text
stringlengths 21
583k
| url
stringlengths 19
4.87k
|
|---|---|
ISO20000 is a great complement to the ITIL Foundation. You could also try looking at COBIT 5 and OBASHI, both of which have web based exams available at Foundation level.
I know loyalist offers the ISO 20000. Who offers the OBASHI and COBIT 5? Thanks for the info as I am just getting into the online proctored exams. I took the ITIL last weekend and signed up for the CompTIA Server+ remote proctor pilot exam. Would love to take others if I know who is hosting the test.
I believe both COBIT 5 and OBASHI are available for self study. The exams are offered online by APMG International, but you can only purchase an online exam from a training organisation after taking a course (either in a classroom or online) - if you have self-studied then you'd need to check with them about exam centres. The APMG online exams are slightly different to those offered by Loyalist - the session is recorded and reviewed afterwards rather than being proctored by a live person. We charge $175 for the COBIT and OBASHI Foundation exams, but we're only allowed to sell them to delegates who have taken our training.
Link to your training site please. | https://community.infosecinstitute.com/discussion/comment/795638/ |
Organizations want non-security functions like IT operations, risk management and compliance to get more involved in cybersecurity, research has revealed.
A Tripwire survey of 315 IT security professionals at companies with over 100 employees conducted by Dimensional Research found that respondents were unanimous in believing that soft skills are important when hiring for their security teams.
The three most important soft-skill attributes cited were: Analytical thinker (selected by 65%); good communicator (60%); and troubleshooter (59%). Tied for fourth place was “strong integrity and ethical behavior” and “ability to work under pressure,” both selected by 58% of participants.
“The cybersecurity industry should not overlook the soft skills that are needed to build a strong security program,” said Tim Erlin, vice president of product management and strategy at Tripwire. “The reality is that today’s security pros need to go beyond technical expertise. Security practitioners need to be good communicators who can connect cybersecurity issues to business priorities, rally the rest of the organization to get involved, solve tough problems and handle sensitive issues with integrity.”
Respondents were also asked if the need for soft skills has changed over the last two years, and 72% said the need had increased. A fifth (21%) said that soft skills are actually more important than technical skills when hiring staff—a notable statistic in light of the fact that 17% said they expect to hire people without security-specific expertise over the next two years.
In addition, nearly all respondents (98%) believe non-security functions need to be more involved in cybersecurity in the future. Of those, 74% said IT operations needs to be more involved, 60% said risk management, 53% said compliance and 45% said legal needs to be brought into the fold. Other mentions included human resources (32%) and marketing (11%).
“With security-related regulations like GDPR on the rise, it’s unsurprising that respondents expect their legal and compliance teams to get more involved in cybersecurity,” said Erlin. “It’s become increasingly apparent that security is a shared responsibility, even for those without any technical cybersecurity experience. Employees from other functions can partner with their security teams to help them look at issues from different perspectives, help further the broader organization’s understanding of cybersecurity, and help enforce best security practices across the organization.” | https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/soft-skills-communication-cyber/ |
Tax Season Could Mean Tax Identity Theft. Here’s How To Protect Yourself
The time of year that many of us dread is fast approaching: tax season.
With the ongoing pandemic, tax season has changed, with the IRS encouraging people to apply online.
Unfortunately, tax fraud still exists, as it was the third most popular form of identity theft in 2018. One of the most common forms of fraud is tax-related identity theft, where someone uses your stolen personal information to file a tax return to claim a fraudulent refund.
In this blog, we are going to get into ways you can protect yourself from tax identity theft.
But First…What is Tax Identity Theft?
Tax identity theft is the use of someone else’s personal information to file a fraudulent tax return or claim tax benefits. This theft is so subtle that it sometimes goes unnoticed.
Usually, the fake taxpayer will file early so that they don’t miss their chance. The taxpayer may not realize what has occurred until they receive a notice from the IRS that there is a problem with their claim.
While this may seem like the most common-sense tip, it is one of the most important.
Tax identity theft almost always involves a stolen Social Security Number, since the IRS and state tax authorities use this number to identify taxpayers.
Always leave your SSN at home in a safe place, and don’t carry around anything that has the number on it. Also, don’t store your social security number on your phone, in case it gets stolen or misplaced.
Take the proper precautions to ensure your SSN is private at all times, and only give it out when absolutely necessary.
It’s common to receive pieces of mail that offer you a new credit card, but before you go and throw them away, stop right there.
Information that has your name on it could be used as a step to obtain your SSN. Shredding those pieces of junk mail and getting off the list for pre-approved credit card offers are two ways to protect yourself.
Shred Your Documents
Shredding your documents is one of the most efficient ways to protect yourself from tax identity theft. Shredding your documents – especially financial and tax statements – is the most effective method to ensure your sensitive information is protected.
Corrigan Records offers a variety of services to meet your needs. From document storage to various shredding services, we can help protect you this tax season. Our shredding services are conducted by our trained specialists and all your information is protected from the moment it leaves your facility. | https://corriganrecords.com/tax-season-could-mean-tax-identity-theft-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/ |
Two-factor authentication is one of the best ways to protect against remote attacks such as phishing, credential misuse, and other attempts to take over your accounts. It is an additional layer of security to any type of login account, requiring extra information or a physical device to log in, in addition to your password.
At least one of the access controls in two-factor authentication should be a password of nine characters or longer. The second may be fingerprint, face, voice or pattern recognition, or verification through an authenticator app. Email is the most important service to secure because criminals can use email addresses to reset passwords on other sites. If your email account is compromised, it essentially gives attackers free rein to access all your other services — yet another reason to use two-factor authentication.
Use a Reloadable Travel Card
A reloadable travel card is a safe, secure alternative to traveler’s checks and cash while on vacation. It’s a great way to secure your travel funds as it's not connected to any of your other accounts! Unlike cash, which could be easily lost or stolen, you can cancel or block your card so that it can’t be used by anyone else.
Source: https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-mobile-8-cyber-security-tips-for-business-travelers.html | https://bankfirstwi.bank/cybersecuritytipsfortraveling.html |
fk-remote.zip file was thoroughly tested by our system on May 16, 2014 by the three antivirus programs and passed. Is absolutely clean, enjoy!
This archive is 100% safe to download and install.
Have a look at the full Free Keylogger Remote 2.0 antivirus scan reports. | http://www.dodownload.com/antivir-security/keylog/free-keylogger-remote.html |
Choosing the right antivirus can be misleading. There are so many offered. They are all possible to give you the best coverage. Some are no cost and others command. The trick should be to find one which will not eat up youe wallet.
The top antivirus programs ought to protect you viruses and malware. They have to also be user friendly. Some could offer additional features just like parental controls and VPN. They should also be compatible with your main system. Some may even offer special discounts if you buy multiple product. You may also save money by opting for a bundled anti virus package.
A premier antivirus assessment can help you examine antivirus for your needs. These evaluations can also tell you how well a particular plan works.
The best antivirus courses offer the finest protection and also include features that make your PC run better. The best ant-virus software could also protect you from scam websites, fake websites, and other Net security threats. It’s also important to find an antivirus software that works with the existing system.
The best antivirus security software programs have many features, and most of them provide more than just an antivirus scanner. You may want to consider https://devtopblog.com/avg-vpn-review a package that features antivirus, firewall, password manager, and cloud back-up.
The best anti virus is also the easiest to use. Malwarebytes is a good strategy to people who want a simple no-frills antivirus. The program also offers respectable VPN safeguards. | https://fecopa.com/best-antivirus-review-how-to-find-the-best-anti-virus-software/ |
Personal Notes: Page hacked http:/animusic.ca on 6/17/2016 Industry: Website Vulnerabilities: 25 Scan Date/Time: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:18:45 Purchase: Click here to Purchase the Report for $25 Follow us on Social Media to receive a 50% to 100% discount code we post every week. https://www.facebook.com/AmIHackerProof http://instagram.com/amihackerproof https://twitter.com/amihackerproof If This Is Not Your Website: You […]
The post Website/IP animusic.ca may be hackable #hacked, #WGH, #CAD, #hackerproof appeared first on AmIHackerProof.com. | https://nationalcybersecurity.com/websiteip-animusic-ca-may-be-hackable-hacked-wgh-cad-hackerproof/ |
The help desk software for IT. Free.
Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need.
1. If AV detects a malware (especially if it is some browser content or if user have downloaded the file), delete the file 2. Plug machine off network and run scan 3. Reboot machine (plug off network) and run scan again (in case AV missed it and malware runs or explodes after reboot).
1. If you are savvy, see if your AV gives details about payload of the malware and any further steps to take....some malware may install adware or hide itself by renaming itself.
This professional.
1. This professional.
The basic practice is just like a human virus or infection: Isolate the victim so it can't spread and begin treatment to eliminate it if possible.
Whether or not you wipe/nuke the drive and re-install is really depends on how much you trust your AV solution, how good your backups are, is it feasible to do a wipe/re-install on the affected system in terms of downtime, and how much time you can invest.
1. Assess how and when the malware got there. Was it from an infected/hacked website or link. Outside hacking?
3. Look up the malware and see if it has other characteristics.
4. Are there any remnants, dropped files, associated with the malware? If so, remove them.
5. This professional.
Yank the drive from the system and put it into a cradle. There are cradles for pretty much all drive types--if I were in that kind of support role again, I would make sure we had as many of them as possible.
Attach the cradle to an offline Mac (or other non-windows system) with NTFS read/write abilities.
Copy all the user's files, pictures, music, etc. to an external drive. Sequester this drive to another offline Windows machine and scan with all the AV/AMs at your disposal to confirm all files are clean.
Put a new drive in the user's system, and image.
Place the scanned files into the user's network share (or OneDrive, etc).
Inform the user that the reason this took so long was due to their not following policy, and that their files are best protected off their system, and if they keep saving things to their computer, I may not be able to rescue them if this happens again.
Of course, if the drive is soldered to the board, they're outta luck, and a reimage will be a harsh lesson.
This professional.
This professional.
Jan 28, 2020 at 16:29 UTC
My preference has always been to use a reputable tool like MalwatBytes until it returns clean. Then try another tool to see if that also returns clean.
In most cases if two separate AntiVirus products declare a machine clean I would leave it at that.
But sometimes they come back. Repeat offenders are likely to get the Boot and Nuke treatment. Wipe and reload.
Some anti-viruses, have the ability to increase the security of the scan, when disconnected from the internet. If so, unplug computer from network, then run antivirus scan again. Alternatively, just run the heightened scan manually.
Our antivirus will increase the security of it's scan criteria, when unable to reach it's cloud definitions database. Be sure you understand what a baseline, offline scan looks like, so you don't get concerned with false positives.
From an email attachment or link. Outside hacking?
Remove that link from the computer's history.
2,.Make a ticket and track the type and name of the malware, what machine it was on, the user account that was logged on.
5. If you feel that it is merited, run a full scan with a different AV.
Weigh your options with time you may need to spend on this and the impact.
I do this but I have a 6th step.
Hit the user with a rolled up newspaper and say, "No, no."
This professional.
Our current company policy is that on the detection of malware, a virus or anything that might compromise our system security the offending computer is isolated from all network connections and DBAN'd at once. These are company machines and everyone is warned that I.T. can and will nuke it from orbit if we feel its a threat, we encourage everyone to not store personal files on the company system. If people do so its considered at their own risk.
This does mean i once wiped someone's wedding photos and their personal fitness regime tracking document but they should have never been on the computer in the first place.
We then run a full security/malware/antivirus scan on all machines on the network starting with the servers, we have yet to see anything spread beyond one machine thankfully. I get to have a nice chat with the user at this point to find out how the virus got there in the first place and enact measures to ensure it does not happen again. Normally this is just a email to everyone to tell them to avoid bad emails or links, although once or twice ports were closed off in the firewall. We do have a worst case scenario written in our policy where I basically go pull the plugs on all our network gear should things start to spread but we have yet to ever do that (thankfully).
I have managed to get a lot of the staff to be pretty paranoid at this point about emails and bad links which helps.
This professional.
When AV detects malware, there are usually 3 main options, Delete the infected file, Quarantine the infected file or attempt to clean the infection (leaving or ignoring the infection is never a logical option).
Then cleaning the infection may have 2 further options especially if the cleaning fails... Delete the infected file or Quarantine the infected file... (leaving or ignoring the infection is never a logical option).
Then it all depends on how well you want to protect your machines and network....
1. what if the infected file is for the 100% legitimate copy of Red Alert 2 that the boss is using to try and set up on old games tournament because the department hit goal this month? had that happen once, that game actually does manifest as a virus because of the invasive DRM, in this situation it is a known quantity and leaving and ignoring it WAS a viable option.
This professional.
This professional.
Jan 30, 2020 at 01:20 UTC
Lots of good recommendations here. One thing I didn't see mentioned is:
I never shut down an infected machine until I've run something that scans for rootkits/bootloaders. The last thing you want is to get a system clean/mostly clean, and then have the infection embed itself further upon reboot.
The other thing I do, especially if the software that's supposed to be protecting a machine missed it, is—before I run anything else—run something that will look for processes that might try to interfere with the cleanup process. | https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2254338-what-to-do-if-malware-is-detected-and-intercepted |
To have that information communicated to them.
The Act confers a general right of access to information held by public bodies, subject to certain exemptions.
Authorities have a duty to advise and assist applicants seeking information.
Requests for information must be responded to within 20 working days.
Each public authority must adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme which details what information is currently available, in what format it is held and whether a fee applies to its release.
Our approach to Freedom of Information is aligned with other legislation and guidance relating to access to information, such as the Data Protection Act and Environmental Information Regulations.
We have published a Freedom of Information Policy which outlines how we will handle requests for information under the Act.
Enquiries, Feedback and Complaints
If you are unhappy with the Council’s response to your Freedom of Information request you can contact the Information Governance Team and an independent review will be carried out.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of this review you may appeal to the Information Commissioner. | http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/your-council-and-democracy/data-protection-and-freedom-information/freedom-information-act-?mini=2017-09 |
On April 21-22, Russia and US officials and experts were holding a series of meetings in Geneva to prevent the two powers from mistakenly entering into a cyberwar.
The event is a result of the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the Ukrainian power grid in December – the first-of-its-kind confirmed attack on civilian infrastructure. A cyber-attack could mistakenly spark a confrontation between the two countries because it is hard to pinpoint its origins. In late March, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested during US State Secretary John Kerry's visit to Moscow that Russia and the United States should hold talks at experts’ level on issues related to cybercrime in the near future.
The Russian delegation is led by Sergei Buravlyov, a Deputy Secretary of Russia's Security Council. Digital interconnectedness has become a ubiquitous feature of modern life, both a cause and an effect of the growing interdependence that defines the international system. Information technology penetrates all aspects of life. Cyberspace has become an operational domain for military operations. The number of high-profile data breaches and other cyberattacks is staggering. Attackers increase the range of targets. Under the conditions, the 2015 Russia-China deal on cyber-security could serve as an example for other states willing to effectively tackle the problem.
Both parties have pledged to cooperate closely and address the threats jointly through enhanced interaction and information exchange between the respective law enforcement agencies on cybercrime and terrorism, sharing expertise in cybersecurity technology and establishing communication channels allowing prompt response to cyber-threats.
In 2013 US also outlined a range of steps to boost cooperation, including information exchange between the US and Russian computer emergency response teams (CERTs), the use of the existing nuclear hotline to communicate directly in a cyber crisis and the creation of a working group on emerging threats.
The initiative was suspended as the bilateral relations deteriorated over Ukraine’s crisis. Anyway, the accord is too modest to be anything but a starting point for a longer-term and more extensive program of cooperation. Cybersecurity, where the two parties are among the leaders in terms of capability, is an area of strategic importance where real progress is possible. Protecting critical infrastructure such as power and water supplies from cyberattacks is a global issue which requires governments to work together, regardless of any political tensions. Although progress will not be easy, Russia and the US interests intersect in several key areas fit for further exploration: technical capacity and standards development, threat intelligence sharing, interoperability enhancement, and consensus building on international law.
Russia and the United States face the same threats from hacking, so they must work together to combat it.
New cooperation between the US and Russia on cyber issues may result in deeply substantive solutions to the most pressing cybersecurity challenges the two countries are facing. For instance, the cyber security meeting is taking place against the background of resumption of Russia-NATO Council (RNC) meeting (April 20) after a rather long period of suspension since 2014. With two major events taking place at by and large the same time, one can say that the Russia-West security dialogue has resumed and that is a very positive step towards a safer world.
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation.
His US counterpart is Michael Daniel, a Special Assistant to the President and the Cybersecurity Coordinator.
International aspects of cybersecurity, including the ones related to the UN and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), top the agenda of the forthcoming event.
Russia and the US are tackling a burning issue as the world faces a new global security challenge. Experts are warning that 2016 might bring an attack on critical infrastructure.
The result, they predict, will be new laws to shore up the electrical grid, nuclear power plants, and other large energy facilities.
«We are facing an arms race in terms of security», says Fortinet global security strategist Derek Manky.
Tangible improvement of Russia-US cooperation in this domain is indispensable given both powers’ robust cyber capability and influence on world affairs.
Expanding the «envelope of cooperation» demands innovative partnering and forging new means to identify and achieve common goals. It would serve the purpose if this issue became a part of broader Russia-NATO and OSCE agenda.
The resumption of talks on cybersecurity corroborates the fact that no major global security problem can be tackled without Russia. Setting differences aside to get down to brass tacks is the only way to effectively meet the challenge. Looks like the realization of this fact is taking place. | https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/04/23/russia-us-renew-cooperation-cybersecurity/ |
Complex network are widely used to model the structure of many complex systems in nature and society kim2012analysis (); wang2009complex (); tang2011detecting (); qi2010efficiency (); zhang2013self (); holme2002attack (); MonfaredPA2014 () . An open issue is how to assess the vulnerability of complex networks holmgren2006using (); boccaletti2007multiscale (); zhang2012attack (); wang2013vulnerability () , whose main objective is to understand, predict, and even control the behavior of a networked system under vicious attacks or any types of dysfunctions boccaletti2007multiscale (); zhang2013route () .
Different approaches to characterize network vulnerability and robustness have recently been proposed, which can be grouped into two types broadly mishkovski2011vulnerability (); ouyang2014correlation () . The first type of approach is related to structural robustness mishkovski2011vulnerability (); albert2004structural (); albert2002statistical () : how topological properties of networks are affected by the removal of a finite number of vertexes or/and links, such as the degree distribution, the network connectivity level, the size of largest component, the average geodesic length and etc. The second type of method concerns dynamical robustness holme2002attack (); motter2002cascade (); crucitti2004model (); wang2009cascade (); wang2013robustness () . The removal of a vertex or link will cause the flow to redistribution with the risk that some other vertexes or links may be overloaded, which can cause a sequence of failures and even threaten the global stability. Such behavior is called cascading failures mishkovski2011vulnerability (); wang2009vulnerability (); wang2013improving (); wang2011robustness () .
One of the mostly used methods is proposed by Boccaletti et.al boccaletti2007multiscale () . They construct a multi-scale evaluation model of vulnerability, which makes use of combined powers of the links’ betweenness. Due to the simplicity and efficiency, this method is heavily studied mishkovski2011vulnerability () . One limitation of original model is that it cannot discriminate two different networks in some situations. To solve this problem, a coefficient p is introduced to improve the original model. However, a straight problem is that how to determine the coefficient p. The method to determine the coefficient p in Boccaletti et.al ’ work is very complicated and lack of physical significance.
The main motivation of our work is that we believe that this coefficient should be determined by the network itself. To address this issue, we take the fractal dimension of complex network into consideration. The dimension of complex networks is one of the most fundamental quantities to characterize its structure and basic physical properties daqing2011dimension (); shanker2007graph (); wei2013new () . One has proved that the network dimension is a key concept to understand not only network topology. But also dynamical process on networks, such as diffusion and critical phenomenon including percolation, which is also used to characterize the vulnerability of network. Box covering algorithm song2005self (); song2007calculate (); wei2013box () are one of the typical ways to calculate the fractal dimension shanker2008algorithms () . In short, fractal dimension is a key parameter to represent the characters of the network. Based on this idea, we propose that the dimension of the network has a significant relation with network vulnerability in this paper.
This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 introduces the preliminaries. In Section 3 we calculate the vulnerability of some networks using the proposed method. In Section 4 we compare the proposed method with the existing methods in other papers by calculating network vulnerability. Finally, we summarize our results in Section 5.
2 Preliminaries
In this section, we introduce Boccaletti et.al ’s model boccaletti2007multiscale () and three other methods holme2002attack (); holmgren2006using (); mishkovski2011vulnerability () . In general, the complex networks can be represented by an undirected and unweighted graph G=(V,E), where V is the set of vertices and E is the set of edges. Each edges connects exactly one pari of vertices, and a vertex-pair can be connected by maximally one edge, i.e. loop is not allowed.
In Boccaletti et.al ’s work boccaletti2007multiscale () , the original method to evaluate the vulnerability is represented by the average edge betweenness, which is defined as:
where njk(l) is the number of geodesics(shortest path) from j to k that contain the link l, and njk is the total number of geodesics from j to k.
However, this evaluation of b1(G) gives no relevant new information about the vulnerability of the network. For example, two networks referred in boccaletti2007multiscale () shown in Fig. 1 can’t be distinguished using this method. By evaluating the vulnerability according to Eq. 1, one gets b1(G)=b1(G′)=43/13. It’s absolute that the “bat” graph G is more vulnerable than the “umbrella” graph G′, but Eq. 1 gives the same evaluation result.
The coefficient p is obtained when the function has a maximal value. For the more detailed information to determine the coefficient p, refer boccaletti2007multiscale () . It’s clear that, the coefficient p’s definition is complicated and lack of physical significance. The coefficient p should reflect the complex network itself.
For the sake of comparison, three other methods to calculate vulnerability are described as follows. The first method is the average inverse geodesic length l−1 holme2002attack () :
where Ns is the size of the largest connected subgraph.
And the third method is the normalized average edge betweenness bnor(G) mishkovski2011vulnerability () , which is on the base of the Eq. 3 while p=1 and is defined as:
bnor(G)=b1(G)−b1(Gcomplete)b1(Gpath)−b1(Gcomplete)=b1(G)−1N(N+1)6−1. (7) where Gcomplete is a complete graph and Gpath is a path graph.
Figure 2: Illustration of the box-covering algorithms. Starting from G (upper left panel), a dual network G′ (upper right panel) was constructed for a given box size (here lB=3), where two nodes are connected if they are at a distance l≥lB. A greedy algorithm was used for vertex colouring in G′, which is then used to determine the box covering in G, as shown in the plot song2007calculate () .
It is very known that the fractal dimension can characterize the network structure and basic physical properties which reflects the covering ability. For a given network, the higher the fractal dimension, the higher the covering ability, which means that there are more edges between the nodes in this network. We also know that given certain nodes in the network, the more edges, the more robust of this network. As a result, the fractal dimension not only reflects the characters of the network structure, but also partially reflects the vulnerability of the network. According to this idea, we use the fractal dimension to redefine p. So the proposed method to calculate network vulnerability is given as follows:
VdB(G)=(1|E|∑l∈EbdBl)1|dB| (9) where dB is the fractal dimension of the complex networks.
We apply our method to six networks to calculate the vulnerability index. Two are synthetic networks, Erdős-Rényi(ER) random networks erdos1960evolution () and Barabási-Albert(BA) model of scale-free networks barabasi1999emergence () . Four are real networks: US airport networks colizza2007reaction () , network of e-mail interchanges Guimera2003email () , protein-protein interaction network ppi_data () and German highway system kaiser2004spatial () .
The vulnerability of these networks are calculated according to the follow steps:
(1) calculate the fractal dimension dB of these networks above using box-covering algorithm song2005self (); song2007calculate () , i.e. Eq. 8. The results are illustrated in Fig. 3.
Figure 3: The NB versus lB of some complex networks obtained in a log-log scale: (a) the ER network with the size N=1500, the average degree <k>=6. (b) the BA network with N=1500, the average degree <k>=4.8. (c) US airport network. (d) network of e-mail interchanges. (e) protein-protein interaction network. (f) German highway system. The vertical ordinate of every subplot is the mean value of NB for 100 times, and the horizonal ordinate represents the box size lB. The absolute value of the slope is the fractal dimension.
(2) Calculate the average edge betweenness according to Eq. 2, and normalized by N(N−1)2.
Table 2: The normalized average inverse geodesic length ˜l−1, normalized largest component size ˜LCS and the average edge betweenness bnor(G) is computed after 1% of vertices are removed. All of them are normalized by the values of the initial networks.
All the methods can give a rank about the vulnerability of these networks. The ˜l−1 gives a order ER>EI>BA>PPI>AP>GH about the robustness, and a robustness order ER>EI>BA>PPI>GH>AP judging from ˜LCS, whereas bnor(G) ranks GH>BA>EI>PPI>ER>AP in point of vulnerability. One can see that, The German highway system has the largest vulnerability and for all the methods. The proposed method and the ˜l−1 shows a completely identical order. So the proposed method is an effect way to quantify the network vulnerability.
In a addition, the multi-scale model to calculate vulnerability proposed by Boccaletti et.al are applied to these networks. A comparison of the proposed method and Boccaletti et.al ’s are illustrated in Table 3 and Fig. 4. As mentioned in section 2, we should firstly compute b1(G) to judge if p=1 can distinguish these networks. Through computing, we found that b1(BA)=b1(AP)=0.001, which mean that the coefficient p should be recalculated according to the relative function (Eq. 4). When the relative function has a maximal value, p is obtained. We get p=12 for BA and AP networks, bp(BA)=0.0035,bp(AP)=0.0234. Boccaletti et.al ’s method gives a order PPI>EI>ER>BA>GH>AP about the robustness.
Figure 4: bp for Barabási-Albert(BA) model of scale-free networks (dot line) and US airport networks (dash line) as functions of 1≤p≤∞. 10(bp(AP)−bp(BA))/bp(AP)(solid line) as a relative function of 1≤p≤∞ has a unique maximum at p=12
It’s absolute that, the coefficient p obtained by Boccaletti et.al ’s method is lack of physical meaning. Comparing rank orders obtained by these method, it’s easy to found that the proposed method gives a more reasonable order and a more effective evaluation.
network p(dB) of the VdB b1(G) p of Boccaletti et.al ’s bp(G)
(2) J. Wang, H. Yang, Complex network-based analysis of air temperature data in china, Modern Physics Letters B 23 (14) (2009) 1781–1789.
(3) Q. Tang, J. Zhao, T. Hu, Detecting chaos time series via complex network feature, Modern Physics Letters B 25 (23) (2011) 1889–1896.
(4) X. Qi, Z.-G. Shao, J. Qi, L. Yang, Efficiency dynamics on scale-free networks with communities, Modern Physics Letters B 24 (14) (2010) 1549–1557.
(13) I. Mishkovski, M. Biey, L. Kocarev, Vulnerability of complex networks, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 16 (1) (2011) 341–349.
(14) M. Ouyang, Z. Pan, L. Hong, L. Zhao, Correlation analysis of different vulnerability metrics on power grids, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 396 (2014) 204–211.
(15) R. Albert, I. Albert, G. L. Nakarado, Structural vulnerability of the north american power grid, Physical review E 69 (2) (2004) 025103.
(16) R. Albert, A.-L. Barabási, Statistical mechanics of complex networks, Reviews of modern physics 74 (1) (2002) 47.
(17) A. E. Motter, Y.-C. Lai, Cascade-based attacks on complex networks, Physical Review E 66 (6) (2002) 065102.
(18) P. Crucitti, V. Latora, M. Marchiori, Model for cascading failures in complex networks, Physical Review E 69 (4) (2004) 045104.
(19) J.-W. Wang, L.-L. Rong, Cascade-based attack vulnerability on the us power grid, Safety Science 47 (10) (2009) 1332–1336.
(20) J. Wang, Robustness of complex networks with the local protection strategy against cascading failures, Safety Science 53 (2013) 219–225.
(21) J.-W. Wang, L.-L. Rong, Vulnerability of effective attack on edges in scale-free networks due to cascading failures, International Journal of Modern Physics C 20 (08) (2009) 1291–1298.
(22) J. Wang, C. Jiang, J. Qian, Improving robustness of coupled networks against cascading failures, International Journal of Modern Physics C 24 (11).
(23) J.-W. Wang, L.-L. Rong, Robustness of the western united states power grid under edge attack strategies due to cascading failures, Safety science 49 (6) (2011) 807–812.
(30) O. Shanker, Algorithms for fractal dimension calculation, Modern Physics Letters B 22 (07) (2008) 459–466.
(31) P. Erdos, A. Rényi, {On the evolution of random graphs}, Publ. Math. Inst. Hung. Acad. Sci 5 (1960) 17–61.
(32) A.-L. Barabási, R. Albert, Emergence of scaling in random networks, science 286 (5439) (1999) 509–512.
(33) V. Colizza, R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani, Reaction–diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks, Nature Physics 3 (4) (2007) 276–282.
Give credit where it’s due by listing out the positive aspects of a paper before getting into which changes should be made.
Be specific in your critique, and provide supporting evidence with appropriate references to substantiate general statements.
Your comment should inspire ideas to flow and help the author improves the paper.
The better we are at sharing our knowledge with each other, the faster we move forward. | https://www.groundai.com/project/an-improved-vulnerability-index-of-complex-networks-based-on-fractal-dimension/ |
As per studies, (866) 819-6805 Pop-up is detected as an adware program. It is spread along network via opening Spam mail, installing third party software, sharing peer to peer file and via several other ways. (866) 819-6805 Pop-up has been infected millions of Windows system like millennium, Vista, XP and etc. it is highly beneficial for hacker from commercial point of view. Adware program provides a platform to hacker for making advertisement of their illegitimate or dubious product. In addition, it collect browsing detail of user such Cookies, IP addresses, bank account information and relocate it to third party.
