Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Satnam Narang , senior research engineer at Tenable , said the vulnerability affects the following installations of IE: Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as well as Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019; IE 9 on Windows Server 2008; and IE 10 on Windows Server 2012.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Since its launch in 2012, the company has operated profitably, attracting customers mainly in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas and growing to 131 employees. Here are excerpts, edited for clarity and length: LW: What’s the difference between taking a ‘risk-oriented’ versus a ‘controlled-based’ approach to security?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 22, 2022

The thing that makes the SolarWinds hack newsworthy, and it is indeed extraordinary if national security is important to you, is that it is the first notable example—or at least, the first one we've heard about—of the very thing that the GAO warned Congress about back in 2012. The obvious question is, what shall we do?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. One of the men indicted as part of APT41 — now 35-year-old Tan DaiLin — was the subject of a 2012 KrebsOnSecurity story that sought to shed light on a Chinese antivirus product marketed as Anvisoft. Image: FBI. Image: DOJ.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 25, 2020

This work replicates and extends the 2012 paper Why Johnny Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness of Web Browsing History Patterns [ 48 ]. reproduce those results and extend the original work to detail the privacy risk posed by the aggregation of browsing histories.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This CVE should be treated as a higher severity than Important due to the risk of exploit.” Ivanti’s Goettl noted that, as with the WordPad flaw, the CVE should be treated as a higher severity than its rating due to the risk of exploit. “End-of-life software poses a risk to an organization,” he said.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

While this is certainly convenient, particularly when you’re migrating to a new device, synchronizing browsers also comes with some risks. Browser syncing was introduced in 2012 by Chrome with the goal of letting you continue at home where you left off at work, and vice versa. What is browser sync? Stay safe, everyone!

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2024

At the age of 17, Kivimäki was convicted of more than 50,000 computer hacks and sentenced to a two-year prison sentence, which was suspended because he was 15 and 16 when he carried out the crimes in 2012 and 2013.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

Security is a top risk of using third-party code. Internal research conducted by cybersecurity company, Codenomicon, found that a 2012 smart TV inherited vulnerabilities at a rate of 0.58 CVEs per day over the source of 23 months -- from 178 unique vulnerabilities in 2012 to 584 unique CVEs in 23 components in 2015.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

Security is a top risk of using third-party code. Internal research conducted by cybersecurity company, Codenomicon, found that a 2012 smart TV inherited vulnerabilities at a rate of 0.58 CVEs per day over the source of 23 months -- from 178 unique vulnerabilities in 2012 to 584 unique CVEs in 23 components in 2015.

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TrustArc

DECEMBER 19, 2023

TrustArc's Nymity Privacy Management Accountability Framework™ (PMAF), pioneered in 2012 and continuously evolving, now includes advanced provisions for AI data privacy governance. In a digital era where data privacy underpins brand trust, organizations aim to not only comply with privacy laws but to fully embody them.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

M&A cyber risk is real. DDC) detected potential unauthorized access to its network, during which there was unauthorized access and acquisition of an archived database that contained personal information collected between 2004 and 2012. This system has never been used in DDC's operations and has not been active since 2012.".

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

after January 10, 2023 may increase an organization's exposure to security risks or impact its ability to meet compliance obligations. Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2. Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Continuing to use Windows 8.1 drivers months before.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Giving Tuesday movement came into being in 2012 to encourage generosity and charitable giving year-round; the Tuesday after the U.S. Tomorrow, November 30, is Giving Tuesday, a day of emphasis on charitable giving both by individuals and organizations and enterprises. Thanksgiving holiday is officially designated Giving Tuesday.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied the extradition due to suicide risk for the impression he could suffer in the U.S. “Taking account of all of the information available to him, he considered Mr Assange’s risk of suicide to be very high should extradition become imminent.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 8, 2021

Rewind to 2012: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In had just been published, pushing women to stop sitting back and start taking more risks. Amy Cuddy had just come out with her “Power Pose” TED Talk telling women that posing like Superwoman for two minutes can make you feel more powerful. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

So, it is urging all businesses to take appropriate measures to mitigate all cyber risks associated with Log4j2 issues. Note- Found in 2012, Aquatic Panda is found relying heavily on cobalt strike, the remote access exploiting tool.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

out of 10 in severity by the industry-standard Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and impacts all versions of EtherNet/IP Adapter Source Code Stack prior to 2.28, which was released on November 21, 2012. Tracked as CVE-2020-25159 , the flaw is rated 9.8

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The VTI leverages first-hand knowledge to advocate, create, vet, and validate guidelines that strengthen trust and transparency and mitigate risk for users. After mobilizing to ensure the Internet’s free flow of information and commerce, we realized the ongoing need for an industry voice, founding formally in 2012.

