Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The man pleaded guilty today to six counts of attempting to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to an agent of the Russian Federation (Russia). Dalke served as an Information Systems Security Designer for the NSA from June 6, 2022, to July 1, 2022. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2018

As part of your ISO 27001 certification project, your organisation needs to prove its compliance with appropriate documentation. Having created an information security policy , risk assessment procedure and risk treatment plan , you will be ready to set and document your information security objectives.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2017

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 an information security policy. What is an information security policy? Key elements of your information security policy.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

North Korea-linked Konni APT group used Russian-language Microsoft Word documents to deliver malware. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed the North Korea-linked Konni APT group using a weaponized Russian-language Word document in an ongoing phishing campaign. The Word document seems to be in the Russian language.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2018

As an information security manager, you enter each day not knowing what it may bring, in spite, perhaps, of having a well-formed plan or at least a to-do list. But what all information security managers must appreciate is that there is no such thing as 100% security and you can never be 100% risk free.

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IT Governance

JULY 8, 2019

Organisations seeking ISO 27001 compliance must prove their compliance with the Standard by completing appropriate documents. List of documents required for ISO 27001 compliance. Information security policy. Information security risk assessment process. Information security risk treatment plan.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari confirmed the availability of internal documents online, but said it has no evidence of cyber attack. Documents belonging to the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari are circulating online, the company confirmed their authenticity stating it is not aware of cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

MARCH 6, 2019

But despite organisations’ focus on this part of the Regulation, many still aren’t sure what effective security looks like or how they should achieve it. Yes, most information security experts will be able to explain what confidentiality, integrity and availability mean, but other terms, like ‘risk’, are surprisingly vague.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2021

Researchers disclosed two new attack techniques that allow modifying visible content on certified PDF documents without invalidating the digital signature. The attacks are documented in CVE-2020-35931 , CVE-2021-28545 , and CVE-2021-28546. ed document by inserting annotations that include malicious code.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 2, 2019

If you’re planning to implement an ISMS (information security management system), you’ll need to document the scope of your project – or, in other words, define what information needs to be protected. You should instead document the organisation and its processing under Annex A control A.15 Defining your scope.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The documents include details for three projects named Scan, Amesit, and Krystal-2B.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Security experts from Cyble found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey, is it a case of cyber hacktivism or cyber espionage? The post Researchers found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the post published by Cyble. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually. Acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wis.-based

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 21, 2021

Information security staff members were aware of the vulnerability in the company's EaglePro document-sharing system for five months but failed to fix it, the SEC reports. SEC: Executives Left in Dark About Vulnerability in File-Sharing System Title insurance company First American Financial Corp.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Protecting your organisation against cyber crime can sometimes feel like a never ending game of security whack-a-mole. Just as soon as you’ve secured one weakness, it seems as though another vulnerability rears its head. In this post, we outline five essential ways of keeping your organisation secure.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Organizations must focus strategically on how to manage digital content and understand that: 1) end-users are consuming technology differently; 2) consumer devices are being increasingly used as “on-ramps” to digital workflows; and 3) how you secure the scan and capture process becomes increasingly important. Want to find out more?

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In today's digital era of information technology, a company needs to consider several factors to decide how to manage their data and documents online. A large share of companies have now adopted cloud-based infrastructure, but many still rely on the tried-and-true legacy of on-premises document management software programs.

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IG Guru

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The post FBI Document Shows How Popular Secure Messaging Apps Stack Up via PCMAG.com appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the link here.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2020

DoppelPaymer hackers leaked online internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world. The gang behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware has stolen internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world from the industrial contractor Visser Precision.

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IT Governance

MARCH 19, 2018

Organisations are always looking for ways to improve their security posture, but the process is often frustrating. As soon as they secure one weakness, cyber criminals find another one. Here are five essential ways you can keep your organisation secure. Leaders should support cyber security staff.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

exe heavily via various types of Microsoft Office documents. 97% of these samples belonged to malicious Microsoft Office documents such as Excel spreadsheet files carrying.xlsb or.xlsm extensions (see Figure 3). Microsoft Word/Rich Text Format data/Composite Document —. Figure 2: Timeline from March 2021 – January 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Chances are strong that your corporate website uses a CMS, and perhaps you have a separate CMS for documents and other files shared by your employees, partners, and suppliers. Security is essential for a CMS. Best security practices. percent of CMS users worry about the security of their CMS—while 46.4

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Until being contacted by this reporter on Monday, the state of Vermont had at least five separate Salesforce Community sites that allowed guest access to sensitive data, including a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program that exposed the applicant’s full name, Social Security number, address, phone number, email, and bank account number.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). Information Security Program Requirements. On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2021

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers have been manipulated before the leak. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. reported the analysis published by Cyble.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

Threats like this are very real for ISMs (information security managers), who face the reality of phishing scams, cracking and ransomware daily. . The key activities you should be spearheading to ensure your organisation is secure; . Physical security issues that can cause you difficulties; and . Physical security .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB).

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IG Guru

APRIL 1, 2020

Perhaps your business or organization has suffered recent document damage – due to a fire, earthquake or flood, for example. Or maybe you have simply decided to back up and digitize hard copies of important documents for future safekeeping. In either case, one very important aspect of document restoration or scanning is security.

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IT Governance

JULY 27, 2018

Organisations looking to comply with ISO 27001 must produce many documents demonstrating the steps they have taken to meet the Standard’s requirements. This enables staff to identify how the Standard applies to their organisation, and provides a framework for staying secure. 2 Information security policy.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2024

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2024 fixed 59 flaws across various products including an actively exploited zero-day. The full list of flaws addressed by Microsoft with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2024 is available here. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Court documents obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool that allows accessing private Signal messages on iPhones. Court documents related to a recent gun-trafficking case in New York and obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool to access private Signal messages. ” Some forensics security firms.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Google announced that the new scanning capabilities implemented in Gmail have increased the detection rate of malicious documents. According to Google, since the end of 2019, the use of the new scanners allowed to increase the daily detection of weaponized Office documents by 10%. of threats that attempt to target Gmail users.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled as “confidential” or “restricted secret.” ” The hackers shared the documents on the file-sharing site MEGA. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Shockingly, a lot of organizations, even today, manage this through, either homemade tools or documents, checklists, Excel files, custom-made databases and so on and so forth. Traditionally, these are manually documented, monitored and managed. Everything needs to be clearly documented, covering all important and relevant aspects.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

That’s why Requirement 12 of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) instructs organisations to implement policies and procedures to help staff manage risks. It provides a detailed outline of information security responsibilities for all staff, contractors, partners and third parties that access the CDE.

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