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The word malpractice evokes guttural responses in physicians and health care providers. This is perhaps most true in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, where the physical damages are often catastrophic and the economic damages reach millions of dollars. The fear of being unjustly involved in litigation and judged by nonphysicians as liable, despite having provided reasonable and appropriate care, seems unavoidable to many conscientious health care providers. The little-known reality, however, is that the growing consensus of empirical data on outcomes of malpractice actions shows that the legal system actually works for the health care provider more often than it does not. Understanding how the system works and making minor practice modifications can greatly minimize the risk of legal exposure by avoiding claims and adverse outcomes.
A medical negligence case is composed of three basic elements: a deviation from the standard of care, proximate causation, and damages. Each of these elements is required to be proved by way of “competent” expert testimony . The definition of “competent” varies state to state, but all states are uniform in requiring a physician to agree that malpractice occurred and that it directly resulted in injury. A deviation from the standard of care, though a cumbersome legal phrase, is simply a failure to act reasonably compared with another health care provider in the same or similar clinical circumstance . A deviation from the standard of care can be an act (intraoperative bowel perforation, administration of the wrong medication, etc.) or an omission (failure to run the bowel intraoperatively if a bowel injury is possible or failure to review laboratory results in a timely manner).
Proximate causation is often a more medically complex component of a malpractice action. The law requires that the deviation from the standard of care be a direct, proximate cause of injury to the plaintiff. It is important to note that the deviation does not have to be the exclusive cause of injury, but rather need only be a direct proximate cause. Proximate cause, legally, merely means that with appropriate or reasonable treatment, the injury would not have occurred .
The final element of a malpractice claim is damages. Damages can be both economic and noneconomic . Economic damages include easily quantifiable losses such as past and future medical bills and past and future wage losses. Noneconomic damages include factors such as past and future physical pain, emotional suffering, and, in certain instances, wrongful death. To be successful, the plaintiff, through presentation of expert testimony, must prove each of these elements to a probability. A failure on any one of the elements will result in a verdict for the defendant.
As mentioned, many health care providers will be surprised to learn what the growing consensus of empirical data reflects regarding medical claims. A review of approximately 1400 closed malpractice claims from five different liability carriers showed that only 3% of claims filed had no verifiable medical injuries to justify a claim. Additionally, 37% of the 3% did not involve errors but rather would be what a physician would commonly refer to as “frivolous.” Despite common perceptions about runaway juries and lottery verdicts levied against faultless physicians, the study demonstrated that 84% of the claims that did not involve errors nonetheless resulted in nonpayment. Conversely, approximately six times that rate of claims resulted in nonpayment to the plaintiff, despite the presence of medical errors and verifiable injuries ( ) ( Box 6.1 ).
Damages: Economic and noneconomic damages were suffered as result of the injury.
A 2017 study of 10,915 claims from the Physician Insurers’ Association of America data-sharing project specifically presented data in malpractice claims for obstetrics and gynecology procedures ( ). Fig. 6.1 shows the percent of claims by method of resolution of all closed claims. The majority (59.5%) were dropped, withdrawn, or dismissed. Claims most often related to gynecologic surgery, but obstetric procedures were more expensive. They also reported a 55% decrease in paid claims from 1992 to 2014. On the flip side, the average payment per pain claim rose 16% and there was an increase in payments greater than $1 million. Fig. 6.2 shows the procedures most commonly associated with closed claims.
Fig. 6.1
Method of resolution of all closed claims related to obstetric and gynecologic procedures. ADR, Alternative dispute resolution.
Trends in malpractice claims for obstetric and gynecologic procedures, 2005 through 2014. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;217: 340.e1–6.)
Fig. 6.2
Procedures most commonly associated with obstetrics and gynecology closed claims, 2010 to 2014.
(From Glaser LM, Alvi FA, Milan MP. 2017;217:340.e1–6.)
Although these data should be heartening for health care providers, they do little to eliminate burdens of excessive litigation costs, time away from practice and families, and the stress of participating in litigation. The goal for conscientious providers must be one focused on risk management: balancing improved patient care and minimizing medical legal risk .
A safe health care system must further incorporate efficient redundancies that promote safety without being cost prohibitive. “Errors can be prevented by designing systems that make it hard for people to do the wrong thing and easy to do the right thing” ( ).
Realizing lawsuits will inevitably occur, what follows is a brief historical overview along with practical insights aimed at helping one enhance patient care and communication, minimize the risk of involvement in meritless litigation, and provide the best defense in the event a claim is made.
Historical perspective
A doctor who knows nothing of the law and a lawyer who knows nothing of medicine are deficient in essential requisites of their professions. —David Paul Brown, 1795–1872
British North America inherited its law, as well as its language, from England. Most European countries originally occupied by the Romans adopted a form of law based on the Roman law codes. That law is called civil law. England’s law, on the other hand, was based mainly on Scandinavian (Danish) law with a dose of folk law of undetermined origin thrown in. It was called the common law. One should not be deceived by its name. It was not law designed to protect the common man. It takes its name from the fact that it was the law that was common to all of England by about the year 1240. The two forms of law differ significantly.
Civil law is a codified system of laws . That is, the laws are spelled out in a series of written statutes adopted by the jurisdiction. Civil law therefore tends to be fairly static. Common law is largely law made by judges . It may incorporate some statutory elements on specific issues, but even statutes are subject to judicial interpretation. Judges in the civil law are academics specially trained for their positions and act as prosecutor, judge, and jury. Civil law is therefore inquisitorial in nature and heavily dependent on the written word. In contrast, common law is an adversarial system in which the oral argument between the parties plays a much larger role. Judges are chosen from the practicing bar and are not usually academics. The judge is essentially a referee and instructs the jury, which makes the ultimate decision on the merits of the case. In common law, the law is made by judges who hear a disputed case on appeal. Those decisions become precedent for future cases. However, higher appellate courts or future appellate courts of the same level can overturn or overrule a prior decision if circumstances change or new information develops. Therefore change, albeit slow and irregular, is a constant element of the common law.
Under the early common law, to bring a civil action, a King’s Writ was needed; therefore little attention was paid to compensating the individual for personal wrongs (tort law). Doctors were essentially immune from suit for malpractice. Technically some suits might have been pursued as contract suits, but written contracts were highly unusual between a physician and his patient, and without the written document such suits became almost impossible for the plaintiff to win.
In 1346, the bubonic plague arrived in Italy. It spread over Europe rapidly but did not reach England until 1348. The major effect of the epidemic occurred between 1348 and 1351, but the bubonic plague became endemic and continued more or less uninterrupted until 1381. It is estimated that between 1348 and 1351, 50% of the population died, and by 1381, two-thirds of the English population was decimated by the epidemic. (Because there was no accurate census at the time, such figures are estimates based on church records, burial records, tax rolls, and contemporary accounts.)
The loss of manpower was a major blow to the English economy. Overnight, people became as important as real property (land) and personal property (including livestock) in the English economy. Therefore a physician’s mistake that deprived the economy of a worker became an important enough matter to be brought before the courts. Physicians suddenly lost their immunity for practice errors. Actually, it was an even worse scenario: The physician became strictly liable for an unfavorable outcome, and because there was no tort law (law compensating the individual for personal wrongs), the physician was prosecuted under the criminal law for mayhem. By 1364 it had become obvious that this was too draconian a remedy, and two property terms that had been previously used in livestock cases were introduced to permit civil malpractice cases. Trespass (trespass by force and arms) was charged for direct injury and trespass on the case for indirect injury.
These same concepts, refined over the centuries, were brought to the North American colonies and adopted almost entirely by the American court system after independence. In the early 1800s, the modern concept of negligence replaced trespass and trespass on the case. In the period of rapid industrialization after the Civil War, American courts refined these claims. The four elements of a cause of action for medical negligence are as follows:
Damages: Economic (medical costs, wage loss, etc.) and noneconomic (physical and emotional pain and suffering).
There is no greater asset in risk management for the clinician than a strong physician-patient relationship . Patients are typically trusting and respectful of their providers, which gives the best opportunity to avoid litigation. The typical patient will become a plaintiff when he or she loses trust in the provider or fails to get understandable answers to the complex medical issues surrounding a less than optimal outcome. “I don’t know or understand either what happened or how this happened” is the statement that begins nearly all inquiries into the quality of care. This chapter provides insights that will allow the physician to supply answers to the patient, to document appropriately, and to participate more functionally in a medical-legal claim while maintaining a high level of care and professionalism.
Risks/benefits/alternatives discussed with patient. All questions answered in full.
The 11 words in the sample progress note shown in Box 6.2 are an invaluable resource in the event of a complication or litigation. Although this is brief documentation, it does indicate the physician personally reviewed the critical elements mentioned earlier and allowed for questions. This note portrays the provider discussing the case with the patient, which will supplement the standard preprinted consent that is more “legalese” than substantive documentation.
Consider underlining or highlighting the major risk or risks listed on your consent form, such as bleeding, infection, and damage to nearby organs, nerves, and muscles. If you use an online version for informed consent, consider printing it out so you can add items in the lines provided and underline particular sections relevant to the patient’s surgery. The form can be scanned in.
Many decision aids have been developed to help with patient education. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has partnered with the Choosing Wisely campaign. This program promotes conversations between clinicians and patients by helping patients choose care that is supported by evidence, not duplicative of other tests or procedures already received, free from harm, and truly necessary. There are specialty-specific lists of “Things Providers and Patients Should Question.” This does not dictate care, but the patient-friendly materials are meant to spur conversation about what is appropriate and necessary treatment. Decision aids are interventions that support patients by making their decisions explicit, providing information about options and associated benefits and harms, and helping clarify congruence between decisions and personal values. Decision aids may be pamphlets, videos, or web-based tools. People can use decision aids when there is more than one option and neither is clearly better or when options have benefits and harms that people value differently. Compared with usual care across a wide variety of decision contexts, people exposed to decision aids felt more knowledgeable, better informed, and clearer about their values and had more accurate risk perception. The median effect of decision aids on length of consultation was 2.6 minutes longer (24 vs. 21; 7.5% increase) ( ). Patient decision aids are associated with improved decision quality and decision-making processes without worse patient or health system outcomes.
Of course, any smart phrases must be edited for individual patient circumstances.
These steps will help anticipate what could go wrong and help mitigate risk by planning ahead.
Patients can refuse medical treatment. Every reasonable effort should be made to protect the patient’s health, but autonomy should be respected . Document the need for a test, medication, intervention, or surgery. Explain the needed intervention in language the patient can understand. Explain the risks of not having the intervention so the patient can make a decision. In nonemergency situations, a patient may need to speak with other people. Keep the conversation open. In emergencies, document that the patient chose to leave against medical advice; that all the risks, benefits, and alternatives were discussed; and that the patient chose to leave. Consultation with others might be sought.
Detailed surgical templates can be helpful. However, using templates without adding important surgical details and findings for individual patients is careless and potentially dangerous. Document the following:
Postoperative care and examination is an area of concern because documentation of this phase of care is often lacking . Postoperative pain level is important to attend to. You or a colleague needs to be available during the postoperative period to care for the patient and to answer patient, family and/or nursing questions. Be careful not to disregard questionable postoperative findings or laboratory results. However distressing it may be, do not delay a return to the operating room when necessary. Call for consultation when appropriate for potential urologic or bowel complications, serious infection concerns, or bleeding emergencies. Because most surgeries are performed on an outpatient basis now, a phone call the next day by the physician or nurse is not only appreciated but provides a chance to review medications and instructions.
Maintaining an adequate procedural volume and appropriate technical competence and judgment for procedures is likely necessary to avoid adverse outcomes and to avoid litigation risk.
Poor outcome
In the unfortunate event of a poor outcome, it is imperative for the physician to communicate more, not less, with the patient or the patient’s family where appropriate. Health care providers often dramatically change, or end entirely, their relationship with patients after a maloccurrence. For example, in situations in which the patient may have ongoing care issues but is transferred to a tertiary center or a different specialist, there is often minimal or no ongoing relationship. Despite what may be the urge to distance yourself from an unpleasant or uncomfortable interaction, keep in mind that your patient and his or her family members will begin to assess whether you are forthcoming with them at this very time. If there is an attempt to avoid interaction it can, and likely will, be misperceived as an attempt to avoid explaining the cause or causes of the bad outcome. It is important that your trust relationship with the patient and the patient’s family continues at this crucial time and that they feel you are willing to answer all questions.
When discussing the outcome or problem, revisit the discussion of risks and outcomes at the time of the informed consent. Reiterate the information you previously provided, and explain how this result is related to the risks previously discussed, if appropriate. Finally, it is also important that you are involved in establishing the plan for care going forward, even if it is outside your specialty. Remaining involved preserves the physician-patient relationship. Patients are far less likely to file claims against physicians with whom they have an ongoing, trusting relationship. It is therefore important to make yourself available as long as is necessary to assure the patient and his or her family that you are answering all their questions. Absence or avoidance will create suspicion by the patient or another family member and can ultimately lead them to seek answers to their questions from an outside source, most often an attorney.
Once again, it is imperative you write contemporaneous and accurate notes. The timing of such notes, combined with their detail and clarity, will begin to establish a good defense in the event the records are reviewed for a possible claim. It is easy to defend conscientious care, regardless of outcome, if the record supports you ( Box 6.3 ).
Communication with the patient when a problem occurs is an opportunity to explain how, despite vigilance, the poor outcome happened. Patients will naturally have questions, and most who contact a malpractice attorney are doing so to get answers to questions they feel were not sufficiently answered by the health care provider.
When patients are lost to follow up after a complication, possibly when transferred to a tertiary medical center or another service, legal inquiries often start when the medical bills are turned over to collections. Do not pick a fight with a patient who had a poor outcome.
Times are changing in regard to communication, disclosure, and apologies in medicine. Some hospitals offer disclosure training to help with difficult discussions regarding poor outcomes ( ). Each state may have different apology statutes, so always check with your risk management team and insurance carrier. However, clinicians should not under- or over-rely on each statute. A sincere, empathetic statement might be appreciated. For example:
“I am so sorry you are going through this.” “I am so sorry you suffered the complication.”
These statements are very different from the message conveyed by a statement such as “I am sorry, this is my fault. I cut the ureter and did not recognize prior to closure.”
The first two apologies show empathy without admitting fault. That is protected and maintains a relationship in this critical period. However, in some states the apology may not shield the provider from the factual admissions that follow. A recent study found almost three times as many participants receiving a full apology would (probably/definitely) recommend the hospital compared with those receiving no apology (34.1% vs 13.6% respectively [p < 0.0001]) ( ).
Managing a poor outcome well is critical and can require skills that are not taught in medical school ( ).
About 1.5 million people are injured each year in the United States as a result of medication errors, according to a 2006 review of medication management in the U.S. health care system by the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) ( ). In a 2017 study of all medical specialties, medication errors and medication treatment made up a large share of medical malpractice cases (24.5%), although for obstetrician/gynecologists this was lower (8.8%). The results can range from minor allergic response to death. Medications pose a liability risk to both the institution and the provider.
The reasons for this include but are not limited to the frequency with which patients are being prescribed medication, the popularity of at-home prescription administration, and the many lookalike, sound-alike drugs. The Institute of Medicine report states, “The extra medical cost of treating drug-related injuries occurring in hospitals alone conservatively amounts to $3.5 billion a year, and this estimate does not take into account lost wages and productivity or additional health care costs” ( ).
Medication errors are always preventable through system and personal practice modifications . Data show that 400,000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals ( ). Another report states that adverse drug events cause more than 770,000 injuries and deaths each year and cost up to $5.6 million per hospital ( ). Prescribing via the electronic medical record has reduced some errors and probably explains the drop in overall malpractice claims paid.
The reality of practice is that many orders are verbal, telephonic, or standing. Verbal or telephonic orders should always be read back to the provider to verify drug, dosage, frequency, and method of administration . This minimizes the likelihood of a communication lapse. Furthermore, telephonic orders are often signed after the medication is administered. Closely review these to be sure you are not validating the error as your own order. Litigation often occurs more than a year later, and remembering the details of a specific order will be difficult with an inconsistent record. If on review an error is noted, correct it in the record with a single line and the corrected information at the side. Note the time and date of your correction as well. Timely signing of electronic orders provides that date and time. Limiting verbal orders except in emergencies reduces errors.
Be aware of your orders and those of other providers as well, such as anesthesiologists, infectious disease specialists, and so on, to monitor for medication interactions. Standing orders often pose a risk in this circumstance.
Communication through medical records
Once the litigation process has commenced, a plaintiff attorney’s best friend is inaccurate or inconsistent documentation of the care provided. Inaccurate documentation can stem from a genuine standard-of-care issue; however, inaccuracies can also arise from use of inappropriate nomenclature. In either situation, the health care provider will be in the untenable position of attempting to defend a narrative note or deposition testimony that is factually inconsistent with literature, policies, or objective data in the medical record. Needless to say, in a courtroom, inconsistencies never favor the inconsistent party. Careful attention to record keeping will not only demonstrate attentive care and rationally based treatment decisions but will ultimately become a provider’s best defense in a courtroom.
Within your hospital, facility, office, and charts, you must use nomenclature designed to standardize the verbiage used among providers. Unfortunately, despite the attempts at standardization, many health care providers have been slow to adapt. This is often based on variable levels of education by health care providers and is also generational. This increases not only the risk of inaccurate communication among health care providers but also the risk of a medical record replete with inconsistencies. Inconsistencies can be easily used to portray a provider as incompetent or disingenuous.
From a medicolegal risk management standpoint, it is critical to keep in mind that when a plaintiff’s counsel attempts to determine whether medical malpractice may have occurred, the medical record is the primary (and often the only) source of information available to evaluate the potential claim. Any narrative notes supplied will be read against subsequent health care providers’ notes and the objective data, such as laboratory results and imaging. As stated earlier, clearly noted and accurate recognition and description of reassuring and nonreassuring findings in the record will demonstrate attentive and competent care. However, inaccurate terminology, when read against the objective data, could result in the commencement of litigation.
The electronic medical record had introduced a new set of documentation problems. The following practices can help to avoid these problems:
Carrying forward notes from a past visit without carefully updating can lead to inaccuracies and potential fraudulent billing.
Many institutions have “open notes” where patients can read all of their chart notes now. This can be beneficial as patients may communicate errors that can be corrected.
Beyond the initial review phase of a potential claim, inconsistent and inaccurate nomenclature and record keeping will continue to present obstacles to a favorable resolution of the claim during the testimonial phase of trial. When a witness employs modified or nonstandardized nomenclature, other health care providers, including expert medical witnesses, do not necessarily understand the full extent of what is meant. This unclear communication can result in actual medical errors among providers or, at a minimum, the appearance of errors within a medical record ( Box 6.4 ).
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Malware targeting Apple's Mac devices is growing at a faster rate than ever before, a new report by Malwarebytes is suggesting.
As a matter of fact, it has grown so widespread that it managed to outpace PC malware this year for the first time.
According to the company's analysis, there have been 11 threats per Mac endpoint, compared to 5.8 per Windows users. Malwarebytes says this represents a significant jump compared to last year, when it registered 4.8 threats per Mac endpoint. The numbers are based on the users that have Malwarebytes’ software installed.
The overall prevalence of Mac threats has risen 400 per cent this year, the company says, adding that the growth of its Mac userbase probably played an important role. Malwarebytes concluded the report by saying that the average number of Mac threats overtook Windows “by a great deal”.
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“macOS' built-in security systems have not cracked down on adware and PUPs to the same degree that they have malware, leaving the door open for these borderline programs to infiltrate,” the company said.
Adware is getting “more aggressive”, and last year the company detected 24 million Windows instances and 30 million Mac ones. However, most of these Mac threats aren’t as dangerous as those on Windows. They’re mostly adware and a few unwanted programs.
You can find the entire Malwarebytes report on this link.
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The CEOs of Marriott and Equifax are set to testify about recent data breaches before a Senate panel Thursday. The Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations is holding a hearing to learn more about the potential causes and scope of breaches that have compromised millions of Americans' personal information. Marriott International announced in January that more than 5 million unencrypted passport numbers may have been exposed in a previously revealed November incident. That reportedly makes the breach one of the largest on record in the U.S. — even larger than the Equifax breach that exposed more than 140 million users' names, Social Security numbers and addresses in 2017. It's not a new topic on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers have been starting to unravel the larger issue of data privacy and what can be done to protect it from a federal standpoint.
While most agree that national data privacy legislation is needed, it's not entirely clear how to go about it.
Up for debate is whether a federal privacy law would override state privacy laws, like California's landmark legislation .
Another point of contention is how much authority to give the Federal Trade Commission in order to regulate privacy practices and punish companies that aren't in compliance.
Right now, the FTC is responsible for oversight but doesn't have the power to crack down. An FTC consumer protection official is also scheduled to testify Thursday.
They'll talk through some of the policies Washington should consider in order to prevent future attacks and breaches.
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The EU is preparing to investigate Facebook over a data breach which saw 50 million accounts compromised, nearly five million of which are believed to be European users.
Investigators at the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC), the lead supervisory authority for Facebook in the EU, are gathering information and establishing the basis for an inquiry under the General Data Protection Regulation introduced this year.
If it is found to have broken the guidelines, the social media giant could face a maximum fine of 1.63 billion dollars (£1.26 billion), or 4% of annual revenue.
Graham Doyle, head of communications at the IDPC, said: "Before we would launch any investigation there are steps that would have to be taken in relation to information gathering and preparing the scope of an inquiry.
"Furthermore we would need to establish under which provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 we would conduct it. We are currently engaged in those steps."
We're working with regulators including the Irish Data Protection Commission to share preliminary data about Friday's security issue. As we work to confirm the location of those potentially affected, we plan to release further info soon. https://t.co/Cs1uSMtBNk
— Facebook (@facebook) October 1, 2018
Facebook confirmed on Monday it was working with the IDPC to "share preliminary data" about the breach.
Mr Doyle added: "Facebook issued a blog on Friday last indicating that 50 million accounts were potentially affected by a security issue. We understand that the number of EU accounts potentially affected is less than 10% of that.
"Facebook has assured us that they will be in a position to provide a further breakdown in relation to more detailed numbers soon."
On Friday the social media giant, which has more than 2 billion users worldwide, announced engineers had discovered a "security issue" which allowed hackers to easily collect access tokens from 50 million accounts.
The tokens work as digital keys, letting those who hold them log into Facebook accounts without entering a password, said Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president of product management.
Mr Rosen said the affected tokens have been reset but experts have since warned the same digital keys could have been used to log into any third-party services linked to compromised Facebook accounts.
"Effectively what that means is, for a while, people would have been able to hack into your Spotify or Tinder or any other account if they were connected via Facebook," said Graham Cluley, an online security analyst and author based in Oxford.
It is still unclear whether hackers took any personal data from the compromised Facebook accounts, he said, and third-party services would have been unable to detect the difference between a legitimate user logging in or someone using a stolen access token.
"This isn't the first time there has been a big security scare with Facebook and people put an enormous amount of trust in that website. I'm not sure that's a sensible thing to do," he added.
In July, the Information Commissioner's Office fined Facebook £500,000 for a data breach related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
ICO deputy commissioner of operations James Dipple-Johnstone said: "It's always the company's responsibility to identify when UK citizens have been affected as part of a data breach and take steps to reduce any harm to consumers.
"We will be making enquiries with Facebook and our overseas counterparts to establish the scale of the breach and if any UK citizens have been affected."
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According to Mr Nguyen Manh Hung (Minister of Information and Communications), all industries in Vietnam will make an attempt on the digital transformation, aiming to the success of national digital transformation by 2022. Many experts also predict that in that process, key industries and state management agencies and organizations will have an advantage because of their good preparation. There are even some impressive initial successes such as public finance, banking, healthcare, e-commerce, logistics, transportation, telecommunications, e-government… However, the more strongly digital transformation is implemented, the more challenges that key sectors in particular and the whole economy and society in general will face in terms of information security. According to some statistics published in 2021, the situation of information safety and security in Vietnam was on a high alert as in 2021, Vietnam has 70.7 million computer infections and virus damage, losing up to 24,400 billion VND (more than 1 billion USD). The number of computers attacked by data encryption viruses in 2021 is more than 2.5 million times, 4.5 times higher than in 2020 (according to BKAV). According to the announcement of the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Ministry of Public Security), in the first 6 months of 2021, they detected 1,555 attacks on websites/portals with the domain name “.vn” (insert messages of hackers) of which 412 pages are under the management of state agencies. Recently, HP Technology Group also issued a warning about 4 potential risks of cyber security attack trends that may exist in Vietnam are: the trend of commercializing software supply chain attacks in Vietnam, large supply chains in the financial, banking and transportation sectors; The ransomware gang continues its continuous extortion tactics; Firmware security vulnerabilities increase the risk of intrusion; The hybrid working model is “fertile ground” for phishing attacks.
Under that situation, the national conference on information safety and security in 2022 holds a topic of NEW CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE INFORMATION CYBER AND SECURITY FOR MAJOR STATE SECTORS. The conference will include 5 main presentations presented by domestic and international speakers and 1 drill session on the prevention and handling of information insecurity incidents chaired by leaders of the Center for Information Technology and Cyber Security Monitoring, Government Cipher Committee with the participation of specialized units in charge of information safety and security, government agencies and state-owned enterprises.
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USB Keylogger 16MB is the perfect tool for anyone wishing to record a user’s keystrokes on a computer. Used primarily by concerned parents and vigilant business owners who have permission to monitor their children and employees activities.
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It should be understood that the very concept of risk is a purely subjective phenomenon. Depending on the expectations of the management of a particular company, the same negative or positive results are considered differently. Or the business industry objectives. Any event or change in external factors for some entrepreneurs brings income. For others, it brings a loss and a high risk.
The stages of risk event occurrence should also be taken into account. The earlier it is identified, the easier it is to take protective measures, and vice versa. Therefore, any possible risks are best taken into account at the early stages of their identification if it’s a creation, project launch, or only preparatory, etc. Digital Product Design managers keep that in mind to succeed, and so do many other areas participants.
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Perform summary or statistical analysis on data, to interpret and report results and make recommendations and appropriate business decisions based on the results.
