IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

However, the code is actually part of Facebook’s password reset mechanism. If the victim shares the code, the fraudster can use it change the victim’s password and take control of their account. This will send the one-time password to the victim’s account.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. It’s why, for the past fifteen years, 28 January has marked Data Privacy Day – an international event raises awareness about online privacy and educates people on the ways they can protect their personal information. Teach your children about data privacy.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The attacker might, for example, search social media to find the name, email address and job title of a company director. The fintech firm also clarified that the types of compromised data vary for different customers, but it is confident that the most sensitive forms of information, including PINs and passwords, were not accessed.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cryptographic keys can be random numbers, products of large prime numbers, points on an ellipse, or a password generated by a user. For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” In cases where passwords are used, pick unique passwords and consider password managers. Nation-state level attackers also are taking a similar approach.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The attack took place in October 2022, threat actors sent phishing emails that contained links to a password-protected file hosted in Drive. HOODOO’s use of GC2 is an example of this trend. Finally, the attack against the Taiwanese media shows that attackers are also targeting private sector organizations with limited government ties.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Employees’ names, addresses, usernames, passwords, social security numbers, phone numbers and dates of birth were all affected. For example, they could use administrator login details to conduct corporate espionage or use email addresses and other details to send phishing emails to customers and employees.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2022

Nonetheless, the site does a good job imitating the genuine Twitter login page and asks users to provide their username and password. When users enter their email address and password, the site states: “Authenticity Check is completed, your account has been proved authentic by our automatic system, all current problems are resolved”.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

IT Governance identified 285 publicly disclosed security incidents between July and September 2022, which accounted for 232,266,148 compromised records. We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The most common of these errors are employees uploading a database to the Cloud but failing to establish password protections. As such, the only way to protect your organisation is to educate staff on phishing attacks and teach them what to look out for. The website is simply designed to look like the real thing. Get started.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Harr pointed to several recent security incidents in which employees were tricked – whether through social engineering or brute-force password breaches – and demonstrated the flaws in existing technical controls. IT Governance offers a range of training options to help you with this, including our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The victim, landing on what appears to be a Microsoft login page that already includes their email address, is more likely to trust it and supply their password. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Anyone who has provided their login credentials when responding to this message should assume that they’ve handed their password to the scammers. It can be used to launch ransomware, steal passwords and intellectual property, or act as a conduit to other organisations. QakBot is a more complex strain but equally damaging.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This gave the attackers easy access to the system and the ability to modify any value in the system, allowing them, for example, to tamper with the water pressure, change the temperature and more. This group also hit other American websites, including a governmental education website in Texas. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

One of the examples relates to the default settings users get when starting to use a new service. Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. Misconfiguration.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2019

With access to your username and password, criminals can break into your account and steal sensitive information. The malicious code can do any number of nefarious things , including capturing computers’ keyboard activity to steal usernames and passwords, tracking browser habits or enslaving its CPU to form a botnet. Lack of education.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 26, 2022

Access controls, for example, are an inexpensive and common practice for protecting sensitive information. Meanwhile, other defences are simply a matter of education and effective management. If you’re looking for advice on how to do that, IT Governance is here to help.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Fortinet OriginBotnet “has a range of capabilities, including collecting sensitive data, establishing communications with its C2 [command and control] server, and downloading additional files from the server to execute keylogging or password recovery functions on compromised devices”.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Weak passwords will continue to be exploited as attackers monetise credentials. Education is also becoming increasingly important when protecting organisations. The post 11 cyber security predictions for 2020 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

IT Governance discovered 377 security incidents between April and June 2021, which accounted for 1,224,539,395 breached records. We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

An example of the importance of data privacy is in the healthcare industry, where it’s critical to protect confidential patient information for patient trust and comply with regulations. Require strong passwords. Strong passwords are your company’s first defense in protecting data and customer information.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I would urge shoppers to follow the steps in our online shopping guidance , which includes setting up two-step verification and using passwords with three random words, so they’re easier to remember and harder to hack.” You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, in the Enron financial fraud, executives and board members claimed ignorance or that they could not understand the financial maneuvering of Enron’s CFO (chief financial officer). See the top Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) tools. SOX: Consequences. Proposed SEC Security Changes.

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

For example, should an employee falls for a phishing scam, their accounts could be compromised and the attacker may target other members of staff. Similarly, employees with poor password practices could jeopardise the security of their accounts or the confidentiality of sensitive files. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

MAY 9, 2019

The system verifies a person’s identity over the telephone by requiring them to utter the phrase “my voice is my password”. A public task : for example, to complete official functions or tasks in the public interest. This incident is the perfect example of how difficult it can be to get and keep consent. Explicit and free.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” continues Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Authorization governs what activities users are permitted to take after being authenticated. Educate staff on cloud security best practices and risks that may exist.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Before that, he taught computer systems and network technologies in further and higher education. For more details on the first core requirement, risk management, see our interview with Andrew Pattison, head of GRC [governance, risk and compliance] consultancy Europe, from two weeks ago. What is your view on DORA as a whole?

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re among the millions of people working from home while also trying to entertain and educate your kids during the coronavirus pandemic, we imagine things have been pretty chaotic. For example, one of the biggest threats Internet users currently face is phishing. Watch out for phishing emails.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

You should also make sure firmware and software are up to date, check that default passwords have been changed and secure your physical premises. Governance framework. Next, they should document a framework for security governance containing policies addressing key aspects of information security. Secure your Cloud services.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

InMarket also incorporated its SDK into its own apps, which would, for example, offer consumers rewards for completing certain tasks, such as watching videos, walking into stores, etc.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

With the CCPA set to affect more than 500,000 companies , it’s more important than ever to get educated on the regulations and to make sure your company is compliant, which means preparing your employees. Social networking sites, for example, are all subject to the GDPR’s rules even though they were founded and are primarily run in the U.S.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Yes, so our job is to figure it out and apply appropriate steps of actions in the environment, and also we do deliver education. Well, you just want to investigate what has happened so that may for example involve an employee that is in some kind of a way misbehaving, but it's its default role it's of course focusing on the attack.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption keys are passwords for encryption. The longer the password or the more complex the password, the more difficult it will be to guess. For example, the Blowfish algorithm uses simple XOR functions with four actions in each of the 16 rounds of encryption: XOR the left half of the data with an 18 entry P-array.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

"The services of the website allowed those who sign up and pay for the service to anonymously make spoofed calls, send recorded messages, and intercept one-time passwords," Europol says. Apathetic employees are more likely to make security mistakes, such as falling for social engineering attacks or reusing passwords.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

So you've got auto scaling groups, or like virtual machines and kind of easy to use this as an example, your containerization as well instead of list environments, where again, you're only kind of using the resources you need. So you might see there is a suspicious login as an example. This is great. This is how you should use it.

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