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Businesses are adapting IT strategies, reprioritizing cloud adoption and automated database monitoring due to the effects of a global lockdown, remote working and a focus on business continuity, according to Redgate.
The report, which surveyed nearly 1,000 respondents in April 2020, reveals that while performance monitoring and backups remain the most common responsibilities for database professionals, managing security and user permissions have leapt to third and fourth place, respectively.
However, there seems to be a learning curve. As database professionals adopt these new roles, respondents say that staffing and recruitment is the second biggest challenge in managing estates.
Additionally, the two biggest causes of problems with database management come from human error (23%) and ad hoc user access (18%), which could be a result of increased remote working as tasks become more widely distributed.
Increase in the use of cloud-based platforms
In support of remote teams, respondents reported a rapid increase in the use of cloud-based platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, which is up 15 percentage points in the last year.
With many businesses like Twitter announcing that remote working will become business-as-usual in the future, the report highlights why effective, reliable monitoring of database estates is critical to business longevity.
Perhaps as a consequence, only 18% of respondents continue to monitor their estates manually, and for those who are managing 50 instances or more, the number using a monitoring tool rises to 90%.
SQL Server is used by 81% of respondents, followed by MySQL at 33%, Oracle at 29%, and PostgreSQL at 21% (multiple platforms are often in use and respondents could choose more than one platform).
As Grant Fritchey, author and co-author of several books on SQL Server and a DevOps Advocate for Redgate, comments: “While our research focused on the need for database monitoring, the issues it uncovered are practically universal given the current business environment.
“For example, we know that recruitment may be challenging for many, and there is a renewed desire to adopt technologies like the cloud, while still improving performance. And with the uncertainty ahead, we could see lasting changes for years to come.”
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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/06/02/adapting-it-strategies/
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In other news on March 31, Marriott disclosed what it called a “Property System Incident.”
We interrupt that to report a shoplifting at a dollar store, cutting now to the live police feed of this dramatic story.
Marriott doubtless hoped you would miss it because the company’s statement is calculatedly blah. It says just about nothing and that’s tipped off by the word “incident” in the headline. Meaning absolutely nothing.
But the Marriott statement does note the personal info of about 5.2 million Marriott loyalty members apparently was compromised in the “incident.” It elaborated:
“At this point, the company believes that the following information may have been involved for up to approximately 5.2 million guests, although not all of this information was present for every guest involved:
* contact details (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) * loyalty account information (e.g., account number and points balance, but not passwords) * additional personal details (e.g., company, gender, and birthday day and month) * partnerships and affiliations (e.g., linked airline loyalty programs and numbers) * preferences (e.g., stay/room preferences and language preference).”
Marriott added: “Although Marriott’s investigation is ongoing, the company currently has no reason to believe that the information involved included Marriott Bonvoy account passwords or PINs, payment card information, passport information, national IDs, or driver’s license numbers.”
The real take away from this: the continuing indifference of the hotel sector to protection of guest data. How many breaches have to occur – from Trump hotels to Starwood and Hilton and just about everybody else? How many stories have to be written? Somebody needs to say, this is a problem. It needs to be fixed.
Actually we’ve been saying all for that for some years now and nothing has changed.
We need a new campaign. Complaining about hotelier incompetence is not enough.
Real change will start with us.
We share culpability. We put up with it. For some time I have suggested that probably the only safe way to stay in a hotel is with a bogus travel credential (a novelty Irish driver’s license for instance) and using a credit card paired to the bogus ID. Then annually burn that identity and create a new one.
Shop for ID online. Here for instance. Note: I am not suggesting using any such ID to drive a car or any similar activity – many of which might be illegal. Rather, I am suggesting we take a trick from the oldime restaurant critic’s playbook – from the era where they practiced anonymity – when every big newspaper and magazine handed out credit cards in bogus names to their critics so they could make anonymous reservations. As long as the bills got paid, no harm done.
We’d be a lot safer in hotels if we did something similar today.
A lot of work? Yeah. But so is the persistent credit monitoring we all do because we have been involved in so many data breaches, many involving hotels and restaurants.
In Marriott’s defense this breach was detected quickly by hotel standards – often years go by. In this case, just months.
But worrisome is that two employee accounts were apparently the tools. And that they were used to perpetrate large amounts of data exfiltration that should have been detected and stopped quickly. Screens against substantial data exfiltration just are good practice in well run organizations.
Not apparently in Marriott.
So what should you do now? Paul Bischoff, privacy advocate with Comparitech, said: “The biggest threat Marriott guests might face as a result of this breach is targeted phishing. Guests should be on the lookout for targeted messages from scammers posing as Marriott or a related company. Don’t click on links or attachments in unsolicited emails. Check email addresses and don’t just trust display names. If you’re uncertain as to whether a message is legitimate or not, ask Marriott using contact information found through Google.”
Remember that. If you are among the 5.2 million you will begin getting targeted phishing emails as soon as the data sells on the dark web. And it will go on for years.
Call it deja vu all over again: A March 2, 2020 Travel Weekly headline screams: “Latest targets of fraudsters are hotel and airline loyalty points.”
I first recall writing about this in 2014: The Hilton HHonors Hack: Loyalty Programs Under Siege and How to Protect Yourself.
You might think the bad news is that nothing has changed. You’d be wrong. The worse news is that, yes, nothing has changed and cyber thieves – knowing we now have so many ways to accumulate miles and points – are more energetically emptying out our accounts because, apparently, neither hotels nor airlines have done much to batten those hatches and secure their loyalty program against pickpockets.
What’s the allure for crooks? As I wrote in the Hilton story six and one-half years ago: “Huge buckets of Hilton points – sometimes in the hundreds of thousands – have shown up in hacker bazaars, where one vendor, for instance, offered 250,000 points for $3.50. At the Hilton shopping mall, an Apple iPad Air 64G is yours for 489,000 points – so at that criminal exchange rate, maybe $7 (payable in Bitcoin) will grab it. There are other, reported cases where around $10 in Bitcoin bought enough points to claim over $1,000 in hotel room nights.”
What a deal.
The Loyalty Security Association meanwhile estimates that 1% of airline mile redemptions are fraudulent.
But that number may be growing, oddly in part because of a consumer friendly gesture on the part of carriers. Reported Travel Weekly, “Jeff Wixted, vice president of product management and operations for Accertify, an American Express subsidiary that provides fraud-prevention services, said loyalty fraud has especially accelerated in the past 15 to 18 months, with fraudsters buoyed recently by the growing trend among airlines to do away with point expirations.”
That of course meant there are more miles to steal from more inattentive consumers.
Wixted added that the value of US loyalty accounts is around $100 billion.
US consumers belong to some 3.8 billion loyalty programs, according to Clarus. 54% are inactive and those dormant accounts of course are prime for thievery. If you haven’t checked your Delta account in years, would you even notice if miles had been pilfered? Of course not.
I know I wouldn’t and, yes, over the years I’ve left multiple airline and hotel loyalty accounts go fallow and I have no idea if the zero balances I see are because the vendor wiped the account after X months of inactivity or if an enterprising thief hoovered them out.
Amex’s Wixted, by the way, predicted to Travel Weekly that the value of loyalty fraud will eventually eclipse the value of credit card fraud.
As for how criminals get our loyalty program details, the surest answer is the many breaches suffered by travel companies. From Starwood to BA, there have been massive breaches involving hundreds of millions of us, probably billions of us all accounted.
Experts warn that many of us also fall victim to phishing schemes – where we get a tasty offer from what appears to be a known travel provider, we respond with our program details and they are off to the races, while not only don’t we get the proferred deal, our loyalty balances are emptied out.
Criminals also are known to erect sham great deal pages where they harvest credit card and loyalty program info from bargain hunters who stumble in and can’t resist a prime New York hotel room at $49, for instance.
Know this: smart crooks increasingly are determined to rob our loyalty points and miles and they are succeeding at this larceny.
That does not mean the situation is hopeless.
Here’s our best defense: check loyalty programs regularly. My habitual practice was to review an account only when I wanted to cash in miles or points.
No more. Now I check the few accounts I have decided to maintain – three airline programs, two hotels, one credit card – monthly. I do not rely on the hotels and airlines; their track records don’t breed confidence. So I provide my own vigilance.
For years I have pondered a puzzle: why do financial institutions spend so much on cybersecurity and employ wonderfully smart and talented people – but the results are not as good as one would hope.
Frequently financial institutions simply are whipped by their criminal opponents.
Just look back on how DDOS – distributed denial of service – brought innumerable institutions to their knees a few years ago. It took months for credit unions to get it together to repel the attack.
Then look at ATM jackpotting. New account opening fraud. ATM skimming. The list could go on and on but you get the message: criminals often outwit credit unions and banks and that is despite the money spent and the talent employed.
Call centers are under attack by criminals. Smart criminals. And they are targeting credit unions.
Credit unions are responding by asking more members ever harder questions. Just one problem. As the questions get more obscure – what was the make of the second car you owned – more members give wrong answers.
Fraudsters incidentally often can perform quite well on these tests because they have amassed data via the dark web.
They probably know the name of that kindergarten teacher that you have forgotten.
Tough questions are no cure.
The better solution is to implement biometric authentication that eliminates the need for answering a series of obscure questions. Enter Illuma Labs which is focused on helping small and mid sized financial institutions – that means you, credit unions – implement passive voice recognition.
As for what passive recognition means it’s that it happens in the background, the member needs do nothing special. In a matter of quick seconds he/she is authenticated and you can get down to business.
That means quicker call times, lower costs, happier members and happier call center staff.
This podcast is a guided tour into how voice rec works, how to implement it quickly and at low costs, and why this is the 21st century solution to a lot of the fraud credit union call centers are experiencing.
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Now is the time to take stock of our defenses and I’m not talking about pickpockets and hotel safe thieves. What I mean is guarding against cybercriminals who, unfortunately, prey on business travelers particularly – everywhere from coffee shops to airports to hotels, even whole foreign countries.
A few steps will keep your data safe on the road and it is vastly more valuable than the devices themselves. At least in my case where I usually travel with a five yearold Chromebook, somtimes an iPad Air 2 , neither having much value. The Pixel 3 XL phone has a little value but not much. A suggestion: always travel with disposable tech gear that you won’t miss.
It’s the data that I am concerned about because a criminal could feast on my financial accounts and maybe find a way to monetize data gleaned from emails and documents, many thousands of both on my devices.
Here are my steps towards safe travels.
Maybe not the gear of Bob Schub, average citizen, but if there is a reason to think you might have interesting info on your computer or phone know it will be copied.
Do not bring your every day business computers or phones to China. Don’t.
China is not alone. Here’s a map of the world with nations that heavily monitor Internet traffic highlighted. There are places you might not go – Saudi Arabia – and there are places you might go that monitor at least some traffic (Russia, Turkey). Know before you go and, when in doubt, use clean devices when traveling overseas.
Sometimes they say it was stolen.
It doesn’t matter. You probably will never see it again.
Know this happens, take steps now to protect yourself.
Set up Find My Device (Android) or Find My iPhone in Settings. Now. When you lose a device it may help you find it and – crucially – it may let you wipe the device which means erasing all personal data.
Also, lock the phone, with a PIN or biometric, in Security (Android) or TouchID and Passcode (Apple). That simple step will keep most criminals away from your data and, in most cases, they only want the phone hardware anyway.
The data is more valuable than the hardware but most criminals are grab and run small change crooks and that’s the good news.
Just take the two simple steps above and, yes, you can cry about losing a $1000 piece of hardware but at least your data and bank accounts will stay safe and that is what matters.
Never, don’t. That means no public WiFi at airports, coffee shops, and definitely not hotels.
You say you are protected because you use a VPN. Good luck with that (read about China above). Know that there are known vulnerabilities in consumer facing VPNs and there also are vulnerabilities with enterprise grade VPNs.
Personally I sometimes use Google’s VPN on a Google Fi phone when accessing the Internet but generally I am reading the news or checking a website and if that traffic is hijacked, so be it.
My preference is to create a cellphone hotspot and access the Internet via cellular data networks. A few clicks in setting and you are in business.
You really think public WiFi is faster and of course it usually is cheaper? There is one safe way to use public WiFi – read the next step.
Use a Secure Cloud Based Browser
When on the road and accessing sensitive data via public WiFi, I use Silo, a remote browser that processes all data remotely, in the cloud. (Here’s a paper on the technicalities.) It then transmits an encrypted display of the data to you so you “see” the web page but any computing functions have occurred in the cloud, at a remove from your computer.
There are other remote browsers.
Whichever you use, know that when you look at a page with toxic code, no prob, the bad stuff happens in the cloud. Not on your computer.
And eavesdroppers – who often listen in on public WiFi sessions – will only see an encrypted data steam that won’t mean a thing to them.
That’s five steps. Take them and there’s no guarantee of data security on the road. But you can know you are taking steps to secure your phone, your computer, your Internet traffic. And that puts you in a safer place than 99% of travelers
Online fraud in the aviation sector is up – by a lot. 61% to use the number offered by Forter. “The fraud prevention specialist says the rise can be attributed to loyalty programs as well as data breaches, such as that suffered by British Airways just over a year ago,” reports Phocuswire.
Last week I reported that airlines were doing better than hotels in fighting cybercriminals. But just maybe the fortunes of airlines have shifted from positive to a shambles. Forter’s new numbers tell the sad story.
What’s stunning is that in 2018 fraud attacks on the airline industry in fact went down, 28%.
However, Forter plainly said this was no cause for joy. In its report the company noted: “This indicates that the large data hacks within the industry, some of which made passport information available along with other stolen data, have yet to be reused to commit air travel fraud. This data is valuable enough to be leveraged for fully fledged identity theft (which may have many stages) rather than ‘thrown away’ on a single fraud attempt.”
That prophecy has come true in 2019 with the steep jump in airline fraud – particularly involving miles and loyalty, according to the just released numbers.
Forter especially highlighted this fraud in its most recent fraud index: “Loyalty fraud increased by 89% year over year, while the total dollar amount in online fraud increased by 12% year over year. “
In some respects this is not exactly news. As I wrote last week, “Loyalty programs have for some years been hacker targets. ” The reasons are plain. Most of us are lax about keeping tabs on loyalty accounts and the miles and points are easy for a thief to turn into cash equivalents. Airline tickets are always salable – but so are airline points and miles because they readily convert to air travel.
Loyalty programs are especially vulnerable because companies strive to deliver a frictionless experience – and where there is no friction, generally the on ramp for fraudsters is that much more welcoming.
Said Forter: “As a result, loyalty point programs become more vulnerable to opportunistic fraudsters. Points accrued in a customer’s account are treated like digital goods — redemption is wholly conducted online, and requires no stolen credit card information to execute. Fraudsters are thereby able to leverage these points as ‘free’ funding sources and given the minimal mitigation efforts by merchants, are able to consistently do damage without raising suspicions.”
The massive BA breach of course fueled much of the jump in airline related fraud. About 500,000 customer details were harvested in the breach.
Land travel incidentally also saw a jump in fraud, up 38%. Said Forter: “This increase is attributed to the fact that car rentals and ride services apply less friction in their platforms (ease of pick up in parking, no ID required, etc.), in order to remain competitive in the market and for the perceived better customer experience. The push for an excellent and friction-free customer experience has created vulnerabilities in these platforms, which fraudsters have been targeting.”
Protecting your accounts – especially your loyalty accounts – is squarely on you. Regularly check balances and, hey, I know it’s tempting not to bother until you want to cash in miles but wait until then and when you look, the miles may be gone.
Now also is a good time to log into any car rental accounts you have. Ditto Uber, Lyft, etc.
Focus in on the loyalty accounts because that’s where fraudsters are hunting. Personally I have in the past couple weeks set up new, complex passwords and I have also set up four airline accounts to work on biometrics. The goal: to never actually input the password and always to use the biometrics.
What to do if miles have in fact been pilfered from an airline account?Prepare for what may turn out to be a prolonged battle. Particularly when many months have elapsed between when a theft occurs and when it’s reported, some airlines are proving to be stubborn about restoring miles. You may get them, you may not, and a real key to success is quick notification on your part.
Which bring us back to our core advice to regularly check balances. How often is good enough? Personally I aim now for once monthly. You may check more frequently with high balance accounts, you may want less frequently with low balance accounts.
But know it’s up to you. Use a very strong password, use biometrics, and stay aware of account activity.
That’s how to protect what is yours. Because – plainly – it’s on you because you can’t depend on the airlines’ defenses.
If you are reading this on hotel WiFi, sign off now. A new Bloomberg report underlines how porous hotel WiFi networks are. This is a long look at the problem and that’s good because it is a grim reality that savvy travelers need to know about.
Do you care if hackers have your credit card numbers, maybe passport info, possibly driver’s license details, hotel loyalty program log in and password, and probably more? Because they do. Because hotels do not care about your privacy. They just don’t.
Of course this week’s news is about airlines and breaches – specifically BA – and they have a sorry history of poor defense against hackers. Don’t get distracted however. Airlines are bad at this. But hotels are simply the worst.
Forgive me a Cassandra moment. I have been writing about how much hotel WiFi sucks for at least a decade. The stories are manifold and they always say the same: hackers long ago figured out that hotels have essentially no protections on their wifi networks so it is very much a wild west where an Internet caveat emptor prevails.
Except the odds are stacked against you: the hackers are very good at their work, which is stealing salable data. Hotels are very bad at protecting our data. Hotel group after hotel group has fallen victim to hackers. Trump. Hard Rock. Hilton. Marriott.
Information security blogger Brian Krebs has reported that the Marriott (Starwood) breach involved 500 million of us.
In a mea culpa, Marriott said: “The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property. For approximately 327 million of these guests, the information includes some combination of name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest (“SPG”) account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date, and communication preferences. For some, the information also includes payment card numbers and payment card expiration dates, but the payment card numbers were encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard encryption (AES-128). There are two components needed to decrypt the payment card numbers, and at this point, Marriott has not been able to rule out the possibility that both were taken. For the remaining guests, the information was limited to name and sometimes other data such as mailing address, email address, or other information.”
As for who hacked these hotels, nobody knows. In many cases it doubtless is ordinary, common criminals. In other cases, something else may be afoot. Noted Bloomberg: “Marriott hasn’t found any evidence of customer data showing up on dark-web marketplaces, CEO Arne Sorenson told a Senate committee hearing in March. That sounds like good news but may actually be bad. The lack of commercial intent indicated to security experts that the hack was carried out by a government, which might use the data to extrapolate information about politicians, intelligence assets, and business leaders.”
Yep. The Chinese are believed to be voluminous acquirers of data. But the Russian aren’t slouches. Several European governments are in the game too. And the US government increasingly is active. In that last case it is difficult to see a hack on a domestic company. But impossible? Not really.
Understand this: hotels are truly bad at protecting data. It’s an industrywide malady. And hotels are lots worse than most other industries. Bloomberg posits a theory: “Hospitality companies long saw technology as antithetical to the human touch that represented good service. The industry’s admirable habit of promoting from the bottom up means it’s not uncommon to find IT executives who started their careers toting luggage. Former bellboys might understand how a hotel works better than a software engineer, but that doesn’t mean they understand network architecture.”
That rings true to me.
Bloomberg went on: “There’s also a structural issue. Companies such as Marriott and Hilton are responsible for securing brand-wide databases that store reservations and loyalty program information. But the task of protecting the electronic locks or guest Wi-Fi at an individual property falls on the investors who own the hotels. Many of them operate on thin margins and would rather spend money on things their customers actually see, such as new carpeting or state-of-the-art televisions.”
In the big chains the vast majority of hotels are owned by “asset holders” – everything from pension funds and big insurance companies to wealthy individuals. They have to be persuaded to fund big ticket campaigns. And often they haven’t been.
The result in the hotel business is a patchwork of old, cruddy, unreliable technology.
But you do not have to be a victim. There is nothing we can do to strengthen the defenses around a hotel’s property management system, etc. But we can take steps to protect ourselves when it involves WiFi.
You have three options. Definitely use them in hotels, but also in airports, coffee shops, and airport lounges. I don’t guarantee your safety but I promise you will be much, much safer than if you don’t take such steps.
O Create a personal hotspot with your cellphone and log in via it. Cellular data is much, much more secure than is hotel network data. Not perfect. But good enough for most of us. This has been my go to for some years.
O Use VPN, a virtual private network. There are known limitations to the security delivered by VPNs. I personally no longer use one. But I know many companies require their traveling execs use a vpn and if that’s policy, it is much, much better than logging on naked to a hotel network.
O Use Silo or a similar secure browser. The secure browser processes all web data inside a secure container so even if a user accesses malware it’s no harm, because the data won’t reach the user’s computer. Silo also encrypts traffic to shield it from prying eyes. A tool such as Silo offers more robust protection than do VPNs. (Note: I have been paid by Silo’s developer for past work. That company had no involvement in this column and did not pay me for this.)
That’s three choices. On your next hotel stay when you log into the Internet use one of the three and know that you will be a lot safer than the guests who log into the hotel’s computer. There is no excuse for not protecting yourself. Not when you know just how perilous hotel networks are and will almost certainly remain.
Mea culpa. I probably have misled you about road warrior Internet security in the past. But today I am here to make amends.
The problem is the public WiFi so many of us use daily. In coffee shops, hotel rooms, meetings venues, airplanes – we hear the Siren call of public WiFi and often succumb to the temptation. We tell ourselves we will be safe because we use VPN.
For some time I have said that probably is good enough protection.
Now I am rethinking that position. A small project I’ve done with Authentic 8, a security company that has developed Silo, a secure remote browser, is what’s persuaded me that oftentimes VPN just isn’t good enough.
The problem with computing on the road starts with public WiFi which is – well documented – a hacker’s paradise. Noted Kaspersky: “The biggest threat to free Wi-Fi security is the ability for the hacker to position himself between you and the connection point. So instead of talking directly with the hotspot, you’re sending your information to the hacker, who then relays it on.
“While working in this setup, the hacker has access to every piece of information you’re sending out on the Internet: important emails, credit card information and even security credentials to your business network. Once the hacker has that information, he can — at his leisure — access your systems as if he were you.”
If that didn’t scare you, read it again. It’s saying that when using public WiFi you are a sitting duck.
Enter VPN, the putative magic bullet. Many believe it makes public WiFi safe. I wrote as much myself. What VPN does is create a so-called secure tunnel and, they say, that’s ample protection against hackers.
Is it really? That’s not what I discovered. In fact VPN often is hacked. Here’s one write up that documents five ways VPNs can fail to deliver protection.
Here’s a headline from ComputerWeekly: “VPN hacks can be lethal, warns security expert.”
Here’s another headline: “DEF CON Update: Researcher Shows How To Hack VPN Services Via VORACLE Attacks.”
VPN can be hacked, it can be used to distribute malware, and, even worse, there are ever more bogus VPN apps that exist to herd the unwary sheep to hacker wolves.
Understand, I use VPN probably daily. It’s set up to self deploy on my Pixel phone when I’m in range of a public WiFi network. I agreed to that offer from Google Fi, my cellular provider. But I am very cautious about what info I access under that arrangement. And it’s a Google VPN in the bargain.
If you are accessing public WiFi and all you have is VPN, use it. Most of the time VPN will probably be good enough. And it’s definitely better than nothing.
But be very careful about what you access. Stay aware of VPN’s limits.
What if I want more access, and to access more sensitive data? For looking at brokerage accounts, company financial data, maybe even loyalty program balances, personal bank and credit accounts, VPN alone may not be good enough. That’s where I now say a user ought to deploy the secure, remote Silo browser or similar. Advantages are plentiful. With it, the user location is opaque. No Web data ever touches the endpoint – what’s distributed are pixels, no more.
This document tells you what you want to know about Silo.
What Silo does is process all web data remotely, inside a cloud container. It then transmits an encrypted display of the data back to the user. And when it’s done, Silo destroys the browser session, leaving no traces on the user’s device.
That’s the beauty of it. The web data is handled inside a secure, web based container. There can be all manner of bad stuff in it and it won’t matter to your user session because it will live only in the cloud.
Oh, and in my tests, I don’t see speed losses when using Silo. There of course are usually significant speed losses with VPN. If there’s a reason users don’t deploy VPN when they have it available, it’s the speed bump. That isn’t a problem with Silo.
Note: Silo does not run on phones. For them, you will still want to use VPN. It does run on iPad. Also laptops of course.
The key point is if you want something better – more secure – than VPN, know it exists.
Full disclosure: I have done contract writing for Authentic 8, which is how I grew aware of Silo. I was not paid by Authentic 8 for this column, which I wrote on my own initiative, in large part because I remember the many cases where I scolded friends and colleagues about public WiFi and told them they needed VPN. So I was half right. But also half wrong. Mea culpa.
Another day, another hotel breach. Face reality. Hoteliers suck at protecting your data. There is no gentle way to put that. They really, really stink.
Hotel News Now has a piece that explores the many hotel data breaches over the last decade. Read it and weep because it is your data that now is in play on the dark web.
Can you in fact stay in hotels and protect yourself? Maybe, we offer tips below. But, first, feast on how inept hoteliers are at data security.
Hotels treat your personal data – name, address, credit card numbers, passport info – the way a deadbeat treats yet another bill collection notice.
HNN traces the history back to 2010 when there was a big Wyndham data breach. That prompted an FTC suit against Wyndham that eventually was settled. I covered this and, honestly, I find it increasingly tiresome to write about the hotel industry’s cluelessness, or maybe just indifference, to guest data security.
Along the way White Lodging, a management company, had data breaches. So did Trump. Mandarin Oriental. Hilton. Hard Rock. Kimpton. Noble House. IHC. Sabre.Hyatt. Radisson. Many more.
And now there’s Marriott where maybe 500 million guests were compromised. Apparently because of Starwood data insecurities.
Marriott has not been forthcoming about specific details pertaining to the breach. It has said it is notifying customers who have fallen victim – so expect a phone call, or email, if you’ve stayed at a Starwood in memory. (For the record here’s the company statement on the breach.)
Word of immediate advice: right now go and check any rewards accounts you maintain at Marriott. There are suggestions that maybe these crooks were after those points – there is no confirmation on that front – but it is believable because there’s increasing evidence that hackers are hungry for points and miles that are fairly easy to convert into cash or cash equivalents (like an iPad or iPhone). Make sure all is copacetic and if it’s not, raise a loud yell at the nearest Marriott rep.
Should you in fact expect meaningful compensation? Nah. That rarely is on offer. If points were stolen, almost certainly they can be restored. But beyond that I suggest never holding one’s breath in expectation of real compensation for pains suffered in a data breach.
The usual compensation is a year or two of monitoring of credit and dark web activity by a namebrand cybersecurity outfit. My favorite such is when T-Mobile revealed some 15 million applicants for credit – yours truly among them – had their data compromised when a server maintained by Experian was hacked. Victims were offered free credit monitoring by, you guessed it, Experian.
What can you do to protect yourself?
Do make it a practice to get free activity reports from such as MasterCard. Closely monitor credit activity and do stay on top of accrued rewards points. If offered free credit monitoring by Marriott, sure, take it.