Create visuals using analyzed data from data tools (i.e. Excel, Access, and other available tools)
Conduct financial and business-related analyses and research including the preparation of forecasts and/or analysis of trends.
Analyze operational requirements, business needs, and operational data to support the development of applications and systems.
Collect information from other Program Offices within the Department of Energy's Fossil Energy.
Improve current methods used in the collection of data from other parts of the company that retain the integrity and security of the information collected.
Perform financial data and create financial models for decision support.
Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking.
Analyze historical data, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvement.
Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools and excel dashboards.
At KeyLogic we recognize that our employees are our most valuable resources. We hire talented, qualified professionals and provide each of our employees with every resource and opportunity to excel in their day-to-day activities as well as advance their career.
KeyLogic is a highly successful provider of professional and engineering services. We specialize in solutions that enable our customers to make better decisions for their organization. KeyLogic’s performance has earned the company a solid reputation for high standards, proactive solutions, and an outstanding commitment to the customer, best exemplified by the fact we have never had a one-time federal customer — all of our customers have provided repeat business. This has led us to achieve significant growth every year since our founding in 1999.
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September 2, 2015 by Scott 0 Comments Do you know what Allinchrome.com is?
Allinchrome.com is one of those annoying search tools that can change your browser settings just to make it more difficult for you to remove them. Although we do not identify this search tool as a browser hijacker, we believe that you should delete it considering that it does not provide reliable web search services. Do you think you can trust Allinchrome.com because it represents Google search? Well, this is not entirely true, and it seems that the credentials of Google were employed only to trick computer users. This is a perfect reason to delete Allinchrome.com from your operating system. Unfortunately, there are other reasons to remove this suspicious search tool from your browsers.
The creator of Allinchrome.com, Navigation network co., ltd., has set up this suspicious search tool to take over the homepages on such popular browsers as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. As mentioned previously, it is unlikely that Allinchrome.com will corrupt your browsers as a browser hijacker, which is the reason some computer users do not even think about removing this search tool. Have you installed it along with other programs? Are you sure that these programs are reliable and do not require removal themselves? If you are not sure about this, use a legitimate malware scanner to inspect your Windows operating system, and, if found, delete malware as soon as possible.Allinchrome.com screenshotScroll down for full removal instructions
Our researchers do not identify Allinchrome.com as a reliable search tool because it uses the so-called Google Custom Search to expose you to sponsored ads and links. The so-called “Ads by Google” are unlikely to be associated with Google at all. In fact, it is most likely that these ads will be injected by the creator of Allinchrome.com and its affiliates. Clicking on these ads might be risky because you do not know where this might lead you to. In the worst case scenario, you could be routed to sites hosting malware. Note that the banner ads shown on Allinchrome.com might promote the installer of suspicious programs as well. For example, you might encounter the installers created by Mindspark Interactive Network, a company that is known for creating suspicious browser extensions.
There is no doubt that Allinchrome.com is a suspicious search tool, primarily because it does not provide any official information about itself. On top of that, this search tool uses Google credentials to trick users into clicking on potentially unreliable sponsored ads. Needless to say, we recommend removing Allinchrome.com, and the sooner you get rid of this search tool the better. Follow the steps below to modify the browser shortcuts so that you could restore the homepage on the infected browser. If you find other threats, use automated malware removal software to eliminate it.
Select Settings and go to On Startup.
Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set pages.
Change/remove the URL of the unwanted search tool and click OK.
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At HORIBA, we adopted our Group Risk Management Regulations in August 2007 to strengthen our risk management system. We created major classifications of risks tooperations, risks to development and manufacturing, risks to sales, and risks to financial affairs. We stipulated a management system for addressing these risks and a responsibility system that will manage crisis situations whenever they occur.
The HORIBA CSR Promotion Committee undertakes the responsibility of discussing and approving the tasks required to promote risk management and risk countermeasures. We maintain a system for implementing precise, responsible actions whenever we face a challenge. Moreover, we provide periodic awareness campaigns and training programs so that all employees of the HORIBA Group— from top management to the responsible personnel—remain fully aware of their specific responsibilities. Legal TrainingMany business operations are affected by laws, and it is important that each employee develop an awareness of the law in order to prevent legal problems from arising. We must discipline ourselves through our own initiative by acquiring adequate legal knowledge of the rules of market competition, and applying this knowledge wisely and strategically.
We have continuously provided legal training programs to assist employees acquire an awareness of the law and the necessary legal knowledge required for their level of business operations.
Previously, we had offered several training courses to cultivate legal awareness and provide the general legal knowledge required by the employees of our domestic Group companies for day-to-day operations. The regular program comprised introductory courses, which were held continuously, as well as courses on specific themes. In addition to these courses we have also offered temporary courses that were given on request from various divisions and regions, and courses for specific companies that were held by the Group companies.
Starting in 2014, we have additionally provided temporary courses for specific divisions to enrich training as such divisions require.
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Phishing is where scammers send out mass emails or texts or use automated phone call systems to contact very large numbers of people, claiming to be from a well-known organisation. Their intention is to con people into giving up confidential information such as login and password, credit card details, bank accounts etc.
Spear Phishing is a form of phishing where the scammers try to steal confidential information from specific targets. These may be at one company or other organisation or otherwise form a group that can be targeted in this way.
The scammers collect information on their targets e.g. personal details such as their address, list of friends and contacts, employer, locations they frequent, shops they visit, utility providers of electricity, gas etc.
The attackers then pretend to be from an organisation the target has dealings with and uses the information they have to convince the target of their validity to then acquire further information.
Cat Phishing is a more specialised form of Spear Phishing where an individual is targeted and the scammer creates a whole network of apparent contacts as part of a fake characters life. This kind of scam can take months to setup and operate and is only viable if the target possesses very valuable information that can be sold by the scammers e.g. for industrial espionage purposes.
Cat phishing is also used in romance scams on dating websites, where the information they gather before contacting the victim lets them set themselves up as the perfect partner.
Cat phishing is usually through online dating websites and social media and is becoming more of a problem as more of our lives are online – it’s easier for someone to be able to get a person’s details and fake an identity.
Once the attacker brings the victim into their confidence, she typically has a reason for needing money – for travel to meet in person, or has just been robbed or to pay medical bills or to cover an emergency.
Cat phishing can be emotionally damaging in romance scams when the victim finds out that the person they’ve fallen in love with doesn’t exist and the whole thing including their feelings are fake.
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It’s a new year, and you know what that means—new projects, new memories, and the possibility that you could lose them all. So start the new year right with a great deal on our favorite backup drive: Amazon is selling the 2TB WD My Passport external drive for $60Remove non-product link, down from a list price of $80 and its lowest price since last summer.
This hard drive provides storage for all your most valuable photos, documents, and more, with auto-backup features in the included WD Backup app and password protection for an extra layer of safety. It’s designed to be user-friendly, with easy setup right out of the box. We named the 4TB version of this drive best external backup drive and gave it 4 stars out of 5 for its sleek design and excellent software. That model’s also on sale for $95Remove non-product link, but it’s been averaging $100 for a few months.
But whichever capacity you choose, you won’t be just getting a great drive—you’ll also be getting peace of mind. And you can’t put a price on that.
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Not long ago, researchers at Eclypsium got a lucky break. An unknown and unidentified individual began leaking communications from inside the Conti ransomware organization.
These leaked communications seemed to confirm what has long been suspected: That there are strong ties between the Conti gang and Russia's FSB (military intelligence).
This sounds like something right out of a spy movie, but it's not. The leaked messages indicate that several members of the Conti gang have been actively working on developing a new attack vector that specifically targets Intel firmware, allowing Conti to launch its ransomware attack. Some of the black hat developers even got as far as to develop a working proof of concept for others to review.
Firmware attacks are fairly rare, but they do happen. To pull it off, the attacker would first need to access the system via a conventional in-road. For example, a phishing email where the victim would unwittingly give the hackers access, or perhaps by exploiting some other known vulnerability.
In one particularly exotic scenario, they could even make this attack work without prior access. They can do this by leveraging Intel's Management Engine to force the target machine to reboot, then supply virtual media to draw from on the reboot.
It's unlikely and would take a tremendous amount of skill, but Conti has shown in recent months that they have the expertise to pull something like that off.
Fortunately, word of the new attack vector has gotten out, the details have made their way to Intel, and Intel has updated their firmware.
If you're using an Intel machine, you should grab the latest update as soon as possible. Conti is a well-known, notorious gang with ties to Russia. You don't want your company in their crosshairs, so do everything you can do minimize that risk.
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This is the best way to manage and repair your business reputation. Hiding negative complaints is only a Band-Aid. Consumers want to see how a business took care of business.
All business will get complaints. How those businesses take care of those complaints is what separates good businesses from the rest.
Consumers love to do business with someone that can admit mistakes and state how they made improvements.
Permanente physician, Dr. Susan Scholey, while his permanent physician, Dr. Gary Rinzler, took a few weeks to rest.
Dr. Scholey decided that, even though X-rays and ten years of ongoing evidence of success with this patient were present, they were insufficient.
Dr. Scholey therefore, placed an assessment requirement before the patient which was not part of the agreement the patient had with his permanent doctor, an assessment that Dr. Scholey could not defend in terms of either science or medical necessity. [continued below]....
Since Dr. Scholey was theoretically in charge in Dr. Rinzler's absence, and since her recommendations to interrupt the ongoing treatment were not overturned by her immediate supervisors, Dr. Scholey terminated care of this elderly patient, including all medications.
Upon the return of Dr. Rinzler to the scene, he attempted to simply take back the patient and resume care. However, Drs Scholey, Midgley, Isaacs and Pearl evidently had decided that the independent assessment was necessary.
That being the case, the patient found the time resources to comply, since the assessment was now being recommended by Dr. Rinzler, if only so that he could resume care. The patient therefore underwent the assessment with Permanente physician, Dr. Kegang Hu.
As the patient knew he would, Dr. Hu agreed wholeheartedly with Dr. Rinzler that the treatments being provided to the patient for ten years were appropriate.
However, when the patient then asked to be returned to Dr. Rinzler's care as agreed, Dr. Scholey advised everyone that the matter had been referred to Permanente RISK MANAGEMENT, in Oakland, CA.
So, now we have a patient paying $5,000 in premiums, still only wanting to resume his decade long medical regimen, having complied with an unnecessary assessment, still being denied the only medical services Kaiser Permanente was providing to him for this premiums.
Kaiser Permanent has been reported to the California Department of Managed Health Care for the same violations of law.
The patient himself has repeated constantly that the only thing he requires is a return to the regimen that several physicians prior to Dr. Scholey felt was perfectly appropriate.
It is amazing all the staff time expended and agony generated when the resolution of this issue has always been so simple: Return the patient to the regimen that was in place prior to Dr. Susan Scholey deciding for non-medical, non-scientific reasons that an interruption was appropriate.
The patient has unilaterally indicated to anyone who will listen that he has backed away from a consideration of litigation, and simply and humbly continues to request that the simple treatment for his deteriorating skeletal condition be resumed under the direction of Dr. Gary Rinzler.
Not that it is particularly relevant, but to follow up on the football comment above. The condition was the result of a violent illegal back block during a football game that caused the compromised spinal condition initially. At that time, those kinds of hits were legal.
AGAIN THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE: A RETURN TO WHAT WAS THREE MONTHS AGO BEFORE DR. SUSAN SCHOLEY decided an elderly man didn't deserve to have his suffering ameliorated.
That the Permanente Medical Group has chosen to ignore this patient's pain and legitimate need in the face of several evaluations which support the patient's long term regimen is testimony that, when an organization loses contact with the human aspects of medicine, all sorts of abuses are possible.
As of this writing, this elderly man, 69 years of age, is without medical services of any kind. He is currently paying Kaiser Permanente $5,000 in premiums for absolutely nothing.
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Beware Smartphone Lurkers: Cloud Storage File RemnantsSecurity investigators recovered Box, Dropbox and SugarSync files and unique file IDs, via forensic dump of iPhone and Android smartphone memory.
9 More Cloud Computing Pioneers (click image for slideshow) Cloud storage service apps leave recoverable traces of files on smartphones. That finding comes from recently published research, "Using Smartphones as a Proxy for Forensic Evidence contained in Cloud Storage Services," conducted by University of Glasgow computer science PhD student George Grispos -- backed by computer forensics and e-discovery lecturer Brad Glisson and software engineering lecturer Tim Storer, both also of University of Glasgow -- which was presented at this year's 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. The researchers said they'd expected to find "that smartphone devices will retain data from these storage services," but didn't know to what extent any leftover "artifacts" might include recoverable information. So they studied three popular cloud storage service apps running on the iPhone and on an HTC Desire running the Android operating system. Here's what they found: "Using mobile forensic toolkits, data can be recovered from a smartphone device which has accessed a cloud storage service," they said. "The results from the experiment have shown that it is possible to recover files from the Dropbox, Box and SugarSync services using smartphone devices." In addition, artifacts left by those services' mobile apps in some cases allowed the researchers to gain a "proxy view" of files not stored on the device, but stored by the cloud service. [ Companies have to protect their assets, but where do they cross the line into overzealous prying? See Monitoring Vs. Spying: Are Employers Going Too Far? ]
The extent to which they could recover files varied based on the operating system studied. "On the HTC Desire, both deleted and available files were recovered. The forensic toolkits recovered 9 files from Dropbox, 15 from Box and 11 from SugarSync," the researchers said. "On the iPhone, depending on application and device manipulation either 5 or 7 files were recovered from Dropbox, 7 or 15 from SugarSync and 5 from Box. No deleted application files were recovered from the iPhone."
Interestingly, the investigators could also use the Box app's file artifacts that they recovered to access copies of files that were no longer stored on devices, but still stored with Box. This required recovering file IDs for Box files that had been accessed, as well as authentication tokens linked to a specific Box user's account. With both pieces of information, the researchers could create a URL which accessed the Box API to download copies of files not present on the device, all without logging into the service. This digital forensic investigation technique worked on both the iPhone and Android devices.
Just to be clear, the researchers confined their study to these -- now superseded -- smartphone apps: "Dropbox (iOS version 1.4.7, Android version 2.1.3), Box (iOS version 2.7.1, Android version 1.6.7) and SugarSync (iOS version 3.0, Android version 3.6)."
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Google released an official report that they have discovered 1,700 applications in the Play Store[1] that were infected by Bread (Joker) malware.[2] Even though the company has already dealt with these apps and they are far gone from the online store, Joker malware still falls in the most persistent virus category that Google has ever seen.
It can be approved by the fact that Bread malware developers still kept on releasing new variants of malicious software even though Google had spotted their apps in the first place. It is known that the authors of the malware kept developing new versions every week since 2017. According to Google, the malware always was sure what it was looking for and what the target was even though most of its attempts were not successful.
Carriers may partner with vendors to allow users to pay for services by SMS. The user simply needs to text a prescribed keyword to a prescribed number (shortcode). A charge is then added to the user’s bill with their mobile service provider.
Even though this type of function did not succeed for a long time as Google decided to implement a new security measure that did not allow all apps to access the user's SMS function very easily, Bread developers did not get lost and continued their fraud tactics through WAP billing.
The WAP fraud scheme works by the malicious actor employing the infected mobile phones for accessing monetary transaction websites through the phone's WAP connection. Afterward, the payment process executes automatically and refers to the victim's mobile phone bill.
SMS and WAP fraud schemes have been found to be very relevant among malicious actors for a long time since now. The most important fact is that only the device verification is required and the verifier cannot be identified as a user or malware.
Joker malware uses the “versioning” tactic to evade the Google Play Store security checkup
According to Google, Bread (Joker) malware always aimed to search for some security bugs and vulnerabilities in the Google Play Store so that the bad actors could skip security checks and plant their malicious apps unnoticed. There were many attempts that have succeeded, for example, Aleksejs Kuprins cybersecurity researcher discovered 24 malicious apps that made their way through,[4] then Pradeo Labs discovered another 29 of the apps, and so on.
Google claims that Bread malware does not include a very complex operation module but is definitely persistent and stubborn when it comes to loading as many infectious apps to the Play Store as possible. One of the features that were used by the malicious actors is known as “versioning” when a safe and clean version of the app is added first and the malicious code is injected into the program later on.[5]
Additionally, Joker developers also employed YouTube video clips for taking users to promotion sources of their malicious apps in order to increase the downloading number of those applications. Another tactic that was used by the malicious actors is fake reviews that were written about their promoted apps. Despite all the effort that was put in the app delivery process and attempts to infect users, Google eliminated all the 1,700 apps before anyone managed to download any.
^ PHA Family Highlights: Bread (and Friends). Google Security Blog.
^ David Keith. Google removes nearly 1,700 malicious applications. Go Tech Daily. Latest News.
^ MIX. Google purged 1.7K malicious ‘Joker’ apps from the Play Store. The Next Web. Apps.
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Hackers sweep past 2FA and hit 483 users in Crypto.com attack 21/01/22
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https://www.2-spyware.com/google-removes-more-than-1700-apps-infected-with-joker-malware
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Arrow Ransomware is usually ransomware virus that converts your individual and sensitive files to be unusable. Cyber criminal claims that spending the ransom is the only method to regain usage of your precious data. Arrow Ransomware is really a dreadful trojan that restricts victims from accessing their own data files. It encrypts images, videos, databases, and other vital data using AES-256 bit encryption. After that it provides .Arrow Ransomware extension to all or any encrypted files.
Arrow Ransomware drops a ransom message informing victims in what happened with their files, how to retrieve it, and additional instructions on how best to pay the ransom. Attacker needs victims to send Bitcoin towards the address supplied, and then send out an email to supplied email address after moving the payment. Cyber crook attempts to threaten sufferer that if you did not settle the demand instantly, your files will be lost. Malware author ensure that you will have the decryption system and key once payment continues to be confirmed.
We highly advised not to cope with Arrow Ransomware author. Please end up being warned that spending ransom isn’t the key to restore your files. For example you follow their demand; you haven’t any guarantee that they can decrypt your documents. So after dropping your important data don’t allow your money gone for nothing. It is advisable to depend from your backup to recuperate your files than to cope with attacker.
As revealed, Arrow Ransomware and majority of ransom virus tend to be pass on through malicious email connection. Because of this, you do have to be extremely cautious. Never open up an email if you really don’t know the source. Also, download and install data files only from trusted sources, as some ransom trojan also comes packed with free downloads. & most importantly, you must have an effective anti-malware program that can safeguard one’s body from any assault like Arrow Ransomware.
First of all press the ‘Power’ button at the Windows login screen. Now further press and hold ‘Shift’, on the keyboard and then tap ‘Restart’.
Make selection of ‘Troubleshoot’ → ‘Advanced options’ → ‘Startup Settings’ and then finally press ‘Restart’.
Further go back to the ‘Task Manager’ and then terminate the vicious process.
Now make right on it again and then choose ‘End Process’.
Next, go to the folder having malicious files associated with Arrow Ransomware and Eliminate them immediately.
Procedure 4 : Repair Windows Registry
Firstly type WIN key + R key combination simultaneously on the keyboard.
Secondly, in the box type ‘regedit’ and hit ‘Enter’.
Now type the ‘CTRL + F’ and then write the Arrow Ransomware in the search type field for locating the vicious executable.
In a case if one do have registry keys and values associated with the name, one should Get Rid Of them, staying carefully i.e., not deleting the legitimate keys.
Procedure 5: Get Rid Of Arrow Ransomware Using Arrow Ransomware Scanner
Step 1 : Scanner – Just after downloading and installing the Arrow Ransomware Scanner, make selection of Scan Computer Now option for initiating the scanning procedure. This step facilitates scanning of memory, files, registry files and cookies. In order to scan the specific files, one can make selection of custom scan.
Step 2 : Arrow Ransomware and associated threats found- Upon the completion of the scanning procedure, list of vicious threats including Arrow Ransomware will be detected.
Step 3 : Spyware HelpDesk – It is the most comprehensive feature of Arrow Ransomware Scanner which makes it more effective than several other traditional security program. Users can easily contact and make usage of the support desk 24×7 regarding any assistance associated with Arrow Ransomware uninstallation. Nonetheless, it is only possible with the licensed version of the program.
Step 4 : System Guard – This system enables protection several Arrow Ransomware and several other vicious threats in future. It being in-built in nature, do includes potential of blocking the infected process from being executed.
Step 5 : Network Sentry – This feature of Arrow Ransomware Scanner furnishes the users with facility to acquire complete control over the entire PC and it’s respective settings. This feature prevents the system’s browser settings and DNS settings from being altered. Hence, the system stays protected from being rerouted to several vicious domain.
Step 6 : Scan Scheduler – This feature enables to preset a default time on which the system might undergo complete scan. One can make selection of any one day of the week or month regarding scheduling the scanning for. Nevertheless, it is essential to turn on the PC during the time the scanner get scheduled.
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http://www.malwares.news/arrow-ransomware-deletion-solution-to-remove-arrow-ransomware-in-simple-steps
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Lemming, J. (2001). Investments and risk management in a liberalised electricity market. Abstract from Seminar for young scientists, Risø, Denmark.
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The Internet of Things promises added convenience, efficiency - and insecurity.
This year will see a big increase in attacks on "things" connected to the IoT, believe many security experts.
"2016 will be the biggest year we have seen so far of 'things' being hacked. ... The blood is in the water and hacking 'stuff' is more interesting than finding bugs in a Web browser," said Chris Rouland, founder and CTO of Bastille, a provider of threat detection software for IoT devices. "Enterprises will start to find that compromises are entering their networks through things such as wearables, m2m communications and industrial control systems."
Hackers are developing new techniques that leverage the IoT, said Tim Liu, CTO of network security provider Hillstone Networks.
It didn't take long. Less than two weeks into the New Year, security researchers from Vectra Threat Labs, part of automated threat management provider Vectra Networks, published a blog post that detailed how they used a $30 webcam to establish a persistent point of access into a network.
Such IoT-connected devices are of particular concern, wrote the researchers, because they can offer hackers full-time access to the network without having to infect a laptop, workstation or server, all of which are usually protected by firewalls, intrusion prevention systems and malware sandboxes in addition to running antivirus software that is updated regularly.
"On a tiny device, there is no anti-virus and no endpoint protection," they wrote. "In fact, no one thinks of the device as having software on it at all. This makes these devices potentially inviting for persistent attackers who rely on stealthy channels of command-and-control to manage their attacks."
To show the relative ease of launching such an IoT attack, the researchers bought a D-Link WiFi Web camera, which they then reprogrammed to serve as a network backdoor without affecting its operation as a camera.
"The irony in this particular scenario is that Wi-Fi cameras are typically deployed to enhance an organization's physical security, yet they can easily become a network security vulnerability by allowing attackers to enter and steal information without detection," said Gunter Ollmann, CSO of Vectra Networks.
While the research was conducted using a D-Link device, Ollmann said other Web-based cameras possess similar design vulnerabilities.
"The design of many mass-produced consumer-level electronics is very similar. Devices that can be easily attached to the network and remotely controlled or managed via the Internet tend to be soft targets," he said. "The design of circuit boards, chipsets and the requirement for software updates combined into a simple and environmentally reliable package limits design options. It doesn't help that many of the popular 'small footprint' operating systems popularly used for mass-produced network devices are poorly secured themselves."
The biggest downside for attackers, wrote the researchers, is the lack of persistent storage in devices like webcams. "Instead, they use nvram to store configuration and the flash ROM to store the running code. So the attacker's hope for real persistence rests on being able to control what will be in the flash ROM," they wrote.
Despite this challenge, hacks on devices like webcams will likely be more widespread than attacks on devices such as networked refrigerators or automobiles, said Ollmann. While scary, the latter kind of attack is largely "stunt hacking," he said.
In contrast, he said, "From a criminal hacker's perspective, the prospect of subverting cheap and ubiquitous IoT technologies such as webcams - which are widely deployed in both residential and commercial capacities - is a highly desirable target. More to the point, devices that can be hijacked and serve as backdoors, yet be popular second-hand items or items that can be easily concealed and physically deployed or swapped with an existing installation, are vital tools in organized crime and espionage. "
While a wide variety of security products can be used to protect desktop computers, laptops and smartphones, such technologies are not yet available to protect the growing number of other devices now being added to networks, Ollmann said. "The whole realm of IoT security is in its infancy and, as a consequence, currently exposed to a rapidly expanding number of threats that cannot yet be efficiently mitigated."
Vectra's researchers disclosed the vulnerability to D-LInk last month, in early December. As of last week, the company had not yet provided a fix, the researchers noted in their blog post.
Ann All is the editor of Enterprise Apps Today and eSecurity Planet. She has covered business and technology for more than a decade, writing about everything from business intelligence to virtualization.
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https://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/webcam-hack-shows-iot-security-threat.html
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In the next year or two, millions of gearheads will strap on VR headsets to explore their alter-egos, play games and view 3D content.
Shipments of virtual reality and augmented reality headsets will balloon this year to 1.4 million, up from just 140,000 in 2015, Gartner predicted Tuesday. In 2017, shipments will soar to 6.3 million.
VR systems were a hot-ticket at this year's CES, and products like the Oculus Rift, Sony's PlayStation VR, Microsoft's HoloLens and HTC's Vive are all expected to ship this year. That will fuel the initial boost in shipments, said Brian Blau, research director at Gartner.
"We're fairly enthusiastic about the prospects, but we're cautious that it won't take off as fast as other technologies like smartphones," he said.
This year will be dominated by "face-mask style headsets" like the $599 Oculus Rift, Blau said. Next year, more products with eye-glass and helmet form factors will appear.
Oculus Rift relies mostly on computer generated images, but more products will focus on "mixed reality" by blending real and virtual images. A prominent example is HoloLens, a full-fledged computer that blends interactive "floating" 3D images with a view of the real world.
Google, Nvidia, Intel and others are also jumping into VR. Mystery VR company Magic Leap, which hasn't yet released a product, received a whopping $793.5 million in funding on Tuesday from companies including Alibaba, Google and Qualcomm.
Headsets will be mainly for gaming and entertainment, but by 2018 about a quarter will be for business use, according to Gartner. They'll be used for training, simulation and troubleshooting equipment, Blau said.
