Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) provided an update about nation-state attacks related ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the experts spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. a threat actor impersonated military personnel to extort money for rescuing relatives in Ukraine.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2022

A SaaS security company says a spike in cyber attacks from Russia and China in recent weeks suggests the two countries may be coordinating their cyber efforts. reported that hackers – some linked to Russian GRU military intelligence – breached computers at nearly two dozen U.S. SaaS Apps Under Attack.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

GoDaddy discloses a security breach, threat actors have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers in a long-runing attack. The security breach was discovered in December 2022 after customer reported that their sites were being used to redirect to random domains. ” reads a statement from the company.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Thousands of satellite internet users across Europe were disconnected from the internet by a cyber-event, experts suspect a cyber attack. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

I was recently privileged to be part of a group of journalists covering the 2018 North American International Cyber Summit at Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center. Other hubs followed at military bases, other state universities and even a high school and a non-profit community arts and tech center. Cobo Center. Getting proactive.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher Fonzone, former National Security Council (NSC) legal adviser and deputy assistant and counsel to President Obama, has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. He will be a member of Sidley’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure. Threat actors leverage VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure, to breach into the target networks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

The Onyx ransomware group doesn’t bother with encryption. Besides, if the motive is money, as you would expect from a ransomware group, then the approach seems questionable. Coming the same week that the REvil ransomware group apparently returned , these are tough times for cybersecurity pros. Similar to Conti Ransom Note.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Security experts from ESET have spotted the first UEFI rootkit of ever, the code tracked as LoJax was used in attacks in the wild. Security experts have debated for a long about UEFI rootkits that are very dangerous malware hard to detect and that could resist to the operating system reinstallation and even to the hard disk replacement.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Cyber attacks.

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Preservica

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From academic institutions and government agencies to corporate businesses and the health sector, 2022 was full of world events that will shape our history forever. 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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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 1, 2019

» Related Stories Israeli Group Exploited WhatsApp to Spy on Users Episode 158: How NotPetya has Insurers grappling with Systemic Cyber Risk Episode 149: How Real is the Huawei Risk? The information security industry has been raising red flags about mobile malware for more than a decade. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

German Rheinmetall AG is a market leader in the supply of military technology, in 2019 the group generated sales of $6.9 “As things stand, the Group expects the malware event to have an adverse impact on operating results of between €3 million and €4 million per week starting with week two.”

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. You read so much classified information about the world’s geopolitical events that you start seeing the world differently. I tried to talk to Greenwald about his own operational security. It made sense.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2022

History shows how a small event built on daisy-chained circumstances can kick off a catastrophe, or even a shooting war. Cyberattack campaigns make strategic military sense since they are designed to impact communications, impact energy, cripple a population, military readiness, or make any number of dire situations worse.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear has carried out multiple cyberattacks targeting sporting and anti-doping organizations across the world. The company has already notified all impacted customers and worked with them to secure compromised accounts or systems. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

That’s why the Aerospace Village at DEF CON exists, to expose various groups of people to each other, and to collectively start to work on solving these problems before they negatively impact our lives. ” The event, which was captured on video and also reported in Wired magazine, sent a message to the automotive industry.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US newspaper refers to the malware as a “ticking time bomb” that could be activated to disrupt the military. military operations in the event of a conflict, including if Beijing moves against Taiwan in coming years.” The group managed to maintain access without being detected for as long as possible.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. As training sessions have little influence over staff for every potential attack, it makes added security more imperative.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s the exchange, edited for clarity and length: LW: Should we be more concerned about cyber exposures than classic military threats? Romanoff: Classic military threats will always merit significant concern due to their direct impact on life. The EU is moving much faster to regulate digital security.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 14, 2021

It was also designed under President Eisenhower to move military troops and vehicles from point A to point B, but that's another story. How do we continue to accommodate those diverse voices that don’t often get heard or even included in the large corporate events? Vamosi: And those upcoming events that Jack and I talked about?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

31, 2021, the HSE’s antivirus software detected the execution of two software tools commonly used by ransomware groups — Cobalt Strike and Mimikatz — on the Patient Zero Workstation. On 10 May 2021, security auditors first identified evidence of the attacker compromising systems within Hospital C and Hospital L.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight More than 70 million email addresses added to Have I Been Pwned The security researcher Troy Hunt has added more than 70 million email addresses from the Naz.API data set to his Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service. VF Corporation confirms 35.5

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Set in the final weeks of World War 1, the story swings heavily on the contrast between false security and the realities of war. False sense of security. On the frontlines of computing, there is a false and persistent sense of security among CIOs, company boards and most security professionals that reminded me of the end of this novel.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

. “On March 14, they pivoted back to Poland and created an event in Warsaw calling for a protest against the Polish government. We disabled the account and event that same day.” ” Meta also spotted cyber espionage campaigns and psyops conducted by Belarus-linked APT Ghostwriter group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. Here’s a roundup of reaction from cybersecurity thought leaders: Gary Roboff, Senior Advisor, the Santa Fe Group: Roboff.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. Apparently, Altoid had posted another question to another chat group, but then deleted the original message. And he found some. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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