Accept that by now bad guys know all your private data, from Social Security to your health insurance number (yes, there’s brisk trade in health insurance documents).
So what more can we do to protect our data security? Personally, I cannot recall the last time I booked directly with a hotel, despite their massive push for that. I use OTAs and many of them have tech company roots and, as an industry, tech has fared a lot better in regard to data privacy than have hotels. OTAs aren’t perfect but I’ll bet on them before a hotel company. In that regard I’ve liked Expedia and will soon start using Google.
But what about the nasty business of check-in where the desk clerk asks for a photo ID and credit card? I am increasingly tempted to buy a fake (“novelty) Nova Scotia driver’s license – on sale for $89 or maybe an Irish driver’s permit for 30 quid. Use a fake name – maybe Michael Collins – a fake address and I have a good ID to flash at check in at a hotel.
Then I can ask an issuer of a credit card that I already have to issue a supplementary card in Mr. Collins’ name. Bills continue to go to me and I would make monitoring the account a prime task because there really is no trusting the hotel.
Isn’t this extreme? Of course. But if hoteliers refuse to take the proper precautions to safeguard our data we have to take our own precautions. And traveling under a false flag may be just the answer.
Have different suggestions on staying safe? Have at it in the comments box below. I’m at wit’s end myself, forced to cogitate on forgeries. Better ideas are welcome.
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IDIS Solution Suite v3.5 features and service modules make enterprise-class VMS even more affordable with no ongoing software licenses or connection costs
IDIS has released IDIS Solution Suite (ISS) version 3.5, its most powerful enterprise-class VMS yet. New features and service modules are designed around increased situational awareness, efficient response coordination, and speeding up investigations.
Improving real-time monitoring, text-to-speech allows operators to configure verbal multilingual notifications to pre-determined events.also benefit from real-time pop-ups based on the GPS location of a triggered alarm, providing enhanced wide-area awareness from cameras ranging from a 10 to 100 kilometre radius.
A new centralised audio feature enables control of multiple devices, giving security teams the capability to automate audio alerts for day-to-day operations, and issue warnings in the event of a security or safety breach or emergency situation.
A new Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) service also enables seamless and stable video and voice relay to third-party devices and software without an SDK or API, increasing system flexibility and helping security teams coordinate responses to threats and incidents.
To speed up investigations, IDIS Person Match extracts a person’s characteristics based on deep- learning video analytics from multiple streams to present a clear timeline of events and last known locations. Synchronised Playback also presents operators with precisely time-synched screen views of video streams across single or multiple sites, removing the need for manual configuration, and reducing stress and complexity particularly during time-critical events.
All the new features work in harmony with enterprise-class streaming, recording, and administration functionality, and come with a fair pricing structure – no annual license fees or OPEX burden – to make ISS significantly more affordable than traditional enterprise video management software.
As a result, IDIS Solution Suite continues to cut annual costs for customers, making advanced video management available to more users, including medium-sized organisations and those with single sites.
A modular solution, it allows users to choose the right service modules to meet their unique security, operational and compliance needs, meaning customers never pay for functionality they don’t use. The choice of modules includes federated architecture to manage an unlimited number of devices and sites using centralised and local command and control; multi-layered failover and redundancy offering protection against a range of fault conditions; video wall multi-stream management; and highly accurate IDIS Deep Learning Analytics (IDLA).
“With our latest version of IDIS Solution Suite we are making it easier than ever for users to manage an unlimited number of devices and sites, giving them enterprise-performance without the usual associated price tag or ongoing lifecycle costs,” says James Min, Managing Director, IDIS Europe.
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https://psimagazine.co.uk/latest-idis-vms-improves-visual-awareness-incident-response-and-investigation/
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University of Bath (UOB) are conducting research as part of project called “Cyber-Security across the Life Span” (www.csalsa.uk) overseen by Prof Adam Joinson. This project explores cyber-security and aims to identify better ways to design educational materials to equip people of all ages with the knowledge they need to protect themselves against cyber-security threats.
To this end, UOB are trying to recruit people of a wide variety of ages, especially people with less (or indeed, no) experience with technology, and those who are typically underrepresented in this area of research.
The questionnaire asks participants to write down all of the words that come to mind when they think of “security” and “cyber-security”. We also want to ask whether they have had any experiences of cyber-security incidents. This is part of a nationwide data collection effort across the lifespan – we are also collecting data in workplaces and in schools.
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https://www.thecareforum.org/news/university-bath-need-help-research-project-called-cyber-security-across-life-span/
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ThreatMetrix, a provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, announces the most threatening cybersecurity trends and risks businesses and consumers must keep top of mind in 2013. These include cyberwarfare, data breaches, migrating malware, bring-your-own-device (BYOD), cloud computing, and mobile and social media fraud.
In today’s threat environment, the reach of cybercriminals expands to more industries each year, with financial services, insurance, retailers, enterprises and government agencies especially vulnerable to new threats.
“This year, cybercriminals have become so advanced that security professionals are struggling to detect many of their attacks in a timely manner,” says Andreas Baumhof, chief technology officer, ThreatMetrix. “As nearly every industry is increasingly targeted, businesses and consumers must make cybersecurity a top priority in 2013 to prevent fraud and malware attacks.”
As Mobile Grows, Fraud Risk Increases – Mobile transactions are projected to reach $1 trillion by 2017, making businesses and consumers more vulnerable to fraud and malware attacks on mobile devices. Retailers and FIs do not have the bandwidth to monitor every transaction for suspicious activity, so consumers must take measure to protect their accounts.
Social Media Spam and Fraud – Social media sites are making an effort to decrease the prevalence of spam and fraud in 2013, but this can be tricky – oftentimes these sites operate on several platforms through social registration, comments, voting/widgets and others. Administrators of sites such as Facebook and Twitter must take all platforms into consideration for their cybersecurity strategy.
Government
The Emergence of Cyberwarfare – Stuxnet—the virus allegedly developed by Israel and the United States to sabotage part of the suspected Iranian uranium enrichment program—foreshadows a new generation of warfare. James A. Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, indicated that at least 12 of the world’s 15 largest militaries are currently building cyberwarfare programs, and other government agencies worldwide should follow suit and prepare for imminent cyberwarfare.
Government Agencies are in the Crosshairs of Cybercriminals — Government agencies, from U.S. federal to state, are under attack from cybercriminals including the hacktivist group Anonymous and foreign governments. Chief among these in 2012 were attacks and data breaches on the U.S. Navy, NASA, the California Department of Social Services, Department of Homeland Security, and the Wisconsin and South Carolina Departments of Revenue. As a result of these attacks, millions of Americans’ bank account numbers, personal identities, financial records, usernames, passwords, email IDs and security questions were compromised and these attacks show no sign of ending.
E-Commerce and Financial Services
Data Breaches Will Continue to Place Top Brands at Risk— Data breaches continued at an alarming rate in 2012 including cyber attacks on such high profile brands as Nationwide, Yahoo, eHarmony, Zappos, LinkedIn, Global Payments and many others. Such attacks are expected to continue in 2013 as more security weaknesses are discovered by cybercriminals.
Malware is Trickling Down to Retail, Alternative Payments and Digital Currencies – Malware, historically targeted at financial institutions (FIs), will increasingly affect retailers, alternative payments and digital currencies in the New Year. These targets lack the same stringent levels of malware protection that FIs have spent years developing. Retail customers who typically use the same password and save login details across several accounts are also placed at greater risk for fraud.
Enterprise
BYOD Trend Increases Risks – The BYOD trend common in today’s corporate world increasingly opens the door for cybercriminals. They are becoming more adept at designing malware that turns employees’ devices – smartphones, tablets, PCs – into unwitting attackers of their own companies or accounts. In 2013, BYOD will continue contributing to today’s malware threats through shared devices, search engine poisoning, image searches, hidden URLs and syndicated advertisements.
Cloud Computing Increases Risk – As enterprise systems move to the cloud, this makes businesses more vulnerable to security breaches – the cloud is much easier for fraudsters to attack than traditional behind-the-firewall systems.
“As more business transactions and activities move online, almost no industry is completely safe from fraud,” says Baumhof. “The best way for businesses and consumers to stay protected is to put preventative measures in place before it’s too late. While cybersecurity and fraud prevention seems unnecessary for some businesses, cybercriminals are so sophisticated today that they can’t be kept at bay for long without appropriate strategies in place.”
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There has been a 9% increase in reported data security incidents over the last quarter. What’s more, there has been a 41% rise year-on-year. That’s according to the Information Commissioner’s Office[1] (ICO) – an independent authority, set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, and to promote openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
However, this isn’t necessarily bad news. In fact, the ICO suggests that the surge could be down to more people reporting security breaches due to growing awareness of the GDPR, and the launch of its new Personal Data Breach helpline. Regardless, information shared in error is the single highest contributor to data breaches year-on-year, and when this data contains sensitive information, the potential damage and distress are huge.
Delving into key sectors, it seems that general business, education and local government are once again the areas with the most reported data security incidents.
Schools handle a lot of sensitive personal data, and it’s vital that this is kept safe. Especially where children are involved. However, all too often, educational organisations either aren’t are aware of their obligations, or haven’t done enough to ensure that they meet them.
In fact, reported incidents in the education sector have risen by 68%, with breaches involving data sent by email to an incorrect recipient increasing substantially.
The report also reveals that cybersecurity incidents have decreased by 19%. However, this continues to be a priority for the ICO. Of cyber incidents, unauthorised access and malware are the biggest reported problems.
At Hayes Connor, we can help you make claims against a wide range of organisations already fined by the ICO. Of course, you may not know that your data has been breached until you read about it or see it in the news. But if you are in any doubt, it’s worth finding out whether your data was put at risk, because, if so, you may have a claim for compensation. We can also keep you updated on upcoming and current data breach claim investigations.
Find out more about the latest ICO findings here.
With strict-time limits in place for making most compensation claims, if you want to achieve maximum recompense in the minimum amount of time, it’s essential to act now.
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European governments will be able to review the source code of Microsoft products to confirm they don't contain security backdoors, at a transparency center the company opened in Brussels on Wednesday. The center will give governments the chance to review and assess the source code of Microsoft enterprise products and to access important security information about threats and vulnerabilities in a secure environment, said Matt Thomlinson, Vice President of Microsoft Security in a blog post. By opening the center, Microsoft wants to continue building trust with governments around the world, he added. "Today's opening in Brussels will give governments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa a convenient location to experience our commitment to transparency and delivering products and services that are secure by principle and by design," said Thomlinson. It is the second of its kind. Last June, the company opened a center in Redmond, Washington. The centers are part of Microsoft's Government Security Program (GSP), launched in 2003 to help create trust with governments that want to use Microsoft products. National governments and international organizations that are part of the program can in principle inspect the source code of a list of 10 core products including Windows 8.1, 7 and Vista. They also get access to the source code of various versions of Windows Server and Office, as well as instant messaging client Lync, SharePoint 2010 and versions of Windows Embedded, according to Microsoft.
Depending on specific needs though, source code of other products such as Windows 10 may be accessed, a Microsoft spokeswoman said. Participants are able to run analysis tools against the source code in a controlled and secure environment, she said. Currently there are 42 different agencies from 23 different national governments and international organizations who take part in GSP. In Europe, participants include the governments of the U.K., Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Sweden as well as organizations including the European Commission, the spokeswoman said. Microsoft plans to expand the range of products included in these programs and to open other centers in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Loek is Amsterdam Correspondent and covers online privacy, intellectual property, online payment issues as well as EU technology policy and regulation for the IDG News Service. Follow him on Twitter at @loekessers or email tips and comments to [email protected]
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http://www.cio.com.au/article/576587/microsoft-lets-eu-governments-inspect-source-code-security-issues/
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Earlier this month, the CompTIA ISAO issued its 1,000th threat report, providing members with real-time intelligence and analysis that helps raise the cyber resilience of the whole IT industry. Considering October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the timing seems only appropriate.
The CompTIA ISAO issued its first threat report on August 19, 2020. Since then, we have seen a steady rise in the average daily number of threat reports that publish. We saw a peak this past July, with just under 11 threat reports per day. Given the cyberattack against Kaseya that took place over the July 4 holiday weekend, this makes sense. The next largest peak of activity took place in February 2021, which averaged just under nine threat reports per day. Most recently, September and October 2021 witnessed just over eight and six average threat reports per day, respectively.
All this confirms a known fact. Cyberattacks are increasing, but so is the sharing of critical cyber threat intelligence, the raw source data that informs our threat reports. This means that CompTIA ISAO members know more than ever about the evolving threat landscape and the threats that pose immediate risk to their businesses as well as those of their customers.
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https://infosectoday.com/cybersecurity/1000-threat-reports-and-counting-details-of-the-comptia-isaos-cybersecurity-updates/
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Another day, another revelation revealed by Edward Snowden’s leaks. Friday, The Guardian reported that the U.S. NSA and its British equivalent, the GCHQ, have been actively trying to defeat the encrypted protection provided by the popular Tor anonymity software.
But amazingly, it appears the attempts have failed. The latest Snowden leak suggests that Tor has actually withstood the brunt of the NSA’s efforts thus far.
“We will never be able to de-anonymize all Tor users all the time,” according to a leaked presentation titled ‘Tor Stinks,’ the Guardian reports. “With manual analysis, we can de-anonymize a very small fraction of Tor users.”
That doesn’t mean Tor is a magic bullet for cloaking your online steps, however.
Sneaking in through the side door
It’s no surprise that the NSA is targeting Tor. Have you seen the depravity that goes on down there in the Tor-enabled Darknet, the hidden underbelly of the web? The billion-dollar Silk Road drug bazaar was just the tip of the iceberg, and the anonymization software can also make communication easier for criminals.
You could buy anything at the Silk Road before its recent shutdown—crack, meth, forged IDs, assassins, computer-hacking services, you name it.
Yes, Tor is also a haven for whistleblowers and political dissidents, but it’s the government’s job to stop bad guys from doing bad things, remember—and cracking Tor can help them do that.
Along those lines, the NSA has managed to identify some Tor traffic, but doing so involved taking advantages of vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser included with the Tor Browser Bundle, rather than compromising the Tor network itself. The NSA infected browsers with rogue code via a “honey pot” website designed to only attack people using the Tor network, though The Guardian says Firefox 17 plugged the particular hole the authorities were using.
Earlier this year, the FBI seized control of the servers of the largest Darknet website-hosting service, and infected them with malware that “phoned home” with the distinct MAC address of users who visited the hosting service’s sites. Again, the identification method relied on software vulnerabilities. Tor quickly updated the Tor Browser Bundle to a more recent version of Firefox, and disabled JavaScript by default to squash the exploit.
While the NSA and GCHQ haven’t breached the Tor network directly, they’re trying. The Guardian reports that the duo is dabbling in proof-of-concept attacks that entail mass surveillance of the Tor network, or a mixture of tapping core Internet cables while simultaneously controlling a large number of Tor’s “exit nodes,” which deliver unencrypted requests to website servers.
The government agencies have also discussed “shaping” future Tor development to increase crackability—as the NSA did with NIST encryption standards and backdoors in other software —or actively disrupting Tor to drive users off the network.
Security expert Bruce Schneier has a mind bogglingly deep technical discussion of the NSA’s Tor-skirting attempts in another Guardian article if you’re interested in nitty-gritty details.
Protecting yourself
Even so, Snowden’s documents seem to indicate that Tor’s core security is intact, at least for now.
“The good news is that they went for a browser exploit, meaning there’s no indication they can break the Tor protocol or do traffic analysis on the Tor network,” Tor president Roger Dingledine told The Guardian. “Infecting the laptop, phone, or desktop is still the easiest way to learn about the human behind the keyboard.”
Indeed, endpoint protection was one of the four important security lessons learned in the wake of the Silk Road’s smackdown. Keep your software up-to-date! The federal case against Snowden’s email provider also drove home the point that email can never be truly secure—a minor concern for most folks, but a major concern for people seeking sanctity in Tor’s anonymous network.
Tor also can’t help you stay anonymous if you’re running around the Net and filling out web forms willy-nilly, or if you’re using certain browser plugins. Our tutorial to how (and why) to surf the web in secret has all the details.
Finally, regardless of whether or not you’re using Tor, check out PCWorld’s guides to NSA-proofing your data and protecting your PC from Prism surveillance. Even if you’ve got nothing to hide from the government, adopting strong security practices is always a smart idea.
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Coding is one of the hottest skills on the tech market. According to a recent survey from Burning Glass, programming jobs are growing 12 percent faster than the average. According to the survey in 2015 there were seven million job openings that required coding skills.
To discover trends around occupations, skills, credentials and salaries, Burning Glass evaluated its database of 26 million unique job postings collected in the U.S. in 2015. The study found that in the “career track” category — defined as jobs that pay at least $15 per hour — the positions that required coding skills paid, on average, $22,000 more per year than those that didn’t. But interestingly, coding wasn’t confined to programming jobs; it emerged as a necessary skill in data analysis, arts and design, engineering, information technology and science. That’s why it might be time to learn how to code — and if you have kids, it’s time to get them on the bandwagon too.
Everyone wants to remain valuable in their respective industry — and coding skills will always be viewed as a value-add on your resume — whether you’re in IT or not, according to Davis. In the past, it might have seemed odd for a project manager or marketing manager to list coding as a skill, but now it could actually give you an advantage in the job market.
Davis uses the example of one recruiter at Kavaliro who wrote a simple web plug-in to save everyone in the company around two hours of mundane work each day. He also gives the hypothetical example of an accountant who can write a macro that helps your entire department be more productive. These are examples of simple programs that wouldn’t require a degree in computer science, but they will certainly make you stand out among your peers.
[ Related story: Don’t just code: Career advice from the programming masters ] “You never know when coding knowledge will come in handy, but it’s guaranteed to help you get ahead in some way,” says Davis.
Dave Karow, director of product marketing at BlazeMeter, a company focused on offering performance engineering platforms for DevOps, agrees. He says that you might have an employee who is great at creating macros in Excel — something that could benefit plenty of departments outside of IT. Or even an employee who can write a simple web-app to solve a small problem for the department, without having to go through IT and possibly wait months for a solution. “The point is that the future belongs to those who can create just what is needed — and quickly — rather than waiting months or years for some outside entity to deliver a packaged solution for them,” says Karow.
A push for learning coding young
You might assume thatstudents graduating from computer science programs come out armed with the hottest coding skills, but that isn’t always the case. It takes a lot of time and effort to change and modernize a curriculum, so plenty of schools are still behind the times when it comes to integrating coding into the curriculum.
And coding offers more than an understanding of programming, it teaches valuable lessons about critical thinking, says Eric Klopfer, director of the Scheller Teacher Education Program at MIT. Klopfe’s team is dedicated to getting students invested in coding at a young age by encouraging educators to include the STEM skills in lessons.
Klopfer envisions a world where coding is integrated into every curriculum, from math to science to social sciences. For Klopfer, coding is a way to teach kids how to visualize problems and solve them in new and creative ways. “Computational thinking is really about breaking down problems to discrete steps, a skill that is required in virtually every discipline. As this way of thinking becomes part of the fabric of learning it can have the greatest value in supporting students as they learn other subjects, and using computing creatively,” he says.
Trina Gizel, CIO and vice president of IT at Flexera Software, a company that helps companies manage enterprise software, views coding as an efficient way to view the world around us. “Coding is essentially a logic skill set, understanding and building relationships between data, systems, technology and how we do just about everything in our day-to-day lives,” she says.
It’s becoming easier than ever to instill an interest in coding in young children — you can walk into Toys “R” Us and get your toddler a tablet specifically designed for their age group, Davis points out. There’s also no shortage of games, apps and websites directed at teaching children the basics of coding. And, as Davis notes, when it comes to teaching kids programming skills, the early the better.
“The first time my father saw a computer it was bigger than his house, and now I hold one in my hand every single day. Imagine what the technology world will look like in 30 years if every child knew how to write a program before they went to high school,” says Davis.
Harpreet Singh, vice president of Product Marketing at CloudBees, a company focused on accelerating the software development process, acknowledges that software has become so pervasive that it’s found its way into nearly every industry and department. Software can be a great thing — it can take difficult tasks and make them easier, sometimes removing mundane steps from processes, freeing up employees to be more productive and creative. But the real challenge with software is typically with the humans on the other end of the computer — they need to be tech-savvy.
Tim Davis, senior resource manager at Kavaliro, says that for workers already entrenched in their careers, you don’t have to worry if you didn’t graduate with, or grow up with, coding skills. Thanks to technology, you’ll find a plethora of resources on the internet — whether you want to learn using free websites, community forums or even online courses.
“E-learning providers such as Lynda or Treehouse provide excellent courses and are constantly being updated by industry leaders. There are also many online forums for developers where you can ask a community for help with different coding problems you are having. Staying active in the IT coding world and continuing to learn as new technologies present themselves is the number one way to stay competitive,” he says.
Davis says that professionals sometimes get overwhelmed when they approach. His advice is to take a moment to evaluate your own interests in technology. For example, if you love mobile applications, you might want to learn mobile development techniques, or if you prefer building websites or focusing on the user experience, hone your skills in end-development instead.
“The IT industry is always changing and nothing you learn will be a waste, so my advice is to just start,” says Davis.
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With “Squadbox,” friends can help moderate online harassment.
Cyberbullying has been called “a serious public health problem,” but often there’s no clear path for prevention. Social media apps can moderate comments when the bullying is public, but cyberbullying often happens through more discreet and private channels.
Now, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has developed a project to combat this issue, and it’s called Squadbox.
Squadbox is designed specifically for email-based harassment. The service puts “a squad of trusted friends, volunteers, or paid moderators between the world and your inbox,” preventing harassing messages from reaching your eyes. MIT CSAIL researchers developed Squadbox after interviewing people who’d suffered from online bullying in the past.
There are two main methods in which the service accomplishes its goals of email moderation. The first is by working with Squadbox to set up inbox filters that then send suspicious messages to its moderators. Once reviewed, messages are either removed or forwarded back to your inbox. The second way is by the service giving you an email address you can use for public forums or to hand out to strangers. Emails sent to this address are moderated by the Squadbox team before they reach your inbox. In either case, email addresses can be white-listed or black-listed if they’re determined to be legitimate contacts or harassers.
While it’s only currently designed for email, the team hopes to expand their services to other messaging and social media platforms, according to Engadget. However, it does have some issues. Like on other platforms, being a moderator can take an emotional toll; the MIT researchers also found that moderators responded to requests less promptly over time. Participants in a limited demo of Squadbox also felt guilty about having friends act as email moderators.
The researchers have written a paper covering their findings and will be presenting it at a conference later this month.
More than half of all teens report experiencing cyberbullying, and nearly 40 percent of adults have experienced or witnessed harassment online. If tools like Squadbox can curb even part of that, it will be a good thing.
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https://www.dailydot.com/debug/squadbox-anti-cyberbullying/
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The L675D-S7106 is an affordable desktop replacement with a nice display and adequate performance.
If you were to go hands-on with the $700 (as of March 30, 2011) Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7106 before you looked at its test scores, you’d never guess that it was one of the slower desktop replacement laptops we’ve tried. Subjectively, its performance is agile in standard desktop applications, and its large, 17.3-inch, 1600-by-900-pixel display gives you plenty of screen real estate. The machine even has a Blu-ray drive on board, so you can watch high-def moves. For the price, it’s a lot of laptop.
The L670 series is available with a ridiculous number of CPU options–everything from an Intel Pentium or AMD Turion II to an Intel Core i3 to the AMD Phenom II P860 Triple-Core on the L675D-S7106. Joining the Phenom on our test configuration were an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphics processor, 4GB of memory, a 5400-rpm 500GB hard drive, and the aforementioned Blu-ray player/DVD burner. Just looking at the branding, you might think that it had a discrete graphics card, but you’d be wrong: The HD 4250 is a two-generations-old Radeon graphics offering built into the chipset, sharing RAM with the main system.
The L675D-S7106’s WorldBench score of 78 is rather low for a desktop replacement laptop, but subjectively the unit feels very nimble. It also plays 1080p video smoothly, though gaming frame rates don’t cut the mustard; it generated only 29.3 frames per second in Unreal Tournament 3 at 800 by 600 with medium detail (the least demanding resolution we test at). Daily desktop tasks such as Web browsing and word processing zip along nicely, but demanding work such as editing or encoding video will be slow for a system of this class.
The keyboard is large, and the feel is decent, if not Lenovo-like. However, the layout could use a little work. Hitting the Caps Lock key accidentally is easy if you’re not careful, and the Delete key could be larger. The touchpad is nicely adjusted, but since it isn’t recessed into the keyboard deck, unintentionally hitting it with your thumbs or palm and moving the cursor is a bit too easy–another thing you’ll have to be careful of.
For its size (16.2 by 10.6 by 1.49 inches), the L657D-S7106 is rather light at 6.6 pounds sans power adapter. You certainly don’t feel like you’re carrying a brick. With a battery life of only 2 hours, 38 minutes, however, this laptop is really designed for sitting tethered to a wall, removed only for the occasional short foray.
Aside from one possible surprise, the Satellite L675D-S7106 has the usual array of ports for a desktop replacement, including three USB 2.0 ports (one of which also accepts eSATA) and VGA, gigabit ethernet, microphone, headphone, and power connections. The surprise is a phone jack for the modem, something that’s fast disappearing from many vendors’ laptops. You’ll find no Bluetooth on board, but the laptop does have an SD memory card slot.
The bundled software on the L675D-S7106 is plentiful, and the laptop ships with the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. Toshiba includes a number of “value-added” utilities such as the ReelTime document/media browser and the Google toolbar, but the collection also offers essentials such as the Webcam capture utility and Skype. Microsoft Office 2010 Starter is present, as is a trial of Norton Internet Security; Google’s Chrome browser is on hand as a lightweight alternative to Internet Explorer.
Forget the performance numbers: The Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7106 is a great bargain for a desktop replacement, and unless you’re a gamer or you perform demanding video- or photo-editing work, you could spend twice as much and not be any happier. You can even get a lesser-configured L675 for about $500 if all you’re looking for is a large display. Toshiba could do a tad better with the input ergonomics, but that’s a minor complaint–everything else is up to snuff.
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/496152/toshiba_satellite_l675d_s7106.html
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Welcome to the third post from a series on all things Augmented & Virtual Reality.
In this post, the spotlight will once again be on AR. Namely, what does the market look like and why should we care?
If one re-reads this post several months after its publication (in December), chances are a lot of what I’m about to present below will have changed. Given the pace of growth of the immersive experiences space, its factsheet is very much a living document. Nonetheless, this—on a high level—is where AR is now…
Different research will present the market in different ways but one media that I often choose to look at Digi-Capital since they frequently revise their figures to stay up to date. Their latest insight is that, by 2021, AR could take as much as 77 percent ($83bn.) of the total AR/VR market.
Additionally, 2016 was a record setting year in terms of total investment in the sector ($1.8bn), with a year-on-year (YOY) growth of 140 percent—and those are just publicly known figures!