Microsoft has already showed how HoloLens could be used in businesses and academia. The HoloLens can help medical students explore human anatomy by superimposing a 3D structure of the body in a user's field of vision.
Content is also being developed -- albeit slowly. Games and videos have been developed for Oculus Rift, and Samsung and its partners are creating content for its VR headset. Boutique firms like Two Bit Circus are developing interactive content.
Given that headsets are a whole new type of interface, there are challenges in developing interactive content. Software and video has been designed mainly for 2D systems, including flat screens and touch interfaces, and new skills are needed for the immersive content, on both the creative and consumer sides, Blau said.
Creating material that doesn't hurt the eye or cause nausea can make or break content and apps, Blau said.
"There's going to be a lot of good apps out there, but I'm sure there will be many bad ones too," he said.
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/3029375/vr-headset-shipments-are-about-to-skyrocket.html
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The Security Company – a consultancy for corporate security and compliance awareness – is all about people. In fact, Smith insists that he does all he can, including hiring non-technical staff, to distance his company from technology. While he is insistent that the people problem is the missing piece in the information security puzzle for many organizations, he reluctantly admits, frustrated, that people don’t want to spend money on it.
“Suppliers want to sell boxes, and companies want to buy them”, he says. “When we look at what’s actually going wrong though, we see that it’s almost never technology. Computers don’t make mistakes, people do.”
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Smith believes that like health and safety, training and awareness needs to be embedded into a company’s culture. “No-one is telling their staff what to do. If you offer help, people will take it”, he says. Measuring progress and changes in behavior is crucial, says Smith, whose company offers a three to five year contract. “Everything we do is measurable”, he explains.
For every one customer that The Security Company has (and it has a pretty impressive array), Smith predicts that there are at least another 99 that need help in this area. “Some just do compliance, some do home-made awareness efforts”, he says, noting the inadequacy of both. But it’s not just organizations that “don’t get it”, he says. “The [information security] industry doesn’t get it. They try and solve all problems with technology”, he sighs.
Ideally, the industry needs to work together in order to focus on prevention, Smith insists, declaring technology vendors as “not mature enough to realize this”. Similarly, end users “don’t value the human factor and aren’t willing to invest in it. They may take a look at what we do, and try to do it themselves – badly”.
The Highway Code
Smith is not a believer in using policies as the base of a security mandate. What is needed, he explains, “is a highway code”, or more specifically, as labeled by The Security Company, a “knowledge zone”. This knowledge zone, accessible to employees, “covers every eventuality. It offers advice and the Highway Code for the organization. It’s essential and it needs to be learned”, he insists.
The knowledge zone also allows employees to report problems, suspicions, and seek advice. It is monitored by the security department.
Speaking of which, Smith claims that an organization’s security department should be the size of your entire organization. “That’s right, each and every person should be a part of your security department”. Treating your users like intelligent adults will certainly encourage them to act like it, Smith believes.
For People, About People
Outside of his day job, Martin Smith is the chairman and founder of the Security Awareness Special Interest Group (SASIG) and an active member of the Information Security Awareness Forum (The ISAF). “SASIG is unique. It’s a free networking education forum that exists only for the delegates and does not exist to make money”, explains Smith.
The relationship between SASIG and The Security Company is simple, says Smith. “They are one and the same thing. They both promote a cause”. The benefit of SASIG for its sister company, The Security Company, he says, is “that it starts conversations -gets leads. You can’t get someone to buy something until they become interested in the idea/concept”.
The hardest sell for companies like The Security Company that focus on awareness and education, is that “we are selling what people need, not what they want”, says Smith. “I find it offensive that senior people don’t address this aspect of security. It is absolutely vital for a CSO to look at all aspects of security”, Smith concludes.
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/interview-martin-smith-of-the-security-company/
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NQ Mobile Security Research Center , in collaboration with Dr. Xuxian Jiang’s team at North Carolina State University, has recently uncovered a new piece of Android malware that can be controlled via SMS.The malware dubbed as 'TigerBot' has the built-in payload to execute a variety of commands ranging from uploading current location, sending SMS messages, to even recording phone calls.
"TigerBot can be remotely controlled by sending SMS messages. In order to receive remote commands, it registers a receiver with a high priority to listen to the intent with action “android.provider. Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED”. As a result, it can receive and intercept incoming SMS messages before others with lower priorities. "reads the NQ Mobile Security Research Center's blog post.
To hide its existence, this malware chooses not to show any icon on the home screen, but disguises with legitimate app names by pretending to be apps from legitimate vendors such as Google and Adobe.
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http://leetx968.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-android-malware-can-be-controlled.html
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When the UK left the European Union in January 2021, many businesses wondered whether the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) would still apply post-Brexit.
The answer is both ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ Although the EU’s GDPR no longer applies to the UK, the Government retained its structure to create an almost identical UK GDPR. This was done through the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.
The differences between the UK and EU versions are mainly technicalities relating to UK law and the enforcement of the legislation in the UK, which remains entrusted to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). In practice, these differences should not make a difference to businesses’ approach to GDPR or marketing activities, but it is wise for legal teams to familiarize themselves with the changes. Regarding transfers of data, on June 28 2021, the EU announced an adequacy decision for the UK had been approved. This means the UK has robust data protection laws, ensuring data from the EU can be safely transferred to the UK.
While the free flow of data across the EU and the UK has multiple benefits, including enhanced cooperation and trade, it is not perpetual. The decision is time-limited to four years, meaning the UK will have to continue to closely match EU data legislation to retain its ‘adequate’ status in 2025. The UK will need to be cautious and strategic about making changes to key regulations such as UK GDPR after Brexit, as any abrupt changes can jeopardize the UK’s adequacy decision renewal.
On the Horizon
The arrangement between the UK and the EU means that whenever the EU introduces new legislation relating to data and the digital industries, the UK Government will come under serious pressure to introduce similar measures. What is more, there are a couple of major pieces of EU legislation on the horizon that UK businesses should be aware of.
The first is the EU Digital Services Act, which will impact how companies supply and use data services across the EU. Based on the content of the draft regulation, the new law will set out specific responsibilities and accountabilities for everyone in the digital advertising ecosystem, from giants like Google and Facebook down to small agencies and brands.
The EU has also turned its attention to the governance of AI, with a draft regulation currently under consideration by the European Commission. This looks at the use of AI to generate content and predictions for users, including targeting specific audiences. If the EU adopts either of the two drafts mentioned, the UK will come under pressure to adopt something similar.
The first step is to conduct regular internal assessments of owned data-related practices. Organizations should know what types of data they need to conduct business activities, how and where they are storing it, and how they are sharing it. That initial knowledge will give an overall perspective on how any incoming or proposed legislation might impact activities.
From there, businesses should go a step further and establish their own privacy framework. This is a formalized process and program to ensure your company keeps up-to-date with market changes and relevant data regulations and is proactive about implementing internal changes. A robust privacy framework normally entails creating privacy and information security policies, training, audits and frequent tests for gaps or vulnerabilities. Some organizations will go further by creating competitive roles specific to information and privacy, like chief information officers or chief privacy officers.
In addition, businesses need the right partners to provide support with incoming changes. Updates in regulation can affect multiple areas of a business. Having a partner who is aware of the impact of privacy changes in their service offering and providing solid support in this area will be a key ally for any business.
Businesses should embrace the incoming changes, react to them positively and be completely transparent with how they plan to collect, store and use data, and communicate their approach to their key audiences. The level of trust that consumers have in a brand will be crucial as we move beyond the use of third-party cookies.
The real trick to handling EU and UK data regulations changes is to keep up to date with changes and amend operations accordingly. In this case, the nature of the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement means data laws in the two blocs are likely to be closely aligned for years to come. However, businesses should stay ahead of EU and UK legislation changes and fully commit to a privacy-first approach to data.
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/eu-data-laws-uk-businesses-brexit/
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A security researcher has identified a vulnerability in Philips smart TVs which could be used by hackers.
The bug, identified by researcher Luigi Auriemma, affects Philips-branded TVs with the Miracast feature, which allows nearby devices to connect to the TV.
A firmware update in December opened a new vulnerability allowing hackers to connect to the TV so long as they are in range and know the default Miracast password, which is, you guessed it, "Miracast."
The newly connected device does not require a PIN number and there is no notice that a new device has connected, letting hackers operate stealthily.
Easy access
One of the most serious repercussions of this vulnerability is that it allows Gmail authentication cookies to be stolen, granting hackers access to a user's email account.
It also allows hackers to access data stored on a USB drive connected to the TV.
If that's not bad enough, it also means hackers will have full control of the smart TV and can play any content they want, resulting in some potentially very embarrassing moments.
The bug that created this vulnerability has apparently been known for six months. While Philips takes its time to develop a patch, a simple workaround is to disable the Miracast feature completely.
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In a statement, the Wi-Fi alliance said that the security issue is not widespread and is instead "limited to a single vendor's implementation".
"Wi-Fi Alliance takes security very seriously. All of our specifications and certifications include requirements to support the latest generation of security protections. In the case of Miracast™, the underlying specification requires device-generated passphrases to consist of characters randomly selected from upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers," the statement said.
"The recent report of a non-compliant passphrase implementation appears to be limited to a single vendor's implementation. We enforce the requirements of our certification programs and have been in contact with the company in question to ensure that any device bearing the Miracast mark meets our requirements."
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Thank you for vising our school website. We are sorry that due to current circumstances you are unable to visit the school in person but we hope that this video will give you a little insight into school life. Further details are on this News post and below on this page.
Welcome to the St. Vincent’s family! We hope that this website has provided much of the useful information you need to know before your child starts our school. Some further helpful documents and a film about the Early Years Foundation Stage are below. If you have any queries please contact the school office and we will be happy to assist.
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I am somewhere between Quality Control / Quality Manager / Technical Manager and everything else.
I have found communication with senior management to be lacking during this time, therefore i am and i have been relying heavily on this network, so firstly i thank you all for being of great help.
I have conducted a risk assessment for COVID-19 in our workplace. Please feel free to take a look and tear it apart, i need all the advice i can get for this. PLEASE bare in mind i am in no way shape or form saying this is good or correct, I have simply done all know (given I've had no training in my role).
Fire away with any advice / recommendations to better this document.
I deduce you are the H&R Department as well as QA.
In these strange times I expect many people are many things; today I will be Technical Manager, QA Manager and QAs, and my Operations Director will be Maintenance for the morning.
Although the virus isn't a direct risk via food (as far as we know), the nature of the situation is largely still microbial contamination and hygiene, one reason why Technical at my place is heavily involved in any RA and strategy implemented, though then passed officially though the Directors. I've also prepared some evidence and documentation regarding our measures in case of any questioning on it by auditors, they may not ask but I'd rather be prepared just in case - these are "unprecedented" times after all.
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https://www.ifsqn.com/forum/index.php/topic/38355-please-critique-attached-covid-19-risk-assessment/
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Unless I am some sort of kaspersky fanboy I will never be too inclined to the idea of using Kaspersky over Norton.
I do not ever use the computer for gaming purposes. -" Know that you will most likely never even encounter most of these so-called threats..." Well, that's what you think... But if I ever came across an issue where the file was quarantined, norton always provided with a restore option, so I don't see any harm done.
Norton Antivirus is a good antivirus for many, but sometimes even Rolls Royce needs servicing, and same goes for Norton Antivirus too, Norton keeps on releasing updates of the Antivirus, and we need to update them on our PC to keep our PC protected via the latest virus.
Norton usually updates its software and database of virus regularly.
If you’re having issues using Air Play, Home Sharing, i Tunes, or Remote, test the connectivity between the computers or devices in your house.
It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses.
Know that you will most likely never even encounter most of these so-called threats, reality is that a computer can do just fine without any antivirus installed in the system unless you are some sleazy pervert who likes to surf a lot of adult streaming websites or risky websites to download cracks, patches, sql injections for hacking and what not.
All these high percentage malware and virus detection rate is a marketing gimmick to sell the software.
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http://tuttpar.ulovv.ru/norton-antivirus-wont-updating-2064.html
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Boot from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to scan and remove threats from an infected computer without the risk of infecting other files or computers.
Burn this ISO image to a CD, insert it into the infected system's CD-ROM drive, enter the PC's BIOS, set it to boot from the CD and reboot the computer.
This lists the Gentoo-specific options, along with a few options that are built-in to the kernel, but that have been proven very useful to our users.
Also, all options that start with "do" have a "no" inverse, that does the opposite. For example, "doscsi" enables SCSI support in the initial ramdisk boot, while "noscsi" disables it. Easily remove malicious objects from your computer without the risk of getting infected.
Our programmers spent a lot of work and drastically overhauled the Avira AntiVir Rescue System which is now available in version 3.7.16. Next to a much better usability due to the redesigned user interface and 11 supported languages the new version offers even improved detection and removal capabilities.
Avira AntiVir Rescue System uses Linux as operating system. The new kernel has much better and wider hardware support. The bootable CD can not only be used to analyse the system for malware infections and remove them, but also enables the user to get access to data on the system in case the operating system won't start anymore so it can be backed up onto a USB drive, for example.
Virus removal has become a very complex process today. Gone are the days, when you were required to download a standalone antivirus and it was sufficient for days for your PC Security from virus attacks.
But today's malware attacks are intelligent. The first thing they do on your system is to make fool proof arrangements for hiding themselves. They modify your system files to make their detection absolutely impossible and get loaded during the boot process itself to take control of your entire system. At times, the system might become so much infected that it may be impossible even to boot it in a regular manner.
Many user think of formatting their system as the only option left. But if you have some important data, which has not yet been backup up, then this option also is a very difficult one to exercise.
If your computer no longer starts due to malware corrupting the operating system, or you suspect the security software has been compromised, you can use the F-Secure Rescue CD to securely boot up the computer and check the programs installed. The Rescue CD can also be used for more advanced repair and data recovery operations.
The Rescue CD contains Knoppix (a derivative of Linux), an operating system that runs completely from the CD and allows access to your computer's Windows operating system and hard disks.
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Microsoft Exchange was recently configured so that a banner message appears on all emails originating outside of U-M when they include an attachment or web link. This change was in response to the significant number of increasingly sophisticated email scams across Michigan Medicine.
Based on feedback received from the Michigan Medicine community, the following changes will be made on Thursday, Nov. 8:
Reduce the current banner message from 23 words to four words: “External Email — Use Caution”
Add more space between the banner message and the beginning of the email text.
“We hope this banner message helps employees better identify valid emails vs. fraudulent emails that appear to be sent from an internal source,” said Jack Kufahl, Michigan Medicine chief information security officer. “We will continue to review the email banner, and make any necessary adjustments, on a quarterly basis.”
Helpful information about spotting phishing scams is available on the U-M Safe Computing website.
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An alleged Saudi hacking campaign that compromised the cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is a chilling example of how even the world's richest person can be hacked with tools that were likely bought off the shelf.
It marks a significant escalation in the way nations use commercial hacking tools -- and is fueling calls from officials and experts to ban the international sale of spyware.
“This should be a wake-up call for the international community,” Agnes Callamard, a U.N. investigator who urged such a moratorium in light of the Bezos hack, told me. “We need to take action before we are completely unable to control this technology.”
The breach underscores how the spread of commercial spyware is allowing a new generation of nations to engage in the sort of high-stakes hacking and espionage that was once the exclusive domain of a handful of countries including the United States, Russia and China.
“It’s become a free-for-all, and anyone can acquire [these tools] now,” former FBI agent and cybersecurity expert Clint Watts told me.
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Callamard and another U.N. expert, David Kaye, called on the U.S. government and other authorities yesterday to further investigate the hack, which they said appears to have been part of “an effort to influence, if not silence, The Washington Post's reporting on Saudi Arabia.”
The hacking occurred several months before the murder of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was critical of the Saudi regime and whose killing the CIA linked to the Saudi government in a December 2018 congressional briefing. The malware appears to have arrived in a WhatsApp message from the personal account of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, investigators found.
The hack also appears to have been the source for leaked texts between Bezos and his girlfriend, Laura Sanchez, that appeared in the National Enquirer, according to a forensic investigation commissioned by Bezos which was published yesterday by Motherboard.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, disputed the U.N. report, saying “the idea that the crown prince would hack Jeff Bezos’s phone is absolutely silly,” as my colleague Marc Fisher reported.
Researchers have fretted for years about the way Saudi Arabia and other authoritarian regimes use commercial hacking and surveillance tools to spy on journalists and activists. Facebook even sued a major spyware vendor, Israel's NSO Group, in October for allegedly helping governments hack at least 100 journalists, political activists and human rights defenders across 20 countries using a technical flaw in its WhatsApp messaging service. Cost appears to be no object: Saudi Arabia paid NSO Group $55 million for use of its spyware in 2017, the New York Times has reported citing Israeli news reports on government authorizations for the sale.
But this marks the first known instance of it being used to target a figure as prominent as Bezos.
The hack also raises troubling questions about the role the U.S. government should play in a hack against a private citizen that nevertheless has major implications for the First Amendment, Watts told me.
Watts compared it to North Korean’s 2014 hack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, which U.S. officials said was sparked by leader Kim Jong Un’s ire at the gross-out buddy comedy “The Interview.” In the wake of the hack, Sony pulled the movie from theaters, leading to criticism it was caving to an adversary that wanted to curtail free speech. The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on North Korea following the hack, pledging to defend U.S. businesses and citizens and respond to foreign attempts to undermine U.S. values.
“This is one of those gray zones we have not thought through,” Watts said. “There’s no war game in the U.S. military here when a foreign government hacks an important U.S. business and media leader and dumps his information to the National Enquirer. What’s our responsibility in that case? What’s our counter response?”
Investigators hired by Bezos did not find traces of the malware itself but said its effects were similar to sophisticated hacking tools that are commercially available to intelligence and law enforcement agencies. They noted specific similarities to NSO tools, but the company vehemently denied it was the source of the tools in a statement on its website.
Investigators believe the malware was so sophisticated, in fact, that it did not require Bezos to click on the malicious video the crown prince sent him before it started extracting data.
“I think we’re just at the beginning of seeing these tools used in this way, and it’s very frightening,” Kaye told me.
The fact that a figure as prominent as Bezos was compromised also underscores how vulnerable most people without his resources are to spyware, Kaye said. “How does a regular person who doesn’t have their own personal security outfit...protect themselves?" he said. "It’s a pretty grim situation."
PINGED, PATCHED, PWNED
Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Trump tour an Apple manufacturing plant Nov. 20 in Austin. (Evan Vucci/AP)
PINGED: President Trump doubled down on his calls for Apple to assist the Justice Department with cracking into two encrypted iPhones that belonged to the gunman who killed three people at a Florida naval base last month.
“I think we should … start finding some of the bad people out there that we can do with Apple. I think it’s very important,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen yesterday morning.
Trump’s comments echoed a tweet he posted last week slamming the tech giant for not complying with the FBI’s requests to help it crack into the iPhones.
Privacy advocates have come to Apple’s defense, warning that government efforts to undermine encryption could hurt national security by making it easier for hackers to compromise encrypted communications. That includes the security of U.S. elections.
“It is vital that our nation’s election systems have the strongest possible shield against malicious hackers, especially given the resources that hostile foreign powers could deploy to undermine confidence in our democracy,” a coalition of groups led by the nonprofit watchdog Project on Government Oversight wrote in a letter to Attorney General William P. Barr.
A customer holds an iPhone. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
PATCHED: As federal officials push for encryption back doors, local law enforcement agencies have increasingly turned to a cottage industry of powerful phone-cracking technology to break into encrypted devices they gather as evidence. At least 11 states have spent millions of dollars to break into the technology, an investigation by Michael Hayes at Medium's OneZero found.
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., for instance, who has long called for an encryption back door, spent at least $200,000 on phone-cracking tools from Israeli company Cellebrite.
The number of law enforcement agencies using the technology is probably greater than Hayes was able to confirm because a number of agencies did not respond to his public records requests or claimed they were exempt, he noted.
The Huawei logo is seen at the IFA consumer electronics fair last year in Berlin. (Hannibal Hanschke/AP)
PWNED: U.S. officials have continued to warn Western allies that they will stop sharing intelligence with them if they do not sufficiently secure their next-generation 5G telecom networks against Chinese hacking. Robert L. Strayer, the State Department's top cybersecurity official, urged French officials to take “strong security measures” against security risks posed by the Chinese telecom Huawei in a meeting yesterday, the Associated Press reports.
Strayer did not push for a full ban on Huawei but accused the company of being a potential tool for Chinese spying. Data theft by China “happens on a regular basis,” Strayer said. Huawei has steadfastly denied aiding Chinese espionage.
The European Union has declined to recommend that members ban Huawei from their 5G buildouts. So far, Poland is the only European Union nation to do so.
PUBLIC KEY
— Defending Digital Campaigns, a nonprofit organization that offers free and reduced-price cybersecurity tools to federal election campaigns, announced this morning it's offering services from 11 new companies including Microsoft and the security-key company Yubico. Other new services come from the web security company Cloudflare and the app security firm Kryptowire among others.
DDC began offering cybersecurity help to campaigns in May after winning a Federal Elections Commission ruling that it could do so without violating campaign finance laws. Other companies working with DDC include the anti-phishing firm Area 1 Security and the encrypted messaging platform Wickr.
The demands by Trump and his attorney general are raising expectations of a new push for legislation or a precedent-setting court ruling to compel Silicon Valley to give in on encryption.
The U.S. is preparing for a longer and broader campaign to banish Huawei Technologies from next-generation 5G cellular networks around the world, as Washington faces resistance on the front line of its lobbying campaign.
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There are several benefits of a glass windows antivirus. Included in this are its quickly scans, protection features, and ability to monitor your network traffic. This program also helps your hard drive operate at best performance and defends against malware. It acts as being a PC fire wall that wrist watches for suspect traffic on the PC network and watches incoming and outgoing data. It also double-checks incoming and outgoing files, as well as almost all websites you go to. You can even employ this program to shield yourself right from ransom ware attacks, a threat on your computer.
Purchasing an ant-virus is an investment, but it does not have to break your budget. Several best antiviruses cover the major operating systems, including Apple pc and Linux. You can start by simply downloading and assessment free variations of several antivirus applications. You can then decide www.newitsystems.net/bitdefender-threat-scanner/ if you want to obtain them. Be sure you choose one that offers you the most protection for your money. There are many cost-free antivirus options out there, nevertheless make sure to take a look at their features and the prices before making a selection.
Microsoft House windows Defender offers some of the best protection on the market. This scored a 100 percent detection amount against common malware and zero-day strategies. Another advantage is definitely its tight integration together with the Windows os. Once installed, you can access the security configurations through the Glass windows Settings menu. When installing Windows Defender, you can use the free antivirus security software to protect your personal computer from a wide range of threats. Additionally, it helps your PC run more smoothly and optimizes it is performance. Without an antivirus, your personal computer may operate slow and suffer program failures and info compromise.
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2020 saw hundreds of thousands of office workers across the world transition to remote work. This created tons of new opportunities for ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and other deceitful online practices to target vulnerable business data. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, ransomware attacks were rising, with 184 million attacks in 2017 alone. This number increased by nearly 4 million in 2019. By May 2020, ransomware attacks had reached an increase of 715% as users attempted to exploit the pandemic to steal data. The recent attack on Colonial Pipeline shows no one is immune to this threat. This means preparation is crucial. It’s easy to see why ransomware is the biggest cybersecurity threat in the world today.
Ransomware is the single biggest threat facing MSPs.
34% of businesses take more than a week to recover from ransomware. Datto’s Cloud Deletion Defense Enables data recovery across risk vectors — even when the protected machine has been compromised. At C3 Tech, our IT experts can scan attacks preemptively, and recover data with minimal downtime.
This trend looks bleak, so what can you do as a business owner?
Nearly half of all businesses worldwide experience a ransomware attack each year. Ransomware attacks are the most common cybercrime and costing businesses both money and valuable time to address the issue. In 2020, the average cost of a ransomware attack was $274,200. Downtime after an attack can cost nearly 50X more than the ransom itself.
After an attack, most companies face costly downtime while decrypting their data. 4% never successfully recover the encrypted data. It’s important to recognize that most ransomware attacks occur over email. This means educating your staff on proper email filtering and using industry-leading protection software is paramount. Lack of training and poor user practices are two areas businesses can tackle proactively. C3 Tech is a platinum partner with Datto, a company that specializes in data security. C3 Tech offers Orange County businesses proper cybersecurity training and managed IT services, so your business can operate efficiently and safely, even if you’re 100% remote.
Reducing the risk of ransomware requires a multi-layered approach. Get in touch today to discover what your business can achieve with the right technology. To learn more, visit C3 Tech at 1536 E Warner Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705, call us at (714) 689-1700 or send us an email at [email protected].
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Today I bring you a cautionary tale, courtesy of a customer. The moral of the story is this. Remember to include IoT devices in your cybersecurity program.
“IoT devices?” you say. “We do not have any of those!” I bet you have more IoT (Internet of Things) devices than you realize. IoT devices are like cans of garbanzo beans in your kitchen pantry. They seem to accumulate, even if no one can remember bringing them home.
One of our customers discovered a compromised IoT device on their network. He was kind enough to share what happened in case it would benefit others.
Our customer has a network video recorder (NVR), a video recording device that records activity at the customer’s office. The organization has a hybrid return to work policy, so there are periods when few staff or no staff are around. The customer needed a solution to capture access/entry to the office and settled on an NVR.
So far, so good.
Except that, as often happens, the customer neglected to consider IoT devices when thinking about where to focus their security attention. We frequently see this. Not only is it easy overlook IoT devices, but it is also easy to think these devices do not present an information security risk.
In our customer’s case, they did not include IoT devices in their regular software update process. Because the customer does not have 24/7 monitoring, they did not discover the attack until they happened to check on the network the morning after the attack started.
The customer was able to take the NVR device offline (by disabling the port it was connected to). Their building security partner updated the NVR’s firmware. The customer moved the NVR to a new VLAN. They also blocked installation of any remote access, proxy, or P2P software on the NVR. The Intrusion Protection System blocks suspicious NVR traffic as well.
What Could Have Happened?
Perhaps you do not include IoT devices in your security program because you do not think they can cause any harm. You may want to reconsider your position.
