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Fonix Ransomware is like an avalanche that takes down everything that comes in its way. It encrypts basically all files with a few exceptions, including files with .reg, .msi, .sys, and a few other rare extensions. Once files are encrypted, their user/owner cannot access them anymore, and it should take no time at all to see which files were corrupted because the additional “.EMAIL=[[email protected]]ID=[*].Fonix” extension should be added to their names. It is possible to delete the extension and rename the file, but if you think that is what will help you restore the files, you are mistaken. To restore the files, you need to decrypt them, and that is easier said than done. It can only be done with a decryption key and a tool, and when we tested the removal of Fonix Ransomware, neither existed publicly.
According to our team, Fonix Ransomware encrypts files using Salsa20 and RSA 4098 encryption keys, and both can ensure that victims are unable to recover their files manually. That is exactly what the attackers behind this malware want because if there is no solution, the one they are prepared to offer might sound real. When files are encrypted, you should find Cpriv.key, Cpub.key, and SystemID files dropped on the Desktop. The most important file, however, is the “# How To Decrypt Files #.hta” file, copies of which should be dropped in every affected folder. When you open this file, you can find a message that was created by the attackers. It greets you with this statement: “ALL YOUR FILES HAS BEEN ENCRYPTED!” and then it proceeds to inform that you need to send bitcoins (cryptocurrency) to the attackers in exchange for a decryptor. The ransom note declares that you have 48 hours to pay before the sum increases.
You cannot pay the ransom requested by Fonix Ransomware immediately. First, you are instructed to email [email protected] or [email protected]. It is suggested that you can send “1 free small file” to the attackers so that they could decrypt it for free, but do not take this as a sign that all files would be decrypted. We cannot know what kind of a sum the attackers might request from you in return for a decryptor, but we can assure you that your chances of obtaining an actual decryptor are very slim. Fonix Ransomware was created to extort money, and anything beyond that is of no interest to the attackers. Most likely, you would be left empty-handed. In fact, the only thing you are likely to receive are more malicious emails, which is why we do not recommend giving your email address up by contacting the attackers. Did you know that the ransomware is usually spread with the help of misleading emails? Downloaders and RDP vulnerabilities can be used too. Keep this in mind for the future. Fonix Ransomware screenshot
Delete recently downloaded files. The goal is to delete the {random name}.exe launcher file.
Simultaneously tap Windows+E keys to open the File Explorer window.
Enter %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ into the quick access field.
Delete the ransom note file named # How To Decrypt Files #.hta.
Delete the value named PhoenixTechnology.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce and repeat step 9.
Empty Recycle Bin and then immediately run a full system scan. | https://spyware-techie.com/fonix-ransomware-removal-guide |
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We are looking to recruit a Senior Security Specialist; this specialist will be responsible for the full security spectrum with regard to technology within the business.
You will be responsible for implementing and maintaining a security policy, managing security risks, researching and being aware of new and old threats on the web (including cloud), Web3, and Blockchain stacks, ensuring user security and education are maintained throughout the HENI user sphere, performing security assessments, white hat attacks, mitigating risks, performing patches, advising on architecture risks, performing security due diligence of suppliers and interconnected businesses.
This is a stand-alone role within HENI and therefore, you will need to be a self-starter. It involves both policy writing and implementation. The initial task will involve a full assessment of HENI’s cyber and information security capability and produce recommendations on where we can improve.
Your background
We are looking for someone who has worked in a small to medium-sized business. Security is very different in a large-scale enterprise, and we want someone who can use their experience to assess threats specific to HENI.
You must have a background in cloud security, ideally AWS, as you will be working with our DevOps team to ensure our infrastructure is as secure as possible.
You need to have worked with a modern tech stack as well. Here at HENI, we take pride in utilising the latest tech to achieve our goals and you need to have experience in a similar environment.
MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Foundation in, and in-depth technical knowledge of, security engineering, computer and network security, authentication, security protocols and applied cryptography.
Self-motivated and results-oriented.
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Apple said security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates nation state-backed spyware, hacking and cyberattacks, discovered and reported the WebKit bug.
WebKit bugs are often exploited when a person visits a malicious domain in their browser (or via the in-app browser). It’s not uncommon for bad actors to find vulnerabilities that target WebKit as a way to break into the device’s operating system and the user’s private data. WebKit bugs can be “chained” to other vulnerabilities to break through multiple layers of a device’s defenses. | https://mov.adorsaz.ch/?node/news.movim.eu/Schneier/https---www.schneier.com-%3Fp%3D66378 |
Attackers were more inclined to launch DDoS attacks when the short-term benefits from cryptomining activities declined in 2018.
In 2018, DDoS attacks kept expanding in size as DDoS-as-a-Service experienced a fast growth.
Of all internet attack types, 25% of attackers were recidivists responsible for 40% of all attack events. The proportion of recidivists in DDoS attacks decreased in 2018, making up about 7% of DDoS attackers that launched 12% of attack events.
Cloud services/IDCs, gaming, and e-commerce were the top three industries targeted by attackers.
The total number of DDoS attacks in 2018 reached 148,000, down 28.4% from 2017, driven by effective protections against reflection attacks, which decreased considerably.
In 2018, the most frequently seen attacks were SYN flood, UDP flood, ACK flood, HTTP flood, and HTTPS flood attacks, which all together accounted for 96% of all DDoS attacks.
Of all DDoS attacks, 13% used a combination of multiple attack methods. The other 87% were single-vector attacks.
“The fluctuation of Bitcoin prices has a direct bearing on DDoS attack traffic,” said Richard Zhao, COO at NSFOCUS.
“This, along with other report findings, can help us better predict and prepare for DDoS attacks. Attackers are after profits and as we watch bitcoin fluctuate, we will continue to see this correlation pop up. DDoS attacks have never stopped since making their debut – analyzing trends in this report helps companies keep up with the fluid attack and threat landscape.” | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/04/15/correlation-ddos-attacks-cryptomining/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HelpNetSecurity+%28Help+Net+Security%29 |
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By knowing what to look for and shaping safe habits with your team, small business cybersecurity is both achievable and affordable.
Cybersecurity for small business is more crucial than ever, and there are steps you can take today to protect your data. | https://www.informationweek.com/whitepaper/cybersecurity/security/the-ultimate-guide-to-small-business-security/437073?gset=yes&cid=smartbox_techweb_whitepaper_14.500005090&_mc=smartbox_techweb_whitepaper_14.500005090 |
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<blockquote data-quote="Slyguy" data-source="post: 759809" data-attributes="member: 58943"><p>Seems legit, since Avira proper is a bloated mess with that junk launcher and embedded Mixpanel spying. Thor eliminates all of the rubbish, frames it in a great interface, and you are good to go. [/QUOTE] | https://malwaretips.com/threads/heimdal-renamed-new-rc-out.85282/reply?quote=759809 |
„Prevention of bullying and cyberbullying. What works? Under which circumstances and for whom?“ seminar will take place on 30th March at 16-18 in Tartu at Narva mnt 18-1022 (Delta building). It will be carried out by Ersilia Menesini who is Professor at University of Florence.
Ersilia Menesini is professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Florence (Italy) and director of the Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology. Former president of the European Association of Developmental Psychology, her research focuses on peer violence and aggressive behaviour in adolescence and childhood, specifically school bullying, peer rejection, dating aggression, cyberbullying and risk behaviours in virtual contexts. Within these areas, she has investigated the role of individual and contextual factors and how evidence based interventions can prevent and reduce the problem. Recent aims of her research are mainly related to bullying, cyberbullying and online risk behavior.
3) studies focusing on the effectiveness of an intervention in relation to the different target population.
You can register here until 14th March. | https://www.ut.ee/en/events/prevention-bullying-and-cyberbullying-what-works-under-which-circumstances-and-whom |
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook panel is seen during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
Data privacy has become an increasingly important issue, fueled by massive breaches that have compromised personal information of millions of U.S. internet and social media users, spurring Congressional hearings.
California, the most populous U.S. state, and the European Union have both adopted data protection rules.
David Redl, a senior U.S. Commerce Department official who oversees the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said in a speech on Friday to the Internet Governance Forum USA in Washington that the administration recently “began holding stakeholder meetings to identify common ground and formulate core, high-level principles on data privacy.”
White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said the administration, through the White House National Economic Council, “aims to craft a consumer privacy protection policy that is the appropriate balance between privacy and prosperity. ... We look forward to working with Congress on a legislative solution consistent with our overarching policy.”
Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, said earlier this year that the personal information of about 70 million U.S. users was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. U.S. lawmakers have also demanded answers from Facebook about the data it shared with four Chinese companies. Yahoo said in 2017 that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, while other large data breaches have been reported in recent years by Equifax Inc, Target Corp and Home Depot Inc.
Redl said a government survey showed that three-quarters of American households using the internet have “significant concerns” about privacy and security risks.
A person briefed on the matter confirmed that the more than 20 meetings held have included major internet companies like Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet Inc, along with internet providers like AT&T Inc and Comcast Corp and trade associations. The Washington Post reported details of the meetings on Friday.
Redl said the administration plans to publish “high-level principles” and seek public comment as it seeks to develop a nationwide data privacy plan.
Comcast, Facebook and Google declined comment. AT&T said it backs “federal legislation that establishes strong consumer privacy protections that apply to all companies operating on the internet.”
Jose Castaneda, spokesman for the Information Technology Industry Council, which represents major tech companies, praised the Commerce Department efforts. “The United States has an opportunity to create a new, best-in-class privacy paradigm for the digital economy as well as avoid the creation of a patchwork of laws that would impede innovation,” he said.
In May, European privacy regulations went into effect forcing companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data.
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the bloc’s patchwork of rules dating back to 1995 and heralds an era where breaking privacy laws can result in fines of up to 4 percent of global revenue or 20 million euros ($23.5 million), whichever is higher, as opposed to a few hundred thousand euros.
In June, California Governor Jerry Brown signed data privacy legislation aimed at giving consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal information, but the rules are not as stringent as the GDPR.
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Under the law, large companies, such as those with data on more than 50,000 people, would be required starting in 2020 to let consumers view the data they have collected on them, request deletion of data, and opt out of having the data sold to third parties.
