Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government (Part 1 of 2) sparsh Tue, 11/28/2023 - 05:20 Bruce Schneier recently blogged : A bunch of networks, including US Government networks , have been hacked by the Chinese. But “negligent security practices” are not a new concern for the US Government.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. Threat intelligence firm Resecurity published Indicators of compromise (IoCs), a sample and reference in the following blog post: [link]. com” domain. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Facebook announced in a blog post on November 5th that it blocked 115 accounts on its platforms after being informed by law enforcement that they may have been “engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior.”. According to the company, the content posted by the blocked accounts was focused on politics and celebrities.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. The group conducts cyber espionage operations to target government entities mainly in South Korea. The group has used Twitter accounts to find and monitor its targets to prepare well crafted spear phishing emails. Victimology. One of the lures used by Kimsuky named “???

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Troy Hunt

MAY 13, 2023

A late one this week as I cover from the non-stop conferencing that was the Azure user group in Perth, followed by the Cyber West keynote, then the social drinks that night, the flight back home straight into the AusCERT gala dinner, the panel on data governance that morning then wrapping up with the speed debate Friday arvo.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 1, 2018

As this service has grown, it's become an endless source of material from which I've drawn upon for conference talks, training and indeed many of my blog posts. And this is precisely why I'm writing this piece - to talk about how I'm assisting the UK and Australian governments with access to data about their own domains.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2022

On April 26th, we identified a suspicious email that targeted a government official from Jordan’s foreign ministry. In this blog post, we describe the attack flow and share details about the Saitama backdoor. Victims similarity: The group is known to target the government of Jordan and this is the case in this campaign.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against four entities and one individual for their role in malicious cyber operations conducted to support the government of North Korea. correspondent or payable-through account sanctions.” ” reads the announcement.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

” Willison expands this in a blog post , which I strongly recommend reading in its entirety. A key role of government is to prevent this from happening. How many people cancelled their Dropbox accounts in the last 48 hours? It’s only a matter of time, unless we get serious government privacy regulation.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Details are in the Microsoft blog: We have published our in-depth analysis of the Solorigate backdoor malware (also referred to as SUNBURST by FireEye), the compromised DLL that was deployed on networks as part of SolarWinds products, that allowed attackers to gain backdoor access to affected devices.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

In this blog we’ll discuss enrollment options and best security practices for Duo admins, whether they are rolling out MFA for the first time or maintaining enrollment for their users. Enrollment basics Enrollment is the process by which users are added to a Duo account and enabled to use MFA. The New User Policy has three options.

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McAfee

AUGUST 11, 2021

As outlined in Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO 14028), Section 3: Modernizing Federal Government Cybersecurity, CISA has been tasked with developing a Federal cloud-security strategy to aid agencies in the adoption of a Zero Trust Architecture to meet the EO Requirements.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 31, 2023

Winter Vivern (aka TA473), a Russian hacking group, has been exploiting vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-27926) in unpatched Zimbra instances to access the emails of NATO officials, governments, military people, and diplomats. The CVE-2022-27926 flaw affects versions 9.0.0

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Government Accountability Hacking Cybersecurity 85

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Responding to a recent surge in AI-generated bot accounts, LinkedIn is rolling out new features that it hopes will help users make more informed decisions about with whom they choose to connect. For example, on October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained the cryptocurrency from an account the group uses to pay affiliates. The word ‘ransomware’ has been put on a par with a number of unpleasant phenomena, such as geopolitical tensions, extortion, and government-backed hacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” continues the report. .

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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. ru account and posted as him.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

“In October 2022, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) disrupted a campaign from HOODOO, a Chinese government-backed attacker also known as APT41, that targeted a Taiwanese media organization by sending phishing emails that contained links to a passwordprotected file hosted in Drive.” ” continues the report.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 3, 2022

European government personnel involved in helping Ukraine refugees with logistics support has been the target of a spear-phishing campaign, a new report underlines. The post Countries Assisting Ukraine Refugees Targeted in Phishing Cyberattacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, your accounting technology should have features that work to protect your data, like internal controls, multi-factor authentication, or an audit trail that documents change to your data. Monitoring who has made what changes protects your business and holds team members accountable for safe IT practices. Stay proactive.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Government policymakers decided in the 1990s to promote inherently insecure, nascent Internet technology to be the world’s primary global information infrastructure for all the world’s communications, content, and commerce. Government policymakers decided in the 1990s to de facto nationally abdicate governing online.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 18, 2023

government agency email accounts, but some details remain a mystery. government accounts using a stolen inactive Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. Chinese hacker group Storm-0558 breached an undisclosed number of email accounts belonging to 25 organizations, including U.S.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cybersecurity technology goes hand in hand with policy-based governance, but simply developing a password policy to protect company data and information is not enough. appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The post What Is a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Policy?

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this blog I want to show you how you can operationalize the data linked to this alert in MVISION Insights together with your investigation and protection capabilities to better protect your organization against this threat. Unusual local and domain account usage. Threat Summary. Unusual WinRAR archives. Mimikatz behavior.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Attackers are targeting two-factor authentication systems: Attackers working on behalf of the Iranian government collected detailed information on targets and used that knowledge to write spear-phishing emails that were tailored to the targets' level of operational security, researchers with security firm Certfa Lab said in a blog post.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Proofpoint researchers recently reported that a Russian hacking group, tracked as Winter Vivern (aka TA473), has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities ( CVE-2022-27926 ) in unpatched Zimbra instances to gain access to the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats. reads the post published by Proofpoint.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2019

” reads the blog post. The company clarified that it does not agree with the interpretation taken by some branches of the Swiss government. The post ProtonMail denies that it spies on users for government agencies appeared first on Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In Q1 2023, threat actors linked to Russia’s military intelligence service focused their phishing campaigns on Ukraine, with the country accounting for over 60% of observed Russian targeting. The group targeted multiple sectors, including government, defense, energy, transportation/logistics, education, and humanitarian organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

German government warns that technology to regulate power consumption in Huawei network appliances could be used for sabotage purposes. government officials as well as European security authorities, which have warned of the risks associated with Chinese telecoms equipment.” The activity will be completed in the coming months.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Until being contacted by this reporter on Monday, the state of Vermont had at least five separate Salesforce Community sites that allowed guest access to sensitive data, including a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program that exposed the applicant’s full name, Social Security number, address, phone number, email, and bank account number.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Google has for years accepted requests to remove certain sensitive data such as bank account or credit card numbers from search results. “We’ll also evaluate if the content appears as part of the public record on the sites of government or official sources. . In such cases, we won’t make removals.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. Accounting for humans. allied countries, and businesses steadily increases. Related: Cyber espionage is in a Golden Age.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Related: The Golden Age of cyber espionage On December 23, 2022, Congress, in a bipartisan spending bill, banned TikTok from all government devices. The Chinese government, as well as other foreign powers, actively probe all aspects of American life for information useful in compromising the Republic’s national security interests.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

A data breach typically means the company must notify customers and local law enforcement, often government agencies like the FTC, or Health and Human Services, or others. Think about your bank account, it is very important for you to know that when you deposit a check into your account the right amount is deposited.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In a blog post published yesterday, Google said that in 2021, it sent approximately 50.000 alerts to users whose accounts had been compromised by government-backed hacker gangs conducting phishing and malware campaigns. Google Security Engineer […]. Google Security Engineer […].

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