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The hidden, virtually unremovable software that companies like Sony are forcing people to install before being able to listen to licensed, purchased music is making headlines, not only due to privacy concerns, but also to the security risks being created.
Now, Sony is telling the media that they'll back off, for now. This article isn't quite accurate, because Sony isn't making it any easier for people to uninstall the spyware... they're simply finally acknowledging that people might want to do so.
I happen to have unwittingly purchased one of these DRM-protected CDs. Mine was restricted using an earlier version of DRM, so I'm not sure if I have this latest security hole, or not, but I decided to contact the supplier (in this case Sunncomm) to provide me with an uninstall. Ironically, you have to install an ActiveX control to even attempt the uninstall. In my case, it didn't even work, so now I have two mysterious pieces of software on my PC. Great. I've sent another e-mail to Sunncomm to follow up. Who knows if I'll get anywhere.
Now get this:
The ridiculous part of this whole fiasco is that this DRM restriction doesn't even work. When I first purchased this particular CD a month ago, I was annoyed that it immediately installed something on my hard drive (that I couldn't uninstall or locate), but at least I could listen to the music on my PC. This was great at first, but wasn't very portable. My PC gets heavy after a few minutes.
So I tried to import the songs into my trusty iPod. No luck, since Apple won't play along with Microsoft on this one, and therefore for one reason or another iTunes isn't able to open or convert these DRM-protected WMA files. So, officially, I'm only allowed to listen to the music I bought on my PC via Sonyware or Media Player, or load tracks onto a Microsoft-approved MP3 player.
Right. Like I'm going to settle for that.
Here's where it gets really technical and I explain how to bypass the DRM technology and enable myself to listen to the music I bought legally on a device that I also legally own... ready?
1 - I used Windows Media player to burn a music CD with all of the tracks.
2 - Then I used iTunes to import that CD and convert the tracks to MP3 files.
... I'll wait for everyone to catch up...
That's right; two steps. And I'm not even from Texas.
The entire process takes about 10 minutes, and results in a well-stocked iPod, and a CD completely devoid of any DRM technology which, were I so inclined, I could share with absolutely anyone. I'm tempted, if only out of irritation, but of course I would never do such a thing. That would be wrong.
The point, in the end, for companies like Sony is that it's time for them to rethink a few things. If they don't want to sell music, then fine. Others will. If they don't trust their customers, then they shouldn't do business with them. But loading spyware and opening private PCs to hackers isn't the answer. And people will always find a way to defend their rights. | http://gabbleratchet.blogspot.com/2005/11/sony-spyware.html |
The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKA-2005:044 (postgresql).
A number of bugs are corrected in PostgreSQL version 8.0.4 so an update for Mandrivalinux 2006 is now available (PostgreSQL 8.0.3 was provided). | http://www.vulnerabilityscanning.com/MDKA-2005-044-postgresql-Test_24470.htm |
The European Union (EU) has officially blamed Russia for the “Ghostwriter” cyberattack campaign, targeting high-ranking EU officials, journalists, and the general public.
A press release by European Council officials stated that by gaining access to computer systems and personal accounts and stealing data, these hostile cyber operations target countless members of Parliaments, government officials, Politicians, journalists, and members of civil society in the EU.
“The European Union and its Member States strongly denounce these malicious cyber activities, which all involved must put to an end immediately. We urge the Russian Federation to adhere to the norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace. The European Union will revert to this issue in upcoming meetings and consider taking further steps,” reads the press release.
Such efforts aim to jeopardize the European nations’ integrity and security, as well as democratic norms and principles.
According to EU authorities, these cyber operations are in striking contrast to conventional state behavior, which is approved by all UN member states.
The attacks are also viewed as blatant attempts to disrupt the EU’s democratic institutions and procedures, including misinformation and information manipulation.
Germany earlier this month linked the Ghostwriter’s “malicious cyber actions” to Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, with German Foreign Ministry spokesperson Andrea Sasse claiming that the German Parliament had been attacked at least three times this year.
Germany also announced in March that the Russian military intelligence hacking organization Ghostwriter is the primary suspect in a spear-phishing attack that targeted numerous members of Parliament.
The European Council also stated that the European Union and its Member States strongly condemn these harmful cyber actions, which must be stopped immediately by all parties concerned. They appeal to the Russian Federation to follow the rules of responsible cyber-state behavior.
In forthcoming sessions, the European Union will address this problem and consider taking more action.
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Why has there been little or no response from AT&T? Are they choosing to ignore their users? I would think that they should have performed a beta test using "real" end users to provide feedback, rather than simply announcing that the email will be changed. What's your response, AT&T, if you're even listening?
I totally agree with ALL the negatives regarding the present ATT/Yahoo E-mail format. It is a total mess. It is the biggest mess I have witnessed since we joined U-verse in 2007. Why, in heaven's name do you guys keep messing with it? Practically nothing works. What the heck are all these tiny rectangular boxes with the miniscule letters and numbers in them? Some secret code? I'm guessing that practically everyone had switched back to the classic format after the last abomination update.....and the nitwits in authority didn't like that. So NOW it is impossible to access the classic format.
This new setup just does NOT work. I can't use the words I'd like to use to describe my feelings adequately.......the filter would not allow it.
Much as I would hate to do it.....we may have to dump AT&T and go back to Comcast.... at least for our Internet/E-mail access. WHAT a MESS!
Interesting that I just started email again and now I see the old format.
Your are going to lose customers over this!
AT&T is more concerned with their profit margin than providing a decent service to their customers, you are just one more employee more than willing to lie for your job! Dealing with this email is a misury, can't even see the emails for the ads. I agree with everything you are saying except that AT&T doesn't think or care if it is making email better, it's all about greed and how mnany advertyisers that can bombast us with.
Whoever designed it not only needs to be fired, but they should be dumped into a bottomless pit, never to surface again. Please change it again, back to what it was!
No, we don't all overcome change and get used to it, especially if the change is not an improvement, but just the opposite. This new email format is a backwards step, not a step forward. I do NOT want "helpful information on how to use the new email." I want the OLD email back. I don't want to learn how to use the new email since I want the new email to go away!
Plus, overalll the design is atrocious. From the main inbox listing, click "View" and you'll see a list of sorting options.
I am joining the long list of people who HATE the new AT&T Yahoo web-based e-mail format. The threading of e-mails is horrible -- most unintuitive I've ever seen, and can never tell which email I'm looking at in a thread. The "reply" function doesn't even let me edit or even see the "subject" line, which I often slightly modify to get people's attention, or simply just to check to be sure I'm replying to the e-mail I intend to reply to.
What official channels can I complain to about this? Up till this point, years of evolution of the AT&T Yahoo webmail interfaces have been positive, but the current state of the interface is positively unusable and horribly frustrating to me....
I have changed back to "classic" email view but that is not like it used to be either -- I want to change to the "previous version" of mail which was working great for me.
I have another non-AT&T associated Yahoo email address and its interface works great for me -- it's the AT&T-specific view on my AT&T associated mail account that is driving me nuts.
[Personal information removed for your privacy protection] I've tried to live with it for a couple weeks and everytime it leaves me frustrated.
The new email is impossible. I DO NOT WANT YOUR ADDS IN MY INBOX! I couldn't agree more. In addition to that intrusion; it is difficult to see what has been read and what has not with the new color schemes. ATT has stepped over the line. There are other internet/email providers and they may find a lot of new customers shortly.
What are you thinking over there?
It gets worse. Thinking I was clever, I deleted the add line several times out of frustration. The joke was on me, I soon realized that I was deleting my private emails. Good think I noticed before my trash was emptied. Good one ATT. It shows the arrogance of the leadership of Yahoo who think they have to change everything because they can't stand to think their ideas are not superior to tried and true methods. Typical narcissistic behavior (and YES, I am a psychologist so I am saying that!). My husband and I have both had att.net addresses for over 16 years and this looks to be the end. We are willing to take the time to change emails and notify people. To add to the complaints: I cannot cut and paste text from emails anymore. If someone knows how to do that please let me know without having to switch to basic view. PLEASE GIVE US CLASSIC EMAIL just like Coke relented and returned Coke Classic. This is the equivalent of the New Coke fiasco. Learn from others' experiences!
Hi Gary, You may just provide3 me with an temporary solution. How did you create another Yahoo mail, when the default is AT&T Yahoo mail?
I have the same problem now with not being able to copy and paste into a new email. Sometimes I would do this to get rid of the extra sides on the left after an email has been forwarded multiple times, and now Yahoo email has reverted to using the ">" character on the left side!
This new format is just awful. Please bring back the old format! In the new format some commands are above the e-mail, some below. SEND is below. How stupid! I pay to have no ads so worsening ad clutter is not a problem. This new format is total crap. This new format is not working out at all.
How stupid! There are five utterly useless icons taking up a 1/2 inch row of screen space above the page and it is impossible to get rid of them to clear space. Fewer e-mails are listed even with "Slim" density. My typing within the composition box jumps around. Moving emails to folders is slow. Sent by Private Message yesterday morning to the ATTU-verseCare Community Specialist team: 1) The composition window is too small. What size monitor did your developers do the design and test with? I have a 17-inch in front of me, it's too small.2) Why I do not know except the effect is extremely disruptive to my train of thought.3) Moving the cursor within my typing is slow and erratic. No idea why but I always must wait before I resume typing to ensure the cursor is where I want it to be.4) Copy/cut & paste is erratic. See the previous problem with moving the cursor. In addition, I'm never sure what text I'm about to copy/cut & paste. Sometimes it's the previous selection (my copy was ignored), sometimes it's the entire email to the end, sometimes it deletes the text rather than copying.5) Seeing the emails in a folder is slow... and that includes the Inbox and Sent folders.6) There is no manual save draft option, a real concern considering how often email freezes up.6) I send emails using disposible addresses, especially if it's to the site for which I created a disposible email address. I do not want to see "Me" as sender every email, I want to see the actual email the recipient will see.
Here is my vote for the email format sucks. Only 200+ votes for sucks. Then there are those who don't know enough to bother to post their thoughts.
I hate the new format. Suggestion to everyone if you have it- If you have Outlook or Microsoft Mail on your desktop or laptop, have you e-mail go there and it will completely bypass this. I wonder what the marketing "gurus" were thinking. Looks like they didn't test their market too well judging by the negative comments. At least give up the options to use the old classic format (I can't stand that one either, but it's betterr than this new one)
It is one of the WORST Marketing product changes ever. Remember PESPI CLEAR anyone?
I love th is comparison. It has been 30 years now since the NEW COKE fiasco. For those of you who weren't alive then, or too young to remember, google it. © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. link. AT&T, Globe logo, Mobilizing Your World and DIRECTV are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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My favorite moment in Ethan Zuckerman’s new book, Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, comes toward the end, where he describes the way that the legendary rock band Journey discovered its new lead singer in 2007. The new singer is Arnel Pineda, a Filipino and a product of his homeland’s love of karaoke bars.
The long and complicated relationship between the United States and the Philippines ensures that American pop culture enjoys widespread exposure in Manila and that most Filipinos speak English. In addition, a style of singing called plakado—the Tagalog word for “platter” or “record”—has been popular there since it was developed in the 1960s. Filipino singers reproduce recordings as faithfully as possible, and the highest form of praise for a live vocalist is that he sounded plakado, exactly as it did on the recording. Plakado reached even greater stylistic heights as electronic karaoke machines that score vocalists on their precision became commonplace in Southeast Asia. All of that served to make the clubs and bars of Manila, in essence, a system engineered to produce vocalists who sounded exactly like Paul McCartney or Steve Perry.
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In a world where the Filipino lead singer of an American rock band wows crowds in Chile, it’s the connected who shall inherit.
Pineda just might be the ultimate “bridge figure,” a term that Zuckerman uses to describe someone who can help explain one cultural background to someone from another culture. This could be a business executive who grew up in India but was raised in the United Kingdom. Or it could be an American student who has decided to settle in the Bolivian highlands.
In short, Zuckerman takes us on a journey that explores how even in our hyper-modern, over-connected, crazy-fast world, we need to take extra steps to make sure we’re exploring people, places, and stories around us that we otherwise wouldn’t know about.
Zuckerman has a long history in the world of global technology. Nowadays, he’s the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Civic Media. But before that, he was one of the original employees of Tripod.com, later founding Geekcorps and Global Voices Online. His own blog, true to his own interests, remains entitled “My Heart’s in Accra,” referring to the capital city of Ghana where Zuckerman spent some time.
(Full disclosure: I’ve been lucky to have shared ideas, food, and beer with Zuckerman in locations as diverse as Harvard University, a funky bohemian bar in Santiago, Chile, and a pub in Linz, Austria. He also had nice things to say about my 2011 book, The Internet of Elsewhere. I’m mentioned in the acknowledgements of his book, too.)
Many years before he became my boss at MIT’s Media Lab, Joi Ito wrote me an e-mail asking for links to African newspapers and blogs. He was traveling to South Africa for the first time and felt underinformed about the continent from American and Japanese media. I sent him links to some top newspapers and a few dozen bloggers I followed closely. He wrote me back weeks later with a heartfelt and frustrated message: he was having a hard time following the sources I’d offered because he knew very few Africans and felt little personal connection to the events he was reading about. Much as he wanted information from Africa, this “caring problem” was making it hard for him to pay attention.
If you don’t know any Zambians, it can be hard to pay attention to events in Lusaka, the nation’s capital. If a friend—perhaps one who has visited the country or befriended someone there—starts paying attention to news from Zambia, it sends a signal that stories from Zambia are important, at least to our local microrepublic of Facebook friends. We might pay attention to the story as a way of showing our friend that we care too.
Bridge figures represent the first pillar of Zuckerman’s attempt at solving this “caring problem.” It’s certainly easier for me to care about news from Iran since my father is from there, and I have lots of extended family still living there. Similarly, I gravitate toward news stories from Senegal and Estonia more so than I do stories from Guinea-Bissau or Latvia, simply because I’ve spent much more time there. Consequently, whether they like it or not, many of my American friends who never have been to Estonia have definitely heard of Jäääär, must leib (Estonian black bread), and the Forest Brothers because of me. And in Zuckerman’s own example, he’s a bridge for me to worlds and experiences that I would never have considered, including sumo wrestling, West African pop music, and cheesemaking.
Knowing someone who can hold your hand into another idea world may be the easiest (and probably strongest) way to help us rewire—but Zuckerman also knows that there are technological and technical ideas that can help us along the same path.
Pushing prophecy
The second pillar, he argues, is translation—the ultimate goal being the achievement of a Universal Translator level—which can help bring us news from parts of the globe that we don’t have inherent interest in. Zuckerman cites Google Translate (and Chrome’s auto-translate feature) and scripts written to auto-translate tweets as examples of online tools that can bring non-English news to those of us who primarily consume the written word in English.
The third pillar in Zuckerman’s Rewire is planning for the unexpected, for serendipity in communication: whether that’s modern remix culture among popular international DJs, the TV show Dhani Tackles the Globe, or the videos Where the Hell is Matt? But the same idea can be imposed on our cities: Zuckerman cites Jane Jacobs’ theories on urban planning as a way to encourage spontaneous meeting and activity in public spaces.
Apple founder Steve Jobs also famously espoused Jacobsian principles when it came to designing his company’s new headquarters.
“Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions,” Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson. “You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say, ‘Wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas.”
Finally, Zuckerman closes the book by noting that “it’s a mistake to assume that the Internet will inexorably bring about a connected future,” while still calling out his direct contrast to Internet übercritic Evgeny Morozov:
But it’s unhelpful to dismiss the ambitions of technological optimists like Howard Rheingold, Marconi, and Tesla simply because the futures they hoped for haven't yet come to pass. Their words might be read instead as prophecy. Rabbi Abraham Heschel, a leading religious scholar and civil rights leader, began his academic career with a vast study of biblical prophecy. While “prophecy,” in modern parlance, has become associated with forecasting the future, in biblical times, prophets brought God’s voice to the people to encourage them to change: “The prophet was an individual who said No to his society, condemning its habits and assumptions, its complacency, waywardness, and syncretism.” Read as prediction, the hopes of Marconi, Tesla, and Rheingold are clearly wrong. Read as prophecy, they challenge us to take control of our technologies and use them to build the world we want rather than the world we fear.
With any luck, and some Zuckermanian thinking, perhaps we can build the change that we want to see in the world—both online and off. | https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/how-to-break-out-of-your-own-little-corner-of-the-internet-rewire-reviewed/ |
Splunk is the leader in big data, machine learning analytics with a significant presence in the cyber security market. As part of our commitment to maintain and deliver world class products delivered securely on our customer trusted platform, our greatest asset to Splunk is our people.
The Splunk Global Security (SGS) Security Training, Awareness and Communications (or Security TAC) Sr. Manager is chartered with evaluating, designing and delivering a comprehensive security training, awareness and communications program that reaches all Splunkers and demonstrates our continued commitment to delivering secure code, cloud, and infrastructure to our customer community.
The end result is the foundation that quantifiably moves the security awareness posture forward and motivates all Splunkers to be empowered with a “built with Security” mindset to protect our customer data, brand and our overall organization.
Determine key metrics for reporting to track compliance, effectiveness, and modules that dive deeper into specific domains.
Evaluate, design, and deliver the next chapter in our scalable security training and awareness program through interactive security training programs.
Assess various business segments and deliver both enterprise and role specific security modules to dive deeper.
Lead all aspects of development and rollout of relevant and engaging security modules and ensure participation and completion is achieved.
Grow and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to develop security risk mitigating training and awareness strategies.
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Drive evangelism of Splunk’s security training and awareness narrative in collaboration with our Security Customer Trust team.
Develop communication strategies and lead execution of key security programs and campaigns.
Assess the various audiences for security awareness materials/initiatives and develop custom engagement strategies.
Continuously seek feedback and nurture cross-functional relationships to align and strengthen the security awareness program.
Communicate policies and procedures to support the Security program.
Support development and delivery of security awareness activities.
Security Technical Program Management
Translate business objectives into execution strategy (tactical and strategic), lead and successfully execute the strategy through strong collaboration and agile leadership.
Draw the line from investments/strategic (annual) goals to annual roadmaps to Objectives and Key Results.
Work with multiple delivery teams to take ownership and accountability of technical project planning and delivery for security build out programs.
Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent programs from delivering on program objectives.
Drive for clarity to keep teams moving forward.
Influence and drive the creation of the team's roadmap.
Asks thought provoking questions to drive conversation.
Develop compelling and effective awareness content and campaigns. This may require the creation of content - from concept to writing, editing, uploading and publishing across multiple channels
Identify / create compelling, consumable and targeted education and awareness training content that can be leveraged to increase associates’ cyber security literacy and maturity.
Work with the team to conduct simulations and other security assessments to improve security maturity of Splunk associates.
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Splunk is focused specifically on the challenges and opportunity of taking massive amounts of machine data, and providing powerful insights from that data. IT insights. Security insights. Business insights. It’s what we call Operational Intelligence.
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The US revealed its "International Strategy for Cyberspace" (PDF) yesterday. It's mostly blather about how terrific "cyberspace" is, but it gets more specific on a few key issues like national defense. Could our next war start because of a hack? The government says it's possible.
"States have an inherent right to self-defense that may be triggered by certain aggressive acts in cyberspace,” says the policy. Indeed, such aggressive acts might compel a country like the US to act even when the hacking is targeted at an allied country. “Certain hostile acts conducted through cyberspace could compel actions under the commitments we have with our military treaty partners,” says the document. “When warranted, the United States will respond to hostile acts in cyberspace as we would any other threat to our country.” Military force will only be used as a last resort after other diplomatic and economic remedies are attempted, but the US government has certainly realized the value of the Internet and has no intention of sitting quietly while corporate and governmental computer systems are attacked with impunity. But the cyberspace security strategy doesn't just involve talk about playing offense; defense is stressed even more heavily. “Dissuasion” of hackers is a core goal, and it extends beyond national borders. “A globally distributed network requires globally distributed early warning capabilities,” says the strategy, which calls for “new computer security incident response capabilities globally" and interconnected network defense systems. With the new strategy document, the government is putting the world on notice: “The United States will ensure that the risks associated with attacking or exploiting our networks vastly outweigh the potential benefits.” Nate Anderson
Nate is the deputy editor at Ars Technica, where he oversees long-form feature content and writes about technology law and policy. He is the author of The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed. Email [email protected] | http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/05/us-warns-of-military-response-to-severe-cyberattacks/?comments=1&post=21656367 |
Nathan Sherlock is VP Managed Services Client Advocacy for Herjavec Group who will be moderating a track at the April CIO Peer Forum in Vancouver. He has worked within the Managed Services field for over 10 years and is passionate about SIEM and security monitoring. Nathan holds various certifications including CISSP, CEH, GCIH, GSLC, and always strives to advance his security knowledge, while improving the security posture for Herjavec Group’s managed clients.
In our recent Cybersecurity Conversations For The C-Suite 2018 report we highlighted five areas of cybersecurity that should be the focus of board-level conversations this year. It’s time to get proactive and test your systems in 2018.
One thing I always encourage is proactive testing of systems – test your back up plans, test your alerts, test us as your service provider! If you haven’t already, it’s time to work with your service providers and incorporate proactive penetration testing, also known as “Red teaming” into your cybersecurity programs. Organizations that take the time to find vulnerabilities in their networks will be better prepared to handle a cyber attack than those who don’t.
Red-teaming, a subcomponent of a Vulnerability Assessment, is a security consulting practice designed to expose security weaknesses by simulating cyber attacks against an organization. A key component of successful Red team is research. The team leverages common attack patterns utilized by threat actors and helps to identify risks based on the type of threats the organization will face. As the organization gets better at defending against simulated cyber attacks, the sophistication of the Red team must increase as well. Therefore, Red teams must be able to leverage research in their practices to hone the organization’s defensive techniques.
In order to be effective in their exercise, the Red team must be able to identify the types of countermeasures that the organization has in place to better understand the environment instead of rapidly moving from system to system. These countermeasures can be provided by the Blue team, which exists to play a defensive role in these exercises. The Blue team is responsible for monitoring, detecting, and defending against the ‘attacks’ of the Red team.
We recommend that Red teams should be external to the organization while the Blue team should be the organization’s internal IT or security team. External Red teams may have higher-level capabilities, a larger knowledge of the industry trends, and different perspectives on threat assessments. A Red team exercise must have a clear definition of success. Success must include measuring how technology, people and processes appropriately respond to the exercise. This means documenting what assets, use cases, solutions and services are in-scope for testing and validation. Key questions prior to the exercise must include:
Are we running two red team tests? One to prove the detective and/or preventive technology works, and the other to prove the SOC monitoring works? It is important to test the technology before we test the people/process side of the equation.
How will we prove that detective-only security monitoring technology (such as SIEM) produced the appropriate response to the red team exercise. More specifically, what SIEM alert use cases are expected to trigger a notification? Who will receive this notification during the red team exercise and confirm validation?
I often encourage customers to perform organized Red teams and then do additional blind testing. Once we know the systems work it’s important to surprise the service providers at play and truly test the operation. Based on the results garnered from the exercise, the Red team will be able to compile a list of recommendations that the client organization should fulfill in order to strengthen their overall security infrastructure.
Red-teaming practices are critical for large organizations due to the complexity of their architectures and the confidential data stored on corporate networks. These exercises demonstrate which data has a higher risk of being exposed and help drive recommendations in order to prevent and reduce the risks of data compromise.
Purple-teaming, which can help heighten the organization’s incident response planning, takes the Red-teaming approach one step further. The Purple team (which is more of a concept, as opposed to a separate team), acts as an integrator, maximizing the efforts of the Red team and Blue team by ensuring that the defensive tactics of the Blue team adapt and scale to the threats exposed by the Red team. The Purple team drives communication, integration of defense techniques and helps maximize security efficiencies throughout the test process.
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University employees as part of their official capacities must at times arrange for various types of off-campus activities such as instructional related trips, field and demonstration trips, recreation and athletic trips. CSU employees acting as sponsors or instructors of field activity must be designated by CSU to perform such roles in order to assure appropriate liability protection for their acts. Section I.16 of CSU’s Academic Faculty and Administrative Staff Manual provides specific information regarding field trips and similar sanctioned events.
For activities that are not sponsored by CSU, clear separation should be maintained by the University from such activities.
It is important that students acknowledge an understanding of the risk involved in any particular activity and, where necessary, specific risks which are unusual and which are associated with that particular activity. Please see the generic release/ waiver form. This form can be customized and adapted. For legal advice please contact the Office of General Counsel at 970.491.6270. | http://rmi.prep.colostate.edu/risk-management/knowledge-center/field-trips-and-other-similar-events/ |
In 2021, container attacks have been on the rise. We observed numerous attacks that were designed to escape container environments to the underlying host, increasing the impact of the attack. But how much damage can be caused when an attacker manages to escape a container? To answer this question, we conducted an analysis of real-world container attacks to determine their blast radius.
We identified 105 hosts in the wild that were victims of malicious container images and analyzed the blast radius or rather, the total potential impact, of the attacks. Our analysis showed that 36% of the victim hosts had multiple severe vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could potentially lead to severe damage. In addition, 70% of the hosts had mild potential for credential theft and lateral movement.
Several weeks later, these 105 victim hosts were analyzed once again and it was found that 50% had completely corrected all vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, 12% fixed some but not all the misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, and 25% didn’t change anything. Thus, we’ve concluded that most security practitioners can detect vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, but they either fail to do so in a timely manner, or they fail to fix the issue quickly.
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Mason Hayes & Curran outlines what you can expect to see happening with data protection in 2016.
Last Thursday, 28 January, marked Data Protection Day 2016 – a day aimed at raising awareness and promoting best practices for privacy and data protection.
At the beginning of 2016, we looked at some high-level developments expected over the coming year, including new EU laws, new EU case law, and a potential for a new transatlantic data transfer agreement.