Furthermore, analysts from IDC predicted strong growth in revenue for the market, looking at a 130.5% YOY growth for 2017 ($13.9 billion) and as much as $143 billion by 2020.
When compared with manufacturing, retail, consumer services and other markets for 2017 revenue growth, consumers make up the biggest market segment (44 percent). The most important area for consumers in the immediate term is… Commerce. Augmented commerce.
In other words, AR will increasingly be leveraged as a new medium via which brands can engage with their customers and offer their products. The better AR hardware & software get, the more integrated the customer journey is going to be, allowing the user to engage with a brand, explore its offering and purchase its products all within the same experience. The future is bright! I will explore the topic of augmented commerce further in future posts. That said, some great examples include Ikea’s Place app and the Accenture designed and built BMW i Visualiser.
There are challenges to growth
AR experience ought to be intuitive, untethered, easily accessible anytime and anywhere and with premium quality digital renderings. The best ones are. However, this presents a challenge – to keep the experience mobile and untethered, image processing has to be embedded within the AR device. It is a well-known issue that supporting high-level image processing over extended periods of time requires batteries of high-capacity and energy density. Such ultra-high-performance electronic components and semiconductors are not yet available with current technology. On the positive side, retail stores can overcome this fairly easily by simply keeping the devices charged when not in use.
There are also challenges related to price—for example, Microsoft’s HoloLens has a starting price of $3,000. Not exactly mass consumer pricing. Luckily, the recent addition of ARKit—Apple’s augmented reality kit—to iOS11 on every iPhone since the 6S has practically put an advanced AR device in the pockets of millions of people already. Not long after, Android made a significant addition to that number with ARCore.
Another one is quality of the hardware—taking HoloLens as an example. Futuristic as it may look, it’s probably not the most comfortable headset to wear for long periods of time and still has a limited field of view. Others relate to connectivity, the overall app ecosystem, telco cross-subsidisation. Again, those are overcome to a great extent by ARKit and ARCore. Whilst not that many consumers are likely to buy an expensive HoloLens, quite a few will be interested to explore the newly available possibilities to explore immersive content on the phones they already own.
It is clear the road ahead is challenging but that makes for an even more exciting journey and we should all keep an eye on the latest developments and the opportunities they may present us with.
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https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/blogs/blogs-immersive-experience-fourth-wave-tech
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After years of making killer software, Google’s next step is to try to integrate it all together into hardware that’s just as impressive.
On Tuesday, Google showcased a slew of new products aiming to replicate Apple’s success when it comes to creating an ecosystem. The high-end Pixel phones feature state-of-the-art cameras and a built-in virtual assistant. Daydream View is a portable headset designed specifically for Android VR. While Google Home, Chromecast Ultra, and a new Wi-Fi router aim to create a hyper-connected house.
At first glance, Google’s products seem promising, but one key component seems to be missing from this new hardware play. For Google to truly compete with Apple in selling a high-end ecosystem, it needs to put customer support front-and-center. And Google simply can’t do that without operating its own retail stores. When your iPhone breaks, your first instinct is to take it to the Apple store. What happens when your Pixel phone starts acting up?
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Google’s customer service is virtual or outsourced
Even though Google is now selling Apple-priced tech products, the company has a different approach to customer service. Instead of operating physical locations, Google is concentrating on virtual support. Pixel owners will be able to tap a support tab on their settings to access a 24-hour chat and call service. They will also be able to share their Pixel screen with the customer rep.
Tapping on a support tab and subsequent screen-sharing won’t be an option, however, if you can’t get your Pixel phone to turn on. Unlike software, hardware sometimes requires physical assistance. For that, Google will be relying on other retailers like Best Buy and Verizon, which will be selling the Pixel phones later this year. However, it’s unclear whether Google will give special training to Best Buy and Verizon reps on how to best fix a Pixel phone. It’s likely that these third-party retailers might only be able to help Pixel owners order a replacement phone.
Furthermore, outsourcing customer service runs counter to Google’s ambitious hardware strategy, which had the company choosing to solely design and develop the Pixel phones in-house.
“Fundamentally, we believe that a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user experience,” Google’s head of hardware Rick Osterloh told The Verge.
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But by relying on Verizon middlemen instead of Google’s own brand of “genius,” the company missed out on controlling a vital aspect of the user experience: Continued customer support.
Apple became a hardware powerhouse thanks to its retail stores
In the 90’s, Apple was in a similar situation that Google is in now. Apple products were sold in Sears and CompUSA, but they weren’t flying off the shelves. When Steve Jobs returned, he felt that Apple hardware in those mega-stores was hard to find, and the only thing the employees seemed to know about Macs was that they didn’t run Windows.
“Consumer electronics retail is broken: selling products at traditional venues like Best Buy leads to undifferentiated displays, sales associates with limited product knowledge, and a poor overall buying experience,” Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder told Fortune.
Apple’s enthusiastic employees
There’s a reason why CompUSA is no longer in business, while Apple has had tremendous success in creating and controlling its retail experience. The Apple stores are laid out to showcase each product to its full potential and to give customers a unique hands-on experience, whether that means trying on an Apple Watch or playing video games using the Apple TV. And the Apple employees are trained meticulously on all the products, some even to the point of garnering the title of “geniuses.”
It’s a strategy that Microsoft followed in a T in 2009, and one that Google seemed to flirt with in 2013. Google ultimately decided to forego the idea in 2015, but that was before it was trying to convince people to buy a $649 phone.
This story, "Why Google can't truly compete against Apple without retail stores" was originally published by Macworld.
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https://www.cio.com/article/3127797/why-google-cant-truly-compete-against-apple-without-retail-stores.html
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Without a doubt, public WiFi is one of the main cybersecurity hazards many digital nomads face. The massive and unresolved flaw in the WPA2 encryption standard used by modern WiFi networks means that anyone connecting to a public network is putting themselves at risk. All public WiFi options—including WiFi provided by hotels, cafes, and airports—poses the risk of not being secure. How can a digital nomad be digital if their main source of internet connectivity is a cybersecurity minefield?
When connecting to public WiFi as a digital nomad, it is crucial to keep your web traffic hidden behind a virtual private network (VPN). A quality VPN app is simple to set up on your mobile devices—including laptops and smart phones—and uses a strong encryption protocol to prevent hackers and other snoops from stealing important personal information such as account passwords, banking information, and private messages. VPNs will keep your data encrypted and secure from prying eyes, regardless of locale.
Device Theft
Physical device theft is a very real risk for digital nomads, but one that can largely be avoided. The first and most obvious step to doing so is to never leave your devices unattended, even if your seatmate at the coffee shop seems trustworthy. Always be mindful of your device visibility; keeping your unattended devices and laptop bags locked away or out of sight in your hotel room is often all it takes to prevent theft. Purchasing a carrying case with a secure access passcode or keyed entry can also act as an additional deterrent against thieves looking for an easy mark.
If your device is stolen, how can you prevent the damage from spiraling? Taking a few defensive measures can save digital nomads major headaches. Keep a device tracker enabled on all of your devices—smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Both Apple and Android have default services that will help you locate your missing device.
But this will only help you find your property; it won’t prevent anyone from accessing the valuable data within. That’s why all of your devices should have a lock screen enabled, secured with either a pin or a biometric ID, such as your fingerprint. If you believe these efforts have failed and your device is compromised, enabling multi-factor authentication on your most sensitive accounts should help reduce the effect of the breach.
However, if you cannot recover your device, remotely wiping it will prevent any additional data from being accessed. If you have a device tracker enabled, you will be able to remotely wipe your sensitive data with that software. If you’re using a data backup solution, any lost files will be recoverable once the status of your devices is secure
Lower Your Risk
Being a digital nomad means that you’re at a higher risk for a breach, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take steps to lower that risk. These best practices could drastically reduce the risk incurred by leading a digitally nomadic lifestyle.
Toggle off. Remember to always turn off WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity after a session. This will prevent accidental or nefarious connections that could compromise your security.
Mindfulness. Be aware of your surroundings and of your devices. Forgetting a device might be an acceptable slip up for most, but for a digital nomad it can bring your lifestyle to a grinding halt.
Be prepared. Secure your devices behind a trusted VPN before beginning any remote adventures. This will encrypt all of your web traffic, regardless of where you connect.
Stop the spread. In case of a device or account breach, strong passwords and multi-factor authentication will help minimize the damage.
A staggering 4.8 million Americans describe themselves as digital nomads, a number that won’t be going down anytime soon. With remote work becoming the new norm, it’s more important than ever that we take these cybersecurity measures seriously—to protect not just ourselves, but also our businesses and clients. Are you a digital nomad making your way through the remote-work landscape? Let us know your top tips in the comments below!
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https://www.webroot.com/blog/2019/05/21/a-cybersecurity-guide-for-digital-nomads/
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Microsoft released its largest-ever set of security patches Tuesday, fixing a total of 49 bugs in products such as Windows, Internet Explorer and Office.
There are 16 groups of patches (called updates) in total. Microsoft says that two of them — the Internet Explorer fix numbered MS10-071 and a Windows patch numbered MS10-076 — should get top priority. Microsoft thinks attack code is likely to be developed that will target bugs fixed by both of those updates.
NCircle Director of Security Operations Andrew Storms agrees that those two updates should be a top priority as they could be leveraged in a drive-by Internet attack. In this common type of attack, a hacker tricks the victim into visiting a Web page that takes advantage of the bug to install a malicious program on the victim’s machine.
The MS10-71 update fixes 10 Internet Explorer bugs. Two are rated critical, meaning they could be used in a drive-by. The MS10-076 update fixes a single critical flaw in the Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine, used by Internet Explorer. The latest versions of Windows include a security technology called ASLR (address space layout randomization) which makes it harder to exploit that type of bug, Microsoft believes attackers are likely to develop attacks for older versions of the operating system such as Windows XP.
The two other top-rated updates are MS10-077, a fix for a bug in Microsoft’s .Net Framework that affects 64-bit systems, and MS10-075, which fixes a critical flaw in the Microsoft Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service, used by Windows to share music files and other media over the network. This service is turned on by default with Windows 7 Home Edition, but a hacker would have to first be on the local network to launch an attack, Microsoft said.
Just because the other fixes are not rated critical does not mean they can be ignored. Symantec says 35 of the 49 bugs fixed on Tuesday could give hackers a way to run unauthorized software on a victim’s machines, and Microsoft says attacks are likely to be developed that exploit some of the lower-rated issues as well.
In fact, one of Tuesday’s updates — MS10-073; rated important by Microsoft — fixes a Windows XP bug that was leveraged by the creators of the Stuxent worm. Stuxnet is the first publicly known worm built to attack industrial systems and it has made headlines during the past weeks amidst speculation that it was designed to target nuclear systems in Iran.
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/503874/article-2963.html
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Ransomware is a type of malicious software that carries out the cryptoviral extortion attack from cryptovirology that blocks access to data until a ransom is paid and displays a message requesting payment to unlock it.
Ransomware, A decade-old kind of destructive software referred to as ransomware has been making headlines after cyberattack hijacked diffrent and thousands of computer systems worldwide.
The cybercriminals have normally targeted health centers, academic institutions, leading business and companies. The attacks highlight the difficulties that companies face.
” Not only people, however even federal governments and also big companies with a lot to lose fail to protect their systems and train their employees about necessary safety and security practices,” claimed Marty P. Kamden, an advertising and marketing exec for the exclusive network company NordVPN. “Cautious online habits would possibly have actually stopped the malware from infecting the network to begin with.”
Security specialists think the malware that stimulated this international attack, called WannaCry, may have at first contaminated makers by getting individuals to download it via e-mail. Afterwards, the destructive code was able to conveniently travel to a broader network of computers that were connected together via the Windows file-sharing system. (Customers of Macs or other non-Windows computer systems were not influenced.).
Simply, if people had actually stayed on top of safety and security updates, their devices would not have been infected. “People kind of obtained contented as well as not cautious regarding upgrading their devices.
Consumers could treat this by configuring their Windows devices to immediately set up the latest software program updates.
Even though WannaCry especially targeted Windows machine, that does not mean Mac or Linux users are off the incorporate the future. Other breeds of malware could contaminate numerous operating systems, so despite which tool you are using, you need to continuously upgrade your software application for safety and security enhancements.
Install Antivirus Software.
Along with maintaining Windows updated with the most up to date safety and security improvements, anti-viruses software could stop malware from contaminating your computer. Mr. Kamden of NordVPN said 30% of preferred anti-viruses systems can identifying as well as fight with the ransomware.
Of course, with antivirus software, the very same principle uses: Make sure to keep the anti-virus application up-to-date, as well latest emerging malware. Also, download anti-viruses applications just from trustworthy suppliers like Kaspersky Lab, Bitdefender or Malwarebytes.
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Exactly how do you detect a questionable e-mail? Look meticulously at the email address of the sender to see if it is originating from a legit address. Also, look for obvious typos and grammatical mistakes in the body. Float over hyperlinks (without clicking on them) inside e-mails to see whether they direct you to suspicious web pages. If an email shows up to have originated from your financial institution, credit card business or internet service provider, remember that they will never request for delicate details like your password or social safety number.
Do not click on anything via these pop-ups, after that safely shut the windows.
Create Back-ups of Your Information.
You can rescue yourself with a back-up of your data saved someplace, like on a physical disk drive or Google drive. By doing this, if your system hacked, you can merely eliminate all the information from the maker and also recover it from the backup.
In general, you should be create a duplicate of your data to begin with, in situation your computer fails or is lost. To be additional safe from hackers, after supporting your data onto an exterior drive, disconnect the drive from the computer as well as put it away.
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For larger organization with hundreds of employees, using security updates organization wide can be difficult. Businesses should identify the very best time to use these safety updates to office computers without interrupting performance.
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We’ve come a long, long, way from “Roll 3d6 6 times.” While character creation in Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition is somewhat less intricate than it was in Third Edition, the plethora of sourcebooks and options still makes it a complex process. You may need to check four or five hardcover books and a half-dozen on-line articles in Dragon to be sure you’re seeing every choice of at-will powers for your new dwarf fighter… or you can just fire up Dungeons & Dragons Character Builder and see every official rule, for a price.
You could search through five different sources for all these daily powers… or see them all at once with D&D Character Builder.
The D&D Character Builder demo covers characters of levels 1 through 3 only–enough to evaluate the full functionality of the product. It does include a small selection of races and classes from supplements beyond the Players Handbook, but by no means all of them. To get everything, including monthly updates, you need to subscribe to D&D Insider, a periodical which has varying rates. The good news is that you don’t need a constant subscription to use Character Builder once it’s unlocked and updated: You can spend $10 on a one-month subscription and be done with it. That said, if you’re playing in an active Fourth Edition game, you may want a D&DI subscription anyway.
Character Builder has a clean interface, though one which varies a bit from typical Windows conventions. It’s designed to create and edit one character at a time, and a wizard style interface takes you through each step, such as picking your race, class, feats, and powers. Once created, you can level your character up, buy it equipment, and retrain powers. All the rules are enforced, though some can be overridden. You can have higher attributes than you “should,” for example; the program simply writes “HOUSERULED” on your sheet so everybody’s aware of it. The best part of this is that the bulk of the math is done for you. If you equip a longsword, your “Basic Mêlée Attack” figures your total to-hit and damage modifiers, counting in every feat, class feature, and magical bonus. Swap out for that +3 Flaming Axe, and everything changes. All of your powers are printed in an array that makes it easy to cut them out and use them like cards, and they include both the default rules for the power and your personal values, calculated for your current build and equipment.
There is a downside to Character Builder. While the market of third-party Fourth Edition supplements is smaller than it was for third edition, due to a more restrictive license, there are still plenty of such products out there, and it’s quite impossible to add your own classes, races, or powers to Character Builder in a useful way. You can add a “House Rule” for any element, but this amounts to nothing more than placeholder text which doesn’t integrate in any way with the calculation aspect of the project. So you can create a feat which, say, gives a half-elf +2 with axes so long as they speak Dwarvish, but there’s no way to only let half-elves pick it, and if your half-elf has an axe and this “feat,” the +2 won’t be figured in anywhere. As compared to PCGen–which is basically a script-driven engine that can handle almost anything if you’re willing to deal with its complex and persnickety description language–Character Builder loses in flexibility but gains dramatically in ease of use and (if you’re a DDI subscriber) completeness. Also, due to licensing changes, any third-party program which supports Fourth Edition D&D is skating on thin legal ice.
A quick warning: If someone with a full version gives a demo user a character file, the demo’s response to data elements it doesn’t have is highly variable. One character I tested correctly printed powers not found in the demo, but lost weapon and armor proficiencies due to the demo not correctly handling the new “Hybrid” class features. Other users have experienced different, but equally broken, results. In short, reading any but the most basic characters with the demo is probably not going to work properly.
The demo of Dungeons & Dragons Character Builder is basically just enough to show you what it can do. To get full utility, you need to subscribe to DDI, at least long enough to unlock the full range of levels and download all the latest datasets.
Note: To unlock all Character Builder’s levels and receive updates, you must subscribe to D&D Insider. As of this writing, the prices vary from $10 for a one-month subscription to $6/month for a one-year subscription.
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/511862/dungeons_and_dragons_character_builder-2.html
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Determine who allowed to enter or exit the premises, where they are allowed to enter or exit and when they are allowed to enter or exit.
Perfect for any size home or business, including office buildings, industrial sites, gated communities, hotels, apartment complexes, colleges and more.
Provide a convenient way to allow access, or limited access, into authorized areas on an individualized basis.
Can reduce costs associated with re-keying locks and managing keys.
Can be easily integrated into your overall existing network or can be used as a stand-alone system.
Provide real-time monitoring of all access to your property.
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https://www.artistlocksmith.com/access-control
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Security certifications are necessary credentials, but alone won't solve the industry's critical talent gap.
There’s an adage in the legal community that passing the bar exam does not make you a good lawyer. But does obtaining a certification make you a good cybersecurity professional? The answer, similarly, is no. But it’s a step in the right direction.
Given the rapidly increasing cybersecurity threats facing businesses today, the need for more qualified cybersecurity professionals has never been more urgent. Recent estimates from Cisco peg the current shortfall of cybersecurity professionals at one million, and Symantec estimates that number will rise to 1.5 million by 2019. And yet, despite the rapid growth of the field over the last 10 years, cybersecurity is still very much a wild west when it comes to talent.
One of the major hurdles that the industry hasn’t quite overcome is how to define the cybersecurity field as a profession. Compared with more established fields like medicine and law, cybersecurity lacks the common core of defined knowledge and hands-on training at the level which can be typically seen in medical, legal, or other licensing-driven professions. Until a certification or credential exists that acts as a de facto license demonstrating this core knowledge, we must continue to establish career paths that can be evaluated by the stakeholders in the industry and we must apply the same rigor in defining the cybersecurity common core, as well as the specialties beyond the core.
Critics of certifications point to the lack of hands-on skills and the fact that to be effective, a credential must mean something. Efforts such as the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) initiative from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made some headway in bringing leadership and vision to help define the cybersecurity field and increase the number of skilled cybersecurity professionals, but there is still work to be done as the profession matures. In the meantime, current cybersecurity certifications help provide guiding milestones. So while cybersecurity might currently lack a true career path or licensure component in today’s environment, certifications provide a way to objectively measure a candidate’s knowledge and skills and ensure that he or she can meet the demands of the job. It also shows that the person is committed to learning further about cybersecurity.
Much like the bar in the legal profession, cybersecurity certifications are necessary, but not sufficient. Evaluations of prospective cybersecurity professionals should include a true capability review that goes beyond passing a certification, and includes additional measurements for assessment like interviews, in house testing, and other training transcripts. As in other professions, hands-on experience and continuing education are paramount in the cybersecurity field.
Given the complexity, quantity, and evolution of cyber threats, vigilance with regard to continued training couldn’t be more critical to a well-rounded cyber professional. The industry should recognize these upcoming labor shortfalls and work together to rationalize the paths and training for the newly certified professionals that our industry so desperately needs.
For example, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification, issued by (ISC)², has long been considered a gold standard certification within the cybersecurity industry. The CISSP certification requires five years’ experience, in addition to passing the exam. While CISSP hopefuls without five years of experience may choose to take the exam and receive an Associate designation, ultimately the hands-on experience is required. However, the CISSP – or any certification for that matter – needs to be something that tests fundamental skills and truly means something to employers who need professionals who can really get things done.
Beyond the CISSP, there’s a patchwork of other certifications like the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or the Network+ and Security+ certifications from CompTIA. All of these certifications provide some of the fundamentals, but are still largely a patchwork rather than a comprehensive baseline to work from.
The most in-demand cybersecurity positions today require highly-skilled individuals. Whether you enter the cybersecurity field straight from school, as an ethical hacker, or an IT professional, it’s the combination of certification and practical experience that allows you to demonstrate your cybersecurity expertise and establish confidence among employers and potential employers that you’re up to the task of protecting their most critical business assets.
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https://w1.darkreading.com/cloud/defining-the-common-core-of-cybersecurity-certifications-+-practical-experience/a/d-id/1326832?print=yes
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You may wish to block access to the vulnerable software from outside your network perimeter, specifically by blocking access to the ports used by NetBackup Catalog daemon (typically 13721/tcp). This will limit your exposure to attacks. However, blocking at the network perimeter would still allow attackers within the perimeter of your network to exploit the vulnerability. The use of host-based firewalls in addition to network-based firewalls can help restrict access to specific hosts within the network. It is important to understand your network's configuration and service requirements before deciding what changes are appropriate.
Note: even if patching can be done quickly, the above workaround measures should be considered as part of a defense-in-depth strategy for protecting your systems.
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https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744137
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India must ask itself as it tries out new ways to make virtual payments and transactions.
Just when India is going through its biggest push towards digitisation, a group of hackers have reminded the country about the perils of the process. Over the last week, several personal and institutional Twitter handles have been hacked and filled with abusive posts. However, there was more to this digital identity heist than what the hackers could post on the platform. They had also tapped into the email database of at least two of these individuals, and generated no level of outrage or legal scrutiny from any quarter.
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Are we as a nation equipped to protect ourselves online? The answer is an easy no, as the events of the past week have shown. It is even more scary that as a society we are happy to live with the knowledge that our digital lives are compromised multiple times every day. According to the latest Norton Cyber Security Insights Report, Indians exhibit an alarming complacency when it comes to doing the right thing online. Indians top when it comes to falling victim to ransomware, and still seem unable to stop clicking on links from unknown sources.
Twitter does not comment on individual cases, but it seems what happened over the past week with the handle of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, his party’s official handle, and the handles of NDTV journalists Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar, had more to do with the emails used to generate the Twitter profiles and not so much the social media accounts themselves. That would explain why there are email dumps being advertised as booty.
Incidents like these have happened across the world — recently in the US, where hacking, allegedly by Russian online entities, is a major ongoing issue. When hackers have slipped into the role of activists, they have often chosen to convey messages in the way they have chosen targets and exposed data. Everything is illegal, of course — the incidents of the past week are, for instance, punishable under various sections of the IT Act, 2008 with sentences of not less than two years.
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Any email account these days is a window into the person who owns it, their identities, personalities, private lives and, more dangerously, financial profiles. Most Indians don’t even realise how their digital identities are now so inextricably linked to their actual personas. Just a simple SMS from a bank stating your balance could end up being a key to exploit you, and email access is like opening the entire door.
Millions of Indians have been enlisted for digital banking over the past few weeks. Some are trying out mobile payments for the first time, initially with very small amounts, often helped by those who know better. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently asked the digitally literate to help at least 10 others to initiate their digital payments. The problem, though, could be with the intentions of those who help, because digital transactions is one place you might not want others to look into.
This has to be understood in the context of how easy mobile transactions are these days — it takes barely seconds to make a Paytm payment to a shopkeeper or friend — and all you need is their phone number. A lot of the first-time users will take some time to understand the intricacies of the system, at least well enough to not be duped by others. These are early days, but expect to hear of crimes related to fraudulent digital payments soon. Simply because at a time when e-wallet players like Paytm and Freecharge are reporting 10X growth in money added and 4X growth in transaction values, it is unlikely that cyber criminals would not be interested.
And this is where the government has to step in. If India has to go digital, it has to go digital safely, even if it isn’t that swiftly. And here, strong laws and penalties are crucial to send out the message that a fraudulent money transfer of even Rs 50 would be dealt with severely. Given that our digital payment platforms are also linked to the Aadhar platform, there is a powerful case for the government to keep a hawk eye on how this segment evolves. Also, while the government pushes online transactions and a cashless economy, it has to put in similar efforts to teach people how to stay safe online. The push for digitisation cannot be at the cost of the digital security of citizens.
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https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/digital-payments-cyber-security-data-theft-hacking-demonetisation-4422513/
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Andy Watson, Chief Technology Officer at WekaIO, shares his thoughts on encryption as a WekaIO differentiator in this blog titled “Going All The Way (with WekaFS™ Encryption)”.
Data privacy has always been important. For as long as we’ve had computer systems with a “login”, we’ve used passwords to keep intruders out of our … stuff. Even with strong passwords, that obviously ain’t good enough anymore, and it hasn’t been for decades. Malware continually finds new ways to subvert system-level security mechanisms to access data. And that’s why an additional layer of protection is not merely a good idea — it should be the law. Buckle up, it’s the 21st century and bad actors move fast, so your data security needs to move faster.
Encrypt your data.
Well, that’s easily said but not always a straightforward proposition, depending on how you store it. If you already have a big investment in some legacy storage infrastructure it might not offer encryption as a built-in feature. And adding it “aftermarket” adds cumbersome complexity and can devastate your storage performance.
Many on-premises storage platforms only provide encryption via a limited subset of disk drive or SSD devices that are encryption-enabled. Such hardware encryption adds cost and limits the range of possible deployment options, typically to only the most critical data. Hardware-encrypted disks or flash devices are also inherently flawed, only protecting the data at-rest. But for any environment where data crosses the network, encrypting the data in-flight is obviously critical — in fact, arguably more important than making it secure on the fileservers safely locked away inside datacenters. All those half-measure platforms in the storage market which rely solely on hardware-encrypted drives are a bit like locking the back door of your house while leaving the front door wide open.
The public cloud vendors have been far more proactive at protecting data, ironically in part driven by the demands of on-premises customers to protect their data in the public cloud. Yes, there is some performance overhead that varies based on which cloud and how you have it configured. But the sheer scale of the cloud amortizes the overhead to such an extent that for most applications, the performance is still acceptable. In fact, for many years encryption has been a de facto standard associated with cloud-based object storage. And in recent years, “best practices” recommend that users should leverage a KMS (Key Management Service — e.g., Vault) to encrypt with unique keys for each object. That way, even in a worst-case scenario wherein a breach occurs, the theft of your data will be slowed down dramatically, and ideally thwarted almost entirely beyond perhaps the loss of a single item of data.
At WekaIO, we have modeled our file data encryption strategy in line with the demands of cloud customers. Our data storage platform is available both on-premises and on AWS, providing software-based encryption (i.e., no dependency on hardware-encrypted drives). Here are a few more details about our design:
Full end-to-end encryption from the compute clients, across the LAN or WAN, all the way to data tiered on the object storage data lake.