Internet companies are bracing for the impact of tighter privacy rules. Facebook said Wednesday that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards and slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets.
In April 2017, Trump signed legislation repealing privacy rules approved during the Obama administration requiring internet service providers to do more to protect customers’ privacy than websites. | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet-privacy/trump-administration-working-on-consumer-data-privacy-policy-idUSKBN1KH2MK |
Cybersecurity company Varonis has issued its predictions for the forthcoming year with a blog post entitled 110 Cybersecurity Statics For 2020. The blog states that cybersecurity issues are becoming a day-to-day struggle for businesses. Recent trends and cybersecurity statistics reveal a huge increase in hacked and breached data from sources that are increasingly common in the workplace, like mobile and IoT devices.
"In order to give you a better idea of the current state of overall security, we’ve compiled the 110 must-know cybersecurity statistics for 2020. Hopefully, this will help you paint a picture of how potentially dire leaving your company insecure can be as well as show the prevalence and need for cybersecurity in business. This includes data breaches, hacking stats, different types of cybercrime, industry-specific stats, spending, costs and the cybersecurity career field," Varonis states.
It continues: "The increasing amount of large-scale, well-publicized breaches suggests that not only are the number of security breaches going up — they’re increasing in severity, as well. Data breaches expose sensitive information that often leaves exposed users at risk for identity theft, ruin companies’ reputations and almost always leave the company liable for compliance violations.
"See the data breach statistics below to help quantify the effects, motivations and causes of these damaging attacks."
Security breaches have increased by 11% since 2018 and 67% since 2014. (Accenture)
Hackers attack every 39 seconds, on average 2,244 times a day. (University of Maryland)
The average time to identify a breach in 2019 was 206 days. (IBM)
The average lifecycle of a breach was 314 days (from the breach to containment). (IBM) 500 million consumers, dating back to 2014, had their information compromised in the Marriott-Starwood data breach made public in 2018. (Marriott) 64% of Americans have never checked to see if they were affected by a data breach. (Varonis) 56% of Americans don’t know what steps to take in the event of a data breach. (Varonis)
The average cost of a data breach is $3.92 million as of 2019. (Security Intelligence) 83% of enterprise workloads will move to the cloud by the year 2020. (Forbes)
In 2016, 3 billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in one of the biggest breaches of all time. (NY Times)
In 2016, Uber reported that hackers stole the information of over 57 million riders and drivers. (Uber)
Uber tried to pay off hackers to delete the stolen data of 57 million users and keep the breach quiet. (Bloomberg)
In 2017, 412 million user accounts were stolen from Friendfinder’s sites. (Wall Street Journal)
In 2017, 147.9 million consumers were affected by the Equifax Breach. (Equifax)
The Equifax breach cost the company over $4 billion in total. (Time Magazine)
In 2018, Under Armor reported that its “My Fitness Pal” was hacked, affecting 150 million users. (Under Armour) 18 Russians, 19 Chinese individuals, 11 Iranians and one North Korean were involved in indictments for their alleged state-sponsored espionage against the United States. (Symantec)
The full report can be seen here at https://www.varonis.com/blog/cybersecurity-statistics/ | https://www.excyb.com/story/varonis-blog-highlights-110-cybersecurity-statistics |
Computers struggle to create randomness, but a new approach may finally enable them to generate a truly random number.
Such numbers are a vital ingredient for cryptographic algorithms and scientific simulations, but computers, which are built for churning through tasks with guaranteed repeatability, can’t be easily made unpredictable. The apparent randomness that they can create, known as pseudorandomness, is enough for some applications, but telltale patterns within the output make this inadequate in some cases. | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303984-overloaded-memory-chips-generate-truly-random-numbers-for-encryption/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home |
The alliance with Ridge Global, which includes experts such as Howard A. Schmidt, former cybersecurity advisor to President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush, will offer corporations "end-to-end expertise" across industry sectors and geographies, said Michael Law, U.S. CEO of Burson-Marsteller.
"Cyber security planning and preparedness is absolutely crucial to 21st century business – a hack or penetration can affect virtually any business," he added. "The time to start planning is now."
Ridge Global President Chris Furlow said the partnership's objective is to provide C-suite level executives with a comprehensive understanding of cyber security risks by going through desktop and full-scale training exercises. Cyber issues should no longer be thought of as just a challenges to be delegated to IT security teams, he said.
Part one of the process is to assess vulnerabilities and uncover security gaps, so the group will use tactics such as interviewing executives to ask questions about what they think their risks are and how they use information in the company. The alliance will also figure out how information flows throughout the organization and then provide technological solutions, said Sarah Tyre, managing director and chair of Burson's cyber security specialty group.
The second element is focused on teaching executives and their employees how to identify a threat and how to act when one occurs. Ms. Tyre said the alliance will put senior management teams "through the paces of a fictitious scenario," such as a system takeover, data breach, or disruption of operations, which will help further enhance plans and protocols.
Mr. Law said the exercises are critical for senior leaders because all company stakeholders can be affected by cyber threats. Businesses need to anticipate their communications needs around these scenarios and how to implement them, he said.
Burson, which is well-known for helping companies communicate after crises happen, such as Blue Bell's recent listeria recall and Germanwings' Airbus A320 flight crash in March, will focus on both cyber threat prevention and response in order to address "both sides of the coin," said Ms. Tyre.
The training sessions will teach executives how to coordinate messaging and engage law enforcement, media, employees, shareholders, and other constituents, said Mr. Furlow. "If business leaders don't engage cyber security action and oversight, they put their entire business at risk," he said.
Mr. Furlow added that since every cyber-attack cannot realistically be stopped, businesses need to learn how to be cyber resilient and prepared.
Burson and Ridge Global are currently working collaboratively with clients in the energy and healthcare sectors, but they declined to disclose company names. | https://adage.com/article/agency-news/burson-ridge-global-educate-brand-leaders-cyber-risks/301563 |
A recent survey found consumers are happy with the banks’ digital security measures, although younger respondents believe financial institutions should do more. The poll by industry news site PYMNTS and security software developer Entersekt found that 83% of respondents were confident in their banks’ security measures, although majorities of Gen X (52%), Gen Z (57%), bridge millennial [ages 30 to 40](64%), and millennial (63%) consumers want their banks to implement additional security measures. For baby boomers and seniors, the share was significantly lower, at 33%.
The survey also found smartphones were the top choice for online financial transactions, with 71% of respondents saying they had used their phone more frequently than any other device when they digitally sent or received money from family and friends over the past month. Sixty-one percent of respondents used their smartphones to access their bank accounts and 52% used them to make the bill, rent or loan payments. | https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2023/01/younger-consumers-seek-more-digital-security-measures-from-banks/ |
An Arab spring has started to emerge in Vietnam,” said Pham Chi Dung, a former member of the ruling Communist Party, following the largest and most widespread protests in years.
Over the weekend of June 9-10, tens of thousands of Vietnamese took to the streets across the country to protest two bills on cyber security and the creation of new special economic zones, or SEZs. The protest began with the participation of around 50,000 workers from the Pouchen footwear factory in Tan Tao industrial zone in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in the Southeast Asian nation.
Thousands of people gathered in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Nha Trang and other cities, chanting and carrying banners that read “Say no to bill on SEZs,” “No land lease to China even for one day,” and “Cyber security law means silencing people.”
The protests showed how widespread the dissatisfaction is with systemic corruption, serious large-scale environmental pollution, deep social inequality, and the government’s weak response to China’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the resource-rich sea.
In an article for the unregistered Independent Journalist Association of Vietnam, Dung said the protests mark “the first time since 1975 [when the communists took over South Vietnam] that an action directly challenged the ruling government had been taken.”
The demonstrations took place the week after the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, publicized its plan to discuss and approve the two bills on June 12-15, as part of its month-long session, which started on May 20.
The call urging people to rally circulated on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Over 60 million Vietnamese people are online, and Facebook — with more than 40 millions users in Vietnam — is the most popular social network in the country.
Vietnam’s security forces responded aggressively to the call for peaceful demonstrations. Authorities sent plainclothes agents and militia to private residences of local activists to prevent them from participating in the protests. Many activists said they had to leave their houses before the weekend and go into hiding to avoid being locked in by security forces.
On June 10, large numbers of police, militia and thugs were deployed to suppress the demonstrations, detaining hundreds of protesters and beating others. While police successfully suppressed small protests in Hanoi by noon, the rallies in Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, went until the early hours of Monday. Police in Ho Chi Min City deployed Long Range Acoustic Devices purchased from the United States to equip patrol ships of the Vietnam Coast Guard, which generates intense sound that can cause extreme physical pain and permanently damage hearing.
In Phan Thiet and Phan Ri, in the central province of Binh Thuan, police used tear gas and water cannons on local residents. After one protester was knocked unconscious by police, protesters attacked the police’s special units with stones and bricks, and occupied government buildings. Police surrendered and took off their equipment and went home. However, the government was able to take full control there by the morning of June 12.
The police detained over 500 protesters, according to state media and leaked information from police. Protesters were interrogated for hours. During their time in detention they were beaten and their cell phones and other belongings were confiscated. Police released many detainees but still keep dozens of others, threatening to prosecute them on allegations of violating national security rules and “causing public disorders.”
According to legal experts, the bill on cyber security will give sweeping new powers to the Vietnamese authorities, allowing them to force technology companies to hand over vast amounts of data, including personal information, and to censor internet users’ posts. According to activists, the law aims to silence government critics and could lead to internet users being criminally charged for exercising their basic right to freedom of expression. As a result, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have called on Hanoi to not approve the bill. The United States and Canada, however, have merely urged Vietnam to postpone the vote on the bill to ensure it aligns with international standards.
Meanwhile, with the law on special economic zones, Vietnam’s communist government wants to establish three zones — namely Van Don, Phu Quoc and Bac Van Phong — in strategic locations where foreign investors may be allowed to rent land for 99 years. Activists suspect that the bill is the first step to allow Chinese investors to acquire land and bring untrained Chinese workers to these locations.
Many senior economists, including veteran chief economist Pham Chi Lan, say that Vietnam — which has already signed a number of free trade agreements with the European Union, the United States and other countries — has no need to set up more special economic zones to attract foreign investment.
