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Seeking to beef up its products and services for small and midsize businesses, AT&T Monday announced that it will offer Microsoft Office 365 as a cloud-based service.
AT&T is making the software as a service (SaaS) available for its 300,000 small-business customers, providing mobile and desktop access to popular Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Lync instant messaging platform.
Mike Sapien, a principal analyst with Ovum, says the news makes a lot of sense for AT&T. "It's a big play to have a really popular packaged app they can deliver to the SMB market," he says. "They're really putting something out there that businesses actually need."
Buying a cloud-based version of Microsoft Office from a vendor like AT&T has a number of potential advantages for users, Sapien points out. A cloud model frees users from having to dedicate on-premise resources to hosting the application, while allowing the programs to be accessed across a range of devices, including mobile platforms on the AT&T network.
The offering also comes with Tech Support 360, AT&T's support program for helping customers set up, migrate and service the software.
Cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T starts at $6 per user per month and is broken into two tiers: one for businesses with between one and 25 users, and another for an unlimited number of users. In addition to purchasing the bundle, customers have a choice to purchase some apps as a stand-alone product, including Exchange email, Lync and SharePoint.
Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at [email protected] and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/441821/t_rolls_cloud-based_microsoft_office/ |
Organisations with a turnover of £25.9 million or more and 250 or more staff will be required to pay the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) an annual notification fee of £500 with effect from 1st October. The current fee is just £35.
Notification is a requirement for 'data controllers' under the Data Protection Act. Every organisation that processes personal information must notify the ICO, unless they are exempt. Failure to notify is a criminal offence.
The higher rate will also apply to public authorities with 250 or more staff. Charities, small occupational pension schemes, organisations with a turnover below £25.9m and those with a higher turnover but fewer than 250 staff will continue to pay £35.
It is the first time the notification fee has changed since 2000. According to an explanatory memorandum from the Ministry of Justice, the higher fee payable by so-called 'tier two' organisations "reflects the amount of resources invested by the IC in regulating large data controllers."
The cost of fulfilling the ICO's data protection regulatory and advisory responsibilities is £16 million per year, according to the Ministry of Justice memo. The ICO’s own research has indicated that less than 4% of data controllers will meet the criteria for tier two.
"A tiered structure will increase ICO resources by approximately £4.7m per year," the memo suggests.
The notification process requires an organisation to explain its uses of personal information by completing a form. The details are stored in a register of data controllers that is available to the public for inspection.
In practice, almost every organisation in the UK will process some personal data, though companies that only process personal data for payroll purposes are exempt.
The new levels were set by the Data Protection (Notification and Notification Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 which were laid before Parliament on Monday. The new fee structure will apply to notifications and renewals from 1st October. | https://www.itproportal.com/2009/07/08/data-protection-notification-cost-large-organisations-500-october-2009/ |
The Security Bsides 2021 Ahmedabad, India sponsored by TECNO Security Response Center (SRC) shows its commitment to digital information security.
With over 400 security experts and specialists in attendance exchanging ideas with TECNO and other industry experts, organizations, and researchers.
The sponsorship enhanced the playing field, delivery of the latest research and knowledge. This was beneficial to amateurs and professionals who can not travel to or get access to such prominent conferences.
This contribution by TECNO’s shows how committed to securing its own devices, software, and the broader I.T security society.
Conference Discussion on Spyware, Android Vulnerabilities and More
Security BSides founded in 2009 is a community-driven framework for making events for and by information security community members.
BSides events are usually intense, filled with participants’ discussions interactions, and demos. Manage and engaged by the community itself, these conferences are where conversations for the next big thing happen.
Heath Adams, the Cyber Mentor (TCM) opened the program with a keynote address on information security, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity. He also pointed security issues of concern to both individuals and organizations.
The conference talks about the latest updates and research on Google Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP), mobile spyware, android vulnerabilities, Amazon misconfiguration, and more.
A full-day car hacking workshop was a part of the program and the idea was to reveal how a vehicle can be remotely maneuvered and used for system penetration with an entire array of tools at the hacker’s disposal.
SRC Improves TECNO Technologies and InfoSec Community
SRC backs TECNO on its mission to unlock the latest intelligent technologies across global emerging markets. Giving it access to the digital world available and affordable while being ethical and clean.
Following up on its promise to support the community, TECNO SRC has disbursed monetary and mobile phone rewards for detecting and submitting vulnerabilities on its system. This adds to the bag of bug bounties and penetration test rewards for ethical hackers.
Security is critical in the l.T world. As the rise in global usage of digital devices and services grows, cyber security gains more importance. Thus, the need to protect individual network devices and digital assets is of utmost importance.
TECNO SRC aims at building the potentials of the I.T security researcher’s community, and plans for the future. This includes cooperation with the international vulnerability public testing platforms to grow a robust TECNO security ecosystem. This will look to offer secure mobile experiences to users in more than 70 emerging markets that users can trust.
Going by the values of TECNO, TECNO SRC is the trademark of a company that cares about the needs of its users from different markets. They also understand the technical and cultural implications of I.T security for society.
TECNO SRC is taking its place as a significant contributor to the I.T security world with its continuing education and advancement on information technology, security, privacy, and critical infosec issues. | https://www.techwithafrica.com/tecno-security-response-centers-commitment-to-the-infosec-community/ |
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Recently we posted an article about Malicious Youtube Extensions describing how cyber crooks propagate malicious web browser extensions on Facebook and other popular social networks. This is just a quick reminder that these scams are still being spread very actively. New spam blogs are being registered every single day (probably using human-powered CAPTCHA solving services and bots). In this particular example (katesperv.blogspot.com), crooks try to lure users into installing bogus Divx Plugin which turns out to be a Premium Youtube player extension. This isn't the most sophisticated malware attack we've ever seen because it preys on human frailties and relies heavily on user interaction. On the other hand, crooks have found a way to bypass Facebook's spam protection using Amazon web services and bit.ly URL shortener. Clicking on "Install Plugin" will load a script that checks the web browser agent and selects the correct plugins. Internet Explorer is served with online surveys. The malicious extension can access your data on all websites. Please be very cautious when installing third-party extensions and plugins. We've said more than once: you don't need to install any other plugin or web player than Adobe Flash player in order to watch online videos. No Premium Youtube Player, Divx plugin, etc. After installing malicious Youtube extension, you are taken to another web page to complete an online survey. It's the Cost Per Action (CPA) marketing model. Crooks get paid every time they get a Facebook user to complete a survey. To make sure that surveys are relevant and to increase completion rate, they use Geo IP tools to determine the geographical location of the visitor.
After all, you won't get the actual video because it doesn't even exist. At the same time, the Youtube PREMIUM Player extension will send spam messages to your friends without your permission. The second scam advertises Free Facebook Credits (freefacebookcreditsadder.blogspot.com). Facebook Credits are a virtual currency you can use to buy virtual goods in any games or apps of the Facebook platform that accept payments. I don't really think that you can get free Facebook credits what so ever. Free Facebook Credits Adder isn't going to help you either. It leads to online survey websites as well. | http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2012/01/youtube-premium-player-free-facebook.html |
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Unencrypted memory stick containing the details of thousand people linked to serious crimes stolen from officer's home. Greater Manchester Police has paid a £120,000 fine for a data breach after the Information Commissioner's Officer (ICO) found that sensitive data had been compromised. The breach occurred when a memory stick containing the details of a thousand people with links to serious crimes was stolen from an officer’s home. The memory stick was unencrypted and had no password protection. The ICO investigation also found that the police force has not been properly trained in data protection. A number of police officers in the force regularly use unencrypted memory sticks, to copy data from police computers, the watchdog said.
The consequences of this type of breach really do send a shiver down the spine.
"This was truly sensitive personal data, left in the hands of a burglar by poor data security," said David Smith, the director of data protection at the ICO.
"It should have been obvious to the force that the type of information stored on its computers meant proper data security was needed. Instead, it has taken a serious data breach to prompt it into action."
The ICO implemented a fine of £150,000 to the force. However, Greater Manchester Police ended up paying £120,000 as it took advantage of the 20 per cent early payment discount.
"We hope it will discourage others from making the same data protection mistakes," Smith added.
"This is a substantial monetary penalty, reflecting the significant failings the force demonstrated." | http://www.itpro.co.uk/643558/greater-manchester-police-pays-120k-fine-for-data-breach |
Friday, 7th October 2022, Dubai, UAE – StarLink, An Infinigate Group Company, is all set to make a grand appearance at GITEX 2022. With an impressive line-up of technologies across the cyber, cloud and iAutomation spectrums, StarLink will represent a powerful legacy of innovation built over the past 18 years.
21 market leading technologies namely Anomali, Automation Anywhere, Cybereason, Citrix, Cofense, Digicert, Endace, F5, FireMon, Getvisibility, IBM, Imperva, LogRhythm, Mandiant, Nozomi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Infoblox, Recorded Future, Riverbed, and Trend Micro will be collaborating with Trusted Cyber and Cloud VAD who is positioned in Hall 1 at the Network and Security pavilion.
“GITEX 2022 is the first technology platform that StarLink will represent under the new brand after its recent merger with the Europe based VAD, Infinigate Group”, states Ahmed Diab, COO, StarLink. “We are proud to be part of this extravagant tech event, 12th year in a row and it has become an integral platform to showcase our brand and technologies. This will be a great opportunity to strengthen our existing partnerships and build new ones. Our industry expert teams are looking forward to meeting with customers and partners to explore diverse cybersecurity perspectives and strategies to enhance their security posture”.
In today’s volatile landscape, organizations are required to adopt an integrated-solutions approach to fortify their security infrastructure and critical assets. To support this vision, StarLink, year on year has onboarded innovative and robust technologies to empower organisations develop initiative-taking cybersecurity tactics that cater to their biggest risks and to help them on their journey to attain cyber resiliency.
Reflecting upon this, Nidal Othman, CEO, StarLink said that “No organisation is immune to cyber-attacks. They must focus on creating a resilience-conscious culture and incorporate cybersecurity as part of their holistic approach, spread across all aspects of their business and by all the relevant stakeholders. Our theme at GITEX is about imbibing a culture of cyber resilience by harnessing the power of integrated solutions. This will connect cybersecurity and business continuity and help build a resilient framework for organisations to defend against the next-gen threats”.
“StarLink has emerged as a leader in the specialized distribution space with the support from our vendors, partners and customers who are integral to our ecosystem”, commented Mahmoud Nimer, President, StarLink. “Today, we have achieved our vision to become a global distributor and look forward to exploring new horizons, accelerate our capabilities, and gain competency in multiple domains. We will continue to reinforce our commitment for a sustainable collaboration under this new partnership so that we can grow stronger as a community and support our customers through their digital transformation journey”. | https://www.starlinkme.net/press/starlink-to-champion-a-culture-of-cyber-resilience-at-gitex-2022/171 |
A. What are the effects of a country/region's Internet policies on other locations? B. How can the Internet ecosystem / critical infrastructure and human rights be affected by the extraterritorial effects of anti-encryption policies from other countries? C. Is there a risk of internet fragmentation or of the encrypted services offered? What are the effects of this on freedom of expression and the right to privacy and confidentiality?
What will participants gain from attending this session? The session aims to offer participants a fresh perspective on addressing the problem of legislation that seeks to weaken the use of encryption. The current debate, primarily focused on the Global North, tends to overlook the potential unintended global effects of such legislation. We strive to provide a new viewpoint by equipping attendees with both theoretical and practical tools to comprehend how policies designed for the Global North may more or less unintentionally impact the Global South. By doing so, we aim to empower the audience to think critically about policies and legislation, considering the implications of these unintended consequences.
We anticipate that it will help us identify risks and challenges to strong encryption in the Global South, which may arise as an unforeseen outcome resulting from the ripple effect of legislation undermining encryption proposed in the Global North. The anticipated result aims to increase awareness and unite stakeholders engaged in global Internet security and defense, with the objective of devising strategies to safeguard the fundamental rights of privacy, confidentiality and free expression that are crucial for every individual, irrespective of their location. These rights enable individuals to fulfill their responsibilities, voice their opinions, and ensure accountability of those in positions of power, all while being protected from unwarranted intrusion, persecution, or oppression. We expected to produce a policy paper that will be published in the Encryption Observatory, a project from IP.rec, with key takeaways from the discussion, data gathered from the public interaction and policy recommendations.
Hybrid Format: The workshop will be organized in such a way that the on-site and remote moderators engage in dialogue through a video conferencing platform. The moderators will facilitate communication between the two modes, relaying questions from online and on-site participants to the audience and speakers. We will allocate initial time to utilize interactive tools with the audience from both modes, such as Mentimeter or similar tools, aiming to conduct surveys and word clouds on the topic, addressing aspects such as knowledge of cryptography and understanding of 'side effects' in cryptographic policies. The workshop will include guiding questions for all speakers, both remote and on-site, with equal time allocation (12 minutes) managed by the respective moderators. Finally, there will be dedicated time (30 minutes) for comments and discussions on the panel, divided into two segments, with two questions allocated to the on-site mode and two to the remote mode. | https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-ws-516-beyond-north-effects-of-weakening-encryption-policies |
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Nucleus Cyber, the intelligent data-centric security company for the modern workplace, today announced that NC Protect has earned the “Access Management Solution of the Year” award from CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global information security market.
NC Protect provides dynamic, granular data-centric security and governance that leverages, and enhances, an organization’s existing infrastructure investments. NC Protect is content and context aware to automatically find, classify and secure unstructured and ad-hoc data on-premises, in the cloud and in hybrid environments. The platform protects against insider threats, including data loss, sensitive data misuse and unauthorized file access, enabling enterprises to collaborate securely.
“Insider threats continue to be a blind spot for many enterprises, NC Protect offers a centralized and cost-effective, data-centric security solution to protect against malicious and negligent users, as well as ensure compliance with regulatory and corporate policies,” said Kurt Mueffelmann, CEO, Nucleus Cyber. “NC Protect takes an organization’s data access and security policies and enforces them for each and every user and device. It is completely transparent to the end user for a seamless security and user experience that encourages adoption of IT sanctioned tools to reduce Shadow IT. NC Protect is a powerful platform and Nucleus Cyber is proud to receive the 2019 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award.”
The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Email Security and more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,500 nominations from over 15 different countries.
“Organizations have sensitive data spread across on-premises and cloud-based platforms, presenting a major challenge for IT to ensure data integrity, security and compliance,” said James Johnson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “NC Protect offers a ‘breakthrough’ solution that empowers organizations with a comprehensive tool to achieve compliance with regulatory and corporate policies, as well as protect against data loss, misuse, unauthorized access and simple human error, to mitigate risk. Congratulations to Nucleus Cyber on its well-deserved 2019 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award designation.”
Nucleus Cyber was created to ensure that secure collaboration is at the core of the modern workplace. Nucleus Cyber provides effective, intelligent data-centric security that minimizes data loss and misuse across entire organizations, enabling them to protect against inside threats from data loss, sensitive data misuse, unauthorized file access and corporate espionage. With NC Protect, organizations enforce compliance and data security policies for privacy and confidentiality, intellectual property and trade secret protection, data loss prevention, enterprise social communications, PII and PCI compliance, HIPAA requirements, APRA CPS 234, GDPR and other governance factors.
NC Protect is fully integrated with Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, Dropbox, files shares and more. It works natively with Microsoft products to restrict the use of certain Microsoft functionality, including elements of the SharePoint user interface, an application’s method for viewing files, and encryption or restriction of attachments sent through Exchange Email. NC Protect can also apply dynamic, custom watermarks to editable and read-only Microsoft Office files for auditing and security purposes. It requires no additional client-side application, reducing IT overhead and the risks involved in implementing new cloud services or BYOD policies. | https://news.mikeligalig.com/nucleus-cyber-wins-2019-cybersecurity-breakthrough-award/ |
These are major network or service licenses with significant economic and social impact and significant regulatory obligations. This License may also require the extensive use of radio frequency spectrum and other finite resources. These licenses shall be issued conditionally through a competitive process announced at the instance of the Authority, which announcement will include the mode, procedure and other penitent issues related to the issuance of the license such as performance guarantee. Note that the Authority will determine the procedure to be followed depending on the type of license to be issued.
ii. Class License: Theseare types of licenses which have lesser social and economic impact than individual licences. These licenses may be applied for through an open application process by an applicant.
Accordingly, the following licenses in Tables 3 and 4 below have been classified as Class licenses pursuant to The Information and Communication Technologies (Fees) Regulations being SI No. 34 of 2010:
2. Exemptions of specific Persons and Activities
Where the Authority exempts certain persons and activities from the necessity to be licensed under the provisions of the ICT Act, the Authority shall publish a list of such persons or activities. Any person who wishes to make use of those activities would only require registering with the Authority thereafter.
3. Class license application procedures
The following shall be the procedure for applying for a class license:
i. The applicant shall obtain the prescribed application form at the Authority’s registered office or online from the Authority’s website (www.zicta.zm).
ii. The applicant then submits a dully completed form in duplicate together with payment of the prescribed application fee.
iii. iv. In the event that the Authority shall require further information from the applicant it shall inform the applicant of the need to furnish that information in the prescribed form.
v. Should the applicant not provide the information requested for within 14 days from the date in (iv) above or such other longer period as the Authority may consider appropriate the application shall be rejected by the authority.
vi. The Authority shall, prior to issuance of a licence to an applicant, satisfy itself that the applicant has the financial and technical capability to construct, own or make available a Network or provide the service associated with the licence.
vii. In the event that the Authority determines during consideration of an application that there has been misinformation relating to a material particular or that the applicant has withheld material information, it may reject the application.
viii. Where an application has been rejected, the Authority shall inform the applicant of the rejection and the reasons thereof.
ix. Payment of Initial License Fees - The applicant pays the required initial license fees.
x. The licensee shall within six months from the date of issue of the licence commence operations in default of which the licence shall lapse.
xi. Renewal of the license may be renewed upon the licensee’s written notice to the Authority which notice shall be submitted at least three (3) months prior to the expiration of the license.
xii. License Issuance - Upon payment of the initial license fee, the Authority shall issue an electronic communications network or service License containing the applicable terms and conditions related to the network to be established or service to be provided.
xiii. Inspections - In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of the ICT ACT and the terms and conditions of any license or assignment, the Authority shall carryout inspections and may appoint such telecommunications Officers as may be necessary for that purpose.
i. Mobile cellular (both network and service)
Construction and installation of the mobile cellular network.
The Licensee shall interconnect the mobile cellular network with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) for origination or termination of calls from or to a cellular subscriber.
The Licensee shall interconnect with the PSTN so as to make available to the consumers the long distance and international services of the PSTN operator.
Provision of cellular services by the Licensee to subscribers over the mobile cellular network
In addition, the Licensee shall provide such other or further services, which shall include but not be limited to mobile cellular voice, mobile cellular data, and mobile cellular internet, voice messaging and facsimile.
The Licensee shall be permitted to sell Mobile Subscriber Radio Units (MSRU) to the general public, provided that all MSRU’s sold must be type approved by the Authority. ii. Network services/Carrier of carriers
To procure, own, construct, maintain, operate and use a public national Carrier of Carriers network within Zambia for the carrying of information, in the form of speech or other sound, data, text or images, by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, but does not include services provided solely on the consumer side of the network boundary.
The Licensee shall enter into Interconnection Agreements with any licensed operators for the provision of a Carrier of Carriers Service to such operators.
To provide international connections for Zambian licensed operators for relaying their international traffic whether it is internet, data or images, apart from voice and video, depending on the conditions of their individual or class licence categories.
To provide transit services for international operators through our borders from one neighbouring country to another neighbouring country provided that such traffic shall not be terminated in Zambia.
To provide any telecommunication service that is incidental to the services above.
iii. Construction and installation of the data communications network.
The Licensee is authorized to provide within the service area data communication services to consumers over the public data communications network in accordance with the contract of service entered into between the Licensee and the consumer.
The Licensee shall, where necessary, interconnect with the Mobile Cellular Network operators and PSTN operators on reasonable terms and conditions set out in respective interconnection agreements.
The Licensee shall, where necessary, interconnect with the PSTN and/or Mobile Cellular Networks so as to make available to the consumers the long distance and international data service they may require.
iv. Internet (both network and service)
The Licensee is authorized to provide internet services in the country.
The Licensee shall not provide voice services.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft update, Version 1.1, to its Cybersecurity Framework–a guide to help organizations reduce cyber risks.
The Cybersecurity Framework was originally published in February 2014, and due to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, NIST must continue to work on the Framework. The updated version provides new details on managing cyber supply chain risks, clarifies key terms, and introduces measurement methods for cybersecurity.
“We wrote this update to refine and enhance the original document and to make it easier to use,” said Matt Barrett, NIST’s program manager for the Cybersecurity Framework. “This update is fully compatible with the original framework, and the framework remains voluntary and flexible to adaptation.”
Version 1.1 includes a new section on cybersecurity measurement, an expanded explanation of using the Framework for cyber supply chain risk management purposes, refinements to better account for authentication, authorization, and identity proofing, and more.
“In the update we introduce the notion of cybersecurity measurement to get the conversation started,” Barrett said. “Measurements will be critical to ensure that cybersecurity receives proper consideration in a larger enterprise risk management discussion.”
NIST plans on publishing a final Framework Version 1.1 around fall 2017.
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Ransomware stories remain rife in 2022. From Nvidia, to the Costa Rica government, to schools in the UK, it seems that no public or private body is immune from attack. It seems that even those with the budget for sophisticated cyber protection are still being breached. Is it possible for businesses to ever really be protected? Absolutely – if organisations give cyber security the attention it deserves.
While many cyber security companies have advanced methods for extracting ransomware and restoring systems to normal, this can often be enormously expensive – even after the reputational hit companies take when it’s reported.
For smaller organisations, ransomware is all too often a fatal blow. Prevention is the only way to truly defeat ransomware. In light of this, what are the main weaknesses hackers are exploiting, and how can businesses strengthen their defences?
Why phishing hasn’t gone out of fashion: Phishing is old school, yet it remains one of the largest threats to businesses today. Sometimes referred to as the ‘spray-and-pray’ approach, these campaigns can reap benefits for cybercriminals even if only a tiny percentage of the many messages sent manage to hit their target. On the other side, a more specific form of this approach is called spear phishing, which refers to targeting and personalising an attack to a specific individual, group, or organisation.
Phishing criminals are always seeking ways to maximise their profits, and with phishing, they know they can do that by better tailoring the email lure to resonate with the intended recipient. At the end of 2021, research carried out by BlackBerry revealed that Chinese cyber espionage group APT41 had been targeting victims in India with a supposedly state-sponsored campaign that played on people's hopes for a swift end to the pandemic. If these hackers were then able to access the user’s business emails, servers or more, they have every opportunity to cause destruction.
It’s become increasingly difficult for everyday users to spot targeted phishing messages and spear phishing attempts.
This means that phishing defence must involve a strong partnership and action between the employee and employer. Employees play a vital role by following security guidelines, guaranteeing all their devices are protected by security software and promptly running auto-updates to ensure that phishing attackers can't exploit known, fixable vulnerabilities. Employers can bolster phishing awareness not only through regular employee training, but also by arming users with endpoint security controls for both corporate and employee-owned devices that work both online and off.
Watch out: are you being socially engineered?: In a similar vein to phishing, social engineering baits its victims into its trap. This can be done through various methods, email, phone, texting, in person, social media and more. Hackers are now targeting their prey in numerous ways. This is particularly true of users who work at organisations which have a high value to an attacker, such as banking and financial institutions. For example, a threat actor could create a fake LinkedIn profile - or honeypot - that looks convincing enough for staff to accept their friend request. They soon amass many connections as each colleague sees they’re connected to the next and believes they must be legitimate. Through messages, often contrived to seek help or support, an employee may share a small nugget of information which is just enough to give attackers that ‘in’ they were looking for.
