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Why has Music Search Tool Search hijacked my Internet browser? I did not set it as my default search engine or homepage.
Music Search Tool Search by Babylon Ltd is a search site, which due to various downsides has been categorized as a browser hijacker and PUP (potentially unwanted program). Our specialists tested the application themselves, and as you continue reading the text, we will explain to you their findings. In this article, we are going to explain how this PUP spreads, how it affects the compromised computer and how you can remove it. For these reasons it has a poor reputation among security experts. That could seriously endanger your virtual security and privacy as well.
Even though the invasive change triggered by Music Search Tool Search is its most prominent features, you must know that there is something much more alarming about this application that you might think at first. All of these suspicious search tools are associated with extensions that modify search settings. Follow these simple guidelines and get rid of this pesky intruder for good. If you make a search using it, you will see a bunch of affiliated websites instead of regular search results. It is this malicious program that done it itself. By the way, there is also another way how Music Search Tool Search may infiltrate the system.
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Alternatively, you can also right-click on them and choose Move to Trash.
After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and press Empty Trash.
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December 6, 2011 | No Comments on Data Breaches cost Healthcare Billions Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) is at high risk, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute. This is the second time Ponemon has conducted its annual benchmark study. It is conducted by interviewing healthcare professionals in hospitals and independent practices.
The study reports data breaches have increased by 32% since last year. Instead of hackers or malicious software, the study finds employee negligence is the primary cause of breaches. The report also states that over half the survey respondents do not protect mobile devices. Data breaches cost the healthcare industry an average of $6.5 billion per year. In addition, the study reports that federal regulations have not had a measurable impact in reducing the frequency of breaches. Professionals cite lack of budget to implement federal policies. Policies may also not be very effective; personnel do not understand the importance of policies, or willfully disregard them.
Data breaches lead to medical identity theft, according to the study. Perpetrators of medical ID theft typically pose as an individual with adequate medical coverage and then use their stolen insurance for surgeries or other medical procedures. Only 25% of organizations that experience data breaches offer credit monitoring to their patients.
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The last 10 years have seen waves of cyber-security awareness campaigns in the UK and elsewhere. To name but four, we have Get Safe Online, Take Five, Cyber Aware and Cyber Essentials. Yet all the evidence seems to suggest that individuals and organisations are still not as cyber-safe as they should be. In short, the awareness campaigns we have seen to date have not had the step change in behaviour we might have hoped for. A paper by Maria Bada, Angela Sasse and Jason Nurse, entitled ‘Cyber security campaigns: Why do they fail to change behaviour‘ explores the reasons for this.
In the paper they highlight the need to change behaviour and not just information and awareness. For this we need direct, relevant, actionable and simple advice. A campaign that is too impersonal or general will simply not work. Similarly, the use of threatening and intimidating messages is unlikely to work in a cyber-security context because it further erodes people’s sense of control over ‘new and mysterious’ threats. On a related note, we also need to avoid complicated and ambiguous advice that will add to ‘security fatigue’. The all too common picture of someone in a hoody is an interesting example of messaging that probably hinders rather than helps make cyber-security accessible.
The authors conclude: ‘ Based on our review on the literature and analysis of several successful and unsuccessful security-awareness campaigns, we suggest that the following factors can be extremely helpful at enhancing the effectiveness of current and future campaigns: (1) security awareness has to be professionally prepared and organised in order to work; (2) invoking fear in people is not an effective tactic, since it could scare people who can least afford to take risks; (3) security education has to be more than providing information to users – it needs to be targeted, actionable, doable and provide feedback; (4) once people are willing to change, training and continuous feedback is needed to sustain them through the change period; (5) emphasis is necessary on different cultural contexts and characteristics when creating cyber security awareness campaigns.’ | https://cyberprotect.our.dmu.ac.uk/2020/01/03/why-cyber-security-awareness-campaigns-fail/ |
LONDON: The world’s biggest ransomware attack levelled off on Monday after wreaking havoc in 150 countries, as Russian President Vladimir Putin called it payback for the US intelligence services.
Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer Brad Smith has said the US National Security Agency developed the original code used in the attack, which was later leaked in a document dump.
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Russia has been accused of cyber meddling in several countries around the world in recent years.
But Putin said they had anything to do with the attack, which hit hundreds of thousands of computers. “A protection system… needs to be worked out,” he said. Smith earlier said he hoped the attacks would serve as “a wake-up call”.
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“An equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the US military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen,” Smith wrote. There had been concern that Monday could see an upsurge in attacks at the start of the working week but fears eased as the number of incidents reported levelled off.
The cross-border police agency Europol said the situation was now “stable”, defusing concerns that attacks that struck computers in British hospital wards, European car factories and Russian banks would spread further at the start of the working week.
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The indiscriminate attack was unleashed on Friday, striking hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide by exploiting known vulnerabilities in older Microsoft operating systems.
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The first step in a successful phishing campaign is to know your target. For the purpose of this post, our target will be the fictitious organization ACME LLC.
There are a few things that we need to know about ACME to conduct the campaign.
The answers to these questions will help establish a good baseline and give us the information we need to start setting up the campaign. However, these questions are not all inclusive, and the more time you spend researching the target organization, the better; enumeration is critical.
I usually start by searching through Linkedin. I have found a lot of information by looking through employee Linkedin profiles and job postings. By determining the skills required for a new employee, and the skills of their current employees, you can learn a lot about the organization’s infrastructure.
For example, if the there is a job available for a Splunk Engineer, C# Developer, and a SOC operator. We can reasonably assume that they are using Splunk, have a SOC to respond to threats, and are primarily a Windows environment.
Another great source of OSINT can be the corporate website. These websites often have a lot of information, such as email addresses, job postings, and background information on the organization that can be useful when crafting a template.
To identify email addresses, I prefer to use a tool called SimplyEmail, made by @Killswitch_GUI. This tool was built to be an expansion of the popular tool “The Harvester.”
Another tool used to conduct reconnaissance is recon-ng. Recon-ng is a full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python. It comes loaded with independent modules and useful built-in functions. Null-Byte did an excellent overview of the tool that is available here.
Infrastructure Setup
After identifying the target and some information about the target environment, I start to setup infrastructure. The first thing needed to set up infrastructure is a few domain names. To find good domain names, I turn to expireddomains.net. Here, you can search through a list of domains that have expired to buy one that is categorized already and similar to your target.
Domainhunter is a great tool that searches through Expireddomains.net for any expired domains with a previous history of use. It can optionally query for domain reputation against services like BlueCoat and IBM X-Force.
After selecting your domain name, it’s time to begin setup. Each operator tackles infrastructure differently, but here is how I prefer to do it.
For each engagement, I set up three servers. They are as follows:
I prefer to use Cobalt Strike to host payloads and manage C2 channels.
For an SMTP Server, I prefer to use a combination of Postfix and Dovecot. This combination allows for the segregation from the C2 server and supports IMAP to handle user responses. I made a script to automate most of the setup process. For detailed instructions, you can refer to this post.
To use this server with GoPhish, follow these instructions.
Install GoPhish by downloading and extracting the lastest release.
After extraction, edit the configuration file “config.json.”
If you are running the mail server locally, change “host: stmp.example.com:25” to “host: localhost:25”, and the username/password appropriately.
If you are running the mail server on another server; Set the mail server to accept the GoPhish server as a relay, and set “host: stmp.example.com:25” to “host: Mail Server IP:25”, and the username/password appropriately.
After setting the configuration file, we need to add a sending profile. Here is the sending profile configuration associated with the configuration shown above.
Finally, the last server will handle payload redirection. This server will proxy our payload to the user, or redirect them away from the server. This server serves a few primary functions.
A template can single-handedly make or break a campaign. The template is what entices the user to reveal sensitive information or run a payload and compromise their system. Templates can be simple or complex, but the best appeal to the user’s emotions. Fear, greed, curiosity, desire and sex are some of the topics I found to be especially potent.
Let’s make a template for the ACME organization. Our template will be informing employees of a change in the telework policy.
By now we have conducted OSINT on our target, created the backend infrastructure required to support the engagement, and created some templates to send. These are great first steps in carrying out a successful phishing campaign. Remember, this guide is not perfect, and neither am I. I wanted to share the process I go through during a phishing engagement to help others and learn more myself.
If you have any suggestions to add to the post, or issues with any of the content posted here, feel free to let me know, and I will make changes accordingly. :) | https://blog.inspired-sec.com/archive/2017/05/07/Phishing.html |
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I've tried deleting the database and directory from the data directory. This doesn't fix it. I still get the same error. However if I change the name of the target and deploy the problem is resolved.
I'd like to retain the original name for the database if I can. Could somebody explain why it's got this problem with the original name and how I go about fixing it. Thanks.
Mark
Try backing up all rest of the databases on your server. Then stop the service and delete everything from the data directory.
You can see the location of your data directory in DataDir server property.
Start the service, restore rest of your databases and at this point you should be able to depoy your database under original name. | http://errorsubreport.blogspot.com/2012/03/errors-in-encryption-library-error.html |
Hi my understanding is that Nod32 will detect some spyware, namely the illegal unsolicited software.eg force downloads.
If it comes with an end user license agreement, it will not be detected unless deemed unsafe. You need to tick the potentially dangerous applications box in your set up options for it to work.
By no means stop using your stand alone spyware scanner, the update to detect dangerous applications does not pick up all spyware.
So the results can not be compared to Win XP based pc's.
Beware of online software comparisons, as alot are just paid adverts.
"The tests results report only actual removals of a select number of "critical" files and Registry keys, and thus do not give a complete account of the removals performed by any of the anti-Spyware scanners tested." [end quote]
As some of the test files used were programs that require an End User License Agreement the Anti Spyware scanners can not be blamed for the lack of detection.
Legally adding detections that form part of a program that has an EULA is a very fine line, as Lavasoft found out with NEW.NET software. Even though NEW.NET is regarded as Spyware, they sued Lavasoft for loss of revenue as a result of being added to Adaware's detection list.
One of the main software components of the test was Grockster which comes with an EULA, therefore making it illegal to add detections for some of the components of that program.
That test was preformed on a pc running Win 2000.
It's not illegal to add signatures for programs that have an EULA.
Or perhaps you might get legal trouble for doing that in the USA, but illegal it is not.
And one won't get any trouble in most other western countries.
As an example, in various countries non-changeable one-way fixed EULAs have no legal binding power.
You can click yes all you want and it still won't bind you to anything.
As for the spyware test, it's surely not paid and it's the best there is.
Of course, it's possible to do better.
In the real world there are very few NEW true viruses around, but quite a few worms & trojans and a lot of new spyware/adware.
Many of the worms/trojans have an adware component and can cause quite a lot of damage to the compter when they are removed incorrectly.
So yes Antivirus companies DO need to include detection for these major problems and prevent them being installed in the first place.
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<RecordProducerName> Rule created to process POST parameters from the Service Catalog and map variables to fields in the instance.
<RecordProducerName>Json Rule created to process a JSON payload from the Service Portal and map variables to fields in the instance.
Activate the necessary encryption rules created by the record producer.
Navigate to Edge Encryption Configuration > Rules > All.
Depending on where the record producer will be used, open the associated encryption rule created by the record producer and select the Active flag.
If using the record producer in the Service Catalog, activate the <RecordProducerName> encryption rule. If using the record producer in the Service Portal, activate the <RecordProducerName>Json encryption rule.
Examine the Encryption rule Action field and add any necessary field names or statements.
If a record producer directly maps a variable to a field in a table, the encryption rule automatically maps the variable to the correct field. However, if a variable is indirectly mapped through various scripts on the platform, you may need to update the rules to map each variable to the correct field.
The below encryption rule was created from the Report Outage record producer and processes POST parameters from the Service Catalog to map variables to fields in the instance. Replace 'FILL ME IN' with the target field.
Add additional statements to map any scripted variables to the target fields.
When the payload from the record producer is examined, the error_message element contains the value for the short_description field. By adding the following statement, you can map the scripted variable error_message to the short_description field.
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One of the biggest problems facing insurers and underwriters looking at cyber insurance is how to model the risk of a hack or data breach, given that these events come as an unpleasant surprise to the companies and organizations affected. Collecting data on previous breaches can help underwriters build models and look at the frequency of high-profile hacks (as smaller hacks may go unnoticed or unreported, depending on state-by-state data breach reporting requirements). Who is collecting that data, and how publicly available is it?
ISO recently announced that it will begin collecting and analyzing cyber insurance data; insurers have to provide their data themselves, but the incentive for doing so is receiving the aggregate dataset and analysis. Other companies that collect and analyze data on breaches and insurance include Verizon, Ponemon, IBM, Ernst & Young, and Veris, among others. These organizations usually produce yearly reports, where they produce graphs and opine on trends in hacking, usually without interviewing any hackers at all, or attempting to go to the source and analyze behavior. The reports are useful, and the data underlying them available for inspection, but in some cases the granularity (for example, analyzing businesses as “small, medium, and large”) won’t be helpful to an insurer hoping to build a customizable model that will discriminate by industry and type of security infrastructure.
Government organizations and states have their own data breach requirements, usually depending on whose data was breached and what type of data was involved (for example, health record breaches have to be reported separately from other types of data breaches, and states can require breach notification based on the number of state residents whose data was lost). Professional associations like the National Association of College and University Attorneys, or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, will also collect breach data that is specific to their business, such as breaches of colleges and universities, or breach data reported by insurers themselves.
ISACs (Information Sharing and Analysis Centers) are nonprofit organizations established to facilitate the sharing of cyber threats between the private and public sectors. These organizations have taken off in the finance sector (FS-ISAC) and health (NH-ISAC) sector, but often suffer from a first-mover problem, in that by sharing information, organizations initially lose the knowledge advantage over competitors in their industry and government regulators, and have to hope that others will also share information in order to gain from the ISAC partnership. Some companies, more wary of government intrusion than of competitors’ advantages, are looking to form private ISACs to help one another protect against threats common to an industry while not allowing government organizations a peek at their security vulnerabilities. Private ISACs can be limited to organizations within a supply chain, who clearly share a common goal in maintaining and enhancing security, or they can involve adjacent companies who feel responsible for a common pool of customers. The recently-passed (but heavily debated) Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA, allows private companies to share security information, including customer data, with the Department of Homeland Security (and in turn with the FBI and NSA), but many companies have noted customers’ privacy concerns and are considering protective measures like private ISACs before sharing data with DHS.
Missing from these threat information sharing repositories is an aggregation of data from post-breach activities, like litigation. Data breach litigation can drag on for years and involve hidden costs that insurers will be more sensitive to than consumers. Hoping to address this gap, a group at Stanford led by professors George Triantis and Michael Klausner is putting together a database of costs public companies incur as a result of cyber breaches. This data will be valuable to insurers and brokers, and to academic researchers, looking to answer questions about liability allocation and insurance design. | https://cyber.stanford.edu/15-days-cyber-insurance-who-collects-data-breaches |
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The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to. No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us. End-to-end encryption helps make communication via WhatsApp private – sort of like a face-to-face conversation.
WhatsApp also released a White Paper explaining the process that takes place in order to provide end-to-end encryption to its users. The paper states that “clients exchange messages that are protected with a Message Key using AES256 in CBC mode for encryption and HMAC-SHA256 for authentication. The Message Key changes for each message transmitted, and is ephemeral, such that the Message Key used to encrypt a message cannot be reconstructed from the session.” It further confirms that attached files (multimedia, document etc.) and calls are also going to be encrypted.
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W32.Beagle.CK@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to email copies of itself to addresses gathered from the compromised computer.
The worm also opens a back door on TCP Port 9035 on the compromised computer.
When W32.Beagle.CK@mm is executed, it performs the following actions:
Copies itself as %System%\winhost.exe.
Note: %System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).
Note: %Windir% is a variable that refers to the Windows installation folder. By default, this is C:\Windows or C:\Winnt.
Attempts to download [http://]www.cardgoods.com/[REMOVED]/3.exe every three hours, save it as the following file and then execute it:
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is [IMAGE OF PASSWORD]
For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password -- [IMAGE OF PASSWORD]
Note: Use password <img src="[cid:]%s.%s"> to open archive.<br>
Attached file is protected with the password for security reasons. Password is [IMAGE OF PASSWORD]
Use a firewall to block all incoming connections from the Internet to services that should not be publicly available. By default, you should deny all incoming connections and only allow services you explicitly want to offer to the outside world.
Enforce a password policy. Complex passwords make it difficult to crack password files on compromised computers. This helps to prevent or limit damage when a computer is compromised.
Ensure that programs and users of the computer use the lowest level of privileges necessary to complete a task. When prompted for a root or UAC password, ensure that the program asking for administration-level access is a legitimate application.
Disable AutoPlay to prevent the automatic launching of executable files on network and removable drives, and disconnect the drives when not required. If write access is not required, enable read-only mode if the option is available.
Turn off file sharing if not needed. If file sharing is required, use ACLs and password protection to limit access. Disable anonymous access to shared folders. Grant access only to user accounts with strong passwords to folders that must be shared.
Turn off and remove unnecessary services. By default, many operating systems install auxiliary services that are not critical. These services are avenues of attack. If they are removed, threats have less avenues of attack.
If a threat exploits one or more network services, disable, or block access to, those services until a patch is applied.
Always keep your patch levels up-to-date, especially on computers that host public services and are accessible through the firewall, such as HTTP, FTP, mail, and DNS services.
Configure your email server to block or remove email that contains file attachments that are commonly used to spread threats, such as .vbs, .bat, .exe, .pif and .scr files.
Isolate compromised computers quickly to prevent threats from spreading further. Perform a forensic analysis and restore the computers using trusted media.
Train employees not to open attachments unless they are expecting them. Also, do not execute software that is downloaded from the Internet unless it has been scanned for viruses. Simply visiting a compromised Web site can cause infection if certain browser vulnerabilities are not patched.
If Bluetooth is not required for mobile devices, it should be turned off. If you require its use, ensure that the device's visibility is set to "Hidden" so that it cannot be scanned by other Bluetooth devices. If device pairing must be used, ensure that all devices are set to "Unauthorized", requiring authorization for each connection request. Do not accept applications that are unsigned or sent from unknown sources.
For further information on the terms used in this document, please refer to the Security Response glossary.
Removal using the W32.Beagle@mm Removal Tool
Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the infections of W32.Beagle.CK@mm. Use this removal tool first, as it is the easiest way to remove this threat.
The following instructions pertain to all current and recent Symantec antivirus products, including the Symantec AntiVirus and Norton AntiVirus product lines.
Run a full system scan and delete all the files detected.
Delete any values added to the registry.
For specific details on each of these steps, read the following instructions.
1. To disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP)
If you are running Windows Me or Windows XP, we recommend that you temporarily turn off System Restore. Windows Me/XP uses this feature, which is enabled by default, to restore the files on your computer in case they become damaged. If a virus, worm, or Trojan infects a computer, System Restore may back up the virus, worm, or Trojan on the computer.
Windows prevents outside programs, including antivirus programs, from modifying System Restore. Therefore, antivirus programs or tools cannot remove threats in the System Restore folder. As a result, System Restore has the potential of restoring an infected file on your computer, even after you have cleaned the infected files from all the other locations.
Also, a virus scan may detect a threat in the System Restore folder even though you have removed the threat.
For additional information, and an alternative to disabling Windows Me System Restore, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article: Antivirus Tools Cannot Clean Infected Files in the _Restore Folder (Article ID: Q263455).
2. To update the virus definitions
Symantec Security Response fully tests all the virus definitions for quality assurance before they are posted to our servers. There are two ways to obtain the most recent virus definitions:
Running LiveUpdate, which is the easiest way to obtain virus definitions: These virus definitions are posted to the LiveUpdate servers once each week (usually on Wednesdays), unless there is a major virus outbreak. To determine whether definitions for this threat are available by LiveUpdate, refer to Virus Definitions (LiveUpdate).
Downloading the definitions using the Intelligent Updater: The Intelligent Updater virus definitions are posted daily. You should download the definitions from the Symantec Security Response Web site and manually install them. To determine whether definitions for this threat are available by the Intelligent Updater, refer to Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater).
The latest Intelligent Updater virus definitions can be obtained here: Intelligent Updater virus definitions. For detailed instructions read the document: How to update virus definition files using the Intelligent Updater.
3. To scan for and delete the infected files
Start your Symantec antivirus program and make sure that it is configured to scan all the files.
If any files are detected, click Delete.
Important: If you are unable to start your Symantec antivirus product or the product reports that it cannot delete a detected file, you may need to stop the risk from running in order to remove it. To do this, run the scan in Safe mode. For instructions, read the document, How to start the computer in Safe Mode . Once you have restarted in Safe mode, run the scan again.
After the files are deleted, restart the computer in Normal mode and proceed with the next section.
Warning messages may be displayed when the computer is restarted, since the threat may not be fully removed at this point. You can ignore these messages and click OK. These messages will not appear when the computer is restarted after the removal instructions have been fully completed. The messages displayed may be similar to the following:
Title: [FILE PATH]
Message body: Windows cannot find [FILE NAME]. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
4. To delete the value from the registry
Important: Symantec strongly recommends that you back up the registry before making any changes to it. Incorrect changes to the registry can result in permanent data loss or corrupted files. Modify the specified subkeys only. For instructions refer to the document: How to make a backup of the Windows registry. | https://www.symantec.com/security-center/writeup/2005-100615-0020-99?tabid=2 |
In the pandemic-stricken global scenario, we are constantly being alerted to the rising dangers and looming threats of cyber-crime. What the easyJet cyber-attack teaches us, then, is that the twin blows of a data breach and the COVID-19 pandemic can have a massive impact on even extremely healthy businesses.
Like every cyber-attack, regardless of the size or sector of the organisation it affects, the easyJet incident too contains relevant lessons on cyber incident crisis management and response. We have collated information on the attack and its impact on the business, based on media reports, for creating easily consumable, educative content.
easyJet is one of the world’s most successful low-cost airlines. Unfortunately, early last year, it became the victim of a cyber-attack in which data of 9 million of its customers was compromised. This has also led to a class-action lawsuit against the company which 10,000 of its customers have apparently joined. The lawsuit claims that the airline was in violation of the UK’s Data Protection Act of 2018.
While the idea here isn’t in any way to blame a business for a cyber-attack, our objective is to explore what happened. (Based on publicly available information)
Cyber criminals are all around and they are waiting to find the next most vulnerable aspect of any business that they can attack. Cyber Management Alliance’s unique NCSC-Certified Cyber Incident Planning & Response course aims to target this very lacuna in most businesses’ cyber infrastructure. It aims to equip organisations and individuals with the fundamental knowledge required to understand the importance of protecting their and their customers’ data and what steps to take immediately in case of a breach.
The idea of us creating this timeline is not to vilify/defame any business or victims of a cyber-attack. However, from every cyber incident there is something all of us can learn about covering our bases when it comes to being truly cyber-resilient.
In this case, it appears that while easyJet did inform the UK’s ICO in January 2020 about the cyber-attack, some customers are alleging that it was slower in informing them about the fact that their data was compromised. The easyJet CEO, however, said that it took time to understand the impact of the attack and who was affected and as soon as the company had clarity on the same, it informed the people who had been impacted apart from offering them support, including credit monitoring. Despite this, the law firm that has issued the lawsuit against the company estimates a potential liability of £18 billion.
Is there a Better Way?
We spoke to our CEO and Founder, Amar Singh, about the attack to understand what easyJet, or anybody in its position, could have done differently to mitigate the impact of the attack.
Amar insists that this initiative isn't aimed at attacking any organisation. Our objective to create these attack timelines is purely for educational purposes. Amar has been in the thick of many cyber-attacks and he absolutely understands the pressure, the chaos and the collective desire to do the right thing when in the midst of a major crisis.
Here is what Amar thinks are the key lessons that everyone can learn:
Start by acknowledging that, regardless of your size or IT and security budget, your defences will be (not can be) breached.
This should be followed by adopting a strategic policy and having a solid, crisp incident response plan that informs every key stakeholder of the immediate steps to be taken in case of a crisis (including whom to inform and how). You can download our Cyber Incident Response plan template.
Test, test and test again. Run regular, engaging and relevant cyber tabletop exercises to build muscle memory so stakeholders are subconsciously ready for the real moment. Running tabletop exercises helps avoid the ‘headless chicken’ panic moments during an actual attack.
If you are truly interested in ramping up your security infrastructure and making sure that your business doesn't suffer the kind of damage other victims of cyber-attacks have, you may be interested in pursuing our NCSC-Certified Cyber Incident Planning and Response course. We offer this course as an online public training or as a private training for individual organisations on-site or virtually.
Disclaimer: This document has been created with the sole purpose of encouraging discourse on the subject of cybersecurity and good security practices. Our intention is not to defame any company, person or legal entity. Every piece of information mentioned herein is based on reports and data freely available online. Cyber Management Alliance neither takes credit nor any responsibility for the accuracy of any source or information shared herein. | https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/easyjet-cyber-attack-timeline |
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The popular platform has been used by threat actors to target a high-profile insurance firm based in New York, compromising around 300 employee email accounts in a social engineering attack, says a report by communication security company Armorblox.
The phishing scam impersonated Instagram using convincing fake branding and logos, informing users that their account would be deleted within 24 hours due to “copyright infringement” – instilling a “sense of urgency” in victims to click on a malicious link.
“The email attack had a social engineered payload, spoofing the design of a legitimate email requesting verification of an Instagram membership,” said Armorblox. “The subject line simplistically read ‘Instagram Support’ and the sender address was manipulated to read the same, at first glance.
“Upon clicking the link, the user was taken to a spoofed Instagram branded ‘account verify’ landing page. The fake page had the Instagram logo and a ‘verify’ button, which when clicked took the end user to an ‘account verification form’. The user was then asked to enter username credentials.”
At this point the Meta logo was also used to further instill a sense of trust in victims, who had their credentials harvested by cybercriminals after entering them.
“The email was sent from a legitimate Outlook domain and the attacker used multiple techniques in order to bypass Google email security,” added Armorblox.
The cunning disguise had just one flaw. On closer inspection, the bogus email domain – spoofed to look like it read “Instagram Support” – was in fact spelled with an uppercase L and not an uppercase I.
But the crooks circumvented this by crafting a long email address, meaning that many mobile phone users would only see the characters before the @ sign – in this case “membershipform” – thus allaying their suspicions.
“This socially engineered attack impersonated a well-known brand, designed to create a sense of urgency in the end user around a commonly used and needed application in order to complete daily tasks,” said Armorblox.
To avoid falling for similar scams in future, email users are advised not to open unexpected messages or use the same passwords across personal and business apps. Armorblox is also urging users to adopt multi-factor authentication on all email accounts where possible.
*This article was amended on March 21. The original version reported that the fake Instagram email domain was spelled with a lowercase L, and not an uppercase L as was actually the case. | https://cybernews.com/security/the-insta-scam-on-instagram-cyber-crooks-get-social/ |
You're absolutely right. I realized the mistake when I saw the notification E-mail. Whoops!
Also, I've got something on my computer called HackTool:Win32/Keygen that I cannot get rid of, Microsoft Security Essentials can't seem to remove it.
MSE proactive, SuperAntiSpyware proactive and malwarebytes 1.5 as an on demand scanner..
Oh, and safe and smart browsing habits as well. | https://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/130877-best-malware-win7-x64.html |
IT professionals often worry that their spyware scanners aren't catching everything. Those using two or more antispyware tools have found that one might flag nothing but cookies, while another might flag three dangerous pieces of genuine spyware. In the end, users have found little consistency from one tool to the next. AV vendors announced a plan Monday to help users cut through the confusion by developing a more consistent set of criteria by which antispyware products are tested. The vendors include Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec Corp., Santa Clara, Calif.-based McAfee Inc.; Tokyo-based Trend Micro Inc.; ICSA Labs, a division of Herndon, Va.-based Cybertrust Inc.; and Atlanta-based Thompson Cyber Security Labs LLC.
Roger Thompson, CTO of Thompson Cyber Security Labs, said Monday that without some testing standards, "marketers can make whatever claims they like and can find a tester to help them prove it." Requires Free Membership to View
But, he added, the new agreement sets the stage for determining which products truly work. The group hopes over time that the quality of its respective products will increase, as those whose scanners aren't up to par will have to improve.
