Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

CISA and the NSA agencies have published guidance for securely using virtual private network (VPN) solutions. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have released guidance for increasing the security of virtual private network (VPN) solutions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 23, 2021

CHICAGO–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Trustwave Government Solutions , the wholly-owned subsidiary of Trustwave Holdings, Inc., We are extremely proud to join CISCP and partner with CISA to help achieve their mission to better secure our nation’s digital assets,” said Bill Rucker, president at Trustwave Government Solutions. “We

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S.

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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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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 14, 2022

an engineering solution. local, remote or hybrid. governance. an engineering solution. local, remote or hybrid. governance. technical, physical, procedural, legal, social, mechanical, economic, political. applied to processes, systems, machines, people, quality. a volume knob that goes all the way to 11.

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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

MAY 31, 2022

The UN Fundamental Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Glocal” expertise, global and local. Organisations face local regulations requiring knowledge in each region.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Much like with businesses, many state and municipal governments can afford to allocate only a relatively small portion of their tech budgets toward cybersecurity. The offering is a major shot in the arm to government bodies that can’t necessary afford to invest heavily in their own solutions.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2021

The Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a massive and prolonged Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, Qurium organizations linked it to the local government. For the past three weeks, the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a heavy and sustained DDoS attack.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

CISA (the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has issued a cybersecurity advisory after the discovery of documents containing host and user information of a state government organization’s network environment—including metadata—on a dark web brokerage site. Use phishing-resistant multifactor authentication (MFA).

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Michael Gregg, the CISO for the State of North Dakota, speaks across the country, including keynoting at SecureWorld Detroit on Sep. Michael Gregg, the CISO for the State of North Dakota, speaks across the country, including keynoting at SecureWorld Detroit on Sep. 19 and at SecureWorld Dallas on Oct.

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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. The “Sandhill Road Effect” — the continued investment in a glut of isolated, point security solutions — is putting a strain on IT Security resources today. Growing need.

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NopSec

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

With the sophistication of cyber attacks consistently on the rise, there will likely never be a “set it and forget it” solution for vulnerability remediation. Recent years have seen an increased focus on election security – something crucially important – and public trust in the current state of election security is concerningly low.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2021

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AI–Jumio, the leading provider of AI-powered end-to-end identity verification and eKYC solutions, today announced a partnership with Copper River IT, a leading provider of program-focused advanced network/systems engineering solutions and enterprise support services serving the public and education sectors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

The addition of this established firm expands the VC3 solution portfolio to municipal and commercial clients in the Minnesota region and adds a local presence of high-caliber operators to the VC3 platform. This acquisition will empower both CW Technology and VC3 to provide more tailored services to more clients.”. About CW Technology.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB successfully defended against a targeted attack by the Chinese state-sponsored Tonto Team, one of the world's most advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. The threat actor has been targeting government, military, energy, financial, educational, healthcare, and technology sector companies since 2009.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

New research shows that pandemic-related cybersecurity risks are prompting government agencies to deploy new defenses against data breaches and network outages. Cybersecurity stakes are uniquely high for critical infrastructure, where government often partners with private sector in management or regulatory compliance efforts.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2021

” The unexplained shift comes as policymakers in the United States and Europe are moving forward on efforts to disrupt some of the top ransomware gangs. .” ” The unexplained shift comes as policymakers in the United States and Europe are moving forward on efforts to disrupt some of the top ransomware gangs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Let’s explore how this type of solution works below. Tue, 05/17/2022 - 05:36. It’s not always that easy, however. What Are Cyber Packs? Cloud Security.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kaspersky revealed that APT10, also known as the Cicada hacking group, has successfully deployed the LODEINFO malware in government, media, public sector, and diplomatic organizations in Japan. Researchers even found an update that skips machines with the “en_US” locale: In LODEINFO v0.6.2 Again, nothing really new for such attacks.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Josh Moulin, senior vice president at the non-profit, said that through the MS ISAC “we have a great deal of visibility over the type of attacks that are leveraged against our State, Local, Tribal and Territorial members and clearly ransomware has been on the rise in 2020.”.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the attackers had access to the server between November 2022 and early January 2023. According to a joint advisory issued by the U.S.

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SC Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

While still early, some researchers view the reported hacking into Fujitsu’s ProjectWEB software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform as as a nation-state attack not unlike the one that targeted the SolarWinds supply chain. From the perspective of tactics, this does not feel like an economically-driven attack.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

ESG Disclosures According to the annual survey of sustainability professionals conducted by WSJ Pro in the spring of 2023, nearly 66% of respondents indicated that their respective companies disclosed information about environmental, social, and governance strategies. What is an ESG Audit? Who Performs an ESG Audit?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2023

Given their ties to the Chinese government, it’s fair to label Volt Typhoon as an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group. Well-funded and made up of an elite squadron of hackers, APT groups target high-value entities like governments, large corporations, or critical infrastructure. Who is Volt Typhoon?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 1, 2021

IW’s Phantom Next Generation solution provides the ability for organizations to access foreign points of presence to conduct remote open-source information gathering and research while at the same time protecting organizations and individuals from exposure to foreign intelligence.

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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. According to FireEye, the nation-state hackers targeted the Wuhan Government and the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management with spear-phishing attacks.

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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

MARCH 18, 2023

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CISA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) has released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: LockBit 3.0. ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The statement came after the company posted a message on the Kronos community message board, explaining that staff noticed unusual activity impacting UKG solutions using Kronos Private Cloud. Kronos’ work management software is used by dozens of major corporations, local governments, and enterprises. Kronos Private Cloud.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As a result, data has become a critical asset for companies and governments alike, as well as the primary target for nefarious actors and nation states. As a result, data has become a critical asset for companies and governments alike, as well as the primary target for nefarious actors and nation states.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

With a career spanning two decades as a technology provider to businesses and government agencies, Levine brings a strategic and pragmatic approach to building secure software and cloud services without disrupting product velocity. Click here to see the full list of 2021 SC Award finalists. She is also the host of the Mastering Cyber podcast.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On November 7, 2023, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) released a new Zero Trust strategy , clarifying the goals and timeline for modernizing the Department's defense strategy. There is a department-wide initiative to migrate to cloud-supported software solutions (SaaS) that can meet DoD requirements.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Acuity International , a leading provider of process and technology-based critical services to global government and commercial enterprises, has announced the launch of its holiday giving campaign. The organization runs local toy collection and distribution programs in all 50 states. RESTON, Va.–(

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