In addition to national security issues — with the potential investment from China — these special economic zones will allow companies in these locations to pay lower or no tariffs for years, according to entrepreneur Le Hoai Anh.
In an interview with Free Asia radio, veteran novelist and former communist soldier Nguyen Ngoc said “I decided to join the protest [because] the SEZ law will severely impact national security, and the cyber security law will kill off people’s right to freedom of expression, freedom to speak out. This will lead to a nation that is lacking in creativity. Everything will be pushed back to the past, while we need to advance towards the future.”
In response to the public pressure, Vietnam’s communist-controlled parliament and government said they would postpone the discussion and approval of the bill on special economic zones to the next session of the parliament scheduled in October. The cyber security was approved on June 12, and the law will become effective on January 1, 2019. Despite government repression, protests against the approval of the law and parliament’s plan to resume working on the bill on special economic zones in October are expected to continue.
A central concern with the bill on establishing new special economic zones, is how it will affect the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea. Vietnam and China have a long history of disputes. China has sent their armies to attack Vietnam 22 times over the last thousand years, according to historian Dao Tien Thi. In 1979, China sent around 60,000 soldiers to invade the six northernmost provinces of Vietnam, killing tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians and destroying the entire infrastructure there.
In 1988, China also invaded several islands and reefs, known as the Spratly Islands, controlled by Vietnam. In recent years, China has turned these reefs and islands into artificial structures and deployed modern missiles and other military equipment there in a bid to turn the East Sea into its own lake.
The ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, in order to maintain its power in the country, treats China as its closest political ally. The communist government in Hanoi has verbally protested China’s violations instead of taking stronger actions, such as bringing the case to international tribunal court, as the Philippines has done.
Hanoi has systematically suppressed anti-China protests and persecuted anti-Sino activists. Many of them have been convicted and sentenced to lengthy sentences in trumped up politically motivated cases.
However, suppression may only increase the number of people in disagreement with the government. As more and more ordinary people become interested in politics, Vietnam’s government needs to carry out drastic political reforms to allow free elections, and must respect human rights as it works to address social dissatisfaction. The government should use dialogue, while local civil society organizations could mediate between protesters and the government. If the leaders insist on running the country with a one-party regime and continue to rely on violence, the grievances of the people will not be resolved and the nation may fall into internal struggle.
“The administration needs to care for what its people care for,” said Nguyen Si Dung, a former deputy head of the National Assembly office.
Tony, I am Vietnamese-American as well and I totally agree with you.
90 mil. Vietnamese needs to stand up overthrow the communist gov. They are not Vietnamese leaders, they ‘re just a bunch of China’s slave.
1- No special economic zones, which pave the way for China’s economic and political invasion.
2- No cyber security laws, which tightens control and suppresses political dissidents on social media.
3- Immediate stop of land grab and inhuman eviction of homeowners and peasants from their homes and land.
4. 4. Living wages and better treatment for workers. | https://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/vietnam-protests-economic-zones-cyber-security/ |
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Ladders Rank is a grading system that calculates the optimal cities for this job title. The formula is based on annual compensation, amount of open jobs, and the Adjusted Cost of Living Index (ACLI). | https://www.theladders.com/careers/Johnstown_Altoona/Network-Security-Engineer/ |
The White House’s cybersecurity team is in a state of turmoil.
In an internal memo obtained by Axios, senior White House cybersecurity director Dimitrios Vastakis detailed his frustration with how the Trump administration has managed a mission established to protect the White House from digital security threats — and then submitted his resignation.
To date, at least a dozen OCISO officials have either resigned from or been pushed out, and all that chaos has Vastakis concerned about the future security of White House data.
“Unfortunately, given all of the changes I’ve seen in the past three months,” he wrote, “I foresee the White House is posturing itself to be electronically compromised once again.”
And Vastakis isn’t going to be around to watch it happen. | https://aentrena.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/white-house-cybersecurity-director/ |
ALTHOUGH it predates the creation of the internet by the best part of 1,000 years, Tonbridge Castle’s mediaeval approach to defence provides a useful lesson for companies and individuals under attack from hackers today.
Tonbridge Castle, next to the River Medway, is recognised as one of England’s finest examples of a Motte and Bailey Castle. The substantial stone-built walls are an obvious deterrent to attackers, but the knights did not rest on their laurels and stop there, and nor should a modern-day business person be complacent once they have their favourite password in place.
The trick to good defence, either from Norman marauders or contemporary cyber criminals, is layered. Consider for a moment the features of Tonbridge Castle which contribute to its security:
– Murder holes; if the attackers get past the gate, they need to pass through a narrow passageway where they run the gauntlet of trying to avoid boiling oil raining down on them.
Of course the soldiers themselves would be kitted out with chainmail and armour and armed to the teeth with weapons.
Just as Mediaeval castles have layers of protection, your computers also need more than one defence against today’s cyber criminals.
– Ensuring your computers are kept up-to-date and maintained.
The threat landscape is continuously evolving and no-one is immune. According to a recent survey of business leaders by Opinium, 63% of small businesses (with 1-49 members of staff) reported being a victim of cyber crime in 2018 and 32% of micro businesses (with fewer than 10 employees) were affected. The impact can be devastating, both in terms of data loss and financially.
It’s time to take a leaf out of the Tonbridge Castle’s architects’ book and build up your business’ protection. Talk to Computer Troubleshooters today to arrange a security review and learn how you too can be the gatekeeper of a fortress!
At Computer Troubleshooters, we implement measures to protect our business customers from hackers, detecting malware before it hits your systems and educating your users to raise their guard. We’re happy to review your company’s IT setup and security arrangements – give us a call. | https://mysevenoakscommunity.com/what-can-tonbridge-castle-teach-us-about-cyber-security/ |
Danny Wong - Managing Consultant, Business Risk Practice was the risk advisor on a major IT and business transformation project for a large FTSE 100 multinational company. To meet changing business needs the company sought to transform its mission critical legacy mainframe system - something that had been core to its business for over 60 years - to a modern, flexible platform with significantly more functionality and potential for future development.
The business was excited about the opportunity of the new capabilities, but there was a real worry around the project considering the scale and criticality of the system and the various issues surrounding resilience, IP protection, complex integration challenges, the prospects of critical dependence to an external vendor, not to mention the nine figure price tag (in $) for the project were of immediate concern. Fortunately, the experienced CEO and Board were highly risk aware and demanded that the biggest risks were properly addressed.
A creative approach to risk management was instrumental as Danny advised the project from a risk management perspective.
"My approach has always been one of creative problem solving – challenging real risks with ideas that are useable and practical. The ‘magic’ that will provide a working solution to a seemingly unsolvable problem doesn’t come from a process – it evolves from the first spark of an idea during brainstorming sessions comprising diverse skills and grown into something truly innovative."
The ‘Temp to Perm’ concept – The project team was eager to start the contractual negotiations with the external vendor but Danny felt risk mitigation strategies should be agreed before engaging with the vendor. We were worried the vendor could not deliver and despite contractual terms there would be no practical exit strategy once the system went live. Instead, he requested an emergency risk meeting to discuss how they should engage with the vendor. The brainstorming resulted in an idea borne from recruitment – the ‘temp to perm’ concept. The practice to reduce employment risks by offering temporary contracts to test potential employees before offering permanent roles. The idea evolved into a nine month contract to produce a proof of concept before a long term contract was awarded. This gave the project more time to assess the capability of the vendor, motivated them to have a good start without delaying the key milestones of the project.
The Apple model - the initial plan for implementing the new system was to launch in three phases in order to reduce risk. Danny liked the idea of reducing risk but asked, “Why three? Why not 100?” He then suggested adopting a flexible platform offering basic functionality in the first phase, but then improving on this with numerous subsequent phases to help de-risk the entire project. He used the Apple IPhone model to illustrate this proven approach: Apple launched the IPhone with the core functionality and has created a platform to introduce a growing number of ‘apps’. In addition to reducing risk, this approach enables customised solutions and greater flexibility to change the sequence when ‘apps’ or capabilities are released e.g. to respond to new features introduced by competitors or to meet changing business needs.
The company recognised the benefit of having professional project risk management expertise beyond a traditional risk register approach and so this large-scale project is currently ongoing, utilising the solutions that Danny recommended.
Barnett Waddingham offer significant improvements on traditional risk reporting
Even though the team behind the implementation of this major project were fully committed to the benefits of risk management, they still only employed simple, non-quantitative techniques. Although this approach did help reduce risk as illustrated above, it provided limited forward looking management information. The quote from Trevor Llanwarne in relation to the public sector typifies the challenges of many business leaders.
"The main reported concern expressed by public sector non-executives on managing board level risks is “Why do so many major issues seem to blow up in a big way and we have had no warning; if we did have warning, we may have been able to help out to mitigate or prevent."
Trevor Llanwarne Former UK Government Actuary
Barnett Waddingham can significantly improve on traditional risk reporting approaches by highlighting potential issues before they occur and providing predictive management information. This can be achieved by combining the proactive risk management approach described in the previous section with quantitative analysis on the key risks associated with a project to provide risk adjusted forecasts of the project milestones, expected final completion timelines and budgets.
Barnett Waddingham could develop a financial model that provides a bottom up risk-adjusted forecast for the project. Our actuaries will work with the team to understand scenarios, decipher credible data sources and develop a model that better predicts the completion of the project. This model can be adjusted or sense-checked by qualitative judgements to derive a forecast that project teams fully support.
We will clearly communicate the methodology and assumptions behind the model but more importantly, can facilitate the discussion around business implications and potential actions to reduce last minute surprises.
Barnett Waddingham adopt a proportionate approach to providing quantitative risk analysis on the timescales and budgets for project milestones, which in turn provides new, useful, forward looking information for the project teams and steering boards that help to inform difficult decisions earlier. | https://www.barnett-waddingham.co.uk/comment-insight/case-studies/innovative-risk-management-ftse100-company-undergo/ |
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs sets outcome measures to make sure the Environment Agency (EA) and other risk management authorities achieve the aims of government flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) policy.