This is the case when considering one organisation at a time. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool in cyber means social engineering campaigns can run at scale, seeking victims with a more widespread approach.
Again, the weak link in the security chain is the human element – the employees – which is why changing and shaping employee behaviour can make one of the longest-lasting contributions to the security of an organisation.
Once employees learn basic security protocols, they can understand just how many attacks may be prevented simply by practicing a consistent security regimen.
Spot the vulnerabilities - before an attacker does: Integral to computer security and network security, Vulnerability Management is the practice of identifying, classifying, prioritising, remediating, and mitigating software vulnerabilities.
These days, hackers aren’t waiting for an exploit to be published – they are busy installing backdoors that lay dormant until they find an exploit to use. Yet some organisations still operate on the assumption that they are safe until an exploit has been publicly released.
Unfortunately, this means that companies can be too slow to upgrade or patch systems that require it, lagging behind attackers who are sprinting ahead of those updates being run.
Organisations should therefore be proactive rather than reactive in their detection. Have a member responsible for tracking exploits, scanning the company’s systems for vulnerabilities, and patching them quickly. Systems that include AI or machine learning will provide even faster detection of threats or weaknesses. If this isn’t a possibility, outsourcing the job will provide round the clock coverage and ease of mind.
Wake up from alert fatigue: For businesses using internal resources, alert fatigue is a major concern due to the sheer volume of security alerts requiring triage each day. Organisations tend to run multiple security solutions, which can generate hundreds or even thousands of security alerts daily, depending on the size of the business. Of these, 99% can be dismissed as false positives, or ‘noise’. Only 1% typically require investigation and 0.1% command attention. But, with a constant stream of alerts coming through, fatigue makes it difficult to focus on what really matters and can lead to true positives being missed.
Organisations may therefore find it more cost-effective to leverage subscription-based managed detection and response (MDR) solutions.
These services provide continuous threat hunting and monitoring, including through AI, to filter data and remove the noise and irrelevant alerts, meaning they can assess real threats to the business and when to escalate, so that an organisation’s internal team can prioritise and focus their efforts.
Understanding attack techniques is the first step to mitigating them: Cyber attackers are having a field day in 2022. There are more connected devices than ever which could provide entry points to networks, but techniques aren’t necessarily getting more sophisticated. The 2022 BlackBerry Threat Report found that the proliferation of digital channels has brought old tactics back into the mainstream, primarily because of their ability to scale.
Fundamentally the beginning of each attack is the same – the criminal has to enter through an unsecured door. Lock all the doors and windows, and your perimeter defences become strong. Thus, businesses should exercise proactivity by building defences to prevent attacks from happening. If the resource isn’t available internally, don’t be afraid to outsource.
Education and support are vital as we all work together to ensure that hackers’ attempts to breach our defences fail time and time again. | https://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/the-top-4-cyber-threats---is-your-business-protected-6501.html |
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Share this Article: 00821201 Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the security arm of the UK government that assesses operating systems and software, has published its findings for all ‘End User Device’ operating systems (OSs).
Its assessment compared 11 desktop and mobile operating systems across 12 categories including: VPN, disk encryption, and authentication. These criteria are roughly equivalent to a standard set of enterprise security best practices, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS came out on top – the only operating system that passed nine requirements without any “Significant Risks”
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Canonical has been lobbying inside UK Govt for quite some time now http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/18/ubuntu_windows_xp_conversions/
From what we have been learning lately in corruption scandals in UK politics I think we all generally have a good idea what “lobbying” can mean.
Not saying Ubuntu is not safer than Windows and so on …but in GNU/Linux it comes nowhere compared to the long history and stability of Fedora, openSUSE or Debian.
Two big players that had influence in UK Govt (lobbying) have suffered …Microsoft lobbying is part of an international investigation. David Cameron (PM) close relationship with Eric Schmidt, of Google was called in to question.
That has pretty much opened the field a little more for the Lobbying of Canonical….
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Developing a plan of action for handling the fallout of a data breach or cyber attack is something every modern business should do.
Your ability to respond swiftly and consistently to IT incidents will prevent potentially minor breaches from spiraling out of control.
With that in mind, here are some tips on how to put together a playbook that will give team members a clear path to follow towards recovery, while reducing disruption in the process.
Be precise with your definition of an incident
First, you need to set out what an IT incident actually is, as this can differ depending on the nature of your organization, and even the types of teams involved in responding to it.
Once you’ve got this definition down in writing, you also need to clarify the terms for when the response has concluded.
For example, most businesses would define an incident worthy of response as one which leads to services being disrupted in some way. This might involve database performance issues, website errors, or it could relate to network slowdown or outright outages.
Resolution of such an incident can only be confirmed when normal functionality is reinstated. There’s also a need for after-action investigations into the incident to help work out what went wrong, and to prevent the same scenario recurring in future.
Decide who is responsible for what duties
Your playbook not only has to include what needs to be done in response to IT incidents, but also which team members will be tasked with handling the different aspects of recovery.
It makes sense to have an individual who’s responsible for top-level management of the incident, so that there’s no ambiguity about who needs to make decisions and orchestrate proceedings.
In addition, having an employee who is focused on the technical side of the response, who the manager can call upon to give expert input that drives their decisions, is necessary.
You will also need a public-facing figure to take on the job of communicating internally and externally to keep employees and customers in the loop about what’s going on during and after an incident. If anyone is left in the dark, it can be hard to win back their trust.
This is where using a dedicated platform can improve IT incident management immeasurably. Managing the response, delving into the technical aspects and maintaining lines of communication with all affected parties is easier if you’ve got access to software which is designed to do all this and more.
Aim for consistency in incident response
While every breach, outage or cyber issue is unique, you can still codify and unify the steps you take in approaching each incident.
Typically this will involve three main stages, each of which is subdivided into several separate milestones as progress is made.
First there’s the emergence of a new incident that merits a response, which begins with detection and follows on with the opening of communication between those team members who are responsible for setting things straight.
Then there’s the remedial stage, which includes running an assessment of the incident, communicating the findings to relevant team members, and delegating duties based on the analysis of the threat.
Finally there’s the resolution, which requires the incident to be fixed and then checks to be run to ensure that everything is back on an even keel.
Follow up with a thorough breakdown of what happened
The aftermath of an IT incident, your response playbook has to remain open as you then delve into the process of unpicking the event and taking lessons from what you discover.
It’s useful to have meetings with response unit members so that discussion and debate of the discoveries can take place, and ideas about what went wrong and how it can be avoided can be shared.
You can then set objectives for any changes that are deemed necessary given the new information your incident post-mortem throws up.
Final thoughts
An IT incident response playbook has to be bespoke, and also a document that evolves and expands along with your business.
Crafting it will be a challenge, but the benefits of having a plan in place will be justifiable since your business’ mission-critical resources will be more resilient.
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According to all the research, the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cyber Security Market was valued at USD 15.2 Bn in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 83.8 Bn by 2027, with a growing CAGR of 27.6% during the forecast period.. Organizations like Dell Technologies Capital, Edison Partners, Accel, Citi Ventures, TCV, and Bain Capital Ventures are increasingly investing in cybersecurity. Security spending by organizations worldwide is overtaking IT spending. Security departments are expanding in size and budget for cyber security, in order to secure data and solutions. With increasing cybersecurity risks and regulations, most executive-level managers know more protection is required by them for securing their data.
The rising popularity of digitalization has made organizations depend more on digitized information. The sharing of a vast amount of data in an external and internal environment, as well as across the globe, has made organizations a victim of cybercrimes through different forms of cyberattacks. Every successful online attack can harm an organization, as well as its reputation, data, and brand. It can further result in a loss of competitive advantage besides causing financial damage.
The rise in the occurrence and complexity of cyber-attacks is driving the AI-enabled cyber systems. Increasing incidents of massive cyber-attacks globally have created awareness among organizations for securing their data. The motive behind these cyber-criminals are political rivalry, competitors move for financial gain and harming reputation of others, international data robbery, and radical religious group interest. Maximum cyber-attacks are for financial gain.
Ransomware in computer system or computer files has affected private organizations and government organizations on a large scale. Ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, Petya, SamSam, and BadRabbit have caused significant destructions for Microsoft users during 2016-2018. In March 2018, in Atlantis, U.S., the SamSam ransomware cyber-attack was generated. This ransomware deployed mostly in healthcare sector, accounting for 24 percent of attacks in 2018. As a result of this, many organizations had inaccessibility to various municipal services, huge data was leaked, and financial loss was faced in the U.S. The victims together were demanded around $50,000 USD worth Bitcoin.
Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Security Market Ecosystem was dominated by North America in 2018 and the region accounted for 38.3% share of the overall revenue. The growth is attributed to the presence of prominent players such as IBM, Cisco Systems Inc., Dell Root 9B, Symantec Carpeted Micro Inc., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Herjavec, and Palo Alto Networks, which offer advanced solutions and services to all the sectors in the region. Increasing awareness about cybersecurity among private and government organizations is anticipated to drive the need for cybersecurity solutions over the forecast period. North America is expected to retain its position as the largest market for cybersecurity solutions over the forecast period.
The Asia Pacific market is expected to cross at the highest CAGR of ~28% over the forecast period. Protection of data in the Asia Pacific region for security matters has encouraged national cybersecurity to invest in cybersecurity. Countries such as China and India have rapidly moved towards digitization in all industries, which is anticipated to increase cybercrime activities in the region. Thus, the governments of China and India are in the process of implementing a strong and credible cybersecurity policy and action plan, to reduce the impact of cybercrime in the region. The governments in this region are significantly investing in trade and solutions for these cyber-attacks.
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The UK, USA, Japan, Canada, Italy, Belgium and Austria are now represented.
Arqit’s system uses satellites to distribute quantum keys to data centres. These keys are delivered using a protocol called ARQ19, which solves the “Global versus Trustless” problem which previously prevented the adoption of Satellite Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).
Arqit invented a method, called QuantumCloud to translate the benefits of this quantum key distribution to any form of endpoint or cloud machine without the need for any special hardware. The first version of QuantumCloud launches for live service to commercial customers in 2021.
Government customers typically have more stringent requirements for control and are more inclined to buy “Private Instances” of cloud technology rather than managed services.
Arqit has therefore designed a different version of its technology to meet this need and has recruited a partners from allied countries to collaborate in bringing the FQS system to use.
Collaboration partners include BT, Sumitomo Corporation, Northrop Grumman, Leonardo, QinetiQ Space N.V., qtlabs and Honeywell. Other Western Allied countries are expected to announce their inclusion during 2021.
FQS has been developed with support from the UK Space Agency (UKSA through its National Space Innovation Programme). The system consists of dedicated satellites, control systems and QuantumCloud software.
It will be provided to the UK’s ‘Five Eyes’ allied governments and other international partners, allowing sovereign protection of strategic national assets and interoperability for joint operations.
The first FQS satellites are to be integrated and tested at the National Satellite Test Facility in Harwell near Oxford and are expected to be launched on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne from Newquay in Cornwall in 2023, after the launch of the first commercial Arqit satellites. | https://outputsource.com/quantum-encryption-via-satellite/ |
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Last year, the federal government went to war with Apple over whether it could legally force the corporation to assist it in penetrating iPhone encryption when said device was obtained as part of a criminal investigation. The case was widely seen as an attempt by the FBI to create sympathy for forcing companies to bypass their own encryption schemes and unlock hardware on-demand. But Apple’s staunch defense and widespread dissent in the court of public opinion led the bureau to back down. The FBI contracted with a third party to break into the device and dropped the case.
Jeff Sessions (R-AL), President Trump’s choice for attorney general, is unlikely to let that decision stand once he is confirmed — and he’s expected to be confirmed with strong Republican support. Sessions submitted written testimony to questions from Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and the answers aren’t encouraging if you favor strong encryption without government-mandated backdoors.
Jeff Sessions, at his hearing swearing-in.
Sessions was asked (PDF): “Do you agree with NSA Director Rogers, Secretary of Defense Carter, and other national security experts that strong encryption helps protect this country from cyberattack and is beneficial to the American peoples’ digital security?”
He responded: “Encryption serves many valuable and important purposes. It is also critical, however, that national security and criminal investigators be able to overcome encryption, under lawful authority, when necessary to the furtherance of national-security and criminal investigations.”
The battle over encryption has been tumultuous, with multiple high-profile figures weighing in, and various testimonies from current and former heads of government agencies contributing conflicting opinions. FBI director James Comey, who will remain under the Trump Administration, has advocated for giving the FBI backdoors (or front doors), to device data. But both NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers and former NSA and CIA chief Michael Hayden have directly refuted Comey, saying “I actually think end-to-end encryption is good for America.”
Trump has previously spoken out against Apple’s actions in 2016 and has generally favored expanding the powers of the government in matters of national security. He has repeatedly stated that his will be a “law and order presidency,” and about the need for increased security and a strong cyberspace presence. In this regard, Trump, Comey, and Sessions himself are all wrong. Repeated testimony from experts in the field, as well as real-life events, have demonstrated that government backdoors do not work, for the simple reason that no government can guarantee it remains the sole entity in charge of or aware of those backdoors.
Last August, Microsoft accidentally leaked a debugging tool it created to allow its own developers to test unsigned code, forcing the company to release a patch against it. This type of accident will happen. There is no near-term cryptographic system so good it can’t be broken, no code so perfect that anyone is willing to testify it represents an unbreakable encryption method. Given this, there shouldn’t be any debate about whether government-mandated backdoors weaken encryption or not. They did under President Obama, they will under President Trump. | https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/243401-jeff-sessions-trumps-pick-attorney-general-will-likely-renew-fight-strong-encryption |
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Google made a news splash when it introduced a new VoIP functionality to Gmail yesterday. Gmail users based in the United States and Canada can now dial and accept calls right from their computer—a seemingly cool feature and thrifty alternative to placing long-distance calls (international rates start at 2 cents per minute).
But let's put the news in context. How does this new offering fit with Google's business model? How will it fare with the public users and businesses? And will it kill Skype? Charles Golvin, principal analyst with Forrester Research, weighs in with five facts that you should remember about Google's recent announcement.
1. Communications are increasingly integrated.
In the past, you'd likely log into your instant messaging application to IM your friends. If you wanted to call or text someone, you'd use your cell phone, and if you wanted to send an e-mail, you'd use your computer. Those silos are disappearing now, Golvin says.
"All of these are being integrated into one experience. The mechanics of communicating are less important—now it's more focused on letting you have the communications you want in the mode that you want them."
Rather than being revolutionary, Google's integration of Voice with Gmail is a natural progression, Golvin says. Instead of using multiple means to communicate, you can place and receive phone calls, send text messages and e-mail your contacts, all from one central location—your Gmail account. 2. It's a Convenience, Not a Game Changer.
What's the driving reason for people to use the integrated feature? Convenience, Golvin says. So don't expect mobile users to give up their devices anytime soon.
"You need a lot of incentive to cause consumers to change their behavior," he says. "People have cell phones with plans that have an abundance of minutes and special features, so it would take something drastic to make people change their ways."
Instead, people will use voice calling in Gmail when it's convenient, he says. For example, if you're having a back-and-forth e-mail correspondence with someone, it might be easier to click a few buttons and speak to him through your computer to resolve your conversation quickly. The same goes for those times you leave your mobile phone on your coffee table—when you get to work, scroll through your Gmail contacts and place a call.
"I don't see people using this too frequently," Golvin says. "It's just a convenience, not a game changer." | http://www.cio.com/article/606314/Google_Voice_5_Truths_Behind_the_Hype |
How Cybercriminals Choose Their Targets And TacticsTargeted attacks are becoming pervasive. Here's a look at how those targets are chosen -- and how your organization might avoid being one of them[Excerpted from "How Cybercriminals Choose Their Targets and Tactics," a new, free report posted this week on Dark Reading's Advanced Threats Tech Center.]
When police officers go undercover, they must successfully blend into an environment that few of us would ever willingly choose to live in. Good undercover officers know the tactics of traditional criminals because they live in the criminals' world. They study the criminals' tactics, tools and psyches, and can thus anticipate certain behaviors because they understand the end goals.
In some respects, staying a step ahead of cybercriminals is much more difficult than staying ahead of your average street criminal. You won't catch black-hat hackers with traditional surveillance, because they can inflict as much damage in their pajamas as they could if they got dressed and robbed a bank. Cybercriminals often fit no specific profile. They can effectively hide their tracks through proxies and spoofing. They change their tactics often, and they are adept at hiding tools and other malicious code through obfuscation. Good cybercriminals understand the digital trails they leave, and how easy or hard it is for big-business security tools to detect those activities.
And unlike many security pros, good cybercriminals can code. Talented black hats enjoy decompiling a piece of commercial software for fun,or coding a new botnet with a feature set that is a security admin's worst nightmare.
So how do you defend yourself against an ever-evolving, nameless, faceless enemy that adapts to your defenses as quickly as you can deploy them? The unfortunate reality is that you can never fully defend yourself against a truly skilled cybercriminal, but you can certainly make your organization a more difficult target by deploying the right tools and implementing the right best practices.
A security pro's best defense is to act like an undercover cop, gaining intimate knowledge of how the bad guys operate. Attackers care about advanced cryptography, decompilers and reverse-engineering methods. They know about APIs and SQL. Indeed, as a security pro, you won't necessarily get the knowledge you need to protect your organization by studying for a CISSP all day long -- you need to spend time living in the world that cybercriminals inhabit.
Before motivated attackers can launch a strike, they need to target a victim. The choice of target depends largely on the motive for an attack, but it also depends on organizations' vulnerability to attack.
While some cybercriminals focus their efforts on spreading damage far and wide through malware development, others are content to troll the Internet for sites that are vulnerable to a more direct attack. A black hat who is trolling around for a victim generally uses a simple methodology to set up an attack, but step one of that process always requires the discovery of a target. The most effective way to select a target is to use a vulnerability scanner. Every organization has exposed public-facing services that could be used as a conduit for attack, and vulnerability scanners and bots can make quick work of finding potential targets for attacks.
Some black hats prefer to exploit network-centric vulnerabilities, so they will unleash scanners on your externally facing IP block, looking to attack hosts listening for SSH, FTP, HTTP, Telnet and RDP (to name a few). Other attackers will use vulnerability scanners to look for externally facing sites that are vulnerable to SQL injection, cross-site scripting attacks or local or remote file include attacks. If an attacker is motivated to hit a specific application or database, then multiple vulnerabilities may be exploited to set up an attack.
To read more about cybercriminals' methods of choosing a target and an attack -- and what you can do to reduce your chances of being a victim -- download the free report.
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As we rely on technology to enhance our everyday and business life, we must too consider the security of the intellectual property and confidential data that is housed on these devices. As we increase the number of devices we use, we increase the number of gateways and opportunity for security threats. Intel Security takes the �security connected� approach to ensure that every device is secure, and that all security solutions are seamlessly integrated.
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The massive shift to work-at-home amid the COVID-19 crisis is leading to insecure work-arounds that emphasize functionality over security, while managers in many businesses lack training suitable to the current risk environment, according to the Internet Security Alliance in comments filed with the Department of Homeland Security.
“Due to the near-immediate switch to unplanned online business, most managers have no idea how to run their operations using remote workforce and online tools in a secure fashion,” the ISA said...
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Samsung Printers Have Hidden Security RiskSome Samsung printers, and Dell-branded printers manufactured by Samsung, can be remotely accessed by attackers. Here's how. Some Samsung printers and Dell-branded printers manufactured by Samsung are vulnerable to being taken over remotely by an attacker.
That warning was made Monday by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT), which said that the affected printers "contain a hardcoded SNMP full read-write community string that remains active even when SNMP is disabled in the printer management utility." In other words, the printers have a hardcoded account in their firmware that can't be disabled by users. SNMP, or simple network management protocol, is a TCP/IP-based network protocol used to manage and monitor network device configuration. [ Hackers stole financial and other sensitive information from compromised state system. Read about it at How South Carolina Failed To Spot Hack Attack. ]
As a result of the vulnerability, "a remote, unauthenticated attacker could access an affected device with administrative privileges," according to the CERT information security advisory. "Secondary impacts include: the ability to make changes to the device configuration, access to sensitive information -- e.g. device and network information, credentials, and information passed to the printer -- and the ability to leverage further attacks through arbitrary code execution." That means that after accessing the administrator account, attackers could theoretically transform the printer into a malware-spewing attack platform that's able to target any other network-connected device located inside the same network segment or firewall. Samsung has acknowledged the vulnerability and promised to release a patch within days. "Samsung is aware of and has resolved the security issue affecting Samsung network printers and multifunction devices. The issue affects devices only when SNMP is enabled, and is resolved by disabling SNMP," said Samsung spokesman Reuben Staines via email. "We take all matters of security very seriously and we are not aware of any customers who have been affected by this vulnerability. Samsung is committed to releasing updated firmware for all current models by November 30, with all other models receiving an update by the end of the year. However, for customers that are concerned, we encourage them to disable SNMPv1.2 or use the secure SNMPv3 mode until the firmware updates are made."
Samsung has yet to release full details about exactly which printer models and firmware versions are affected. But it did say that no Samsung and Dell printers released from November 1, 2012 and later contain the vulnerability. Both Samsung and Dell were advised of the firmware vulnerability on August 23, 2012, by security researcher Neil Smith, who Tuesday published further details of the vulnerability. According to Smith, Samsung has now removed all downloadable versions of its printer firmware from its support pages, but he noted that samples of the affected firmware are still available from the Dell support site. That particular printer firmware installer is named "Dell2335dn_A11_v2.70.06.21.exe."
In a Twitter post, Smith suggested that Korea-based Samsung moved less than quickly to address the flaw. "It's been frustrating working with samsung. Internal ITsec at S confirmed it. Kr:HQ pulled them off. CERT pubd and so did I," he said.
The Samsung vulnerability warning is a reminder that printers -- among other network-connected devices, such as home security webcams -- may contain embedded Web servers that may be permanently enabled. One security best practice, according to the CERT advisory, is to allow connections only from trusted hosts and networks to any network-connected peripheral, and that's one temporary workaround for any organization that currently uses a Samsung or Dell network-connected printer. "Restricting access would prevent an attacker from accessing an SNMP interface using the affected credentials from a blocked network location," noted CERT.
Another risk from attackers being able to remotely access a Web-connected printer is corporate espionage. According to research released last year by Michael Sutton, VP of security research for Web security firm Zscaler Labs, he was able to fingerprint, or identify, one million Internet-connected systems. Many of those systems were embedded Web servers inside Web-connected photocopiers, scanners, and VoIP systems and weren't secured in any manner, such as requiring a username or password. As a result, Sutton was able to freely download numerous types of documents stored on the Internet-connected devices. Building a more robust network vulnerability management program can help you identify security holes before an attacker does, as well as develop more secure systems and applications in the future. In the A Guide To Network Vulnerability Management report, we examine the products and practices that will get you there. (Free registration required.)
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As we rely on technology to enhance our everyday and business life, we must too consider the security of the intellectual property and confidential data that is housed on these devices. As we increase the number of devices we use, we increase the number of gateways and opportunity for security threats. Intel Security takes the �security connected� approach to ensure that every device is secure, and that all security solutions are seamlessly integrated.
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CVE-2012-5244Published: 2014-10-20Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Banana Dance B.2.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) return, (2) display, (3) table, or (4) search parameter to functions/suggest.php; (5) the id parameter to functions/widgets.php, (6) the category parameter to...
