AIIM

JULY 15, 2021

There are certain outcomes to be aware of and avoid : Implementation is Half Baked: Maybe security is not thought through. Sensitive Data is Compromised: Without proper security precautions, data can be exposed to the wrong groups or employees, or even shared outside of your organization. Tip #1: Planning is Everything.

Libraries 188

Libraries Metadata Access Risk 188

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

8, 2023 – SandboxAQ today announced Sandwich, an open source framework and meta-library of cryptographic algorithms that simplifies modern cryptography management. This provides a much simpler process to create a cryptographic object, such as a secure tunnel, and helps organizations implement crypto-agility. Palo Alto, Calif.,

Libraries 151

Libraries Encryption Access Cybersecurity 151

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This is a critical vulnerability of very high significance to government and industry groups. Knowledgeable counsel should be involved through all steps of the company’s assessments, containment, remediation, and documentation. Ensure network logging exists to record activity related to a vulnerable Apache Log4j logging library.

Libraries 57

Libraries Ransomware Cloud Risk 57

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

CERT France is warning of a new wave of attacks using Pysa ransomware (Mespinoza) that is targeting local governments. CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. ” reads the issued by French CERT. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 114

Ransomware Government Encryption Passwords 114

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and were observed conducting cyberespionage, data theft, and credential access attacks.

Authentication 116

Authentication Libraries Access Government 116

Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. v1: Pulse Connect Secure MAR-10334057-3.v1:

Security 127

Security Authentication Libraries Passwords 127

IT Governance

JANUARY 12, 2021

Cyber security risk assessments are essential for organisations to protect themselves from malicious attacks and data breaches. Risk appetites should be reviewed regularly and whenever there are changes to the organisation’s cyber security budget or resources. But what exactly does a risk assessment do?

Risk 113

Risk Security Libraries Data breaches 113

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2023

The US government announced to have disrupted the peer-to-peer (P2P) network of computers compromised by the Snake malware. The malware has been designed and used by Center 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in cyber espionage operations on sensitive targets. . ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

Government 93

Government Libraries Cybersecurity Security 93

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. since August.

Government 133

Government Libraries Cybersecurity Phishing 133

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

. “CISA obtained four malicious files for analysis during an on-site incident response engagement at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization compromised by Iranian government sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.” Secure credentials by restricting where accounts and credentials can be used.

Mining 119

Mining Government Cybersecurity Libraries 119

The Texas Record

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed. Establishing Information Governance for Local Governments in Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365. Plan, plan, plan and document, document, document, everything. Involve your stakeholders in your Information Governance Plan. Mr. Webb and Ms.

Information governance 56

Information governance Government Compliance Metadata 56

Preservica

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

On World Digital Preservation Day 2018, Sylvain Bélanger, Director General of Digital Operations and Preservation at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) discusses operating at scale, the challenges of preserving high volume born-digital content, and giving Canadians greater access to Canada’s continuing memory.

Digital preservation 58

Digital preservation Libraries Archiving Government 58

Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT29 group abused the legitimate information exchange systems used by European countries to target government entities. Russia-linked APT29 (aka SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , and The Dukes ) was spotted abusing the legitimate information exchange systems used by European countries in attacks aimed at governments.

Metadata 95

Metadata Government Libraries Phishing 95

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities.

Ransomware 131

Ransomware Libraries Cybersecurity Government 131

The Texas Record

APRIL 3, 2023

Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is again tracking those bills with the potential to affect the retention and disposition of government records in Texas. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. More than 7,800 House and Senate bills were filed this session.

Records Management 40

Records Management Archiving Libraries Government 40

Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

Cyber Security Specialist Zoziel Pinto Freire shows an example of malicious file analysis presented during his lecture on BSides-Vitória 2022. Microsoft Office Documents. Microsoft Office Documents. PEframe is an open source tool to perform static analysis of malware executables and malicious MS Office documents.

Libraries 103

Libraries Metadata Education Security 103

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities.

Ransomware 128

Ransomware Libraries Cybersecurity IT 128

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole. Code debugging and code security tools exist to find and help developers fix the problems that occur. Security and Speed Needs Drive Growth. Best Code Debugging and Code Security Tools. SonarQube’s standout features.