EA use outcome measures to inform decisions about where to invest FCERM grant in aid. | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-outcome-measures |
The Metasploit Project is a computer security framework that provides information on vulnerabilities in penetration testing and IDS signature development.
It is a platform that is purely about penetration testing and allows you to find, exploit and validate vulnerabilities.
The platform includes the Metasploit Framework and its paid version, which is Metasploit Pro. | https://en.iguru.gr/2020/06/13/metasploit-penetration-testing-platforma/?shared=email&msg=fail |
The largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the US, the Colonial Pipeline, reportedly said on May 12 it initiated the restart of operations after having to shut down following a cyberattack last week which caused gas price hikes as motorists feared fuel shortages.
The Colonial Pipeline said it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal and pledged to move as much gasoline, diesel and jet fuel as is safely possible.
“Following this restart it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal,” the Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co said in a statement. “Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period. Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal,” the company added.
Colonial Pipeline had to shut it down on May 8 following a cyberattack which later the FBI confirmed that the Darkside ransomware was responsible for the compromise of the Colonial Pipeline networks. “We continue to work with the company and our government partners on the investigation,” the FBI said in a statement. | https://todaynewspost.com/news/world/europe-news/colonial-pipeline-restarts-operations-after-ransomware-cyber-attack/ |
A data breach can be defined as a security violation in which sensitive, protected, or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, or used by an individual unauthorised to do so.
The compromisation of data can have adverse effects for both the party that has had their data breached but also the people or organisations who have had their data stolen/exposed.
Breaches will happen due to weakness in either the technology or user behaviour. Data breaches are not always from the outside of an organisation; it can come from inside.
An accidental data breach can occur when an unauthorised person views sensitive data. Even if the data is not shared, it would still be considered a breach of data because a person saw it with no authority to do so, and this could have many repercussions.
A malicious insider data breach is when sensitive data is purposely accessed by an unauthorised individual and shared/exposed with intent to cause harm to the company/organisation.
Another form of a data breach is when an unencrypted and unlocked device containing sensitive data is lost/stolen.
Companies and organisations need to take the necessary steps to protect the data they hold. Protecting data of customers/clients is crucial for building trust between the company/ organisation and the customer/client. There are several practices to consider when looking to protect a company’s data from breach;
Patching & updating software to help ensure any known vulnerabilities are repaired and secured.
High-grade encryption on all devices to protect the sensitive data it contains should it be stolen or lost.
Ensure all devices connected to the network/servers have adequate antivirus protection and business-grade VPN, including any “bring your own devices” employees have been allowed to use in any way to access company data.
Use strong credentials and multi-factor authentication to protect data from being accessed by password guessing.
Educating employees on the importance of data protection and potential vulnerabilities. Increasing awareness will help reduce the possibility of mistakes that can lead to data breaches. Also giving them the tools to recognise possible malicious behaviour in others.
Using intruder detection on any systems that are accessible to the internet such a servers and email systems, to protect the data contained within them.
Backing up to the cloud will eliminate the risk of sensitive data being stolen from backup drives and data backup tapes.
Systems should be very regularly scanned and checked for vulnerabilities. Security can only be as strong as the weakest point in the system. So a regular risk assessment will minimise the risks of data breaches.
Implement automated safeguards such as password checking and assess firewall configuration. Automated safeguards will aim to reduce human error, which accounts for most cases of data breaches.
By following these practices, organisations and individuals can significantly reduce the chance of a data breach and in turn protect your company and personal data. | https://www.aranasecurity.com/2020/08/18/what-is-a-data-breach-and-how-to-prevent-it/ |
Microsoft Corp. last week confirmed that a bug in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and the release candidates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 could be used to hijack PCs.
The vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) 2 network file- and print-sharing protocol that ships with those versions of the Windows operating system was first disclosed late last Monday, when a researcher posted exploit code.
The next day, Microsoft issued a security advisory confirming the bug and the fact that it could be used to "take complete control of an affected system."
Microsoft did note that the release to manufacturing, or RTM, editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not affected, along with earlier versions of the operating system, including Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003.
However, the vulnerable release candidates have been widely distributed, with millions of users downloading Windows 7 RC when it was publicly available from early May through mid-August.
Microsoft recommended that users either disable SMB 2 by editing the Windows Registry -- a task too daunting for most consumers -- or block TCP Ports 139 and 445 at the firewall until a patch is available. However, the company acknowledged that blocking those ports would cripple several services and applications.
The Windows bug was disclosed the same day Microsoft delivered five critical updates that patched eight vulnerabilities in Windows, including one in the JavaScript engine that ships with every supported version of the operating system.
As expected, a patch for the recently revealed vulnerability in its Internet Information Services Web server wasn't ready in time for the monthly update.
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Use of any information from this website is permitted only with hypertext link to www.keylogger.org | http://www.keylogger.org/news-world/windows-bug-enables-pc-hijacking-microsoft-warns-6405.html |
The reason that you might feel compelled to take this step is that a party which is able to see your traffic into and out of Tor could still identify you. The thinking is that the parties who wish to interfere with your privacy could be compelled to run Tor bridges, relays and exit nodes. If traffic from your IP address could be matched to requests coming from the Tor exit node then you could, effectively, be identified.
Some people hold that using a VPN to access Tor does not improve your anonymousness. I am not among them. In particular, you will find that IPVanish offers VPN service for under $7 per month and is popular among users of the Tor network. Which means that in addition to the fact that IPVanish is not logging your traffic, there’s an excellent chance that other users are going from IPVanish into Tor, helping to reduce the uniqueness of your traffic.
By the way, I’d suggest poking around the web a little bit. While their prices are already great you can find some even deeper discounts: https://signup.ipvanish.com/?aff=vpnfan-promo
IPVanish’s site offers instructions for installing the VPN in Ubuntu so we’re going to take a look at using IPVanish in Kali — including an interesting and unanticipated snag (and, of course, how to fix it).
Verified at IPVanish’s site: https://www.ipvanish.com/checkIP.php
And this is where I had anticipated the installation instructions would end.
I just wanted to check a few more things. And I would love to tell you that it was simply my thoroughness and unbridled CLI-fu that led to discover that I was still making ipv6 connections outside of the VPN. Seems that it wasn’t noticed by the test at IPVanish because they deal only in ipv4. I was able to prove my ipv6 address and geolocation by using: http://whatismyipaddress.com/
Further, we can establish that the test at IPVanish is not ipv6-compatible with a quick test.
The easy fix here is to disable ipv6 locally. It is plausible that this could cause unintended consequences and, to be thorough, it would be best to handle your VPN at the firewall. Having support for OpenVPN, you’ll be able to get this running with a huge variety of routing/firewall solutions. You can grab any number of tiny computers and build a professional-quality firewall solution with something like pfSense. Maybe we’ll take a look at getting that configured in a future post.
But, for now, let’s shut down ipv6 in a way that doesn’t involve any grandiose hand-waving magic (i.e., unexplained commands which probably should work) and then test to get confidence in our results.
Let’s use sysctl to find our ipv6 kernel bits and turn them off. Then we’ll load our configuration changes. As a safety, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look in /etc/sysctl.conf to verify that there aren’t any ipv6 configs in there.
Recently I decided that I wanted my blog to be available inside of the Deep, Dark Onion (Tor).
First time around, I set up a proxy that I modified to access only the clear web version of the blog and to avail that inside Tor as a ‘hidden service’.
My blog is hosted on equipment provided by the kind folk at insomnia247.nl and I found that, within a week or so, the address of my proxy was blocked. It’s safe for us to assume that it was simply because of the outrageous popularity it received inside Tor.
By “safe for us to assume” I mean that it is highly probable that no significant harm would come from making that assumption. It would not be a correct assumption, though.
What’s more true is that within Tor things are pretty durn anonymous. Your logs will show Tor traffic coming from 127.0.0.1 only. This is a great situation for parties that would like to scan sites repeatedly looking for vulnerabilities — because you can’t block them. They can scan your site over and over and over. And the more features you have (e.g., comments, searches, any form of user input), the more attack vectors are plausible.
So why not scan endlessly? They do. Every minute of every hour.
Since insomnia247 is a provider of free shells, it is incredibly reasonable that they don’t want to take the hit for that volume of traffic. They’re providing this service to untold numbers of other users, blogs and projects.
For that reason, I decided to set up a dedicated mirror.
Works like this: my blog lives here. I have a machine at home which uses rsync to make a local copy of this blog. Immediately thereafter it rsyncs any newly gotten data up to the mirror in onionland.
After consideration, I realized that this was also a better choice just in case there is something exploitable in my blog. Instead of even risking the possibility that an attacker could get access to insomnia247, they can only get to my completely disposable VPS which has hardly anything on it except this blog and a few scripts to which I’ve already opened the source code.
I’ve not finished combing through but I’ve taken efforts to ensure it doesn’t link back to clear web. To be clear, there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. Tor users will only appear as the IP address of their exit node and should still remain anonymous. To me, it’s just onion etiquette. You let the end-user decide when they want to step outside.
To that end, the Tor mirror does not have the buttons to share to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus.
That being said, if you’re a lurker of those Internet back-alleys then you can find the mirror at: http://aacnshdurq6ihmcs.onion
While the overall telos of this blog is to, generally speaking, convey code snippets and inspire the personal projects of others, today we’re going to do something a smidgeon different.
This will be a layman’s look at varied dimensions of information security from a comfortable distance. Over the years, I’ve secured servers, operating systems, medical data, networks, communications and I’ve unsecured many of these same things. The topics are too sprawling to be covered in a quick summary — but let’s find a point of entry.
Those of us who are passionate about information security are well aware of how daunting is the situation. For newcomers, it sometimes seems rather impossible. Pick any subject and there are probably well-informed and convincing experts in diametric equidistance from any “happy medium”.
Let’s imagine that (like most of us) you don’t have anything spectacular to protect. However, you dislike the idea of our ever-dissolving privacy. Therefore you want to encrypt communications. Maybe you begin to use Signal. However, there are criticisms that there is a “backdoor” (there is not). Further, there are accusations that open source projects are coded by those who can’t get real jobs. Conversely, open source projects are widely open for peer review. If it worries one enough they are free to review code themselves.