Along with these developments, there are many more items likely to be high on the data protection agenda for 2016.
1. Continuing emphasis on human rights
Judgments by the CJEU – the EU’s most senior court – have continued to focus on human rights, particularly in cases relating to data protection issues. This was seen, for example, in perhaps the most groundbreaking data protection case since Google Spain, the Safe Harbour case of Max Schrems.
This trend towards a human rights-style judgment, which was similarly evident in Google Spain, is likely to continue as a feature of CJEU judgments on data protection and privacy-related issues.
We have also seen an increase in the prominence of privacy-related decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). While the privacy decisions of the ECtHR do not generally carry the same weight as CJEU decisions, there may still be a persuasive impact over the longer term.
Most recently, the case of Bărbulescu saw the issue of employee monitoring and privacy in the workplace come under the microscope. Despite the more limited impact of the ECtHR’s judgments, the Bărbulescu case generated headlines across Europe.
2. Cross-border challenges
Over the past 18 months, we have posted updates on the Microsoft case, which relates to a request by the US government for email content based in Dublin. This ongoing saga has seen numerous technology companies, together with the Irish Government, filing papers with the US courts. The case remains in front of the US Court of Appeals, with its judgment eagerly awaited early this year.
The judgment in this case is likely to be one of the most significant of the coming year. Whatever the result, we may yet see an appeal to the US Supreme Court, although grounds for such an appeal are often narrow.
The most notable data protection case of 2015 was undoubtedly that of Schrems. In the wake of the CJEU’s invalidation of Safe Harbour, both EU regulators and the European Commission moved to offer guidance and clarification.
With the compliance deadline of 31 January past, EU regulators are preparing to meet on 2 February. The outcome of this meeting is likely to indicate their longer-term approach towards investigation and enforcement in the context of EU-US data transfers.
In any event, EU and US authorities are continuing efforts to finalise a new transatlantic data transfer agreement, which, if agreed, is likely to feature prominently in 2016.
3. Emerging technologies 2016 promises to be another year of emerging technologies, both in terms of hardware and software.
In the past six months, various Irish and European bodies have published papers and developed guidance on drones, including the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, the European Parliament and the Article 29 Working Party (WP29). With their increasing popularity, we are likely to see further focus on the privacy and data protection aspects of drones over the next 12 months.
The ‘internet of things’ – the global network of smart devices – also continues to grow. This poses new and interesting challenges across various areas, including data protection. We expect to see EU regulators publish further opinions on these new and emerging technologies, particularly in the context of privacy and data protection.
4. Data retention
Since the CJEU’s 2014 judgment in the Digital Rights Ireland case (which found the Data Retention Directive invalid) EU member states have been grappling with the absence of data retention rules at EU level. Although some guidance was published at EU level – including word from the European Commission – many EU member states, such as the UK, experienced challenges to retention laws at local level.
Questions from the UK case have since been referred to the CJEU and may yet be joined by a parallel reference from the Swedish courts in the case of Tele2 Sverige.
In Ireland, the case of Digital Rights Ireland has been referred back to the High Court and further progress is awaited. Given these moves at both Irish and EU level, we are likely to soon have further clarity on the extent and legality of data retention obligations.
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We asked Gordon Evans, VP of Product Marketing at Salesforce.com, why a solution like Social.com is needed now. He explained that social advertising is creating a new opportunity to reach a huge number of consumers along with an unprecedented opportunity for targeting. "With social media now being the No. 1 online consumer activity worldwide, brands not only have enormous global reach, but also the ability to target ads based on social profiles, likes, interests, activities and location via devices," Evans said. However, he explained, there is still "a need to be able to do this efficiently and accurately, which can't be done if we isolate social ads. They need to be connected to marketers' CRM systems, which is where Social.com comes in."
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"With people spending more time on social networks than ever before, leading marketers are seeking to effectively leverage paid social campaigns," said Mary Wardley, program vice president of CRM Applications at IDC. "To successfully run social ad campaigns, marketers need scale, but they also need to make sure social advertising is connected to listening and engagement. Powerful applications like Salesforce's Social.com help provide this crucial scale and innovation."
Practically speaking, Social.com lets marketers build, test and launch social ad campaigns in a scalable way. The company said marketers can execute more effective social ad campaigns by testing all of the available targeting, creative and placement combinations, to drive highly localized and relevant ads. They can also leverage Facebook and Twitter data to identify the best content for advertising.
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Demand and prices. Changes in demand and prices affect opportunities to achieve profitability targets. Changes in prices and deliveries largely depend on the development of the European market. This in turn is influenced by several factors, such as demand, production among European producers and changes in imports into Europe, as well as the opportunities for exporting profitably from Europe. Holmen has limited opportunities for making rapid significant changes to its range of products, but the company adapts its product focus, steering it towards the products and markets deemed to have the best longterm potential. Holmen aims to have a broad customer base and an offering that spans several product areas. This aim, combined with long-term customer relationships, reduces vulnerability to changes in the market. The continual development of the product offering is important in meeting changes in demand. In 2016, Holmen successfully increased sales of its new Holmen UNIQ product from Braviken Paper Mill. The decision was also taken in 2016 to invest in a treatment plant at Braviken Sawmill. This facility provides the opportunity to offer treated wood products to the Swedish construction market.
Commodity prices. Wood, electricity and chemicals are the most significant inputs for the industry and price changes affect the industry’s profitability. The size of the timber harvest from the company’s forests is essentially the same as consumption at the company’s saw mills, while pulpwood from own forests corresponds to approximately 40 per cent of industry consumption. The industry uses pulpwood to produce pulp, which is then turned into paperboard or paper. The Group is largely in balance in terms of pulp as a result of the integrated production process. The paperboard business generates almost all the electricity required at its own mills, while electricity for paper manufacturing is supplied from external purchases. The Group also sells electricity from its hydro power and wind power assets to the electricity grid. In net terms, the Group’s own electricity generation corresponds to around 50 per cent of its electricity consumption. The price risk in this consumption is managed through physical fixed price contracts and financial hedging. There is a significant need for thermal energy, but this is produced locally at each mill from residual products. Chemicals are a significant input, particularly in paperboard production, but the need is reduced by recycling used chemicals at the mill. Raw material prices have been stable in recent years. The price of net electricity consumption is 80–90 per cent hedged for 2017–2020 and 60 per cent hedged for 2021.
Facilities. Production equipment can be seriously damaged for example in the event of a fire, machine breakdown or power outage. This can lead to supply problems, unexpected costs and reduced customer confidence. Damage prevention measures, regular maintenance and continual upgrades can minimise the risk of damage to facilities. Training of employees promotes participation, knowledge and awareness about these risks and how they can be countered. Holmen insures its facilities to their replacement value against property damage and consequential loss. The excess varies from one facility to another, but the maximum is SEK 30 million for any one claim. The Group has liability insurance that also covers sudden and unforeseen environmental damage affecting ‘third parties’. The pulp mill in Hallsta was rebuilt following the major fire that occurred at the end of 2015. The loss of revenue during the shutdown and reconstruction costs are covered by insurance, with the exception of SEK 30 million excess.
Forest. Forest fires, grazing by wild animals and insect pests are risks in growing forests. The Group’s forest holdings are not insured. They are widely dispersed over large parts of Sweden and the risk of extensive damage being incurred simultaneously is deemed to be low. Insect pests such as pine weevils are countered by waxing seedlings. Customer credits. The risk of the Group’s customers being unable to fulfil their payment obligations gives rise to credit risk. The risk that the Group’s customers will not fulfil their payment obligations is limited by means of creditworthiness checks, internal credit limits per customer and, in some cases, by insuring trade receivables against credit losses. Credit limits are continually monitored. Exposure to individual customers is limited. At 31 December 2016 the Group’s trade receivables totalled SEK 2 174 million, of which 46 per cent (42) were insured against credit losses. During the year, credit losses on trade receivables had a SEK -5 million (-27) impact on earnings. Sales to the five largest customers accounted for 14 per cent of the Group’s total sales in 2016.
Health and safety. Incidents and accidents at the workplace pose a risk to human life and health. This could lead to production disruptions and increased costs. Good health and safety is a priority at all levels of management in the Group. The health and safety policy was revised in 2016. Certified management systems, Group-wide targets relating to work accidents, continual training of personnel to increase risk awareness, procedures for incident and accident reporting, and risk assessment of work by contractors are examples of activities to maintain a high level of safety in the workplace. The figure in 2016 was 8.8 industrial accidents per 1 million hours worked (2015: 8.8). The overwhelming cause of these were slips and trips.
Environment. Production disruptions can cause breaches of emissions conditions set for the business by environmental authorities. This could have an environmental impact. Environmental measures are organised and conducted in accordance with an environmental and energy policy. In the event of process disruptions, the environment takes precedence over production. Risks are prevented and managed through regular own checks, checks by authorities and environmental risk analyses, as well as through the use of certified environmental and energy management systems and environmental and chain-of-custody certification. Holmen represents best practice in regard to advanced environmental stewardship, with active efforts to mitigate climate-related risks and capitalise on climate-related opportunities. This was a finding of the annual survey conducted by CDP.
Personnel. Holmen needs to attract and retain skilled and motivated employees so it can conduct long-term business operations with good profitability. Issues regarding management by objectives, responsibility, participation, safety and skills development are prioritised in dayto- day work and personnel training. Holmen’s Code of Conduct and core values provide a basis for how employees should operate and how leadership should be formed. The Group works systematically to give employees opportunities to influence and develop the business through ongoing feedback and dialogue between managers and workers. Employee representatives have seats on Holmen’s Board. A whistleblower function is in place if employees and other stakeholders wish to report improper conduct within Holmen. Business ethics. Both nationally and internationally, customers and partners place requirements on Holmen as a stable and reliable supplier that has good business practices and clear sustainability principles. Deviations from principles and policies could have a negative impact on reputation and business relationships. Holmen’s business ethics policy and associated guidelines provide clear guidance on how to maintain good business practices when dealing with external contacts in various markets. Training on business ethics is provided for management groups and for employees deemed to encounter issues covered by the business ethics policy, such as marketing and sales departments and purchasers. A preliminary investigation is currently underway regarding hunting events arranged by Holmen. In January 2017, the prosecutor in the case communicated that he believes there is reasonable suspicion of bribery in connection with some of these hunting events. Holmen’s understanding is that the applicable rules have not been breached in any of the cases in question.
Suppliers. Deficiencies in the supply chain for inputs in terms of security of supply and quality can lead to production disruptions. Suppliers that do not meet Holmen’s sustainability requirements can also have a negative effect on operations. Holmen endeavours to have at least two approved suppliers per area of use. In addition, Holmen’s Code of Conduct for suppliers is included in all new contracts. It contains requirements on sustainable development, including by respecting internationally recognised principles on anti-corruption measures, human rights, health and safety and the environment. In 2017, a third party will be used for risk classification and supplier assessment work. By the end of 2016, suppliers accounting for around 75 per cent of the Group’s purchasing volumes had signed up to the Code of Conduct for suppliers. Holmen is subject to the UK Modern Slavery Act and a report relating to this is available at holmen.com.
IT systems. Sales and purchasing require efficient IT support in order to manage and plan production. Disruptions in IT support and unauthorised access to information can have significant negative effects on the business. Operating disruptions and unauthorised access are prevented by security measures and preventive measures in the form of appropriate physical protection, reliable server operation and secure networks. Measures and procedures are in place to minimise the risk of interruption and to manage situations if interruptions occur. Operations have not been affected by IT incidents in 2016.
Political decisions. Laws and rules in countries in which the Group operates affect how business activities can be conducted. Rules on how forests may be managed could affect future growth and harvests. Stimulus measures to use bio-based products can affect demand for paperboard and wood products, as well as wood from our forests. Rules on the use of fresh fibre versus recovered fibre also have an impact. Holmen participates in national and international industry organisations whose purpose is to handle the monitoring of social trends, advocacy and political lobbying. Contact is established with local representatives in areas where the Group has operations. Political decisions are influenced by public opinion. Contact with the general public offers opportunities to contribute knowledge and facts. This takes place, for example, through consultation and information meetings and through debate in the media. The right to manage forests and conditions for hydro power were focal issues in 2016. During the year, the Swedish government announced a reduction in the property tax on hydro power plants. | https://www.holmen.com/en/investors-and-shareholders/risk-management/operational-risks/ |
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Hyper-V Replica is a feature targeted at business continuity and disaster recovery. What is a disaster? Merriam-Webster dictionary: “a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction.” Hopefully you never experience a disaster within your IT environment. If you do, it should be a once in a lifetime event. For sure, it should not happen on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis. So keep the definition of disaster in mind when evaluating this feature and avoid thinking of it as a high availability solution.
Hyper-V Replica is a built-in Hyper-V feature; there is no out of band feature you install or enable to get this working. The feature enables you to configure replication of virtual machines. The name maybe could have been VM Replica since Hyper-V is not being replicated. On the other side, Hyper-V Replica means the replication feature is part of Hyper-V, not a separate feature in the management partition.
Hyper-V Replica has been designed around the following scenarios. Main office to branch office; when the main office experiences a disaster, the branch office can recover the service by failing over the replicated virtual machine.
Hosting environment where the virtual machines are being replicated between the main datacenters. In case of a datacenter disaster, the hoster can continue services.
Similar to the hosting scenario except that the customer enables replication from its datacenter to the hosting datacenter. So the hoster is mainly offering Hyper-V Replica service to the customer for disaster recovery purpose.
How does it work?
In all the above scenarios, recovery is possible by failing over the virtual machine and continuing service from the virtual machine to or from the recovery site. There are technical differences though so how does Hyper-V Replica enable replication between organizations for example? What about band-width consumption, virtual machine deployment?
Let’s start with the replication scenario within a single organization. In this scenario all machines are within the same forest and therefore can authenticate each other. In this case, Hyper-V Replica offers integrated authentication using Kerberos and replicates over HTTP. Traffic is not encrypted in this case.
In the scenario where replication occurs between organizations, integrated authentication is not an option. Hyper-V Replica offers certificate based authentication and will replicate using HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted in this case.
In both cases Hyper-V Replica allows for replication between any authenticated replication server or replication between specific replication servers. Servers can be specified using fully or partially qualified domain names (vmhost1.contoso.com or *.contoso.com).
You can specify where the replicated virtual machines are stored as a global setting or specify this for each separate replication server. When replication is configured to allow only from specific servers, you have the options to set a security tag. This tag is being used as an additional authentication layer in the group of replication servers. It prevents replication to the same virtual machine from different organizations.
In all cases, bandwidth is not of much concern. Replication is very robust and can sustain poor network connectivity from both a capacity and latency standpoint.
Using Hyper-V Replica
Hyper-V Replica is disabled by default. You configure Hyper-V Replica under Hyper-V Settings using either Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell. Since anyone can use Hyper-V Manager, I will use PowerShell to configure a host for replication.
First, let’s find the cmdlets related to replication.
This gives you more information regarding replication on host vmhost2.
Setting replication is obviously done with the Set-VMReplicationServer cmdlet. First, the syntax.
Just for once I will show what this looks like in Hyper-V Manager.
At this point, replication has been enabled and a replication request from any authenticated server will work using HTTP. Replication will use a default location of c:\vm if none is specified.
If you want to allow replication only from specific servers, there are additional steps to take. Suppose I want to configure replication allowing replication only from vmhost1. Looking at the Set-VMReplicationServer cmdlet, there is no option for a replication server. You need to specify a replication server using New-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry. Before you can do this, you must first set the ReplicationAllowedFromAnyServer switch to false. Then add a VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry using the New-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry cmdlet.
New-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry -?
Add an entry for vmhost1.contoso.com.
New-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry -AllowedPrimaryServer vmhost1.contoso.com –KeepPrimaryStorageLocation –SecurityTag Production –ComputerName vmhost2
The KeepPrimaryStorageLocation uses c:\vm in this case. But you could specify a different location for each Primary Server entry. I specified a SecurityTag of ‘Production’ as an extra identifier.
If you want to modify this VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry, you use the Set-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry cmdlet.
Set-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry –AllowedPrimaryServer vmhost1.contoso.com –ReplicaStorageLocation c:\replica –ComputerName vmhost2
All the above commands were executed from a management server running PowerShell and using the –ComputerName switch to apply the settings to. I could also have opened a remote PowerShell window and executed these locally on vmhost2.
An alternative to the above command would like this.
Get-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry | Set-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry -ReplicaStorageLocation c:\replica
If the ReplicaStorageLocation of c:\replica does not exist, it will be created for you.
I have created another entry for host vmhost3. The output below shows the current settings.
Hyper-V Replica has been configured on host vmhost2. It allows replication from vmhost1 and vmhost3, using integrated authentication. There is a listener on TCP port 80 as you can see from a netstat output below.
Let’s enumerate the status on all hosts.
(1..3) | % (get-VMReplicationServer –ComputerName vmhost$_}
Add the ComputerName (host) to the table output:
(1..3) | % (get-VMReplicationServer –ComputerName vmhost$_} | Format-Table repenabled, authtype, intauth, certauth, anyserver, moninterval, monstarttime, computername
Notice that only vmhost2 has been configured to allow replication from specific servers. The other hosts allow replication from any server.
With replication enabled I can now replicate a virtual machine to another host. I have one virtual machine on vmhost2.
Enabling replication of a virtual machine is done using the Set-VMReplication cmdlet.
This is partially the output of this command. I will focus on the first method here.
First you enable replication by configuring the virtual machine for replication. Then you start the initial replication and from there replication is enabled and running. Below I configure replication for virtual machine contoso2.
Set-VMReplication –VMName contoso2 – ReplicaServerName vmhost1.contoso.com – ReplicaServerPort 80
Replication has now been configured. In the output above I also issued a Get-VMReplication command which will output any virtual machine and status for which replication has been configured. In the case of contoso2, the state outputs ‘ReadyForInitialReplication’. The health reports ‘Warning’ because nothing has been replicated yet. You can look at the “Replication Health’ with Hyper-V Manager or output all info this cmdlet reports:
Get-VMReplication | Format-List *
Now you see everything Hyper-V has on this virtual machine regarding replication.
The second and final step is to start the initial replication. The initial replication is the full replication of the virtual machine configuration and data. You start initial replication using the Start-VMInitialReplication cmdlet.
Start-VMInitialReplication –VMName contoso2
You can see with Get-VMReplication that the state has changed to InitialReplicationInProgress.
After a couple of minutes, the state changes to Replicating.
You can also query for replication status info using the Measure-VMReplication cmdlet.
This shows the most recent information regarding the replication of contoso2. Approximately 5 GB has been replicated on average. But there is more info to display.
This output shows it has replicated approximately 10 GB, which is true because this virtual machine uses a differencing disk. Contoso2 is a virtual machine with a so called parent. By using a differencing disk, I can save disk space on my demo machines. So I use a Windows Server “8” base, master or parent disk and changes get written to the differencing disk. Because of this dependency, Hyper-V Replica has replicated these dependencies as well. Looking at the location on vmhost1, I see a folder called Hyper-V Replica under c:\vm. In that folder I see GUID’s for the replicated virtual machines. In one folder I can see the virtual hard disks of contoso2 and any dependencies the disk has to other disks.
At this point, contoso2 is being replicated to vmhost1. What info can we retrieve from vmhost1?
Vmhost1 reports that it is receiving (being a replica) contoso2 from the primary server vmhost2 using port 80 and integrated authentication.
Let’s look what Get-VM returns on vmhost1…
It actually lists four virtual machines. Contoso1 and contoso2 are off but replicating. This means that you will see every replicated virtual machine in your list of virtual machines. After all, it is a virtual machine but with a special state. You cannot start these virtual machines. They are now tied to a replication relation and, unless this relationship is broken, cannot be started.
So everything works as expected. Contoso2 is being replicated to vmhost1. When everything is fine, this will continue forever. Any changes in the virtual hard disk(s) are being replicated. This is a delta-replication mechanism so indeed only the changes are being replicated. This differs of course from the initial replication where nothing had been replicated before and everything had to be sent over the network. But once everything is copied, only changes get replicated. I could also have ‘replicated’ the initial configuration by importing the virtual machine at vmhost1. This prevents the network load as you could deploy the virtual machine on other media. Ship the media to the location of vmhost1, import contoso2 and then start the initial replication. This greatly differs from the network copy however. It will resynchronize the contents but does so by looking for the changes between the data. You can easily verify this with Resource Monitor or Network Monitor. The amount of network traffic will be a fraction of the initial replication network copy.
Now I get to the point where I want to do a planned failover. This basically involves reversing the replication. How to do that?
That is the procedure for a planned failover. When it is unplanned, you don’t have access to the primary server but must start the replicated virtual machine to get the service up and running. Then you need to ‘force’ the failover on the replication server. In other words, the planned failover is performed at the primary server where the unplanned failover is performed at the replica server.
Vmhost2 has a virtual machine ws8-vm1 that is replicating to vmhost1. Simply issue this command:
Notice the name of the virtual machine. The test failover is linked to a virtual machine, in this case ws8-vm1. You don’t specify “ws8-vm1 – test” but the original virtual machine name. Hyper-V will then remove the test virtual machine.
In another post I will add the code for setting the test failover network but due to a bug in the Beta build, setting it from PowerShell does not work.
For a very, very good document on Hyper-V Replica, download the Understanding and Troubleshooting Guide, written by Chuck Timon, here. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/matthts/2012/04/02/managing-hyper-v-replica-from-powershell/ |
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Our recent blog took you through the theory. So, to follow on from that here’s our hand-picked examples of how this has been put this into practice. These are just some of the companies, organisations who have taken steps to secure the confidence of their audiences.
A media storm erupted last year about charities misusing people’s data to support fundraising activities. One of the charities caught up in the frenzy was Cancer Research UK who then took a bold step to clean up their reputation in readiness for GDPR.
Their large-scale ‘opt-in’ campaign extended across PR, outdoor advertising and digital marketing. They highlighted themselves as one of the first charities to only contact potential supporters who have explicitly requested it. CRUK admitted that this could lead to a short-term decline in support. But, also pointed out that this should even out over time by only communicating with a warm audience. This campaign was a brave move, a great way to overcome reputational damage and helped to reestablish trust with their various audiences.
Understandably, this is used for marketing purposes. Anyone with a Gmail account knows about the ads across the top of your inbox.
Although they may have also come under fire for their use of data and access to personal information, they flag this up to existing and new users on many an occasion – so much so that (ironically) a Google reveals how these popups can be blocked. Although no-one wants to annoy their web visitors, Google can’t be blamed for ensuring that all of their bases are covered and making their use of data explicitly clear.
It may not be the most user-friendly approach, but Google has also put together a substantial document which details how GDPR affects them and gives users the option to opt-in to their updated terms ahead of next May. It’s no small task to get all of the Google bases covered for GDPR. But their formal approach shows that they are taking it seriously, which should strengthen user confidence.
It’s not kid’s stuff
Digital media is a huge part of the lives of children today. Fact. And so GDPR will also tighten up legislation around the personal data of children. For businesses aimed at children under 16 years old, privacy notices will need to be written in a language which they would be able to understand. Children’s newspaper First News does this clearly and concisely avoiding any jargon so both young people and their parents will completely understand it. GDPR also introduces that companies offering online services to children may need parental consent to process a child’s data if they are under the age of 16. This is especially important when that data will be used for marketing purposes.
These are just a few examples of what large corporations are doing to prepare for GDPR. What are you going to do? Part 3 will have some advice and actions for small businesses in readiness for May.
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Three main threats companies aren't prepared to handle include outside attacks, data vulnerability and insider sabotage.
Outsider attacks, data vulnerability and insider sabotage are the main threats companies aren’t ready to handle, according to a Bitdefender survey of 250 IT decision makers at US companies with more than 1,000 PCs.
CIOs also know that cybercriminals can spend large amounts of time inside organizations without being detected; Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are often defined as threats designed to evade detection.
Accessing any type of data, whether stored in the private or public cloud, needs to be done via multiple authentication mechanisms, Bitdefender’s security specialists recommend. This should involve more than just usernames and passwords. For access to critical data, two-factor or biometric data offers additional control and authorization of qualified and accepted personnel. This is especially significant in organizations where access to critical and sensitive data is restricted, and only then under strict security protocols and advanced authentication mechanisms.
“To limit the risks of insider sabotage and user errors, companies must establish strong policies and protocols, and restrict the ways employees use equipment and infrastructure or privileges inside the company network,” recommends Bogdan Botezatu, Bitdefender’s senior e-threat specialist. “The IT department must create policies for proper usage of the equipment, and ensure they are implemented.”
In the past two years, companies witnessed a rise in security incidents and breaches, with a significant increase in documented APT type of attacks targeting top corporations or government entities (such as APT-28). This type of attack intends to exfiltrate sensitive data over a long period, or silently cripple industrial processes. In this context, concerns for security are rising to the top, with decisions taken at board level in most companies.
According to the Bitdefender survey of 250 IT decision makers at US companies with more than 1,000 PCs, IT decision makers, CISOs and CEOs are all concerned about security, not only because of the cost of a breach (unavailable resources and/or money lost), but also because their company’s reputation is at risk when customer data is lost or exposed to criminals. The more media coverage a security breach receives, the greater the complexity of the malware causing it. On top of this, migrating corporate information from traditional data centers to a cloud infrastructure has significantly increased companies’ attackable surface, bringing new threats and more worries regarding the safety of the data.
The demand for hybrid cloud, a mix of public cloud services and privately owned data centers, is estimated to be growing at a compound rate of 27% a year, outpacing overall IT market growth, according to researcher Markets and Markets. The company said it expects the hybrid cloud market to reach $85 billion in 2019, up from $25 billion in 2014. (Read the full white paper here.)
This survey was conducted in October 2016 by iSense Solutions for Bitdefender on 250 IT security purchase professionals (CIOs/CEOs/ CISOs – 26 percent, IT managers/directors – 56 percent, IT system administrators – 10 percent, IT support specialists – 5 percent, and others), from enterprises with 1,000+ PCs based in the United States of America.