How do we accomplish this? You see, our WekaFS filesystem includes a POSIX-compliant client installed on application servers (running in user space with a minimal footprint) such that the scope of our software encryption reaches all the way from the application to the storage. Unlike alternatives offered by other vendors that only encrypt data “at-rest” on their file server, WekaIO encrypts data both “in-flight” and “at-rest”. That’s worth repeating because, so far as I know, we are the only data storage platform to go all the way from the application server, across the wire, to the safely-stored (checksummed, erasure-code-protected) NVMe flash media and down to tiered data in the object storage based data lake.
All of our end-to-end encryption is done consistently and with KMS integration for simplicity of implementation that leads to success. If (as you read this) you’re thinking that there are other ways to cobble together encryption in-flight+at-rest solutions using NFS or SMB, you aren’t totally wrong, but you’re overlooking staggering implementation and administration complexity that characteristically leads to frustrating outcomes. In the end, you’d still have tradeoffs like extra steps of decrypting followed by re-encrypting (because you’d have two separate encryption mechanisms — one for in-flight and another for at-rest), no KMS integration, and greater performance overhead, often with weaker effective protection (i.e., shorter key lengths). This is why so very few sites have gone down the lonely path of Secure NFS, and why so many sys admins have war stories about Kerberos.
The bottom line is: if you really want to protect your data, use our software to encrypt it consistently both in-flight and at-rest, from the client to the storage cluster (and back again, as needed).
The investment in going all the way (with WekaIO encryption) will give you privacy and data protection that is unique and unprecedented among storage vendors.
Click here to read the press release announcing our security enhancements.
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https://www.weka.io/blog/going-all-the-way-with-wekafs-encryption/
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By Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi on May 1, 2019
In June of 2018 we reported that the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for review of a data breach lawsuit addressing the issue of whether parties can pursue class arbitration when the language in the arbitration agreement does not explicitly allow for such, Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela , No. 17-988, certiorari granted April 30, 2018. By granting the petition for certiorari, the Court afforded itself the opportunity to clarify its 2010 decision in Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., 559 U.S. 662 (2010) in which the Court ruled that parties cannot be forced into class arbitration, “unless there is contractual basis for concluding [they] agreed to do so”. The Supreme Court has finally issued its decision, ruling on April 24 2019, that arbitration agreements must explicitly include a class arbitration clause for parties to arbitrate class action claims.
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, held that the 9th Circuit panel erred in ruling that Lamps Plus, a lighting retailer, must participate in a class arbitration of an employee’s claims when the employment agreement did not state that class arbitration was available. The employee’s claims arise from an incident of identity theft, as the result of a phishing attack, in which a third party impersonating a Lamps Plus employee convinced a fellow Lamps Plus colleague to send copies of W-2 forms for multiple Lamps Plus employees.
The employment agreement between the named plaintiff, Frank Varela, and his employer, Lamps Plus, included an arbitration clause, however it was silent on whether the clause also allowed for class arbitration. The 9th Circuit majority ruling stated that “perhaps the most reasonable” interpretation of that agreement allows for class arbitration. The circuit court analogized how Varela waiving his “right…to file a lawsuit or other civil action or proceeding” and “any right…to resolve employment disputes through trial by judge or jury,” clearly also includes waiving his right to class action lawsuits, even though the agreement does not explicitly state such.
The Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit and ruled that Stole-Neilsen does not permit a lower court to make such an “inference” from an ambiguous arbitration agreement. “Under the Federal Arbitration Act, an ambiguous agreement cannot provide the necessary contractual basis for concluding that the parties agreed to submit to class arbitration,” the opinion stated. “Like silence, ambiguity does not provide a sufficient basis to conclude that parties to an arbitration agreement agreed to ‘sacrifice the principal advantage of arbitration.”
In addition, the Court emphasized that the use of class arbitration “undermines the most important benefits” of the individual arbitration process, “lower costs, greater efficiency and speed and the ability to choose expert adjudicators to realize specialized disputes”.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Lamps Plus has significant implications for employers, well beyond the data breach context. This case is considered a “win” for employers, as lower courts will lack the ability to “infer” class arbitration clauses in arbitration agreements. Nonetheless, companies are advised to include unambiguous language in their employment agreements on whether class arbitration is available. For further insight on the Lamps Plus decision, check out our Class Action and Complex Litigation Practice Group’s in-depth commentary on the case, available here.
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https://www.workplaceprivacyreport.com/2019/05/articles/identity-theft/supreme-court-rules-on-employee-data-breach-class-arbitration-suit/
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The world today is changing, that’s for sure. While the rapid advances in modern technology have simplified many aspects of our daily lives, in certain others they have only made things more and more complicated. Cyber security is a prime example of this; with intellectual assets now often equally as or more valuable than physical ones, safeguarding sensitive information online is a key priority for any business owner, regardless of the size or industry they find themselves in.
Hackers, cyber-criminals and other threat actors are well aware of the rich rewards on offer from compromising a company’s security defences and employ ever more sophisticated methods to do so. Of course, this demands an equally intricate approach from those tasked with patrolling the cyber perimeter, but sometimes the very complexity needed to thwart cyber-attacks can hinder rather than help their implementation.
Simplicity as Sophistication
This is nowhere truer than when it comes to executives and decision-makers who may not have the specialist expertise to understand convoluted jargon or technical aspects, but still need to make effective and efficient decisions to safeguard their business. When faced with difficult-to-understand terminology and expensive software solutions that don’t immediately explain their value, efforts to implement cyber security can often fall away.
In these scenarios, the importance of Keeping It Short and Simple (KISS) cannot be overstated. If security departments can go to their CFO with a clear outline of how the proposed technological innovations will benefit the company in terms that can be easily understood, they’re far more likely to be successful in their petition for more funds or the implementation of new systems. In situations like this, simplicity is far preferable to even the most elegant kind of sophistry.
Knowing your strengths - and weaknesses.
The first port of call when improving any existing security infrastructure is assessing its current state of proficiency. Recognising areas where the status quo is working well will allow you to devote the requisite time and resources to patching up areas where it isn’t. Furthermore, demonstrating this to a decision-maker in terms they can immediately and intuitively understand can eliminate the inter-departmental problems of communication which often scupper attempts to improve workplace practices.
For instance, the use of a diagram similar to the one above can be a quick and effective way to communicate to a non-technical person were the company is performing well in relation to cyber-security – and where it needs to improve. Having once identified these potential weaknesses, the SOC can then introduce measures designed to bolster online defences and shore things up in the face of hostile attacks. Getting the message across concisely can be all-important in bring about tangible change.
The SOC armoury in action.
To take the above diagram as a basis, it can ascertained at a single glance that the company in question must improve their monitoring and incident management procedures in order to boost their online defences. The security professional can then list a number of tools or practices specifically designed towards targeting these problems, such as the introduction of simulated phishing attacks, a visual sweep of desktop security at the end of the day and a robust incident management protocol for when unwanted breaches do occur.
If the security team is able to quantify the benefits offered by these new innovations in monetary or otherwise numerical terms, they’ll be all the better equipped to convince those in charge that the measures are worth pursuing. Rather than trying to justify the ROI with hifalutin phrasing, unintelligible acronyms or other forms of obfuscation which can lead to a breakdown in understanding between the security and finance departments, it always makes sense to KISS and make up.
Calling in the professionals
Of course, it’s one thing calling for simplicity and transparency when justifying new security systems; it’s quite another achieving that in practice. The limited pool of resources available to many SMEs – both in terms of economics and employee expertise – can mean that cyber-security is playing second (or third, or fourth) fiddle to other areas of the business deemed more immediately important. While such an approach is entirely understandable, it also runs the risk of a breach occurring at any moment.
That’s where Quorum Cyber comes in. As a cyber security consultancy firm born in the Cloud, we’re well-versed in all aspects of how unscrupulous attackers can target companies – and how to stop them. We can demonstrate to the executives in a business how, where and why their systems fall short, and which tools they should implement to rectify those shortcomings. In turn, this takes the stress off those in charge of making decisions and provides them with the evidence they need to justify their outlay. For more information on how we can help your business, get in touch with us today.
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https://www.quorumcyber.com/blog/2018/9/28/kiss-cyber-threats-goodbye
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Ransomware has been one of the biggest threats in cybersecurity over the past few years. Hospitals, governments, cities, companies, they’ve all been impacted by this wave of malicious behavior.
But what happens when an enterprise is hit? What goes on in the short term? How do you stop the bleeding? How do you recover? On this episode, Greg Otto talks with David Macias, president of ITRMS, a IT service provider based in California. Macias, a victim of a ransomware attack, tells us how he recovered, what he learned, and what he tells his clients to do in order to prevent a similar incident from occurring.
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2020 was a wake-up call for most of us. It also forced us to depend on technology to keep doing our jobs. For many multifamily properties and property management companies, the transition to virtual was challenging because it was foreign, and, quite frankly, most companies were not prepared for such a transition. Now, in 2021 and beyond, the multifamily industry is paying closer attention to their technology – and security! More dependency on technology in your leasing office means open season for hackers because of increased user endpoints (basically, anyone using a device connected to the internet). Unfortunately, security software tools and network hardware alone are not enough to prevent the bad guys from breaking in. Your leasing teams and corporate staff are the last line of defense which is why it’s important to become a human “firewall” and learn the “do’s and “don’t’s” when it comes to cybersecurity awareness.
Join Travis Street, president of CTS and leading national cybersecurity advisor in the multifamily industry. Travis has prepared an in-depth dive into the world of IT, the dangers that surround your properties, and how to avoid becoming a victim of cyber-attacks.
Passionate about generational research, Maria has played a leading role in the apartment industry for over 25 years. Maria has worked with Ellis, Partners in Management Solutions since 2007, writing and designing training materials focused on teaching the on-site teams on how to understand and work with their colleagues and customers of all generations. She applies her insight into generational differences to develop training for Edge2Learn that is relevant to the four unique generations now in the workplace.
Maria’s career started with Lincoln Property Company, where she held almost every onsite position over a span of 16 years, earning the Vice President of Marketing and Training.
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https://www.edge2learn.com/webinars/cybersecurity-awareness/
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Cyber criminals use BECs to steal from companies using fraudulent funds transfers, such as by changing direct deposit instructions, wire transfer instructions, or requesting business checks. A BEC begins with hackers gaining full control of a person’s email account so they can read that person’s emails, delete emails, re-direct emails using rules, and send emails as if they were that person. The hackers focus on the email accounts of C-suite executives, controllers, and those involved in funds transfers (e.g., direct deposit instructions, wire transfers, check writing). The identities of the right people can usually be deduced from a few LinkedIn searches. Hackers track out-of-office message and social media to determine when executives may be away from the office.
Once hackers gain control over a particular email account, they will study the company’s procedures and email traffic, sometimes for months. After learning about the company and how it handles wire transfer requests, they will begin their attack. Typically, they will write emails from the executive’s account requesting rush wire transfers to offshore accounts. Most are careful to make requests that will be acted upon quickly without raising too much suspicion (e.g., by crafting the email with a sense of urgency). These criminals often start small and then increase their activity and the wire transfer amounts until someone spots the theft. Some of these attacks can go on for months. Many target a one-month window to avoid detection.
We have also seen schemes where criminals impersonate suppliers or business partners and send new wire transfer instructions for upcoming payments. In other cases, criminals impersonate employees and send emails requesting changes to payroll direct-deposit instructions. Such criminals may also watch emails during the run-up to a merger or acquisition, then send fraudulent wire transfer instructions near the closing.
Compounding the problem is that when a BEC occurs, (1) the funds are rarely recoverable and (2) many crime and cyber insurance policies do not cover these sorts of losses.
Update your funds transfer policies to ensure that there are non-email confirmations/multi-factor authentication to confirm wiring/payment instructions for certain incoming and outgoing funds transfers. This can be as simple as requiring a phone call or video chat between people who know one another. Include a plan for handling suspicious funds transfer instructions.
Meet with your financial institutions to ensure everyone has a clear understanding of the protocols in place to handle wire transfers. If the protocol is simply “wire based on email instructions” the financial institution typically will claim no liability.
Review cyber insurance policies to ensure that these types of criminal events are covered, including coverage for the stolen funds.
Implement periodic cybersecurity training for executives and employees, especially those involved in funds transfers. Such training should include periodic test “phishing” emails from your IT department or a security vendor so people become accustomed to spotting suspicious emails.
Use multi-factor authentication for email accounts, especially email accounts like Office 365 that are accessible via the Internet.
Guarding against wire transfer fraud through business email compromise requires a layered approach. Companies should also prepare for a possible incident and ensure that their cybersecurity policy covers not only the cost of responding to an incident, but also the stolen funds.
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Cyberbullying is not fun to talk about. With school creeping up, technology and social media use will be on the rise. Talking about cyberbullying to make your child or children aware of the subject is a step in the right direction. What you may not know is that cyberbullying is any type of harassment, taunting, or threats made on different social media platforms. It is so common these days that sometimes it is unrecognizable. Kids may think the post is funny without thinking about their peer, resulting in them not even defining it as a form of bullying.
With just a click of a button, a demeaning or embarrassing message can quickly be spread to thousands of people. Here are some things you should know about cyberbullying while the school year is in play:
Websites and Apps: There are many different social media platforms out in the world today, for instance: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Youtube, where cyberbullying can reach children even in places where they feel safe. It can spread faster and further to more people and can occur any time of the day. Cyberbullying is different from bullying, as online posts can cause more confusion and emotions than in-person communication. With cyberbullying, there is no escaping online interactions. This is where you can become aware of the social media platforms your child/children are using. Have regular conversations with your child and discuss examples. Do this so they become conscious of the issue, so if they ever become victims or witness it themselves, they can either try to communicate the issue or know ways to fix it.
Cyberbullies Can Act Anonymously: People who participate in cyberbullying may use an anonymous cloak to hide behind. In other words, it may not always be clear who the person is behind the screen. This can be troubling because it ultimately encourages them to be more audacious and difficult to trace. Once again, become aware of the sites your children are using. Also, do not assume that your children will not participate in cyberbullying. As hard as it may seem, even the nicest kids can get swept up in the moment of tormenting another peer as the acts may not seem real. It’s best to be a role model, monitor your own social media and make it clear that bullying is not tolerated no matter the form.
Cyberbullying vs. Just Being Kids: When school starts, children tend to use social media more often than not. They like to use online as a way to email, chat, watch videos, send messages, play games and do homework. It is important for them to know the differences between cyberbullying and the factors of “just being a kid.” The intentions and context of their behavior are crucial when trying to decide if cyber bullying is occurring. Being mean can be accidental, but when tools are used over the internet to intentionally make someone upset, that is cyberbullying. You can help explain to your child that being online is a place to be responsible and respectful. Help them develop ways to communicate in a responsible manner.
We hope this information brings awareness to you and what your child/children might deal with throughout the school year. It is time to come to terms with the fact that no matter what you do as a parent, your child will be exposed to social media. It is your responsibility to guide and educate them on the correct way to use it.
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N2 - Background: The majority of affective psychopathology is rooted early in life and first emerges during childhood and adolescence. However, little is known about how genetic vulnerability affects brain structure and function in childhood since the vast majority of studies published so far have been conducted on adult participants. The present investigation examined for the first time the effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) valine (val) 158 methionine (met) (val158met) polymorphism, which has been shown to moderate predisposition to negative mood and affective disorders, on brain structure and function in children. Methods: Voxel-based morphometry and functional magnetic resonance imaging were used to measure gray matter volume and emotional reactivity in 50 children aged between 10 and 12 years. We tested the hypothesis that met158 allele affects structural brain development and confers heightened reactivity within the affective frontolimbic circuit in children. Results: The met158 allele was positively associated with gray matter volume in the left hippocampal head where genotype accounted for 59% of interindividual variance. In addition, the met158 allele was positively associated with neuronal responses to fearful relative to neutral facial expressions in the right parahippocampal gyrus where genotype accounted for 14% of the interindividual variance. These findings are consistent with the notion that genetic factors affect brain function to moderate vulnerability to affective psychopathology from childhood.
Conclusions: These results indicate that the met158 allele is associated with increased gray matter volume and heightened reactivity during emotional processing within the limbic system in children as young as 10 to 12 years of age.
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https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/genetic-vulnerability-to-affective-psychopathology-in-childhood(007364e9-3eeb-4445-a468-bb6e61a0e97e)/export.html
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How often have we found ourselves in need of a vulnerable application, which we could use for various purposes? We could use such applications to test the web application scanners to assess the effectiveness of each scanner. We could also use vulnerable applications to test our knowledge of specific vulnerability detection and exploitation.
In this article we’ll introduce two applications: the Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) and WebGoat. These two applications exist for one purpose only: to contain web vulnerabilities which we can exploit. Those two applications can be categorized as shown in the picture below. They are web applications, which require a webserver to run.
Damn Vulnerable Web Applications (DVWA): PHP/MySQL web applications that contain various vulnerabilities.
WebGoat: J2EE web application maintained by OWASP, designed to teach web application security lessons.
When we first connect to the URI http://localhost/dvwa/ we’ll have to set up the database. To do that we need to press on the “Create/Reset Database” button as presented in the picture below:
We can see that the database dvwa has been successfully created. Two tables were also created and popularized in that database. Those two tables are users table and guestbook table.
Afterwards, we can successfully login with the default username admin and password that were automatically created by the DVWA web application. The next picture shows the DVWA login web page.
The package tomcat6 is the actuall Tomcat web server, whereas tomcat6-admin is used to administer the Tomcat web server. The tomcat6-examples provides useful Tomcat examples, whereas the tomcat6-docs installs the Tomcat documentation.
When we want to get server status and restart web applications, we need to access the URI http://yourserver:8080/manager/html, which is password protected. We need to create a user with a role manager in /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml.
We can also create virtual hosts if we connect to the URI http://yourserver:8080/host-manager/html, which is also password protected. To access it, we must create a user with a role admin in /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml.
When administering the Tomcat web server, some features need write access to the /etc/tomcat6/ directory, which isn’t granted to the Tomcat user by default. This is why we need to grant the tomcat6 user permissions to that directory. We can do that with the commands below:
To install the WAR file, we must connect to the URI http://127.0.0.1:8080/manager/html and click on the “WAR file to deploy”, which is presented in the picture below:
When we click on the Deploy button, the WebGoat-5.4.war file will be uploaded to the Tomcat web server and installed.
But we can avoid all of this if we use the default standalone Tomcat package. First we need to download and extract it:
This will start the Tomcat web server on port 8080 and the WebGoat application should be accessible on the http://localhost:8080/WebGoat/attack URI. This can be seen in the picture below:
Ok, we can see the WebGoat entry website. To actually start WebGoat, we need to press on the “Start WebGoat” button. The WebGoat is immediately started and we’re redirected to the Web site presented below:
Now we have a working WebGoat vulnerable application and we can start testing various attacks on it. The following categories are available:
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https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/vulnerable-applications/
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Law360 (December 10, 2020, 5:34 PM EST) -- Former White House adviser Steve Bannon on Wednesday challenged the Federal Trade Commission's bid to force him to testify about his role in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, telling a D.C. federal judge the request is "designed to damage" his defense in a separate criminal case.
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The encrypted objects of this ransomware can be easily identified because it renames the original file name and adds a file extension. Likewise other variant of its family it also locks users files for financial purposes but the most noticeable thing about this ransomware is that it writes few bytes to locked System files and delete Shadow Volume copies.
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Press and hold down the F8 key during the restart process.
From the boot menu, select Safe Mode with Networking using the arrow keys.
Now your computer will get started in Safe Mode with Networking.
Now type “msconfig” in the Run Box and press Enter.
Open Startup tab and uncheck all entries from unknown manufacturer.
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Using .htaccess configuration file.
If you’re on a shared hosting plan, you’ll only have access to create rules in the .htaccess configuration file. Follow these steps:
Using httpd.conf configuration file
If you’re on a dedicated hosting plan that gives you access to the web server’s root configuration file httpd.conf, then:
Go to your website’s root folder, open the httpd.conf. Note: You should be able to do this using either an FTP application such as Filezilla or your hosting provider’s online File manager.
Copy one (1) of the following lines into the httpd.conf file (after any existing rules) and save it. The header should now be set.
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A consultation between 5StarS and the automotive industry on a new vehicle cybersecurity rating scheme has been welcomed by Thatcham Research.
The consortium, a UK government funded project, which brings together key research bodies (HORIBA MIRA, Ricardo, Roke, Axillium Research and Thatcham Research) to address the increased cybersecurity threat around connected and autonomous vehicles, has released a consultation paper to seek feedback from automotive manufacturers, government and insurers to ensure the framework can be adopted.
Richard Billyeald, Chief Technical Officer at Thatcham Research, said: “The 5StarS consortium aims to introduce a new system of star ratings for the security of autonomous cars against cyber-attacks, like Euro NCAP’s ratings for the crash safety of cars. This framework is ultimately designed to give UK consumers transparency around a car’s potential cybersecurity risk.
“Car security, specifically cybersecurity, is a huge concern for consumers and insurers, particularly as new digital technologies can leave cars vulnerable to attack. The 5StarS system will inform consumers and insurers what potential risk this connectivity has, as well as encourage car manufacturers to continually strive to improve car security.”
The arrival of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is adding to the discussion around vehicle technology and its impact on road safety. Manufacturers must have proven, built-in safeguards and resilience against the emerging threat of cyber-attacks.
The 5StarS assurance framework, outlined in the consultation paper, will enable manufacturers to gain assurance in their products, use resilience as a market differentiator and establish meaningful ways of communicating cybersecurity risk to consumers.
The paper provides a roadmap to increasing assurance, which starts by meeting the requirements of the emerging regulations and standards such as ISO/SAE 21434, while introducing independent vehicle vulnerability assessments. It also proposes a consumer-facing risk rating system to reassure consumers about their choice of vehicle.
Billyeald continues: “Building consumers’ trust in both vehicle safety and cybersecurity is critical. We will continue to work with 5StarS to develop an assurance framework that underpins future assessments of the cybersecurity capabilities of new vehicles and their resilience to attacks.”
Paul Wooderson, Cybersecurity Principal Engineer at HORIBA MIRA and 5StarS project lead, added: “It’s important we address cybersecurity assurance for connected and autonomous vehicles, not only for vehicle manufacturers but for the automotive industry as a whole, as well as insurers and consumers.
“The easy-to-understand rating system is essential for customers’ peace of mind, as is demonstrating that appropriate security measures are in place. We are now inviting feedback on this paper, which we will use to further enhance the 5StarS framework, providing a positive solution for trusted and resilient mobility.”
The final paper will be released in June 2019 after consultation with the industry.
5StarS is a Innovate UK funded two-year project. For more information on 5StarS or to provide feedback on the consultation paper, visit: https://5starsproject.com/
Thatcham Research is the independent voice of automotive safety, security & repair, advising motorists, insurers and vehicle manufacturers to help reduce accident frequency, severity and costs and to realise the vision of ‘Safer cars, fewer crashes’, while driving standards in vehicle security.
As well as its world leading crash and track research, Thatcham Research develops repair methods amongst a number of other products and services within the collision repair industry for insurers, motor manufacturers, equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
In addition, Thatcham Research has administered the Association of British Insurer’s (ABI) Group Rating system for the past 50 years. Group Rating is an advisory system intended to provide insurers with the relative risk of private cars and light commercial vehicles.
As the UK's only insurer funded automotive research centre, Thatcham Research enjoy a wide remit at the forefront of the latest vehicle technology. Thatcham's leading work in vehicle safety and security has a vital role in shaping the designs of new vehicles, whilst the centre is also seen as a key industry player at the forefront of driving standards in vehicle body repair.
Thatcham's Crash Laboratory is the only official UK crash testing centre for consumer safety body Euro NCAP and are viewed as a centre of excellence when it comes to active vehicle safety, particularly the evaluation of new Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) which provide the foundation for future vehicle autonomy.
Enjoying an increasingly global influence in both the insurance and automotive sectors, Thatcham Research expertise is in great demand with a range of opinion leaders being regularly asked to provide their experience and know-how at high profile events and in the media, living up to their reputation as ‘Experts in Safety, Security and Crash Repair’.
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Almost 50% of companies still can’t detect if any of their IoT devices have been breached. With the number of connected IoT devices set to top 20 billion by 2023, businesses must act quickly to ensure their IoT breach detection is as effective as possible. Is blockchain the answer?
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Airbus has announced the launch of a human-centric cybersecurity accelerator program. It will feature a dedicated team of human factor and cognitive psychology experts that will work in collaboration with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and a range of other partners to gain crucial insights into human-centric approaches for improving cybersecurity effectiveness.
The Accelerator will offer placements for qualifying university students and establish collaboration opportunities with research teams and businesses to help make the UK one of the safest places to do business in cyberspace.
The launch follows the opening of the Airbus Cyber Innovation Hub, located in Newport, Wales, in April 2019.
Dr Kevin Jones, chief information security officer of Airbus, said: “With increasingly sophisticated attacks being attempted every day, it simply isn’t possible to protect every user against every cyber-attack. We therefore need to think differently and identify ways for security to work with an organization’s people, to better protect against an array of threats.
“With the right tools and approach, employees can be the strongest link in an organization’s cyber-defense. Our work aims to put people-centric thinking at the heart of an organization’s security and we’re keen to hear from likeminded researchers and organizations who are interested in getting involved with our new Accelerator.”
Airbus was recently forced to take action after a possible Chinese state-sponsored hacking operation was detected targeting multiple suppliers over the past year.
Dr Ian Levy, technical director at the NCSC, said the new initiative is a welcome one and recognizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach that puts people at the center of cybersecurity development.
“At the NCSC, we recognize the vital role employees have to play in an organization’s cyber-resilience and we are pleased to collaborate on this program.”
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/airbus-launches-cybersecurity/
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Next time your GPS app functions without interruption, or a credit card transaction is approved on the first try, consider thanking a hacker.
Both of those everyday activities, along with many others, are made possible in part because of satellites, those orbiting chunks of metal that only a fraction of the population thinks about on a regular basis. Now, though, security-minded officials in the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service (DDS), the Air Force and New York-based vendor Red Balloon Security are trying to improve satellite security by sending computer researchers the technology they would need to hack them. It’s part of an effort to ensure that those big satellites orbiting the Earth remain reliable, and keep the GPS navigation running.
One research challenge, called Nyan-Sat, is broken up into three parts. Hackers are building their own satellite tracking antennae, exploiting a ground station modem, and then participating in a live-streamed ground station event. And with DEF CON going virtual this year to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, Red Balloon, which is coordinating Nyan-Sat with DDS and the Air Force, has mailed DEF CON attendees hacking “kits” for $1 that will allow them to track satellites.
“The hardware costs more than $1, it’s $100. But we figure this year since we can’t be at DEF CON physically and we’re not sponsoring any events, we would spend the money we would have spent sponsoring events and spend it on hardware instead,” Red Balloon CEO Ang Cui told CyberScoop. “Even though we can’t physically be with our community, we can … all play with the same thing at the same time.”