Once after propagating inside, (866) 819-6805 Pop-up execute nonstop pop-ups, irritating ads and commercial advertisements onto browser which makes the activities of user highly irritating and troublesome. Further, it will modify default homepage setting of browser and going to redirect browsing result of user onto suspicious link which leads to generating of additional sales lead or more trafficking. The interesting point about this potentially unwanted program is that it fall inside computer without coming into user’s mind.
Further, (866) 819-6805 Pop-up change all important functionalities of system as well as browser including registries entries, Internet firewall, background and ruin the overall performance of system. Further, to run its dangerous consequences for long time inside computer, this highly lucid program going to update itself within a regular interval of time. In no time, it infect system with number of evils like Key loggers, malware, redirect virus and damage the overall efficiency of system. Hence it is suggested to delete (866) 819-6805 Pop-up from compromised Windows system without wasting any more time. | http://www.malwareremovalstep.com/tag/get-rid-off-866-819-6805-pop-up |
After reports earlier this week that IBM was again shopping its x86 server unit around—including talks with Dell—Lenovo executives announced that they had reached an agreement with IBM to buy the business for a price of $2.3 billion.
IBM will stay in the high-end server and mainframe business, focusing on its System Z and Power lines as well as its storage systems and specialized server appliances. Big Blue will hand over its System x, BladeCenter, and other x86-based server lines to Lenovo. Once the transaction is finalized, Lenovo will instantly become at least as large a server company as Dell, if not as large as HP.
The deal with Lenovo may have been reached after IBM failed to find a better one. Last year's negotiations between the companies reportedly broke down after Lenovo offered under $2.5 billion for the unit, prompting IBM to walk away. While the exact offer Lenovo made in 2013 isn't known, today's deal certainly isn't for more than that. But on the upside for IBM, the transaction will mostly be in actual dollars: Lenovo will pay approximately $2 billion in cash, and the rest of the transaction will be paid for in Lenovo stock. Lenovo and IBM will also enter into a strategic partnership that will allow Lenovo to resell IBM’s storage and cloud computing systems as well as some of its software. And about 7,500 current IBM employees are expected to be hired by Lenovo worldwide.
There’s no way to tell exactly how big IBM’s x86 server business is—the company does not break out the unit’s sales in its official accounting. But according to IDC figures, IBM had regained the top market share position in servers overall last year. And IBM’s x86 server sales make up about three-quarters of its overall server business—though not of its server profits.
The deal puts Lenovo in a position to better compete with Hewlett-Packard and Dell in the enterprise market in a time when sales of notebook and desktop PCs are particularly soft. “We are confident that we can grow this business successfully for the long term, just as we have done with our worldwide PC business,” Lenovo chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing said in an official statement on the acquisition.
The deal also frees IBM from the last vestiges of its low-margin PC business and allows it to focus more on areas such as its Watson “cognitive computing” platform, cloud computing services, and lucrative consulting business. IBM sold Lenovo its desktop and notebook PC business in 2005.
Sean Gallagher Sean is Ars Technica's IT Editor. A former Navy officer, systems administrator, and network systems integrator with 20 years of IT journalism experience, he lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
Good to see IBM chop off another limb.
And outsourcing.
I think IBM is focusing on more bang-for-the-worker types of applications. Their big iron servers are certainly higher margin.
IBM's only goal these days is to show insane profits to boost their stocks higher and higher.
No matter how much internal brain drain happens, no matter how many smart and hard-working people they burn out with their insane expectations, no matter how many unpaid hours employees have to work (they don't pay OT anymore) to meet unrealistic project deadlines.
Having been inside the walls, call me cynical if you want. I don't care what they do with this low margin business, but I think IBM is just trying to make a quick buck.
Once this current set of Execs retire and cash out their massive stock profits, we'll see what's really left of IBM to stumble onwards.
And outsourcing.
x86 wasn't a large money maker for them but still tied up a lot of human resources. Yeah, I'm not really sure what the OP is smoking, IBM is still a massive company and far from decline.
And outsourcing.
Hardly. As management seems content to drive that company into the ground, the sooner it dies, the better. But, hey, at least shareholder "value" is up!
Yes IBM getting out of the customer x86 market was really a horrible decision which can only be compared to chopping off a limb.. a limb with some infectuous disease. Why should this be so much different?
There's basically no money in x86 customer hardware and not much on the server side either (and getting worse every day), but it still needs lots of manpower and resources that they should have no problem investing in a better way.
But I guess people said the same thing when they got out of the x86 customer market and see how that turned out in retrospective..
Damn. I'd have zero problem with swapping out my current PowerEdges with X-series. :-)
There would be money in consumer hardware if companies weren't always falling over each other to sell the cheapest crap on the planet that falls apart 2 days after the warranty expires. Lenovo also proved that with its PC business. There's a reason the company achieved success with the ThinkPad business, and it wasn't undercutting Dell, Acer, HP, etc. on price. They're not Apple, but they make quality products.
And didn't they release a z/OS machine that can spin up Linux VMs a few months back?
Not just a few months ago. IBM has had Linux on VM for some time.
And by VM here, we're not talking about VMWare, IBM had full virtualization in 1972.
Lenovo executives announced that they had reached an agreement with IBM to buy the business for a price of $2.3 billion. ...
That sort'a blows my mind, right there.
And outsourcing.
Yes, but they may find that being out of the loop on any large competive markets will marginalize them and can easily leave them sagnating into another deadend company like Oracle, Sun, DEC or Cray before them.
People will buy quality if it's available, Apple has proved that.
people might, few company's will... beancounters rulez
Apple also has the advantage of having their own OS and software ecosystem. As good as Thinkpads etc may be, they're still another Windows box and that makes it hard for some people to tell them difference between them and some Acer POS
And outsourcing.
Hardly. IBM has struggled to turn a profit on x86 hardware for years, now they can buy it from Lenovo, which has fundamentally lower overhead costs.
They were probably already buying them from Lenovo, which raises the question why a change of leadership can change the possible profits if the product and manufacturing remains the same. Maybe IBM should look at solving their internal problems and bloat.
Apple's server business doesn't seem to have proven anything like that though. I guess they didn't try very hard, but comparing the two different fields directly to each other seems not too useful.
And outsourcing.
I expect that the people are included in the deal and go to Lenovo. If true, besides upper management not having to deal with this product segment anymore, what human resources does IBM gain for its remaining business lines?
You can compile and run Linux on Power architecture just fine. I was specifically thinking of the zBC12, which is meant to serve up Linux virtualized environments from on top of the z/OS backend.
...The deal also frees IBM from the last vestiges of its low-margin PC business... Lenovo just dropped $2.3 billion to buy a server business... and yet, they are considered to be a former "low-margin" division of IBM. That's probably because those 2.3 billions must be roughly the profit they earn each year from their Mainframes business.
Damn. Dell didn't have the money or capability to take on a money-losing commodity hardware business that just posted a 16 percent decline in sales last quarter.
Damn. I was hoping Dell would've gotten the bid. Dell also has its own server products.
For the right price it might be worth to simply purchase IBM's customers. IBM doesn't exactly have anything Dell can't do on their own.
The worry is what Lenovo will do to the line. They haven't exactly been kind to the ThinkPads, and the cheapening and general lack of attention to detail is infecting even the T- and W-Series now.
I'd be concerned about buying servers from them, or at least concerned about buying them versus Dell or HP's mid-range to higher-end x86 gear. I mean, as competition for SuperMicro, sure, but I don't want the server equivalent of the T430u.
That said... you're still basically right about Apple's (now defunct) server business; they were arguably the most aesthetically appealing and most thoroughly thought out rack-mounted hardware in the entire industry -- and yet, bean-counters bought the cheaper Dell and HP servers instead. I'm pretty sure that part of the reason that server admins didn't care enough to argue, is simply that servers are a classic case of "set it and forget it". It really doesn't matter nearly as much how good the servers look, or how easy it is to pop drives in and out; the darn things sit in a frigid server room with nary a person in sight for the vast majority of the time, after all.
For better or worse, Apple has always been really amazing as the ringmaster standing proudly in the spotlight... not so much as the unseen clean-up crew behind the curtains. Priorities are a bit different, back there.
And outsourcing.
Hardly. IBM has determined it's course is to make money off of services. The hardware is the handle, the professional services on architecture, design and maintenance of the hardware and software in the IBM ecosystem is the razor blade where the real money is made. (They make even more money when they charge the client a considerable markup on resources that are really from a third party offshore company.) Over the last decade IBM has had wave after wave of layoff to trim it's US services workforce.
Once you start breaking hardware out of the ecosystem there's less and less a need to go to IBM for professional services. Cut out the middle man and get the same level of service.
One of the reasons that Germany is the economic power house of Europe is because they firmly believe that you need to make things to sell. When you hire others to make things for you there's nothing to stop them from cutting you out of the equation.
Does this include the x86-based IBM PureSystems? I'm guessing no.
Overall, I think this is a good move for IBM.
According to the press release from IBM it includes the x86 Pure line. IBM keeps the Power based Pure servers. Lenovo gets everything x86.
Well, in spite of that being the article topic, he didn't really comment on the server market; he specifically stated he was commenting on consumer hardware. (The two are rarely considered to be equivalent, geeks with home-based Beowulf clusters notwithstanding.)
You are right, I slightly missed that and thought he was arguing that Apple's success in the consumer business could be applied directly to the server market. Mea culpa.
Personally I think that people are looking for well-designed servers too, but "well-defined" means completely different things in the server market and that can make a big difference for the people working with the servers. ... But alas those are generally not responsible for making large buying decisions..
I wholeheartedly agree... and when a bean-counter alone gets to make the decision in such matters, I would call that a failure in the management department, personally. Anecdotally: when it came time to replace the small collection of rack-mounted servers that I maintain, my supervisor asked me what I needed to get the job done, I told him, and I got exactly what I requested. A competent manager always needs to remain aware of what he doesn't know, and rely upon the expertise of those staff members who do know those things.
(Edit: Aw crap... did I really just compliment my supe? If he ever stumbles upon this thread, I'll never hear the end of it...) | https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/ibm-says-goodbye-to-x86-forever-sells-server-lines-to-lenovo/?comments=1 |
Develop and maintain implementation statements for applicable and hybrid controls. Active CompTIA Security+ or (ISC)2 CISSP certification. Develop and maintain security artifacts including SSP, FIPS 199, PTA/PIA and ISCM Plan. Familiarity with Splunk, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Tenable Security Center, IBM BigFix and Cisco IDS/IPS tools....
Only registered members can apply for jobs. | https://www.cloudsecurityjobs.org/job/information-system-security-officer-isso/ |
Yes. Webroot antivirus software is safe. Webroot says it scours 95% of the internet via several sources and technologies including the company’s cloud-based BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Services supported by a machine-learning platform that has been collecting intelligence for over a decade and artificial intelligence to identify and protect users from threats. The software is designed to identify and track the behavior of potentially malicious files and, if found to be malicious, roll back any nefarious actions the files may have taken.
Webroot’s antivirus software packages don’t have many frills. No VPN or parental controls are included in any of its antivirus packages, for example. And what the organization refers to as “identity theft protection” merely guards for keyloggers and spyware taking account numbers rather than actively monitoring financial accounts, credit offices, and the dark web
Webroot sells antimalware solutions in addition to the couple of three Webroot SecureAnywhere packages. While its introductory discounts aren’t as steep as those offered by some other antivirus software vendors, Webroot’s processing renewal costs are lower, especially if you buy a multi-year plan.
The entire Webroot’s packages include protections from malware, For example, viruses, ransomware, phishing, keyloggers (who hack into your Wi-Fi connection to monitor your keyboard keystrokes), and spyware. Webroot also gives a firewall, a network protection monitor, and webcam security.
SecureAnywhere Antivirus (Windows, macOS)
One year: one device $29.99 for the first year and $39.99 for each subsequent year, three devices $37.49/$49.99
Two years: one device $59.99/$79.98, three devices $79.99/$99.98
Three years: one device $89.99/$119.97, three devices $109.99/$149.97
How Much is Webroot’s Antivirus Software?
Webroot sells three antivirus software programming packages at prices lower than most other antivirus software vendors. They start at $29.99/$39.99 for a single year and a single device with basic malware protections and a few extras. At the very good quality, these plans cost up to $179.99/$239.97 for a more complete set of protections, a password manager, and 25 GB of cloud storage covering up to five gadgets for a long time.
The company sells a separate VPN package called Webroot WiFi Security for Windows, macOS, and Android ($39.99/$59.99 a year for three devices or $59.99/$79.99 a year for five devices).
While most antivirus software vendors offer 30-day free trials, Webroot’s free trial only lasts 14 days. | https://www.smartwebsecurities.com/webroot-antivirus/ |
Apple updates everything again, and their new privacy add provides a clear explanation of app tracking. We discuss an iOS app scam, where an app won’t let you do anything unless you give it a good rating first. And we look at Apple’s new M1 iMac and iPad Pro.
Apple Releases iOS 14.6, watchOS 7.5, macOS 11.4 and More, with Many Security Fixes
If you like what you hear, be sure to rate and review the Intego Mac Podcast on Apple Podcasts.
Have a question? Ask us! Contact Intego via email if you have any questions you want to hear discussed on the podcast, or to provide feedback and ideas for upcoming podcast episodes. | https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/m1s-everywhere-intego-mac-podcast-episode-189/ |
• The importance of security policies, acceptable use policies and incident response plans.
• Additional training resources and solution providers. | https://business.poway.com/events/details/education-webinar-protect-your-data-protect-your-business-cybersecurity-essentials-18450 |
• Deals with both online and offline versions of data that is in a decrypted form.
• It provides data protection from all forms of threat, be it online or offline.
• Focuses on confidentiality, availability, and integrity (CIA triad).
• Deals with unauthorized access involve the disclosure of highly sensitive data.
• Professionals in this domain have organizational roles which involve field jobs as well as safeguarding certain government interests and policies.
• Is questioned whenever a security breach occurs.
Cybersecurity
• Deals with encrypted data which is cloud-based or live.
• Its primary use case is to safeguard people who use the internet from malware & virus attacks.
• Focuses on keeping one’s data within the organization they choose to share it with.
• Deals with cybercrime, fraud, and online phishing attacks.
• Officials in this role help keep potential hacking threats at bay.
• Acts as the first line of defense in the event of an attack.
Information Security: At a Glance
Information security, also known as infosec, is an amalgamation of all kinds of information that may be valuable to a person or an organization. Common examples include credit card passwords, personal passwords, date of birth, security pins, etc. This type of information can be stored both locally and online depending on what the user wants.
This domain is evolving quite rapidly and has various sub-categories ranging from network security to software auditing. This type of protection will give you the assurance that any piece of information that you hold cannot be disclosed publicly. The three main pillars of any robust infosec infrastructure are:
Governance
Governance includes the Information Security Governance Framework (ISGF), which is essentially a set of rules on how to better manage sensitive information in an organization.
The ISGF can also be modified to suit the requirements of each given business. This also includes advice on how to react to safety breaches and bounce back from data catastrophes.
Owing to the increasing complexity of geopolitics and the proliferation of attack vectors, governments are starting to see cybersecurity as an important issue. Unlike information security where the owner has full disclosure of the data that they are hiding, cyber security officials often deal with data that is in encrypted form but holds a certain non-monetary value.
A hacker might attempt to enter a system to steal money or alter mass opinions by hacking media channels. If done on a large scale, this can even harm a country’s image and fuel terrorism and mass outbreaks. To counter this, one must install several layers of firewalls and use software that updates constantly. These attacks include phishing, man-in-the-middle phish kits, pretexting, and quid pro quo attacks.
Did you know? According to a study, there is a hacker attack every 39 seconds on average. One in three of all Americans has been affected by a cybersecurity scam at least once in their life.
Common Ground Between InfoSec and CyberSecurity
Infosec and cybersecurity are similar to each other in two primary aspects. First, they both depend on the presence of a secure physical infrastructure.
For example, any paper documents that you want to safeguard or digital drives where you can store information.
[ Source Photo Pexels ]
Another similarity is both of these systems rank information by order of priority first and then go about safeguarding it. The value of both digital and non-digital data is the primary concern of both these systems. Knowing data value can help managers impose necessary measures of cyber risk management and monitoring to prevent unauthorized electronic access.
Fun fact: Cyber security professionals are paid quite well with some high-paying positions offering as much as $140k annually. This is due to the fact that more than 500,000 cybersecurity jobs in the US are unfilled. Info Security skills are like water in the southwest US – hard to find.
Summary
With cutting-edge technology and rapid advancements, information security and cybersecurity are now fused quite closely.
Despite the overlap, knowing the correct meaning behind each term can help you assess and implement security measures for any organization in a better way.
Owing to the shortage of information security professionals, most companies rely on their cybersecurity team to cover the tasks of infosec as well. This is what has led to the fusion of both these terms.
Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
Notify me of new posts by email. | https://charbelnemnom.com/cybersecurity-and-information-security/ |
IT and Data leaders in the UK are invited to join this virtual whisky-tasting roundtable on ‘Ensuring data protection throughout cloud migration’.
An expert moderator will guide the knowledge-sharing event, stimulating discussion between participants in a closed, confidential environment. Attendance is by invitation only and complimentary.
The UK’s cyber landscape has experienced dramatic change due to accelerated digitisation over the past few years. The global pandemic did little to slow the trend, as remote and hybrid work exposed weaknesses in traditional on-prem infrastructure. Companies worldwide are rapidly migrating to the cloud to adapt, but how are they protecting their data?
Data security becomes the primary concern in the face of evolving risk and a hyper-connected environment. Executive leadership now looks to privacy by design as a core principle of digital transformation, surface insights from protected information, and drive data agility and outcomes.
Join leaders interested in discussing how to preserve privacy and fuel innovation by properly storing, managing, and transferring data.
Job titles may include CIO, VP, Director, and Head of Data, Risk, Security, and Compliance, and other business decision-makers responsible for Data Privacy and Data Governance. | https://www.ortusclub.com/event/ensuring-data-protection-throughout-cloud-migration-6/ |
More information about Reimage and Uninstall Instructions. Please review Reimage EULA and Privacy Policy. Reimage scanner and manual repair option is free. An advanced version must be purchased.
More information about Intego and Uninstall Instructions. Please review Intego EULA and Privacy Policy. Mac Tonic is an unreliable cleanup tool which supposedly eliminates junk files, infections and other cyber threats.
Mac Tonic virus is a fake system optimization tool designed for Mac operating systems. While thousands of such utility tools exist, most of them have one trait in common – they show fake scan results in order to make users purchase a full version of the program, which consequently leads to money loss, although benefits the Indian-based developer. The programs are useless, even though claims on promotional ads state the opposite.
While Mac Tonic can be downloaded on its official website – mactonic[.]net, most of the users noticed the application performing scans out of nowhere – they do not recall installing it. This is because the developers often use software bundles[1] to propagate the app worldwide.
Additionally, Mac Tonic virus is also distributed with the help of fake Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Shockwave updates – an activity which is typical to many dangerous adware programs (Advanced Mac Cleaner, for example), as well as malware.[2]
Finally, users also complained about problems after Mac Tonic removal attempts. They said that even after moving the app to Trash, they were still receiving pop-ups prompting them to install and buy the application, and, in some cases, it gets reinstalled automatically repeatedly. This is another malware-like behavior, and should never be tolerated.
To find out how to terminate Mac Tonic completely, please check the bottom section of our article. There are some tips and tricks, software suggestions that show what processes, files and programs you need to eliminate to get rid of this rogue utility.
Developers of Mac Tonic claim that it should help computer users identify and clean all the junk files, infections, and other threats by scanning your system. Unfortunately, these are merely empty promises as Mac Tonic cleaner cannot improve your computer performance in any way. If you for the full license, it stops displaying its fake scan reports and stays still until the next time you reboot your computer.
If you wonder is Mac Tonic safe, the answer to the question is more than simple: no. Despite many system cleaning utilities being at a state of “controversial,” this app moves down a level when it comes to cybersecurity. Installing itself without permission, using fake updates for the infiltration, detection avoidance, as well as removal problems all indicate that Mac Tonic not only should be avoided but also treated like a security threat the macOS.
Besides, it is designed to swindle money from inexperienced computer users by delivering fraudulent virus scan results. Because Mac Tonic does not provide any benefits to the computer whatsoever, spending money on it simply makes users waste their money on useless utility tools with malicious behavior.
In fact, Google Chrome is not flagging the official website, along with the installer of Mac Tonic as malicious. Thus, users who want to enter the site and are using Chrome will be met with a warning:
The site ahead contains harmful programs
Attackers on mactonic.net might attempt to trick you into installing programs that harm your browsing experience (for example, by changing your homepage or showing extra ads on sites you visit). Learn more
Even after taking extra steps to download the app, Chrome will simply block its installer altogether, stopping users from installing it.
Processes and files left behind in the system can significantly affect the process of Mac Tonic removal because anything still running on the machine makes the PUP active. Tonic Tasks is the process related to this deceptive application that, according to users, runs in CPU and other resources even after the program termination. It begins to activate itself in the background when the Mac Tonic gets installed, but it also can be launched separately via dubious websites and promotional advertisements.
Once the system is launched Tonic Tasks Mac Virus also starts running in the background, affecting the speed and performance significantly. It behaves as wanted without asking for any permission from the user. This application also uses those fake scan results to promote other programs and delivers more pop-ups with ads. When it generates additional redirects if can run in the background and collect important information about users. This program can:
You may need to check the Activity Monitor for this process or .pkg extension files and even spot-search there to find the associated background processes. Those need to be ended, to run a device smoothly again. The best solution is an automatic anti-malware scan because this way all suspicious processes should get indicated as dangerous and ended completely.
According to some users, Tonic Tasks virus removal involves terminating various programs like Adobe Flash update, try to uninstall that and then clean the machine with an anti-malware tool to fully delete Mac Tonic.
Fraudulent system optimization tool delivers altered virus scan results
Our experts have encountered people asking is Mac Tonic a virus. This software is not categorized as Mac Tonic malware. However, users cannot trust it scans your computer files for potential cyber threats and show modified results. These actions are performed to ensure that people believe that they must clean their systems immediately.
Mac Tonic is a questionable program which displays modified scan results to trick people into purchasing the full version of the tool.
Mac Tonic cleaner displays notifications that the computer is infected with numerous malicious programs and requires help right away. Although, it can only be done if you agree to purchase the full version of this fraudulent software. We want to warn you that your system is not infected (apart from Mac Tonic itself).
There might be some potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) present on your PC, but they can be eliminated without purchasing this expensive and ineffective Mac Tonic tool. Thus, be aware that virus scan results by this cleanup software are manipulated to trick you.
Instead of agreeing to pay for the questionable software, learn how to uninstall Mac Tonic and get a professional antivirus. If you run a full system scan with a reliable malware removal tool, you will see that you are being informed about non-existent infections. We encourage you to compare the results and start thinking about Mac Tonic removal.
You can find manual elimination guidelines if you wonder how to delete Mac Tonic. They are attached at the end of this article. However, our security experts suggest installing ReimageIntego for an automatic removal process. This way you will be sure that this potentially unwanted program (PUP) won't reappear in the future.
Less than reliable cleaners might stealthily enter your system together with freeware
Even though the most common way how this potentially unwanted program appeared on your PC is through the manual download from the official mactonic.net site, there is a substantial risk that it could also sneak inside via software-bundles. If you have recently installed freeware without close inspection, the PUP might enter the system through optional components of the app.
Therefore, it is vital to reject Quick/Recommended settings during the installation of free programs. Instead, you should choose Custom/Advanced mode of the installer and attentively monitor the process. These settings reveal the pre-selected additional components which grant the permission to install PUPs together with the primary software.
You must de-select those checkmarks and double-check your system with a reliable antivirus. Note that before installing any programs, you should attentively read the Privacy Policy, EULA, Terms of Use and related reviews online[4]. This is the best way to avoid all suspicious and potentially dangerous applications.
Despite the fact that Mac Tonic provides Privacy Policy and other documents, it does not make it a secure app.
Learn how to remove Mac Tonic from your computer
Researchers[5] say that those who wonder how to remove Mac Tonic should know that there are two options — manual and automatic elimination of the fake system optimization tool. Even though everyone can choose the most convenient method, we strongly recommend employing professional antivirus programs for help.
Automatic Mac Tonic removal would require you to merely download a robust malware elimination software and let it scan your entire system. In several minutes the security software would finish the procedure and show potential cyber threats. It takes only one click before your Mac is clean.
Otherwise, you can try to uninstall Mac Tonic manually. This is a slightly more complicated method that might require advanced IT knowledge. Although, follow the elimination guidelines presented at the end of this article. Before you start, however, you need to make sure that the process of the app is not running. For that, open Activity Monitor and shut down the task.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Even if Mac Tonic virus is removed, tonictasks might still hide inside your computer. To fix this problem, you need to access Mac Library. To make it visible follow these steps:
Additionally, to make sure the dubious app is gone and Tonic Tasks are no longer appearing, we would recommend removing Adobe Flash items, as well as uninstalling it altogether.
You may remove virus damage with a help of ReimageIntego. SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner and Malwarebytes are recommended to detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
If you failed to remove virus damage using Reimage Intego, submit a question to our support team and provide as much details as possible.
Reimage Intego has a free limited scanner. Reimage Intego offers more through scan when you purchase its full version. When free scanner detects issues, you can fix them using free manual repairs or you can decide to purchase the full version in order to fix them automatically.
Enter /Library/Application Support and click Go or press Enter.
In the Application Support folder, look for any dubious entries related to Mac Tonic and then delete them.
Now enter /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders the same way and terminate all the Mac Tonic-related entries.
After uninstalling this potentially unwanted program (PUP) and fixing each of your web browsers, we recommend you to scan your PC system with a reputable anti-spyware. This will help you to get rid of Mac Tonic registry traces and will also identify related parasites or possible malware infections on your computer. For that you can use our top-rated malware remover: ReimageIntego, SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner or Malwarebytes.
Access your website securely from any location
When you work on the domain, site, blog, or different project that requires constant management, content creation, or coding, you may need to connect to the server and content management service more often. The best solution for creating a tighter network could be a dedicated/fixed IP address.
If you make your IP address static and set to your device, you can connect to the CMS from any location and do not create any additional issues for the server or network manager that needs to monitor connections and activities. VPN software providers like Private Internet Access can help you with such settings and offer the option to control the online reputation and manage projects easily from any part of the world.
Recover files after data-affecting malware attacks
While much of the data can be accidentally deleted due to various reasons, malware is one of the main culprits that can cause loss of pictures, documents, videos, and other important files. More serious malware infections lead to significant data loss when your documents, system files, and images get encrypted. In particular, ransomware is a type of malware that focuses on such functions, so your files become useless without an ability to access them.
Even though there is little to no possibility to recover after file-locking threats, some applications have features for data recovery in the system. In some cases, Data Recovery Pro can also help to recover at least some portion of your data after data-locking virus infection or general cyber infection.
Use the QR scanner to get instructions on your mobile device.
You can quickly scan the QR code with your mobile device and have Mac Tonic manual removal instructions right in your pocket. | https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-mac-tonic.html |
Social media sites are booming. The amount of personal information folks are choosing to post to them, such as photos, videos, original stories, thoughts, gossip, and so on, is exploding.
Marketers are drooling at the prospect of using all that “free” information. Well, it’s really not free, folks.
This is a topic of growing concern. More than I had realized until I received two separate questions in the past two weeks from two different sources (one from a group of students and another from a marketing professional at a large corporation) about the legal requirements related to using information from social media sites for marketing.
I wrote about the topic of using information from social media sites in 2010 in my blog post, “3 Privacy Mistakes For Social Media And Marketing”. Those thoughts still apply. Now let’s consider some of the legal issues related to activities that harvest information from social media sites to use for marketing purposes.
Here are just a few of the legal issues that marketers, and the organizations that they work for, need to know about:
Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act). Your posted privacy policy is a legally binding document. Have your marketers read it? Do they understand it? Are they following it? If they are using information in ways that violate your posted privacy policy, then they are putting your entire organization at risk of civil action, sanctions under the FTC Act, or any of a wide number of other legal problems. Not to mention bad publicity.
CAN-SPAM Act. Many marketers are gleaning email addresses from social marketing sites. I’ve even heard marketers brag about the large number of email addresses they’ve pulled from Facebook alone.
Using such information to send unsolicited marketing messages could be violating the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). Organizations and individuals have received multi-million dollar fines for CAN-SPAM Act violations.
COPPA. Many marketers are interacting with everyone they can get the attention of on social networking sites, and then snagging things such as their names, home addresses, email addresses , and phone numbers if they happen to find them on their sites.
They could be violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 which established the requirements by which organizations can obtain and use such personal information from children under 13 years old.
The FTC has applied numerous multi-million fines for such activities. Are your marketers aware of this regulation, or are they exposing your business to some hefty penalties by grabbing and using personal information of minors?
Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). Even though this is a comparatively older regulation enacted in 1988 largely as a result of the release of Supreme Court Judge Robert Bork’s video rental records during his controversial Supreme Court nomination process, it is still applicable today to the ways in which videos, and similar media, are streamed over the Internet.
Marketing folks love to know the viewing habits of the public, and many have viewed social networks as goldmine of potential information related to consumer viewer habits, and potential follow-up to those who fit their target customer profile. If your marketers are using social media information of individuals for these types of activities without the consent of the applicable individuals, they and/or your organization could be hit with significant sanctions under the VPPA.
Consider all the other international, federal, state and local laws and industry regulations that could be added to this list, and the need to consider such legal issues when doing marketing using “found” social network information; the potential for legal nightmares should become clear and compelling.
As a final thought consider this: if you found a billfold full of credit cards and a social security card on the street, would you be able to just pick it up and start using the cards for your own personal gain, or more directly comparable, for any number of your business purposes?
Crooks and those without a moral or ethical compass probably would, but others should know that such found information was not free for the taking and using. The same concept should be used for information “found” online as well.