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Security researchers have discovered a flaw in smartphone chips made by Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer MediaTek that could enable hackers to listen in on phone conversations.
The research, carried out by Check Point Research, has highlighted a bug in an audio processor made by MediaTek and used in 37% of the world’s smartphones, including Android devices made by Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme, and Vivo. The flaw is also said to affect some IoT devices.
A malicious instruction sent from one processor to another could potentially be used by an attacker to execute and hide malicious code inside the DSP firmware, the researchers warned in a blog post.
“Since the DSP firmware has access to the audio data flow, an attack on the DSP could potentially be used to eavesdrop on the user,” said researchers.
The chip contains a special AI processing unit (APU) and audio Digital signal processor (DSP) to improve media performance and reduce CPU usage. Both the APU and the audio DSP have custom Tensilica Xtensa microprocessor architecture. This made it a unique and challenging target for security research, according to Check Point Research.
To exploit the flaw, hackers would have to get a user to install a malicious app on their device. That app would then use MediaTek’s AudioManager API to connect to the audio driver. An application with system privileges then tells the audio driver to run code on the audio processor’s firmware. This then can hijack the audio stream.
Slava Makkaveev, a security researcher at Check Point Software, said that left unpatched, a hacker potentially could have exploited the vulnerabilities to listen in on conversations of Android users.
“Furthermore, the security flaws could have been misused by the device manufacturers themselves to create a massive eavesdrop campaign,” he said. “ Although we do not see any specific evidence of such misuse, we moved quickly to disclose our findings to MediaTek and Xiaomi.”
In a statement to press, Tiger Hsu, product security officer at MediaTek, said that device security is a critical component and priority of all MediaTek platforms.
“Regarding the Audio DSP vulnerability disclosed by Check Point, we worked diligently to validate the issue and make appropriate mitigations available to all OEMs,” he added.
The discovered vulnerabilities in the DSP firmware (CVE-2021-0661, CVE-2021-0662, CVE-2021-0663) have already been fixed and published in the October 2021 MediaTek Security Bulletin. The security issue in the MediaTek audio HAL (CVE-2021-0673) was fixed in October and will be published in the December 2021 MediaTek Security Bulletin. | https://thecybersecurity.news/general-cyber-security-news/flaw-in-android-phones-could-let-attackers-eavesdrop-on-calls-14851/ |
Cloud DevelopmentSecurity of the data stored over mobile devices is at a greater risk with the increasing availability of cloud storage services, says a study. Mobile data is one of the biggest points of concern for enterprises in this new BYOD age. A new survey was conducted by the Ponemon institute that focused on the risks that are associated with ‘employee access to regulated data, via company or personal mobile devices and how this affects a businesses’ ability to comply with privacy and data protection laws. ’The survey had 798 IT professionals as its participants, of which more than 80% of the people were at a loss of how their organization handled the security of data stored over cloud storage service or mobile devices. Nearly 73% of the organizations relied on weak control methods for securing their data, such as relying on manual policies, utilizing mobile device management, mobile digital rights management or mobile application management tools. Here is a graph that depicts the barriers coming in the way of protecting regulated data on mobile phones:
Data source: cmswire Apart from the reasons mentioned above, many organizations do not have regulated data on their mobile devices. As a result, it is not even a priority for them to take necessary measures for data security over mobile devices. BYOD or bring your own device policy in many organizations, is also believed by many, to be a major factor playing a role in data leakages. There are many organizations that allow their employees to use their own mobile devices. However, the security policies vary where strictness of these policies, in order to ensure security of data, is concerned. One of the biggest risk associated with BYOD is employees using applications such as the cloud storage services for storing organizational data. The mixing of business and personal data can pose a great risk to data security over mobile devices. If you are an organization that has a BYOD policy in place and are concerned with data security over mobile devices, talk to our experts. We understand your needs for cloud based mobile app development that eliminates the risk of security of data over mobile devices. Call 1-877-RISHABH (1-877-747-4224) or fill in the contact form for more information on the same. | http://www.rishabhsoft.com/blog/mobile-data-security-a-rising-risk-with-cloud-storage-services |
WiKID Strong Authentication provides the highest level of security combined with the highest level of flexibility via the WiKID Authentication domain system. It is very simple to set up multiple security domains pointed and multipe network clients. This capability will allow you to segment your network and devices on one and your IT personnel on the other. For example, you can set up a domain for managing your print & file servers remotely. It can have a 4 digit PIN, a 90 second passcode lifetime, 4 bad PIN attempts and 3 bad passcode attempts (before the user is locked out) and you can automate the set up your Systems Administrators. For your firewalls and routers, you can set up a domain with an 8 digit PIN, a 45 second passcode lifetime, 2 bad PIN attempts and 2 bad passcode attempts and, of course, you can automate the initial validation of your Security Managers. Only WiKID Strong Authentication can meet the intense demand for access and authentication in your increasingly complex network. Your administrators will appreciate not having to carry additional hardware. They already have to carry a cell phone or pager.
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Rumors continue to swirl over Apple's next generation iPad, and one reliable Taiwanese newspaper says the new device will be out in the first quarter of 2011, complete with video calling, two cameras, new display and touch technology, and a USB port to connect easily to other devices. The Chinese-language Economic Daily News financial newspaper, which was among the first to correctly report that Apple was making a tablet when other news sources said it would be a netbook, on Friday reported that the new iPad 2 will go into production this month and will be on sale early next year. The same newspaper in August reported that the device would have a 7-inch touchscreen. [ Further reading: Our picks for best PC laptops ]Taiwanese newspapers sometimes win scoops on new electronics products because Taiwanese companies are involved in every aspect of electronics production, from components to final assembly. For example, the Economic Daily says that Largan Precision will supply camera lenses for the new iPad, while Hon Hai Precision Industry, which operates under the trade name, Foxconn, will be responsible for final assembly. The August report from the Economic Daily said Chimei Innolux will supply 7-inch LCD touchscreens, which use the same IPS (in-plane switching) technology found in the original iPad, for the new device. The companies named in the Economic Daily report declined to comment. Contract manufacturers and component makers normally do not reveal what products they're working on because failure to maintain secrecy can cause them to lose business.
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06.18.14 | In Benchmarking, Loss Development and Trend | by Timothy L. Coomer, Ph.D.
A few months ago, we conducted a survey concerning the utilization of analytics in the retention decision process. As I continue through the PhD program at Oklahoma State University (see http://phdexec.okstate.edu/ if you might be interested in this educational opportunity) my prospective dissertation topic continues to move toward the study of analytical capabilities within an organization and its correlation with organizational performance.
While the risk management department, and specifically the risk retention decision, are just one part of a network of potential “analytically based, data-driven” decisions within an organization, it is perhaps indicative of the entire state of analytics within a business. From my research, I think it can be reasonably suggested that within the next few years there will be a dramatic increase in the use of analytics in most business decisions and processes. In fact, MIT Sloan’s article, “From Value to Vision: Reimagining the Possible with Data Analytics” states that, since 2010, 30% more companies are using data analytics to gain a competitive advantage. Among other things, they use this new found advantage to, “act more quickly: to deliver faster results, to make real-time decisions and to accelerate the development of products or services.”
The survey had a multiple choice section with four questions followed by an open comment section. The responses that I received were numerous, thoughtful, and greatly appreciated. In today’s entry, I will attempt to glean some insight from these responses and make recommendations based on the feedback. First, the response questions and graph of the responses are shown below:
Finally, the comments at the end of the survey reflect several consistent themes:
The analytical sophistication of the client typically corresponds to the size of the organization. Smaller companies, although making important financial decisions, tend to use a simplified decision method that looks at guaranteed cost premium vs. some estimated cost maximum at one or two given retention levels. Because this decision to consider retention is typically an effort to lower overall costs, there is resistance to pay for any type of analysis, even though the analysis is designed to support a wise decision.
Most survey respondents see an increasing trend in the use of analytics in the retention decision process but still feel it is significantly underutilized. Some brokers have indicated that they will not work with clients that are not willing to follow the rigorous decision process that the brokers offer. This was interesting to me – it was not clear if this was to limit E&O exposure or simply to filter out clients that are probably price shopping and will not be profitable long term. I like this assertive posture, however, and have known several firms around the country that have been successful with this attitude.
Some respondents noted the lack of sufficient analytical expertise (enough staff that are experienced with these types of analyses) within brokerage firms to offer sophisticated analytics to all that might benefit from it. Sometimes, this resource is limited and is made available only to the largest clients. As a result, the analytical work is occasionally obtained from the carrier – perhaps not the most unbiased source. There are a number of ways to alleviate this issue, but perhaps the most cost-effective option is the education of those involved in handling the analysis. If a broker can utilize literature or video training to improve their own understanding of how to use analytics in a retention decision (and elsewhere), they can move forward with the confidence that the organization as a whole is taking the maximum effectiveness from an analysis.
A couple of areas of vulnerability were noted for clients that fail to employ analytics during the decision process. First, the stacking effect of collateral (see this blog: Strategy Beyond Buzzwords and associated graphic) and the downstream costs of retro plans and other loss sensitive plans can create some nasty surprises (and in our experience often do) if not anticipated and analytically modeled.
1. Brokers need to define and communicate the analytical based, data-driven process they offer their clients.
2. Brokers should design a one-page outline that summarizes the retention decision process and that brokerage firm’s unique methodology.
3. Brokerage firms should embrace the utilization of analytics as a differentiator and use the topic of “big data” and analytics as a sales point with CFOs. This recognizes the pressure that CFOs are under to push analytics into ever aspect of the business.
4. Brokerage firms should develop in-house analytical talent that can produce analytics and interface with outside actuarial firms.
While the topic of “big data” is all over the news, the more important topic is the utilization of analytics to make better business decisions. I am certain that this is going to be the core competitive advantage across most industries in the next 10 years. The risk management department, due to its proximity to the CFO, will quickly feel the pressure to “prove” that decisions were analytically based and data-driven. It is your role and opportunity as the broker to deliver those analytical capabilities. And, if I can put in one shameless plug for SIGMA, we are here to help!
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There’s a lot of hype about blockchain technology. People often say, ‘It’s the solution to all modern and future problems, an absolutely unique, un-breakable and infallible methodology for validating the integrity of data.’ Right? Probably not. But does it need to be? Let’s see. What is it?Blockchain, in a few words, is a record of digital events, distributed across different participants. It can only be updated by consensus between participants in the system, and when new data is entered, it can never be erased. The blockchain contains a true and verifiable record of each and every transaction ever made in the system. The good side of blockchainBlockchain is a distributed system, secure, open and flexible, with the ability to be further enriched with new features. Since it’s not regulated by a single control centre, it has no single point of failure. The internet is the most obvious example of a scalable and available distributed system with a large number of nodes.
It can be described as a database where records are generated by many entities with the absence of a trusted intermediary. Distributed trust is the middle name of a blockchain because it allows such entities to trust authenticity of these data records even if they do not trust each other. Entities here are not necessarily separate organisations, they also could be separate departments within a large company. Today’s digital business world contains an ever-increasing number of purely digital objects whose originality and ownership are very difficult to define and track, and easy to lose, because they can be copied and changed. This was not the case when the business model relied on physical objects like papers, bills, receipts, reports, credit cards, and the like. Attributes like physical location used to guarantee ownership and privacy.
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Most of today’s digital objects have no physical properties. Their originality and ownership are often represented by a digital certificate and depend on a centralised ‘authority’ service. The single control centre can expose scalability and availability limitations, increased cost, and risk of security and privacy breaches. Blockchain technology solves these problems because it contains a complete and verifiable record of each and every transaction ever made in the system. ChallengesSince its inception in 2008, blockchain technology has come a long way. Of course, it’s far from being a finished product, but neither are other hot technologies such as cloud, quantum computing, AI and more, for that matter. Read more CSIRO’s Data61 and Treasury join forces to examine the blockchain
The ability to retain information without the possibility to change it or remove it (delete it), can either ensure a person’s right to privacy or deny a person the right to confidentiality and privacy. It just depends on the context of the situation. Extended use of blockchain is somewhat slowed down because those who talk and write about it focus too much on the hype instead of taking the time to understand its substance and how it can be appropriately used. They say: “with blockchain we won’t need banks, credit cards, or cash money”. Too vague to elicit practical interest and too inaccessible for the understanding of both ordinary and tech savvy people. To be fair, this is what occurred with many technologies in their early days, such as the internet, Java, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, social networks and big data. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/599634/blockchain-panacea-hype-little-both/ |
현재 사이버 보안, 위협 정보, 데이터 과학, 사이버 데이터 분석 관련 지침을 전문가 역량과 합치시켜 전체가 단순한한 부분의 합 이상인 선진적인 SOC 생태계가 부상하고 있습니다.
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Munich, Germany-based Allianz — named by Forbes as the world’s second largest insurance firm — is offering cyber insurance at competitive premiums with reduced deductibles; but only if the insured is risk-assessed by Aon and uses certain Cisco and Apple products.
Over the last few years, information security has increasingly been seen as a risk management issue. One of the traditional options for risk management is risk transfer; that is, insurance. But while the cyber insurance option has increased in visibility, its adoption remains relatively low. In 2016, US cyber insurance premiums were reported to be $1.35 billion. This is just 3.3% of the total premiums for U.S. commercial line insurers. Clearly, there is an opportunity for insurance companies to increase their own share of a potentially large market.
At the same time, product vendors are always looking for new opportunities to sell their products. The potential for linking specific product to reduced insurance premiums could help both industries to increase market share.
This has been slow to materialize because insurance works on detailed statistics between risk and premiums. It has decades of statistics for motor vehicles, and perhaps hundreds of years for shipping — but only a few years’ experience of a continuously changing and worsening infosecurity world. The natural effect of this is that premiums have to be set at the higher end of the possible scale simply because nobody really understands the full risk.
Apple and Cisco have been working to change this. In June 2017, Cisco’s David Ulevitch (VP, security business group) announced, “We’re collaborating with insurance industry heavyweights to lead the way in developing the architecture that enables cyber insurance providers to offer more robust policies to our customers.”
This collaboration surfaced yesterday in the announcement of a deal with Allianz: “a new cyber risk management solution for businesses, comprised of cyber resilience evaluation services from Aon, the most secure technology from Cisco and Apple, and options for enhanced cyber insurance coverage from Allianz,” said Apple. However, it should be noted that this is not a general cyber insurance offering, but one specifically related to “cyber risk associated with ransomware and other malware-related threats, which are the most common threats faced by organizations today.”
There are three elements that could lead to the insurance deal. The first is that the candidate company is risk assessed by Aon, who will examine the company’s existing cyber security posture and make recommendations on how to improve existing defenses.
The second is that the candidate company should use Cisco Ransomware Defense and/or qualified Apple products iPhone, iPad and Mac. The third is that insured companies will then have access to Cisco and Aon incident response teams in the event of a malware attack.
With any contract, and an insurance policy is just a contract, the devil is always in the detail. It isn’t clear from the current announcement whether the insurance will go beyond just a malware attack — into, for example, data manipulation or theft because of the malware attack. That may vary from contract to contract depending on the result of the Aon assessment.
For the moment, there is just the bald statement that if a company uses certain Cisco and Apple product, and presumably ‘passes’ a risk assessment by Aon, that company might possibly qualify for lower deductibles in a malware-related cyber insurance policy underwritten by Allianz. | https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-apple-launch-cyber-risk-offering-insurance-giant-allianz/ |
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1.1 This report outlines the findings of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) privacy assessment of the National COVIDSafe Data Store (NCDS) access controls, conducted from August to November 2020.
1.2 This assessment was conducted under s 33C(1)(a) 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act), which allows the OAIC to assess whether an entity maintains and handles the personal information it holds in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
1.3 This assessment was also conducted under s 94T(1) which extends s 33C to allow the OAIC to assess whether the acts or practices of an entity or a State or Territory authority comply with Part VIIIA of that Act.
1.4 The purpose of this assessment was to assess whether:
1.5 The assessment found that the Australian Government Department of Health (DoH) and the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) are taking reasonable steps NCDS, to secure personal information of registered users of the COVIDSafe application (COVIDSafe app).
1.6 The assessment also found that are complying with data handling provisions under Act that are relevant to the NCDS.
1.7 However, this assessment identified 4 medium level privacy risks and 2 low level privacy risks associated with Health Official Portal (HOP). These privacy risks relate to:
access security – in particular, documentation relating to logical NCDS. [1] 1.8 The OAIC has therefore made 4 recommendations and 2 suggestions in the report to address these privacy risks. The recommendations and suggestions, and ’s responses, are outlined in Part 3 and Part 4 of this report.
2.1 The COVIDSafe System refers to the system comprising the COVIDSafe app, the NCDS, the HOP and the technological, administrative and legal supports which ensure the effective operation of the system and compliance with legislation.
2.2 The flow of personal information through the COVIDSafe System is outlined in the figure below.
2.3 The COVIDSafe app is a voluntary contact tracing mobile application developed by the DTA to help identify close contacts of COVID-19 cases, and to help contact people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.
2.4 The COVIDSafe app was first released on 26 April 2020, and over 7 million Australians have downloaded and registered to use the COVIDSafe app. [2] 2.5 COVIDSafe users enter their registration data including their name (or pseudonym), mobile phone number, age-range and postcode into the COVIDSafe app. The COVIDSafe app asks the user to consent to this registration information being collected by the DTA, as the DSA.
2.6 The COVIDSafe app also seeks the consent of the user for the DTA to collect information about their contact with other users of the COVIDSafe app in the event a user they have had contact with is diagnosed with COVID-19 and uploads their contact data.
National COVIDSafe Data Store
2.7 Registration data entered into the COVIDSafe app and data uploaded from the COVIDSafe app (or ‘COVID app data’) [3] is maintained in the NCDS, which is a cloud-based storage solution for information collected or generated using the COVIDSafe app. The NCDS is maintained by the DSA and is hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
2.8 The DTA has been appointed, by legislative instrument [4], as the DSA and is responsible for ensuring the proper functioning, integrity and security of the NCDS.
2.9 However, the DoH retains policy ownership , which includes the NCDS.
2.15 The Privacy Act promotes and protects the privacy of individuals and regulates how APP entities, which includes Australian Government agencies and organisations, handle personal information.
2.16 The APPs at Schedule 1 are the cornerstone of the privacy protection framework in the Act. The 13 APPs govern standards, rights and obligations around:
2.18 The Australian Parliament passed the Privacy Amendment Act on 14 May 2020 which amended the Privacy Act by inserting Part VIIIA—Public health contact information into the Privacy Act. Part VIIIA commenced on 16 May 2020.
2.19 Act provides strong privacy protections for personal information collected through the COVIDSafe app – including data held by STHA. The Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) has an independent oversight function in relation to COVIDSafe under the Privacy Act and is actively monitoring and regulating compliance.
s 94P: cessation of collection and deletion following a determination by the Minister for Health under s 94Y.
2.21 The provisions dealing with privacy protection are supported by procedural amendments which relate to or assist with oversight by the OAIC, including:
Assessment 5 – Compliance of the DSA with the deletion and notification requirements in Part VIIIA which relate to the end of the pandemic (each a ‘COVIDSafe Assessment’).
2.25 Each COVIDSafe Assessment targets different components , with the COVIDSafe Assessment Program designed to collectively follow the ‘information lifecycle’ of personal information collected by the Australian Government’s COVIDSafe app.
3.2 For each key finding, the report outlines the relevant controls framework or measure, a summary of observations, the privacy risks arising from the observations, followed by opportunities to address identified privacy risks.
3.3 As part of this assessment, the OAIC considered the following control frameworks (see Appendix A for full details):
Bilateral Agreements between the DoH and STHA (initial and current versions).
3.5 The OAIC considered the above frameworks and measures to inform its evaluation of what is ‘reasonable’ , noting that what is ‘reasonable’ for the purposes of APP 11 depends on the facts and circumstances of each individual case.
3.6 Given the scale and sensitivity collection by the Australian Government, the OAIC considers it reasonable that a robust and comprehensive approach to the protection of personal information would be in place for the COVIDSafe System.
3.7 The establishment of appropriate governance arrangements for the COVIDSafe System is a key control in ensuring the handling and protection of personal information captured by the COVIDSafe app is being undertaken in accordance with APP 11.1 and in compliance with Act.
3.8 This section examines key governance features which relate to the NCDS including:
3.9 The Minister for Health and the Minister for Government Services are jointly responsible for the COVIDSafe System.
3.10 The DoH is the policy owner . It is responsible for the administration of the policy framework and engagement with, and training of, STHA personnel.
3.11 The DTA has been determined by the Secretary of Health to be the DSA under s 94Z and is therefore responsible for the development and operation . It is responsible for ensuring the proper functioning, integrity and security of the COVIDSafe app and the NCDS.
3.12 The COVIDSafe System is subject to numerous formalised and informal governance arrangements (see Figure 3), including:
Figure 3: Relationships in the COVIDSafe System, ‘ACSC’ in Figure 3 refers to the Australian Cyber Security Centre.
3.13 The AHPPC is the key advisory committee for health emergencies. It comprises all state and territory Chief Health Officers and is chaired by the Australian Chief Medical Officer. While the AHPPC does not have a formal decision-making role COVIDSafe app, nor NCDS, it is considered to have an influential role in the direction of the COVIDSafe app functionality. [5] 3.14 The IMC was established by the DoH to enable information sharing between the DoH, the DTA and STHA. This committee does not make decisions relating to the COVIDSafe app, nor the NCDS, but enables to advise STHA COVIDSafe app and NCDS. The committee also allows STHA to provide feedback to on the function .
3.15 Formal terms of reference have been defined for the IMC that outline the purpose and role of the committee, which are:
providing coordinated communications between Jurisdiction Contact Officers [6] and the committee.
3.16 When fieldwork for this assessment was conducted, the IMC was chaired by the DoH, specifically the First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division. [7] Membership includes additional staff from the DoH, the DTA, state and territory health coordinators, and a secondary representative from each STHA.
3.17 A senior executive meeting has been established to discuss and make decision relating to the management, functionality and enhancements of HOP. This meeting occurs weekly and is attended by senior executives from both .
3.18 No formal terms of reference for this group exist and there are no defined roles, responsibilities or accountabilities. The DTA referred to this meeting as ‘the steering committee’. The DoH did not refer to this group by any specific name. Minutes or documentation for decisions made within these meetings were not available for review.
3.19 The governance structures were established to accommodate the speed in which HOP were required to be established. These structures and procedures were considered effective and enabling at the time, but given the time since establishment, the OAIC would expect a greater degree of formalisation and rigour to these governance mechanisms.
3.20 The OAIC notes that formalising governance arrangements was of low priority given the immediate need to establish the COVIDSafe app to support state and territory contact tracing efforts. The lack of formalised governance arrangements around this senior executive meeting presents a medium privacy risk because decisions potentially impacting the privacy of COVIDSafe users made by this group are not documented and traceable.
Recommendation 1
The OAIC recommends that formalise the senior executive meeting into a steering committee, with formal terms of reference to ensure clear lines of responsibility and accountability and documented decision making.
3.21 The DTA has established formal roles and responsibilities for all staff working on HOP. This has been established through the creation of a RACSI matrix within the DTA. [8] The RACSI matrix also identifies the aspects that the DoH is responsible for.
3.22 The DoH has informal roles and responsibilities for all staff involved in HOP. While these informal roles and responsibilities were known to DoH staff, the DoH did not provide information to the OAIC demonstrating that roles and responsibilities had been formally documented.
3.23 The OAIC considers the lack of defined roles and responsibilities presents a low privacy risk that DoH staff are unaware of their responsibilities, and their obligations under the Privacy Act, , and the NCDS.
3.24 The DoH and the DTA have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster co-operation and to facilitate operational arrangements between them with respect to the COVIDSafe app and NCDS.
3.25 The MoU details the roles and responsibilities for provision of and the NCDS, via the HOP.
3.26 Under the MoU, the DoH is responsible for coordinating the list of approved who may access the HOP and advising the DTA of those officials to be given access. The DTA is responsible for administering HOP access and providing technical support to who have been given access to the HOP.
3.27 The MoU remains in effect from 5 August 2020 to 31 December 2022, unless terminated by either the DoH or the DTA with 90 days written notice. The DoH and the DTA advise that they are satisfied that the terms of the MoU effectively facilitate the effective operation of the COVIDSafe system.
3.28 In relation to privacy governance, the OAIC considers the MoU to be a suitable arrangement to facilitate the effective operation of the COVIDSafe system by . The MoU clearly documents the roles and responsibilities between the 2 entities, and thereby provides clarity and transparency ir privacy related roles and responsibilities.
3.32 The OAIC’s Guide to Securing Personal Information provides guidance to APP entities on specific contractual measures that the OAIC considers to be reasonable steps to protect personal information when an APP entity enters into a third party agreement.
3.33 Among other measures, the OAIC recommends that APP entities include clear terms in contracts to deal with specific obligations that may arise handling of personal information by the contracted party.
3.34 The OAIC considered the contractual measures taken by the DTA as DSA in context, and found that the Australian Government had actively considered the risks posed by the use of third party providers taken positive and reasonable steps within the contract to mitigate those risks, secure ensure the effectiveness of NCDS.
3.35 In addition to specific contractual measures taken by the DTA, the OAIC further found that cloud-based hosting services for the NCDS are provided by AWS under a shared responsibility model, where the security and compliance of AWS services is shared between both AWS and their customers.
3.36 Under the shared responsibility model, AWS is responsible for the ‘Security of the Cloud’ and the customer (DTA) is responsible for ‘Security in the Cloud’. In effect, this means AWS is responsible for protecting the infrastructure that runs all of the services offered in the AWS cloud while customers are responsible for managing their data (including encryption), classifying their assets, and using identity and access management tools to apply appropriate permissions to their data.