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CVE-2012-5695Published: 2014-10-20Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Bulb Security Smartphone Pentest Framework (SPF) 0.1.2 through 0.1.4 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct (1) shell metacharacter or (2) SQL injection attacks or (3) send an SMS m...
CVE-2012-5696Published: 2014-10-20Bulb Security Smartphone Pentest Framework (SPF) before 0.1.3 does not properly restrict access to frameworkgui/config, which allows remote attackers to obtain the plaintext database password via a direct request.
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You aren't gonna be able to figure out the encryption just by looking at the bytes of the packet. You are gonna have to attach a debugger or using IDA and break down the code into something you can read.
Login packets usually work with some sort of md5 hash or whatever on the password and the username is in plain text with whatever data they add to the login packet structure.
So in order to crack the encryption use IDA or debugger break point on the client recv function and backtrack backwards using the buffer that is holding the data. More backwards you go you will eventually find the buffer pointer or buffer itself that isn't encrypted and once you do you can then import it to your program language.
My suggestion is take a smaller packet like a character packet or a chat packet something that has less data in it. Its alot of work but if you have any questions feel free to ask. | https://forum.ragezone.com/f860/encryption-method-key-exchange-1052097/?s=e7f94378e4ccbf27c4d5f021cdd56109 |
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Inconsistency among how inspectors general review agency cybersecurity is causing a reality gap.
The progress many agencies are making to secure their systems is not reflected in the annual reports auditors submit to Congress. And this disconnect causes uncertainty around just how well protected federal computers and networks are from attacks.
A recent State Department cybersecurity management alert epitomizes the challenges agencies and IGs face in deciding just how secure their computers are.
On one hand, the Office of Management and Budget, Congress and private sector experts have celebrated State's as a model for the government. The department began continuously monitoring the health of its networks and using risk to make decisions in 2010.
In fact, the Homeland Security Department is modeling the governmentwide continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program after State's success.
But the recent report by the agency's IG says for the third year in a row, State has similar and significant information management problems. Auditors say State is facing undue risk because of weaknesses in scanning and configuration management, baseline controls and risk management and continuous monitoring.
So who's correct?
Well both are — and that's the rub many agencies are facing.
A government official familiar with the State Department's cyber efforts said the IG's report is absolutely accurate. But the source added, the IG doesn't take into account the fact that State, like most agencies, is facing dozens of recommendations and must prioritize which ones to address based on the associated risks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they didn't get permission to speak to the press.
At the same time, IGs are bound by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) to measure certain cyber compliance areas, some of which are more than a decade old. This means they have to look at certain requirements whether or not the agency decides those changes are a top priority.
"I think DHS tries every year and we provide input to them to make sure they take into account recent trends in information security, known cyber attacks and other information. We try to gauge what they are going to require us to do every year," said Kathleen Tighe, the chairwoman of the IT committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency and the Education Department's IG. "But sometimes there is a disconnect. But I think IGs try to use within the confines of the FISMA metrics try to target on a risk based way the work they need to and the issues they need to."
Tighe said IGs have to fill out a Federal Information Security Management Act, or FISMA, evaluation form, but they also have flexibility to look at other issues.
Hard skills needed
Alan Paller, the director of research at the SANS Institute, which offers cybersecurity training, said the problem isn't having enough flexibility. Rather, it's a lack of understanding by the IGs about what they are reviewing.
He said IGs, and even those people writing the guidances, don't have the technical skills necessary to truly understand how to best secure the systems.
And therefore, IGs often times are pointing out problems whose solution may or may not improve the agency's security, he said.
"The challenge for the IGs is they have only one set of directions. Their set of directions comes from National Institute of Standards and Technology. That set of directions at this time is something in excess of 13,000 pages. No organization has ever implemented those, including NIST, GAO and the IG shops," Paller said. "They are using a set of measures that are impossible to implement, impossible to even to read all the way through for normal human beings, and because of that, they can look in any direction and find fault, and force people to spend money to do things that may or may not stop attacks." David Kotz, the former IG for the Securities and Exchange Commission and now director with the Berkeley Research Group, said his experience mirrors the problem Paller described.
"I think the IGs try to take into account the changing cyber requirements, but it's often difficult. It's a big challenge these types of issues for IGs. IGs often don't have the background in information security, and it's difficult for them to really understand the issues," Kotz said. "I remember when I was IG at the SEC struggling with the FISMA audits, because it was hard for me to understand exactly what the issues were. I felt like many times I was almost forced to take the agency's word for it, because I wasn't in a position to understand it and really argue with them. So I think IGs try, but because it's so difficult, often they look at standard metrics, governmentwide standards, and don't necessarily always take into account all the different changing cyber requirements." | http://www.federalnewsradio.com/92/3556540/Agencies-experiencing-a-widening-cybersecurity-reality-gap |
69.1% of professionals with security responsibility believe a rethink is needed to deal with the threat of cybersecurity now that devices and applications have moved outside the corporate network, a SentryBay survey reveals.
The poll aimed to assess attitudes to cyber threats and methods of protecting vulnerable devices. It found that 58.3% of respondents believed that a zero-trust approach to security was essential, and 19.9% thought it was important. When asked if their organization had adopted zero-trust, however, only a third (33.6%) said they had.
One barrier might be the difficulties that companies are experiencing in implementing BYOD models, for which zero trust is the recommended approach to securing corporate perimeters.
The hurdles of BYOD adoption
33.5% said that adopting BYOD was too complicated. The role of enterprise users has also been a BYOD challenge with user privacy concerns being cited by 28.1% of respondents and user engagement/friction cited by 19.9%. Management overheads were a challenge for 19.9%.
“BYOD offers enterprises huge CAPEX savings, but these are worth nothing if adopting the model opens the organization up to the risk of a cyberattack,” said Dave Waterson, CEO at SentryBay.
“The key to security in this scenario is proactive protection that is delivered through a software solution that specifically focuses on preventing sensitive data loss or leakage from the remote endpoint, and it should be an integral part of a zero-trust approach.”
Changing cybersecurity methods and practices is not an easy task
The poll indicates that while 47.7% of organizations have still not adopted zero trust, 8.5% are already in the process and 10.6% plan to do so in 2022.
The appetite for a change in cybersecurity methods and practices as devices and applications move away from physical offices and controlled networks is clearly important to almost 70% of those working in security, but this does not mean that it is always easy to achieve.
“While cybersecurity should be a priority for all enterprises, it can be a daunting prospect to specify and deploy the right solutions for the company’s specific needs,” continued Dave Waterson.
“Culture change is often required, the knowledge and experience of security experts should be sought, but most importantly, endpoint devices – the most vulnerable element in the technology stack – need to be protected by proven software.” | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/12/21/cybersecurity-devices-applications/ |
Cut-down versions of enterprise security solutions are a poor fit for most small and micro organisations. However, the high volume, low margin business of securing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is a relatively new one and needs innovative products and services. Not only are the majority of business in the UK SMEs, but they also have a direct impact on the supply chain security of large organisations.
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1. Asymmetric encryption definition
Asymmetric encryption can be explained in one sentence. Just memorize the following sentence and then you’ll be able to, using simple logic, figure out how to solve the presented problems, using the “tools” given in the following sentence:
We have a pair of two keys, such that anything encrypted (“locked”) using one can be decrypted (“unlocked”) only using the other key.
Secrecy – only the recipient may see the (decrypted) data.
Undeniability – the sender can’t deny having sent the data (can’t claim someone else sent it).
All the above listed problems can be solved using asymmetric encryption (though the first one can be solved using symmetric encryption as well) and hash function. By the end of this post, you’ll understand how exactly.
3. Digital fingerprint – “Hash”, or “Message digest”
In order to fully understand asymmetric encryption, it is important to understand another term: “hash”. Hash is a mathematical function that creates a digital fingerprint of the data that is of a predetermined length (depending on the function used, this can be 128 bits, or 256 bits, or more/less). An example of hash function use:
Applying hash function to the original data gives a digital fingerprint (hash) of the same length.
Even minor data change results in a drastic change of its hash value.
Original data can’t be reconstructed from its hash sum (hash value).
Characteristics listed above are of crucial importance. For example, hash of a sentence “English breakfast.” and a hash of the complete “Lord of The Rings” trilogy will be of exactly the same length (in the range of 256 bits, depending on the used hash algorithm). Also, hash values of words “gremlin” and “gremlins” will be drastically different. Finally, from the given (calculated) hash values, it will be impossible to conclude the contents of the original data – hash is a “one way function” (correct term is “irreversible function”).
Hash is also called a “digital signature” – that’s what it is.
The size of the encrypted data depends on the size of the original source data that was encrypted (technically this doesn’t have to be the case, but in practice it is).
Original source data can be reconstructed (using an appropriate decryption key).
Now I beg you to read the first three chapters again. Repeat and memorize the last (in bold) sentence from chapter 1. Then understand and memorize the difference between hash function and encryption. Finally, try to figure out how you would solve the problems listed in chapter 2 using those tools.
This was not a test whether you are a robot (and would end up in an infinite loop) – it really is important that the first three chapters have “sunk in”. 🙂 Now we can continue.
Encryption can be:
Symmetric – one (same) key is used for encryption and decryption.
Asymmetric – uses a pair of keys. I.e. two generated keys make a sort of a special union, such that anything encrypted by one key can only be decrypted by the other key (from the same pair) – and vice-versa.
Symmetric encryption is faster (less resource demanding) than asymmetric encryption. The main problem with symmetric encryption is how can I exchange the one secret key with the correspondent, so that it can not be seen / intercepted / stolen by anyone else.
This practically requires for us to meet and exchange the key. Additional problem is if we don’t know each other personally, or if we are far away from each other. The bottom line is – exchanging a symmetric encryption key can be rather inconvenient. Unless we use asymmetric encryption!
Asymmetric encryption allows us to exchange a secret key (used for symmetric encryption) over the Internet, in a secure way, so that no one can steal / intercept it! How that is achieved is explained below.
So, everyone knows (has) my public key, but only I know (have) my private one.
Same goes for Jane’s, John’s and Batman’s key pairs: we all know everyone’s public key, while the private is known only to the person who owns the key pair.
Now let’s repeat: anything that is encrypted using one key can only be decrypted using the other key (from the same pair of keys).
6. Sending and receiving a message
Remember the problem from chapter 2 – it is needed to achieve:
Secrecy – only the authorised may see the (decrypted) data.
Authenticity – the recipient has a confirmation that the one sending the data is who they claim to be.
Integrity – the recipient has a confirmation that the data has arrived unchanged (as it was sent).
A sender of a message (data) can achieve this using asymmetric encryption (and hash function). In order to do it, the sender has to:
Creates a hash of the original message (data).
Encrypts the created hash with his/hers private key.
Encrypts the original message with the recipient’s public key.
Sends data created under 2. and 3. to the recipient.
Recipient then has to:
Decrypt the message using his/hers private key.
Decrypt the received hash using the sender’s public key.
Create a hash of the decrypted message (got under 1.).
Compare hash they got under 2. with the one created under 3.
the message could only be read (decrypted) by him/her.
the message was sent by the person claiming to have sent it.
the message was not altered on the way (in transit).
Checks (confirms) the owner’s identity.
Creates a pair of keys (public and private).
Connects the owner’s name with their public (and private) key. This is called “issuing a digital certificate“.
Signs the issued certificate with CA’s private key.
Announces this publicly (CA also announces digital certificate expiry date, lists invalid certificates etc.).
Digital certificate = owner’s name and info + owner’s public key, signed with CA’s private key.
The bottom line is: everyone must trust the CA. Asymmetric encryption can not exist (function) without a trusted CA.
8. Asymmetric encryption explanation using a practical example
Since for me it was easier to understand this way, I’ll use an example for explanation. First let’s repeat the key sentences (pun intended 🙂 ):
Let’s start now with an example. Say that I want to send you a message to Batman (regardless whether it is a letter, or some files – we’ll call it a “message”). So that only Batman can read it. And so that Batman, upon receiving it can be certain that it’s been written by the colleague superhero Bike Gremlin, not by some swindler impersonating me.
Technical support: not all the heroes wear capes… 🙂
Since I have no idea who the man is (no spoilers here, no sir!), I’ll have to ask the Certificate Authority (CA): “what’s Batman’s public key?”
How can Batman be certain that the message was sent by Bike Gremlin? I’ll digitally sign it. I do this by making a hash of the message. Then I encrypt the hash using my private key.
Now I can encrypt the message using Batman’s public key, so only Batman can decrypt it (using his private key).
Together with the message, I’ll send the hash I had encrypted with my private key.
A few seconds later, in Gotham:
Batman sees they have a new message. From “Bike Gremlin” – “Bat-cycle prototype blueprints”.
Figuring – this could be cool, unless Joker planted a trick to get me killed while riding. Let’s check.
Batman decrypts the message using their private key. Now he wants to confirm that the message was in fact sent by Bike Gremlin.
In order to do that, he first makes a hash of the message.
Then he asks the CA: “What is Bike Gremlin’s public key?” and uses that key to decrypt the hash I had sent.
Finally, he compares the decrypted hash with the hash he made. If they are the same, he can be certain the message was sent by Bike Gremlin and no one else. At the same time, if brakes don’t work properly, I won’t be able to blame Joker for planting the blueprints, since my digital signature confirms that I was the author.
What is commonly used in practice is to use this mechanism to exchange keys for symmetric encryption. So, I can use asymmetric encryption to send a message that says:
“Hi Batman, this is Bike Gremlin. In order to communicate faster and not bother the CA all the time, let’s use symmetric encryption from now on. We could use ‘Marvel sucks’ as encryption password. “
I’m begging the readers not to tell this password to anyone, or we’ll have to come up with a new one. | https://io.bikegremlin.com/13036/asymmetric-encryption-explained/ |
The AP450 sensors use patented 4D signal processing technology to evaluate whether the size, speed, shape, and duration of an incoming signal match that generated by a human.
MacMall Part #: 7477290 Manufacturer Part #: GEC-AP450 Platform: Universal The Mirror Optic passive infrared sensors use true curtain “barriers”, a feature that is unique to this advanced line of sensors. These infrared barriers provide continuous floor-to-ceiling coverage for superior detection and “undercrawl” protection. The Mirror Optic sensors use 4D signal processing to evaluate an incoming signals size, speed, shape and duration. If the signal matches that generated by a human signature, the detector initiates an alarm. This technology automatically adapts its alarm threshold when faced with a wide variety of environmental disturbances or harsh environments. The result is fewer false alarms and better detection. In addition, the Mirror Optic sensors are easy to install. Simple clip-on plastic mirror inserts on the AP450 & AP450A let you choose from four coverage patterns: full 90°, 45° left, 45° right and center curtain only. By combining sophisticated 4D signal processing with exclusive curtain 3D barrier technology, the Mirror Optic sensors deliver unsurpassed performance, reliability and false alarm immunity. Standard Features True curtain “barrier” coverage patterns ASIC based 4D signal processing analyzes size, shape, speed, and alarm threshold Adaptive Passive Infrared Technology automatically adjusts alarm threshold in harsh environments 9 barriers, 50ft range at 6'-10' mounting heightsTechnical SpecificationsAlarm Duration[Minimum]: 2.9 s Alarm Duration[Maximum]: 3.5 s Color: White Coverage: 9 curtainsCurrent Comsumption w/ Alarm and Trouble[Nominal]: 12.0 mA Current Consumption[Nominal]: 15.0 mADepth[Nominal]: 2.0 inDetection (Operating) Range: 50' x 90°Height[Nominal]: 4.0 inMaterial (Housing/Body): ABS Plastic Mounting Height[Minimum]: 6.0 µm Mounting Height[Maximum]: 10.0 ft Number of Curtains[Nominal]: 9.0 Operating Humidity[Maximum]: 93.0 % RH Operating Temperature[Minimum]: 0.0 °F Operating Temperature[Maximum]: 131.0 °F Operating Voltage[Minimum]: 9.0 V Operating Voltage[Maximum]: 15.0 V Peak To Peak Ripple: 2 V @ 12 VRegulatory Approval: UL CULRelay Type: Form C Closed or open loop Tamper @ Contact Rating: 100.0 mA @ 28.0 VTamper Switch: Yes Width[Nominal]: 2.8 in Technical Specs | http://www.macmall.com/p/GE-Intrusion-Detection-System-Appliances/product~dpno~7477290~pdp.efifacg |
The need for continuous monitoring and incident response, enhanced regulatory requirements, and the issues associated with maintaining certifications and managing logs have driven demand for security operations. The SIEM market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.8 percent over the next several years, going from $3.94 billion in 2020 to $6.44 billion in 2027, Valuates Reports found.
Six companies on our list got major funding rounds, including: Arctic Wolf, which got $150 million on a $4.3 billion valuation; Axonius, which got $100 million on a $1 billion valuation; BitSight, which got $250 million on a $2.4 billion valuation; Devo, which raised $250 million on a $1.5 billion valuation; Exabeam, which raised $200 million on a $2.4 billion valuation; and SecurityScorecard, which raised $180 million.
Two companies in the security operations, risk and threat intelligence space are going public, with KnowBe4 raising $152 million in April initial public offering that valued the security awareness training vendor at $2.6 billion. And threat intelligence vendor ZeroFox plans to go public in the first half of 2022 at a $1.4 billion valuation by merging with special purpose acquisition company L&F Acquisition Corp.
As part of CRN’s 2022 Security 100, here’s a look at the 20 coolest risk, threat intelligence and security operations companies. | https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/security/the-20-coolest-risk-threat-intelligence-and-security-operations-companies-of-2022-the-security-100 |
Local Minister for Communications Denis Naughten is warning people in Roscommon-Galway to be alert and extra vigilant in light of news in the last 24 hours of a scam involving fraudulent emails and texts purporting to come from the Revenue Commissioners.
“The cyber criminals behind this scam are claiming to be from the Revenue Commissioners to attempt to take debit or credit card details from people. The subject matter of these emails and text messages relate to a ‘tax refund’. They are bogus and are not being issued by the Revenue Commissioners,” stated Minister Naughten. “Revenue never sends emails or text messages requiring people to send their personal information over email, text or by any other unsecure means,” added Naughten. “This is a common type of email scam where those who receive it are told they are eligible to receive a tax refund. It presents a link to an online claim form, which asks for personal and financial information, including bank account details. Anyone who may be actually awaiting a tax refund should contact their local Revenue Office to check its status. Emails and text messages purporting to be from Revenue must not be opened or responded to,” urges Naughten.
The Revenue Commissioners are asking anyone who receives an email or text message purporting to be from Revenue and suspects it to be fraudulent or a scam to forward it to [email protected] and then delete it. Those who may have provided personal information in response to these fraudulent emails or text messages are being advised to contact their bank or credit card company immediately. | http://denisnaughten.ie/2017/08/18/naughten-warns-of-phishing-scam-involving-fraudulent-emails-and-texts-claiming-to-be-from-revenue-commissioners/ |
System restore to an earlier date is the solution.
Turn off the internet connection.
Start the rig and press F8 new screen follow to set my computer to an earlier time or words to that effect. Use the NSEW [arrow keys] keys on the key board to attain this press enter and merely wait and then allocate the date prior to this incident.
When completed employ a full anti virus and malware programmes and you should be clear.
Hi guys thanks for the interest, I have finished up by using recovery manager and sent it back to factory default settings, there was nothing on it of importance so I cut my losses and got rid of the malware this way.
Lucky for me I don't usually use it but if it was my main computer I would be devastated.
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Embedded systems aren’t what they used to be. Whereas once isolated in their own environment, embedded systems within the likes of heavy machinery, vehicles, industrial equipment and even medical devices, are now more interconnected and externally connected than ever before.
The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving new market demands and technology trends like ubiquitous connectivity, consolidation of functions, and automation. While these trends offer opportunities, they also present challenges for embedded system manufacturers. As these devices become more connected and complex, the attack vectors and attack surfaces increase exponentially. This leaves manufacturers of embedded devices struggling to stay ahead of the pervasive and growing threat of cyberattacks.
The challenges of cybersecurity are inherent in embedded systems on both the software and hardware fronts. According to Forbes, “Traditional IT security does not work with IoT devices, because their processors are often too small for firewalls, they can use multiple communication channels and connectivity types and can have easily accessible online interfaces that are a goldmine for malicious actors.”
My recent white paper, The Past, Present and Future of Cybersecurity in Embedded Systems, explores embedded systems of the past, which were simple and generally isolated from the outside world. The paper looks at how present-day systems are becoming increasingly complex and interconnected and examines some of the potential threats of the future. The whitepaper primarily focuses on today’s embedded systems which can control more features within a device through automation, contain sensitive information, and have become inherently more susceptible to cyberattacks. Together, these factors put much more pressure and responsibility on embedded system designers and manufacturers to protect both the systems and their end users.
The building blocks for a secure system include encryption, communication, lifecycle management, identity management, threat defence and software updates. This all starts with the security design as it allows the development teams to define mechanisms for all layers (hardware, drivers, OS, middleware and user applications). The design should have mechanisms to detect and respond to different types of threats that might arise from inside and outside the system. it must also consider mechanisms to securely communication, update, and authenticate.
The paper explores the types of vulnerabilities that will put systems at risk, and provides data compiled using BlackBerry® Jarvis™, a cloud-based, binary static application security testing (SAST) solution, along with other independent sources. The Jarvis assessment uncovered vulnerabilities in commonly used automotive industry software, showing that insecure software accounts for approximately 70 percent of them. Further, programming errors that can lead to buffer overflow—a vulnerability that can cause data exposure, data loss and possibly control over the system—are at the top of the list of exploits that take advantage of the insecure software.
Embedded System security involves an overall culture change for any organization, which starts at the product concept phase and goes all the way to postproduction and maintenance. This can mean a major cultural shift for most organizations. But specific cybersecurity standards are being developed to help guide the shift. And there are recommended processes you can use when adopting a security culture and strategy within your development team.
The paper contends that the embedded operating system is the foundational piece for cybersecurity in any embedded system as it is generally the centerpiece of cyberattacks. It discusses three of the basic mechanisms that any embedded operating system should include. These mechanisms are often called the Three Musketeers, as they can help reduce the risks associated with insecure software that can lead to buffer overflows.
Read the white paper to learn how security has evolved from the early days of embedded systems, to get insights on how it should be progressing, and to gain a better understanding of vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques to better manage security risks within your embedded systems today and into the future. | https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2020/09/getting-embedded-security-basics-right-today-to-protect-your-systems-into-the-future |
To protect yourself right from malware, you will need to install the very best antivirus application on your computer. This software must not overtax the computer’s methods, so it should not interfere with the browsing. It should be fast and responsive, so you will not have to await long to available a website or download data. In addition , you should look for a free demo or refund.
The Bitdefender Antivirus you could try this out Plus is the perfect entry-level anti-virus. Although it contains a heavy background load, it is malware-detection ratings are extraordinary. It also includes extras including an unlimited security password manager, secure browser, Wi-Fi network scanning device, and document shredder. In addition, it provides protection against encrypting ransomware. Furthermore, it includes Bitdefender’s new net privacy program.
Microsoft’s pre-installed antivirus program, Microsoft Opponent, can take care of your laptop or computer from spyware and, but it cannot compete with paid antivirus application. Moreover, it can’t out-do the extra features of premium security suites, just like VPN, parental controls, and information theft cover. However , it should be noted that every Microsoft windows antivirus software has its own malware-detection engine. Because of the differences in features, the prices of numerous antivirus numerous be validated.
Bitdefender is another excellent anti-virus provider to get MacOS and Windows. Its MacOS version is definitely beginner-friendly, but it is still suitable of protecting your computer against modern trojans. It’s suitable for most key operating systems and has been around for more than a decade. The special VirusBarrier lets it understand your computer just for viruses throughout different types of devices. | https://creatiefdenken.com/the-way-to-select-the-best-antivirus-security-software-software/ |
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is developing national programs around data and cybersecurity. The university has recently partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create the first academic institute devoted solely to the professional development of chief data officers.
