The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. Likewise, lookalike and spoofed web domains and well-crafted phishing emails now easily trick employees into thinking they’re dealing with trustworthy sources.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. ransomware and phishing scams).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Advanced Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Enterprise & operational risk management. Audit management.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ransomware attacks use malware, often injected through phishing schemes, to encrypt a victim’s data files or programs, followed by a ransom demand by the threat actor that offers the decryption key in exchange for payment. Payment is often demanded in bitcoin, and thus third-party services are often used to make such payments.

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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.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!! Statistics.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide. The hackers attempted to inject malicious JavaScript code into the government websites connected to the data center. The malware is distributed through already compromised networks instead of leveraging spear-phishing messages.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

The most prevalent schemes include phishing designed to trick them into disclosing credentials or other confidential information, as well as business email compromises focused on diverting electronic payments to criminals’ accounts. Governments and cybersecurity experts are reporting a surge in COVID-19-related phishing activity.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Enterprise & operational risk management. Audit management.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) posted proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“Cybersecurity Regulations”). The risk assessments required by Section 500.9

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Targeted Phishing and Social Engineering: In some cases, attackers may employ targeted phishing emails or social engineering techniques to gain initial access to a system within the target network. By using specific search queries, an attacker can identify systems that are potentially susceptible to EternalBlue.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The message published by the gang on its leak site emphasizes that they didn’t encrypt data to avoid causing malfunctions to the hospital’s medical equipment. Instead of the dialogue, they decided to play tricks with us, they even tried to catch us with phishing. Come on guys, seriously?

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers (unknown). TX-based Wise Health reports data breach caused by phishing attack (35,899). Hackers publish list of Discord credentials they accessed in phishing scam (2,500). Hackers breach SyTech, a contractor for Russia’s national intelligence service (unknown).

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Encrypting critical data assets. Creating an Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Managing digital identities.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

So the adversary starts to move their horse pipe and tries to find the the biggest reward the effort that they're going to put into these things and suddenly you start to move on to the next level, which is things like maybe social engineering or perhaps methods of coercing the user out of their authentication capabilities to phishing sites.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

European police chiefs call for an end to end-to- e nd encryption A joint declaration by the European police chiefs calls for tech companies to limit end-to-end encryption so the companies can identify and report illegal activity on their platforms, and enable law enforcement investigations to access secure messages.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Kaspersky has been dogged by ties to the Russian government to the point we felt obligated to inform readers of the best alternatives to Kaspersky. The Trend Micro Vision One solution offers various features from machine learning and behavioral analysis to sandbox integration and phishing protection. Kaspersky EDR.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

government agencies. Duff: What MITRE does is provide usually high level understanding to our government customers on problems that they face, and that can range anything from work we do with the FAA to work we do with the NCC OE so the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which is operated by NIST, a variety of programs in between.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

government agencies. Duff: What MITRE does is provide usually high level understanding to our government customers on problems that they face, and that can range anything from work we do with the FAA to work we do with the NCC OE so the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which is operated by NIST, a variety of programs in between.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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