3.37 The OAIC found the allocation of roles and responsibilities between the customer (DTA) and provider (AWS) were logical and privacy risks were attributed to the entity best positioned to manage those risks. The OAIC considers that the shared responsibility model is reasonable in the circumstances. The measures implemented by the DTA as the customer under this model are further assessed in the ‘Access Controls applied by the DSA’ section of this assessment report.
3.38 While contractual measures must be a primary consideration of any entity seeking to outsource part or all of their personal information handling, they must be supported by appropriate assurance activities and robust contract management practices, including ongoing due diligence and active monitoring of privacy risks under the contract.
3.39 In undertaking fieldwork for this assessment, the OAIC found that the DTA had engaged in appropriate assurance activities in connection with the contractual measures, including legislative context, and that reasonable steps were being taken by the DTA to protect ensure the effectiveness of NCDS.
3.40 The OAIC notes that AWS has undergone a previous cloud-based hosting services Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment, which provides assurance that AWS products have applicable controls required for Australian Government information at the PROTECTED level. this past assurance, the OAIC notes that it may be reasonable in the circumstances for the DTA to consider AWS to be a trusted supplier.
3.41 The OAIC found the DTA considered past assurance activities associated with AWS’ onboarding to the legacy Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Certified Cloud Services List, including IRAP and Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC) assessments. As part of their due diligence the DTA also engaged in further assurance activities including commissioning Ionize to undertake a more specific IRAP assessment (Ionize IRAP assessment) on the COVIDSafe System in late 2020.
3.42 At the time this assessment was conducted, the Ionize IRAP assessment was not yet completed. However the OAIC understands that this assessment will build upon previous risk assessments undertaken COVIDSafe System (including privacy impact assessments) and will review whether all elements are compliant with the ISM.
3.43 The OAIC notes that this process is additional to existing COVIDSafe security documentation, such as the Security Risk Management Plan and System Security Plan, which have been developed to address and manage risks associated with the COVIDSafe System. Additionally, the ACSC monitored cyber security risks to the COVIDSafe app which were identified by the ACSC or reported by security researchers. ACSC notified the DTA regularly of these cyber security risks to ensure that the DTA was aware of and could mitigate these risks. The risks identified by these assessments are actively monitored by the DTA which maintains a risk register of identified risks and the remediation activities that have been undertaken to address those risks.
3.44 The OAIC considered the existing risk assessments undertaken, the risk mitigations established, the active monitoring of risks by the DTA and the proposal and timing of the Ionize IRAP assessment and considers these assurance and monitoring activities to be appropriate in the circumstances. The combination of these measures to address cyber security risks collectively constitute reasonable steps security of personal information held in the COVIDSafe System, including the NCDS.
3.45 Should the Ionize IRAP assessment reveal any security deficiencies COVIDSafe System, the OAIC expects that the DTA will take timely remedial action to rectify any issues identified. Additional information on physical security is provided in paragraphs 3.86 to 3.91 of this assessment report.
3.46 Lastly, legislative context of the NCDS, the OAIC notes that ss 94D and 94F contain specific statutory obligations concerning collection, use or disclosure and storage respectively.
3.47 These statutory provisions inform what may be considered reasonable steps to take contractual measures and NCDS, but also contain criminal penalties for non-compliance which represent strong privacy protective measures that apply to AWS and operate independently of any contractual measures imposed by the DTA. [10] Compliance of the DSA with ss 94D and 94F is dealt with in further detail below in this assessment report.
3.48 Based on the OAIC’s review of documents, interviews conducted and in consideration of the legislative context, contractual measures, assurance activities, and the contract management activities being undertaken by the DTA with respect to AWS and the NCDS represent reasonable steps in the circumstances to support the access controls applied to secure that personal information.
State and Territory Health Authority engagement
3.49 STHA are the primary users and COVID app data. Effective engagement with STHA is necessary to ensure they are aware of their obligations under the Privacy Act, specifically in relation to Part VIIIA, for the appropriate handling . Part VIIIA also brings STHA under the jurisdiction , which increases the importance of effective engagement between the DoH, the DTA and STHA.
3.50 This section examines engagement features which relate to STHA and the NCDS including:
3.52 As the policy owner for the COVIDSafe System, the DoH is responsible for negotiating and establishing agreements between the Commonwealth and Australian states and territories. These agreements are an important administrative and governance measure within the COVIDSafe system.
3.53 INFOSEC-9 outlines the requirements for government entities to ensure information is shared appropriately with relevant personnel. Specifically, when disclosing security classified information or resources to a person or organisation outside of the Australian Government, entities must have in place an agreement or arrangement, such as a contract or deed, governing how the information is used and protected.
3.54 Bilateral Agreements, while not legally binding, can be considered an appropriate arrangement for sharing information when they:
clearly define roles and responsibilities.
Risks must also be understood and addressed and reporting frameworks must be in place. Additionally, to be effective, these agreements require ongoing management and oversight.
3.55 The DoH has established Bilateral Agreements to facilitate the provision to each STHA via the HOP. These agreements govern the information sharing arrangements between the Australian Government and STHA and outline the terms and conditions for the collection, use and disclosure by STHA. These agreements were initially established under the Biosecurity Determination and subsequently updated following the introduction of Act.
3.56 The Bilateral Agreements cover both access to, and the ability to download data from, the NCDS. However, at the time fieldwork was conducted for this assessment, the DoH had made a policy decision not to enable the download functionality for any STHA. This decision was made due to a lack of a control mechanism to ensure data downloaded, or extracted, by STHA would be deleted after 30 days or as soon as practicable after the day determined by the Health Minister under s 94Y(1) .
3.57 Under the terms of the Bilateral Agreements, STHA are responsible for identifying appropriate individuals to be given . The Bilateral Agreements do not require either the DoH or the DTA to vet individuals who are identified by STHA to be given ; this issue is considered below at paragraphs 3.75 to 3.77 (refer Recommendation 3).
3.58 The OAIC considers the Bilateral Agreements an appropriate arrangement to facilitate STHA as they outline condition precedents for access and remind the STHA of the requirement to comply with the Privacy Act, including Part VIIIA and the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
Training
3.59 DoH uses training to convey to STHA the requirements for the collection, use and disclosure and specify the purposes for which STHA can access, use and disclose COVID app data. It allows the DoH to confirm STHA are aware of their obligations under the Privacy Act, specifically, the strict requirements set out under Act.
3.60 The Bilateral Agreements establish that the DoH is responsible for delivering a training package that must complete before they access the NCDS through the HOP. The training is provided to who have been identified by STHA. It is a mandatory to undertake this training prior to being given access to the HOP.
3.61 The training requires participants to attend a 1-hour training session. The DoH conducts these training sessions virtually using a slide presentation and there is no assessment component to the training. State and territory health officials are guided through the training by the DoH facilitator, they are not able to click through the training independently. The training is provided on an ‘as needed’ basis, following the identification of participants by STHA. DoH advises that multiple training sessions occur weekly. STHA can also request, and have been provided, refresher training. Training materials are made available to outside of training to review independently.
3.62 The training provided by the DoH covers the following topics:
some options for how STHA can incorporate the use of the HOP into their existing processes.
3.64 The OAIC considers the training provided to STHA covers the key requirements around the access, use and disclosure . However, the absence of an assessment component to the training or some other assurance mechanism presents a medium privacy risk that STHA are not aware of their obligations under Act.
Recommendation 2
The OAIC recommends that the DoH include an assessment component in the training package in order to further demonstrate STHA understanding of, and ability to comply with, their obligations under Act.
3.65 The DoH maintains a register of attendees of the training. This register is provided to the DTA to enable trained to access the HOP. As at 13 November 2020, 397 had attended the training. Training by state and territory is provided in the table below.
3.67 Communication between the DoH, the DTA and STHA is essential to ensure the effectiveness of privacy and access controls implemented on the NCDS and the HOP. The DoH has, through the IMC, established a formal mechanism to communicate with STHA. This committee provides STHA input into the operation and proposed changes or enhancements, the Bilateral Agreements and contributes to the evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of HOP. Further information on the IMC is provided in the ‘COVIDSafe System governance’ section of this assessment report.
3.68 In addition to the formal communication via the IMC, there are informal communication channels and support options provided to the STHA, including:
the COVIDSafe secretariat, used predominantly to facilitate training for state or territory health officials health officials support desk, for technical support on the HOP.
3.69 The DoH and the DTA advised that there is sufficient and regular communication with the states and territories COVIDSafe app, NCDS and HOP. The OAIC considers that have established appropriate mechanisms to communicate effectively with STHA. The effectiveness of these communication mechanisms will be further reviewed as part of COVIDSafe Assessment 2 under the COVIDSafe Assessment Program.
Access controls applied by the DSA
3.70 Access controls, both physical and logical, refer to the selective restriction of access to a physical location or information asset. Sections 94D and 94F limit to particular people for particular purposes. The access controls of the system are critical to ensure compliance with those provisions.
3.71 This section examines COVIDSafe System by the DSA which relate to the NCDS including:
3.72 Logical access controls either allow or prevent access to a system once a user’s identity has been established. Logical access controls will allow, or prevent, access to information based on the level of access a user requires and are a key control to prevent unauthorised .
3.73 The PSPF and ISM detail Australian Government requirements and expected logical access controls to systems. The implementation of these access controls provides a level of confidence that the security of personal information is appropriate and in compliance with APP 11. ISM P12: Multiple methods are used to identify and authenticate personnel to systems, applications, data repositories.
3.74 COVID app data collected by the COVIDSafe app is encrypted while in transit and at rest within the NCDS. In undertaking fieldwork for this assessment, the OAIC found that the ACSC provided advice to the DTA implementation of the encryption. Both encryption in transit and platform-level encryption of the NCDS (encryption at rest) protect COVID app data. However, it is important to note that COVID app data is decrypted (as intended by design) when accessed through the HOP; for this reason appropriate access controls restricting access to the HOP are necessary to uphold the security .
3.75 Access to the NCDS, either directly or via the HOP, is provided based on defined roles. The DTA has developed a single access role for STHA to access the NCDS, via the HOP. This access, assigned to individuals, allows to access the HOP to search registration data, and view and filter Bluetooth handshakes data (distance and duration) in their jurisdiction to determine potential close contacts of a COVIDSafe app user following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. State and territory health officials are generally only permitted to view data within their jurisdiction, except in instances of cross-border post codes, which are able to be viewed by both jurisdictions. To support surge capacity, a jurisdiction may seek approval to access COVID app data for another jurisdiction when operating in service of that jurisdiction. While this functionality exists, DoH confirmed that it had not been deployed at the time this assessment was conducted, as no jurisdiction has requested this.
3.76 As identified in paragraph 3.26, the DoH is responsible for coordinating the list of approved recognised with access to the HOP. Currently, the DoH relies on STHA to identify and undertake their own vetting of appropriate users of the HOP. Under ISM P10, the DoH has an obligation to ensure that only trusted and vetted personnel have access to the HOP. The DoH has not defined the vetting obligations expected by STHA or outlined the assurance approach to determine that personnel nominated by STHA are considered trusted personnel to be accessing COVID app data.
3.77 The OAIC considers that a medium privacy risk arises of inappropriate due to the absence of any vetting requirements by the DoH or the DTA of personnel granted and the NCDS, via the HOP, or establishment of any assurance against the vetting undertaken by STHA.
Recommendation 3
The OAIC recommends that the DoH define minimum requirements for vetting of personnel who are granted and communicate these requirements to STHA and confirm (via ongoing assurance) these requirements are met by STHA.
3.78 The DTA, as the DSA, has implemented a number of additional logical controls, in accordance with the PSPF and ISM, including whitelisting, multi-factor authentication and privileged user management.
3.79 In order to be given access to the NCDS, a who has been nominated by a STHA and undergone the training provided by the DoH is required to have their IP address whitelisted. The IP address must fall within a STHA domain if access is to be granted. In addition to whitelisting of IP addresses, a must also provide a mobile phone number to enable multi-factor authentication.
3.80 When a is granted access, a one-time password (OTP) is generated and sent via SMS. This OTP is valid for 5 days. If the does not login within this timeframe, they must contact the health officials support desk to request a new password. Subsequent logins also require the use of an OTP, generated once a enters their username and password.
3.81 Upon first login, a must change their password. Strong passwords are required. Currently the requirement for password length implemented by the DTA exceeds the ISM guidance for PROTECTED level systems.
3.82 Privileged users within the DTA, ‘Administrators’ and ‘Developers’, have access to maintain and enhance the COVIDSafe app, NCDS and HOP. Privileged users do not have except in limited circumstances. The DTA has defined scenarios for when this access may be required and documented these in the Administrator Playbook [12]. The OAIC considers that these scenarios fall within the scope of the permitted purpose under s 94D and ensure the proper functioning, integrity or security .
3.83 The OAIC reviewed the users of the HOP and privileged users and confirmed that DoH staff do not currently have , the NCDS or the HOP.
3.84 When fieldwork was conducted for this assessment, the DTA has given 21 individuals privileged users’ access to the COVIDSafe System. Four Administrators (3 Active) and 17 Developers (10 Active). Administrator access has been removed from one user and developer access removed from 7 users. Access is removed when there is no longer a requirement for the user to access the COVIDSafe System.
3.85 The logical access controls implemented by the DTA, as the DSA, are aligned to good practices, and the OAIC is therefore satisfied that reasonable steps are being taken to ensure compliance with APP 11 and Act.
Physical controls 3.86 Physical access controls allow or prevent physical access to a location or resource (such as a server). Physical access controls are a key control to prevent physical access to infrastructure supporting the COVIDSafe System.
3.87 The PSPF sets out the requirements of physical access controls for entity facilities and resources. The implementation of physical controls in line with the PSPF provides a level of confidence that the security of personal information is appropriate and in compliance with APP 11. The policies relevant to COVID app data, the NCDS and the HOP include:
PSPF PHYSEC-15 Physical security for entity resources: which requires the physical security measures at each site managing entity resources are implemented to minimise or remove the risk of information and physical assets resources being made inoperable or inaccessible, or being accessed, used or removed without appropriate authorisation
PSPF Policy 16 Entity facilities: which provides a consistent and structured approach to be applied to building construction, security zoning and physical security control measures of entity facilities. This ensures the protection of Australia Government people, information and physical assets secured by those facilities.
3.88 The DTA, under the terms of the AWS Agreement can determine the region in which COVID app data will be stored. The DTA has determined that COVID app data will only be stored in Australia, in compliance with s 94F .
3.89 AWS advises that as part of the process to on board to the legacy ACSC Certified Cloud Services List (which applied at the time of the COVIDSafe app launch) both IRAP and SCEC assessments were conducted which resulted in the listing of AWS as suitable for PROTECTED workloads. The DTA confirmed that the accreditation and certification to the appropriate level (PROTECTED) is in place. While DTA advised that the appropriate physical accreditation and certification is in place, the supporting documentation was not provided to the OAIC for review. The System Security Plan, developed by Ionize, also identified that the AWS data centres in use were assessed at Zone 3 [13] which meets the physical security requirements for storage of PROTECTED information.
3.92 The following management practices, procedures and systems were identified as being important to APP 11.1 and relevant to the NCDS because they ensure that is monitored and reported on appropriately.
3.93 This section examines monitoring and reporting.
Monitoring and Reporting
3.94 Monitoring is a key control to determine whether security controls are in place to prevent inappropriate access to, or misuse of, COVID app data. The ISM, specifically P4, requires that systems and applications are administered in a secure, accountable and auditable manner. Additionally, ISM D1 states that cyber security events and anomalous activities are detected, collected, correlated and analysed in a timely manner.
3.95 There are 390 that have been granted . At the time of fieldwork for this assessment, 257 of these are considered active, 3 have had access disabled and 130 are considered inactive. Inactive users have been granted access by the DTA but have never logged in to activate their account. Access by state and territory are provided in the table below.
The OAIC suggests that the DoH and DTA regularly reconcile the register of trained with the register of with access to the HOP to ensure that all who have access to the HOP have undertaken training.
3.97 The DTA can monitor and audit user activity , the NCDS and the HOP. The DTA can track login and failed login activity, activity within the NCDS and HOP, Administrator activity and system activity.
3.98 At present, although the functionality is in place to monitor access, there is no structured assessment of the appropriateness of access or mechanism to identify anomalous behaviour that may warrant further investigation. This means that these systems may be of some utility in investigating inappropriate access once identified but are not being used to proactively identify inappropriate access.
3.99 One of the DTA’s service providers identified an incident . The incident occurred on 30 April 2020 at approximately 6pm. The service provider alerted the DTA, which investigated the incident and quickly took appropriate steps to resolve and prevent the reoccurrence of the incident. The incident was resolved at 3am on 1 May 2020. Additionally, in response to the incident, the DTA initiated its Data Breach Response Plan, assessed the incident and determined it was not an eligible data breach under Part IIIC . The DTA confirmed with the OAIC that at no point during the incident, did COVID app data leave the COVIDSafe environment.
3.100 Having considered the documents and information provided by the DTA and the applicable law, incident was managed in accordance with the Data Breach Response Plan for the DTA. The OAIC accepts the assessment by the DTA that the incident was not an eligible data breach under Part IIIC .
3.101 During the fieldwork meetings, the DTA advised that it has not currently defined what is considered to be normal user behaviour, which limits the ability to detect anomalous activity. The DTA relies on communication with the DoH, STHA and publicly available information (such as media announcements of outbreaks) to determine the appropriateness of STHA .
3.102 The DTA produces regular reports on user access and activity which are provided to relevant DTA and DoH staff. The purpose of these reports is to monitor access and, if necessary, audit user activity. To date there has not been a requirement for the DTA to audit user activity. The reports are provided to the DoH to identify inactive users. The user access and activity reports for is also made available to STHA Chief Information Security Officers upon request.
3.103 The absence of defined normal user behaviour limits the DTA’s ability to proactively detect inappropriate access and represents a medium privacy risk that COVID app data is accessed for purposes other than contact tracing by approved users of the HOP.
Recommendation 4
The OAIC recommends that the DTA define and document normal user behaviour and develop reporting to identify behaviour that falls outside normal user behaviour to ensure it can proactively detect anomalous user activity.
Key finding: this point in time assessment, DoH and DTA have taken reasonable steps in relation to NCDS to protect COVID app data from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure in accordance with APP 11.1.
3.106 In addition, the OAIC conducted interviews with key DoH and DTA staff.
3.107 In conducting fieldwork for this assessment, the OAIC identified one incident mentioned above at paragraph 3.99. This incident occurred prior to the commencement of Act, meaning that s 94D does not apply to the incident. The OAIC has considered the steps undertaken by the DTA in response to this incident and has concluded that the incident was managed appropriately.
3.108 the documentation reviewed and the key DoH and DTA staff interviewed, access controls, both physical and logical, implemented by the DTA are appropriate to ensure is provided in accordance with the permitted purpose as defined in s 94D(2). The OAIC did not detect any instances, or acts, practices or procedures held in the NCDS which might contravene s 94D(2) .
Key finding: this point in time assessment, Data Store Administrator is complying with s 94D(2) National COVIDSafe Data Store.
Section 94F – COVID app data in the National COVIDSafe Data Store
3.109 Section 94F outlines that it is an offence to retain or disclose COVID app data outside of Australia.
3.110 To assess compliance of the DSA with s 94F held in the NCDS, the OAIC examined the relevant parts of procurement contracts in place with AWS for the storage in the NCDS, the Bilateral Agreements in place with the STHA for the disclosure and use and conducted interviews with key DoH and DTA staff. Additionally, as part of this assessment the OAIC engaged in discussions with AWS who confirmed that COVID app data is and will only be held in AWS data centres nominated by the DTA in accordance with the contractual arrangements.
3.111 As identified in paragraph 3.88 the DTA has taken steps to ensure that COVID app data is only to be stored in Australia and has taken contractual measures with AWS to prevent the storage, or disclosure, outside of Australia.
3.112 The OAIC did not detect any instances, or acts, practices or procedures, during the course of this assessment which might contravene s 94F .
Key finding: this point in time assessment, the OAIC is satisfied that s 94F is being complied with by the Data Store Administrator National COVIDSafe Data Store.
4.9 Agreed. The DTA will work with the state and territory health authorities and DoH through the Implementation Management Committee, as the experts, to define what is considered normal user behaviour from a contract tracing perspective. Based on this information, the DTA will formalise the process of identifying anomalous behaviour and provide regular reporting to the jurisdictions. It is anticipated that this information can be used to prevent and respond to abnormal user behaviour and allow for the proactive identification of inappropriate access.
4.10 It should be noted the definition and response to actions that fall outside of the range of normal behaviour will require action from the state and territory jurisdictions. Should the jurisdictions judge that particular behaviour requires further investigation, the DTA would support as needed.
whether the acts or practices of the DSA handling comply with COVID app data handling provisions under Act that are relevant to the NCDS.
5.3 In order to form a conclusion against COVIDSafe Assessment 1 objectives, the following criteria were examined:
5.6 Where the OAIC identified privacy risks and considered those risks to be low risks, the OAIC made suggestions about how to address those risks. Where the OAIC identified privacy risks and considered those risks to be medium risks, the OAIC made recommendations about how to address those risks. These observations are set out in Part 3 of this report.
5.7 The OAIC assessments are conducted as a ‘point in time’ assessment, that is observations are only applicable to the time period in which the assessment was undertaken.
5.8 For more information about OAIC privacy risk ratings, refer to the OAIC’s ‘Risk based assessments – privacy risk guidance’ (set out in Appendix B). Chapter 7 of the OAIC’s Guide to privacy regulatory action provides further detail on this approach.
5.9 COVIDSafe Assessment 1 provides assurance that the DTA and DoH are effectively managing the following specific risks and recommendations as identified in the DoH COVIDSafe App Privacy Impact Assessment:
5.10 The OAIC conducted both a risk-based assessment of the NCDS access controls under APP 11.1 which focused on identifying privacy risks to the secure handling and a compliance-based assessment under ss 94D and 94F .
5.11 COVIDSafe Assessment 1 involved the following activities:
review of relevant policies and procedures provided by fieldwork, which included interviewing key members of staff at the DTA and the DoH offices in Canberra during October and November 2020.
5.12 The OAIC engaged PwC to assist with undertaking the COVIDSafe Assessment Program to provide independent assurance to Australian citizens that data in the COVIDSafe app is meeting legislative requirements. The OAIC considered PwC observations in the writing of this report.
The Privacy Act was introduced to promote and protect the privacy of individuals and to regulate how Australian Government agencies and organisations with an annual turnover of more than $3 million, and some other organisations, handle personal information. For the purpose of these assessments the following aspects of the were applied:
APPs: The APPs are the cornerstone of the privacy protection framework in the Privacy Act. They apply to any organisation or agency the Privacy Act covers. The following APPs were referenced in COVIDSafe Assessment 1:
The Australian Government ISM is a cyber security framework that organisations can apply, using their risk management framework, to protect their systems and information from cyber threats.
The ‘govern, protect and detect’ activities were applied in COVIDSafe Assessment 1. Specifically, the following principles were referenced:
6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities 6.2 Information security objectives and planning to achieve them
8.1 Operational planning and control 8.2 Information security risk assessment 8.3 Information security risk treatment 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation 10.1 Nonconformity and corrective action
A privacy impact assessment is a systematic assessment of a project that identifies the impact that the project might have on the privacy of individuals, and sets out recommendations for managing, minimising or eliminating that impact.
The PIA process was undertaken, in parallel to the development of the COVIDSafe app, to allow the DoH to consider the relevant information flows, determine whether the COVIDSafe app includes appropriate privacy obligations and protections, and if not, determine what steps should be taken to address and mitigate identified privacy risks. The privacy risks and recommendations identified through the PIA process were evaluated as part of this assessment.
Bilateral Agreements [16]
Bilateral Agreements between the DoH, acting on behalf of the Australian Government, and STHA have been established to enhance contract tracing activities by states and territories to respond to, manage and control COVID-19.
These agreements supplement the Privacy Act, relevant state and territory public health and privacy legislation and outline the arrangements for access, use and disclosure of COVIDSafe app data.
[2] As advised by the Acting Secretary of Health, in Senate Estimates Hearing (Community Affairs Legislation Committee) 26 October 2020.
[3] ‘COVID app data’ is defined in Privacy Act, s 94D(5).
[4] The Secretary of Health, by legislative instrument Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) (Data Store Administrator) Determination 2020 (Cth), determined that from 16 May 2020 the DTA is the DSA.
- BCG Digital Ventures: BCG was contracted to support delivery of the COVIDSafe app in order to enable the public launch. This included completing the build and testing of features for launch into the user interface, in conjunction with AWS and Shine Solutions. BCG developed the ‘Project Management Office’ operating model and defined metrics and scope of development for the HOP.
- Shine: Shine was contracted for provision of level 2 and 3 support for software defects, investigation and rectification. This included level 2 and 3 support for AWS hosted services and engagement with AWS for AWS infrastructure support and escalation where needed. Shine was also contracted to provide ongoing development and enhancement services for the COVIDSafe app.
- Delv: Delv was contracted to manage the transition of the Coronavirus Australia (COVID-19) mobile platform, including all associated components such as Apple iOS and Android apps.
- CEVO: CEVO was contracted to provide professional services for COVIDSafe, including services in relation to ongoing development and enhancement of COVIDSafe core components.
- While relevant to the operation and maintenance , these third party providers were not considered in scope for this assessment as the procurement of these services did not directly relate to the management of , or access controls within the NCDS or the HOP.
On 22 January 2021 the DTA provided additional documents relating to COVIDSafe Assessment 1, including a Change Order contractor Shine which was executed on 23 October 2020, prior to the finalisation of fieldwork for this privacy assessment. On 3 February 2021 the OAIC met with and sought further information from the DTA in relation to terms of the Change Order. the further information provided to the OAIC by the DTA, contract with Shine, and services provided by Shine as revised by the 23 October 2020 Change Order do not directly relate to the management of , or access controls within the NCDS or the HOP.