PGP can encrypt content but concerns surround algorithmic selections. Some are worried about metadata crumbs. Of course, there’s nothing preventing the frequent switching of keys and email addresses. You could use BitMessage, any number of chat solutions or drop at paste bins.
Let’s leave those concerns aside for when you’ve figured out what you’re intending to protect. These arguments surround any subject in information security and we’re not going to investigate them on a case by case basis. Least, not in this post.
At the coarsest granularity, the question is analogous to the practicality of locking your doors or sealing your post envelopes. Should I take measures toward privacy?
My opinion is rather predictable: of course you should!
There’s a very pragmatic explanation. If there ever comes a day when you should like to communicate privately, that’s a terrible time to start learning.
Take the easy road and start using some of the myriad tools and services available.
Should you decide to take InfoSec seriously, you’ll need to define a threat model.
That is: What am I protecting? From whom am I protecting? (e.g. what are probable attack vectors?)
That’s where you need to make choices about trusting products, protocols, methods, algorithms, companies, servers, et cet. Those are all exciting subjects to explore but all too often brushing up against them can be exasperating and cause premature burn-out.
That in mind, let’s employ the philosophy that any effort toward security is better than none and take a look at a few points where one might get wetted-toes.
If you have questions or want specific advice, there are several ways below to initiate a secure conversation with me.
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of work from a laptop running Kali. Engaged in pursuit of a new job, I’m brushing up on some old tools and skills, exploring some bits that have changed.
My primary desktop rig is currently running Arch because I love the fine grain control and the aggressive releases. Over the years, I’ve Gentoo’d and Slacked, Crunchbanged, BSD’d, Solarised, et cet. And I’ve a fondness for all of them, especially the security-minded focus of OpenBSD. But, these days we’re usually on Arch or Kali. Initially, I went with Black Arch on the laptop but I felt the things and ways I was fixing things were too specific to my situation to be good material for posts.
Anyway, I wanted to get Bitmessage running, corresponding to another post I have in drafts. On Kali, it wasn’t going well so I put it on the Arch box and just ran it over the network. A reasonable solution if you’re in my house but also the sort of solution that will keep a hacker up at night.
If you’re lucky, there’s someone maintaining a package for the piece of software that you want to run. However, that’s often not the case.
If I correctly recall, to “fix” the problem with Bitmessage on Kali would’ve required the manual installation an older version of libraries that were already present. Those libraries should, in fact, be all ebony and ivory, living together in harmony. However, I just didn’t love the idea of that solution. I wanted to find an approach that would be useful on a broader scale.
Enter containerization/virtualization!
Wanting the lightest solution, I quickly went to Docker and realized something. I have not before built a Docker container for a GUI application. And Bitmessage’s CLI/daemon mode doesn’t provide the fluid UX that I wanted. Well, the easy way to get a GUI out of a Docker container is to forward DISPLAY as an evironment variable (i.e., docker run -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY). Splendid!
Except that it doesn’t work on current Kali which is using QT4. There’s a when graphical apps are run as root and though it is fixed in QT5, we are using current Kali. And that means we are, by default, uid 0 and QT4.
I saw a bunch of workarounds that seemed to have spotty (at best) rates of success including seting QT’s graphics system to Native and giving Xorg over to root. They, mostly, seemed to be cargo cult solutions.
What made the most sense to my (generally questionable) mind was to use X forwarding. Since I had already been running Bitmessage over X forwarding from my Arch box, I knew it should work just the same.
To be completely truthful, the first pass I took at this was with Vagrant mostly because it’s SO easy. Bring up your Vagrant Box and then:
Having proof of concept, I wanted a Docker container. The reason for this is practical. Vagrant, while completely awesome, has substantially more overhead than Docker by virtualizing the kernel. We don’t want a separate kernel running for each application. Therefore Docker is the better choice for this project.
Also, we want this whole thing to be seemless. We want to run the command bitmessage and it should fire up with minimal awkwardness and hopefully no extra steps. That is we do not want to run the Docker container then SSH into it and execute Bitmessage as individual steps. Even though that’s going to be how we begin.
The Bitmessage wiki accurately describes how to install the software so we’ll focus on the SSH setup. Though when we build the Dockerfile we will need to add SSH to the list from the wiki.
We’re going to want the container to start so that the SSH daemon is ready. Until then we can’t SSH (with X forwarding) into the container. Then we’ll want to use SSH to kick off the Bitmessage application, drawing the graphical interface using our host system’s X11.
We’re going to take advantage of Docker’s -v --volume option which allows us to specify a directory on our host system to be mounted inside our container. Using this feature, we’ll generate our SSH keys on the host and make them automatically available inside the container. We’ll tuck the keys inside the directory that Bitmessage uses for storing its configuration and data. That way Bitmessage’s configuration and stored messages can be persistent between runs — and all of your pieces are kept in a single place.
When we generate the container /etc/ssh/sshd_config is configured to allow root login without password only (i.e., using keys). So here’s how we’ll get this done:
mkdir -p ~/.config/PyBitmessage/keys #Ensure that our data directories exist
There we have it! We now have a functional Bitmessage inside a Docker container. \o/
In a future post we’ll look at using eCryptfs to further protect our Bitmessage data stores.
Prereqruisites: Docker, Git, SSHFS.
Today we’re going to look at using Docker to create a WordPress installation with the Project Largo parent theme and a child theme stub for us to play with.
Hart Hoover has established an image for getting a WordPress installation up and running using Docker. For whatever reason, it didn’t work for me out-of-box but we’re going to use his work to get started.
mkdir project.largo.wordpress.docker cd project.largo.wordpress.docker
We’ll clone the Docker/Wordpress project. For me, it couldn’t untar the latest WordPress. So we’ll download it outside the container, untar it and modify the Dockerfile to simply pull in a copy:
git clone https://github.com/hhoover/docker-wordpress.git
Once the project is built, we will start it and forward ports from the container to the host system, so that the Docker container’s site can be accessed through port 8000 of the host system. So, if you want to see it from the computer that you’ve installed it on, you could go to ‘HTTP://127.0.0.1:8000’. Alternatively, if your host system is already running a webserver, we could use SSHFS to mount the container’s files within the web-space of the host system.
In this example, however, we’ll just forward the ports and mount the project locally (using SSHFS) so we can easily edit the files perhaps using a graphical IDE such as NetBeans or Eclipse.
mkdir largo.mount.from.docker.container sshfs user@$DIP:/var/www $HOME/largo.mount.from.docker.container cd largo.mount.from.docker.container
PROJECT=$(pwd -P)
Now, we can visit the WordPress installation and finish setting up. From the host machine, it should be ‘HTTP://127.0.0.1:8000’. There you can configure Title, Username, Password, et cet. and finish installing WordPress.
Now, let’s get us some Largo! Since this is a test project, we’ll sacrifice security to make things easy. Our Docker WordPress site isn’t ready for us to easily install the Largo parent theme, so we’ll make the web directory writable by everybody. Generally, this is not a practice I would condone. It’s okay while we’re experimenting but permissions are very important on live systems!
Lastly, we’ll download and install Largo and the Largo child theme stub.
wget http://largoproject.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/largo-child.zip -O $PROJECT/wp-content/themes/largo-child.zip unzip $PROJECT/wp-content/themes/largo-child.zip -d $PROJECT/wp-content/themes
Paste-jacking: what? It’s a somewhat tongue-in-cheek name representing that, when it comes to the web, what you see is not necessarily what you copy.
Content can be hidden inside of what you’re copying. For example: ls /dev/null; echo " Something nasty could live here! 0_o ";
Then it would, of course, continue with innocuous commands that might do something that takes your attention and fills your screen with things that look comforting and familiar, like an apt-get update followed by an upgrade.
In this way, an unsuspecting end-user could easily install a root-kit on behalf of Evil Genius™.
So what’s the cure?
Some suggest that you never copy and paste from web pages. That’s solid advice. You’ll learn more by re-typing and nothing is going to be hidden. The downside is it isn’t entirely practical. It’s bound to be one of those things that, in certain circumstances, we know that we ought do but don’t have time or patience for, every single time.
To the rescue comes our old friend fc! Designed for letting you build commands in a visual editor, it is perfect for this application. Just type fc at the command line and then paste from the web page into your text editor of choice. When you’re satisfied with the command, exit the editor. The line will be executed and there won’t be a shred of doubt about what, precisely, is being executed.
This isn’t really the intended use of fc, so it’s a makeshift solution. fc opens with the last command already on screen. So, you do have to delete that before building your new command but it’s an insignificant inconvenience in exchange for the ability to know what’s going to run before it has a chance to execute.
If you want to set your system to use a specific editor, you can set $EDITOR=vi and then you’re going to learn that some programs expect the configuration to be set in $VISUAL and you’ll need to change it there too.
In a similar way, many things were using the en_US.UTF-8 set in LANG, but other things were looking to LANGUAGE and determining that I wanted Chinese.
Having identified the problem, the fix was simple. Firstly, I just changed it in my local environment:
Recently, an author I admire and time-honored spinner of the Interwebs, Tony Lawrence emphasized the value of using man pagesmanual pagesDocumentation available from the command line.
> man ls as a sanity check before getting carried away with powerful commands. I didn’t know about this one but he has written about a situation in which killall could produce some shocking, and potentially quite unpleasant, results.
Personally, I often quickly check man pages to be certain that I am using the correct flags or, as in the above case, anticipating results that bear some resemblance to what is actually likely to happen. Yet, it seems many people flock toward SERPSearch Engine Results Page A tasteful replacement for mentioning any particular search-engine by name.
Also useful as a verb:
“I dunno. You’ll have to SERP it.”s for this information.
Perhaps the most compelling reason to head for the web is leaving the cursor amid the line you’re working on, without disturbing the command. SERPing the command however, could easily lead you to information about a variant that is more common than the one available to you. More importantly, the information retrieved from the search engine is almost certainly written by someone who did read the man page — and may even come with the admonishment that you RTFMRead The F#!$!*#’n Manual as a testament to the importance of developing this habit.
This can be made easier with just a few CLI shortcuts.
<CTRL+u> to cut what you have typed so far and <CTRL+y> to paste it back.
