Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. and cityoffrederickmd.gov , the website for the government of Frederick, Md. The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S. Internet Corp. ” U.S.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2021

On 22 September 2021, the UK Government (the “ Government ”) published its Artificial Intelligence (“ AI ”) strategy. The paper outlines the Government’s plan to make Britain a “global superpower” in the AI arena, and sets out an agenda to build the most “pro-innovation regulatory environment in the world”.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Experts Call on Feds to Step Up Defense Against Escalating Chinese Threats A panel of cybersecurity experts and top industry officials pushed lawmakers and the federal government to step up their defenses against escalating cyberthreats from China, citing recent high-profile examples of evidence that Beijing is increasingly targeting the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level. Here’s one example. government smart cards.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. based e-commerce company, stealing personal and financial data on 1,300 government employees, and providing the data to an Islamic State hacking group.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. government.

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Collibra

AUGUST 5, 2024

Data governance programs create policies, processes, and roles for handling large quantities of data in a way that makes it accurate, trustworthy, and available for decision-making. No matter the organization’s size, every company faces similar roadblocks to installing an effective, sustainable data governance program.

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Collibra

JUNE 27, 2024

UCLA Health is at the forefront of AI innovation in healthcare and has partnered with Collibra to bring clear, accessible AI governance to all levels of its organization. Balancing governance and innovation To many developers, data governance is the opposite of innovation. The two can coexist, but there needs to be a balance.

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Collibra

AUGUST 28, 2024

Case in point — AI governance and AI model management. A major factor in the confusion lies in not understanding the three main different approaches to AI governance. This flavor of AI governance helps AI and data teams implement AI use-cases by preparing, developing, running and monitoring AI models.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. That was in March 2021, but there are similar fake EDR services on offer today.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2024

Nation-state actor UAT4356 has been exploiting two zero-days in ASA and FTD firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks. “ArcaneDoor is a campaign that is the latest example of state-sponsored actors targeting perimeter network devices from multiple vendors.

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Collibra

JULY 2, 2024

But as most businesses recognize, innovation is nothing without the right governance to ensure that risks don’t get out of hand. AI governance is about increasing business value while retaining control As AI continues to permeate the fabric of life and work worldwide, so too does AI-based risk increase. AI governance gets harder.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Mora said it’s unclear if the bitcoin address that holds his client’s stolen money is being held by the government or by the anonymous hackers. “The government doesn’t need the crypto as evidence, but in a forfeiture action the money goes to the government,” Rasch said. For example, in 2013 the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Note that the kinds of compliance on this list present a real mix of different issues – laws are very different from good practice , for example. And, as another example, adherence to standards is frequently not policed, whereas adherence to regulations usually is policed more stringently. Good practice. Effectiveness. With any paper?based

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Both are alleged to be part of a larger criminal organization that specializes in using fake emergency data requests from compromised police and government email accounts to publicly threaten and extort their victims. The government alleges that on May 7, 2022, Singh used stolen credentials to log into a U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

When a reliable method of scamming money out of people, companies or governments becomes widely known, underground forums and chat networks tend to light up with activity as more fraudsters pile on to claim their share. And that’s exactly what appears to be going on right now as multiple U.S. ” Image: Agari.

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Collibra

AUGUST 21, 2024

In my role as an Enterprise Customer Success Manager, working closely with Paula and David has made it possible to push the limits of our data governance capabilities and drive new solutions on the Collibra platform. It’s truly a collaborative business partnership. Needless to say, that’s a lot of data.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Investigators say Downthem helped some 2,000 customers launch debilitating digital assaults at more than 200,000 targets, including many government, banking, university and gaming Web sites. For example, an attacker could compose a DNS request of less than 100 bytes, prompting a response that is 60-70 times as large.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2021

For example, suppose you have workers in the EU. For instance, if you have employees in China and the EU, you’ll have to obtain Chinese government approval to provide data from China to EU authorities enforcing the GDPR. Government Monitoring. In some countries, government agencies may monitor your employees’ web activity.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The service requires applicants to supply a great deal more information than typically requested for online verification schemes, such as scans of their driver’s license or other government-issued ID, copies of utility or insurance bills, and details about their mobile phone service. government websites. ” Signing up at ID.me

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Krebs on Security

JULY 1, 2021

Before, you likely had to manually provide this info to lenders, creditors or government agencies. For example, ADP — the largest payroll software provider in the United States — has long shared payroll data with Equifax. billion of revenue last year,” wrote Jennifer Surane.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

Fundamentally, cybersecurity professionals identify weaknesses and design systems and processes to protect any organization — government agencies, private companies — from cyberattacks. One example is a training program led by a veteran who once trained military members to prepare for combat.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

The government alleged that between December 2010 and September 2014, the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to identify or pay to identify blocks of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that were registered to others but which were otherwise inactive. .'”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2022

” “Security research not conducted in good faith — for example, for the purpose of discovering security holes in devices, machines, or services in order to extort the owners of such devices, machines, or services — might be called ‘research,’ but is not in good faith.”

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Collibra

JANUARY 9, 2024

In today’s world, data drives many of the decisions made by federal and state government agencies. Take, for example, a federal health agency tracking the spread of a contagious disease. Efficiency: A federal intelligence agency collecting vast amounts of surveillance data daily is another prime example.

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AIIM

JULY 27, 2021

For example, when a new employee is hired the process involves a number of important documents. New Approaches in Government to Win the War on Paper. A study of Connecticut’s state government in advance of an expected wave of retirements next year has identified as much as $900 million in potential savings as a result.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Government assistance can be essential to individual wellbeing and economic stability. This was clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments issued trillions of dollars in economic relief. As one example, the Justice Department recently charged 48 suspects in Minnesota with fraudulently receiving $240 million in pandemic aid.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

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. Data collections released after ransomware attacks. Databases with critical IP and/or PII. Chatter about the best methods to attack your business.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 5, 2022

At any point the external environment can throw a curve ball – new government regulations, changes in political and social dynamics, or trends in sustainability to name a few. The Ukraine-Russia war is a grim example of geopolitical risk intersecting with cyber security risk.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 19, 2022

Under Guideline B of the security clearance adjudicative guidelines , the United States government is concerned with any potential for foreign influence. The conflict in Ukraine is a prime example of how engaging in global commerce and providing aid to foreign countries or foreign nationals may pose a security risk. national interests.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For example, it is unclear how much data would have been unrecoverable if a decryption key had not become available as the HSE’s backup infrastructure was only periodically backed up to offline tape. “For example, they do not have a CISO or a Security Operations Center established.”

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AIIM

AUGUST 12, 2021

I really like this definition from Wikipedia : "the branch of ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct in society.". Automating Governance and Compliance. Extracting Intelligence from Information.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2024

government. government. government levied financial sanctions against Channel One that bar US companies or citizens from doing business with the company. government. Formed in 2009, Radaris is a vast people-search network for finding data on individuals, properties, phone numbers, businesses and addresses.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

As part of that action, the government seized the BlackCat website and released a decryption tool to help victims recover their systems. After a much-promoted attack on the government of Fulton County, Ga., for example, LockBit threatened to release Fulton County’s data unless paid a ransom by Feb. But when Feb.

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