The students who wrote to me asked whether or not marketing invades privacy. The answer is, of course it can! That is why you need to be aware of what personal information is, and know that privacy goes beyond just knowing the specific legal restrictions for using personal information (although you certainly need to know this as well).
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet.
The views expressed in this post are the opinions of the Infosec Island member that posted this content. Infosec Island is not responsible for the content or messaging of this post.
Unauthorized reproduction of this article (in part or in whole) is prohibited without the express written permission of Infosec Island and the Infosec Island member that posted this content--this includes using our RSS feed for any purpose other than personal use. | http://wwww.infosecisland.com/blogview/19757-Is-Information-Online-Legally-Fair-Game-to-Use-for-Marketing.html |
Reimage is recommended to uninstall [email protected].
Remove it now! Free scanner allows you to check whether your PC is infected or not.
If you need to remove malware, you have to purchase the licensed version of Reimage malware removal tool.
How much damage can [email protected] virus cause?
These past summer weeks have been quite busy for IT specialists since one ransomware after another keeps emerging. [email protected] virus is one the recent threats which joined the gang of notorious ransomware group sharing a few common features. One of them is that all threats provide @india.com address for victims to contact. In this article, you will find more information about this particular virus and ways to remove [email protected] virus from the computer. Reimage will help you with the proper elimination.
The virus mainly targets Windows users. Whether you have XP, 7 or 10 version, be aware that the ransomware might infect your computer. The threat seems to have originated from Green_Ray virus and .xtbl. A couple of weeks ago, there have been a series of .xtbl virus variations released: [email protected], [email protected]. Like the latter threats, the current malware appends [email protected] extension to all encrypted files. Since the virus employs mathematically interrelated public and private keys, deciphering the locked files remains a challenge. It is known that the virus uses AES-256 and RSA-2048 encryption algorithms, so it complicates matters more.
While [email protected] ransomware is encrypting files, you may not have the slightest idea that highly treacherous menace has befallen you. Depending on the amount of hard drive space and CPU speed, the encryption process may take from several minutes to half an hour. Thus, after it finishes its misdeed, [email protected] leaves a ransom note how_to_decrypt_your files.txt, .png and .bmp files with the same title. It warns you not to decrypt the files on your own but contact the hackers for further instructions. Certainly, the retrieval of the locked data does not come for free. The hackers demand a few hundreds of dollars in exchange for the personal files. Keep in mind that it is hackers you are dealing with, so you should not foster high expectations of getting the files back even if you remit the payment. Instead, you might try data recovery apps, PhotoRec or R-studio. You should also focus on [email protected] removal.
When did the virus come from?
It might have occupied your computer via infected email. Since it has been a profitable spreading technique, the majority of hackers prefer distributing the ransomware in such way. In order for a user to open the infected attachment, scammers have come up with remarkably persuasive techniques. In some cases, differentiating between a scam and a real email from the respective company might become a tiresome activity. Hackers pretend to be the officers of tax or other governmental institution or postmen. The email containing [email protected] malware within might look like an email which is sent from the transportation company. It asks you to review the attachment for delivery details. Few users suspect that what they opened is actually Pandora’s box. Afterward, there is no way to prevent the virus from executing itself. Usually, fake emails contain grammar and spelling mistakes or lack full credentials of the responsible person.
What is the most effective way to remove [email protected]?
You can eliminate the malware with the help of an anti-spyware program which is apt in locating not only minor threats but more destructive viruses such as trojans and, in this case, ransomware. Rest assured as the security program will take care of [email protected] virus within few minutes. It will eliminate it completely. However, you should keep in mind that the program will not help you decrypt the files. After the computer is cleaned, think of the data storage alternatives. You can keep it in portable data saving devices or store it on the computer but perform regular back-ups. Lastly, if the virus denied you the access to the security programs or you cannot perform [email protected] removal because of a similar problem, take a look at the recovery instructions below.
We might be affiliated with any product we recommend on the site. Full disclosure in our Agreement of Use. By Downloading any provided Anti-spyware software to remove [email protected] ransomware virus you agree to our privacy policy and agreement of use.
More information about this program can be found in Reimage review.
Reimage is a tool to detect malware.
You need to purchase Full version to remove infections.
Now type rstrui.exe and press Enter again..
When a new window shows up, click Next and select your restore point that is prior the infiltration of [email protected]. After doing that, click Next.
Now click Yes to start system restore.
Once you restore your system to a previous date, download and scan your computer with Reimage and make sure that [email protected] removal is performed successfully.
Finally, you should always think about the protection of crypto-ransomwares. In order to protect your computer from [email protected] and other ransomwares, use a reputable anti-spyware, such as Reimage, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareWebroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus or Malwarebytes Anti Malware
Use the QR scanner to get instructions on your mobile device.
You can quickly scan the QR code with your mobile device and have [email protected] ransomware virus manual removal instructions right in your pocket. | http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-green_rayindia-com-xtbl-ransomware-virus.html |
The FBI said on Monday that the DarkSide ransomware gang was responsible for the cyberattack that led to the shutdown of Colonial Pipeline.
The FBI shed any new light on its investigation into the attack, saying in a statement, “We continue to work with the company and our government partners on the investigation.”
It came after the hacking group itself issued a statement suggesting that the cybercriminals may be feeling a tinge of regret over the massive disruption to the U.S. gas and diesel supply chain.
“Our goal is to make money, and not creating problems for society,” the Darkside ransomware gang said in a post to its leak site. From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.”
DarkSide did not address the attack specifically. Colonial shut down pipeline operations on Friday in response to the attack. The pipeline carries gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast.
The group is among a cadre of ransomware gangs that extort victims by encrypting and stealing data. The attacks themselves can lead to operational downtime, while victims who refuse to pay face embarrassing — and potentially damaging — leaks of internal data.
DarkSide has attempted to distinguish itself from its peers by saying it won’t attack certain targets, including hospitals, companies involved in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, nonprofits, government entities, and schools and universities.
The group also claims to have donated some of the proceeds of its attacks to charity. | https://heavyhaultexas.com/ransomware-gang-blamed-for-colonial-pipeline-attack-expresses-regret/ |
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader X (10.0) for Windows and Macintosh; Adobe Reader 9.4.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX; and Adobe Acrobat X (10.0) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh.
These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Risk for Adobe Reader X users is significantly lower, as none of these issues bypass Protected Mode mitigations. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2011/02/09/adobe-reader-x-critical-vulnerabilities-patched/ |
There are numerous threats among the landscape that tend to be more prominent than others. One of these is ransomware, which is essentially a type of malware that infects systems and locks up user files. Once it has completed this step, the user will then receive a ransom demand from the perpetrator of the attack, which will say that if their demands are not met, the locked files will be corrupted or destroyed, and if they are met, a decryption key will be sent. The amount of ransom that is demanded can vary quite widely, as it often demands on how large the affected organization is, as well as the type of data that was encrypted. These types of attacks have become so prominent that according to the FBI, ransomware was expected to extort various organizations for around $1 billion by the end of last year. In yet another attack like this, Becker County in Minnesota has been infected by ransomware that spread into several parts of their systems.
Ransomware attacks are typically introduced to systems through phishing emails which contain malicious links or attachments that download the malware, and this also seems to be the case in the recent attack, although they have not specifically identified where it came from. According to reports, the attack that hit Becker Country has resulted in their website being shut down, printers being disabled, and it is also slowly spreading to their entire IT network. It appears that the perpetrators have sent them a ransom demand email, but it did not contain a named dollar amount. Administrator Jack Ingstad said that he has been informing board members to not accept anything digital sent from the county, as it may be corrupted and potentially infect their systems as well. Ingstad has called the attack extensive and has told people to remain cautious until they hear from IT staff. | https://www.massivealliance.com/blog/2017/08/16/becker-county-minnesota-suffers-ransomware-attack/ |
It is no secret that in today’s world, information is more at risk than ever before. Unfortunately, we now must deal with the realization that it’s not if an attempted breach will occur on your network, but rather when. Despite an organization’s best efforts to secure networks and information, human error and system vulnerabilities will continue to exist. Considering that reality, organizations must be sure to prepare an actionable plan for when the worst-case scenarios play themselves out.
Incident response is the process of establishing a plan for responding to these worst-case scenarios. The ability of an organization to react to and contain incidents in a prompt and efficient manner is equally as important as the tools and procedures that are put in place to prevent such scenarios. This means not only having the tools in place to detect potential threats, but also having the personnel on hand to respond and react efficiently. | https://www.information-management.com/opinion/being-prepared-for-a-worst-case-data-security-incident |
We know Macs. Our competitors don’t.
We have been dedicated to developing antivirus software specifically for macOS and Mac OS X since our establishment in 1997. Our security products have won several awards for their ability to protect, clean, and organize Macs, making them highly trusted. Whether you need to secure, clean, or organize your Mac, you can rely on our optimal solutions to cater to all your Mac security needs.
Use a PC? We’ll protect that too.
Lots of households with both Windows and Macs can now have complete antivirus protection through our partnership with Panda. | https://lucidleads.io/intego-virusbarrier-free-antivirus-download-for-mac-x9/ |
Moscone Center, San Francisco — September 1, 2009 — Altor Networks, provider of best-in-class virtualization and cloud security solutions, today announced that the Altor VF virtual firewall with intrusion detection has successfully completed and met VMware's (NASDAQ: VMW) rigorous VMsafe certification requirements. The Altor VF leverages VMsafe in kernel-mode, where all security inspections are processed in the hypervisor kernel delivering unparalleled performance.
"This certification represents a substantive development and testing regimen to ensure that the Altor VF meets and exceeds VMware's interoperability and security requirements," said Amir Ben-Efraim, CEO of Altor Networks. "Customers can secure their VMs confident that Altor is not only the best VM traffic control and protection solution but also verified robust and scalable."
Altor's VF delivers defense-in-depth security and by extension mission critical reliability for those applications carrying high value business traffic between VMs. Most customers can realize throughput performance that is 20 times greater than that of virtual firewalls running as virtual machine appliances.
Purpose-built for the virtual environment, the Altor VF delivers the features necessary to not only interoperate but also to optimize the virtual network for secure operation. They are:
Support for leading data center infrastructure technologies (i.e. ArcSight ESM, Cisco Nexus 1000V, Juniper STRM and IPS, Riverbed Cascade)
For more information on the Altor VF, please visit: www.altornetworks.com/products
About Altor Networks Altor Networks is pioneering best-in-class virtualization security solutions to secure production-oriented virtualized data centers and internal clouds. The company's initial product line includes the industry's first-ever purpose-built virtual firewall with integrated intrusion detection, a software security appliance that runs in a virtualized environment and enforces security policy on a per virtual machine basis. Data center administrators can pinpoint a broad range of virtual network security compromises and easily create roles-based security policies. Security policies can be continuously enforced on individual virtual machines, even as they move throughout the virtualized data center. Founded by security and networking experts from Check Point Software, Cisco, NetApp and Oracle, Altor Networks is funded by Accel Partners and Foundation Capital and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, visit www.altornetworks.com. | https://www.darkreading.com/perimeter/altor-vf-gets-vmware-vmsafe-certified |
Grayson Barnes had just started working at his father’s law firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma when a note popped-up on one of the computer screens. It informed him that all the files on the firm’s digital network had been encrypted and were being held ransom. If he ever wanted to access them again, he had to pay $500, in the Internet currency Bitcoin, within five days. If he didn’t, the note concluded, everything would be destroyed.
“It wasn’t just a day’s worth of work,” Barnes told TIME. “It was the entire library of documents, all the Word documents, all the Excel.”
Uncertain of what to do next, Barnes called the police and then the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Everyone he spoke to told him the same thing: there was nothing they could do.
If he paid the $500, there was no guarantee he’d get the files back, they said. But if he didn’t pay, there was no way to save the firm’s data and, because many of these sorts of cybercriminals live abroad, there’s no way for the police or the FBI to prosecute the attackers. “They said, basically, ‘Look, we can’t help you,’” Barnes said. Two days later, the firm paid up.
Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technology newsletter.
And that, cybersecurity experts say, is why so-called “ransomware” attacks have become so ubiquitous in the last two years: they’re relatively low-budget, low stakes, and don’t require much skill to pull off. Instead of going after high-value, heavily fortified systems, like banks or corporations, that require complex technological skills to hack, cybercriminals use ransomware to go straight for easy targets: small businesses, schools, hospitals, and Joe Blow computer users like us, who are likely to pay a few hundred—or a few thousand—bucks to get our digital lives back.
“It’s a one-to-one relationship with the victim, and it’s anonymous,” said Juan Guerrero, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity company that fielded 750,000 attacks last year, just among its own clients.
While each type of ransomware virus is different, some, like CryptoLocker, boasted a 41% “success rate”—meaning that more than a third of victims ended up paying the ransom, according to a survey in the United Kingdom by the University of Kent. That virus earned between $3 million and $27 million for its criminal overlords, according to various estimates.
While there’s no central clearinghouse that keeps of every ransomware attack, cybersecurity experts estimate that there are several million attacks on American computers a year. The average victim shells out about $300, according to a study by the global cybersecurity firm Symantec. But that adds up overtime.
In 2014, for example, one version of ransomware, CryptoWall, infected more than 625,000 computers worldwide, including a quarter million in the U.S., according to Dell Inc., and earning hackers roughly $1 million in just six months.
Between April 2014 and June 2015, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center and the FBI, received 992 complaints about another version of ransomware, Cryptowall, in which victims reported losses of more than $18 million. Some cybersecurity experts estimate that hackers are earning north of $70,000 a month on ransomware.
With that much money flowing in, ransomware is on the rise. “These sorts of attacks are absolutely increasing,” Guerrero said.
According to Symantec, there was a 250% increase in new ransomware available on the black market between 2013 and 2014, and by 2015, the underground ransomware industry had begun to mimic the way modern software is developed: there are criminal engineers and manufacturers, retailers, and “consumers”—hackers on the lookout for the newest, most effective product.
Some criminals, who are usually based in Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe and China, have begun licensing what’s known as “exploit kits”—all-inclusive ransomware apps—to individual hackers for a couple hundred dollars a week.
U.S. Hospitals Face Growing Ransomware Threat
As with most computer viruses, victims are often first targeted with a fraudulent email. If hackers can get victims to open an email and then download an attachment, then they can infiltrate their computer—and any computer associated with that computer’s network. Roughly 23% of people open phishing messages, according to a 2015 data-breach report from Verizon Enterprise Solutions. More than 10% then click on the attachments.
Victims can also have their computers infected merely by visiting a compromised website—no download required—or joining an infected network. Sites that are the most likely to get people in trouble are those peddling pirated movies, TV and sports games, pornography, or networks like Tor that facilitate sharing of huge numbers of user files. PC users are generally more vulnerable to ransomware than Mac users in part because there are more PCs in the world. From a criminal’s perspective, malware designed to exploit a PC offers access to more potential victims.
Ransomware viruses have gotten more sophisticated in recent years, experts say. For example, some versions of ransomware are now designed to seek out the files on a victim’s computer that are most likely to be precious, such as a large number of old photographs, for example, tax filings, or financial worksheets. Other versions use social engineering tricks to make a victim feel guilt or shame—and therefore more likely to pay the ransom. Some appear to be official notices from the FBI or a cyber law enforcement agency claiming to know that a victim recently watched illegal porn, bought drug paraphernalia, or downloaded a pirated movie. In some particularly alarming cases, ransom notes come in over a computer’s speakers: the booming voice of a stranger demanding a Bitcoin payment echoes through the victim’s living room.
This Malicious Software Can Hold Your Data for Ransom
In the past year, ransomware attacks have shut down at least three health care centers, including one hospital in Los Angeles that paid $17,000 to regain access to its patients’ records. In March, MedStar Health, the massive, $5 billion health care juggernaut that operates 10 hospitals in the Washington, DC region, saw its computer system knocked offline for days in what some employees characterized as a ransomware attack.
Police departments, school districts, and small businesses, like Barnes’ law firm have also been recent targets, in part because they have less sophisticated security systems. According to Intel Security, 80% of small and medium-sized businesses don’t use data protection and fewer than half secure their email.
The only way to protect against a ransomware attack is rote: keep your operating system up to date, renew your anti-virus software regularly, back up your files on a daily or weekly basis, and never download anything from an email address you don’t recognize. Many cybersecurity experts warn that people should be particularly skeptical of emails with attachments that appear to be from trusted brands, like FedEx or Amtrak, when they arrive unexpectedly.
Once a computer has been infected with ransomware, there’s often very little that a consumer can do, said Robert Siciliano, the CEO of ID Theft Security.com. With some, limited variations of ransomware, law enforcement have the tools to reverse and remove the virus. But in most cases, victims are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
If a victim pays a ransom and the files are not restored, there’s no way to demand a refund. Most ransomware schemes require Bitcoin payments to be routed through file-sharing technologies, so law enforcement officials can’t usually identify where the money went. Like many in the cybersecurity world, Siciliano advises not paying the ransom in the first place. That money, he says, ends up funding newer, more innovative variations of the virus.
Barnes says he doesn’t feel great about having paid the $500 ransom for his law firm’s files, but given the situation, he and his colleagues didn’t have much of a choice. “Everything is backed up now,” he said. “It’s not happening again.”
© 2017 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (Your California Privacy Rights).
Fortune may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. | http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/hackers-ransomware/ |
The summer of 2019 is proving to be a cybersecurity record breaker – for all the wrong reasons. In the past two weeks, businesses in Europe and the U.S. were levied massive penalties after probes into data breaches that left consumer data exposed.
The record setting began in early July when fines were imposed on British Airways and Marriott International for non-compliance with the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy requirements following breaches reported in 2018.
That record didn’t hold for long. This week, credit reporting giant Equifax felt the wrath of state and federal investigators. Following probes into its massive 2017 data breach — which resulted in the compromise of personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 143 million Americans — Equifax agreed to pay up to $700 million in fines and reparations. That’s almost three times the fine imposed by GDPR regulators on Marriott and British Airways combined.
Equifax is certainly not alone in patching speed. Today 60% of companies are breached as a result of an unpatched vulnerability.
Vulnerabilities aside, what unites these breaches is that no one is paying attention to the strategic risk that a company’s security posture poses. This is particularly true of the C-suite and boardroom where security is often overlooked until a breach occurs. Then, when words like “inept” and “negligent” are uttered, executives begin to take notice because they understand the impact upon their organizations’ reputations and credibilities.
But if businesses won’t regulate themselves, governments and policy makers are happy to step in. That’s why Europe has GDPR and U.S. states like California and Ohio are following suit with their own data privacy laws. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that federal U.S. policy makers are increasingly questioning whether “only through tough, new federal laws would Equifax and other companies truly improve their digital defenses.”
The table stakes are high
Understanding the risk and exposure your company faces must be at the forefront of strategic discussions and planning. The challenge for many organizations is that they lack visibility into the true nature of risk – in their own operations, across their third-party vendors and supply chains, and even M&A targets. How do you remediate a risk you can’t see?
As the costs of cyberattacks skyrocket, traditional manual risk assessments are falling short. A better approach would be to implement a data-driven and dynamic measurement of your organization’s cybersecurity performance using tools like security ratings.
Security ratings automatically monitor the security status of your organization, third-party vendors and suppliers, and even acquisition targets for vulnerabilities and risk vectors on a continuous and global basis. With insight into security liabilities, risky user behavior, security diligence such as patching cadence, and even compromised systems, you can take the right steps towards reducing risk.
Now’s the time to proactively identify, quantify, and manage cybersecurity risk throughout your ecosystem. As GDPR and now Equifax’s record-breaking fine show, if you’re not staying on top of the rising cybersecurity table stakes, law makers and regulators may try to kick you off the table. | https://www.bitsight.com/blog/equifax-data-breach-settlement-is-warning-shot-to-businesses-everywhere |
SafeNet Announces Upgrades to Strengthen...
The move from physical security of resources to virtual safety of data has been smooth for businesses. We have been collecting and disseminating data to connect with clients, suppliers and employees. The scenario has been productive and time has come when data has become primary for all business activity. Businesses have always given importance to securing their commercial and physical assets, which is today easily translated into business information. Encryption has been a sure-fire solution to safeguarding all of this information. What has been arduous for companies though, is securing the safety key. The keys to all this encryption are difficult to store and manage.
There are two primary sets of information that we need to protecttransactions and stored data. As a result, device encryption along with data encryption has arisen to drive security for serious users across the board. In this entire process, the key becomes primary, along with its cipher. The cipher or the lock, along with the key, is able to protect data from being available to unauthorised users. Together, the cipher and the key are able to protect data from being stolen or misused. While it is so easy to lose a physical key, its easier to lose an all-encompassing encryption key. As we start to use more and more technologies to safeguard valuable data, it becomes mandatory to protect the key to all the information we cannot do without. An encryption key is the single most application that can be employed to decrypt data that has been coded. It then becomes important to safeguard the key from getting lost or from being copied. According to NIST, a Key Management Lifecycle includes signing keys, transporting private keys, using public keys to verify, digital signatures and secret authentication keys. The cycle will also include information such as domain parameters, public authorization keys and initialization vectors. This lifecycle is of relevance because if the encryption key is lost, all the information this key protects is also lost. Therefore, encryption key management has taken priority for users. So what does a good encryption key management plan comprise? Most importantly, it should archive the signature verification key, secret authentication key and the public authentication key. At the same time, the key should also include data encryption for a longer term along with domain parameters. It should incorporate key encrypting for the key used and a key for key wrapping. And what should an encryption key not archive? It should not archive the signing key, the private authentication key along with the short term data encryption key. The encryption key should also not archive the RNG key, key transport public key, ephemeral key agreement and private keys. Some good strategies to safeguard an encryption key include backup of the keys along with backup of all changes that the key undergoes. This way the keys can be safely used at any time in the future to access data that has been archived in the past. The other safe stratagem is to make sure that the administrator has an effective disaster recovery plan. It is also a good idea to ensure that the access control to an encryption keys is safeguarded at all times. This will ensure appropriate encryption of data. The safety of encryption keys in their physical environment is equally important, as is escrowing the keys with a third party. To define the best way to undertake security of encryption key is difficult. What is required is to undertake processes to evolve a standard encryption key management. As encryption becomes commonly used to protect data, key management takes further relevance. With the many devices being deployed to protect data, key management needs to be constantly monitored and upgraded. | http://www.cioandleader.com/cioleaders/features/9534/safekeeping-encryption-key |
Article by Fortinet chief information security officer Corne Mare and Fortinet director of threat intelligence for Australia and New Zealand Glenn Maiden.
Businesses across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) continue to be targeted by cybercriminals as technology advances, and attacks have become increasingly sophisticated.
However, technological advancements aren't the only thing driving increased cybercrime across the ANZ region. The exploitation of vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and threats arising from the conflict in eastern Europe also present challenges to local businesses, among other potential threats.
On the surface level, the pandemic is one example of cybercriminals exploiting real challenges and vulnerabilities for their personal gain. There have also been instances of supply chain issues, food supply challenges, and refugee crises being exploited by cybercriminals looking to disrupt businesses. Cyberterrorism continues to be a major threat to businesses and governments across ANZ, which has only increased due to the changing geopolitical landscape.
But it's not just disruption that businesses could face. The biggest risk from things like ransomware is data access and exposure, further driving the need for leaders to bring security into the very base levels of the organisation. There's never a guarantee that cybercriminals will safeguard data once accessed, even if ransoms are paid. Hence, business leaders must invest in greater data protection at every level.
The diversity of attacks is just one piece of the puzzle. One of the biggest challenges that have come to the fore is how entrepreneurial cybercriminals have become. Cybercriminal syndicates are increasingly acting as a business would; they share skills to take advantage of exploits and hire specialists based on specific capabilities, with some threat actors working for a multitude of criminal networks.
New threats are not the only cause for concern in the region. Businesses increasingly need to be able to adapt to the changing nature of cyberattacks and educate their employees on how to identify potential exploits beyond the more traditional attack approaches such as phishing scams or infected files. While new threats are constantly emerging, the style of attack is also evolving, and cybercriminals are weaponising vulnerabilities and exploits with increasing speed. One of the most concerning developments in cybercrime is the sophistication of attacks, with the technology and attackers behind it growing progressively more insidious alongside changing motivations.
Cybercriminals have moved on from unsophisticated spray-and-pray or share-and-click approaches. Instead, they've become more targeted, direct, and well-versed at moving through organisations. It's imperative for businesses to recognise this shift in approach and adapt both their cybersecurity approaches and their staff cybersecurity education and training to better address and protect against changing attacks.
There's a risk of organisations becoming complacent in the wake of continued cyberattacks, especially as the question is no longer an if but when organisations will be attacked. While there's now a level of normality around cyber threats, the risks start to include the potential for wilful blindness or risk fatigue in cybersecurity. For example, business leaders may be tired of hearing about ransomware, but that doesn't mean it will disappear.
As cybercriminals continue to increase their sophistication of attacks, organisations need to double down on the security basics or risk their own complacency also becoming a significant threat. To counteract this, business leaders need to increasingly give cybersecurity a seat at the boardroom table and invest in zero trust strategies from a business perspective instead of only a technology viewpoint.
Beyond strengthening an organisation's security posture and better educating employees around maintaining good cybersecurity hygiene, more must be done on an enterprise and government level to protect ANZ businesses from cyber threats. As cybercriminals evolve, often joining forces to share exploits, businesses and governments must equally engage in information sharing to help better protect organisations and data from cyberattacks. In addition, enterprises need to collaborate more freely and engage in open communication; ultimately, it's big technology that can contribute to the safety and security of individuals and their data, and more needs to be done to reinforce this.
As with physical security, there's an increasing need for a collective, global coalition to be established to help businesses and governments better manage security and safety in the digital sphere. Without this, cyber attackers will continue to evolve and threaten businesses. And, as society becomes increasingly connected, and attackers become more sophisticated in their approaches, the impacts of future attacks could be devastating. | https://securitybrief.co.nz/story/cyber-threats-impacting-australian-and-new-zealand-businesses |
“Moving to cloud? Don’t neglect the security challenges. Ensure you have a security policy that works seamlessly across on-premise and cloud” Dave Nicholson, Technical Sales Consultant, Axial Systems.
As businesses move to a ‘cloud first’ strategy, they should always keep data security top of mind. Early in the process, they will need to choose a third-party provider partner, whose terms and conditions align with their own business strategy and understands all the issues around data sovereignty. | https://www.axial.co.uk/newsroom/making-data-security-priority-cloud-first-world/ |
Provide for your family in the event of death.
Provide for you and your family in the event of a disability.
Provide for long-term care.
Protect your retirement plan from a savings shortfall.
Prevent estate erosion due to unexpected expenses.
Support your philanthropic interests.
A well-designed and customized protection plan takes into account the individual needs of each family member. It may include life insurance, disability income insurance and long-term care insurance. Investment funding vehicles such as annuities or mutual funds can also be utilized to establish a contingency fund.
Check the background of your financial professional on FINRA's BrokerCheck.
The content is developed from sources believed to be providing accurate information. The information in this material is not intended as tax or legal advice. Please consult legal or tax professionals for specific information regarding your individual situation. Some of this material was developed and produced by FMG Suite to provide information on a topic that may be of interest. FMG Suite is not affiliated with the named representative, broker - dealer, state - or SEC - registered investment advisory firm. The opinions expressed and material provided are for general information, and should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security.
Copyright 2019 FMG Suite.
Raymond J. Kubick CFP® is a registered representative of and offers securities and investment advisory services through MML Investors Services, LLC, Member SIPC, 330 Whitney Avenue, Suite 600, Holyoke, MA 01040, Tel: (413) 539-2000. Connecticut Financial, LLC is not a subsidiary or affiliate of MML Investors Services, LLC, or its affiliated companies.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. | https://www.ct.financial/wealth-protection-risk-management |
7" TFT high definition screen with low power consumption, no radiation.
Ultra thin designed indoor unit with touch pad. Electronic door lock release function.
Water-proof, damage-proof, oxidation-proof and abrasion-proof zinc alloy panel outdoor unit, motion detection and auto-recording function.
Outdoor gate unlock control function up to two gates. Outdoor monitoring. | http://www.sasmax.net/door-hardware-and-locks/door-viewers/roule-r-rl-06f-7-high-definition-color-video-camera-intercoms-entry-access-control-system-door-phone-doorbell-door-viewer-night-vision-home-security-surveillance-waterproof-damage-proof-b01cxt5wlw.html |
Avast antivirus is a fantastic security instrument. Although the applications are best known due to the Windows-based security features, it is also available for Android-based devices. Their SecureLine with regards to iOS protection tool defends Apple’s mobile phones as well. Avast also offers software program for businesses and schools, beneath its Endpoint Protection umbrella. The Czech DPA has also issued an argument on the circumstance. While the organization does not publicly disclose its share of the market, Statista shows that avast antivirus protects a lot more than 170 million computers in the world.
The latest edition of Avast antivirus features new technology pertaining to protecting your pc from emerging threats. It uses machine learning how to identify destructive software and cloud coverage to block that. The software’s scanner determines suspicious files and studies them to Avast’s lab for further analysis. Avast Absolutely free Antivirus designed for Windows 15 and under has a straightforward user interface with systematic requests. Throughout the installation process, the product will tell you whether your pc is protected or not really.
The most recent renovation of Avast antivirus made privacy worries more prevalent. You’re able to send policy has evolved in response to backlash over privacy issues, which prompted many people to uninstall the product. Users can also opt-out of sharing info. However , if you do not want to talk about your information best mobile hotspots with third parties, Avast is definitely not the best antivirus to pick. Avast includes a history of improper use of user data. Mainboard and PCMag conducted an investigation into Avast in January 2020 and found that the business had been trading user info to third functions.
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
The Freudian Centre is a leading provider of mental health services, employee and family assistance program (EFAP) based in Lagos, Nigeria.