[10] Importantly, the AGD gave evidence before the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 on 6 May 2020, which addressed the risk that AWS could be compelled by the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, to transfer data held in the NCDS to that jurisdiction due to the application of a foreign law, or due to the operation of a binding court order of a (foreign) government body. While the AGD did not rule out the risk access under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction (in particular United States law enforcement agencies), the evidence of AGD suggests that the department considers that possibility as remote and viewed such circumstances as ‘not conceivable’.
[11]This training is undertaken within a training environment created by DTA using dummy data.
[12]open and transparent management of personal The Administrator Playbook is a document created by the DTA as a guide on the role and responsibility of the DTA as the DSA. It outlines the processes and procedures the DTA must follow to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act in administering the COVIDSafe System.
- Visitor access for visitors with a need to know and close escort.
- Restricted access for authorised personnel.
- Single factor authentication for access control.
[14] Supporting requirements will be referenced as necessary.
[15] A PIA is not formally considered a Control Framework, however, is considered relevant to this assessment as it outlines recommendations to be implemented and access requirements.
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It uses it's one engine. Customer Support is the best.
EDIT - I meant own. I gotta proof read.
I find the sparse GUI,s very annoying and it seems vipre is no different. There is a lot of empty space and looks very dull.
Sorry to say the developers need to get a bit more imagination and colour into their interfaces. | https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/vipre-antivirus-2013-and-vipre-internet-security-2013-service-release-6-2-beta.340047/ |
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Despite the well-documented cyberthreat landscape, a quarter (24%) of UK businesses admit they are not spending enough on cybersecurity measures, according to Kaspersky’s latest report. With four in five (82%) UK companies confessing that they have fallen victim to a cyberattack, the report titled: ‘Must-have cybersecurity insights for proactive business decisionmakers’, reveals a mismatch between cybersecurity budget and business risk.
The report reveals that 64% of UK businesses recognise that they need to be more proactive in strengthening their cybersecurity measures, but don’t know how. This comes at a concerning time for the business community, as 62% of UK companies say that they find it difficult to monitor possible risks or breaches as the use of personal devices increases amid ongoing remote and hybrid working measures.
Cyberattacks on companies of all sizes are an increasingly dangerous threat and concern for business decision makers. The most common cyberattacks suffered by businesses are email attacks (29%), malware attacks (26%), spyware attacks (24%) and ransomware attacks (18%).
Interestingly, however, email attacks concern businesses the least with spyware and ransomware top of the agenda for decision makers. Indeed, two thirds (65%) of business decision makers surveyed say that they are concerned about the threat of cybersecurity attacks – especially when it comes to the following attack vectors:
“Whether its employees’ faults, email attacks or the increasing complexities of IT infrastructure, our survey shows very clear pain points that companies – SMBs as well as enterprises – have to address. These include sophisticated security solutions (more than endpoint protection), better threat intelligence and more investment in awareness building within their staff.
“The best option is to choose one cybersecurity partner who can offer both technology and human expertise to get visibility into everything that’s going on within your network for comprehensive protection. In a nutshell, companies can do better at reacting properly to current and future cyberthreats,” said Chris Hurst, General Manager at Kaspersky UK&I.
Kaspersky advice for business decisionmakers
At enterprise level, SOCs and SIEM integration increases the level of security; for SMBs the easiest way to face today’s IT security challenges is to enlist external and trusted IT security expertise. To help business decisionmakers put the right measures in place, Kaspersky provides the following advice:
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The full Kaspersky report, ‘Must-have cybersecurity insights for proactive business decisionmakers’, is available here, and includes a checklist for business decisionmakers on how they can optimise their cyber-protection, step-by-step. | https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/about/press-releases/2022_a-quarter-of-uk-companies-dont-spend-enough-on-cybersecurity-despite-high-number-of-successful-cyberattacks |
Gov. Perdue: The primary business principle I wanted to bring [to state government] was fact-based decision-making. Heretofore, I think our state had been run on a lot of emotional, political, "who's-in-power" decisions rather than on data. I don't consider myself particularly gifted from an intuitive standpoint. Therefore, I have to rely on data and facts to make decisions.
I look at data as a compass, not as a map. We know that we want a more educated, healthy, growing and safe state, but what are the data points that we need to achieve those things? The metrics in our state were in very poor shape. The very fact that a state—now, it's a $20 billion business—did not even know how many automobiles it had, who was driving them, what were they being used for; that we had no consolidated database of the property we owned—from the perspective of a CEO or manager, if you don't know where your fixed assets are and what their return on investment is, you have no basis on which to make decisions for the future.
I think the voters of Georgia felt disenfranchised. They believed that decisions were being made capriciously and arbitrarily based on politics rather than on sound principles. I think that was a distinction that I offered: a commitment to make decisions that would be customer-friendly, results-driven, data-driven, and serve people. | https://www.cio.com/article/2438298/why-georgia-gov--sonny-perdue-thinks-it-can-make-government-work-better.html?page=2 |
of Ottawa Citizen / OttawaRussia propping up Syria is a cause for alarm“It is frankly disturbing that some elements in Washington are starting to clutch at the straw of supporting a Russia-backed Assad regime as a counter to [Islamic State], and as an alleged alternative to the lack of a better choice (Putin and Assad or chaos – really?!),” writes Eric Morse, a former Canadian diplomat. “For one thing, that leaves out Turkey as an actor, and they are members of NATO, have regional ambitions of their own, wish to see the end of Assad and are neighbours of Russia. But if the ‘Putin/Assad or chaos’ point of view gains ground, it will nicely legitimize the two strongmen’s view – already shared by too many other strongmen – that violence applied with impunity is its own justification.” Dawn / Karachi, PakistanThere is much work to do still in Afghanistan“Despite the more than a decade-long, exorbitantly expensive US-led counternarcotics operation in Afghanistan, poppy cultivation in that country has not declined. On the contrary, it is expanding at an alarming pace, from the militant-infested southern region – which traditionally led in this activity – to the relatively stable northern and western regions of the country...,” writes Sujeet Kumar Sarkar. “Opium profits fuel insurgency, but so does the act of destroying the farmers’ poppy crop. A more patient approach was required to eliminate poppy from both the minds as well as the fields of the farmers. Policy experts should have pressed into service the extensive network of democratically elected, village level community development councils to bring down poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.”
The Asahi Shimbun / TokyoMissile tests will hurt North Korea’s interest“North Korean leadership should realize that the only way for its isolated country to obtain real benefits is by promoting the diplomatic dialogue they have managed to keep open with Japan and South Korea and starting talks with other countries as well...,” states an editorial. “North Korea justifies its nuclear tests by citing what it describes as the United States’ antagonistic policy toward the communist regime as a reason. If Pyongyang really wants Washington to drop its antagonistic stance toward it, however, the secluded regime has no choice but to abandon its nuclear program.... Instead of mimicking [Kim Jong-il’s] dangerous brinkmanship, Kim Jong Un should carefully ... consider what is in his country’s best interest.”
It’s Memorial Day. Who are we remembering?
How many Muslim extremists are there? Just the facts, please.
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A group of bipartisan lawmakers led by House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Michael McCaul Michael Thomas McCaulBiden threatens more sanctions on Ethiopia, Eritrea over Tigray conflict More Republicans call on Biden to designate Taliban as terrorist group How lawmakers aided the Afghan evacuation MORE (R-Texas) will reintroduce legislation Tuesday intended to increase the ability of the State Department to address international cybersecurity cooperation issues.
The Cyber Diplomacy Act, first introduced in 2017, would require the State Department to open a Bureau of International Cyberspace Policy. The head of the new office would be appointed by the president and given the rank of ambassador. The position would report directly to either the Secretary of State or a deputy.
The bureau would be tasked with leading the agency’s cybersecurity efforts, including through creating an international strategy to guide efforts by the United States to engage with other nations on cybersecurity issues and set norms on responsible behavior in cyberspace.
The office was meant to fill the void left by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by AT&T - Supreme Court lets Texas abortion law stand Trump-era ban on travel to North Korea extended Want to evaluate Donald Trump's judgment? Listen to Donald Trump MORE’s decision to merge the State Department’s Office of the Cyber Coordinator with another office.
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, including McCaul, immediately pushed back over the past month amid concerns that CSET was rushed through and not organized in a way that best promotes cyber diplomacy efforts. A State Department spokesperson told The Hill earlier this month that CSET was being reexamined in terms of its “mission and scope.”
A spokesperson for McCaul told The Hill that they had discussed the new legislation with the State Department, and that they were “optimistic the Cyber Diplomacy Act can be instructive” as CSET gets set up.
The legislation is also sponsored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks Gregory Weldon MeeksMeeks on being mistaken for a staffer: 'Glad I still blend in with the cool kids' Blinken grilled in first hearing since Afghanistan withdrawal Defense & National Security: The post-airlift evacuation struggle MORE (D-N.Y.), along with Reps. Mike Gallagher Michael (Mike) John GallagherBipartisan House group introduces legislation to set term limit for key cyber leader 20,000 Afghan evacuees housed at military bases in five states: report Absent Democrats give Republicans new opening on Afghanistan MORE (R-Wis.) and Jim Langevin James (Jim) R. LangevinBipartisan House group introduces legislation to set term limit for key cyber leader House panel approves B boost for defense budget Democratic lawmakers urge DHS to let Afghans stay in US MORE (D-R.I.).
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The legislation will at least initially move quickly, with the House Foreign Affairs Committee including the bill on its list of items set to be discussed during its first markup of the year later this week.
Langevin, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee’s newly created cybersecurity subcommittee, told The Hill earlier this month that he had spoken with Jake Sullivan Jake SullivanClinton lawyer's indictment reveals 'bag of tricks' Senators slow Biden with holds at Pentagon, State Overnight Defense & National Security: US-Australian sub deal causes rift with France MORE, President Biden Joe BidenCapitol fencing starts coming down after 'Justice for J6' rally Senate parliamentarian nixes Democrats' immigration plan Biden pushes back at Democrats on taxes MORE’s national security advisor, on the need to reorganize the cyber bureau at the State Department.
“The Trump administration, they were a train wreck when it came to international cyber diplomacy and policy,” Langevin said at the time. “We ceded a lot of ground to our enemies and adversaries and international policymaking entities.”
Advocates for the legislation have increasingly cited the need for better organization at the State Department to confront cybersecurity threats in the wake of what has become known as the SolarWinds breach. The massive Russian cyber espionage compromised much of the federal government, including the State Department, for over a year.
President Biden last week called on the U.S. and other democratic nations to create “rules” on cyber and tech issues, particularly in confronting threats from both Russia and China.
“Addressing Russian recklessness and hacking into computer networks in the United States and across Europe and the world has become critical to protecting our collective security,” Biden said during the virtual Munich Security Conference. | https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/539964-lawmakers-to-roll-out-legislation-reorganizing-state-cyber-office?emci=31fba02b-6778-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=%7B%7BContactsEmailID%7D%7D |
Syntho, the Amsterdam based start-up with the vision to solve the global data privacy dilemma, has secured a first-round investment from TIIN Capital’s Dutch Security TechFund. Syntho develops advanced synthetic data software that enables organisations to speed up innovation and comply with data privacy principles and regulations. With the investment in Syntho, TIIN Capital continues to support entrepreneurs and innovators in the field of cybersecurity and data privacy for a safer and more secure society.
Winner of the ‘2020 Phillips Innovation Award’, Syntho, is a fast-growing company in the emerging market of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs). Syntho's scalable software solution enables large and mid-sized companies, start-ups, scaleups, and public entities to optimise their use of data in a fully GDPR-compliant manner.
Companies and governments collect vast amounts of sensitive data about customers and citizens but are bound by legislation (like the GDPR) as to how they can utilise this data. They are also responsible for securing and protecting this information, so that personal data does not get compromised. For Simon Brouwer (CTO) and Marijn Vonk (CPO), co-founders of Syntho, this raises the question: “Why collect all that data and use real data when the same can be achieved with synthetic data? Customers use our AI driven software to generate best-in-class synthetic data for a variety of use-cases. The Syntho software gives organisations a secure and widely applicable platform to realise innovations with more data, faster data access and zero data privacy risks.”
Wim Kees Janssen, the third founder and CEO of Syntho, is enthusiastic about the investment by the Dutch Security TechFund. ‘It enables us to continue to hire the best developers in our field, invest in our cutting-edge technology and to expand our commercial team. We have chosen TIIN Capital because they are specialised in (cyber)security and, besides the funding, provide us with a strong partner to realise Syntho's rapid growth and international ambitions in the data privacy and data-security domain.’
Michael Lucassen, managing partner at TIIN Capital, sees great potential in Syntho’s team and state-of-the-art technology. ‘Our society and business operations continue to be increasingly data driven, while on the other hand, consumers, citizens and lawmakers are imposing increasingly strict requirements on how companies and governments operate and guarantee data privacy. With their synthetic data technology, the Syntho team offers a much-needed solution precisely in this space.’
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Phishing is easy. Let’s just get that out of the way. It’s easy for an attacker, and, if you have the right tools (such as InfoSec Institute’s PhishSim), it is easy for a cybersecurity professional who wants to test the company employees using simulated phishing campaigns. With an average of 90 messages being delivered to a business email address per day [1], phishing is like, well, shooting fish in a barrel. 60% of work email accounts get checked at least once a day [2]. But what about the other 40%? What about employees whose responsibilities do not include a lot of, or any, email communication? Most organizations have employees working in the field. From drivers to technicians, to visiting nurses and field engineers, there is a significant percentage of workers that never set a foot in your main office and, while having a company email address, never have to use it to perform their duties. Add to that number your custodial crew, cafeteria and on-premises daycare employees, and all of a sudden you have a small army of email “non-users”. Even if they use their company email only to receive their paycheck deposit notifications, just by having an active account their present a possible attack avenue for cybercriminals. From ransomware to establishing foothold via a compromised internal account, attackers can use phishing in any number of ways against any business email account, regardless of its usage frequency or the owner’s role. Remember, all is needed for a successful compromise is one click.
An additional risk here is in that field employees are often not subjected to the same amount of security awareness training as the rest of the staff. The logistics of delivering the training materials to employees who hardly ever set foot in the main building are sometimes too (Read more...) | https://securityboulevard.com/2020/07/4-tips-for-phishing-field-employees-updated-2020/ |
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Historically, individuals have been the target of hackers rather than large companies or businesses. But this is beginning to change with the number of organizations worldwide falling victim to major cyber attacks dramatically rising. Hackers are now infiltrating businesses of all sizes – and not just through traditional system hacks, but through social engineering.
One of the latest threats duping enterprises out of millions is business email compromise (BEC), also known as CEO fraud. BEC attacks are carried out by compromising or impersonating official business email accounts of c-suite executives, typically the CEO or CFO.
The hacker imitating the executive urgently requests an employee, often within the accounts department, to conduct an unauthorised wire transaction to a specific recipient, usually to pay a fake invoice.
Typically the money is sent to accounts in Asia or Africa before the company realises it has been duped. The message and hijacked email account appears legitimate to the individual who, without realising, places their organization at huge risk.
BEC in action
An example of a BEC attack in action is the Belgian bank Crelan, which lost $75.8 million to a BEC scammer. Fortunately, with its notable reserves Crelan survived the attack, but for smaller enterprises, the result could be catastrophic.
Another example is The Scoular Company, an employee-owned commodities trader in North America. In this case the fraudster pretending to be the CEO told the Controller in a confidential email that Scoular was in the process of acquiring a Chinese company. The Controller was instructed to liaise with a lawyer at KPMG and to wire $17.2 million to an offshore account in China, which he did not question.
Pinpointing the target
Within the above enterprise examples, the criminal behind the attack has clearly researched the management structure and pinpointed which employee is the best target.
Sophisticated BEC attackers will typically research travel schedules of executives or mergers and acquisitions to reference in their emails. These hackers are also ultimately taking advantage of employees’ willingness to be helpful, especially when requested to act by a c-suite executive of the company.
HR departments are also commonly targeted to gain unfettered access to the victim’s credentials. Snapchat is the latest victim of this method after the hacker posed as the CEO and requested payroll information, which may then place the company’s employees at risk of identity theft.
While employees are a company’s biggest asset, they are unfortunately usually the weakest link when it comes to security. For organizations today, the only way to efficiently protect against attacks such as this is to arm employees with the know-how to avoid these compromises.
Educating employees
Education, supported by repeated reinforcement, is the most effective method of protecting companies against BEC scams and similar attacks. There is a frightening lack of public awareness around the prevalence of these scams, meaning CEOs, CIOs and CISOs should educate employees on what an attack entails.
Employees who are aware of the threat and are encouraged and even empowered to scrutinise emails will have the confidence to decline or at least double check what they perceive as an illicit request. A security-aware culture is essential.
Related to this is the threat of accessing public Wi-Fi hotspots on work devices. BEC attacks rely on the hacker having context with which to make the request seem legitimate. These include email addresses and formats, names, travel details, internal processes – all of which can be readily gleaned through man-in-the-middle attacks on public Wi-Fi.
Public Wi-Fi hotspots are not typically encrypted, meaning that with the right tools, skilled hackers can intercept sensitive information on a device and use it to target that company.
Understanding the danger of transmitting sensitive data “in the clear” reduces the opportunity for a hacker to intercept revealing information or to eavesdrop on online conversations.
As well as education, companies should also invest in sophisticated mobile security for both the network and the device, to protect against data loss in the event of a man-in-the-middle attack.
Employees are at the heart of every day-to-day process but are also the weakest links in cyber security. Ensuring that they are up to speed with current security issues is crucial to avoiding falling victim. | https://www.wandera.com/mobile-security/phishing/dont-fall-phishing-avoid-sophisticated-scams/ |
As part of the "train and challenge" approach, after a information awareness training session, social engineering experiments could test employees ability to handle real attacks.
With employees directly involved in situations that gives immediate results on their performance, you will create a sense of achievement ensuring a certain level of "stay aware". | https://mindsettsecurity.com/security-awareness-training.html |
bleepingcomputer.com - 2 months ago - by Catalin Cimpanu
Officials reminded everyone this week that governments in the US and UK have not given up on their efforts to force tech companies to provide encryption backdoors, despite previous attempts being shut down following public outcry.
The week started strong with the first of these comments being made by UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd who loudly claimed that tech companies are "patronizing" and "sneering" at state officials who try to implement encryption backdoors.
Rudd: I don't need to understand how encryption works "I don't need to understand how encryption works to understand how it's helping the criminals," Rudd said at a party conference, as quoted by the BBC.
Rudd suggested that companies have a "moral" obligation to help officials, suggesting that her government is more than determined to pass laws in support of encryption backdoors, despite the tech sector's pushback.
"I am not suggesting you give us the code," she said, "What I am saying is the companies who are...(continued) | http://www.hackbusters.com/news/stories/2040261-couple-of-sassy-comments-reopen-topic-of-encryption-backdoors-in-the-us-uk |
Cyber crime is defined as a crime in which a computer is the object of the crime (hacking, phishing, spamming) or is used as a tool to commit an offense (child pornography, hate crimes). Cybercriminals may use computer technology to access personal information, business trade secrets or use the internet for exploitative or malicious purposes. Criminals can also use computers for communication and document or data storage. Criminals who perform these illegal activities are often referred to as hackers.
Cyber crime may also be referred to as computer crime.
Common types of cyber crime include online bank information theft, identity theft, online predatory crimes and unauthorized computer access. More serious crimes like cyber terrorism are also of significant concern.
These types of crimes include cyber stalking, phishing and fraud or identity theft.
The FBI identifies cybercrime fugitives who have allegedly committed bank fraud and trafficked counterfeit devices that access personal electronic information. The FBI also provides information on How to Report a Cyber Crime in India, as well as useful intelligence information about the latest cybercriminals.
As per the cyber crime laws in India, many types of cyber crimes have been identified. Out of which, the prevalent six that one often gets to hear and deal with are as follows :
Hacking – It is one of the most common types of cyber crime in India. When a person breaks into somebody else’s computer virtually to have access to a person’s personal and sensitive information such as banking details, email accounts etc. With everything being digitized the risk of hacking has increased.
Cyber-stalking – After hacking, the majority of reported cyber crime online complaint or cyber crime cell complaint relates to cyber-stalking. It is the crime of online harassment by way of obscene messages and generally done against women. It is similar to offline stalking just done online.
Identity theft – In this type of cyber crime the criminal with the motive of siphon off the money of victim access the data of victim’s personal bank account, credit card, debit card and other sensitive information.
Cyber-bullying – When the internet, mobiles or social networks is used for harassing, defame, intimidate or harass a person then it is known as cyber-bullying.
Cyber terrorism – When a person is being threatened for extortion or anything else then it is the crime of cyber terrorism.
Child soliciting and abuse – When a child is solicited by a criminal purpose with the purpose of making child pornography.
Phishing, software piracy, and denial of service attack (DOS) are some of the other types of cyber crime cases in India that are reported.
For how to report a cyber crime in India, you can even consult a good cyber crime lawyer, who can help you file a cyber crime cell complaint. Or you can call on the cyber crime complaint number, to seek appropriate help for reporting any cyber crime telephonically.
In order to give punishment for cyber crime in India, you must know about How to Report a Cyber Crime in India, and first & foremost step is to lodge complaints against cyber crime. You can report either to the cyber police or to the cyber cell India. Cyber crime cells in different cities have been established by the crime investigation departments for reporting and investigation of cyber crimes.
A complaint can be made to cyber police or crime investigation department either offline, online or by calling on cyber crime helpline number. The procedure of How to Report a Cyber Crime in India as follows:
Step 1: While filing a complaint, an application letter is addressed to the head of the cyber crime investigation cell, stating the facts of the complaint along with your name, address and contact number.
Step 2: To register the complaint, certain documents are to be attached or annexed with the complaint supporting the facts of the complaint. List of such documents varies according to the type of cyber crime against which the complaint is to be reported.
If the website of the victim has been defaced then a copy of defaced web page in both soft copy and hard copy format and if the data has been hacked on either victim’s server, computer or any other equipment then a soft copy of original data as well as compromised data.
Details of accessibility to a victim’s computer or email. This includes names of the person who had access to the victim’s computer or email.
If the victim suspects someone then a list of such suspects.
If there is a cyber crime we can complain about it in any state or district of the country. You can report cyber crime in the cyber cell of the district or in any police station.
You can dial the phone number issued by the government and also give cybercrime information to the police on the phone.
While reporting the cyber crime, you must save the necessary evidence which is extremely necessary to do the investigation.
While reporting cyber crime, you should tell all the facts to the officer. When registering the complaint, the officer should take a crime number and it helps us in further proceedings.
Today, cyber cell has been formed in many districts, so you can report cyber crime in any cyber cell. Apart from this, if there is no cyber cell in that district, then you can give the information of crime as a first information report (Fir) to the SP officer in the nearby police station.
It is the responsibility of any police station to register your complaint and no employee cans avoiding it for getting done in state or central government.
In case of any complaint related to social media or if the account is hacked, there should be a screenshot or URL link to the website.
If a person commits a cyber crime, even if you email, then you should keep that person’s email as proof
If person are asking for money or if your personal information is being sought then you can take a screenshot of the email or number sent in the situation.
If you can secretly take a copy of the message received in mobile if you have a money transaction with your bank.
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There’s a new strain of ransomware making the rounds, and it’s a nasty piece of work. Called Phobos by its creators, the latest threat on the ransomware scene first made an appearance in December of 2018.
While details are sketchy, what we know so far about it is grim indeed.
Researchers at CoveWare have been dissecting and sifting through the code, and they’re finding a number of similarities with the Dharma strain of ransomware, which has plagued businesses around the world in recent years.
It would be a mistake, however, to call it a Dharma clone. Phobos also contains elements of the CrySiS ransomware. While CrySiS is itself a relative of Dharma, Phobos deserves recognition as its own variant, as it combines features and functionality in a new way.
At the end of the day though, it still spells bad news for business owners. Anyone unfortunate enough to have their system infected by the malware will find all their files encrypted, their extensions changed to .phobos, and will receive a popup message demanding payment in Bitcoin to get their files back.
Dharma has the distinction of having been named one of the most damaging families of ransomware in 2018, so the Phobos strain is something that needs to be taken seriously.
As ever, vigilance is the best defense against these types of attacks, which generally find their way into corporate systems due to a momentary lack of awareness on the part of an employee. In addition to education and awareness, IT managers can also take the step of securing their RDP ports and ensuring that all business-critical files are backed up on a regular basis.
Last but not least, it’s essential that your IT staff tests those backups at regular intervals to ensure they can get your system back up and running fast. While none of the above will outright prevent an attack, taken together, they will serve to minimize the impact of a successful attack against your company.
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Rain Capital, a new venture fund headed by security technologist and female executive Dr. Chenxi Wang, launched with the aim of providing capital, strategy, critical resources and unique insights to early-stage cybersecurity companies in Silicon Valley. The venture capital firm initiated its launch by closing the first $10 million of its $20 million goal; the second $10 million closing is anticipated later this year.
“There has never been a more exciting time for cybersecurity,” said Wang, managing general partner of Rain Capital. “The awareness of cybersecurity is finally here; demand is heightened and the urgency is palpable. What makes us different is that we have deep and direct connections to technology founders. We have daily conversations with some of the best technical talents in the security industry and are proactively working with them to found companies. As a VC, we are as much on the ground floor as anyone, and in some cases, we are discovering entrepreneurs before they know they are entrepreneurs. Rain Capital sees itself as a ‘company builder’ rather than a pure investor.”
Another goal of the new VC firm is to promote women entrepreneurs. Wang, a long-time advocate of women in technology, has an operating partner, Amena Zhang, a VC with a strong track record of funding successful startups in Asia. The firm plans to boost funding to women-led companies by proactively seeking out the best female talent in the industry. “If you wait for pitches to come to you, you will not see a great number of women entrepreneurs. We are taking the proactive route. We are going out to find the best women entrepreneurs to lead companies,” said Wang.