"This is meant to close that gap and make scanners look for things based on a more common criteria as to what is spyware and adware as opposed to other basically harmless things like cookies," Thompson said. "Right now, you may have one product that reports executables only while another tool reports 400 different things. But the latter product may have missed the executables. It's important to have standards to help people find the real spyware."
In a prepared statement, the vendors said the collaboration will eliminate confusion and empower customers to purchase solutions that meet their individual needs.
"When publishing results and product recommendations, few product testers currently document their test samples or methodology, and many use very small sample sets in their testing environments," the vendors said. "As a result, there is no distinguishable benchmark for comparison of antispyware product vendors, leaving customers unclear as to the most effective products and solutions for their environments." The vendors added, "By employing standard metrics for third-party evaluation, and a common sample standard, those previously difficult-to-measure characteristics can be made consistent across the industry, enabling customers to make transparent solution comparisons." The group said it will use the definitions hammered out last year by the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) and work with the ASC "in its effort to develop guidelines for research tools." The group's antispyware testing methodology and best practices can be viewed on its Web site.. It has yet to establish a timeline for its efforts. | http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/news/1163363/Vendors-to-stave-off-spyware-scanning-surprises |
Digitalization has meant that so much of the average person’s life is carried out online, protected by potentially hundreds of passwords, biometrics, PINs or other forms of authentication. It’s true that in today’s digital world, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. With the rapid advancement of technology and an increasing number of cyber threats and threat actors, individuals and organizations face numerous challenges in securing their sensitive information.
One such less-explored challenge is that the complexity and vastness of the cybersecurity landscape can often feel overwhelming, leaving many either totally complacent or unsure of how to protect themselves effectively. In fact, according to a recent survey, one in three people admitted to feeling overwhelmed when it came to taking action to improve their cybersecurity. This article delves into the question of whether cybersecurity is too overwhelming and explores the potential solutions that can make it easier, such as password managers.
Cybersecurity has become increasingly complex due to several factors. First and foremost, the sheer volume and sophistication of cyber threats have escalated significantly. Malicious actors continually evolve their tactics, exploiting vulnerabilities in software, networks and human behavior. From phishing attacks to ransomware incidents, cybercriminals are adept at exploiting weaknesses to gain unauthorized access to personal and sensitive data.
Furthermore, the rapid expansion of the digital landscape has introduced new challenges. The proliferation of internet-connected devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) has expanded the attack surface, providing more entry points for potential breaches and more ‘things’ for users to secure. Additionally, the widespread adoption of cloud computing and remote work arrangements has made securing data and ensuring privacy more complex. Organizations, of course, have their own IT security departments or those responsible for the deeply technical cybersecurity protections, like configuring firewalls, endpoint detection and response, even threat hunting and intelligence gathering. Yet, for the average employee, navigating this complex cybersecurity landscape is very much outside the scope of normal day to day work. Therefore, the expectation of needing to stay up to date with the latest threats, software patches, and security best practices can be overwhelming, especially for individuals without a background in IT or cybersecurity.
Simplifying cybersecurity
One tool that can significantly simplify cybersecurity for individuals is a password manager. Passwords are a critical line of defense against unauthorized access and weak or reused passwords remain a common point of failure for many, with this year’s Verizon Data Breach Index Report noting that 74% of all breaches included the human element. A password manager provides a convenient and secure solution to manage and generate strong, unique passwords for each online account.
Password managers eliminate the need for individuals to remember multiple complex passwords. And, unlike storing passwords in a browser, which may seem convenient, password managers offer a much higher level of protection. They securely store passwords in an encrypted database, which can only be accessed using a master password, single-sign on or biometric authentication. By automating the process of filling in login credentials, password managers save time and reduce the risk of human error.
Furthermore, password managers often provide additional features, such as secure password sharing, two-factor authentication integration, and password strength analysis. These features enhance overall security and simplify the management of multiple online accounts.
Importantly, if employees are encouraged to use a password manager at home as well as in the office, it can contribute to better overall cybersecurity and a big reduction in risk.
Other solutions for simplifying cybersecurity
While password managers are a valuable tool, they are just one piece of the cybersecurity puzzle. To further alleviate the overwhelming nature of cybersecurity, several other strategies can be implemented: Education and Awareness: Promoting cybersecurity education and awareness campaigns can empower individuals to make informed decisions regarding their online security. By understanding the risks and best practices, individuals can take proactive measures to protect their digital lives.
User-Friendly Interfaces: Technology companies should prioritize user-friendly interfaces that guide users through security settings and provide clear explanations of potential risks. Simplifying complex security configurations can help users navigate the daunting landscape of cybersecurity. Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Leveraging automation and AI can augment cybersecurity efforts. AI-powered systems can detect anomalies, identify potential threats, and respond in real-time, reducing the burden on individuals to constantly monitor and respond to security events.
While the complexities of cybersecurity can be overwhelming, there are ways to make it easier to navigate. With passwords representing a big chunk of the “mental load” employees must contend with to do their jobs, password managers offer a practical way to strengthen online security while simplifying password management. However, it is important to recognize that a holistic approach is necessary. Education, user-friendly interfaces, automation, and collaboration are all vital components in making cybersecurity more manageable for individuals and organizations. By implementing these solutions and fostering a culture of cybersecurity awareness, we can collectively build a safer digital world.
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Edit the file /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/esusers.
Add the user name on a new line.
Make sure that the user name is the user name of a valid UNIX user.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Users that are added to the users list have default privileges. See Default Privileges and To Override Default Agent Privileges for more information.
By default, public is an SNMP community that can perform general operations that use SNMP.
Use spaces or commas between multiple entries as illustrated in the entries for “Operator” under “Users.”
For more information about security privileges, see Access Control Categories.
Add users to the newly created group.
In the /etc/group file, add users to the group.
Become superuser on the Sun Management Center server host.
If needed, add the user name to the /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/esusers file.
In the /etc/group file, add the user to one of the following lines as applicable: esadm, esops, or esdomadm.
In Sun Management Center software, only administrators can override default privileges using the Attribute Editor to modify the ACL lists for that particular object.
Access the Attribute Editor for the specific managed object on which you need to change the privileges.
To view and change security information, click the Security tab in the Attribute Editor window.
Change the information as needed.
To apply the security changes and close the Attribute Editor window, click OK.
To leave the Attribute Editor window open and apply the security changes, click Apply. | http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19062-01/sun.mgmt.ctr35/819-5417/use-access-control/index.html |
GDPR is short for General Data Protection Regulation. Its sole purpose is to do exactly that – protect data privacy. The policy was struck into law in May of this year and is one of the most radical pieces of legislation of its genre to ever be enacted.
The main goal of the GDPR is to target businesses who use their customers’ data for ulterior motives. It allows users to have more control on how companies can collect their data and how it is handled. Under the legislation, the information shared between users and websites remains the property of the user, while it used to be considered the property of the company collecting the data. Businesses now have to be able to show that they’re doing everything in their power to make sure that their customers’ information remains secure. They also have to give clients the option of having all of their personal information erased at any given time.
What is the Real Impact of the GDPR on Online Businesses?
The GDPR couldn’t have come at a better moment for customers, but a worse time for advertisers. We are at a time where advance metrics, segmentation and personal data is used more than ever. User data is used to personalize ads, campaigns and lead segments. This is why the GDPR has such an impact on the whole industry, since the legislation affects not only EU businesses, but any business that collects information from EU customers.
The sanctions for those who fail to comply are very serious too. Any company that isn’t compliant with the new set of rules could face severe penalties and hefty fines.
How Does it Affect American Businesses Exactly?
Whether you’re an airline, technology company, or a hotel, any company that tracks and stores online data from EU citizen customers has to abide by these new rules. If you don’t, you could run the risk of facing fines up to €20 million in total, or 4 percent of your company’s total revenue worldwide.
Many US companies, however, are already doing everything they can to be compliant. According to a recent study conducted by PWC, over 70% of executives working for companies with more than 500 employees stated that they would be investing more than 1 million just on compliance stipulations alone. On the flipside, however, a lot of American businesses were still largely unaware about the legislation and don’t even know that they have to comply. Many still aren’t compliant as a result, and may not know the type of sanctions they could be facing.
What Do Business Owners Need to Do?
While the GDPR will be affecting pretty much any sector that deals with personal information online, some sectors will be affected more than others. Those who use or rely mainly on email marketing, for instance, will have to make sure that they handle their subscribers’ information correctly, whether they have a regular newsletter or even if they intend to do something as seemingly benign as sending a birthday email.
The most important thing at first is to make sure that you have explicit consent from the user to collect their information in the first place. Pre-ticked boxes won’t do it; you’ll have to provide a clear opt in box so that they can actively show consent. Consent requests can’t be buried somewhere in other terms and conditions either; for your user to give clear consent, both forms have to be clearly separated.
As easily as they can sign up, your subscribers should be able to sign out as well, and this should already be part of your code of conduct, since there is already US and Canadian legislation that requires email marketers to offer a way for users to unsubscribe from any mailing list they’re subscribed to easily. If you’re worried about this part, you should make sure that you go with a reputable email autoresponder service. They will usually have everything set up to make sure that you remain compliant, from the opt-in form all the way to unsubscribe links.
The GDPR will have far reaching effects on how people conduct business online and how data is used. Make sure that you know everything there is to know about this piece of legislation to make sure that you remain compliant at all times. | https://www.rocketnews.com/2018/11/eus-general-data-protection-regulation-could-have-far-reaching-consequences-on-us-businesses/ |
Restart your PC using the Windows Defender Offline Beta media.
Scan your PC for malicious and other potentially unwanted software.
Remove any malware that is found from your PC.
Windows Defender Offline Beta will walk you through the details of these four steps when you're using the tool. If you've been prompted in Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows Defender to download and run Windows Defender Offline Beta, it's important that you do so, to make sure that your data and your PC isn't compromised.
To get started, find a blank CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with at least 250 MB of free space and then download and run the tool—the tool will help you create the removable media.” | http://www.dissmeyer.com/2011/12/12/scan_a_computer_for_malware_offline/ |
Encryption has come a long way since then, and now relies on astonishingly complex mathematical algorithms. And yet, in the soon-to-be quantum computing age, some fear that unbreakable encryption becomes a pipe dream.
From their raw computing power alone, quantum algorithms have the potential to unravel encryption techniques that have long been our security backbone, like RSA. While the tech community is actively developing quantum-resistant solutions, the rapid advancements in quantum computing mean that we’re always trying to stay one step ahead. It’s a fascinating time for cybersecurity, and it underscores the importance of continuous innovation in the encryption space.
I found this article from the MIT to be very insightful on the ‘’quest for unbreakable encryption’’. If you are interested in crypto evolution throughout history, as well as the implications of post-quantum cryptography.
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Increase in size of supply chain network (SCN): more entities have access to data - risk from factors above is multiplied by the number of SCN members + the threat of unfair supplier.
And here is the main question - how should companies deal with the cyber security challenges arising within their SCM processes due to the reasons above? Even if a particular company has a strong cyber security technologies and policies, it can barely influence those of its suppliers which get its valuable data. Usually, contracts and non-disclosure agreements are set in order to get some guarantees of data safety. However, these contracts are often just papers and do not affect the real IT security infrastructure of the counterparty. And this is how the leaks of company's data often happen: "... 40 percent of the data-security breaches experienced by organizations arise from attacks on their suppliers. Criminals are increasingly realizing that “this is a channel they can attack. "[3]Of course, it is not possible to fully eliminate the risk of cyber threat in broad SCN, but it is possible to decrease it significantly. The main idea of this risk management process lies in carefull risk assessment of the IT systems used within the company, of data channels and of the counterparties (for example, based on ISO 27001 standard). For example, here what suggests one of the articles I have studied while writing this post: " Uniquely identify supply chain elements, processes and actors. Without knowing who and what are in the supply chain, it is impossible to determine what happened, mitigate the incident, and prevent it from happening again.
Limit access and exposure within the supply chain. It is critical to limit access to only what is necessary to perform a job and to monitor that access.
Create and maintain the provenance of elements, processes, tools and data. Acquirers, integrators, and suppliers should maintain records of the origin of and changes to elements under their control to understand where they have been and who has access to them.
supply chain risk management awareness and training. A strong risk mitigation strategy cannot be put in place without training personnel on policy, procedures, and applicable management, operational, and technical controls and practices.
Use defensive design for systems, elements and processes. Defensive design techniques address contingencies in the technical, behavioral and organizational activities that could result in adverse events.
Perform continuous integrator review to ensure that defensive measures have been deployed." [4] Above are only some of the possible actions. The main idea is to be very careful with new technologies and counterparties and always pay attention to the security issues. The question I want to leave open in this blog post is whether cloud computing, which is associated with the future of SCM IT, will make the cyber security concerns tougher for the companies or, on the contrary, easier? On the one hand, cloud computing will allow company to store its data in specialized cloud data storage designed to prevent any data loss and to make the access of suppliers to data most secure. On the other hand, the clouds are established by third parties which makes the situation tough in terms of giving all the companies data to another counterparty (with no reliable information on how this counterparty operates).[2] Hope, to have a discussion on this issue during the class. | http://cmuscm.blogspot.com/2013/10/scm-and-cybersecurity.html |
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Ransomware attacks against public and private sector bodies in the UK have surged in recent years, according to a new report by the government’s cyber security agency.
The National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) 2021 annual review (88-page/6.03MB PDF) found that there were three times as many ransomware attacks - where hackers extort organisations for the return of stolen data - in the first quarter of 2021 than in the whole of 2019.
The report also warned that the high levels of home working prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic meant criminals were increasingly able to use 'off-the-shelf' malware to exploit unpatched software and weaknesses in VPNs to access organisations' sensitive data. | https://www.emcrc.co.uk/post/ransomware-attacks-surge-across-uk-new-report-finds |
Shaun McConnon, 72, has never founded a company himself. Over the past two decades, however, he has sold three cybersecurity startups for a combined total of $1 billion. (Photo by Jonathan Kozowyk for Forbes)
The founders of BitSight Technologies, Stephen Boyer and Nagarjuna Venna, believed they had a hot idea for a startup: a business that could assess and rate the cybersecurity of other businesses. But they also knew that a great idea means little without great execution. So they turned to someone with a record for building startups, Shaun McConnon.
Initially the founders thought McConnon, now 72, would make a terrific mentor. But in June 2012 McConnon, who had run three cybersecurity startups and sold them for a combined total of $1 billion, signed on as CEO. Boyer says the founders' decision to bring in McConnon to run the business (they stayed on in technical roles) was an acknowledgment that most startups fail. "I rate them high on courage," McConnon says. "They knew that I had separated from founders of the three previous companies."
Today BitSight, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is in a sweet spot as companies look for ways to reduce the risks of being hacked. BitSight issues daily ratings that are akin to a credit score for security and help companies flag not only their own risks but also those of the companies they do business with: vendors, partners, acquisition targets. The risks from third parties burst into public consciousness after the 2013 attack on Target, when the credit-and debit-card data of 40 million customers was stolen through an HVAC vendor. While BitSight faces competition from newer entrants like SecurityScorecard and RiskRecon, it retains the advantage of having launched first and raised $95 million (it was recently valued at $340 million).
Named to the FORBES 2016 list of next billion-dollar startups, BitSight has more than 500 customers, including AIG, Safeway, Ferrari and Lowe's, and has assessed the security of some 70,000 companies. Customers pay on a subscription basis with annual fees ranging from a few thousand dollars to analyze a single company to more than $1 million to review thousands of suppliers. FORBES estimates BitSight's revenues will reach $50 million in 2017 and $100 million in 2018, when McConnon hopes to take the company public. He expects it to be profitable by 2019.
BitSight Technologies' Stephen Boyer and Nagarjuna Venna founded the company with the idea of creating a rating that would be like a credit score for cybersecurity. Over the past two decades, however, he has sold Raptor Systems to Axent (now part of Symantec) for $250 million, Okena to Cisco for $154 million and Q1 Labs to IBM for some $600 million. "Shaun is a unicorn as a CEO," says David Aronoff of Flybridge Capital Partners, who has known McConnon for two decades and who connected him with BitSight.
In each case McConnon, who is worth more than $100 million, joined the business at an early stage, brought in investors, made a marketing push and negotiated a sale. At Q1 Labs McConnon changed the direction of the company, taking it from an also-ran in behavioral-anomaly detection to a network-security alternative to Cisco. "Our investors had just invested in us and the category we were in," says Tom Turner, 46, who has worked with McConnon for much of the past 15 years and is now BitSight's president. "And Shaun went back to them and said, 'This isn't a long-term market .' ... One of Shaun's great qualities is he does see market trends happening."
To those used to seeing tech CEOs in hoodies, McConnon is a throwback. When he's plotting strategy, he likes to sit at the Local, a gastropub near BitSight's headquarters, and scribble on the backs of the previous week's menus. He self-published a novel and reads voraciously, passing out books to staff and board members. "He gives me so many books it's hard to keep up," says Glenn Solomon, a managing partner at GGV Capital and a BitSight board member. "I'd put his energy level and drive against any of our founders and CEOs despite the fact that he is double the age of many of them."
When Shaun McConnon plots strategy, he goes to his favorite nearby gastropub and scribbles on the back of its old menus. When he pulled one out of his briefcase to answer an investor's query, the investor was stunned. (Photo illustration by Forbes)
McConnon was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn in the 1940s, the son of an Irish-American tank man in World War II and a Czech woman. He was a tough kid who got into fights until the police put him in a program and gave him boxing gloves. "I had a chip on my shoulder," he says.
He studied biology at Roanoke College but ended up in computers, becoming employee No. 74 at Sun Microsystems. At Sun he eventually ran sales in Australia and New Zealand, leaving in 1994 with enough money to retire. Instead he became CEO of his first startup at age 49. "I'm not the idea guy," he says. "I usually inherit the idea or concept that over the next two years I morph into something that people want and will pay money for."
At BitSight the idea guys are Boyer, now chief technology officer, and Venna, chief product officer. Both 40, Boyer and Venna met as graduate students at MIT when they were teamed on a class project. The idea for BitSight was simple in concept but excruciatingly difficult to execute. Rather than ask companies about their security risks, they would assess those risks from the outside, observing communications coming into and leaving a company's network. "In 2011 nobody was paying attention to this. It was not on anyone's radar," Venna says. "We were going to VCs and they were saying, 'That is not an important problem.' "
It is now. Cabela's, the hunting and fishing goods retailer based in Sidney, Nebraska, has been using BitSight for almost a year to monitor its own risks and those of some 85 vendors. The chain has been able to slash the time it takes to vet new vendors from days or even weeks to just hours, says Michael Christian, Cabela's information security manager for cyber-risk and compliance. "Three or four times, I have actually said no to vendors," Christian says.
Behind BitSight's simple scores, which range from 250 to 900, is a complex process and a lot of data. In 2014 McConnon acquired AnubisNetworks, a Portugal-based real-time threat-intelligence provider. The company had the best botnet-detection data in the world, McConnon says, so he bought it for $13 million--even though Anubis was bigger than BitSight. "Within a day," McConnon says, "I e-mailed my biggest competitor in New York, who was also leasing the data, and told him I was giving him 30 days' notice that he no longer had access to the data."
McConnon raised another $40 million in September to ramp up partnerships, add another 100 people to BitSight's staff of 220 and pursue further acquisitions. As he says, "No one gives you a ribbon in this business for coming in second or third."
I head up Forbes' manufacturing coverage, and write about manufacturing, industrial innovation and consumer products. I previously spent two years on the Forbes' Entrepreneurs team. It's my second stint here: I learned the ropes of business journalism under Forbes legendary ... | https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2016/12/14/the-septuagenarian-whiz-kid-behind-cybersecurity-startup-bitsight/ |
If your WordPress security plugin is flagging your website with a message Backdoor: PHP/wp-vcd.5473 – malicious code; it is possible that your website is infected with wp-vcd malware. This error must have raised a bunch of questions in your mind related to malware infection. For instance, what is wp-vcd malware?, how can it alter the behavior of your website?, how to safely remove it from your WordPress website? etc. The only problem is that you don’t know where to start. Don’t worry, we are here to answer these questions for you. Just stick with us for a few more minutes to get the information in detail.
The WP-VCD malware has been creating havoc since its first introduction. Over the years, it has formulated new means to hide in themes and plugins by leveraging the security loopholes. More than 20,000 WordPress websites run premium themes infected with wp-vcd malware. This malware can also open up the backdoor in your website by creating hidden admin users. Hence, it is important to understand the basics of malware infection before its removal. Therefore, before discussing the symptoms and removal of malware infection, we will discuss the basics of wp-vcd malware.
What is WP-VCD malware?
WP-VCD malware is the topmost threat to the security of a WordPress website. It is spread via null or inactive themes or plugins distributed by related sites after which it will spread itself to the websites that install them. What is more worrisome is that during the covid-19 pandemic, there have been multiple reports suggesting that this malware was injected into various links related to coronavirus statistics.
The wp-vcd malware is a piece of PHP code that adds hidden admin users and injects malicious URLs in your website’s content. The general form of malware looks like codes in a given image.
To fully understand the risks of a malware attack, it is essential to understand how a malware attack alters the behavior of your WordPress website.
When a malicious code is injected, it usually stays in the core files such as functions.php/index.php. When someone visits your website via a browser, the malware will make a call to the files of your website. If these files are not found in your website, functions.php will get executed again and again creating a loop or in security language, a ‘forkbomb’.
The first step of a malware attack includes the deployment of malicious scripts in the website content. In case of an attack, you will find these codes in the functions.php file of your theme.
This code essentially checks whether the deployed scripts are available and executes them. In the above code, you can see that the file called is the class.theme-modules.php. But depending on the source of the infection, the malicious script will sit in file class.theme-modules.php or class.plugin-modules.php.
The first step before any malware removal is to take backups of all the files in your website.
Remove the WP-VCD.php file from the WordPress core. It contains a file named functions.php that contains malware codes.
Do not forget to delete class.theme-modules.php and class.plugin-modules.php, otherwise, the malware will keep generating again and again.
Delete the wp-includes/wp-vcd.php file from the WordPress install directory.
Look for the files wp-includes/wp-vcd.php; wp-includes/class.wp.php; wp-includes/wp-cd.php; wp-includes/wp-feed.php; wp-includes/wp-tmp.php; in the WordPress install directory. If present, delete them.
Always keep the core updated. The same goes for themes, plugins and other software.
Uninstall the inactive themes and plugins.
Avoid installing free third-party pieces of software. | https://gbhackers.com/how-to-prevent-wp-vcd-malware-attacks-on-your-website/ |
It turns out that what people should do when they've been the victims of data breaches and what they actually do are two very different things. CardRatings.com recently commissioned an OP4G survey to question a representative sample of 2,000 married American homeowners, ages 25 and up, and split evenly between men and women.
The first -- and arguably most concerning -- finding from our survey is one that suggests many simply don't know they have been victims of data breaches. Only 25.5% of our respondents said they had been, which is worryingly short of the likely actual number. Last year, ID Experts, a company that specializes in "data breach care," told PCMag's SecurityWatch that more than 600 million records had been compromised in security breaches in this country between 2005 and 2012 -- and that's roughly two events per citizen. So probably close to 100% of this survey's respondents have been victims (especially if you believe homeowners age 25 and older are likely to have more accounts and be on more databases than others), but 74.5% didn't know.
Check credit card statement: 51.18% Check credit report: 45.29% Check bank account: 54.31% Stopped using my credit card: 37.84% Stopped using my debit card: 32.75% Signed up for credit monitoring: 24.31% Put a credit freeze in place: 24.12% What too Many Victims Don't Do
The bad news is 48.82% said they didn't check their credit card statements and 45.69% their bank accounts. No, really! Very nearly half reported they didn't bother to check either when told their data had been compromised.
Maybe those two results were a result of sangfroid. After all, statutory protections and company policies mean you're very unlikely to suffer a significant financial loss -- at least in the long term -- as a result of criminals fraudulently accessing such accounts. Still, roughly one in three stopped using their credit and debit cards, and 86.27%received replacement cards with new numbers.
Credit Reports Critical
Meanwhile, only 45.29% said they checked their credit reports -- a number that drops to one in three among those within the 25-34 age group (33.33%). But failing to carry out that check seems like madness. Surely everyone knows how potentially damaging and stressful identity theft is, and a data breach often gives thieves just the information they need to hijack yours. Monitoring credit reports can give an early warning of accounts being wrongly opened in your name, and can help you head off problems before they become too serious. And, nowadays, many free credit score services like WisePiggy.com can alert you to new accounts appearing on your report. The Bureau of Justice Statistics says "about 7% of persons age 16 or older were victims of identity theft in 2012."
And yet fewer than one in four survey respondents said they'd either signed up for credit monitoring (24.31%) or put a credit freeze (aka "security freeze") in place (24.12%). The latter means nobody (including lenders) can access your credit report without your permission, which effectively puts a stop to the opening of unauthorized new accounts. Credit bureau Experian explains, "When you place a security freeze on your file, you will be provided a personal identification number or password to use if you choose to remove the security freeze from your file or authorize the temporary release of your credit report for a specific person or period after the security freeze is in place."
Credit Cards Better
When asked whether they thought it safer to use a credit card or debit card, a slim majority (54.35%) got it right, and opted for credit cards. These have superior statutory protections against fraud.
But they're better in an even more important way: If there's an unauthorized transaction on your credit card statement, you are legally entitled to refuse to pay, and it's the issuer's money that's gone. With a debit card, it's your money that's disappeared, and you have to persuade your bank that it should recover it -- and then wait while that happens. Unfortunately, 45.65% didn't realize that, and thought debit cards safer.
What to Do
Some data breaches are more damaging than others, and your reaction should be proportionate. Check online for the victim company's advice, and follow it. Your options include:
Keeping a close eye on accounts that might have been affected. Requesting replacement card(s) from issuer(s). Subscribing (some are free) to a service that can alert you to new accounts being opened. Some retailers that have been victims offered to pay for such services for affected customers. Switching to a different credit card from the one that might have been compromised. Favoring your credit card over your debit card. Considering, if the threat's serious, a credit freeze. Just don't switch to other payment methods. Cards -- and especially credit cards -- remain the most secure ways to pay.
The original article can be found at CardRatings.com: Most data-breach victims take no action | http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2014/08/20/most-data-breach-victims-take-no-action.html |
In recent articles we have briefly discussed the topic of fire risk assessments and how they can be seen to be used as a way of showing due diligence for Person Conduction a Business or Undertaking (PCBU). In this article we will go into more detail on what is involved in fire risk assessments, how they can reduce fire hazards and improve fire safety in the workplace.
Many fire hazards and sources of ignition can be found in the everyday workplace, most of which can easily be resolved with good managerial procedures. Once the fire hazards have been identified, the assessment report can give recommendations on what can be done to remedy the hazards as well as identifying the level of risk the hazards may have on building occupants. Once the PCBU is aware of such risks, procedures can be implemented to mitigate them.
Fire Hazards and Sources of Ignition
One of the largest causes of fires is from electrical equipment or ‘electrical fires’. One way to reduce this type of fire hazard is to ensure that all electrical equipment is tested regularly by a qualified person to ensure it is safe for the workplace. Doing this will reduce the chances that the piece of equipment will fail and cause a fire.
Another common hazard is excessive fire loading. The removal of card/paper waste from the office, to a designated refuse area, can make a big impact on reducing fire loading. Ensuring the workplace is kept tidy and clear of excess fire loading is an easy preventative measure that can be taken.
Means of Escape
If a fire were to start while a building is occupied, occupants would want to get out in the quickest, safest and most stress-free way possible. Evacuating a building under a controlled evacuation drill is one thing, but a real fire evacuation can be very different. They can be scary and dangerous, especially in large, complex or high-rise buildings.
Many injuries occur during evacuation procedures, some from people panicking and some from hazardous conditions due to poor building management. Having well trained staff, well organised fire procedures and a well-managed building can make all the difference.
Evacuation Procedures
Storing items in egress passages is too common, especially in retail units, and is one of the main items picked up on during fire risk assessments. Another prevalent finding is a lack of planning or lack of set procedures for fire evacuations, especially for people with disabilities.
Disabilities, in the context of being able to evacuate safely and without impeding others, comes in many forms and can include such things as advanced stages of pregnancy, reduced mobility (not necessarily wheelchair bound but anyone who may have trouble walking or taking stairs), and people with sight and/or hearing impairments, among others. If people with disabilities are able to enter your building, then provision should be made to safely evacuate them in the event of a fire or, to provide a safe refuge area for occupants to wait until suitable provision can be arranged for their evacuation. A fire risk assessment will help identify such issues and help create a solution.
