Data Breach Today

MAY 18, 2022

Ransomware Group Continues to Demand Ransom Payment From Besieged Government Ransomware group Conti, which has been holding to ransom crypto-locked Costa Rican government systems since April, has claimed on its leak site Conti News that it has "insiders" in the country's government, and that they are working toward the compromise of "other systems." (..)

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AUGUST 9, 2022

CSO on How OneTrust's Platform Brings Privacy, Compliance and Governance Together OneTrust has put nearly $1 billion in investment to good use, helping companies address data governance, security assurance, third-party risk and more, Chief Strategy Officer Blake Brannon says.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 27, 2023

government limited its use of advanced surveillance software such as Pegasus through an executive order prohibiting agencies from buying licenses for spyware used by foreign governments to spy on dissidents. The order does not outright stop the government from purchasing spyware.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Hackers Uses Same FTP Server as Earlier OneNote Phishing Campaign A campaign targeting government entities in the Asia-Pacific and North America regions with an info stealer hosted on a Discord server shares infrastructure with a campaign that used Microsoft OneNote to deliver malware.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 14, 2023

UK Security Minister Confirms Agency Is Examining App for Chinese Government Ties Britain's National Cyber Security Agency is examining TikTok to help the government finalize its decision to ban the Chinese video sharing app from federal networks, the country’s security minister Tom Tugendhat revealed.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 27, 2021

Banning Ransom Payments and Unleashing Offensive Hacking Teams Being Mooted With ransomware continuing to fuel a massive surge in illicit profits, some experts have been calling on governments to launch offensive hacking teams to target cybercrime cartels.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

Group Published Ransomware Execution Video on Website A cyberattack that temporarily paralyzed Albania's pivot to digital government likely came from Iranian hackers. The attack occurred just days before members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, a group dedicated to overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran, were set to host a two-day conference.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 17, 2022

Threat Group Seeking to Gain Access to Other Government Systems Ransomware actor Conti, which has been targeting Costa Rican government entities since April 2022, has claimed on its leak site Conti News that it has "insiders" in the country's government, and they are working toward the compromise of "other systems."

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 21, 2022

But in the latest large-scale attack on a single country, Conti has reportedly targeted at least five Costa Rican government agencies and leaked nearly 40GB of exfiltrated data. After Demand of $10 Million Ransom Is Not Met, Conti Begins Leaking Data The Conti ransomware group has been targeting the U.S.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Three Aspects of Governance that Need Consideration If an organization doesn’t know who is accessing what, how can they be trusted to make sure a bad actor isn’t gaining access to data, assets, or systems they shouldn’t?

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Data Breach Today

JULY 29, 2021

Meeting Comes After World Leaders Appear on Alleged 'Pegasus' Targeting List The Israeli government paid a visit on Wednesday to NSO Group, the company whose spyware is alleged to have been covertly installed on the mobile devices of journalists and activists.

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MAY 3, 2022

Cybersecurity Agency Finds Spyware on Devices of Prime Minister, Defense Minister Smartphones used by Spain's prime minister and defense minister were infected with Pegasus spyware built by Israel's NSO Group, government officials allege.

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JUNE 3, 2022

government agencies have issued a warning to organizations in the country against paying ransom to the Karakurt data extortion group. Extortion Group Won’t Stop Data Leaks Even If Its Demands Are Met, Feds Say U.S.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 2, 2023

Big Enterprises Embrace Okta Identity Governance in Competitive Bake-Offs, CEO Says Okta Identity Governance has enjoyed success in its first quarter of global availability as businesses unify access management and governance.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Tyler Technologies Urges Agencies to Reset Passwords After 'Suspicious Logins' Following a ransomware attack last week that affected its corporate network and phone systems, Tyler Technologies, a supplier of software and services to local, state and federal government agencies, is urging its customers to reset their passwords after reports of "suspicious (..)

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IT Governance

MARCH 16, 2023

The UK government has announced plans to ban ministers and civil servants from using TikTok on work devices. The problems stem from TikTok’s ties to the Chinese government and the ways that people’s personal data could be used for nefarious purposes. A quarter of its users are under 20 years old, and half are under 30.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Big Enterprises Embrace Okta Identity Governance in Competitive Bake-Offs, CEO Says Okta Identity Governance has enjoyed success in its first quarter of global availability as businesses unify access management and governance.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 21, 2021

Patrick Benoit of CBRE on Necessary Ingredients for a Mature Program It's not just traditional data governance – it's about business risk. Patrick Benoit of CBRE gives the BISO's perspective on data risk governance. And in the age of GDPR and CCPA, you’d best have a handle on data discovery and classification.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

UK Toughens Anti-Cybercrime Stance by Sanctioning Accused Operators for First Time As ransomware continues to disrupt British organizations, the U.K. for the first time has sanctioned alleged cybercriminals, including accused Conti and TrickBot operators.

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JULY 29, 2021

Meeting Comes After World Leaders Appear on Alleged 'Pegasus' Targeting List The Israeli government paid a visit on Wednesday to NSO Group, the company whose spyware has been alleged to have been covertly installed on the mobile devices of journalists and activists.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 5, 2021

FireEye, Other Security Firms Detect Activity Hackers have targeted units of local government by attempting to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange email servers, according to a new report by the security firm FireEye. Meanwhile, CISA has updated its alert.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Deal Means Radiant Logic Can Dump Attestation-Based Audits for a More Rigorous Path Radiant Logic has agreed to buy Brainwave to move from an attestation-based identity governance model to one that more rigorously ensures the appropriateness of credentials.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 3, 2021

Three FortiOS Vulnerabilities Being Exploited for the Campaign CISA and the FBI warn in a new alert that unidentified nation-state actors are scanning for three vulnerabilities in Fortinet's operating system, FortiOS, to potentially target government and private sector companies for cyberespionage.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 6, 2020

The bad news: Visibility and governance take a huge hit. Matt Kraning, CTO and co-founder of Expanse, discusses this challenge and how to improve cloud governance.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

government Web sites now carry a message prominently at the top of their home pages meant to help visitors better distinguish between official U.S. government properties and phishing pages. Census Bureau website [link] carries a message that reads, “An official Web site of the United States government. government.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 23, 2023

That’s where data governance comes in. What exactly is data governance and why is it so important? Simply put, data governance is the process of establishing policies, procedures, and standards for managing data within an organization. As you can see, data governance is no joke. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun!

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 29, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the UK government published a white paper on artificial intelligence (“AI”) entitled “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation.” The UK government believes this will encourage investment in AI and support its adoption throughout the economy. Strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in AI.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 12, 2023

Government workers are prime targets for social engineering attacks, according to Kaitlyn Levinson at GCN. Attackers use different tactics to target government employees in specific roles.

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2022

Data governance and regulatory compliance go hand in hand. Organisations need robust governance practices if they are to stay on top of their legal requirements, while those obligations are designed to help them operate more effectively. Why is data governance important? What to include in a data governance strategy.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Customers, employees and shareholders expect organizations to use AI responsibly, and government entities are demanding it. Failure to meet regulations can lead to government intervention in the form of regulatory audits or fines, damage to the organization’s reputation with shareholders and customers, and revenue loss.

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