Data Matters

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

After supporters and opponents of mandated government access to encrypted communications publicly feuded for much of 2016, reprising arguments they’ve had since at least the days of the “Clipper Chip,” these “encryption debates” seemed to quiet down for much of last year. See, e.g., here.)

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

An interested party is essentially a stakeholder – an individual or a group of people affected by your organisation’s activities. Examples of interested parties. Regulators and the government , because they create information security laws and ensure they are being met. The needs and expectations of interested parties.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

It extends beyond the Deep & Dark Web to: unindexed Web forums, messaging boards, and marketplaces, encrypted messaging systems, and code repositories. Once vetted and accepted, threat hunters will go into these message boards and communities and search for anything connected to your business, for example: •Corporate login credentials.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Our data at rest, while sometimes on individual devices, is usually stored or backed up in the cloud, governed by cloud provider services and policies. Identifiers used to authenticate users, for example, should be kept separate from identifiers used to connect their devices to the network.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Leon Teale is a senior penetration tester at IT Governance with more than ten years’ experience performing penetration tests for clients in various industries all over the world. In my research work for IT Governance, I’ve noticed a pattern where the same names repeatedly crop up. Presumably, this isn’t a coincidence?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Backed by Japanese telecom giant NTT Group , this new facility instantly jumped into the vanguard of basic research already underway that will eventually enable the routine use of quantum computers, which, in turn, will open the door to things like driverless cars and Star Trekkian medical treatments. billion annually for R&D projects.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Kaspersky researchers have found a new advanced backdoor used by the Platinum advanced persistent threat (APT) group in attacks in the wild. The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations in South and Southeast. Its new Titanium backdoor attempt to hide at every stage by mimicking common software.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

A group of Chinese researchers have just published a paper claiming that they can—although they have not yet done so—break 2048-bit RSA. The IBM Osprey is a 433-qbit quantum computer, for example. The Chinese group didn’t have that large a quantum computer to work with. This is something to take seriously.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

For example, if a criminal hacker stole payment card data, they could make bogus payments on victims’ cards for goods or services. The malicious software encrypts victims’ systems and forces them to pay money in return for the safe return of the data. Examples of cyber extortion. Then came the rise in ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

UK and US agencies are warning of Russia-linked APT28 group exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco networking equipment. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 ” The Lockbit gang has been active since at least 2019 and today it is one of the most active ransomware groups offering a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. For example, LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. ” reads the alert.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

Service was then resumed in mid-May, and a group called Darkside was involved in the attack, according to the FBI. government is recommending to ensure the operations of Critical National Infrastructure are not affected by ransomware attacks. Governments step up to protect all businesses. Todd Moore | VP, Encryption Products.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2019

We gathered a group of experts together in central London, along with media, for a lively debate over these issues – in the context of this year’s report findings. Encryption, encryption, encryption. Why is this more ‘mission critical’ than ever, and what key mistakes are still being made in the boardroom?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

European Parliament votes to tighten up rules for the sale and export of surveillance and encryption technology. The new rules oblige European companies to apply for government licenses to export surveillance solutions demonstrating that the sale doesn’t pose a risk to human rights. Today is a win for global human rights.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware. According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Iranian hacker group TA453 has recently been using a technique that creates multiple personas to trick victims , deploying “social proof” to scam people into engaging in a thread. One example comes from Proofpoint, where a researcher began corresponding with an attacker posing as another researcher.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at an Israeli Water Facility and posted a video as proof of the hack. Researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO revealed that a group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at the Israeli Water Facility. ” concludes the post.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

The emergence of ransomware groups targeting critical infrastructure such as healthcare facilities and energy organizations, as well as the rising trend of large-scale data breaches, is putting governments' capacity to defend citizens' lives, property, and well-being in jeopardy. Advance Trust with Awareness and Culture.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

For example, by requesting the route from school to home, personal details about your daughter’s schedule, preferences, and whereabouts are being provided to the driverless car technology company. Historically, IT and OT networks have been completely separate, with separate protections as well as separate groups to manage and control them.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

While there is some alignment between more general PRC regulations governing data categories, such as personal data, these guidelines introduce additional compliance obligations on financial institutions. Transfers to group companies are also regulated, and different requirements apply to each level of data. are fulfilled.

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Data Matters

JUNE 27, 2022

The conference coincided with London Tech Week, during which Chris Philp, UK Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, unveiled a new UK Digital Strategy: the UK government’s vision for regulating digital markets, involving a monitoring framework and outcomes-focused regulation.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 16, 2022

It would be easy to change chemical composition for their water but it is important to note we are not interested in causing harm to people,” the group said. South Staffordshire Water was reportedly infected with ransomware, which is a type of malware that encrypts the victim’s files and essentially locks them out of their systems.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

Bad bots are so prevalent in the gaming industry because users use them to cheat – for example, performing high-speed interactions that would be impossible for human players. However, while gaming suffers most from bad bots, the law and government sectors suffer from the most advanced ones.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Addressing the evolving regulatory landscape In response to the evolving regulatory landscape, government agencies have imposed stringent requirements on data retention. IBM Cloud Object Storage supports data retention by making it truly immutable at the storage layer, safeguarding it from tampering or manipulation.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This might be the case, for example, if a power cut knocks out an organisation’s servers or if a Cloud hosting provider’s systems are disrupted. Examples of the CIA triad Confidentiality Data confidentiality is most likely to apply in relation to personal data, such as customers’ names, contact details and payment card information.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2022

PETs are not defined in data protection law, but the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (“ ENISA ”) defines them as “systems encompassing technical processes, methods or knowledge to achieve specific privacy or data protection functionality or to protect against risks of privacy of an individual or a group of natural persons.”

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IT Governance

JUNE 23, 2022

With ransomware, attackers plant malicious code on the victim’s systems that cripples services and encrypts files. On its website, it wrote: “As soon as we detected the incident, we launched an investigation, led by our internal IT division and supported by a digital forensics group. “We

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. cybersecurity agencies, which highlighted the threats in a pair of warnings issued in recent days.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I’ll use myself as a prime example. One such project comes from a group of Polish computer and data scientists and is called Project Wildland. Users can create bridges and share part of their file systems with others without relying on any centralized databases or lookup systems like DNS, for example.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Tony Sager (TS): The federal government has been worrying about this kind of problem for decades. In the 70s and 80s, the government was more dominant in the technology industry and didn’t have this massive internationalization of the technology supply chain. BK: Right, the Trusted Foundry program I guess is a good example.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

From compromised systems integrity and faulty regulatory oversight abroad, to the concentration of control in the hands of a very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially compromised individuals, this situation is unprecedented.”. FTX is a stark example of this.” Security Forensics Investigation. In the U.S.,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . ” The spam messages contain URLs to.ZIP files that serve VBS content designed to download the payload from one of six hardcoded encrypted URLs. . .

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A data controller is any organization, group, or person that collects personal data and determines how it is used. A data processor is any organization or group that conducts data processing activities. For example, a business that collects user health data needs stronger protections than one that collects only email addresses.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Cymulate ran 3,107 assessments across 340 organizations recently to see if security controls were adequate against the Clop (sometimes called “Cl0p” with a zero) ransomware group’s exploitation of a MOVEit software vulnerability ( CVE-2023-34362 ). Endpoint Security: Install and update antivirus software on all hosts.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” Screenshot example. Statistics.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Neither were any of the algorithm names I knew, not even algorithms I knew that the US government used. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. Probably not. Very probably.

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