Even a common office environment, which could be considered low risk in general, may have potential high risk fire hazards and other possible fire safety issues that impact on life safety. Some workplaces carry lower risk than others simply due to the type of activity taking place in the particular building. A market place or factory, for example, will likely have a higher risk and presumably more hazards associated with it.
With more building owners concerned about fire safety in their buildings and wondering “how does the law protect me?” ensuring your building is as safe as it can be by having a fire risk assessment done and implementing the recommendations will go a long way to mitigating this risk. The risk assessment is designed to enable the PCBU to comply with the legal requirements summarised below:
occupants to a place of ‘ultimate safety’; assess the control of internal and external spread of fire and smoke for property protection and ergo business continuation.
In short, a fire risk assessment will highlight areas of a building that may be required to be improved on in terms of fire and life safety. To find out more about fire risk assessments and our fire engineering services call 0800 PRENDOS or email [email protected]. | https://prendos.co.nz/fire-risk-assessments-why-bother/ |
The Fulbright Cyber Security Awards, announced in January 2015, were the initiative of the Cabinet Office as part of a package of increased US-UK cyber security cooperation discussed on the visit of Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House for talks with President Obama.
Both governments agreed to support and fund these new awards. The awards for US citizens have been open since the beginning of the year. Parallel awards for UK citizens are now open.
The new Award will provide an opportunity for some of the brightest minds to conduct research in cybersecurity in the US. The exchange programme will build networks and encourage collaboration between American and British universities, bringing together world-class cyber security researchers.
This award is designed to enable academic or professional experts in cyber security to conduct research, pursue professional development, and/or assess best practice at any US institution for a period of 3 to 6 months. Research outputs should produce benefits of significance to the larger cyber security community. In exchange for being hosted at an institution, Fulbright cyber scholars will be a resource for US institutions by offering to speak to students and faculty about cyber security policy and practice in the UK.
Penny Egan CBE, Executive Director, US-UK Fulbright Commission said: “I am so proud that the US-UK Fulbright Commission could respond so rapidly and run with a new idea that is central to the crucial goal of global security. I feel sure that the US-UK collaboration on this new programme will make a significant contribution to securing all our futures.” Natalie Black, Director, OCSIA, Cabinet Office said: “I hope the new Fulbright Cyber Security Award will encourage those who may not have considered a career in cyber before and provide a unique opportunity for those that are more experienced to deepen their knowledge. As a former Fulbright scholar I know what an incredible opportunity this is and it’s fantastic that even more US and UK scholars will be able to meet and collaborate to build a lasting partnership.”
Matthew Hancock, Minister for the Cabinet Office said: “The UK and the US take cyber security very seriously. Training up the next generation of ‘cyber defenders’ with the launch of the new Fulbright Cyber Security Award encourages future talent on both sides of the Atlantic. Today’s announcement delivers on the Prime Minister and President Obama’s commitment to work together to defend our critical sectors like our energy, transport and financial infrastructure from cyber threats.” | http://www.fulbright.org.uk/news/new-fulbright-cyber-security-award-open-for-2016-17 |
It is easy for miscommunication to happen after a data breach. There could be many people working on the incident and those people may document differently and without guidance, critical facts could be lost due to inconsistent or ineffectual documentation procedures. This can make it difficult for incident response teams to understand the relevant facts of the matter. Here are some guidelines in documenting a breach.
It can be very helpful to start with a timeline. Discuss the incident with those who first noticed it and those who validated that there was an incident. Put the time of the reported incident and the validation on the sheet and then add the events that led up to the incident. Keep adding events to the timeline as you progress and this will help show the incident flow and help you determine the cause and effect of the incident. Review the timeline with the incident response team and receive feedback. The timeline can be used similar to a murder board in a police investigation. Post the known facts and their times on the wall in the incident briefing room and then tack on new facts to it as you progress. You can do this digitally as well if the team is not all in one place.
Next, record the facts only. Don’t let personal opinions creep into the log. Documented assumptions can lead the incident response team in the wrong direction. They can also be detrimental if legal action is taken as part of the investigation as these documents could be part of the discovery process.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Computer Security Incident Handling Guide suggests that teams should have a person designated as the documenter while another person performs tasks so that the critical facts are not left out.
Lastly, don’t jump to conclusions. There could be many explanations given the available data so care must be taken to eliminate available options. Determine what data you will need to eliminate an option and then seek that out. Keep track of the possible scenarios and their underlying criteria and whether those criteria have been proved or disproved.
About Eric VanderburgEric Vanderburg understands the intricacies inherent in today’s technology and specializes in harnessing its potential and securing its weaknesses. He holds over twenty-five IT and infosec certifications and has dedicated much of his career to designing and implementing systems to enhance security, increase productivity, improve communications and provide information assurance. | http://jurinnov.com/effectively-gathering-facts-following-a-data-breach/ |
Also known by its pseudonym "Crypto-locker", At its core Ransomware is any software that takes your data (documents, files, software) 'hostage' by encrypting everything on the computer other than Windows itself.
Ransomware is not by definition Trojan horse (what people typically think of when they say 'computer virus'. Ransomware can be delivered through or packaged with a Trojan horse, but this is a relatively new type of threat.
Everybody's favourite buzzword lately - Encryption! Just like your bank encrypts traffic to and from your web browser when you do online transactions, Ransomware uses something akin to AES 256 encryption to 'lock up' anything it wants. This typically occurs unbeknown to the user, and can be remarkably fast.
I don't care, I'll pay an I.T. wizard to unlock it!
Nope. Just nope. Crypto locker and other Ransomware is built well, and doesn't rely on 'good workmanship' to encrypt files well - It relies on mathematics and a process called Elliptic Curve cryptography, which at its core can be described as "Really fast to Encrypt - Ungodly slow to De-crypt". The time scales to measure decryption of AES 256 starts at the hundreds of thousands of years.
There is no super-dooper-secret backdoor. It's mathematical.
Well, I'll just pay the Ransom. I need my data / computer! The police can then track them down through the money trail, right?
Nope, sorry. Smart criminals. Typically these sorts of systems will only accept payment through untraceable methods (by design) such as Bitcoin.
Once you send the money, it's gone. Whether you get your data unlocked is a roll of the dice, and normally it doesn't happen anyway. This is where the catch gets people who are unprepared, especially in a business ecosystem. Not only are you down a (potentially) critical PC, but now you've also paid $500 - $10,000 to an untraceable source and they've disappeared.
Well, all this sounds gloomy. What can I do?
Adblock & Windows Defender
Regardless of the controversy around Adblocks and their effect on website revenue, Ad networks are notoriously the most effective channel for Ransomware delivery. Block the ad, Block the script it maliciously loads, and you've cut off an attack vector that nobody could avoid.
Windows Defender is, by surprise to many, actually pretty good as an anti-virus. It's right up there with any other tools that are paid-for or subscription based, it comes pre-installed for free with Windows, it self-updates and scans, and it doesn't consume 70% of your PC resources to run simple scans. This one is definitely a second-line of defence after an Adblock.
Simple rule in life,that you already apply to other areas: One is None, Two is One. If you were to lose your Phillips screwdriver on a job, do you have a backup? If you're working hours from the workshop and you've only got one way to fasten Phillips screws, I don't think anyone can help you...
Cloud-backups with Version History.
Services like Onedrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box.com - These all exist as file storage drives that are by definition off-site and secure when something like Ransomware hits
When I edit a file that is backed up to Google Drive, I only see one file. But if I make a mistake, I can call on the Version History (link is external) to restore to a previous version - for the life of the file.
Fail-over protection; Online Automated backups and/or Version History are the keys to thwarting Ransomware if you can't stop it getting in. By having a robust method of restoring your data, the only cost to your operation if something does go wrong is the cost of time to spin-up a new PC or restore the old one to a known working state. This can be a vastly different cost, depending on the business and what data they have.
Ongoing: Move all your software save directories to a system like Google Drive. It costs $2.00 per month for 100GB of online storage, which is plenty for Admin documents, Pro-Master software & database, Client records & document trails. Change your systems to save documents directly to Google Drive and you're covering yourself in the event of an emergency, ongoing and seamlessly.
What can I do if I've been hit?
Well, what would you do if you lost your only Phillips screwdriver on a job, and you were three hours from anywhere that sells a new one? You're more than likely up a certain creek without a certain boat propulsion device (paddle).
In some rare cases, with the earlier versions of Crypto locker, it was possible to break them. This was iterated on quickly, and that's no longer the case in most cases.
Somebody help! I want to protect myself, but can't.
Operating a business in this day and age almost requires some level of I.T. knowledge, whether it be from an internal or external resource. If you're operating on a computer that's five years old, has no backup system, and all of your key records are only stored on that computer, you need to change this now.
This is not an insurmountable problem; 95% of things you need have been solved before, by smarter people with bigger problems. Steal (borrow) their solutions yourself, or hire somebody who can. I.T. infrastructure (software, hardware, architecture) is something that's commonly overlooked in Locksmithing, but it can save you enormous headaches and make your daily operates incredibly streamlined and fast.
This is not a $10,000 problem. Find a good, local I.T. support company that work with businesses. Ask for a quote, and if needed, pay for them to do an infrastructure survey. You'll be surprised at how cost effective being pre-emptive and ahead of the problems can be (almost like installing the right lock for the application, and servicing your locks before they break, huh?) | https://lga.org.au/news/beware-ransomware-0 |
August 16, 2012 | By Jillian York Pakistan's Internet Censorship Worsens... Again Just when we thought censorship in Pakistan couldn’t get any worse, it has. After our joint effort with numerous Pakistani and international organizations succeeded in putting plans for a national filter on hold, and Pakistan relented after a brief experiment with blocking Twitter, we thought we could turn our focus elsewhere for a little while. We were wrong.
Last Saturday, news emerged that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had ordered all of the country’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block fifteen “scandalous” websites, including one hosting an audio recording of a “sensual” conversation between two parliamentarians and another containing video of a press conference in which a female television anchor claimed that she and a government employee are secretly married and have a son.
While Pakistan has been censoring online content for a long time, the PTA’s focus has tended toward pornography and blasphemy, not political scandal. In an article from Pakistani publication The News, Wahajus Siraj, Convener of the ISP Association of Pakistan, suggested that the latest censorship was for political gain.
In addition to political intrigue, Pakistani digital rights organization Bytes4All reports that the government froze mobile phone networks in the province of Balochistan on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day. According to a report from the OpenNet Initiative [PDF], Balochistan seems to be the primary target of government censors, which have ordered the blocking of Balochi news, independence and culture websites. A secondary effect of the censorship is that many such sites have closed down, purposeless without a native audience.
In response to the latest crackdown, Bytes4All wrote that the ban on communications has been “hugely protested by the citizens in the province and can eventually end up further widening the gulf of trust deficit, instigating more violence and rebellion among citizens.”
EFF is alarmed to see Pakistan move from its flirtation with stifling freedom of expression on the Internet to a full-blown affair. Government mandated filtering of pornographic or blasphemous material is highly problematic for freedom of expression, especially because of the high incidence of false positives, but Mubarak-style cutoffs of communications in regions of unrest and censorship of reporting on political scandal are an order of magnitude more repressive. We may not be surprised, but we are bitterly disappointed to say that we will have to keep a close eye on this situation as it develops. Free SpeechContent BlockingInternational More DeepLinks Posts Like This March 2012 This Week in Censorship: UK, UAE, Pakistan, & Bangladesh November 2011 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Attempts to Ban “Obscene” Words from Texts February 2012 This Isn't a Hoax: Pakistan Requests Proposals for a National Filtering and Blocking System March 2012 Companies Respond to Pakistan’s National Censorship Proposal May 2012 Pakistan's 8-Hour Twitter Block Sparks Fears of Future Internet Censorship Recent DeepLinks Posts Jul 22, 2016 Bipartisan Caucus Launches in the House to Defend Fourth Amendment Jul 21, 2016 Success! Leader Pelosi Stands Up for Users and Opposes the TPP Jul 21, 2016 Blockstream Commits to Patent Nonaggression Jul 21, 2016 Onlinecensorship.org Launches in Spanish Jul 21, 2016 Lanzamiento en español de Onlinecensorship.org Deeplinks Topics Abortion Reporting Analog Hole Anonymity Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Biometrics Bloggers' Rights Broadcast Flag Broadcasting Treaty CALEA Cell Tracking Coders' Rights Project Computer Fraud And Abuse Act Reform Content Blocking Copyright Trolls Council of Europe Cyber Security Legislation CyberSLAPP Defend Your Right to Repair! Development Agenda Digital Books Digital Radio Digital Video DMCA Rulemaking Do Not Track DRM E-Voting Rights EFF Europe Electronic Frontier Alliance Encrypting the Web Export Controls Fair Use and Intellectual Property: Defending the Balance FAQs for Lodsys Targets File Sharing Fixing Copyright? The 2013-2016 Copyright Review Process Free Speech FTAA Genetic Information Privacy Government Sabotage of Digital Security Hollywood v. DVD How Patents Hinder Innovation (Graphic) ICANN Innovation International Privacy Standards Internet Governance Forum Know Your Rights Law Enforcement Access Legislative Solutions for Patent Reform Locational Privacy Mandatory Data Retention Mandatory National IDs and Biometric Databases Mass Surveillance Technologies Medical Privacy Mobile devices National Security and Medical Information National Security Letters Net Neutrality No Downtime for Free Speech NSA Spying OECD Offline : Imprisoned Bloggers and Technologists Online Behavioral Tracking Open Access Open Wireless Patent Busting Project Patent Trolls Patents PATRIOT Act Pen Trap Policy Analysis Printers Privacy Public Health Reporting and Hospital Discharge Data Reading Accessibility Real ID RFID Search Engines Search Incident to Arrest Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Security Social Networks SOPA/PIPA: Internet Blacklist Legislation State-Sponsored Malware Student Privacy Stupid Patent of the Month Surveillance and Human Rights Surveillance Drones Terms Of (Ab)Use Test Your ISP The "Six Strikes" Copyright Surveillance Machine The Global Network Initiative The Law and Medical Privacy TPP's Copyright Trap Trade Agreements and Digital Rights Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Transparency Travel Screening TRIPS Trusted Computing UK Investigatory Powers Bill Uncategorized Video Games Wikileaks WIPO Donate to EFF Stay in Touch Email Address
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Brazilian scammers are calling victims and urging them to install a supposed update of a bank's security module in a series of phishing attacks.
The supposed update is actually a malicious extension of Google Chrome capable of capturing banking credentials. The malware used in the exploit manages to fly under the radar of malware detection by targeting only a few select targets to avoiding binary code patterns, Morphus Labs researcher Renato Marinho said in an Aug 15 blog post.
Marinho said the attackers carefully research the targets via social network to identify those who deal with the company's finances. The threat actors then contact these workers posing as bank employees and instruct them to install the "latest bank module." “Once the victim has followed the guidelines and installed the fake module, the fraudster guides the victim to a test access to the company's bank account,” Marinho said. “It is at this moment that the information is stolen.”
At the time Marinho wrote the post, the JavaScript malware files had a detection rate of 0 in VirusTotal threat detection software. | https://www.scmagazine.com/news/content/brazilian-phishing-scam-urges-finance-workers-to-update-banking-module |
Many online businesses are doing great jobs on their fields. In this technology era, lots of business are trying making their online presence of their organisation. Rapidly changing technology have some bright side and dark side. Online business have a very high risk of getting their confidential data stole by the hacker. As I say changing in technology have both sides. To stop the hacker we use hackers to protect our network. We call them ethical hackers. Ethical hackers are those hackers who hacks the organisation network to find the malicious attack and secure the network. This will make the organisation network stronger. Salary of an ethical hacker should be rewarding enough. The demand of the ethical hacker is never been higher.
The term hacking means that breaching the system of the organisation with the purpose of steal of confidential and personal data using the black hat technique.
Some people still think that hacking is violation of privacy but there are people who think that hackers are two types hackers who hacks to harm someone and one to secure the organisation.
There are many companies from small to large. They are looking for the hackers. When the hacker is hired, the job of a hacker is make sure that the all system and network of an organisation safe and secure from hackers. so they can work stress free. They breach the organisation security system to find the exploited thing, once the hacker found the vulnerabilities they report the bug and then the remove or fix the bug by creating more secure defence.
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The custom malware is a spy tool and can also disrupt processes at U.S. assets.
A never-before-seen spyware variant called HOPLIGHT is targeting U.S. companies and government agencies in active attacks, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In an advisory this week, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said that there are nine different executable files being used to spread the malware, which is the work of the North Korean government’s Hidden Cobra APT (a.k.a. the Lazarus Group), it said. These files are signed with valid certificates to get around basic antivirus measures, and use encrypted connections to communicate with their command-and-control (C2) servers.
The certificates are from Naver.com, which is the largest search engine in Korea and provides a variety of web services to clients around the world.
“Seven of these files are proxy applications that mask traffic between the malware and the remote operators,” according to the advisory. “The proxies have the ability to generate fake TLS (transport layer security) handshake sessions using valid public SSL (secure sockets layer) certificates, disguising network connections with remote malicious actors.”
In addition, one file also contains a public SSL certificate, and the payload of the file appears to be encoded with a password or key; and the remaining file does not contain any of the public SSL certificates, but attempts to make outbound connections and drops four additional files on a targeted system, which contain IP addresses as well as SSL certificates.
HOPLIGHT is a custom affair, and a fully fledged spyware; it gathers system information and can exfiltrate files and data. It can also inject code into various processes, and can download additional malware, so it could be used to disrupt regular operations and disable systems and files. It’s not a small operation, either: 15 different IP addresses have been seen to be associated with the HOPLIGHT infrastructure, according to the warning.
The alert doesn’t mention how the executable files are being disseminated. Threatpost has reached out to researchers for additional analysis or the IOCs and will update this post accordingly.
Hidden Cobra/Lazarus has been a thorn in the side of U.S. companies for some time, and continuously updates its malware strategy. For instance, last year the state-sponsored actors were seen using two custom families of malware against U.S. assets: A remote access tool (RAT) dubbed Joanap; and a Server Message Block (SMB) worm known as Brambul – both older code that had been updated to more effectively target sensitive and proprietary information.
Also last year, Thailand’s Computer Emergency Response Team (ThaiCERT) seized a server operated by the APT, which is part of the network used to control the global GhostSecret espionage campaign. McAfee warned at the time that the GhostSecret campaign was carrying out data reconnaissance on a wide number of industries, including critical infrastructure, entertainment, finance, healthcare and telecommunications, in at least 17 countries.
The group also was linked to the infamous 2014 Sony Pictures hack, for instance, as well as the SWIFT banking attacks.
To avoid compromise, users and administrators should follow best practices, especially maintaining up-to-date patching and antivirus; enabling workstation firewalls; implementing email- and download-scanning to quarantine or block suspicious attachments and files; and restricting user permissions for software installations. | https://threatpost.com/north-koreas-hidden-cobra-strikes-u-s-targets-with-hoplight/143740/ |
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WordPress is, really, the maximum popular website management system in use. The modern-day records put the range of websites running on WordPress over 60 million, and those consist of many famous information/media, company/emblem, and personal websites.
Attackers who are looking for to take over websites for an expansion of malicious purposes couldn’t be happier about this: a zero-day or these days patched vulnerability inside the CMS (or a popular WP plugin, extension, or subject matter) can open many sites to a short compromise, as admins fail to replace quickly sufficient or in any respect.
The important guy at the back of the WP Security Audit Log plugin is Robert Abela, a former lead systems engineer at GFI Software, and product supervisor at Acunetix.
He commenced the undertaking five years ago and has been slowly building the product and the userbase ever considering.
“I started growing WP Security Audit Log however after some weeks I found out that despite the fact that I can study and write code, I am now not a developer. I was a great deal higher at going for walks the show, so I’ve paid different people to write the code at the same time as I did the whole thing else,” he advised Help Net Security.
When he commenced, security turned into something quite new within the WordPress environment, he says, and simplest a handful of humans have been creating a dwelling out of a WordPress protection carrier or plugin. But 5 years later there are in the end full-time people operating at the WP Security Audit Log plugin task, and that they are probably adding extra individuals to the crew very soon.
A comprehensive solution for the WP audit logging problem
Abela’s background in internet protection spurred him to create a solution with a view to now not handiest help corporations to troubleshoot issues on their websites, however to also perceive suspicious behavior, thwart attacks, and meet regulatory compliance necessities (GDPR, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA and lots of regulatory compliance our bodies require agencies to hold a detailed log of all of the changes that appear on their websites).
“We’ve got here a protracted manner and I am proud to mention that thru the plugin we controlled to elevate cognizance approximately the want for audit logs in the WordPress ecosystem. Since we’ve started out, some different audit log plugins have popped up, however, WP Security Audit Log plugin is still the definitive solution for WordPress activity logs in terms of functions, insurance, and details,” he says.
There are several other things that make it stand proud of the competition: comprehensiveness, an in-depth list of capabilities, high-quality assist, and sustainability.
“When you make a trade in a blog submit or a user profile, other plugins clearly report ‘publish turned into changed’ or ‘user profile turned into changed’. Some would possibly report some information, however, our plugin tells you if the submit URL, date, category, content, repute, custom fields, and so on have been changed. The identical goes for person profiles: it will tell you if the email, password, first name, show call, function or something else became changed,” he explains.
“We also are the first WordPress activity log plugin that maintains song of report changes on WordPress websites. This does not apply only to WordPress/plugins/subject matters, however to any type of report in the WordPress internet site.”
WP Security Audit Log gives reviews, electronic mail indicators, search, archiving, customers classes control, mirroring (syslog, paper trail), automated reports, and so on. “We have the sort of complete listing of functions that you may really build a WordPress Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with our plugin,” he provides.
The team is dedicated and the plugin is updated regularly. There is a free version that offers simply comprehensive audit logging, but the different 3 variations (i.E., pricing levels) provide more to beginners, experts and businesses.
“If you run a business website, you want to discover a solution with a view to be round for a while, so as to be updated, in order to work with the next WP model, and a crew that gives set off help,” he notes.
“The plugin is our essential profits. If you have a look at our changelog, you’ll be aware that we release an update almost every month. It is likewise in our interest to remedy our customers’ issues as quickly as viable. Check out our support boards and you’ll note that we usually reply within a few hours – even supposing the consumer uses the loose edition.”
Security is a technique
The thing that each one protection employees ought to constantly maintain in mind is that they cannot install something and let it work on its personal.
“Whether you’re a structures engineer, internet site proprietor or safety expert, you need to test and check the structures every now and then, do scans, check the logs, installation alerts, and so on,” Abela advises.
“Also, anything you realize nowadays and whatever you’ve accomplished nowadays is not enough. A new vulnerability or a new way to bypass your protection device will continuously be discovered and preserving your know-how and your structures updated is essential.”
Finally, don’t be unfavorable to automation.
“Today’s complicated structures are constantly changing due to the clients’ requirements so, until you have got an army of humans, it’s not possible to do the entirety manually. Automation is the important thing and it’s smooth these days while we’ve got such a lot of excellent solutions to be had,” he concludes.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big “now” thing in cybersecurity. Not only is it necessary for keeping up with the onslaught of lower-tech attacks, but also, AI is becoming crucial for defending against AI-powered cyberattacks, which are just on the horizon.
Dr. Stephenson has been practicing in the security, forensics, and digital investigation fields for over 55 years, has earned a Ph.D. in computing from Oxford Brookes University, and is working on his second Ph.D. in cyberspace jurisdiction at Norwich University. In “Unsupervised AI – AI for Complex Network Security,” he explains the most recent progress in Wave-3 (Unsupervised) AI and details its strengths in cybersecurity. He also points out the most commonly–targeted areas that malware is currently attacking.
Companies seeking to advance their technological defenses beyond the level of their adversaries can still keep a safe distance ahead by training their systems with Wave-3 AI, according to Dr. Stephenson. He states that, “For now and for the future – which is coming rapidly – Wave 3 unsupervised learning AI is a necessity.”
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The continued vigilance required by CIOs and their staff for cybersecurity is, frankly, exhausting. Threats to the integrity of the systems we manage are no longer limited to “cyber attacks” or “cyber theft”. Now, even small business owners are targets of “cyber terrorism”: attacks that are orchestrated by organized groups, or even formally organized teams within a foreign government!
Yet, despite the daunting rise in attacks coming directly from shadowy figures who reside on the dark web, industry experts continue to point out that the majority of security breaches stem from unintentional negligence of trusted insiders (employees, vendor-partners). In fact, some of the most infamous cyber incidents have been traced to a root issue of employee error (e.g, Equifax) and/or vendor error (eg. Target).
Outsourcing is a useful option and, for many IT executives a core strategy for effective operation. A knee-jerk reaction to turn back the time machine and “insource everything” is not necessary, and not a practical reaction to cybersecurity threats.
Therefore, take thoughtful steps to protect your information assets, and protect the productivity gains that you realize through outsourcing.
Assess your risk
You should have already performed a risk assessment of your current systems portfolio: understanding the potential exposure your company faces if a system fails or otherwise becomes corrupted. If not, then start off right with your next outsourced development project and engage an experienced company to perform a risk assessment.
Inventory what applications are, or will be, developed by the outsourcing partner.
Define what potential risk each application poses (shipping disruption, impact to orders, etc.)
Be sure to quantify the business and dollar impact.
Also, assess the security and infrastructure environment through which software development will flow: from design to production deployment. Especially in high collaboration situations like Agile development, you want to take a full view of the digital touch points between yourself and the vendor partner.
Use best practices
Lean into current best practices and security standards will help you navigate around typical security flaws that are unintentionally engineered into systems. For example, we look to guidelines established by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). (The OWASP Top 10 is an extremely useful reference.)
Don’t be afraid to push back on requests for low-level (admin authority) system credentials from the outsourced development team. Anyone who has participated in an audit of IT General Controls knows that admin rights which are too broad, or too widely distributed is a major red flag. If you restrict your outsourcing partner’s system credentials, your company’s software engineers or administrators may have to oversee code base install or software promotion from development to production, but the integrity of your systems is worth the extra effort.
Conduct penetration (pen) testing
Software testing is certainly a standard part of a software development project. However, the appropriate testing of the cybersecurity elements of software is often lacking. We find our customers too often minimize the need for robust penetration testing. It’s imperative for you to perform effective penetration testing whether you outsource or develop software internally.
You might ask, “What kind of pen testing: White Box, Black Box, Grey Box?” Our answer is “Yes – all of the above”.
Get to know your software outsourcing partner intimately. Familiarize yourself with their hiring practices, training/certification programs, and even the attributes of their workplace, from a physical and cybersecurity perspective.
Confirm what security-related certifications are held – and perpetually maintained by the technical team.
Ask what security policies are in place – and how they are enforced.
What protections are in place in their work environment: physical office security, software antivirus and malware protection, firewalls, etc.?
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As criteria are developed for the next stages of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program, it's essential that privacy and security issues are adequately addressed, one consumer advocacy group stresses.
The proposed criteria for stage 2 of the program, as drafted by the Health IT Policy Committee, a federal advisory body, contain no new privacy and security requirements. The committee indicated it's still considering whether to add criteria based on the ongoing recommendations of its Privacy and Security Tiger Team.
To qualify for Stage 1 of the HITECH EHR incentive program, which kicked off in January, hospitals and clinics must conduct a risk analysis and take steps to mitigate identified risks. That's the only privacy or security requirement for Stage 1.
Privacy Concerns
"The public cares very deeply about privacy, and failure to protect privacy will impair adoption of HIT systems and data exchanges," says Deborah Peel, founder and chair of Patient Privacy Rights, in commenting on the lack of specifics in the proposed Stage 2 requirements. In her letter, she urges federal authorities to address "the public's expectation of individual control over health information and make robust data privacy, consent and segmentation a reality."
Peel argues that the "meaningful use" criteria for the EHR incentive program should require the use of EHRs that offer patients "the ability to control who can see and use personal health information and the ability to segment information so they can selectively share information. Segmentation is essential to protect sensitive information, but also is absolutely critical for patient safety, so that erroneous health information can be kept from disclosure."