Nyan-Sat is one of a number of workshops taking place this week as a part of DEF CON’s aerospace “village,” where hackers can flex their skills with other security researchers from around the world. Participants may also join other aerospace programs sponsored by DDS and the Air Force, including two in which hackers can attack mock satellites and one, called “Bricks in the Air,” for hacking model airplanes made of LEGO Technic bricks. DEF CON is also hosting its first-ever Hack-A-Satellite capture the flag challenge this year.
Satellites help power some of our most sensitive communications and services, like weather forecasting, television, and banking services. But their security has historically been lacking, and they’re vulnerable to data interception and takeovers, research has shown. Suspected Chinese and Russian hackers have been particularly interested in the technology.
In many ways, however, the security community is still playing catchup. It was only last year, for instance, that a security company stood up the first-ever Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (S-ISAC) in Colorado. The Pentagon established the U.S. Space Force within the Air Force just last year as well.
“A lot of people are realizing we’re at this inflection point where space is obviously going to be very important going forward,” Cui said, noting the decreasing cost of technology required to track or meddle with satellites is only going to increase cybersecurity risks in space. “This is the perfect, obvious storm. You have a whole lot of these very vulnerable devices, you have a whole planet of hackers that are dying to get access to them, and all of a sudden technology that allows you to get access cheaply.”
The goal of the Aerospace Village is to pique security researchers’ interest in investigating satellite security, Cui said. If any hackers find vulnerabilities or security issues this week, Cui said that will be an added benefit.
“The most important thing is we have to go and fix the security problems people point out. To do that, we need talented people to come and put their attention on this because we have a whole lot of work to do in the next decade,” Cui said.
“We believe the flying public deserves safe, reliable, and trustworthy air travel, which is highly dependent on secure aviation and space operations,” the Director of Communications for the Aerospace Village, Kaylin Trychon, said in a statement shared with CyberScoop.
Virtual reality in the time of the coronavirus
Normally, DEF CON attendees would be squeezing past slot machines and through bustling hallways to make their way to an even more crowded Las Vegas hotel conference rooms to hack mock satellites. This year the ambiance will be quite different.
In a nod to the typically hands-on nature of DEF CON, the Pentagon worked with a vendor to create a virtual reality environment for the aerospace workshops, Clair Koroma, a project manager at DDS, told CyberScoop.
“Instead of creating a web page with a bunch of links, we wanted them to have a place sort of like if they were on the floor of DEF CON where they can walk around, try out different workshops,” Koroma told CyberScoop.
DDS provided CyberScoop with an exclusive tour of the virtual reality environment, which although is devoid of human interaction in the physical world, is quite pleasant.
Participants will first be welcomed into a purple-infused virtual world adorned with floor-to-ceiling windows boasting views of fluffy cloud cover. Attendees can then navigate through the world by clicking on floating DEF CON skulls to cave-like “rooms” where they can join security challenges. In a “room” on the left waits the airplane hacking challenge. On the right, they will find the satellite hacking workshops — Nyan-Sat, SimpleSat, and DDSAT-1.
Attendees will be directed to participate in challenges through a Twitch stream, in a nod to the gaming community that’s often prominent at DEF CON, Koroma said. To change workshops, participants just click on a new skull.
And in an effort to make the virtual village feel analogous to past DEF CONs, DDS will be giving away stickers, and sprinkled some nostalgic visuals throughout the world, too.
Participants don’t need any special virtual reality equipment. It should just work with an internet connection and a mouse, Koroma said.
And five years into its existence, DDS still employs Star Wars nerds, so, of course, DDS slipped in Star Wars-themed items throughout the village as well.
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https://www.cyberscoop.com/aerospace-satellite-hacking-village-def-con-2020-pentagon/
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Comcast will begin reselling Clearwire's WiMax service in Portland, Oregon, in the middle of this year, the cable operator has confirmed.
Portland was the first market to get commercial WiMax service from Clearwire, beginning in early January. The newly formed WiMax service provider earlier this month unveiled plans to reach as many as 120 million potential customers in at least 80 markets by the end of 2010, but some critics have questioned whether it will be able to reach its goals against strong economic headwinds. For its part, Clearwire said it has enough cash to last into 2011.
Comcast, Intel, Google, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year invested a total of US$3.2 billion as part of the deal to create the new Clearwire out of a pre-WiMax service provider and Sprint's own WiMax business.
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But some of the investors subsequently took write-offs for the value of their investments. Comcast said last month it had taken a $600 million charge. The cable operator's confirmation of a location and a timeframe for reselling Clearwire's service is a strong vote of confidence in the project.
The Clearwire partnership gives Comcast an opportunity to compete with telecommunications carriers on mobile data services, creating a "quadruple play" of voice, home Internet access, mobile, and TV and video on demand. By bundling all four services into one package on a single bill, service providers hope to increase their monthly revenue per customer and make it harder for subscribers to switch to a competitor. Comcast is the nation's biggest cable operator, and with 6.47 million subscribers to its VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service in 39 states, is also the third-largest phone company.
All the cable operators, plus Sprint, said they would resell the Clearwire service under their own brands. The network can deliver multiple megabits per second to desktop, USB and PC Card modems, as well as handheld devices. Also around the middle of this year, Clearwire plans to offer a dual-mode WiMax and 3G modem that will work on both its own network and Sprint's.
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https://www.cio.com/article/2429985/comcast-wimax-coming-to-portland-midyear.html
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Enterprise and small to medium business technology end-users have noted ESET as a major player in two recent global IDC MarketScape reports noting that they regarded ESET as a security solutions provider with excellent capabilities and strategies that will deliver what customers will need in three to five years’ time.
ESET is a global leader in cybersecurity. With the rising number of security threats globally, its major focus is on providing end-point security to organisations of all sizes. The IDC MarketScape reports – the Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security Enterprise 2021 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US48306021, November 2021), and the Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security SMB 2021 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US48304721, November 2021), assessed various vendors’ endpoint security offerings across the SMB and enterprise market.
Thorough detection and response mechanisms and modern endpoint security products protect personal computing devices from cyberattacks. Endpoint protection (EPP) and endpoint response (EPR) are two critical criteria assessed for the IDC MarketScape reports. In both reports, ESET was noted for reinvesting its profits into software development, core threat research, and threat hunting – the essential areas for advancing its products.
ESET was also recognised for its local language support across an expansive base of global customers. ESET’s participation in independent EPP and EDR evaluations and willingness to put its products to the test were highlighted, and its broad and natively integrated cross-product platform solutions.
A major benefit for customers is derived from the in-house threat hunting services and the unique threat data that ESET collects and analyses continually.
Steve Flynn, Sales and Marketing Director ESET Southern Africa, notes, “All this has been enabled by ESET’s constant drive for self-improvement throughout its history, robust research, technology-driven culture, and stable leadership.” “We are proud to be named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape evaluation of our endpoint solutions. With cyber-attacks being one of the most pertinent threats to modern businesses, at ESET, we invest heavily in our people and our technology to deliver solutions that address the constantly evolving threat landscape,” added van Flynn.
ESET is committed to protecting businesses of all sizes, including its managed service providers and partners with cutting-edge modern endpoint security. “We are proud that our continued investment in our customers and partners, through our ever-improving services and solutions, is recognised externally too,” concludes van Flynn.
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Threat actors often look for ways to legitimize their cyberattacks. By this, I mean they look for ways to make their malware look authentic to trick unwitting victims. If there can be a shred of legitimacy to the malware, it stands a better chance of fooling people. That is why the new “FiveSys” malware is dangerous, because it has a digital signature from Microsoft.
No, Microsoft is not dabbling in cyberattacks on the side. What is really happening is somehow the group behind the malware were able to get Microsoft to provide a WHQL certification signature.
Bitdefender reports FiveSys is a malicious driver rootkit that has a Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification. This is something Microsoft gives to software after spending time verifying driver packages are secure on the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP).
It is unclear how the threat actors were able to get the certification. However, the rootkit tries to move online traffic on a target machine via a proxy (from a list of 300 potential domains).
“The redirection works for both HTTP and HTTPS; the rootkit installs a custom root certificate for HTTPS redirection to work. In this way, the browser doesn’t warn of the unknown identity of the proxy server,” Bitdefender explains.
Target
It seems that FiveSys is only spreading in China, which could mean the group behind the malware are actively targeting users in the country.
“Besides redirecting internet traffic, the rootkit also blocks loading of drivers from other malware writing groups, as they are probably attempting to limit competitor threat actors’ access to the compromised system.”
Bitdefender informed Microsoft of the rootkit and its WHQL certification and the company since removed the signature.
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The date is coming soon: VMware will stop supporting its Lab Manager product in May, and where VMware is leaving a hole in the market, other vendors are looking to step in.
Lab Manager is used by test and development shops or quality assurance departments. In 2011, VMware announced that it would cease support for Lab Manager on May 1, 2013. VMware is encouraging customers to transition to its vCloud Director or Cloud Automation Center (CAC) software instead, which it says does everything Lab Manager does and more.
But not all organizations need all the bells and whistles that come with vCloud Director, says Jay Litkey, CEO of Embotics. His software company is running a promotion until the end of March allowing Lab Manager customers to transfer their license to Embotics at no net new costs. Litkey says vCloud Director is meant for big, enterprise-wide deployments of cloud services and it can take up to 30 days of training to set up and run smoothly. Embotics, he says, can be up and running in two days.
"With richness of functionality comes complexity," says Bernd Harzog, an analyst at The Virtualization Practice about why some Lab Manager customers may not want to upgrade to vCloud Director.
Embotics says its V-Commander offers rapid provisioning, self-service, service catalogs, IT costing and chargeback, workflow automation, resource optimization and life-cycle management capabilities. V-Commander is available for $299 per socket per year if customers cannot break their Lab Manager contract. "It's not like we sat around and cooked up this market opportunity," Litkey says. "It literally showed up on our doorstep."
SkyTap, a public cloud service provider, is also seizing the marketing opportunity, offering its virtual machines in its cloud as a hosted Lab Manager replacement. SkyTap doesn't have a specific product for dev/test or QA for labs, so really any public cloud service could be used as Lab Manager-like replacement.
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So should lab management software be on customers' premises or in the cloud? Harzog says that depends. If the lab tests only one product a year, then it doesn't make sense to invest in the infrastructure of an on-premises solution and the cloud may be a better fit. If there is continual QA and testing, having it on-site could be best. The application's destination could be a factor too. If it's being hosted in the cloud, perhaps doing dev and test in the cloud is a good idea, whereas if it's being hosted on site, maybe the testing should be done there too.
Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at [email protected] and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.
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The importance of having a world class Anti-Spam service cannot be over-stated. Email is still one of the most popular methods of intrusion employed by cybercriminals.
Their methods and social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Whichever type of malware attack it is; ransomware, cryptolocker, phishing, whaling, impersonation fraud etc. email is still likely to be how you will be targeted.
That’s why we have chosen to partner with The Email Laundry. Their Anti-Spam service blocked more spam and bogus emails than any of the multitude of other leading brands we tested.
The Email Laundry’s technological edge in threat intelligence and advanced predictive analytics gives you reassurance that malicious sources will be identified before they can attack – keeping your email safe.
The service analyses traffic from around the world to identify abnormal or criminal elements. This level of threat intelligence prevents attacks before they reach your inbox.
Email attacks are constantly evolving. The Email Laundry’s algorithms are designed and written by their in-house R&D department, giving them the ability to block any new threats at a moment’s notice.
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IT professionals involved in electronic security and digital forensics need an understanding of information security and network security measures, intrusion prevention and detection, and digital forensics analysis techniques. This programme is design to help student develop expert technical and legal knowledge to enable them to make a major contribution to information security and digital forensics investigations.
The widespread use of computers and network technologies for business and social interactions has resulted in a rise in the number of computer security breaches and instances of computer crime. There is a need to provide adequate electronic security.
The MSc Electronic Security and Digital Forensics is one of the few Master-level programmes that combine science and law to fulfill the need for skilled professionals in the exciting and challenging field of IT forensics.
The course is designed for IT professionals who are seeking for the latest IT forensics knowledge in information security & network security measures, intrusion prevention & detection, and forensic analysis for comprised systems. The underlying objective of the MSc Electronic Security and Digital Forensics is to broaden students’ subject knowledge through in-depth study of digital forensic tools and techniques, detection and crisis response, crime scene-search, evidence collection and seizure processes, and IT law.
For general and short courses, applicants may be required to pay the course fee in cash or by EPS, Visa or Mastercard if the course is to start shortly.
Fees paid are not refundable except under very exceptional circumstances (e.g. course cancellation due to insufficient enrolment), subject to the School’s discretion. In exceptional cases where a refund is approved, fees paid by cash, EPS, cheque or online PPS will be reimbursed by a cheque; fees paid by credit card will be reimbursed to credit card account used for payment.
In addition to the published fees, there may be additional costs associated with individual programmes. Please refer to the relevant course brochures or direct any enquiries to the relevant programme teams for details.
Fees and places on courses are not transferrable. Once accepted onto a course, the student may not change to another course without approval from HKU SPACE. A processing fee of HK$120 will be levied on each approved transfer.
HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of payment, receipt, or personal information sent by mail.
For additional copies of receipts, please submit a completed form, a sufficiently stamped and self-addressed envelope, and a crossed cheque for HK$30 per copy made payable to ‘HKU SPACE’ to any of our enrolment centres. Such copies will normally be issued at the end of a course.
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Steam gamers are warned. A Reddit user with the nickname Hayaddict has alerted the Steam users on the community that hackers have used compromised accounts to deliver spam messages containing malware. This is done by the application’s chat function, the principal tool for communication between users.
The hacked accounts send links to target victims that contains links to the malicious address videomeo.pw. When the computer user clicks on the link, they are presented with a window pop-up that requests the download of a “Flash Player Update” to watch a video. This is actually the malware Trojan that is installed on the victim system.
The threat executes a PowerShell script called zaga.ps1 which downloads an archived file, a CMD script and a zip extractor from the zahr.pw remote server. When all components are downloaded the shell script launches the CMD binary file. This extracts the sharchivedmngr to the %APPDATA%\lappclimtfldr location. The malware threat is not detected by most security solutions as it is downloaded by the PowerShell script and no actual malware code is contained in the archive.
When the computer user logs in, the NetSupport Manager Remote Control Software launches automatically and connects to the leyv.pw:11678 Gateways which servers as a remote control backdoor. When the necessary command is sent via the remote C&C server, this function is activated, and the hackers can take full control of the machine.
Steam users are urged not to click on any links that are sent by unknown people, especially when they offer lucrative content – funny videos, free games or other promises. Everyone is also encouraged to use two-factor authentication which prevents malicious use of the Steam accounts by hackers.
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https://bestsecuritysearch.com/hacked-steam-accounts-distribute-malware/
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This API will soon be deprecated. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is developing a new solution for identifying and acting upon files that violate policies.
This endpoint may time out when filtering and paginating large collections.
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The current climate of internet security is getting worse, and is a never ending issue anytime of the year. Seeing as how it’s National Cyber Security Awareness month, this article will take you through the basic steps on how to protect your devices and personal data. The Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, which was launched in 2004, organizes an annual campaign every October and was framed to help the online community to stay safe and secure “Cyber risks can seem overwhelming in today’s hyper-connected world, but there are steps you can take to protect yourself and reduce your risk,” explained Scott Smith, Assistant Director, Cyber Division of the FBI. “The FBI and our partners are working hard to stop these threats at the source, but everyone has to play a role. Use common sense; for example, don’t click on a link from an unsolicited e-mail, and remember that if an online deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. And overall, remain vigilant to keep yourself and your family safe in the online world, just as you do in the physical world.”
How to‘s in protecting the online community:
Know more about the IC3— and utilize it if you ever get compromised. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a dependable and organized system for people to submit complaints and concerns about Internet netherworlds and tricks to the FBI. The IC3 has gotten almost 4 million such concerns and complaints since it was made in 2000. Any individual who is a victim of a cyber theft, for example, an online trick, should document a complaint with IC3 to enable the FBI to stop cyber thieves and other digital offenders.
Practice digital cleanliness at work – You are susceptible when you are at work. From your personal information to monetary data to organization secrets, organization systems are a kind of jackpot for fraudsters. One basic trick that exploits organizations are phishing emails that look like legitimate business emails, through which a hacker gains access to an organizations’ or the representatives’ private data. Furthermore, ransomware, in which hackers install malware in computerized documents to steal or encrypt the users’ data, has become a major threat to organizations worldwide.
Know the dangers of the Internet of Things (IOT) – Digital security goes past your PC and telephone. Many homes are currently loaded with Internet-associated devices, for example, home security systems, child monitors, smart devices, and Internet-connected appliances. These devices are open doors for hackers to keep an eye on you and get your data. Utilizing strong and complex passwords and acquiring IOT devices from organizations with a decent security track record are only a couple of the things you can do to ensure that your family and home are secure.
Digital Knowledge? As digital threats become more common, the FBI is comparatively rising its endeavors to enlist digital experts to act as specialists, insight investigators, PC researchers, and more. The FBI has connected with colleges and other universities with a STEM center to urge students to consider an FBI profession.
Figure out how the FBI and accomplice offices are ensuring basic framework – Terrorists and otherenemies see the U.S. basic foundation—running from the money related part to healing centers to power matrices—as targets that would upset American life if assaulted. The FBI assumes a key part in frustrating these attacks by halting plots against basic foundation and scrutinizing digital assaults. Ensuring these objectives is a collaboration among government, state, nearby, and private segment accomplices.
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The voter registration and personal details of millions of Israeli citizens leaked online two days before the country held general elections for Knesset, its unicameral parliament.
The threat actor exposed voter registration details of 6,528,565 Israeli citizens and the personal details of 3,179,313 citizens.
The exposed information included full names, phone numbers, home addresses, gender, age, ID card numbers, and political views, according to reports from Israeli media.
“The Israeli Autumn,” the threat actor who took credit for the leak, said on the weekend, someone emailed them links to a Ghostbin page hosting the data.
Since Monday, the data has been shared on social media, including on multiple Telegram channels, Recorded Future reports.
It was determined the source of the data leak was Elector, an app developed by Elector Software for Likud, the Israeli political party headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Israeli prime minister.
It turned out an Israeli web developer Ran Bar-Zik got a list of the site’s admins and their account details, including passwords, by exploiting an exposed API endpoint on the app’s website. Using the stolen passwords, Bar-Zik accessed a database containing the personal details of Israeli voters.
Bar-Zik’s detailed his discoveries in a blog post that caused a rather big media scandal in Israel in early 2020. At the time, Bar-Zik didn’t publish the voter data anywhere but only reported it and warned that other parties might have found the issue with API before him and could have exploited it to harvest the Israeli voter data.
It seems Bar-Zik’s suspicions have been confirmed this week when the voter data surfaced just a couple of days prior to the country’s parliament elections.
Some speculated that the data have been leaked purposely to damage the Likud party’s reputation and public trust. Despite the leak, though, Likud is largely expected to win the March 2021 Knesset elections.
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In this episode we talk with Samuel Hill, Director of Product Marketing at Medigate by Claroty about the challenges of medical device visibility and the importance of Zero Trust in the medical IoT space.
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Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26959
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By means of this data protection declaration, Murtfeldt Kunststoffe wishes to underline its commitment to the protection of the private sphere and personal rights and wishes to fulfil the requirements under the EU regulation 2016/79 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) and the corresponding EU Data Protection Adjustment and Implementation Law (BDSG 2018).
Therefore, we wish to inform you below of the processing of your personal data under Article 4 Paragraph 1 GDFPR within the course of the use of our Internet sites.
Should you visit our Internet sites, personal data will also be processed. So that the pages can be displayed in your browser, the IP address of the end device being used by you needs to be processed. In addition, further information is provided via the browser of your end device.
Under data protection laws, we are obliged to also ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the personal data which is processed with our IT systems.
The IP address will be deleted from all systems which are used in connection with the operation of these Internet sites after a maximum of 7 days. We will no longer be able to trace a person on the basis of the remaining data.
The data will also be used in order to correct errors in relation to the Internet site.
The f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is represented by the operation of this Internet site and the implementation of the protective objectives of confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data.
We require this information in order to process your query, to address you correctly and to provide you with a response.
The b) GDPR (processing of your query).
Offer request
Alongside the general contact form, there is a is a form to request an offer.
In order to be able to submit an offer to you, we therefore require more information than is the case with the general contact form.
Queries which are received via the offer request form on our Internet site are generally saved in our CRM system. The CRM system is checked at regular intervals as to whether data can be deleted. Should data no longer be required in the course of a customer or potential customer relationship or should a conflicting interest of the customer take priority, we will delete the data concerned, provide that no statutory retention obligations prevent this.
The b) GDPR (performance of pre-contractual measures for the issuing of offers).
Cookies
Cookies are used on our Internet sites. Cookies are small text files which are saved on your end device via your browser. The cookies are necessary in order to enable certain functions of our Internet sites. During this process, we use session cookies on the one hand, which are deleted automatically by your browser immediately after the end of the visit to the Internet sites. On the other hand, we also use permanent cookies.
You have the option of preventing the setting of cookies by setting your browser accordingly. However, we wish to point out that in such a case it may only be possible to use our Internet sites in a restricted manner. Cookies do no install or start any programs or other applications on your computer.
Our legitimate interest is the operation of these Internet sites.
Email communication
Should you notify us of your email address, we will communicate with you by email. As a rule, we will not pass on your email address to third parties without your consent. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you can cancel them at any point. When you send an email to Murtfeldt, personal data may be transmitted automatically depending on the settings of your email program. Murtfeldt will also treat this data confidentially. However, we wish to point out that without encryption, emails are comparable to postcards ie they can be read by unauthorised persons. Therefore, confidential information should only be exchanged with us by fax or as an encrypted email attachment.
The may be Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b) GDPR (email communication in order to fulfil a contract), GDPR (our legitimate interest in communicating with you) and/or your consent to communication with us (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR together with Article 7 GDPR).
We use the web analysis service Matomo of InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand. By means of this, when visiting our Internet sites, cookies will be saved on your computer in order to analyse user behaviour. The usage information generated by the cookie is transferred to our server. Your IP address is anonymised during this process, so that you remain anonymous to us as a user. The information concerning your use of our Internet sites which is generated by the cookie will not be passed on to third parties.
The legal basis for use of the service f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is represented by us needing to use the cookies in order to optimise our services.
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We also use the web analysis service Hotjar of Hotjar Limited, Level 2, St Julian’s Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julian’s STJ 1000, in Malta. Use of Facebook plugins (like button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook (Facebook Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA - Facebook) are integrated into our Internet sites. You can recognise the Facebook plugins from the Facebook logo or the "like button" on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our Internet sites, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. Should you click the Facebook "like" button whilst you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our Internet sites to your Facebook profile. By means of this, Facebook can assign the visit to our Internet sites to your user account. We wish to point out that as the provider of the Internet sites, we have no knowledge of the content of the transferred personal data and its use by Facebook. Further information in this respect can be found in the data protection declaration of Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
Should you not wish for Facebook to be able to assign the visit to our Internet sites to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
Use of Google +1
With the assistance of the Google +1 button, you can publish information worldwide. Via the Google +1 button, you and other users receive personalised content from Google and our partners. Google saves both the information that you have provided +1 for certain content and information concerning the site which you viewed when clicking on +1. Your +1 can be integrated as a reference together with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile or at other locations on websites and adverts on the Internet.
Google records information concerning your +1 activities in order to improve the Google services for you and other users. In order to use the Google +1 button, you require a public Google profile which can be viewed worldwide which must contain the name selected for the profile as a minimum. This name is used in all Google services. In certain cases, this name can also replace another names which you used when sharing content via your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be shown to users who know your email address or who possess other information which can identify you.
Alongside the purposes of use explained above, the information provided by you will be used in accordance with the applicable Google data protection provisions. Google may publish summarised statistics concerning the +1 activities of the users or may pass these on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or associated websites.
Use of Twitter
Functions of the service Twitter are integrated into our Internet sites. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (Twitter). By means of the use of Twitter and the "re-tweet" function, the websites visited by you are connected to your Twitter account and announced to other users. In this process, personal data is also transferred to Twitter.
You can alter your data protection settings at Twitter in the account settings via http://twitter.com/account/settings.
You can find plugins of the social network LinkedIn and the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (LinkedIn) on our Internet sites. You can recognise the plugins of LinkedIn by the corresponding logo or the "recommend button". Please bear in mind that when visiting our Internet site, the plugin establishes a connection between your respective Internet browser and the server of LinkedIn. By means of this, LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our Internet sites with your IP address. Should you click the "recommend button" of LinkedIn and be logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time, you have the option of linking content from our Internet sites to your profile page at LinkedIn. This enables LinkedIn to assign your visit to our Internet to you and your user account. You need to be aware that we do not obtain any knowledge of the content of the personal data which is processed by LinkedIn.
Further information concerning the processing of personal data, as well as your legal options and setting options, can be obtained from LinkedIn. This information is provided via the following link: http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&trk=hb_ft_priv.
Recipients / passing on of data
Personal data which you provide to us is not generally passed on to third parties. In particular, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for their advertising purposes.
However, we may use service providers for the operation of these Internet sites or for additional products of our company. In such a case, it may happen that a service provider becomes aware of personal data. We carefully select our service providers - in particular in relation to data protection and data security - and take all necessary measures under data protection laws in order to ensure reliable data processing.
The may be Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b) GDPR (contractual fulfilment), GDPR (legitimate interest) or the order processing with a service provider, should the service provider process personal data on our behalf (Article 28 GDPR).
Telephone contact with us
Should you contact us by telephone, your number will be shown on the display of the telephone which takes the call and will be saved in our telephone directory for billing purposes for a maximum of 6 months.
The may be Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b) GDPR (contractual fulfilment or pre-contractual measures or the processing of your contact query) and GDPR (legitimate interest in ensuring proper accounting).
You have the right at any time to receive information concerning the personal data which is processed by Murtfeldt. You also have the right of correction or deletion or to have the processing restricted, apart from the required saving of data in order to perform the transaction. You can also request receipt of your personal data in a structured, up-to-date and machine readable format.
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, should this relate to the legal basis of legitimate interests.
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Should we process your personal data with your consent, you have the rights to revoke the consent at any time, without the lawfulness of the processing which took place with your consent prior to the time of revocation being affected.
You can revoke your consent by means of a notification to the data protection officer (you can find the contact details at the start of the data protection declaration).
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If you shopped in a brick-and-mortar Forever 21 store this year, your credit card information may have been compromised due to the company’s failure to turn on encryption in some of its point-of-sale (POS) terminals.
In mid-November, Forever 21 admitted that a third party “suggested” there might have been unauthorized access to payment card data. On Dec. 28, 2017, the company revealed more details about the breach without actually saying how many customers were potentially affected or even which stores had the compromised POS devices.
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For starters, the investigation into the security incident revealed that hackers had access to customers’ payment card data for up to seven months in 2017 – from April 3 to Nov. 18. Attackers had obtained network access and installed malware meant to harvest credit card data. But the real mind-blower is that encryption was not even turned on in some of Forever 21’s POS devices.