While the VC’s primary focus will be on early-stage cybersecurity companies, Rain Capital will also participate in later-stage funding rounds if the company is of strategic interest.
Thus far the venture fund has invested in three emerging companies:
Altitude Networks: Founded by the former CISO of Twitter and lead data scientist of Capital One, Altitude Networks is still in stealth.
Capsule8: Capsule8 provides real-time, zero-day attack detection capable of scaling to massive production deployments. Capsule8 delivers continuous security across containerized, virtualized and bare metal systems — to detect and disrupt attacks as they happen.
Claroty: The leading player in industrial control systems (ICS) security, Claroty protects ICS networks from cyberattacks; ensuring the safe and reliable operation of the world’s most critical infrastructures.
“We are impressed with the Rain team’s deep knowledge of the cybersecurity market and look forward to working with them in the next phase of our company’s journey,” noted Galina Antova, co-founder and chief business development officer at Claroty. “Claroty’s mission is to protect industrial control networks running the most critical infrastructures from cyberattack, and we are happy to have Rain support us in this important global undertaking.”
SVP and GM of Splunk security markets, Haiyan Song, said, “I have enjoyed collaborating with Chenxi and other women technology leaders in cyber security, The Rain Capital team’s unique focus and deep knowledge of the cybersecurity market enables a fresh approach to cyber investing. I’m excited to see what they will do to foster emergent technologies in the security space.”
Rain Capital also gathered a number of security industry veterans as venture partners. Long-term cybersecurity executives Jamie Lewis and Charisse Castagnoli have joined the team to lend their respective expertise. Lewis, founder of the Burton Group and former president of Gartner, will lead the firm’s market-research effort, while Castagnoli will provide legal advice to the firm. | http://womeninc.com/female-cybersecurity-veteran-chenxi-wang-breaks-industry-barriers-launch-venture-capital-firm-rain-capital/ |
Date: July 26, 2012 Location: Washington, DC Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing to discuss developments in the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Strategy, and the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture. It has been said before, the enormous devastation that would result if terrorists use a nuclear weapon or nuclear materials successfully, requires us to do all we can to prevent them from entering or moving through the United States. This Subcommittee, in its oversight capacity, has held hearings starting in 2005, and continuing through 2012, regarding the development and implementation of the GNDA and in the decision-making process that involves costly investments in it.
The overarching issues include the balance between investment in near-term and long-term solutions for architecture gaps, the degree and efficiency of federal agency coordination, the mechanism for setting agency investment priorities in the architecture, and the efforts DNDO has undertaken to retain institutional knowledge regarding this sustained effort.
In the policy and strategy documents of the GNDA, DNDO is responsible for developing the global strategy for nuclear detection, and each federal agency that has a role in combating nuclear smuggling is responsible for implementing its own programs. DNDO identified 73 federal programs, which are primarily funded by DOD, DOE, and DHS that engage in radiological and nuclear detection activities. With the publication of an overall DNDO strategy document and the release of the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture and implementation plan, Congress will have a better idea of how to judge the DNDO's policy, strategy operations, tactics and implementation.
But we need to know more about their R&D activities, their resource requests, and their asset allocations. And I know that I might sound like a broken record before the day is through, but from the very start of the ASP program which was officially cancelled just 10 days ago, July 16, DNDO seemed to push for acquisition decisions well before the technology had demonstrated that it could live up to its promise.
On July 14, 2006, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and the then Director of DNDO, Mr. Oxford, one of our witnesses today, announced contract awards to three companies worth an estimated $1.2 billion to develop ASPs, including the Raytheon Company, from Massachusetts, the Thermo Electron Company from Santa Fe, New Mexico and Canberra Industries from Connecticut. Both Secretary Chertoff and Oxford held a press conference to announce the billion-dollar contract awards just a few months after highly critical reviews of the ASPs' abilities by the GAO and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
I hope we don't see that kind of decision making again in DNDO.
Within DNDO, policy and strategy have historically, not been adequately translated into operations, tactics and implementation. Overlapping missions, especially in the field of nuclear detection, worsen this. Since 2009, DNDO has made important changes under Secretary Napolitano, and made especially good progress in nuclear forensics. And I hope that our Congressional oversight has had an effect, a positive one, in bringing to light decisions that cost the taxpayers a lot of money, with little to show.
In 2010, the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate requested $109.000 million for the Transformational Research and Development Radiological and Nuclear Division. This research was to be transferred from DNDO to the S&T Directorate,1 and the Democratic Committee Members supported the transition of radiological and nuclear research away from DNDO into S&T. The Committee, under then Chairman Thompson, worked to make this transition happen, and we believe that research and development, and operations and procurement, are best left to separate organizations in order to avoid the obvious conflict of interest.
What I hope we are going to hear today is how DNDO's mission can be better defined. Some claim there is still confusion as to whether it is an end-to-end RDT&E and procurement entity for all things nuclear/radiological, a development entity, or an operational entity, and question whether there is an inherent conflict of interest when an agency is both an R&D workshop and a procurement platform.
Let me finish with this thought, completely out of the policy arena. On the ground, and every day, our nuclear deterrence effort requires motivated and vigilant officers supplied with the best equipment and intelligence we cangive them. Customs and Border Patrol officers working at our nation's ports of entry have an extremely complex and difficult job.
Thousands of decisions are made every day to clear a container or personal vehicle for transit into the United States, require further inspection, or even deny entry or interdict such a vehicle or person, and that is the hard, cold, everyday reality of our mission to prevent this kind of violent nuclear attack. We must do our best.
Source: http://chsdemocrats.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=412 | http://votesmart.org/public-statement/731426/hearing-of-the-cybersecurity-infrastructure-protection-and-security-technologies-subcommittee-of-the-house-homeland-security-committee-preventing-nuclear-terrorism-does-dhs-have-an-effective-and-efficient-nuclear-detection-strategy |
A survey conducted in June 2002 by Computer Economics revealed that 30% of the organizations polled do not have written IT security policies in place, despite the fact that written policies are key to a successful security effort. Those industry sectors that most often reported having written policies in place included healthcare, manufacturing, and financial and insurance institutions. Conversely, professional services, education, and trade services organizations were most often found not to have a written security policy.
The results of our survey also indicate that the majority of organizations are quite vulnerable, with only 49% of those organizations surveyed having written IT security incident response procedures in place. | https://avasant.com/report/nearly-one-third-of-polled-firms-have-no-written-it-security-policy/ |
Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making consumers aware that BleepingComputer has reported that “Canon has suffered a ransomware attack that impacts numerous services, including Canon’s email, Microsoft Teams, USA website, and other internal applications. In an internal alert sent to employees, Canon has disclosed the ransomware attack and [is] working to address the issue.” [Emphasis added.]
BleepingComputer reported that it “. obtained a screenshot of an internal message sent by Canon to employees that discloses the ransomware attack.” As reported by BleepingComputer, Canon’s internal message from its Crisis Management Committee can be viewed by clicking Canon ransomware message.
BleepingComputer reported that, “[a]fter contacting the ransomware operators, BleepingComputer was told . that the[] attack was conducted . when [the ransomware operators] stole ’10 terabytes of data, private databases etc’ as part of the attack on Canon.” [Emphasis added.]
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Examples of the type of relief sought by data privacy class actions, include, but are not limited to, reimbursement of identity theft losses and of out-of-pocket costs paid by data breach victims for protective measures such as credit monitoring services, credit reports, and credit freezes; compensation for time spent responding to the breach; imposition of credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance, paid for by the defendant company; and improvements to the defendant company’s data security systems.
Data privacy class actions are brought on a contingent-fee basis; thus, plaintiffs and the class members do not pay out-of-pocket attorney’s fees or litigation costs. Subject to court approval, attorney’s fees and litigation costs are derived from the recovery obtained for the class. | https://kehoelawfirm.com/active-investigations/canon-ransomware-attack |
Lancaster University has announced a ‘once in a generation’ £19m investment in cyber security services.
It will create almost 60 jobs and is linked to the development of the North West Cyber Corridor.
The Government’s new National Cyber Force is to be headquartered in Samlesbury and is expected to bring with it a £5bn boost for the region’s economy.
The move has led to the development of a North West Cyber Corridor from GCHQ’s facility in Manchester’s Albert Square, through Lancashire and beyond.
To support the region’s wider cyber security infrastructure, the university this year launched an innovative part-time Cyber Security Executive MBA, in partnership with cyber security consultancy Templar Executives, to support business leaders in decision-making around threats. For academic year 2022/2023, Lancaster is also launching three new undergraduate degrees specifically focusing on cyber security.
The new £19m Security and Protection Science at Lancaster initiative will help build on the university’s credentials as a world leader in this area. Lancaster is one of only a handful of universities in the UK whose education, research and training is recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre.
The university will employ 33 new cross-disciplinary academics to work on the initiative, plus 15 professor in practice roles and 10 support staff.
The project will also see a substantial investment in regenerating the south end of Lancaster’s Bailrigg Campus to create a state-of-the-art Data Cyber Quarter, which will generate exciting new partnership opportunities with the university.
Announcing the flagship programme, vice-chancellor Andy Schofield, said: “In the world in which we live today, the threat of cyber attacks is ubiquitous and can impact us all as we go about our work and family life.
“Lancaster’s approach to cyber security considers these challenges in a holistic way which goes beyond creating the technological solutions. By bringing together experts from a variety of academic disciplines, the university examines the sociological, psychological, economic, political and technological aspects of cyber security.
“This approach offers more robust solutions to the threats faced by the UK in the 21 st century.”
He added: “This is not just evident in our research and teaching, but also in our engagement with leading stakeholders in this area across the public, private and third sectors, who have real confidence in our position.” “Security and Protection Science at Lancaster will embed this strength further and shows how committed we are to working with partners to create a vibrant and forward thinking research community, all striving to protect our way of life.”
The investment in a new Data Cyber Quarter will provide the cutting edge facilities and technology where leading academics can work on data and cyber-related projects. It will also offer business colocation space where partners can be part of a multi-skilled, multidisciplinary collaborative Security and Protection Science community. | https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2103719-university-investing-19m-in-once-in-a-generation-cyber-security-initiative/ |
St. Jude Medical has refuted the recent flawed-device allegation made by Muddy Waters Capital and MedSec and has issued a statement saying the “flaw” was actually a “security feature.” Muddy Waters and cybersecurity firm MedSec had released a video on August 29 to demonstrate that some of St. Jude’s implantable devices were soft targets of cyberattacks.
“We want our patients to know that they can feel secure about the cybersecurity protections in place on our devices,” said Michael T. Rousseau of St. Jude Medical adding that the “crash” implied by the Muddy Waters video was in reality a display of the Radio Frequency (RF) Telemetry Lockout security feature of the company’s pacemakers.
“If attacked, our pacemakers place themselves into a 'safe' mode to ensure the device continues to work,” further elaborated Phil Ebeling of St. Jude Medical.
St. Jude claims its implantable devices include features that bring down dangers of unauthorized commands issued to them and thwart crash attacks.
For full press statement, click here. | https://www.darkreading.com/iot/st-jude-says-muddy-waters-medsec-video-shows-security-feature-not-flaw |
Make a list of all of your credit cards, even those you don’t carry in your wallet. Include account numbers and the names and emergency phone numbers of each issuer. Store this in a secure place that’s quickly accessible to you. Don’t keep it in your wallet!
If possible, don’t let your credit card out of your sight when you use it to pay for a store or restaurant purchase.
Don’t carry your birth certificate or Social Security card in your wallet.
Install a locked mailbox to prevent mail theft. Call your credit card company or bank immediately if your statement doesn’t show up on time.
When dining out, keep your purse or wallet secure. Leaving it on the table when you go to the salad bar is a no-no.
Use drive-through ATMs if possible. If you can’t, use ATMs inside stores or in well-lit, well-trafficked areas. Never let anyone see you type in your personal identification number, and don’t write it on your ATM card.
Shred pre-approved credit card or loan applications, and those checks your credit card company mails you, before you throw them in the trash.
Check your bank statements as soon as you receive them, and order a copy of your credit report at least once a year. Check it over for signs of fraudulent activity.
If you live in a state that uses Social Security numbers on your driver’s license, ask for a randomly assigned number.
Don’t give out your Social Security, credit card, or bank account number to anyone who calls you. Give them out only when you have initiated the call.
If you are concerned about a potential scam, call the local police.
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If your wallet or personal identification is stolen, don’t wait. Minimize potential damage by calling the police and other parties such as your credit card companies, your bank, and the three major credit bureaus (Experian (888) 397-3742, Equifax (800) 685-1111, and Trans Union (800) 680-7289). Ask each credit bureau to place a fraud alert on your credit report to alert creditors that your financial information is or may be compromised.
If you get a call from someone claiming to be with the IRS asking for a payment, here’s what to do: If you owe federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions. If you don’t owe taxes, call and report the incident to Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov. Add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the comments in your complaint.
Any scam emails your receive claiming to be from the IRS, you should forward to [email protected]. Don’t open any attachments or click on any links in those emails. | http://bfscpas.com/2014/11/how-can-i-protect-myself-against-identity-theft/ |
A defense-in-depth or layered security approach is important to organizations, especially at the cloud network layer. That being said, customers need to be able to deploy a solution without re-architecting or slowing down their business, the problem is, previous solutions in the marketplace couldn’t meet both requirements.
So, when our customers asked us to bring TippingPoint intrusion prevention system (IPS) capabilities to the cloud, we responded with a solution. Backed by industry leading research from Trend Micro Research, including the Zero Day Initiative , we created a solution that includes cloud network IPS capabilities, incorporating detection, protection and threat disruption—without any disruption to the network.
At AWS re:Invent 2018, AWS announced the launch of Amazon Transit Gateway. This powerful architecture enables customers to route traffic through a hub and spoke topology. We leveraged this as a primary deployment model in our Cloud Network Protection, powered by TippingPoint, cloud IPS solution, announced in July 2019. This enabled our customers to quickly gain broad security and compliance, without re-architecting. Now, we’re adding a flexible new deployment model.
Enhancing security through partnered innovation
This year we are excited to be a Launch Partner for Amazon VPC Ingress Routing, a new service that allows for customers to gain additional flexibility and control in their network traffic routing. Learn more about this new feature here.
Amazon VPC Ingress Routing is a service that helps customers simplify the integration of network and security appliances within their network topology. With Amazon VPC Ingress Routing, customers can define routing rules at the Internet Gateway (IGW) and Virtual Private Gateway (VGW) to redirect ingress traffic to third-party appliances, before it reaches the final destination. This makes it easier for customers to deploy production-grade applications with the networking and security services they require within their Amazon VPC.
By enabling customers to redirect their north-south traffic flowing in and out of a VPC through internet gateway and virtual private gateway to the Trend Micro cloud network security solution. Not only does this enable customers to screen all external traffic before it reaches the subnet, but it also allows for the interception of traffic flowing into different subnets, using different instances of the Trend Micro solution.
Trend Micro customers now have the ability to have powerful cloud network layer security in AWS leveraging Amazon VPC Ingress Routing. With this enhancement, customers can now deploy in any VPC, without any disruptive re-architecture and without introducing any additional routing or proxies. Deploying directly inline is the ideal solution and enables simplified network security without disruption in the cloud.
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An MD5 Generator is a tool that automates the process of generating MD5 hash values. Here are some key benefits of using an MD5 Generator:
a. Data Integrity: By generating an MD5 hash of a file or a piece of data, you can verify its integrity. If the data is modified, even by a single character, the resulting hash will be completely different. By comparing the generated hash with the original hash, you can ensure the data has not been tampered with.
b. Password Storage: MD5 is commonly used for password hashing. Instead of storing passwords in plain text, which is highly insecure, the passwords are hashed using MD5. When a user enters their password, it is hashed using MD5, and the resulting hash is compared to the stored hash for authentication. This adds an extra layer of security to user passwords, as even if the database is compromised, the original passwords remain hidden.
c. Speed and Efficiency: MD5 hashing is known for its speed and efficiency. The MD5 algorithm is designed to quickly process large amounts of data, making it suitable for tasks that require high-performance hashing.
a. Vulnerability to Collisions: MD5 is susceptible to collision attacks, where two different inputs produce the same hash value. This means that attackers could deliberately craft malicious inputs to produce the same MD5 hash as a legitimate input. As a result, MD5 is not recommended for tasks that require collision resistance, such as cryptographic signatures.
b. Precomputed Tables: MD5 hash values can be precomputed and stored in lookup tables, known as rainbow tables. These tables can be used to quickly reverse-engineer the original input for commonly used passwords. To mitigate this risk, a technique called “salting” is often employed, where a unique random value is added to each input before hashing. | https://digiforum.space/md5-generator-encryption/ |
A massive data center being built by the National Security Agency to aid its surveillance operations has been hit by "10 meltdowns in the past 13 months" that "destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of machinery and delayed the center's opening for a year," the Wall Street Journal reported last night.
The first of four facilities at the Utah Data Center was originally scheduled to become operational in October 2012, according to project documents described by the Journal. But the electrical problems—described as arc fault failures or "a flash of lightning inside a 2-foot box"—led to explosions, failed circuits, and melted metal, the report states:
The first arc fault failure at the Utah plant was on Aug. 9, 2012, according to project documents. Since then, the center has had nine more failures, most recently on Sept. 25. Each incident caused as much as $100,000 in damage, according to a project official.
It took six months for investigators to determine the causes of two of the failures. In the months that followed, the contractors employed more than 30 independent experts that conducted 160 tests over 50,000 man-hours, according to project documents.
The 1 million square foot data center, filled with supercomputers and storage equipment to maintain surveillance information, is slated to cost $1.4 billion to construct. One project official told the Journal that the NSA planned to start turning on some of the computers at the facility this week. "But without a reliable electrical system to run computers and keep them cool, the NSA's global surveillance data systems can't function," the newspaper wrote.
Project officials are still trying to determine the cause of the meltdowns, and they disagree about whether proposed fixes will work. Backup generators have failed repeated tests, cooling systems "remain untested," and "there are also disagreements among government officials and contractors over the adequacy of the electrical control systems."
The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing construction and promised to make sure the data center is "completely reliable" before allowing it to go online.
Explosions? In a data center? So much for IT being safe.
It's the circuit breakers. Datacenter power systems are complex because they have to switch between multiple power sources without discontinuing flow to the hardware. Dealing with unstable voltage is a tricky problem of electrical engineering but its the materials engineering side that generally causes the most grief. Simply, the breakers get hot. Really hot. Instantly.
Hot enough to explode; which is why in power substations all the parts are encased in armored steel shells.
A breaker in a commercial datacenter power management center is generally a ceramic brick about 2" on each side with contacts on the sides. When they explode they tend to crack and blow vaporized metal gunk out the fissure like the liquid metal penetrator of an anti-tank rocket. The metal contacts and the way they're bolted in tends to keep the ceramic parts intact once the molten innards escape, and when the metal remnants cool all the chunks are stuck together.
I find myself in a peculiar situation.
The American people know that, if they pray and believe hard enough, Divine STUXNET will smite their enemies with bolts of lightning. Or by over stressing the motors in uranium enrichment equipment.
I'm a bit relieve the NSA doesn't appear to have uranium enriching equipment.
There's actually something to be said for just buying huge EC2/Azure instances and leaving the datacentering to the experts.
And then if they ever lose their data, they can just employ the backdoors they designed into MS's software in the first place to get it back.
Explosions? Really hot. Instantly.
The variables I can think of in Arc Flashes is voltage delta's between ends of the arc, air quality variables, and distances between the arcpoints. If there's some persistent change reducing potential needed for an arc due to some obscure air handling condition, then that could be it. Perhaps some collateral damage to other parts? I've never seen an Arc occur in my IT lifetime, but the electricians and facilities folks take the risk of them quite seriously.
*Unless static sparks count as arcs, but I think we're typically talking about transformer equipment stepping down line voltage to three phase or somesuch.
Could have bought a data center from Google or Facebook, but no, they had to be fancy and spend a lot more to get a worse result.
Because all Google and Facebook needs is direct access to everything the NSA knows about us on top of what they've already collected themselves...
Well it seems that most of what the NSA knows about us already is what Google and Facebook collected, so no problem there.
I can't see Google etc wanting to be associated with any more NSA projects for the time being though.
On the one hand, I don't see why the hell we're investing 1.4 billion in a massive datacenter to spy on *.
On the other, if they're going to spent 1.4 billion, I would like to see the damn thing at least work.
One the third hand, I'm just happy to see the NSA fail.
If they are really getting arc flashes on high power equipment, there's a good chance there the initial cause of the arc flash vaporized into a fiery ball of plasma.
Mice with strap on suicide vests.
Datacenters really are very hard. With the scale of this one - no it doesn't have a yottabyte like some claim, but still a lot of storage - they really should be relying on experts that have experience with giant datacenters. There are not many.
oh they should just hire google or amazon to do it for them. two hands for beginners...
Several problems with this. First off, there likely isn't enough storage and/or processing power available from Google or Amazon. That in itself is kinda scary. Secondly, the NSA needs to have end-to-end security as well as chain of custody on the hardware to prevent any sabotage. This is something that the NSA shoudl genuinely be handing itself.
On that note, the NSA does have other data centers. Their facility in Fort Meade is estimated to consume between 70 and 90 megawatts and that's smaller than what is being built in Utah. I would fathom that the Utah data center is being designed for over 100 megawatts of power consumption. | https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/meltdowns-at-nsa-spy-data-center-destroy-equipment-delay-opening/?comments=1&post=25444115 |
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Because this vulnerability can potentially affect the ISA firewall, it’s of special interest to Microsoft security admins.
Note that this is no security issue with the ISA firewall code itself, but rather with an Office Web Component that is installed during the ISA firewall software installation. You’ll see the same code included when you install the ISA firewall console on a management machine.
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Organizations are continuously learning how to adapt to the digital economy and its high release cadences. For some, this also means moving from a delivery methodology monoculture to a polyculture environment to address the varying needs between new and old applications. Adopting Agile methodologies allows the exploration of novel business models with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) approach while catering to mission-critical systems that need to be maintained and evolved slowly and carefully meeting a long list of legacy constraints.
The transition to polyculture in delivery fostered learning and innovation. In the early days, long before MVPs, we used RAD (Rapid Application Development) with promising speed gains and new delivery methods, but used closed and monolithic stacks. Then came Java and the open source tidal wave. Continuous Integration (CI) expanded the good software development practices to all sorts of technology stacks beyond RAD tools while sustaining rapid paces. Continuous Delivery (CD) brought operations and developers closer through unified operating system on the server-side (Linux), and a radical shift in server provisioning through virtualization and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). As CI pundits preached for face-to-face interactions, CD also brought operations and development closer in ways that could be beneficial to mission-critical systems as well as evolving MVPs to products and eventually, towards next-gen mission critical systems.
Interestingly, there’s joint progression of practices and technical innovation at work, in a sort of lock-step way. The contributions of Amazon to the way we provision hardware had a profound impact on architecture scaling and application deployment. And there are also other fundamental advances taking place. The world of industrial supervisory and control systems which instruments factory equipment and production lines is expanding to more common objects of our daily lives as sensor costs sink and units of computing shrink and get ruggedized. Internet of Things (IoT) as it is known, brings with it specific requirements as it makes its way into our fridges, cars, and street lights. Security is one of these requirements. And to a certain extent, advances in build automation for continuous delivery will also sustain these new requirements.
Awareness for security has been traditionally stronger downstream of development within the organization. This is changing with DevOps and InfoSec teaming up. Governance, risk and compliance data previously accessible by information security teams is now available in shared Wikis and enforced through automated tests by the CI tool. Consider the importance of this practice in IoT where code controls daily life appliances. But we’re not there yet. As the recent news on the Mirai malware show[1], security testing can be challenging and impossible with some form of automation to create (e.g. requisite Distributed Denial of Service testbeds). A recent report by HP Enterprise Security Fortify Team shows[2] in fact that only 1 in 5 extends security awareness and testing end-to-end to the development team and not just at production acceptance.
[1] http://f5.com/about-us/news/articles/mirai-the-iot-bot-that-took-down-krebs-and-launched-a-tbps-ddos-attack-on-ovh-21937
One way to look at the lock-step relation between advances in test automation and CD automation which underpins DevOps and how it benefits security testing is through a Wardley map. Simon Wardley, a researcher for the Leading Edge Forum, has been refining a way to explore adoption of business strategies and competitive advantage through Value Chain Maps. His particular approach takes the Value Chain concept, turns it sideways and adds a time dimension. This 2D representation supports rich conversations around a specific context, pieces of interest and their relative position to an anchor as well as their movements across the space. Wardley has used this[3] effectively (among others) to talk about the emergence of scale-out scaling practices and DevOps based on his own experience.
Below, is a representation of the relationship mechanism which ties advancements in security testing and “DevSecOps” to evolutions in build pipelines and CD.
[2] Application Security and DevOps, 2016, HP Enterprise Development
[3] See http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/04/devops-weve-been-here-before-we-will-be.html
CD products already exist which sustain various build pipelines and their automation. They are represented in the map by the center block which evolved over time from left to right, as these products are maturing. Key is to notice that pipeline automation has pushed the state-of-the-art in practices such as test automation evolving from (1) to (2). These new practices and tools eventually enable the evolution of CD itself (3) in turn enabling commoditizing aspects of security testing practices in towards the right hand-side (4). Consider for example Mobile applications.
Mobile application development for example needs to consider security aspects across the server-side, the communication channel and the client-side. These aspects need to be well understood both by developers and system engineers such as web server configurations on the back-end, cookie rotation, handling of certificates, use of URL schemes or handling of copy/paste data in buffers. IoT will bring its own set of security requirements. Ensuring the bridges are in place to consider security aspects end-to-end is something that CD practices know how to establish. And this ultimately lets our security experts focus on the new vulnerabilities and advisories.
