SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online.

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Government Internet Internet Technology 105

Centraleyes

MARCH 14, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to update the Privacy Framework to Version 1.1. However, in response to recent developments in information technology, including the release of NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) and the initiation of an update to NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to Version 2.0,

Government 52

Government Risk Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity 52

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When faced with technologies that are increasingly critical for navigating modern life, users often lack a real set of alternatives and cannot reasonably forgo using these tools," said Lina M. A person must also believe that companies will give them the freedom to decide whether to give up their data and when, Levine said.

Data collection 93

Data collection Insurance Technology Risk 93

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Using web shells, they attacked weak internet servers, specifically a Houston port. Reconnaissance Reconnaissance is the starting point of Volt Typhoon’s cyber campaign, characterized by thorough planning and data collection. government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering.

Internet 104

Internet Internet Cybersecurity Network Security 104

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. 66% of these vulnerabilities affect the OT domain, while the rest 34% affect IoT, IT and IoMT (Internet of Medical Things). Tue, 05/24/2022 - 06:11.

Healthcare 126

Healthcare Ransomware Authentication Threat Reports 126

SecureList

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As we were collecting and analyzing the relevant telemetry data, we realized the campaign had been launched in mid-August 2022 and targeted over a dozen corporations in Eastern Europe from the oil and gas sector and defense industry. The attackers continued to send malicious documents via email until the end of September 2022.

Malware 98

Malware Phishing Internet Internet 98

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

billion in losses, according to data collected by the FBI’s The Internet Complaint Center (IC3). The FBI compiles the statistics, recently published in its Internet Crime Report 2020 , from complaints filed through www.ic3.gov. IC3 reports that it received 2,474 complaints that accounted for losses of more than U.S.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Internet Internet Small Business 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Worried about this lack of transparency, users and privacy watchdogs put pressure on technology companies. Certain tech giants recently started adding tools to their ecosystems that are meant to improve the data collection transparency. That service, too, accounts for a fairly large share of DNT detections across the world.

Internet 91

Internet Internet Advertising Marketing 91

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2022

That’s an especially important question given the recent emphasis on the technology – including from the White House. Bishop Fox’s report found that Illumio’s zero trust segmentation technology “significantly improves an organization’s ability to detect, contain, and proactively limit the available attack surface.”

Ransomware 122

Ransomware Digital transformation Malware Internet 122

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Nisos provides the people, processes, and technologies necessary to deliver actionable intelligence as a managed service. Monthly reports include a thorough accounting of sites where PII was found and any remediation actions taken. Nisos Collection & Analysis Stack Spans All Critical Data Sources. their needs.

Risk 136

Risk Media Data collection Security Intelligence 136

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. com , postaljobscenter[.]com com and usps-jobs[.]com.

Marketing 266

Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 266

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Counterfeit goods are not the only threat to popular brands on the Internet. Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. Fraudsters use various ways to deceive users: phishing websites, fake mobile apps, accounts and groups on social media.

Marketing 79

Marketing Phishing Media Engineering 79

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. But they did so without taking into account the hockey-stick rise in reliance on third-party suppliers. When Target fired both its CEO and CIO in 2014, it was a wake-up call for senior management. Talk more soon.

Cyber Risk 165

Cyber Risk Risk Digital transformation Accountability 165

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act is considered a Comprehensive privacy legislation. Florida – S 262: Technology Transparency Florida’s S 262 targets using governmental resources in requests to social media platforms. The legislation imposes a civil penalty, emphasizing accountability and responsible data practices.

Data privacy 52

Data privacy Consumer Protection Media Data collection 52

Centraleyes

APRIL 25, 2024

Key Components of a Security Audit Preliminary Assessment: Evaluation of the organization’s current technological maturity, identification of security requirements, and determination of the audit’s time, cost, and scope. Consultants: Outsourced technology auditors fill skill set gaps within the organization.

Risk 52

Risk Accountability Technology Software 52

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Google, Facebook and Amazon have gotten filthy rich doing one thing extremely well: fixating on every move each one of us makes when we use our Internet-connected computing devices. We’re talking about things like consumer data collection, data management platforms and retargeting enablement systems.

Retail 138

Retail Digital transformation Advertising Software 138

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A business with a physical location that wants to show up in local search results needs to create an account for Google My Business, so it can show up in Google Maps (which accounts for 67 percent of navigation app usage ), but also needs to keep an eye on Google Reviews left on its business listing. What do I mean by Orwellian?

Advertising 115

Advertising Marketing Data collection Accountability 115

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention.

IoT 72

IoT Data collection Encryption eCommerce 72

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

The first and simplest step that can be taken by cybercriminals is to gather data from publicly accessible sources. The Internet can provide doxers with all kinds of helpful information, such as the names and positions of employees, including those who occupy key positions in the company. Attacks using publicly accessible data: BEC.