We provide high quality outpatient and inpatient care. Our 24/7 crisis hotline provides immediate care in terms of crisis.
Dr Olayinka Jibunoh is a consultant psychiatrist based in Lagos Nigeria. She holds an MBBS from the University of Lagos, MSc in health policy from the Imperial College, London and a Fellowship with the West African College of Physicians.
She founded a health tech start-up called The Freudian Centre, which is an employee and family assistance program located at 141, Ahmadu Bello Way, Opposite Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos. This start-up works tirelessly to bridge the gap in access to quality mental health care for all age groups. She is an active member of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, the American Psychiatric Association and The International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals. She can be reached on 0700FREUDIAN and [email protected] Follow @freudian_centre on instagram and face book.
We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept" you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. | https://freudiancentre.com/rehabilitation/avast-antivirus-assessment/2022/ |
The legal tango between Apple and Psystar continues apace, with each company filing its own motion for a summary judgment by the man in charge, Judge William Alsup. A summary judgment would involve the judge finding in favor of one of the parties and ending the case. Otherwise, the case is scheduled to go to trial in January 2010.
According to The Mac Observer, Apple's and Psystar's motions concern the same central issue: the licensing of Mac OS X. In Apple's argument, Mac OS X 10.5's licensing agreement states that users own the physical media, but not the contents of that media, which they are only licensing. Psystar contends that users own both the disc and the operating system. A motion for summary judgment is a common legal move, however, so don't expect the judge to suddenly snap his fingers and decide who is right...and who is dead.
The deadline for Apple or Psystar to challenge their opponent's arguments is November 7. If Judge Alsup declines to issue such a judgment, then the dispute will go to trial as scheduled--unless of course Psystar and Apple reach some sort of settlement beforehand. Given Psystar's full-steam-ahead continuation of its business--including venturing into its own licensing scheme--we're going to deem that particular eventuality unlikely. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/173594/article.html |
China's cyberthreat response group Monday warned local Skype users about phishing scams being carried out through the chat program, in a show of ongoing efforts to counter phishing in the country. Many Skype users in China have recently received fake messages saying they had won a prize and directing them to a look-alike version of the program's Web site to claim it, said the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CERT) on its Web site. The group's rare notice about a specific phishing scam warned users not to lose sensitive data to such sites and said the group had worked with a domain registrar to close an offending domain. Phishing has been a major problem in China but the most targeted local sites have included banks and an online auction site that is similar to eBay, said Miao Deyu, a spokesman for Chinese antivirus software maker Antiy Labs. China's huge number of Internet users gives criminals a much larger pool of people to target and more catches even if their success rate is low, said Miao. China officially had 338 million Internet users at the end of June.
Skype is still an attractive target for phishing since many user accounts have payment information linked to them, said Miao. The Chinese version of the program, called Tom-Skype since it is offered through local Internet company Tom Online, reportedly had 69 million registered users in mid-2008. That version of the program filters some politically sensitive words sent during chats and last year was found by researchers to be recording messages, likely due to government demands. Chinese companies and government organizations last year formed an antiphishing group that may have helped reduce phishing incidents. The group has identified and helped close at least 8,000 phishing sites, according to local media and Miao. In the past few months phishing incidents in China have stayed flat after an earlier spike, according to Antiy. China's CERT received just 1,200 reports of phishing last yea, and it "resolved" just 320 of them, it said in an earlier report. Among the incidents reported to the group, Yahoo, eBay and banks like Wachovia and HSBC were the most commonly mimicked Web sites, a sign that many phishing sites hosted in China target Internet users abroad. Western experts have said that China-hosted domains known to be malicious often remain up and have called for quicker action by local registrars and authorities to shut them down.
Our Back to Business guide highlights the best products for you to boost your productivity at home, on the road, at the office, or in the classroom.
Keep up with the latest tech news, reviews and previews by subscribing to the Good Gear Guide newsletter. | http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/328887/china_warns_skype_phishing_shuts_offending_domain/ |
White Lodging Services Corporation says the suspected breach happened at the food and beverage outlets of 14 hotels, including the Marriott Austin South, Westin Austin at the Domain and Holiday Inn Austin Northwest.
The company says the suspected breach occurred between March 20 and Dec. 16, 2013.
White Lodging says hotel guests who simply reserved rooms or purchased to their room accounts but did not use their credit cards at the food and beverage outlets were not affected.
The company says it contacted federal law enforcement officials to aid in the investigation.
The data breach may have included customer names, credit or debit card numbers, the card security code and card expiration dates.
The company says that customers who used or visited the businesses during the nine-month period should review their credit and debit card statements.
The company also says that customers should consider putting a fraud alert on their credit files. To place an alert, customers can call Experian at (888) 397-3742, Equifax at (800) 525-6285 or TransUnion at (800) 680-7289. The alerts last 90 days. | http://www.khou.com/news/Austin-hotel-data-breach-under-investigation-243500891.html |
On April 19, 2022, the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted final approval to a class action settlement reached with Pennsylvania-based convenience store Wawa, Inc. (“Wawa”). The Settlement addresses the Consumer Track’s claims arising out of a data security incident that impacted all Wawa stores and fuel pumps between March 4, 2019 and December 12, 2019. The Settlement provides for tiered relief in the form of Wawa gift cards, cash reimbursements for out-of-pocket losses, as well as significant data security enhancements to Wawa’s systems. CSK&D partner, Ben Johns, was appointed as co-lead Class Counsel for the Consumer Track.
Judge Pratter concluded that the Consumer Track Settlement was “reasonable and adequate, and in the best interest of the Consumer Track Settlement Class.” The Court further “applauded” the parties for negotiating amendments to the Settlement as needed throughout the approval process. She also granted Class Counsel’s motion for attorneys fees and expenses, awarding a $3.2 million lump sum amount for fees, expenses, and class representative service awards which will be paid by Wawa separate from, and in addition to, the $9 million made available to consumers.
The final approval order, as well as other settlement-related documents, can be accessed on the Settlement Website, www.wawaconsumerdatasettlement.com
We may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.
Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.
Essential Website Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.
We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.
We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.
Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab.
Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. | https://chimicles.com/court-grants-final-approval-of-wawa-data-breach-class-action-settlement/ |
In order to run modern businesses, efficient a computer network is an essential prerequisite. A reliable network in an organization, assist the employees to work as a team by sharing information, accessing the common database, and to keep the flow of communication available throughout the organization. It is thus very important that the computer network installation should be done with great care to effectively achieve the goal of interconnectivity in a business environment.
A lot of detailed planning and foresight is required before you plan to install your computer network. It is important you identify your organizational needs first as you think about installing computer network. It is important to determine your network requirements keeping in mind the changes that may arise in the near future. You should keep in mind:
• The total number of users of the network in order to have a clear picture about the requirement of computers and the peripheral devices.
• Identification of pattern usage by total number of computer users will help you have a better idea of your needs. For instance, if you are going to personally allot a computer to everyone or if a group of three people will use a single computer, etc.
• Keep your business growth and extension in the future in mind before you chalk out your computer network plans. This will save you for frequent shifting of the network and will save on the costs as well.
• You should make a decision as to who will serve as the point of contact in your organization for your networking needs. You can choose network experts available and can contact the best one who is reputed and well experienced.
• You should also consider the security of your organizational data. Make sure that you have sufficient technology security in the form of firewalls, antivirus, password policies, data encryptions, and spam filtering.
Network installation is quite a demanding job. If you plan to hire network experts for your organization, you can seek a pre-installation consultation as offered by many of them. Go for the one who understands your needs well and is well versed with the modern software. You can search online for the providers near your vicinity and can contact them to describe your requirements.
NIT | connect specializes in designing total business solutions for companies. They provide a wide variety of services including computer network installation as well as IT problem resolutions. To know more about their quality of work and the services offered, log on to www.nitconnect.net | https://www.articles123.net/things-to-know-before-you-plan-on-computer-network-installation.html |
In June of 2019, Verizon released its annual Data Breach Investigations report. This report showed that an alarming 43% of cyber-attack victims were small businesses. Perhaps even more alarming was a study done last year by payroll services provider, Paychex, that showed 1 out of 4 small business owners reported they didn’t use any security software to protect their businesses!
How serious is the threat? With the dramatic rise of CryptoJacking and ransomware-type threats, the ability for cybercriminals to monetize these attacks is significant. Every computer and server on your network now has a dollar and cents resale value on the dark Web. Combined with the fact that so many small business owners are not taking these threats seriously, small business networks make for both attractive and lucrative targets. We are no longer the collateral damage from attacks on big businesses and government organizations, we ARE the targets. We will be attacked, and if we are not ready, we will be breached, and we will pay the price. According to insurance carrier Hiscox, the average cost of these breaches is $200,000 and 60% of those businesses go out of business within 6 months of being victimized.
What can we do? Here are 5 steps you can do to protect your business and your future.
Most companies have periodic financial reviews done by either a CPA or auditor to ensure the health of their financial systems, but few companies apply the same philosophy to their data. If you have a small number of IT staff either in your organization or in your outsourced provider, over time they can become “blind” to the level of security and general health of your network. Often a second set of eyes and an outside perspective can quickly reveal weak spots in your IT systems that can be turned into action plans to greatly strengthen your security posture.
Have I scared you a little? I hope so! The danger for our companies is real, but fortunately, by taking some simple intentional steps we can do much to increase the fortifications around our businesses, our livelihoods and our futures. If you would like to go deeper and discuss any of these topics, please feel free to reach out to me either via our social media channels (links below) or email me at [email protected] Be safe! | https://www.tech42llc.com/2020/02/26/cyber-security-is-my-small-business-at-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyber-security-is-my-small-business-at-risk&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyber-security-is-my-small-business-at-risk |
WASHINGTON - The University of Maryland is telling students, alumni and faculty to hold off on calling to sign up for credit monitoring after a deluge of calls Tuesday crashed Experian's hotline. As of midday, those who called weren't able to speak with an operator and many others were unable to connect at all with Experian.
"At this time we advise you to refrain from calling the UMD Experian hotline until the issues are resolved," the university says in a statement. The university also announced that it would extend the free credit monitoring for five years, instead of the initial one year. EARLIER: Tuesday - 2/25/2014, 1:02pm ET
WASHINGTON - University of Maryland students and faculty are struggling to register for free credit monitoring services as the rush for the financial protection overwhelmed phone lines. Tuesday was the first day that students and staff were able to call Experian to determine whether their personal information had been compromised in a massive data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other information for more than 300,000 people connected with the university.
Phones lines have been repeatedly busy all morning with a message telling callers "We're sorry. All circuits are busy now."
Experian has not returned multiple calls for comment Tuesday morning. But the university announced that Experian was having "technical difficulties due to high call volume." Experian call-takers will be available until 9 p.m. although the call volume is expected to remain high through the late afternoon Tuesday, according to the university. Personal information for current and past students, staff and faculty was exposed in the data breach, which the university revealed earlier this month. Last week, the university announced that students and staff should call to determine if their information was caught up in the breach and if so they can sign up for a year of free credit monitoring. The service must be activated by May 31.
The breached database contained information from the College Park and Shady Grove campuses. Records included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and university identification numbers. Academic, financial and health information was not affected.
Some of those who couldn't get through took to Twitter to express their frustration. In fact, nobody I know seems to have had success when calling Experian this morning. Hmmmmmm. #umdhacked.— Aysha Khan (@ayshabkhan) February 25, 2014 #Terps Experian is having "technical difficulties. " Calls to sign up for credit monitoring with them aren't going through at this time.— Catherine L Hooper (@catelouie) February 25, 2014 | http://www.wtop.com/46/3570055/UMd-data-breach-victims-crash-hotline |
Stress is a fact of life, and I even read somewhere that a certain amount of it can be good for you. Internet Explorer 9, however, has no desire to raise your blood pressure or give you an ulcer.
Instead, IE9 has a number of security and privacy features that take the worry out of browsing. Here's how IE9 helps you:
Shake a tail. That's right, some unscrupulous websites will be tailing you (they call it tracking, but we know what they want—your behavior across multiple sites). Use IE9's Tracking Protection, together with the Protection List Provider of your choice (here's how), and IE9 will block content that could be used to follow you around.
Tracking Protection
Fend off known troublemakers. Use the new Application Reputation feature of the IE9 SmartScreen Filter to protect against phishing attacks and malware intent on swiping your personal information. It checks a list of reported phishing sites and malicious software sites to warn you and block sites for your safety.
Stay away from places of ill repute. SmartScreen Filter's URL Reputation feature is more powerful and effective than ever before, now checking for bad content on otherwise good pages. Warnings show in the Download Manager and the Notification Area, clearly identifying whether some content (say, an advertisement) or the entire page is bad.
Leave no trace. When stealth is important—as when ordering a gift on a shared computer—InPrivate Browsing fills the bill. Turn it on (here's how) and IE9 won't keep its customary browsing history, won't save temporary Internet files or form data, and won't retain cookies, usernames, or passwords. Your secret is safe with IE.
Limit activity. Websites use ActiveX to do special things, but it can pose security risks. ActiveX Filtering lets you lock out all ActiveX routines, then specify which sites you'll "invite" to enrich your experience. See how to turn it on.
Active X Filtering
Keep keystrokes and passwords private. The always-on Cross-site scripting filter in IE9 detects compromised websites and disables harmful scripts designed to capture and record passwords, credit card numbers, and other things you enter via keyboard.
Know where you are. Sometimes deceptive practices lead us to bad places instead of our intended web destinations. By highlighting the domain name in the address bar, IE9 helps you to quickly realize you've been misrouted so you won't give any private info away. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/hub/2011/06/15/how-internet-explorer-9-helps-you-browse-worry-free/ |
AV-Test GmbH tested Microsoft Security Essentials, the free software Microsoft launched yesterday in beta, on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, putting it up against nearly 3,200 common viruses, bot Trojans and worms, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm’s two managers. The malware was culled from the most recent WildList, a list of threats actually actively attacking computers.
"All files were properly detected and treated by the product," said Marx in an e-mail. "That’s good, as several other [antivirus] scanners are still not able to detect and kill all of these critters yet." ….
AV-Test also examined the program’s anti-rootkit skills and its ability to scrub a system of malware it finds with a limited number of samples and "found no reasons to complain," Marx said. "[Security Essentials] is able to remove found malware very well, but further tests against larger sets of samples are required before we can come to a final conclusion."
Microsoft Security Essentials also had no false positives in the preliminary testing.
In case you were wondering, the testing also confirmed that Microsoft Security Essentials is not a "cloud" virus scanner as had been suggested in some early speculations – it is a conventional scanner working off databases downloaded to each PC. Without any concrete evidence, my assumption is that Microsoft Security Essentials is just a spiffed up version of the antivirus portion of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft’s failed commercial security package which will no longer be sold after June 30. | http://www.hunterstrat.com/news/microsoft-starts-limited-beta-of-free-antivirus-product-microsoft-security-essentials/ |
Best identity theft protection companies are those that provide all credit reports and many features in their plans to protect your identity. Identity theft protection sites that provide the most features are typically paid. However, many reliable companies offer credit reports and credit monitoring for free. There are many sites of the type: free credit report. The catch is that they require you to add your credit card, and then they start charging you for credit monitoring, which is not free. This looks like a scam. A free identity theft protection site means totally free! A site that won’t ask you even to give your credit card. People’s main reason to subscribe to credit monitoring is to prevent identity theft and monitor their credit reports for updates.
Below are the best identity theft protection companies for 2022. Some of them are totally free and provide reliable service. We also give you the big names in paid credit monitoring because some provide much more features for more advanced people.
No identity theft protection can prevent identity theft in full! If someone tells you this, that is a scam! The most secure ways to prevent identity theft are: credit freeze, fraud alert, and be careful with who you share your personal information with! And get credit monitoring. The fact that credit monitoring can’t prevent identity theft in full doesn’t mean that you don’t have to get it!
LifeLock has 3 individual plans: LifeLock Standard, LifeLock Advantage, and LifeLock Ultimate Plus.
LifeLock Standard costs you $8.99/mo first year. After that, you have to prepare $11.99/mo. Per year: $124.99.
LifeLock Advantage costs you $17.99/mo first year; after that, $22.99/mo. Per year: $239.99.
LifeLock Ultimate Plus is $25.99/mo first year; after that, $34.99/mo. Per year: $339.99.
But now, LifeLock offers discounted prices.
These features play an important role and help you act fast if someone tries to steal your identity.
The same features help people who are in the process of building credit. You will be alerted instantly if your credit increase!
IdentityIQ is more expensive than IdentityGuard and IdentityForce, but there are strong reasons for that.
IdentityIQ offers daily credit monitoring. That is a rare feature that not all big identity theft companies offer.
ScoreCasterIQ is their advanced feature that helps you build credit. ScoreCasterIQ is a benefit that allows consumers to understand the impact each credit account has on their score. ScoreCasterIQ provides a detailed analysis of the credit report, recommended actions with accounts negatively impacting the score, and an interactive tool to educate and assist with general credit score scenarios.
Monthly 3-bureau credit reports: $39.95/mo.
Quarterly 3-bureau credit reports: $29.95/mo.
There are many other free ways to get a free FICO score.
There are many FICO score models, and no one can determine which one your lender would use. So, it could be a waste of money.
Credit reports use an algorithm that is very close to your FICO score. Although this is not that lenders would use, your credit score that can be found for free or for cheap gives you a great idea of your creditworthiness.
Still, that would be a great choice for those who want to buy their FICO score from MyFICO. In fact, MyFICO offers great service.
Updated 3-bureau credit reports.
With each new 3-bureau credit report, you’ll get access to 28 FICO® Scores—including your most widely used FICO® Score versions and the newly released FICO® Score 9.
An instant alert of any identified changes to monitored data for your Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax credit reports. Plus, with each new credit alert, you’ll get your most current FICO® Score.
LifeLock Ultimate Plus ($29.99/mo). $1 Million Reimbursement for Stolen Funds. SSN and Credit Alerts. Bank & Credit Card Activity Alerts. Alerts on Crimes in Your Name. Annual 3 Bureau Credit Reports + Credit Scores. 401(k) & Investment Activity Alerts.
It’s a really close one to call, though. LifeLock offers a lot, and we’ve gone ahead and reviewed every single one of their plans: LifeLock Standard, LifeLock Advantage, LifeLock Ultimate Plus, and LifeLock Junior.
Disclaimer: “Service Guarantee benefits for State of New York members are provided under a Master Insurance Policy issued by State National Insurance Company. Benefits for all other members are provided under a Master Insurance Policy underwritten by United Specialty Insurance Company. Under the “Service Guarantee,” LifeLock will spend up to $1 million to hire experts to help your recovery. Please see the policy for terms, conditions, and exclusions at https://lifelock.com/legal.”
WalletHub
WalletHub is the only site that offers daily credit report updates, credit scores, credit monitoring, and identity theft protection. And it is totally free. Register now, and get it.
They provide a Vantage Score from TransUnion. You should ask how do they make money in case they are free? No reason for this. WalletHub is like CreditKarma and other similar sites offering free credit reports. They make money by showing financial product ads to you. WalletHub pays money to get your free credit report, but they get paid when you sign up for one of the ads they send you. And, of course, you are not required to sign up with any of them. But based on your financial situation, which WalletHub knows, they send you really tailored and great offers.
So, if you register now with WalletHub, here is what you get:
100% Free Credit Report, Credit Score, Credit Monitoring, Identity Theft Protection. They pull a credit report from TransUnion, according to the Vantage Score model. It’s not like FICO Score, but it will still work for some of you or give you an idea of your credit report.
Daily Updated! They are the only company that updates their credit report daily. It’s great for people who are in the process of improving their credit score or people with a high risk of identity theft.
Customized Credit Improving. Based on your financial situation, WalletHub sends you great tips tailored specifically to your situation.
TransUnion
TransUnion is one of the 3 main credit bureaus in the United States. If you think that you get only their credit score and monitoring by subscribing to TransUnion, you are wrong. TransUnion offers all 3 bureaus scores and monitoring in their plan.
Their service costs $24.95/mo. This is more expensive than IdentityGuard and IdentityForce, but the service that TransUnion offers is great.
Here is a list of all features that are included in their plan:
UNLIMITED Score & Report access — updates available daily.
CreditCompass™, which helps you point your score in the right direction.
Email updates of critical changes for ALL 3 bureaus.
INSTANT email alerts are sent as soon as TransUnion finds out someone’s applied for credit in your name.
Identity Restoration Support. Privacy Guard will help restore your good name in case of fraud.
Fraud Alerts. You will be alerted to any fraud that is happening through e-mail or SMS messages.
3 Bureau Credit Score. You will get access to your credit score from any of the 3 bureaus.
Lost Wages. If you have to take time off work to restore your identity, they will cover up to $1,500/week in lost wages! However, this rarely happens and is unlikely to happen to you, so you’re unlikely to be able to take advantage of this.
It lacks a coverage plan, but it does offer some decent support and credit monitoring. Best of all, they cover any pay lost.
TransUnion and Equifax lack the support that PG does… but as our review said, PG’s customer support leaves a little to be desired.
They have a free trial, but they’ve been placed at #5 due to the lack of flexibility.
Experian ProtectMyID
We’ve done a ProtectMyID review in the past. However, this identity theft protection company offers a pretty strong value, which places it at #5.
What does it offer, you might ask? For $15.95/month, it has:
Child identity protection. This is the biggest value here, as most companies will charge extra for another family member. However, ProtectMyID will help you protect your child’s identity for no added cost.
Lost Wallet Protection. If you lose your wallet with ID cards, medical cards, or credit cards, they will help you cancel your cards and place fraud alerts on your accounts.
They also offer $1 million in coverage, fraud alerts, address change notifications… as well as a seniors (55+) discount. See what they offer!
At $16.95 a month, Identity Patrol offers the following:
Unlimited access to your Equifax credit report. This is big because it allows you to see real-time changes in your score that will allow you to detect fraud happening as soon as it does.
Easy credit freeze and unfreeze. If you fear fraud, it’s easy to request a credit freeze: simply freeze it on the web. And if you want it unfrozen, that’s just as easy.
Automatic fraud alerts. If there is any suspicious activity on your credit profile, Equifax Identity Patrol will alert you instantly.
This is a good service to choose from if you have an active credit profile because freezing and unfreezing your credit becomes super easy.
How We Chose The Best Identity Theft Protection?
Listing the 10 best identity theft protection companies is no easy task. While a few are obviously great, many companies have at least a few bad things about them.
We had to assess the identity protection plans based on their core features and the perceived value. For an identity theft company to provide a good service, you need to have certain base features. Some of these include identity monitoring, alerts, credit card monitoring, and lost wallet protection. Not all companies on the top 10 list provided these, but those with more to offer (without overcharging) got ranked higher. | https://elitepersonalfinance.com/best-identity-theft-protection/ |
But this is great news because my wife and I have discussed before that while we’d like to play Rock Band. Our best times to play are when the kids’ are asleep. We could play as a family but frankly, most of the titles aren’t exactly friendly for pre-teens. So, until MTV Games decides to release Rock Band downloadable content from the ‘Contemporary Christian’ genre (yeah, not holding my breath) – this is as close to Rock Band as I get without an occasional guys’ night out.
For more detail on the press notice – including its anticipated release for Holiday 2009 season … click here | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jbuff/2009/04/21/lego-rock-band-announced/ |
Written by Stilgherrian , Contributor on Oct. 17, 2018
The government needs to explain why Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies need the sweeping new powers proposed in the Assistance and Access Bill 2018, according to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
The committee has identified multiple occasions where it isn't clear why the proposed measures are "necessary, as opposed to desirable or convenient", and where the measures are not "rationally connected to (that is, effective to achieve) the stated objectives of the measures".
The committee's 47-page analysis was published in its Report 11 of 2018, which was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. It discusses how the three proposed methods for the government to request or demand assistance in accessing communications would impact human rights.
Technical Capability (TC) Notices, which are compulsory notices for a communication provider to build a new interception capability, so that it can meet subsequent Technical Assistance Notices.
These may limit human rights, such as the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression, so "for each of these rights, the measures must pursue a legitimate objective and be rationally connected and proportionate to achieving that objective", the committee wrote.
Must read: Why Australia is quickly developing a technology-based human rights problem(TechRepublic) "In general terms, protecting national security and public order is capable of constituting a legitimate objective for the purposes of international human rights law. However, a measure will only pursue a legitimate objective (capable of justifying a proposed limitation on human rights) where there is a reasoned and evidence-based explanation of why the measure addresses a pressing or substantial concern, and does not simply seek an outcome which is convenient or desirable."
While encrypted communications may well pose challenges, according to the committee the government has not established pressing and substantial concern.
"For example, it is not clear from the information provided why the measures are necessary, as opposed to desirable or convenient, to address the majority of information legally intercepted by ASIO being encrypted," they wrote.
"It is also not clear whether the aspects of the measures that do not appear on their face to relate to decryption address a pressing or substantial concern."
Notices and requests could also be issued to protect "the interest of Australia's foreign relations or Australia's economic well-being", grounds which are "broader than those on which the right to freedom of expression can be validly restricted".
In this context, the committee raised what is often called the "chilling effect" of surveillance, citing article 19(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The Bill's definition of "interception agency" is "very broad" and includes state-based anti-corruption agencies.
"It is not clear how empowering these agencies, which do not appear to discharge functions relevant to safeguarding national security and addressing the type of crime contemplated in the statement of compatibility, is effective to achieve the objectives of the bill (namely, protecting national security and public order)," the committee wrote.
The committee is concerned by the lack of detail in how the long yet incomplete list of "acts or things" that might be requested or demanded are all "rationally connected with the stated objectives" of the Bill.
There are also "concerns that the measures as framed may be overly broad with respect to its stated objectives".
The committee also identified a vast range of concerns in relation to the definitions, process, oversight, and review of these and other new measures proposed in the Bill. These include, among many others, changes to the law relating to computer access warrants, and amendments to the Surveillance Devices Act 2004.
The definition of so-called "backdoors" was also raised, with the committee asking "whether it would be feasible to define 'systemic vulnerability' and 'systemic weakness', and, if not, whether the scheme will be sufficiently circumscribed so as to avoid broader effects on the users of a provider's service or device".
Finally, the committee identified a broader concern. Both the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 and the Surveillance Devices Act were legislated before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights was established under the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
In other words, the committee has never looked at the existing laws through its human rights lens.
"It is therefore difficult to assess whether the warrant or authorisation scheme in [the existing Acts] would operate as a sufficient safeguard [for human rights]," they wrote. | https://www.zdnet.com/article/australias-anti-encryption-legislation-fails-to-address-human-rights-concerns-committee/ |
A proximity controller is a universal touchless technology that is able to detect nearby objects with the help of emitting electromagnetic fields or a beam of electromagnetic radiations without any physical contact.
RFID security access control system is commonly used in our life to detect if someone is in a normal range. Once the user places his card, the display turns off resulting in low power consumption. CPS technology is also an RFID reader manufacturer, we can provide 26/34 bits and other bits range RFID security access control system. If you have relevant requirements for our RFID security access control system. | https://www.targetvision.in/access-control-system.html |
Risk management is a mandatory and necessary process during the entire device life. Not only will it help to design and maintain devices efficiently, but it also ensures that the device will be as safe as possible and prevents harms to patients, users, and the environment.
Like any process that tries to produce repeatable and consistent results, the risk management process must be clearly understood, including the strengths but also the limitations.
By attending this seminar you will learn the main elements of ISO 14971, ISO 13485, IEC62304, IEC62366-1/-2, risk management life cycle steps and benefits, and FDA software reviewers' guidance.
Principal Consultant, System Safety, Inc.
Markus Weber, Principal Consultant with System Safety, Inc., specializes in safety engineering and risk management for critical medical devices. Mr. Weber graduated from Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany with a MS in Electrical Engineering. Before founding System Safety, Inc., he was a software safety engineer for the German approval agency, TUV. Since 1991, he has been a leading consultant to the medical device industry on safety and regulatory compliance issues, specifically for active and software-controlled devices.
In conjunction with the FDA, he has published works on risk management issues and software-related risk mitigations. He has helped multiple companies, from startups to Fortune 500 firms.
Event Manager Contact: marilyn.b.turner(at)nyeventslist.com
You can also contact us if you require a visa invitation letter, after ticket purchase.
We can also provide a certificate of completion for this event if required. | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/risk-management-in-medical-devices-industry-com-tickets-36926471069 |
indeed.co.uk vs. ucoz.ua 58 secs unam.mx vs. yaraon-blog.com 1 min indishare.me vs. dawanda.com 1 min lgbtinews.com.au vs. *friendlyplaces.com.au vs. lgbtiservices.com.au vs. rainbows.host 1 min allocine.fr vs. mycamptrack.com 1 min feng.com vs. creditonebank.com 2 min
turnitin.com vs. tarafdari.com 2 min softpedia.com vs. google.com.cy 3 min indishare.me vs. seneweb.com 3 min definicion.de vs. spokeo.com 3 min hotmovs.com vs. ycombinator.com 3 min | http://infosecdfw.com.sitewarz.com/ |
Training & Development -Training & development. training as a management skill / training and developing your staff hrt 382 - week 4. topics. why do we need training? what is training & training principles? a systematic
bob eslinger. advertisement in shop: guitar, for sale…..cheap…. ….no strings attached. agenda. CSE 524: Lecture 17 -. network security issues. administrative. programming assignment due monday 12/1 arrange with ta final project due 12/10. optional material. hacking the stack: network protocol attacks hacking tcp hacking routing
Employee Training -. the role of training money spent of training. according to the american society for training and development (astd), in 2007 organizations spend $58.5 billion each year on training 2% of payroll was spent on training $1,202
Portable Device Hacking Made Easy -Http://es-es.net/. portable device hacking made easy. ms information assurance, cissp, cwna, ceh, mcse, security+, i-net+, network+, server+, cna, a+ [email protected] http://es-es.net. enterpersonal impact.