That is, you press <CTRL+u> and the line will be cleared, so you can then type man {command} and read the documentation. Don’t hesitate to jot quick notes of which flags you intend to use, if needed. Then exit the man page, press <CTRL+y> and finish typing right where you left off.
This is another good use for screen or tmux but let’s face it. There are times when you don’t want the overhead of opening another window for a quick look-up and even instances when these tools aren’t available.
Lastly, if you need a command that was typed earlier, you can search history by pressing <CTRL+r> and start typing an identifying portion of the command.
(Note: I have used these in Zsh and Bash, specifically. They can, however, be missing or overwritten — if a feature you want isn’t working, you can bind keys in a configuration file. Don’t just write it off, once you’ve solved the problem it will never again be an intimidating one.)
Recently, I ordered a Yubikey and, in the comments section of the order, I promised to write about the product. At the time, I assumed that there was going to be something about which to write: (at least a few) steps of setting up and configuration or a registration process. They’ve made the task of writing about it difficult, by making the process of using it so easy.
Plug it in. The light turns solid green and you push the button when you need to enter the key. That’s the whole thing!
Physically, the device has a hole for a keychain or it can slip easily into your wallet. It draws power from the USB port on the computer, so there’s none stored in the device, meaning it should be completely unfazed if you accidentally get it wet.
Let’s take a look at the device.
There’s not a great deal to be seen here. As it tells you right on Yubico’s site, the device presents as a keyboard and it “types” out its key when you press the button, adding another long and complex password to combine with the long and complex password that you’re already using.
Keep in mind that this device is unable to protect you from keyloggers, some of which are hardware-based. It’s critically important that you are very, very careful about where you’re sticking your Yubikey. Even Yubico cannot protect us from ourselves.
In this writer’s opinion, it is vitally important that we take reasonable measures now to help insure anonymity, lest we create a situation where privacy no longer exists, and the simple want of, becomes suspicious.
Here’s how to configure your browser to automatically use a search engine that respects your privacy.
Click “Manage search engines…”
At the bottom of the “Search Engines” dialog, click in the “Add a new search engine” field.
In “When Firefox Starts” dropdown, select “Show my home page”.
Enter https://ixquick.com/eng/ in the “Home Page” text field.
Click one of the English options here.
Check box for “Start using it right away.”
You are now one step closer to not having every motion on the Internet recorded.
This is a relatively small measure, though. You can improve your resistance to prying eyes (e.g., browser fingerprinting) by using the Torbrowser Bundle, or even better, Tails, and routing your web usage through Tor, i2p, or FreeNet.
I have finished (more-or-less) making a demo for the Xdebug togglin’ add-on/extension that I’ve developed.
One hundred percent of the feedback about this project has been from Chrome users. Therefore, the Chrome extension has advanced with the new features (v2.0), allowing selective en/dis-ableing portions of Xdebug’s output. That is you can set Xdebug to firehose mode (spitting out everything) and then squelch anything not immediately needed at the browser layer. The other information remains present, hidden in the background, available if you decide that you need to have a look.
The Firefox version is still at v1.2 but will be brought up to speed as time permits.
If you want that firehose mode for Xdebug, here’s a sample of some settings for your configuration ‘.ini’ file.
It’s generally a great idea to have Vim keep backups. Once in awhile, they can really save your bacon.
The other side of that coin, though, is that they can get left behind here and there, eventually causing aggravation. | http://j0rg3.insomnia247.nl/weblog?-tags=Chrome,encryption,Yubikey,TorBrowser-Bundle,fc,Tails,Chinese,recursive-delete,plugin,sysctl,snarf.info,insomnia247.nl,2FA,Privacy%20Badger,%5Co%2F,Ubuntu |
To my knowledge, it is possible to decrypt these programmatically via the Microsoft Information Protection SDK. It looks like the SDK currently supports working with the items in compound file binary format, but not in MIME form.
I haven’t taken a stab at this yet, but happy to help if you have some sample data you would like to decrypt. | https://community.metaspike.com/t/rpmsg-encryption/599 |
Ransomware is now the most common cybersecurity threat among U.S. businesses, affecting organizations of all sizes. Ransomware attacks have grown during the COVID-19 pandemic, as cybercriminals take advantage of the more vulnerable landscape that has resulted from a drastic shift to widespread remote work strategies.
We are now seeing more opportunistic attacks because cybercriminals no longer need to be very experienced to break into an organization. In fact, threat actors have turned ransomware into a profitable business, with premade ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms growing in popularity. As ransomware attacks continue to evolve and become more sophisticated, companies must take proactive steps to address the growing risks.
The Current State of Ransomware Attacks
Considering the current ransomware environment, it's no surprise that many middle market companies said they know a peer who has suffered an attack or have been a target themselves. The RSM US Middle Market Business Index 2022 Cybersecurity Special Report found that 41 percent of middle market executives know of a company that has been a target of a ransomware attack, and 23 percent have experienced an attack themselves. Compounding the issues related to a ransomware attack, 7 percent of executives experienced more than one attack in 2021. This is a common tactic by cybercriminals – once a breach occurs, they will continue to attempt to attack the company until it proves that its network is secure.
Middle market executives appear to understand that ransomware is not going away and the threat is only growing. In fact, 62 percent of respondents in the RSM survey said their organizations are likely targets for ransomware attacks this year, a 5 percent increase from last year's report.
Your organization can leverage available guidance and advice to develop a strategy that outlines what you should do if you suffer an attack. A ransomware situation is a chaotic event, but every minute matters. The longer it takes you to respond to an attack, the more costly it will be from a forensics perspective and from a disclosure perspective.
The ability to detect an attacker and then respond to the event is the only thing that is preventing a huge financial liability from that specific attack. Therefore, eliminating any potential ambiguity must be a priority.
Make Sure Your Cyber Insurance Policy is Up to Date
With the prevalence of cybersecurity threats, an effective cyber insurance policy has never been more important. However, the cyber insurance landscape has changed significantly recently, with reduced coverage limits, rate increases and more underwriting scrutiny as vendors pay out more claims.
However, even with the changes to cyber insurance policies, it is still a necessary part of your cybersecurity posture. You should consult with your insurance provider to ensure that your policy continues to align with your risks and take steps to put yourself in a more advantageous position from a coverage perspective.
Ensure You Have Strong Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Procedures
From a business continuity perspective, your organization should implement thorough segmentation for networks and applications to make it more difficult for an intruder to move around once they get inside.
Following a disruption, how quickly can you recover? An effective disaster recovery strategy is not only helpful during a natural disaster, but it can help transition or restore operations while limiting downtime during a ransomware event.
Ransomware risks are evolving so fast, and some companies simply do not have the internal talent and experience to keep up. Rather than put the company at more risk, outsourcing to an organization with more experience and resources often makes the most sense.
Outsourced cybersecurity solutions are increasing in popularity as a practical alternative to managing security in-house. As the frequency and severity of threats continue to escalate, implementing a solution and maintaining it may no longer be feasible for many companies.
Undergo Technical Testing
A trusted third-party can evaluate your security environment and perform technical testing to determine the likelihood and impact of a ransomware attack. For example, RSM provides a comprehensive ransomware risk assessment that evaluates the potential risk and spread of an infection through penetration testing techniques, analyzes business continuity and incident management programs, performs a ransomware tabletop exercise, and can help remediate any specific issues identified.
Ransomware has always been a concern, but risks are evolving at a rapid pace, and the threat is now very real for companies of all sizes. As with many types of cybersecurity attacks, the criminals are more advanced than many of the controls, and your organization must use available resources to develop a security approach that includes strategies to both prevent and remediate ransomware attacks in order to limit financial exposure and reduce downtime.
RSM's fifth annual Middle Market Business Index Cybersecurity Special Report leverages data from over 400 senior executives at middle market companies, detailing their cybersecurity and data privacy challenges, the frequency and severity of attacks, and ongoing concerns. It provides a glimpse into how the largest segment of the U.S. economy is implementing controls and strategies to address security threats and fight back against cybercriminals. To view the full report, please visit: https://rsmus.com/middle-market/cybersecurity-mmbi.html | https://www.acppubs.com/articles/protecting-your-business-against-evolving-the-risks-of-ransomware |
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Total revenue of $25.5 million, down 12.6% from first quarter 2019
Anesthesia services revenue of $23.2 million, down 13.3% from first quarter 2019
Anesthesia revenue per case of $297, an increase of 1.3% from fourth quarter 2019
Anesthesia patient cases of 77,993 increased 0.6% from first quarter 2019
Adjusted operating EBITDA of $7.5 million, a 29.7% adjusted operating EBITDA margin
Adjusted operating shareholder EBITDA of $4.9 million, down 44.4% from first quarter 2019
Generated $7.8 million in cash from operating activities
Tushar Ramani, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CRH, commented: “Our performance in the first quarter was tracking well, but was then abruptly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in March, exerting meaningful pressure on our financial and operational metrics for the quarter. We have since witnessed significantly reduced demand for gastroenterology procedures as various state and federal organizations began implementing restrictive distancing guidelines in response to the pandemic. Many of our ambulatory surgery center customers have had to temporarily close centers through this phase of the pandemic. Fortunately, our model allowed us to act decisively to strengthen our financial flexibility and liquidity by reducing costs, curtailing share buyback activity, implementing reductions to executive pay, and deferring anesthesia acquisitions. Although this is an unprecedented and challenging moment in time, we are confident that the measures we have taken will prepare us to resume our growth trajectory once the impact of the crisis subsides.” | https://nationalcybersecurity.com/crh-medical-corporation-announces-2020-first-quarter-results-corporatesecurity-businesssecurity/ |
Researchers from MIT CSAIL have been working on a system called WiGait, which accurately monitors walking speed in a way that is both continuous and unobtrusive. The researchers’ paper presented the device, saying it measures the walking speed of multiple people, with 95 to 99 percent accuracy using wireless signals.
Professor Dina Katabi at MIT’s CSAIL says the device could help tap into important health information, especially for the elderly. The device measures walking speed with a high level of granularity, and it doesn’t require the person to wear or carry a sensor.
“Many avoidable hospitalizations are related to issues like falls, congestive heart disease, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which have all been shown to be correlated to gait speed,” Katabi says. “Reducing the number of hospitalizations, even by a small amount, could vastly improve health care costs.”