In its comments on the proposed EHR incentive criteria for Stage 2, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society calls on the HIT Committee's meaningful use workgroup to work closely with the tiger team to establish objectives "that address practical and achievable solutions" for privacy and security issues. HIMSS did not make any specific recommendations on the issues.
And the Smart Card Alliance calls for requiring "strong, multi-factor authentication" in Stage 2 "to adequately protect identities, networks and information systems."
The HIT committee will hold a series of public meetings this spring to fine-tune its proposals, which ultimately will be reviewed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Department of Health and Human Services. Requirements for Stage 2 are due by the end of this year.
Privacy Recommendations
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team's various recommendations are likely to be accommodated in several pending rules and regulations, including the EHR incentive program criteria, says Doug Fridsma, M.D., director of the ONC's office of interoperability and standards (See: ONC's Fridsma on Security for HIEs).
Last year, the tiger team presented recommendations for how and when to obtain patient consent for the exchange of their electronic health records. It also recommended that all organizations involved in any type of health information exchange should be required to have digital certificates to authenticate their identities.
The tiger team recently made recommendations on how best to match patients to the right electronic health records when information is exchanged among organizations. Its next project involves developing recommendations for authenticating the identity of physicians accessing information across a network as well as authenticating patients who want to access records via a portal, says Deven McGraw, co-chair (See: Tiger Team's Deven McGraw on Next Steps).
Meanwhile, a new workgroup is reviewing a presidential council's call for creating a universal exchange language and requiring its use for future stages of the EHR incentive program. Under the proposal, individual data elements within EHRs would be tagged with descriptive information, such as patient consent to exchange the data.
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The bugs include a reflected cross-site scripting glitch and a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.
WordPress has issued fixes for two bugs rated “medium” in its tooltips plugin, including one that can allow bad actors to do anything an administrative user would be able to do on a WordPress site.
The Tooltipy plugin allows users to automatically create responsive “tooltip” boxes for technical keywords on webpages – allowing users to easily understand difficult terms while web surfing.
Both vulnerabilities — a reflected cross-site scripting glitch and a cross-site request forgery issue — have been addressed, according to an alert that dxw Advisories posted Tuesday.
The XSS glitch, rated 5.8 on the CVSS rating system, exists in the plugin’s glossary shortcode (also known as [kttg_glossary]). To leverage the vulns, a bad actor can create a page containing the shortcode; then add a specially crafted script to the end of the page’s URL. If an administrator is sent a link to the page and clicks on it, his or her browser could be hijacked by the person who sent them the link.
From there, the hijacked browser could then be made to do almost anything an admin user can normally do.
The second flaw, a CSRF vulnerability, has a CVSS summary score of 4.3, and exists in Tooltipy’s “KTTG Converter” feature, which allows users to import keywords from third-party plugins and add them to their Tooltipy glossary.
CSRF is an attack that tricks a web browser into executing an unwanted action in an application to which a user is logged in. This particular bug requires an attacker to convince an admin to follow a link, after which the bad actor can create duplicate posts, according to a second dxw advisory.
In a proof of concept, researchers found that an attacker could trick an administrator by sending them a link to a duplicated site.
Once the victim user or administrator clicks on the link, each post listed in the crafted code will show as a duplicate of the entire site.
“The most obvious malicious use of this vulnerability would be to fill up a disk or database quota, which might lead to denial of service or other issues,” the advisory said.
Both bugs were first discovered March 29, with a fix issued on May 21. Users need to upgrade to version 5.1 or later to stay safe, and, according to the advisory, users will “see an alert in browsers without XSS prevention such as Firefox.” Both were discovered by Tom Adams.
Weston Henry, lead security analyst at SiteLock, told Threatpost that social-engineering tactics may be used to take advantage of both bugs. “These vulnerabilities would need some type of social engineering – it’s a good vector for spear-phishing attacks targeting admins,” he said. “For bigger sites, it may have more implications, but right now it looks like this vulnerability is not really widespread and could be used for targeted attacks.”
Henry added that uploaders and XSS vulns are common in plugins – particularly WordPress plugins. In fact, he noted that in the fourth quarter of 2017, sites running WordPress with any number of plugins were twice as likely to be infected with malware.
“It’s hard to generalize, but we’ve seen a lot of arbitrary file uploads and uploaders, and XSS is also very common, which are dangerous because people don’t realize how dangerous they can be,” he said. | https://threatpost.com/two-bugs-in-wordpress-tooltipy-plugin-patched/132804/ |
Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajCEO Confidential September 7, 2015 October 19, 2018
Finance and human resources employees represent the biggest cybersecurity threat to business today, according to Clearswift, a cybersecurity firm. The research polled over 500 data security specialists in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia and 4000 employees.
Interestingly, nearly half (48%) of respondents claimed finance departments and their employees posed the biggest cybersecurity threat to a company, versus 42% for human resources and their employees.
Of that tally, 33 percent of respondents believed middle management posed the biggest security threat (compared to 19 percent for senior management and 16 percent for execs/admins).
– 48 percent of respondents claimed finance departments and their employees posed the threat.
– 42 percent of respondents claimed human resources and their employees posed the threat.
– 37 percent of respondents believed Middle management posed the biggest security threat.
– 19 percent of respondents believed senior management posed the biggest security threat.
– 16 percent of respondents believed other execs/admins posed the biggest security threat.
5 ways to cause an accidental security breach:
1. Sending sensitive information such as salaries to the wrong person.
2. Adapting documents prepared for other customers or staff and send out, not realising the receiver can view document history.
3. Opening documents containing hidden malware.
4. Introducing malware from your phone or USB drive.
5. Using insecure personal email or file sharing to store or share sensitive information. | https://ceoworld.biz/2015/09/07/finance-and-hr-employees-the-biggest-cybersecurity-threat-to-business/ |
On Tuesday, March 29 2022 – 13:30 to 15:00 pm (Eastern time) the Ottawa Chapter will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on Threat and Risk Assessments Practices followed by a “Ask the experts session”.
In this webinar, panelists will discuss security threat and risk assessments practices, share experience and lesson learned and what to do with TRAs. The panel will discuss the basics of TRA, threat assessment for personnel overseas, difference between threat and risk assessments and design basis threats, leveraging open source information tools and how to use TRAs data when you manage risk. The discussion will be structured as a series of four moderated one-on-one discussion. The panel will be followed questions and answer session from participants. | https://www.asischapter140.org/webinar-threat-and-risk-assessments/ |
Microsoft has indefinitely delayed the third service pack for Windows 2000--Service Pack 3 (SP3)--according to internal documents I saw last weekend. Microsoft originally scheduled SP3 for release July 17, but the company recently discovered several major bugs in the Microsoft Installer (MSI) 2.0 code, which the company had planned to bundle with the update. Microsoft will remove MSI 2.0 from SP3 and will instead include the older version, MSI 1.1, unless feedback from Microsoft beta testers and partners indicates they want MSI 2.0 included. Obviously, this indecision will adversely affect SP3's release schedule.
"We are still facing MSI 2.0-related issues," an email sent to the Windows development team reads. "\[But\] before we move ahead with a retraction plan, we want to make sure that we are doing the right thing for our customers ... we do not want to make deployment impossible for some of our partners, and we do not want to break our customer's applications ... We are working hard to make the right decision."
Until the MSI problems are resolved, Microsoft will indefinitely delay the SP3 release. "This will have a bad hit to \[the\] Win2K SP3 schedule," the email reads. "\[So\] we will not be able to release an escrow build today \[which would have been considered a release candidate--RC\]. We will roll out a new schedule early \[this\] week." I don't have any information about where the new schedule places the final SP3 release, but build 3.149, which Microsoft released last week, isn't the final build. I'll provide more information about the Win2K SP3 release as it becomes available. | http://windowsitpro.com/print/windows-client/exclusive-microsoft-delays-windows-2000-sp3 |
A recently discovered strain of malware was first believed to be a variant of the Petya ransomware. However, some security experts eventually concluded that although it shares some code with Petya, the “ransomware” parts are superficial at best and possibly used to cover-up the malware creators’ real objectives.
According to further expert analysis and confirmation by US-CERT, Petya (the name US-CERT chose to give it) was primarily made to steal or destroy data in targeted computers.
On June 27, US-CERT was notified by the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) that Petya infections were happening in multiple countries and affecting multiple sectors. The malware would encrypt the Master Boot Record (MBR) of Windows machines, making them unusable.
According to US-CERT, the Petya malware campaign involves multiple methods of propagation and exploitation, including exploiting vulnerabilities in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) and using NSA's EternalBlue exploit, the sames tools also used by the WannaCry ransomware earlier this year. Microsoft silently patched these vulnerabilities in March, but not all Windows machines have installed the update, which means the potential for damage is still significant.
Technical Details
US-CERT received a sample of the Petya malware variant and performed its own detailed analysis of it. The malware spreads via SMB and installs a modified version of the open source Mimikatz tool to steal the victims’ Windows credentials. Because some of those credentials may belong to network administrators, they can then be used to access other systems on the network.
The malware can also scan the IPs of the network and look for other computers using the unpatched SMB protocol so it can infect them as well. Petya modifies the MBR of the machines to enable encryption of the Master File Table (MFT) and the original MBR, and then it reboots the systems.
The team found that the malware encrypts users’ files with dynamically-generated 128-bit AES keys and creates unique IDs for the victim PCs. However, there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that the encryption key and IDs are connected, so it may not be possible for the malware creators to decrypt a user’s machine, even if the user pays the ransom. This is also part of the reason why many security experts believe the ransomware part of this Petya malware is there only as a decoy.
First of all, NCCIC recommended that organizations or anyone infected with ransomware should not pay the ransom, as that only encourages criminals to build more advanced ransomware variants that spread more easily and widely. However, in this case, even if the victims pay the ransom, it’s unlikely they will recover their files, so they could lose both their files and their money to this campaign. The email address provided for payment validation has also been shut down by the email provider, making file recovery even less likely.
Because WannaCry and Petya share similar attack vectors, organizations that had already taken steps to protect against WannaCry should already be protected against Petya. Nevertheless, NCCIC said that organizations should work with their security vendors to coordinate an appropriate defense.
US-CERT also published a number of instructions to prevent ransomware infections, from patching systems and disabling the SMB protocol to employing the “least privilege” security mindset, which should significantly limit how far malware infections spread inside a network.
Ransomware Goes Mainstream
With WannaCry and now this new variant of Petya, it seems that ransomware has gone “mainstream” after being relegated to being a niche type of attack for the past couple of years. This type of malware is likely to continue to be an appealing option to many malware creators, because on one side it can make them money, and on the other, it can act as a powerful destructive tool (more likely to be used by criminal organizations and nation states).
This is why it’s all the more urgent for Microsoft, as well as the vendors of other operating systems, to start taking steps now to design their operating systems’ security architectures in ways that make them resilient to ransomware attacks. This isn’t going to be easy, because it likely means that some legacy third-party applications will stop working without updates once the new architectures and built-in security solutions are deployed, but this change is likely going to be necessary. | https://www.tomshardware.com/news/us-cert-petya-ransomware-alert,34923.html |
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The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, promote high ethical standards, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
In accordance with the Secretariat of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation (henceforth referred to as the “Secretariat”), the Rotary Club of The Palisades is committed to four core privacy principles. We believe strongly that adherence to these principles of fair information practices is essential to the goal of maintaining trust with our members and other individuals.
Applying our commitment to fair information practices means that the Rotary Club of The Palisades and the Secretariat adhere to the following principles to protect data:
1. We Will Only Collect And Use Information For Core Business Purposes: Individual privacy is very important, so we will only collect and use information needed to offer and fulfill our core business purposes. We will be lawful and fair to the individual whose data we are storing and will retain only what we need to maintain our relationship with them. This means we will not disclose information for an unrelated purpose without the consent of the individual or by authority of law.
2. We Will Strive For Data Quality: Our ability to successfully implement our mission is dependent on maintaining accurate information. We will strive to keep information we hold about Rotarians and other individuals accurate.
3. We Will Be Open About How We Use Data
4. We Will Act With A Sense Of Urgency on Potential Breaches: Accountability for protecting the people we serve is a shared responsibility. We will promptly investigate and take the necessary measures to ensure that our established privacy protection practices are followed.
We believe in the importance of safeguarding information collected about member and other individuals, and have adopted this belief statement and core privacy principles to reflect our commitment to privacy and data protection. All member and other individuals are encouraged to practice these principles. We put our commitment to privacy protection into action through organizational policies, guidelines and internal procedures that are designed to protect the data of members and other individuals. In our efforts to ensure that we are acting as conscientious stewards of information, we will periodically review our policies to confirm adherence to established practices.
For more information, please contact us using the contact form on this website. | https://leoniaoktoberfest.com/privacy-protection |
Target has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, court documents show.
Under the proposal, which requires federal court approval, Target will deposit the settlement amount into an interest bearing escrow account, to pay individual victims up to $10,000 in damages.
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The claims will be submitted and processed primarily online through a dedicated website, according to the court documents.
The proposal also requires Target to adopt and implement data security measures such as appointing a chief information security officer and maintaining a written information security program.
"We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution," said Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder.
CBS News, which earlier reported the settlement, said a court hearing on the proposed settlement was set for Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Target has said at least 40 million credit cards were compromised in the breach during the 2013 holiday shopping season and may have resulted in the theft of as many as 110 million people's personal information, such as email addresses and phone numbers. | https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/19/target-agrees-to-pay-10-mln-to-settle-lawsuit-from-data-breach.html |
Hackers intercepted the Tor network by attaching malicious servers to perform SSL stripping attacks on cryptocurrency payments, an independent security researcher has revealed. The attacks targeted cryptocurrency-related traffic passing through the network.
The report by Nusenu says that Tor network users had a one in four chance of sending traffic through the compromised servers. At their peak operation around May 2020, the malicious group controlled about 380 Tor’s network exit relays. Tor responded by removing a huge chunk of the malicious servers from its network, but the full extent of the malicious operation remains unknown.
SSL stripping attacks on cryptocurrency payments through the Tor network
The attackers were “performing person-in-the-middle attacks on Tor users by manipulating traffic as it flows through their exit relays,” the report says. Profit was the primary motive for the Tor network takeover by the attackers who carefully targeted users accessing cryptocurrency-related websites through the Tor Browser or related software.
To execute the attack, the cybercriminals downgraded users’ requests from HTTPs to HTTP traffic which allowed them access to unencrypted cryptocurrency payments without triggering TLS certificate warnings. The malicious entities then replaced Bitcoin addresses with their destinations. The affected cryptocurrency payments took place through Bitcoin mixing services. Such transactions involve breaking cryptocurrency payments into small sums before sending them through different addresses. On reaching the destination, the funds are consolidated into a single amount. However, the Bitcoin address rewriting attacks allowed the hackers to intercept the small cryptocurrency payments and to reroute the payments to their wallets, thus stealing bitcoins without the users’ or the mixers’ knowledge.
Tor team faces challenges in verifying relay operators
Tor project team is facing verification challenges because of the current COVID-19 crisis which has affected the company’s resources due to worker layoffs. The low staff levels had affected the team’s ability to verify all relay operators on the Tor network, creating an opportunity for abuse.
The Tor network team has not been able to track trusted relay operators throughout their presence on the Tor network. Consequently, malicious operators could register as genuine providers before executing attacks.
Reasons for the success of SSL stripping attacks
The threat actors relied on users’ weaknesses in distinguishing between “https://” and “http://” on the Tor browser’s address bar. Additionally, most users rarely type the full address, hence exposing their requests to unsafe redirects. Website owners also fail to enforce HTTPS redirects, thus opening their websites to both encrypted and unencrypted access.
The Tor network team has advised webmasters to enable the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) functionality. Additionally, the group advised owners of unencrypted websites to install various free SSL certificates, such as the “Let’s Encrypt” certificate, to protect their customers from similar exploits.
Risk of similar attacks remains high
While the current exploit targeted cryptocurrency payments only, criminals could use similar tactics to target any traffic passing through the Tor network.
Similarly, the Tor network team has failed to remove the malicious servers entirely. Experts claim that up to 10% of the malicious relays remain within the Tor network. The independent researcher also believes that the malicious entities have adopted other tactics to target cryptocurrency payments within the Tor network while evading detection. | https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/hackers-intercept-cryptocurrency-payments-on-the-tor-network-through-ssl-stripping/ |
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infrastructures, systems and applications. The primary data source is log data, but SIEM technology can also process other forms of data, such as NetFlow and network packet.
dashboards. An API for workflow integration and bidirectional native support for
ServiceNow, ConnectWise, Landesk and Remedyforce have also been added.
reference customers in those areas.
AccelOps has relatively low visibility in competitive evaluations of SIEM.
consolidated administration and reporting, and federation for MSSPs. The vendor also provides the AlienVault Open Threat Exchange and Threat Intelligence. AlienVault's Open
deployable as software or virtual images. SIEM Storm can be deployed in combination with
Log Storm, utilizing it as the storage and collection tier. Compliance Storm, introduced in
historical data. Elements of the solution can be combined in one appliance or distributed to meet customer deployment requirements. A cloud-based feed called RSA Live provides
The out-of-the-box Security Analytics user interface is basic. The predefined views and dashboards require greater customization than those of competitors.
Security Analytics provides only basic incident management capabilities. Richer workflow capabilities require integrations with RSA Security Operations Management.
reporting requirements. EventTracker Security Center is available as software only, and provides SIM and SEM functions. The EventTracker agent provides support for file integrity monitoring and USB control. There are also add-ons available for vulnerability and configuration assessment. Basic profiling capabilities are provided via a behavior module
analysis (UBA) capabilities based on a technology partnership with Securonix. ArcSight licensing is primarily based on consumption in GB per day.
stability is lower than the average scores for all reference customers in those areas.
Customer support has been cited as a frequent issue by Gartner clients.
asset data. The capability to replay historical event data through current correlation rules is also now available. IBM plans to improve incident response workflow capabilities, enable
and maintain in both modest and large environments.
QRadar provides behavior analysis capabilities for NetFlow and log events.
User feedback indicates that version 9.4.x has been troubled by some stability and performance issues. The average of Intel Security reference customers satisfaction
collaboration tools. It has also expanded the scope of supported devices for log normalization and applications for network monitoring. The AI Engine has been updated to
2015. NetIQ SIEM is composed of three packages: Sentinel, Sentinel Log Manager and
Change Guardian. Optional host monitoring agents are also available. Sentinel and Change
Guardian are offered both as software and virtual appliance deployments. Sentinel
data repositories. However, it does not provide specific integrations with solutions such as entity behavior analytics platforms.
integration. LEM has integrations with SolarWinds' other products for operations monitoring to support activities such as change detection and root cause analysis.
capture and analysis. New advanced query and data pivot enable easier access to functions previously available only through the Splunk query language. Splunk can be
correlations for user monitoring. Potential buyers should anticipate modifying those and building their own to implement more advanced user monitoring use cases.
Workflow and case management functions lag behind those of competitors.
that Trustwave will continue to operate as a stand-alone business. At the time of this writing, the deal is pending regulatory approval. Trustwave's primary business is managed security services, vulnerability assessment and compliance services. Trustwave also
and SIEM Operations Edition (OE). SIEM Enterprise and Log Management Appliances are available as physical or virtual appliances. In 2014, Trustwave deployed UI and dashboard
not yet available for Trustwave's SIEM offerings. The vendor lags behind competitors in supporting the monitoring of cloud environments. Trustwave's SIEM products do not support Amazon CloudTrail or platform-as-a-service environments.
positioned as complementary technologies to SIEM. These products can support some
SIEM use cases, but are not sold or marketed as SIEMs.
They had less than $13.5 million in SIEM product revenue during 2014.
The solution is delivered exclusively as a managed service.
SIEM is a $1.69 billion market that grew 12.5% during 2014, with an expected growth rate of 10.9% during 2015. For exclusion, Gartner considers revenue and relative visibility of vendors in the market. presence on Gartner client shortlists via client inquiries, search references on gartner.com,
record in delivering new functions when they are needed by the market. Also considered is how the vendor differentiates its offerings from those of its major competitors.
current requirements for SIM and SEM. Development plans during the next 12 to 18 months are also evaluated. Because the SIEM market is mature, there is little
and breaches. SIEM vendors have long provided query capabilities against the primary storage tiers of SIEM technology. In order to be effective for early breach detection, the
deployment simplicity. Users, especially those with limited IT and security resources, still value this attribute over breadth of coverage beyond the core use cases. SIEM products are complex and tend to become more so as vendors extend capabilities. Vendors that are
requirements. Our overall evaluation of vendors in this Magic Quadrant includes an evaluation of vendor sales and support strategies for those geographies.
of the general market requirements. As the SIEM market continues to mature, the number of Challengers has dwindled. Vendors in this quadrant would typically have strong
SEM and reporting. The requirements definition effort should include capabilities that will be needed for subsequent deployment phases. The project will benefit from the input of
in customers and revenue. During 2014, the SIEM market grew from $1.5 billion to approximately $1.69 billion, achieving a growth rate of about 14%. The primary drivers that were in place at the start of 2014 remain in effect. Threat management is the primary driver, and compliance remains a secondary driver. In North America, there continues to be many new deployments by smaller companies that need to improve monitoring and breach detection. Compliance reporting also continues as a requirement, but most discussions with Gartner clients are security-focused. There continue to be new deployments by larger companies that are conservative adopters of technology. Both of these customer segments place high value on deployment and operational support simplicity.
customers. Demand for SIEM technology in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region remains
steady, driven by a combination of threat management and compliance requirements.
Growth rates in Asia and Latin America are much higher than those in the U.S. and Europe.
monitoring requirements of a typical customer. The greatest area of unmet need is effective targeted attack and breach detection. Organizations are failing at early breach detection, with more than 92% of breaches undetected by the breached organization. The
operations products and services. There were no notable acquisitions in the SIEM market during 2014. The SIEM market continues to be dominated by relatively few large vendors —
HP, IBM, Intel Security and Splunk — that command more than 60% of market revenue.
the market. The revenue threshold is $13.5 million per year for 2014 (net new license revenue plus maintenance). Visibility is calculated from the following factors: presence on
most SIEM purchases are made on the merits of SIEM capabilities. Many SIEM vendors continue to develop sales channels that can reach the midsize market in North America.
Sales effectiveness in Latin America and the Asia/Pacific region is also a focus.
solutions to customers in Europe and South America. The vendor no longer meets our more stringent revenue and visibility thresholds.
analyze all security-relevant events. Events that need to be monitored in real time have to be collected and processed in real time. Event processing includes parsing, filtering, aggregation, correlation, alerting, display, indexing and writing to the back store. Scalability
structure that supports them. This includes deal management, pricing and negotiation, presales support, and the overall effectiveness of the sales channel.
to be successful with the products evaluated. Specifically, this includes the ways customers receive technical support or account support. This can also include ancillary
to current and future requirements.
Business Model: The soundness and logic of the vendor's underlying business proposition.
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Four months ago, CD Projekt Red was the victim of a ransomware attack that resulted in an unspecified amount of data being nabbed by HelloKitty. The source code for Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the things lifted by the ransom group. CDPR wasn’t too concerned at the time, but everyone with a pulse felt it was only a matter of time until the other shoe dropped.
Well, it turns out that the ransomware attack was a bit more serious than CD Projekt Red led us to believe. ArsTechnica pointed us towards a statement released by the company:
This message is a follow-up on the February security breach which targeted the CD PROJEKT Group. Today, we have learned new information regarding the breach, and now have reason to believe that internal data illegally obtained during the attack is currently being circulated on the Internet.
We are not yet able to confirm the exact contents of the data in question, though we believe it may include current/former employee and contractor details in addition to data related to our games. Furthermore, we cannot confirm whether or not the data involved may have been manipulated or tampered with following the breach.
Currently, we are working together with an extensive network of appropriate services, experts, and law enforcement agencies, including the General Police Headquarters of Poland. We have also contacted Interpol and Europol. The information we shared in February with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (PUODO) has also been updated.
That’s not assuring. This looks only to have affected those in and around CDPR and not the overall customer base. However, it could drastically affect employees and contractors. The company isn’t being totally transparent at this point. Was payroll info stolen? Private messages? Private details about employees?
What a terrible one-two blow to CDPR. First Cyberpunk 2077 hits the market to massive backlash and near-universal refunds; now, untold amounts of data were leaked then circulated.
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According to the National Cyber Security Alliance, bots are the Internet's fastest-growing cyber crime and 71 percent of consumers lack knowledge about this online threat. October is recognized as National Cyber Security Awareness Month and as the nation's largest residential Internet Service Provider, Comcast is committed to informing consumers about how to have a safe and secure online experience.
"Online criminals are savvy and are developing more sophisticated ways to steal personal data, financial information, and the entire identities of unsuspecting people," said Jay Opperman, Senior Director of Security and Privacy at Comcast. "According to the Federal Trade Commission, as many as nine million Americans have their identities stolen each year so it's important that consumers learn how to protect themselves and their families from online scams that can lead to identity theft."
A bot, also known as a Web robot, is a form of malicious software that is used to gain control over a computer. Once a bot is in control, the computer can be used to send spam, host phishing sites or infect other computers. Online thieves use bots to collect personal data about people such as their social security numbers, bank account information, and credit card information. When this personal data is collected, it is often used maliciously which can result in identity theft.
"A person can unknowingly infect their computer with a bot by not protecting his or her PC with anti-virus and security software, opening suspicious e-mails and/or e-mail attachments, or downloading software from a Web site with an unknown or falsified brand," said Opperman.
Signs that indicate a computer may be infected with a bot include:
Numerous undelivered e-mail notifications in your inbox to unknown e-mail addresses. Bots will frequently use e-mail accounts to send out spam. Spam to unknown e-mail addresses will result in a failure to deliver notification in your inbox.
Suspicious e-mail account activity. Bots create multiple e-mail addresses in your e-mail account. If you notice additional e-mail addresses in your account, that you did not create, you may have an infected computer.
Multiple toolbars on your Internet browser. Bots will frequently install various toolbars to help collect search information from your browser.
Frequent flashing of the data light on your cable modem. If the data light constantly flashes for a period of days when you are not using the Internet, a bot could be operating on the computer.
Unusual error messages. Error messages that suggest applications cannot run or drives cannot be accessed can be indications of a bot infection.
To help prevent a bot infection, Comcast recommends the following tips:
Keep your computer protected by downloading reputable anti-virus and security software.
Make sure your computer is set to receive auto security updates.
Avoid downloading software from a Web site with an unknown or falsified brand.
Do not click through or open suspicious e-mails or e-mail attachments.
Avoid social networking scams - never provide your personal information (i.e. social security number, credit card numbers) to e-mails that solicit this information, even if the e-mail looks to be from a legitimate company or brand that you recognize. A legitimate company would not request this information via e-mail.
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Over the last few decades, information technology has transformed the way in which commerce and industry operate, but it has also provided criminals with a new way of committing crime, either against the computer itself or the information it holds. Major organisations are therefore increasingly reliant on dedicated information security professionals to protect sophisticated computing systems against the threat of cyber crime.
This course provides you with the skills to plan and implement cyber security systems, developing competence in technical areas like cryptography and software development together with an understanding of ethical and privacy considerations.
Assessment varies depending on the modules you choose.
You will be assessed by a combination of coursework and exams plus an independent final year project which contributes substantially to your final mark. Your tutors will give prompt and constructive feedback via Canvas (our virtual learning environment), face-to-face or in writing. This will help you to identify your strengths as well as the areas where you may need to put in more work.
This information comes from the National Student Survey, an annual student survey of final-year students. You can use this to see how satisfied students studying this subject area at this university, are (not the individual course).
We calculate a mean rating of all responses to indicate whether this is high, medium or low compared to the same subject area at other universities.
This is from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey, based on responses from graduates who studied the same subject area here.
It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.
The Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset combines HRMC earnings data with student records from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet? | https://university.which.co.uk/liverpool-john-moores-university-l51/courses/computer-security-bsc-hons-2019-962ea98bcb48 |
CompTIA ISAO members can now directly submit suspicious URLs and files through the ISAO’s Cyber Forum to SophosLabs Intelix for rapid analysis to determine if they are known or zero-day cybersecurity threats. SophosLabs Intelix combines petabytes of threat intelligence derived from decades of SophosLabs threat research with Sophos AI tools and techniques, bringing a powerful new source of threat intelligence to the CompTIA ISAO and its managed services provider (MSP), vendor, distributor, and associate members.
