Security Boulevard

MARCH 5, 2024

The post Self-Replicating AI Malware is Here? Skrik: Researchers worm themselves into your nightmares. ComPromptMized appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

On January 28th, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announced that the final draft for the Personal Data Protection Act has been submitted to the president of Indonesia. The PDP Draft Law is now sitting with the House of Representatives and other concerned government officials. Plate said. “We

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

At the same time, consumers are deeply concerned with how their data is collected and used. So what’s in store for data privacy and the rollout of of 5G technology? Consumer Rights and Privacy Fines. 2018 was a breakthrough year for consumer rights and data privacy regulations with the introduction of GDPR.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Email Threats: More than 75% of targeted attacks start with an email, delivering 94% of malware. Privacy Compliance: By 2024, 40% of privacy tools will rely on AI, highlighting its expanding role in ensuring data privacy and meeting regulations. Cyber Skills Gap: By 2025, there could be 3.5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Threats are also growing, with 40 percent of data breaches involving stolen credentials, according to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report. There have been reports of hackers leveraging ChatGPT to generate malware and encryption scripts, which can significantly accelerate cyberattacks. How should we manage AI?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures. The post PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2024

Targeted ads target targets: Patternz and Nuviad enable potentially hostile governments to track individuals by misusing ad bidding. The post Malicious AdTech Spies on People as NatSec Targets appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Forking hell: Scrotebots clone thousands of projects, injecting malware millions of times. The post GitHub Fights Forks — Millions of Them — Huge Software Supply Chain Security FAIL appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

Council staff were unable to remotely control or fix the lighting systems as the malware had locked them out. The cybercriminals encrypted critical data and systems across the council's networks, severely hampering its ability to operate and provide services to residents. However, the lighting issue was just the tip of the iceberg.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Apple Scrambled to Fix 3 More CVEs: Egyptian opposition presidential candidate Ahmed Eltantawy targeted “by the government. The post More iOS Zero Days, More Mercenary Spyware — This Time: Cytrox Predator appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

“In 2022, governments fought wars online, businesses were affected by multiple ransomware gangs, and regular users’ data was constantly on hackers’ radars,” said NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

government agencies. government agencies and large organizations were hit by cyberattacks due to a vulnerability in their IT infrastructure provider – SolarWinds. Many government agencies and Fortune 500 companies use SolarWinds, which contributed to the severity of the attack. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breaches).

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Google Security

APRIL 21, 2021

Additionally, in 2020, Google Play Protect scanned over 100B installed apps each day for malware across billions of devices. This includes support for government agencies, specially trained app reviewers, and a safety team to address election threats and abuse. We also banned 119k malicious and spammy developer accounts.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2024

A holistic defense against influence networks requires collaboration between government, technology companies and security research organizations. Bad actors are always ready to exploit political strife to their own ends. Right now, they’re doing so with the conflict in the Middle East.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Ransomware has already been combined with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks , and Manky notes that ransomware could see the addition of wiper malware, “which could not only wreck data but destroy systems and hardware. “A near-future event could cause a massive depopulation of internet-connected devices. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2020

million users due to critical vulnerability Nefilim ransomware gang published Luxottica data on its leak site NSA details top 25 flaws exploited by China-linked hackers Pay it safe: Group-IB aids Paxful in repelling a series of web-bot attacks U.S. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

Digital security is about so much more than malware. When I started Malwarebytes more than 16 years ago, malware was the primary security concern—the annoying pop-ups, the fast-spreading viruses, the catastrophic worms—and throughout our company’s history, Malwarebytes routinely excelled against this threat. It was our attitude.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

By ensuring consistent, efficient security, FWaaS lowers risks, improves agility, and increases compliance with government regulations and industry rules. Sophisticated protections like intrusion detection , web application firewalls , and data loss prevention can be more widely deployed within an organization.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

Organizations must stay abreast of regulatory changes, conduct regular compliance audits, and establish a governance framework to ensure ongoing adherence to digital regulations. Data Privacy Risks Data privacy risks involve the unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of sensitive personal information.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2024