Attackers have been known to “enlist” IoT devices in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks. Imagine thousands or millions of pings hitting your server.
Are the IoT devices storing information that is sensitive or confidential? By itself, the data on an IoT device is not too useful. But what if it could be used to create a spear-phishing attack? Lack of motion outside the CEO’s office might mean they are working out of the office today. This would make a gift card scam (“I need you to do me a favor. And don’t tell anyone…”) easier to execute.
How to Include IoT Devices in Your Cybersecurity Program
I see I have your attention. Here are some tips to manage IoT device security.
Inventory your IoT devices. Other departments may have purchased IoT devices, so you must look beyond the IT Department’s purchase records.
Create a plan to keep IoT firmware up to date. We have seen in recent security assessments that printers and other (simpler) devices have struggled to keep their TLS (Transport Layer Service) software at Version 1.2 or higher. TLS has a serious deficiency below Version1.2 that attacker have used to exploit networks. Expect to take your IoT vendors to task over timely firmware security updates.
Isolate IoT devices from other network assets. Include your IoT devices in their own VLAN (or multiple VLANs for diverse types of IoT devices). Block the ability of hackers to move laterally across your network.
Lock down your IoT devices. This is especially important if the data stored on those devices would be valuable to an attacker. Double-check what ports need to be open (and when). Disable remote control software installation.
If you want to read up on other IoT security tips, see this article from Trend Micro.
Accept IoT—On Your Terms
IoT devices are not “coming.” They are already here. IoT devices can provide valuable telemetry about your physical environment. They enable creative solutions to office needs. As one example, I read about a system that tracks insolation (level of sunlight) hitting the building windows and automatically adjusts window shades to reduce the need for extra air conditioning.
As you include IoT devices into your networks, remember to include them in your cybersecurity planning as well.
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For more than 30 years, the IBM i (still often referred to as the AS/400) has been used by organizations in every industry. Known as a transaction processing powerhouse, IBM i systems are relied upon by organizations focused on retail, entertainment, manufacturing, financial services, and more.
Everywhere they are used, IBM i servers are trusted to run businesses’ most critical workloads and hold their most sensitive data. Effective data privacy technology for IBM i should keep sensitive data obscured even if a hacker or unauthorized internal user is able to break through all other lines of defense. Keeping data private, even if it falls into the wrong hands, relies on four critical elements: encryption, tokenization, anonymization, and secure file transfer.
Encrypting IBM i Data
In cryptography, encryption is the process of obscuring information so that it is unreadable without a special key to decode it. Encrypting data on IBM i systems is an essential security measure as it adds a layer of protection against data breaches if an unauthorized user should gain access to the system.
Data encryption is required by most regulations related to consumer data privacy and for industries that store or process sensitive data. Encryption combines the implementation of one or more publicly available algorithms with a secret piece of data called an encryption key. Together, the algorithm and the encryption key turn plain text into unreadable text or ciphers. Data is then returned it to its original form for users with the proper key.
Encryption can be used to protect IBM i data at rest in Db2 database fields, IFS files, spooled files or on backup tapes. Beginning with IBM i 7.1, a Field Procedure (FieldProc) was added to Db2 for IBM i to significantly simplify encryption and enable encryption of data at rest without application changes.
Assure Encryption from Precisely automates encrypting and decrypting your data with NIST-certified AES encryption that is optimized for performance. In addition, Assure Encryption provides additional security features such as built-in masking, an audit trail, and integration with OASIS KMIP-compliant encryption key managers.
Learn more about Assure Encryption and how it can help you ensure the privacy of your data.
Encryption key management for compliance and security
An encryption key must be used by an encryption algorithm to transform the data into ciphertext. A key can be a number, a word or a string of random characters. Keys can also be of different lengths (e.g. 128, 192 or 256 bits). As long as both the person protecting and reading data know the key, they can each use it to encrypt and decrypt data.
Encryption isn’t new, and older algorithms are vulnerable to hackers, which is why it’s important to protect your IBM i systems with algorithms that meet the latest standards. Because encryption algorithms are publicly available, and only encryption keys are private, it’s also important to implement a reliable system for creating, distributing, and storing those keys. Encryption keys should have a managed lifecycle that includes creation, activation, use, rotation, expiration, retirement, and destruction after a set period.
Some regulations, such as PCI DSS, require encryption key management practices such as separation of duties and dual-control processes in which two or more people are involved with managing encryption keys.
Learn more about IBM i encryption and the importance of key management in Precisely’s IBM i Encryption 101 eBook.
Tokenization to offload sensitive data to a vault
A different approach to shielding sensitive data is to replace this data with non-sensitive substitute values called “tokens.” Tokenization (also referred to as pseudonymization) substitutes sensitive data such as credit card or bank account numbers with non-sensitive, format-preserving tokens that map back to the sensitive data. When the original data is retrieved from the vault for authorized viewers, it can be additionally protected through measures such as masking.
Both encryption and tokenization address the security of IBM i data at rest. However, unlike encryption, tokenization cannot be algorithmically reversed to find the original value. Because tokens have no relationship to the data they replace, they can’t be “cracked.” Rather, the original data is stored in a database called a token vault that must be isolated, encrypted and secured.
Because tokenization separates sensitive data from production databases via the token vault, it reduces the risk of this data being exposed should the production database be breached. This approach has significant benefits when it comes to meeting compliance regulations because the production server, on which the sensitive data is tokenized, won’t be required to demonstrate compliance to auditors since no sensitive data is kept on that server.
Learn how tokenization can help you achieve compliance.
Anonymization to permanently obscure data
Anonymization (sometimes called de-identification or redaction) is similar to tokenization, except that it permanently replaces sensitive data at rest with token values, eliminating the token vault. Non-recoverable tokens can preserve the format of the original data field, but the original data can never be retrieved.
Required by consumer data privacy regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), anonymization is an effective means of removing personal information from data sets shared with third parties. It is also commonly used for development or test environments. Anonymization is generally not used in production environments.
Some anonymization solutions integrate with high availability or disaster recovery replication solutions so that an anonymized environment (e.g. a business intelligence environment) is fed in real time with new data whose sensitive fields have been replaced by non-recoverable tokens.
Learn more about how anonymization is used to meet data privacy regulations by reading What the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Similar Regulations Mean for You.
Secure File Transfer to Protect Data in Motion
The trusted method for protecting files as they move over internal and external networks is encryption. Secure file transfer solutions protect data using forms of encryption that encrypt data while “in motion.” However, it’s not always enough to encrypt the file while it’s being transferred. For complete file transfer security, the file should also be encrypted at the source and destination points, so its contents cannot be viewed by unauthorized users at any time before or after the transfer.
Whether executing transfers between business partners, government agencies, reporting bureaus, or intra-company departments, a full-featured secure file transfer solution also automates file transfer management capabilities. These capabilities include process automation, application integration, and a centralized, consistent method of handling every aspect of the file transfer process.
Managed, secure file transfer solutions enable administrators to be assured of data security and free developers to focus their valuable time and attention on strategic priorities.
Learn how Assure Secure File Transfer from Precisely can shield your data from view as it moves across networks, automate the transfer process, and integrate it into existing workflows and applications.
Implement security best practices.
Assure Security offers encryption, tokenization, anonymization, and secure file transfer capabilities for IBM i. These features can be licensed individually or as the Assure Data Privacy feature bundle. In addition, Assure Security offers IBM i access control, elevated authority management, multi-factor authentication, alerting and reporting on system and database activity and more, to prevent security breaches and assure compliance.
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This happened to be the most interesting course of all (as far as I know). It did open my eyes into better understanding of some areas in IT security that I only had a little knowledge about prior to taking this course and also opened my eyes into much more new ones.
Its really been a very wonderful journey down the learning path. Thank you google for giving me the opportunity to be a better person in the realm of IT as a whole.
Definitely, this is the good challenge, I really enjoy "Google IT Support Professional Certificate", was a good experience, It helped me to remember some topics and to reinforce knowledge in IT.
It is important to stay in constant training, practice and read and deepen in this field of information technologies. Is an advice of an IT person.
I enjoyed "The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking" as much as I am disappointed in "IT Security" course.
1. The instructor usually does not bother to provide explanatory images or diagrams. He just talks and expects us to build the full image in the head. He uses many abbreviations, some of which were not introduced before. Hm, what do you have the video for? For instance, Kerberos protocol. The diagram (wow, they have one) includes "KDC". It is never explained what it is. The helpful diagram is hidden while the instructor talks about what happens in the protocol. C'mon, do you really think that your face is more important than the diagram in this case?
2. The information is very high-level and I just can't see how it might form a proper structure. "Digital signature is used to proof authenticity". Ok. I new that. If anyone does not know that, they can easily guess from its name. How exactly does it do this? How exactly is the private key applied to form a signature? The answer is actually simple: append a digest formed as a message hash encrypted with a private key. But this is not in the video.
3a. Some information is plain wrong! E.g. "But the output should be unique to the input, such that two different inputs should never yield the same output". This is theoretically not possible, since the size of a hash is fixed, while the size of a message is arbitrary.
3b. Another example: Diffie–Hellman. The instructor says "combine the numbers" and the image shows "+" sign. You might think this is addition. But it is not. It would make no sense to use addition here. The algorithm actually uses power by module operation, but it is omitted from the course.
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Gosearches.online is a browser hijacker that come bundled with a free software. During installation, it changes browser’s settings such as a home page and default search engine. In addition, this browser hijacker may change the properties of browsers shortcuts on the desktop and in the Start menu by adding argument http://gosearches.online/. So, every time, when you will run your browser, it will open a Gosearches.online web site.
When your computer is infected, every time you start your browser you will see this page. Of course you can setup your home page again, but next time you start a browser you will see that Gosearches.online return. As mentioned above, the browser hijacker changed the default search engine on the unwanted web-site too, so all your search queries will be redirected to Gosearches.online. Thus the authors of the browser hijacker may collect the search terms of your queries, and redirect you to malicious websites.
Technically, Gosearches.online hijacker is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, changes browser settings, and blocks them from changing. Also this browser hijacker can install additional browser addons, extensions and modules that will display advertising banners and popups.
How to Gosearches.online infection get installed onto computer
Probably this browser hijacker get installed onto your PC when you have installed a free software like E-Mail checker, PDF creator, video codec, etc. Because, most commonly Gosearches.online is bundled within the installation packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar web sites.
So, read term of use and user agreement very carefully before installing any software or otherwise you can end up with another malicious software like Gosearches.online hijacker on your PC.
Symptoms of Gosearches.online infection
Gosearches.online hijacks your web browser homepage, default search engine and browser shortcuts.
Antivirus detects adware and PUP infections.
How to remove Gosearches.online redirect (Step-by-step instructions)
The following instructions is a full step-by-step guide, which will help you to remove Gosearches.online hijacker from Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Moreover, the steps below will help you to uninstall potentially unwanted software such as adware and toolbars that your computer may be infected. Please do the instructions step by step. If you need a help or have any questions, then ask for our assistance here or type a comment below.
3. Remove Gosearches.online redirect with JRT (Junkware Removal Tool).
4. Remove Gosearches.online browser hijacker related files and registry keys with MalwareBytes Anti-malware.
5. Reset Chrome settings to remove Gosearches.online redirect (Optional).
6. Reset Firefox settings to remove Gosearches.online redirect (Optional).
Once finished, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see a icon like below.
Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.
Press Start button to perform a system scan for Gosearches.online adware and malicious extensions. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report as shown below.
Review the report and then click Cleaning button. It will display a prompt.
Click OK. When the cleaning process is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer.
When your PC is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.
During the scan, Junkware Removal Tool will check Startups, Services, Processes, Files, Folders, Registry keys, Registry values, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer (EDGE), Google Chrome extensions and remove Gosearches.online related malicious software that has been found.
When cleaning a computer is completed, JRT will display a log file.
Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup like below.
When the installation begins, you will see the Setup – Wizard that will help you install MalwareBytes Anti-malware on your computer.
Once installation is complete, you will see window similar to the one below.
Now click on the Scan Now button to start scanning your computer for malware that cause a redirect to Gosearches.online. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click Remove Selected button. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will start to remove Gosearches.online browser hijacker related files, folders, registry keys. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.
Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
) . It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click on the Reset settings button.
Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.
6. ) . Click on the Internet Options.
In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings window. Select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.
You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
How to remove Reukandthisa.com pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
How to remove Goldline-updates.com pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
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People are exposed to aluminium via various sources. Examples are food, personal care products, cleaning agents, soil particles and house dust. Aluminium is also present in some vaccines and medicines, such as certain antacids.
In recent years, there has been public concern that the use of aluminium in personal care products, in particular deodorants, may result in high exposure to aluminium, which can have adverse effects on the nervous system. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has therefore asked the RIVM to estimate the total exposure to aluminium from all relevant sources for the Dutch population, and to identify whether this exposure is associated with a risk.
Total aluminium exposure from food, soil and consumer products such as personal care products and cleaning agents is estimated to be below the health-based guidance value for aluminium, indicating that there is no health risk. In exceptional cases the exposure from these sources exceeds the guidance value, but only to a slight degree.
Food is the main source of aluminium exposure. In particular infant formula and infant foods sometimes contain relatively high levels of aluminium. It is therefore recommended that the aluminium content in these infant products be kept as low as possible. In some clay-based food supplements the level of aluminium can also be high. Adults are therefore advised not to use such supplements for intestinal cleansing on a long-term or frequent basis, and pregnant women should not use them for reducing morning sickness.
The ingestion of soil is another important source of aluminium in children up to 10 years of age, due to their hand-to-mouth behaviour. On the other hand, skin care products (like deodorants and sunscreen) hardly contribute to the body burden of aluminium in children and adults, as aluminium barely penetrates the skin.
Young children have additional exposure to aluminium via vaccinations, but this exposure is only very small. Moreover, aluminium-adjuvanted vaccines have a long history of safe use. For adults, antacids containing aluminium can be a major source of aluminium exposure. Long-term use of this type of antacids is therefore advised against.
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Britain's national cyber security agency said it had no reason to doubt the assessments made by Apple and Amazon challenging a Bloomberg report that their systems contained malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence services.
Bloomberg Businessweek cited 17 unnamed intelligence and company sources as saying that Chinese spies had placed computer chips inside equipment used by around 30 companies, as well as multiple U.S. government agencies, which would give Beijing secret access to internal networks.
"We are aware of the media reports but at this stage have no reason to doubt the detailed assessments made by AWS and Apple," said the National Cyber Security Centre, a unit of Britain's eavesdropping agency, GCHQ.
"The NCSC engages confidentially with security researchers and urges anybody with credible intelligence about these reports to contact us.”
Apple contested the Bloomberg report, saying in a statement that its own internal investigations found no evidence to support the story's claims and that neither the company, nor its contacts in law enforcement, were aware of any investigation by the FBI into the matter.
Apple's recently retired general counsel, Bruce Sewell, told Reuters he called the FBI's then-general counsel James Baker last year after being told by Bloomberg of an open investigation into Super Micro Computer, a hardware maker whose products Bloomberg said were implanted with malicious Chinese chips.
"I got on the phone with him personally and said, 'Do you know anything about this?," Sewell said of his conversation with Baker.
"He said, 'I’ve never heard of this, but give me 24 hours to make sure.' He called me back 24 hours later and said 'Nobody here knows what this story is about.’”
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https://sg.channelasia.tech/article/647828/uk-cyber-security-agency-backs-apple-amazon-china-hack-denials/
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Maintaining a modern state of IT security calls for an experienced team of security specialists–professionals trained to anticipate and protect against cybercrime and digital vulnerabilities. Demand is soaring for talent with hands-on experience in evolving protections for on-premises, cloud-based and hybrid architectures. Lucas Group helps mid-tier to Fortune 500 companies meet critical hiring goals, providing fast access to accomplished security team leaders, developers, engineers, analysts, auditors, technicians, administrators, managers, incident responders and more.
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Kwale, Kenya: Omari Siriako, 74, is in pain and on the point of despair as he sits outside his grass-thatched hut. He has been ailing of diabetes and has had physical injuries for a long time, dating back to when he was employed. Siriako understands well how it feels to be a stateless person in Kenya.
Having no money for his hospital expenses and being turned away several times in public hospitals, owing to a lack of identification cards (IDs).
“In the 1970s, I worked for Old Ramisi Sugar Factory and was promised job security and health insurance, only to be forced to resign due to lack of identification,” Siriako adds “I have never received health coverage since I lost my job 5 years ago.”
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https://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/why-digital-identity-is-a-hurdle-for-kenyas-stateless-rundi-community/
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What should be a consensus effort on a Senate bill to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity is in danger of devolving into partisan turf war.
With the support of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), seven ranking members of key committees are moving to delay an upcoming debate on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill. These Republicans, while expressing concerns about the substance of the bill, argue that the legislation should have been crafted under “regular order” and should have been considered by several committees of jurisdiction.
Instead of pushing it through a spate of committees, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and a bipartisan duo — Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Susan Collins (R-Maine) — created working groups to allow Senators to influence the substance of the bill. It is not an uncommon practice on major legislation. Democrats contend that the Republican protests at the end of a two-year legislative process are mystifying; Democratic aides claim they are purely political.
“Process? I mean all we did was reach out. We started this three years ago,” Rockefeller told Roll Call late last week. “We’ve reached out to all the Senate offices, corporate America, [had] hundreds of meetings, and I think that’s the reason you’re going to see it pass.” “The bill’s clearly been vetted enough,” Collins added during a brief interview.
Reid confirmed before the recess that he plans to bring the bill to the floor at some point after the Senate reconvenes next week.
But seven Republicans signed a letter to the Majority Leader requesting more committee input and time to debate the legislation. The letter was signed by Armed Services ranking member John McCain (Ariz.); Budget ranking member Jeff Sessions (Ala.); Commerce ranking member Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas); Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Lisa Murkowski (Alaska); Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ranking member Mike Enzi (Wyo.); Judiciary ranking member Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Intelligence ranking member Saxby Chambliss (Ga.).
In a statement issued after the release of the letter, McConnell accused the Majority Leader of rushing a flawed bill to the floor and pulling the plug on the working groups before the process achieved the intended results. Just as the seven Senators requested in their letter, McConnell urged Reid to reroute the bill back to the committees of jurisdiction for formal markups.
“Unfortunately, the Majority Leader announced late last year that he would put a bill on the floor regardless of the outcome of the working groups that were intended to address the numerous issues associated with this subject and bring to bear the expertise of the various committees of jurisdiction,” McConnell said.
Led by McCain, the concerned Republicans are poised to unveil an alternative cybersecurity bill. The Arizona Republican explained while testifying Thursday at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on the existing legislation that his problems with the current bill are both substantive and process-related.
The bill aims to protect — through regulation and oversight of critical industries — the federal government; private companies and infrastructure, such as a region’s water supply or the financial markets, from being disrupted by computer hackers working on their own or at the behest of hostile governments or other entities.
But Republicans are not satisfied that the potential for negative “unintended consequences” has been adequately addressed.
Yet, in conversations with Republicans, it appeared clear that dissatisfaction with the process was driving their opposition. In particular, they expressed fears that Reid would not allow extensive floor debate and would block them from proposing amendments to the bill, a tactic referred to as “filling the tree.” In fact, Grassley said his concern that Reid would “fill the tree” was a major force behind his demand for regular order.
A Senate Democratic aide said that such worries are unfounded, noting that Reid has previously committed to “an open and fair amendment process,” adding that the Majority Leader “has no intention” of shutting off debate. “He wants to have as open a debate about the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 as Republicans will allow for,” the aide said.
Additionally, this aide reminded, Reid assured the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a letter sent to the business advocacy group earlier this month that “it is essential that we have a thorough and open debate on the Senate floor, including consideration of amendments to perfect the legislation.”
Murkowski indicated that she and her colleagues who sent the letter to Reid did so because they believe their policy concerns are being ignored.
The Alaska Republican said that the working group process managed by Reid, Rockefeller and Collins failed to sufficiently consider all of the proposals offered by Members and also disregarded work completed in the relevant committees, including in Energy and Natural Resources. “What we didn’t do was try to come together to really try and meld this into a product that I think is going to be good for the country as a whole,” Murkowski said. “It is important to recognize that the ranking members have come together, spent a lot of time trying to figure out how we address the very real, very legitimate concerns of cybersecurity.”
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Nearly three quarters of chief information and security officers at financial institutions plan to ask their firms for an increase in cybersecurity investments in the next year, according to a survey.
Of 301 CISOs quizzed by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), more than half say that 10% or less of their organisation’s overall budget is dedicated to cyber security and 73% are looking for a bump.
Of the money that does go to cybersecurity, just over half of respondents cite IT infrastructure and asset management as the area that receives the most funding. The three areas that receive the least amount of funding include employee training and education, vendor management, and business continuity.
Steve Silberstein, CEO, FS-ISAC, says: “Institutions are now finding vulnerabilities across other functions of the business with employees and third-party vendors becoming areas of increasing concern. A holistic approach to cyber is critical to mitigate current and long-term risks.”
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https://www.bankingmonthly.com/2019/05/30/fi-cisos-to-ask-for-bigger-cybersecurity-budgets/
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As the world becomes increasingly interconnected through internet-enabled devices, the demand for advanced cybersecurity is on the rise. Today, protecting just the perimeter of an enterprise is no longer sufficient; IT organizations need to look beyond networks and endpoints. As sophisticated hackers have the potential to identify vulnerabilities and attack even well-fortified websites and networks, protecting an organization’s valuable digital assets has become challenging. In order to combat these growing cyberattack threats, businesses today are looking for proactive, cutting-edge technology solutions that can stop cyberattacks and protect mission-critical data. With cyberattacks accounting for the theft of billions of corporate and personal data in the U.S., a novel software development company, Edge Technologies, is spearheading paradigm-changing technological innovation to provide enterprise-level visibility for cyberthreat detection and protection through advanced processes and technologies.
Having been in the cybersecurity landscape for decades, Edge has come up with a groundbreaking edgeSuite platform that integrates data and web apps from different sources with the help of extract, transform, and visualize technology. The edgeSuite platform then provides role-based visualizations to help businesses understand the source, destination, and impact of cyberthreats. It secures the access to critical information and creates situational awareness across a diverse set of information environments. “Our value proposition is dedicated to providing our customers with an unprecedented level of visibility and access to cybersecurity information to identify potential attackers and protect their business,” says Edward Willhide, co-founder and CTO of Edge. In case of any intrusion, the platform has the flexibility to pivot over data to identify and evaluate the potential effects on the assets. edgeSuite provides a single pane of glass view that incorporates data silos and user-defined elements from different locations, eliminates unnecessary elements, and thereby increases efficiency of the stakeholder. The platform further allows operators to align their visualization with personalized perspectives of information and share the visuals with diverse audiences anytime, anywhere.
With such concise visuals, firms can derive greater context and meaning from existing information and make better decisions faster.
The platform also enables customers to utilize their current authentication services to provide highly-secure, fully-authenticated access to applications and information. The approach enables customer applications with legacy or custom authentication models to be “front-ended” by edgeSuite in order to meet compliance requirements. To strengthen the authentication process, Edge’s platform makes use of advanced security features such as single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and custom authenticator support. With edgeSuite, customers can quickly create and deploy UIs, KPIs, and convert raw data into unified, intuitive information, while improving workflows across the organization. Alongside cybersecurity solutions, Edge also empowers customers to build digital operation centers of the future.
Edge has assisted various organizations across different industries to monitor and protect valuable assets. In an instance, the United States Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) had embarked on an enterprise network management systems project as part of an ongoing effort to improve their ability to monitor, manage, and control systems and networks within their purview and to provide Network Operations with situational awareness. At the outset of the project, SPAWAR identified several high-level objectives as well as specific areas where there was both the need and potential for efficiency gains through optimized tool integrations, information visualizations, and workflows. By leveraging Edge’s unique solutions, SPAWAR was able to deliver highly-intuitive, visually appealing, role-based dashboards, seamlessly fed by numerous disparate data sources and built on a highly-secure and scalable platform.
Along the path of innovation, Edge is focused on rolling out digital assessments and consulting services to empower digital transformation. Besides enhancing its products, the company also plans to expand its business in Japan, Europe, and the U.S. “We are already operating in over 20 countries, and we aim to grow our presence in those countries and beyond,” concludes Willhide.
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https://cybersecurity.cioreview.com/vendor/2017/edge_technologies
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EnyBenyCristmas ransomware is a file-encrypting virus designed to lock important data in a computer and extort money from victims. It is a new version of EnybenyCrypt ransomware and is created using the open source platform, HiddenTear. The instant it infects a computer, it drops its payload file in the system which is the one that connects the computer to a remote Command and Control server. From this remote server, this crypto-malware downloads its malicious components and puts them in system folders.
EnyBenyCristmas ransomware might create and modify entries in the Registry which allows it to achieve persistence as well as launch or repress system processes. It then scans the computer in search for files which has the extensions listed below:
P.S If you deletes all copies of key, create file [email protected]_com.info contains:
EnyBenyCristmas ransomware might spread using various distribution methods such as fake updates, repacked and infected installers, exploit kits, botnets, and most specially, malicious spam emails which is why you must always practice precaution when you download any file online as it might be the malicious payload of EnyBenyCristmas ransomware. It would also be better if you keep both your computer system and antivirus programs updated.
Delete EnyBenyCristmas ransomware from your computer using the removal instructions laid out below.
Before you proceed to the next steps below, make sure that you are tech savvy enough to the point where you know exactly how to use and navigate your computer’s Registry. Keep in mind that any changes you make will highly impact your computer. To save you the trouble and time, you can just use [product-name], this system tool is proven to be safe and excellent enough that hackers won’t be able to hack into it. But if you can manage Windows Registry well, then by all means go on to the next steps.
Step 8: Tap Win + R to open Run and then type in regedit in the field and tap enter to pull up Windows Registry.
Step 9: Navigate to the listed paths below and look for the registry keys and sub-keys created by EnyBenyCristmas ransomware.
Restoring your encrypted files using Windows’ Previous Versions feature will only be effective if EnyBenyCristmas ransomware hasn’t deleted the shadow copies of your files. But still, this is one of the best and free methods there is, so it’s definitely worth a shot.