“SophosLabs research illustrates how adversaries are constantly changing their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to breach targets, move laterally and carry out ransomware and other attacks,” said Simon Reed, senior vice president, SophosLabs. “The only way to effectively fight modern cybercrime is if we do it together. That’s why Sophos is committed to sharing actionable threat intelligence with the CompTIA community. This new integration gives member organisations advanced abilities to quickly investigate suspicious URLs and files to determine their risk and to understand what happens if they are opened or executed. Powered by machine learning, SophosLabs Intelix predictively convicts never-before-seen threats, and is constantly improving based on the collective input of community intelligence.” “This is a real differentiator for our members, who can access a powerful analysis resource to identify, classify and prevent threats, further protecting themselves and more importantly, their customers,” said MJ Shoer, senior vice president and executive director of the CompTIA ISAO.
The new integration expands Sophos’ support of the CompTIA ISAO. As a Silver Industry Partner, Sophos has been contributing detailed threat analysis from SophosLabs Uncut to the CompTIA ISAO.
“This is a significant addition to the resources available to our members,” Shoer added. “It is the latest example of the support that industry partners such as Sophos have for the CompTIA ISAO, and the commitment we all have to make the industry more secure.” | https://www.pcr-online.biz/2021/08/09/comptia-isao-adds-real-time-cybersecurity-threat-analysis-and-intelligence-resources-from-sophos/ |
Preventing incidents is one of the most important functions of an enterprise information security team, but having a strong security incident response process is also important. Even the most secure organizations eventually will face a security incident and may need outside support to augment their in-house incident response capabilities. To determine what happened, when it happened, who did it and how to prevent it in the future, it often takes special digital forensics skills most infosec teams don't have in-house.
However, the midst of an incident is one of the worst times to identify a trusted partner to support any incident response needs, which is why enterprises should try to select an incident response firm before an incident ever occurs. As part of an extended computer security incident response team or CSIRT, this partner, or partners, may need to be called upon to investigate specific types of incidents.
In this tip, we’ll provide brief criteria for choosing the right incident response firm to support the enterprise incident response process, including the different types of incident response organizations, guidance on choosing a big firm vs. a boutique, and when to contact an alternative or government organization like US-CERT.
Incident response organizations
The types of incidents to investigate and the assistance needed for an incident response will vary by industry and organizational capabilities, but there are key considerations for choosing an incident response firm that holds true in most scenarios. Potentially the easiest criterion for some organizations is if they feel the security incident response will have legal implications. Often, internal investigations do not follow the same rigor as investigations that may be scrutinized in a court of law. Although internal investigations may or may not be investigated with the equivalent rigor from one organization to the next, enterprises should not follow sloppy security incident response procedures. Along a similar line, if the data involved is payment card data, an enterprise might be required to use a PCI Forensic Investigator (PFI) to investigate the incident. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) requires the use of a PFI to ensure investigators or responders “completely understand the PCI DSS and its intended application within the cardholder data environment.” The takeaway here is to immediately distinguish whether an incident may have legal or compliance implications, and if so, be sure to select an incident response team that has experience collecting evidence and responding to the type of incident in support of the legal proceedings that may accompany that particular type of incident. Naturally, it's also a good idea to involve corporate counsel as well.
Once the legal implications are squared away, another consideration is choosing an incident response organization based on the type of attack. By using a third party that is experienced in responding to certain attackers, methods or tools, it’s possible it has encountered the attack signatures previously, which makes it more likely it will know exactly what to look for and how to clean up affected systems. It's often difficult and time-consuming to determine the types of incidents an incident response firm has dealt with, so this is where performing your due diligence well in advance is especially helpful. Take the time to research and even speak with a handful of incident response firms personally and ask about their areas of expertise, and make notes that you can go back to should you need a rapid response in the future. You may even want to place a retainer so their services could be available in a specified timeframe when responding to an incident. While this may often result in smaller firms with specialized skills being favored over more well-known organizations, it's often these boutique firms that are best equipped to respond to specific types of attacks.
Another important consideration is internal resources. Some organizations may choose to outsource incident response altogether so they don’t need to maintain the high level of expertise in house. Others simply don't have ample security staff resources and aren't prepared to respond to a security incident. They may also outsource investigations or incident response when internal staff members are unavailable. If this is the case, it may make sense to consider a large firm that can handle a broader range of incidents.
For reference, there are multiple categories of incident response organizations, including large, boutique and even government agencies. Some of the large incident response organizations (Verizon, McAfee Inc., Symantec Corp., Trustwave Inc., etc.) have practices that could encompass most of many organizations’ incident response needs as noted above. There are many boutique organizations (Mandiant, Dell SecureWorks, Langner, etc.) that specialize in certain areas, which means they may be the most appropriate choice to handle advanced or specialized incidents. These companies can be evaluated by reviewing any publically available tools, reports or presentations they support or produce along with speaking with the firms. | https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/Diagram-outside-firm-role-early-in-security-incident-response-process |
On Sunday in a blog post at Religion News Service, Jonathan Merritt summarized some personal reflections on his sexuality which are detailed in his new book Jesus is Better Than You Imagined.
Merritt, also the author of A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars which I endorsed. In that book, Merritt raises good questions and frequently illustrates the damage done to the Gospel and to people by culture war battles over social issues. In this blog post and his new book, he makes the matter personal.
The church is at a critical juncture on sensitive matters such as these. Churches need to create safe spaces where their people can be honest about what they feel and what they’ve experienced. All of our stories belong at the table. We need to listen to each other and learn to love each other and then pick up the scriptures and ask, “What does it look like to follow Jesus with our hearts, minds, and bodies?” If I shared my story for any reason, it was this one.
Merritt describes unwanted sexual contact as a child and then struggles over his sexual identity as an adult. He doesn’t label himself with a sexual orientation label and describes a fluidity that is characteristic of some people. I appreciate that he does not peg his same-sex attraction on his childhood and in fact says that it is “dangerous” to assume a connection.
Merritt’s experience is similar to so many who are same-sex or bisexually attracted but maintain loyalty to beliefs which are incongruous with same-sex sexual behavior or relationships. The American Psychological Association’s sexual orientation task force report calls this experience, telic congruence.
I look forward to reading his new book. | https://wthrockmorton.com/2014/04/02/jonathan-merritt-discusses-sexuality-and-vulnerability-in-new-book/ |
Have you opened the front door for anyone who came knocking or made way for an unknown contractor? If so, you might have been victim of social manipulation-based hacking. Training, exercise and countermeasures can help, and this also applies to the Next Big Corporate hack which surely can strike even you.
Two factor authentication, different usernames and passwords for different services, patching of web systems, firewalls, control with IoT units, and avoidance of attachments and links in emails from unknown senders work well against hacking.
All of these methods are IT based and quite common, and here you can read what we in Basefarm have written earlier about this. Analysis of actual data interruption shows that these simple measures prevent most attacks.
Social engineering
But, back to where we started. Have you seen a contractor walking in the corridors without knowing where they came from, where they are going or what they shall do? Is it common to have new people in your surroundings, as temporary workers and consultants? Or have you driven into a garage facility and simply nodded friendly to the well-dressed pedestrian who walked in while you kept the gate open? Or mounted an unknown USB stick into your computer to see what was on it?
Many of us have done things like this. In the field of information security this may have been about psychological manipulation, which is called “social engineering” in professional terms.
Beware these techniques
Social engineering is about acquiring information through social skills. Wikipedia describes many techniques. These are the ones you most likely can be affected by:
Pretexting – the hacker will obtain some personal information to establish legitimacy in the mind of the victim and use this to increase the chances the victim will divulge more information or perform actions that would be unlikely in ordinary circumstances.
Baiting – someone leaves a malware-infected USB flash drive in locations where people will find them, and give them legitimate labels which pique curiosity.
Tailgating – an attacker walks in behind you. You feel it is hard to ask the welldressed man or woman to identify themselves, as you do not want to be exposed to negative reactions. And, after all, it is not your job, right?
Phishing – the phisher sends an email that appears to come from a legitimate business, requesting verification of information and linking to a fraudulent web page.
Spear phishing – while phishing emails are sent in large numbers speculating that a few will take the bait, spear phising are highly customized emails to few end users. This is naturally much more work for the hacker, but probably has a hit rate ten times higher.
Confidence tricksters – can also be considered social engineers. They gain confidence by manipulating people into giving access to offices or confidential information.
When we read about these techniques, we might think: This is strange, This happens rarely, It is very unlikely that we will be struck.
Include social engineering in the company information security program.
Regularly teach and facilitate self-studies. One way is to make e-learning programs including exams (tip: see survey tools) employees must pass.
Practice. For most of us, it is really hard to stop someone and ask why they are there. Practice will help to overcome such barriers. If there is one thing which builds awareness and organizations drop to do for some obscure reason, it is emergency practice
Protect and prevent
Many want your vulnerable personal or company data, including credit card information. While we can protect ourselves, we can hardly protect us from attacks as the infamous Yahoo breach which hit half a billion users. This writer has been involved in no less than four such breaches including Adobe in October 2013, Disqus in October 2017, Dropbox in mid-2012 and LinkedIn in May 2016, where 164 million email addresses and passwords were exposed.
How can I know? Well, you can check with the service Have I Been Pwned brought to us by security researcher Troy Hunt.
When any of these Big Corporates are hacked, you are too. New hacks are likely and if you are a heavy net services and social media user the probability that you can be hit is surely there.
So, what to do? Either you are hit through phishing, spear phishing or indirectly through a Big Corporate Hack, so you should never reuse passwords. Instead, get a password manager as that allows you to create unique usernames and passwords for each service you sign up to by using a single master password that can, for example, be a long sentence. A master password such as “I like trains, would you like to fly with me to Canada next year?” is both easier to remember and harder to break by brute force methods, compared to “u(!3%N,#”. Depending on the password manager, it can also automatically sign you in to the websites if you have authenticated in the password manager, thus saving you time.
One last thing. If your credit card might have been involved, block the card through the issuers service. They will be more than happy to replace it. | https://basefarm.nl/en/are-you-prepared-for-social-engineering-and-the-next-corporate-hack/ |
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Dancer, actress, and director Gayathri Raghuramm, who got popular after contesting in the Tamil version of the Bigg Boss reality show has now come out in support of Kamal Haasan, who is a close family friend of hers and also the host of the Bigg Boss show.
She took to Twitter to shower her love and admiration towards the Ulaganayagan, who has now turned into a politician. She tweeted, "Honestly my father would be proud of kamal sir. I'm totally proud. Since childhood I have seen as a good leader and my father have spoken of this day kamal sir becoming a politician. He would be good leader. It's a huge responsibility he has carried. We will always pray for him." | https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/gayathri-raghuramm-threatens-to-file-case-at-cyber-crime-tamil-cinema-news.html |
Starting from January 2019, European Commission launched bug bounties program for 15 free Open Source softwares, that EU institutions rely on.
The bug bounties on open source softwares are aimed to increase in security of Free and Open Source Software.
Eu said that “We also planned a series of Hackathons that will allow software developers from within the EU institutions, and developers from Free Software projects, to work more closely together and to collaborate directly on their software.”
Bug Bounty program employs crowdsource security researchers will diverse skill set covering a wide of vulnerability scenarios and advanced threats. The BugBounty program has proved to more effective than going for traditional penetration services conducted through third-party agencies.
Higest bounty rewards offered to PuTTY (90.000,00 €) followed by Open source CMS Drupal (89.000,00 €).
The issue made lots of people realise how important Free and Open Source Software is for the integrity and reliability of the Internet and other infrastructure, reads the blog post published by European Parliament member.
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I had to reinstall my computer. 10-27-2018, 01:18 PM (This post was last modified: 10-27-2018, 01:21 PM by xywcloud.) So I re downloaded the X-Sec download, but when I try and run the program it shows this error. I have also downloaded .NET Framework 4.7.1+Visual C++ 2017 Runtime(x64 version)
I have downloaded and removed the program completely about 2-3 times from X-Sec website, Softpedia, and Major Geeks.
I run the program, it runs the updater with the screenshot I show below. Then it shows this error.
I did test just now, it works well on my computer.
After checked program logic, I think it can be caused by failed to download virus database.
So, I think you can try to download full virus database (just do an offline update after downloaded program files) first.
P.S. Our mirror server for update has been changed, so you can only use our main server to finish first update(it will download latest update config) | https://bbs.xsecantivirus.com/showthread.php?tid=187&pid=527#pid527 |
The popular cyber security and antivirus company Kaspersky has unveiled its new hack-proof operating system: #Kaspersky_OS.
The new operating system has been in development for last 14 years and has chosen to design from scratch rather than relying on Linux.
Kaspersky OS makes its debut on a Kraftway Layer 3 Switch, CEO Eugene Kaspersky says in his blog post, without revealing many details about its new operating system.
The Layer of 3-switch is the very first tool for running the Kaspersky OS, which is designed for networks with extreme requirements for data security and aimed at critical infrastructure and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
What's new in Kaspersky OS than others?
Kaspersky OS is based on Microkernel Architecture: The new secure OS is based on microkernel architecture that enables users to customize their own operating system accordingly.
So, depending on a user's specific requirements, Kaspersky OS can be designed by using different modifications blocks of the operating system.
Kaspersky OS is non-Linux: Yes, one of the three major distinctive features of the new OS mentioned by Kaspersky is that the GUI-less operating system has been constructed from scratch and does not contain "even the slightest smell of Linux. "All the popular operating systems are not designed with security in mind, so it is simpler and safer to start from the ground up and do everything correctly. Which is just what we did," says Kaspersky.
But what makes Kaspersky OS Hack-Proof?
It is the operating system's inbuilt security system. Yes, Kaspersky OS inbuilt security system has the ability to control the behavior of applications and the OS modules.
Kaspersky OS claims itself as practically unhackable OS, because for gaining unauthorized access, any hacker would need to break the digital signature of an account holder, which is possible only with a quantum computer.
"In order to hack this platform a cyber-baddie would need to break the digital signature, which – anytime before the introduction of quantum computers – would be exorbitantly expensive," says Kaspersky.
Kaspersky talked about the recent DDoS attacks that affected numerous websites in past few months. He guaranteed that Kaspersky OS would protect devices, such as industrial control systems, SCADA or ICS, and IoTs, from cyber attacks.
The most severe one was the recent massive DDoS attack on Dyn's DNS servers, which knock down popular sites like Amazon and Twitter. The attack was carried out by Mirai botnets that had infected smart devices like security cameras.
So, Kaspersky says it is mandatory to protect the IoT and other critical infrastructure (like industry, transport, and telecoms) from IT threats.
"I also hope it's clear that it's better – no matter how difficult – to build IoT/infrastructure devices from the very beginning in such a way that hacking them is practically impossible. Indeed, that is a fundamental goal with Kaspersky OS," he says.
More details about Kaspersky's secure operating system is coming soon. Stay Tuned! | http://www.anonjekloy.tk/2016/11/antivirus-firm-kaspersky-launches-its.html |
Last year at BSides Vegas, James Lee (egypt) and David Rude (bannedit) did a presentation about "Long Beard's Guide to Exploit Dev". During the talk, James said one thing that I'll never forget: "exploit development is never an easy task, because pretty much every step you do -- finding the offset, finding a return value, using a ROP gadget, etc -- could lead to a failure." Ain't that the truth! But here's the thing, exploits don't just fail before you pop a shell, it can also happen WHILE you're getting a shell... and that's where my story is.
Let's say you're writing an exploit. You've done all the hard work to put it all together: you spent days in a debugger trying to do some decent root cause analysis for the bug, find all the bad characters, you bypass all the memory protections such as /GS, SafeSEH, you ROP it like a ROP star, and you bypass ASLR like a boss. Your friends praise you for the accomplishment, some people might even call your exploit "sophisticated".... and then all of a sudden, this is all the "code execution" you get out of your awesome exploit:
[*] Sending stage (752128 bytes) to 10.0.1.4 "Hey, WTH?", you say. For some reason the exploit fails after you've sent the second stage to the vulnerable application, and then the server crashes (this is the key behavior). You fire the module a couple of times just to make sure, but same thing. Your shell keeps slipping away from your fingertips... what a nightmare! This is a pretty nasty problem, because the root cause most likely comes from the exploit. It also can be a hassle to fix, and you will see why when you see one of the solutions in the end. But for now, I should probably explain why this is happening.
We ran into the same problem recently while developing the exploit for HP Data Protector, so I'll use that as a case-study. During the later stage of the development of that module, the buffer was crafted this way:
We should probably point out that ESI is actually a string that's user-supplied. We were able to determine this, because when we tested the module again with pattern_create() instead of a long string of "A"s, pattern_offset.rb was able to locate the string... exactly 38 bytes after the egghunter. So the above WinDBG log shows that after the staged payload delivery, there is some sort of heap corruption, and evidently our string has something to do with that.
Remember, this buffer overflow is supposed to be all stack smashing. But as we examine the memory more closely by doing a non-crashy request vs the crashy one, we found something interesting. The following is the memory dump starting where the SEH is (that we overwrite):
Now we know for scenarios like this, the user-supplied buffer is highly likely the root cause of the problem. In our case with HP Data Protector, the string is just way to long, and it's overwriting the heap. We have seen a few proven solutions in the past, and here they are:
Avoid corrupting the heap by reducing your malicious string size. This should be the most simple way you should try first, but may not always work well for you because a smaller size buffer may not even trigger the vulnerability you're exploiting.
Inject your payload somewhere else, where no heap is busted. So far this technique has only been used once, and it was done by corelanc0d3r and lincoln. This is similar to using the 'migrate' feature in a meterpreter, except their injection routine occurs before the actual Metasploit payload begins. You can read up more about this technique here.
Induce a heap pointer manually, for example: ms04_011_pct.rb
And hopefully one of the above recommendations will do the trick for you.
By the way, in case you're interested in Metasploit module development, make sure to create your development setup, and then join the sweet action of the Metasploit Project. Github and Redmine often reveal a lot about how a module is made, and every exploit always tends to be an unique story -- great places to begin your exploit development journey!
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That data should never have left the building, nevermind the State, encrypted or otherwise. I’m curious to know whether the terms under which it was acquired from donors permits its use in software testing by third parties..
In the UK, at least, this is streng verboten: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/unknown_data_protection_breach/
You’re being totally alarmist here. The reported vulnerability really has nothing to do with the loss of donor data in this case.
Look at the details of the attack – the window in which it has to occur is tiny. Somehow I doubt the thief chilled the DRAM and extracted the data within a few minutes.
Now you might have reason to be concerned if the laptop was switched on, unlocked and the crypto keys had been entered when it was taken. Some casual snooping could lead to the data.
What concert me is that a group from Princeton University call it “simple method” to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.
I do not think that it is simple method to cool the chips in liquid nitrogen (-196 °C) and then put the chips back into a machine to read out their contents. But… it is good to know that increased the security of modern personal computers, does not appear to stop the potential attacks and that computer security experts are now on the move to make things better and more secure.
Ip Address – It was simple. They didn’t need a lab or any fancy equipment. The cooling was done using a simply canister you can buy at any electronics or many other stores (they used the same spray canisters you use to blow dust out of your computer or keyboard). They lowered the temp to -50 degrees centigrade, not -192.
Once cooled, they could then remove the memory chip and simply drop it into another system. Nothing complex here. After that they could use any of a number of freely available utilities to do a memory dump and then look for an area of high entropy – basically a memory segment that looked like a series of random numbers. Not very difficult considering that you could easily eliminate all the areas that the computer instructions (program) use because instructions aren’t random. Program data is also usually not random (unless generated for games (to vary game play) or for some other program related purpose). Data is otherwise very structured.
Anyone skilled enough to understand assembly and hardware savvy enough to take a machine apart enough to access the ram would be able to pull this off. Which boils down to almost any computer science grad or half-baked hacker.
However, since this is a recent exploit, it’s likely that the blood donor data was safe from attack. Ultimately, this wasn’t an attack on any of the encryption algorithms but is a “side-channel” attack. You can’t break the encryption, so you just go around it. Kind of like recording a blue-ray dvd to an analog device. But in this case, you don’t really get any signal degredation.
I’m very angry. I received a letter from the IBTS today telling me that my information was on that laptop.
I did not give permission to IBTS to use my personal details in any way.
I am also concerned that although the details are supposedly encrypted there is clearly such lax protection of this data that the passwords are probably stored in email on the damn laptop.
If the file was encrypted on the laptop then it was unencrypted at some stage. That would imply there would be info left over in the swapfile or somewhere else that may not be encrypted.
Alternatively, maybe they are saying that file is not specifically encrypted but the laptop hard disk is protected with 256 AES.
In either scenario, the encryption is as weak as the password. The letter says that “the code on this laptop is thirty five characters”. Is that potentially or in reality? If the actual password is 5 or 6 characters then it can be easily brute-force cracked. If it is longer it may be vulnerable to a dictionary attack. If it is a random 35 alphanumeric characters then it is presumably written down somewhere.
Laptop theft related data breach is happening at an alarming rate.
News like this should make any organization nervous if they don’t have any sort of end point data protection in place.
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Press Release (ePRNews.com) - MEXICO CITY - Oct 03, 2018 - Genaro Garcia Luna, Director of GLAC Consulting, is placing a distinct spotlight on all things cyber security. It is estimated that Cyber crime damage costs to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021. Understanding the impact that the cyber realm can have on the well-being of a company is a passion of Genaro Garcia Luna and his company, GLAC Consulting. GLAC Consulting is able to provide quality cyber security services to clients of his company through their unique “GLAC Index.” The GLAC Index performs a comparative analysis of security in different territories and over time, generating knowledge and foresight.
The “GLAC Index,” created by GLAC Consulting, is Luna’s best defense toward cyber attacks. It is calculated with its own algorithm as a method of assessing the level of security of a place or entity. Luna said, “The GLAC Index measures and analyzes the conditions of a vulnerable community and compares the variables and factors that affect the behavior of the entity subject to study. The contribution of this Index could contribute to the prevention and combat violence and cybercrime.
“One of the factors that GLAC Consulting considers is the potential for cyber attacks. As this threat increases with time, it becomes more and more timely for companies to assure their employees and customers that they have systems in place to prevent cyber disaster. GLAC Consulting’s mission is to educate and to assist these companies in and entities to develop these programs.”
Genaro García Luna is not only the director of GLAC Consulting, but he is also the creator of the AFI during the presidency of Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and former Secretary of Public Safety during the administration of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012). Due to all of his experiences in the realm of security, Genaro García Luna saw the need for a tool that would allow the government to analyze the country as a whole or an entity within it with the greatest number of variables that may affect its security and, with regards to the private sector, have detailed information that would contribute to making decisions regarding potential investments. | https://eprnews.com/glac-consulting-director-explains-the-glac-index-built-to-defend-against-cyber-attacks-372696/ |
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“A decade ago, to launch a digital music service, you probably would have enlisted a handful of elite tastemakers to pick the hottest new music.
Today, you’re much better off building a smart system that can learn from the real world - what actual listeners are most likely to like next - and help you predict who and where the next Adele might be.
As a bonus, it’s a much less elitist taste-making process - much more democratic - allowing everyone to discover the next big star through our own collective tastes and not through the individual preferences of a select few.”
To recap, Apple Music launched in late June, and Apple touted its human touch as a key feature in a world full of streaming music services that revolve around algorithms. Apple Music’s “For You” section is stuffed with themed playlists curated by actual people, while Beats 1 is a 24/7 live radio station that beams its songs across the globe, selected by big-name DJs and artists like Dr. Dre, Elton John, Zane Lowe, and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme. Reactions were mixed its first day, but Beats 1 has proven to be extremely popular if Twitter chatter’s any indication.
Google Play Music, on the other hand, relies heavily on algorithms for its playlists, as Google services often do. But here’s the deliciously ironic part: Google employs a team of “music curators and editors” to hand-select every track in Play Music’s contextual playlists, according to Time. From that article:
“That human touch helps give the stations a quirky specificity that’s hard for computers to match—there are playlists for Ron Burgundy’s bachelor pad, Kanye West’s soul-sampling “Pink Polo” era and sipping tea with Drake.”
Like I said: ultra-rich executives of multinational companies are people too, and some people put their foot in their mouth all too often. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/2983776/streaming-services/schmidt-talking-google-boss-suggests-apple-music-is-elitist-and-outdated.html |
No company, big or small, is immune to a data breach. Many small employers falsely believe they can elude the attention of a hacker, yet studies have shown the opposite is true. According to the Symantec SMB Threat Awareness Poll Global Results, 40 per cent of the data breaches in 2011 were at small to mid-sized companies.
Data breach response policies are essential for organizations of any size. A response policy should outline how your company will respond in the event of a data breach, and lay out an action plan that will be used to investigate potential breaches to mitigate damage should a breach occur.
Each jurisdiction has different provisions for reporting a data breach. In some jurisdictions, impacted customers must be notified before a certain amount of time has passed. Check with legal council or your representative at The Hull Group regarding the regulations in your jurisdiction.
In addition to the affected clients, a company that has suffered a data breach is also encouraged to notify the appropriate Privacy Commissioner(s). In some jurisdictions, notification of the Privacy Commissioner is mandatory. In other jurisdictions, it is only recommended.
The four steps outlined in this article are based off of the recommendations made by the Privacy Commissioner in 2007.
At The Hull Group, we understand the negative effects a data breach can have at your company. Contact us today so we can show you how to recover from a breach and get your company back on its feet. | https://thehullgroup.com/responding-to-a-data-breach/ |
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Under the authority of the plant pest provisions of the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the regulations in 7 CFR part 340, “Introduction of Organisms and Products Altered or Produced Through Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant Pests or Which There Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,” regulate, among other things, the introduction (importation, interstate movement, or release into the environment) of organisms and products altered or produced through genetic engineering that are plant pests or that there is reason to believe are plant pests. Such genetically engineered organisms (GE) and products are considered “regulated articles.”
The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide that any person may submit a petition to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a determination that an article should not be regulated under 7 CFR part 340. Further, the regulations in § 340.6(e)(2) provide that a person may request that APHIS extend a determination of nonregulated status to other organisms. Such a request must include information to establish the similarity of the antecedent organism and the regulated article in question.
In a notice published in the Federal Register on December 5, 1997 (62 FR 64350-64351, Docket No. 97-052-2), APHIS announced our GA21. APHIS has received a request for an extension of a determination of nonregulated status (APHIS Number 09-063-01p) of GA21 to maize line HCEM485 [1] from Stine Seed Farm, Inc., (Stine Seed) of Research Triangle Park, NC. Stine Seed seeks a corn designated as maize line HCEM485, which has been genetically engineered to be glyphosate tolerant. In its request, Stine Seed stated that this corn is similar to GA21 and, based on the similarity to the antecedent organism, is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk and, therefore, should not be a regulated article under APHIS' regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
As described in the extension request, maize line HCEM485 has been genetically engineered by a 6.0 kb corn genomic fragment, originally isolated from a bacterial chromosome library derived from the corn inbred line B73, containing a modified form of the endogenous Zea mays EPSPS encoding gene. The antecedent organism, GA21, was made with a 1.3kb restriction fragment of the corn EPSPS gene. Both corn lines were produced with the same mutations responsible for conferring glyphosate herbicide tolerance. Maize line HCEM485 is currently regulated under 7 CFR part 340. Interstate movements and field tests of maize line HCEM485 have been conducted under notifications acknowledged by APHIS.
Field tests conducted under APHIS oversight allowed for evaluation in a natural agricultural setting while imposing measures to minimize the risk of persistence in the environment after completion of the test. Data are gathered on multiple parameters and used by the applicant to evaluate agronomic characteristics and product performance. These and other data are used by APHIS to determine whether the new variety poses a plant pest risk. Start Printed Page 13304
In section 403 of the PPA, “plant pest” is defined as any living stage of any of the following that can directly or indirectly injure, cause damage to, or cause disease in any plant product: A protozoan, a nonhuman animal, a parasitic plant, a bacterium, a fungus, a virus or viroid, an infectious agent or other pathogen, or any article similar to or allied with any of the foregoing. APHIS prepared a plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) and has concluded that maize line HCEM485 is similar to the antecedent organism and is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk.
APHIS has also prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) in which it presents two alternatives based on its analyses of data submitted by Stine Seed, a review of other scientific data, and field tests conducted under APHIS oversight. APHIS is considering the following alternatives: (1) Take no action, i.e., APHIS would not change the regulatory status of maize line HCEM485 and it would continue to be a regulated article, or (2) make a maize line HCEM485.