Identity Theft 87

Identity Theft Phishing Accountability Banking 87

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

Spyware 186

Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 186

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Group-IB’s records indicate that card dumps account for 62% of total sets of card data sold, which means that POS Trojans represent the major method of compromising credit cards and might have caused this particular leak. The breach might have caused the compromise of BankIslami account holders that took place on Oct.

Banking 93

Banking Cybercrime Advertising Data collection 93

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

This could have huge consequences down the road with IoT technology continuing to proliferate all aspects of our lives. This regulation requires that IoT devices sold in California are fitted with “reasonable security features”, which protect the device and the data it contains. #6 5 Be aware of your operating landscape.

IoT 100

IoT Authentication Passwords Data collection 100

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Since the beginning of 2018, Group-IB experts detected that cybercriminals were seeking to get access to the user databases of Hong Kong state Internet portals responsible for taxes, trade, procurement, logistics, innovations and hi-tech infrastructure. million, accounting for only 17% of the overall market value, compared to 19.9

Cybercrime 83

Cybercrime Hacking Banking Phishing 83

SecureList

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At the time of detection, the account active on the host was S-1-5-21-<…>-<…>-<…>-181797 (Domain / username). The SQL server host had previously been seen accessible from the Internet and in the process of being scanned by a TOR network. Use of the RAR archiver for data collection. Case detection.

Engineering 112

Engineering Malware Passwords Data collection 112

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device. To gain insights into the financial threat landscape, we analyzed data on malicious activities on the devices of Kaspersky security product users. of attacks. In 2022, 36.3%

Banking 71

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 71

SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2022

I love the possibilities that Internet of Things (IoT) products bring to our lives. CEs and BAs must always consider and mitigate IoT risks appropriately to protect patients and insureds, meet HIPAA compliance, and also to comply with a wide range of additional legal data protection requirements. IoT devices are always collecting data.

IoT 67

IoT Healthcare Risk Firmware 67

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2023

Period-tracking app users scrambled to find the most secure app online , and one period-tracking app maker promised to encrypt user data so that, even if law enforcement made a request for their data, the data would be unintelligible. In August, the company confirmed a data breach that affected 5.4

Data privacy 67

Data privacy Engineering Encryption Internet 67

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

At present, only three criminal groups— Buhtrap2 , RTM , and Toplel —steal money from the accounts of legal entities in Russia. They account for 80% of all financial phishing sites. GIB Threat Intelligence cyber threats data collection system has been named one of the best in class by Gartner, Forrester, and IDC.

Cyber Attacks 83

Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 83

SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 10.0.0.0/8, 8, 100.64.0.0/10,

Malware 107

Malware DNS Encryption Cryptocurrency 107

Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Consider, for example, a 2013 Massachusetts bill that tried to restrict the commercial use of data collected from K-12 students using services accessed via the internet. It turns out there is a natural opening for this technology: microlegislation. Political scientist Amy McKay coined the term.

Energy and Utilities 298

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Technology Government 298

ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

They rely on all their operations with cloud technologies and cloud based technologies. And some of those are, you know, one, your ability to remotely access the data you need and quickly. But if you know what you're doing it is you can get access to data relatively quickly. So where do all their operations mean?

Government 40

Government Technology Firewall Engineering 40

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., According to thought leaders, the compromise of video data could result in intellectual property theft, physical security threats, privacy violations, extortion and perhaps regulatory punishment.

Surveillance 129

Surveillance IoT Accountability Passwords 129

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The report, titled “ Everyone’s afraid of the internet and no one’s sure what to do about it ,” reveals the dismal rates of adoption for antivirus software, two-factor authentication (2FA), password managers, and unique passwords across online accounts. These numbers are less open to interpretation.

Surveillance 109

Surveillance Passwords Software Technology 109

SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the EU, lawmakers are working on the Data Act , meant to further protect sensitive data, as well as a comprehensive AI legal strategy that might put a curb on a range of invasive machine-learning technologies and require greater accountability and transparency. Some, however, raise concerns over metaverse privacy.

Insurance 102

Insurance Social Engineering IoT Data breaches 102

eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

When millions of people around the world were sent home to work at the onset of the global COVD-19 pandemic, they left behind not only empty offices but also a host of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from smartwatches to networked printers – that were still connected to corporate networks and cranking away.

IoT 143

IoT Risk Architecture Manufacturing 143

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

PAM governs a hierarchy of privileged accounts all tied together in a Windows Active Directory ( AD ) environment. It didn’t take cyber criminals too long to figure out how to subvert PAM and AD – mainly by stealing or spoofing credentials to log on to privileged accounts. But SSO proved to be a boon for intruders, as well.

Accountability 138

Accountability Authentication Digital transformation Passwords 138

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Vamosi: How do we know who’s on the other end of a connection, who it is that is logging into a computer or an account online? If you've registered for online banking over telephone banking, then they're using Voiceprint technology to pre-authenticate you when you call into the system.

Hacking 52

Hacking Authentication Artificial Intelligence Technology 52