Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: April 23 – Phishing attacks using the topic “Azovstal” targets Ukrainian entities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

By aggregating and consolidating this data, Ransomlooker provides real-time updates and actionable insights to its users, helping them stay one step ahead of potential threats.” “Our ransomware monitoring tool, Ransomlooker, employs advanced algorithms to track and analyze ransomware groups’ activities continuously.

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Daymark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Mimecast held their 2020 Cyber Resilience Summit remotely this year covering a wide range of topics. You can read our previous blog “ Mimecast Cyber Resilience Summit 2020 – Key Takeaways ” for those highlights. In addition, Mimecast provided some alarming data on the pandemic threat reality that we are facing.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

Internationally, there is no doubt that this predominantly serves to facilitate the detection and blocking of topics sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party, such as the events of June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square. But this leaves security teams powerless to stop novel threats and zero-days. We have entered a new era of cyber threats.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close only days after the full moon, reminding us that spooky season may be fading, but cyber vigilance remains essential. Like the shadows that envelop Halloween night, cyber threats often lurk unnoticed, waiting to spook the unprepared.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Norway ’s prime minister warned last week that Russia poses “a real and serious threat” to the country’s oil and gas industry. Norway ’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre warned that Russia poses “a real and serious threat” to the country’s oil and gas industry. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

It uses advanced natural language processing to provide insights into both offensive and defensive cyber activities. It provides extensive insights into cybersecurity topics to guide users through offensive strategies like Wi-Fi network attacks using specialized tools. Now, with the beta release of HackerGPT 2.0

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Threat intelligence analyst discovered a threat actor that is selling a database of the Italian mobile service provider Ho mobile. Threat intelligence analyst Bank_Security is specialized in cybercrime and fraud. At the time of writing, the threat actor has shared a sample of 10 Ho Mobile customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Cyber security is no exception. Fighting fire with fire It’s not only the good guys that are using AI in the cyber security landscape.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The CISA ‘s Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) initiative is going to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats. What comes to mind when you think of cyber criminals? To address this gap, the JCDC is planning proactive measures for future cyber risks.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Although, the topic has gained popularity amongst CIOs and CISOs, most companies are still overlooking important security blind spots when it comes to securing their digital assets outside the enterprise firewalls—domains, DNS, digital certificates. •Do I like to think of this topic like the electricity that powers our homes.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Braunberg: Proactive solutions seek out and mitigate likely threats and threat conditions before they pose a danger to the environment. From there, it becomes possible to identify opportunities to address threat conditions, such as the need for software patches, vulnerable configurations, or even poor practices and policies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2023

This is when children start participating in cyber and digital activities and develop disciplinary preferences and career aspirations. 37% of kids have experienced online dangers, including bullying, financial threats, and inappropriate content. All children possess unique qualities and preferences.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

Ethics-related cybersecurity, privacy and data protection credits must relate to lawyers’ ethical obligations and professional responsibilities regarding the protection of electronic data and communications, and may include, among other topics: sources of attorneys’ ethical obligations and professional responsibilities and their application to electronic (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

BleepingComputer first reported that Equinix Threat Analysis Center (ETAC) researcher Will Thomas discovered the Linux variant of the Royal Ransomware. Royal ransomware is a human-operated threat that first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

Cyber Non-State Actors (CNSA) are key figures in our globalized world: their operations could have a significant impact on international affairs, politics, and on the economy, as much as states do. The capability of Cyber Non-State Actors to influence state decision-making processes depends on their specific category.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

The Australian government aims at giving itself the power to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The Australian government wants to increase the security of critical infrastructure, for this reason, it plans to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks targeting them.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

On March 17, 2020, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP will host a breakfast briefing in our London office to discuss the current cybersecurity threat environment and explore UK and EU cyber enforcement trends. Strategies for responding to regulator inquiries.