To restore the encrypted file, right-click on it and select Properties, a new window will pop-up, then proceed to Previous Versions. It will load the file’s previous version before it was modified. After it loads, select any of the previous versions displayed on the list like the one in the illustration below. And then click the Restore button.
Once you’re done executing the steps given above, you need to continue the removal process of EnyBenyCristmas ransomware using a reliable program like [product-name]. How? Follow the advanced removal steps below.
Turn on your computer. If it’s already on, you have to reboot it.
After that, the BIOS screen will be displayed, but if Windows pops up instead, reboot your computer and try again. Once you’re on the BIOS screen, repeat pressing F8, by doing so the Advanced Option shows up.
Type in the URL address, [product-url] in the Run dialog box and then tap Enter or click OK.
After that, it will download the program. Wait for the download to finish and then open the launcher to install the program.
Once the installation process is completed, run [product-code] to perform a full system scan.
After the scan is completed click the “Fix, Clean & Optimize Now” button.
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Unformatted text preview: CHAPTER 1 F o t p r i n t i n g 3 B efore the real fun for the hacker begins, three essential steps must be performed. This chapter will discuss the first one— footprinting —the fine art of gathering target information. For example, when thieves decide to rob a bank, they don’t just walk in and start demanding money (not the smart ones, anyway). Instead, they take great pains in gathering information about the bank—the armored car routes and delivery times, the video cameras, and the number of tellers, escape exits, and anything else that will help in a successful misadventure. The same requirement applies to successful attackers. They must harvest a wealth of information to execute a focused and surgical attack (one that won’t be readily caught). As a result, attackers will gather as much information as possible about all aspects of an organization’s security posture. Hackers end up with a unique footprint or profile of their Internet, remote access, and intranet/extranet presence. By following a structured meth- odology, attackers can systematically glean information from a multitude of sources to compile this critical footprint on any organization. WHAT IS FOOTPRINTING? The systematic footprinting of an organization enables attackers to create a complete pro- file of an organization’s security posture. By using a combination of tools and techniques, attackers can take an unknown quantity (Widget Company’s Internet connection) and re- duce it to a specific range of domain names, network blocks, and individual IP addresses of systems directly connected to the Internet. While there are many types of footprinting techniques, they are primarily aimed at discovering information related to the following environments: Internet, intranet, remote access, and extranet. Table 1-1 depicts these en- vironments and the critical information an attacker will try to identify. Why Is Footprinting Necessary? Footprinting is necessary to systematically and methodically ensure that all pieces of in- formation related to the aforementioned technologies are identified. Without a sound methodology for performing this type of reconnaissance, you are likely to miss key pieces of information related to a specific technology or organization. Footprinting is often the most arduous task of trying to determine the security posture of an entity; however, it is one of the most important. Footprinting must be performed accurately and in a con- trolled fashion. INTERNET FOOTPRINTING While many footprinting techniques are similar across technologies (Internet and intranet), this chapter will focus on footprinting an organization’s Internet connection(s). Remote access will be covered in detail in Chapter 9....
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Introduced in Security Center 5.8, dashboards let you track key indicators from across your system in a tailored layout.
Since then, the selection of specialized widgets has been growing. Occupancy and flow widgets for KiwiVision People Counter and system health tracking were introduced in version 5.8.1.
Version 5.9 includes two new widgets that display the count or list of active alarms and events. They can even be added to your dashboards to provide more data at a glance.
Our video surveillance system, now uses the EdDSA digital signature scheme. This provides stronger protection against tampering and fraud.
Video watermarking can also be enforced on all live feeds and footage exported from Security Center. With the username, host name, and camera name overlaid, all footage can be traced back to its origin. This creates a strong deterrent against unauthorized external video sharing.
The Media Gateway role now has complete IPv6 support, increasing the security of your system.
Time is of the essence when reacting to intrusion alarms. Security Center 5.9 speeds up your reaction to potential risks and helps you keep on top of intrusion threats.
Cameras are now mapped directly to individual intrusion inputs, instead of intrusion zones. When an alarm is triggered by an input, the associated camera is automatically displayed to operators so they can assess the situation faster. And, with the new intrusion overview pane, you can keep an eye on the status of your intrusion system from any task.
Not all systems can be updated in lockstep with new releases. But staying up to date is a critical part of a strong cyber-security strategy. The Long-Term Support (LTS) release track provides a new option for organizations that want to keep their system secure between long upgrade cycles.
The LTS track offers new releases with limited scope. Each patch includes fixes for software defects and critical vulnerabilities. This ensures your system is safe until you’re ready to upgrade to a newer version. Want to take advantage of the latest capabilities and performance enhancements? The existing Continuous Delivery track remains the primary release track for Security Center.
Version 2.9 of Sipelia, our unified communications management module, is available today. It introduces the ability to group SIP devices into paging groups that can be called in a single click.
Operators can send pre-recorded or live audio messages to all devices in the paging group, speeding up response and coordination.
And since Sipelia works with integrated intercom systems and SIP devices, you can broadcast messages to a wide range of devices, including intercoms, door stations and VOIP phones.
Keeping track of new firmware for edge devices is time-consuming. With 5.9, system reports now tell you if you are using the latest firmware available for your access control interfaces and controllers.
New firmware containing security vulnerability fixes are also highlighted, helping you prioritize updates. The status of controllers and interfaces is also tracked in the access control health report.
To make it easier to validate that the door is both locked and secured, a new “door secured” event is now available. It is displayed in both the door widget and events pane.
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B. TECH. (COMPUTER SCIENCE) - CYBERSECURITY
According to ‘NASSCOM-DSCI: Growing Cybersecurity Industry Roadmap for India’ report, the global Cybersecurity market is expected to reach approximately $190 billion by 2025. Cybersecurity Task force has charted out a vision 2025 to grow the Indian Cybersecurity products and services industry to $35 billion, create one million jobs and 1,000 start-ups in this sector by 2025.
As per a report from ISC2 work force study, global requirement for Cybersecurity professional is around 3 million with around 2 million requirements in Asia- Pacific region. In the last couple of years, the jobs in this domain have grown three times faster than other IT roles.
The need for people with Cybersecurity skills is making this a career choice worth considering. This program will serve as a launching pad for the students aspiring to build a career in this evolving field of tomorrow.
1. Technical Growth - Graduates will be successful in modern engineering practice and entrepreneurship, integrate into the local and global workforce, and contribute to the economy of India.
2. Professional Skills - Graduates will continue to acquire and demonstrate the professional skills necessary to be competent employees, assume leadership roles, and enjoy career success and satisfaction.
3. Professional Attitude and Citizenship - Graduates will become productive citizens demonstrating high ethical and professional standards, make sound engineering or managerial decisions, and have enthusiasm for the profession and professional growth.
1.Analyse a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
4. Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
5. Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
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Mutual fund and insurance companies understand “risk assessment” very well. In fact they have it down to a calculated science, highly correlated with human behaviour and piles of statistics.
For mutual fund dealers and investment advisors meeting with new clients, it all begins with the “Risk Assessment Profile” or whatever term you want to call it. Through a series of simple and multiple-choice questions, this exercise helps the mutual fund representative determine your investment profile and risk tolerance.
From these questions the mutual fund representative then determines how much “risk” you can handle. This becomes the percentages you should invest in equities, bonds etc. and the mutual fund rep then creates a basic portfolio of mutual funds to suit your needs. In other words the entire asset allocation of your portfolio comes down to a 10 minute questionnaire on your investment feelings and perceptions.
However this is one of several reasons, which led investors into the big allocation mess for them in 2008. Why did so many retirees end up with 80% growth stock portfolios with high risk sector funds before the infamous crash? Anyone who watched their investment s plummet in 2008 and early 2009, knows how scary and real the market meltdown was – and how a large equity portfolio can take a hit in a very short period of time. Let’s track back and look at the Risk Assessment again and why it’s innately flawed.
Why Risk Assessment is Irrelevant
Without going into shelves of library books and research, your brain gathers impressions on what events are occurring within a given time period and then draws a conclusion. Since the financial markets are so complex and have so many variables, your brain has difficultly in drawing a definitive conclusion – and thus creates a perception that can change from one day to the next. The business news thrives on this change of perception, with raging optimism and gloom and doom scenarios all in the same week (All the more reason to switch it off and stick with your strategy).
So a “Risk Assessment” really comes down to your personal perception of what is happening in the market on any given day, and how optimistic or negative you happen to feel about the stock market at that moment.
Bias in Risk Assessment
Let’s pretend that next Tuesday you have an appointment with a new mutual fund dealer. You know ahead of time that you are going to be filling out a questionnaire (risk assessment) on your investment preferences. What you don’t know is what is going to happen in the markets from now until then.
If the market hasn’t been doing well and declining, then you are likely going to feel negative about the markets and lean towards bonds or a balanced style portfolio. Your brain has an impression that markets go down so you will likely be more cautious. Joe Hypothetical who is 25 but very cautious in nature, could score very high on fixed-income, when in fact he should be focused on more growth.
Conversely if markets have been steadily rising and doing well, that makes a positive impression and you will likely gravitate to more risk. You would likely score a higher percentage for growth (stocks) in that scenario. This is exactly what happened to investors before 2008. They saw climbing markets over several years and allocated more of their portfolio to growth. So Joanne Hypothetical at 55 years of age could end up scoring very high on growth, when in fact she should be investing in Joe’s fixed-income portfolio.
Your Age is a Better Risk Assessment
Proper Asset Allocation has nothing to do with how you “feel” about the stock market – at least it shouldn’t be.
Proper Asset allocation should be based on how close you are to retirement or how many years you have left in your investing journey to take advantage of stock growth. Conversely, if you are nearing retirement you shouldn’t be focused on growth, you should be focused on income and preserving capital. You simply would not have the time to recover from a major market decline (like 2008 and 2009). So considering the above, your age is much more important than your feelings and emotions about the market.
For example, someone in their 80’s (or even their 70’s) shouldn’t be holding any stocks or bonds at all. They should be 100% invested in GIC’s, since capital preservation is key, not growth!
Just when everything seems so simple, record low interest rates threaten to erode the fixed-income portions of investor’s portfolios. The simple reason is bond prices decrease as interest rates rise. With record low interest rates, bonds and bond funds are going to lose value. The harbour of safety in bonds and fixed income may not end up being so safe after all. This could end up being another hit for investors just like stocks were in 2008.
But no one knows how quickly or slowly interest rates will rise, or whether stock markets will continue their epic climb. If markets tumble like 2008, then bonds will provide a harbour of safety once again -as they did in 2009. So keeping a balanced portfolio allocated to your age is the key.
Hi, thanx for posting 🙂 A couple of points.
If you need money for the short-term then hold it in a TFSA so you can easily withdraw that money without paying tax. Also don’t hold any growth in a short term account – you don’t want to be withdrawing when the value is down. Growth investments need time to grow.
Second if you have much more money than you need and spend, you cannot afford more risk. Quite the contrary you should be more cautious, and only have a small portion of your investments for “risk”. So keep to your asset allocation regardless of size, and keep the core portfolio safe.
Hello 40 (or not 40 yet). For the record I am over 40 and not retired! I was waiting for this question so thanx for posting. This is something I’m going to get into in the second or third part of the series (after my preferred shares post). What you are referring to is the actual choice of investments within the allocation – and of course you’re right that is also another level of “risk”. We are both on the same page here. Please keep in mind I am not a professional advisor, and really portfolio allocation is a personal choice.
Both investors should ideally have a 70/30 split for growth/income. For Joe Cautious he may not feel comfortable with the 70/30 split, so I would actually suggest up to 60/40 split because if the markets drop 5% he will lose sleep over it. So he might as well invest conservatively now and feel comfortable with his portfolio. Obviously emerging markets and sector funds are not something he should be in.
On the other hand Joanne Emergent loves risk! – at least she thinks she does until markets decline. It’s always easy for investors to become blind to risk in rising markets. She also should keep a 70/30 split for growth/income. But as you suggest, she can put 10% or even 15% (of the 70%) into emerging markets or small caps because she is not risk avoidant. What I would feel is foolish, is for Joanne Emergent to start going 80% or 90% growth, and abandoning the fixed-income section of her portfolio. That’s really the point I am trying to make in the article.
This is the trap that people fell into prior to 2008 – they forget about asset allocation in the first place – and loaded up on growth and sector mutual funds while markets were rising. You might be surprised to know, but at the 2008 crash may retirees and 50 somethings had 90% or 100% growth portfolios, and even with 10% in high risk sector funds. Some of them are just starting to break even, and some never will.
I really enjoyed how you covered the topic of risk assessment, and investing wisely based on age.
I noted that you said, “So in my 40’s I should have 40% in fixed income and bonds, and the rest in stocks.” Would you suggest the same ratio for someone in their 20’s?
PS- I got a good laugh out of, “The business news thrives on this change of perception, with raging optimism and gloom and doom scenarios all in the same week.” Thanks for making investing educational and entertaining, all at a level a semi-newbie can understand and appreciate.
Yes that is exactly the idea, bonds % at your age (or a combination of bonds and fixed-income), and the rest in stocks. But if your young and stocks make you nervous, then increase the bond allocation 😉
Remember to keep the bonds short (primarily 1-5 year duration) with the possibility of interest rate increases. Though something like TD Canadian Bond Index (e-series) will still have a percentage of short-term bonds. The whole idea of holding bonds however is to give you the cushion in turbulent markets, the strategy has worked for decades regardless of interest rates. Andrew Hallam covers this very nicely in his new book Millionaire Teacher.
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Backdoors are server-side malicious scripts which are intended to perpetrate malicious acccess to the server. The typical example of such backdoors are various File Managers, Web Shells, tools for bypassing admin login or various one-purpose scripts allowing the attacker to upload and run another type of malicious scripts. The payload is PHP based, thus intended for server-side use and the payload is executed directly on the server, while the site is loaded. Only the payload result (such as Web Shell environment) is visible in the browser, not the malicious code itself. It's very common, that backdoors don't have any visible signs in the site code and it's impossible to detect them by accessing the infected site from outside. Server level analysis is necessary in case of infection by this type of malware.
Simple web-shell ore better to say "uploader" allowing the attacker upload files. It also allows the attacker running following linux commands:
Cleanup is done by deleting the malicious file, which can be found in your system by searching for the dump code below inside your files. Reviewing access logs for non-expected HTTP POSTs can point out the possible infected files.
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https://labs.sucuri.net/signatures/malwares/php-backdoor-arakbali-001/
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Simplified Management – The backup management solutions offered by public cloud providers are generally account or subscription focused and doesn’t offer a holistic view of the entire environment.
Scalability – Fully managed backup and SaaS solutions have been built to scale to the largest environments without any performance impact or major concern for running out of storage space. This eliminates the need to re-architect the backup management deployment to scale with the needs of the organization for things such as keeping data for twice as long because of a new mandate.
Multi-Cloud Support – Many of the legacy backup products that are available on the market only support backing up data to public cloud providers or only support backing up workloads in a single cloud provider. More and more companies are implementing multi-cloud strategies and a solution that supports multiple clouds is essential to simplifying operations.
Public cloud providers allow administrators to create snapshots of virtual machine instances, databases, etc. This doesn’t provide a robust feature set in terms of management but does allow administrators to backup and restore to a given point in time.
Backup management is an unsexy topic to most, but of course has tremendous value when there is a disaster. Many of the new backup management solutions are becoming much more than just creating a snapshot via the public cloud providers native snapshot APIs.
Developed by network and systems engineers who know what it takes to manage today's dynamic IT environments, SolarWinds has a deep connection to the IT community.
The result? IT management products that are effective, accessible, and easy to use.
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https://orangematter.solarwinds.com/2018/05/17/cloud-native-operational-solutions-backup-management/
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Application Behavior Analysis - analyzes each application's behavior and detects any suspicious activity before allowing internet access.
Smart Alerts - Every alert includes a Security Consideration section with clear advice on how to react.
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http://orbitaldownloads.com/comodo-internet-security_firewall-3.0.13.268/changes/
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2016 is the year of data breaches that has made almost every major companies victims to the cyber attacks, resulting in compromise of over billion of online users accounts.
Weebly and Foursquare are the latest victims of the massive data breach, joining the list of "Mega-Breaches" revealed in recent months, including LinkedIn, MySpace, VK.com, Tumblr, Dropbox, and the biggest one -- Yahoo.
Details for over 43 Million users have been stolen from the San Francisco-based website building service Weebly, according to breach notification site LeakedSource, who had already indexed a copy of the stolen data that it received from an anonymous source.
In addition, LeakedSource posted details of the cyber attack in its blog post on Thursday explaining what happened. The attack believed to have been carried out in February 2016.
"Unlike nearly every other hack, the Co-founder and CTO of Weebly Chris Fanini fortunately did not have his head buried deeply in the sand and actually responded to our communication requests," LeakedSource says.
"We have been working with them to ensure the security of their users meaning password resets as well as notification emails are now being sent out."
The stolen data contains personal data of 43,430,316 Weebly customers, which includes usernames, email addresses, passwords, and IP addresses.
Stolen passwords were stored using the strong hashing function "BCrypt," making it difficult for hackers to obtain user's actual password.
These password hashes also believed to have used a Salt – a random string added to the hashing process to further strengthen passwords in order to make it more difficult for hackers to crack them.
Weebly confirmed the data breach, saying the company has started notifying affected customers and already initiated password reset process and new password requirements.
"Weebly recently became aware that an unauthorized party obtained email addresses and/or usernames, IP addresses and encrypted (bcrypt hashed) passwords for a large number of customers," the company said.
"At this point, we do not have evidence of any customer website being improperly accessed. We do not store any full credit card numbers on Weebly servers, and at this time we're not aware that any credit card information that can be used for fraudulent charges was part of this incident."
LeakedSource has also published details of a data breach affecting more than 22.5 million customers of location-based check-in service Foursquare, though the company denied the claims.
The Takeaway:
Even if stolen passwords are much difficult to crack, it's still a good idea to change the password for your Weebly account, just to be safe.
Also change passwords for other online accounts immediately, especially if you use the same password for multiple websites.
You can also use a good password manager to create and remember complex passwords for different sites. We have listed some best password managers that would help you understand the importance of password manager and choose one according to your requirement.
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https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/weebly-foursquare-data-breach.html
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Since the war of 2014, between Israel and Palestine there have been about ten micro-escalations of the conflict, the last and the most serious happened this past weekend. Two days of confrontation and bombing between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian jihadist organization, which in 48 hours have left almost 30 dead. At 4:30 in the morning, less than 12 hours ago, the ceasefire was reached. But the conflict has left a historical fact regarding the so-called Digital War. Because it is the first time that a government responds instantly to a digital hack with a real deadly attack.
Technically it is not the first. There is a precedent for the United States Army in 2015 using drones to carry out selective attacks against targets, in order to repel cyber attacks against the US. But what has been lived this weekend in the Gaza Strip scale and set a new precedent: After detecting a failed hack to your system in a cyber-attack launched by Hamas, the Israeli Defense Forces launched an air strike with missiles against a building in Gaza that is believed to be the operatives of the Palestinian group’s digital war. The precedent was Israel’s very rapid response in real time.
Combat the cyber fire with fire
Israel did not want to give details of this Hamas’ cyber-offensive, but they did point out that they were “ahead of [Hamas] all the time,” to make it clear that they have not damaged any infrastructure. According to the Israeli army, the bombing has been a decisive step, because now “Hamas does not have cyber-operational capabilities” after destroying its facilities. The bombing has been part of Israel’s response to the events by the militants in the Gaza Strip.
What this raises is an issue that is hardly addressed, but that will not be the only time it happens. Should we respond in this way to a digital crime? Should we escalate the war response and resort to air attacks to stop cyber-attacks? What if this happens in nations with more power and also nuclear, such as the United States and Russia, or China and Europe?
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https://medellintimes.com/they-stop-a-cyber-attack-by-launching-a-real-missile-attack-the-first-time/
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Apple’s iOS platform is one of the most secure mobile operating systems in the world, and each release brings new security features and enhancements. iPhones and iPads are proliferating in the workplace at a rapid pace, and even spy agencies tend to have difficulties cracking encrypted communications that originate on an iOS device.
But no software is without flaws, and a new security vulnerability makes iPhones and iPads painfully vulnerable to phishing scams that can easily allow someone to steal your Apple ID username and password.
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Ernst and Young security researcher Jan Soucek has built a tool the likes of which could easily trick iPhone and iPad users into handing over the usernames and passwords tied to their email accounts or even Apple IDs.
As noted by The Register, Soucek’s tool takes advantage of a potential flaw in Apple’s iOS Mail app that automatically loads remote HTML content. The researcher has simply created HTML pop-ups that look exactly like the dialog box that appears when an iOS device requires the user to reenter his or her email credentials or Apple ID.
Unsuspecting victims are so used to seeing these dialog boxes, that the odds are good they would just enter their email addresses and passwords without thinking twice. Once this sensitive information is entered and the user taps OK, his or her credentials are sent to a remote server where hackers can access them.
“Back in January 2015 I stumbled upon a bug in iOS’s mail client, resulting in HTML tag in e-mail messages not being ignored,” Soucek said on the GitHub page hosting his project. “This bug allows remote HTML content to be loaded, replacing the content of the original email message. JavaScript is disabled in this UIWebView, but it is still possible to build a functional password ‘collector’ using simple HTML and CSS. It was filed under Radar #19479280 back in January, but the fix was not delivered in any of the iOS updates following 8.1.2.”
As noted by the researcher, Apple has yet to address the issue.
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https://bgr.com/2015/06/10/iphone-security-flaw-password-phishing-apple-id/
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16.03.2017 - Vendor gets vulnerability details 10.10.2017 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
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https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-42/
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TORONTO, March 28, 2022 /CNW/ – Seven in ten (72%) small business owners are more concerned than ever about cyberattacks on their business, according to a new joint survey from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and Mastercard. One in four (24%) small business owners report an increase in cyberattack attempts against their business in the last year.
“The last two years saw a huge number of small businesses increase the amount of business they are doing online, which has many benefits but also introduces new risks,” said Laura Jones, CFIB executive vice-president. “It’s critical to make it easy for business owners to protect themselves in this new environment.”
According to the survey, 8% of small businesses were victims of a cyberattack that cost time or money, in the last year. On average, these businesses lost $26,000, including the value of lost time. The impact on small firms can be immense, with some losing as much as $500,000 and others reporting a long-term impact on their operations and reputation. Cyberattacks include attempts to damage a business’s computer system, stealing money digitally, or stealing banking or client information.
CFIB and Mastercard are working together to build targeted training that provides small business owners what they need to know regarding cybersecurity in a user-friendly format. Launching later this year, the new CFIB Cybersecurity Academy will deliver digital lessons on a mobile-first and gamified platform for small businesses and their employees. Topics will include preventing ransomware and cyberattacks, recognizing fraud, and identifying and preventing social engineering. With a majority of small businesses (60%) planning to do more to improve their cybersecurity this year, it’s not surprising that over three quarters (76%) of survey respondents say they would be interested in this training.
“We are really excited about this partnership because cybersecurity can feel intimidating and time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be. According to the survey, 50% of businesses are not sure how to start improving their cybersecurity protection, so we are kickstarting with a webinar next week to help CFIB members up their game on cybersecurity right away,” said Jones.
“Small businesses are vital to our economy and with rising cyberattacks, it’s important that they are equipped with the right resources for success,” said Aviva Klein, Vice President, Digital Payments, and Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard in Canada. “Together with CFIB, Mastercard will ensure Canadian small businesses are prepared for today’s cybersecurity threats through the CFIB Cybersecurity Academy.”
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https://canadiansme.ca/a-majority-of-small-businesses-want-to-improve-their-cybersecurity-within-the-next-year/
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Right now, many organizations are trying to address risks in a reactive way: solving for a problem as it comes up. Instead of investing the money and resources to proactively bolster security to better protect against impending threats, organizations have been addressing threats as they arise. Doing what they can, when they can, with what resources they have.
The problem with this approach to financial risk management is that risks are becoming more sophisticated, complex, and pervasive, so staying in a reactive mode is not enough.
Accenture research on cybersecurity across the financial services sector found that “among the thousands of phishing, malware, and penetration attacks that financial services firms face each year, there were an average of 85 serious attempted cyber breaches. Of those, about one third (36%) were successful – meaning at least some information was obtained through the breach.”1
What’s perhaps more concerning from Accenture is that “a majority (59%) of successful breaches go undetected for several months – demonstrating that the cybercrime industry has evolved from its early days of being ‘smash and grab’ to a more sophisticated approach of getting inside in order to listen, learn, and extend the criminal activity.”
If you continue down this path, you’re leaving your organization vulnerable to threats that could lead to non-compliance and have negative financial and reputational consequences.
Proactively address impending threats and related challenges regarding security, IT regulatory compliance, and disaster recovery concerns.
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By choosing ProfitStars’ Information Security & Risk Management solutions, you can proactively manage risk and help ensure that all your consumers’ data is safe.
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Without a doubt, ransomware is a massive threat for enterprises across industries and across the globe. The recent Colonial Pipeline attack goes to show the critical role that data and recoverability has grown to play in our economy. Disrupted typical business operations and the massive shift to working from home due to COVID-19 have increased enterprises’ attack surfaces, against a backdrop of ever-more creative and resourceful organized ransomware gangs.
And as Evaluator Group observed from our “Enterprise IT Responds to Covid-19” Studies, cyber security topped the spending priorities this past year. However, the ability to recover data is the best defense against ransomware, throwing data protection into a strategic spotlight.
The threat is real, but what has been less clear is if customers are actually investing in data protection to bolster their defenses. And if so, where exactly they are spending, as ransomware protection and prevention crosses many disciplines.
Objectives and Scope of This Study
Evaluator Group fielded an online survey of 125 backup solution users and purchase influencers in May and June 2021. A variety of industries and organization sizes were represented. Additional detail on respondents’ roles and organizational demographics is available in the Appendix of this report.
The objective of this research was to understand if customers are spending from a data protection perspective due to the rise in ransomware. If so, Evaluator Group wanted to understand in what areas customers are spending, and roughly how much they are spending.
