IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files. Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

Google released an emergency security update to address a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome which is actively exploited in the wild. Google released an emergency security update to address the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033) in 2023, the company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting the issue.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Recently I heard a librarian say that introducing makerspaces into libraries was one of the riskiest undertakings the service had ever embarked upon. I found this a little odd, since we are all in the information business and a lot of library time is taken up with answering ?how s library buildings are a mixture of ancient and modern.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Source New Telecoms USA Yes 6,158 Nabholz Construction Company Employee Welfare Health Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 5,326 Dawson James Securities, Inc. North Hill Home Health Care, Inc.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently observed the China-linked Alloy Taurus group (aka GALLIUM , Softcell ) targeting Linux systems with a new variant of PingPull backdoor. In recent years, the researchers observed the group expanding its operations to include financial institutions and government entities. softether[.]net

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

China-linked APT41 group is targeting telecommunications companies with a new piece of malware used to spy on text messages of highly targeted individuals. Researchers at FireEye discovered a new backdoor tracked as MessageTap that China-linked APT41 group are using to spy on text messages sent or received by highly targeted individuals.

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CILIP

JANUARY 5, 2021

Former CILIP Trustee and Past President David Stewart (Head of Library and Knowledge Services: North East and Yorkshire/North West, Health Education England) was recognised with an MBE for services to the NHS and voluntary services to Information Management.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A cyber espionage group targets governments and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries since early 2021. The attackers used Dynamic-link library (DLL) side-loading to deliver the malicious code. Experts also shared details about an attack against a government-owned organization in the education sector in Asia.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on the British Library that has caused a major IT outage. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the British Library to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. ” reads the announcement.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

This is presumably intended to help security researchers vetted by the search engine’s staff to secure the exposed devices and files indexed on the service. To see if any of your online accounts were exposed in previous security breaches, use our personal data leak checker with a library of 15+ billion breached records.

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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. Get started.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

million) Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system (unknown) Willdan Group, Inc. million) Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system (unknown) Willdan Group, Inc. million) Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system (unknown) Willdan Group, Inc.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A WELL-trodden path from Weekend Assistant in a public library to a career as an information professional may sound familiar to many readers. My first experience of working in libraries was during my time at college when I was an A-Level student and I secured a Saturday job in my local public library.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They’re particularly dangerous because it’s difficult for security or development teams to see an XSS vulnerability, and it’s also hard to see the effects of an attack until the ensuing breach is well underway. XSS attacks have multiple security and business risks, including credential theft and damaged company reputation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked Abdali Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital located in Jordan. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have breached the Abdali Hospital in Jordan and added it to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The Rhysida ransomware group has been active since May 2023.

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Preservica

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Preserving our digital memory is the backbone of how we educate ourselves, advocate for change, and support each other and our institutions for future generations to come. The Charter was worked on by an independent group of major institutions and industry professionals, many of whom are Preservica customers.

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CILIP

JANUARY 6, 2020

At the same time, we are excited to work with our fantastic Special Interest Groups and Regional Member Networks to strengthen the support which members can access, wherever you live and whichever sector you work in.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London and added it to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The Rhysida ransomware group has been active since May 2023. Data from the Royal Family!

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CILIP

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The rest of the group roll their eyes or fake a yawn and return to browsing their books. ?Alarm Alarm bell upper corridor Education? Outside the library door we hear the thundering of a multitude of feet. ?Did Welcome to Brinsford Prison Library. Library engagement. s where the library works its magic.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. Austrian construction group hit by cyber attack (unknown). Salesforce customers faced 15-hour delay as org investigates security incident (unknown). UK government commits email privacy blunder (300).

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CILIP

JUNE 1, 2021

As well as recently setting up the Climate Museum UK, Bridget McKenzie has been active in a world that crosses culture, environment and education for over a decade. Our group is formed of independent artists and communicators, currently based in the South East of England but with ambitions to expand our reach across the UK.?

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Biddy Casselden shares the key findings from a small survey that she conducted of current postgraduate library students in the UK. The survey asked how postgraduate LIS students felt about the state of the library profession and what they hoped a postgraduate qualification would do for their careers. Technology. Deprofessionalisaton.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you discover that your antivirus or security software has been turned off without your knowledge, this might be an indication of malware attacking your system. It offers real-time protection, scanning downloads, attachments, and programs as they run, providing an additional layer of security. The Start screen will appear.

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CILIP

JANUARY 6, 2020

At the same time, we are excited to work with our fantastic Special Interest Groups and Regional Member Networks to strengthen the support which members can access, wherever you live and whichever sector you work in.

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CILIP

MARCH 12, 2020

Having worked in academic libraries for nearly twenty years I?ve ve lived through Pinterest, library services offered via Second Life, social tagging in cataloguing and more 23 Things programmes than I want to think about. s hard to deny that it is becoming increasingly more common in academic libraries. However, in this time I?ve

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Preservica

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Past winners have included preeminent thought-leaders, educators and practitioners including Richard Marciano (2017), David Giaretta (2012), Charles Dollar (2005), Luciana Duranti (2006), and digital preservation pioneer and author Adrian Brown (2016), to name just a few. About the Emmett Leahy Award.

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The Texas Record

DECEMBER 7, 2018

At the eRecords Conference, a diverse group of RMOs and records managers from the State Agency Coordinating Committee (SACC) Records Management Subcommittee joined up to have a conversation about how they are tackling records management issues and preservation in their respective agencies. Then the group dug in to the discussion by having Ms.

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CILIP

MAY 23, 2023

Here, researcher In Digital Education at the University of Manchester Mark Carrigan speaks to Rob Green about what we should be thinking about. Mark says: “That conversation is urgent – the different professional groups that relate to knowledge are all going to have the nature of their work change because of these technologies.

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CILIP

JULY 8, 2019

Identified transferable skills include independent research, writing and communication, interpersonal skills, use of IT, time management and group working all of which are also common to the information sector.". UCL was established in 1826 in order to open up education in England for the first time to students of any race, class or religion.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. These features make Nmap a popular port scanning tool among network administrators, security experts, and amateurs.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here is part one of three groupings. Hackers now leverage GenAI to launch targeted attacks that bypass traditional security systems. Traditional SIEMs are losing ground to newer platforms optimized for handling large volumes of fast-moving security data and providing greater agility, scalability and real-time threat analytics.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked the Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate China Energy Engineering Corporation. China Energy Engineering Group ranks 3rd in ENR Top 150 Global Engineering Design Firms and 13th in ENR Top 250 Global Contractors. The Rhysida ransomware group has been active since May 2023.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 15, 2023

Another piece of my job is outreach and education. I do a lot of presentations on Mayhem, as well as security education in general. For example, I was at API World last year doing a talk about API security, and I deliver a lot of the hackathons we’ve been doing at universities in our Mayhem Heroes program.

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Preservica

JULY 24, 2019

Legacy enterprise content management and archiving vendors are failing to address this, which means Preservica has already attracted an impressive customer base of enterprise, government, education and cultural organizations. About Preservica.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Criminal hackers threaten to leak World-Check screening database A criminal group known as GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3 Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) discovered an implementation vulnerability in the source code of the Rhysida ransomware. Rhysida ransomware employed a secure random number generator to generate the encryption key and subsequently encrypt the data.

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