CILIP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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CILIP

JUNE 30, 2021

Independent Review of Public Library Financing Panel announcement. CILIP is delighted to announce the expert members of the recently established Independent Review of Public Library Financing Panel. Public libraries are a vital part of the fabric of daily life for millions of people across the UK every day. community management?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

PYSA and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs in the threat landscape in November 2021, researchers from NCC Group report. Security researchers from NCC Group reported an increase in ransomware attacks in November 2021 over the past month, and PYSA (aka Mespinoza) and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2023

China-linked group APT41 was spotted using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg China-linked APT group APT41 has been observed using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg. government. ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Symantec researchers reported that cyberespionage group APT41 targeted organizations in Hong Kong in a campaign that is a likely continuation of the Operation CuckooBees activity detailed by Cybereason in May. Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Stayin’ Alive, targeted high-profile government and telecom entities in Asia. The APT group was discovered in June 2022 by Kaspersky which linked it to a series of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

8, 2023 – SandboxAQ today announced Sandwich, an open source framework and meta-library of cryptographic algorithms that simplifies modern cryptography management. This provides a much simpler process to create a cryptographic object, such as a secure tunnel, and helps organizations implement crypto-agility. Palo Alto, Calif.,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 402 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

A group of anonymous security researchers that calls itself Intrusion Truth have tracked the activity of a China-linked cyber – e spionage group dubbed APT40. The Intrusion Truth group has doxed the fourth Chinese state-sponsored hacking operation. “We know that multiple areas of China each have their own APT.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 347 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 364 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and were observed conducting cyberespionage, data theft, and credential access attacks.

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AIIM

JULY 15, 2021

There are certain outcomes to be aware of and avoid : Implementation is Half Baked: Maybe security is not thought through. Sensitive Data is Compromised: Without proper security precautions, data can be exposed to the wrong groups or employees, or even shared outside of your organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty , leverages a steganography-based loader to deliver backdoors on compromised systems. The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This is a critical vulnerability of very high significance to government and industry groups. Confirm that your security operations center is monitoring external-facing systems for indicators of compromise. Ensure network logging exists to record activity related to a vulnerable Apache Log4j logging library.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

“In 2022, governments fought wars online, businesses were affected by multiple ransomware gangs, and regular users’ data was constantly on hackers’ radars,” said NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis. Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A previously unknown cyber espionage group, tracked as Gallmaker, has been targeting entities in the government, military and defense sectors since at least 2017. A new cyber espionage group tracked as Gallmaker appeared in the threat landscape. ” continues Symantec. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. v1: Pulse Connect Secure MAR-10334057-3.v1:

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT29 group abused the legitimate information exchange systems used by European countries to target government entities. The HTLM files are hosted on a legitimate online library website that was likely compromised by the threat actors sometime between the end of January 2023 and the beginning of February 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole. Code debugging and code security tools exist to find and help developers fix the problems that occur. Some use hard-coded algorithms in error grouping. Others use a machine learning grouping engine to spot error patterns and types.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently observed the China-linked Alloy Taurus group (aka GALLIUM , Softcell ) targeting Linux systems with a new variant of PingPull backdoor. In recent years, the researchers observed the group expanding its operations to include financial institutions and government entities.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files. Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm espionage group resurfaced targeting a U.S.-based This is the first time that Symantec researchers have observed the Budworm group targeting a U.S-based The group also targeted a hospital in South East Asia. The China-linked APT27 group has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 12, 2021

Cyber security risk assessments are essential for organisations to protect themselves from malicious attacks and data breaches. Risk appetites should be reviewed regularly and whenever there are changes to the organisation’s cyber security budget or resources. But what exactly does a risk assessment do?

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus actor has been targeting vulnerable Microsoft IIS servers to deploy malware. AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) researchers reported that the Lazarus APT Group is targeting vulnerable versions of Microsoft IIS servers in a recent wave of malware-based attacks. The msvcr100.dll

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CILIP

AUGUST 20, 2019

An Island Library and Archives explored. An Island Library and Archives explored. The present day Manx Museum and National Trust is supported by the Isle of Man Government and its Trustees are appointed by Tynwald. or free to search from the library reading room. This integrated museum, archives and ?library

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2023

Multiple threat actors exploited a critical flaw in Progress Telerik to breach an unnamed US federal agency, said the US government. “Actors were then able to upload malicious dynamic-link library (DLL) files (some masqueraded as portable network graphics [PNG] files) to the C:WindowsTemp directory.”

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CILIP

AUGUST 12, 2020

Do libraries have a role at the cutting edge of tech ethics? Set up by tech entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox in 2015, Doteveryone has lobbied government for more regulation of big tech and lobbied big tech companies to act more responsibly towards their users. Government solution? s terrible that people are being excluded.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors. Operation Night Fury: Group-IB helps take down a cybergang behind the infection of hundreds of websites all over the world. CVE-2020-7247 RCE flaw in OpenSMTPD library affects many BSD and Linux distros.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

According to a joint advisory published by the FBI and CISA, an Iran-linked APT group compromised a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization using an exploit for the Log4Shell flaw ( CVE-2021-44228 ) and deployed a cryptomining malware. Secure credentials by restricting where accounts and credentials can be used.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. We break down the month’s cyber security landscape for each month, and you can find more information about our list and the biggest security incidents of the month.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A cyber espionage group targets governments and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries since early 2021. Threat actors are targeting government and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries as parts of a cyber espionage campaign that remained under the radar since early 2021.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware. Backdoor mechanism found in Ruby strong_password library. Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems. UK ICO fines British Airways £183 Million under GDPR over 2018 security breach.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

LuminousMoth: Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing and large-scale APT campaign that targeted government entities in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines. The LuminousMoth campaign has been linked by the experts to a China-linked APT group tracked as HoneyMyte. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. .

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