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Data Matters

MARCH 26, 2020

cybersecurity and cyber risk insurance issues. There are increased cyber vulnerabilities from insider and external threat actors, including cyber attacks on individuals and companies. Tom Finan – Cyber Growth Leader, Willis Towers Watson. The latest guidance from European and U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

We have reached the point where highly connected cyber-physical systems are the norm, and the lines between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are blurred. Attacking OT systems presents a major threat not only to business disruption, but also to national economy and security. The threat landscape.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Iran ’s Passive Defense Organization chief Gholamreza Jalali declared that the US government has started its cyber war against the country. Gholamreza Jalali , Iran’s Passive Defense Organization chief, announced that that “America has started its cyber war against Iran, without providing more details. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

Candidates must have at least one year of paid work experience in one of the exam’s topic areas. The exam includes 150 questions covering four topic areas: information security governance, information security risk management, information security program development and management, and incident management.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Cyber criminals are exploiting the public’s fear of the Wuhan in a new phishing scam , researchers have learned. It’s no surprise that cyber criminals are exploiting coronavirus in a scam like this. Even though cyber criminals are increasingly tapping into our fears, it can still seems unlikely that scams like this would work.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic keeping us stuck inside and struggling to find ways to remain productive, now might be the perfect time to take an online cyber security training course. Let’s take a look at five of the best online courses for cyber security. Certified Cyber Security Foundation Training Course.

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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. Cyber security awareness best practices. Implementing cyber security awareness training.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2020

In my family, we regularly ‘unplug’ and use the opportunity to discuss cyber awareness and topics such as the risks to our family information, how we can improve personal safety, and what are we doing to prevent identify theft. But it’s also a chance to step back and re-evaluate our online usage. Protecting sensitive data is the key.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Researchers from Cyber News have discovered that the personal data of 1.3 Leak data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing/spear-phishing attacks, identity theft, and scams. An SQL database containing the personal data of 1.3 million scraped Clubhouse user records.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Automotive cyber attacks are a growing concern for the automotive industry. The standard covers various topics related to vehicle cybersecurity , including risk assessment , security controls, and incident response. It also includes best practices for protecting vehicles from cyber threats, such as malware and ransomware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2023

Europe Leads the Cybersecurity Regulation Dance divya Thu, 03/02/2023 - 06:58 Europe has emerged as a hub for developing cyber policies, acting to improve software security, and quickly reporting severe breaches. These steps intend to adjust European cybersecurity policy to the changing threat environment.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

OFAC’s revised guidance regarding the risks of ransomware payments does not substantially modify OFAC’s earlier October 1, 2020 guidance on the same topic (available here ) in which OFAC highlighted: (i) the U.S. Today’s amended guidance expands upon those earlier points by reiterating that the U.S.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 22, 2019

It was Cyber Command's birthday, but that's not why I was there. Those first two topics are ones that I am thinking and writing about, and it was good to hear their perspective. Yesterday, I visited the NSA. BERKman hewLETT -- get it? We have a web page , but it's badly out of date.). It was all interesting.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Along with celebrating Cyber Security Awareness Month, several exciting events are taking place across the world, aiming to educate people on the latest trends in cybersecurity and privacy. Essential topics at it-sa are cloud and mobile security, data and network security, the protection of critical infrastructures, and Industrial Security.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Related: The quickening of cyber warfare. The SolarWinds hack came to light in mid-December and has since become a red hot topic in the global cybersecurity community. We in a phase where these hacks are sure to escalate, as threat actors move to take full advantage before the corporate sector eventually shore things up.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2019

In just the past few years (and hundreds of high-profile breaches and £Trillions of economic damage later), cyber threats became impossible for the boardroom to ignore. The 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition revealed that as digital transformations are taking place, sensitive data is often at risk.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 13, 2021

The start of 2021 is looking an awful lot like the end of 2020 – not least when it comes to cyber crime. With millions of people across the UK set to receive COVID-19 vaccinations within the coming weeks, cyber security experts are warning people about related scams. Don’t be fooled by vaccine scams.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

A state-based actor is launching cyber attacks against government, public services and businesses, Australia ‘s prime minister said. The economical disputes between Australia and China are related to multiple topics, including maritime claims and the use of technologies from Chinese state-backed companies.

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KnowBe4

AUGUST 10, 2023

Heiding, a research fellow at Harvard, emphasized that such technology has already impacted the threat landscape by making it easier to create phishing emails. The experiment was designed to see how AI technology could produce effective phishing lures. He said, "GPT changed this. You can enter a quick prompt with just a few data points."

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