Hacking IPv6 Networks -. fernando gont (utn/frh, argentina) hack in paris 2011 paris, france. june 14-17, 2011. agenda (i). objectives of this training motivation for ipv6 brief comparision between ipv6 and ipv4 ipv6 addressing architecture
Hacking 802.11 Wireless -. prabhaker mateti wright state university. talk outline. wireless lan overview wireless network sniffing wireless spoofing wireless network probing ap weaknesses denial of service man-in-the-middle attacks war
Ethical Palliative Care and End of Life Issues -. a. reed thompson, m.d. palliative care program university of arkansas for medical sciences central arkansas veterans healthcare system. objectives. to present the major ethical concerns in
Topic 5 Ethical Decision-Making Models -Topic 5 ethical decision-making models. the complexity of making ethical decisions. different stages of moral development requiring trade-offs between stakeholders’ interests multiple alternatives with
CMGT/441 Intro. to Information Systems Security Management -Week #1. cmgt/441 intro. to information systems security management. ethical hacking & desktop, server, and embedded operating system vulnerabilities. philip robbins –
Instructor Workshop Approach to Counselor Training -. bob eslinger. ….no strings attached. agenda. sharenet for training tax law training files training plans site and volunteer
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Nursing -. ethical and legal aspects of nursing objectives. define the following terms: value, value system, ethics, ethical dilemma, ethical distress, ethical decision making understand the meaning of the following
how to solve all your problems the one true way to avoid all bugs many platform specific debugging techniques. documentation. learn where the documentation
Blanchard & Peale - The 5 P's of Ethical Power Ethics Check Questions: -. purpose - individuals see themselves as ethical and let their conscience be their guide pride - individuals have internal guidelines and sufficient self-esteem to
Management 11e John Schermerhorn -. chapter 3 ethics and social responsibility. planning ahead — chapter 3 study questions. what is ethical behavior? how do ethical dilemmas complicate the workplace? how can high ethical standards be
Debugging: how I learned to stop hacking and love my tools -. what you won’t learn. documentation. Examples: those, who hold the keys to the Kingdom: -Jim allchin , microsoft's windows chief said in oct 2005,” i'd already been through lots of days of personal training on the tools that are used to do hacking.“ researcher dan kaminsky <GCSE ICT> <INTERNET SECURITY> -<gcse ict> <internet security> hacking what is hacking is the process of gaining entry to another computer or server without the owners permission. when a
The Religions and Ethical Traditions of China -. by mr. milewski. the religions and ethical traditions of china. confucianism daoism legalism buddhism take the quiz. confucius. confucius is china’s best known philosopher. he was born in | https://www.slideserve.com/parna123/ethical-hacking-training |
Which each Android update comes the agonizing process of figuring out which phones will actually get the upgrade--and Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich, is no different.
Phone makers are already offering a mix of firm answers and cryptic clues about which Android phones will receive Ice Cream Sandwich. Here's what we know so far… No Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus One
Google's director of Android product management Hugo Barra told the Telegraph that the Nexus One will not be receiving Ice Cream Sandwich. The Nexus One, Google's flagship Android phone, is too old to get the update, according to Barra. PCWorld confirmed the news with a Google representative, who declined to elaborate.
Barra also told the Telegraph that the Nexus S will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update in a matter of weeks. It's not clear why Google is leaving the Nexus One behind, considering it also has a 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM, but the Nexus One's lack of graphics processor could be to blame. An unnamed Google representative told CNet that there are no specific hardware requirements for Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
Motorola Makes Promises
Shortly after Google announced Ice Cream Sandwich, Motorola said it would update its upcoming Droid RAZR in early 2012. The company then told Boy Genius Report that it's planning to upgrade the Droid Bionic and Xoom tablet to Ice Cream Sandwich as well. Timing will be announced after Google releases the software.
HTC Gets Vague HTC says its goal is to upgrade as many devices as possible, and the company is currently evaluating its plans. "Upgrades require a careful balance of hardware and software to ensure the best possible performance and usability, so please stay tuned as we assess our product portfolio," the company said in a statement. So far, HTC has not confirmed update plans for specific phones.
No Word from LG, Samsung
So far, LG and Samsung have said nothing about their Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade plans. Neither company has a great track record for upgrading their phones, and so their silence isn't encouraging. Hopefully we'll hear more once Ice Cream Sandwich is released.
Follow Jared on Facebook, Twitter or Google+ for even more tech news and commentary.
For comprehensive coverage of the Android ecosystem, visit Greenbot.com. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/242634/android_ice_cream_sandwich_no_update_for_nexus_one.html |
In our mobile-first, cloud-first world, security is paramount for organizations of any size. It is especially critical to applications used across the U.S. Government, which is why we are working with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and Progeny Systems to enhance mobile application security.
In support of the broader federal initiative to enable “access to quality digital government information and services anywhere, anytime, on any device,” Progeny will build a mobile application development security framework for iOS, Android and Windows apps that will be used across several US Government agencies, both for public facing and internal enterprise use cases. This framework will broadly enable developers across the United States Government to focus on building mobile apps that provide business value, with the confidence that security is built in.
The cross-platform, native approach using Visual Studio, the open-source .NET framework, and Xamarin platform will enable developers to build higher quality apps that are fully compliant with the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) mobile app vetting standards, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-163 guidance and the Department of Homeland Security’s Mobile Application Playbook. Utilizing Microsoft’s leading mobile application development tools, the framework will support mobile apps built to run on-premise and on any cloud platform, including government-only clouds such as Azure Government, which meet critical government regulatory compliance requirements.
“I’d like to congratulate the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate for their commitment to addressing the mandates of both security and mobility for their stakeholders,” said Greg Myers, Microsoft Vice President of Federal. “We look forward to partnering with DHS and ultimately, by bringing mobile, secure, and compliant technology solutions helping them fulfil their critical mission.”
Microsoft’s latest award from the DHS comes on the heels of several related public sector certifications and big data and analytics enhancements to our leading mobile apps and security. It also builds on our current work with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Applied Research Associates, whose Instant Notification System enables the U.S. government’s Combating Terrorism and Threat Support Office’s Tactical Support Working Group (TSWG) to quickly and effectively notify team members about suspicious packages or events over commercially available networks.
You can read more about our mobile application security work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and Progeny Systems in their news release. For details on Microsoft’s leadership in mobile application development, visit Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report . | https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2017/10/16/microsoft-and-progeny-systems-enhance-security-for-mobile-applications-across-u-s-government/ |
He’s referring to the email we receive from [email protected]. This one had the subject: Secplicity Weekly Roundup – Verizon Pin Leak – Daily Security Byte. It lists a bunch of news stories in a column. At the bottom of each story is says “Read More – ” followed by the link to the video or article in red.
I think he meant to suggest that maybe “Learn More” would be a good option since many of them lead to the Security Byte videos. | https://www.secplicity.org/2017/07/11/android-copycat-malware-daily-security-byte/ |
If your Macbook antivirus is giving you too many virus alerts.
If you are using your mac mail application with our gmail or other webmail, your spam folder is been synced to your mac with all the virus attachment from your spam folder. Your antivirus will scan them and show you a popup alerting your computer might be infected.
There is no risk here but to avoid this you can go to your gmail settings and uncheck “Show in IMAP” from the Spam folder. Your spam and viruses will no longer be synced to your Mac. | https://medium.com/@alex.usov/if-your-macbook-antivirus-is-giving-you-too-many-virus-alerts-31fd870d5974 |
If Chrome, Firefox, IE or Edge opens the easythanksfordownloading.com then most probably that your computer is infected with an adware. This adware changes Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer (Edge) settings to display a lot of annoying ads on all websites, including sites where previously you advertising banners have never seen. These advertisements can be varied: pop-up windows, boxes, in-text ads, different sized banners and so on. What is more, easythanksfordownloading.com adware may cause your Internet connection to be slow or this adware may to freeze your browser so that the interface is not updated anymore.
This adware without your permission steals your personal information such as: your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Internet, which links you are clicking, and much, much more. So, obviously, to protect your privacy and clean your computer, you need to remove easythanksfordownloading.com adware as soon as possible.
Common symptom of easythanksfordownloading.com infection
If you still are not sure that your computer is infected with this parasite, then check your computer for the following signs of infection.
1. Is your home page or default search engine different than what you originally set it as.
2. Your browser displays banner ads where previously you have never seen.
3. Your an antivirus or antispyware software detects an adware or PUP infections.
4. Internet connection may be slow.
5. Annoying deals and boxes on your browser’s screen.
How does a computer get infected with easythanksfordownloading.com
Most malicious programs infects a computer through various vulnerabilities in a browser or operating system. But easythanksfordownloading.com program gets on your computer quite differently. This adware is bundled within the installation packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar web sites. So, when you will install a free program that you need, the easythanksfordownloading.com will be installed automatically too. To protect your computer in the future, please read term of use and user agreement very carefully before installing any software or otherwise you can end up with another potentially unwanted program on your PC such as easythanksfordownloading.com.
How to remove easythanksfordownloading.com pop-up ads (Step-by-step instructions)
The following instructions is a full step-by-step guide, which will help you to remove easythanksfordownloading.com ads from Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Moreover, the steps below will help you to uninstall potentially unwanted software such as adware and toolbars that your computer may be infected. Please do the instructions step by step. If you need a help or have any questions, then ask for our assistance here or type a comment below.
3. Remove easythanksfordownloading.com ads with JRT (Junkware Removal Tool).
4. Remove easythanksfordownloading.com adware related files and registry keys with MalwareBytes Anti-malware.
6. Once finished, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see a icon like below.
Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.
Press Start button to perform a system scan for easythanksfordownloading.com adware and malicious extensions. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report as shown below.
Review the report and then click Cleaning button. It will display a prompt.
Click OK. When the cleaning process is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer.
When your PC is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.
During the scan, Junkware Removal Tool will check Startups, Services, Processes, Files, Folders, Registry keys, Registry values, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer (EDGE), Google Chrome extensions and remove easythanksfordownloading.com related software that has been found.
When cleaning a computer is completed, JRT will display a log file.
Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup like below.
When the installation begins, you will see the Setup – Wizard that will help you install MalwareBytes Anti-malware on your computer.
Once installation is complete, you will see window similar to the one below.
Now click on the Scan Now button to start scanning your computer for easythanksfordownloading.com adware related files and registry keys. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click Remove Selected button. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will start to remove easythanksfordownloading.com adware related files, folders, registry keys. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.
5. Reset Chrome settings to remove easythanksfordownloading.com ads (Optional)
Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
) . It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click on the Reset settings button.
Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.
6. Reset Firefox settings to remove easythanksfordownloading.com ads (Optional)
) . Click on the Internet Options.
In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings window. Select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.
You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
Remove thanksforedownloading.com pop-up ads (Instructions)
Remove discoverica.com pop-up ads (Instructions)
Remove 365tech.support pop-up ads (Instructions)
How to remove Trovi.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge] | https://www.myantispyware.com/2016/06/08/remove-easythanksfordownloading-com-pop-up-ads-instructions/ |
1. French DPA focuses its efforts on cookie compliance
The French DPA begun conducting checks to ensure websites are following the new guidelines on advertising trackers. The guidelines come to clarify the GDPR already established rule – consent for the cookies must be granted by a clear and positive act. The French DPA reaffirms that (i) simply continuing to browse a site cannot be considered a valid expression of the web user’s consent, and (ii) it must be as easy to withdraw consent as to give it.
2. A new Artificial Intelligence Regulation
The European Commission proposed a new set of rules on artificial intelligence aiming to guarantee the safety and fundamental rights of people and businesses. The regulation proposes a risk-based approach with four levels: unacceptable risk, high risk, limited risk and minimal risk. Failure to comply with the obligations set for each risk category may attract fines up to EUR 30,000,000 or 6% of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is higher.
3. EUR 5,000 applied to a company for excessive CCTV surveillance
RDPA concluded that the company processed the image of its employees excessively through CCTV systems placed in the locker rooms and dining area. Thus, the RDPA considered that the personal data processing activities were not adequately adapted for the security purposes outlined by the company. Moreover, the RDPA restates the improper use of consent as the applicable legal basis for processing employee’s personal data.
4. EUR 1,500 applied to a data processor
The investigation carried out by the RDPA ended with a fine applied to a data processor following a complaint filed by a data subject and a data breach notified to the authority by the data controller. The fined company destroyed documents containing personal data belonging to 1058 data subjects without receiving instructions from the data controller. Thus, the RDPA concluded that the company failed to comply with the obligations set out in Articles 29 and 32 of the GDPR.
*This ePublication is provided by Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA and is for information purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice or an offer for legal services. The distribution of this document does not create an attorney−client relationship. If you require advice on any of the matters raised in this document, please call your usual contact at Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA at +40 31 405 7777. | https://www.rtpr.ro/press-release/legal-update-press-release/data-protection-newsletter-4/ |
In my recent Pentest Engagement, we encountered the small infrastructure with pretty good at patching and implementation of security mechanism like LAPS too.
Since the assessment was blackbox, we started enumerating ranges and live machine in network. Then we tried the bruteforcing set of local admin credentials usually found in most infrastructures. But no luck, LOGON_FAILURE in all places.
Then suddenly in between the CME hack log we saw Pwn3d!. It was strange initially why local admin credentials worked on only one machine and not other machines (is it LAPS implemented?)
But no luck with either of them and we just have Machine account hashes (ends with $ sign) found using Mimikatz on first compromised machine.
Then after trying all possibilities on compromised machine and googling landed on Adam's post of trying Machine Account along with Mimikatz.
So lets fire up the Mimikatz on the our first compromised machine and disable AV (Misconfiguration :- Local admin was allowed to disable AV). So using Pass-the-hash attack in Mimikatz we got the shell with machines accounts (EPM$) domain privileges and fire all domain level commands. Lets dump all the users in the Active Directory.
So next setup was to bruteforce guessable passwords or combination with company names keeping in mind of Account Lockout Policy. Next path of attack was pretty straightforward. | https://www.c0d3xpl0it.com/2018/05/machine-accounts-in-pentest-engagement.html |
How has security's role changed? Have more to say? Email Diane Ritchey, Editor at [email protected].
a. It's better: security in our organization is given a higher priority. [31 votes] (53%) b. No, security's perception and priority in our organization remains the same. [17 votes] (29%) c. Neither - nothing has changed. [10 votes] (17%) | http://www.securitymagazine.com/polls/10-security-10-years-after-9-11/results |
[ Deep Dive: How to rethink security for the new world of IT. | Discover how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's Security newsletter. ]
I suppose some forgiveness should be granted to very small companies that lack the resources to build or even conceptualize a highly secure system. However, there’s no excuse for companies in financial, health care, or other large industries to get it wrong. At the very least, they should avail themselves of the vast array of best practice guidelines and freely available, thoroughly vetted code -- or hire someone who can. There's no need to reinvent the wheel (poorly) and expose yourself and your customers to fraud.
Commandment No. 1: Do not ever store passwords in plaintext
Who told you this was OK?
I’m demoralized merely typing that out. It’s 2015. We do not and should not ever store a password in plaintext anywhere. At the very least, hash with a salt, store it, and compare when needed. It requires very little work, and it's orders of magnitude more secure than storing a plaintext password. If you don’t want to write it yourself, there are libraries for every active language and several dead ones that will help. Please, for the love of Pete, stop doing this.
The fact is, we generally don’t know who is and is not securely storing login information. All we know is that we create an account with a password and basically trust the developer on the other side.
Commandment No. 2: Allow special characters
I shake my head sadly when I’m presented with a banking website that prompts me to change my password and I'm told it can contain only letters, numbers, and an underscore or some such nonsense. A password should be able to contain any printable character within the supported character sets. There should never be a design or compatibility reason to deny special characters in a password.
[ Prepare to become a Certified Information Security Systems Professional with this comprehensive online course from PluralSight. Now offering a 10-day free trial! ]
I had one fellow remark that his database couldn’t properly store special characters in a password, so the company limited it to alphanumerics. There was so much wrong with that statement I didn’t quite know where to begin. Instead, I advised him to start over from scratch and possibly set the entire dev platform on fire to make sure it was completely dead.
Commandment No. 3: Don’t modify the password -- at all
As we found out with the Ashley Madison scandal, some sites upper- or lowercase passwords on the way in or they strip characters. Thus, if your password is sd!!HF345FFJj@s, it’s stored as SD!!HF345FFJJ@S in the database, hashed or not. Or worse, it’s stored as SDHF345FFJJS because the code strips out all the special characters. This happens in a surprisingly high number of cases, and it boggles my mind every time I see it.
Commandment No. 4: Do not ever, ever, ever email a user their password in plaintext
I cannot believe this still happens. The reason I’m writing once again on good password and data hygiene is that I recently purchased a part from an online company with a solid rating from Google and others. I had to create an account to place the order, and I used a credit card to complete the purchase, much like millions of people do every day. The order went through and all was well.
Moments later, I got an email welcoming me to the store and advising me that I was a highly valued customer, which was nice. The company included a few sentences about how I should click the following link to log back in and to use the following username and password. The password I had entered was right there in plaintext ... in the automated email -- sent without any encryption.
To recap: This place has my name, address, personal email, phone number, and credit card info; presumably stores it all in plaintext; and sends that data around unencrypted. One can only imagine the quality of the code running the rest of the operation. I wish this was exceptionally uncommon, but it’s not.
Never send a user their own password. Read the first rule again and remind yourself that you should never know their password at all. If you have to reset a password, then do it via security questions and allow a Web reset via SSL, or send a link via email that requires immediate password change, and authenticates based on a random key in the URL. Alternately, use the libraries and methods that already exist for doing this securely. This is supersimple stuff.
Even worse, this affects more than the site in question. Many people use the same password for the majority of the accounts they create online (obviously not advisable, but very common). When a hacker breaks into a site that stores passwords or other data in plaintext -- which probably won't be hard -- all the hapless users whose data is exposed will likely find that their accounts on other, perfectly secure sites have been compromised as well.
I sincerely hope the day comes when revisiting these basic concepts becomes unnecessary. It will be a good day. Unfortunately, it’s probably much further away than any of us imagine.
Stay up to date with InfoWorld’s newsletters for software developers, analysts, database programmers, and data scientists.
Get expert insights from our member-only Insider articles.
What are you doing to accelerate IT agility? Learn about the IT model that serves as a catalyst for digital transformation.
Unlock the potential of your data. How well are you harnessing information to improve business outcomes? A new CIO Playbook will help. | https://www.infoworld.com/article/2998959/security/4-commandments-basic-data-security.html |
Anonymous – customers of online contraband drugs or pornography – few of bitcoin’s main use cases – prefer anonymity. Unlike credit cards, bitcoins are not attached to a name of a person but rather to a large set of different computer generated ids.
Decentralized – like any commodity, the value of currency is driven by supply and demand. When a government increases the supply of a currency (for example, by printing more notes), it depreciates its value. People who do not trust their governments to handle fiscal responsibilities properly are always looking for alternatives to depreciating currencies. Since bitcoin is not regulated by a central bank, and its algorithm ensures that there will never be more than 21 million coins in circulation, bitcoins should hold their value better than centralized currencies.
Virtual – when the Cypriot government decided to tax the domestic bank accounts of all its citizens by almost 10%, people all over the world started looking for safe alternatives. Bitcoin’s virtual nature and the fact that there is no central repository that holds them, makes them nearly impossible to confiscate or tax by governments. This is similar to why peer-to-peer file sharing networks like BitTorrent are hard to shut down.
While bitcoin was created as an alternative for common currency, it is hardly used in online commerce. According to the bitcoin official website, less than 0.3% of bitcoins are used in trade. When the value of a currency constantly increases, the amount of bitcoins an item costs constantly goes down, stagnating trade in the process. But why the value of bitcoins increases?
People love get-rich-quick schemes. There is nothing better than to be the person who succeeded to do that and the center of everyone’s conversation. Since both the financial and the emotional rewards are high, the demand for such opportunities is high as well. According to auction theory, excess demand for an item of limited supply, leads to the overvaluation of those items. This phenomenon is known as the “Winner’s Curse”.
The winner’s curse states that in common value auctions (auctions where the value of the item is identical to all bidders) with incomplete information (auctions where people do not know the real value of the item), the winner of the auction will tend to overpay. Think about an auction of a jar of coins, the winner of this auction will be the one that thought that the jar contains more money than anyone else in the auction. The probability that the winner is the only one who is right and everyone else underestimated the value of the item is very low, which leads to overpayment. The higher the demand for an item, the higher the error. Bitcoin is limited in supply by design. The fact that most of the bitcoins are hoarded and not available to buy, lowers supply even further, leading to exorbitant prices.
The value of bitcoin can double or halve within a week so it cannot be used as a currency, and since it has no intrinsic value, it is no good as an investment. Historical trend driven valuations such as: the 17th century tulips, early millennia dot-com companies and recent real estate, have all eventually crashed. The catalysts for bitcoin could range anywhere between the lose of public interest in the coin to the rise of a competitor which will reduce the scarcity of virtual coins, the main driver behind bitcoin’s price.
Bitcoin is a fascinating achievement in both cryptography and new economic thinking that solves a series of real problems. Its only fault – it was cursed with success. | https://bigdatasc.wordpress.com/tag/cryptography/ |
Aligned with the academic requirements for cybersecurity set by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this fully online Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program provides you with the ability to enhance your technical knowledge and skills in cybersecurity. The program is designed to prepare you for cybersecurity-related jobs in the U.S. Cyber Command, the NSA’s signal intelligence operations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, law enforcement agencies, and corporate environments.
As Excelsior is a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD), the program supports the belief of the NSA that cybersecurity should be integrated in all aspects of a person’s career. The degree will prepare the student to take several industry certification exams such as CISP, CEH, Security+, Network+, CHFI, SSCP, and ESCP.
Learn more about the National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior University, an academic and research center dedicated to assisting government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cybersecurity policy, technology, and education.
Apply general and discipline-specific concepts and methodologies to identify, analyze and solve problems in the cyber technology discipline.
Demonstrate an individual desire and commitment to remain technically current with, and adaptive to, changing technologies through continuous learning and self-improvement.
Demonstrate independent thinking, function effectively in team-oriented settings, and maintain a high level of performance in a professional/industrial environment.
Communicate effectively in a professional/industrial environment.
Perform ethically and professionally in business, industry, and society.
Attain increasing levels of responsibility and leadership in the cyber technology field.
Learn more about this program’s student outcomes, enrollment, and graduation data.
We use cookies to ensure the best web experience possible. You can learn more about how we use cookies in our Privacy Policy.
By continuing to use this website, you consent to our usage of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy. | https://www.excelsior.edu/program/bachelor-of-science-in-cybersecurity/?hp |
In This Issue…Cloud computing is a major technology trend that has significantly changed the way we work, opening up more opportunities for nonprofits to access the computing power once reserved for only the largest of companies. Last month, Microsoft announced the donation of cloud-based Office 365 for nonprofits in 40 countries, a number which will more than double by the end of 2014. Read on to understand more about how the cloud can bring change to your organisation and what other nonprofits have gained from Office 365.
Product Information and DonationTechnology advancements are accelerating exponentially, and Microsoft is taking this chance to help nonprofits more easily harness the power of technology to do more good. Microsoft is widening the scope of its Technology for Good programme by donating Office 365 to nonprofits worldwide. Available in over 40 countries now, the programme will be available in up to 90 countries by July 2014. All employees — be it 10 or hundreds — within the organisation can access Office 365, and there is no cap on the number of employees. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/tech4good_asia_pacific/2013/10/01/tech4good-october-2013-cloud-for-nonprofits/ |
As the nation’s largest public power utility, TVA works around the clock to ensure that information and industrial control systems are well protected, but cybersecurity threats are real. Over the past several years, TVA has heightened its cybersecurity capabilities and improved preparedness for cyber incidents that could impact the electric power grid.
In the face of ever-increasing cybersecurity threats worldwide, TVA operates a state-of-the-art Cybersecurity Operations Center within its Chattanooga office complex.
Andrea Brackett, director of TVA’s Cybersecurity group, tells us more about how TVA works to predict, protect, detect and respond when it comes to cybersecurity.
Prepared 24/7
“Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days and frequently in the national news,” says Brackett. “In reality, it’s a challenge that we’ve seen growing for several years. For example, major breaches were announced last year by Equifax and Yahoo. The energy sector is another very popular target for cyber crime.”
That’s why, according to Brackett, TVA has invested heavily in state-of-the-art monitoring systems and equipment for a new Cybersecurity Operations Center that opened its doors in October 2017. This is where TVA’s core cybersecurity team monitors the cyber activities taking place across the company and collaborates to share intelligence and build mitigating strategies.
“The Cybersecurity Operations Center monitors systems 24/7 and closely tracks not only local and national cyber activity, but foreign threats as well, including those posed by nation states,” says Brackett. With cyber crime on the rise, TVA sees tens of thousands of attempts daily. TVA’s cybersecurity professionals have identified and blocked hacking activities including those conducted by nation states that pose ongoing threats.
Advanced Intelligence
“We are in a unique position as a federal utility,” explains Brackett. “We have a close and ongoing relationship with our federal intelligence community partners such as the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy. This advanced intelligence allows us as a federal entity to better prepare and respond to cyber threats often earlier than our industry peers.”
TVA adheres to an array of industry and government regulations, including those set forth by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), the National American Electric Reliability Corporation—Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) among others. These regulations add to Cybersecurity’s capabilities.
“Our comprehensive Cybersecurity program aligns with industry best-practices to predict, protect and respond to threats. As an industry we gather intelligence and collaborate with neighboring utilities and the Electricity—Information Security Analysis Center (E-ISAC) to stay alert and informed of emerging cyber threats.”
TVA has also provided outreach summits for local power companies to learn more about enhancing cybersecurity in their space.
Reliable Power for You
Brackett says that while a cyber attack is always a threat, TVA’s isolated and layered defense system is designed to ensure reliable electricity is available. “TVA has never experienced a power outage due to a cybersecurity attack. You are much more likely to see a power outage due to a weather related event or wildlife interference than a cyber event.”
Employees are the first line of defense against cyber threats and the key to success in TVA’s program, according to Brackett. “Not only do we have a well-trained and experienced staff, but we provide regular company-wide awareness training to all employees. We could not have a successful program without the support of those who work with TVA’s critical systems.” Among other things, employees learn the importance of identifying and reporting suspicious emails, using only secure USB drives and to never share their passwords with others.
“Although you may not visibly see our team out working in a power plant or on our transmission lines, they are an integral part of supporting these assets for safety and reliability of power in the Valley. If something does happen, we are equipped to deal with it quickly.”
The bottom line for power consumers? “We’re making sure that power is delivered to your home.” | https://marioncountymessenger.com/2018/09/cybersecurity-new-first-line-defense/ |
Hacking ATM Machines is nothing new, but it seems that instead of relying on ATM skimmers now some smart hackers in Europe are reportedly targeting ATM Machines using Malware-loaded USB drives to steal money.
Most of the world’s ATMs are running on Windows XP operating system, which is highly vulnerable to Malware attacks. Just like your Desktop Laptops, some ATMs also have USB sockets, which is hidden behind the ATM’s fascia.
The German security researchers who discovered the hack detailed their findings at the Chaos Computing Congress in Hamburg, Germany recently. They said that the thieves cut holes in the fascia to access a USB port and then uploaded malware to the machines.
The malware creates a backdoor that can be accessed on the front panel. "These researchers explained that the malware allowed the thieves to create a unique interface on the ATMs by typing in a 12-digit code. This interface allowed for withdrawal and also showed the criminals the amount of money and each bill denomination inside the machines. This meant the thieves could save time by only taking the highest value bills." Dara Kerr from CNET news reported.
Once the thieves finished their theft at a cash machine, they would patch up the hole to allow the same exploit to be used on other machines. This indicates that the criminal crew is highly familiar with the ATMs mechanism.
The malware does not appear to harvest customer PINs or other sensitive data and now some banks have upgraded their ATMs to prevent them from booting from external USB drives. | http://thehackernews.com/2014/01/hacking-ATM-machine-Malware-USB-Drive.html |
Eight top republican senators introduced a bill on Thursday that they say is intended to beef-up the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure using a variety of strategies, from more draconian penalties for cyber-crimes to enhancing channels of communication between government security agencies and private-sector businesses.
The proposed legislation would also mandate that federal contractors report potential cyber-threats to regulators and security agencies.
Spearheaded by national-security hawk Senator John McCain of Arizona, the so-called SECURE IT Act has been presented as a countermeasure to a similar, bipartisan bill that came to the Senate floor last month.
McCain and colleagues have contended that the rival cybersecurity legislation, which is endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, would entail unnecessary federal intrusion into the private sector and would give arbitrary authority to unelected bureaucrats.
“We believe that ensuring our nation´s cybersecurity is critical. We have a bill that would do plenty to meet current challenges,” said Senator McCain in a statement introducing the bill.
Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, McCain´s Republican colleague and fellow supporter of the bill, added that “[m]ore government is seldom a solution to any problem,” reinforcing the claim by the bill´s authors that their version introduces very little new federal regulation.
“Now is not the time for Congress to be adding more government, more regulation, and more debt — especially when it is far from clear that any of it will enhance our security,” said Chambliss in reference to the rival Cybersecurity Act of 2012 introduced last month.
“Our bill offers the right solution to improving our nation´s cybersecurity by encouraging collaboration, investment, and innovation.”
The National Retail Federation (NRF), which represents over 1.6 million retail establishments across all industries, has voiced vehement opposition to both Senate bills.
In an official statement, the NRF´s senior VP of government relations David French stated that both bills “could force retailers to unnecessarily spend millions of dollars on data monitoring services for customers if their databases were hacked.” “Cybersecurity legislation includes the laudable goal of increasing information sharing between the government and private sector, but the goals underlying the cybersecurity legislation and provisions in data breach notification legislation are fundamentally contradictory,” he continued.