The draft EA has been prepared to provide the APHIS decisionmaker with a review and analysis of any potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed maize line HCEM485. The draft EA was prepared in accordance with (1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); (2) regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); (2) regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); (3) USDA regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372).
Based on APHIS' analysis of field and laboratory data submitted by Stine Seed, references provided in the extension request, peer-reviewed publications, information analyzed in the EA, and the similarity of maize line HCEM485 to the antecedent organism, GA21, APHIS has determined that maize line HCEM485 is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. We have therefore reached a preliminary decision to approve the request to extend the GA21 to maize line HCEM485, whereby maize line HCEM485 would no longer be subject to our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.
Paragraph (e) of § 340.6 provides that APHIS will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing all preliminary decisions to extend determinations of nonregulated status for 30 days before the decisions become final and effective. In accordance with § 340.6(e) of the regulations, we are publishing this notice to inform the public of our preliminary decision to extend the GA21 to maize line HCEM485.
APHIS will accept written comments on the draft EA and PPRA regarding a maize line HCEM485 for a period of 30 days from the date this notice is published in the Federal Register. The draft EA and PPRA, as well as the extension request and preliminary determination for maize line HCEM485, are available for public review as indicated under ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above. Copies of these documents may also be obtained by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
After the comment period closes, APHIS will review all written comments received during the comment period and any other relevant information. All comments received regarding the EA and PPRA will be available for public review. After reviewing and evaluating the comments on the EA and PPRA, APHIS will furnish a response to the petitioner regarding our final regulatory determination. APHIS will also publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the regulatory status of maize line HCEM485 and the availability of APHIS' written environmental decision and regulatory determination. | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/02/27/2013-04520/stine-seed-farm-inc-availability-of-plant-pest-risk-assessment-environmental-assessment-and |
2021 was quite a year. Some things changed, and some things very much stayed the same. The world of cyber security was not immune to this zeitgeist, with some aspects of the threat landscape persisting and some rapidly changing and evolving.
This piece will examine the key trends in the cybersecurity threat landscape that we saw over the last year. Covering topics from trojans to the pandemic, and everything in-between, by the end of this article, you should have a strong understanding of what happened in 2021. You might even feel better equipped to deal with 2022.
COVID-19
Unfortunately, COVID-19 is something that didn’t leave our shores for good in 2021. While the world continued to recover from the worst pandemic in a century, COVID-19 brought its own challenges for the cyber security industry and its practitioners.
The pandemic and shift to working from home presented challenges for organizations’ infosec teams. With phishing scams and their success on the rise, employers had to deliver more advanced training on social engineering scams. The lack of a traditional office environment was compounded by the lack of a traditional office. People who previously would have “sense-checked” an email with a colleague before opening it.
A further challenge that COVID-19 presented in 2021 was that many organizations, particularly small and medium-sized businesses, didn’t have the resources to kit out their employees with secure and vetted laptops for home working. Consequently, companies worldwide introduced ‘bring your own device’ policies for home working.
This, in conjunction with the rise in the efficacy of phishing scams, necessitated a heightened approach to endpoint monitoring, something that many companies are still on the road to adopting. In 2021, the average cost of an end-point security breach was close to $9.5million, so organizations with effective observability strategies and endpoint monitoring were well-positioned for COVID-19 from a security perspective.
While a Deloitte study indicated that the working from home conditions caused by the pandemic increased the risk of malicious insider threats, risks presented by other types of insider threats were also on the rise in 2021.
Misconfigured systems are a vital risk element of insider threats, and they aren’t always there maliciously. Human error is a far greater cause of security incidents and data breaches than those perpetrated by hackers.
In early 2021, the Brazilian branch of Experian, Serasa, experienced the leak of 220 million individuals’ personal data. While the investigation is still ongoing, early signs indicate that this resulted from an insider threat. Sadly for Experian, it isn’t the first time they have been the victims of a significant data breach.
Even companies like Peloton, who saw massive success owing to the pandemic, were not immune from insider threats. While it doesn’t appear to have been malicious, a misconfigured API gave anyone the ability to access users’ data. While Peloton protests that no one maliciously accessed this API, it’s another example of how insider threat, malicious or not, has the potential to open up a raft of problems for an organization.
Practices like GitOps and embedding observability practices in your development pipeline are great ways of ensuring that you don’t overlook the obvious when configuring new features or setting security policies. This will help stop you from falling victim to the “unintentional” or engineered insider threat.
The Return of the Trojan
Before the beginning of 2021, it seemed like trojan attacks had become somewhat passé, lost to the days of the early to mid-noughties and replaced by the much more fashionable ransomware. Unfortunately, the Solarwinds attack changed that, at least temporarily.
While the actual Solarwinds attack happened in 2020, most of the impact was felt in 2021. Essentially, hackers could inject malicious code into Solarwinds applications that shipped to customers, who were vulnerable due to the compromised software. This particular attack gained a large amount of publicity because of the caliber of Solarwinds’ customers, ranging from the US government to Microsoft.
While it’s common in security companies’ marketing to see rhetoric around how long a hacker resides in your system, the Solarwinds attack was living proof of that. Investigations indicate that Solarwinds pushed patches and updates with compromised code to their customers as early as March 2020. The nature of the malware was so sophisticated that not only did it go undetected for such an extended period, but it also gave the hackers the ability to access users’ systems and install even more malware and exfiltrate data.
A year on from the Solarwinds announcement, we have yet to hear the full extent of who and what was affected. It has raised the profile of these “supply chain attacks,” which target a trusted vendor and use their relationship with their customer network to distribute malware and exfiltrate data. It’s also made organizations challenge their traditional vendor relationships and look in-house or to systems integrators to build out tools.
How can you stop yourself from falling victim to another Solarwinds-type attack? Well, one option is to build everything in-house. However, if Microsoft isn’t doing that, it might be a little unrealistic. You can use cross-system observability to detect supply chain attacks earlier and minimize the subsequent damage. Are you using machine learning to baseline standard network traffic across your load-balancers to identify anomalous behavior better? Maybe you should.
Hybrid Cloud
From a technologist’s perspective, it certainly feels like 2021 was the year of the hybrid cloud. COVID-19 certainly had a role in that, but several other factors drove businesses towards a hybrid cloud in 2021. Chief among them is companies are increasingly adopting open standards to avoid vendor lock-in.
However, with hybrid cloud adoption comes a new range of threats and a new attack vector for many organizations. Previously on-premise companies will have to grapple with cloud security principles, which will bring their challenges and risks. Businesses will have to adopt containerization technology to effectively use hybrid cloud, which again carries its own security considerations.
It’s not just threats, though. Hybrid cloud presents real opportunities for innovation in cyber security. Public cloud can be used as a vault for ransomware protection (see the section below for more) or simply as a DR datacenter. These new architectures mean even smaller businesses can take advantage of the scalability and elasticity of the cloud for cyber security use cases.
Hybrid cloud security is an area where observability is vital. The ability to homogenize metrics, alerts, and triggers across your entire estate (on-prem and in the cloud) is invaluable in maintaining a healthy and protected infrastructure.
Ransomware
It wouldn’t be a cyber security blog without talking about ransomware, would it? It’s estimated that ransomware has cost companies and individuals $6 trillion in 2021, which is a staggering figure. Ransomware dominated the news in 2021, and that’s because its victims were mainly government institutions or household brands.
Surprisingly, financial services businesses received fewer successful cyber attacks than any other major industry. That’s not to say that they weren’t targeted, but it likely speaks to the enhanced security procedures banks and insurance companies have in place specifically to deal with ransomware.
As ransomware dominated the news, our inboxes, webinars, and LinkedIn targeted adverts followed suit with a range of recommendations, promises, and statistics about how to prevent it. But what do we know about preventing ransomware attacks?
You need an effective malware detection system and firewall, you need zero-trust networking, you need backups and fast recovery capabilities, and you need immutability. Stringing these together in a clever way, using automation, or making the best of hybrid cloud will undoubtedly help, but one key component will make a real difference.
The ability to visualize and monitor all of the components mentioned above on a single pane of glass is vital. Think of it as your ransomware dashboard. Having an observability platform that shows you if you’re protected, what your most recent valid backup is, and what your RPO will be.
Log4j
A pervasive known vulnerability spanning every industry and touching most companies certainly wasn’t an ideal end to 2021.
The log4j vulnerability was made public in December 2021, and it had everyone refactoring their code, releasing urgent patches, and questioning their use of libraries in production code. We still don’t know the worldwide effect of the log4j vulnerability, and it may take some time for that to become clear. Some early victims, such as the Belgian Defense Ministry, have already emerged. More will undoubtedly follow.
What we do know is this – organizations’ use of libraries in production code will be reviewed. Also, SRE teams need to think about their ability to push fixes rapidly and roll back releases. We mentioned combining GitOps and observability above, but if there was ever a compelling reason to act, log4j was it.
This article may seem like the cyber security world was largely on fire in 2021. Not true. There were victims of all of the key trends mentioned above, and trillions of dollars will have been spent, paid, or fined as a result. But not every company was a victim to these threats, and those that aren’t are either lucky or doing things differently. It’s difficult to prescribe luck, but at Coralogix, we can offer a different approach.
By taking a holistic view of security underpinned by a leading observability platform, you can monitor and observe what’s going right and what might be going wrong at all times in your infrastructure. Sometimes you need to zoom out to deal with the problem effectively, and Coralogix gives you the ability to do just that. | https://coralogix.com/blog/cyber-security-2021-what-happened/ |
It’s your guest writer Herbert Mauerer again.
A very common AD disaster is an unexpected deletion or modification of objects. Unlike a bad football match or family meeting, you can prepare for that and make the crisis more bearable. In this blog, I will discuss best practices of Windows Server 2003 and 2008 forest level backup and restore. I will not discuss Windows 2000 as it’s at the end of its lifetime, and also not Windows 2008 R2 because we have a pretty good solution for object deletion without the need for backups: AD Recycle Bin.
AD Object deletions and unwanted modifications are often due to human error. Sometimes a bad script does that or a provisioning system, but then these are also created by humans. The common factor is the data loss. Now there is quite some complexity in the current KB article on AD object restores:
840001 How to restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;840001
You can determine the state of linked attribute values like group memberships from the replication meta-data on the object. When you run “repadmin.exe /showobjmeta“, the link “Type” says LEGACY:
Type Attribute Last Mod Time Originating DC Loc.USN Org. USN Ver Distinguished Name = LEGACY member CN=test-user1,OU=Test-OU,DC=contoso,DC=com PRESENT member 2008-09-16 18:22:29 HQcontoso-DC1 175379684 1 CN=test-user2,OU=Test-OU,DC=contoso,DC=com
The line for LEGACY does not have data on the latest change all these values share that with the attribute meta-data listed in the first part of the output.
Hint: I use the “for” command in CMD for loops for direct execution on the command line. When you use CMD scripts, you need to change loop variables like “%f” to “%f”.
The steps are:
1. Freeze the group memberships, stop all group member management.
2. Export the groups in your domain:
Dsquery group dc=contoso,dc=com /limit 0 > grouplist.txt Review the list and remove all built-in groups. You cannot remove all members there, and these groups usually don’t have many members to begin with. Also, there’s hope nobody deletes the memberships for these.
In object counting, I use an older version of the MKS toolkit WC.EXE which counts lines, words and characters. You need a similar tool that counts lines in text files. You may have a favorite tool for that, or use a text editor that provides a line count, and use that to get the line count for the bigger output files.
For “delims=” %f in (grouplist.txt) do wc groupmembers %f > membercount.txt
The file membercount.txt has the count of members in the first column. Groups with more than 5000 members require special treatment. I suggest moving their member list into a folder “big-groups1”.
5. For all other groups, execute:
Dir /b groupmembers >grouplist-small.txt For /f “delims=” %f in (grouplist-small.txt) do dsmod group “%f” /chmbr < ” groupmembers%f”
Hint: “%f” is in double quotes here as “dir /b” does not print quotes, and we want to handle names with spaces properly.
So after this, the small groups are off our radar.
Dir /b big-groups1> big-groups1.txt For /f “delims=” %f in (big-groups1.txt) do dsmod group “%f” /chmbr < ” big-groups1%f”
Dir /b big-groups2> big-groups2.txt For /f “delims=” %f in (big-groups2.txt) do dsmod group “%f” /chmbr < ” big-groups2%f” 7. Verify the change by getting the group meta-data:
For “delims=” %f in (grouplist.txt) do repadmin /showobjmeta . %f > group-meta%f
The output files in “group-meta” should have “LEGACY” only for other attributes.
Well, this was quite some work. The good news is that we don’t have to worry about the primary group… 🙂
I suggest you test-drive this with test groups, for these tests it does not matter that the members are in LVR mode already. Then expand the work to smaller OU trees until you tackle the rest of the domain. One idea would be to split out parts of the group-list.txt so you impact a few groups only.
937855 After you restore deleted objects by performing an authoritative restoration on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, the linked attributes of some objects are not replicated to the other domain controllers http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;937855 943576 Active Directory objects may not be replicated from the restored server after an authoritative restore on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943576
When you install Fix 943576 on the DCs you backup on a regular basis, you should not see any issues. In the long run, you should get this fix on all DCs in the enterprise. This problem is fixed in Windows 2008.
On top of that, there are also problem with the tool we use to restore the objects, NTDSUTIL.
Problems with object names containing extended characters: 886689 The Ntdsutil authoritative restore operation is not successful if the distinguished name path contains extended characters in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;886689 910823 Error message when you try to import .ldf files on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1: “Add error on line LineNumber: No such object” http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;910823
Problems with excessive links in the LDIF files: 951320 The ntdsutil.exe utility in Windows Server 2003 writes out too many links to .ldf files during an authoritative restore process http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;951320
The good news is that having fix 951320 on the DCs you backup often also takes care of problem 910823. Fix 951320 is included in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.
There is a new problem with authoritative restores where objects are not treated correctly in replication. We have a corrective fix in NTDSUTIL for that:
974803 The domain controller runs slower or stops responding when the garbage collection process runs http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;974803
This last problem is not fixed in Windows Server 2008 yet. The problem cannot happen on Windows Server 2008 R2.
How to Avoid Accidental Deletion
Most of the AD objects recovery cases we see in our support work are because of accidental deletions. Typically, there are whole OUs with lots of user, groups and computer accounts affected. These objects have attributes that can’t be recovered by re-creation as you can’t get the same Sid again.
For this problem, Microsoft has implemented an option in the Windows Server 2008 Admin Tools, also available for Windows Vista using RSAT (Remote Server Administration Toolkit). This version has a check box “Protect object from accidental deletion” when “advanced view” is enabled. This flag is set automatically on all OUs you create with this admin tool.
When this is used, the OU itself and its parent get ACEs (Access Control Entries) that deny “Everyone” the permission to delete the object itself and child objects. This works with Domains hosted on Windows Server 2003. You can add the ACEs this way using your own tools and scripts and you will get the same effect.
Thus such a mass deletion should not happen by accident anymore, as you need to step through clearing the check box. Yes, the deletion might still happen from a script, but then it’s written to remove these ACEs and brings the problem to the next level, the script programmer. At this point, you can’t call it accidental anymore.
A Solution
For the object deletion scenario, Windows Server 2008 R2 offers the AD Recycle Bin. The forest needs to run in the Windows Server 2008 R2 forest mode and the feature needs to be enabled separately.
All objects that are deleted will have no attributes removed anymore, and linked attributes will have a third state to signal they are inactive pointing to a deleted object. When the object is reactivated, the link state will be switched to active again.
The graphical user interface for this facility is not in this release, but the groundwork is done, PowerShell is available, and there are scripts to help you perform the recovery.
Until you can enable this feature, the task is to be prepared for object deletions. This article will still be useful for unwanted object attribute modifications.
7 years ago sandeepanand Hi, About the kb article mentioned http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943576
In the "More Information" point no. 3 it says restart in DSRM > point 4 . apply hotfix and reboot in normal mode . Then it goes on "To restore the database, make sure that this hotfix is installed on all the domain controllers that are frequently backed up and that are the primary servers. After you install this hotfix, the system state backup will simplify failure recovery." | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2010/03/30/best-practices-around-active-directory-authoritative-restores-in-windows-server-2003-and-2008/ |
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An Internet rumor that Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has died in a French car crash is being taken advantage of by cybercriminals, who have planted malware posing as video footage of the accident. The bogus story, which has been repeated across the Internet and is the subject of many postings on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, claims:
"Johnny Depp's car was found along side a road outside Bordeaux, France, with the guard rail embedded deep inside the car. A tourist was driving down the road when he saw a car wreck alongside the road. He stepped out and tried to see if anyone was in there while his wife dialed the police for help. To his dismay, he found the a body in the car among liquor bottles. The police arrived at the scene shortly after and pulled out the body of the former actor, Johnny Depp."
In truth, the rumor appears to have started as a sick prank on a Website, posing as a CNN news report.
However, the story's dodgy source hasn't stopped others from repeating it, and -- sadly -- hackers have taken advantage of what is currently one of the most commonly searched-for topics on the Internet.
Watch this video to find out more:
Curious Internet users who search for information about Depp can find themselves on a Web page which claims to contain video evidence of his death.
The site, however, tries to trick you into downloading an ActiveX codec for your browser, infecting your Windows computer with a Trojan horse called Troj/Dldr-DB.
More details of this attack can be found on my blog on the Sophos website.
Johnny Depp is not the first celebrity to have had their bogus death exploited by hackers. In the past, Harry Potter actress Emma Watson and rapper Kanye West have both had fake stories distributed claiming that they died in car crashes, and actor Tom Cruise has been the subject of false claims that he fell off a cliff while filming.
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Sebastopol, CA–Knoppix fans are familiar with the story of its creation: how Klaus Knopper created a bootable Linux CD distribution so he could take his favorite open source tools with him wherever he went, rather than opt for the expense of a laptop and the additional the worry of losing or damaging it. With Knoppix, as he called his distribution, Klaus was able to go from computer to computer and get right to work with an operating system and environment that were familiar to him, without the need to install software on every computer he encountered. Over the years, he improved hardware support for Knoppix until it was able to recognize and automatically configure much of the hardware it came in contact with. “Many people only view Knoppix as a Linux demo disk, a job it does perform quite well,” notes Kyle Rankin, author of “Knoppix Hacks” (O’Reilly, US $29.95), “but even from the beginning, Knoppix was used to get real work done.”
And people continue to use Knoppix to get real work done–at a rate that’s growing by thousands daily–but, as with many open source tools, documentation is scarce. “Knoppix is a very flexible CD and is useful for anyone from a beginner to an expert,” says Rankin, “‘Knoppix Hacks’ follows this idea by creating a range of hacks that the beginner trying out Knoppix for the first time can learn from and the expert in his day-to-day job can use to add to his knowledge.”
Rankin’s book shows readers how to use Knoppix to its full potential, including the steps to use it as a desktop distribution, a rescue CD, and more. “You’ll find ways to use Knoppix that you may have never considered, and you may even think of ways to use Knoppix beyond what this book covers.” Rankin claims that he started his work on the book as a Knoppix fan but by the time he had finished writing down the number of things it could do, he wound up a Knoppix zealot.
“I have used Knoppix and other CDs for rescue purposes for years and loved the idea of putting together all of the different problems you might encounter with a computer with the solutions to the problems all using the same CD,” says Rankin. “In ‘Knoppix Hacks’ I wanted to create a book that a sys admin would reach for first in a crisis because both the tools and know-how to use those tools would be in a single place.” “Knoppix Hacks” includes everything new users need to get started, including Knoppix on CD-ROM. The tips and tools in the book show readers how to use the software on the CD to troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, disinfect, and get work done on any computer with a CD drive. With Knoppix, users can:
“This is probably the first Hacks title that transcends the Hacks philosophy and becomes a ‘user manual’ on Knoppix. There just isn’t anything out on the market like this book, and once you read the material you quickly realize how much you’ve been missing by not having a Knoppix CD in your CD case. This is an incredible book on an incredible tool that is much more than what meets the eye. Highly recommended.” –Thomas “Duffbert” Duff, www.twduff.com, November 2004 “Many techies and hackers recognize that Knoppix is a great tool and have added it to their toolset. ‘Knoppix Hacks’ is a wonderful complement to Knoppix. I recommend it to both experienced sysadmins and newbie hackers.” –James Pryor, NewsForge, November 2004 | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2004/11/19/use-knoppix-to-its-full-potential-oreilly-releases-knoppix-hacks/ |
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While this is nothing new, there is an important observation here that’s worth emphasizing: none of these cases involved online transactions.
Many people innocently believe that they’re safe from credit card fraud and identity theft in the brick and mortar world. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The vast majority of incidents can be traced to skimming, dumpster diving, and just plain stupidity among those who “own” our personal data.
Only a small fraction of such incidents result from online transactions. Every time you pay by check, use a debit or credit card, or fill out an application for insurance, housing, credit, employment, or education, you lose control of sensitive data.
In the US, a merchant is at liberty to do anything he pleases with the information, and this includes selling it to a third party without your knowledge or permission, or entering it into a computerized database, possibly with lax access controls, and possibly connected to the Internet.
Sadly, Congress’s response has been to increase the penalties for identity theft, rather than to regulate access to, and use of, personal data by merchants, marketers, and data miners. Incredibly, the only person with absolutely no control over the collection, storage, security, and use of such sensitive information is its actual owner.
For this reason, it’s literally impossible for an individual to prevent identity theft and credit card fraud, and it will remain impossible until Congress sees fit to regulate the privacy invasion industry.
There is another option. An alternative system of identity management, one based on sound privacy principals and strong encryption could very quickly replace the central repository role of the personal information brokers.
Any time you have lots of valuable private information in one place it becomes a tempting target. Only by distributing the information to a large number of privacy brokers can the benefits of having the information available come into balance with the risks of storing it.
Wow, that’s quite a non-response you have there. You said exactly nothing. My private information “wants” to be in the hands of whoever wants it? Interesting.
I guess we should give up on security entirely then. I think I’ll go ahead and post my name, address, SSN, and all account numbers on a public web page, so I can simply hand out the URL as needed.
Then, I’ll stop writing to my representatives about the privacy and security issues. I’ll just explain that we’ve been wrong all along; that sensitive data just “wants” to be free after all.
Humans and Information are like curious primates and a stack of thigh bones…
Unless you can figure out how to make humans naturally smarter each generation on a large-scale information will always be misused. Just an FYI: It isn’t the Information that is the problem.
With banks increasingly abusing recent legislation allowing them to post check images online for customer review, we have a new threat. Anyone whose online banking credentials are compromised is now victim to a massive exposure of personal information. It was bad enough when an intruder had access to your bank account–now he can see the account numbers of your credit cards, your doctors’ names, your business associates’ names, the check recipients’ endorsement signatures, and anything else you or anyone else ever writes on a check. This is a whole new class of information which banks are now disclosing; much of it is advisory information for the people you are writing the checks to, e.g. your account number, which the bank has no need to know and certainly no business disclosing online.
Banks should be allowed to disclose only check numbers and amounts. This check images thing is going to bite a lot of people in the ass. This is such a serious matter I can’t understand why it isn’t being posted all over the network security media. Dr. Schneier, please share any thoughts you have on this matter. Thanks.
Davi Ottenheimer • March 30, 2005 10:51 AM
Well, my point in posting the Register article on your log (http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/03/more_on_choicep.html) was not to emphasize the futility of securing information, but rather to suggest that disclosure laws have a real impact that favors personal identity safety over big business (ChoicePoint) profit motives.
The Register article makes a fine point about the problems, but it skirts over the fact that March has had more disclosures than ever due to government-led regulation.
Security professionals, and even Howard Schmidt, may quibble over whether the break-ins are online or offline, but the bottom line is that if someone is a steward of your personal information and they give it to a criminal, they should notify you. Period. You need to know when that information is misplaced/stolen regardless of the method.
In fact, emphasizing the distinction between brick-and-mortar and online transactions is relevant today if only to help people see the need for defense-in-depth and bring the CSO and CISO roles together. That is good fodder for companies to chew on as they investigate their risk profile, but consumers really do not care if a criminal accesses their data from a database directly or tricks an employee into doing it.
Information wants to be free, but so does most of the population of any given prison. Carrying the analogy a step or two further, if the warden at any given prison were as careless with the inmates in his/her charge as the fine folks at ChoicePoint has been with data, do you think they would still have a job? It is certainly difficult to secure both information and prisoners, but I think we can all agree that the effort must be made.
As for the idea of returning control over information to it’s original owner, would this be the same population that makes a password the same as their birthday, then gets angry at the inconvenience of being forced to change it every 6 months? If somebody engages in criminally negligent behavior with my personal information, I sure don’t want them coming back to me to say I should have been more careful with it. Anything short of laws holding corporations and their officers liable for their acts or omissions is merely buck-passing masquerading as reform.
I recall the Dilbert cartoon where Dilbert was out dining with a young lady. While he was lecturing her about the dangers of sending his credit card number out over the Web, he handed his card to the waitress.
She came back at the end of his lecture wearing a mink coat.
The issue is not how to completely give up and survive in a completely lawless and hostile survivors-only world, but how to help contribute to (if not create) a more safe environment that encourages stability and positive economic growth while preserving individual liberties. In other words, the goal is to reduce vulnerability AND mitigate threat.
I mean if you measure risk as assets x vulnerability x threat, your rootin-tootin’ gun-totin’ style of security only handles half the issue. If you’re the sharpest-shooter in Dodge, then you have the potential to reduce your vulnerability (and even that is questionable since armed resistance often begets an escalation of risk). So while you might feel less vulnerable with your trusty firearm in pocket, that alone does not cost-effectively reduce the threat (which I believe is the bigger concern in your case).
Rick Wash • March 30, 2005 4:30 PM
This is a common misconception. In America, we don’t actually own our personal data. It is owned by those who spent the time and effort collecting it. This is a difference from Europe, which (I think) has personal data ownership laws that give ownership to the person it pertains to. Because the data is about you doesn’t mean you own it (or should own it).
Personally, I think assigning ownership rights to the person the data is about is a definite step in the right direction.
Control over one’s personal ID information is a myth.
But that doesn’t mean everybody will be send to prison because some person stole his/hers ID and used it for malicious things.
I mean, with credit card fraud the credit card owner isn’t victimized, because when he/she notices the fraud he/she immediately calls the bank and who undoes the transaction. That’s why most E commerce-shop’s go bankrupt, it’s because customer (victimized ones) undo their transactions, while the E commerce-shop’s they are left with no money.
Well, I’m no James Bond, so i don’t know all the possible ID thefts that do work, but i don’t exclude the fact that there are ways on stealing an ID.
Let’s face it, an ID really is nothing more than a registration at some government agency in which it states that my face belongs to that ID.
Who’s to know if it’s true or not ?
And when is a new ID created. At the birth of a new human.
In the Netherlands we have a registration duty of every newborn by law. It then gets a birth-certificate ( and of course they are registered in a national database).
I think ID is all based on faith. Faith in the fact that the person that faces you really is the person he/she claims to be.
I personally think no digital electronic system is going to guarantee ID security or validity for that matter.
The title of this thread is “ID Theft is Inescapable”. Drop the ID and we have “Theft is Inescapable”, and who would want to argue with that.
The issue is really one of reducing the crime and its effects to acceptable and managable proportions. This is nothing new.
What is new is the level of identity-related crime and public perception of it. It’s the “in” problem.
As time passes, we will get a better grip on it, through legal sanctions, law enforcement, business behaviour and personal care.
The reason ID Theft is Inescapable is because the current identification system is based on the assumption that you can identify someone by having them provide ‘secret’ information about themselves as verification that they are who they claim to be. The problem is that every time I want to verify my identity, I need to display my ‘secret’ information in the public domain. In an age where information is being captured, stored and distributed at an ever increasing rate, requiring me to share my ‘secret’ information in public every time I want to identify myself is obviously going to allow violation of my identity.
The solution is not to create numerous pieces of legislate that all attempt to control the data and keep it ‘secret’ because this is impossible. Rather, a system needs to be developed that is not based on data having to be ‘secret’ to identify an individual in the first place.