Sure, the company said it implemented encryption technology in 2015, yet the “leading payment technology and security firms” investigating the unauthorized access determined the built-in encryption on some POS devices “was not always on.”
According to newest payment card security incident report, Forever 21 explained that in addition to the lack of encryption in some of the retail stores’ POS devices, investigators hired in October “found signs of unauthorized network access and installation of malware on some POS devices designed to search for payment card data.”
The malware, Forever 21 said, “searched only for track data read from a payment card as it was being routed through the POS device. In most instances, the malware only found track data that did not have cardholder name — only card number, expiration date, and internal verification code — but occasionally the cardholder name was found.”
Forever 21 added:
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The investigation found that encryption was off and malware was installed on some devices in some U.S. stores at varying times during the period from April 3, 2017, to November 18, 2017. In some stores, this scenario occurred for only a few days or several weeks, and in some stores this scenario occurred for most or all of the timeframe. Each Forever 21 store has multiple POS devices, and in most instances only one or a few of the POS devices were involved.
Additionally, Forever 21 stores have a device that keeps a log of completed payment card transaction authorizations. When encryption was off, payment card data was being stored in this log. In a group of stores that were involved in this incident, malware was installed on the log devices that was capable of finding payment card data from the logs, so if encryption was off on a POS device prior to April 3, 2017 and that data was still present in the log file at one of these stores, the malware could have found that data.
Not the first time Forever 21 admitted to being hacked
While that is better than no details, there were certainly more hard numbers provided the last time Forever 21 was hacked. In 2008, Forever 21 announced that the U.S. Secret Service had given the company a disk of customers’ compromised payment data, which included 98,930 credit and debit card numbers. Hackers had accessed payment data on nine different dates from March 2004 to August 2007. Approximately 20,500 of those had been obtained from the Forever 21 retail store in Fresno, California, between November 2003 and October 2005.
Forever 21 said it “regrets” this latest security incident and is working with experts to address its encryption failure in POS devices. It is also working to determine if payment systems used in its stores outside the U.S. had been affected. Payment data via purchases from its website reportedly were not affected.
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Remove vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 using powerful Windows Scanner
Anti-malware tool (SpyHunter 4) is a powerful real time protection programs for the Windows Operating System which has been created by Enigma Software Group. It is fully capable to protect the Computer against threat like vSnapShot 1.2.0.0. However, you can also remove this threat by manual process but it is little bit complexly. Besides that, the manual process requires Computer skill. That means, you need to put some extra effort on your PC in order to remove vSnapShot 1.2.0.0. As well as, you should have ability to revert back any wrong steps which you have taken in manual process. Otherwise the PC might be goes even worst conditions. On the other hand with the anti-malware tool you don’t requires any extra Computer skill or effort. The Spy Hunter has been designed between experts and novice Users level. Thus, you can easily operate without any worries of harm your Computer. Therefore, in my opinion I would like to prefer anti-malware tool in order to uninstall vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 from Computer.
Complete tutorial to delete vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 using automatic removal method
As you will run anti-malware tool, you will see two options located in middle of screen. Please click on *Scan Computer Now* option in order to proceed to full System scan.
You can also see the error result while scanning of PC.
If you want to scan any particular volume drive or removal pen drives then you can use this Custom Scan option.
Spyware Helpdesk will help you in solving the PC’s errors online (just like Customer services).
System Guard, this functions will helps you to keep your Computer safe from offline threat.
By using Network Sentry Option your browser will safe from online threat and your online activities will be protected by this anti-malware tool.
Al last, by enabling the Scan Scheduler function, your Computer will automatically keep scanned timely by this tool and notifies you if this tool caught any error.
How to get rid of vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 manually?
Remove vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 entries from Windows Registry box:
In order to go to the Windows registry box, please click on Win logo button+ R key together.
Type *regedit* in run dialog box. (If it asks your permission to open this window then click on Yes button)
Registry Box will suddenly open up please go through every location given below in this window in order to find out and delete vSnapShot 1.2.0.0.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\vSnapShot 1.2.0.0.exe
Method to prevent vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 and other similar threats in future
After all, the single biggest factor in preventing a threat like vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 infection is lies upon you. Even you already install anti-malware and you scan your Computer timely, if you don’t be carefully towards your PC while using it. It is obviously to get infected by vSnapShot 1.2.0.0 again. Therefore, you just need vigilance to avoid being affected by threat in future and n some tips and suggestion mention here will hopefully prevent your Computer from infection in coming time.
Keep your anti-malware updated.
Use strong passwords for valuable information to prevent from hacking.
Disable auto-run functions for downloaded files and injected drives.
Block auto update from network inside System.
Leave it out unknown recipient email attachments.
Avoid connecting to open source network like Wi-Fi.
Use hardware based firewall in order to protect your System against infections.
Deploy DNS protection from automatically get modified.
Use ad blocker extension and software in order to surf without getting any additional commercial ads and junk notifications.
Do not use any untrusted or unofficial domain for surfing and downloading files inside browser.
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http://www.cleanpc-malware.com/blog/how-to-remove-vsnapshot-1-2-0-0-from-computer
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In New Jersey, it is against the law to use the Internet or any other electronic communication device to commit harassment or stalking. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office's Cyber Crimes Unit is responsible for investigating technology crimes involving child pornography, computer fraud, cyber-stalking, and cyber-bullying.
The Cyber Crimes Unit works with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of technology crimes. The Unit also educates members of the community on cyber bullying.
Help For Victims
Cyber-stalking and cyber-harassment occurs when a perpetrator uses the Internet, e-mail, and/or other telecommunication technologies to relentlessly stalk, threaten, and harass another person. Victims are frequently subjected to obscene language and vile, disturbing images. Cyber-stalking may be a prelude to physical stalking or assault. Other forms of cyber-stalking include cyber-bullying, and cyber-harassment.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office will use all appropriate methods at its disposal, including bail restrictions, court sanctions, and enhanced penalties against individuals who engage in any form of cyber crime.
If you are a victim of a crime involving technology, contact your local police department. You may also contact the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office at: 973-266-7213 or the Victim-Witness Advocacy Office at: 973-621-4687.
You may also learn more about Cyber Crimes through our Frequently Asked Questions and by exploring our Victim Resources.
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http://www.njecpo.org/vw/cybercrime.php
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Keywords: Vulnerability. Geostatistical. Groundwater. City of Belém/PA
DOI: 10.21168/rbrh.v21n1.p188-199
SciELO: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstractπd=S2318-03312016000100188&lng=en&nrm=iso
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https://www.abrh.org.br/SGCv3/index.php?PUB=1&ID=188&SUMARIO=5158&ST=the_use_of_geostatistics_in_the_assessment_of_hydrogeological_parameters_to_map_the_composition_of_the_intrinsic_vulnerability_of_aquifers
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LOGO : Delve Labs (CNW Group/Delve Labs inc.)
MONTREAL, Dec. 15, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Delve Labs, the industry leader in Smart Vulnerability Assessment software (Smart VA) announces $1.5 Million in Seed Funding from Real Ventures, Desjardins Innovatech and Fonds Quebecor Innovation. This investment will accelerate the company's growth and support its vision for redefining the way large organizations protect their IT networks. This Seed round, composed of new and prior investors, brings the total funds raised to $1.8M.
As corporate IT networks continue to expand in a context of security expertise scarcity, managers and experts are faced with an ever-increasing challenge to protect companies from cyber-attacks and data breaches. The growing complexity of modern enterprise networks raises the pressure on security teams to scale their continuous vulnerability detection and remediation activities.
Recent advances in the field of Artificial Intelligence are at the heart of Warden, Delve labs' autonomous solution. This innovative platform allows companies to efficiently scale their security coverage via the first Smart VA engine in the industry. It provides a crucial helping hand for security teams, reduces their menial activities and helps them focus on mission critical tasks.
Gartner reports that by 2020, more than 25% of identified enterprise attacks will involve some of the 30 Billion IoT devices and that 99% of the vulnerabilities exploited will continue to be ones that are known and remediable. With AI and Advanced Machine Learning also being identified by Gartner as a top strategic trend for 2017 and beyond, Delve Labs is leading the way by ensuring that security teams can harness the power of AI and work in the most efficient manner possible to quickly detect and remediate vulnerabilities.
"Delve Labs is bringing a solution to market that dramatically changes the way we think about continuous security with proven results for large Financial Institutions, MSSPs and Telco deployments. This round of investments will provide us with the resources needed to accelerate the company's growth and meet the increased demand for streamlined and scalable security solutions." said Gabriel Tremblay, CEO and Co-founder of Delve Labs. "The connected world is adding an ever-growing number of potentially vulnerable devices to company networks. Smart VA allows for continuous security at scale, helping security teams spend the bulk of their time fixing issues instead of finding them."
Warden, Delve Labs' innovative solution, combines multiple domains of Artificial Intelligence, such as Bayesian logic, expert systems and deep learning to assist security experts assess vulnerabilities continuously on their ever-growing IT infrastructure without the need to spend an increasing amount of time managing scan templates, schedules and filtering through heaps of false-positives.
"For Desjardins Innovatech, It is important that we finance innovative startups developing disruptive solutions to the threats of cyber attacks, said Jacques Perreault, Associate Vice-President. Delve Labs is a great example of the kind of technology necessary to challenge these threats. Cybersecurity should be at the top of the list of every CEO"
Warden, by Delve Labs, is made available through a free trial version at www.delve-labs.com.
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https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/delve-labs-raises-15-million-to-improve-warden-its-ai-based-smart-vulnerability-assessment-software-606782536.html
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Now, let’s look at the big — and typically, the only — reason why many companies have been reluctant to elevate to the cloud and realize the benefits: security fears. Indeed, according to a survey [PDF] by the Cloud Security Alliance and sponsored by Skyhigh Networks, 73% of organizations say that security concerns are holding back cloud projects.
Obviously, security concerns are not minor factors. Considering the potentially catastrophic consequences (the average cost of a data breach is $7.91 million, and 60% of SMBs fold within 6 months of a major cyber-attack), strong, compliant security is the top priority and obligation. However, the perception that the cloud is a risky and threatening “Wild West” of data management is, thankfully, no longer valid.
Security Rises to the Cloud
Today, the cloud is not just as safe as legacy on-premise data centers – in many cases it is more secure. Here are the key reasons why:
Cloud service providers carefully monitor security 24/7/365 and conduct ongoing penetration and vulnerability testing, which is a level of continuous scrutiny that many companies — and again, especially SMBs with limited budgets and smaller IT staff — cannot provide. Vivek Kundra, Executive Vice President, Industries, at Salesforce, commented, “Cloud computing is often far more secure than traditional computing, because companies like Google and Amazon can attract and retain cybersecurity personnel of a higher quality than many governmental agencies.”
Storing data in the cloud helps reduce the frequency and severity of insider threats carried out by negligent and disgruntled employees, contractors and vendors. According to research by the Ponemon Institute, the average annual cost of an insider threat is $8.76 million.
Unlike on-premise systems that rely primarily on firewall protection to keep the bad guys out, cloud systems deploy multiple layers of security. Data can also be wiped remotely in the event that machines are stolen or compromised.
Cloud systems store data in multiple locations, which protects information from hardware failure and corruption. Research shows that recovery times are 4 times faster for SMBs that use cloud services versus those that don’t.
Most cloud services have built-in security features, such as the ability to shut down any part of a system if a risk or threat is detected, along with app role-based authentication.
Cloud security is increasingly leveraging AI to find and eliminate threats and using machine learning to automatically get smarter and faster.
Using cloud apps encourages companies to build a strong, customized threat assessment model to detect potential leaks, and continuously test it (try and break it) to confirm validity and enhance strength.
According a survey by Microsoft that focused on SMBs in the U.S, U.K., France and Germany, 94% of respondents said that they improved business security after adopting cloud applications, and 62% of respondents said that their levels of private protection increased as a direct result of moving to the cloud.
Best Practices
With this in mind, we’re not saying that companies will instantly, automatically and sustainably improve security simply by migrating from on-premise data centers to the cloud. To safeguard data from both careless and rogue insiders along with external hackers, companies must implement integrated best practices. According to Donald Faatz, a Security Solutions Engineer at Carnegie Mellon Institute’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI), this approach should include the following aspects:
Fully understanding security needs by performing due diligence across the lifecycle of applications and systems that are being deployed to the cloud, including planning, development and deployment, operations, and decommissioning.
Establishing and managing access across three core capacities: identifying and authenticating users, assigning users’ access rights, and creating and enforcing access control policies for resources.
Protecting data in three key areas: preventing unauthorized access, enabling ongoing access to critical data in the event of errors and failures, and avoiding the accidental disclosure of data that was supposed to be (and assumed to be) deleted.
Monitoring and defending systems and applications that are created via cloud-provided services.
Collaborating with cloud service providers to investigate and respond to potential security incidents in a manner that is compliant with privacy regulations.
It is also necessary to educate end users; many of whom may be suffering from “security fatigue,” which is a reluctance or weariness to deal with computer security and take risks seriously.
How we can help
As you may know, here at Devolutions, we never stop investing in new ways to keep your data secure. Keeping everything I stated above in mind, we are now turning to the cloud era in both privileged access management (PAM) & password management with respectively Devolutions Password Server (DPS) and Devolutions Password Hub (DPH).
If you're new to Devolutions Password Server, here's what you need to know. DPS is an easy-to-use privileged access management tool made for IT professionals that can be both deployed on-premises or in the cloud. In DPS you can:
If you want to learn more about DPS and see how effective it is, you can request a demo here.
But wait, there's more! I also am more than pleased to share that we also just released a new password management tool for teams and businesses, Devolutions Password Hub! DPH is a new cloud-based and super easy-to-use password manager for people who are looking for security and convenience. You can learn more on Devolutions Password Hub and join the beta by visiting DPH new website here.
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https://blog.devolutions.net/2019/07/robust-it-security-comes-to-the-cloud?utm_source=newsletter85&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewsletterAugust2019
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The Boucheries Nivernaises is a chain of butchers located across Paris. Founded in the 1950s by Jean Bissonnet, the group now has five sites, including the prestigious shop on the Faubourg Saint Honoré. The company deliver across France and even supply meat to the French President, François Hollande.
The growth and expansion of Nivernaises has meant an increased need for security at all of the butcher’s premises. The main security concerns they faced were theft and damage to equipment, but more importantly they wanted to protect their employees and guarantee a comfortable and safe working environment.
Bernard Bissonnet, Managing Director of the group says: “We have grown significantly, have many more qualified staff and rigorous procedures, but must continue to provide quality products, delivered on time. This is what our customers expect and what our reputation is based on.”
The possibility of a breach in security led Nivernaises to contact EFDI Installers, a subsidiary of the Quallience group. Having reviewed the requirements and specification, EFDI, in collaboration with ADI global distribution, suggested an integrated security system.
Solution
The integrated solution included Paxton’s Net2 access control, Axis 360° fisheye cameras and CRYSTAL a centralised Video Management System (VMS) from NUOO Inc.
Net2 is a user-friendly, flexible networked access control system, designed to make the management of any site straightforward. Easy to use and feature rich, it moves beyond the basics of controlling the flow of people in a building, offering benefits such as building control and system integration.
Net2 plus is Paxton’s most advanced door control unit, employing the use of PoE technology to plug straight into an existing network with no need for additional wiring making installation quick.
The use of CRYSTAL, (an open, distributed, centralised VMS from NUOO Inc) ensured central management of the system on a single platform. CRYSTAL collects the video, metadata and alarm activity whilst ensuring instant reaction and playback in order to interpret and act quickly.
The NUOO-Paxton integration allows the video management system to receive the user’s credentials every time they present their Net2 access token. This information is then displayed as an overlay on the video captured from the 360° fisheye cameras, and stored in the database. This enables the Nivernaises security manager to retrieve any video simply by entering a date or a user number into the system.
Result
Installing Net2 has meant that Nivernaises can centralise the administration and control all of their five sites from one central PC. With some of the butchers located in the busy city centre, the integration of Net2 with a VMS has meant that those overseeing security within the business can now monitor the street in case of any disturbances or potential threats to security, particularly when the store is closed.
Antoine Guy, Regional Sales Manager of NUUO says: “Security is often over-looked or seen as an additional cost to a company. It is worth remembering the positive impact it has to the sustainability, quality and growth of a company. It is an investment with a very clear return.”
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http://securityafricamagazine.com/video-surveillance-and-access-control-successfully-secures-boucheries-nivernaises-in-paris/
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Human’s wishes and methods to encrypt messages are not new. Throughout history, different technologies have been deployed to encrypt messages.
Thanks to the advancement of computing power, encryption technologies have become more and more complicated. There are four main elements in encryption: plaintext, algorithm, keys, and ciphertext. Algorithms are used to produce encryption and decryption keys, which are then used to encrypt plaintext into ciphertext or decrypt ciphertext to plaintext.
Current encryption technologies are reasonably unbreakable. A 128-bit key would require billions to tens of billions of years of high-performance computing power to decrypt.
The derivative technology, key escrow, takes one more step to ensure security by escrowing the key with a third party. The key escrow technologies are utilized for mainly two purposes. One is criminal investigations; law enforcement gets the keys from the escrow provider without having to reveal the identities of the parties using the keys. The other is keeping a copy in case of losing the keys.
One of the common topics people raise when discussing encryption, especially the escrow aspect of it, is privacy. The moderator thought the issue of privacy could be approached from 3 perspectives. First of all, if the state decrypts civilian communications relying on access to the key escrow third-party provider, it could be deemed as violating citizens’ privacy.
Secondly, under the circumstances where parties are required by law to hand the key to a third-party escrow provider, acquiring the key from the escrow provider essentially equals having the alleged suspect confess about his own crime. This will violate the principle of ‘nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare’ (right against self-incrimination).
Finally, encryption keys are related to free speech. People communicate in various ways. One of them is through program languages. Mandating the keys used in encrypting private communication to be stored at a third party, in essence, is conflicting with the idea of free speech. This is also why key escrow is currently a voluntary act in the United States. Key escrow, if mandatory by law, can be a way of regulating encryption. Is that a good example? How should we regulate encryption? The moderator posed three questions to the panelists:
From cases locally and internationally, the only thing we can say is that law enforcement faces severe challenges decrypting encrypted devices. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling this May that upheld a 2018 ruling that the British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices were a breach of human rights laws could also encourage the development of encryption technologies.
Last year, the news broke out that some legislators in Taiwan were receiving brides. Law enforcement has required the message platform LINE to cooperate and provide data against the allegation that the legislators used LINE to exchange messages regarding bribery. However, LINE refused to cooperate and didn’t provide any data. The case was solved in the end using the traditional way; the prosecutor confiscated the suspect’s computer and accessed the messages from the hard drive. This was another example of how encryption can hinder law enforcement’s work.
The Taiwanese Technology Investigation Act, proposed in September 2020, would increase authorities’ ability to monitor private communications stored on a user’s electronic device. Considering that the proposal has raised many concerns and remained controversial, it is highly unlikely the proposed act will become law soon.
As society and our daily lives continue to digitalize, a lot of criminal conducts, evidence, and traces are stored in digital devices. It will help law enforcement a lot if they are authorized to decrypt and access the data. For the technical companies, however, they also have plenty of good reasons not to hand out decryption keys upon request. It can be because they have promised to protect their customers’ privacy or that they want to prevent hackings and data breaches, stay away from state abuse of power, and are wary of the consequences of mishandling by employees.
Access to keys could tremendously benefit international cooperation in fighting crimes. Lee suggested that future proposals that aim to regulate encryption technologies should make a clear distinction between criminal investigation and intelligence collection. He imagines a standardized procedure that entails triage, court orders, third-party watchdog, and international consensus. He also believes that it is the business’ social responsibility to legally assist the state authority to protect its citizens. According to Lee, technical companies should charter a standing committee. The committee would be responsible for providing ‘one-time access or minimum necessary information to the law enforcement.
Answer to question 2:
Law enforcement should only request ‘one-time access’ to attain data. If it is not appropriate for companies to provide keys, there could be installed a mechanism overseen by a third party to provide data for law enforcement’s needs. As long as current technology is not able to access encrypted data used in crimes, the need to attain decryption keys remains strong and relevant.
Answer to question 3： Both the government and businesses should refrain from making pre-emptive assumptions about the other party. Law enforcement should have preliminary understandings of data and technologies, and the technical companies should also appreciate the difficulties faced by the government. Take the United States for example: companies will take down hate speech on their own. Additionally, the government can examine individual cases through existing committees. Technical companies also have contracts with the clients, forbidding the latter to conduct activities that harm national security or violate social orders via their platforms. It is not acceptable for law enforcement to request backdoor from the companies. There should be a mechanism in place for the government and technical companies to communicate, and the metrics for individual case examinations should also be clear.
The key escrow model is established on people’s trust in the government. From current circumstances, it is still difficult for the people to trust that government will restrict their use of the keys only in criminal investigations. China, for example, is already using data gathered from mass surveillance to govern its people. In order to ease the concerns, we need stricter laws to regulate the government’s legitimate use of civilian data.
There are plenty of other approaches the government can employ with law enforcement in addition to key escrow. Key escrow is only emphasized because it is the easier and more convenient way. The risks of escrow providers becoming targets of security threats are extremely high, and that should be a prominent concern for the government. We also need to clarify the escrow providers’ responsibilities and obligations.
There is still a lot to be discussed and considered. For example, there should be a third-party overseeing mechanism to review the technical approaches the government takes to access encrypted data. The concerns of state government accessing data beyond its stated purposes should also be addressed. In the case where the government uses invasive technical means to access data, collateral damage should be assessed, and compensation/recovery methods should be considered.
Most courts do not equip enough professional knowledge when it comes to these issues. One possible solution is to seek consultation/assistance from professional third parties. Technology investigation involves an abundant amount of data; the relevant legitimate requirements and privacy protection rules should increase and clarify accordingly. It would be naïve to rely on the state’s benignity when it comes to technology investigation and data governance. We have to ask a lot of questions: how does law enforcement determine the possibility of alleged corpora delicti? Where should we set the threshold of submitting data requests? How to ensure accountability? Is a third-party independent supervising committee necessary?
Microsoft has been aware of the significance of data protection as early as 2013. For Microsoft, they want to support technology advancement while being cooperative with the government, and they also value protecting customer data. The best available technology now to protect data is encryption, and that is why Microsoft is using it.
According to GDPR, Microsoft is a data processer, and its ability to process the data shall be strictly limited within its stated purposes. In the case where law enforcement requests decryption keys from Microsoft, the company would relay the request to the data owner. If the data owner forgets the password to access their data, Microsoft will provide ways to retain access. Under extraordinary circumstances where the authority requests data for investigation according to specific laws, Microsoft would be cooperative after vetting the request complies with the law. Law enforcement requesting a backdoor is a massive problem for the business. Implementing backdoors equals revealing the system’s vulnerabilities, which can increase the risks of inviting attacks that exploit such vulnerabilities. Both Taiwan’s Cyber Security Management Act and GDPR recommend protecting data with encryption technologies. Microsoft hopes government appoints an independent judicial authority that supervises the implementation and fairness of relevant regulations. The independent judicial authority should take the protection of free speech in the International Bill of Human Rights into account, and any conflict between the regulation and Bill should provide a clear rationale outlining the legitimate purposes and applicability.
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https://www.twsig.tw/en/encryption-technologies-how-to-balance-between-privacy-and-security/
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A laptop computer is the definition of convenience and mobility. It enables you to work from home, a hotel room, a conference hall, a coffee shop, etc.
You might have previously taken steps to secure the data on your laptop. You might have installed a firewall, updated your antivirus software, protected your information with a strong password, encrypted your data, and learned to avoid those emails that ask for personal information. But what about the laptop itself? A minor distraction is all it can take for your laptop to be left vulnerable to theft. If your laptop is stolen, you may lose more than an expensive piece of hardware. You may also lose personal data. If your data protections aren’t adequate, your sensitive and valuable information on your laptop may become a magnet for identity theft.
Keep Software up to Date
Installing software and security updates for your operating system and programs is important to stay protected. Enable Automatic Updates for your operating system.
Don’t forget to ensure web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge stay up to date as well.
Software can have bugs that are discovered after a new release. Vendors will release patches to the software to resolve these. In order to limit these vulnerabilities, make sure that you update software to the most stable release.
Operating systems and software eventually we reach an “End of life” stage when the vendor will no longer provide updates and patches. When this occurs is important to upgrade to the newest version.
Never Leave Devices Unattended
The physical security of your devices is just as important as software updates.
If you need to leave your laptop, phone, or tablet for any length of time, put it in a secure location.
If you keep sensitive or important data on a flash drive or external hard drive, make sure it is encrypted or password protected, as well as not left in public spaces.
When using Library or lab computers, lock your screen if you are stepping away, or log off the system when you’re done with it. This will ensure that the someone cannot access your data.
Install Antivirus/Anti-Malware Protection
Only install these programs from a known and trusted source.
Keep virus definitions, engines, and software up to date to ensure your protected against the latest malware.
Windows Defender is installed and enabled on Windows 10 machines by default.
An antivirus can assist in protecting your device by discovering if a download or attachment had any malicious code.
Back up Your Data
Sometimes hardware failure can happen out of the nowhere, which could mean the information stored on your device is no longer accessible.
A virus infection or other malware can cause the loss to data as well (see Ransomware).
Be sure to regularly back up any data which is important to you.
Use Mobile Devices Safely
Make sure your device with has a strong PIN or password enabled on it.
Never leave it in an unprotected in public space; bring it with you.
Only install apps from trusted sources (Apple AppStore, Google Play).
Ensure the device’s is on the latest operating system version.
Keep individual apps up to date.
Do not click on links or attachments from unsolicited emails or texts.
Connect to Liberty-Secure Wireless while on campus instead of Guest wireless.
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https://www.liberty.edu/information-services/it-security/protecting-your-tech/
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At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we're here to provide for the Armed Forces, as they serve our country all over the world. We support those on the front line by providing cutting-edge equipment and technology for land, sea, air and space. We deliver the kit the UK military needs to maintain advantage and stay protected, as they protect life at home and overseas.
You want to be an expert in your field one day. We want to help make it happen. Whichever area you join us in, you’ll discover new talents, pinpoint new ambitions, find a home among a diverse team – and be empowered to turn your gifts into an incredible career. Ready for real investment in your future? We’re developing tomorrow’s talent today.
Job description
What sets DE&S apart is the focus we put on you. We help you find your flair and then plan a flourishing career around what you love. And along the way, you’ll enjoy real rewards for the work you do, with competitive benefits and career progression. As a DE&S apprentice, you’ll find real support to reach your potential – so you can become a leader in your field.
As part of our team, you'll benefit from plenty of routes for development, access to specialist training and funding for professional qualifications, and a c.27% employer pension contribution. You’ll also have access to a wide range of employee networks, including the Women’s Inclusive Network, Race & Culture Network, Pride Network, Disability Network – and many more.