The same HP Enterprise Security report indicates that operations and development teams still have a limited understanding of each other’s domains and constraints. Developers themselves are barely able to keep up with the fast evolution of these domains. The good news is that advancements in practices are introducing automation services which will address some aspects of security and prevent at least unsophisticated attacks. Co-evolution of practices incorporating genuine cooperation across teams will be required to lift security awareness from the early phases of development and compensate for hard or impossible to automate considerations. DevOps remains key to enabling CD automation and ensuring security practices are adopted by delivery teams, at faster pace with that of cyber-threats against applications and things we love to use. | https://www.ness.com/infosec-meets-devops/ |
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ripped responsibility for copyright and online piracy initiatives out of Attorney General George Brandis’ hands.
New Communications Minister, Mitch Fifield, will take over these government areas under Turnbull's new administrative arrangements.
Brandis oversaw website blocking laws, which were passed earlier this year under former PM Tony Abbott. These laws allow content rights holders to go to federal court and request that ISPs block a website that violates Australian copyright law.
Brandis also oversaw the Copyright Notice Scheme, which requires ISPs to match IP addresses provided by rights holders of alleged copyright infringers with their customers and send them a notice of infringement.
Internet Australia, the peak body representing Internet users, supports the PM’s decision to move copyright and online piracy to the Communications Minister’s portfolio.
"Internet Australia congratulates our new PM for showing signs of a more realistic approach to Internet legislation,” Internet Australia’s CEO, Laurie Patton, said in a statement.
"Senator Brandis'site blocking' legislation is one of a number of ad hoc laws passed by the Abbott Government that we believe have little chance of achieving their stated aim but do have the very real likelihood of damaging the integrity and utility of the Internet.”
Internet Australia is also calling for the Communications Minister to re-asses data retention laws that require ISPs to store customers’ metadata for up to two years. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/585040/george-brandis-no-longer-responsible-copyright-online-piracy/ |
A new report, Tackling Attack Detection and Incident Response, from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), commissioned by Intel Security, examines organizations’ security strategies, cyber-attack environment, incident response challenges and needs. The survey found that security professionals are inundated with security incidents, averaging 78 investigations per organization in the last year, with 28 per cent of those incidents involving targeted attacks – one of the most dangerous and potentially damaging forms of cyber-attacks. According to the IT and security professionals surveyed, better detection tools, better analysis tools, and more training on how to deal with incident response issues are the top ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the information security staff.
“When it comes to incident detection and response, time has an ominous correlation to potential damage. The longer it takes an organization to identify, investigate, and respond to a cyber-attack, the more likely it is that their actions won’t be enough to preclude a costly breach of sensitive data. With this in mind, CISOs should remember that collecting and processing attack data is a means toward action — improving threat detection and response effectiveness and efficiency,” said Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst, ESG.
“Just as the medical profession must deliver heart-attack patients to the hospital within a ‘golden hour’ to maximize likelihood of survival, the security industry must work towards reducing the time it takes organizations to detect and deflect attacks, before damage is inflicted. This requires that we ask and answer tough questions on what is failing us, and evolve our thinking around how we do security,” said Chris Young, General Manager, Intel Security. See more | https://varindiaitmagazine.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/intel-releases-its-security-report-on-tackling-attack-detection-and-incident-response/ |
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(published in February 2022), the share of spam in global e-mail communication is over 45%. A large proportion of these mails are not only unsolicited, but sometimes pose a potential threat to the recipient. In particular, these are phishing cases, in which criminals attempt to use e-mail to obtain personal data or to induce the recipient to perform harmful actions. For example, pressure is generated to pay an allegedly outstanding invoice. Identity theft and installing malicious software on the computer are also typical threats.
To prevent you from becoming a victim of such an attack yourself, we have compiled the latest spam mails that you should be wary of! This is our phishing report for March/April 2023.
1. ING: Request for account update
This phishing attempt could cause irritation especially for ING customers. The mail asks for an account update – this is to ensure that the recipient is the rightful owner of the account. Otherwise, he said, there was a threat of online banking being blocked “for an indefinite period.”
The impersonal form of address (“Dear customer!”), the threat of account blocking and the link to check the data are particularly striking. Especially a bank that is in confidential correspondence with its customers and manages sensitive data would definitely act more seriously. A clear phishing attempt that you should not fall for!
2. PayPal: Account restrictions due to lack of action
PayPal in particular is a popular target for cyber criminals who engage in data theft. Currently, a phishing email is circulating with the content that the account functions have been restricted due to suspicious activities. As a result, it is now impossible to withdraw or send money until the necessary measures have been implemented. The recipient is encouraged to click on the included link and subsequently perform the required actions.
The email text is missing the personal salutation and the PayPal logo does not match the original – two typical warning signals for phishing emails. Our recommendation: Immediately into the spam folder with it!
3. Disney+: Payment information update
This mail with Disney+ as the alleged sender is also currently haunting numerous e-mail inboxes. The recipient should update their payment information because an outstanding payment has been denied and the Disney+ subscription has expired because of it. And it gets even worse: If the recipient does not act within 48 days, the final account blocking plus a fee of up to € 19.99 would be threatened. To update the payment information, you should click on the link provided and update your data. Also a clear phishing attempt, where the sender immediately threatens consequences in the form of account closure and fees. Here, too, the recipient is not addressed by name, but as “Dear Customer”.
4. DHL: Payment of customs duties
Even DHL is not immune to the misuse of its name for criminal activities. A spam mail currently circulating demands the (additional) payment of customs duties for a package from the United Kingdom. Amazon UK” is indicated as the sender. This mail also contains no salutation of the recipient and the DHL logo is a fake. Definite spam!
5. post bank: mobile number matching
Postbank’s BestSign app is an application for a security procedure in online banking that uses the smartphone. The recipient of the mail is asked to match his mobile number so that further use of the service would be possible. Again, a link is included to continue to the appropriate page where the information is to be entered. The three dashes in the Postbank logo differ from the original, the recipient is not addressed by name and there are grammatical errors.
Request to provide or “verify/confirm” personal information.
Not a customer: You receive an e-mail, although you do not have an account with this bank, for example.
Threat of direct consequences if the recipient fails to act.
You now know how to recognize phishing emails. But what to do if the spam was recognized as such and is now in your inbox? The first maxim is, of course, not to reply or react in any other way to the content of the mail. Delete the mail or move it to the spam folder. Item.
If a supposed link to unsubscribe from follow-up mails is provided, do not click on it either! In most cases, the sender will then receive a confirmation that your e-mail address is active and will send you more mails as a result.
While it is possible to identify and delete spam and phishing emails yourself, this takes time that you often don’t have, especially in your day-to-day work. Besides, there is always the risk that you will end up falling for a scam after all.
With an e-mail security solution like eXpurgate, you no longer have to actively worry about the issue and are automatically protected against phishing attacks. The software efficiently protects against spam and removes harmful emails before you and your employees even come into contact with them. With a spam detection rate of 99.9%, eXpurgate offers optimum all-round protection, which efficiently prevents the unwanted installation of malicious software as well as data and identity theft. For maximum security in e-mail communication – Made in Germany and individually adapted to your requirements. | https://eleven.de/en/phishing-report-for-march-april-2023/ |
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Learn how National Cyber Security Awareness Month challenges institutions and students alike.
With 60% of higher education organizations experiencing a data breach within a 12-month window, the US Department of Education is increasing the pressure to meet basic cybersecurity standards. A KPMG report indicated that a failure to enforce controls around the identity layer is a common attack vector, reinforcing the need for stronger user access controls and user education.
This October, the 15th annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) challenges academic institutions and students to address the “shared responsibility” of cybersecurity. In Part 1 of this series, we talked about common endpoint management challenges in higher education, including the need to safeguard the private information and intellectual property of students, faculty, and staff. Outside of improving security and access controls, educational institutions have a mandate to help educate the workforce of tomorrow.
Right now, there exists a large educational gap for cybersecurity training in higher education. 82% of IT professionals say they require students to take IT security training at least once per year, yet only 35% of students say the same - reinforcing that training is being overlooked by most. Further compounding the issue, 76% of students admit to engaging in risky behavior while connected to their university’s network.
The preparation for the digital landscape of today and tomorrow begins in K-12. Early educators are focusing on Digital Equity and the basics of STOP. THINK. CONNECT., messaging which can be incorporated into higher education as well. IT professionals in higher education often note that educating users (students, staff) on security policies and procedures is their top cybersecurity challenge.
The Higher Education Information Security Council provides some resources specifically tailored to educating college and university students. Such materials can be integrated into handbooks and student orientations or can be run as specific campaigns during NCSAM highlighting topics such as phishing, ransomware, identity theft, and basic privacy precautions. We’ve seen some very creative ways to engage students about security, including the UMass Amherst social media posters.
In addition to user behavior, education can focus on transparency about campus-wide layered security and endpoint management precautions. At this level, knowing what security options are in place can help educate students on best practices they can leverage in personal and later in professional practice. | https://www.news.filewave.com/blog/teaching-tomorrows-workforce-cybersecurity-awareness-month |
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Signatories to the accord include Microsoft, Facebook, Dell, VMWare, HP, Cisco, Avast, and more. However, missing from the list are some of tech’s biggest players – Google, Amazon and Apple. The accord makes four key commitments:
To protect all users and customers everywhere against cyberattacks.
Signatories will not help governments launch cyberattacks against innocent citizens and will protect products against tampering or exploitation at every stage of development.
To empower users, customers and developers to strengthen cybersecurity protection through new security practices and features.
To partner with each other and with like-minded groups to enhance cybersecurity.
The accord was spearheaded by Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft. For years, Smith has been calling for a “digital Geneva Convention” and in a blog post about the accord, Smith stated that “The success of this alliance is not just about signing a pledge, it’s about execution. That’s why today is just an initial step and tomorrow we start the important work of growing our alliance and take effective action together.”
Turning Point or Marketing Talking Point?
While this made for a nice PR moment for the signatories, some in the industry are wondering whether the accord is just that – a PR initiative, or if it signals a new era of internet security. Facebook’s involvement with the accord seems especially hollow to many observers, given the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the fact that the company can’t make money without selling user data.
There are also several issues with the accord itself, according to some industry watchers. First, it has no real “teeth.” The first and third commitments are arguably reasonable customer expectations any time a service is purchased. The second commitment is problematic because no company can blatantly disobey the law in their country. If a government passes laws demanding backdoors into citizens’ data, companies must comply. The final glaring issue, according to many, is the absence of major players from the accord. It is impossible to strengthen security on the internet and restore customer confidence without the active involvement of Google, Amazon and Apple, they argue.
While the accord is certainly notable and may signal a greater commitment to security, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will likely have more impact since it attaches fines as high as 4% of annual revenue to companies found to be misusing personal data. However, time will tell what the impact of the accord will be. However, one thing is certain – no company, large or small, can ignore the importance of cybersecurity in today’s market. | https://www.talonpro.com/2018/05/16/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-cybersecurity-tech-accord/ |
Cybersecurity measures secure businesses from threats that will harm all of them, including data breaches, economic losses and reputational damage. This consists of prevention, recognition and response measures. Protection measures, just like firewalls and encryption, are created to stop cyberattacks before they occur. Private eye measures, including activity working and spyware scanning, help to detect cyberattacks once they include happened.
Because the world becomes increasingly digital, businesses are at greater risk of a cyberattack. Also because small businesses in many cases are targeted for their less-developed cybersecurity measures and limited resources, it is particularly significant to have a effective, cost-effective protection strategy in place.
A cyberattack occurs every 39 seconds, as well as the costs of one could be devastating to get a small business. From lost revenue www.boardroomlive.org/5-biggest-known-cyber-attacks-on-the-business/ to decreased buyer confidence, an information breach can easily have far-reaching effects. Approximately 60% of small businesses that experience a cyberattack go out of organization afterward.
Thankfully, there are many affordable and powerful cybersecurity procedures that can help stop these moves and keep your business running easily.
Start by figuring out your most effective data and assets and assessing the impact of a potential cyberattack. This will help to you prioritize the measures you need to take.
Motivate employees to work with strong account details, avoid clicking upon suspicious links and induce two-factor authentication. It is also significant to train the staff on your own cyber protection policies and supply regular improvements to keep them smarter than the cyber criminals they are facing. | https://www.digitalmill.in/cybersecurity-measures-for-businesses/ |
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The International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy aims at creating a meeting point for researchers and practitioners that address security and privacy challenges that concern information systems, especially in organizations, including not only technological issues but also social issues.
The conference welcomes papers of either practical or theoretical nature, presenting research or applications addressing all aspects of security and privacy, that concerns to organizations and individuals, thus creating new research opportunities. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/event/icissp-2017/ |
University president Wallace Loh apologised for Tuesday's cyber-attack on the school's website on Thursday, and noted that the data breach affected 309,079 individuals affiliated with the school's College Park and Shady Campus sites since 1998.
Loh said that names, social security numbers and birth dates had been compromised of persons who had their own university ID card, but stressed that the data breach hadn't resulted in a loss of financial, academic or contact information.
“I am truly sorry. Computer and data security are a very high priority of our University,” wrote Loh.
“A specific database of records maintained by our IT Division was breached yesterday. That database contained 309,079 records of faculty, staff, students and affiliated personnel from the College Park and Shady Grove campuses who have been issued a University ID since 1998. The records included name, Social Security number, date of birth, and University identification number. No other information was compromised -- no financial, academic, health, or contact (phone, address) information.”
State and federal law enforcement authorities are now investigating the attack, while computer forensic investigators are looking at the how the school's “multi-layered” IT defences were breached. The university is, as some way of compensation, offering one year of free credit monitoring to all affected persons.
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People sometimes ask me what it felt like to complete a full multi-year migration journey from on-premise hosting into the cloud. My answer is always the same: for the parts we were able to transform, it felt like we were changing the world. However, the “lift and shift” components that were too hard or too expensive to deal with felt the same as it did to the move from physical to virtualized infrastructure five years prior to the cloud migration. The reality is that for better or for worse the transitional nature of technology means the work is never done.
Investments in hardware and software used to have life cycles between three and five years whilst assets depreciated. With cloud computing, however, companies can afford to experiment and change often due to its feature-rich toolsets. Plus with a pay-for-play finance model, the barrier for entry is lower than ever. As a result, cycle times are now more like six months or even less. The wheel still never ends, but now spins faster. So why do it at all?
If you speak to most C-level executives these days, you can be certain that their organizations will have at least one cloud initiative of some kind in progress, either tactical or strategic. They know moving to the cloud is imperative. They don’t want to be the next Blockbuster Video and go the way of the dinosaur for missing a chance to use IT as a competitive edge and be an industry disruptor.
These same C-levels however are less clear as to what they are going to do when they get there – they just hope life will be better when they do. The sobering realization is that organizations talking about cloud migrations are missing the point. The real benefits are only ever realized if you transform into the cloud and adopt new architectures. A startling parallel is organizations looking to adopt secure access service edge (SASE) and zero trust who describe the change solely as a network migration.
My brilliant colleague Tony Ferguson reminds me often that enhancing something that should no longer exist is a common mistake by engineers in all markets. His top example is the electric “engine. Sometimes you must completely reimagine something from the ground up for it to be truly transformative and impactful.
Much like how the electric vehicle is transforming the automotive industry, new architectures are the real power of the cloud. Microservice applications may look the same, but under the hood, they are not. Reimagining applications through new microservice architectures to bring simpler, cheaper, faster, and more scalable designs are how to truly achieve a competitive advantage. Something that rehosting alone does not do.
The few who’ve achieved cloud transformation or were “born there” have a distinct advantage over those who’ve simply migrated onto it. Deconstructing siloed applications into a series of distinct highly aligned but loosely coupled layers gives you something that those who migrate don’t have – a choice!
Having run development teams in the past I can tell you they like nothing more than exploring new services, forever tinkering and seeking perfection, or at least until the next big thing shows up. Today, we call this innovation – Apple calls this “thinking differently.” Challenging the norm and never accepting the status quo is the role of a good disrupter after all.
So what is the next disruption in the area of the cloud? In my view, it’s having a choice to pick and mix services across multiple cloud providers. When I started my cloud journey, I was vendor-agnostic in my cloud platform thinking and offered three for my organization to use. It wasn’t long, however, before a natural gravity well formed. A single cloud vendor started to dominate. But was this because the vendor was better than the others? Not particularly. The reason came down to two realities. The first is that it’s difficult to become an expert in more than one platform. Many organizations struggle to build and seek talent with experience for one cloud vendor let alone two or more. Like lemmings following each other, the choice came down to which platform they happened to experiment with first. The second reality is that having a private network acts as a drag on multicloud adoption. Not only is a private multicloud network expensive and complex to implement, but there is a constant obsession with bandwidth and latency. Network performance limits the potential of multicloud adoption and prevents true objective selection. Developers are forced to architect within a single cloud platform to avoid poor performance.
Many who are adopting multicloud are doing so to create a disaster recovery safety net. Very traditional lift and shift thinking, but justifiable as many of us had data centers designed solely for business continuity in the past. The interesting thing is, however, cloud disruptors do not think of delivering this way. They think about architectures that are highly resilient and are designed for resilience in the event of failure, not warm standby. Netflix chaos engineering is a great example of this in action. So, if we are not thinking of multicloud in terms of disaster recovery why would we have one? The answer is that it comes back to choice; specifically, gaining competitive advantage through having the choice to support ever-evolving business models.
Cloud platforms are differentiating themselves in new and exciting ways. Capabilities such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and analytics are all emerging unique selling propositions (USPs) between providers. But if you do not have a multicloud strategy, how do you take advantage of each platform's competitive edge? In my experience, you need two crucial components.
The first is good Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). As mentioned earlier, finding engineers who are experts in even one cloud is hard, let alone more than one. This is unlikely to change. Being able to deploy a set of tools that can provide configuration assurance is a real win when you need a secure baseline over multiple cloud vendors. Gartner states that through 2025, 99% of security breaches on cloud platforms will simply be the result of misconfiguration and human error. Engineers and developers want to create great products. Reducing the chance of human error will allow them to focus more on building better feature-rich solutions across multiple clouds. Deploying these tools is essential for managing risk.
The second and most crucial component is a way to communicate between services across multiple cloud vendors securely without drag. Solving this problem is not easy. Most are forced down a route of creating independent transit network hubs which sit in between vendors to broker communication between cloud vendors. Unfortunately, this can yield unacceptable latency. The performance gains developers seek often evaporate and they become forever hostage to a platform. Even if the performance could be addressed, how do you secure that connectivity as developers do not want to be building complex virtual connections and building firewalls?
This is where SASE and zero trust come to the rescue. If you want to connect two objects (e.g, apps, users, data) together using the most secure and optimal path, then inline cloud-native zero trust solutions are the most logical way to do so. By adopting SASE and zero trust architectures, developers can adopt a multi-vendor, a cloud-agnostic application using best-of-breed platform features to create the most resilient, scalable, and innovative solutions. Zero trust architectures have had a powerful impact on both security and performance when connecting users to applications, but they’ll have an even greater impact by connecting applications to applications across multiple clouds as it evolves.
Many organizations have gained a key competitive advantage from using just a single cloud vendor platform. Imagine the power if they could harness the best of all of them. Cloud interconnectivity through SASE and zero trust is the key to unlocking this vast potential. So, if the cloud is an imperative, then zero trust architecture for multi-cloud strategy is how to level up to make the most of it. | https://revolutionaries.zscaler.com/insights/unlocking-competitive-advantage-zero-trust-multicloud-strategy |
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Name of the website accessed, file, date and time of the access, data volume transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the site previously visited), IP address and the provider who is inquiring.
The provider uses the log files only for statistical evaluations for the purpose of the operation, the security and the optimisation of the offer. The provider, however, reserves the right to check the log files subsequently if there is concrete evidence of a justified suspicion of illegal usage.
The handling of personal data
Personal data gives information which helps to identify a person. That means information that leads directly to a person. This includes the name, the e-mail address or the telephone number. But also data about preferences, hobbies, memberships and which websites a person has visited are also personal data.
Personal data is only collected, used and transferred by the provider if this is legally allowed and the user has consented to the collection of data.
Our newsletter is meant to inform you about us and our offer.
If you wish to receive the newsletter, we require from you a valid e-mail address as well as information which allows us to check that you are the owner of the e-mail address given or that the owner agrees to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected. This data will only be used for sending the newsletter and will not be transmitted to third parties.
When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your IP address and the date of the subscription. The purpose of this storage is merely as proof in the case of misuse of an e-mail address by a third party who subscribes to the newsletter when the owner of the address is unaware of the activity.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address as well its use for sending the newsletter at any time. The revocation can be carried out via a link in the newsletters, in your profile or with a notification via the contact possibilities mentioned above.
Cookies are small files that make it possible to store specific, device-related information on the user’s access device (PC, smartphone etc.) On the one hand, they help make websites user-friendly and, thus, also help the users (e.g. storing login data). On the other hand, they make it possible to collect statistical data regarding the use of the website so that they can be analysed to improve the offer. The users can influence the usage of the cookies. Most browsers have an option which can limit or even completely prevent the storage of cookies. However, it should be noted that without the cookies the use and, in particular, the convenience of use is limited.
You can manage many online advertising cookies from companies via the US American site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU-site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.
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This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics utilizes so-called “cookies”, text files, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your utilisation of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
In case the IP anonymisation on this website is activated, the IP address of the Google user within the member states of the European Union or in other states which are parties to the Agreement on the European Agreement Area will be truncated beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP anonymisation is activated on this website. On behalf of the provider, Google will use this information to evaluate the utilisation of the website by the user, to compile reports about the website activities and to render further services linked to the website and internet use for the website host.
The IP address transmitted by your browser for Google Analytics will not be linked to other Google data. The users can prevent the cookies from being stored with an appropriate setting of their browser software. This offer, however, points out that in this case it may not be possible to fully use all of this website’s functions. Moreover the users can prevent the collection of the data (including their IP address) created by the cookie and related to their use of the website as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
As an alternative to the browser add-on or in browsers in mobile devices, please click on this link to prevent the collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future. Then an opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. If you wish to delete your cookies, you must click this link again. | https://stw-muenster.de/en/data-security/ |
The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) flaw — which researcher Vicente Aguilera Diaz from Madrid-based Internet Security Auditors first reported to Google in August 2007 — takes advantage of the way Gmail’s “Change Password” function operates. “The only token for authenticat[ing] the user is a session cookie, and this cookie is sent automatically by the browser in every request,” according to the vulnerability disclosure post.
An attacker can build a phony Web page that accepts requests for Gmail password changes, and then lets the attacker change the victims’ passwords without their knowing and evading CAPTCHA restrictions.
Google maintains that the flaw is not a major one because such an attack wouldn’t be easy to pull off.
See the original advisory on the vulnerability. | https://threatpost.com/gmail-flaw-exposes-change-password-feature-030309/72365 |
Antivirus report for AdolixPDFConverterSetup.exe (6.87 MB)
Download3k has downloaded and tested version 4.4 of Adolix PDF Converter on 9 Jan 2023 using only the best antivirus engines available Today.
We have found it to be clean of any form of badware (viruses, spyware, adware, etc.). You can view the full scan logs below.
We will test Adolix PDF Converter again on the next version release so make sure you check back for updated reports in the near future.
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In order to keep your computer free of malware, we recommend that you always have an antivirus program installed, especially when downloading and installing new programs from the web. At least once a day, run its database update program. This will allow your antivirus to stay up to date with the latest badware threats and better protect your computer data.
If you don't have a powerful antivirus solution already protecting your computer, you should install one from our recommendations: Avast Free, AVG Free, Avira Free, Bitdefender, Kaspersky (50% Discount), NOD32.
2. Choose a safe web browser
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42nd CSI Training to Management Students at Kist College, Kamalpokhari, Kathmandu Initially, Concept of Cyber Security Awareness in Nepal has been revealed by Dr. Ramhari Subedi, who lives in Washington DC; also, he is the founder president of www.dcnepal.com and the first appointed Cyber Security Advisor of Central Investigation Department of Nepal Police.
Now Dr. Subedi, the CEO of Cyber Security International, is launching cyber security awareness campaign nation-wide; firstly, from Kathmandu, Jhapa and Chitwan.
The program had been conducted at Kist College, Kamalpokhari, Kathmandu. At the presence and participation of the College team including some faculty members and the +2 management students. The event coordinator was Mr. Niraj Bhandari.
Dr. Ramhari Subedi smoothly handled the program focusing on the cybersecurity issues and preventive measures in the use of the stand-alone computer, e-Mail, Facebook and other social media.
Dr. Subedi was fully supported by Senior Trainer Mr. Kumar Pudasaini and assisted by coordinator Ms. Manisha Ranabhat. Also, there was coordination of Miss Pooja Gurung, Sameer Ranabhat and Madhav Nepal.
Representing DCNepal, Mr. Sudan K.C. had given full technical support for the live coverage. Dr. Subedi introduced himself and focused on the objective of the program in the beginning and started the slide presentation for the first level training. He delivered a short speech on all the slides to show the rapid growth of cyber threats and to show the current cybercrime cases on Nepal.
Afterward, the second level training started, where Dr. Subedi focused on DOs and DON’Ts in the use of the stand-alone computer, Internet, E-mail and Social Media including Facebook, other social media and in the use of Android and iPhone.
The program continued for 3 hours, i.e., from 3:00 p.m. To 6:00 p.m. The participants including the guests gave really positive feedback. Most of them were honored with CSI’s Basic Certificate. | https://ictframe.com/42nd-cyber-security-awareness-program-at-kist-college-in-kathmandu/ |
Posted March 13, 2017 Startup raises new funds to help expand its reach, with a diverse set of Software-as-a-Service offerings to test an organization's ability to withstand different types of attacks. SHARE Israeli cybersecurity startup Cymulate is aiming to grow its business and technology, thanks to a new Series A round of funding that is bringing in $3 million.