The primary role of the Institute for Chief Data Officers will be to train professionals who will take on the role of chief data officers and to provide opportunities for doctoral students to conduct research on chief data officers. The International Society of Chief Data Officers has also entered into a partnership with the new institute. In addition to donating $25,000 to the creation of the institute, the society will provide research topics and input for doctoral students to conduct research at the institute.
Dr. Richard Wang will lead the institute as the executive managing director after a decade at MIT, where he serves as the co-director for MIT’s Total Data Quality Management Program.
The effort comes alongside another partnership that will focus on training high school kids. A team of cybersecurity and data researchers have been given a National Science Foundation Grant to create a national curriculum on cybersecurity for high schoolers.
Led by UALR Associate Professor of Computer Science Dr. Mengjun Xie, researchers will use the grant funds to create PROMISE, a cohesive system of free resources designed for multiple levels of cybersecurity learners. PROMISE’s features have two main goals — to improve the quality of national cybersecurity education and to equip students to be exemplary professionals in the field.
The university is already recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity Education and both the institute and PROMISE will build on that platform.
A handful of other schools including the University of Michigan and Purdue have made moves to launch big projects around data and cybersecurity as educators rush to keep up with technological development. See our previous coverage here. | https://civsourceonline.com/2016/08/04/university-of-arkansas-at-little-rock-sets-up-data-cybersecurity-institutes/ |
Protect America, Inc. Launches Social App To Help Parents Protect Kids
For parents, watching a child grow and become more independent is very rewarding, but it may also raise concerns. Part of that independence is the ability to access social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter or even to own their own mobile phone. These pieces of technology are very private, and can make parenting difficult.
Protect America Inc. has joined forces with Internet safety experts uKnow.com to create a social monitoring app designed to help parents monitor for a range of new technology threats, such as cyber bullying and sexual predators. This app, called Social Firefly, is a parent’s window into their children’s online activities and mobile phone usage. Social Firefly offers an array of features, which help to deliver peace of mind to parents as their children become more avid users of technology.
“The dangers facing kids are different than 10 or 15 years ago,” said Adrian Salas, a spokesman for Protect America. “Parents need to know their children are safe, whether they’re at home, at school, or online.” | http://www.endcyberbullying.org/protect-america-inc-launches-social-app-to-help-parents-protect-kids/ |
1. Know what objectives you wish to achieve
Be clear on your objectives and success criteria for the exercise. Test discrete aspects of your response plan, specific areas (for example a newly acquired business, particular systems and/or infrastructure), or explore specific attack scenarios such as ransomware.
2. Pick the right type of exercise to suit the objective
Consider operational and logistical constraints alongside your desired outcome to select the most appropriate type of exercise. Options include table-top exercises, digital interactive simulations, red/blue/purple teaming, phishing or war games simulations.
3. Choose your exercise target(s)
Identify the right combination of targets to build an exercise that meets the desired objectives whilst still being practical to design, organise and execute. These targets can include specific business applications and/or technical infrastructure, physical assets such as servers and workstations, business locations and people. It may also be beneficial to include aspects of your supply chain in exercises, for example, by simulating the effects of an attack on a managed service provider.
4. Design an exercise scenario that is challenging, but achievable
Use planning tools such as the ISF Cyber Attack Scenario Builder to create an exercise playbook that brings together the identified targets, exercise type and desired objective using a specific attack scenario. Add complexity by exploring a specific aspect or multiple parts of the cyber attack chain, as well as considering extreme scenarios such as so-called ‘black swan’ attacks.
5. Involve all the right parties
Select the right mix of resources from both business and technical teams who could be called upon to support an incident response. Consider the engagement of retained third parties such as forensic and legal experts, as well as suppliers and clients. Get the buy-in of senior and executive management both in the exercise planning and execution, and in post-exercise debriefs.
6. Be open, be honest, and learn together
Encourage participants to remain open-minded and not over-analyse the scenarios used. Make the exercise fun and engaging, but as real as possible. Encourage honesty and critical thinking, giving all participants the opportunity to contribute. Conduct post-exercise reviews promptly and commit to addressing issues identified during the exercise through documented, corrective action plans. | https://www.securityforum.org/solutions-and-insights/rehearsing-your-cyber-incident-response-capability-during-periods-of-instability/ |
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, CIA Director John Brennan, and National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith Alexander shared the stage on August 8 at the International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS), an event cohosted by the FBI and Fordham University in New York. The three spoke on a panel about the future of cybersecurity. Mueller spoke about the Lulzec case and how the FBI caught Hector "Sabu" Monsegur, along with how it will deal with increasingly sophisticated hackers and cybercriminals. Key to the bureau's success, he said, was "focusing on the individuals behind the keyboards"—with the help of the NSA, CIA, and private industry.
"I do believe that in the future, the cyber threat will equal or even eclipse the terrorist threat," Mueller said in his opening remarks. "And just as partnerships have enabled us to address the terrorist threat, partnerships will enable us to address the cyber threat. But the array of partners critical to defeating the cyber threat is different. In this case, the private sector is the essential partner."
Getting into hackers’ heads "In the years to come, we will encounter new intrusion methods, hacking techniques, and other unpleasant surprises," Mueller said in his prepared remarks for the panel. "And in response, our nation will continue to develop—as we must—the technical skills and tools to prevent these intrusions and limit their damage."
But Mueller noted that there was no way to eliminate all the potential vulnerabilities that attackers could use; as a result, there needed to be a focus on human intelligence as well. "True cyber security is more than defending against the ones and the zeros. We must remember that behind every intrusion is a person responsible for that intrusion," Mueller said. "Our ultimate goal must be to identify and deter the persons behind these keyboards. And once we identify them—be they state actors, organized criminal groups, or 18-year-old hackers—we must devise a response that is effective, not just against that specific attack, but for all similar circumstances."
To do that, Mueller said,"we absolutely need the considerable skills of Keith (Alexander)'s experts at NSA. But we also need the human intelligence capabilities of John’ (Brennan)'s team at the CIA. And you will not be surprised to hear me say that we also need the investigative and intelligence resources of the FBI."
Turning Sabu
Mueller used the Lulzsec case to highlight the cyber-investigation capabilities of the FBI and how they depend on the same sort of investigative tools the FBI uses for many of its cases: "physical surveillance, forensics, cooperating witnesses, sources, and court-ordered wire intercepts."
The road to finding Sabu, Mueller said, "began when our Los Angeles Division collected IP addresses that were used to hack into the database of a TV game show." One of the IP addresses had not been anonymized—and it pointed back to New York and Sabu. "Our New York Office used confidential human sources, search warrants, and physical surveillance to identify and locate this man, who was only known then by his online moniker, Sabu," Mueller said. "When our agents went to arrest him, they gave him a choice: Go to jail now or cooperate."
Sabu's cooperation, Mueller said, didn't just lead to the FBI's arrest of six other members of LulzSec, "it also allowed us to identify hundreds of security vulnerabilities—which helped us to stop future attacks and limit harm from prior intrusions," he told ICCS attendees.
The FBI now has a Cyber Task Force in all of its 56 field offices across the US and a collection of "Cyber Action Teams that can be deployed at a moment's notice," Mueller said. "When a major intrusion is discovered, we can have investigators on the scene almost immediately. That allows us to analyze logs and conduct interviews. If the intrusion appears to pose a national security threat, our partners at NSA will play a role as well. Being on the scene quickly also allows us to preserve evidence for prosecution as an option."
Private eyes
Mueller emphasized that the private sector is critical in meeting cyber security threats. "The challenge we now face is to build more effective partnerships" with private industry, he said. While the InfraGard cyber-threat information sharing program and the Domestic Security Council (which includes chief security officers from about 250 companies in the US) are helpful, he said, "we must do more. We must shift to a model of true collaboration—a model of working side-by-side as a matter of course."
As examples of how the partnership between law enforcement, the intelligence community, and private industry could be extended, Mueller pointed to the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, which has participants from 19 government agencies. "It serves as a national focal point for and coordinator of cyber threat information, intelligence, and investigations," Mueller said. He also mentioned the privately funded National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance. "These entities are steps in the right direction. But we must build on them to expand the channels of information sharing and collaboration. By fusing private-sector information with information from the intelligence community, we can produce a complete picture of cyber threats—one that benefits all of us."
Sean Gallagher Sean is Ars Technica's IT and National Security Editor. A former Navy officer, systems administrator, and network systems integrator with 20 years of IT journalism experience, he lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland. | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/fbi-director-calls-on-private-sector-to-help-with-cyber-threat/ |
The NIST framework produced under former President Obama’s landmark Executive Order 13636 is “arguably the most impactful piece of cybersecurity policy the USG has ever produced,” according to Internet Security Alliance leader Larry Clinton, but he says policymakers’ failure to address economic elements also spelled out in the EO has undermined the effectiveness of the CSF.
The framework “has been the fundamental basis for USG cyber policy for over a decade during which it has grown in size and sophistication,...
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INDIANAPOLIS – (Sept. 9, 2019) Cybercriminals are in it for the money – and their ever-shifting targets and tactics require continuous vigilance. Although overall ransomware attacks decreased by 20 percent, ransomware directed towards large enterprises rose by 20 percent, and ransomware targeting mobile devices rose by 33 percent. Supply chain attacks, which are used to gain private payment information from individuals or corporate entities, also increased by a massive 78 percent. 1
To help consumers and businesses protect their data and privacy, Matrix Integration, a strategic IT infrastructure partner for more than 1,000 businesses in Indiana and beyond, is offering practical tips for October’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
“Cybercriminals continue to be creative in their attacks, turning their attention to industries such as manufacturing to retail, and using cloud technology and software like common mobile apps to their advantage,” said Nathan Stallings, president of Matrix Integration. “All these threats mean that businesses need to cast a wide net and use a variety of tools to keep their businesses and their customers safe.”
Malware, ransomware, phishing scams and password attacks are all different means of gaining access to information and financial resources for criminals. Matrix Integration works with companies to create security plans that protect their most important and vulnerable data, as well as help everyone from IT leaders to front-line employees identify and protect their information from hackers.
In addition to company-and enterprise-wide security systems, everyone should know how hackers attack, and how to keep themselves from being an easy target.
Matrix Integration’s Top Five Tips for October’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Create strong, complex passwords. Cyber criminals want access to corporate information, account numbers and private data. People shouldn’t reuse the same passwords for different sites and devices. One easy option is to create a complex phrase. For example, instead of “Ilovedogs,” people should try “Ilovemydalmation.”
Take a closer look at that email. One of the most common ways to hook a victim is through “phishing” – personalized emails that look like they are from a friend or colleague. Attachments often look like common Microsoft Office documents. Once a person clicks on a malicious link or attachment in that email, they could deploy malware or divulge sensitive information. Consumers should question everything and look closely at return addresses, scan for typos, and compare suspect emails to legitimate ones they have received in the past.
Watch social activity. Cyber criminals are now targeting citizens through social media like Facebook and Twitter. Ads or personal messages encourage users to play games or click on links to photos, which could lead them to malware or other scams.
Use public Wi-Fi with caution. Free Wi-Fi in public spaces is a major benefit to anyone who needs connectivity on the go. But some of these hotspots may be operated by cybercriminals who can easily steal the data users’ transmit while on their networks. People should not connect to wireless networks that aren’t recognized, especially those with “free” in the name or those defined as an “unsecured computer-to-computer network.”
Take care with mobile apps. The majority of applications people download to their phones are perfectly safe. However, in the past year, cybercriminals have been developing more apps that contain malware and ransomware for individual phones. Symantec found one in 36 mobile devices had high-risk apps installed1, so to stay safe, consumers should keep their phones’ operating systems as updated as possible, and only download apps from primary app stores. | https://matrixintegration.com/blog/2019/09/09/cybersecurity-awareness-2019/ |
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With new ransomware going out everyday, it sometimes feels impossible to maintain the rhythm and monitor them all.
But even though they are numerous and complex, many ransomware share common blocks of code and behavior.
As an example, Revil (also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin), started to hit just when the end of all GandCrab activites was announced. It appeared after analysis that the code of the two ransomware was oddly similar.
A funny story is related to Petya, the ransomware hitting in 2016. A year after it's first appearance, a twin was found, everybody first believed it was Petya but Kaspersky started to refer to it as NotPetya to underline the fact that they were very similar yet different enough to call it a new malware (story available on Kaspersky website).
More recently, end of 2020, Maze's end has been announced, at the same time two new ransomware known as Egregor and Sekhmet have been observed with odd similarities, indicating that Maze's users might have been only transitioning from one ransomware to the other (theory explained on Malwarebytes website as an example).
The six phases of an attack
In this blog, we'll decompose a ransomware attack into 6 major phases and see how the IBM QRadar Endpoint Content Extension can help you detect ransomware.
For each phase we are going to describe the most common steps taken by ransomware (each attack might use one or multiple techniques), and the list of rules that will help you detect them.
This is the moment of the call back home. The "real executable" is downloaded, the dropper is deleted and the ransomware is executed.
The extension contains several rules matching IOCs in threat feeds, but also some dedicated ones for particular ransomware, with the goal of making their identification easier for SOC analysts.
and when the event matches LOWER("Filename") MATCHES '(sss\.exe|2\.txt|ad\.7z|(2|windows|xab3x|xaa3x|2adfind|start)\.bat)' AQL filter query
Depending on the case, rules can apply to Windows, Linux, Flows or multiple of them.
Staging phase
The ransomware is now making itself a comfy home! This is the phase where the ransomware is scanning the machine to analyze the administrative rights it could obtain, make itself run at boot, disable recovery mode and delete shadow copies, etc.
These rules can be helpful to detect ransomware and also many more threats.
and when the event matches LOWER("Process CommandLine") MATCHES '(.*shadowcopy\s+delete.*|.*delete\s+shadows.*)' AQL filter query
Reconnaissance phase
Now that the ransomware is ready to own the machine, it will start a phase of reconnaissance of the network (attack paths), folders and files with predefined extensions, etc.
The reconnaissance rules have been detailed a little more in the previous Endpoint monitoring essentials for QRadar blog (covering Cobalt Strike, SharpHound, PingCastle, Advanced IP Scanner, AdFind, Everything and Masscan tools).
This set of rules is double-win for a SOC. You can implement monitoring for typical ransomware behaviour, but also to detect some common penetration testing tools used by red teams.
This is the phase where the real damage is being done. The typical path is: create a copy of each file, encrypt the copies, place the new files at the original location.
The original files might be exfiltrated and deleted from the system, allowing the attackers to extort the victim with threats of making their breach public of even to leak stolen documents. For more information about data exfiltration monitoring, refer to the dedicated Need help to monitor data exfiltration ? blog entry.
Most of the time, a full report is created and uploaded home.
The thresholds of these rules need to be adjusted to the size of the company and typical behaviour of the users.
The rule Ransomware Encrypted File Extension is disabled by default as it is configured to match more than 200 file extensions by default and should be limited to critical environments.
At the end of the process, the user receives a notification and is given instructions to pay the ransom to obtain the decryption key.
At this point there is not a lot more to detect, except for the decryption instruction file creation.
The rule Ransomware Decryption Instructions Created matches typical words used by ransomware such as decrypt, recover, instructions, how to, etc.
This rule is split in 3 parts, looking for particular file extensions, regexes in filenames, and filename + extension.
You can tune it to adapt to a particular ransomware. | https://community.ibm.com/community/user/security/blogs/gladys-koskas1/2021/06/17/anatomy-of-a-ransomware-attack |
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McAfee has released an update to its Network Security Platform designed to improve the platform's ability to analyse traffic and detect threats.
The company said that the update would include elements designed to improve bandwidth and multi-tenancy handling as well as the ability to detect and isolate possible threats.
Among the updates will be the ability to link multiple appliances in order to manage higher-throughput networks.
Through the use of an additional network switch, enterprises will be able to link the 10GB appliances into a clustered system which is capable of offering support for networks as high as 80Gbps.
Additionally, McAfee is adding the ability for the platform to support multi-tenancy. Aimed primarily at service providers, the platform can be configured to handle up to 1,000 intrusion prevention system (IPS) instances for cloud providers.
Tyler Carter, head of product marketing for the Network Security Platform, told V3 that the new features would allow service providers to provide security speeds which could keep pace with emerging network hardware platforms being used by cloud service providers.
"Some customers have lower throughput, while others have higher requirements and each has diff security needs," Carter explained.
"They are able to carve up the IPS device into a thousand virtual IPS policies, each with its own granular controls and reporting mechanisms."
The update will also bring new security controls to the Network Security Platform. Among the improvements will be the ability to analyse traffic across virtual networks and a scanning system the company calls Network Threat Behaviour Analysis.
The analysis tool will add the ability to observe the general behaviour of traffic, looking for general patterns and qualities in order to spot suspicious activity.
Much like heuristics tools in anti-virus software are able to scan and detect previously unknown samples, the company believes that the Network Threat Behaviour Analysis will be able to detect attacks which would not have previously been spotted by traditional signature-matching components.
Carter noted that the key feature for the analysis tool would be its inclusion as a regular feature in the Network Security Platform.
"The tool itself is not new and while there is an appreciation for more behavioural analytics, there is a cert threshold that organisations have to consume with security infrastructure," he explained.
"When it comes to purchase an analytics tool it outreaches their budget, so they would prefer it to be a feature of the solution." | https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2172556/mcafee-makes-network-security-platform-flexible?utm_campaign=shaundnichols&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Twitterfeed |
from the who-are-you-today dept.
Iago writes "If you need information about a person in Moscow, just go to the market and buy it. The Globe and Mail reports that along with the usual pirated software, cd's etc. you can find out information such as the bank records of your competitors, motor vehicle information and tax returns. The difference is that since the 80's it is much easier. Personal data on Windows servers has made getting personal data that much easier. Doing that and connecting it to the Internet is just asking for a gross- or willful-negligence lawsuit. Take the case of the recent Mastercard incident: (sorry, link in Finnish) [tietokone.fi] People burned by that one could go for a class action lawsuit against either Mastercard their service supplier or the software vendor or a combination. There's no excuse for using tools known to be defective in a networked context.
Increasingly that said same vendor has been associated with breaches of security and failures. A year ago it was voting machines now this...
by btarval (874919) writes: Probably a good deal of it. While the article focused on Russia, another recent article showed how easy it was to get the personal information of people from databases which had been offshored.
$100 (even Canadian) per CD is a worthy amount of money in Russia or other second/third world countries where back-office operations have been off-shored to. This problem is only going to keep growing at these price levels.
by Jesus_666 (702802) writes: Why can't we just use decent modificators? I declare some of my information public and only me and my children (yeah, right) can access it. Or I restrict usage to everyone in the same package as me.
Then again, importing biz.booksellers.amazon. * might unnecessarily bloat my package... but it's still better than declaring all of my information as public.
by HangingChad (677530) writes: Now think about the databases the FBI and the airport security are keeping about you.
Not sure I'd worry as much about them. The FBI computer systems aren't as sophisticated as people seem to think. The danger from them is the type of information they have access to in other systems. And the ability to aggregate that information into a file supplemented by direct observation. That's what the real brewha with the Patriot Act is all about. The FBI's ability to do that without judicial oversight. The pr Because as a wise person once said...
by MochaMan (30021) writes: I'm sure it's real... I mean, if this was a scam someone would have turned the sellers in to the cops for false advertising by now. The market takes care of this kind of thing itself. *cough*
Another example of security through obscurity.
Journal The rule of thumb is: Do not worry about the means of transport, but the destination.
In other words - don't worry if the encryption used to send the data is 128 bit or 1024. No one will bother try to sniff'n'hack it anyways. Worry about whom you're giving your info to. Sure - they may have cheap DVD's, but in order to sell you cheap goods, they must save money in other areas. Security is (sadly) one of the first things to go. Share
by Jesus_666 (702802) writes: In corporate America, certain organizations are corrupt.
In soviet Russia, corruption certainly was organized.
by divide overflow (599608) writes: > Unfortunately for any idiot trying to do so, ChoicePoint now requires a minimum of 2 years for any business that is trying to get in with them. I've tried, because I too am interested in selling these records and they turned me down for being 'too new', or in other words 'somebody wanting to steal data'.
It doesn't take too much effort to find a way around that limitation. I'm not going to say how to do it as I don't want to lower the barrier to entry and make it any easier for those less creative m
Journal The question is, how much of this information is being sold in other countries, perhaps in a more sophisticated manner? USian? Go get your free credit report [freecreditreport.com]. Look closely at who has recently requested it. They're getting all kinds of information about you. Your bank, credit card company, mobile phone provider, broadband provider, power company, pretty much anyone with your name addy and social security number can sell your info to be requested by someone else at any time. This is a perfectly legal and legit practice. Regarding other countries, these businesses who outsource IT to India/China/Russia will locally all have this information to trade on the white and black market where there are even less data privacy laws.
I used to worry about identity theft and related crimes. I used to think I was the one in control and had the responsibility of securing my personal information. No, the companies that trade on personal info and credit have the control and the toothpaste is out of the tube. I can never secure the last 30 years of my information again, so why bother trying? All I can do is be vigilant in trying to detect fraud and deal with it on a case by case basis.
There is too much commerce at stake for governments to pass laws to ensure data privacy or make issuing credit more secure. Stop whining and start making arguments to your local politicians for doing what you want to be done.
by KMSelf (361) writes: While you can see who's requested your credit report (and I'd recommend you check it at least annually), this has limited utility.
While most financial institutions will prefer to obtain this data directly from the major vendors (Experian / Trans Union, Equifax), the problem is that data are transitive, but data tracing is not. You have no idea who among the entities who've requested your data have passed it on, or let it slip, to others.
by Vadim Makarov (529622) writes: A couple of notes about it.
1. I get several pieces of spam in Russian every day advertising these databases. Dammit.
2. Law enforcement in Russia does nothing about it. In the current situation, it is trivial to catch the seller: the databases advertised in spam, for example, are delivered by a courier. If the police were interested in hindering this activity (or forcing it deeper underground, at least), they would do this in a blink of the eye. Nothing is done, though.
by Aardpig (622459) writes: Don't complain. If I didn't say it, someone else would. Yes, but they would have made it funny. Or even mildly humourous.
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Reimage is recommended to uninstall Newupdate.updates24everyone.org.
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
Uninstall Newupdate.updates24everyone.org and related programs
Here, look for Newupdate.updates24everyone.org or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Newupdate.updates24everyone.org or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons.
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Newupdate.updates24everyone.org and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
Click Settings to open more options.
Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
Find this folder on your computer: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft. MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
Here, select Newupdate.updates24everyone.org and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Newupdate.updates24everyone.org removal.
Here, select Newupdate.updates24everyone.org and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings.
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Newupdate.updates24everyone.org removal.
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
Here, select Extensions and look for Newupdate.updates24everyone.org or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
Reset Safari
Here, select Reset Safari....
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Newupdate.updates24everyone.org removal process.
Use the QR scanner to get instructions on your mobile device.
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Symantec's new Norton Core router.
Even technology “experts” like myself can make boneheaded decisions—but at least I learn from them. My epiphany, learned the hard way, came around 2009 when I traveled to Houston for a meeting with HP . I stopped for lunch at a local restaurant, leaving my briefcase with my notebook computer and a 500MB portable USB drive (containing several years of work presentations, emails, spreadsheets and other critical job-related data files) inside my rental car. You can probably see where this is going—while I was eating lunch, my car was broken into and my briefcase stolen. While I couldn’t have cared less about the notebook, the theft of the portable drive was a huge loss. It took me weeks to recover even a small portion of my data files. Upon returning to San Jose, the first thing I did was subscribe to a cloud-based storage service; I’ve been a happy camper (at least as far as data backup goes) ever since.