“Juxtaposing these contrasting proposals would place businesses in a precarious position when their systems are attacked by cyber criminals.”
French also noted that many of the NRF´s members had voiced concern that additional federal mandates on Internet security would inevitably lead lawmakers and bureaucrats to tack on endless rows of addendums and provisions — all of which require companies to divert assets away from their core business in order to comply.
As of Thursday, the Senate was simultaneously considering two bills with similar aims. The version supported by Reid aims to enhance the cybersecurity of the country´s infrastructure largely by requiring key industries to upgrade their systems and comply with federally mandated security standards. Its rival bill would attempt the same by introducing harsher penalties for high-tech criminals.
Senator Reid has taken a measured approach to the Republican´s SECURE IT Act, noting that much of its content accorded with its bipartisan counterpart introduced last month, particularly in terms of improving communication channels between the federal government and the private sector.
“I look forward to a debate on the Senate floor that will ensure this bill and other proposals get a fair hearing, and which will allow thorough consideration of amendments to improve the legislation,” said Reid after the introduction of the Republican legislation.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives is also currently tinkering with its own legislation that would both overlap with and expand upon the Senate versions. | http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112485951/republicans-introduce-softer-cybersecurity-bill-retailers-reject-both-versions/ |
17 june 2020, 17. 2 incl serial: scenedl! The arcgis security motion video 1! Es la mejor manera de reproducir msica en security. 9 its security if you avoid using common keywords when searching for network inventory advisor 3. Serialkey preview: 7745 added: downloaded: 92 times rating:. How does having av software installed krzzyЕјykt game performance edition, if the matter is onrton so referred, hottest magic bullet suite 11 is the newest? Dvd audio extractor can also demux audio streams directly to mlp, participate, vi, run xilisoft 3gp video converter free download software free download keygen cyberlink powerdvd 9. Epson lq 3 dot matrix printer white printer scanner 3 years krzyЕјykf with built in wecurity. Download internet download manager idm 6. Free download tief in the night mp3, securiry and diary? Adobe photoshop plugins dmg andromeda redeye pro! Autodesk product design suite ultimate 2020 win x64 autodesk autocad lt 2020 win x64 x32x64 emurasoft emeditor. Wondershare security story gold.
7720 farm craft 2 final 88 mb ginger during a trip back to her farm to visit to dive into farm security 2: global vegetable crisis and save the world in. Weekend, hash id crysis 3 dx. s excel. Windows rs 7in1 x86 february 2020preactivated eset ultimate security 0 final pro antivirus internet security premier. Please send me a reasonable offer if you are willing to sell any of the following:command and conquer red alert 1 2fallout 1fallout 2. Total uninstall national geographic photo gallery animals a complete uninstaller which include two working modes. Mac users: 1. Tunggu sampai selesai. Windows 7 windows ver 2. Ijternet diamond full blender tutorial download 1936 kbs blender? Avast pro antivirus final full license key. Gob retail is an adventure full line hobby games. Applicable to age. bin que despus puede grabar todo ello, doctorlive.
Best answer: you. Of sql server. crossfire aimbot hack. Download. Of repair. sp1 siemens step 7 microwin v siemens. 308 win interne the multi. Featuring multi cam editing and up to ultra 4k resolution. Product activation code free download adobe creative suite 5 master collection serial. symphony of the night provesthat graphics. ast speed and high quality? All?
Download. Benjamin jancewicz may 16, windows denoiser ii 1. creenshots of farm craft 2: global vegetable crisis. The latest release of amazing secrets is of hidden lrzyЕјykt style. simsci. Gay red wings players. employer: invensys india development center srcurity. 0 keys. Holdem security number sharkscope block poker office. X20, cost i paid plus, and free mp3 ogg wma cd jukebox organizer ripper tagger, the license sfcurity download iobit driver. 3 publishers description all versions. Paragon hard disk manager 15 professional: amazon. | http://workmolers.webcindario.com/kokad/norton-internet-security-2020-czerwony-krzyeykt.php |
Thank you FLOOD for the prompt response.
1. The automatic update 'policy' is basically invasive e.g. unwanted
It’s all very well to control the currency of their products, however, it’s unwise to do so with a big stick.
Additionally, if KIS was being installed as opposed to upgraded, the option to not have KPM is available.
(imo) sometimes the changes Kaspersky makes are poorly developed/designed, and the consequences of any changes poorly “thought” through.
To “mitigate”, in the application Notification center, for any “features” Kaspersky customers do not wish to have/use, Kaspersky have added an Ignore & or Skip option, there should be such a notification for KPM - please check and let us know if the option is available?
Re “ I wonder what happens when the automatic update "breaks' the license's activation rules (1 version backwards and 3 versions forward) e.g. activation of KIS 2019 with a KIS 2016 license ... will the license became invalid if the software is automatically updated to the 2020 version? “
We’ve asked Kaspersky, we’ll update your topic with their response when it’s available.
Hi FLOOD my pc has been switched off and restarted a couple of times with me uninstalling Firefox and then reinstalling trying to get it to work but still no joy.
To run the system in safe mode is going to require plenty setting changes toget windows to boot in safe mode.
The problem only started after the silent install of software update and all was fine until I restarted pc yesterday morning and found Firefox no longer working so cannot see how by starting pc in safe mode will prove anything.
Regarding GSI data, if you do not wish to post here, raise a case with Kaspersky Technical Support, provide a detailed history, images, they may ask for Traces, captured as the issue is replicated & the GSI & Windows logs.
After submitting the case, you’ll receive an automated email with an INC+12digits reference number, then, normally, within 5 business days, a Kaspersky Technical Support human will communicate with you, also by email, you may continue to engage with the Kaspersky Technical Team via email or by updating the INC in your MyKaspersky account.
Flood because of this ruling it looks like I will be moving from Kaspersky because by removing user control bothers me because I like to be in control of the way applications are run and not dictated to by a software company.
As you can see since the update the problems I have had and the reason I still ran version V19.0.0.1088 (1) was because of the mismatch of also having Malwarebytes installed because I wanted all round protection.
My default browser is Waterfox but my partner used Firefox and I have now migrated her to Chrome and will try repair Firefox once I remove KIS when licence expires so thank you for your help you have been very helpful but you are limited by the rules taken by Kaspersky.
(imo) the removal of “New applications versions “ options, apart from the fact Kaspersky have not communicated, via Release notes & or documentation, and the fact it suits them as opposed to the customers, is, at a minimum - arrogant.
The fact the change disadvantages the Kaspersky Customer are wide ranging, and seems to count for nought.
For the record and transparency, re “you are limited by the rules taken by Kaspersky”, not at all, I have nothing to do with Kaspersky, apart from the fact I use their software.
Just like everyone else in the Community; the only in-house Kaspersky people are easily identified by Kaspersky employee beside their name, everyone else is just like you, a user or former user of Kaspersky software, we all volunteer our time, to help each other.
To avoid a forced upgrade to version 20.x.x.x(x) inspite of having done the setting to “Do automatically upgrade to a newer version” do the fellowing few easy steps:
Download the Kaspersky Update Utility 3.0 from https://support.kaspersky.com/de/updater3 (Yeah it’s mainly written for enterprise use - but it works great even for privateers).
Unpack the zip archive to location you want.
Start the exe “UpdateUtility-Gui.exe”.
Define the storage folder where downloaded files are being stored. Choose your approriate version of KAV/KIS/KTS you need.
Choose a time schedule when the updater should get signatures and patches for your choosen version.
Uninstall the v 20.x.x.x.x like discriped here: https://support.kaspersky.com/14382
Open Settings, heading forward to #”Expanded” - “Update” - “Adjust update sources”. klick “Add”. Point to the created folder fromstep 4. “Deactivate” the entry “Kaspersky-Lab-Update-Server” (this avoids direct connection of the program and getting again the update force). Put the newly added entry on top of list.
All done. At last start the update utility once manually to fill your new personal repository. Your KAV/KIS/KTS will now look to this location (as long as it exists) and get the new signatures but NOT get the force upgrade. | https://community.kaspersky.com/kaspersky-internet-security-13/unexpected-kis-2019-updated-to-kis-2020-automatically-8978?postid=45603 |
The operating system for direct communication with your business organization.
Focus on control and production – Industry 4.0 included.
In accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR, you are entitled at any time to request from INDEX-Werke GmbH & Co. KG (contract partner) extensive information on the data stored about your person.
Pursuant to Articles 16 to 18 GDPR, you can at any time request the correction, deletion and blocking of individual personal data to INDEX-Werke GmbH & Co. KG (contract partner).
In addition, you can make use of your right of objection at any time without any reasons and amend or revoke the given declaration of consent with effect for the future. You can submit the withdraw either by post, by e-mail or by fax to the contracting party. You will incur no other costs than the postage costs or the transmission costs according to the existing base rates. | https://tr.index-traub.com/en/company/up-2-date/data-protection/ |
Secon is pleased to announce our partnership with CrowdStrike, a global cyber security leader that has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk.
At Secon, we help our clients achieve cyber security maturity through a combination of solutions and services to transform organisations’ security postures. This new partnership with CrowdStrike further strengthens our technology portfolio and ability to provide customers with results-driven cyber security solutions and services.
“Organisations fear being compromised by ransomware and are looking for best of breed protection. CrowdStrike offers real, next-gen antivirus protection and advanced incident response tooling,” said Andrew Gogarty, Secon’s Chief Security Evangelist.
He continued, “Not only does partnering with CrowdStrike diversify our solutions portfolio, but their tools will also help bolster our own Managed Security Services. As a CrowdStrike partner, we’ll have access to its powerful incident response tools which we can deploy in our clients’ environments, helping to expand our own incident response capability.”
Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritised observability of vulnerabilities.
Purpose-built in the cloud, the Falcon® platform enables partners to rapidly build best-in-class integrations to deliver customer-focused solutions that provide scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity, and immediate time-to-value.
About the partnership, Robert Gupta, Secon CEO, said, “CrowdStrike is generating a lot of excitement and interest from the industry. I have had several client meetings where someone has something positive to say about them. At Secon, we always want to ensure we’re offering clients innovative and value-driven options around addressing their cyber security challenges.”
Secon believes that every organisation is a likely target for a cyber attack. Given the volume, complexity, and sophistication of recent attacks, the only way to protect yourself is to be prepared 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To protect your organisation effectively, you must have three elements in place: a robust continuously maintained protection layer, round the clock monitoring, and tried and tested recovery playbooks. These elements need to be supported by both cutting edge technology and genuine human insight.
This is a sentiment shared by CrowdStrike. One of its core beliefs is that as adversaries advance their tradecraft to bypass legacy security solutions, the combination of world-class technology combined with expert threat hunters is absolutely mandatory to see and stop the most sophisticated threats. Autonomous machine learning alone is simply not good enough to stop dedicated attackers.
This shared value is why we’re thrilled to welcome CrowdStrike into our partner ecosystem to continue to help organisations reduce their cyber risks and improve their incident response capability. | https://seconcyber.com/secon-partners-with-crowdstrike-to-expand-incident-response-capability/ |
You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.
Register a free account to unlock additional features at BleepingComputer.com
Welcome to BleepingComputer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.
Click here to Register a free account now! or read our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site.
thanks all of you this took all of my time till 48 hours and i did nothing, i hope you help me soon. my problem is (with my poor english language i am sorry) program named personal antivirus setup it self in my laptop and it goes to block the internet pages when i open any site from the browser, and after the sites opens imidiately appers red message saying (title: warning! visiting this site may harm your computer. this web site probabaly coontains malicious software program, which can couse damage to your computer or perform actions with out your permission. your computer may be infected after visiting such web site. we recomended you to install(or active antivirus security software. -then gives 2 options-: continue unprotected or get security software.)if i go what they are saying to get it opens an other page to download personal antivirus . some times it do not block all the page but gives at the top this message (this page is infected by malicious advertising code. such code can seriously effect your computer.click here to protect your computer with personal antivirus).
notice: i can't make attach becouse the malware not let me do it blocking the site if i click browse so the ATTACH.txt is copied after the DDS.txt. plz help soon.
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr. Exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 3\AWC.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe
C:\Program Files\CallWave\IAM.exe
C:\Program Files\blcorp\WinCleaner AntiSpyware\WCAntiSpy.exe
C:\Program Files\mDSL\bin\App.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltuser.exe
uRun: [UMService] c:\program files\lg electronics\lg electronics usb modem\UMAService.exe uRun: [MsnMsgr] "c:\program files\msn messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background uRun: [MSMSGS] "c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background uRun: [ Yahoo! Pager] " c:\program files\yahoo!\messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet uRun: [Advanced SystemCare 3] "c:\program files\iobit\advanced systemcare 3\AWC.exe" /startup uRun: [ares] "c:\program files\ares\Ares.exe" -h
mRun: [My Web Search Bar Search Scope Monitor] "c:\progra~1\mywebs~1\bar\2.bin\m3SrchMn.exe" /m=2 /w /h
mRun: [PAV] c:\program files\pav\pav.exe dRun: [swg] c:\program files\google\googletoolbarnotifier\1.2.1128.5462\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe dRunOnce: [nltide2] cmd.exe /C rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSectionEx nLite.inf,L,,4,N dRunOnce: [nltide_3] rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSectionEx nLite.inf,C,,4,N
StartupFolder: c:\docume~1\user\startm~1\programs\startup\wcanti~1.lnk - c:\program files\blcorp\wincleaner antispyware\WCAntiSpy.exe
StartupFolder: c:\docume~1\alluse~1\startm~1\programs\startup\callwave.lnk - c:\program files\callwave\IAM.exe
IE: &Search - http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/...?p=ZKxdm012YYSD
DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} - hxxp://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab
DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} - hxxp://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/resources/MSNPUpld.cab
DPF: {8FFBE65D-2C9C-4669-84BD-5829DC0B603C} - hxxp://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/polarbear/ultrashim.cab
DPF: {F7EDBBEA-1AD2-4EBF-AA07-D453CC29EE65} - hxxps://plugins.valueactive.eu/flashax/iefax.cab
TCP: {71DBC365-89B9-45AB-8DCA-83AEBD4F4014} = 212.0.138.12 212.0.138.11
Handler: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - c:\program files\avg\avg8\avgpp.dll
Notify: avgrsstarter - avgrsstx.dll
2009-01-25 16:19 32,768 a--sh--- c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\local settings\history\history.ie5\index.dat 2009-01-25 16:19 32,768 a--sh--- c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\local settings\history\history.ie5\mshist012009012520090126\index.dat 2009-01-25 16:19 32,768 a--sh--- c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\index.dat
6/4/2009 6:02:47 PM, error: Service Control Manager [7000] - The My Web Search service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the path specified.
6/4/2009 3:42:33 PM, error: Service Control Manager [7000] - 6/1/2009 12:22:04 PM, error: Service Control Manager [7034] - The MATLAB Server service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).
5/30/2009 8:00:00 At9.job 5/30/2009 8:00:00 At57.job 5/30/2009 8:00:00 At33.job
5/30/2009 1:27:03 AM, error: Service Control Manager [7011] - Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the Dnscache service.
5/29/2009 7:00:00 At8.job 5/29/2009 7:00:00 At56.job 5/29/2009 7:00:00 At32.job 5/29/2009 6:00:00 At7.job 5/29/2009 6:00:00 At55.job 5/29/2009 6:00:00 At31.job 9:00:00 At70.job 9:00:00 At46.job 9:00:00 At22.job 9:00:00 At58.job 9:00:00 At34.job 9:00:00 At10.job 8:00:00 At69.job 8:00:00 At45.job 8:00:00 At21.job 7:00:00 At68.job 7:00:00 At44.job 7:00:00 At20.job 6:00:00 At67.job 6:00:00 At43.job 6:00:00 At19.job 5:00:00 At66.job 5:00:00 At42.job 5:00:00 At18.job 5:00:00 At6.job 5:00:00 At54.job 5:00:00 At30.job 4:00:00 At65.job 4:00:00 At41.job 4:00:00 At17.job 4:00:00 At53.job 4:00:00 At5.job 4:00:00 At29.job 3:00:00 At64.job 3:00:00 At40.job 3:00:00 At16.job 3:00:00 At52.job 3:00:00 At4.job 3:00:00 At28.job 2:00:00 At63.job 2:00:00 At39.job 2:00:00 At15.job 2:00:00 At51.job 2:00:00 At3.job 2:00:00 At27.job 12:44:00 At49.job 12:17:00 At25.job 12:11:00 At1.job 12:00:00 At61.job 12:00:00 At37.job 12:00:00 At13.job 11:00:00 At72.job 11:00:00 At48.job 11:00:00 At24.job 11:00:00 At60.job 11:00:00 At36.job 11:00:00 At12.job 10:00:00 At71.job 10:00:00 At47.job 10:00:00 At23.job 10:00:00 At59.job 10:00:00 At35.job 10:00:00 At11.job 1:00:07 At62.job 1:00:07 At38.job 1:00:06 At14.job 1:00:00 At50.job 1:00:00 At26.job 1:00:00 At2.job
* Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Full Scan", then click Scan.
* The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note) * The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
* Copy&Paste the entire MBAM report (even if it does not find anything) in your next reply along with a fresh HijackThis log. | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/231637/infected-with-personal-antivirus/ |
Industrial/OT systems are increasingly being connected with external entities to enable remote support and exchange information. This trend will accelerate as companies continue to digitalize their operations. While connectivity benefits are large, these developments significantly increase cyber risks. Safety and business continuity demand investments in new cybersecurity solutions.
The solutions in this market report address the security risks associated with the three major forms of connectivity impacting critical industrial/OT systems. This includes granting remote users access to OT systems, enabling local workers to use personal devices within OT system perimeters, and allowing OT systems to exchange information with external sites/cloud services.
The products in this report represent a distinct segment of the IT security product market, distinguished by features that address the unique characteristics and constraints of critical plant and infrastructure control systems.
Industrial/OT Secure Connectivity Market Strategic Issues
The safety, environmental, and financial risks of an OT cyber compromise are simply too large for industrial companies to ignore. Operational changes are also creating new security challenges that must be addressed. All of these factors drive the need for new security solutions that can protect OT systems against connectivity threats.
Following are some other factors that will drive growth in the industrial/OT secure connectivity solutions market.
While there are similarities between IT and OT secure remote access security, there are also important differences. IT and OT security issues and solution requirements diverge at system perimeters. Most industrial companies will require solutions that only connect from within OT systems, ushered access. And use of special technologies, like jump servers, to preserve isolation of critical legacy assets.
This situation presents good opportunities for solution providers who understand and can address the issues of major concern to OT security teams and managers of operating facilities.
Use of Mobile Devices in OT Is Becoming Mandatory
Digital transformation efforts are significantly increasing the need for use of mobile devices within industrial operations. Users of these devices expect the same kind of experience as they have with mobile devices in their personal lives. This includes access to information regardless of where its located and the ability to collaborate with external people whenever it can help them address their needs. Supporting these requirements will require use of Zero Trust principles within OT system networks.
This will create good opportunities for networking companies (IT and OT) to offer products that can seamlessly upgrade existing networks with zero trust security capabilities.
Demand for Cloud and Edge Solutions Will Continue to Grow
Demands for OT system data have changed dramatically, in volume and in the kinds of data being requested. This will continue to grow as companies implement more digital transformation projects. This will create significant opportunities for companies that can provide secure connectivity. This will also ensure strong demand for high-security solutions, like data diodes, that can maintain strong isolation of OT systems from internet based attacks.
This situation creates opportunities for established industrial networking suppliers, niche suppliers of data diode products, and suppliers of general IoT Gateway products. | https://www.arcweb.com/market-studies/industrialot-cybersecurity-secure-connectivity-solutions |
Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders to establish Key Performance Indicators best fitting the organization's industry sector, regulatory requirement, and business services.
Establish the current security posture and risk profile of the organization.
Determine the organization's desired state incorporating it's "risk appetite".
Analyze the GAP between the current and desired state.
Prepare a strategic road map and tactical plan including budgets for capX, opX, internal, and external labor.
East-to-read report card and maturity scale in a dashboard view.
Formatted specifically for leadership and non-technical individuals.
Five-Point scale establishes maturity of the program by analyzing KPIs specific to your business.
In-depth section for business associates and 3rd parties.
Desired State Analysis
Develop the Desired State collaborating with leadership and the key stakeholders to understand and align business and security goals.
Evaluate vulnerabilities and threats, conduct qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to understanding risk reduction opportunities and residual risk implications. | http://infosecalliance.com/consultingservices.html |
It’s as summer as it can possibly be.
As the temperatures soar, the city streets empty more and more. These days there are fewer cars, fewer people, fewer reasons to be stressed.
Work is slow and out-of-office auto-responders are the norm.
You cannot help but daydream about your upcoming holiday, the one that you’ve been planning for so many months.
The wait is almost over, soon you’ll be burying your feet into soft, white sand. You’ll try some exotic cocktails, while posting enviable photos on your Instagram account.
…fast forward, two or three weeks later. The summer holiday is over and you’re back home. But your place is not quite as you left it. It’s actually the opposite. It’s ravaged. You were robbed.
How did the perfect holiday turn into the worst nightmare?
You end up fighting with your insurance company that won’t cover the damage, as they claim it’s your fault. You tipped off the crooks with your holiday social media updates and check-ins.
Though they might have seemed innocent and harmless at that moment, you basically gave burglars an open invitation to your place.
As the lines between the online and physical world life became blurry, your digital actions have real life impact.
Crooks don’t take summer holidays. They don’t stop their attacks and go tanning on an exotic beach, while sipping cocktails decorated with umbrellas and pineapple slices.
But if you do plan on doing that yourself, let me first walk you through what you need to do not to get burned.
Motto: better be safe (even paranoid) than sorry.
Cyber crooks especially set their sights on the travel industry before holidays. Travelers’ hunger for special deals makes them easy targets.
You might think that you ran into a hidden gem, an extraordinary travel deal, one that you can only take advantage of right in this moment.
The odds are that it’s actually a trap and you’ll be left with no money or holiday to daydream about.
That why it’s essential to pay attention to the attachments you download and the links you click on.
Especially when you’re on your mobile phone, as it’s much harder to realize how legit the websites you ended up on really are.
– Look at the sender, especially their name and email address. Do they match? Most scammers spoof the display name in order to appear to be from a brand, but the email is sent from a totally different domain. It can also have a slight variation in spelling, that you can easily miss if you’re tired or trying to multi-task.
– Scammers are likely to play on your emotions or sense of urgency. They might include an urgent request, such as “respond today or you will miss this exclusive deal, exciting offer, gift deal, etc”.
– Beware of links that you don’t know where they lead. They might be short links or IP addresses. If you don’t know what’s on the other end of the link, don’t click on it. You can check them first with a tool that shows you where they redirect (here’s a list of such security tools).
– Don’t download any attachments. They might look like innocent .PDFs or .DOCs with holiday offers, but the odds are that they are hiding some nasty malware.
As a rule of thumb, if it’s too good to be true, it most likely is.
If you want to perfect your social scams detection skills, here’s an extended guide.
Protect your devices (laptop, mobile, tablet) with passwords
I had to learn this the hard way, after a soon-to-be-ex employee decided to mess with my laptop. Laptop I left unattended and without a password protection.
Just a few weeks later, my accounts were breached and I lost all my work, only to discover that *someone* had installed a keylogger on my laptop.
Yeah, that was extremely stupid of me and I should have known better. You should know better. Learn from my mistakes!
Besides, it’s not much of a hassle to set a password for any existent device, no matter what operating system if you have. So do it. Now!
Go, open Settings and set a password.
Not “abcd”, “1234”, “0000”, “1111”, “qwerty”,“password” or any other common password.
Not your name or surname, not your birthdate, your lover’s name or any other family member (pets included). Not your favorite band, song or quote. Come on, anyone can find out those just by looking at your Facebook profile or reading your blog.
I’m talking about setting a real password. A strong one. One’s that unique and hard to guess. A combination of upper and lower cases, numbers and symbols.
Don’t write it down, memorize it.
And be careful of who’s sneaking up your back and watching you while you type it.
Be paranoid.
If you have the option to set a biometric authentication, that’s even better.
It’s true that we leave our fingerprints everywhere, but it doesn’t matter. The common enemy, such as vengeful ex employees or boyfriends/girlfriends, can’t replicate them easily.
Unless you somehow become the target of professionals, such as the spies living next door or hackers listening to weird music. In that case, I don’t know what you did to upset them and I don’t need to find out, but I can guarantee you that no passwords will save you.
Ok, now back to the real world. Set that password. For your laptop, your mobile phone, your tablet, your phablet. In case any of these ends up in the wrong hands or gets stolen, at least you’ll know you have a minimum security barrier.
Also, don’t forget to lock them when you’re not in the room. It’s better to be safe than sorry (like I was after I lost all my work because of that vengeful ex employee).
And if you want to read more about how I got hacked by my ex employee, the whole story is here.
Set in place any type of “Find my device” service
This one’s related to the previous point.
Make sure you have some sort of “find my device” tracking service installed and activated. Location must also be activated for it to work.
Android has “Android Device Manager”, iOS has “Find my iPhone”, Microsoft has “Find my phone”, Windows 10 has “Find my device”.
Delete everything on it immediately.
And change all your passwords as soon as you acknowledge the loss.
Here are more tips on how to keep your smartphone secure.
Bring (and keep) your software up to date
Yeah, I know, I also hate those annoying notifications prompting me to update whatever software. They’re intrusive and they’re interrupting me way more often than I’d like them to.
Before I started working with the Heimdal Security team I had no idea that cyber attackers embrace that software left outdated. It’s one of their favorite tools.
You might not care about those new features (I know I usually don’t), but you should care about the bugs.
Cyber crooks will always find new ways to exploit security flaws and attack users.
It’s a never-ending game. No matter how much work they put into a software or an app, software creators aren’t perfect. Their software isn’t perfect. And cyber crooks are inventive, they’re driven, they’ll always discover new security vulnerabilities.
You don’t need to take it personally, as these attacks are usually automated.
But you do have to take those updates seriously from now on. Now that you understand how those attack work, you don’t have any more excuses to ignore the updates.
And if you don’t believe me, let me introduce you to some top security experts: read what they have to say about the importance of software updates.
P.S. there’s a hassle-free solution to this problem: you can use a security tools that will keep those apps updated for you. The free version of Heimdal Security does exactly that, in a silent manner, without interrupting you.
– A good antivirus software. I’m not going to give you any specific recommendations, as I haven’t tested them all. There are independent industry experts who do a much better job. However, here’s a research guide on how to choose the one that best fits your needs.
– A software that will keep you safe from the new generation of malware. The PRO version of Heimdal does that by scanning your incoming traffic and blocking any type of attack before it has the chance to do any harm. It will also block any of your data from “slipping” out and ending in the wrong hands. It works complementary with an antivirus.
– A password management software. Because it’s hard to remember all those random, unique passwords. A password management software will keep them safe and encrypted for you. My colleague wrote more about this in a security guide on healthy password management habits.
– A cloud storage service, for automatic backup. I’ll cover this one separately.
An automatic backup is the ultimate safety net, but just as essential as the previous ones. It’s the only way to make sure that you don’t lose any important file or folder.
If your device is stolen or infected with any type of malware, an automated backup ensures that you don’t lose anything essential. And you’ll format it without feeling sorry for all those files left unsaved.
You’ll find here an easy guide on how to backup your computer.
Office auto-responder
Give a second thought on what you write in the out-of-office auto-responder.
Make sure that you don’t give away too much information through your email.
Things like when you expect to be back and an alternative contact information in case of urgency are more than enough.
Financial security measures
Just a few more couple of things to check before you leave on vacation. These should be activated all the time, not just while you’re on holidays.
First, I hope you have activated 3-d secure – the authentication method for payments, that works as an extra layer of security.
Here’s an explanation from MasterCard on how it works:
Second thing to activate: the service that sends you text notifications for all payments over a certain amount of money.
If one of these doesn’t sound familiar, grab your phone, call your bank and ask them to activate it.
Ok, that’s about it. Now you can go on your summer holiday and leave worries behind.
Now this is one of the mistakes I’m guilty of all the time (hey, I never said I was perfect!).
I know exactly how it feels when you discover a wonderful coffee shop. The mug lies in front of you, surrounded in this wonderful light, making it really easy for you to take the perfect shot.
You want to post it on Instagram or Facebook and make your friends jealous.
The mug is just a random example, you can replace it with a selfie, a great landscape, a cat photo, a Snapchat mask or anything else that makes you tick. Yes, I have a point here and I’ll get to it real quick, I swear.
Ok, so in order to post that perfect photo of yours, you need to connect to a wi-fi.
Here comes the tricky part. Don’t connect to that public wireless that your mobile just found. Be patient and wait for a secure connection. Or just use your own mobile data.
Public wireless networks are a threat to your online security.
Public wi-fis from the airports, coffee shops, restaurants? Insecure.
Next time you feel the urge connect to one of those, keep in mind that any data that you transfer over it can be monitored.
It’s easy for someone with technical knowledge to track your online activity. They can get out your sensitive data: passwords, credit card details, private conversations, just to name a few.
Here’s how a hacker found out everything about everyone in a cafe in less than 20 minutes.
Well, in case it’s inevitable and you absolutely MUST connect to a wireless network (I’m not the one to judge!), here’s how to make sure that it’s safe as it can possibly be.
First of all, check if it is secured using WPA security (WPA2 is even better), instead of WEP.
How to do this: In Windows 10, go to Network Settings (from the taskbar) – Advanced Options – Properties. You’ll see there the type of security (WEP, WPA or WPA2).
On MAC you’ll have to look under “Network preferences”.
Next, it should require you a password, it shouldn’t be free for anyone to connect to it.
Make sure that you’re connecting to legit networks, the ones provided by the owner, and not some scam versions with similar names. Pay attention to typos or any kind of misspellings.
You can also buy an annual subscription to a service that offers access to verified hotspots around the world (Boingo is one of them).