I’ve heard this cliche so many times, but the blatant falsehood never seems to be addressed. Information is inanimate. It couldn’t care less whether it is shared or not.
However, what people really mean when they say this is “I want your information, no matter what you think”. This attitude directly leads to a lack of respect for other’s property- including their identity. Hacking into systems, stealing and sharing information, publishing information that is damaging to others all naturally follow.
If you don’t accurately state the issue, you will never be able to address it.
I use a credit monitoring service, which I use to think was a waste of money, but don’t think that now.
My ex-wife puts a fraud alert on her credit every two years. This requires the credit bureau to call you any and every time someone tries to get credit in your name.
Don’t be fooled into believing that LifeLock can keep you safe. They just admitted (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/03/lifelock.shtm) that they have been lying to their customers about their service.
If you’ve been using LifeLock; you’ve been played for a fool. | https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/03/id_theft_is_ine.html |
HyLyt announces that it would be launching its patent-pending chat platform before the end of the month to help users chat and collaborate safely and securely. The platform provides E2E chats which can create backups and is fully encrypted. It leaves the saving option to the users, thus helping to maintain data security and full privacy to users. The app with innovative technology aims to provide users with the option of group chat security, screen security and set up options for self-destructing messages. HyLyt aims to provide search options using tags (links) to make chats and groups more organized, efficient, and easy to use.
Rajat Singhania, Founder of SocioRac, HyLyt, said, “Technology is revolutionizing the world and its importance will only increase with time. But like every good thing, the use of technology also needs to be done responsibly and the first thing that comes in a line of question is the data security and privacy of users. Given the current concern about data privacy and policies by various leading players in the market; it is important that users have a choice and knowledge about alternatives that are available in the market.” | https://www.mobilityindia.com/hylyt-to-launch-a-made-in-india-collaboration-platform-with-full-data-protection/ |
When my university started using a two-factor authentication system for logging in to our student portals seemingly out of the blue, I was among the many students who were annoyed. Not only had I never used two-factor authentication before, but I also was often logging in to my portal in a hurry so I could access my email, sign in to our Blackboard for my class, or see my grades. It seemed like such a hassle to have to not only come up with a new password every few months that required a mixture of capital letters, special characters, numbers, and nothing I had ever used before in a password, but also have to answer a phone call or receive a text every single time I tried to log in, which was multiple times a day. Having never used two-factor authentication before, I was unfamiliar with the process and how much it protected me from fraud, hacks, and more.
If you have a business, the facts are simple: you need to be using two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of protection to your website, social media account, email, and more. This simple extra layer can keep your private information as well as that of your customers and clients safe, all for only a little extra work on your part. For the most part, two-factor authentication requires very little from you. It is often a phone call, text message, or email with a unique code, a Face ID on your phone, or a fingerprint. While this might seem like an annoyance in the moment, taking a few extra seconds to confirm your identity can help keep your website and other business accounts safe. Additionally, you can easily implement this practice into your personal accounts as well. Resetting your password and going through the work to confirm your identity each time you have to do so is a lot more work than taking preventative measures earlier on!
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Maintaining your personal information 100% these days is incredibly tough. Even significant firms like Yahoo and Equifax have actually experienced significant breaches that influenced countless users.
How can a civilian or small company avoid a cyber security breach from developing? The very best trait to accomplish is purchase a top measured antivirus – preferably one that automatically updates regularly.
Modern antivirus resources are actually helped make to manage a selection of threats like rootkits, Trojans, adaware, spyware, and ransomware.
There are actually loads of programs to decide on, yet how perform you know which one to invest in? Even though Windows 10 possesses its own anti-viruses and also protection tools, numerous users don’t consider it to be sufficient as well as choosefor a much better collection of security resources.
Even it is actually simple to use, you never understand when you could require technology support, which need to be actually on call 24/7.
Just before setting up any sort of antivirus plan, look over the unit criteria to see to it is compatible along with your computer/ gadget and also system software.
It must work smoothly behind-the-scenes as well as deregulate with your active applications.
A “Game” or even “Movie” setting is an useful attribute also because it places notices on hold so that your full-screen experience will not be actually hampered.
An essential anti-viruses plan could not offer each of the protection you’ll need for life – specifically if you’re managing a business or even home office.
Cyber crooks are coming to be more and more advanced continuously, thus you’ll need to have simply the most effective antivirus defense that has the ability to stay on top of each one of the newest risks.
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So, now that you understand what to look for, what is actually the top rated anti-viruses that numerous experts encourage? Avast is a highly-rated label in the internet security field.
Its own anti-virus software program is on call as a Basic Version and also Pro version, as well as there are actually a selection of registration alternatives to select from.
Whatever type of protection you necessity, you can easily rely on that there is actually an Avast Antivirus solution that fulfills those necessities.
Your computer system has actually iced up. Sometimes it’s on a web page that is requiring loan so they will give you control of your pc once again. Often it just perishes, and you can not.
receive it returning for affection or loan. Sometimes it’s just managing little by little and also occasionally it completely system crashes.
The majority of the time our team will certainly say we have an infection in our personal computer and also just like the ones our team may enter our physical bodies, these infections attack our personal computer’s hard drive area or central processing unit which makes it very hard to deal with.
Necessarily, a virus is actually a harmful software application that reproduces on its own through changing various other courses as well as putting its very own code. That is, it gets involved in your pc and afterwards manages your courses occasionally leaving all of them certainly not operating at all.
Those that launch these viruses are making use of social planning deceptions to capitalize on the vulnerabilities that systems have. Often, regardless of whether you have a protection device on your pc, the virus may thwart it and still contaminate it.
Viruses cost billions of bucks a year in economic damage due to the fact that the damages they induce is actually therefore great. They are actually targeted for profit or even political messages or subversion. In some cases the people that generate them are actually merely in it for the fun of enjoying users experience as well as experience they carry out.
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On the contrary, malware is actually harmful software program, things like ransomware, earthworms, Trojan equines and also spyware. They, the good news is, don’t hamper the hard drive space or manage control of your pc, although they are still frustrating to have and to handle.
There are lots of places that manage eliminating malware from your computer and even systems you can easily install that will definitely check and also do away with all of them coming from your system. Right now.
that we understand even more about these factors, safety and security systems have pre-programmed scans that happen at an allocated opportunity to scan the personal computer and sharp you to any sort of complications.
prior to they obtain extremely significant to take care of. Using an anti-virus program and your surveillance you remain in a really good place to maintain your computer operating effectively. Sure sometimes, it goes slow.
and at times you need specialist support and also thankfully there are actually those who manage computers on a daily basis and also recognize what they are doing.
In the meantime, back up just about anything essential so you don’t drop it if the next large infection assaults your pc.
The adopting rate of smart phones remains to shoot up, along with Android breaking the ice. The open-source operating system that is actually led through Google is right now discovered on more than half of all smartphones. This massive user foundation has actually recorded the interest of cybercriminals, that have actually started to multiply adverse their initiatives to illegally acquire individual info from Android proprietors.
While most mobile malware is found in nations like Russia and China, individuals from Europe and also the United States may not be entirely invulnerable.
Modern Malware threats are actually evolving|developing|progressing|advancing|growing} constantly however taking these steps will certainly create it considerably harder for hackers to gain control of your records. Many of the moment cyber lawbreakers are actually aiming to benefit from ridiculous errors that people are actually creating daily. Keep vigilant and 99% of the time you’ll remain secure!
There is actually no greatest anti-virus course as a whole. You can create the most effective selection of your antivirus software program depending on your objectives, your needs, and your atmosphere.
silent player setting, as well as various other readily available possibilities.
A detailed component collection includes strength to antivirus option.
The greatest surveillance plans have extensive online and also offline technological help. The system seller ought to offer an internet expert system, FAQs, tutorials, individual forums.
The greatest sellers supply 24/7 help so you can inquire your questions by phone, e-mail or conversation anytime.
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Friday, June 20, 2014 - 10:29amLos Alamos National Laboratory recently installed a new high-performance computer system, called Wolf, which will be used for unclassified research. Wolf will help modernize mid-tier resources available to the lab and can be used to advance many fields of science.
Wolf, manufactured by Cray Inc., has 616 compute nodes, each with two 8-core 2.6 GHz Intel “Sandybridge” processors, 64 GB of memory and a high-speed Infiniband interconnect network. It utilizes LANL's existing Panasas parallel file system as well as a new one based on Lustre technology. About the photo: The Wolf computer system modernizes mid-tier resources for Los Alamos scientists. | http://nnsa.energy.gov/blog/lanl-installs-high-performance-computer-system |
July 2022 had 66 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 and up records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. This figure is 5.71% less than the 70 data breach report in June 2022 and July 2021. Although the number of data breaches dropped a bit from June, the average monthly rate of data breaches being reported is above 57 breaches every month.
For two consecutive months, the number of compromised or impermissibly exposed healthcare records reached 5 million. 66 reported incidents involved 5,331,869 breached records, which is higher than the 3,499,029 average per month. July had 8.97% fewer breached records compared to June 2022 and 7.67% less compared to July 2021.
Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in July 2022
July had 25 data breaches involving 10,000 and up records reported. 15 of the breaches happened at business associates of HIPAA-covered entities. The biggest data breach involved a ransomware attack on the Professional Finance Company, an accounts receivable management provider. Just as in the PFC breach, cyberattacks on business associates could impact a lot of different HIPAA-covered entities. In this case, 657 HIPAA-covered entities had been impacted. PFC reported the breach as impacting over 1.9 million persons, though a number of those clients have submitted separate data breach reports. It is not clear how many patient records in total had been compromised in the ransomware attack.
The second biggest data breach happened at OneTouchPoint, a mailing vendor in Wisconsin. OneTouchPoint reported this ransomware attack as impacting over 1 million persons. However, as what happened in the ransomware attack at PFC, some of its healthcare company customers self-reported the data breach, which includes Aetna ACE Health Plan. Another healthcare company, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, likewise encountered a big ransomware attack. The healthcare company based in Indiana confirmed that the threat actors had published the stolen information on their data leak website.
1. Professional Finance Company, Inc. – 1,918,941 ransomware attack 2. OneTouchPoint, Inc. – 1,073,316 ransomware attack 3. Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine – 362,833 individuals affected by ransomware attack with data leak 4. Aetna ACE CT – 326,278 individuals on the mailing vendor, OneTouchPoint
5. Synergic Healthcare Solutions, LLC dba Fast Track Urgent Care Center – 258,411 individuals affected by hacking incident at its billing vendor PracticeMax
6. Avamere Health Services, LLC – 197,730 individuals affected by the hacking incident with data theft 7. BHG Holdings, LLC dba Behavioral Health Group – 197,507 individuals affected by hacking incident with data theft 8. Premere Infinity Rehab, LLC – 183,254 hacking incident at its business associate, Avamere Health Services, with data theft
12. Magie Mabrey Hughes Eye Clinic, P.A. also called Arkansas Retina – 57,394 individuals on EHR vendor (Eye Care Leaders)
13. McLaren Port Huron – 48,957 hacking incident at its business associate, MCG Health with data theft 14. Southwest Health Center – 46,142 individuals affected by the hacking incident with data theft 15. WellDyneRx, LLC – 43,523 individuals affected by email account breach 16. Associated Eye Care – 40,793 ransomware attack on its EHR vendor, Eye Care Leaders 17. Zenith American Solutions – 37,146 individuals affected by mailing error 18. Benson Health – 28,913 hacking incident 19. Healthback Holdings, LLC – 21,114 individuals affected by a breach of email accounts 20. East Valley Ophthalmology – 20,734 ransomware attack on its EHR vendor, Eye Care Leaders 21. Arlington Skin – 17,468 hacking incident at the EHR management firm, Virtual Private Network Solutions
22. The Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network – 17,161 individuals affected by a breach of email accounts
23. Granbury Eye Clinic – 16,475 ransomware attack on its EHR vendor, Eye Care Leaders 24. CHRISTUS Spohn Health System Corporation – 15,062 individuals affected by ransomware attack with data leak 25. Central Maine Medical Center – 11,938 individuals were affected by the hacking incident at its business associate, Shields Healthcare Group
Causes of Healthcare Data Breaches in July 2022
In July, hacking/IT incidents topped the breach reports. 55 data breaches were categorized as hacking/IT incidents, and ransomware attacks are still a challenge for the healthcare sector. Of the top 25 breaches, 9 were due to ransomware attacks, though HIPAA-covered entities usually don’t divulge the exact nature of cyberattacks and if they involved ransomware. In all the hacking incidents, 5,195,024 (97.43%) individual records were exposed. The average and median breach sizes were 94,455 and 4,447 records, respectively.
July had 8 unauthorized access/disclosure incidents that affected 59,784 records. The average and median breach sizes were 7,473 and 1,920 records, respectively. Three incidents involved the loss of devices/physical records affecting 77,061 records. There was also one theft incident.
The breaches in July were mostly hacking incidents. 56% affected PHI kept on network servers. 12 incidents were a combination of phishing and brute force attacks resulting in unauthorized access to email accounts.
Hybrid phishing attacks on the healthcare sector increased in recent months. The attacks involved the sending of non-malicious emails with a telephone number controlled by the threat actor. Based on Agari, Q2 of 2022 had an increase of hybrid phishing attacks by 625%. The preliminary contact was through email and the scam happened over the telephone. A number of ransomware groups have used this strategy as the primary means of getting preliminary access to the network of victims. The baits employed in the email messages are usually notifications concerning forthcoming charges that are going to be placed when the recipient doesn’t call the telephone number to stop the transaction for the renewal of a product subscription or a software solution or service’s free trial that is about to end. With these attacks, the victim is fooled into starting a remote access session with the threat actor.
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights only announced 4 enforcement actions from January to June; but in July, HHS OCR announced 12 enforcement actions with payment of financial penalties to settle HIPAA violations. OCR is also working on its HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative. There were 11 penalties imposed for the inability to give patients prompt access to their health records. The 10 enforcement actions had been settled, and one was settled with payment of the civil monetary penalty.
In July, one investigation resolved with OCR involved multiple alleged HIPAA Rules violations that were discovered in association with the investigation of a data breach involving 279,865 records at Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences.
State attorneys general did not announce any HIPAA enforcement actions in July. | https://www.calhipaa.com/healthcare-data-breach-report-in-july-2022/ |
Your data is vulnerable. Groups with malicious intentions are targeting small businesses. Many do not have the right measures to protect themselves.
Ransomware is fast becoming one of the most widespread types of malware around. Here is how it attacks unsuspecting individuals and businesses: you click on an ad, an email attachment, or a link that allows hackers to access your device and hold your data hostage. They would ask you to pay a price, usually through cryptocurrency, to give your data and device back.
However, even if you pay the ransom, there is no guarantee that you will get your files back. In that case, as they say, prevention is better than cure. Adopting strategies to stop an attack is better than having to pay thousands of dollars for nothing.
Ransomware is only one of the reasons why you should create duplicates of your files. There are so many things that may happen, like a natural disaster or hardware malfunction, that may cause you to lose your data and start from scratch.
Many companies are using the Cloud as their backup plan. The Cloud has measures in place to prevent cyber attacks. For example, ServiceNow Security operations involve detecting and addressing breaches quickly to protect your data. You can rest easy knowing that you can respond to cyber attacks as soon as they happen.
In the incident of ransomware, you will not be forced to pay up the ransom to recover your data. You can ignore the threat knowing that you still have copies of your data stored in a secure location.
Invest in Detection Software
Every business and individual should have technology that will protect them against all kinds of malware. This includes acquiring legitimate software and frequently updating them so they are not out-of-date and, therefore, vulnerable to hacking.
All your software, not just your anti-malware program, should be updated promptly. Your device will notify you if a new version of the software is available. Do not put it off as long as you can; delaying the update will give hackers a window to access your device and lock you out of it.
Train Your Employees to Spot Malicious Activities
However, your first line of defense should be your team. Anyone who has access to your systems should be educated on how to improve digital security.
The most common way a hacker accesses private accounts and devices is through phishing scams. An individual will receive an e-mail, often dressed in a way that looks official and from a well-known company. Inside is an attachment that, if they click, provides an entryway for the hacker.
Talk to your team about the dangers. Discourage them from using their work email to sign up to websites or subscribing to different mailing lists. Instruct them to never open links or attachments in emails that they received out-of-the-blue, especially if they do not know who sent it. Before they open any link, they should first hover the mouse over it to see where it leads to. Before they download any attachments, they should scan it with an up-to-date anti-malware program.
Ransomware is a real threat that everyone, especially small businesses, should be aware of. By adopting these measures, you can be assured that your data is safe from people with malicious intentions. | https://www.the9thdoor.com/ransomware-attack-how-a-small-business-can-protect-itself-from-a-hacker-hostaging-its-data/ |
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said that the concrete fencing of Tincan Port would help enforce the usage of the automated access control gate.
Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director, NPA, said this during a tour of the Tincan Port in Lagos, to ascertain the level of execution of contract awarded.
Bello-Koko noted that the tour was to look at operations at the port to see what had been achieved so far, especially in terms of improving sanity and ensuring that only people that should be in the port have access.
“We can see that Tincan has now been fenced, using concrete walls from the outside. The essence is to secure the port, not just because of safety, but also to restrict entrance.
“There are individuals that just wake up in the morning and want to come into the port with no business in the port.
“By reducing the number of persons, by restricting entry into the port, we are ensuring that we reduce pilfering and theft, reduce thugs and miscreants into the port.
“Then, it will create an enabling business environment within the port location as referred by the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code,” he said.
He noted that fencing of Tincan Port would ensure individuals who had no business in the ports are kept out, adding that the use of automated access control gate would be enforced.
Bello-Koko said he was impressed to see fewer people at the port unlike how it was in the past.
The managing director said, “we will keep enforcing and restricting entry into the port to only those that have businesses in the port”.
The NPA boss noted that as regards safeguarding the waterside, what they had done was to increase patrol.
He said that NPA had purchased security patrol boat for the waterside and working with the Nigerian Navy, within the ports in Lagos, to increase their own patrol.
“We are working with the Nigerian Navy Ship(NNS), Beecroft and there are parts of the port along the waterway that we felt should also be fenced, but we are looking at the best option due to the soft nature of the ground.
“So, if we can’t fence the waterfront what we should do is patrol it, restrict access into the port from the waterside using the patrol boats and surveillance.
“Our security men are up to the task and we will keep giving them all the tools that they need to improve their communication. We will keep improving it and we will buy more patrol boats to ensure the waterfront is also secured,” he said.
As regards residence in little island across the channel around Ogogoro, Tomato island and others on security, Bello-Koko said that the authority was engaging the communities on the efforts in cleaning up the area.
“We are engaging them through community and stakeholders interactions. We are also working with the Lagos State Government, we once had the 360 degree operation, which first of all went round to remove all shanties along the port corridor.
“We went to those islands to ensure residents that do not need to be there, were removed,” he said.
He added that the authority was waiting for the elections to be over and at the right time working with the Lagos State Government and the communities to ensure that the operations takes place, again.
He added that the rehabilitation of internal roads in the nation’s ports was ongoing and was aimed at reducing the complaints of users of the ports.
“People are complaining of the roads leading to the port, which is the responsibilities of the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Works.
“We felt we should ensure that the roads within the port are in good state and thus, the ongoing rehabilitation.
“It has started raining in Lagos and we came to look at the level of execution of the contract we awarded,” he said.
He said that the contractor, Avalon Intercontinental Nigerian Ltd., assured him that the section of the contract of the roads would be concluded in two-weeks time.
He noted that the authority would ensure that it was done as the location had issue of flooding.
“They have created drainage outlets into the main creek, the portnovo creek, to ensure evacuation of water.
“We are doing it at other port locations in the country. We are doing that in Onne, Calabar and also Rivers Port, just to ensure that roads within the ports are in a very good state,” he said.
This is according to the NBS Company Income Tax (CIT) Q4 2022 Report released in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to the report, it showed a growth rate of -6.95 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from N810.19 billion in Q3 2022.
The report said local payments received were N353.90 billion, while foreign CIT payments contributed N399.98 billion in Q4 2022.
It said on a quarter-on-quarter basis, the water supply, sewage, waste management and remediation activities recorded the highest growth rate at 57.40 per cent.
“This was followed by activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use at 45.19 per cent.
“On the other hand, information and communication activities had the lowest growth rate with – 65.75 per cent, followed by arts, entertainment and recreation activities at -64.09 per cent.”
In terms of sectoral contributions, the report showed that the top three largest shares in Q4 2022 were manufacturing at 31.20 per cent, financial and insurance activities at 12.96 per cent and Information and communication activities at 12.77 per cent.
“On the other hand, activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and services producing activities of households for own use recorded the least share at 0.01 per cent.
“This was followed by water supply, sewage, waste management, and remediation activities at 0.12 per cent, and activities of extra-territorial organisations and bodies at 0.14 per cent.”
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises (CPPE) has set an economic agenda for the incoming administration aimed at signalling investors’ confidence and repositioning the Nigerian economy.
CPPE Founder, Dr Muda Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said Nigeria’s current political transition offered a great opportunity to chart a new course and redirect the country’s economy.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sen. Bola Tinubu emerged as President-elect of the country at the Presidential election on Feb. 25.
According to Yusuf, Nigeria’s economy is in a stumbling and fragile state and in dire need of a new direction.
He suggested that the incoming administration should establish quality economic governance consistent with tested economic principles and empirical evidence, contextualised within socio-economic peculiarities.
This, he stressed, was critical from the onset of the administration to signal investors’ confidence.
Yusuf added that good economic governance framework should entail the setting up of a technically sound transition committee on the economy to provide policy direction and urgent reforms within one month.
He emphasized the need for a competitive economic environment with level playing field and minimum monopoly dominance.
“They should expand the role of markets for value delivery, boost private enterprise, carry out robust review of economic framework and engage in regular stakeholder engagement to ensure proper alignment of policies with investors sentiments.
“Government institutions that play technical roles should be headed by tested technocrats,” he said.
Yusuf advocated the need for the incoming administration to prioritise macroeconomic stability with emphasis on moderating inflationary pressures, stabilising the exchange rate and boosting economic growth.
He added that tax reforms, fuel and foreign exchange subsidy elimination to save N7 trillion and N3 trillion respectively were pertinent.
“Nigeria must unlock more income from revenue generating agencies through enhanced efficiency of their operations and initiate budget reforms to ensure fiscal discipline, curb budget padding among others.
“The administration must also ensure value for money in government expenditure and procurement and commit to reduction in the cost of governance,” he said.
He tasked the incoming administration to demonstrate unmistakable commitment to the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to attract more investment into the oil and gas sector.
He added that the current impressive momentum to tackle oil theft should be sustained and the practice of the President assuming the role of Minister of Petroleum should be discontinued.
Yusuf said that trade and tariff reforms should include a tariff regime that adequately protected local industries, to facilitate industrialisation.
He added that import duty on intermediate products and critical industrial inputs should be reviewed to reduce production costs adding that tariff review processes should be more inclusive and transparent.
He called for the removal of all customs checkpoints within the country, saying that the practice of intercepting cargoes that have been duly cleared at any of our ports should be discontinued.
The CPPE boss said that policies on agriculture must be holistic, focusing on the entire value chain.
He stressed that due attention should be given to cost and availability of inputs, production and productivity, application of technology, logistics and marketing, processing and storage.
Yusuf noted the urgent need to transit from subsistence farming to mechanised and commercial agriculture, driven by technology.
“There is need to attract the youth into agriculture as the farming population is rapidly ageing and this would only happen if sector is technology driven.
“Nigeria must strengthen the linkage between agriculture and industry within a sustainable backward integration framework,” he said.
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration in regional and global value chains.
Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari, who made the call in Doha, Qatar, at the UN Conference of Least Developed Countries, maintained that this had become imperative to ensure their integration in regional and global value chains.
The president strongly criticized the current structure of the global financial system which places an unsustainable external debt burden on the most vulnerable countries.
He warned that such debt burdens would make it extremely difficult for LDCs to meet the 2030 Agenda for Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
‘In 2015, the world came together to endorse the 2030 Agenda for Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.
”There was no doubt that it was highly ambitious and would require leaders around the world to be fully committed for the SDGs to be achieved within the projected timeframe.
‘Eight years on, the possibility of achieving the SDGs remains bleak for many countries, particularly, the Least Developed Countries.
”The difficulties in achieving the SDGs are numerous and were further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, the continued threat of Climate Change, and recently the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
‘The Least Developed Countries are often faced with developmental vulnerabilities and challenges that are not always of their making.
”These pose huge obstacles to their development efforts, hence the need for urgent and robust assistance to help unlock their potentials and build socio-economic resilience.”
According to him, this assistance can be provided within the framework of the Doha Programme of Action which is designed to help LDCs exit their current classification.
The Nigerian leader challenged developed countries, civil society actors, the private sector, and the business community, to partner with the LDCs in order to provide necessary resources and capacity to deliver development outcomes in the economic, social, and environmental aspects of the 2030 Agenda.
He listed some measures that would help LDCs recover from COVID-19, achieve SDGs, develop and prosper over the long term.
‘As a matter of urgency, there are a number of priorities we have to focus on to help achieve the SDGs in these countries and ensure their prosperity.
”First, COVID-19 has taught us that we must all work together, to ensure that diseases do not thrive in the LDCs, due to their overall negative impact on productivity and economic growth and development.
‘Accordingly, policy and budgetary provisions must be made to ensure equal access to medicare and vaccines, for both the poor and the rich alike.
”We must also work with manufacturers of medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies to provide adequate equipment, test-kits, vaccines and treatments for diseases.’’ he said.
While expounding on the issue of rising debt burden, Buhari underscored the need for reforms of the international financial architecture that prioritizes the need of Least Developed Countries.
He aligned with the United Nations Secretary-General’s description on the global financial system as an “unfair debt architecture that not only charges poor countries much more money to borrow on the market than advanced economies, but downgrades them when they even think of restructuring their debt or applying for debt relief.”
On trade issues, the president said: ”It is important to put in place modalities to facilitate transit cooperation, transfer of technologies, and access to global e-commerce platforms, as they are critical for the integration of LDCs into the regional and global value chains and communications technology services.
‘The adoption of a global coordination mechanism to systematically monitor illicit financial flows and engender support for a United Nations International convention on tax matters to eliminate base erosion and profit shifting, tax evasion, capital gains tax and other tax abuses is essential to achieving the SDGs and promoting security and economic prosperity,’’ he stressed.
On Nigeria’s expectation for the Conference, Buhari expressed optimism that the Doha Programme of Action would lead to the acceleration of exports from LDCs by 2031, through the facilitation of their access to foreign markets in line with World Trade Organization Facilitation Agreement.
On climate change, according to Buhari, LDCs continue to suffer disproportionately despite contributing least to its causes.
He added that countries must prioritize cutting global emissions and work with determination to hold warming to 1.5 degrees, thereby securing the children’s future.
‘We must also commit to helping build resilience in developing countries, while also providing the needed technical as well as financial support for a just transition to renewable energy,’’ he said.
According to him, climate change remains one of the biggest existential threats facing humanity today, posing challenges to lives and livelihoods, and manifesting in different negative forms, including increase in temperature, rise in sea levels, flooding, drought, and desertification.
‘It has also led to significant loss of biodiversity. Worst still, climate change has exacerbated conflicts and led to unplanned migration, causing untold hardship in places like the Lake Chad Basin region.
‘The Least Developed Countries therefore continue to suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change, despite contributing the least to its causes.
”Deaths from climate related crises are higher in the most vulnerable countries, with projections that there will continue to be an upward trend.
‘We must continue to focus on how best to ensure the provision of security, education, health and other basic services to our people, in order to guarantee a prosperous future for all,’’ he said.
Buhari commended the State of Qatar for hosting the Conference and thanked Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir, for inviting him.
He also expressed appreciation to the UN for its excellent organisation of the conference and its continued support for the LDCs.
The president also explained his presence at the conference despite the fact that Nigeria is not categorised as one of the Least Developed Countries.
