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. Leon has also won hackathon events in the UK and internationally, and is accredited for multiple bug bounties.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. As the world watches the events in Ukraine, cyber incursions by hostile actors will continue across the globe.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. wevtutil.exe A standard Windows Event Utility tool used to view event logs. wevtutil.exe A standard Windows Event Utility tool used to view event logs.

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IT Governance

APRIL 4, 2024

IT Governance’s research found the following for March 2024: 3,478 publicly disclosed security incidents. This is largely caused by two outlier events: Misconfigured Google Firebase instances , exposing 124,605,664 records across 916 misconfigured websites. Passwords and bank details were not affected.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2023

The proposed Amendment would still require covered entities to comply with a host of new access control obligations concerning privileged accounts, and notify NYDFS within 72 hours upon becoming aware of a cybersecurity event where an unauthorized user has gained access to a privileged account.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Noticeably, covered entities are now subject to new requirements imposing heightened responsibilities on Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and more specific and prescriptive requirements in relation to governance, risk assessments, and notifications to the NYDFS. c)) regardless of the impact of the underlying cybersecurity event.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Mustang Panda has been active since at least 2012, it targeted American and European entities such as government organizations, think tanks, NGOs , and even Catholic organizations at the Vatican. In the 2022 campaigns, threat actors used European Union reports on the conflict in Ukraine and Ukrainian government reports as lures.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

(“Carnival”), the world’s largest cruise-ship operator, for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in connection with four cybersecurity events between 2019 and 2021, including two ransomware events. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2004 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 14, 2022

" Check that out and a whole heap more in this week's video below 👇 References As travel gradually resumes, there are more events you can now catch me at (stay tuned for one in Tasmania in July too) It was 7 years ago today I left a 14 year career at Pfizer. (.and and never once looked back!)

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

IT Governance identified more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 , while another report found that security incidents cost almost £3 million on average. Cyber Essentials is a UK government scheme that outlines five key controls, including patch management, that can prevent up to 80% of cyber attacks. Weak passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These back-ups can also be used to form a disaster recovery plan in the event of a natural disaster. Best practice is to require teams to use enhanced security measures like strong passwords that are changed regularly and multi-factor authentication to ensure your team is the only one accessing financial information.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX , which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day. This story will be updated in the event any of them respond. 11-12, 2022. 2, 2024.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

In each incident, the intruders have left behind a “web shell,” an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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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. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

But KrebsOnSecurity recently discovered that this is not the case with all federal government sites built to help you manage your identity online. After verifying my email address, I was asked to pick a strong password and select a form of multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. March 9 – Multiple Russian government websites hacked in a supply chain attack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

” Attackers designed the Owowa module to inspect HTTP requests and responses by hooking the PreSendRequestContent event. . The username, password, user’s IP address and current timestamp are stored in a file at C:WindowsTempaf397ef28e484961ba48646a5d38cf54.db.ses. ” concludes the analysis. ” concludes the analysis.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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. You often see cyber criminals use newsworthy events as the basis of scams. Further headaches for Revolut. Get started.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The following considerations should help to harden your organisation’s posture and reduce the impact of a cyber event: Review and share your Incident Response Plan, Crisis Management Plan and Business Continuity and DR plans with key team members and make sure they address all current threats. Ensure good password hygiene.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2021

Texas’s breach notification law requires notice to affected residents in the event of a data breach affecting certain sensitive personal data, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license or other government-issued ID numbers, account numbers or payment card numbers in combination with any required security code, access code or password, or (..)

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

See the top Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) tools. Vinson & Elkins also provide examples of material events such as: Violated security or procedures that create a liability Incidents significantly affecting company reputation or financial position Incidents affecting company operations significantly.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Attackers are targeting two-factor authentication systems: Attackers working on behalf of the Iranian government collected detailed information on targets and used that knowledge to write spear-phishing emails that were tailored to the targets' level of operational security, researchers with security firm Certfa Lab said in a blog post.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 12, 2022

The container had a database backup file with over three million records of customer email addresses and account passwords, the latter of which were hashed and salted. The NYAG faulted Wegmans on five security areas: access controls, password management, asset management, logging and monitoring, and data collection and retention.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A served used by the SunWater statutory Queensland (Australia) Government-owned water supplier was compromised and threat actors remained undetected for nine longs, the annual financial audit report published by the Queensland Audit Office revealed.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

According to coordinated reports published by FireEye and Pulse Secure in April, the two hacking groups have exploited the CVE-2021-22893 zero-day vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN devices to access the networks of US defense contractors and government organizations worldwide. and Europe.”

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 16, 2020

Ok, not your normal start to a weekly update but yeah, we had a bit of an infestation this week which did take the mind of other current events for a while. No, there isn't a "Zoom data breach" and yes, people keep using shitty passwords (c'mon media, it's not hard to report on this accurately!) A brand new YouTube show from Varonis.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

of the Proposed Amendments, Class A Companies must (1) ensure use of strong, unique passwords; (2) monitor privileged access activity; and (3) unless, a reasonable equivalent is approved in writing by the company’s CISO, implement both a password vaulting solution for privileged accounts and an automated method for blocking commonly used passwords.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In a month that saw the former US president accused of misappropriating classified government documents, there were also a spate of malicious insiders compromising their employer’s systems. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Similarly, some employees might assume that one person won’t make a difference and so they can cut corners when it comes to things like password management or doing work on a public Wi-Fi. After all, you can change a password if it’s disclosed but you can’t change your fingerprints. appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

credit or debit card number, or any financial account number in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to such financial account. In the event that individuals are identified after 60-days, they must be notified as “expediently as possible.”. 60-Day Notification Window.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Below is the list of actions recommended by the agencies to increase the level of security of their infrastructure: Identify IT security employees for weekends and holidays who would be available to surge during these times in the event of an incident or ransomware attack.

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2023

Use multi-factor authentication In many phishing scams, the attacker’s motive is to capture the victim’s passwords in order to compromise their account. No matter how strong your password is, it will mean nothing if you inadvertently hand it over to scammers.

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

The proposed changes mark a turn by NYDFS toward more specific, granular and prescriptive requirements notably with respect to governance, risk assessments and asset inventories (detailed below). Governance. Cybersecurity Event Notification Would Expand. The Proposed Regulation Changes. Notifications to DFS. 500.17).

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Among its suggestions are to: Change default passwords when setting up an account; Turn on automatic security updates; and. IT Governance also did its part to spread awareness of cyber security and the steps people can take to protect themselves. appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 8, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission stated that SSNs, bank account information, usernames, and passwords may have been exfiltrated during the ransomware attack. Under South Carolina law, with respect to torts, the governing law is the law of the place in which the injury occurred.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The close timing of both events suggested an intentional disruption of Trickbot botnet operations.” “ It could be someone in the security research community, a government, a disgruntled insider, or a rival cybercrime group. “Obviously, someone is trying to attack Trickbot,” Arena said. million Windows PCs.

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