State and local government leaders in the U.S. are bracing for an increase in cybersecurity incidents ahead of elections in 2024. The post Arctic Wolf Survey Surfaces Election Security Fears appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Flash drive sharing malware escapes Україна. FSB APT USB VBS LNK DLL: WTH? Gamaredon fingered as perps. The post ‘LitterDrifter’ Russian USB Worm Leaks from Ukraine War Zone appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2022

Next-generation cyberattacks are often summarized as ransomware, man-in-the-middle, brute-force, phishing, insider, or malware attacks. For most commercial businesses, countermeasures against cyberattacks are about preserving data privacy, integrity, and security. government. Anatomy of a Quantum Attack. NATO, the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With AI's ability to learn from data and continuously refine its tactics, cybercriminals can create more sophisticated, elusive and difficult-to-detect malware. The post Emerging Technologies, Evolving Threats: Strategies for Future-Proofing Data Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Government agencies don’t make endorsements necessarily but they’re identifying security ratings as a cyber risk metric. CISA focuses on critical infrastructure, which includes a number of sectors such as health care and energy and transportation and includes the government. A rating is more than just a number.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2022

FCC adds Kaspersky to Covered List due to unacceptable risks to national security Anonymous leaked 28GB of data stolen from the Central Bank of Russia Chrome emergency update fixes actively exploited a zero-day bug Chinese threat actor Scarab targets Ukraine, CERT-UA warns UK police arrested 7 alleged members of Lapsus$ extortion gang US indicted 4 (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This type of malware attack is called a botnet attack. It’s powered by hundreds of bots carrying malware and infecting thousands of IoT devices simultaneously. Malware, phishing, and web. Nowadays, malware is an indispensable part of the internet (even if we do not like it). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 24, 2023

Ransomware, malware, Zero-Day attacks, and more are becoming a serious threat to nearly every industry. Not even government agencies are safe. The IRS eFile website has reportedly come under attack , leading to serious data leaks and an invasion of consumer data privacy.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 period, security professionals have noticed a huge increase in cyberattacks on companies, governments, and individuals on four key fronts: operations, technology, data, and legal aspects of security. In fact, data privacy regulations like GDPR and other international mandates and standards are gaining traction.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Iran was third on the list of government-backed hackers and SecureWorld has covered some of these attacks in the past few weeks. While not all hacking is related to nation-state or foreign operations, a large portion of the most dangerous malware threats, like ransomware, data theft, and business email compromise (BEC), sometimes are.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

This has included AI programs revealing sensitive information, being taken advantage of by malicious users to import malware into code output, or as some university students found out at their cost, taking credit for work it did not complete.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Jeff Sizemore, chief governance officer, Egnyte. “We We can expect to see a steep rise in US state-by-state data privacy requirements and movement toward a potential federal privacy law in 2022. In fact, by 2023, it’s expected that 65% of the world’s population will be covered by privacy laws.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 9, 2023

SecOps, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) and ITOps teams use wide variety of tools and operational data to mitigate security posture exposures and fortify business resiliency, yet audit readiness and compliance validation remain a challenge. 1 ESG Research: 2021: State of Data Privacy and Compliance.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

On the privacy front, California beefed up its consumer data privacy regulations even as Facebook and Apple publicly feuded over how each of these tech giants abuse of consumer privacy and loosey handle sensitive data. Ransomware, phishing and social engineering attacks will all continue to increase.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

It provides context and information about the characteristics, properties, and attributes of other data. This additional layer of information is essential for data management, data governance, and data integration processes. Cyber Attacks: Cyber-attacks are another cause of data loss.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Hoyt and Zebarjadi also noted that the holistic program also offers protection against malicious downloads like malware on both Chrome and Android devices and unauthorized access to their personal data on accounts like Gmail, Drive and Photos. At some point some govt backed entity probably will try to send you something.”

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the past, we have experienced, and in the future, we may again experience, data security incidents resulting from unauthorized access to our and our service providers’ systems and unauthorized acquisition of our data and our clients’ data including: inadvertent disclosure, misconfiguration of systems, phishing ransomware or malware attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Cloud security measures limit risks associated with data loss or service outages, allowing operations to continue smoothly even during unexpected problems. Compliance Requirements Stringent regulations governing data handling and privacy exist in various industries and jurisdictions.

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