The Information Management & Information Technology (IM&IT) function within DE&S is looking for motivated people to join our organisation and help shape the future of IM&IT in UK Defence.
The DE&S IM&IT Digital Technology Cyber Security Apprenticeship Scheme is a two-year development programme focused on cyber security specialist roles within DE&S. Throughout the duration of your apprenticeship, we’ll challenge you to be a key part of high-performing teams delivering meaningful work. We’ll support your development by providing you with the opportunity to take on high-profile defence projects supporting you in your development and enhancing your technical skills. You’ll rotate through several placements within DE&S specific to your specialist area, both supporting your development and delivering key business outputs.
Your hands on experience will be underpinned by MoD and DE&S specific training, as well as studying towards achieving your Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship over a two-year period. Training will be delivered by a training provider.
You’ll undertake the following duties as a minimum:
Assisting with the identification, assessment, and treatment of cyber security risks.
Engaging with stakeholders to ensure cyber security compliance and leverage improvements in cyber security.
Monitoring and reporting on project security requirements and issues as they arise, reporting unresolved issues to the Information Asset Owners, Accreditor, Project Manager and Supplier.
Ensuring security stakeholder roles have been identified and are aware of their responsibilities in fulfilling the role.
Ensuring all cryptographic requirements are met and all appropriate actions are taken to achieve accreditation.
Ensuring the production of all security deliverables such as security documentation, testing witness reports are fit for purpose and delivered to schedule.
Ensuring the creation, update and management of the security risk register and ensuring it is reviewed at the security meetings.
Because of the classification of some of the information related to certain projects, some work-based placements may be open to Sole UK Nationals only.
Your duty station will be MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH and you will be required to attend site regularly as required by your placement and / or your scheme.
Contributing to the work of the team and function to support continuous improvement and IM&IT change.
Working methodically through analysing and supporting the creation of documentation of business processes, datasets, system designs, services and information security.
Learning and applying policies, procedures and standards incorporating these into documentation and project work.
Regularly exploring information, data, models and software applications and the IT infrastructure within DE&S and wider MoD.
Identifying and suggesting process improvements and raising them with your team.
Growing your personal network across business areas to support your development.
Exploring all IT disciplines within DE&S to identify areas to specialise in and grow deeper knowledge.
Growing your knowledge of the production of business models and assisting in the preparation of business cases to support change and innovation.
Growing your technical knowledge across the IT landscape and operational teams.
Exploring all communities of practice within IM&IT and participating in working groups.
Person specification
It takes lots of different people and lots of different skill sets to keep the UK Armed Forces fully equipped and well supported.
To be successful with your application, we are looking for you to demonstrate your potential to succeed in a dynamic working environment. We’re here to help you find your speciality, so we hire for aptitude and train for skills.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a great place to work that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. To help us do this, we encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, disabled people, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By bringing together different ideas, experiences, and perspectives, we can achieve our ambitions, together.
You must have the right of abode in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the EEA (including other countries determined within the EEA or those with bilateral agreements), for at least the previous three years on the first day of learning.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
have successfully completed a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in a similar subject.
You are encouraged to apply with your predicted grades. Evidence of the above qualifications will be required as part of your pre-employment checks before a formal offer can be made.
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Phil Kidner, CEO of global critical communications community representative TCCA, has announced his retirement after eleven years at the helm of the industry association. He will be succeeded by Tony Gray, founder and first chair of the TCCA’s Critical Communications Broadband Group (CCBG), as of September 1 2017.
During his time as CEO, Phil has steered the Association through a period of significant change. While the market for TETRA and other standardised PMR narrowband technologies continues to grow, critical broadband is now on the horizon. Under Phil’s leadership the Association has become fully engaged, on behalf of its members and all end users, in ensuring that broadband bearers deliver a fit-for-purpose service for business-critical and mission-critical communications.
“With Phil’s guidance, the Association has grown immensely in stature. As well as supporting the ongoing development of the TETRA standard and helping to ensure the strength of the TETRA market, TCCA is a 3GPP Market Representation Partner, and earlier this year we worked with ETSI to deliver the first Mission Critical Push to Talk Plugtests™. We thank Phil for all his work in building the Association’s profile as a respected expert body on critical communications,” said Mladen Vratonjić, TCCA Chair of the Board.
“On behalf of all TCCA members, Tony Gray will continue to strengthen our capability to represent and support our members and the wider critical communications community in the PMR world, oversee the continued enhancement and promotion of the TETRA standard, and ensure the ongoing impact of the Association on the development of Mission Critical LTE as trusted bearer for critical communications.”
Tony Gray has worked in the mobile communications industry for more than 40 years, and has been a TCCA Board member for six years, sponsored by P3 Group, a highly regarded German communications engineering and consulting services provider. As well as extensive knowledge of PMR technologies, Tony’s background brings significant commercial cellular expertise, as P3 has more than 15 years’ experience in the testing and optimisation of mobile networks worldwide.
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http://vigilance-securitymagazine.com/news/top-categories/industry-news/9147-tcca-change-at-the-top-as-phil-kidner-retires
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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.
There are many PHP functions which malware authors use on regular basis. One of their most favourite is the base64_decode() function which they use for obfuscating the code (hiding the real meaning and making it hard to understand). This malware type covers these malicious files. This signature is generic.
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.
You can also sign up with us and let our team remove the malware for you.
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https://labs.sucuri.net/signatures/malwares/php-backdoor-base64-001-03/
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Email is the most popular vector through which to initiate successful cyberattacks. Statistics indicate that anywhere between 90% and 95% of all such attacks involve email, whether to deliver malware, to hoodwink a user into visiting a website from which ransomware will be downloaded, or simply to imitate a CEO or CFO and demand that a multimillion-dollar payment be expedited forthwith.
It should be no surprise, then, that email security is a core requirement for any organization. So much so that, in 2020, market leader and pure-play email security vendor Proofpoint produced more than $1 billion in revenue for the first time.
This is a sector in transition, however, as Omdia explains in a newly published report comparing top email security vendors, entitled "Omdia Universe: Selecting an Inbound Email Security Platform."
Omdia qualifies the description with the pseudo-epithet "inbound" because outbound email security is still quite a distinct market, at a much earlier stage in its development. Outbound email security features a different set of dedicated vendors, while only a few of the inbound security vendors have added features to address this requirement.
Inbound email security represents the lion's share of the overall email security market, and with good reason. Dodgy email attachments spawned the antivirus industry way back in the 1980s, creating a few industry titans like Symantec and McAfee along the way, and while creative solutions such as malware sandboxing have emerged to blunt the threat, email remains the easiest way into a target environment, particularly now that malware, spam, and spyware represent just a few of the tactics adversaries employ.
Change in the email security landscape is driven by two primary factors. First, there is the aforementioned evolution in the types of attacks, with methods such as phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and executive fraud now predominating (and doing the most monetary damage). Second, as with virtually every other area of IT, is the cloud.
Cloud Changes Everything
Since Microsoft started delivering email from cloud-based email servers in 2011 with the launch of Office 365, that part of the market has mushroomed; a decade later, the software giant now serves some 300 million corporate inboxes from the cloud.
One of the first consequences of the success of Office 365, now renamed as Microsoft 365, was to force all the vendors of on-premises email security products (the so-called secure email gateways, or SEGs), to develop cloud-based versions of their offerings.
More interestingly, however, an entire new market segment has now evolved, made up of companies with security platforms that reach into Office 365 via Microsoft's application programming interface (API). This is in contrast to SEGs, which sit in front of the email server (or, these days, service) and rely on an MX redirect for the message to go to them first and are thus a "one-time" security check.
Just as consequentially, Microsoft's move to the cloud for email services also brought it into the world of email security, in a way it had never been when it resided on corporate premises with an Exchange server. Its email security offering now includes two different products: Exchange Online Protection (EOP) to guard against malware, spam, and spyware; and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP, now also known as Microsoft Defender) to combat more modern attack methodologies.
So, is Microsoft a competitor in this market? Well, yes and no. It bundles EOP into all the various SKUs of Microsoft 365 and offers ATP as part of the higher-level, more expensive E5 SKU. It does not, however, offer them as stand-alone products, and one certainly wouldn't expect to use either platform to defend, say, Gmail accounts.
Nonetheless, the availability of Microsoft email security products does make the work of other vendors offering email security for O365 that little bit harder. Indeed, one might wonder, "If I'm already getting EOP, why do I need a SEG?"
One could ask a similar question with regard to ATP and the newer generation of email security vendors, which for simplicity's sake, Omdia calls simply the non-SEGs. (A competing research firm refers to these vendors with acronyms including IESS and CESS, but they don't seem to be catching on in the market, perhaps because no vendor wants to be classified as being in the CESS pool!)
However, both SEGs and non-SEGs insist that their detection and remediation capabilities are much better than Microsoft's, citing the number of corporate customers that use them, despite the availability of EOP and ATP.
Meanwhile the non-SEG vendors, all of whom are far smaller than the big SEG players, argue that a combination of Microsoft EOP, to stop the common-or-garden email-bound threats, and their technology for protection against the more advanced attacks, is a cheaper and more effective alternative to the SEGs, even though many of the latter have also added protection from phishing, BEC, and so on in recent years.
Email as a Fourth Pillar of XDR
As Omdia was finalizing the report, one of the most interesting of the non-SEGs was acquired by a security industry heavyweight, with Check Point buying Avanan.
Omdia highlighted Avanan as a leader in the space, despite its minuscule size compared with the likes of fellow leaders Proofpoint and Mimecast, because of its differentiated technical approach: It started out as an API-based non-SEG like the rest, then added an inline inspection capability to sit after, rather than before, the email service, casting itself as a "last line of defense." It also covers other software-as-a-service applications besides O365 and Gmail, including Box, Dropbox, Teams, and Slack.
The acquisition, aside from bolstering Check Point's email security offering, also highlights a broader trend, namely the integration of data from email security products into so-called extended detection and response (XDR) platforms. XDR takes telemetry from multiple security tools (particularly in the areas of endpoint, network, and cloud), analyzes it centrally, usually in a cloud-based data lake, and then takes decisions about remedial actions and pushes them back out to the individual tools for enforcement. And email is fast becoming the fourth obligatory pillar.
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* Do not rename encrypted files.
* Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.
* Decryption of your files of the help of third parties may cause increased price(they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.
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They also measured the level of spam by region. After Saudi Arabia, Russia also remains the second country that most widely received spam. Third is the United States with 78.0 percent of email is spam. The next place is occupied by Canada 77.7 percent, Britain 78.2 percent, Netherlands 78.8 percent, Germany 77.9 percent, Denmark 77.6 percent and Australia 75.8 percent. Then Hong Kong, 76.8 percent, Singapore 75.7 percent, Japan 74.7 percent, South Africa 76.9 percent and Brazil 78.7 percent.
Meanwhile, for phishing attacks in the United Kingdom informed also increased near South Africa. UK became the most targeted for phishing emails in July. Where every 127.9 emails identified one email phishing attacks.
Meanwhile, phishing in South Africa has decreased so that the country was second with conditions, one in every 163.1 emails. While in the United States, phishing attacks is one in every 1.237 emails, and in Canada one in 192.6 emails.
In Germany, the rate of phishing is one in every 798.3 and in Denmark one of every 1448. In the Netherlands, one in every 526.9 emails. In Australia, phishing activity reached one email for every 850.8 emails and in Hong Kong one for every 2503 emails. In Japan, one for every 13,167 emails and in Singapore, one for every 872.9 emails. In Brazil, one in 382.4 emails being blocked and is regarded as phishing attacks.
For malware attacks that endanger, South Africa email was ranked first, one in every 125.2 emails, England, one in every 127.0 emails. In the United States, for the malware from email is the one out of every 634.8 emails and in Canada one in every 255.9 emails.
In Germany, the activity of the virus reaching one in every 482.1 emails, in Denmark, one of the 1033 emails and in the Netherlands one in every 451.3 emails. While in Australia, one in 654.8 emails are dangerous email, and in Hong Kong, one in 748.7 emails, in Japan one of every 2093 emails, compared with 1 in every 761.8 in Singapore. In Brazil, one in every 332.1 emails containing malicious content.
Comments Sch Roader Reply Feb 1st, 2012 10:48 am Spam is very annoying. They can make full my email in a short time.
I spent a lot of time to sort the emails that are useless.
Derek Reply Jul 23rd, 2012 7:07 am I was thinking about that, I seem to be bkilcong loads of spam recently I have used about 100+ so far. All I can think is to unblock some of the earlier ones when we have used the 500 up, and hope they wont start bombarding us with spam again, hope someone knows what we can do. Was this answer helpful?
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Save 50%! Buy here. This offer expires on Sunday, March 26 at 7:00 AM GMT. Cloud computing offers compelling benefits, but many companies remain concerned about security and compliance in environments they don’t physically control. In response, Microsoft has introduced comprehensive tools for enforcing, managing, and verifying robust security on its Azure cloud platform. In Microsoft Azure Security Infrastructure, two leading experts show how to plan, deploy, and operate Microsoft Azure at the highest levels of control, security, and compliance. Learn more Terms & conditions
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medium text large text As Apple’s OS X platform gains customers, it also gains the nasty spectre of potential viruses. PC Tools’ entry in the growing world of Mac anti-virus tools is iAntiVirus, a freeware (for personal use) scanner utility that targets Mac viruses specifically.
Pros: It’s a lightweight utility that runs pretty much silently in the background; the only times we really noticed a system performance hit was in the middle of a large scan, and that was with several other memory-hungry applications running.
Cons: It’s very Mac-specific; it knows nothing about Windows viruses, so those could still be passed on (by, say, infected email messages). Your Mac would be safe, but you could be inadvertently infecting others.
Verdict: Certainly better than no security, but not quite a complete virus-blocking solution.
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https://netguide.co.nz/story/review-pc-tools-iantivirus/
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In our day to day life, we access various devices and websites and we are very much prone to malware attacks and phishing activities. All our personal information, monetary activities are very much vulnerable and it is a great matter of concern. But, thanks to the prevalent Antivirus software in the market. Life would have been really hard without those. Presently, they do not just remain antivirus software, but come packed with several other security features that makes our activities safer.
For office use or professional use, it is always better to go for the paid antivirus software which monitor exceptionally with daily updates. For normal use, free versions prove to be very handy which also offer good protection with regular updates:
This is the best selling antivirus of 2017. This software provides protection for all devices across PC, Mac, Android and iOS platforms. It does excellent anti-phishing, malicious URL blocking and antimalware. Its other features include parental control, firewall and backup. Its 10 device license subscription costs about $149.99 per year which seems quite pricey, but its extremely useful security features are worth the money.
This countdown saw many known antivirus software, better to be called internet security software that have been acclaimed by the critics by analysing the performances. All of these best selling antivirus of 2017 provide best security and the choice should be done suiting to one’s requirements.
Just look at independent test results, McAfee is lower than both of them – here’s a page that shows all the lab test results on one graph: https://bestantivirus.reviews/tools/test-results-calculator?purposeId=1&groupId=1&startDate=2011-12-1&endDate=2016-12-1&companyId=15
As you can see, McAfee is ranked #29, lower than Bitdefender, Avira and even Avast.
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Hello this is my first time posting on this forum so I might not include the information you might need . My problem is my computer has been acting funny lately and it never did this before so I am wondering if some malware is on my computer. My symptoms are:
1. Applications seem to be loading in the background more than usual than on anything other computers than mine.
2. Touchpad gives me a (code 10) if computer is restarted or put to sleep ( The fix was to reinstall the driver but that dosen't work anymore).
3. Sounds of driver disconnecting and reconnecting is frequently heard (Thinking it's USB or fingerprint driver).
Follow the onscreen instructions inside of the black box.
A Notepad document should open automatically called checkup.txt; please post the contents of that document.
NOTE 1. If one of your security applications (e.g., third-party firewall) requests permission to allow DIG.EXE access the Internet, allow it to do so.
NOTE 2. SecurityCheck may produce some false warning(s), so leave the results reading to me.
NOTE 3. If you receive UNSUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM! ABORTED! message restart computer and Security Check should run
If you already have MBAM 2.0 installed:
When the scan is complete, if there have been detections, click Apply Actions to allow MBAM to clean what was detected.
In most cases, a restart will be required.
Wait for the prompt to restart the computer to appear, then click on Yes.
In the Save File dialog box which appears, click on Desktop.
In the File name: box type a name for your scan log.
A message box named 'File Saved' should appear stating "Your file has been successfully exported".
Download Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit (MBAR) to your desktop.
Warning! Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit needs to be run from an account with administrator rights.
Double click on downloaded file. OK self extracting prompt.
MBAR will start. Click "Next" to continue.
Click in the following screen "Update" to obtain the latest malware definitions.
Once the update is complete select "Next" and click "Scan".
When the scan is finished and no malware has been found select "Exit".
If malware was detected, make sure to check all the items and click "Cleanup". Reboot your computer.
There are 2 different versions. If one of them won't run then download and try to run the other one.
You only need to get one of these to run, not all of them. You may get warnings from your antivirus about this tool, ignore them or shutdown your antivirus.
rKill.exe: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/dl/10/ iExplore.exe (renamed rKill.exe): http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/dl/11/
Double-click on the Rkill desktop icon to run the tool.
If the tool does not run from any of the links provided, please let me know.
If normal mode still doesn't work, run the tool from safe mode.
When the scan is done Notepad will open with rKill log.
WinDefend Service is not running. Checking service configuration:
The start type of WinDefend service is set to Demand. The default start type is Auto.
C:\Windows\System32\nsisvc.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\nsiproxy.sys signed
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\afd.sys signed
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\tdx.sys signed
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\tcpip.sys signed
C:\Windows\System32\dnsrslvr.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\dnsapi.dll signed
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsapi.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\mpssvc.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\bfe.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mpsdrv.sys signed
C:\Windows\System32\SDRSVC.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe signed
C:\Windows\System32\wscsvc.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIsvc.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\qmgr.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\es.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\cryptsvc.dll signed
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpSvc.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\ipnathlp.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\iphlpsvc.dll signed
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe signed
C:\Windows\System32\rpcss.dll signed
Downloaded database version: v2016.08.28.05
Downloaded database version: v2016.08.15.01
Downloaded database version: v2016.08.15.02
File "C:\Users\brown\AppData\Local\Comms\UnistoreDB\store.vol" is sparse (flags = 32768)
File "C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\DataSharing\Storage\DSTokenDB2.dat" is sparse (flags = 32768)
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Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has observed a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation that has been active for over 4 months. The operation attempts to mine the Monero cryptocurrency using the open-source XMRig utility.
Based on publicly available telemetry data via bitly, we are able to estimate that the number of victims affected by this operation is roughly around 15 million people worldwide. This same telemetry provides insights into the most heavily targeted areas involving this campaign, which impacts southeast Asia, northern Africa, and South America the most.
However, it’s important to note that the actual number of victims is likely much higher because less than half of the samples we identified in this campaign leverage bitly. If we postulate that the bitly telemetry is typical for this operation, we can extrapolate to speculate that as many as 30 million people have been affected by this operation. While the actual number could be more or less, this does serve to give an idea of the possible size and scope of this large scale operation.
The attackers make heavy use of VBS files and use various online URL shortening services to install and run the XMRig payload. Additionally, the attackers mask the wallets used by leveraging XMRig proxy services on the hosts to which they are connected.
Delivery
To date, we have observed over 250 unique Microsoft Windows PE files in this Monero cryptocurrency mining campaign. Over half of these samples were downloaded from the 4sync online cloud storage provider. Unfortunately, current telemetry prevents us from knowing what initiated these downloads for the malware samples.
However, we are provided clues when looking at the original filenames.
Original Filename Prefix Overall Percentage Examples
[File4org]_ 11.6% [File4org]_421064.exe [Dropmefiles]_ 5.2% [Dropmefiles]_420549.exe [RapidFiles]_ 16.8% [RapidFiles]_48905.exe
Figure 3 User explaining that they downloaded the cryptocurrency malware when attempting to download a counter-strike: Go cheat using an Adfly URL. Translated from gutefrage.com, a German question/answer website.
It should be noted that in Figure 2, the victim clicked an Adfly advertisement link believing it to be a download for files mentioned within a video. However, instead of downloading the files in question, they were instead redirected to the Monero mining malware.
We also see overlap with our telemetry of samples being downloaded via the 4sync cloud storage service in Figure 1. It seems likely that these samples are being at least partially distributed via malicious advertisements via the Adfly advertising service.
Nicehash is a popular marketplace that allows its customers to buy and sell hashing processing power. A number of various cryptocurrencies are supported, and customers who choose to sell their processing power are paid via the Bitcoin currency.
In the past 4-5 months, Unit 42 has observed changes in how these attackers deploy their malware.
Up to October 20, 2017, the attackers behind this campaign relied heavily upon the Windows built-in BITSAdmin tool. This tool allowed the attackers to download scripts and the XMRig mining tool from a remote location. The typical workflow of these malware samples is shown below:
Starting with this batch of malware samples, the attackers began to supplement their mining queries with a username, likely to distinguish between specific attack waves distributed. An example of how the miner is run during this period can be seen below:
“C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\mnxz\msvc.exe” -o 144.76.201[.]175:8080 -u x3 –nicehash –max-cpu-usage=20 –keepalive
These usernames continue throughout the remainder of the campaign, and are still in use as of this writing. The full list of usernames observed are as follows:
In some instances, only bitly is used. It should be noted that all of the domains listed above are all hosted on the same IP address, 144.76.155[.]139, which is hosted in Germany. While bitly is heavily used for benign activity, the redirection services hosted on the 144.76.155[.]139 IP look to be used exclusively for malicious purposes, and appear to be specifically used for this particular cryptocurrency mining campaign.
Like the original malware samples encountered, the attackers normally drop the payload with the filename ‘msvc.exe’. Some exceptions included instances where it was instead named ‘ErrorCheck.exe’ or ‘CleanError.exe’. The sub-folder names that these samples are dropped into are primarily ‘msvc’, ‘mnxz’, or ‘mnaxz’.
Beginning on November 16, 2017, the attackers yet again changed tactics regarding their malware. They no longer made use of SFX files, but instead transitioned to using an executable file compiled in Microsoft .NET Framework that would write a VBS file to disk and modify the victim’s Run registry key to ensure persistence.
Figure 8 .NET dropper file used by the attackers writing the VBS file to disk
This dropper malware is typically dropped with a filename of either ‘msvc.exe’ or ‘mingc.exe’. Additionally, a unique PDB string is found in a number of these samples, which always use the same username for the user that compiled it. The following PDB strings were found across all of the observed samples:
C:\Users\роаипроаип\Desktop\MingC_Installer\MingC4\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\x86\Debug\WindowsApplication.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\Inst.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication2\WindowsFormsApplication2\obj\Debug\WindowsFormsApplication2.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\Desktop\MingC_Installer\MingC4\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Release\[File4org]_421058.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\Desktop\MingC3\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\[File4org]_421058.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\Desktop\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\Oal.pdb C:\Users\Роман\Desktop\MingC2\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Release\[File4org]_421058.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\Desktop\MineCor\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\[Dropmefiles]_421057.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\65453.pdb C:\Users\роаипроаип\Desktop\MineCor\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\[File4org]_421057.pdb
C:\Users\роаипроаип\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\obj\Debug\Inst.pdb
C:\Users\роаипроаип\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\WindowsFormsApplication2\WindowsFormsApplication2\obj\Debug\WindowsFormsApplication2.pdb
Readers will notice the heavy presence of the ‘роаипроаип’ username, which roughly translates from Russian to the meaningless ‘roaiproaip’. Additionally, there is a single observed instance of the ‘Роман’, which roughly translates from Russian to the English word ‘Novel’.
The last changes we’ve seen took place in late December 2017, when the attackers yet again changed the dropper that was used to deploy the malware. Moving away from .NET, they instead create the necessary VBS file using a dropper compiled with Borland Delphi. Unlike the .NET droppers, this particular dropper will place the VBS file in the victim’s startup folder in order to obtain persistence. Otherwise, the flow of execution remains the same.
Monero mining campaigns are certainly not a new development, as there have been various reported instances recently. However, it is less common to observe such a large-scale campaign go relatively unnoticed for such a long period of time. By targeting random end-users via malicious advertisements, using seemingly innocuous names for the malware files, and using both built-in Windows utilities and scripting files, the attackers are able to gain a foothold on victim systems at large scale.
As we’ve seen, the attackers have made iterative updates to their malware toolset over time, changing their tactics every month or so. Based on clues provided via the initial SFX and .NET droppers observed, there is marginal evidence that the attackers may be located in eastern Europe based on the languages witnessed.
To date, a low-end estimate of 15 million users have been made victims of this campaign. These victims are spread across the globe, but the heaviest targeted areas include southeast Asia, northern Africa, and South America.
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The 2016 Internet Defense Prize and $100,000 from Facebook has been awarded to an international team that has proposed new parameters for providing post-quantum security for TLS.
Building on a previously proposed instantiation presented by researchers at IEEE Security & Privacy 2015, the winning research identified a better suited error distribution and reconciliation mechanism, analyzed the scheme's hardness against attacks by quantum computers, and identified a possible defense against backdoors and all-for-the-price-of-one attacks. Using these measures—and for the same lattice dimension—they were able to increase the security parameter by more than 100%, reduce the communication overhead by more than half, and significantly increase computation speed in portable C implementation and current Intel CPUs, all while protecting against timing attacks.
The work has already led to concrete use in Chrome and planned usage in TOR.
The prize, which is a partnership of Facebook and USENIX, goes to Erdem Alkim (Department of Mathemathics, Ege University, Turkey), Léo Ducas (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Thomas Pöppelmann (Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany), and Peter Schwabe (Digital Security Group, Radboud University, The Netherlands). Their paper is entitled, “Post-Quantum Key Exchange — A New Hope.”
The Internet Defense Prize recognizes and rewards research that meaningfully makes the internet more secure. Created in 2014, the award is funded by Facebook and offered in partnership with USENIX to celebrate contributions to the protection and defense of the Internet.
“Security research is in a race against time to innovate faster than adversaries,” said Nektarios Leontiadis, a threat research scientist on the Facebook Security team, in a post announcing the winners. “The last year has seen multiple high-visibility vulnerability disclosures for every major platform. The industry has a history of over-rotating toward offensive work that has little direct impact on most people's lives. Much of the attention still goes to research that celebrates ‘owning’ rather than finding practical solutions for protecting people in the real world. At Facebook, we believe these incentives need to change.”
Two additional projects were named as finalists:
One is DROWN, a dangerous attack against TLS that uses a server supporting SSLv2 as an oracle to decrypt modern TLS connections. SSLv2, an ancestor of TLS, has been obsolete for 20 years, but about a third of all TLS servers still support it for backwards compatibility. DROWN demonstrates, through several attack scenarios, that SSLv2 is not only weak, but actively harmful to the TLS ecosystem.