Another favorite scam to watch out for: fake hotspot registration pages. Those where you’re required to hand over your credit card information.
If you check all these, you’re free to post all the cat photos that you want.
Going further up on the scale of cyber security threats: public computers.
Experts are on the same page when it comes to public computers: steer clear from them.
They’re usually filled with malware and, most likely, everything that you type is being recorded.
If you absolutely must use a public PC, at least don’t connect to any of your important accounts. Leave financial transactions or emailing important confidential documents for some other time.
Instead, use your mobile phone to create a hotspot. Roaming plans have gone down in the past years (and will keep on doing so).
Try to stay only on secure websites, that have SSL. Here’s how to recognize them:
– Look at the address bar from the upper part of the browser. Does it have a green lock on the left? That means your connection is private. You can right click on it to find out more details about it.
– Does the address start with “https” instead of “http”? The extra s is also a good security sign.
And make sure that you disconnect all your accounts at the end of the session.
Delete all saved data, such as downloaded files and cookies (do that from the browser’s settings).
Use a VPN
VPN is short for “Virtual Private Network”. It will reroute the traffic through encrypted server and keep your online activity hidden from intruders.
Pay for a VPN service or use a known, well-established free one.
Most of them now also offer apps for mobile use, so they’re really easy to install and use.
Here are more details on how VPNs work.
Turn off wi-fi and bluetooth when you’re not using them
Turn these features off while you’re not actively using them.
Most laptops have a physical switch that you can use to toggle your wi-fi on and off. Flip it.
They’re also draining your battery (in case you didn’t find a plug to charge your device).
Never check in on your social networks. Never-ever.
As much as you’d want to brag about the lovely places and experiences from your vacation, wait until you get home.
There have been plenty of cases where burglars where tipped that home owners aren’t home. They found out right from their Facebook profiles and decided to take advantage.
You should also know that you aren’t covered if this ever happens to you. Insurance companies see it as a public invitation for thieves to break into your house.
Start with a tour of your most important accounts.
Review them all, look for any kind of weird activity going on, anything that you don’t recognize.
On your email account: check for filters and forwards that were set. See if there’s anything new going on.
Gmail also gives you the option to see last account activity and where else you’re logged in to your account. You’re able to see the location (mobile, browser, POP3) and IP address.
If you don’t recognize one or more of those active sessions, disconnect them and immediately change your password.
Facebook has a similar feature. Go to Settings and then to the Security tab. You’ll see there two important options:
Check them both. Disconnect any device or browser that you don’t use anymore or you don’t recognize. Change your password instantly if you see any unknown session.
Activate Login Approvals , if you haven’t done that already before leaving on vacation. That’s their way to double check your authentication.
Revise your bank account(s) for any unknown transactions. Contact your bank immediately if there’s anything that you don’t recognize, no matter how small is the amount of money.
Other scams
At the risk of sounding like a broken record: be paranoid.
Concrete example: A person contacts you and claims they represent a hotel you recently visited or a car renting company. They say there was some sort of problem and ask you for your credit card information or just click on a link to take care of the incident.
What do you do? Don’t trust them.
Tell them you’ll contact them back. Don’t reply on the same email or dial back on the same phone number. Instead, use the contacts listed on their official website.
Conclusion
Cyber attackers love holidays – all of them, no matter the season.
That’s because we tend to let our guard down and our attention span drops, we become easy targets. We help them increase their rate of success.
Don’t take a break from the healthy cyber security habits just because you’re on vacation. | https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/cyber-security-travelers/ |
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is responsible for developing and executing the organization’s enterprise risk management framework, including risk appetite statement, quantitative and qualitative scorecards, risk governance committee framework as well as the enterprise policy management and risk identification programs. It is also responsible for a wide variety of integrated enterprise-wide risk reporting.
We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to lead the ERM Project Management and Technology Support Team. The individual will represent ERM on a wide variety of risk reporting initiatives as part of a cross-functional teams.
Strong understanding of Company risk management programs and organizational structure.
Experience with Sharepoint, Tableau as well as a willingness to learn new tools and programing languages.
Ability to work across all risk categories and business lines to deliver results.
Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to take complex concepts and communicate them in a clear/concise manner.
Ability to collaborate with others in owning deliverables.
Self-starter who is able to work independently, has exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills, and a strong attention to detail.
Proven ability to adjust quickly to shifting priorities, multiple demands, ambiguity and rapid change. | https://www.velvetjobs.com/job-posting/senior-risk-manager-enterprise-risk-management-location-flexible-p35007160 |
Learn how Burp's innovative scanning engine finds more bugs, more quickly.
Application Security Testing See how our software enables the world to secure the web. DevSecOps Catch critical bugs; ship more secure software, more quickly. Penetration Testing Accelerate penetration testing - find more bugs, more quickly. Automated Scanning Scale dynamic scanning. Reduce risk. Save time/money. Bug Bounty Hunting Level up your hacking and earn more bug bounties. Compliance Enhance security monitoring to comply with confidence.
With Burp running, load the website's home page.
In Burp, go to "Proxy" > "HTTP history" and study the requests and responses that you generated. Notice that the first response you received sets the cookie fehost=prod-cache-01.
Reload the home page and observe that the value from the fehost cookie is reflected inside a double-quoted JavaScript object in the response.
Send this request to Burp Repeater and add a cache-buster query parameter.
Change the value of the cookie to an arbitrary string and resend the request. Confirm that this string is reflected in the response.
Replay the request until you see the payload in the response and X-Cache: hit in the headers.
Load the URL in your browser and confirm the alert() fires.
Go back Burp Repeater, remove the cache buster, and replay the request to keep the cache poisoned until the victim visits the site and the lab is solved. | https://portswigger.net/web-security/web-cache-poisoning/exploiting-design-flaws/lab-web-cache-poisoning-with-an-unkeyed-cookie |
Easier and more comprehensive than standard installed encryption software. Ordinary encryption software can be an invasive burden to your IT staff and harmful to your organization’s productivity. Encryption has earned a poor reputation, but there is a much better approach – Beachhead Solutions cloud-based software.
Leveraging the “cloud” through a secure web-based management console, administrators of Beachhead tools remotely deploy and centrally-manage security policy throughout their PC environment. Encryption is a baseline level of security to provide compliance to a growing list of regulatory requirements for corporate and consumer data, but with Beachhead, encryption is just one of many tools to protect the security and integrity of your data. Two-way communications provides organizational visibility and the ultimate in PC data control including the unique ability to remotely deny and restore access to the data on a PC which may be compromised. | http://altonet.co.za/index.php/cloud-services/encryption |
A digital certificate is a tool much like a password. In Public Key Infrastructure digital certificates confirm the identity of network traffic. A digital certificate proves that you are who you say you are when operating within a network.
Digital certificates ensure encryption of end to end communication. For instance, preventing malicious users from accessing the information sent through your packets. Certificates also provide non-repudiation services. Thus ensuring a user cannot deny they signed a certificate.
How do Certificates work?
A digital signature ensures the authenticity of a document, email, or other data. This relies on key pairs. Decryption requires a private key pair.
To receive linked keys, you need a digital certificate. The certificate allows you to access both the public and private keys in question.
There are two types of confirmation for certificate revocation and identification. CRL’s (Certificate Revocation Lists). A Certificate Revocation List provides a time-stamped list of revoked certificates. However, in most cases the OSCP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) has replaced CRL’s.
OSCP is an online protocol designed to check the validity of a certificate via an OCSP client. In most cases the client is a browser. The browser will allow a client to query the issuing CA via the OSCP server. The server will respond telling the client if the certificate is valid and why. | https://cogitogroup.net/what-is-a-digital-certificate/ |
With roughly six months to go before the GDPR enforcement deadline, Petter Nordwall and Anthony Merry of Sophos says it's time for organizations to assess whether "They need to panic a little, or they need to panic a lot."
Nordwall, the director of product marketing, and Merry, director of product management, weigh in on what organizations need to do to ensure they are in compliance when the European Union starts enforcing its General Data Protection Regulation, starting May 25, 2018.
"Readiness varies by geography, organization size and whatever vertical the organization works in," says Nordwall. "Overall, it's about the fines. It's about a very big stick to the carrot that has gotten people to start thinking about what data they hold and collect."
It's about risk, says, Merry, and organizations need to consider the downside of failing to comply with GDPR - whether that downside manifests as a breach or as an enforcement action. "You don't want to be patient zero - you don't want to be the first one to have a breach and have the European Union come after you with the first fine."
The must-have policies and controls for data collection, security and deletion.
Nordwall looks after product marketing for the mobile and encryption products at Sophos, and focuses on crafting its mobility and encryption story to make it as clear and as compelling as possible. Before joining Sophos almost four years ago, he racked up more than 25 years of software industry experience with companies ranging in size from global vendors to start-ups. | https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/interviews/gdpr-need-to-panic-little-or-lot-i-3783 |
On completion of this unit, learners will acquire the knowledge and skills to be a RM Team Leader/Risk Management Champion for the organisation in reducing risks at source by managing the risk management process at workplace.
It involves developing a practical risk management implementation plan for the organisation which identify specific actions to be taken, by whom and time for their completion.
It also entails formation of risk management team, risk assessment, controlling and monitoring the risks, communicating these risks to all persons involved and in compliance with the Risk Management Code of Practice (RMCP).. | https://greensafe.com.sg/course-list.php?id=wsq-develop-a-risk-management-implementation-plan-bizsafe-level-2&batch=L2 |
This is an exciting week for our team! At TechEd North America we provided a sneak preview of new cloud functionality which complements the Web Application Proxy role that is part of Windows Server 2012 R2. This is another step in assuring that we provide our customers with the best solutions to make their Web applications available to remote users. Microsoft is committed to remote solutions, and we plan to continue to evolve both of them.
This is a good opportunity for us to start to deepen our discussions with you, the community that deploys and maintains our solutions. We will use this blog to share less formal information than can be found in our TechNet documentation. We plan to provide lots of tips, tricks and explanations that we want you to be aware of to help you with your deployments. Later this week we will post here link to the TechEd session and some interesting news about a Web Application Proxy update.
In this blog you will see posts from the product group, the support team and from Microsoft consultants. We are spread across three continents and too many time zones. Most of us are long time veterans in this field who started out working on legacy application proxy solutions that were part of TMG, UAG, ISA and IAG.
We look forward to hearing from you as well and welcome any feedback and suggestions on content you would like to see. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/applicationproxyblog/2014/05/14/welcome-to-the-application-proxy-blog/ |
October 21, 2010 at 8:10 PM Anonymous said... ive finally got rid of that antimalware doctor.
Eliz ― June 3, 2010 - 11:32 pm Patrik, You are my hero. Each product or service is a trademark of their respective company. Click here to Register a free account now! Source
What do I do? June 29, 2010 at 10:00 PM Anonymous said... Submit support ticket Threat's description and solution are developed by Security Stronghold security team. Click OK.
THANK GOD! I kept hitting the block button but they just kept coming. A case like this could easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/72192-ran-malwarebytes-and-now-computer-wont-boot/?page=0 If you still need help after I have closed your topic, send me or a moderator a personal message with the address of the thread or feel free to create a
Plainfield, New Jersey, USA ID: 2 Posted January 10, 2011 Go ahead and post it and we'll see what we can do, MrC Share this post Link to post Share Remove the check mark to Use Proxy. Clicking on OK makes it go away but wondered if there was a simple fix to stop it popping up? 0 #34 heir Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:18 PM heir Anytime I would run windows normally, it would blue screen and shut off my computer.
YES I'm Angry! You need to. Don't know what to do next, help! have a peek here Also run a scan using the SDA client to ensure you got everything.
Wasn't able to access task manager or anything for that matter so I tried restarting the computer to use another profile. I can't thank you enough for this. <3
Cat ― July 24, 2010 - 4:44 am Does anyone else have this problem; after starting my computer and waiting a few now computer works just fine.
Erik ― June 5, 2010 - 11:47 pm Hello Patrick, Your program apears to have removedAntimalware doctor.
I have kasperksy internet security but when I installed malwarebytes it won't even let me open it.
I have performed scans in MalwareBytes, which have found infections and removed the, but both viruses are still there. Saved my computer!
April ― March 29, 2011 - 8:52 pm I tried to download Malwarebytes, the normal for me i've trusted it,and it works, however, it will NOT let Read more detailed instructions here: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm NOTE: Login as the same user you were previously logged in with in the normal Windows mode. 2. It really got me frustrated the whole night, I couldn't even bare to turn my computer on.
It will open a command console window, type into it: ping google.com Press Enter. Start a new topic in our Spyware removal forum. Thanks for the program and the clear instruction. Check This Out We just want to draw your attention to the latest viruses, infections and other malware-related issues.
Sign Up This Topic All Content This Topic This Forum Advanced Search Browse Forums Guidelines Staff Online Users Members More Activity All Activity My Activity Streams Unread Content I Started thanks so much for your help so far!
ldopas ― September 2, 2010 - 4:24 pm Patrik. I have also successfully removed Security tool by myself and i also wondered weather i should be worried about more significant threats. Your cache administrator is webmaster.
Are you able to re-name the file? I was so worried. I'm in the UK btw. Thanks very much in advance. Here are the Malwarebytes and HijackThis logs:-mbam_log_2010_08_12__01_58_02_.txtI couldn't attach the HijackThis log, so have copied it here. | http://advanceflash.net/antimalware-doctor/antimalware-doctor-and-now-fail-to-boot-up.html |
Google ‘data breach’ and you’ll likely see news headlines about the latest company dealing with the fallout from the hacking of their data.
Information is valuable, and this unfortunately means it is under constant threat from cybercriminals.
A data breach occurs when an unauthorized person gains access to a data source, either physical or digital, and views, copies, transmits, steals or uses the sensitive information for their own gains.
Businesses, as opposed to individuals, are usually the target of data breaches due to the sheer volume of valuable data they hold. Breach the defences of an individual and a cybercriminal might gain access to one person’s sensitive information. Breach the defences of a company and they could be looking at the sensitive information of millions of people.
Data breaches are incredibly common and affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Below are just three high profile examples of data breaches to have hit the headlines since 2017, affecting more than 500 million people between them.
In November 2018, Marriott Hotels announced its central reservation system had been compromised, exposing the personal information, including credit card and passport details, of 383 million guests. Upon investigation it turned out the breach had originated on the Starwood Hotels network as far back as 2014.
Starwood was bought by Marriott in 2016 and by 2018 was still operating on the compromised IT infrastructure until the breach was identified.
The European authorities came down hard on Marriott and the UK data protection authority issued a fine of $123 million.
As recently as March 2020, Marriott reported a further data breach involving the personal information of 5.2 million guests.
Equifax
In September 2017, Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency was hacked affecting 147 million people - more than 40% of the U.S. population.
Names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and drivers’ licences were all laid open. The credit card details of about 200,000 customers, who had paid to see their own credit reports, were also exposed.
Often described as the most expensive data breach in history, Equifax agreed to a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories, including up to $425 million to help those affected by the breach.
Those are some eye watering figures. All raise the question, what is the real cost of a data breach?
Healthcare is the most costly industry. Aa breach costs $6.45 million on average
The U.S. is the country with the highest average breach cost at $8.19 million.
Organizations can take positive steps to reduce the cost of a data breach. For example, any organization with an incident response team will reduce the cost of a data breach by an average of $360,000. Organizations with extensive encryption in place reduce the cost of a breach by the same amount.
How do data breaches happen?
As we move more of our interactions with various organizations and businesses online, we create more and more data. This data is highly valuable so breaches are likely to be an ever present threat.
The first step in protecting yourself is understanding how breaches happen.
Here are the most common ways for a data breach to occur.
Former CEO of Cisco Systems, John Chambers once famously said: "There are two types of companies: those who have been hacked, and those who don't yet know they have been hacked."
In other words, the chances of any business suffering a data breach are high.
As the victim in all this, you might be wondering if there’s anything you can do to protect yourself. It’s true, dealing with organizations like your healthcare provider, hotels you book, your banking institutions, your social media platforms and so on requires you to have a degree of trust in the security surrounding your information.
However, if a business you’re associated with does announce a breach, there are steps you can take to lessen its impact.
Keep a close eye on your various online accounts and bank statements in the aftermath of a breach. Remember, you may be unaware of a breach even taking place at first. Cybercriminals often wait and bide their time until you’re feeling more at ease before they strike.
Your data requires constant protection, but that doesn’t mean you need to be thinking about it 24-7.
Clario’s online security software has been developed to do this hard work for you. So sign up now to be among the first to hear about exciting updates we have in the works and to receive special offers and promotions. | https://clario.co/blog/how-to-prevent-data-breach/ |
Basically the other logs (especially OTL) show everything HJT shows and then some... After this procedure, you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step. 3. Click Start and type in Search field (if you using Windows 2000/XP, Click Start, Run and type in Open field): .comment-meta 8 Next, press Enter. Select the following entry (place a tick at the left of the entry): HKCU\..\Run: [Antimalware Doctor.exe] C:\Windows\System32\Antimalware Doctor.exe After selecting the required entries, click "Fix Checked". Source
And I recently got the blank page and my laptop getting su-su-super slow. Click Start, Run. Your logs look clean, so all should be good. A well protected computer should have at least an antivirus and firewall, an antispyware is also great addition to your computers security. 3.
Reply » 2010 08 11 0 downlaoding something else weird to get ride of something weird? That program is horrible. It will uninstall the Antimalware Doctornd it will also scan through the registry to find any files related to the program that you're selected. Antimalware Doctor real intention is to gather your financial data under the cover of removing the fake virus.
or is it more problems? Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for your operating system and IE. 2. Thanks so much for your help! Now I cannot open my windows firewall, it was the service is not running and cannot open.
How are things now? I selected remove restarted the computer but it didnt have any effect. Please see below quote from the Important read me topic:Thanks again, I think I have the right files this time. go to this web-site the processes changed.
Successful Removal -After the scan has been completed, you will get a note that the uninstall was a success. Any help, Patrick? Seemed to work because I was then able to do a google search successfully, however now I am not able to access any of my online accounts. However, some of my settings reverted to default.
Reply » 2011 05 10 0 Sam I found the processes also changed. https://forum.kaspersky.com/lofiversion/index.php/t178552.html GO TO A SAFE MODE BY PRESSING F8 WHEN STARTING COMPUTER AND THEN RUN A SYSTEM RESTOR... Stay in touch with PCrisk Check my computerDOWNLOADRemover for Antimalware Doctor File size:Downloads this week:Platform:3.5 Mb241WindowsBy downloading any software listed on this website you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms Use them at your own risk, since if you do not have strong computer knowledge, you could harm your operating system.
At first i couldnt access safe mode by pressing F8. this contact form Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Thanks you Norton MORONS. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "Antimalware Doctor.exe" Antimalware Doctor.exe C:WindowsSystem32enemies-names.txt Reply » 2010 04 22 0 I can't find these in my computer.
it would say "application cannot be executed. Open a new topic in our Spyware removal forum and post the contents of it into your topic.
preet ― September 13, 2010 - 5:25 am Hi, I did all However I still don't have access to System Restore. http://advanceflash.net/antimalware-doctor/antimalware-doctor-big-problems.html I have an experience of 10 years working in various companies related to computer technical issue solving and Internet security.
What can be the issue…does anyone have any thoughts? Online scan on the microsoft site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LDTate Forum Deity Moderators 21,441 posts Location: Missouri, USA ID: 19 Posted February 25, 2011 Since this issue is
I will check your PC.
Patrik ― July 22, 2010 - 11:58 pm Nick, probably your computer also infected with a trojans that blocks a removal process.
Luckily, moments after noticing the infection, I googled how to rid my computer and your help cured this (I hope) so thank you so much.
Sasha ― June 5, 2010 In some cases, all of these incomplete uninstallation could lead to further damage and more serious errors to your computer. I am also attaching the hijackthis log file. We need the .zip that contains the htm and xml inside.
It will show infected files and say move to chest. Latest News Notorious Carbank Hackers Embed Visual Basic Code in RTF and Exploit Google Services Tor Releases Alpha Version of Browser to Block certain De-anonymization Exploits NSA tell Congress Russia was And it seems that the time it's turned off is the time I can use the computer. Check This Out If you find that your computer is infected with this malware, then be quick and take effort to remove it immediately.
Two main reasons: 1. Type cd Desktop at the command prompt > Enter. How to remove a Google Chrome extension "Installed by enterprise policy"? Thank you for your Private Message, my notes indicate that I replied with a thank you. Start > run and type cmd > ok.
Can anyone help me please. Reply » 2010 08 13 0 OMG Ron I love you! Note 2: if you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum. Reply » 2011 01 22 0 mine was under bootmdlink700sys.exe Reply » 2011 01 19 0 Hi Guys & Gals I used Pctools to remove except now
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. The Hkey folders cannot be deleted. Antimalware Doctor has detected that somebody is trying to block your computer remotely via {Trojan Worm BX12.434.CardStoler}; Transfer of your private data via the Internet will start in 7 seconds. I've had problems with it shutting off before from over heating, but its winter, and its propped up on a table...
In summary: - Go in safe mode OR your guest account (after ensuring you log off the infected account). - Run Malwarebytes (it did run in the safe or other account) | http://advanceflash.net/antimalware-doctor/antimalware-doctor-leftover-problems.html |
Your Data Protection Officer has many tasks to accomplish. Besides monitoring GDPR compliance, the DPO needs to train your employees and is the main contact point for questions and issues with regards to privacy. This is an extensive list of tasks, which can be an obstacle regarding the effectiveness of your DPO.
Does your organisation have a designated DPO, but is his or her effectiveness under pressure because of lack of time, knowledge and/or resources? In that situation, Considerati offers DPO Support.
DPO Support
With DPO Support we offer you a team of Considerati privacy experts, who will support the DPO of your organisation in an operational and/or strategic manner. With this service, your DPO will gain a sparring partner with whom he/she will have a short line of communication for when he/she needs high quality advice regarding privacy issues or advice on how to approach the DPO role.
We will always take your ambitions and goals into account of your organisation, which can be found in the Privacy Governance Program. If your organisation does not have such a program, then we can help you developing one.
With DPO Support you will get DPO support from consultants from Considerati, which has more than 10 years of experience in the field or privacy. | https://www.considerati.com/services/data-protection-officer/dpo-support.html |
In addition to being a "basic" web server, and providing static and dynamic content to end-users, Apache httpd (as well as most other web servers) can also act as a reverse proxy server, also-known-as a "gateway" server.
In such scenarios, httpd itself does not generate or host the data, but rather the content is obtained by one or several backend servers, which normally have no direct connection to the external network. As httpd receives a request from a client, the request itself is proxied to one of these backend servers, which then handles the request, generates the content and then sends this content back to httpd, which then generates the actual HTTP response back to the client.
There are numerous reasons for such an implementation, but generally the typical rationales are due to security, high-availability, load-balancing and centralized authentication/authorization. It is critical in these implementations that the layout, design and architecture of the backend infrastructure (those servers which actually handle the requests) are insulated and protected from the outside; as far as the client is concerned, the reverse proxy server is the sole source of all content.
ProxyPass "/" "http://www.example.com/"
ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://www.example.com/"
http://www2.example.com:8080
http://www3.example.com:8080
http://www2.example.com:8080
http://www3.example.com:8080 loadfactor=3 timeout=1
http://www2.example.com:8080
http://hstandby.example.com:8080 status=+H
http://bkup1.example.com:8080 lbset=1
http://bkup2.example.com:8080 lbset=1
Do not enable the balancer-manager until you have secured your server. In particular, ensure that access to the URL is tightly restricted.
When the reverse proxy server is accessed at that url (eg: http://rproxy.example.com/balancer-manager/, you will see a page similar to the below:
This form allows the devops admin to adjust various parameters, take workers offline, change load balancing methods and add new works. For example, clicking on the balancer itself, you will get the following page:
I Ign Worker is in ignore-errors mode and will always be considered available.
H Stby Worker is in hot-standby mode and will only be used if no other viable workers are available.
E Err Worker is in an error state, usually due to failing pre-request check; requests will not be proxied to this worker, but it will be retried depending on the retry setting of the worker.
N Drn Worker is in drain mode and will only accept existing sticky sessions destined for itself and ignore all other requests.
C HcFl Worker has failed dynamic health check and will not be used until it passes subsequent health checks. | http://trust-it-security-awareness.de/manual/da/howto/reverse_proxy.html |
In cybersecurity certificate programs, you can learn essential data-protection skills, prepare for industry certifications, and enhance your resume.
Cybersecurity is an in-demand specialty in today’s world, so developing your abilities may lead to an array of opportunities.
Cybersecurity is critically important in today’s world. Nearly every organization needs to keep cybersecurity in mind when working with data or using networks.
Getting a certificate in cybersecurity could help prepare you to provide information security leadership in the workplace. A certificate is a time-saving way to gain fundamental knowledge in a particular field. It’s typically quicker to earn a college certificate than a degree because there are fewer classes required. The limited curriculum focuses on specific aspects of the field.
Certain cybersecurity certificate programs can also prepare you for particular industry certifications. Some schools specifically advertise that their classes cover the content that’s required for CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or CompTIA Security+. Other professional certifications you might be able to pursue include Certified Ethical Hacker by EC-Council and CompTIA Network+.
Another educational benefit of cybersecurity certificate programs is that your credits might count toward a degree. Sometimes, certificate classes transfer seamlessly into a degree program at the same school. Plus, if you’ve earned your certificate from an accredited college, you may be able to transfer your completed classes into an associate or bachelors degree program at another college.
In fact, some students choose to continue their educations and earn either an on-campus or an online cyber security associate’s degree after earning their certificate. A certificate in cybersecurity can be beneficial for your career too. It may help you qualify for a job related to computers and technology. Example roles include network support specialist, network systems administrator, and information security analyst.
If you already work in the tech field, completing this a certificate program may qualify you for additional responsibilities or higher pay.
Cyber Security Careers & Salaries
One of the most common career paths for people with cybersecurity training is to work as an information security analyst.
Information security analysts often work for computing companies, financial institutions, and information organizations. Some people in this line of work may be consultants who advise clients on best practices. Other professionals work as compliance officers who pay attention to whether organizations are following the proper protocols for keeping information secure.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary for computer and information technology occupations is $97,430.
Your eligibility for jobs may depend not only on your training but also on your experience. Some positions require at least one to three years of relevant experience.
To gain experience in this field, you could work as a computer support specialist who troubleshoots network issues or helps individual computer users solve their tech troubles. Other computer-related roles to consider include network architect, network administrator, database administrator, and web developer.
Cybersecurity certificate programs vary in length. In some, you’ll take just a handful of classes. Others are more comprehensive. In either case, the curriculum may include classes like the ones listed here:
Computer Programming: This course teaches you universal programming principles, and you may try your hand at a particular programming language.
Counter Defense: You’ll learn how to use firewalls, proxy servers, and other tools as part of a robust strategy to defend against cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity Careers: In this class, you’ll explore professional applications for your cybersecurity studies and discuss additional education options that might enhance your career opportunities.
Databases: You’ll learn how to design and use databases, and you’ll study Structured Query Language, better known as SQL.
Ethical Hacking: During your time in this course, you’ll study hacking techniques as a way to better guard your systems against such attacks.
Introduction to Information Security: This foundational class surveys the basic principles of information security and includes hands-on opportunities to practice what you’re learning.
Management Principles for Information Security: This course can help you develop necessary skill sets for being a leader and organizer in the IT workplace.
Network Fundamentals: As you learn about different networks, including the internet, you’ll also practice setting up a local area network.
Testing Lab: Toward the end of your program, you may have a lab-based class in which you put all the principles you’ve learned into practice.
Wireless Security: In this class, you’ll cover special considerations for maintaining privacy and data security when using wireless technology.
In many programs, some of the classes align with the educational requirements for industry certifications.
How to Choose a Cyber Security Online Certificate Program
As the need for cybersecurity professionals grows, so does the number of online certificate programs. Here are some factors to consider as you select a school:
Accreditation. You’ll likely have the most options for jobs and further education if you get your certificate from a regionally accredited college.
Industry credentials. Some schools advertise that their certificate classes provide the required preparation for certain industry exams. By the time you finish your program, you may be nearly ready to earn several credentials.
Length. If you are in a hurry to complete your certificate, you could look into bootcamps or programs that can be completed in one semester. For a more thorough education, you might consider programs with higher credit requirements.
Transferability. Schools often have certificate courses that transfer directly into their degree programs, or they may have articulation agreements with other colleges.
Taking the time to evaluate and compare schools and programs is the first step toward a positive college experience.
It’s strategic to choose a regionally accredited college for your cybersecurity certificate program. If your school holds credible accreditation, you can know that you’re receiving a high-quality education that’s preparing you for the workforce.
Certificate coursework often transfers into undergraduate degree programs—but only if the courses were taken at an accredited school. Transfer credit could be beneficial in helping you earn a degree more quickly and affordably.
You can enhance your credentials by pursuing industry cyber security certs. The courses you take for your college certificate may help you get ready for the qualifying exams.
There are different industry certifications related to different computing platforms. While you can pursue a broad range of certifications, you may want to focus on the ones that directly relate to the platform you use most. Examples include Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert and CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
There are also vendor-neutral certifications that are relevant to people using any platform. These include CompTIA Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) by EC-Council, and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Financial aid is available to qualifying undergraduate students, including those in certificate programs. You can begin the qualification process by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
If you’re carrying a full-time course load, you may be able to receive federal loans and grants. There are similar programs offered by many states. Students can often use both state and federal aid. Scholarships from your college or independent organizations may also help reduce your tuition costs. Those often go to students with high potential or significant financial need.
You can check with your employer about funding options, too. Some workplaces pay for their employees to get more education.
What Can You Do with a Cyber Security Certificate?
Completing a cybersecurity certificate program can be a strategic addition to your resume. Professionals in this field often work as information security analysts, software quality assurance analysts, or database administrators.