Check Point research team finds new OSX malware
The Check Point malware research team discovered a new malware, dubbed OSX/Dok, which affects all versions of OSX. Additionally, the malware is signed with a valid developer certificate, and it’s the first major scale malware that targets OSX users, according to the research team.
Although the malware primarily targets European users, the infection lets attackers gain complete access to the victim’s communication. This includes communication encrypted by SSL, and it is done by redirecting victim traffic through a malicious proxy server, according to the team.
“When [the attack is done], the malware will delete itself,” the team wrote. “All is left to say: beware of Trojans bearing gifts, especially if they ask for your root password.”
Apple comments on California DMV self-driving testing regulations
Apple is beginning to test its self-driving technology on California roads, and already the company believes the DMV could make some changes to their regulations. The company sent in comments about the Notice of Proposed Action for Testing and Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles that was issued in March.
“To support ongoing research and testing, Apple proposes that California DMV amend or clarify its positions in the areas of disengagement reporting, definitions, and testing without safety drivers,” Steve Kenner, director of product integrity at Apple, wrote.
The company believes the DMV should redefine disengagement, provider clearer reporting, and include the safe stop language. | https://sdtimes.com/apple/mit-csails-wigait-check-point-discovers-osxdok-malware-apple-suggests-changes-calif-dmv/ |
The Industrial Revolution changed the world forever, creating faster, better, and more efficient sectors of the economy. Drawing on parallels to this important period of history, much has been written about the “Industrialization of Hacking” which has created a faster, more effective, and more efficient sector aimed at profiting from attacks to our IT infrastructure. Fueled by the convergence of mechanized and process-driven methods, economic and political incentives, weak links in the security chain, and new vulnerabilities in evolving business models, hackers are executing more sophisticated and damaging attacks. This era is profoundly changing how we must protect our systems, driving us to think about how to evolve our approach to cybersecurity.
As security professionals, we need to follow a similar trajectory to hackers and apply lessons learned from the Industrial Revolution to become faster, more efficient, and more effective in our sector: a “Protection Revolution,” if you will. Just as technologies and capabilities for attackers have improved, so have technologies and capabilities for defenders. This gives us a unique opportunity to move toward security systems built on a foundation of broad-based visibility, depth of data collection, the ability to learn through correlation and context, and then dynamically apply controls.
Hacking has evolved over time and protection will evolve over time as well. It requires moving across a scale of controls that include static, human intervention, semi-automatic, dynamic, and predictive, as outlined below:
• Static – An environment in which critical controls exist but the visibility and intelligence needed to update them do not. Many traditional, point-in-time security technologies work this way with defenders needing to wait for vendors to update protections. This approach worked fairly well when basic PC viruses were the primary method of attack. But today, in and of themselves, they don’t provide defenders with what they need to properly assess their security posture and make adjustments in real time. In some deployments, however, these process-laden controls are intended to be static to meet regulatory compliance mandates. And while they do provide a baseline of protection, they still lack the agility to protect and scale in a constantly changing environment.
• Human intervention – Visibility and intelligence is available, but defenders still need to manually change controls. Labor-intensive intervention isn’t sustainable given the pace and complexity of attacks and the cybersecurity skills shortage. Although static controls are the reality of most organizations today, more Security Operations Centers (SOC) are being built to compensate for the lack of flexibility and agility of these controls and a dearth of trained internal staff. Reliance on human intervention to make security adjustments is no match for modern threats that use new methods that make it easier, faster, and cheaper to launch attacks, penetrate the network, and change rapidly as they progress through the enterprise.
• Semi-automatic – Defenders have visibility and intelligence and, in select cases, they trust it enough to allow certain systems to automatically apply some controls. However, for the most sensitive data – given that not all data protection is created equal – they will allow the system to automate and generate recommendations but still require a human to review and press the button to apply. But that highly-sensitive data is precisely the type of data that well-funded and fast-moving attackers target. Unfortunately, practitioners lack confidence that they have the right intelligence to make decisions. They tend to revert back to human intervention, leaving open a window of opportunity for attackers. In semi-automatic environments protection begins to evolve, but it is not sufficiently standardized, mechanized, and process-driven to be as effective as required.
• Dynamic – Defenders use visibility and intelligence to rapidly adapt security policies and enforcement in real time based on what is seen and learned to reduce the surface area of attack or remediate compromise. Dynamic controls are about high degrees of automation, where security systems automatically respond to threats. Automation was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and it is at the heart of the Protection Revolution. It is the only way to combat modern attacks that circumvent protection using methods such as port/protocol hopping, encrypted tunneling, droppers, and blended threats and techniques incorporating social engineering and zero-day attacks. These attacks change rapidly as they progress through the enterprise seeking a persistent foothold and exfiltrating critical data. With dynamic controls, security practitioners increase degrees of automation based on ‘adaptive trust’ or increased confidence in devices, users, and applications over time. And they can deploy the right technologies as needed, for ultimate flexibility. Dynamic controls already exist and are required to meet the new security pressures of mobility, cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT) and Everything (IoE).
• Predictive – Predictive doesn’t necessarily mean seeing an attack before it happens, but leveraging machine learning and advanced analytics to learn and improve intelligence continuously, leading to the prioritization of controls, protection, and remediation. As I discussed in my last article, the foundations of predictive technologies exist but are in their early days. Over time they will continue to evolve and improve, unleashing the full power of a new era in protection.
Advancing our security controls isn’t going to happen overnight. But we are well on our way with technology and capabilities that are already headed in this direction, implementing dynamic controls to see more, learn more, and adapt quickly. How we move, the rate at which we move, and where we end up along the scale will vary based on our existing models and infrastructure, industry requirements, available resources, and experiences. But one thing is certain. We are all better served by a new era that revolutionizes how we protect ourselves from cyber attacks. | https://www.securityweek.com/protection-revolution-needed-counter-attacks |
Office supply company Staples released a statement Friday regarding the data breach that affected payments systems at some of its stores, saying about 1.16 million payment cards were potentially affected by the attack.
The breach came to light in late October, when banks noticed a pattern of fraudulent credit and debit card transactions among cards that had been used at some Staples stores. In its most recent update on the incident, Staples confirmed the breach occurred at 113 of its more than 1,400 U.S. locations from Aug. 10 to Sept. 16 this year. At two stores, the attack dates back to July 20. Additionally, Staples’ investigation uncovered fraudulent card use related to four stores in New York City between April and September 2014, but those stores do not appear to have been affected by malware.
“If the bulk of this is credit cards, you really don’t need identity theft insurance,” said Adam Levin, identity theft expert and chairman and co-founder of Credit.com. Getting a new card should be protection enough, Levin said, but get the free services anyway. “I always urge people, if they’re offering something that will monitor your credit and they’re offering something that will help you in the event you’re a victim of identity theft, take it.”
If you’re a Staples customer and haven’t yet checked your credit and debit card statements for signs of fraud, you should do that, and request a new card from your issuer if necessary (that is, if they haven’t already done so). The company posted a list of affected locations, and people who shopped at those stores within the dates specified will have access to free credit monitoring, identity theft insurance and a free credit report, the statement says.
The malware that allowed access to the card data may have taken cardholder names as well as card numbers, expiration dates and security codes, the statement says. Affected customers should mainly be concerned about unauthorized transactions, which can be very damaging if not quickly identified and stopped.
It’s a good idea to check your credit and debit card activity regularly, even daily, so you can report fraud as soon as possible. The sooner you spot fraud, the faster you can address it and the less likely it is to affect your financial situation or credit standing. Fraud liability varies by card type and how quickly you report it, Levin noted, so vigilance is crucial.
Monitoring your credit score is another way to catch fraud, because your score will likely drop if someone is running up debt in your name. You can see two of your credit scores and get a credit report summary for free on Credit.com, which can help you spot fraud.
If you get a new credit or debit card, don’t forget to update any automatic payments that are charged to the card. It can be easy to forget to do this, but such an oversight could cause you to miss important bill payments, potentially leading to late fees. Whoever you owe might even send the unpaid balance to a debt collector, so try to take care of everything stemming from the unauthorized activity as quickly as possible.
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Welcome to “Cybersecurity On Call,” where we discuss the trends, get perspectives, and find tips for cybersecurity professionals. I am your host, TJ Laher, from Cloudera.
Today’s episode won’t be our usual programming, today is our 2017 end of year special where we will dive into our top five tips from last year’s season. Starting with number five…
Our number five tip comes from a fellow cybersecurity podcast host, Vince Tocce. Let’s listen to why you are only as strong as your weakest link. (26:47 to 27:49)
Our number four tip comes from Paul Roberts, Editor in Chief of the Security Ledger. Let’s just say you shouldn’t count on the company to secure consumer device out of the box. (17:14 to 19:38)
And our number one tip from our 2017 season comes from NIST fellow, Dr. Ron Ross where he teaches us that triaging isn’t just for battlefield medicine. (22:30 to 23:46)
Thanks for listening. We’d like to keep in touch on Twitter so please follow us @Cloudera.
And that’s all folks, my name is TJ Laher and I look forward to hosting you next time on “Cybersecurity On Call.” | http://datafoam.com/2018/01/09/cybersecurity-on-call-goodbye-2017-hello-2018/ |
Stock traders in Brazil. (Photo: AP)
We all know about the stratospheric growth emerging markets have experienced as a result of globalization, but here’s a little statistic that illustrates the full extent of its impact.
“Just 2% of markets in the developing world were investment grade in 1993,” said Richard Lawrence, senior vice president and director of institutional client service with Brandywine Global Investment Management. “Today that figure is 60%.”
Lawrence made his comment during a panel discussion of top investment managers and executives at Curian Capital’s top advisor conference in Chicago in late May.
Moderated by Steve Young, senior vice president of asset management and chief investment officer at Curian, it boasted two panel members with more than 25 years of experience and one with 23 years.
T. Rowe Price Equity Series investment board member Stephon Jackson, who delivered the domestic equity outlook, noted that, “Currently, we’re seeing a realization among investors that equities are once again an attractive asset class. The world is seeing markets as half-full rather than half-empty.”
He said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated he will do “whatever it takes” to keep the economy moving forward, but structural unemployment, driven by the fact that “we don’t make anything,” is acting as a drag on the economy.
