Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. Pin also was active at that same time on the Russian-language security forum Antichat , where they told fellow forum members to contact them at the ICQ instant messenger number 669316.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 17, 2017

On October 13, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission published the twelfth and final blog post in its “Stick with Security” series (the “Series”). The final post, entitled Stick with Security: FTC resources for your business , outlines the resources available to businesses to put the principles detailed in the Series into practice.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2020

National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert warning of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S. critical infrastructure facilities take immediate actions to secure their OT assets. interests or retaliate for perceived U.S. aggression.”.

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IT Governance

MARCH 26, 2018

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Certified Cyber Security Consultancy gives customers independent, expert cyber security advice from a pool of certified professional service providers. You should document critical assets and introduce controls proportionate to the risk posed to those assets. How we can help.

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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. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. caused problems of their own.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The domain validtree.com is registered through namecheap.com on 2017-12-07T15:55:27Z but recently renewed on 2019-10-16T05:35:18Z. Attached to the email a suspicious word document was waiting to be opened from the victim. By opening the word document the victim displays the following text (Image1).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The 10-count indictment charged Yakubets and Turashev with conspiracy, computer hacking, wire fraud, and bank fraud. Additionally, as of 2017, Yakubets was tasked to work on projects for the Russian state, to include acquiring confidential documents through cyber-enabled means and conducting cyber-enabled operations on its behalf.”

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This part will also discuss managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. This “anytime, anywhere” aspect is possible by merging traditional RIM practices of document and records lifecycle management and DT, but with a focus on how to “package” the content to deliver a product or service.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. These data packets can contain malware such as a trojan, ransomware, or similar dangerous program. Here is how the NSA-developed cyber monster works, and how you should defend against it.

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Cyber Info Veritas

JUNE 25, 2018

Phishing, Trojans, ransomware, penetration attacks, Over WIFI attacks, and worms; these are some of the most common strategies used by hackers to gain access to your information or to get you to give them access to your private information. Take the example of malware, Trojan horse, or worms.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. You want to see if they can penetrate your security, and cause it to break in some way. I mean really?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. You want to see if they can penetrate your security, and cause it to break in some way. I mean really?

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware. Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This part also discusses managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. Commissioned by organizers to predict worst-case scenarios for the Munich games, [Georg] Sieber came up with a range of possibilities, from explosions to plane crashes, for which security teams should be prepared. Introduction.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach. It's something I certainly didn't understand 10 years ago, and I still remember the initial surprise when agencies started reaching out. So, in 2017, Pwned Passwords was born.

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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. Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2019

It’s long been a habit of journalists and online commentators to open the year with predictions about the coming months, but I don’t think there’s much value in that from an information security point of view. The top ten worst passwords of 2018 were, counting down from ten to one: 10. 123456789.

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