The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Organizations gathered to discuss courses and programs to address the critical cybersecurity workforce needs in the United States. Organizations gathered to discuss courses and programs to address the critical cybersecurity workforce needs in the United States. Chicago, Ill., Funding for this program is in part from a Federal grant.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, who advised them on the current ransomware epidemic and requested that city leaders “convene heads of state agencies to review their cybersecurity posture and continuity plans,” according to a White House press release. Members of the U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Australia’s Defense Department announced that they will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms linked to the government of Beijing. Australia’s Defense Department is going to replace surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, who are linked to the government of Beijing. ” reported The Guardian. .”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Multiple attacks against private organizations and government entities, especially during the pandemic, were carried out by threat actors by exploiting vulnerabilities in popular VPN systems. ” states the joint announcement published by the US agencies. . ” states the joint announcement published by the US agencies.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The list includes open source tools and free resources provided by government organizations and private cybersecurity firms. CISA pointed out that it does not endorse any commercial product or service. CISA has created a list of free cybersecurity tools and services that can help organizations increase their resilience.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Government of Pyongyang focuses on crypto hacking to fund its military program following harsh U.N. North Korea cannot export its products due to the U.N. Government experts noticed that nation-state actors are not immediately cashing out all the stolen crypto to create a crypto fund reserve. trillion won ($1.2

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

CISA warned that nation-state actors are exploiting flaws in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that nation-state actors are exploiting security vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

1 Fragmentation shifting to polarization: governments and multistakeholder communities are all the more divided — and have formed into groups based on like-mindedness. 1 Fragmentation shifting to polarization: governments and multistakeholder communities are all the more divided — and have formed into groups based on like-mindedness.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations. Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations. CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code is based on public Python libraries.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 16, 2022

Apple and Google announced similar positions halting product and advertising sales, respectively. Any international business must think about local security and privacy policies and regulations they must follow to be compliant everywhere they operate. Have customers in California? To read this article in full, please click here

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

” To that end, the Biden-Harris administration suggested in a statement , “[W]e must make fundamental shifts in how the United States allocates roles, responsibilities, and resources in cyberspace.” The White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy unveiled yesterday is an ambitious blueprint for improving U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

A nation-state actor is attempting to exploit the Follina flaw in a recent wave of attacks against government entities in Europe and the U.S. An alleged nation-state actor is attempting to exploit the recently disclosed Microsoft Office Follina vulnerability in attacks aimed at government entities in Europe and the U.S.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Stories like the recent Facebook hack , the Equifax hack and the hacking of government agencies are remarkable for how unremarkable they really are. The government needs to step in and regulate this increasingly dangerous space. They might make headlines for a few days, but they're just the newsworthy tip of a very large iceberg.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

Security researchers released PoC exploit code for the critical authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-22972 affecting multiple VMware products. states VMware. VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Japanese carmaker Toyota Motors was forced to stop car production due to a cyberattack against one of its suppliers. Japanese carmaker Toyota Motors was forced to halt its production due to a cyber attack that suffered by one of its suppliers, Kojima Industries. “The government is confirming the actual situation.”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kaspersky researchers recently found evidence of an advanced threat group continuously updating its malware to evade security products, similar to a release cycle for developers. Researchers even found an update that skips machines with the “en_US” locale: In LODEINFO v0.6.2 They observed another spear-phishing campaign in March 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

This shortage is significantly impacting corporate America, and it is particularly dire across federal, state and local governments. While most cyber security vendors are focused on point products, PhishCloud and Four18 Intelligence are training the next generation of cyber security analysts! Growing need.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“The cash registers can only scan and accept physical products from the stores. . “The cash registers can only scan and accept physical products from the stores. The stores will remain open, but can only sell products that are physically in the store. ” reported the local outlet RTLNieuws. .”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The US State Department is offering a massive $10 million reward if you can help bring DarkSide to justice. DarkSide is thought to have originated in the Russian Federation and/or Ukraine, and was first observed in the wild in August 2020 and is thought to be a product of the FIN7 group.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

CERT France is warning of a new wave of attacks using Pysa ransomware (Mespinoza) that is targeting local governments. CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. ” reads the issued by French CERT.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. 25 stole millions of unemployment applicants’ data from the Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) via a zero-day vulnerability in a 20-year-old file transfer service from Accellion, Inc. Pastajosh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). Malicious actors last Dec.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2021

For the most part, criminal and nation-state actors continue to launch attacks with little fear of getting in trouble. For the most part, criminal and nation-state actors continue to launch attacks with little fear of getting in trouble. And he emphasized one thing the headlines already tell us: "Year-over-year, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

The FBI has issued Tuesday an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks against education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. In March 2020, CERT France cyber-security agency warned about a new wave of ransomware attack that was targeting the networks of local government authorities.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The current prices for 911’s proxies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Digital sovereignty enables enterprises to have better localized enforcement of privacy laws to maintain safe data stewardship of sensitive and publicly identifiable information (PII) to adhere to different privacy, data security and resilience regulations worldwide.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Additionally, in highly regulated sectors such as finance or healthcare or state and local government entities, organizations need to meet additional compliance laws and mandates. All data remains subject to the laws and regulations of its home country, regardless of where it resides.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

CISA encourages all organizations to fix Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities in the wake of massive exploitation campaigns targeting the software. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 link] , via Wikimedia Commons). The post CISA encourages everyone to follow updated guidance for Microsoft Exchange fixes appeared first on SC Media.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

There’s oil in the state of Maryland – “cyber oil.” With the largest concentration of cybersecurity expertise –– the “oil” — in the world, Maryland is fast changing from the Old Line State into “Cybersecurity Valley.” The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers.

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Hacker Combat

DECEMBER 24, 2021

However, the ministry issued a statement that stated that they will be pulling back from the partnership for a while. . The Chinese government says that they were not the first to be informed by the firm when the vulnerability Log4Shell was discovered. . Alibaba Cloud is an intelligence firm that deals with cyber threats.

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Pen Test

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It is a widely recognized best practice for Product Security Engineers to conduct scans of the software codebase in search of potential inadvertent secret leaks. This practice is acceptable for local testing, with the intention of removing the secret prior to pushing the final code to Source Code Management (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443. The joint alert also states that attackers scanning also enumerated devices for the CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591 flaws.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

At least tens of thousands of Microsoft customers may have been hacked by allegedly China-linked threat actors since January, including business and government agencies. The attacks started in January, but the attackers’ activity intensified in recent weeks according to the experts at security firm Volexity. ” wrote Microsoft.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The company received a finding of law from the Swiss government that it will not be treated as a telecommunications provider, exempting it from laws that would mandate data collection. “All the big resolver operators of significance are based in the United States ,and furthermore, they’re based in California.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. However, the plan was not approved because the government feared collateral damage.

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SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

“Cybersecurity is really critical for our innovation economy,” said Mike Kennealy, Massachusetts’ housing and economic development secretary, in an RSA Conference panel session examining how the state is making cyber resources available to its 351 cities and towns, while also collaborating with the private industry.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

For 2021, the judges took on a record number of submissions, identifying which products, people and companies stood out during a tumultuous year. These organizations create opportunities for advanced research and education, as well as provide cybersecurity services for public sector organizations across the state of Texas.

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