Security 142

Security Libraries IT Cloud 142

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Security Center under the Ministry of National Defense recorded a large number of virus-infected e-mails addressed to several state institutions. postal system operators to specify their security rules and filters, ”says Rytis Rainys, Director of NKSC. Security Center. Security Center. “The National Cyber ??Security

Passwords 104

Passwords Archiving Libraries Government 104

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The APT group, recently discovered by ESET, targeted government and private companies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine, including militaries and Ministries of Foreign Affairs. The malware samples analyzed by the researchers are slightly obfuscated using string obfuscation and dynamic Windows API library loading.

Military 136

Military Phishing Passwords Government 136

Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER), published a joint advisory to warn of hacking attempts exploiting the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers to compromise target networks. ” reads the advisory. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Access 119

Access Libraries Cybersecurity Government 119

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

Related: Cyber spies feast on government shut down. I had a lively discussion recently with a couple of experts from WhiteHat Security. I spoke with WhiteHat Security researchers Bryan Becker and Mark Rogan at RSA 2019. “If Baking-in security. So you might not even be aware that this piece of code is in your software.”.

Digital transformation 118

Digital transformation Libraries Security Cloud 118

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

LuminousMoth: Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing and large-scale APT campaign that targeted government entities in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines. The Dropbox link leads to a RAR archive that masquerades as a Word document by setting the “file_subpath” parameter to point to a filename with a.DOCX extension.

Archiving 98

Archiving File names Government Libraries 98

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Education 126

Preservica

AUGUST 7, 2018

Boston, MA and Oxford, UK | Day August 7, 2018 | Preservica, a world leader in digital preservation, has announced its support for the Council of State Archivists’ (CoSA) 2018-19 research initiative into the risks to electronic state government records from file format and technology obsolescence. Visit: www.preservica.com.

Digital preservation 40

Digital preservation Government Access Risk 40

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 25, 2018

Jim’s post below highlights the importance of information governance and the need for data discovery to manage increasing volumes of data (as we discussed during this webcast last month). The library houses more than 45 million pages , including an extensive audiovisual collection and more than 650,000 photos and 5,000 hours of recordings.

ROT 34

ROT Libraries Information governance Risk 34

The Texas Record

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While that is an interesting popular image, the archives and archivists here at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) are the protectors of documented history. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The number of documents and pages is several million!

Archiving 106

Archiving Libraries Paper Access 106

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Findings released this week by ReversingLabs show 87 percent of security and technology professionals view software tampering as a new breach vector of concern, yet only 37 percent say they have a way to detect it across their software supply chain. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon.

Systems administration 244

Systems administration Libraries Risk Authentication 244

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities.

File names 106

File names Libraries Ransomware Security 106

The Texas Record

JULY 27, 2020

There are a range of things to consider when revamping your records management program, including inventory, security, and disposition projects. Records Liaisons can lead things like disposition projects, forms management (like filing compliance documents with TSLAC), and conducting an inventory. Ensuring Security Measures.

Records Management 100

Records Management Compliance Government Libraries 100

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. We break down the month’s cyber security landscape for each month, and you can find more information about our list and the biggest security incidents of the month.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Personal data 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The campaign targeted French entities in the construction, real estate, and government industries. The phishing messages uses a weaponized Microsoft Word document masquerading as information relating to the “règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD)” or the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Libraries 92

Libraries GDPR Phishing Government 92

IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2022

We identified 85 security incidents during the month, resulting in 99,243,757 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Access 119

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

IBM security researcher continues to monitor the evolution of the infamous Zeus Sphinx banking Trojan (aka Zloader or Terdot ) that receives frequent updates and that was involved in active coronavirus scams. . Zeus Sphinx is distributed through malspam campaigns that use weaponized office documents. 2 Trojan that was leaked online.

Libraries 99

Libraries Sales Government IT 99

The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Both local governments and state agencies want to know if they ‘go paperless’ — if they digitize their essential records — can they get rid of the original paper or film copies? Local Government Rules. Adequate technical documentation is kept ( Sec. for text documents, Sec. for data files, Sec.

Paper 98

Paper Records Management Digital preservation Archiving 98

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As part of your ISO 27001 certification project, your organisation will need to prove its compliance with appropriate documentation. ISO 27001 says that you must document your information security risk assessment process. Key elements of the ISO 27001 risk assessment procedure. Clause 6.1.2 Identify risks. Analyse risks.

Risk 63

Risk Information Security Libraries Compliance 63

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A previously unknown cyber espionage group, tracked as Gallmaker, has been targeting entities in the government, military and defense sectors since at least 2017. Gallmaker is a politically motivated APT group that focused its surgical operations on the government, military or defense sectors. ” continues Symantec.

Military 86

Military File names Libraries Government 86