IT Governance

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

IT Governance’s Azure learning pathway helps you gain the skills you need to configure, deploy and secure Microsoft Azure services. The pathway is also suitable for those who plan to develop a specialised career as a Microsoft Azure administrator or security engineer. Getting started.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 22, 2024

Deployable architecture (DA) refers to a specific design pattern or approach that allows an application or system to be easily deployed and managed across various environments. Customisable : Deployable architecture is designed to be customisable and can be configured according to the need.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“Teams of hackers connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security had penetrated HPE’s cloud computing service and used it as a launchpad to attack customers, plundering reams of corporate and government secrets for years in what U.S. The list of victims is long and includes tech giants like HPE, IBM, DXC, Fujitsu, and Tata.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. The right certification can serve as a key differentiator in applying for jobs, demonstrating both your commitment to the field and the specialized knowledge you’ve gained.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City of Dallas revealed that the Royal ransomware gang that hit the city system in May used a stolen account. In May 2023, a ransomware attack hit the IT systems at the City of Dallas , Texas. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City shut down the impacted IT systems. ” reads the report.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

Initial estimates were that Russia sent its probes only into a few dozen of the 18,000 government and private networks they gained access to when they inserted code into network management software made by a Texas company named SolarWinds. intelligence service revealed these points: The breach is far broader than first believed.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, issued in May, includes a detailed SBOM requirement for all software delivered to the federal government. This is because such a high premium is put on agility. Implementing SBOM.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1 “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 23, 2018

Whether it’s creating and securing electronic records or establishing a process to capture records from social media sites, records managers often find themselves working closely with their Information Technology (IT) Departments. Who approached who first, was it because of an issue or was the approach voluntary? So they approached me first.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

Spielerkid89, who wished to remain anonymous, did not intend to harm the organization and left its systems intact. VNC is a desktop sharing system – you can use it to remotely access your work computer from home or any other location, or allow technical support staff to do likewise. Original post at [link].

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

A statement of facts filed by the government indicates Petr Pacas was at one point director of operations at Company A (Adconion). The government alleges the men sent forged letters to an Internet hosting firm claiming they had been authorized by the registrants of the inactive IP addresses to use that space for their own purposes.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The accused, 36-year-old John “Armada” Revesz , has maintained that Orcus is a legitimate “ R emote A dministration T ool” aimed at helping system administrators remotely manage their computers, and that he’s not responsible for how licensed customers use his product. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2021

As digital transformation kicks into high gear, it’s certainly not getting any easier to operate IT systems securely, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. In fact, sophisticated identity and access management , or IAM, solutions, of which PAM is a subset, came along to help companies improve their data governance.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Puerto Rico government loses $2.6 Wake County, NC, learns that third party breached government employee info (1,900). Columbus County Schools gives update after systems wiped by cyber attack (5,673). The US Defence Information Systems Administration discloses 2019 cyber attack (unknown). Ransomware. Data breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2018

Nick Jovanovic, VP Federal of Thales eSecurity Federal (a division of TDSI), recently spoke with Federal Tech Talk’s John Gilroy about federal agency data security and key findings from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Government Edition. federal government, airs on Federal News Radio, a radio station in the Washington, D.C.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. GLIBC keeps common code in one place, thus making it easier for multiple programs to connect to the company network and to the Internet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to the government experts, the BLINDINGCAN malware was employed in attacks aimed at US and foreign companies operating in the military defense and aerospace sectors. A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

There’s just one problem…these massive, radical, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. In June 2019, Riviera Beach in FL paid $600,000 to hackers to restore its email system and public records. It is the year 2030, and you have had another busy day. You breathe a sigh of relief!

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What the Common Vulnerability Scoring System is, how to use it, limitations and alternatives, and key changes in CVSS v4.0 The CVSS is a globally recognised framework that allows for a universal, standard scoring system for software vulnerabilities. will be adopted. will be adopted. What is the CVSS? In both CVSS v3.X X and v4.0,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

The CRTC executed a warrant under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) and the RCMP National Division executed a search warrant under the Criminal Code respectively,” reads a statement published last week by the Canadian government. This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. “The

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. System administrators need to upgrade to fixed versions ASAP. A proof-of-concept exploit is now publicly available.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Leading-edge cybersecurity systems in service today apply machine learning in some amazing ways to help large enterprises identify and instantly respond to cyber threats. And it doesn’t take enterprise-grade security systems to accomplish this. However, this is overkill for many, if not most, SMBs. Remote desktop risks.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

You may not know that we developed a 4-day Email Management class in 2008 or a 2-day Social Media Governance course in 2011. This course is targeted to business users of SharePoint, including knowledge workers; it is not a system administrator’s course. It turns out that that’s not the case. An Overview of AIIM Training in 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Chinese hackers employed open-source tools for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning, according to the government experts, they have utilized open-source router specific software frameworks, RouterSploit and RouterScan [ T1595.002 ], to identify vulnerable devices to target. Protect these accounts with strict network policies [ D3-UAP ].

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. cybersecurity advisories in recent weeks. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1) How to Use the CISA Catalog.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

While the attack didn’t cause customer outages, or affect the reliability of the grid, it did induce a temporary loss of visibility to the utility’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. In the U.S. It’s even possible that the attackers didn’t even know they were targeting a power utility.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

For a few hundred thousand pounds, Norsk Hydro could have bought a decryptor from the blackmailers and restored its systems. For a few hundred thousand pounds, Norsk Hydro could have bought a decryptor from the blackmailers and restored its systems. On 19 March 2019, Norsk Hydro’s systems were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Attackers use Sentry’s System Manager Portal to configure Sentry and its operating system, potentially executing operating system commands on the appliance as root, according to Ivanti.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2018

Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues. The incident and Uber’s response prompted the U.S.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Technically, you don’t need any cyber security experience to get started, though many people entering the field will come from jobs that have similar skillsets, such as systems administration or information analysis. You should try to take an internship or volunteer, but we understand this isn’t always possible.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Attackers use Sentry’s System Manager Portal to configure Sentry and its operating system, potentially executing operating system commands on the appliance as root, according to Ivanti.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network.” It poses a threat to several different operating systems, including Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, and Android.” Credential Stealer: Mimikatz.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Key CSPM features Advanced data governance and compliance management are included, as are customized or prebuilt rules based on regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, PCI-DSS, CIS, ISO, and SOC 2. To set up and administer access controls using CIEM systems, administrators and security teams may need specialized training.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

At most organizations, it’s all too easy for staff to implement their own tools and systems without the knowledge or support of the IT department. Without top-to-bottom visibility of all systems that interact with the company’s data, there’s no way to take stock of all vulnerabilities. What is cloud security?

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

and South Korean governments have issued a joint advisory outlining a North Korean phishing campaign, The Register reports. They explained: "Now, who has received an email or a direct message on social media from a friend or family member who desperately needs money? Probably fewer of you. But it doesn't have to be that way! Join Roger A.

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