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Anton on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Low awareness of removed or failed log sources  — SOCs with low awareness of removed or failed log sources are at risk of missing critical security events and failed — worse, quietly failed — detections. What data do we collect?” tends to predate “what do we actually want to do?”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Danish security researcher Ollypwn has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) denial of service exploit for the CVE-2020-0609 and CVE-2020-0610 vulnerabilities in the Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) component on Windows Server (2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019) devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

Mandiant states that From 2012 to 2021, China exploited more zero-days than any other nation. From 2012 to 2021, China-linked threat actors exploited more zero-days than any other nation-state actors. Most of the zero-days discovered by the company were exploited by nation-state APT groups. ” concludes the report.”The

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2021

In 2012, an employee’s laptop, containing ePHI for about 30,000 patients was stolen. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center was having a hard time protecting patient electronic health information. The same year, a trainee lost an unencrypted thumb drive with ePHI for about 2,000 people during her evening commute and in 2013, a.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 18, 2024

The Dropbox and LinkedIn breaches, for example, occurred in 2012 before being broadly distributed in 2016 and just like those incidents, the alleged AT&T data is now in very broad circulation. That's just an unacceptable risk for which the old adage of "you cannot lose what you do not have" provides the best possible fix.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2021

times the amount observed during the 2012 London Olympics. According to a finding discovered by NTT Corporation that was assigned operating the digital services across the event, state funded hackers tried their best to disrupt the event that counted over 2.5

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Schneier on Security

JULY 24, 2019

But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. All systems fall short of optimality and have some residual risk of vulnerability a point which the tech community acknowledges when they propose that law enforcement can satisfy its requirements by exploiting vulnerabilities in their products.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

This type of vulnerability, which affected BMW websites and other SAP systems, was first identified in 2012 but still poses risks to organizations even after applying security updates. Those typically occur when web apps or components fail to properly validate or sanitize URLs before redirecting users.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

In 2012, Keirans fraudulently acquired a copy of Woods’ birth certificate from the state of Kentucky using information he found about Woods’ family on Ancestry.com. We don’t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identit y Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. All systems fall short of optimality and have some residual risk of vulnerability -- a point which the tech community acknowledges when they propose that law enforcement can satisfy its requirements by exploiting vulnerabilities in their products.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

There is definitely a national security risk in buying computer infrastructure from a country you don't trust. The risk of discovery is too great, and the payoff would be too low. But we need to make these decisions to protect ourselves deliberately and rationally, recognizing both the risks and the costs. Our allies do it.

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Dark Reading

MAY 8, 2018

Quietest first quarter since 2012, according to new report from Risk Based Security

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

was released back in 2012, it aims at detecting and changes that occur in the Windows operating systems during the installation of third-party applications. replaces the original Attack Surface Analzyer tool, released publicly in 2012.” The first version of the Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0 “Attack Surface Analyzer 2.0

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Malwarebytes

JULY 7, 2021

So, many organizations were forced to keep the Print Spooler service enabled on some domain controllers, leaving them at risk to attacks using this vulnerability. Security updates have not yet been released for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2012, but they will also be released soon, according to Microsoft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

ATLANTA–( BUSINESS WIRE )–CORL Technologies LLC, the leading provider of vendor risk management solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced a strategic growth investment from Primus Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on investing in leading healthcare, software, and technology-enabled services companies.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The incidence of data breaches in the United States has witnessed a substantial surge over the last decade, escalating from a modest 447 incidents in 2012 to surpassing 1,800 by the year 2022, according to Statista. Proactive adherence to legal standards is essential for mitigating legal risks. How Often Do Data Breaches Occur?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

“Microsoft is aware of limited targeted attacks that could leverage un-patched vulnerabilities in the Adobe Type Manager Library, and is providing the following guidance to help reduce customer risk until the security update is released.” and Windows Server 2012. reads the advisory published by Microsoft. See the link for more details.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

What happened in the 2021 breach When DDC acquired Orchid Cellmark, a British company also in the DNA testing industry, as part of its business expansion in 2012, the company didn't know that it also inherited legacy databases that kept personally identifiable information (PII) in plain text form.

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