This story underscores the unfortunate fact that many consumers wait to take proactive security measures until something calamitous happens and they have to learn the hard way. Sadly, I strongly suspect that this is happening today in every home with a router and more than a handful of devices connected to the home network (not just notebook and PCs, but tablets, smartphones, smart thermostats, home security devices, gaming consoles, etc.). Beyond installing anti-virus software on their PCs, the typical consumer doesn’t think a whole lot about securing the devices connected to their home network. That is exactly the type of naiveté that allows bad actors to tunnel into your network for nefarious acts. You probably aren’t too worried that someone will hack into your Nest thermostat to raise the heat to 95 degrees. You would care, however, if someone hacked your Nest to access the other devices in your network and the data that is stored on them.
A new approach to home network security
Enter the Symantec Norton Core, an ambitious new router designed to attack the very problem I’ve described above. Priced at $199.99, the Core operates as both a router and a network security solution. Included in the price is a free 1-year subscription to Norton Core Security Plus software, which you can install on an unlimited number of Windows, Apple , and Android devices. The software helps protect the network and all IoT devices, and offers parental control management. After the first year, a continued subscription costs $9.99 per month. If you decide not to renew, the Core continues to function as a traditional high-performance router with basic security features like secure boot, firmware updates, and encryption of personal data at the router level (though its advanced security features and parental controls will no longer function without the subscription).
Out of the box, the Norton Core looks like no other router you’ve ever seen. At roughly 6” x 6” x 6” (HWD), the Core’s polyhedron-like look would look right at home in a command center in the next Mission Impossible or James Bond sequel. Available in Granite Gray or Titanium Gold, you almost want to put it on display in your home in a place where others can see it. The Core has a LED light ring at its base, which discretely glows white when operating in a normal manner and amber when something is askew. The Core is thoughtfully designed with a hollowed-out compartment for cables at the bottom of the unit. Inside this compartment is a gigabyte WAN port, 3 gigabyte LAN ports (which some users may find a bit skimpy), 2 USB 3.0 ports, a power port and a reset button. Core also includes a Bluetooth radio to aid with the set-up process (which is completely facilitated by the Core app on your mobile device). | https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2018/03/14/first-impressions-norton-core-and-the-future-shape-of-home-network-security/ |
Intel researchers are working on a 48-core processor for smartphones and tablets but it could be five to 10 years before it hits the market.
“If we’re going to have this technology in five to 10 years, we could finally do things that take way too much processing power today,” said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst with Moor Insights and Strategy. “This could really open up our concept of what is a computer… The phone would be smart enough to not just be a computer but it could be my computer.”
[ Further reading: The best Android phones for every budget. ]
Enric Herrero, a research scientist at Intel Labs in Barcelona, Spain, said so far they’ve built a prototype of a 48-core chip designed to run different apps on different cores on a smartphone or tablet.
Today, some small mobile devices use multi-core chips. However, those multi-cores might be dual- or quad-core CPUs working with a few GPUs. Having a 48-core chip in a small mobile device would open up a whole new world of possibilities.
At this point, though, researchers are working to see exactly how to best use so many cores for one device.
“Typically a processor with one core would do jobs one after another,” Herrero told Computerworld. “With multiple cores, they can divide the work among them.”
He explained that with many cores, someone could, for instance, be encrypting an email while also working on other power-intensive apps at the same time. It could be done today, but the operations might drag because they’d have to share resources.
Tanausu Ramirez, another Intel research scientist working on the 48-core chip, also noted that if someone was, for example, watching a high-definition video, a 48-core chip would be able to use different cores to decode different video frames at the same time, giving the user a more seamless video experience.
Ramirez also said that instead of one core working at near top capacity and using up a lot of energy, many cores could run in parallel on different projects and use less energy.
“The chip also can take the energy and split it up and distribute it between different applications,” he added.
Justin Rattner, Intel’s CTO, told Computerworld that he thinks a 48-core chip for small mobile devices could hit the market “much sooner” than the researchers’ 10-year prediction.
“I think the desire to move to more natural interfaces to make the interaction much more human-like is really going to drive the computational requirements,” he said. “Having large numbers of cores to generate very high performance levels is the most energy efficient way to deliver those performance levels.”
Rattner said functions like speech recognition and augmented reality will push the need for more computational power.
“If it’s doing speech recognition or computer vision… that’s very computational intensive,” he added. “It’s just not practical to just take sound and pictures and send it up to the cloud and expect that some server is going to perform those tasks. So a lot of that will be pushed out to the client devices.”
Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Enderle Group, said being able to have different device functions, as well as apps all running on their own cores would be a great advance.
“You move to a massive multi-core model and you’ll have massive multi-tasking,” he said. “You can have some big apps running and nothing will steal performance from each other. You get that huge range of performance across the spectrum and you get the benefits of things you can’t even run on a PC now. Plus you’d get a potential low battery drain.”
Enderle also pointed out that running so many cores would enable the phone to scale way down when it’s just sitting in someone’s purse or pocket and then scale well up when it’s being used.
One issue the researchers are running into, however, is making sure there is software for small mobile devices that can take advantage of so many cores.
“This is a more limiting factor,” said Herrero. “We need to modify how operating systems and apps are developed, making them far more parallel. Now, [having] cores doesn’t matter if I can’t take advantage of it.”
Enderle agreed that it’s going to be critical to make sure the software is keeping up with the advances in the hardware.
“There aren’t many apps now to light up eight cores, let alone lighting up 48,” he said. “Even on the PC now, it’s really unusual in an 8-core machine to light up more than six cores. Writing for massive multi-core… Well, we haven’t even really started to do that yet.”
Moorhead, though, has faith that by the time the hardware is ready, the software will be, too.
“Five to 10 years is somewhat of an eternity in technology time,” he said. “If we’re going to have this technology in five to 10 years, [the smartphone] won’t have just one camera. It would have two to three cameras that are always on. It could build a three-dimensional map of what it’s looking at and do object recognition. You could finally do things that take way too much processing power today.”
Zeus Kerravala, an analyst with ZK Research, said there simply is never a shortage of demand for processing power.
And in 10 years, when a 48-core smartphone or tablet chip could be ready for market, devices likely will be in need of that boost.
“I suspect in 10 years, the devices we carry will be continually using any information available to them to make better decisions,” said Kerravala. “So a continuous stream of location, identity, ad-driven information and presence status will all continually be calculated to help us do the stuff we do better and faster. And I would think you’ll need multi-core to do that in 10 years. Whether it’s 36 or 48, who knows.”
Moorhead also projected that with that many cores and smarter software, our smartphones could someday be our main computers.
“My one compute device is in my hand and when I walk into my office, it automatically and wireless connects to my 30-inch display,” he explained. “I have touch, a keybord, a mouse and voice to interact with it… It changes the whole concept of what it is and what it can do.”
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Avast malware solutions are a way to protect your personal computer against or spyware, spyware, and other threats. Their free variation provides basic defense against a range of threats. Other features include no cost malware detection and stopping of malevolent websites. Nevertheless , they may do with improving the detection and blocking of false advantages, especially when considering surface scanning options.
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Tel Aviv-based anti-phishing company IronScales Ltd. raised $6.5 million in Series A, the company announced Tuesday. The current round brings IronScales’ equity funding to over $8 million to date.
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Established in 2013, IronScale provides automated phishing prevention, detection and response services for emails. Phishing, the attempt to obtain personal information by digitally posing as a trustworthy entity, is one of the most popular forms of cyber attacks. | https://www.hackbusters.com/news/stories/2293762-anti-phishing-company-ironscales-raises-6-5-million |
QQPass. BKH is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
QQPass. BKH prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
QQPass. BKH does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=195457 |
A new threat that comes under the guise of a genuine antivirus program has become increasingly prevalent over the past year. Offering to locate and remove malware from your PC, this rogue will actually install a Trojan on your unsuspecting system. The process is usually initiated when you click a link for what you believe is valid security software or its vendor's site.
Such adverts are not only a nuisance when browsing online -- fake ads appear on reputable sites that make use of third-party advertising -- but they are designed to rip off consumers by tempting them to pay for a worthless program. Worse still, these rogue applications infect your PC with a problem they claim can only be 'fixed' by purchasing extra software.
If a fake antimalware app is installed on your PC, you will begin to receive fairly persistent warning messages that your system has been infected and be advised to visit a particular site and pay for the necessary protection. You'll be told that you have a trial version of the software installed and need to upgrade to remove all threats.
[ Further reading: How to remove malware from your Windows PC ]
Such has been the success of these scams that several of the fake programs have become infamous. WinAntiSpyware, Antivirus 2008 (recently updated to 2009), Antispyware Pro XP and AntiVirus Lab 2009 are all suspect -- and no doubt others will soon emulate them.
With similar tactics having been previously used to perpetrate fraud such as phishing, the scammers have latched on to a very effective way to play on people's existing security fears.
Should one break through your defences, we'll show you how to remove it from your system.
1. The exact method for removing fake antivirus software will differ depending on the particular variety you've been blessed with. We've concentrated on Antivirus 2009. If it sounds familiar, you've probably endured fake warning alerts, increased pop-ups and the hijacking of your home page.
2. Such programs can be difficult to uninstall, and you may need to use a dedicated application such as ParetoLogic's XoftSpySE. In general, you will find that using antispyware software is simpler, although it can't be guaranteed to work in every instance.
3. Uninstall Antivirus 2009 using the Add/Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel, then restart your PC in Safe mode. Launch your antispyware application and allow it to scan system files and folders and remove any suspect applications. Now boot up your PC as normal.
4. If antispyware software doesn't get rid of the fake program, you'll need to remove it manually. Be sure to back up any important files first. Next, press Ctrl, Alt, Del to bring up the Task Manager. Click Image Name and select Antivirus 2009, then choose End Process to stop it running.
5. Go to Start, Run. Type regedit to start the Registry Editor, where you will delete the entries for WinAntiVirus. Browse to the Hkey_Local_Machine\Software folder from the My Computer folder and delete the series of Registry entries that are described on this PC Advisor forum thread.
6. The same thread lists a number of spyware files that will need to be manually deleted from your Windows folder, but note that you may need to stop the file processes in the Task Manager before you can delete them. As before, make sure you back up your system before you start. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/153810/fake_antivirus_apps.html |
How many times have data security and privacy constraints brought your key application development initiatives to a screeching halt? It usually occurs right around the time when contractors or outsourced vendors are called in to test the latest features or train users on major system enhancements but they are unable to do so. Why? The sensitive data that has traditionally been used to facilitate such activities now comes with some serious strings attached. Your implementation timeline stretches on and your rollout is in serious jeopardy as you struggle to find the in-house resources (both human and compute) to somehow finish the project.
When it comes to system development, for example, sensitive data cannot easily be shared with contractors because it must reside inside the firewall on corporate servers, and should only be accessed on a need-to-know basis and most certainly should not be placed in the cloud. Maintaining on-premise hardware may keep data safe within the corporate firewall but costs for dedicated infrastructure go far beyond the hardware dollars and cents to include the opportunity cost of lost efficiency and productivity.
Obviously, when it comes to cloud adoption by enterprise application development teams, concerns are often raised with regards to data security and privacy. Enterprises fear the repercussions of moving data to the cloud, and as is often the case, moving to the cloud is deemed impossible due to the sensitive data “requirement’ for test and development. Compliance with standards and regulations (such as HIPAA/HITECH, PCI) is typically cited as one of the key reasons for this hesitance in moving to the cloud.
Removing sensitive data facilitates cloud-based development, flexibility
One solution to this dilemma is the removal of sensitive data from the systems under development prior to migrating those systems to the cloud or prior to sharing them with external resources. By applying data masking (a.k.a. data obfuscation/de-identification), sensitive data is replaced with the realistic data required for development and testing while preventing the original sensitive data from being exposed in those non-production environments. Once your data is masked, the roadblocks that brought your application development project to a screeching halt are removed in a meaningful and responsible way that allows subsequent development, testing and training activities to proceed unhampered.
Data masking can significantly reduce, if not outright eliminate, the risks associated with deploying cloud-based infrastructure for application development. Once in the cloud, your infrastructure can be made to fit the scope (scaled up, down) and type of activity (acceptance testing, penetration testing, development, training, etc.). Your team can also be sized to fit the need as well given that restrictions around who sees sensitive data no longer apply when the data is masked.
At a high-level, a typical data masking process follows the steps below. Although these appear sequential (and in general they are) it is important to note that many organizations apply an iterative approach to data masking.
1. Document the policy/regulatory requirements applicable to your organization.
2. Create a catalog of sensitive data (where it is, what it is, who accesses it, etc.).
3. Determine how the various categories of sensitive data will be masked.
4. Configure and apply data masking rules.
A key but often overlooked aspect of this whole process is that organizations need to address sensitive data at the very earliest stages of application development or upgrade process. The reality is that much like system documentation, protecting sensitive information during the development process tends to be an afterthought. It’s this “afterthought’ that gives the privacy and security folks heartburn and forces them to send you back to the drawing board.
Automation is also important both when cataloging your sensitive data as well as when masking it in preparation for cloud deployment. Be prepared for some level of manual effort at this stage in terms of input from your subject matter experts but tools exist to significantly ease the burden of manual analysis via automated sensitive data search/discovery tools.
Also bear in mind that like many enterprise-wide technology initiatives, a phased approached to adopting cloud-based development infrastructure improves your chances of success. It doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing approach. Proceeding through the six steps outlined above on a focused set of applications/initiatives will help you identify “gotchas’ and best practices that will lead to broader success in the cloud.
Masking removes a crucial impediment to cloud adoption for test/development processes but it can be used on-premise as well.
Sensitive data discovery is important in ensuring appropriate coverage and can raise questions within the organization on the current risk landscape that need to be addressed prior to cloud deployment. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2013/11/26/overcoming-the-data-privacy-obstacle-to-cloud-based-test-and-development/ |
Agent. HCB is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy: .
It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc.
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
Agent. HCB uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Email: sending emails that include a copy of itself as an attachment. The computer is infected when the attachment is run. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=179419 |
PandaLabs detected the proliferation in search engines of numerous Web pages distributing the MySecurityEngine fake anti-virus. The “bait’ used in this case has been the much anticipated final episode of the series “Lost’.
There is nothing new about the way this infection operates. When someone searches for information relating to this series on the Internet, such as news on the final episode or how to view it through streaming, fake Web pages would appear which have been expertly indexed to appear in the leading positions among the results.
If users click these links, they will be prompted to accept the download of a file, such as a codec, and the fake anti-virus will be installed on the computers.
And it is not just “Lost’ that is being exploited in this way. In the last few days we have also detected similar techniques to lure potential victims using series including “Glee’, “Family Guy’ or the recent release of the film “Iron Man 2′.
The recent death of the Rainbow and Black Sabbath rock singer, Ronnie James Dio, has also been exploited by hackers to deploy a powerful Black Hat SEO attack across the Web.
According to Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs, “What continues to surprise us is the speed with which the numerous websites are created and then indexed and positioned on the Internet. As the screening of the final episode of “Lost’ approaches we expect the number of malicious links to double or triple.”
With this in mind, we recommend users (particularly fans of the series) to be wary when visiting websites through search engines, and try to make sure the pages they visit are reliable. If users should be directed to fake websites, it is essential not to accept any downloads. “Using your common sense and having good up-to-date protection installed are the two best ways of staying safe from these threats”, adds Corrons. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2010/05/19/attackers-use-final-lost-episode-to-spread-rogueware/ |
Check Point plays down FireWall-1 bug reports Security giant Check Point has played down the seriousness of reports of multiple vulnerabilities in a supposedly locked-down version of its flagship FireWall-1/VPN-1 security software.
Spanish security firm Pentest discovered multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities during the course of a comprehensive security evaluation of … COMMENTS House rules
No-one wants to see the bugs in FW-1/VPN-1 because it becomes too hard to justify the licensing fees they're continually shelling out of the budget.
Just ask about the RTM bug in R60-R65....want your firewalls to just randomly hang because of bad memory management? This'll do! | http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2007/10/03/check_point_pentest/ |
Nabload. BRS is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
Nabload. BRS does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=167836 |
A former player for the National Football League (NFL) has been jailed for five years for his part in a major fraud scheme involving over 50 other players.
Robert McCune, 42, of Riverdale, Georgia, had already pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, 10 counts of wire fraud, 12 counts of healthcare fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft.
He’s said to have defrauded the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan, which offers all players $350,000 in tax-free, out-of-pocket medical care expenses for anything not covered by insurance.
Between June 5 2017 and April 12 2018, McCune submitted false documents on behalf of dozens of former players and himself, seeking reimbursement for non-existent medical treatment and equipment, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ).
This included expensive items such as hyperbaric oxygen chambers, ultrasound machines and electromagnetic therapy devices.
McCune and his co-conspirators are said to have submitted around $2.9m in fraudulent claims in this way.
He’s also said to have demanded bribes and kickbacks in the thousands of dollars for claims submitted on behalf of others, using their name, insurance identification number, social security number, mailing address and date of birth.
Thirteen other defendants have already been sentenced for their role in the scheme, although a total of 68 claims were submitted on behalf of 51 players, the DoJ said.
If anything, healthcare fraud is an even bigger problem today than at the time of McCune’s wrongdoing, thanks to the COVID crisis.
The US authorities opened a record number of cases in 2020: out of 900 new investigations that year, 580 were related to healthcare fraud, according to the DoJ.
The growth of telemedicine during the pandemic has been a major driver of cybercrime, as it’s easier to fake consultations and prescriptions when patients don’t need to be physically present in clinics. | https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nfl-player-five-years-healthcare/ |
A couple of weeks back, our SpiderLabs researchers told you about the latest transgressions of the Angler exploit kit, which is using online advertisements spiked with malicious code to infect computers of unsuspecting users visiting popular and reputable websites.
The kit's choice of infection vehicle - malicious advertisements (or "malvertisements") - have won increasing favor with cybercriminals, with one study finding that the threat has increased more than 300 percent from 2014 to 2015.
Saboteurs typically spread malicious ads across the advertising ecosystem by professing to be a legitimate advertiser - and then later sneaking malicious code into the ads and past the security filters of the ad network without anyone noticing before they are published on reputable websites.
Customers of the Angler exploit kit (not to be confused with the developers of the kit itself) operate with varying levels of sophistication. We recently told you about one of the more elaborate criminal groups that rely on Angler performed its own novel take on the above technique: The masterminds acquired an expired domain of a small, but probably legitimate, advertising company to place malicious ads on known ad provider networks.
It is uncertain if this innovative strategy will become commonplace, but the tactic is notable if for no other reason than it shows criminals are serious about fine-tuning their malvertising ploys and are embracing the potential return-on-investment that the scheme offers.
IT and security professionals must take note of the malicious ad threat and its potential impact on your organization, either through end-user infection or - if you house a prominent website - compromise to spread malware.
Here are eight reasons why you should be wary of malicious ads. Understanding each of the reasons will help you better impede the risk.
1. They are growing in number.
Malicious ads have been around since at least 2007, when the threat began steadily turning up on popular sites like social networking platforms. The menace continued in the years that followed, prompting the nonprofit Online Trust Alliance in 2010 to form the Anti-Malvertising Task Force, which resulted in the release of a best practices white paper (PDF) for all parties involved in the distribution and handling of online ads. Despite these laudable efforts, malvertising appears to have continued largely untrammeled and has become one of the preferred vectors by which cybercriminals install malware onto the computers of unwitting users.
2. They can end up on any website.
Nearly every popular site has ads on it, and its owner generally doesn't control which ads can or cannot be displayed - beyond some settings regarding the type of content (but not the actual code or from where it originates). Instead, it is the ad network that chooses which ads to display in real time to target specific users, based on the visitor's profile and other considerations.
Ultimately the code of the actual ad is provided by whomever signed up with the ad network as a publisher - and that can be a cybercriminal. Let's say a malicious actor wants to publish their malicious ad. They go to an ad network and submit the code for their ad. Their code loads a script from their (malicious or compromised) website to which they want to silently direct users, which is benign when they submit the ad. So if the ad network scans the ad, they see benign code loading a benign script. Once the ad has been approved, however, the crook replaces the benign script with a malicious one. But because the ad is already in circulation and is marked as "approved," it's nearly impossible for the ad network to flag the script change - and do so for every external resource of every single ad it allows on its network.
In essence, the ecosystem of online advertising allows for code from someone else that you know nothing about to run on your site - and consequently on your visitor's machines.
"The most reliable and cost-effective method to inject malicious code on to a user’s device is to buy an ad."
& mdash; Michael Burgstahler (@twotribes) March 20, 2016
3. They are cheap and can be customized.
If you're a criminal, you can buy thousands of impressions ("displays" of your ad) for as low as a few dollars. These prices are considerably lower than the cost of compromising a site. Also, you can choose your target audience based on features such as their operating system, web browser or geolocation - meaning a cybercriminal can filter out unwanted traffic without paying for it and choose to pay a little more, but only pay for a certain type of traffic. For example, they can choose to exclusively target users of Internet Explorer because they know that their exploit works on IE, or only target the United States because their payload is a banking Trojan that is customized for American financial institutions.
4. They make more sense than compromising a single site.
The "old way" of delivering web exploits was that a site would get compromised, code would be placed on the site that redirects visitors of that site to a malicious page (typically an exploit kit's landing page), and any visitors to the site would be at risk of infection.
But this method has at least two notable limitations:
To be successful, criminals need to compromise sites that attract huge amounts of traffic and non-repeat visitors. These tend to be the most popular sites, which tend to also have the best security controls in place to prevent this type of infection.
Seeding a website with malicious code can be an expensive initial purchase. On the other hand, malicious advertising provides criminals with steady and certain traffic. In addition, they typically only pay a few cents to a few dollars for thousands of impressions. It's all automated and on-demand - criminals can begin a campaign whenever they desire.
5. They spread nasty payloads.
The aforementioned Angler exploit campaign directed visitors to websites laden with malicious ads to a rogue page hoisting a malware cocktail that included the Bedep Trojan and TeslaCrypt ransomware, a pernicious concoction our researchers described as "double the trouble." Ransomware, in particular, has become one of the most dangerous malware threats facing businesses, with some calling it a national cyber emergency and believing the worst is yet to come.
6. They neutralize the power of an educated user.
If in the past an educated user could avoid dodgy websites and remain relatively safe online, malvertising renders that intelligence and training irrelevant. That is because any site you visit may contain a malicious ad, and all the awareness in the world isn't going to help you.
Malicious ad exploitation happens in the background and without any user interaction, so it's not like there is a pop-up ad that your instincts will encourage you to avoid clicking. You also don't see the infection happening and you may not even know something bad has happened, unless you get a payload like ransomware - which (as mentioned above) will probably catch your attention.
7. They take advantage of overlooked patches.
Most web-borne malware will exploit either vulnerabilities in your browser or in commonly used third-party applications, such as Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Office or Microsoft Silverlight. It may sound like a broken record, but keeping all of those programs updated with the latest patches is critical.
Most attacks out there are not zero-days, but are known exploits that have fixes available. You have to ensure you deploy these patches across your organization (and at home for home users) as soon as they are released. Users and businesses also can consider uninstalling third-party programs not used or needed, such as Flash or Java.
