial to avoiding chaos.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. Enterprise organizations recognize this shift and need to invest in device management and endpoint security capabilities.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2021

A few days ago, security researcher Gilles Lionel (aka Topotam ) has discovered a vulnerability in the Windows operating system that allows an attacker to force remote Windows machines to authenticate and share their password hashes with him. For example, see Microsoft Security Advisory 974926.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Matters

MAY 9, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Spring 2019 National Meeting (Spring Meeting) in Orlando, Florida, from April 6 to 9, 2019. The March 7, 2019, exposure drafts of the CFR Model Laws have been revised to address those comments as well as certain other comments received from interested parties.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Ransomware: One of the most dangerous types of malware, ransomware attacks take control of critical computer systems or sensitive data, locking users out and requiring exorbitant ransoms in cryptocurrency like Bitcoin in exchange for regained access. Although Creeper is the first known example of a worm, it is not actually malware.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 15, 2019

The Act has been subject to immense public scrutiny and backlash, in particular from the Australian technology sector, due to the holy grail of uncertainty surrounding the obligations that these new, rushed-in, powers impose on communications providers to assist national security and law enforcement agencies in intelligence gathering.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

CB(2) 512/19-20(03 ) (the Paper ) seeking views on changes to Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) An example of, “as soon as practicable and, under all circumstances, in not more than five business days” is included in the Paper; and. Certainty around data retention periods. 486) (the PDPO ).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

The recently released Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 failed to address a flaw in SymCrypt , a core cryptographic function library currently used by Windows. The flaw could be exploited by malicious programs trigger a denial of service condition by interrupting the encryption service for other programs.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Although California has recently captured the lion’s share of attention with respect to privacy and security, on October 23, 2019, New York’s amended security breach law goes into effect, and on March 1, 2020, new security safeguards go live (N.Y. Readers may recall that New York’s security breach notification law (N.Y.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

CB(2) 512/19-20(03 ) (the Paper ) seeking views on changes to Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) An example of, “as soon as practicable and, under all circumstances, in not more than five business days” is included in the Paper; and. Certainty around data retention periods. 486) (the PDPO ).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Screenshot example. Staff Awareness.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Microsoft has released a security update to address “a broad cryptographic vulnerability” that is impacting its Windows operating system. dll module that contains various ‘Certificate and Cryptographic Messaging functions’ used by the Windows Crypto API for data encryption. .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This article dives into the lexicon of malware, offering descriptions, protections, and examples of each. Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Examples of Adware Malware Attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Related: Why government encryption backdoors should never be normalized. And yet, not nearly enough attention is being paid to the profound privacy and security implications. For a full drill down on our most recent conversation, at RSA 2019 , give a listen to the accompanying podcast. LW: Can you walk us through an example?

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, and, in particular, third-party transactions in which customer information is harnessed for advertising purposes. Could a party, for instance, decline to produce, review, or even collect certain types of data due to privacy concerns? But what about other contexts?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Bitdefender Total Security. No security product is perfect, but for just under $4 a month, Bitdefender gives you broad, sophisticated defenses. Kaspersky Total Security.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal personal information, followed by an affected company sending regretful notification letters offering a year or two of complimentary credit monitoring. All rights reserved. Defense Information Technology , Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Sec.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

What follows below is an edited version of the debate in the House of Lords of the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill, held on 10 October. Data is not just a resource for better marketing, better service and delivery. Data is used to build products themselves. It has become a cliché that data is the new oil.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. New guidance and frameworks for health data not regulated by HIPAA.

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Info Source

JANUARY 31, 2019

31, 2019 – Ephesoft, Inc. , This first-to-market hybrid offering enables organizations to optimize their existing Ephesoft Transact on-premise solution with improved performance, processing up to 2,500 pages per minute – more than 10 times faster than a strictly on-premise version. IRVINE, Calif. –

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

First of all the attacker knew the target organization was protected by a SOC (Security Operation Center) so she sent a well crafted email claiming to deliver a Microsoft document wrapping out the weekly SOC report as a normal activity in order to induce the victim to open-it. SOC report 10 12 2019.doc Emotet Depacked.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

SI-LAB detected hundreds of users that were impacted by this malware between March 18th and 26th of 2019. The last days of March 2019 are making headlines due to a targeted cyber attack involving a new variant of infamous EMOTET malware. EMOTET spread in Chile targeted financial and banking services.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published a quick analysis of an interesting attack carried out by SWEED threat actor targeting precision engineering firms in Italy. For example (or for full read RegKeys have a look to here ): [.] Introduction. Object-3 exploiting CVE-2017-11882. Analysis of Dropped PE File. educrety.exe.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Since then, much has been learned about the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) deployed and what steps organizations are taking to harden their network and application security. Before jumping into the technical details regarding each new malware detected and proper safeguards, here is a brief look at the events to date: Sep 2019.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. ” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. ” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It was on a project that Dan Kaminsky presented at Discourse 2019. For example, you’d need several different systems, each running just one program, to accomplish a task. In the 1950s we started to get early operating systems, and these included supervisory programs that helped manage the data coming in and going back out.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? Instead, the US government did, saying quote Stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar and whether you take documents data or dollars. Is hacking a crime?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. Smart Meters provide the data to support a cleaner future, showing how much energy is being used and how much this will cost you. And on the other hand, we're saying security, that's a secondary concern.

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