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https://www.evaluatorgroup.com/document/ransomware-pulse-survey-2021-research-study/
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For people questioning whether their very own personal computers will be protected against malware, spy ware, and ad ware, an Avast review is an effective place to start. The anti-malware enterprise has released an official free variation of their antivirus security product to get consumers to use on their pcs. The absolutely free version offered from the accepted website, which where that they post revisions and other information appropriate to keeping your computer healthy. From this Avast review we will require a much deeper look at the absolutely free version and what it can do to defend you against the newest threats that online security suites are often unable to perform.
Unlike the higher-priced top quality security rooms, the cost-free version does not sacrifice top quality in any way. Actually the Avast free software program offers many of the same features and features as their quality versions, which include real-time protection against spam, adware, malwares, and more. https://mybagsroom.info Many of the same definitions and features are also available in the prime versions on the product, and since most computer users will be knowledgeable about these, the advantages of avast free version surpass that of the higher end goods.
One of the most impressive features of the free type of Avast is the built-in password administrator, which computer monitors all security password changes to any file, folder, or site that has been adjusted to contain a different password. The built in pass word manager as well protects you from phishing scams, that have recently turn into quite popular among online thieves. If you ever enter into your credit greeting card or bank account information on the net, you under no circumstances know what could happen – you might think you’re getting online to buy something or even search the Internet although instead that you simply stealing identities online. This is exactly why a good username and password manager is really important to guarding yourself out of such a nightmare. Avast review writers Charlie Gibson and Lee McIntyre have also considered in with their own Avast cost-free antivirus review, which you can read below.
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EiQ Networks announced ThreatVue, an out-of-the-box security monitoring solution that automates the implementation, analysis and remediation guidance of essential security controls as recommended by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and The SANS Institute for effective cyber defenses.
ThreatVue takes an innovative approach to critical security controls implementation and security monitoring by proactively detecting critical security control failures and providing actionable guidance and answers to improve an organization’s cyber defenses and overall security posture.
The new solution combines traditional Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) data with other critical security data (i.e. network awareness; asset and configuration data). It’s new closed-box design provides behind-the-scenes automation enabling organizations to proactively detect and remediate potential security problems.
“ThreatVue enables customers to easily answers questions such as what nodes, users and network activities are not aligned with security best practices, and what should they do to fix potential problem areas,” said Vijay Basani, CEO of EiQ Networks. “ThreatVue addresses deployment and operational complexities, costs and other headaches associated with SIEM and security monitoring products on the market today.” “SANS Critical Security Controls is an extremely focused, metrics-based strategy for addressing the most common security vulnerabilities,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “Reliance on manual assessment, response, and mitigation has contributed to the poor state of cybersecurity. With the incidents of cybercrimes on the rise, organizations should use guidelines like the SANS Critical Security Controls to help them automate processes and address IT risk.”
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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2013/06/14/automated-analysis-of-essential-security-controls/
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This is just a quick heads-up that the emergency security patch for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will be released tomorrow (January 21, 2009).The update, rated critical for all versions of IE, will cover a remote code execution flaw that has already been used in targeted attacks against U.S. companies, including Google and Adobe.
This is just a quick heads-up that the emergency security patch for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will be released tomorrow (January 21, 2009).
According to Microsoft’s advance notice, the IE patch affects all supported versions of Windows — from Windows 2000 SP4 through to the newerst Windows 7.
The out-of-band update will follow the public release of exploit code into the Metasploit attack tool.
See this story for more information on the vulnerability and attacks.
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https://threatpost.com/emergency-ie-patch-coming-january-21-012010/73405/
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Hdesignegroupco.info is a webpage that uses the browser notification feature to con users into subscribing to push notifications. This web page states that clicking ‘Allow’ is necessary to connect to the Internet, access the content of the web-page, confirm that you are 18+, enable Flash Player, watch a video, verify that you are not a robot, download a file, and so on.
Once you click on the ‘Allow’, then your browser will be configured to show annoying adverts on your desktop, even when the browser is closed. Push notifications are originally created to alert the user of newly published blog posts. Cyber criminals abuse ‘push notifications’ to avoid anti-virus and ad-blocking programs by presenting unwanted adverts. These ads are displayed in the lower right corner of the screen urges users to play online games, visit questionable webpages, install web browser extensions & so on.
In order to unsubscribe from Hdesignegroupco.info spam notifications open your web-browser’s settings and complete the Hdesignegroupco.info removal guide below. Once you delete Hdesignegroupco.info subscription, the push notifications will no longer show on the desktop.
Where the Hdesignegroupco.info pop-ups comes from
These Hdesignegroupco.info pop-ups are caused by dubious advertisements on the web-pages you visit or adware. Adware is created for the purpose of displaying constant pop-up deals and/or unwanted advertisements on the infected PC system without the user’s consent. It is important, don’t click on these ads, as they can lead you to more harmful or misleading webpages. Adware usually gets installed alongside free programs, codecs and shareware.
The majority of adware software come bundled with freeware or even paid software that Net users can easily download online. The setup files of such apps, in many cases, clearly display that they will install additional apps. The option is given to users to block the installation of any optional software. So, in order to avoid the setup of any adware: read all disclaimers and install screens very carefully, choose only Custom or Advanced installation option and reject all bundled programs in which you are unsure.
Removal Hdesignegroupco.info removal guide
You should get rid of adware immediately. Here, in this post below, you can found the effective steps on How to remove adware and Hdesignegroupco.info pop up ads from your system for free.
To remove Hdesignegroupco.info pop ups, use the steps below:
Manual Hdesignegroupco.info popup advertisements removal
Most common adware may be deleted without any antivirus programs. The manual adware software removal is few simple steps that will teach you how to remove the Hdesignegroupco.info popups.
It will display a list of all applications installed on your PC system. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any questionable and unknown software.
Remove Hdesignegroupco.info notifications from web browsers
If you are in situation where you don’t want to see push notifications from the Hdesignegroupco.info web site. In this case, you can turn off web notifications for your web-browser in MS Windows/Mac OS/Android. Find your web-browser in the list below, follow few simple steps to get rid of browser permissions to show spam notifications.
Tap on the Menu button (three dots) on the top right hand corner.
In the menu tap ‘Settings’, scroll down to ‘Advanced’.
In the ‘Site Settings’, tap on ‘Notifications’, find the Hdesignegroupco.info URL and tap on it.
Tap the ‘Clean & Reset’ button and confirm.
Mozilla Firefox:
In the top right hand corner of the screen, click on the three bars to expand the Main menu.
Choose ‘Options’ and click on ‘Privacy & Security’ on the left hand side of the screen.
Scroll down to the ‘Permissions’ section and click the ‘Settings’ button next to ‘Notifications’.
Select the Hdesignegroupco.info domain from the list and change the status to ‘Block’.
In the top right hand corner, click on the three dots to expand the Edge menu.
Click ‘Settings’. Click ‘Advanced’ on the left side of the window.
Click ‘Manage permissions’ button, located beneath ‘Website permissions’.
Disable the on switch for the Hdesignegroupco.info domain.
Internet Explorer:
Click ‘Tools’ button in the top right corner.
When the drop-down menu appears, click on ‘Internet Options’.
Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab and select ‘Settings’ in the pop-up blockers section.
Select the Hdesignegroupco.info URL and other questionable URLs under and remove them one by one by clicking the ‘Remove’ button.
Remove Hdesignegroupco.info popup ads from Google Chrome
Another way to remove Hdesignegroupco.info pop-up ads from Chrome is Reset Google Chrome settings. This will disable harmful extensions and reset Google Chrome settings to original settings. It’ll save your personal information such as saved passwords, bookmarks, auto-fill data and open tabs.
First, start the Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
It will display the Google Chrome main menu. Choose More Tools, then press Extensions.
You will see the list of installed add-ons. If the list has the plugin labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
Now open the Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
Next, click “Advanced” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
The Google Chrome will open the reset settings prompt as on the image above.
Confirm the web browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
To learn more, read the post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Get rid of Hdesignegroupco.info pop-up advertisements from Firefox
If the Mozilla Firefox browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Mozilla Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Firefox settings such as newtab, start page and search provider by default to their original state. It’ll keep your personal information like browsing history, bookmarks, passwords and web form auto-fill data.
First, run the Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes ( ). It will show the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button (
) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown in the following example.
In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.
You will now need to restart your personal computer for the changes to take effect. It will get rid of adware responsible for Hdesignegroupco.info pop up advertisements, disable malicious and ad-supported internet browser’s extensions and restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s settings like home page, newtab and default search engine to default state.
How to automatically remove Hdesignegroupco.info popup ads
The adware software can hide its components which are difficult for you to find out and remove fully. This may lead to the fact that after some time, the adware software responsible for Hdesignegroupco.info ads again infect your PC. Moreover, We want to note that it is not always safe to get rid of adware manually, if you don’t have much experience in setting up and configuring the Microsoft Windows operating system. The best solution to locate and get rid of adware software is to run free malware removal apps.
How to delete Hdesignegroupco.info pop-up ads with Zemana AntiMalware
Zemana is a lightweight tool which designed to run alongside your antivirus software, detecting and removing malware, adware and potentially unwanted software that other programs miss. Zemana Anti-Malware is easy to use, fast, does not use many resources and have great detection and removal rates.
Visit the following page to download the latest version of Zemana Anti-Malware for Windows. Save it to your Desktop.
Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana. AntiMalware. Setup.
Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
Once setup is finished, press the “Scan” button to detect adware software related to the Hdesignegroupco.info ads. While the Zemana Free application is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified as threat.
When that process is done, you may check all threats detected on your computer. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next”. When disinfection is done, you can be prompted to reboot your machine.
Delete Hdesignegroupco.info ads from internet browsers with Hitman Pro
HitmanPro cleans your system from hijackers, PUPs, unwanted toolbars, browser extensions and other undesired software like adware software responsible for Hdesignegroupco.info advertisements. The free removal utility will help you enjoy your machine to its fullest. HitmanPro uses advanced behavioral detection technologies to look for if there are unwanted apps in your system. You can review the scan results, and choose the threats you want to erase.
After the downloading process is done, open the folder in which you saved it. You will see an icon like below.
Double click the HitmanPro desktop icon. When the tool is started, you will see a screen as displayed on the image below.
Further, click “Next” button to perform a system scan for the adware that causes Hdesignegroupco.info advertisements. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC. After the system scan is done, Hitman Pro will show a list of all items found by the scan as on the image below.
Otherwise, simply click “Next” button. It will show a dialog box, click the “Activate free license” button.
Once the downloading process is complete, close all windows on your personal computer. Further, launch the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as displayed below, click the “Yes” button.
It will open the “Setup wizard” which will allow you install MalwareBytes Free on the PC. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
Once install is done successfully, press Finish button. Then MalwareBytes will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown in the following example.
Next, press the “Scan Now” button to begin checking your computer for the adware responsible for Hdesignegroupco.info popup advertisements. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the count of files on your personal computer and the speed of your PC system. When a malware, adware or PUPs are found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly.
When the scan get finished, MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will show a scan report. Make sure to check mark the items which are unsafe and then click “Quarantine Selected” button.
The MalwareBytes Anti-Malware will remove adware that causes undesired Hdesignegroupco.info advertisements. After disinfection is finished, you can be prompted to reboot your computer. We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the MalwareBytes to remove hijackers, adware and other malicious software.
How to block Hdesignegroupco.info
It’s also critical to protect your web-browsers from malicious webpages and advertisements by using an ad blocker program like AdGuard. Security experts says that it will greatly reduce the risk of malicious software, and potentially save lots of money. Additionally, the AdGuard may also protect your privacy by blocking almost all trackers.
Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard from the link below. Save it directly to your Windows Desktop.
After the downloading process is finished, double-click the downloaded file to run it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as shown below.
Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guide as displayed in the following example.
Press “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.
Each time, when you launch your personal computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop undesired ads, block Hdesignegroupco.info, as well as other harmful or misleading web pages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your desktop.
To sum up
Now your computer should be free of the adware software which cause pop-ups. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted advertisements and unwanted harmful web sites) and Zemana Anti-Malware (to periodically scan your personal computer for new adwares and other malicious software). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.
If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of Hdesignegroupco.info pop up ads from the Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer, then ask for help here.
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What it does? TCP Scan of you external IP.
What it scanning for: 100 most used tcp ports. Actually a bit more than 100 - I'm slowly adding more ports.
How to use: simply curl nmap.me from your console/terminal or open it in browser.
How fast: whole scan takes about a second. Results for each requester IP are cached for 1 hour to reduce load and prevent abuse.
Why? Needed quick way to check open ports on server/gateway/fw/router while being inside the console.
you need to change a lot of DNS records inside the AWS Route53 hosted zone. In prod...
Let's skip the obvious question why these DNS records are not managed as Infra-as-aCode..
Sure thing, you need to backup all these record prior to change for rollback purpose.
3. Normally aws route53 list-resource-record-sets --hosted-zone-id Z1YS
will give you JSON, but unfortunately it's not useful for quick restore due to the format difference from the change-resource-record-sets.json file you need to have to change/restore records.
4. With a quick and quite dirty bash we can get better formatted JSON:
5. Now you have Route53 DNS records backed up and ready to restore.
Next step is to create a copy of you backup file and modify it to reflect changes you need to make.
6. Final step: apply your changes:
The very first thing you need to do while building your AWS infrastructure is to enable and configure all AWS account level security features such as: CloudTrail, CloudConfig, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.
Time flies when you're having fun and flies even faster in the infosec world. My templates become outdated and now I'm presenting an updated version of the AWS security automation with following new features:
Terraform is very quickly evolves, has cross-cloud support and implements some missing in CloudFormation features (like account level password policy configuration, etc); CloudFormation is native for AWS, well supported, and, most important, AWS provides a lot of best practices and solutions in the form of the CloudFormation templates.
Using both (tf and cf) gives me (and you) ability to reuse solutions, suggested and provided by AWS, without rewriting the code, have flexibility and power of terraform and one single interface for whole cloud automation.
No more bucket pre-creation or specific sequence of the CloudFormation deployment - just terraform apply. It will take care of all CloudFormation prerequisites, version control and template updates.
But, if you wish, at current state you can use only my CloudFormation templates - cf still does all heavy lifting.
The main trick of the Terraform - CloudFormation integration was to tell terrafrom when CloudFormation template is updated to ensure that terraform will trigger cf stack update.
I achieved this using S3 bucket with version control enabled and always updating (just setting template version) security.global.yaml.
AccountNickname = "${var.enviroment_name}",
CompanyName = "${var.company_name}",
MasterAccount = "${var.master_account}"
Get code from my git repo: https://github.com/IhorKravchuk/it-security
Switch to tf folder and update terraform.tfvars specifying: your AWS profile name (configured for aws cli using aws configure --profile profile_name); name for the environment (prod, test, dev ..) ; company(or division) name; region and AWS master account ID.
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After Charlottesville, white supremacists’ physical and digital presences—and the tactics used to combat them—are under renewed scrutiny.
There have been attempts, most prominently by Logan Smith, who runs the Twitter account Yes, You’re Racist, to tack real names and identities onto the pictures of people who showed up to rally for white supremacy in the city. Some people have called this “doxxing,” referring to the practice of figuring out the identity of an anonymous or pseudonymous person online and publishing their IRL details, usually to spur harassment.
The technique has been used online for decades. It gained widespread notoriety during the Gamergate saga, when a variety of unsavory far-right-wing figures doxxed women in the video-game media, but people all over the political spectrum have done their fair share. That’s led a lot of reasonable people to declare the tactic verboten, more or less, no matter the target. It’s just beyond the pale.
What Smith is doing, however, is not doxxing as it has been understood. His targets showed up at a public rally. They made no attempt to hide their identities.
The merging of the digital and physical worlds does make things more complicated. One can imagine that the rally participants did not expect national scrutiny before the event. They showed up with a few hundred people and have ended up in pictures seen by tens of millions online. This is a variation on what academics have called “context collapse.” Smith is doing that collapsing, making white supremacists accountable for their views and speech in a greater portion of their lives.
At the same time, their outing digitally opens them up to the dynamics of online vigilantism: jeers, threats, and more.
“If you’re going to go out in public and advocate for Nazi ideas, you have to be prepared for people to say, ‘You’re a terrible person,’” said Sasha Costanza-Chock, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology associate professor of civic media. “I don’t think there is much defensible in saying we shouldn’t do that. We might want to preserve the term ‘doxxing’ having a specific meaning, but identifying and mapping extreme-right networks—we should agree that’s reasonable to do.”
But there are established rules and norms, as well as (some) accountability processes for journalists and researchers, which don’t tend to exist among doxxers.
And online searches like this are very prone to error. This sort of thing has been happening for years—and the internet sleuths, as local news stories love to tag them, have often gone awry. Smith has misidentified some of the people in the photos, with predictably bad consequences. A poor tissue engineer at the University of Arkansas got randomly dragged into the mess.
Lucas Wright and Susan Benesch, of the Dangerous Speech Project, write on the project’s blog that searches like this will always encounter similar problems, by malfeasance or actual bad actors feeding false information into the system. “These false positives are inevitable since the strategy relies on imperfect information—yet can seriously disrupt a target’s life,” they write. “As it becomes easier to forge realistic fake videos, such errors will only become more common.”
Costanza-Chock argued that some guide should exist for people wishing to engage in Nazi doxxing that would instruct them on how to do so as responsibly as possible and offer other routes to grapple with their online accounts.
But Wright and Benesch reject the tactic more completely, at least from the perspective of trying to de-radicalize white supremacists. “Disrupting their lives—getting them fired from their jobs, disowned by their parents, or dogpiled with threats on Twitter—may give a satisfying jolt of schadenfreude, but it also cuts them off from the remaining moderating forces in their lives,” they write. “When that happens, they will not learn to love; they will only commit further to the dangerous communities that are willing to embrace them.”
And that may be true. There may be a tradeoff between raising the costs of doing white supremacy out there in the world—and increasing the radicalization of those who Smith and others identify.
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Computer crime, or cyber crime, is crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Debarati Halder and K. Jaishankar define cyber crimes as: "Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm, or loss, to the victim directly or indirectly, using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (Chat rooms, emails, notice boards and groups) and mobile phones (SMS/MMS)". Such crimes may threaten a nation's security and financial health. Issues surrounding these types of crimes have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding hacking, copyright infringement, child pornography, and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential information is intercepted or disclosed, lawfully or otherwise. Debarati Halder and K. Jaishankar further define cyber crime from the perspective of gender and defined 'cyber crime against women' as "Crimes targeted against women with a motive to intentionally harm the victim psychologically and physically, using modern telecommunication networks such as internet and mobile phones". Internationally, both governmental and non-state actors engage in cyber crimes, including espionage, financial theft, and other cross-border crimes. Activity crossing international borders and involving the interests of at least one nation state is sometimes referred to as cyber warfare. The international legal system is attempting to hold actors accountable for their actions through the International Criminal Court.
A report (sponsored by McAfee) estimates that the annual damage to the global economy is at $445 billion; however, a Microsoft report shows that such survey-based estimates are "hopelessly flawed" and exaggerate the true losses by orders of magnitude. Approximately $1.5 billion was lost in 2012 to online credit and debit card fraud in the US. In 2016, a study by Juniper Research estimated that the costs of cyber crime could be as high as 2.1 trillion by 2019.
Most measures show that the problem of cyber crime continues to worsen. However, Eric Jardine argues that the frequency, cost and severity of cyber crime cannot be well understood as counts expressed in absolute terms. Instead, these numbers need to be normalized around the growing size of cyberspace, in the same way that crime statistics in the physical world are expressed as a proportion of a population (i.e., 1.5 murders per 100,000 people). Jardine argues that, since cyberspace has been rapidly increasing in size each year, absolute numbers (i.e., a count saying there are 100,000 cyber attacks in 2015) present a worse picture of the security of cyberspace than numbers normalized around the actual size of the Internet ecosystem (i.e., a rate of cyber crime). His proposed intuition is that if cyberspace continues to grow, you should actually expect cyber crime counts to continue to increase because there are more users and activity online, but that as a proportion of the size of the ecosystem crime might actually be becoming less of a problem.
Computer fraud is any dishonest misrepresentation of fact intended to let another to do or refrain from doing something which causes loss. In this context, the fraud will result in obtaining a benefit by:
Altering in an unauthorized way. This requires little technical expertise and is common form of theft by employees altering the data before entry or entering false data, or by entering unauthorized instructions or using unauthorized processes;
Altering, destroying, suppressing, or stealing output, usually to conceal unauthorized transactions. This is difficult to detect;
Altering or deleting stored data;
Other forms of fraud may be facilitated using computer systems, including bank fraud, carding, identity theft, extortion, and theft of classified information.
A variety of internet scams, many based on phishing and social engineering, target consumers and businesses.
Cyber terrorism Government officials and information technology security specialists have documented a significant increase in Internet problems and server scans since early 2001. But there is a growing concern among federal officials. that such intrusions are part of an organized effort by cyber terrorists, foreign intelligence services, or other groups to map potential security holes in critical systems. A cyberterrorist is someone who intimidates or coerces a government or organization to advance his or her political or social objectives by launching a computer-based attack against computers, networks, or the information stored on them.
Cyber terrorism in general, can be defined as an act of terrorism committed through the use of cyberspace or computer resources (Parker 1983). As such, a simple propaganda in the Internet, that there will be bomb attacks during the holidays can be considered cyberterrorism. There are also hacking activities directed towards individuals, families, organized by groups within networks, tending to cause fear among people, demonstrate power, collecting information relevant for ruining peoples' lives, robberies, blackmailing etc.
Cyber extortion Main article: Extortion Cyber extortion occurs when a website, e-mail server, or computer system is subjected to or threatened with repeated denial of service or other attacks by malicious hackers. These hackers demand money in return for promising to stop the attacks and to offer "protection". According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, cyber extortionists are increasingly attacking corporate websites and networks, crippling their ability to operate and demanding payments to restore their service. More than 20 cases are reported each month to the FBI and many go unreported in order to keep the victim's name out of the public domain. Perpetrators typically use a distributed denial-of-service attack.
An example of cyber extortion was the attack on Sony Pictures of 2014.
Cyber warfare
Sailors analyze, detect and defensively respond to unauthorized activity within U.S. Navy information systems and computer networks
Main article: Cyber warfare The U.S. Department of Defense (D.o.D) notes that the cyberspace has emerged as a national-level concern through several recent events of geostrategic significance. Among those are included, the attack on Estonia's infrastructure in 2007, allegedly by Russian hackers. "In August 2008, Russia again allegedly conducted cyber attacks, this time in a coordinated and synchronized kinetic and non-kinetic campaign against the country of Georgia. Fearing that such attacks may become the norm in future warfare among nation-states, the concept of cyberspace operations impacts and will be adapted by war fighting military commanders in the future.
Computer as a target. These crimes are committed by a selected group of criminals. Unlike crimes using the computer as a tool, these crimes require the technical knowledge of the perpetrators. As such, as technology evolves, so too does the nature of the crime. These crimes are relatively new, having been in existence for only as long as computers have—which explains how unprepared society and the world in general is towards combating these crimes. There are numerous crimes of this nature committed daily on the internet:
The unsolicited sending of bulk email for commercial purposes (spam) is unlawful in some jurisdictions.
Phishing is mostly propagated via email. Phishing emails may contain links to other websites that are affected by malware. Or, they may contain links to fake online banking or other websites used to steal private account information.
Obscene or offensive content The content of websites and other electronic communications may be distasteful, obscene or offensive for a variety of reasons. In some instances these communications may be legal.
The extent to which these communications are unlawful varies greatly between countries, and even within nations. It is a sensitive area in which the courts can become involved in arbitrating between groups with strong beliefs.
One area of Internet pornography that has been the target of the strongest efforts at curtailment is child pornography.
Harassment
Various aspects needed to be considered when understanding harassment online.
Cyber bullying, Online predator, Cyber stalking, Hate Crime, and Internet troll Whereas content may be offensive in a non-specific way, harassment directs obscenities and derogatory comments at specific individuals focusing for example on gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation. This often occurs in chat rooms, through newsgroups, and by sending hate e-mail to interested parties. Harassment on the internet also includes revenge porn.
There are instances where committing a crime using a computer can lead to an enhanced sentence. For example, in the case of United States v. Neil Scott Kramer, Kramer was served an enhanced sentence according to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual §2G1.3(b)(3) for his use of a cell phone to "persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or facilitate the travel of, the minor to engage in prohibited sexual conduct."
Kramer argued that this claim was insufficient because his charge included persuading through a computer device and his cellular phone technically is not a computer. Although Kramer tried to argue this point, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual states that the term computer "means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemically, or other high speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions, and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such device."
Connecticut was the U.S. state to pass a statute making it a criminal offense to harass someone by computer. Michigan, Arizona, and Virginia and South Carolina have also passed laws banning harassment by electronic means.
Harassment as defined in the U.S. computer statutes is typically distinct from cyber bullying, in that the former usually relates to a person's "use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act," while the latter need not involve anything of a sexual nature.
Although freedom of speech is protected by law in most democratic societies (in the US this is done by the First Amendment), it does not include all types of speech. In fact spoken or written "true threat" speech/text is criminalized because of "intent to harm or intimidate", that also applies for online or any type of network related threats in written text or speech. The US Supreme Court definition of "true threat" is "statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group".
Drug trafficking Darknet markets are used to buy and sell recreational drugs online. Some drug traffickers use encrypted messaging tools to communicate with drug mules. The dark web site Silk Road was a major online marketplace for drugs before it was shut down by law enforcement (then reopened under new management, and then shut down by law enforcement again).
One of the highest profiled banking computer crime occurred during a course of three years beginning in 1970. The chief teller at the Park Avenue branch of New York's Union Dime Savings Bank embezzled over $1.5 million from hundreds of accounts.
A hacking group called MOD (Masters of Deception), allegedly stole passwords and technical data from Pacific Bell, Nynex, and other telephone companies as well as several big credit agencies and two major universities. The damage caused was extensive, one company, Southwestern Bell suffered losses of $370,000 alone. In 1983, a nineteen-year-old UCLA student used his PC to break into a Defense Department international communications system.
