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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. . That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S. Department of Defense.

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Ransomware infected systems at Xchanging, a DXC subsidiary

Security Affairs

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack. .

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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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BEST PRACTICES: Mock phishing attacks prep employees to avoid being socially engineered

The Last Watchdog

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. This is stunning: phishing attacks soared in 2018, rising 250% between January and December, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report.

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Government By Numbers: Some Interesting Insights

John Battelle's Searchblog

Not to mention retirement (from Social Security to 401ks, etc.). Let’s take a look at some detail: Ahh… Education. As local governments have taken over the once Federally run education system, payroll there has skyrocketed (has performance? Now, education is, in the main, a government enterprise.

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News alert: Harter Secrest & Emery announces designation as NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coac

The Last Watchdog

Paul Greene , CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Privacy and Data Security practice group helps clients respond to data security incidents of all kinds. NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach ® firms are selected based on their experience, competency, thought leadership, and industry engagement.

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free. Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.”