The new funding round was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity and builds on an earlier seed round led by Eyal Gruner, CEO of Cynet, who formerly was the CEO and Founder of Versafe, which was acquired by F5 Networks in 2013.
Cymulate (pronounced 'simulate') is in the business of simulating attacks in a effort to help organizations understand weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
The idea of simulating attacks to help improve enterprise readiness isn't a new or unique idea. Among the other vendors offering attack simulation technologies is another Israeli startup, SafeBreach which first became generally available in January 2016. SafeBreach announced a $15 million Series A round of funding in July 2016.
Cymulate aims to differentiate itself in the market with a number of different targeted services to help test different aspects of enterprise security. The company's products include Cymulate Mail, which is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering that tests a variety of email delivered cyber attacks. The Cymulate Hopper service goes a level deeper, testing organizations' Windows Domain Network Configuration. Misconfigured network domains are often leveraged by attackers to move laterally in a network to exfiltrate privileged information.
Another way that Cymulate aims to help organizations identify weaknesses that could lead to data exfiltration is with the Cymulate DLP service that tests outbound flows to help make sure confidential information cannot leave the enterprise. At the network level, the Cymulate WAF (Web Application Firewall) tests WAF responses and configuration against threats to see if the technology controls are actually working.
While many threats to an organization can come from the outside, there is also a risk of an insider unintentionally exposing the organization to a potential vulnerability, which is where the Cymulate Browsing service can help.
The Cymulate Browsing service looks specifically at the impact of visiting a malicious site with a web browser.
"Cymulate Browsing tests your organization’s Outbound using common HTTP/HTTPS protocols to malicious websites, enabling you to test your HTTP/HTTPS Outbound security against a large, continuously growing database of malicious websites on the web," Cymulate's website explains. | http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/cymulate-raises-3m-for-attack-simulation-technology.html |
A powerful new strain of malware called Dyre (or Dyreza) not only poses a serious threat to consumers and businesses, it also signifies the cloud has arrived. Dyre not only uses the cloud as a vector for distributing malware to client machines, once installed it attempts to compromise data sent to secured cloud services. Researchers analyzing Dyre have found that while it is similar to Zeus Trojans, Dyre is a new malware family distinct from previous Trojans. What makes Dyre so dangerous is that it tricks users into believing they are visiting a trusted SSL-secured site, but their information is being intercepted and sent to attackers, including login credentials and other sensitive data.
Attackers deliver Dyre file sharing service like Dropbox or Cubby and target data sent to online banking sites and secure enterprise cloud services. With the average company using 24 file sharing services, and 34.4% of companies using Cubby, one of the main delivering methods for Dyre, companies are at risk of their users falling victim to this novel malware attack. Skyhigh is tracking the spread of Dyre and played a central role in detecting delivery of the malware via file sharing applications and mitigating the compromise of cloud providers for our customers. While early reports focused on banking sites as targets, enterprise cloud providers such as Salesforce.com are also targets.
How Dyre Works
Like other Trojans (and like the original wooden Trojan Horse), Dyre is a malicious program that attackers dupe unsuspecting users into downloading and installing on their computers by disguising it as something helpful. In this case, attackers send spear phishing emails impersonating a trusted source and include a link to an invoice or IRS tax document stored on familiar file sharing services like Dropbox and Cubby. Users naturally click the link to view the file because they want to know why their tax refund was returned by their bank, as one email obtained by PhishMe claims. When the user clicks the link, a zip file containing the malware is opened on their computer and an executable installs Dyre.
Once installed, Dyre uses HTTP to establish contact with its command and control site. It minitors all browser activity and relays it to command and control, specifically looking for online banking sites and cloud providers. When a user visits a target site or cloud service, Dyre compromises SSL, making it possible to send unencrypted data to a man-in-the middle Dyre server while the user still has all indications their session is encrypted and protected with SSL. With this access, the attackers controlling the Dyre server can capture login credentials and sensitive data passed between the user and website or cloud service. | https://www.skyhighnetworks.com/cloud-security-blog/dyre-straits-millions-of-cloud-users-vulnerable-to-new-trojan/ |
Every once in a while, there comes a news about Google Play being a host of suspicious apps, that does suspicious activities in the targeted Android device. Though Google claims that the apps promoted on Google Play undergoes through several security checks and testing but unfortunately the news like always point a question marks on such claims. Recently, two new deceptive apps successfully made its way in the official Google Store and it is claimed to be containing a ransomware named as LeakerLocker. Namely, the two suspected applications are “Wallpaper Blur HD” and “Booster & Cleaner Pro”. Interestingly, these two apps has been successfully been downloaded by around 10,000 users in world-wide geographical regions.
Users easily gets manipulated by claims offered by apps that they will pay for installing their “partner apps”. Such reward programs entice to targeted users to install certain apps and get paid in return. These two suspicious apps were also involved in such claims and this is the reason that so many users agreed to download it in their Android devices.
Apps Circulating LeakerLocker Ransomware
The infected Android device screen gets locked with a screen locker and it totally becomes inaccessible. According to screenlocker note, all the data stored in the device is transferred in the remote “cloud storage”. The transferred data includes contacts, texts, sent and received SMS, multimedia files and so on. It asks the victim to pay certain money as ransom within 72 hours of time. It doesn’t encrypt data and rather transfer the data to cloud storage. The ransom money that it asks is $50.
It is true that uploading such suspicious apps on Google Plays is very difficult however they can easily hide themselves on other places. It is very important to be careful while downloading applications especially when you are choosing third-party sources. Remember that such notorious apps can secretly take screenshot of your device screen and record your conversation and sensitive information. It is strongly recommended to think hundred times before you installs any unknown program in your devices. Don’t get manipulated by claims offering couple of cents. You should never take such risks of malware prone applications. | https://www.malware-board.com/blog/leakerlocker-ransomware-attack-on-android-device-through-google-play |
A: The growing significance of cybersecurity cannot be underestimated or ignored. It is an imperative aspect of our digital lives, ensuring privacy, trust, and the uninterrupted functioning of our increasingly interconnected world.
As we navigate the vast digital landscape, one thing becomes abundantly clear - the growing importance of cybersecurity. In this constantly evolving realm, where the lines between reality and virtuality blur, safeguarding our digital world has become an imperative that simply cannot be ignored.
Just as footprints in the sand can be washed away by the waves, the traces we leave behind in the digital realm are equally vulnerable. Our personal information, financial details, and even our very identities can be at stake if we disregard the significance of cybersecurity. As the cyber battle rages on, it is crucial that we take a stance, equip ourselves with knowledge, and fortify the digital defenses that protect us.
Imagine a fortress guarding precious treasures, with high stone walls and impenetrable defenses. In our digital world, the barriers are different, but equally vital. Firewalls, encryption, complex passwords, and multi-factor authentication all work in harmony to create virtual fortresses shielding our valuable information from malicious hands. As cybersecurity becomes paramount, we must embrace these safeguards and adopt them into our digital routines.
But it is not only individuals who must be prepared for the ever-present challenges of the cyber domain. Governments, businesses, and organizations must prioritize cybersecurity as an integral part of their strategies and operations. The onus lies on each entity to foster a culture of cybersecurity awareness, transforming it from an afterthought to a core pillar of their existence. By doing so, we empower ourselves collectively to combat the invisible threats lurking in the depths of the digital ocean.
In this interconnected web, every entity plays a crucial role in the protection of our digital world. Our actions, or lack thereof, ripple through the interconnected nodes, creating a chain reaction that reverberates across the entire cyber realm. We must unite as a digital community, embracing the growing importance of cybersecurity and understanding the power we hold to preserve it.
As the digital landscape continues to expand, so too will the challenges we face. From cybercrime to state-sponsored espionage, the threats are ever-evolving. But by embracing the power of technology while cultivating a relentless pursuit of cybersecurity, we can secure our digital world for generations to come.
In this age of great connectivity, it is imperative that we recognize the role we play in shaping the digital future. Let us be the guardians of this intangible realm, protecting it with unwavering commitment and vigilance. Our digital world, a testament to human innovation and interconnectedness, deserves nothing less.
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Students of Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Manav Rachna International University, attended a webinar On ‘Cyber Security and Digital Forensics’, by IBM on February 21, 2017, at its MRIU Campus, Faridabad. The attendees gathered in a lecture theatre, where the lecture was streamed live.
The webinar informed the audience all about the data security, its needs and benefits, what data should be protected and what are threats against it. The session started with the speaker introducing the concept of data security and data protection. Data protection not only mean protecting the data but it implies that if by any chance data get accessed by any unauthorised entity it remains protected by the means of encryption techniques. Thereafter the need and importance of data security was explained: some data if not protected can have catastrophic effects on business productivity and the organisation infrastructure, data security is also important to ensure reputational advantages and the ongoing productivity.
The foremost thing an organisation can do is to classify the data that has to be protected: what is important to them, what data can be considered critical and sensitive, loosing which can lead to a loss of some kind. This leads to the next section that talk about the critical data for an organisation which may be the customer, product, employee and company information or the cost, the price of disruption etc. Then comes the process of data security that includes the design, the implementation and the monitoring of all the assets and data that an organisation holds.
In the later stage of the session, all the threats associated with the data, that can potentially cause any harm to the data were discussed which included the malware threats: different types of viruses, Trojan horses, network based threats: botnet, phishing, cryptographic attacks: weak key attack, birthday attack, database threats, banking frauds and more. All the benefits of data security that involves ensuring the CIA trade, cost effectiveness, no misuse of data were explained at last. The webinar concluded with questions that students had, which were all answered expertly by the speaker. All in all it was a very interactive and knowledgeable experience for the students who learned all about data security holistically. | https://manavrachna.edu.in/latest/webinar-cyber-security-digital-forensics/ |
it is impossible to initialize installation of a third-party app without user’s knowledge on a clean device.
These approaches greatly complicate malware writers’ lives: to infect a mobile device, they have to resort to ruses of social engineering. The victim is literally tricked into force-installing a Trojan. This is definitely not always possible, as users become more aware, and it is not that easy to trick them.
Invisible installation of a malware app onto a mobile device without a user’s knowledge is definitely a daydream of many a malware writer. To do that, it is necessary to find and exploit an Android system vulnerability. These vulnerabilities have been found: we are talking about CVE-2012-6636, CVE-2013-4710, and CVE-2014-1939.
These vulnerabilities allow to execute any code on a device by means of a custom-made HTML page with a JavaScript code. The vulnerabilities have been closed, starting with Android 4.1.2.
It would be great to say that everything is fine now, but, alas, that is not so. We should not forget about the third feature of the Android OS: a device manufacturer is responsible for creating and deploying updates for its specific device model.
Updating the Android operating system is decentralized: each company uses its own custom version of Android, compiled with its own compilers and supplied with its own optimization and drivers. Regardless of who has found a vulnerability and whether that person has informed the OS developer about it, releasing updates is a prerogative of each manufacturer. Only manufacturers are capable of helping the users.
Nevertheless, updates are released somewhat periodically but mostly for the leading models: not all of the manufacturers actively support all of their models.
A publically available detailed description of vulnerabilities for the Android OS provides malware writers with all of the required knowledge. Incidentally, a potential victim of the vulnerability exploits can remain such for a long period of time: let us call it “an endless 0-day”. The problem can be solved only by buying a new device.
This, in particular, coupled with publically available descriptions of the vulnerabilities and examples of the vulnerabilities being exploited, incited malware writers into developing an exploit and performing drive-by attacks onto mobile devices.
Web Site Infection
Drive-by attacks on computers of unsuspecting users give a large audience to threat actors (if they manage to post a malicious code on popular web sites) as well as invisibility (inasmuch as users do not suspect being infected). Owners of compromised web sites may not suspect being infected for a long time as well.
The method of code placement and other attack features allow one to distinguish web sites infected with the same “infection”. For quite long, we observed a typical infection within a group of minimum several dozens of Russian web sites of different types and attendances, including quite well-known and popular resources (for example, web sites with a daily turn-out of 25,000 and 115,000 users). Web-site infection from this group is characterized by the usage of the same intermediate domains, the similarity of the malicious code placed onto them, the method of code placement (in most cases, it is placed on the same domain as an individual JavaScript file), as well as speed and synchronicity of changes in the code on all of the infected web sites after the malicious code has been detected.
The attack method has been standard (even though it has gone through some changes), and it has been used at least since 2014. It has been standard also owing to its targeting Windows OS users. However, some time ago, after threat actors performed a regular modification of the code on infected web sites, we discovered a new script instead of a “common” one that uploads flash exploits. It checked for the “Android 4” setting in User-Agent and operated with tools uncommon for Windows. This anomaly urged us to study the functionality of the script meticulously and watch the infection more closely.
Thus, on the 22nd of January 2016, we discovered a JavaScript code that exploited an Android vulnerability. Only within 3 days, on the 25th of January 2016, we found a new modification of this script with more threatening features.
The only goal of the first script is to send an SMS message to a phone number of threat actors with the word “test”. For that, the malware writers took advantage of the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) client that exists on all of the devices. The script executes a command to check for the ADB version on a device using the Android Debug Bridge Daemon (ADBD). The result of the command execution is sent to the server of the threat actors.
The code for sending an SMS is commented. In fact, it cannot be executed. However, if it is uncommented, then devices with the Android version below 4.2.2 could execute the commands given by malware writers. For newer versions of Android, the ADBD local connection (in the Loopback mode) is forbidden on the device.
Sending an SMS to a regular number does not promise big losses for the victim, but nothing prevents the malware writers from replacing the test number with a premium-rate number.
The first malicious script modification should not cause any big problems for users, even if the threat actors would be able to send an SMS to a short code. Most mobile carriers have the Advice-of-Charge feature, which does not apply any charges for the first SMS to a premium-rate number: one more message with a specific text must be sent. This is impossible to do from within a JavaScript code for the specific case. This is why, most likely, a second modification of the script has appeared.
Script 2: SD-Card File
The second script, in effect, is a dropper. It drops a malicious file from itself onto an SD card.
By resorting to unsophisticated instructions, part of the script body is decrypted. First of all, separators are removed from the string:
Then, the string is recorded onto an SD card into the MNAS.APK file:
The string must be executed. As a result, the created app should be installed onto the system:
However, this code is yet still commented.
Let us review the script in more detail. The script has a check for a specific Android version (it has to be 4).
Obviously, the malware writers know which versions are vulnerable, and they are not trying to run the script on Android 5 or 6.
Just like with the first script, the second has an ADB check at the control center side:
In this case, the check will not affect anything; however, the ADB version is really essential, since not all of the versions support a local connection with ADBD.
We analyzed several modifications of the second script, which allowed us to track the flow of thought of the malware writers. Apparently, their main goal was to deliver the APK file to the victim.
The second script, in the state as we have discovered it, created and wrote a malicious file, which also needed to be executed, onto an SD card. Inasmuch as the dropper script does not contain a Trojan execution mechanism, the task has to be fulfilled by the user.
The APK file dropped from the script can be detected by Kaspersky Lab as Trojan-Spy.AndroidOS.SmsThief.ay. Since the beginning of 2016, we have managed to find four modifications of the Trojan.
Malware writers use the “example.training” name inside the Trojan code:
At the same time, the malicious file has enough privileges to carry out fully fledged attacks onto the wallet of the victim by sending SMS messages:
The first action that the malicious code does after its execution is requesting administrator rights for the device. After obtaining the rights, it will conceal itself on the application list, thus making it difficult to detect and remove it:
The Trojan will wait for incoming SMS messages. If they fall under given rules, for example, if the come from a number of one of the biggest Russian banks, then these messages will be forwarded at once to the malware writers as an SMS:
START: start forwarding SMS messages.
For the moment, the functionality of the Trojan is limited to intercepting and sending SMS messages.
Conclusion
The task of carrying out a mass attack on mobile users is solved by infecting a popular resource that harbors a malicious code that is capable of executing any threat actors’ command on an infected mobile device. In case of the attacks described in the article, the emphasis has been placed on devices of Russian users: these devices are old and not up-to-date (notably, Russian domains have been infected).
It is unlikely that the interest of the malware writers towards drive-by attacks on mobile devices will decrease, and they will keep finding methods of carrying out these attacks.
It can be inferred that it is obvious that the attention of malware writers towards publications of research laboratories regarding the topic of Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities will increase, and the attempts to implement attacks by using mobile exploits will persist.
It is also obvious that no matter how enticing publishing is for a 0-day vulnerability, it is worth to refrain from showing detailed exploit examples (Proof of concept). Publishing the mentioned examples most likely will lead to someone creating a fully functional version of a malicious code.
There is a good news for the owners of old devices: our Kaspersky Internet Security solution is capable of protecting your device by tracking changes on the SD card in real time and removing a malicious code as soon as it is written to the SD card. Therefore, our users are protected from the threats known to Kaspersky Lab, which are delivered by the drive-by download method. | https://securelist.com/results-of-poc-publishing/74724/ |
Petik. S is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.
Petik. S does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=42883 |
Mobile Security Patrols are simply security guards who can travel around an establishment to ensure security, irrespective of its location.
Businesses have a variety of security concerns, ranging from theft to vandalism. While many business owners may feel that having a security guard on site is enough, mobile security patrols can offer an added layer of protection against a security breach. By having security guards who are able to travel around the business, owners can rest assured that their establishment is as safe as possible.
What are mobile security guards?
Mobile patrols secure premises and personnel by assessing and monitoring equipment. Rapid alarming is critical if you want to achieve your goal. This requires that an officer is able to travel at a moment’s notice to investigate any potential threats.
A mobile patrol security officer is someone who drives or walks around a property or area, looking for signs of crime or disorder. They may work for a security company, or they may be employees of the organization that owns the property.
What is the difference between procedures for mobile and static mobile security patrols?
It is the most distinct from the static guard in that the static guard will remain at that place throughout the entire shift compared to a mobile patrol agent. They spend a short period of time at each site and then move on to their next site at a schedule throughout the shift. The mobile patrol has specific procedures to follow while they are on their route.
The most important difference is that the mobile patrol services can cover a much larger area in less time than it would take for a static guard to cover the same area. This is because the mobile patrol can move between sites quickly and easily, without having to worry about being in a specific place at a specific time.
Another difference is that mobile patrol security services can be used to respond to alarms and incidents quickly, whereas static guards may take some time to reach the scene of an incident. This is because a mobile patrol service can go directly to the scene of an alarm or incident, without having to wait for backup or assistance from other guards.
What are the types of security patrols?
Security patrols come in all shapes and sizes but can be generally classified into three main types: mobile, foot, and vehicle. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages. The main types of patrol include:
– Mobile Patrols service: These are security guards who patrol an area on foot or in a vehicle. They are typically used to cover large areas or multiple premises.
– Foot Patrols: These patrols are conducted on foot and are often used in high-traffic, high-risk areas, such as shopping malls or parking lots.
– Vehicle Mobile Patrols: These patrols are conducted in a vehicle, such as a car or truck. They are often used to cover large areas or multiple premises.
Alarm response services are another type of mobile security: This type of security patrol is used to respond to alarms that have been triggered. They are typically used in high-security areas.
Make sure the mobile patrol units are available to conduct patrols at regular intervals.
Make sure the patrol officers are properly trained and equipped.
Following these tips, you can help ensure that your mobile security patrol is an effective crime deterrent. Also using the latest technology such as body-worn cameras and modern mobile patrol software can help make your mobile security patrol an even more effective solution.
Make sure the company has experience in providing mobile security services.
Make sure the company can provide references from satisfied clients.
Make sure that the security company is accredited by a professional organization like the Security Industry Authority (sia licensed).
Make sure that the security company has a good reputation.
Security patrols are an important part of any security plan. However, it is important to understand the different types of patrols and what each can do for your business. Static patrols provide a visible deterrent and are best used in areas with low crime rates. Mobile patrols are more versatile and can be used in a variety of situations. They are better suited for high-crime areas or businesses that need more coverage than a static patrol can offer. No matter which type of patrol you choose, make sure you have a written procedure in place so everyone knows what is expected of them. Are security patrols effective? | https://lodgeservice.com/mobile-security-patrols-how-to-keep-your-business-safe/ |
Lazarus hackers have upgraded their malware Fallchill, enabling it to target MacOS systems.
The Fallchill malware was embedded in a cryptocurrency trading application.
The notorious North Korean hacker group Lazarus recently targeted a cryptocurrency exchange with Mac malware in a new campaign called AppleJeus. The group has switched back to using one of its older malware, called Fallchill, which appears to have been upgraded to target MacOS systems.
According to security researchers at Kaspersky Labs, who discovered the new Lazarus campaign, this is the first time that the hacker group has distributed a Mac malware. AppleJeus was first detected after an Asia-based cryptocurrency exchange was targeted by Lazarus.
AppleJeus campaign
Lazarus upgraded the Fallchill malware to steal cryptocurrencies from both Windows and Mac users. The malware was embedded into a legitimate-looking cryptocurrency trading application called Celas Trade Pro. The malware is capable of collecting a targeted computer’s system information and sending it to the C2 server.
The Mac malware is also capable of stealing the host name, OS type and version, OS kernel type and version, as well as the system architecture.
“Fallchill was not the only malware used in this attack. There was another backdoor that was used by the threat actor,” Kaspersky researchers said in a report. “Lazarus group has entered a new platform: macOS. We believe that in the future Lazarus is going to support all platforms that software developers are using as a base platform, because compromising developers opens many doors at once.”
It is still unclear whether Lazarus successfully compromised Celas LLC, the manufacturer of the cryptocurrency trading application. Lazarus has previously successfully targeted multiple supply-chain companies, indicating that a compromise may be likely.
“From all angles, the Celas LLC story looks like the threat actor has found an elaborate way to create a legitimate looking business and inject a malicious payload into a ‘legitimate looking’ software update mechanism,” Kaspersky researchers said. “Sounds logical: if one cannot compromise a supply chain, why not to make fake one?” | https://cyware.com/news/operation-applejeus-the-lazarus-group-hit-cryptocurrency-exchange-with-mac-malware-f7bb39d1/ |
According to the industry experts, the cybersecurity market is expected to grow to USD 231.94 Billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 11.0%.
The major forces driving the cybersecurity market are strict data protection directives and cyber terrorism. The cybersecurity market is growing rapidly because of the growing security needs of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trends, and increased deployment of web and cloud-based business applications.
Broadly, the cybersecurity market is segmented on the basis of various verticals. And the United States is the biggest market for cybersecurity services. This is due to technological advancements and early adoption of cybersecurity in the region.
However, initiating a cybersecurity business demands a high level of skill, knowledge, and dedication. In addition to that, you must have good communication skill. | https://www.nextwhatbusiness.com/cybersecurity-business-ideas-opportunities/ |
Fragments of meaning. Pure nonsense, pure wisdom.
Stumbling along I am mostly metaphor, interpreted differently by each new set of eyes, wandering the streets like a ghost, untouched, unseen.
Would that I could coat my skin with scales, impenetrable to the sharpest of words, encase my eyes, so that I may dive deeply into the fray, able to see past and future. Transmuted by alchemical fire, I am Immune to the burning of tears. Make of my skin a leathery battleground, because I am strong, but I am not tough.
Not tough like stony faces with cool eyed stares owning their burdens silently. | https://lusciousrevelation.wordpress.com/tag/vulnerability/ |
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This driver has been tested by both the independent software vendor (ISV) and Dell on the operating systems, graphics cards, and application supported by your device to ensure maximum compatibility and performance. Details | http://www.dell.com/support/home/vc/en/vcbsdt1/product-support/product/dell-data-protection-encryption/drivers |
8/11/2009 AMON file 42_0091.jpg a variant of Win32/Sality virus quarantined - deleted.
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Win32/Sality. AA also known as: W32/Sality (McAfee), Virus.Win32.Sality.aa (Kaspersky), W32.Sality. AE (Symantec), Virus:Win32/Sality.AM (MS OneCare), PE_SALITY.EM (Trend) Method of Distribution 1 : via File Infection : Win32/Sality. AA is a polymorphic virus that attempts to spread by file infection. It looks for Win32 PE executable files with .EXE or .SCR file extensions, and infects any such files found on the system by appending the virus body to the host file. Method of Distribution 1 : via Networks/Removable Drives : The virus also attempts to propagate by copying itself with a random filename to network drives, including all removable disk drives. Sality. AA also creates an "autorun.inf" file in these drives so that the virus executes when it is accessed.
Method of Infection : when executed, Win32/Sality. AA drops a malicious component file to : %System%\drivers\<random filename>.sys
This component is a device driver that acts as a 'rootkit' at kernel level; it allows the virus to hide itself in the compromised system by changing data structures in the kernel and hiding its malicious activity. This 'rootkit' method only functions on Windows NT-based operating systems, such as NT/2000/XP/2003.
Sality. AA also adds the following registry entry as a part of the device driver installation routine : HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\abp470n5
It adds the following text to the "system.ini" file located in the %Windows% directory : [MCIDRV_VER] - DEVICEMB=<random number>
Trojan spy program is designed to steal confidential financial information. It also has a backdoor function.
The Trojan scans all accessible network and Internet resources for links to banking and other financial information and resources, harbests this information and uploads it to an Internet site.
Banker.u has a backdoor function, which provides a malicious remote user with full access to the infected machine, and makes it possible to download files from the Internet and execute them.
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If one or more files on your computer have been classified as having a Suspicious. MH690 threat, this indicates that the files have suspicious characteristics and therefore might contain a new or unknown threat. However, given the sensitive nature of this detection technology, it may occasionally identify non-malicious, legitimate software programs that also share these behavioral characteristics. Suspicious. MH690 is a detection technology designed to detect entirely new malware threats without traditional signatures. This technology is aimed at detecting | http://www.kine-online.com/malware2009e.htm |
It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
It modifies system permissions in order to hide itself.
Lineage. HOC does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=188480 |
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