8. They can evade legacy security solutions.
Malicious ads typically use obfuscated exploits that traditional security controls, such as anti-virus and firewalls, have difficulty sniffing out. They also make use of underground testing services to ensure that their malware goes by undetected on the victim machine and encryption services to ensure it remains that way. As such, businesses should turn to web security gateway solutions for protection against malvertising and exploit kits since these can scan for web-borne malicious content in real time and prevent such "undetectable" malware from reaching the victim machine in the first place. | https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/trustwave-blog/8-reasons-why-the-malicious-ad-threat-is-poised-to-grow-even-worse/ |
August is media-silly season. Nothing really happens during August–well, except for the beginnings and ends of World Wars and a few other minor things.
August is when the media, the folks who aren't on vacation, make up for the lull by covering stupid stories. (That’s not 100 percent correct but it is August, after all. Maybe that explains what happened to Niall Ferguson and Newsweek.) This is the time of year when the Web is filled with reports of shark attacks, baked goods bearing the likenesses of deities and political conventions. (Why does any media organization anywhere cover those damn things?)
First, the most upsetting news about Disney and the Internet since I found out that iCarly is actually on Nickleodeon: Shake it Up, a sitcom running on The Mouse Channel, claims that open-source software is insecure. Yep, it's time for the cage match you always wanted to see: Mickey Mouse vs The Linux Penguin! | http://www.pcworld.com/article/261352/silly_it_security_stories_for_the_soul.html |
It terminates its own execution if it detects that it is being executed in a virtual machine environment, such as VMWare or VirtualPC.
Agent. DFQ uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=138928 |
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Downloader. GSJ is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions: screenlogging, stealing personal data, etc.
Downloader. GSJ prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
Downloader. GSJ redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages.
Downloader. GSJ redirects attempts to access several web pages to a specific IP address.
Downloader. GSJ uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=100604 |
Patrick Wardle is a legend in the Apple ecosystem, and one of the best independent security researchers out there.
Not long ago, he sang Apple's praises for the security of their M1 processor.
More recently however, he made a rather disturbing discovery, finding malware in the wild that specifically targets the new chip.
Wardle had this to say about the matter:
"Today we confirmed that malicious adversaries are indeed crafting multi-architecture applications, so that their code will natively run on M1 systems. The malicious GoSearch22 application may be the first example of such natively M1 compatible code.
The creation of such applications is notable for two main reasons. First (and unsurprisingly), this illustrates that malicious code continues to evolve in direct response to both hardware and software changes coming out of Cupertino.
There are a myriad of [sic] benefits to natively distributing native arm64 binaries, so why would malware authors resist? Secondly, and more worrisomely, (static) analysis tools or anti-virus engines may struggle [to detect this]."
Unfortunately, a number of antivirus solutions that can detect this malware on Intel machines are unable to spot the Apple Silicon M1 variant. If there's a silver lining though, it lies in the fact that Apple moved quickly and revoked the developer's certificate. The downside to that is that Wardle was unable to determine whether the binary was notarized or not, but either way, the bottom line is that macOS users were infected by the strain.
All that to say that if you own an M1, you will definitely benefit from the processor's improved security. It is not, however, a free pass. Hackers have already found a way to design malware to circumvent the improved security and where there's one, you can bet there will be more to follow, so don't let your guard down.
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I’ve been asking myself that question a lot lately. In fact, it’s the driving question behind a new vision for business applications that opens possibilities, stimulates the imagination, and takes the grind out of work.
We all know what it is like to really love technology in our personal lives: we have our favorite apps, devices we can’t live without, technology that connects us to our family and friends, and tools that help us do the things we need to do. Why should work be any different?
If you compare the advances in enterprise business solutions to the technology changes we have seen over the last few years in personal computing, you’ll see what I mean. To say that the business world isn’t keeping up is an understatement. People who are passionate about technology are starting to wonder: Why is the chasm between what we can use in our personal life and what is available for work so vast?
This passion for technology is starting to surface in what employees expect from the tools they use at work. Employees are starting to expect—even demand—more from the technology they are given on the job. We see candidates basing employment decisions on the technology in place at their prospective employers. The next generation of workers wants to know: Do you embrace social technology? Can I bring my own device to work? Will I be able to collaborate effectively with my teammates? Will the tools I am given contribute to my success? In the new world of work, these are valid questions.
It’s possible we’ve been approaching business applications from the wrong direction. In the enterprise, traditionally the focus has been on creating business applications to be “systems of record”—built to rigidly control business processes in an attempt to make sure the company was ready for an audit. At Microsoft we realize that the people who use the applications matter most and that is why we have always prioritized the experience of using our application. These applications must deliver value to the organization, without creating more work for the people who use them. At Microsoft Dynamics, we’re reimagining business applications to meet the expectations people have today. By transforming the user experience, we’re transforming people’s work experience. We’re committed to providing tools that let people do their best work and feel as though they have exactly what they need to be rock stars every day in whatever they do. Creative. Impassioned. Able to succeed.
In our vision for the new world of work, work looks a lot more like life. You can easily accomplish what you need, work closely with others and move through the world and across devices without constraints. And you can enjoy it while you do it. But don’t just take our word for it. Take a look at the some of the enhancements we’ve made to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. If you’re passionate about technology, I think you’ll be as excited as we are about the Flow UX, integration with Yammer and Skype, and support for mobile devices such as phones, and tablets like Surface and iPad.
Can people fall in love with their business applications? We believe they can and they should. And that’s what we’re building. Not just applications that people use, but applications people love. | https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2012/12/11/closing-the-gap-between-how-we-work-and-how-we-live/ |
So Ashley Madison got hacked. A service claiming 37 million members, owned and operated by Avid Dating life Inc, who also run the “Cougar Life” and “Established Men” websites.
The one thing that sets this hack apart from other dating services getting hacked, is that the Ashley Madison slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair.” They have even ® registered that phrase!
Even with the slogan, it is still very much a dating site. You can flag yourself as being single, looking for a long-term relationship. You can search for single people only if you prefer. Nobody seemed to care about that when the news emerged that the site had been hacked.
In almost all breaches that becomes public, the service provider getting hacked takes a heavy beating in the media. Twitter acts as the biggest howling wolf pack ever, with other social media channels sharing and liking the news. Yes, I’ve joined the choir many times myself against service providers.
But in the case of Ashley Madison, the majority of news articles seem to focus on “Well, if you have an account with a cheating service like Ashley Madison, expect no sympathy from us you deceiving bugger”.
Not much word about the service provider, their security or lack of it.
Oh no, we’re pointing our index finger at all the registered users of Ashley Madison collectively. Even noted security reporter Brian Krebs calls Ashley Madison an “online cheating site” in his article. Do not judge the book by its cover, Brian.
Ashley Madison didn’t do any kind of email / ownership verification for new accounts.
Provide a fake email to Ashley Madison, get started with all free features immediately.
Yes, the really quick way to build a user base; a minimum of effort needed to get started.
I knew of other security design weaknesses as well, but I kept my mouth shut in public about it.
I read the story, and to my horror the article reveals that anyone can create an account using your email and get started using it, no account verification needed.
They also call the account deletion business practices of Ashley Madison “extortion”, since you have to pay money to have an account removed.
Yes, that’s correct. You can create an account for free, but it is completely unusable until you pay for membership. You can hide the account from anyone you haven’t made contact with online for free. But if you want to actually delete the account and all associated data, you have to pay money - $19.00 if you’re American.
It seems like Ashley Madison have changed that now. A good move, and I would just assume they couldn’t do anything else after the massive amount of bad publicity they got.
The leaked data, if it ever appears in public, doesn’t prove anything.
The free account essentially cannot be used for contacting or communicating with anyone else. Even if your credit card information shows you paid for an account, there is still no proof of you doing anything illegal according to law.
The only thing left are rumors. The kind of rumors that can ruin pretty much anyone’s life for a long, long time.
In November 2011, a dating service forum in Norway got hacked.
The site was known for also connecting buyers with “suppliers” of sexual services. A business which is illegal in Norway.
Approximately 26,000 users got their full names, emails, phone numbers etc exposed.
The media anonymously interviewed people who claimed to have done nothing wrong, but were considering suicide because of the attention they received from colleagues, friends and family.
I spent the days before Christmas talking to managers of some of those named on how to handle the situation. That Christmas became a nightmare for many based on rumors alone…
Four young men were charged and convicted for the hack, and sentenced to 30-57 hours of community service. The user list will probably never disappear from the internet.
Excellent post Per, there is often a lot more to this type of incident than gets reported in the headline hungry world of online “journalism”. And the subscriber-hungry Ashley Madison business model, with its utterly ridiculous “pay to remove” scam was, by some accounts, what sparked this hack in the first place. Requiring somebody to pay to remove their information from an online service would seem to violate the core principles of privacy.
As for the moral outrage that was expressed in such volume, I find it just a little scary. There are now over 700 comments on Brian Krebs original story, many of them expressing a moral righteousness that is surprisingly pharasaic, not to mention confusing, given how many affairs the rich and famous have, apparently with little reputational risk or lasting brand damage.
On a practical note, I echo your advice to companies. In a webinar last week I suggested that organizations brief staff on this breach and let people know that they can report any blackmail attempts discreetly and without judgment.
As you point out - it is far from a joke, it could be a matter of life or death.
Suicide is an option - and coupled with the stress of everything surrounding people’s lives, the public humiliation that can ensue for those people’s families may drive people to do unspeakable things.
It’s easy for people to judge, but every situation isn’t so cut and dry.
While I didn’t know that they had no verification, I want to thank you for putting that note up; because you’re right, it could lead to suicide.
And given that I was very suicidal for a long time, barely making it (and I won’t elaborate beyond), I especially appreciate the message, because it is a serious issue and something that far too many don’t understand.
Thanks for bringing it up; there is a serious lack of awareness with mental health in this world, and this is even more important when you consider the context here (after all, affairs can ruin lives without that complication, and even if the account is real, there is also the victim of the affair that could be at risk of suicide).
So you think that every relationship is built of gold and pixy dust? All rainbows and happy? There are many relationships that are broken and spouses feel trapped. They may or may not have kids. They may have an unloving spouse. To cast your judgement in such broad strokes is ridiculously unfair.
Not only that you’re angry at AM users who are “ENABLING THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILIES”. Isn’t this leak going to enable the destruction of a lot of families? Are you not mad at the Impact Team that publicly released the private data which may lead to the eventual break up of these families.
You’ve replied with such vitriol to many posts on here it seems you have an axe to grind with someone personally. Were you cheated on in you life?
I’ve been cheated on and cheated on others. It’s not always black and white these human relationships. None of us are perfect and many times too immature to properly be in a grown relationship.
YEs it proves nothing, you didnt actually go through with it, just like hiring a hitman doesn’t PROVE you would have actually made them go through with the hit. Or that buying 5kilos of crack doesn’t mean you were going to flush it down the toilet as you realized just how bad it was and turned your life around:)
What it does mean is you were interested and willing to post your contact information on a website intended to help people cheat on their spouses. You cannot be trusted in a relationship (you have someone elses heart, and if you have kids, families that have taken you in and accepted you) and I believe cheating dirtbags cannot be trusted in other aspects of their lives.
I wouldn’t vote for a politician who cheats as they could be blackmailed. I wouldnt trust someone to work for me in business, if they turn on their spouse on a whim then who is to say they wont turn on me. Anyone who throws a promise, their honor, out the window for a fling, who psychologically endangers their kids, who tears nuclear and extended families apart resulting in years of emotional anguish for their own selfish pleasures is not to be trusted with something important.
Character and reputation make a man. Guard yours well. You can do something right 1000 times, but one time doing something this idiotic, and you deserve the bad rep. I survived 100 hour work weeks with my spouse in residency while i was in grad school and teaching, with kids one of whom was cholicky. If I can survive that without cheating then you can live without your ashley madison account or be known for the weak willed fool that you are
So you wish to brand these “fools” with a scarlet letter AM? Is there any nuance to these situations? Is there no sympathy for those individuals caught in loveless relationships where they feel compelled to find “love” in other avenues? It’s wonderful that you were able to survive 100hr work weeks with your spouse in residency and a child with colic. Bravo! You deserve a medal! Was your spouse loving, supportive and committed to you in those difficult times? If you answer yes then your high horse holier than thou attitude is just that…self righteous bullshit.
What if you have been married 10 or 20 years. Your spouse hates you and there is no love in the relationship. You have a few kids and that is the only reason you remain together. One desperate day to find love or some kind of romantic outlet you create an account on AM. You’re not here because you want some “fling” or “hookup” but you’re desperate to find something to fill that void?
Do you even see where I’m going with this?
Some of the posters on this site are so quick to judge others and put themselves on pedestals of self righteousness that they forget being human can be hard and we fail at times.
So for the person who commits 1000 wonderful acts and fails at 1 act - that person should now be branded for life as a loathsome creature? Jesus Christ you’re a mean spirited cunt.
I was a curious onlooker who just wanted to see what it was about, some years ago.
Stupidly, I put my email in to see beyond the landing page. I was not that great of a site and
I did nothing with it. Actually, part of my curiosity was about how a website was set up. Never used it to hook up or meet anyone, and never used the site more than once or twice.
Never paid the site money either, but when I wanted to delete the account, they wanted money to do it. I thought that was A SCAM and refused to pay up and left it as is. Totally forgot about it - until this week. Have a marriage that is not perfect but a happy one. I love my wife dearly, always have, always will (20+ years and counting).
To my horror, my email is on the list. So, you tell me … who’s going to believe “I did nothing on it” defense? You’ll get a ‘yeah right’. Curiosity may kill more than the cat.
Prematurely coming to conclusions is as destructive as anything.
Don’t forget that Ashley Madison sending an email to an address given to it by a user upon registration is different from Ashley Madison *verifying* that the email address belongs to the person who registered for the site.
Sites which verify accounts typically send an email to the address the user gave asking them to click a link to *confirm* it was them who registered.
Otherwise, you get scenarios where people can register with - say - Tony Blair’s email address.
I’m on AshMad. Never heard of it until there was a fashion article talking about “what dating women are wearing”. Talked about a survey of AshMad users and their preferred handbag and she designer. A pretty fluff piece. I’m single. I’m dating. I never heard of this site so I went to check it out. So instead of lurking in the traditional sites, folks who are in a relationship OR those who really aren’t looking for a serious relationship hang out there.
Today I received a “send me money or I’m telling the world you were on a dating site.” threat email.
BFD. Some of us really don’t care.
I feel sorry for Kell. Must be hard to carry on in life with a mind that won’t open. Hard for the world to live in your Disney life. But then again, most of us come out of our basements and interact with real people on a day to day basis. | https://www.grahamcluley.com/ashley-madison-fake/ |
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Government agencies are making great strides in defending themselves against cyberattacks, according to new research from Accenture. But technology alone won't solve the problem.
Cyberattacks against governments agencies are increasing in frequency, sophistication, and severity, demanding heightened vigilance. New research from Accenture finds that public service organizations experience on average 31 successful security breaches each year, often resulting in significant damage or the loss of high-value assets. And it only takes one successful cyberattack to create widespread damage, as demonstrated by the recent WannaCry and Petya malware attacks. Thankfully, government organizations are demonstrating success in defending themselves against attacks.
Our survey of 4,600 security practitioners (including 400 from government agencies) across 15 countries finds that government agencies today are preventing the majority (87%) of focused cyberattacks and that most understand the benefits of digital technologies for organizational and data security. Most respondents (83%) agree that new technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are essential to achieving a sustainable level of cyber resilience, and two-thirds (62%) plan to continue investing in these technologies.
While building capacity for wise security investments is a priority for public service organizations, technology alone will not be sufficient to defend against cyberattacks. Government agencies must look beyond their four walls for help, while also taking steps to identify and address internal threats.
Security Teams Are Finding Breaches Faster; Collaboration Is Critical
Government agencies are detecting security breaches faster than ever before. More than half (52%) of survey respondents say it takes them one week or less to detect a security breach. However, despite faster detection times, security teams are finding less than two-thirds (63%) of all breaches. To improve detection rates, teams must develop strategic and tactical threat intelligence tailored to their organizations, which will allow them to identify security risks and constantly monitor for anomalous activity at the most likely points of attack.
When asked how they learn about attacks that their internal security teams are unable to detect, government respondents indicate that most attacks are identified with the assistance of law enforcement, white-hat hackers, peers, or competitors. These findings underscore the importance of cross-sector collaboration.
Agencies Are Addressing Cybersecurity from the Inside Out
While cyberattacks by external actors continue to pose a serious threat, organizations should not ignore the enemy within. According to survey respondents, two-thirds (72%) of the most damaging security breaches are the result of actions undertaken by internal actors such as employees. Many of these breaches result in sensitive information being published online accidentally or shared with unauthorized third-parties. A previous survey of health employees in North America reports that nearly one in five employees (18%) say they would be willing to sell confidential data to unauthorized parties.
Organizations must take a proactive approach to technology deployments, while reinforcing security behaviors and enhancing existing security protocols to help employees cope with increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. For example, strengthening email controls and passwords as well as utilizing stronger spam filters can prevent malicious correspondence from reaching employees and reduce the likelihood that they fall victim to phishing scams.
Organizations can build a strong security foundation by identifying high-value assets and hardening the security around them, and by ensuring high levels of security are deployed across the entire organization — not just around core corporate functions. Organizations must also pressure test their system's resilience by behaving like an attacker so they can better understand their vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity Investments Continue to Grow, but in a New Direction
The heightened state of cyber awareness within government is also helping to fuel investments. A majority (87%) of public sector respondents say their organization plans to increase security-related spending over the next three years. When asked which capabilities are needed, nearly half (44%) cite either cyber-threat analytics or security monitoring (46%).
However, organizational spending patterns are shifting. The study identifies a growing focus on technologies that protect employee privacy (33%) and enhance customer security (32%). Spending in these areas will likely increase as new legislation emerges across the world to protect citizen data, adding further requirements on government organizations' security practices.
Ideally, all cybersecurity investments should be overseen by a designated chief information security officer (CISO), a senior-level executive responsible for developing and implementing an information security program, which includes all procedures and policies designed to protect an organization's communications, systems, and assets from internal and external threats. Government organizations must take immediate steps to develop the next generation of public service CISOs, who are capable of balancing security requirements with their organization's operational risk appetite.
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Does your friend have anything on there that they really want to keep? Could they not copy it off then install XP SP2? Cos I think that would be quicker.... and they need SP2 anyway.
I know that re-installing Windows would be alot easier. However, her laptop does not have a CD-ROM tray and I only have Windows XP on a cd. Thus, I'm afraid that if I install SP2 right now her laptop might get messed up because of the remaining malware in it.
Copy this post to a notepad and save it. Delete Hijackthis. If you still have a downloaded zip use that, otherwise download from: http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe -install it to a new folder alongside your program files and then rename the Hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe.
Remove Alexa with Add/Remove pgms if you see it there.
=Start hijackthis, -select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked.
Good [all you will see will be a black screen flash]. Now:
=Get CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ - and put it in a new folder. You should aim to keep this one for general use. I set it from the install checkboxes to only open from the recycle bin. It's neater that way.
Now run CCleaner from the recycle bin rclick menu using its default settings [if you set up CCleaner as i suggested, rclicking the bin icon should give you the Open CCleaner option...]. Select the Cleaner icon and the Windows tab; press Run Cleaner. Next select the Applications tab and Run Cleaner again.
=GET AVG antispyware 7.5 here.. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 -the link is almost at the bottom of the page , avgas 7.5.0.50. Install it and UPDATE it.
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"Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data."
The key to this principle is "Appropriate technical and organisational measures". Today, hacking of web sites in widespread, and the benefits of firewalls and other security measures well-known. Therefore, in choosing a supplier who does not value these elements of security, you are essentially negating your responsibilities for securing the personal data. In the event that anything should happen to the data you store (for example, if your web site were hacked), your clients may have recourse under the Act to demonstrate that you had be negligent with their information.
Ampheon believe that security is paramount. This is why our servers are protected with firewalls, covered by the latest security releases, and actively monitored for untoward activity.
Second Principle:
"Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection of the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data."
Why is there such a disparity in the pricing of web hosting? One reason is that some hosting providers have their servers in the United States, where the costs are less than in Europe. However, as the second principle above discusses, any data you collect should remain within the European Union (as an example of protection, the US does not currently have any federal laws against sending unsolicited mail). So, if your mailing list is stored on a server in the United States, you may be storing the data outside the guidelines of the Act.
Ampheon's web servers are based within the United Kingdom, and are therefore fully covered by this second principle.
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In a recently decided matter, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, ordered the company Ticketmaster, to pay a USD10 million fine which forms part of a deferred prosecution settlement. The Ticketmaster admitted, in the settlement that an employee who had earlier worked for a rival company, was involved in the management of presale ticket sales, had provided the login credentials and other confidential documents and information to Ticketmaster’s executives. Apart from this, the former employee demonstrated to Ticketmaster managers, the technique to exploit the defect in the URL generation scheme that was used by the rival company for unpublished ticketing web pages, and subsequently hacked the competitor’s computer system. Ticketmaster later promoted this same employee who had unlawfully acquired the competitor’s information and used the same to enable Ticketmaster to gain undue commercial advantages.
Additionally, Ticketmaster agreed to implement a compliance and ethics program oriented at preventing its employees from unlawfully obtaining competitors confidential information and detecting and averting any hacking in the future.
WhatsApp amends Privacy Policy to facilitate User Data access for Third Parties
The newly revised privacy policy of WhatsApp aims at allowing Facebook to access to the user’s information except private chats, for businesses and third parties that transact using these web platforms. The motive behind such move according to WhatsApp, is to help businesses and third parties to better manage their services as they rely on the messaging app to manage their communications with their clients.
The new policy requires the users to consent to the newly adopted policy. The users won’t be able to access chat services unless they agree to the revised policy. The messaging company, earlier used to collect and share the user’s information such as number, location and IP addresses. This move has raised concerns with respect to antitrust and data privacy.
Parliamentary Committee proposes changes to the Draft Data Protection Bill
The joint parliamentary committee that has been reviewing the draft Data Protection bill, has recently proposed 89 alterations to the bill The draft data protection bill which has received the Cabinet’s nod was prepared subsequent to the Apex court’s recognition of privacy as a fundamental right in 2017 and its emphasis on need for data protection in the Aadhaar Judgment. The proposed bill requires the company to store critical data within the country. They can transfer the data overseas but subject to being consented by the data owner for the objectives specified in the bill. Further, a company will be required to set up mechanism facilitating the identification for such users who wish to be identified.
Additionally, the punitive provisions under the proposed legislation prescribes penalty of imprisonment of up to three years for such executives of the company who violates the privacy norms. It also proposes three year imprisonment for such employee entrusted with management of data related business, for advertently matching the anonymous data with public data to ascertain the identity of the individual.
Apex court dismisses allegations of cartelization against Uber and Ola
Recently the Supreme Court of India upheld the National Company Law Appelette Tribunal’s (NCLAT) order rejecting claims of cartelization against aggregators Ola and UBER. It stated that the prices were not designed by the aggregators as owing to prices being fixed by algorithm on demand supply basis there exists no possibility of meeting of mind, hence they acted in their individual capacities. The court however, rejected NCLAT’s finding of no locus standi on part of the petitioner.
The court stated that when the Competition Commission of India (CCI), functions as an inquisitorial body it must keep its door wide open in the public interest. Referring to provisions of the act, the court also held that NCLAT’s narrow construction of section 19 cannot be accepted, for definition of person under section 2 (l) is broad and wide. Hence any one can be an informant. The scope of person under section 19 is wide and therefore, individual or any kind of juristic artificial person can be an informant. This is because the proceeding under the said section may carry an implication on public interest.
Further, the court cited section 35 wherein the expression complainant is substituted by expression person or enterprise, to suggest that, while acting suo moto, NCLAT can receive information from anyone and not necessarily the person aggrieved by such conduct.
