IT Governance

MAY 5, 2022

“My password was hacked”: it’s one of the oldest excuses in the book for people who post something regrettable online. All of us have dozens of accounts that are only one password breach away from compromising sensitive information. It’s why the tech giant Intel created World Password Day, which is celebrated on 5 May 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

While it’s nice to see law enforcement and governments go after the gangs, that won’t stop the monster that has grown out of control, that we, as an industry, continue to feed. They’re easier to attack and provide moderate consistent payouts with little retribution from law enforcement or governments. Bricks in the wall.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) coordinate the collaboration between the government and industry, running a human-centric campaign themed “See Yourself in Cyber”.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The organisation’s share price plummeted by almost 19% following the data breach, and despite its claims that it has done the right thing, new details continue to emerge that cast doubt on Medibank’s cyber security practices. million current and former customers was compromised. The extent of the damage.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers. They take all this private information, and then they sell it.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2024

The campaign seems active since at least early 2022 and focuses primarily on government organizations. The group often exploited access to government infrastructure to target other government entities. “Earth Krahang abuses the trust between governments to conduct their attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2021

Top executives of the software firm SolarWinds blamed an intern for having used a weak password for several years, exposing the company to hack. Top executives of the SolarWinds firm believe that the root cause of the recently disclosed supply chain attack is an intern that has used a weak password for several years. Confronted by Rep.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. surfaces in the threat landscape Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices.

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

In an increasingly digital world, there are an escalating number of cyber security risks for business to address. 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. Poor patch management.

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IT Governance

APRIL 14, 2021

A strong, unique password is one of the simplest ways we can thwart cyber criminals, but millions of us are making basic mistakes, according to an NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) survey. Similarly, using personal details for your password exposes you to a breach from someone you know.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. Now in its nineteenth year, the campaign provides tools and resources to help people learn more about the cyber security industry and the ways they can get involved.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. Shortly after that disclosure, the security firm Group-IB published a report linking the attackers behind the Twilio intrusion to separate breaches at more than 130 organizations, including LastPass , DoorDash , Mailchimp , and Plex.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Cybernews Usernames Names Government ID numbers (CURP) Phone numbers Email addresses Home addresses Dates of Birth Gender KYC status IP addresses used to register for an account IP addresses used to log in Deposit amounts Withdrawal amounts Notes on users, submitted by admins and customer support agents. User security log.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The ransomware attack on Xplain impacted tens of thousands Federal government files, said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2020

Organisations often fall into the trap of lumping cyber security together with their other IT functions. Although they are obviously connected – anti-malware, firewalls and a host of other technologies are a core part of cyber security – there is a lot more to it. What they need is a wider understanding of cyber security.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

USDoD claimed they grabbed the data by using passwords stolen from a Turkish airline employee who had third-party access to Airbus’ systems. ” The prevalence of RedLine and other info-stealers means that a great many consequential security breaches begin with cybercriminals abusing stolen employee credentials.

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Rocket Software

MAY 15, 2020

On May 7, IT and technology businesses around the world celebrated World Password Day, a day meant to remind everyone of the importance of keeping personal and business data protected and secure. Passwords used to be simple to secure: you had to create a username and a unique password, and that was essentially it.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2023

NYDFS clarified that where a cybersecurity program or part of a cybersecurity program is adopted from an affiliate, the “senior governing body” ( e.g. , a board or equivalent governing body) may be that of the affiliate. As described below, senior governing bodies would have new oversight responsibilities under the amendments.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 377 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – although it likely also includes new data. What do you make of this breach?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You’ll often see the terms cyber security and information security used interchangeably. In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

The threat actors were observed using methods such as exploiting virtual network computing (VNC) remote access software and default passwords. The government agencies urge OT operators in critical infrastructure sectors to implement a set of mitigations provided in the advisory. ” concludes the advisory.

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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. The DEA declined to comment on the validity of the claims, issuing only a brief statement in response.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. ” reported CBA.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018.

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IT Governance

APRIL 19, 2022

of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was published on 31 March 2022. When it comes to the compliance assessment, the QSA (Qualified Security Assessor) will review this information and design their own test procedure for the requirement. After a lengthy delay, version 4.0 Although the current version (3.2.1)

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2024

government is warning that “smart locks” securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually. Acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wis.-based

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The Israeli government has issued an alert to organizations in the water sector following a series of cyberattacks that targeted the water facilities. ” reads the alert issued by the Israeli government. The post Hackers targeted ICS/SCADA systems at water facilities, Israeli government warns appeared first on Security Affairs.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 20, 2021

Your employees encounter potential cyber security threats on a daily basis. Perhaps there’s a new face in the office that they don’t recognise, or a new password they need to remember, or a database of sensitive information that they need to upload onto the Cloud. Users normally resolve this problem by writing down their passwords.

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. The importance of cyber security staff awareness. The importance of cyber security staff awareness. Cyber security awareness best practices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Healthcare service provider Kaiser Permanente disclosed a security breach that may impact 13.4 Exposed data does not include usernames, passwords, Social Security Numbers (SSNs), and financial data. In a notice filed with the US government, the integrated managed care consortium disclosed a data breach impacting 13.4

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Zimbra flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-27926 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The threat actors created bespoke JavaScript payloads designed for each government targets’ webmail portal. The CVE-2022-27926 flaw affects Zimbra Collaboration version 9.0.0,

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The cyber security giant FireEye announced yesterday that it had been targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack , which resulted in criminals stealing an arsenal of hacking tools. FireEye uses these tools to test the defences of its clients, which include an array of government and US national security agencies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Patch your TeamCity instance to avoid server hack Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government? A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

But this also opens up a sprawling array of fresh security gaps that threat actors are proactively probing and exploiting. There’s a glut of innovative security solutions, to be sure, and no shortage of security frameworks designed to help companies mitigate cyber risks. However, this is overkill for many, if not most, SMBs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2024

The Department of Public Safety discovered the security breach on September 27, 2023, and investigated the incident. The unauthorized access was ended and the network was secured shortly after the unauthorized access was first discovered.” Stanford was breached last year by Clop Ransomware. 27, 2023. .

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