“The protocol flaws that DROWN exploits are an unanticipated side-effect of US government regulations from the 1990s, which limited the strength of cryptography that could be exported in order to ensure that intelligence agencies could circumvent it,” said Leontiadis. “Decades after these export restrictions were relaxed, they nonetheless contributed to widespread security problems. The authors argue that the attack provides an important historical perspective on how deliberately weakened cryptography can create risks for global Internet security, with implications for current law enforcement demands for backdoor access to encrypted devices and data.”
The other is an exploit for a subtle, yet serious, side channel vulnerability (CVE-2016-5696) introduced in a recent TCP specification. The vulnerability allows a blind off-path attacker to infer if any two arbitrary hosts on the Internet are communicating using a TCP connection, and ultimately terminate that connection and perform data injection attacks. This can be used to disrupt or degrade the privacy guarantees of an anonymity network such as Tor, and perform web connection hijacking. The authors also proposed changes to both the TCP specification and implementation to eliminate the root cause of the problem.
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The process Quibi used to verify new users’ email addresses sent them to multiple third-party advertising and analytics companies including Google, Facebook, and Twitter, a new report has claimed. When a new user signed up to the streaming service, they received an email with a verification link. Clicking that link appended their address to the URL and sent it in plain text to multiple other companies.
Quibi is not the only company whose practices have been called out in the report, which was put together by Zach Edwards at the digital strategy firm Victory Medium. JetBlue, Wish, and the Washington Post were also found to be leaking addresses. But Edwards says that Quibi’s actions are especially egregious because the service launched less than a month ago, well after strict new privacy rules like Europe’s GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect, the New York Times notes.
In a statement given to Variety, Quibi said that it’s fixed the issue that the report raised. “The moment the issue on our web page was revealed to our security and engineering team, we fixed it immediately,” the company said, adding “Data protection is essential to Quibi and the security of user information is of the highest priority.”
However, Edwards says that it’s unlikely Quibi was unaware of the issue. “It’s an extremely disrespectful decision to purposefully leak all new user emails to your advertising partners, and there’s almost no way that numerous people at Quibi were not only aware of this plan, but helped to architect this user data breach,” Edwards says. “In 2020, no new technology organizations should be launching that leaks all new user-confirmed emails to advertising and analytics companies.”
Edwards said he confirmed that email addresses were still being leaked as late as April 26th.
Quibi’s privacy policy says that users are asked to provide their email address when signing up to the service, and in a separate section discloses that it may share “personal information” with third-parties to let them provide services like “personalized advertising, ad measurement and verification.”
Since it’s launch on April 7th, Quibi says over 2.7 million people have downloaded its app. The service is built around short-form video, or “quick bites,” that are designed to be watched on mobile devices.
Disclosure: Vox Media is partnered with Quibi on two shows and there are discussions for a Verge show in the future.
Correction: An earlier version of this article cited Variety’s reporting, which said Quibi’s policy does not mention that email addresses can be collected and used for online tracking. This is not technically correct, as the policy does state this, but in a roundabout way.
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I visited the casino recently. The building is old and in need of upkeep. But the casino have many machines available for use. The staff wad nice and very friendly. I did not have the opportunity to eat at the buffet.
Since I have a free meal i may try to visit before i leave. The food in the buffet is over priced especially for casino food. However the little sports bar restaurant is a lot better in quality. I'll be back when I'm in the area to spend a few bucks. The inside is okay, but the outside is "sketchy," especially at night. It's just plain dingy until you get through the doors. Walking through the parking lot gives you that look over your shoulder feeling.
Definitely be aware of your surroundings. They are trying hard to compete, and I give them credit for that. They do seem to keep up with new slot machine choices, and the food offerings are decent. Those components would get them three stars. If they give the outside a face lift and spruce up the parking lots, I can see their rating moving up, but not until then.
If I could give this ghetto ass place a zero I would! The only redeeming aspect is the bartenders! The security walks around gossiping in twos. What the ghetto ass place will NEVER see my face again! Sorry Ryan, M Dang, Jaime and the bartenders I love Ok, Isle of Capri really isn't that bad. No, it is most certainly not a Las Massachusetts casino plainville casino. You have to know what you're walking into before you walk in here.
It may possibly be the friendliest casino I've been to. The staff here really are nice. It's also exceptionally clean compared to the other "more upscale" casinos in town.
I pretty much just play slots so I won't say anything about les meilleurs casino en ligne francais table games. There's a pretty decent selection of slots. They even have newer machines the other casinos don't have which is nice. They always have a variety of different giveaways and rewards programs which are similar to other casinos. The inside of the casino is definitely old but it's still maintained pretty decently.
It's actually kind of interesting to link able to look down on the casino floor and watch people. Not sure about any of the food here, the buffet, or the other little bar upstairs. I probably will never try them either. It's still a fun time.
Lone Wolf Lounge has a limited, but, friendly staff and often they have decent music with a nice dance floor. Rumor has it they will be closing for quite a while to remodel? The restrooms are always clean. The Terrace Buffet on Saturday evening for the all you can eat crab legs is way overpriced! The crab legs are skinny and salty, like they've been sitting in salt water all day.
BF's beer was hardly chilled. The best of the buffet was the BBQ ribs and unusual assortment of vegetables. The pecan pie was the highlight of the evening. Pleasant servers and wait staff. Maybe, we should try a brunch, because this is a convenient location for a lot of people who don't gamble.
I would give it 5 stars but it's a little pricey, but worth it. This kann geant casino librairie davon was possibly the easiest it's ever been for me to leave a casino. It looks very nice, and they have some very modern slots. However, quarter slots are nearly impossible to find and super tight. We had been in the area and figured we would come in a bite at the lunch buffett.
Good assortment of foods, some things good some not so good, but everyone has different tastes. I would stop again if I'm in the area. Received a coupon for the buffet for my fan club anniversary, my first time ever eating there. It was actually very good we did brunch. Eggs, biscuits, gravy, meat selections, Learn more here also loved that they had an free slot games play selection of local barbecue sauces for the ribs to choose from, why invent the wheel when you have so many great ones to choose from, betting sports winner Our server was also really great, attentive here friendly.
The selections were all tasty and fresh, even though the restaurant was not very ish on a Saturday. While it might be considered a little pricey, the food is probably better than most of the other casino buffets in the area at least yesterdayand also had good coffee. I hope to back soon and try it again.
Isle of capri casino kansas city place has a lot of negative reviews, but after going there today, I feel obligated to defend it. It's the smallest of KC's casinos, but they had plenty of new machines and a decent selection. Not a very large pit. Cheaper drinks than the big boats. It was possibly the smokiest casino I've ever been in.
I actually was coughing from the haze. Seemed to be more of a locals hangout than a tourist destination. There is no hotel. I observed that a lot of people seemed to be regulars, as they interacted with please click for source and each other.
It's in the poorer part of town, so it may seem a little rough to the unknowing tourist. Overall, if I lived in KC, I'd probably frequent the Capri over the other casinos, since I prefer a more informal atmosphere.
It's a good place to a beer and play some blackjack or whatever. If you want a casino and hotel with a better star rating, check out the argosy or the ameristar. My favorite of all the local casinos, very relaxed casino facebook and the employees are so If a casino was a homeless shelter this would be it!
They serve drinks in plastic cups because they don't want the inner city bums stealing their glasses lol. Went to the bar to try and get a drink. Bartender was to busy playing and joking with what appeared to be 2 of the local homeless bums. Could not stand at the bar long and left. The 2 homeless people standing at the bar clowning with the bartender smelled like corn nuts and vomit.
I left in a hurry Supervisors appear pissed off and grumpy all the time. Waitress service is all but non existent. You have to beg and plea to get service. This is a small casino, that is a plus and a minus. Their parking is convenient, but I usually use the free valet.
They have a big selection of slots, but the table games are often dead. It is getting 4 stars because the staff is very friendly and accommodating. The other plus is the floor plan is easy to get in and out of unlike other kc casinos such as Ameristar. The only issue is that the air filtration systems don't seem very apparent. It is a cloud of tobacco smoke just click for source Be prepared to walk out with a lesser life span.
I know smoking allowed in casinos but it seems excessive here. Everything is packed in pretty close so you can go from machine to game and back very quickly.
I absolutely love how as long as a boat is in a body of water then gambling is legal. Luckily, the boyfriend and I were talking about getting our gamble on and next thing you know we see a riverboat casino http: The place is pretty cheesy. They have tons of slots, but are not really my thing.
Considering the tables were near empty on Labor Day weekend, they probably should have lowered all their tables. On a negative note, booze is not free. The boyfriend ordered a shot of Dewar's on the rock. That detail was forgotten when my boyfriend scanned the tray for his drink. Isle of capri casino kansas city was not there.
He asked von bois forte casino von waitress where geben casino jobs in maryland beiden and she pointed to a cup sitting next to the slot machine, which happened to look like click to see more left overs of a someone else's drink. Could this be his drink? He has since then recovered from his shock.
I would have had a much better time if drinks were free and all the table limits were lower. Complete my Kansas City casino list Expectations: Absolutely terrible First visit: Still equally terrible The Isle of Debris is the first casino that I visited in Kansas City back in and it was completely dingy, smoky, and only had 3 food options. In fact, it was the first casino that I had ever gone to. Flash forward about 7 years, and the gaming table area is still just as I had remembered.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were the http://freekeylogger.biz/dino-casino.php tables as in the past. The slot machines on the other hand have been updated. Other places such as Argosy allow you to make a minimum 1 cent bet. I will definitely never step foot back inside of here again. Smells like an ashtray but the ribs are good and smoked on-site. I'm guessing this is because its in KC where everyone smokes everywhere and BBQ is a staple.
As far as gambling - hey, it's a casino; those aren't built on winners. The Boat isn't one of Kansas City's nicer casinos. It isn't the place I would take out-of-towners looking for a good time. It is, however, pretty great people-watching and a fun way to blow twenty bucks on slots every couple months.
I get the feeling that most of the patrons spend hours and hours and stacks of cash in here and that makes it a little more depressing than the other more brightly lit and fun casinos. The Isle is small and I don't think they really boast about their restaurants or much else other than the claim of "loose slots".
They don't have concerts or an adjacent hotel and their slots are a mix of old and new. So overall, if you're just wanting to whisper mean remarks to your friends about the people there and kill some time it's not a terrible place to go Having never been to Kansas City before, I was eager to go to a casino, but not eager to waste any money gambling.
An "oxymoronical" situation if you will. Why yes, I do sometimes invent words. We stopped in here around please click for source on a Saturday night. Being in out early 20s we had to provide out ID;s, which were checked, then rechecked, and checked again. I think it may be slotastic casino bonus to board a plane than down the elevator to the casino floor in this place.
As soon as you walk in this place, the smell of cigarette smoke will knock you to the floor. I am not someone who cares if others smoke, and honestly, I probably don't even care if you smoke right beside me and blow your smoke in my face. For me to say that a place was smokey and overwhelming it is going to take an obscene amount of smoke. If you have asthma I wouldn't get within feet of this place without a case of inhalers.
This place mainly has slot machines, with only a few tables of card games. The slot machines are occupied with people who most likely tell stories of walking to school uphill both ways, barefoot, and in the snow. The crowd is not young. We spent about 2 hours here, in which we partook of only penny slots. It was fun, but I certainly wouldn't call the experience thrilling, or be eager to recount my visit to all who would listen.
Overall, this place just has a bit of a sleazy, 80s feel to it. They do, however, have Hi C punch in the drink machine, which seems to bring way more joy to grown woman than it ever should.
If you like to dilly dally, walk around more than you gamble, and aren't interested in doing any serious, non slot machine, gambling, vegasstripcasino this place is worth an hour or two of your time. New buffet is great prime rib and oysters on the half shell and lots of shrimp very tasty. Oh and they have truck for all the truckers out there, they also offer discounts Buffett if you're a cdl holder, just make sure to get your voucher downstairs first.
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The US government's cyber security experts this week issued an online notice warning Apple users of the recently discovered Masque Attack vulnerability resident in iOS that could allow malicious parties to steal sensitive data.
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Centre and the US Computer Emergency Readiness unit posted the alert following a week in which the first known exploitation of the flaw in the wild was reported by Palo Alto Networks. The campaign, known as WireLurker, mainly affected Chinese Apple users and according to Ryan Olson, intelligence director, Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks, compromised data was limited to address book contacts and messaging IDs.
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http://tarazenergy.ir/safeguard-your-computer-together-with-the-totalav-antivirus-security/
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Remote monitoring, at its core, is all about knowing what's happening at a site without actually being there. While all monitoring systems provide some type of visibility to your remote sites, the amount of information and how you access it varies greatly from one system to the next.
Assume for a moment, that most basic monitoring systems will be able to handle your alarm input monitoring needs-contact closures, analog inputs, relay outputs, and a variety of notification methods. Let's go beyond that.
Multiple cameras: Is one camera enough for your remote site, or will you need several to get the proper coverage (all door entry points, equipment rack, floor, ceiling)? You should look for a system that allows for multiple cameras if you are interested in more than one view of your remote site.
Remote mounting: Some systems provide a camera that is located inside a 1 Rack Unit box. At first, this may seem convenient, but are you really prepared to have your entire rack of equipment facing the doorway? Is a 15-degree range of motion good enough? Ideally, you should be able to mount your cameras anywhere you like.
Image capturing & email: If unauthorized personnel enter your remote facility, wouldn't you like to be notified as soon as possible? How does instant email with images of the intruder sound? Make this a requirement when you are considering video surveillance.
Building Access - control who enters your site, when, and where
There are many reasons why you would want to control entry points to your facilities. If you're sharing space with other collocation tenants, unauthorized facility access is of the utmost concern. Or perhaps you have a remote facility in the middle of nowhere and you would like to allow a technician in for repairs while keeping vandals out.
So how do you control your building access points? You could provide a key to a technician or meet them at the remote site, but this can be difficult if your NOC is hundreds of miles away from the remote site. And if personnel have a key or card to the facility, they control when the building is entered or exited. What if you were billed for 6 hours of work while the technician only spent 3 hours at your remote site?
If you're considering a system that controls building access, be sure to look for a system that can do the following:
Independent Door Control: Look for a system that can control each door at your facility. Do you really want to provide a key that allows access to your entire facility? Some systems let you control exactly which door can be entered or exited. Some systems even let you determine the exact time of day a particular person can enter a particular door.
Keypad and remote entry: Keys or magnetic-stripe cards are not useful when a remote facility is located on the top of a mountain, across the state, or across the country. With a remote entry system based on keypads and entry codes, you can let someone in from across the country - once you've visually confirmed they are the proper personnel.
Traffic logging: A complete history of who, when and where a door is accessed can provide critical information in the event of vandalism, improper repair work, or billing discrepancies.
Web browser access to remote site alarm and configuration data
Your company most likely has some type of network alarm management system-or is at least considering one. These systems typically involve smaller Remote Terminal/Telemetry Units (RTUs) that report alarms to an upper level master station often found in Network Operation Centers (NOCs). This is perfect for a bird's-eye view of your network. But what if you need a closer look? And what if your network isn't big enough for a master station right now?
If you need to view detailed information about your remote site, look for monitoring equipment that has a built-in web browser interface. With a browser interface, you can log in directly to the remote unit that is providing the alarm messages to your NOC. This serves a few purposes:
Remote Provisioning: Remote browser access is perfect for provisioning your monitoring gear remotely. Imagine having to drive to a site at the top of a mountain ridge just to change the primary paging target because your technician is gone on a week-long vacation. The more you can control your equipment remotely, the less windshield time you'll have. When evaluating monitoring equipment, try to determine how many configuration options you can edit using your web browser. Naturally, you'll want to make sure there are plenty of security measures in place as well.
Alternate Viewing Method: Another advantage to having direct web browser access to your remote monitoring equipment is not having to rely on your master station for alarm data. Maybe your NOC is located in another state and you are in charge of a smaller set of sites. Maybe something critically impairs your master station, and you still need visibility. In either case, you need to be able to log in to your remote gear and see what is going on directly, without a second or third device.
No Per Seat Licensing: Web-based browsing typically allows multiple users to access a single server. As a side benefit, this configuration usually includes unlimited seat licenses. But this isn't always the case, so be sure to insist that web-based applications embedded in your hardware do, in fact, have unlimited seat licenses.
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https://www.dpstele.com/network-monitoring/remote-site-control-facility.php
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The majority of attacks that result in successful data breaches are simply not that complex, relying on well-known, tried-and-true methods.
Yet most organizations lack the time and expertise to develop the security content— the breach detection rules and configuration hardening policies for servers—that can deter attempts and foil breaches and data loss.
Fortunately, Tripwire has long been an industry leader in developing security content that strengthens the security and ensures the integrity of servers and their configurations.
Now Tripwire offers Cybercrime Controls for Tripwire® Enterprise, a package of select security content that quickly and easily provides a foundational level of integrity and security for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
Cybercrime Controls for Tripwire Enterprise combine key configuration hardening standards with a collection of Tripwire-developed breach detection rules in a single, easy-to-install package.
Now you can take advantage of Tripwire’s expertise in security content to immediately protect your Windows Servers against the most common, yet disruptive, server attacks.
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http://ekxsqid.infosecisland.com/documentview/22313-Cybercrime-Controls-for-the-Enterprise.html
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Fleet managers and equipment owners looking to control access to off-highway equipment are taking a closer look at KeyPOD. A comprehensive equipment tracking and monitoring system, KeyPOD limits unauthorized access to cranes, loaders and other heavy machinery.
The device combines several of OEM Data Delivery’s leading technologies. It works as a Mobile Network Hub with a MiniPOD for drive-by capture to collect the hours and location of equipment. Data, status reports and special alerts are issued through EQUIPCHAT or Mobile EQUIPCHAT.
With KeyPOD, every operator is issued a passcode – often an employee ID number – which needs to be entered on the keypad to gain access to the equipment. If the code is recognized, the employee is granted access.
On the other hand, if an incorrect passcode is entered or if the employee is not authorized on that machine, KeyPOD keeps the equipment in lockout mode and prevents it from starting. Or, at the owners’ option, KeyPOD displays a red light to signal unauthorized use. A yellow light signals restricted-use, such as when a mechanic moves a machine. A green light shows for an authorized operator.
When in the “red light” mode, KeyPOD emails an alert that an unauthorized individual is accessing the equipment. When paired with the light, KeyPOD provides everyone on site with a visual reference to the status of the machine.
If the equipment requires an inspection, KeyPOD prompts for inspection codes. Depending on the inspection results and the codes entered, KeyPOD specifies if the equipment can operate in full, restricted-use or no-use mode. KeyPOD securely transmits all data for managers for review. In the event of a major non-conformance problem or safety-related issue, KeyPOD automatically sends an email to the appropriate personnel.
When KeyPOD is installed on equipment, an operations manager can know quickly if a red light means a lattice boom crane needs a repair or if the worker is appropriately authorized to operate the machine.
KeyPOD is the critical new tool for any off-highway equipment company.
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https://blog.oemdd.com/keypod-limits-unauthorized-access-off-highway-equipment
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According to the Trusted Computer Evaluation Criteria, discretionary access control is “a means of restricting access to objects based on the identity of subjects and/or groups to which they belong. The controls are discretionary in the sense that a subject with certain access permission is capable of passing that permission (perhaps indirectly) on to any other subject (unless restrained by mandatory access control)”.
DAC (discretionary access control) devices utilize user identification procedures to identify and restrict object access. Authentication credentials such as username and password are verified before access is granted. This type of access control is highly flexible in terms of data control. It gives you room to customize access policies according to each end-user. Access is read and written to each user using a single file.
This type of access control is also cost-effective, reducing the number of resources used in policing an organization’s network. When access points are regulated, it costs more resources. Discretionary access control automates the access points and makes them regulated from a centralized access protocol management system.
A discretionary access point is an innovative security protocol that offers a high level of security to data networks of organizations. The administration cost minimization, fast authentication, ease of use and customizable features it avails to organizations makes it a highly efficient access control tool.
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https://www.getkisi.com/blog/discretionary-access-control-explained
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How to check if your computer is infected with fsavaui.exe malware?
Keep an eye for the following symptoms to check if your PC is infected with fsavaui.exe malware:
1) Press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to open Task Manager.
2) Go to the process tab and right-click on the fsavaui.exe file and open its location.
If the file is located outside C:\Program Files, then you should take measures to get rid of the malware.
How to remove fsavaui.exe malware from system with Comodo Cleaning Essentials?
Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) incoporates antivirus software with unique features like auto-sandboxing to identify and obstruct every suspicious process running on an endpoint with a single click. To remove malwares using fsavaui.exe, follow the steps mentioned below:
Step 1: Download the CCE suite.
Step 2: To start the application, double-click on the CCE.exe file.
Step 3: It then probes the antivirus to initiate a full system scan to identify and remove any existing malicious files.
Step 4: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 5: Comodo Cleaning Essentials will remove fsavaui.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!
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https://file-intelligence.comodo.com/windows-process-virus-malware/exe/fsavaui
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A few weeks ago a friend sent me some packed malware that he was having trouble with. The malware had a number of anti-debugging techniques employed that made it difficult to unpack and my friend was in a desperate rush to create solid host-based indicators for the malware. After spending about 30 minutes trying to find all the anti-debugging techniques, I decided to try opening it in WinDbg, because most of the anti-debugging techniques were specifically targeting OllyDbg. OllyDbg is the most popular debugger for unpacking and in our book we devote an entire chapter to unpacking using OllyDbg. However, in cases like this you can use WinDbg to unpack malware and all the same strategies apply.
The basic steps for unpacking are the same with WinDbg as they are with OllyDbg; you locate the original entry point, dump the process to disk, and repair the import table. For security reasons I can’t show the exact malware in question, but I can demonstrate unpacking with WinDbg using one of the labs from out book. To demonstrate unpacking with WinDbg, we’ll unpack Lab 18-3 from our book. In the book we use OllyDbg, but this time we’ll use WinDbg.
The first step is to load the packed program into WinDbg.
Now we need dump the file to disk and repair the import table. Unlike OllyDbg, WinDbg has no built in tools for this, so we’ll use the simple and freely available Import Reconstructor tool. With our malicious program stopped at OEP, we open Import Reconstructor. We use the dropbox on the top of the GUI to select the Lab18-03.exe process. Import Reconstructor contains a built-in process dumping tool, although it is hard to find. Click on the middle window and select the Advanced Command -> Select code section(s) as shown in the screen shot below.
That brings up a new dialog box that has a button labeled “Full Dump”. Click that button to create a dump of the file on disk. Then enter the OEP from our WinDbg analysis (1577) in the OEP field and click “IAT Autosearch”. This locates the import address table from the original executable. Then click “Get Imports” to locate the individual imported functions. To repair the imports in the dumped file click “Fix Dump” and select the filename that you used for the Full Dump command earlier. Once you select the filename, the file on disk is repaired so that the import table is correct. At this point you’re done. The file is unpacked and you can analyze with IDA Pro, strings, or any other static analysis tools.
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https://practicalmalwareanalysis.com/2012/02/27/unpacking-with-windbg/
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Hello Wiki community Ninjas, continuing from this post written 20 days ago: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2014/03/02/tecknet-wiki-ninjas-blog-curah-portal.aspx ... I would like to show all Nations who are contributing to the growth of the Curah portal, but we will take a cue from the first post written recently by explaining what the Curah portal is.
Curah is a simple and fun way to help others to find great content on the Internet. It is a service that allows you to share your experience with others, gathering sources that are really useful, accurate and reliable, adding their own knowledge and make then all available for whoever has the need and necessity of information with reliable and quality samples.
See below for all Nations and languages of articles so far that are written and published on the portal.
As you can see from the above image since it was conceived and created the portal curah there are already the contributions of as many as 20 nationalities, primarily the English language, where we can also see how many curations we can find for all our needs; we can see contributions on ASP.Net, which is ideal for those who want to develop Web, advanced documentation on C# language on AdoNet, and most is regarding work with disconnected data from one or more databases, but not all; you can also find several and various topics on Linq, WPF, and whatnot.
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https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/wikininjas/2014/03/23/curah-portal-what-are-the-nations-that-contribute-to-the-portal/
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The 2021 Cybersecurity Symposium for Smart Cities virtual conference will explore the successes and discuss the challenges of building, managing, and sustaining these communities in a secure and trustworthy manner.
Speakers include cybersecurity and standards experts, Smart City CIO’s and CISO’s, and technology thought-leaders that have been behind the success of several smart city deployments.
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https://www.publish0x.com/cybersecurity-tomorrow/2021-cybersecurity-symposium-for-smart-cities-virtual-confer-xrnpgnv
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The University of California (UC) has gone public with details about a multi-year risk management initiative that has reduced the cost of risks for the university system by $380 million since 2004. The program introduced a cross-campus portal it calls the Enterprise Risk Management Information System (ERMIS), built on IBM's Cognos business intelligence software.
Beginning in 2007 IBM began working with the university system's Office of Risk Services to design and build the system to help manage liabilities across UC's 10 campuses, five medical centers, laboratories, and field sites that are home to 400,000 students, faculty, and staff. The goal of the project is to be able to manage all areas of risk across the UC system by monitoring, tracking, and creating a unified database that can be mined locally by campuses and at a system-wide level, so that trends can be spotted early and acted upon.
The system was initially deployed in February 2009, then rolled out to all 10 campuses in March and April of that year. Eventually, the portal will include numerous dashboards to allow risk managers to assess their performance relative to peer organizations, determine best practices, and implement risk mitigation strategies.
"The best way to mitigate risk is through prevention and preparation, and IBM's analytics technology provides us with the real-time data we need to be able to do that," said Grace Crickette, chief risk officer for UC. "This is a first-of-a-kind system that allows us to get a meaningful understanding, at both a campus and system wide level, of the current state of the UC system's level of risk, and document the best practices that allow us to manage and reduce it."
An initial effort in the project focused on workers compensation trends. The data roll-up has allowed UC to deploy resources where most needed to invest in loss prevention and control. Spotting trends--such as the need for lifting devices in food services--allows the institutions to institute new training programs, introduce new equipment, focus on accountability with management, and work with employees directly.
"We are now able to determine where we are the most vulnerable by creating dashboards so managers can access their data in real time," Crickette said. "They can target the key variables that influence outcomes and make changes to increase productive trends or intercede in operations that are having a negative impact."
Traditionally, risk management programs have relied heavily on quantitative analysis, but lacked qualitative measures and analysis. UC's new system employs both a quantitative and qualitative approach. As Crickette explained, data is being pulled into the ERMIS data warehouse that drives the reporting tools from a multitude of sources, including worker surveys on safety, Excel spreadsheets developed in individual campus risk assessments, and data from unstructured events.
According to Crickette, the effort has reduced the cost of risk--including all retained losses, excess premiums, investment in loss prevention and loss control, and administrative costs from $18.56 per thousand dollars of operating budget to $13.31 per thousand dollars. "This means we're able to put that money back into the mission of the university," she added. "We charge an internal insurance rate to all our locations, and we're able to reduce that rate. We've been able to refund millions of dollars to campuses that they can use for their operations."
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https://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/03/30/u-california-multi-year-initiative-cuts-risk-management-costs.aspx
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