Between 1995 and 1998 the News corp satellite pay to view encrypted SKY TV service was hacked several times during an ongoing technological arms race between a pan-European hacking group and News corp. The original motivation of the hackers was to watch Star Trek re-runs in Germany; which was something which News corp did not have the copyright to allow.
On 26 March 1999, the Melissa worm infected a document on a victim's computer, then automatically sent that document and a copy of the virus spread via e-mail to other people.
In February 2000, an individual going by the alias of Mafia Boy began a series denial-of-service attacks against high-profile websites, including Yahoo!, Amazon.com, Dell, Inc., E*TRADE, eBay, and CNN. About fifty computers at Stanford University, and also computers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, were amongst the zombie computers sending pings in D.D.o. S attacks. On 3 August 2000, Canadian federal prosecutors charged Mafia Boy with 54 counts of illegal access to computers, plus a total of ten counts of mischief to data for his attacks.
The Russian Business Network (R.B.N) was registered as an internet site in 2006. Initially, much of its activity was legitimate. But apparently the founders soon discovered that it was more profitable to host illegitimate activities and started hiring its services to criminals. The RBN has been described by VeriSign as "the baddest of the bad". It offers web hosting services and internet access to all kinds of criminal and objectionable activities, with an individual activities earning up to $150 million in one year. It specialized in and in some cases monopolized personal identity theft for resale. It is the originator of MPack and an alleged operator of the now defunct Storm botnet.
On 2 March 2010, Spanish investigators arrested 3 Individuals in infection of over 13 million computers around the world. The "botnet" of infected computers included PCs inside more than half of the Fortune 1000 companies and more than 40 major banks, according to investigators.
In August 2010 the international investigation Operation Delego, operating under the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security, shut down the international pedophile ring Dream board. The website had approximately 600 members, and may have distributed up to 123 terabytes of child pornography (roughly equivalent to 16,000 DVDs). To date this is the single largest U.S. prosecution of an international child pornography ring; 52 arrests were made worldwide.
On March 1, 2011 at Lassiter High School, two students were accused of impersonation of a staff member via cyber crime, but both claimed they were uninvolved. The offense was made a felony in the Cobb County School District two months after the impersonation had happened. Shortly afterwards, the head of the LHS School Board said "The teacher just wouldn't do this at all". The case ended on May 9, and no evidence was found.
In June 2012 LinkedIn and e Harmony were attacked, compromising 65 million password hashes. 30,000 passwords were cracked and 1.5 million E Harmony passwords were posted online.
December 2012 Wells Fargo website experienced a denial of service attack. Potentially compromising 70 million customers and 8.5 million active viewers. Other banks thought to be compromised: Bank of America, J. P. Morgan U.S. Bank, and P.N.C Financial Services.
In January 2012 Zappos.com experienced a security breach after as many as 24 million customers' credit card numbers, personal information, billing and shipping addresses had been compromised.
April 23, 2013 saw the Associated Press' Twitter account's hacking to release a hoax tweet about fictional attacks in the White House that left President Obama injured. This erroneous tweet resulted in a brief plunge of 130 points from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, removal of $136 billion from S&P 500 index, and the temporary suspension of their Twitter account. The Dow Jones later restored its session gains.
Combating computer crime This section requires expansion. (January 2015)Diffusion of cyber crime The broad diffusion of cyber criminal activities is an issue in computer crimes detection and prosecution. According to Jean-Loup Richet (Research Fellow at ESSEC ISIS), technical expertise and accessibility no longer act as barriers to entry into cyber crime. Indeed, hacking is much less complex than it was a few years ago, as hacking communities have greatly diffused their knowledge through the Internet. Blogs and communities have hugely contributed to information sharing: beginners could benefit from older hackers' knowledge and advice. Furthermore, Hacking is cheaper than ever: before the cloud computing era, in order to spam or scam one needed a dedicated server, skills in server management, network configuration and maintenance, knowledge of Internet service provider standards, etc. By comparison, a mail software-as-a-service is a scalable, inexpensive, bulk, and transactional e-mail-sending service for marketing purposes and could be easily set up for spam. Jean-Loup Richet explains that cloud computing could be helpful for a cyber criminal as a way to leverage his attack – brute-forcing a password, improve the reach of a botnet, or facilitating a spamming campaign.
Investigation A computer can be a source of evidence (see digital forensics). Even where a computer is not directly used for criminal purposes, it may contain records of value to criminal investigators in the form of a log file. In most countries Internet Service Providers are required, by law, to keep their log files for a predetermined amount of time. For example; a European wide Data Retention Directive (applicable to all EU member states) states that all E-mail traffic should be retained for a minimum of 12 months.
Legislation Due to easily exploitable laws, cyber criminals use developing countries in order to evade detection and prosecution from law enforcement. In developing countries, such as the Philippines, laws against cyber crime are weak or sometimes nonexistent. These weak laws allow cyber criminals to strike from international borders and remain undetected. Even when identified, these criminals avoid being punished or extradited to a country, such as the United States, that has developed laws that allow for prosecution. While this proves difficult in some cases, agencies, such as the FBI, have used deception and subterfuge to catch criminals. For example, two Russian hackers had been evading the FBI for some time. The FBI set up a fake computing company based in Seattle, Washington. They proceeded to lure the two Russian men into the United States by offering them work with this company. Upon completion of the interview, the suspects were arrested outside of the building. Clever tricks like this are sometimes a necessary part of catching cyber criminals when weak legislation makes it impossible otherwise.
President Barack Obama released in an executive order in April 2015 to combat cyber crime. The executive order allows the United States to freeze assets of convicted cyber criminals and block their economic activity within the United States. This is some of the first solid legislation that combats cybercrime in this way.
The European Union adopted directive 2013/40/EU. All offences of the directive, and other definitions and procedural institutions are also in the Council of Europe's Convention on Cyber crime.
Penalties for computer related crimes in New York State can range from a fine and a short period of jail time for a Class A misdemeanor such as unauthorized use of a computer up to computer tampering in the first degree which is a Class C felony and can carry 3 to 15 years in prison.
However, some hackers have been hired as information security experts by private companies due to their inside knowledge of computer crime, a phenomenon which theoretically could create perverse incentives. A possible counter to this is for courts to ban convicted hackers from using the Internet or computers, even after they have been released from prison – though as computers and the Internet become more and more central to everyday life, this type of punishment may be viewed as more and more harsh and draconian. However, nuanced approaches have been developed that manage cyber offender behavior without resorting to total computer and/or Internet bans. These approaches involve restricting individuals to specific devices which are subject to computer monitoring and/or computer searches by probation and/or parole officers.
Awareness As technology advances and more people rely on the internet to store sensitive information such as banking or credit card information, criminals are going to attempt to steal that information. Cyber-crime is not only becoming more of a threat to people in The U.S. but also people across the world. Raising awareness about how information is being protected and the tactics criminals use to steal that information is important in today's world. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2014 there were 269,422 complaints filed. With all the claims combined there was a reported total loss of $800,492,073. But yet cyber-crime doesn't seem to be on the average person's radar. There are 1.5 million cyber-attacks annually, that means that there are over 4,000 attacks a day, 170 attacks every hour, or nearly three attacks every minute. Anybody who uses the internet for any reason can be a victim, which is why it is important to be aware of how one is being protected while online.
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First things first, it is important to understand what cyber security is. In general, cyber security is the practice of protecting networks and computer systems, such as devices, software, or servers, from data theft and malicious attacks. Cyber security is essential in many industries, and you will be performing many roles and duties. There are several categories into which the types and roles of cyber security experts fall, such as:
Operational security – This is concerned with handling and protecting data assets, and the processes and decisions that help this happen.
End-user education – In order to reduce the risk of viruses being accidentally introduced to secure systems through human error, cyber security experts train and educate individuals in order to prevent this from happening.
Network security – This is concerned with securing computer networks.
Application security – Focuses on keeping software and devices free from threats.
An will give you an understanding of many types of cyber security, software and techniques that are used in the industry, as well as simulated real-life experiences in order to put these newly learnt skills into practice and help get you ready for the workplace.
What is the Masters in Cybersecurity?
The masters in cybersecurity is an that can be completed 100% online in under 18 months. It will give you the skills and experience to work in various cyber security roles in different industries, as well as allowing you more control over your learning environment and the pace at which you work. There are no GRE/GMAT requirements, and you can begin learning as soon as you are accepted. There are numerous modules covering a range of areas, including Foundations of Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Data Mining for Cyber Security, Risk Management and System Hardening and Protection, Enterprise Security and Machine Learning with Applications in Cybersecurity.
If you do not have previous coding experience or experience in computer or information science, then you can still study the . There is the opportunity to complete a Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security, which is a 6-month course that will provide you with the basics and background knowledge required to then undertake the . You will also have the opportunity to work with industry professionals and put your new skills to the test in hands-on interactive experiences. The is also partnered with the EC-Council and CISCO Academy and will help you prepare to become certified.
Is It For You?
This course is mainly aimed at systems engineers, security specialists, networkers, and software developers who would like to move their careers into a more cyber security-focused role. However, it also available to be studied by those without previous computer or information science experience and qualifications, as you can undertake the Graduate Certificate that will give you the foundational knowledge required to complete the masters.
The will prepare you with the professional and personal skills you will need to succeed in these roles. There are many traits and characteristics that will help you in this field, and they include:
The majority of cyber security revolves around solving problems, so these skills will have to be developed within yourself in order to do this. As well as problem-solving, you will also have to have great critical thinking and decision-making skills in order to decide on the best solutions for the situation and implement them efficiently.
There are many great skills that you will gain and develop over the course of your that will help prepare you to work in a variety of interesting and important roles. You may already have many of these traits and just need some guidance as to how to apply them in the new situations your new cyber security role may present you with.
Career Outcomes of a Masters in Cybersecurity
The will prepare you to work in a range of roles in different industries and give you the opportunity to explore your strengths. This can help you decide on the kind of role you would like to work in when you have graduated. A few of the potential cyber security roles include:
Cryptographer – This role involves developing algorithms, ciphers, and security systems in order to provide privacy for individuals and organizations.
Penetration tester – Also known as ethical hacking, this is the process of evaluating the security of a computer system using an authorized simulated cyberattack.
Security engineer – This role focuses on designing computer systems that can handle disruptions, maintaining the systems, and planning for potential future security issues with the aim of preventing them.
Security director – This is a leadership role that involves planning and developing security training programs for members of the security, ensuring that they are aware of the most up-to-date ideas and developments.
There are many different roles and positions within the cyber security industry, and the can help you explore the options that are available to you and the areas in which you are passionate.
Your physical location can have an impact on the kinds of courses that are available to you if you plan on studying in person. If your local institutions do not offer the courses that you want or need, then you may be forced to choose something else or not further your education at all. An can give you access to a high level of education from the comfort of your own home, at any time that works for you. This is particularly useful if you do not enjoy learning in a physical classroom environment, as having more control over the area you learn in can help you absorb information more efficiently.
Top Tip: When preparing yourself to work and learn from home, you should create a productive study environment and learn more about the way in which your mind works.
The will arm you with plenty of technical knowledge and skills, but it will also allow you to develop your soft skills by learning online. To ensure that you have the most success with this during your course, you can always start to build on your soft skills now.
Soft skills are non-technical skills that help you stand out in the workplace and are looked upon favorably by employers. Specific soft skills are very useful for cyber security specialists, such as communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and teamwork, but they are all useful in a range of industries and positions. The benefit of this is that you will also have practical examples to give to employers during an interview of times when you have utilized these skills.
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By Atelston Fitzgerald Holder 1st - Sun December 15, 2013 459 The Former South African President Nelson Mandela dies at 95, and as the United States President and World Leaders pay homage to the deceased civil rights leader, an emboldened delusional trickster, post-segued the memorial. Mandela’s resonating moment fades into oblivion while the modern-day era of social media spawns another clown to fame
Thamsanqa Jantjie 34, is a fraudulent sign-language expert, a justifiable oxymoron when you retrofit his subliminal-antics at the Nelson Mandela memorial, to his preceding odd hand-gestures in the African National Congress 100th anniversary of South Africa’s ruling party, a year ago.
Jantjie’s hand-orchestrated gibberish, has duped an astonishing accolade of success; interpreting for multiple dignitaries, state ministers and other high officials. A preceding body of work in subset increments, and he’s spiraled again, but this time surrounded by an entourage of world leaders, headlined by the US President also known as the “Teleprompter Specialist.”
In the US, American Sign Language (ASL) is very strict, interpreters are required to complete a certification program, possess at least a Bachelor degree, and must complete a written and sign examination. A contrast to sign language certifications in South Africa, where it’s not legally required. A sign language expert at the (DFSA) Deaf Federation of South Africa, said the interpreter’s flamboyant shenanigans are an appalling mockery that undermines the language, and the deaf community is outraged. (A silent irony) lol!
A correlation between facial gestures and sign language interpretations are key elements to conveying emotions, a major attribute to sign language, something “Jantjie’s” monotone face was a complete stranger to. (Pokerface) Sign language semantics have many variables, but the grammar itself is universally synonymous. A parallel to that is prosody, a subset of phonology, (a branch of linguistics) exploring highs, lows, rhythm, pitch and meter etc … Hence the reason a non-multilingual person can detect sarcasm, irony, condescension and other persuasive devices in dialogues, simply by understanding the universal tones. Regardless of the language.
Seeing a modern-day troll performing his sign-gymnastics on an international stage is truly an audaciously unprecedented act. However, let’s exclude Jantjie’s excelling mockery and explore the authoritative complacency that led to this uncanny negligence.
The South African Government organized the event, but Jantjie was periodically employed by the (ANC) African National Congress, although the (ANC) denied any having any affiliations with hiring him. They said the state was responsible for the memorial preparations, while several government departments denied employing him for the event. (it’s like a real life game of cat and mouse) – Tom and Jerry
If neither party questioned his qualifications, how did his merits of credulity derive? The Deaf Federation of South Africa filed complaints to the (ANC) about Jantjie’s pseudo-interpretations after President Jacob Zuma’s speech last year, but the political party never responded. (Maybe they’re deaf to?)
Jantjie claims to suffer from schizophrenic episodes, and his hallucinations do hinder his interpretative clarity; he said, “angels bestowed” him in the presence of Barack Obama. He admitted that his mental illness has propelled a myriad of belligerence in the past; from facing inconclusive murder charges to multiple felonies. Which begs a much bigger question. How does a rape acquitted, mentally unstable, unqualified signer, with pending felonies stand adjacent the worlds most powerful politicians? Where was the Secret Service?
The South African arts and culture minister did apologize to the deaf community and for his flamboyant mockery, and promised to implement an overall reform to ensure these incidents never occur again.
The US Secret Service said it’s the South African government’s responsibility for event scrutiny; Really? really? Protecting the vulnerability of the US President is not just contingent on the South African Government, But the United States as well. It’s called potential loopholes, exploits any potential-terrorist can capitalize on.
But then again, the NSA is preoccupied with other commitments; such as violating the Fourth Amendment and infringing on civil liberties. While a deranged schizophrenic juvenile felon in a Third World Country runs amuck, side by side the US President. If he had ulterior motives, our fate would not be our fortune. The NSA is too close to the forest, hence the reason they’ll never see the trees!
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http://newsblaze.com/thoughts/opinions/us-president-obamas-vulnerability-in-nelson-mandelas-memorial_34346/
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Provide inspiration: Business leaders need to be active collaborators, receptive to hearing new ideas as well as working with teams on promising new concepts. Leaders should make it a habit to use collaboration tools, such as web conferencing and social media, when interacting with coworkers.
Foster creativity: Leaders should have the courage to shift from a command-and-control management philosophy to an approach that is more collaborative. When a co-worker’s promising idea becomes reality, organizations should reward creative thinkers with recognition, bonuses and promotions.
Help workers “collide”: Great ideas are often born when coworkers literally bump into each other. This doesn't happen much when they hide inside their cubicles. A powerful wireless network and the freedom of a bring-your-own-device policy can allow the mobility that fosters this movement.
Set aside private spaces: The traditional conference room may be receding into history, but workers still need a quiet, comfortable location where they can talk to each other face to face.
Encourage cross-functional interactions: An organization’s engineering and marketing teams may not have much in common with its finance or human resources staff, but getting departments to work cooperatively spurs innovation and helps enterprises grow. Department leaders should meet regularly to identify areas where interdepartmental collaboration could be beneficial to the entire organization.
To learn more about how collaboration is changing and impacting enterprise IT, read our story "What Businesses Need to Create Collaborative Workspaces."
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https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2016/03/5-ways-improve-workplace-collaboration
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Lynx Recruitment is working with an award winning UK business who are on the look out for a Cloud Security Specialist to join there ever growing team in the UK. The business has two main offices. One in Reading and the other in Exeter.
As the Cloud Security Specialist you will have hands on experience with technologies which scale in the cloud with a proven record of defining and implementing complex cloud security strategies.
The role will involve design secure cloud infrastructures and delivery systems with objectives like speed, scalability, robustness, zero-trust, automation and supportability at the core.
Skills:
- An understanding and demonstrable hands on experience with Cloud environments, systems and tools (eg Terraform) and with fundamental Internet and security technologies (routing & switching, DNS, FW, IDS, Anomaly detection), in an enterprise or service provider environment.
- Good experience securing and monitoring Cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/hybrid, containers, serverless, etc) environments (applications, infrastructure, operations, processes, etc). - minimum 3 (three) years practical cloud security experience required.
-Scripting and automation: Advanced ability to read and understand code, understand logs and alerts, to use specialist tools (Cloud native and 3rd party), as well as programming/Scripting languages (Python, Shell, PowerShell, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, PowerApps), to automate tasks, to enable security at speed and scale.
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https://appointments.thetimes.co.uk/job/1326050/cloud-security-specialist/
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– https://cryptosense.com/mighty-aphrodite-dark-secrets-of-the-java-keystore/ – https://github.com/floyd-fuh/JKS-private-key-cracker-hashcat
October, 11 2017: Response, they are still investigating.
October, 13 2017: Oracle writes “We have confirmed the issue and will be addressing it in a future release”. In an automated email I get Oracle states “The following issue reported by you is fixed in the upcoming Critical Patch Update, due to be released at 1:00 PM, U.S. Pacific Time, on October 17, 2017.”.
October 17, 2017: Oracle assigned a CVE in their Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2017: CVE-2017-10356. The guys from Cryptosense got credited too it seems. However, the documentation of Oracle so far didn’t change anywhere I could see it.
November 16, 2017: I asked again to clarify what the countermeasures are and what they are planning to do with JKS. They seem to be mixing my CVE and the JKS issues with other issue in other Key Store types.
November 17, 2017: Oracle replied (again, mixing-in issues of other Key Store types): “In JDK 9 the default keystore format is PKCS#11 which doesn’t have the limits of the JKS format — and we’ve put in some migration capability also. For all versions we have increased the iteration counts [sic!] used significantly so that even though the algorithms are weak, a brute-force search will take a lot longer. For older versions we will be backporting the missing bits of PKCS#11 so that it can be used as the keystore type.”. That was the good part of the answer, even though JKS has no iteration count. The second part where I asked if they could add some links to their Critical Path Update Advisory was: “In order to prevent undue risks to our customers, Oracle will not provide additional information about the specifics of vulnerabilities beyond what is provided in the Critical Patch Update (or Security Alert) advisory and pre-release note, the pre-installation notes, the readme files, and FAQs.”.
That’s it for me for now. I’m too tired to start arguing about keeping technical details secret. So basically I have to hope that everyone finds this blog posts when searching for CVE-2017-10356.
Due the unusual design of JKS the key store password can be ignored and the private key password cracked directly.
By exploiting a weakness of the Password Based Encryption scheme for the private key in JKS described by cryptosense, the effort to try a password is minimal (one SHA-1 calculation).
As public keys are not encrypted in the JKS file format, we can determine the algorithm and key size of the public key to know the PKCS#8 encoded fingerprint we have to expect in step 2.
For a practical TL;DR, see the github repository on how JksPrivkPrepare.jar can be used together with the hashcat password cracking tool to crack passwords.
Not affected of the described issues are other key store file formats such as JCEKS, PKCS12 or BKS. It is recommended to use the PKCS12 format to store private keys and to store the files in a secure location. For example it is recommended to store Android app release JKS files somewhere else than a repository such as git.
This is actually nothing very new, but what probably a lot of people do for a long time already. You can use this technique to do security reviews, to crack license mechanisms of apps, check how easy it is to modify your own app or do malware research. I’m not saying you should or shouldn’t do any of these. As usually tested on Mac OSX only but should work on Linux or other Unix, too.
You need the following folder structure (or simply download the Android-app-disassembling-reassembling.zip):
After you run the disassemble.sh file you find the smali code for your app in the “outputs/smali-output” directory. Now you can change the app as you like. Here are three suggestions:
I recommend to add the android:debuggable=”true” attribute in the AndroidManifest.xml to your application tag. Afterwards you will be able to see the log messages of the application in logcat (“adb logcat” command when your phone is connected via USB).
Replace one of the png files in the ressources folder
If your application is making a new instance of a SecreKeySpec for encryption (something like “new-instance v1, Ljavax/crypto/spec/SecretKeySpec” in smali, grep for it), try to dump the contents of the secret key. That’s pretty easy with IGLogger. Download the IGLogger files and put the iglogger.smali file in the folder “outputs/smali-output/<you app’s name>/smali/”. Then open the file where you found the SecreKeySpec intialisation. Add a new instruction after the invoke-direct line which will initialize the SecretKeySpec (e.g. “invoke-direct {v4, v5, v6}, Ljavax/crypto/spec/SecretKeySpec;->([BLjava/lang/String;)V”). This is the place where the secret key is passed to the SecretKeySpec constructor. As we know that the first argument is the secret key, we have to log the Dalvik VM’s register v4. Add “invoke-static {v4}, Liglogger;->d([B)I” after the initialisation statement.
After you have done all your modifications, run reassemble.sh. There will be an apk file you can install on your device (see the last message that reassemble.sh will print). If you have added IGLogger, you will see a line in logcat that prints the secret key (for example run “adb logcat|grep -i IGLogger”).
jarsigner -verbose -storepass password -keypass password -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore "$APKLOCATION/someone.keystore" "$APKLOCATION/$f" someone
mv "$APKLOCATION/$f" "$APKLOCATION/$f.unaligned"
zipalign -v 4 "$APKLOCATION/$f.unaligned" "$APKLOCATION/$f"
Then use a secure cryptographic hash function (e.g. SHA-2). Use a salt which is long enough and randomly generated on the fly. You can store the salt in plain along with the generated hash. Use multiple hashing rounds (e.g. 10’000).
Don’t forget to check in every Activity that the user is already authenticated, because Activities can be invoked directly.
Do you want to authenticate the user against a server?
Before I go back to how you should store the credentials: Please use a secure channel to the server. One possibility is to use SSL (e.g. a HTTPS connection), but make sure you check the server certificate. Another possibility is to include a public key and have the corresponding private key on the server (actually I like this version even better, because you don’t have to trust hackable CA root companies).
Change the server side. Talk to your customer if you are developing an app for someone else, it’s not a big deal to change something on the server side. Try to store a session token instead of the password. Even increasing the expiry time for sessions is better than storing passwords on the client. Only increase it if the request is coming from the Android app, but not for all clients (like standard browser authentication).
If your really can’t change the server side and you can not use a token, you have a problem. Whatever you are doing from now, you have to store the password in reversable form, but the client isn’t a good option for that. Attackers equipped with root exploits and reverse engineering skills will always be able to get that password from somewhere (most of the time from the code or the filesystem). Consider that people often reuse passwords, which is a bad habit and if the password for your application is extracted, there might be other services that have to suffer from the laziness of the user.
There are several ways of how you could try to protect the credentials, but again, they’re all useless against a sophisticated attacker: E.g. encryption (key in the source code) and good obfuscation (some are just useless). EDIT: With the new Android KeyChain you are even better off if you have a hardware-backed storage on the device. Simply use the KeyChain to store a private key that you use to encrypt the password. The password can only be decrypted when the attacker is in the posession of the device, as he can not extract the private key from the device. Well of course he can extract the key, but root permissions are not sufficient and it means messing with the hardware (which is very expensive).
At least tell the user how the credentials are stored, why it could be a problem and what they can do to be protected (e.g. disable “remember password”).
Sometimes I just need some encryption, so I wrote a script that fits some cases. The functions use the python Crypto library.
The security of the used encryption is ok, I wrote a PBKDF2-like Key Derivation Function, that hashes the password before truncating and using it as the AES key. The encryption function does not add random padding. This means an attacker can guess how long the plaintext was. Additionally, CBC is a non-authenticated mode, therefore if somebody flips a bit in your ciphertext the decryption routine won’t notice. This usually means an attacker can flip one bit, but the remaining blocks will be corrupted. So flipping a bit in the last block is easy. Moreover 13’370 derivation rounds might be too much or not enough for you.
cipherSpec = AES.new(derivedKey, MODE, iv)
plaintextWithPadding = cipherSpec.decrypt(data)
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has picked Rockwell Collins to develop cybersecurity for unmanned aerial vehicles. As prime contractor, Rockwell will head a group of contractors that includes Boeing, Galois, National ICT Australia and the University of Minnesota. The contract is part of DARPA’s High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems. Under the 52-month deal, Rockwell Collins will develop ways to protect the software and networks that control drones. DARPA wants the resulting cybersecurity systems to also apply to unmanned ground and water vehicles. White House prepping government reorg executive order
This story is part of Federal News Radio’s daily DoD Report. For more defense news, click here.
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http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-drive/2012/09/darpa-awards-cybersecurity-contract-to-rockwell/
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Reflection DDoS attacks use internet facilities to amplify the volume of traffic directed at the victim. The previous largest attack occurred last year against Spamhaus. That one used 'misconfigured' DNS servers and reportedly peaked at 300 Gbps. This one uses the network time protocol (NTP) and is believed to have reached 400 gbps.