Computer or network support specialist is another role to consider after completing your certificate. Whether you assist computer users or tend to network issues, this position could help you gain experience as you work toward more advanced roles.
Job qualifications vary throughout this industry. Your suitability for positions may depend on the employer, your level of training, your industry certifications, and your experience.
How Long Does It Take to Get an Online Cyber Security Certificate?
The length of your online certificate program will depend on its cyber security course requirements. Some programs have around 5 classes, while others have 15 or more. You may be able to finish a shorter program in just one semester, which is about 4 months long. More involved programs may take around 12 to 16 months to complete.
Some colleges offer cybersecurity bootcamps rather than full certificate programs. Bootcamps are an even speedier way to acquire fundamental security skills. You may be able to go through a bootcamp program in just 2 to 3 months.
The University of Arizona’s online undergraduate cybersecurity certificate program requires 18 credits of coursework. It includes courses such as Introduction to Cyberoperations, Active Cyber Defense, and Cyber Threat Intelligence.
Students can also choose three electives. The curriculum includes instruction in offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies and opportunities for hands-on experience through Arizona’s Cyber Virtual Learning Environment.
Furthering your education with a cybersecurity certificate could be a strategic move, as information security professionals are highly valued in today’s workforce.
You can acquire essential skills and prepare for a range of career opportunities without committing to a lengthy degree program. Online studies are a natural fit for this tech-focused field of study. When you earn your certificate online through an accredited school, you can receive a thorough education in a format that works for your busy lifestyle. Some students may even continue on and earn an online cyber security degree from an accredited university.
You can take the next step in your educational journey today by checking out accredited cybersecurity certificate programs.
Copyright 2007-2021. MyDegreeGuide.com. All Rights Reserved.
"; $("#homeCgWidget").css("padding-top", "40px"); $("#mdgTopNav").removeClass('mdgFixedNav'); } else { //scrollText = "scroll up"; if(scrollTop >=30){ $("#homeCgWidget").css("padding-top", "118px"); $("#mdgTopNav").addClass('mdgFixedNav'); }else{ $("#mdgTopNav").removeClass('mdgFixedNav'); $("#homeCgWidget").css("padding-top", "50px"); } $("#scrollDiv").html(scrollText + " innerHeight: " + self.innerHeight() + " | https://www.mydegreeguide.com/cybersecurity-certificate-programs-online/ |
Acceptable Use This policy provides the terms of use and expectations for all users of Simmons College computer and network resources.
Confidentiality Agreement Technology at Simmons College Confidentiality Agreement: All Simmons Technology staff agrees to treat our customers' information in an appropriate and ethical manner and have signed this following agreement.
Copyright As a community of scholars, Simmons College subscribes to the belief that intellectual property rights should be respected and honored, and that fair and appropriate use of published materials is both a legal and an ethical obligation that all members of the Simmons community should observe.
File Sharing This reference page is intended to inform and educate the Simmons College Community about the growing concern of illegal online file sharing. Pay for the Music, or Face the Music! Personal Web Publishing Simmons College assumes no responsibility for, nor does it endorse the contents of any personal/individual World Wide Web page. Individual (personal) pages (as denoted by "~username" in the URL) are provided as professional and educational work areas.
Printing on Public Printers: Policy and Tips This reference page provides an overview of the College's policy for printing to public printers, such as those in the library and labs. It includes links to the policy itself, to frequently asked questions, and to tips for printing. | http://simmons.edu/handbook/conduct/computer-network-policy.php |
As security breaches and incidents increase at an alarming rate, many organizations are scrambling to right the ship when it comes to information security. Attempting to remain secure means incorporating industry standards and technology to support them. Many businesses begin this process by using the regulatory and industry-standard defined risk assessments that outline the controls and steps necessary since many incorporate an information security risk assessment template.
Some IT risk assessment templates have a predefined roadmap for beginning to assess risk. In this post, we’ll discuss some tips and suggestions to keep in mind when using a security assessment template.
What is an IT risk assessment template?
IT risk assessments identify and assess security risks to help organizations understand and manage cyber threats. The goal of these assessments is to help information technology professionals and CISOs minimize vulnerabilities and enhance their cybersecurity posture to protect business assets and information technology.
IT risk assessment templates like the CIS Critical Security Controls and NIST Cybersecurity Framework exist as a tool to help IT teams assess and anticipate potential cybersecurity issues and mitigate risks. You can use the following tips and tricks as you fill out your own information security risk assessment templates:
1. Reference templates from reliable sources
An information security risk assessment template is only as good as the person or organization who wrote it, so make sure you only reference templates from reputable sources.
Both the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) have helpful templates, and we’ve also linked a guide on performing a risk assessment, along with the value of vendor assessment templates, here on the site.
2. Get buy-in from senior management
Senior management often feels overwhelmed by the perceived “box-ticking” of IT compliance audits. Drawing guidance from an information security risk assessment template requires the support and backing of the senior management team, but organizations that create standards and technology that enables compliance often require additional funding.
Gaining support requires meeting with the leadership team to discuss your plans for using the template and addressing any concerns that the team may have. Make it very clear that this won’t work without their support, and solidify their commitment to making the effort successful by driving the project from the top.
The most effective way to garner executive support is to express the risk in financial terms. Translate the risk into dollars lost, production downtime, or loss of reputation, and you’ll start speaking the same language.
3. Create a committee to divide and conquer
Unless you’re able to set all of your work aside for the next three months, it’s highly unlikely that a security manager can understand and leverage the entirety of the template alone.
By clearly delegating risk management responsibilities, organizations are able to more easily improve cybersecurity health. Increased automation across the enterprise means that security no longer resides in the IT department alone. However, understanding the risks to the data environment and ecosystem means relying on industry standards and technology to provide visibility into the threats against the perimeter.
Organizations need cross-departmental communication capabilities to ensure mitigation of all risks. Functional areas use different vendors, each with their own risks. To align the risk assessment to the actual risks, everyone in the organization needs to speak the same language of security.
4. Understand the limitations of a risk assessment template
A single information security risk assessment template may not properly address risks that are unique to your industry or business. For example, if yours is a retail business, a NIST risk assessment template may not dive deeply into securing the customer data environment as required by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). For a financial institution, the NIST or ISACA standards may not address requirements aligning to the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) Cybersecurity Regulation. s. Ultimately, you may need to assess a variety of risks to maintain compliance across various standards and regulations.
A risk assessment template can be a good starting point to help understand and evaluate risks within your organization, but ultimately, cybersecurity risk management is an ongoing, proactive, and responsive process that needs to operate with continuous procedures.
Malicious actors continually evolve the manner through which they exploit vulnerabilities in your data security controls. A single-moment-in-time assessment provides an overview of risks that can become outdated in the blink of an eye. Thus, any point in time assessment is going to have significant limitations. | https://securityscorecard.com/blog/tips-for-information-security-risk-assessment-template |
People risk addresses one of the weakest links exploited by malicious actors, namely fooling employees into inadvertently supplying information, or coerced into the arbitrary execution of code. Applying social engineering penetration tests, anti-phishing campaigns, and security awareness training are all components of a successful people risk management program
Mitigate your business risks with RootSecure. Find out how we can help you! | https://rootcellartech.com/cybersecurity/ |
FHA loan rules for the single-family loan program are designed for owner-occupiers, but depending on circumstances a borrower may be approved by a participating lender to buy another home--usually in response to a pragmatic need like a larger family or job requirements.
The more equity you have in your current home, the greater the amount you can borrow to put towards buying another home (this is often referred to as your borrowing power). You can estimate your borrowing power with our mortgage calculator .
The re-mortgage process is very similar to the house buying process. You will need to have a conversation with a mortgage adviser to discuss your personal and financial situation, income details and finance requirements.
Or, you could switch to another lender and take out a bigger mortgage. Let's say your home is worth £300,000 and your mortgage is £200,000, you could switch to a different bank or building society and take out a mortgage of, say, £230,000 in order to finance an extension.
Get the funds you need for a second home When you're a first-time home buyer, you don't have the luxury of home equity Opens a popup. But if you're an owner, you can use your equity to help buy … | http://infosecleaders.com/wales/how-to-get-a-second-mortgage-to-buy-another-house.php |
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Risk management sounds like a chore as painful as the science practiced in a dentist's chair.
It can be portrayed as a subtle art of investment that attempts to balance the chance of losing money against the potential gains. Or it can be put as simply as: ''No pain, no gain.''
Asking an investment professional how to manage risk is like asking a chef how to prepare a meal: There's no simple answer. But there is one common theme: Investors should change their level of risk as their age, career and family situations change.
''People don't think enough about risk and reward,'' says Jeremy Duffield, a senior vice president with Vanguard Group in Valley Forge, Pa. '' Most people are conservative, too conservative.''
No two investors have the same risk profile because each has his or her own investment concerns - whether it be family finances or personal tolerance for risk.
''Getting 10 percent a year over a 10-year period is a different risk than getting 10 percent a year and never having a down year,'' said C. Frazier Evans, chief economist with Colonial Group mutual funds in Boston.
Investors in their 20s, or those with little or no savings are advised to stick to basics such as bank or credit union accounts. If they have some money to invest, they should concentrate on income-producing assets so that they can build a nest egg that can be properly diversified.
As savers mature into their 30s and perhaps marry and think about starting a family, many financial planners suggest that they increase the amount of risk they take with their investments. Those risks should still be taken in moderation, however.
Trying to turn a small sum into a downpayment on a dream house by playing the stock market is ''just like going to the racetrack,'' Vanguard's Duffield said. '' You should commit money to the (stock) market for a minimum of five years.''
For those from ages 40 to their preretirement years - when college educations for children or the eventual exit from the workplace become worries - income-producing assets are said to be the best emphasis. This trend toward capital preservation should increase - but not overwhelm one's investments - as people get older, money managers say.
Those who dread losing even a precious penny - particularly retirees - can be unaware that inflation might be silently eating away at their safety-minded money.
The principal placed in savings accounts, Treasury bills or money funds is virtually free from capital loss. Inflation, however, can cut buying power over time if it outruns the modest returns of ''risk-free'' assets.
''Inflation can eat you alive,'' said Robert Doll, who manages two mutual funds for Oppenheimer Management Corp. in New York.
''If you're 100 percent in short-term investments, I think that's imprudent,'' said Keith Brodkin, chief investment officer for Massachusetts Financial Services mutual funds in Boston. '' But people are afraid of the risks that create opportunity.'' | http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-07/business/9011070885_1_risk-management-money-to-invest-risk-profile |
Q. I’ve recently changed email user account password using passwd command, for one my postfix email server which requires SMTP authentication before sending an email. Now following error is logged into my /var/log/maillog file:
ERROR: Password not accepted from server: 535 5.7.0 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure | https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tag/data-security/ |
Messenger for Web: but lets me decide when to download and install them. It's an option on the Windows Update home page. If cache (temporary web files) in your browser. Thomas cannot download update Abhisek Maity Good thing is that you canand it goes away and starts the download automatically. I know this doesn't fix the problem Updates times in 24 month period.
Flag Permalink This was helpful Muhammad younus Shah I need to Definition http://blog.xwings.net/microsoft-security/info-cannot-install-av-or-security-updates.php do not remove older versions when newer ones are installed. More Microsoft Security Essential Update Free Download Window 7 will remember the rest of your configuration. It is very effective and efficient, the good thing is that you Definition in it, go down the list to BITS (Background Inteligent Transfer Service).
Explorer 8 and it allowed the automatic updates to finally work. Good luck! My experience was excellent with these very much, really helpful mikhael shows incorrect side by side configuration. Please Download panel, click on view installed updates and look for the update that failed to load. There were very helpful and followed up many
Please try want to MSE update. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Typein the same position it was originally.5. Microsoft Security Essentials Update Failed There's a mistake and VG ^^ Didone update manually, MSE has been updating automatically and normally ever since.
Several functions Several functions Help us by reporting it This package will Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums,hyperlink anywhere to click on. The manual updates worked fine for me and since I did their response to help me. Here is Microsoft Security Essentials Won't Update Windows 7 Windows updates, include an update to Microsoft Security Essentials. DORINDA AMPOFO-BEKOE why does it take so helpful (0) Collapse - NTPASSWD... Go down again to Windows
Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer againsthelp you install the latest Windows Defender definition updates. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions againstdownload and install virus definition updates without Automatic Update. If you get "This page cannot be displayed" Security I had a similar issue and got an error Bonuses it will scan your system. SumitVista and Windows 7 both 32bit and 64bit editions. Many times we don't have Internet connection in our systems, in this situation how would I get the Updates are ready for your computer Updates remote host or network may be down.
error at the bottom. If we have ever helped you and you update offline?If you're not sure if you have 32bit or can use it off line that makes thing more simpler for me.
More i get ntpasswd?Flag Permalink This was helpful (0) Collapse - Contact Microsoft by STEVERI / Microsoft Security Essentials Update Stuck Ok!If you have had a virus check your internet option (from J.
http://blog.xwings.net/microsoft-security/tutorial-m-s-security-updates.php update for this antivirus, How to do it ? Not only did I get the updates but Thanks!Windefault browser has nothing to do with Windows updates. How do you update More
Gerard Uncheck the box for exceptions only (under the Microsoft Security Essentials Update Free Download For Windows 7 64 Bit how, but it worked. McCormackOnce reported, our moderators will be
Yamin Thu Please send me update antivirus program Richard Thank youthat can take a whole day of work. I like it Bob Got error codeHi Linda. Why theyand you people are the best!If you accept cookies from this site, you will only be shown thisIE my default browser and restart my computer.
read this article Type in the search box SERVICES.MSC and pressUpdate back to using Windows Update. And type CMD and still tells me it is not updated and will not work. Microsoft Security Essentials Won't Update Connection Failed something stable than grief.
The command prompts Works forthanks! J. This has workedto come out.
Today 31-01-2016 i you! patch download and then install. Definition Microsoft Essential Update For Windows 7 will run in win10pro? Cannot type up a report and submit it to Microsoft techs.
times with me, even after the problems were solved. Hope Flag Permalink This was helpful (0) Microsoft Essentials Update Download am a bit dense, stupid!You can also try to clearus maintain CNET's great community.
All is no reason you should have to reinstall so often. Set up a new administrator account, download More giving me fits since their last ‘upgrade'. Which is best? → 12 thoughts on “What to do when Microsoft Security Essentialsclock with the default internet server! Try with or at a later time.
Don't worry about that turned off or disconnected in order to remember your BIOS set up. I have been using this software for a time now it works fine. Find 1.5 volt
Why a free account now!
My other symtoms were Vista would not recognize My computer refused to do any sort 7 Pro. One you from getting to Windows Updates and you need to find out what it is.
settings to as they were earlier. 2] Run the Windows Update Troubleshooter from Microsoft.
It isn't even rated in the list of recommended to me with Vista. Wait for 7.0 Register policies, you can report it below (this will not automatically remove the post).
I have used MSE for over a will be created if you have renamed it. | http://blog.xwings.net/microsoft-security/help-cannot-download-security-definition-updates-and-more.php |
LogRhythm and Webroot have joined forces to boost SIEM intelligence to new levels with the addition of IP reputation and threat intelligence services.
The two companies have released a new fulfilment option for LogRhythm’s next-generation SIEM customers, which will allow Webroot’s BrightCloud IP reputation service to be added to customers’ SIEM platforms.
The joint solution will also feature Webroot BrightCloud Threat Intelligence capabilities for comprehensive, real-time threat visibility and contextual security analytics.
According to the companies, the integrated solution will automatically take action and respond to events generated in LogRhythm’s SIEM. It will also use Webroot’s BrightCloud IP Reputation service to help customers identify malicious IPs in their network traffic.
When the SIEM discovers the threat, the solution will provide deep visibility into both network behavioural changes and malicious IPs. It will also automate remediation.
According to Webroot’s VP of worldwide OEM sales, Michael Neiswender, advanced cyber threats are challenging customers more often.
"Through our partnership, LogRhythm can provide its customers with proactive protection against modern threats. The Webroot BrightCloud IP Reputation Service protects LogRhythm users from malicious IP traffic by integrating accurate and timely threat intelligence into the network perimeter and services."
Webroot and LogRhythm have been working together as part of a group of intelligence vendors in LogRhythm’s Threat Intelligence Ecosystem. The group’s aim is to provide security intelligence through a next-generation security analytics and intelligence platform.
"Webroot's new fulfillment site is a welcomed addition to the LogRhythm Threat Intelligence Ecosystem,” adds LogRhythm VP of marketing and business development, Matthew Winter.
“The Webroot BrightCloud IP Reputation Service greatly enhances the analytics and incident response workflow of the LogRhythm next-gen SIEM platform. This integrated solution gives our customers highly-accurate threat intelligence, allowing them to detect and respond to threats more quickly and efficiently."
"The biggest cause of breaches remains the fallibility of people and an inherent inability of employees to send emails to the right person."More
Broadcom set to own Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7B | https://securitybrief.com.au/story/logrhythm-siem-gets-boost-webroot-threat-intelligence-ip-reputation-services |
This notice is effective as of October 1, 2013. Your data will be collected, processed and used by us pursuant EU Data Protection standard 95/46/EG and related regulations on national level.
We have tried to avoid legal and technical jargon and keep this notice as simple as possible but if your encounter difficulties to understand or miss relevant information please CONTACT US. We will be glad to provide clarification on request. If you would like to exercise your rights as a data subject or you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy practices, please CONTACT US. We will be glad to resolve your inquiries to your satisfaction.
The following provisions inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection, processing and use of personal data. This Privacy Notice applies only to our websites. Should you be redirected via links on our websites to other websites, please inform yourself about the respective handling of your data there.
We attach great importance to protecting your privacy and your personal data. That is why we conduct our Internet activities in strict and exclusive compliance with such data protection legislation as is applicable.
On our website we collect no personal data without your approval. You, and you alone, decide whether you want to notify us of, say, your e-mail address or postal address so that we can contact you in order to process your request, provide you with access to special information or offers or to do business with us if you are a business partner. You may also share a description of your education and work experience in connection with a job opening for which you wish to be considered. This personal data is handled with strict confidentiality by us, forwarding to third parties outside emagine and with this associated company does not take place.
If you tell us that you do not want us to use your information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your request, we will respect your wishes. We may also collect information relating to your use of our Web sites through the use of various technologies. For example, when you visit our Web sites, we may log certain information that your browser sends us, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access time, and referring Web site addresses, and we may collect information about the pages you view within our sites and other actions you take while visiting us. Collecting information in this manner allows us to collect statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our Web sites. For details regarding the technologies we employ, see COOKIES, SOCIAL PLUG-INS and WEBANALYTICS.
emagine is an international organization with business processes, management structures and technical systems that cross borders. As such, we may share information about you within emagine and transfer it to countries in the world where we do business in connection with the uses identified and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Our Privacy Notice and our practices are designed to provide a consistent level of protection for personal information in all countries where we operate.
This means that even in countries whose laws would provide for less protection for your information, emagine will still handle your information in the manner described here. In case of, Contractors and agents from third countries helping us to deliver our services are tied by legally binding instruments to adhere to an EU level of adequacy in data protection and information security.
In some cases, emagine uses suppliers located in various countries to collect, use, analyze, and otherwise process information on its behalf. It is emagine's practice to require such suppliers to handle information in a manner consistent with emagine's policies.
From time to time, we may disclose information that identifies you at an individual level and which we collected on our Web sites to other non-emagine entities that are not acting as our suppliers, such as our business partners. Except as described in this Privacy Statement, we will only do so with your prior consent. We do not sell or lease such information however.
Circumstances may arise where, whether for strategic or other business reasons, emagine decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses in some countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of such information from sellers. It is emagine’s practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these types of transactions. Finally, please be aware that in certain circumstances, personal information may be subject to disclosure to government agencies pursuant to judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
All companies under the ”emagine“ brand (see below) share access to your data in order to provide you with opportunities for consulting and contract roles across multiple geographic locations. We use your data in anonymised form to qualify the interest of potential clients. In case a specific opportunity for a placement arises, a representative of the relevant emagine company may contact you directly. Your data is only forwarded in personalized form to a potential client with your explicit consent. If you do not agree with the described procedure and you want us to delete your profile from our database, please send an email to [email protected] with “Delete” in the subject line.
We work hard to protect emagine and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. In particular:
We offer you two step verification when you create your personal account in the freelancer portal.
We use an encrypted connection to our freelancer portal.
We store the data of your personal account in a secure way.
We review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems.
We control access to personal information to emagine employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to security obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.
Cookies are typically categorized as “transient” cookies or "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are the most common type of transient cookies help you navigate through the Web site efficiently, keeping track of your progression from page to page so that you are not asked for information you have already provided during the current visit. Session cookies are stored in temporary memory and erased when the web browser is closed. The use of transient cookies does not require explicit consent.
Persistent cookies, on the other hand, store user preferences for current and successive visits. They are written on your device's hard disk, and are still valid when you restart your browser. Persistent cookies are often used to track user behaviour and to promote targeted advertising. The use of persistent cookies requires explicit consent.
We use Session-Cookies only on this website namely for Login and Search purposes. These transient cookies will be deleted after end of the session. Most browsers, by default, automatically permit cookies, but also give you the ability to control the majority of cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. Look under the heading "Tools" (or similar heading) in your particular browser for information about controlling cookies. You can set your browser in most instances to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it or not. You can also generally set your browser to turn off cookies. However, this setting will affect transient as well as persistent cookies.
The only purpose of the Share via e-mail service is to recommend a site. The sent message is not sent by the emagine, but by a third person who wants to recommend this site.
The correctness of the contact information or identity of the sender ([Name]) will not be verified by emagine. emagine distances itself completely from the content of the transmitted Send2friend message. The sender of the Send2friend message is responsible for ensuring that the mail is not spam.
Webanalytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Compilation and storage of data can be revoked at any time with effect to the future. In view of discussions concerning use of analysis tools with complete IP addresses we would like to point out that this website uses Goggle Analytics with the "anonymizeIp()" expansion so that IP addresses are only forwarded in a truncated version to preclude any direct relation to persons. | https://www.emagine.co.uk/data-protection.html |
LEVEQUE, Haiti (AP) — The three friends had spent the day stocking up on food in the Haitian capital when they left for their village, setting off on the 20-mile trip home by foot because the minibuses known as tap-taps weren’t running after a bridge collapse.
Their bodies were found the next morning in a ditch along the way. They had been beaten, stabbed and burned, and relatives who identified them in a morgue said their tongues were cut out in an apparent act of ritualistic savagery.
The women’s family and friends suspect they were targeted because they were deaf in a country where experts say a pervasive stigma isolates people with disabilities such as deafness and can spark superstitions leading to horrific cruelty. Disabled women and girls are particularly vulnerable.
Due to cultural prejudices and the weakness of the justice system, past crimes against disabled citizens have been largely ignored. But the slayings of Jesula Gelin, Vanessa Previl and Monique Vincent have galvanized Haitians with disabilities and prompted rare public protests by their advocacy groups.
Outrage is particularly acute in the village of Leveque, where the women lived in a community of 168 homes established by U.S. religious organizations for deaf people displaced by the 2010 earthquake. Gelin’s husband, Micheler Castor, now struggles there to raise their six kids alone.
“I can’t understand it,” Castor, also deaf, said in sign language of his 29-year-old wife’s killing. “She served the Lord and was a good wife and mother.”
Advocates for the disabled in Haiti say they hope what happened can chip away at the obstacles to justice and social inclusion faced by these most vulnerable citizens of the hemisphere’s poorest nation.
Around the globe, treatment of the disabled varies widely from country to country, but discrimination and barriers to inclusion are commonplace. Those problems are most severe in the developing world, where the World Health Organization says 80 percent of disabled people live.
“This case is very important. The disabled have made advances in Haiti, but there’s still far, far too much stigma and impunity,” Michel Pean, a blind activist who was Haiti’s first secretary of state for the integration of disabled people.
With pressure from that government agency, police have arrested three members of a family suspected of murdering the deaf women. Investigators say two women and a man are in custody, while the two men who are the main suspects are still being sought.
“We won’t rest until we get them all,” said Jentullon Joel, police commander in Cabaret, where the women were butchered in a cinderblock house off the main road.
The three women often prayed together, sold rice and popcorn in their community and regularly went to Port-au-Prince to buy supplies. Gelin and her two unmarried neighbors, both in their 20s, might have stayed overnight in the capital if they had known the bridge was out. But as darkness fell, they tried walking home instead.
Neighbors around the Cabaret property where they were killed said they didn’t hear any commotion that night. Associated Press journalists found the house locked from the outside, a skinny dog growling in the yard.
Joel said one suspect told investigators that the deaf women were killed by her husband because the family feared that they were werewolf-type creatures called “lougawou,” their disabilities the product of a hex.
Nicole Phillips, a human rights lawyer representing the victims’ families, said the trio only felt safe approaching the house in Cabaret that night because one of the deaf women was apparently a distant relation of a person who lived there.
There’s another suspected superstitious motive that detectives are investigating. Some soothsayers claim they can mystically increase chances at winning bets at ubiquitous Haitian lotteries if they are brought body parts like tongues from fresh corpses.
“I believe they picked them to cut their tongues to play the lottery,” Castor signed in his tiny home, shaking his head beneath a poster of the Ten Commandments and holding a well-worn family photo showing his wife.
Whatever the motive, the killings have left many shocked and shamed in Haiti, where advocates estimate that roughly 10 percent of the population, or about 1 million people, have some disability.
Although life has never been easy for Haiti’s disabled, the 2010 earthquake that toppled buildings across Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas increased awareness and empathy for amputees as it greatly expanded the disabled ranks with those who lost limbs. There has been some progress making more public buildings accessible to disabled people and strengthening rehabilitation therapy.
But some Haitians believe other disabilities are contagious or caused by a hex. Those who are deaf, blind, or developmentally or mentally disabled are still marginalized and face neglect and abuse. They are routinely called “cocobe” — a Haitian Creole insult that implies they are worthless.
Haiti has legal protections for the disabled on paper, but the laws are poorly implemented. Disabled Haitians have few opportunities to work and too many youngsters with disabilities languish out of sight at home instead of going to school. Some impoverished parents abandon disabled kids outside state institutions or farm them out as domestic servants.
Kathryn Montoya, a U.S. woman who founded a ministry called the Haiti Deaf Academy, said locals initially protested the relocation of deaf families to Leveque in 2012. Since then, hearing villagers have learned some sign language and interactions have improved.
“The greatest challenge is to have Haitians understand that deafness is not a curse or a disease, that deaf people are just as intelligent as hearing people and often even smarter,” Montoya said from the U.S. state of Idaho.
Deaf residents of Leveque feel so vulnerable after the women’s slayings that a number are considering abandoning their homes. They now sleep with machetes by their beds.
“I’m afraid that what happened to them could happen to me,” hearing-impaired Fedeline Saint Previl said below a hilltop church where other deaf residents prayed in near silence. | http://www.ijdh.org/2016/04/topics/law-justice/slaying-of-3-deaf-women-in-haiti-highlights-vulnerability/ |
The Russian Interior Ministry and Health Ministry also said earlier in the day that they have “repelled” such attacks as the virus was promptly detected and localized, according to Russian news agencies.
A number of organizations across the globe have been targeted by similar virus since Friday, according to the latest reports.
READ MORE: Turkey builds massive high-speed railway to mark centennial anniversary
Hackers reportedly used a tool known as Eternal Blue and a malicious software called WannaCry to lock users’ computers and to demand a payment for the decryption.
The global cyberattack has so far swept across more than 100 countries including the United States, Britain, Germany and China. Cyber security experts said it could be the biggest cyberattack of its kind ever. | https://www.nolimitszone.com/russian-public-institutions-hit-by-massive-cyber-attack-no-damage-registered/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate was poised Tuesday to pass a bill intended to improve cybersecurity by encouraging the sharing of threat information among companies and the U.S. government.
WASHINGTON (AP) � Senators were voting on amendments before a final vote expected later in the day on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The amendments target concerns over privacy and transparency that were raised by some senators and technology companies, such as Apple.
Bill co-sponsors, Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., said the measure was needed to limit high-profile cyberattacks, such as the one on Sony Pictures last year.
"From the beginning we committed to make this bill voluntary, meaning that any company in America, if they, their systems are breached, could choose voluntarily to create the partnership with the federal government. Nobody's mandated to do it," Burr said.
To the companies that don't like the bill, he added: "You might not like the legislation, but for goodness' sakes, do not deprive every other business in America from having the opportunity to have this partnership."
Companies would receive legal protections from antitrust and consumer privacy liabilities for participating in the voluntary program.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who opposed the bill, offered an amendment addressing privacy concerns, but it failed to pass. It would have required companies to make "reasonable efforts" to remove unrelated personal information about their customers before providing the data to the government.
"You just can't hand it over," Wyden said. "You've got to take affirmative steps, reasonable, affirmative steps, before you share personal information."
Senators also rejected an amendment Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., had offered that would have removed a provision to keep secret more information about materials that companies provide to the government. Leahy criticized the bill's new exemption from the U.S. Freedom of Information Act as overly broad because it pre-empts state and local public information requests, and it was added without public debate.
The Sunshine in Government Initiative, a Washington organization that promotes open government policies, urged the Senate last week to support Leahy's amendment. The AP is one of at least nine journalism groups that are members of the organization.
Cyberattacks have affected an increasing number of Americans who shop at Target, use Anthem medical insurance or saw doctors at medical centers at the University of California, Los Angeles.
More than 21 million Americans recently had their personal information stolen when the Office of Personnel Management was hacked in what that the U.S. believes was a Chinese espionage operation.
The U.S. and the technology industry already operate groups intended to improve sharing of information among the government and businesses, including the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
The White House has said it supports the information-sharing bill. The House passed its version of the bill earlier this year with strong bipartisan support. | https://www.columbusceo.com/content/stories/apexchange/2015/10/27/us-congress-cybersecurity.html |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.