‘Nigeria is here to show solidarity and support to the LDCs in the quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, especially in this decade of action, where no one should be left behind,’’ he said. ( | https://www.fellowpress.com/2023/03/03/tincan-port-fencing-will-enforce-automated-access-control-gate-usage-bello-koko/ |
Multi-core processors are an attractive option for Exchange 2007 servers based on price and performance. Please ask your server vendor about dual-core benefits for Exchange, specific to a given hardware architecture. Hardware specific memory considerations for Exchange 2007 Exchange 2007 enables much better memory utilization than Exchange 2003 due to its 64-bit architecture. Because of the virtual address space limitations of a 32-bit platform, Exchange 2003 is limited to using 4 GB or less of physical memory. In contrast, customers running Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 x64 Editions can efficiently utilize upwards of 32 GB of memory (Mailbox role). Note: 32 GB is not a physical limitation, rather the most cost-efficient current maximum memory configuration. Depending upon the number of memory slots in a server, this cost-efficient maximum memory configuration could be even less than 32GB (e.g. 16GB). This change needs to be factored in when choosing server hardware. The following factors should be considered: Server Maximum Memory Configuration – Different server architectures have different memory limits. We recommend that you check the following technical specifications of the server to determine the criteria that affect the maximum memory configuration to ensure that the appropriate amount of RAM can be installed in to an Exchange 2007 server economically: Memory Speed – Some server architectures require slower memory to scale up the memory to ten’s of gigabytes in a given server (e.g., maximum server memory is limited to 16GB with PC3200 or 32GB using PC2700). You should check with the manufacturer to make sure that the memory configuration target for Exchange 2007 is compatible in terms of speed. Memory Module Size – What is the largest memory module size the server will support? Generally, the larger the memory module, the more expensive it is; 2x1GB DDR SDRAM memory modules generally cost much less than 1x2GB DDR SDRAM memory modules. When planning for an Exchange 2007 server, make sure the maximum memory module size allows you to meet your target memory requirements. Total Number of Memory Slots – How many memory modules will a given server support? The total number of slots multiplied by the maximum memory module size will provide the maximum memory configuration for the server. Also, keep in mind that memory modules must sometimes be installed in pairs. Applying the processor and memory configuration factors to specific Exchange 2007 server roles The following chart can be used to assist in purchasing server hardware destined to be used for Exchange 2007 server roles. The goal of this chart is to provide minimum, recommended and recommended maximum configurations. Minimum: The minimum processor/memory configuration suitable for specific Exchange 2007 server roles (also defined in System Requirements). Minimum hardware requirements must be met to receive Microsoft Product Support Services. Recommended: This is the recommended processor/memory configuration for specific Exchange 2007 server roles. Recommended can be defined as "the best configuration based on price and performance." The recommended configuration also provides a balance between processor and memory capacity. The goal is to match the memory configuration to the processor configuration so the system will effectively utilize the processors without becoming bottlenecked on memory and vice versa. Maximum: This is the maximum recommended processor/memory configuration for specific Exchange 2007 server roles. Maximum is defined as "the upper bound of viable processor/memory configurations for Exchange 2007 based on price and performance." Maximum is a guideline and not a "support criteria" and does not take in to account the resource requirements of 3rd party applications. The recommended maximum may change over time based on price changes and technology advancements.
Processor Configuration Table for Exchange 2007 Role Minimum Recommended Maximum Edge Transport 2 x Processor Cores Hub Transport 8 x Processor Cores Client Access Server (CAS) Unified Messaging Server (UM) Mailbox Server 8 x Processor Cores Multi Role (Hub, CAS, UM, Mailbox) * Processor Core recommendations are based on the following processor revision: AMD Option 275 2.2GHZ dual-core www.spec.org ratings may be used to rationalize unlike processors/server configurations. Edge Transport Role Edge transport is extremely efficient in design and thus requires moderate processing power. Also, fault tolerant Edge Transport deployments will utilize multiple servers to provide redundancy. The Recommended configuration on 2 x Processor Cores takes this fault tolerant deployment consideration in to account. Large enterprises, with a large volume of inbound/outbound SMTP traffic will be able to utilize 4 x Processor Core servers to reduce aggregate Edge Transport server count. Processor utilization is based on several factors such as: message rate, average message size, number of agents enabled, anti-virus configuration, 3rd party applications etc. Hub Transport Role The recommended configuration for Hub Transport is in deployments where Hub Transport is deployed along with several Mailbox servers and thousands of mailboxes. 8 x Processor Core servers can be efficiently utilized when message hygiene is configured on the Hub server (A/V, Anti-Spam). 1-2 x Processor Core configurations can be considered for deployments where there are not enough mailboxes (message traffic) to utilize a 4 x Processor Core configuration. Client Access Server Role (CAS) Exchange 2007 architecture has moved significant client specific functions from the Microsoft Exchange Store to the Client Access Server. Messages are now converted on the CAS server when accessed with non-MAPI clients (e.g. POP3/IMAP4). Also, Outlook Web Access rendering is now performed on the CAS server as opposed to the Mailbox Store in previous versions of Exchange. These architectural changes allow CAS to offload significant processing from the Mailbox role and to allow it to effectively utilize . Similar to Hub Transport, servers with 1-2 x Processor Cores can be utilized for CAS in deployments where there are not enough mailboxes/non-MAPI client traffic to utilize 4 x Processor Core servers. Unified Messaging Role (UM) The recommended configuration for the Unified Messaging role is . Multiple Cores are well utilized on the UM server for several architectural functions such as Voicemail WAV to WMA conversions. Similar to previous roles, 1-2 x Processor Core configurations may be utilized when the mailbox count/UM utilization does not necessitate 4 x Processor Core configurations. Mailbox Role The recommended configuration for the Mailbox role is based predominantly on mailbox count and user profile. A 4 x Processor Core server provides a good balance between price and performance and should be able to host several thousand mailboxes. Rule of thumb sizing for the Mailbox server role requires an understanding of the average client user profile. This profile can be collected using the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer or with 3rd Party tools/applications. The following table lists generic/common Outlook knowledge worker profiles: User Type Send/Receive per day (~50kb Message size) Light 5 sent/20 received Average 10 sent/40 received Heavy 20 sent/80 received Very Heavy 30 sent/120 received There are several factors that go in to doing Mailbox server sizing for Exchange 2007 which are above and beyond the user type listed above. These include Exchange 2007 features such as Local Continuous Replication (LCR), Forefront Mailbox Virus Scanning, 3rd Party applications, 3rd Party mobile devices, and Microsoft Outlook client version/mode (Online vs Cached Exchange Mode etc.). Rule of thumb sizing used primarily for budgeting purposes can be accomplished by calculating that 1000 Average profile mailboxes will require s. E.g. A 4000 Mailbox server with an Average usage profile can be estimated to require . A Heavy usage profile will effectively double the required processor cycles (or halve the number of users per processor core;500 Mailboxes/Processor Core). On the other hand, a 2000 Mailbox server with an Average profile can be estimated to require a 2 x Processor Core server. The maximum number of processor cores role will efficiently utilize is eight. Deploying Exchange 2007 Mailbox on servers with greater than eight cores will not provide significant scalability improvements. * Concurrency: Concurrency is defined as the percentage of the total number of users on a server that are connected and using the server at a given peak period of time. Concurrency is difficult to measure since users may use multiple clients/devices and different versions of Outlook have various connection counts to the server. For a fully utilized server, concurrency is generally in the 75-80% range. The guidance in this article assumes this average concurrency profile.
Sizing additional processing capacity for Local Continuous Replication (LCR) Local Continuous Replication (LCR) has all of role services as well as the Exchange 2007 Replication Service running on the same server. On an LCR Mailbox server, there is additional processing overhead generated from the Replication Service copying and playing in logs to the target database copy. This additional processing cost is roughly 20% and should be factored in when sizing LCR Mailbox servers. Multi-Role (Mailbox, Hub, CAS) The Multi-Role configuration has similar guidance and limitations as the Mailbox role. To accommodate CAS and Hub Transport utilization on a single server with the mailbox, reduce the 1000 Mailboxes/core calculation based on the Average client profile by 20% (800 Mailboxes/core) when performing rule of thumb sizing for Multi-Role servers. The maximum recommended processor core configuration is listed at 4 for the Multi-Role configuration to indirectly provide guidance on the maximum number of users recommended to be hosted in this scenario. Neither Clustered Continuous Replication (CCR) nor Single Copy Cluster (SCC) support hosting the Hub nor CAS server so a Multi-Role server has to be non-clustered by definition. It is a good idea to cluster Mailbox servers that host thousands of user to ensure patch management and server failures do not have a significant impact on up time. The more users hosted on a Mailbox server the more user "pain" is caused by server downtime. For this reason, the recommended maximum processor core configuration for the Multi-Role server is listed at 4. While the this configuration will perform well up to 8 processor cores, it is not recommended due to the availability concerns outlined above. Memory Configuration Table for Exchange 2007 Once the number of processor cores have been estimated to be required per server role are understood; baseline memory recommendations can be applied. The following table illustrates the Minimum, Recommended and Maximum memory configurations for Exchange 2007 server roles. Role Minimum Recommended Maximum Edge Transport 2GB/Server 1GB/Core (2GB minimum) 16GB/Server Hub Transport 2GB/Server 1GB/Core (2GB minimum) 16GB/Server Client Access Server (CAS) 2GB/Server 2GB/Core (2GB minimum) 16GB/Server Unified Messaging Server (UM) 2GB/Server 1GB/Core (2GB minimum) 4GB/Server Mailbox Server 2GB/Server: Variable based on Storage Group Count. See below 2GB +2MB to 5MB/mailbox: Variable based on user profile, see Mailbox Memory Recommendation in table below 32GB/Server Multi Role (Hub, CAS, UM, Mailbox) 4 GB:
also depends on number of storage groups (For information, see later in this topic.) 8 GB plus from 2 MB to 5 MB per mailbox. This is variable based on user profile. For more details, see "Mailbox Server Role" later in this topic.
32GB/Server Edge/Hub Transport Roles The Edge and Hub Transport roles do not require substantial quantities of memory to perform well in optimal conditions. Generally, 1GB of RAM per processor core (2GB minimum total) is sufficient to handle all but the most demanding loads/scenarios. There is one significant memory factor that should be taken in to account for large deployments: Large Queue Scenarios: Exchange 2007 Edge/Hub Transport servers are designed to handle scenarios where extremely large queues build up (e.g. 1 million messages in a single server queue). Edge/Hub Transport servers hold the queued message recipient information in memory to optimize the SMTP send and message retry operations. When sizing Edge/Hub Transport servers for large queue scenarios, use the following table to estimate the memory requirements:
Memory Factors/Queued Message Memory Consumed Per Message Overhead 3KB Per Recipient Overhead 1KB The recommended maximum memory configuration of 16GB is based on the Edge/Hub Transport servers handling 1 million messages with an average number of recipients each. Most deployments will be optimally configured with the "Recommended" memory configuration of 1GB per processor core (2GB minimum total). Client Access Server Role (CAS) In general, memory utilization on Client Access servers has a linear relationship with the number of client connections and the transaction rate. Based on the current recommendations for processor and memory configurations, a Client Access server will be balanced in terms of memory and processor utilization, and it will become processor bound at approximately the same time it becomes memory bound.
Mailbox Role The memory configuration process for the Mailbox role is more involved than the other roles since the optimal memory configuration depends upon the mailbox count and the client profile (similar to estimating processor core requirements). Memory sizing for the Mailbox role is critical to reducing the I/O requirements of the server. The more memory you add to the Mailbox server, the less I/O will be generated by the Exchange databases. There is a point of diminishing returns; in which adding additional memory to the server may not be justified based on price/performance. Memory guidance outlined here takes this point of diminishing returns in to account based on current memory prices and performance metrics. Also, defining the memory configuration of server is required prior to defining the storage requirements/configuration. The following table can be used to assist in estimating the memory requirements of a given mailbox server with a given number of hosted mailboxes with a given profile type (taken from previous profile table). User Type Mailbox Memory Recommendation Light 2GB + 2MB/Mailbox Average 2GB + 3 ½MB/Mailbox Heavy 2GB + 5MB/Mailbox Recommended Maximum Memory Configuration for Mailbox Recent x64 based servers have the ability to scale up their memory configuration to 64GB and beyond. There are several reasons why Microsoft does not recommend maximum memory configurations for Mailbox that go beyond 32GB. Cost: Based on current memory prices (specifically 4GB DIMMs), it is cost prohibitive to expand the physical memory capacity of a server beyond 32GB. Generally, the cost of physical RAM is linear up to 32GB; beyond this the cost trend is exponential. Beyond 32GB, for many configurations, it is less expensive to add disk drives as opposed to memory.
Non-Transactional I/O: The Mailbox server utilizes additional physical RAM by caching more data and thus reducing the database I/O footprint for transactional I/O (I/O that is generated by send/receive/client processing of email). There are several sources of non-transactional I/O generated on the Mailbox server. These include Online Maintenance (e.g. Online Defrag), Offline Maintenance (e.g. offline defrag, database repair operations), Backup/Restore operations, Mailbox Management Processes (e.g. Messaging Records Management (MRM), All of these operations require database I/O to properly maintain and recover the server. Although Exchange 2007 has reduced transactional I/O significantly; adequate storage performance is still required for proper maintenance of the Mailbox server. For this reason, there is a point of diminishing returns when adding memory to the server. In general, the purpose of adding memory to the Exchange Mailbox server is to reduce the storage requirements (specifically performance) and thus storage cost. Due to non-transactional I/O requirements; the storage requirements of the system may not be significantly reduced by adding server memory beyond 32GB.
Cold State Operation: Cold state is defined as the state of the Mailbox server immediately following a server reboot or store.exe process restart. The Database Cache, which is used to cache database read/write operations, is small in size (or "cold") during this period so it has a significantly diminished ability to reduce read I/O operations. As the Mailbox server processes messages, the Database Cache Size grows which increases the effectiveness of the cache and subsequently reduces the I/O footprint of the server. The larger the physical memory size of the server the longer it takes the Database Cache size to reach its optimal size. If the storage is designed/sized for a server with a large amount of physical RAM (>32GB), and the I/O profile of the users assumes an optimal Database cache state (large/warm cache); then the client experience may be compromised due to insufficient disk performance during these "cold state" periods. Similar to the Non-Transactional I/O case; the storage subsystem requirement may be the same for a server that has been populated with 32GB of RAM as a server that has been populated with greater than 32GB of RAM.
While role will utilize memory greater than 32GB, for the reasons outlined above; 32GB is the maximum recommended memory config and is considered the point of diminishing returns in terms of both cost and performance. Required Minimum Memory Configuration for Mailbox based on the number of Storage Groups The maximum number of Storage Groups configurable in Exchange 2007 has been increased to 50 in the Enterprise Edition (up from 4 with Exchange 2003). This increase provides much greater flexibility in server/storage architecture, but the increase has a significant effect on the memory utilization of server so Storage Group count is now a factor in minimum memory configuration for Mailbox and Multi-Role servers. Increasing the number of Storage Groups primarily effects the Database Cache utilization of ESE (Extensible Storage Engine). The ESE Database Cache is used for both read and write activity. Due to the way Checkpointing works, adding a Storage Group effectively increases the amount of the Database Cache used for write activity. This has a positive impact of reducing database write I/O; but if too many Storage Groups are configured on a server with insufficient physical memory, the effectiveness of the database read cache may be reduced which may have an overall negative effect on the performance of the server. For this reason, minimum hardware requirements for Mailbox and Multi-Role uses the following table to provide specific minimum memory requirements based on Storage Group count configured on a per server basis. Storage Group Count Minimum Required Physical Memory 1-4 2GB 5-8 4GB 9-12 6GB 13-16 8GB 17-20 10GB 21-24 12GB 25-28 14GB 29-32 16GB 33-36 18GB 37-40 20GB 41-44 22GB 45-48 24GB 49-50 26GB * This table includes the 2GB minimum memory requirement. Mailbox and Multi-Role Server configurations must meet the requirements outlined in the above table to receive Microsoft support.
The minimum physical memory requirements based on SG count closely match our recommendations on memory sizing based on mailbox count and profile (detailed above). Example 1: A 4000 user Mailbox server with a heavy user profile would calculate out to 22GB of RAM (2048MB+ (4000*5MB). Based on the above support requirements, the administrator will have the flexibility to use up to 44 Storage Groups. Additional RAM would be required to deploy greater than 44 Storage Groups based on the above supportability requirements. Example 2: A 1000 user Mailbox server with a light user profile would calculate out to 4GB of RAM (2048MB+(1000*2MB). Based on the above support requirements the administrator will have the flexibility to use up to 8 Storage Groups. Memory Recommendations for Local Continuous Replication (LCR) The Exchange 2007 Replication Service will work well on a LCR server based on the provided memory guidance but to ensure that the ESE Database Cache maintains optimal efficiency under LCR, it is recommended to provision an additional 1GB of physical RAM to Exchange Mailbox and Multi-Role servers (above and beyond the memory guidance listed above). Multi-Role (Mailbox, Hub, CAS) Guidance and limitations similar to the Mailbox server role apply to multiple server role configurations. To accommodate the Client Access and Hub Transport server roles on the same server as the Mailbox server role, the recommended base memory configuration is 8 GB. Memory guidance based on mailbox count and profile is the same as the Mailbox server role. The recommended maximum amount of memory is 32 GB.
Neither cluster continuous replication (CCR) nor single copy cluster (SCC) supports hosting the Hub Transport or Client Access server roles in a failover cluster. A multiple role server is non-clustered by definition. It is a good idea to cluster Mailbox servers that host thousands of mailboxes to ensure that server maintenance or failures do not have a significant impact on uptime or availability. The minimum memory requirements based on the number of storage groups listed in the preceding table apply to multiple role server configurations, including configurations that contain the Mailbox server role.
Server Role "Rule of Thumb" Ratio Recommendations Once optimal server role processor/memory configurations have been finalized, the next logical sizing task is to make a rough prediction of how many server roles of each type are required for your deployment. As with any sizing exercise, every environment is different; so these recommendations should be considered starting points that can then be tailored to specific environments. The recommendations are also based off of Microsoft’s own Exchange 2007 deployment with the following characteristics: User Profile Heavy->Very Heavy Primary Client (Weekday working hours) Outlook 2003/2007 Cached Mode (MAPI/RPC) Primary After Hours/Weekend Clients Outlook 2003/2007 Cached Mode (RPC/HTTPS) & OWA Percentage of user base utilizing AirSync 25% The recommended "Rule of thumb" ratio for each role is based on processor cores (like our other guidance in this document), since it is common for roles to have vastly difference processor core counts. Also, the Mailbox server role is the basis for the process core ratios. Hub and CAS roles relate back the Mailbox role with regard to the rule of thumb recommendation. Role Ratio Processor Core Ratio Rule of Thumb Mailbox:Hub 7:1 (no A/V on Hub) 5:1 (with A/V on Hub) Mailbox:CAS 4:1 These recommendations have the following caveats: General: Ratio is a "rule of thumb" and may not be valid for every topology (not a support requirement or hard and fast rule). Ratios can change dramatically based on user profiles. E.g. A profile that creates correspondingly more load against the Mailbox role than the Hub role will increase the Mailbox:Hub ratio; and vice versa. This guidance follows Microsoft’s internal Exchange deployment for Mailbox servers which is based on the ~500 "Heavy" users per processor core. Ratio assumes Mailbox role servers are +60% processor utilized during peak period with corresponding processor utilization on Hub or CAS. Processors used on Mailbox role and Hub/CAS roles are of same type and speed. www.spec.org ratings may be used to rationalize unlike processors/server configurations. A minimum of two Hub and two CAS servers should be deployed for redundancy to ensure uninterrupted service in case of planned or unplanned server downtime. The Exchange 2007 Management Pack for MOM 2005 SP1 combined with the Performance Troubleshooter, built in to the Exchange 2007 Management Console; can be used to determine when/if a given deployment requires additional Hub, Edge, CAS or Mailbox server roles based on performance. This method can be used to fine tune the server role ratios for a specific deployment. Hub: Hub ratio rule of thumb where A/V is enabled assumes Forefront A/V with five engines scanning. CAS: CAS ratio rule of thumb assumes SSL is enabled for all appropriate access protocols. It is not possible to provide Edge and UM ratios since their utilization are not directly tied to the Mailbox server role. UM server sizing is covered in Determining the Number of Users an Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Server Can Support. Edge server sizing is covered next. Edge Server Sizing Determining Edge server count is based off the following key factors during peak period: Connections/sec Messages/sec Avg. Message Size Sizing is based on the number of connections/messages processed with Avg. message size being a secondary factor. Since every SMTP connection does not translate in to an SMTP message and every message initially accepted does not make it passed IMF/Anti-Virus scanning; it is very difficult to provide a simple sizing methodology based on message rate. Edge utilization will depend on several factors that are very specific per individual deployment. The following table can be used, however, to get an understanding of Edge’s performance characteristics based on Microsoft’s own internal Exchange 2007 deployment: SMTP Connections/Sec 55 % Connections Accepted 80% Avg. Recipients/Msg 1.25 Recipients Rejected/Sec 3.5 SMTP Messages IMF Scanned/Sec 3.7 % SMTP Messages passed IMF Scanning 80% SMTP Messages A/V Scanned/Sec 3 Avg. Message Size 70KB CPU Utilization 20%* Based on a 2 socket, dual-core AMD Opteron 275 2.2 GHz based server.
In the above example, a significant percentage of the server processing can be associated with the overhead of analyzing connections and scanning accepted messages. For this reason, it is not possible to provide a sizing metric based solely on the number of messages sent/received per second since blocking spam/viruses is a significant processor utilization function of the Edge role. Summary With effective planning and an understanding of the basic processor and memory requirements for specific Exchange 2007 server roles, a balanced/cost effective topology can be easily attained. – Matt Gossage
Share this post : Tags Client Access Exchange 2007 High Availability Mailbox Tips 'n Tricks Transport Unified Messaging Comments (27) Matthew Wade says: January 17, 2007 at 12:27 am So what exactly has been updated in this article? Could you possibly add a small section for revision history. This is the third time I’ve had to re-read the entire article and it’s getting harder to find the information that’s changed. Thanks.
mattgos says: January 24, 2007 at 3:57 am wrt concurrency… Yes, concurrency needs to be factored in to server/storage sizing. It is especially important in scenarios where the concurrency is expected to be less than 50%. The guidance in this blog assumes concurrency of +75% (e.g. 500 heavy profile mailboxes/core assumes +75% concurrency). Our guidance is a starting point and can be tweaked for specific cases (like low concurrency cases). The mailbox count/core can be increased in low concurrency scenarios but we do not have specific guidance as to how much.
Anonymous says: January 30, 2007 at 1:40 pm I have been busy this past month hence hardly any posts… hardly an excuse, but the truth..! Yesterday
Jonathan Amgar says: February 6, 2007 at 6:49 pm Thanks for the pointer Ross. I took a look at that page, and its very good for SIP provisioning (60-100 concurrent users) and erlang calculations. Does anyone know how this is affected by dtmf versus voice commands? Speech recognition is much more CPU intensive then simple dtmf processing, and I’m curious to know if the 60-100 concurrent users on a single box would stay the same if everyone was speech activated. It also says no accounting was done for automated attendants. I’d hate to deploy a UM solution and have to create a second UM server/dialing plan just because I didn’t have voice vs dtmf sized properly.
Another open question is that since Ex2k7 now has inherent speech server functionality, has anyone seen accuracy numbers on corporate or personal contact dialing (the rate it recognizes the name properly). Part of sizing, since recognition is hurt by straining system resources.
Anonymous says: February 7, 2007 at 9:30 pm To get started, let me take you on a trip down memory lane to dark ages of computing and e-mail. Journey…
Anonymous says: February 9, 2007 at 3:38 pm There is an interesting posting on the MS Exchange team blog ( http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/02/07/434523.aspx
Anonymous says: March 15, 2007 at 10:36 pm In order to assist customers in designing their storage layout for Exchange 2007 (especially after publishing…
Basil says: March 16, 2007 at 1:23 pm OK, So I want to design a very large exchange 2007 solution and I am having a very heated debate with a well respected "Expert" who says exchange 2007 can’t do the following. In fact he thinks exchange 2007 caouls only handle 4000 concurrent sessions!
50,000 mailboxes (average size 75mb), with a concurrency of 20% (10,000 users) on an 8 core box with 32GB ram and using CCR Users profiles are light to average use and 70% of users are OWA. CAS, HT and edge server roles will be deployed seperately to the Mailbox server.
Anonymous says: March 28, 2007 at 10:51 pm This post focuses on two aspects of Active Directory (AD) design for Exchange 2007:&nbsp; The recommended…
stoneyh says: April 4, 2007 at 11:06 pm I was told by a Dell Server and Storage specialist that it would be better to use a dual core processor in an exchange 2007 server (MB role for example) because Quad Core processors were better suited to a multiple application or multiple VM box and Echange 2007 would not take advantage of that. That a dual-core higher clock speed processor would provide better Echange server performance. Other colleagues are insisting that Exchange 2007 was written to take advantage of mutiliple core processor technology and therefore quad core was the way to go. Anyone have any insights on this?
mattgos says: April 5, 2007 at 9:30 pm Exchange 2007 has been developed and tested to use the core counts listed in the posting (based on server roles). Quad core processors do not change this guidance by themselves. Exhcange 2007 will work great on quad core processors. What depends is the number of sockets your server has. Right now, quad core processors are only available for single and dual socket servers. That means the max core count is 8 for Exchange 2007 which we will be happy to utilize. When 4 socket servers are available with quad core processors; then you begin to exceed the max number of processor cores Exchange 2007 will effectively utilize. 8 processor cores is currently our recommended maximum and this will most likely not change with the advent of 4 socket, quad core server (16 cores). When these 16 core servers are availble, they may not be a good choice for dedicated Exchange 2007 server roles (4 socket dual core or 2 socket quad core may be a better fit). As this blog says, we recommend 8 cores max.
As of 4/10/07 a Dual Core Xeon 5130 (2.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB) is the same price as a Quad Core Xeon E5310 (1.60GHz, 1066MHz FSB ). Would I get more performance with the extra two cores or with the faster clock and bus?
My initial thought was cores in a chip should talk to each other faster so the Quad would be better but I have vague recollections of reading that the current Quad core uses the FSB for interchip communication.
Does cost/performance calculation change if virus scanning is happening on the same box? This is for a typical small business setup. One server does all the Exchange tasks. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2007/01/16/update-2-exchange-2007-processor-and-memory-recommendations/ |
Identity thieves target 2.5 million people after death each year in the USA by opening up credit cards accounts, applying for loans, and obtaining cell phone services in their names. Most likely the deceased does not care that their identity has been stolen, however, if the deceased is your loved one and you have joints accounts with his/her name still on them, your financial health may be at risk.
Crooks obtain information about the newly departed from hospitals, funeral homes, and obituaries. Since it can take up to 6 months for the death records to be registered with the Social Security Administration, they have ample opportunity to file tax returns to obtain refunds and to obtain credit cards to make fraudulent purchases.
List only their age or decade, not their birthdate or mother's maiden name.
Do not list the home address as sometimes thieves will visit when you are at the funeral.
Death Certificate
Send certified copies of the death certificate via certified mail, return receipt requested. Specify if you are closing the accounts of a deceased person or if you are removing their name from joint accounts.
Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - with a "deceased alert" request.
Banks where they have checking and saving accounts.
Brokerages where they have bond, stock, and mutual fund accounts.
Mortgage companies where they have mortgages and home equity loans.
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Each October, we celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and highlight the importance of cybersecurity. This year, we’re celebrating in a new way with the announcement of the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award – with nominations opening today.
Beginning in the spring of 2020, the Award will be presented annually to two educators – one elementary and one secondary – who instill in their students the skills, knowledge, and passion for cybersecurity and related subjects. Award recipients will embody the expertise and dedication of educators who are critical to strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity workforce.
“These educators are critical to increasing the cybersecurity awareness of all students, inspiring the nation’s future cybersecurity workforce, and contributing to a more secure society. I am grateful for their hard work and dedication to our nation that will have a lasting impact far beyond the classroom halls. We look forward to receiving award nominations and learning from educator’s stories.” – Secretary DeVos
Educators from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories, Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools and Tribal areas are eligible to apply or be nominated. Anyone may nominate an educator for this honor; self-nominations are permitted as well.
The nomination period opens today and will close on January 31, 2020. Nominations will be reviewed by Department staff and awardees will be recognized during Teacher Appreciation Week on May 2020.
Click here for full rules, terms, conditions, and specifics on how to apply. | https://blog.ed.gov/2019/10/nominations-open-inaugural-presidential-cybersecurity-education-award/ |
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