Eduardo de la Arada, a research team engineer at AlienVault, explains the methodology: "An NTP server is a server used to synchronize the system clock. One of the available requests is MON_GETLIST, it returns the addresses of up to the last 600 machines that the NTP server has interacted with. So, with a small (234 bytes) request, the server could respond with a big package (48k more or less). You can modify the sender address to the target's ones, and send a lot of requests to multiple NTP servers – the generated traffic sent to the target could be enormous."
Ashley Stephenson, CEO of Corero Network Security, points out that the technique is not new. "Actually it’s a technique first discussed in the DDoS context back in 2011 but it has been making the headlines quite frequently in recent months." Prince confirmed this. It's nothing new, "Just a big NTP attack," he tweeted. But he also commented, "someone's got a big, new cannon. Start of ugly things to come."
The delay between discussion and serious implementation could be down to the need to locate as many susceptible servers to do the reflection/amplification as possible. Not all NTP servers are susceptible, so the attackers have had to scan the internet to find them. "The more servers they have collected," explained de la Arada, "the stronger the attack will be. Not all servers have this feature, it was removed, so the attackers must scan internet looking for a version older than 4.2.7." According to Prince, this attack, "based on sampled data appears to [involve] just over 4,500 misconfigured NTP servers."
The NTP issue has long been patched, "but the problem is that people don’t manage their services the way that they should," comments Tim Keanini, CTO at Lancope. "The fix has been available for a very long time and websites exist that freely test for these vulnerabilities – but still the administrators of these servers are irresponsibly leaving them unpatched and are helping attackers do this type of damage. The Internet," he adds, "is like having a neighbur who likes to play with explosives in the apartment next door."
The concern now, however, is whether this is just the start of a new season of massive DDoS attacks. "It looks like this kind of attack (NTP based) has become popular during the Christmas Holidays," commented de la Arada. "But it is just a matter of time before a large number of the NTP servers are going to be updated – or the attackers discover another reflection technique to improve their DDoS attacks."The reason these attacks are getting larger is the simple fact that the pipes are getting larger," said Keanini. The bigger the pipes, the greater the attack. "Next year I expect to see this at least double in terms of traffic/sec.”
Stephenson agrees that this new 'record' will not last long. "DDoS attack motivations are wide ranging and unpredictable, meanwhile attack tools and the sophistication of the attacks continue to evolve. It’s a volatile combination that can strike any Internet business at any moment." He believes that ISPs need to do more to protect their customers, "by enhancing their network infrastructure and services with an additional layer of security, capable of inspecting and detecting malicious traffic closer to the source before it converges on the intended DDoS victim."
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/largest-ever-ddos-attack-peaks-at/
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When looking at any business there are key performance indicators that measure the success of the company. Across verticals a variety of metrics specific to the industry are used to gauge performance, however, profitability could be considered the universal metric of success and the primary defining factor of business performance.
While the obvious way to increase this performance is to increase revenue, the flipside of reducing cost is just as important. Every CxO focuses on operating within a budget, delivering the systems infrastructure, and achieving technology goals established by the needs of the business. Using creative ways to decrease cost is vital in any business role, but perhaps the most overlooked way to positively affect performance is to engage in “cost validation.” By this I mean employing a hybrid of decreasing cost and increasing revenue by closely accounting for the services and infrastructure being consumed by internal departments and external customers.
Before the advent of Big Data the consumer data storage industry thrived on a model of over subscription. Businesses could count on departments and customers using less of the product or service than they were being charged for. However, due to the data intensive nature of cloud infrastructure and rapidly growing rate of consumer data generation the oversubscription model is less and less profitable. Customers and departments are quickly creating enormous amounts of data and they are interested in only paying for what they use and more importantly using what they pay for.
You spent millions of dollars on your storage infrastructure, and a large portion of it is slipping away. Just like retail stores have departments dedicated to theft, loss-prevention, and inventory control, IT departments and service providers need to think in the same manner. We have quota systems, and auditing in place, but in our experience this is not enough to guarantee all the bytes are accounted and paid for. Instead of throwing hardware at a growing data problem, businesses need to first and foremost validate the usage and be able to account for it.
Companies now employ the use of Data Scientists to help make sense of patterns and identify data sinks in the infrastructure as well as duplicated and orphaned data. Leveraging an in-house data scientist, or a senior software engineer from your development team will offer immediate returns. What if they told you they could recover 100 Terabytes of your storage, alleviating the need for making costly expansions to your platform? What if they found 100 virtual machines that weren’t being billed to a department properly? This is all too common in large enterprises, where IT systems teams are responsible for Petabytes of exponentially multiplying data sets, while relying on a somewhat static employee base.
For industries using a “Freemium” pricing strategy, making sure that users are not becoming abusers is essential. By looking for patterns in what is being stored, how it is being stored, and user metadata, we can start to identify anomalies and focus in on finding users violating the acceptable use policy. It is crucial to identify these accounts, because if left unchecked they can chew through the usable space on your storage platforms. Using a single search identifier is not accurate enough, but combining multiple identifiers exponentially increases the certainty of the findings. IP address analysis is a great example of this. As a single identifier it’s unreliable (due to IPv4 NAT Overload or PAT), but in combination with file metadata or email address similarities, we can start to uncover data hot spots and abusive clients. Collecting application event timestamps, email addresses (including local part plus sign delimited strings), IP addresses, customer names, file names, file sizes, file types, password hashes, client specific identifiers (such as browser user agent), and various other pieces of metadata is just the first step in being able to draw correlations between user groups and data sinks.
When it comes to your applications, don’t skimp on the metadata. As successful DevOps collaboration becomes a business priority, skilled software architects and systems engineers are coming up with creative ways to handle application metadata collection without compromising performance. With the analytical tools and techniques available to us in the Big Data landscape, we should adopt a “more data is better” philosophy and let the data scientists sort it out.
Moving forward it’s essential to look to data analytics as a key part of data accounting and cost validation. Using analytical tools and complex search algorithms to crunch Big Data is a necessity to understanding how the user base is utilizing your infrastructure and ultimately protecting your data storage resource pools. This in turn improves the efficiency of the systems infrastructure leading to reduced cost and higher business performance.
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https://cyber-security.ciotechoutlook.com/cioviewpoint/using-data-analytics-for-loss-prevention-nid-315-cid-9.html
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As organizations seek to gain an edge over their competitors, they are finding power in open source, which has led to, in the words of Brian Behlendorf, GM of the Open Source Security Foundation, a "Cambrian explosion" of open source. But with the rise in use of open source code has come a rise in vulnerabilities and so a need to better secure open source software.
During his "The Power of Open Source" presentation at this month's MIT Technology Review Future Compute conference held at MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus and in an interview with ITPro Today, Behlendorf highlighted the growth of open source and the security challenges that come with that growth.
There are currently over 40 million open source software components available.
There will be 420 million open source software component releases available by 2026.
Developers are downloading 2 trillion open source packages a year.
The debate about open source code versus proprietary code has largely gone away, according to Behlendorf. "Very rarely are developers or enterprises making a binary choice between the two," he said. Studies have found that 90% of an average application stack is pre-existing open source code that has been pulled together and assembled, with about 10% of that as the custom code.
There is a problem, however, according to Behlendorf: There's a blind spot in the open source space — and the software space as a whole — to the rise of vulnerabilities in the underlying code.
"I wake up in the morning and fire up my laptop … and get that notice, 'Hey, there are updated packages. Do you want to update this before you start your day?'" he said. "And I always get that dopamine hit from clicking 'yes,' partly because I know that means that to reasonable concern I'm protected against the threats that somebody might want to throw at me today."
In the same vein, organizations need to be ready to update, Behlendorf said. "How do we get enterprises to get to the point where they go for that same dopamine rush that I do when I wake up in the morning and hit 'update' on my laptop?" he asked.
What's troubling is that, according to Sonatype, 29% of the popular open source projects contain known vulnerabilities in either the core code or in their underlying dependencies, Behlendorf said. Some of these vulnerabilities are easy to exploit, like the one recently discovered in the Log4j logging library. The Log4Shell exploit became a poster child, he said, to the point where the U.S. government asked those involved in the open source industry: "Are you OK over there? How did you not catch this?"
To help prevent such exploits, the Linux Foundation in 2020 formed the Open Source Security Foundation, which Behlendorf heads. OpenSSF, which raised $11 million in what is essentially yearly memberships, focuses on improving the state of cybersecurity in the open source space supply chain, he said.
OpenSSF is looking into the question: The way code is built in the software industry — and not just open source code but the supply chain that we have in software — are there vulnerabilities that are starting to affect that? We need to get smarter about closing some of those opportunities for exploit, he said.
How Software Bill of Materials Can Help Secure Open Source
One of the tools to address this is something that the White House has elevated in importance. In May 2021, Executive Order 14028 was issued to improve cybersecurity. The order calls for, among other things, a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to be included with every software package delivered to executive branch agencies. Behlendorf compared an SBOM to the ingredients label on a bag of bread, as it enables organizations to see exactly what they are getting.
OpenSSF is looking at how to use SBOMs ubiquitously across software supply chains and get them integrated into core code as well as upstream. As developers write and release software, they will also provide SBOMs, including ingredients that came from previous software "so when an enterprise has to go out and address a remediation, they at least know where they're vulnerable, and that's the beginning of figuring out how to remediate for that work," he said.
OpenSSF is addressing a number of ways to secure open source software.
"This is not about writing the one tool that automatically improves all of our cybersecurity," Behlendorf said. OpenSSF is about:
Prioritizing, identifying and securing the most critical projects.
Automating the tools that developers use to see whether their code is secure or to pick more mature platforms.
Educating developers on how to think like an attacker and choose patterns that will lead to better quality code.
Funding fixes for the most critical projects. Sometimes someone needs to step up, Behlendorf said, and say, "Here's the forgotten package way down in the stack that is actually ubiquitously used everywhere" and actually write the code and cover the last mile.
Informing stakeholders where the risk is across their whole portfolio of code.
Pushing standards for the signing of code for traceability through the supply chain.
"Open source is everywhere, and you've got to figure out how to make use of it," Behlendorf concluded. "But it really is about figuring out, how do you define your edge to be that layer on top and get really good at taking advantage of what's come before us?"
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ICS components are often located in physically inaccessible places, such as on an oil rig in the tundra.
These features show that the information security of the ACS is an independent task.
IS for ACS
Information security for automated control systems should be based on approved standards. The most popular is the ISO / IEC 27000 Information Technology standard, on the basis of which the Russian GOST was developed and implemented. The standard of the International Energy Commission, ISA / IEC 62443 Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, is also applied, a number of parts of which also work in terms of GOSTs.
Partially, the problem of ACS security is solved at the state level, they are licensed and certified without fail, the solution of this problem accounts for up to 10% of the cost of software. The main task in ensuring IS for ACS is to control risks with their preliminary ranking. Risks are distributed by levels:
control of sensors and warning system.
At each of the levels, its own risks are identified, which must be blocked from information attacks or software failures to ensure security. In a full-fledged model of protection of ACS from risks, the following should be implemented:
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The core focus of the Enterprise File Fabric is providing multi-cloud content collaboration with strong cybersecurity and compliance protection for a company’s entire date state, whether that is file or object storage; and whether that is stored on-premises or on-cloud.
Having employees outside the office working and accessing data from different locations, this year more than ever it was crucial for companies to feel their data was secured.
Remote Working, or working on the move can often be the weak point of document compliance, but the File Fabric Apps and best-of-breed integrations mean that end user workflows remain the same and policy and compliance enforcement is unchanged.
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By T. K. “Ranga” Rengarajan, corporate vice president, Data Platform
Today, we’re announcing the public preview of Spark for Azure HDInsight and the upcoming general availability of Power BI on July 24th. These investments support our commitment to help more people maximize their data dividends with interactive visualizations on big data.
Big data is changing the way organizations deliver value to their stakeholders. For example, Real Madrid bring soccer matches closer to their 450 million fans and Ultra Tendency project the health impact of nuclear contamination in Japan. Here at Microsoft, we’re thrilled to help fuel that innovation with data solutions that give customers simple but powerful capabilities. This is something we’ve done with Azure HDInsight by making Hadoop easier to provision, manage, customize, and scale. Azure HDInsight is a fully managed Hadoop service, that includes 24×7 monitoring and enterprise support across the broadest range of analytic workloads.
Introducing Spark for Azure HDInsight
Today, we go further with this vision by providing our customers the best environment to run Apache Spark. Spark is one of the most popular big data projects known for its ability to handle large-scale data applications in memory, making queries up to 100 times faster. Spark lets users do various tasks like batch and interactive queries, real-time streaming, machine learning, and graph processing – all with the same common execution model. With Spark for Azure HDInsight, we offer customers more value with an enterprise ready Spark solution that’s fully managed and has a choice of compelling and interactive experiences.
Choice of compelling interactive experiences: Microsoft empowers users and organizations to achieve more by making data accessible to as many people as possible.
We have out-of-the-box integration to Power BI for interactive visualizations over big data. Because both are powered by the cloud, you can deploy Spark cluster and visualize it in Power BI within minutes without investing in hardware or complex integration.
Data scientists can use popular notebooks like Zeppelin and Jupyter (iPython) to do interactive analysis and machine learning to create narratives that combine code, statistical equations, and visualizations that tell a story about the data with Spark for Azure HDInsight.
Microsoft offers flexibility to use BI tools like Tableau, SAP Lumira, and QlikView so you can leverage existing investments.
Enterprise Spark: Integrating Spark with Azure HDInsight ensures that it is ready to meet the demands of your mission critical deployments because Azure is always-on, has hyper-scale, and is enterprise-grade. With a 99.9% service level agreement at general availability, you can ensure continuity and protection against catastrophic events. As demands grow, create larger clusters with your choice of SSD and RAM allocation to process big data on demand. Microsoft also has built-in integration with other parts of Azure, like Event Hubs, for building Streaming and IoT related applications.
Fully Managed: With Spark for Azure HDInsight, you can get started quickly with a fully managed cluster. This includes 24×7 monitoring and enterprise support for peace of mind. You also have the elasticity of a cloud solution, so you can scale your solution up or down easily, and only pay for the power that you use.
In addition to Spark, we announced the upcoming general availability of Power BI on July 24. Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service that enables anyone to visualize and analyze data with greater speed, efficiency, and understanding. It connects users to a broad range of live data through easy-to-use dashboards, provides interactive reports, and delivers compelling visualizations that bring data to life. Power BI has out-of-the-box connectors to Spark enabling users to do interactive visualizations on top of big data. For more information on this announcement, read James Phillip’s blog post.
Microsoft continues to make it easier for customers to maximize their data dividends with our data platform and services. It’s never been easier to capture, transform, mash-up, analyze and visualize any data, of any size, at any scale, in its native format using familiar tools, languages and frameworks in a trusted environment on-premises and in the cloud.
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When the Boss Leaves, What Data Is at Risk? I would think that the one area in the network infrastructure that is a security priority for IT and security administrators is privileged accounts that control access to servers, firewalls, applications, and so on. There is a reason why so few people in any organization hold login credentials for these accounts. Can you imagine how much damage can be done if too many people had access to this sensitive hardware and software and their login information ended up in the wrong hands? As TechTarget pointed out:
In the wrong hands, privileged accounts represent the biggest threat to enterprises because these accounts can breach personal data, complete unauthorized transactions, cause denial-of-service attacks, and hide activity by deleting audit data.
Having a solid privileged account management (PAM) system in place is vital not only in terms of security, but also for meeting industry compliances and regulations. That makes the results of a new Thycotic study, which found that too many companies are failing at PAM security enforcement, particularly troublesome. As explained on Thycotic’s blog post about the study:
An alarming 52 percent of those companies received a failing grade on the enforcement of proper privileged credential controls. Part of the reason may be because only 10 percent of them have invested into a vendor solution to automate and get PAM right.
This is despite 80 percent of those polled stating that PAM security is a high priority and 60 percent adding that PAM security is required to meet government compliance for their industry.
The failures are easy to see – and probably easy to fix: not changing passwords, sharing passwords, and lack of approval for adding new administrators to an account. We already know that hackers take advantage of password laziness but, in this case, those particular passwords in the hands of the bad guys have the ability to exploit virtually any part of a network.
How do you address PAM security? Adopting automated PAM solutions may be the first step. Another may involve bringing in experienced or specifically trained security professionals into the organization, something that too many companies lack. (Sorry, but at this point in the game, telling the IT guy to handle security isn’t enough.) And finally, Thycotic recommended the following:
Adopt security polices to help ensure least privilege strategy for account access. You should explore employing software tools to limit privileged access without impacting user productivity.
Do you know if your PAM meets good security standards? Thycotic developed this survey to see where your PAM stands in relation to others.
Sue Marquette Poremba has been writing about network security since 2008. In addition to her coverage of security issues for IT Business Edge, her security articles have been published at various sites such as Forbes, Midsize Insider and Tom's Guide. You can reach Sue via Twitter: @sueporemba.
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Nomura Holdings, a Japanese financial services group, announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement with ailing Lehman Brothers Holdings to acquire Lehman's back office and IT operations in Mumbai, India for an undisclosed amount.
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
Nomura will acquire three companies -- Lehman Brothers Services India Private Limited, Lehman Brothers Financial Services (India) Private Limited, and Lehman Brothers Structured Finance Services Private Limited -- which are all specialized service companies in Powai, Mumbai.
Nomura announced last month it would acquire Lehman Brothers' franchise in the Asia-Pacific region and its European and Middle Eastern equities and investment banking operations.
The crisis in the U.S. financial services sector may impact offshoring of back office operations and IT services to India in the short term, according to India's National Association of Software and Service Companies. Struggling financial services companies are expected to close down or sell their operations in India, and reduce outsourcing to Indian companies in the short and medium term, according to analysts.
Lehman's operations in Powai were set up in 2005 to provide operational support, particularly in the area of IT, across the Lehman network. The acquisition will add to Nomura's global network approximately 3,000 employees, including 1,200 IT professionals, Nomura said in a statement on Monday. It will significantly enhance Nomura's IT functions and other support operations including financial control, operations, risk management, as well as analytical support for various business verticals including investment banking, capital markets, research and prime services, Nomura added.
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Two cyber crime advisors are to take places within Warwickshire County Council’s Community Safety and Substance Misuse Team, in a move funded by the local police and crime commissioner (PCC).
The PCC has been receiving applications for the jobs and is planning to interview candidates with a view to get them in place during the spring.
Placing them within the council team follows a precedent set by earlier appointments. A spokesperson for the Police and Crime Commissioner Warwickshire said it already has people in other roles, such as rural crime coordinators, in the council, and that “having them inside rather than outside makes more sense”.
He said: “They will mainly be working towards providing advice to SMEs across Warwickshire. We see cyber crime as a major threat and feel it needs a serious response.
“There will also be an overspill in terms of working with community groups; it’s not solely business focused and some of the advice will be pertinent to all users.
“They will be getting messages out through groups such as Neighbourhood Watch, and helping to bridge the gap between what different organisations are doing.”
Victims and losses
Research conducted jointly by the PCC and council last year indicated a significant level of online crime in Warwickshire. Responses to the survey suggested there could be around 82,000 victims of online crime across the county each year, with around 25,500 suffering some kind of financial loss. It also led to an estimate that around 13,000 people have no idea of how to protect themselves online.
Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Ball said: “Although levels of traditional crime continue to fall, it is clear there is a new frontier for criminals who increasingly are turning their attentions online to commit crime. Our research indicates that the losses suffered by victims of cyber crime in the county could amount to as much as £2.5 million each year.
“While there has already been a great deal of good work carried by many individual agencies across Warwickshire to try and combat this trend, it was clear to me that a more coordinated approach would prove helpful and ensure that the right expert advice from all agencies can get out quickly and effectively to the public.
“This way of working has already proved very beneficial when tackling business and rural crime where I have provided funding for similar advisers, so I am delighted to be able extend this to cyber crime.”
Action plan
The advisers are also due to work with the council team in developing an action plan to support the Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Place Cyber Crime Strategy, although there is not yet a firm date for its delivery.
A budget of about £90,000 a year has been made available by the PCC to cover the two salaries and project fees.
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Founded by Joe and Mildred Foster in 1947, ISG Technology is a family-owned cybersecurity company with other 2000 clients and multiple locations across the Midwest including St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri. CEO Ben Foster is passionate about taking this firm into the future, growing an expansive business that looks to tackle an increasingly important issue in today’s world.
Acknowledging that every client and company is unique, and therefore also faces unique cybersecurity challenges, ISG Technology is committed to providing customized solutions to all customers. They offer managed services, with live IT support, consulting, cloud hosting and other professional IT services to their customers, ensuring that any and all IT-related needs can be taken care of.
No matter what sector you are working in, if you’re looking for IT and cybersecurity support, look to ISG Technology.
2. Alias cybersecurity
Led by the vision and knowledge base of CEO Donovan Farrow and president Todd Coates, Alias cybersecurity is a cybersecurity firm that offers the services of their expert staff, who are ready to meet with and advise customers on the changing threats to their IT systems. Whether it is about protection from the most recent scams and viruses, the company is ready to stand beside you and deliver the very best online protection you can find.
Your engagement with Alias cybersecurity begins with their in-depth analysis of your system: assessing response times to threats, looking for gaps in the system’s security, and finally providing you with an overall assessment and evaluation. What this lengthy and intrusive testing will do is allow them to clearly break down what needs to take place to elevate your cybersecurity, and protect your invaluable data and digital processes.
Let Alias cybersecurity take care of your company’s cybersecurity.
3. Depth Security
Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Depth Security is an IT security services company. On the strength of their integrity and history of excellence, they are proud to announce that they’ve been acquired by the internationally-acclaimed company Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., as their cybersecurity division.
Depth Security offers customers advanced endpoint protection, vulnerability management, network access control, and mobile threat prevention. The company also provides potential customers with the very best in network penetration testing, adversary emulation and security reviews, to give you the most accurate idea of where your system stands in terms of cybersecurity.
Founder Gary Fish’s Fishtech Group is the latest in a string of successive cybersecurity ventures that the skilled entrepreneur has been involved with. Staffed with a passionate leader standing with hundreds of skilled cybersecurity professionals, Fishtech Group offers cybersecurity responses to protect organizations from online threats and risks.
What sets Fishtech Group apart from other cybersecurity outfits is their holistic approach to cybersecurity, pairing human insight with their patented cloud native analytics platform (CNAP) and global security operations center (GSOC). After spending the time to assess the condition of your digital platform, the business is excited to present you with solutions and their expert recommendations that will keep you and your data secure.
With more than 20 years of experience in the field of cybersecurity, NTP is a cybersecurity firm that has the expertise and experience to provide your company with the advice and professional guidance to approach today’s online world. Out of their office in Ellisville, Missouri, NTP provides top grade cybersecurity support, which all begins with an analysis of your security setup that they’re happy to provide free of charge.
NTP’s offerings include security assessments, incident response and security awareness analysis, social engineering, firewall review and also network vulnerability assessment. Their proprietary ARGISS system can be deployed and help actively assess your system’s security condition in real time, reacting and delivering recommendations for actions to be taken.
Learn more about ARGISS and NTP’s many other cybersecurity services here.
6. SSE
Established in 1966 by founder Susan S. Elliott, Systems Service Enterprises Inc., or SSE, has always been a player in the cybersecurity field, continuing to evolve and stand among the very best in the industry. Situated in St. Louis, Missouri, the cybersecurity outfit serves a diverse range of industries, from aerospace / defense and financial services, to manufacturing and non-profit organizations.
SSE offers managed IT services, cloud services, IT consulting and cybersecurity services, to name a few. Whether it is helping to set up a firewall to protect your system against malware or for web filtering, or providing antivirus for host firewall or USB device control, they have offerings that run the gamut and are sure to exceed your expectations.
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Speartip is a cybersecurity organization that is eager to work alongside you and your company to protect you from potential threats and attackers. CEO’s Jarrett Kalthoff brings his unique skill set as a former Special Agent to the private sector through this company, to deliver a focused approach to cybersecurity defence.
The company provides data breach investigation services, IT remediation and decryption services to clients. Their specially designed Shadowspear platform is designed to identify, neutralize and counter any potential threats against your online adversaries. Speartip is also prepared and able to provide additional advice and guidance on future best practices, and train your staff to be your best frontline of defence against cyber-attacks in the future.
Award-winning Anderson Technologies has been providing IT support and cybersecurity for clients for the last 25 years. The company has worked with accountants, dental offices, and manufacturing outfits, managing IT services and providing consulting, as well as setting customers up with their vaunted cybersecurity set up for proven defence against cyber-attacks.
With cybercrime ever prevalent, it’s no longer a luxury for businesses to invest in cybersecurity, but an essential investment for the safety and continued success of your business. Anderson Technologies is ready to step in by providing your company with a set of software, online tools, and cybersecurity plans to help prepare you and defend your systems against potential cyber-attacks.
Let Anderson Technologies know where your company stands and start a conversation on how they can upgrade your cybersecurity.
9. Q-Net Security
Established in 2015 by founder and owner Jerry Cox, Q-Net Security looks to revolutionize cybersecurity by approaching it with a new methodology: instead of fully focusing on a software-based defence, Q-Net Security looks to strengthen your company’s cybersecurity with a hardware-focused approach to cybersecurity. This cybersecurity firm is based in St. Louis, Missouri, and continues to break barriers and expectations under the leadership of current CEO Ronald Indeck.
Working with Q-Net Security will allow companies to benefit from their tested security system which, while boasting impressive integrity against external attacks, is extremely easy to manage for staff members. Q-Net Security creates a barrier between the Internet and your network, preventing potential hazards from leaking into your network and corrupting or compromising your system and data.
Midwest Computech is a IT consulting firm that delivers a number of IT-related services to its customers, including hosting solutions, IT consulting, managed IT services, and cybersecurity. Since 1982, they have been one of Missouri’s most reliable IT companies, and now conveniently have multiple in-state locations in Columbia and Sedalia.
Midwest Computech’s cybersecurity services is one of its most attractive offerings for customers. Protecting your company’s information and data is one of the most important investments you will make. From their central locations, Midwest Computech will work tirelessly to scan your systems and provide you with up-to-date analyses and recommendations on how best to upgrade and improve your cybersecurity status.
Speak to Midwest Computech about what they can do to benefit you.
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