The US based telecom provider T-Mobile recently reported a security breach into its user data. According to the company, the customer information such as phone numbers, lines subscribed to an account and call related data were accessed. “The data accessed did not include names on the account, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs.”
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With advances in technology in recent years, the days of sitting together around the television or playing board games are a distant memory. Families now live in a constantly connected world.
According to a recent Ofcom Report, 62% of children aged 5-15 have access to tablet computers, with 34% owning their own. With devices more affordable than ever, opportunities for children to access the Internet are plentiful. A 2015 Pew Survey recently reported that 24% of teens are online “almost constantly,” while 92% of teens go online daily. These are impressively large numbers.
With the Internet more accessible than ever, how can you keep your children safe online? Below are four tips from Intego, the leader in Mac security, on how its new product Family Protector can help you ensure your children navigate the web safely.
Education is crucial
Knowing who your child is talking to online has never been more important, especially considering there are now just over 3.2 billion Internet users around the world. Keeping the lines of communication open about Internet activity is therefore crucial. If your child knows they can come and talk to you about their online activity, the chances of misuse are likely to be lessened. This can also enable you to quickly tackle any online issues, such as accidental in-app purchases or downloading inappropriate content.
Family Protector can help by providing some much needed peace of mind about your child’s activities. This includes allowing you to monitor what websites your child is accessing on their iOS devices. With Family Protector you can even prevent access to the device’s camera, stopping children from taking photos or sharing videos with others.
Eliminating bedtime distractions – schedule device restrictions during bedtime hours to help them get a good night’s sleep.
Getting them to call home – disable an unresponsive child’s access to third party apps and web browsing while sending them a lock screen message to call you.
Scheduling mealtime breaks – schedule time to turn off third party apps, stop web browsing and disable video chat, so they can enjoy other activities, such as family mealtime, and take a break from the screen.
With its low cost (£5 a month) and generous cover (up to 15 iOS devices and unlimited family managers/administrators), parents now have a great tool to put them back in the driving seat without being invasive or overly controlling.
Parents can manage Family Protector from any web browser or through the iOS or Android management apps, which are available on their respective app stores.
Unlike most other parental control products available in the market, Family Protector does not require an annual subscription and can be cancelled at any time. Also unlike other products, Family Protector does not require a jailbroken iPhone, nor does it redirect traffic though a proprietary server or require a user’s private iCloud account credentials.
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A comprehensive privacy and information security program is needed to meet HIPAA HITECH, Red Flag, and other state and federal standards.
Compliance Helper partnered with Rebecca Herold and Associates to develop the Prepare/Care program to help organization, large and small, get compliant, stay compliant, and prove compliance with the Compliance Meter.
Rebecca Herold, CISSP, CIPP, CISA, CISM, FLMI, has over two decades of privacy and information security experience and was recently voted the 3rd best privacy advisor in the world in competition with large law firms and consulting firms.
She has done over 200 risk assessments and remediation of business associates. Her step by step process, allows a client to work through templates of over 200 policies and procedures, and over 80 forms , tailoring them to their organization quickly and efficiently.
But, bear in mind that compliance is a process, an ongoing process that requires attention on a monthly basis. The Care maintenance program delivers a monthly task list, updates of policies, procedures, and forms, and advice and support from your personal Helper.
The Helper is a privacy and security expert assigned to each client to provide encouragement, advice, and occasional nagging to help them get through the process.
The Compliance Meter provides a quick reference to the current compliance level of the client. It displays the percentage of policies, procedures, and forms that have been through the review, edit, approval cycle and the percentage of assigned tasks accomplished.
If needed for further verification the "drill down" features allow a third party to see all activities, view policies, procedures, and forms remotely, thus providing complete transparency.
All of this is delivered through a cloud computing model that delivers the effect of an on-site consultant at a fraction of the cost. It is like putting a privacy and information security expert on your staff for a few dollars a day.
Jack Anderson, CEO, and Peg Anderson, VP Client Services, have been helping clients get accredited and compliant for almost a decade. They worked together at Validare, Inc. which helps office-based surgeries get accredited with The Joint Commission, and then in 2007 started Accreditation Helper to help Durable Medical Equipment companies get accredited.
The technology platform and methodology they built for Accreditation Helper is perfectly suited for the delivery of HIPAA HITECH compliance. By partnering with Rebecca Herold in 2009 they were able to leverage her vast knowledge and experience and deliver it in a cost effective and efficient manner.
The combined experience of Rebecca, Jack, and Peg are unmatched in the HIPAA HITECH market. They have helped hundreds of organizations, of all shapes and sizes and we can help you.
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Jack Anderson Good question Lance. We are seeing an influx of companies from the IT sector trying to get into the HIPAA HITECH arena.
If the vendor guarantees compliance or states that they offer "HIPAA Certification" run away. No one has any authority from HHS to certify and compliance is always the responsibility of the organization.
Check the credentials of the consultants and staff. Look for CISSP, CIPP, CISA, CISM, FLMI, etc.
Make sure they have strong healthcare backgrounds not just IT, because healthcare is quite different from other industries.
Remember it is privacy and security, because many companies focus on security to the detriment of privacy.
Get references, preferably an organization just like yours.
And always, of course, caveat emptor.
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Shauna Dillavou is quite comfortable with paranoia, especially when it comes to journalists and their digital security.
“Digital security, we tend to focus on what it’s going to take to make free speech as free as possible,” said Shauna Dillavou, cofounder and executive director of Community Red. “That’s going to depend on who’s reporting it and where and what they’re saying.”
Community Red helps journalists around the world assess their threat model and come up with strategies to protect their information and themselves from “bad actors,” whether they be dictatorial regimes or drug lords seeking to eliminate reporters covering wrongdoing.
“The idea is we want people to think about who they are in the space and time that they’re operating, their geography, the politics around them, what that means to them, and then what they want to say,” Dillavou said. “And so, if you can look at that and the aggressors, the people who may not like to hear what you’re saying, and their potential to do you harm, like what ways they could potentially be getting to you, and the information that you have and what could happen to you as a result.”
In this week’s podcast, Producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O’Connell talk to Shauna Dillavou of Community Red about what her organization is doing to help citizen journalists worldwide. They also discuss what steps journalists can take to protect their information from prying eyes and the impact threats like GamerGate and the Sony hack have on free speech.
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Ransomware, a type of malware that encrypts all the data on your computer until you pay the attackers a ransom (often in bitcoins), has been a big problem for Windows users for years.
And now the first successful ransomware attack on Mac users occurred this weekend, using malware designed to lock files on a targeted computer three days after infection, reports Reuters' Jim Finkle. Targeted users could start seeing their files locked on Monday.
Finkle was told about the attack by security researchers at Palo Alto Networks.
While there have been previous reports of Mac users attacked by ransomware, such as an attack back in 2013; in that case, the attack was more or less faked.
Attackers were able to embed a little bit of code in the browser that made it look like the Mac (or Windows) machine was locked and encrypted when only the browser was affected, reported security researchers at Malwarebytes.
But it seemed only a matter of time before Macs would get their own ransomware. Security researchers have been writing more and more proof-of-concept Mac ransomware and a few successful attempts were shared by at least two different researchers last fall. The idea of proving and sharing such code is to allow Apple and others to fix the holes that would let real hackers get in.
The good news is that Apple may have developed a fix to stop this particular ransomware attack. This malware appears to have snuck into an app called Transmission, a way for people to share movies and other content via sharing tech called BitTorrent. Apple has come up with a way to block Macs from installing the infected version of this app.
The Transmission website carries a warning telling people to upgrade to a new version of the app immediately, and offers instructions to check if your Mac was infected.
The bad news is that, given the rise in popularity of Macs, particularly in businesses and other targets with deep pockets, this also might be just the beginning of ransomware in the wild for Macs, and comes into the your computer in other ways. | https://www.businessinsider.com/mac-users-attacked-with-ransomware-2016-3 |
A Windows version of the ACDSee photography software has been around for a dozen years. Last week, ACD Systems saw fit to make a Mac version available to the public. On Wednesday, he company made a beat version of ACDSee Pro for Mac available to the public.
One of the application's main features is that it apparently skips the step of importing files from various drives as it automatically detects various devices and drives, and lets users drag-and-drop images instantly. ACDSee also supports more than 40 various file types, including movie and documents formats. In the future, the company plans on adding additional Mac-specific features, like Cover Flow and Quick Look.
You can download the beta directly from ACD's Web site. The final version will be out in 2010. At that time, ACDSee Pro for Mac will be available for a free 30-day trial and for purchase for $170.
We're presuming by that point they'll have added a Mac logo on the box, too. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/165458/article.html |
I'm somewhat nervouse about the Sec+ exam, I have it scheduled for 1/21/11! I am using the Darril Gibson book as a study guide as well as several other practice exams on this site and some someone else gave me (I think its from the JK-01 or something like that) and I have been fairly successful on his practice tests.
I'm nervouse because I'm not a super 'techy' type person and the ports/protocols and encryptions are giving me a hard time. The other aspects about physical security, passwords, etc (not the nitty gritty) are fairly easy because of my background... is there a good balance of both types of questions or is it more 'nitty gritty'?
I used Darril Gibson book and the sybex book a little.
I passed the exam with a 805 score. 4 weeks of readings.
On the practice exams, final one was an 88%.
When I passed the real exam, I was sure I was failing and had the nice surprise to see the congratulation screen.
Some have a perfectionnist personnality, which I am part of it. Any mistake or hesitation is making me doubting about myself...
Thanks everyone! I started reading DG's book in November had planned to take the exam in December 2010, but a research paper for my master's course was really kicking my butt and I put it off until January.
I have mainly been using DG's book and studying really hard... going back and taking all his prac quizzes, pre- and post-assessments and well, I do 'ok'... I'm now going back and reviewing the 'notes'... I know I'm going to pass, just a nervouse test taker! | https://community.infosecinstitute.com/discussion/comment/489334/ |
Good call on the follow-up, @Deb8.
If you got to the point where you provided personal information it's a good idea to connect with your financial institution to let them know what happened and make the security changes they suggest. You'll also want to keep an eye on other online accounts you have over the next few months. A good thing to keep in mind is that TELUS will never ask for personal banking information without first taking you to a secure site. Only check your account by logging into your telus "my account". Sadly there are scammers out there pretending to be legitimate sites, phising for personal information and bank info.
The problem with these fake site the URL will never be associated with a Telus.com domain. If you Hoover your mouse over the link(s) from the phishing scam it will be some other URL.
Also when it pertains to account information it's always behind a secured HTTPS: connection. Something the scammers will no purchase (a certificate) and won't be able to fake them as being Telus or any other legit company.
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If you still have the email, I encourage you to send it to [email protected] | https://forum.telus.com/t5/My-Mobility-Account/Phishing-scam-email-claiming-to-be-from-Telus-Mobility/m-p/83244 |
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Here is the answer for why a deterministic public-key encryption scheme cannot be CPA secure.
For CPA security it is sufficient if an adversary can distinguish between encryptions of two messages $m_0$ and $m_1$. That is, an adversary gets to see an encryption $c \gets \textsf{Enc}(pk,m_b)$ for a random bit $b$ together with the public key $pk$. Now in order to figure out if $c$ is an encryption of $m_0$ all the adversary has to do is to recompute $\textsf{Enc}(pk,m_0)$ and check whether or not this value matches the given ciphertext thus breaking CPA security.
$\begingroup$ Essentially the same argument also works for symmetric ciphers, since the definition of IND-CPA security assumes that the attacker has access to an encryption oracle. $\endgroup$ – Ilmari Karonen Feb 3 '15 at 16:14 $\begingroup$ @Ilmari, looks like the link to CPA definition is broken. $\endgroup$ – doughgle Sep 6 '19 at 23:39 | https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/22730/cpa-security-of-a-stateless-and-deterministic-encryption-system/22733 |
Transport systems are inherently complex and vulnerable to cyber-attacks, said Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the port of Los Angeles that handles goods value of around USD 1 billion per day. His port put in place the first ever cybersecurity centre in the US to mitigate cybersecurity risks that observes a cybersecurity threat once every eight seconds. Seroka stressed the importance of partnerships between private and public actors, without government overreach, to share and learn from each other. He also underlined the need to come up with common standards, which is not common in liner shipping.
According to Henrik Kiertzner, Principal Business Solutions Manager at SAS, the capabilities for cyberattacks are widespread: “sophisticated tools are for sale and rent, even for the most imbecile criminals”. Cyberattacks have become attractive moves for criminals and states engaged in hybrid warfare, because of their low investment needs and low risks. Security officers in firms have often difficulties in making the business case for more cybersecurity, but exposure can be huge. Governments cannot be trusted to help out – except for their own crucial services – as they have to prioritise, so resilience – bouncing back after and attack – is crucial.
Stéphane Feray Beaumont, Vice President at Alstom Digital Mobility, stressed the importance of training and awareness, so as to create the right mind-set. Transport infrastructures like railways have a long life-span, so much longer than the information technologies that form part of it; this forms one of the challenges. He stressed the need for common methodologies and standards, as well as the benefits of information sharing.
Similar points on raising awareness were made by Peter Kummer, Chief Information Officer of SBB, the Swiss federal railways. He has raised the awareness of cyberattacks in his company, for example by conducting tests to find out how employees react to phishing messages. The results of these tests showed that a quarter of the employees were willing to provide passwords.
What could companies do? Beaumount explained that regular changes are needed to keep secure, which distinguishes cybersecurity from other security issues. He recommended designing systems in such a way that a cyber-attack does not corrupt everything; having mitigation solutions that give enough time to look for solutions to prevent everything from being attacked. Co-operation between companies could also help: Kiertzner recalled that major banks in London have pooled resources for cybersecurity; similar initiatives could take place in the transport sector.
What could governments do? They have access to many businesses, so various public bodies – such as ports – have convening powers. So governments could facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and concentrate on areas where it has the largest economic and security impacts, said Seroka. Kiertzner observed that most successful collaborations start small, focusing on common and interlocking interests. The transport sector is large and diverse, so it would make sense to section up the market by size and interest.
Vertical integration in the transport sector - such as between shipping companies and port terminals - increases the risk that cyber-attacks cascade along the whole supply chain. This highlights the need to de-couple different elements of the supply chain. The challenge will be to create inter-operability while at the same time departmentalising risks. Common standards might be needed, but there is a legacy of slow progress on standards in certain transport, for example the railway sector. | https://2018.itf-oecd.org/cyber-security.html |
QuBit is a Cybersecurity Community Event connecting the East and West and it is already the 6th year on the cybersecurity market in CEE region. QuBit audience presented more than 250+ cyber professionals from the various industries from the CEE region and other countries.
Sixth annual cyber community conference offers its delegates as usual excellent speakers representing organizations such as LIFARS, FBI, Tatra banka, CISCO, IBM, OneTrust, ESET and many more, leading edge topics such as SCADA, APT10, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptomining & Cryptojacking and even more, keynotes, case studies, panel discussions and popular networking events.
First day, April 9, is dedicated to full day hands-on trainings focused on Android Reverse Engineering, Information security risk management and Security Information & Event Management (SIEM).
April 10-11 are two full days, where conference is running in two parallel tracks (cyber and management). QuBit sessions are strictly educational, with no marketing presentation as QuBit listens to its audience and offer only quality and valuable presentations and partners who are helping to improve current state of environment.
Cybersecurity space is constantly changing, but one thing remaining constant – the threat of cyberattacks. The only way to defend against the threats we are facing is to share knowledge and to spread information. And that is what QuBit conference is all about. It is event gathering some of the brightest mind in the field, who are sharing their expertise, experience and knowledge.
Invest in yourself and register now. | https://www.pcrevue.sk/a/The-Cybersecurity-Community-Event-in-Prague--Czech-Republic |
We all know the challenges Microsoft has faced in attempting to catch up with Sony and their PlayStation 4 console in the next generation consumer market.
I know one of the things that kept me from jumping straight to the Xbox One from my own Xbox 360 experience was the games library, both digital and physcial, that I had collected. We knew early on that Xbox 360 games were not going to be compatible with the new console like the original Xbox games were on the Xbox 360 so the upgrade involved more than just changing the hardware out.
For some people that is a significant investment and many would likely opt to stay on the Xbox 360 until it suffered some sort of hardware failure and then make the move to the Xbox One.
Then when you do make that move your library is going to be very empty as everything from your Xbox 360 will be left behind.
There is now an easier way to start building that game collection for your Xbox One before you have to suddenly leave your Xbox 360.
Xbox 360 owners may not have been aware of this but for some time now you have been able to use the web to add the monthly free offerings from Games with Gold for Xbox One to your account. Well now that process is more convenient as there is now a tile right in your Xbox 360 dashboard to do the same thing.
Check out Major Nelson’s video on what it will look like.
Now his post does not say anything about Deals with Gold, where you can get huge discounts on games and season passes, but it would make sense that this could be an option as well. In fact, maybe even a very attractive option for amassing some great deals as you prepare to make the move from Xbox 360 to the Xbox One. | https://www.itprotoday.com/mobile-management-and-security/xbox-360-owners-can-now-build-xbox-one-games-library-their-console |
identify successful messages and strategies for cybercrime awareness campaigns as well as assess the possibility of developing joint initiatives.
Europol, STOP. THINK. CONNECT, APWG.EU, and their worldwide partners are compiling the largest global cybercrime prevention effort, unifying and advocating the development of effective awareness programs. For the first time, the event will provide a common discussion framework for practitioners from law enforcement, academia and public and private sector partners.
Submissions should include author names, affiliations and acknowledgments (if any). They should not exceed 2 letter-sized pages. Each should begin with a title, abstract, and may optionally include introduction or session slides.
Click here to submit your paper. | https://www.europol.europa.eu/events/europol-apwg-symposium-global-cybersecurity-awareness |
Another week's work is finished, but instead of thank Crunchie It’s Friday this week, I had the Accenture surf trip to look forward to. I was told that it was unmissable, and it really was. I had no experience surfing, and hoped that I would not be the only one. I was reassured when I discovered that almost everybody else had the same level of talent as I did. The surf instructors were very helpful as well. Apparently the North Atlantic off the Sligo coast is cold at this time of year, who knew! We were treated to meals from one end of Sligo town to the other, and brought around to see everything town's nightlife has to offer. The following morning we were up bright and early again for another session on the waves. It's actually much harder than it looks. I can't wait to go back for the next trip. Apparently the location is switched between Strandhill where we were, Bundoran, and Lahinch.
A lot has happened in work this week. I am now being given more responsibilities as I start becoming more familiar with my role and with the overall system. I have also had a meeting with my line manager regarding my position within the role. All Accenture employees, regardless of their level within the company, are required to set out performance objectives at the start of the role, and these are reviewed when you roll off the project. Among other things, it is a great way of setting yourself goals that you want to achieve during your time in Accenture, both on the project and outside the project.
After 6 weeks in the company, I feel like I have well and truly settled in. But in a company as large and diverse as this, there is always something new around the corner. New opportunities to learn a new skill, to expand your technical capabilities, or even to meet new people at social events are always emerging, and it is always worth checking out Accenture's community on Yammer to see what is coming up next. | https://www.accenture.com/ie-en/blogs/blog-week-6-surf-trip |
2 Accounting and internal control systems and audit risk assessments Statements of Auditing Standards ( SASs ) are to be read in the light of The scope and authority of APB pronouncements. In particular, they contain basic principles and essential procedures ( Auditing Standards ), indicated by paragraphs in bold type, with which auditors are required to comply in the conduct of any audit. SASs also include explanatory and other material which is designed to assist auditors in interpreting and applying Auditing Standards. The definitions in the Glossary of terms are to be applied in the interpretation of SASs. Introduction The purpose of this SAS is to establish standards and provide guidance on audit risk and its components: inherent risk, control risk and detection risk, and also on the auditors approach to obtaining an systems. In some circumstances specific legislation and regulations require auditors to undertake procedures additional to those set out in this SAS. Auditors should: (a) obtain an systems sufficient to plan the audit and develop an effective audit approach; and (b) use professional judgment to assess the components of audit risk and to design audit procedures to ensure it is reduced to an acceptably low level. (SAS 300.1) Audit risk means the risk that auditors may give an inappropriate audit opinion on financial statements. Audit risk has three components: inherent risk, control risk and detection risk. Inherent risk is the susceptibility of an account balance or class of transactions to material misstatement, either individually or when aggregated with misstatements in other balances or classes, irrespective of related internal controls. Control risk is the risk that a misstatement that could occur in an account balance or class of transactions and that could be material, either individually or when aggregated with misstatements in other balances or classes, would not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis, by systems. Accounting system means the series of tasks and records of an entity by which transactions are processed as a means of maintaining financial records. Such systems identify, assemble, analyse, calculate, classify, record, summarise and report 3 8 Internal control system comprises the control environment and control procedures. It includes all the policies and procedures (internal controls) adopted by the directors and management of an entity to assist in achieving their objective of ensuring, as far as practicable, the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to internal policies, the safeguarding of assets, the prevention and detection of fraud and error, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information. Internal controls may be incorporated within computerised accounting systems. However, the internal control system extends beyond those matters which relate directly to the accounting system. 9 Control environment means the overall attitude, awareness and actions of directors and management regarding internal controls and their importance in the entity. The control environment encompasses the management style, and corporate culture and values shared by all employees. It provides the background against which the various other controls are operated. However, a strong control environment does not, by itself, ensure the effectiveness of the overall internal control system. Factors reflected in the control environment include: the philosophy and operating style of the directors and management; the entity s organisational structure and methods of assigning authority and responsibility (including segregation of duties and supervisory controls); and the directors methods of imposing control, including the internal audit function, the functions of the board of directors and personnel policies and procedures. 10 Control procedures are those policies and procedures in addition to the control environment which are established to achieve the entity s specific objectives. They include in particular procedures designed to prevent or to detect and correct errors. The latter may be a particular focus of high level controls in small or owner-managed entities. Specific control procedures include: approval and control of documents; controls over computerised applications and the information technology environment; checking the arithmetical accuracy of the records; maintaining and reviewing control accounts and trial balances; reconciliations; comparing the results of cash, security and stock counts with accounting records; comparing internal data with external sources of information; and limiting direct physical access to assets and records. 11 Auditors are only concerned with those policies and procedures within systems that are relevant to the financial statement assertions. The understanding of relevant aspects , together with the inherent and control risk assessments, enables auditors to: assess the adequacy of the accounting system as a basis for preparing the financial statements; identify the types of potential misstatements that could occur in the financial statements; consider factors that affect the risk of misstatements; and 4 design appropriate audit procedures. When planning their audit, auditors consider the likelihood of error in the light of inherent risk and the system of internal control (control risk) in order to determine the extent of work (and hence the level of detection risk) required to satisfy themselves that the risk of error in the financial statements is sufficiently low. 12 Inherent risk In developing their audit approach and detailed procedures, auditors should assess inherent risk in relation to financial statement assertions about material account balances and classes of transactions, taking account of factors relevant both to the entity as a whole and to the specific assertions. (SAS 300.2) In the absence of knowledge or information to enable auditors to make an assessment of inherent risk for a specific account balance or class of transactions they assume that inherent risk is high. However, when an assessment is made and inherent risk is not considered to be high, they document the reasons for their assessment and are able to reduce the work they would otherwise carry out. To assess inherent risk, auditors use their professional judgment to evaluate numerous factors, having regard to their experience of the entity from previous audits, any controls established by management to compensate for a high level of inherent risk (as described in paragraph 32 below), and their knowledge of any significant changes which have taken place. Examples of relevant factors are: At the entity level the integrity of directors and management; management experience and knowledge and changes in management during the period, for example inexperience may affect the preparation of the financial statements of the entity; unusual pressures on directors or management, such as tight reporting deadlines, market expectations or other circumstances that might predispose them to misstate the financial statements, for example the industry experiencing a large number of business failures or an entity that is close to breaching borrowing covenants; the nature of the entity s business, for example the potential for technological obsolescence of its products and services, the complexity of its capital structure, the significance of related parties and the number of locations and geographical spread of its production facilities; and factors affecting the industry in which the entity operates, for example economic and competitive conditions as indicated by financial trends and ratios, regulatory requirements and changes in technology, consumer demand and accounting practices common to the industry. At the account balance and class of transactions level financial statement accounts likely to be susceptible to misstatement, for example accounts which required adjustment in the previous period or which involve a high degree of estimation; the complexity of underlying which might require the use of the work of an expert; 5 the degree of judgment involved in determining account balances; susceptibility of assets to loss or misappropriation, for example assets which are highly desirable and movable such as cash; the quality of the accounting systems; the completion of unusual and complex transactions, particularly at or near period end; and transactions not subjected to ordinary processing. Accounting system and control environment 16 In planning the audit, auditors should obtain and document system and control environment sufficient to determine their audit approach. 18 An understanding of the control environment enables auditors to assess the likely effectiveness of control procedures. A strong control environment, for example one with strong budgetary controls and an effective internal audit function, increases the effectiveness of control procedures. A small entity s control environment may be strengthened by the close involvement of the directors, including their review of financial information. 19 Based on their and control environment, auditors can make a preliminary assessment of the adequacy of the system as a basis for the preparation of the financial statements, and of the likely mix of tests of control and substantive procedures. 20 As control procedures are often incorporated within accounting systems, gathering information to obtain the is likely to result in some understanding of specific control procedures. In any event, as the accounting system, control environment and control procedures are closely related, auditors often seek to obtain information about all the relevant aspects ( the systems ) as one exercise. However, in order to design and select the appropriate audit tests it may be necessary for them to undertake additional work to obtain a more detailed understanding of specific control procedures. 21 When seeking systems and control environment sufficient to plan the audit, auditors obtain a knowledge of the design and operation of the systems. This understanding also assists the auditors assessment of inherent risk. In order to obtain this knowledge, they often perform walk-through tests, that is tracing one or more transactions through the accounting system and observing the application of relevant aspects of the internal control system.
6 The the procedures performed by auditors to obtain an understanding of the systems vary with, among other things; materiality considerations; the size and complexity of the entity; their assessment of inherent risk; the complexity of the entity s computer systems; the type of internal controls involved; and the nature of the entity s documentation of specific internal controls. Usually, the auditors understanding of the systems is obtained through previous experience with the entity updated as necessary by: (a) enquiries of appropriate supervisory and other personnel at various organisational levels within the entity, together with reference to documentation such as procedures manuals, job descriptions and systems descriptions; (b) inspection of relevant documents and records produced by the systems; and (c) observation of the entity s activities and operations, including the information technology function s organisation, personnel performing control procedures and the nature of transaction processing Internal controls and their inherent limitations Internal controls established by the directors relating to the accounting system are concerned with achieving objectives such as; transactions are executed in accordance with proper general or specific authorisation; all are promptly recorded at the correct amount, in the appropriate accounts and in the proper accounting period so as to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with the applicable reporting framework (eg relevant legislation and applicable accounting standards); access to assets is permitted only in accordance with proper authorisation; and recorded assets are compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with regard to any differences. An internal control system can only provide the directors with reasonable confidence that their objectives are reached because of inherent limitations such as; the usual requirement that the cost of an internal control is not disproportionate to the potential loss which may result from its absence; most systematic internal controls tend to be directed at routine transactions rather than non-routine transactions; the potential for human error due to carelessness, distraction, mistakes of judgment and the misunderstanding of instructions; the possibility of circumvention of internal controls through collusion with parties outside or inside the entity; the possibility that a person responsible for exercising an internal control could abuse that responsibility, for example by overriding an internal control; and the possibility that procedures may become inadequate due to changes in conditions or that compliance with procedures may deteriorate over time These factors indicate why auditors cannot obtain all their evidence from tests of the system of internal control.
7 Control risk in the small business 26 Auditors obtain an appropriate level of audit evidence to support their audit opinion regardless of the size of the entity. However, many internal controls relevant to large entities are not practical in the small business; for example, in small businesses accounting procedures may be performed by few persons who may have both operating and custodial responsibilities and, consequently, segregation of duties may be severely limited. Inadequate segregation of duties may, in some cases, be offset by other control procedures and close involvement of an owner or manager in strong supervisory controls where they have direct personal knowledge of the entity and involvement in transactions though this in itself may introduce other risks. In circumstances where segregation of duties is limited and evidence of supervisory controls is lacking, the audit evidence necessary to support the auditors opinion on the financial statements may have to be obtained entirely through the performance of substantive procedures and any audit work carried out in the course of preparing the financial statements. What follows is to be read with this in mind. Control risk 27 If auditors, after obtaining system and control environment, expect to be able to rely on their to reduce the extent of their substantive procedures, they should make a preliminary for material financial statement assertions, and should plan and perform tests of control to support that assessment. (SAS 300.4) 28 If, as a result of their work on the accounting system and control environment, auditors decide it is likely to be inefficient or impossible to rely on any to reduce their substantive procedures, no such assessment is necessary and control risk is assumed to be high. Preliminary 29 The preliminary is the process of evaluating the likely effectiveness of an systems in preventing and correcting material misstatements. This entails consideration of the design to assess their likely effectiveness. There is, however, always some control risk because of the inherent limitations of any internal control system. 30 The more effective the systems are assessed to be, the lower the auditors . Where auditors obtain satisfactory audit evidence from tests of control as to the effectiveness , the extent of substantive procedures may be reduced. 31 Auditors may conclude that systems are not effective, or they may decide that it is likely to be inefficient to adopt an audit approach which relies on tests of control. In these circumstances they plan the audit approach on the basis that needs to be obtained entirely from substantive procedures and from any audit work carried out in the preparation of the financial statements.
8 Relationship between the assessments risks Management often react to situations where inherent risk is high by designing to prevent and detect misstatements and therefore, in many cases, inherent risk and control risk are highly interrelated. In such situations, the effects risk may be more appropriately determined by making a combined assessment. 32 Documentation of understanding and When control risk is assessed at less than high, auditors document the basis for that conclusion. Different techniques may be used to document information relating to and the . Selection of a particular technique is a matter for the auditors judgment. Common techniques, used alone or in combination, are narrative descriptions, questionnaires, checklists and flow-charts. The form and extent of this documentation is influenced by the size and complexity of the entity and the nature of the systems. Generally, the more complex the systems and the more extensive the auditors procedures, the more extensive the documentation needs to be Tests of control Tests of control are performed to obtain audit evidence about the effective operation that is, that properly designed controls identified in the preliminary assessment exist in fact and have operated effectively throughout the relevant period. They include tests of elements of the control environment where strengths in the control environment are used by auditors to reduce control risk assessments. Some of the procedures performed to obtain the systems may not have been specifically planned as tests of control but may provide audit evidence about the effectiveness of the operation of internal controls relevant to certain assertions and, consequently, serve as tests of control. For example, in obtaining the systems pertaining to cash, auditors may obtain audit evidence about the effectiveness of the bank reconciliation process through enquiry and observation. In these circumstances, when auditors conclude that procedures performed to obtain the systems also provide audit evidence about the operating effectiveness of policies and procedures relevant to a particular financial statement assertion, they may use that evidence, on its own or (if not in itself sufficient) with other appropriate audit evidence, to support a control risk assessment at less than high. Tests of control may include: corroborative enquiries about, and observation of, internal control functions; inspection of documents supporting controls or events to gain audit evidence that internal controls have operated properly, for example verifying that a transaction has been authorised or a reconciliation approved; 9 examination of evidence of management reviews, for example minutes of management meetings at which financial results are reviewed and corrective action decided on; reperformance of control procedures, for example reconciliation of bank accounts, to ensure they were correctly performed by the entity; and testing of the internal controls operating on specific computerised applications or over the overall information technology function, for example access or program change controls. 39 When obtaining evidence about the effective operation of internal controls, relevant factors for auditors to consider are how they were applied, the consistency with which they were applied during the period and by whom they were applied. The concept of effective operation recognises that some deviations may have occurred. Deviations from prescribed controls may be caused by such factors as changes in key personnel, significant seasonal fluctuations in volume of transactions and human error. In particular, staff changes in key internal control functions may increase control risk. If there have been such changes in the period under review, auditors may need to modify their tests of control to confirm effective operation during and after the period of change. 40 If substantially different controls are used at different times during the period, auditors consider each separately. A breakdown in internal controls for a specific portion of the period requires separate consideration of the the audit procedures to be applied to the of that period. 41 Auditors may find it necessary, or may prefer, to use computer-assisted audit techniques. The use of such techniques, for example file interrogation tools or audit test data, may be appropriate when systems provide no visible evidence documenting the performance of internal controls which are programmed into a computerised accounting system. Quality and timeliness of audit evidence 42 As described in SAS 400 Audit evidence, certain types of audit evidence obtained by auditors are more reliable than others. Usually, auditors observations provide more reliable audit evidence than merely making enquiries, for example they might obtain audit evidence about the proper segregation of duties by observing the individual who applies a control procedure or by making enquiries of appropriate personnel. Audit evidence obtained by some tests of control, such as observation, pertains only to the point in time at which the procedure was applied. Auditors may decide, therefore, to supplement these procedures with other tests of control capable of providing audit evidence about other periods of time before or after that point. 43 If intending to rely on tests of control performed in advance of the period end, auditors should obtain as to the nature and extent of any changes in design or operation of the systems within the accounting period since such procedures were performed. (SAS 300.5) 44 Auditors may decide to perform some tests of control at an interim audit visit in advance of the period end. However, they cannot rely on the results of such tests 10 without considering the need to obtain further evidence relating to the remainder of the period. Factors to be considered include: the results of the interim tests; the length of the remaining period; whether any changes have occurred in systems during the remaining period; the nature and amount of the and the balances involved; the control environment; and the the substantive procedures which they plan to undertake. Likewise, in determining the appropriate audit evidence to support a conclusion about control risk, auditors may consider the audit evidence obtained in previous audits having regard to the guidance in paragraph 44 above. In a continuing engagement, auditors have knowledge through work carried out previously but update this information and consider the need to obtain further audit evidence. The longer the time elapsed since part of system was subject to tests of control, the less persuasive are the results of that work in providing audit evidence to support an that is less than high. 45 Final Having undertaken tests of control, auditors should evaluate whether the preliminary is supported. (SAS 300.6) Whenever deviations are detected, auditors make specific enquiries in order to consider their implications. It may be that, in the circumstances, they can obtain to conclude that, despite those deviations, their preliminary assessment is supported. On the other hand, if they conclude that the deviation rate is such that the preliminary assessment is not supported, they amend their unless audit evidence obtained from other tests of control supports that assessment. If the evaluation of deviations results in auditors concluding that the assessed level of control risk needs to be revised, they modify the their planned substantive procedures Detection risk Auditors should consider the assessed levels risk in determining the substantive procedures required to reduce audit risk to an acceptable level. (SAS 300.7) The level of detection risk relates to the auditors substantive procedures (tests of details of transactions and balances and analytical procedures). It is primarily the consequence of the fact that auditors do not, and cannot, examine all available evidence; auditors seek reasonable confidence and so do not examine all items, nor all evidence concerning any item that is examined. Moreover, as audit evidence is generally persuasive rather than conclusive, some detection risk is usually present 49 50 11 even if they examine all evidence available of an account balance or an entire class of transactions. 51 To form their audit opinion, auditors obtain as to whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. Internal controls, even if fairly simple and unsophisticated, may contribute to this evidence. The auditors control risk assessment, together with the inherent risk assessment, influences the substantive procedures to be performed to reduce detection risk, and therefore audit risk, to an acceptably low level. 52 While tests of control and substantive procedures are distinguishable as to their purpose, the results of either type of procedure may contribute to the purpose of the other. Misstatements discovered in conducting substantive procedures may cause auditors to modify the previous . 53 Regardless of the assessed levels risks, auditors should perform some substantive procedures for financial statement assertions of material account balances and transaction classes. (SAS 300.8) 54 The assessed levels risks cannot be sufficiently low to eliminate the need for auditors to perform any substantive procedures for material account balances and transaction classes. However, these substantive procedures may comprise only analytical procedures where such procedures provide sufficient appropriate evidence. 55 The auditors assessment of the components of audit risk may change during the course of an audit, for example information may come to their attention when performing substantive procedures that differs significantly from the information on which they originally assessed inherent and control risks. In such cases, they modify the planned substantive procedures based on a revision of the assessed levels risks for the relevant financial statement assertions. 56 When both inherent and control risks are assessed as high, auditors consider whether substantive procedures can provide to reduce detection risk, and therefore audit risk, to an acceptably low level. For example, they may not be able to obtain sufficient evidence about the completeness of income in the absence of some internal controls. When auditors determine that detection risk regarding a material financial statement assertion cannot be reduced to an acceptably low level, they consider the implications for their report. Communication of weaknesses 57 As a result of obtaining an systems and of performing audit procedures, auditors may become aware of weaknesses in the systems. Guidance on the communication of such weaknesses to directors or management is included in SAS 610 Reports to directors or management. Compliance with International Standards on Auditing 58 International Standard on Auditing 400 Risk Assessments and Internal Control includes the following requirements which are not reflected in Auditing Standards in this SAS:
12 (a) The auditor should obtain system sufficient to identify and understand: (a) major classes of transactions in the entity s operations; (b) how such transactions are initiated; (c) significant accounting records, supporting documents and accounts in the financial statements; and (d) the accounting and financial reporting process, from the initiation of significant to their inclusion in the financial statements. (b) The auditor should obtain an understanding of the control environment sufficient to assess directors and management s attitudes, awareness and actions regarding internal controls and their importance in the entity. (c) The auditor should obtain an understanding of the control procedures sufficient to develop the audit plan. As the SAS contains an Auditing Standard requiring auditors to obtain and document system and control environment sufficient to determine their audit approach, it is considered more appropriate to include the requirements in (a), (b) and (c) above as guidance rather than as Auditing Standards. (d) The preliminary for a financial statement assertion should be high unless the auditor: (a) is able to identify internal controls relevant to the assertion which are likely to prevent or detect and correct a material misstatement; and (b) plans to perform tests of control to support the assessment. This requirement is inherent in SAS in paragraph 27 above. It is therefore considered sufficient for the corresponding idea to be included as guidance only in paragraph 31 above. (e) The auditor should document in the audit working papers: (a) the understanding obtained of the systems; and (b) the . This requirement is reflected generally in SAS 200 Planning and SAS 230 Working papers. (f) The higher the assessment risk, the more evidence the auditor should obtain from the performance of substantive procedures. This requirement is reflected in SAS 400 Audit evidence. (g) When the auditor determines that detection risk regarding a financial statement assertion for a material account balance or class of transactions cannot be reduced to an acceptably low level, the auditor should express a qualified opinion or disclaimer of opinion. This requirement is reflected in SAS 600 Auditors reports on financial statements.
13 (h) The auditor should make management aware, on a timely basis and at an appropriate level of responsibility, of material weaknesses in the design or operation , which have come to the auditor s attention. This requirement is reflected generally in Auditing Standards in SAS 610 Reports to directors or management. 59 With the explanations noted in paragraph 58, compliance with this SAS ensures compliance in all material respects with International Standard on Auditing 400 Risk Assessments and Internal Control. Effective date 60 Auditors are required to comply with the Auditing Standards contained in this SAS in respect of audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after 23 December 1995.
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On Eurozone Vulnerability Posted on March 23, 2017 by Philippe WAECHTER This article written Benedicta Marzinotto, on Project Syndicate, explains what are the fragilities of the Euro Area despite all the structural reforms that has been accomplished. In case of a crisis, high indebted countries would face again high difficulties to maintain their stability. Despite recently experiencing an overall economic uptick, the eurozone remains fragile and uninsured against the risk of another crisis. And a major reason is that it is still vulnerable to asymmetric boom-and-bust cycles.
Simply put, while all eurozone members can benefit during good times, some suffer far more than others during busts. This means that whenever the next crisis hits, safety-conscious investors will flee from fiscally weak countries toward fiscally strong ones that have a proven track record of generating economic growth….. | https://philippewaechter.en.nam.natixis.com/2017/03/23/on-eurozone-vulnerability/ |
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On August 30, 2012 by Tom Brewster 0 The number of data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has jumped by over 1000 percent in five years, according to data released after a Freedom of Information request.
Local government data breaches increased by 1,609 percent since 2007, whilst public sector organisations rose by 1,380 percent. The private sector saw a rise of 1,159 percent.
Central government breaches were up by 132 percent, said security company Imation, which requested the information. The number of overall breaches, including those that weren’t reported, was likely to be considerably higher, said Nick Banks at Imation Mobile Security.
More than meets the eye?
“These figures from the ICO only cover self-reported data breaches, so we have to assume that the numbers of breaches in the real world are higher. Clearly it’s impossible to speculate how many breaches are missing from these numbers, but one wonders how many breaches go unreported and are therefore missing from any official figures,” Banks told TechWeekEurope.
“The flipside of this of course is that many organisations now have very robust procedures in place for reporting data breaches to the ICO, and without doubt this is one reason for the increase in breaches over the years as seen in the ICO’s figures.
“Unfortunately in the real world we see plenty of examples where organisations have failed to adequately protect their data, so this might suggest that some of them are struggling with the increasing amounts of data organisations have to deal with now.”
Another recent FOI request revealed the ICO sent out 48 percent more warnings over poor data protection practices in the past year. The privacy watchdog sent out 68 warning notices for data security lapses in the 12 months up to 30 June 2012.
Earlier this month, Torbay Care Trust in Torquay was fined £175,000 after it accidentally published details relating to over 1000 members of staff on its website.
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07 Jun 2011 | 0 comments The eDiscovery frenzy that has gripped the American legal system over the past decade has become increasingly expensive. Particularly costly are inquiries into an organization’s data management practices and production efforts. These investigations are lengthy and often disruptive to business operations. Just as troubling, they increase the expense and duration of litigation. Given these cost and delay issues, it is no wonder that jurists are looking for alternative methods to rein in “promiscuous discovery.” The latest approach is found in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1.
Federal Rule 1 establishes a compelling directive that is tailor made for eDiscovery. More than just a vestigial preamble to the Federal Rules, Rule 1 requires the “just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.”
While there are many such lessons to be learned, one stands out in particular for companies seeking to minimize litigation risks and reduce operating expenses: the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) safe harbor for the destruction of electronic information. This provision can be a “get out of jail free” card for savvy organizations that have followed best practices for information governance.
How can your company "play this card"? For more information, read a brief article from the Daily Journal last month in the following link http://bit.ly/lt2GB7. Entitled “Learning the Lessons of eDiscovery: Information Governance and the Safe Harbor,” the... Read more Upgrade to Enterprise Vault 10 to Enhance Information Governance pfavro | 11 May 2011 | 0 comments Are you still on the fence about upgrading to Enterprise Vault 10? Yet another reason to get the latest version of Enterprise Vault is that it may help your organization minimize litigation risks. Who doesn’t want to stay out of lawsuits and reduce litigation costs?
Enterprise Vault 10 can help your organization do so though its Data Classification Services technology. At its heart, Data Classification Services empowers organizations to establish more effective information governance procedures. Companies are able to better analyze and retain information that is significant or that must be kept – and nothing else.
Available initially for Microsoft Exchange Server, Data Classification Services intelligently analyzes content as email is archived into Enterprise Vault. Through established retention protocols, email is then tagged and characterized insomuch that it can be searched for and retrieved with greater efficiency. ... Read more Going Rogue? Getting Your PST Files into the Mainstream of Data Management pfavro | 23 May 2011 | 0 comments What are the worst discovery nightmares for lawyers? I am sure we could compile a lengthy list. From my experience, one of the worst involves addressing documents that fall outside the mainstream of data management – so-called rogue documents. Microsoft Personal Storage Table (“PST”) files are some of the worst culprits. PST files often have a stealth existence because they are created and stored on local computers. Furthermore, Legal and IT often have no information governance plan to address the retention, identification and production of these files.
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OAKDALE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), a global scalable storage and data security company, today revealed the results of a recent survey of 302 IT decision makers in the U.S. and Canada, which was conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Imation. According to the survey, 37 percent of IT decision makers reported that their business had unintentionally exposed corporate data through theft or loss of removable devices in the past two years. Despite this, only 34 percent enforce encryption on all removable devices allowed on their networks (25 percent in the U.S. and 51 percent in Canada).
91 percent of companies allow removable storage devices on their corporate networks, including USB flash drives, smartphones (e.g., iPhones and Android devices), tablets (e.g., iPads and Android tablets) and optical media.
While 81 percent of businesses have a policy regarding encryption of corporate data on employees’ own removable storage devices, nearly two-thirds of businesses report not enforcing encryption on those devices.
20 percent of businesses report not having a defined action plan to deal with a data breach, nor do they have intentions to draft one.
“While most of the world’s enterprises are focused on protecting their networks from external threats from malware and hackers, the bigger risk for a data breach appears to be inside the organization. Workers are moving mass volumes of data on unsecured devices, often their own iPhones and flash drives, out of the network every day, and this makes businesses vulnerable to loss or theft of corporate or customer data,” said Lawrence Reusing, general manager, Mobile Security for Imation. “As the research illuminates, most organizations do not have a handle on the devices and data that can walk out their door every day.”
Additional Key Findings:
Removable Storage Devices Allowed on the Company Network – Across the U.S. and Canada, 91 percent of IT decision makers report that their company allows the use of removable storage devices on the corporate network. These devices allowed include, USB flash drives (83 percent), smartphones (72 percent), external hard drives (65 percent), tablets (62 percent), optical media (49 percent) and memory cards (56 percent). Only 9 percent of IT decision makers report that their company does not allow any removable storage devices to be used.
Company Policy on Enforcing the Encryption of Corporate Data on Removable Storage Devices – Overall, 81 percent of U.S. and Canadian IT decision makers report that their companies have a policy regarding the encryption of corporate data on employees’ removable storage devices; however, only 34 percent enforce encryption on both personal and company devices on their networks, and only 35 percent enforce encryption on company issued devices. Twelve percent leave it to the user to enforce encryption.
“I was surprised at the number of companies that do not enforce encryption. The good news is that there are solutions and best practices available to companies that want to gain the benefits of mobility for their workers while using removable storage devices to maintain and manage high levels of security for corporate and customer data,” Reusing continued.
Furthermore, additional research has shown that more than 50 percent of employees use portable devices to take confidential data out of their business daily.i And, according to a Ponemon Institute study, 75 percent of organizations have suffered data loss from negligent or malicious insiders.ii
Implement audit and compliance controls so you know what is on those devices.
2. Employ solutions on the market that are available for managing and encrypting the removable storage devices that you already have in the organization.
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"To protect Care2 members we are resetting access to all Care2 accounts. The next time you login to Care2, you will be automatically emailed a new password, which will enable you to access your Care2 account as usual.
"To recover your password, you can also visit our password retrieval form and enter your username or email. Your password will be emailed to you. To secure your privacy, we highly recommend you immediately change your password for any accounts that share the password you previously used on Care2.
"We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience. We take the security of our members very seriously and are taking these extreme steps to reduce the chances of any possible negative consequences."
Care2 has nearly 18 million members, according to the site, but the notification says "a limited number" of accounts were hacked.
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