Jackson said that T. Rowe Price, which has $600 billion in assets under management (70% in equities), is research-focused, and has “relatively low turnover in the portfolio. We dive deep into each holding to achieve solid, risk-adjusted returns over time.”
The firm is underweight energy, but at the same time is “positioned to move quickly into the sector if the situation warrants.” On a blue-chip basis, it’s “heavy in technology.” He added the convergence of mobile technology, in particular, is an ongoing trend, and mentioned companies like American Tower (AMT), a wireless infrastructure company.
“Be prepared to hear the word ‘taper,’ which is all about how far and how fast the Fed will eventually unwind all the liquidity and roll back the bond buying,” he concluded. “Moving forward, we see modest U.S. growth, a modest contraction in Europe, and emerging markets will do better. All of this adds up to a good environment for equities.”
Lawrence then took the global bond outlook.
“How do you make bonds interesting? Stick a bond guy between two equity managers,” he said to laughter.
He began by noting the U.S. bond market has been very good to investors for the past 25 years, with relatively low volatility and steady returns.
“We’d be the first to say if you look at bonds through the index, it’s a mediocre story,” he conceded. “But we think the index is a poor area to start in bond investing if you’re looking to give your clients what they need.”
The reason, Lawrence explained, is that U.S. bonds have returned 5% in recent years, and global fixed income has done a little less than 6%, but with far more volatility.
“If you drop it into a Monte Carlo simulation, the recommended allocation to global fixed income is zero,” he said. “Why? It’s because of the index. But bond investing is intuitively an active strategy.”
U.S. fixed income has performed well in the past, he said, but is currently one of the worst performing markets, second only to Japan.
“Additionally, you would miss out on places like Australia, Poland, Canada and Sweden. They’re all AAA-rated and have double-digit or near double-digit returns,” he concluded.
Lazard Asset Management’s Michael Powers, a portfolio manager and analyst on Lazard's global and international equity teams, rounded out the panel with a discussion of international equities.
"We invest in both developed and emerging markets," he said. When asked about investing in the Middle East, Powers explained, "we can potentially invest in emerging market countries, but a number of countries in the Middle East are considered frontier markets, which are outside of our investment universe."
Powers noted that Lazard is 165 years old and has $172 billion in assets under management. Non-US equity portfolios constitute a large percentage of that AUM.
Powers believes Europe offers attractive return prospects for the long-term equity investor, primarily based on three factors: Europe is realizing the benefits of reform, European revenue sources are increasingly global and many European countries appear to be attractively valued.
Curian's Young followed up with a question about Europe's negative tail risk.
"2012 was likely the peak intensity of Europe's sovereign debt problems" Powers answered. "We believe the eurozone will likely remain in modest recession in 2013, with modest growth expected next year and beyond. Furthermore, the bond and stock markets in southern Europe are showing signs of improvement. The yield on 10-year Spanish and Italian sovereign debt is approximately 4% today compared to over 7% about a year ago, and the stock markets in those countries have also started to improve." | http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2013/06/05/a-startling-illustration-of-globalizations-investm?t=risk-management&page_all=1 |
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One timeless cybersecurity truism is that adversaries continuously adapt and refine their tactics. Often, repurposing a well-understood attack method is valuable because defenders think they see a familiar episode coming – and overlook what is actually happening to their networks. To this end, the last six months show us important ways attackers are adapting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. They are proving that what looks like an opportunistic nuisance at first can actually be part of an intricate break-in.
Recent headlines are dominated by issues like the infiltration of point of sale (POS) systems or destructive malware found at Sony Pictures. One might think DDoS threats are lower priority - a blunt force weapon for hacktivists seeking headlines more than harm. Reading between the lines, however, it is worth noting what the past half year is teaching us about DDoS trends. Not only have DDoS tactics evolved, but these attacks are placing new victims in the crosshairs while quietly flying under security teams’ radars.
These Aren’t Yesterday’s DDoS Attacks
Years ago, DDoS attacks were one-dimensional affairs – attackers tried all-out traffic deluges to knock websites or applications offline. The resulting noticeable disruption, itself, was the prime objective. However, today’s cyber attacks are more akin to Ocean’s Eleven than “smash-and-grab.” Attackers need intricacy to overcome tougher network defenses, and this is where DDoS can play an important role: Maybe not in “cracking the safe,” to continue the bank heist analogy, but surely for distracting guards or flattening doors and security cameras outside the vault.
Independent data from multiple DDoS researchers suggests that while there will always be large-scale, classic DDoS attacks sending websites reeling, the new and far more common face of DDoS is its use as a “masking agent” and security degradation tool at the perimeter. In essence, if you need to conceal something malicious, bury it within an overwhelming mass of traffic and fire it quickly at the target’s front gates extremely fast. If an attacker is experienced - or lucky - that short, precision burst will stretch security layers to the brink. These masking attacks succeed by exploiting narrow but common gaps; they find the point where perimeter security defenses “fail open” due to overload, yet evade the point where traffic anomalies prompt security teams to activate emergency, out-of-band anti-DDoS capacity. As an added bonus for attackers, the same short burst of traffic that delivers malware can overwrite and obscure log data that forensic teams will require, helping attackers cover their tracks.
This new twist on DDoS is on the rise. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the average enterprise was hit approximately 3.9 times per day, and many of these attacks were likely to overload security defenses but not of the caliber that would degrade service at the Web servers.
Unsuspecting Victims in the Crosshairs
Adding to DDoS attacks’ changing toll is the fact that these attacks are now striking more diverse types of businesses because malicious actors can now apply common attack techniques. Attacks used to be launched against large organizations such as financial services firms. But more recently video game platforms, such as the PlayStation Network and Xbox, and the popular code repository GitHub have been high-profile victims.
Attacks on gaming and entertainment platforms show that the success of these properties has taken them into attackers’ crosshairs. These attacks could have significant financial impacts for these companies, since subscribers may not be able to use purchased content or they may develop negative impressions of a service’s reliability and security.
For hosting services beyond GitHub, the era of fluid on-demand hosting is proving to be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it is easier than ever to set up an accessible online web property and competitively earn a lot of business. However, any individual hosted customer code could be a magnet for attacks from all manner of adversaries. Hosting firms can be safely anonymous one day - and suddenly fending-off damaging DDoS attacks the next. Therefore, hosting providers have to assume that their infrastructures will be under perpetual attack regardless of the apps and data they support.
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Many sensitive enterprises are likely asking their hosting providers and security teams if they could withstand an attack from China’s reputed “Great Cannon” system of rerouting certain types of Web traffic to serve as DDoS salvos. Because Great Cannon plays into geopolitics, it reminds many audiences that DDoS attacks figure into some of the most volatile front lines around network defense, free speech and anti-censorship.
Once you look past the international relations angle, however, it becomes apparent that the Great Cannon episode simply underscores the Internet’s vulnerability any time attackers manipulate traffic. In this case, it was relatively easy for an adversary to take advantage of common Web traffic, susceptible routers and PCs, and turn even benign Web surfing looking for information on anti-censorship tools to effectively suppress an online repository where those tools were available.
Every isolated or spectacular cyber assault sets quiet precedent, so where will the next “Great Cannon” be fired – and for what type of geopolitical, extortion, or other motive? We have to realize that techniques like DDoS are never retired – they are simply used at different scale and specificity.
DDoS Perpetrators Benefit from “Breach Fatigue”
Over the past year, many security teams have faced pressure from executives and customers to do as much as they can to stop malware-driven data breaches. Compared to threats synonymous with stolen internal data, DDoS attacks are often perceived as an “external” issue with less-immediate consequences. Yet attackers are finding new ways to apply DDoS tactics, and their ability mask malware, alone, means this is a changing breed of threats defenders cannot afford to overlook or misinterpret.
Security teams are hard pressed to match wits with every threat, every time. However, it is imperative that they keep an eye on attackers’ latest DDoS masks and smokescreens. Staying ahead of the DDoS curve can go a long way to ensuring that you have a robust and adaptive security operation. | https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/from-github-to-great-cannon-a-mid-year-analysis-of-ddos-attacks |
51% of businesses were targeted by ransomware (source).
There was a +40% surge in global ransomware, reaching 199.7 million hits (source).
By the end of 2020, ransomware costs are projected to reach $20 billion for all businesses (source).
The average ransomware payment demand was $233,817 in Q3 2020 (source).
1 in 5 SMBs and 4 in 5 MSPs were targeted by ransomware attacks (source).
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For busy in-house legal teams, managing legal spend can sometimes be a challenge. Companies can have dozens or hundreds of legal projects ongoing at the same time, outsourced to a number of law firms across the country or worldwide.
With the hectic pace of activity across multiple locations, general counsel commonly struggle to see the complete legal landscape of their entire department. It may be hard to track which lawyers are working on which job, at what rate and what progress has been made. And it is a constant challenge for project teams of in-house counsel to manage deadlines and budgets.
So how does a typical day look? Invoices arrive on the client’s desk without warning. Some are scrutinised. Others are merely approved without a second thought, as it is often too cumbersome to confirm whether the hours, expenses and billing rates are correct.
Also lost in the process is tracking expenses against the budget, which more typically unfolds at the end of a project, revealing costs that were well in excess of what was projected when it is too late to address overspending.
All too often, general counsel resort to improvised management techniques, cobbling together spreadsheets, e-mails, paper documents and other applications. To maintain current reports, all this information must constantly be updated manually, which generally falls behind during the press of business. This is also time consuming and opens the door to typographical errors, meaning future reports could be based on inaccurate information.
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An e-billing legal spend management system using the latest technology can replace the patchwork of manual tools within a single, purpose-built system. An e-billing system allows legal teams to instantaneously transfer all of the information in bills from law firm systems directly into the client’s system for spending and budget reports without any re-entry of data.
Such systems allow legal departments to route, audit and approve bills online efficiently, then deliver them to accounts payable for payment, saving time and costs, and improving accuracy of reporting.
Corporate legal departments can save from 5 to 15 per cent of their legal spend in the first year on Serengeti, simply by monitoring what their law firms are doing
Thomson Reuters Serengeti legal department management system gives general counsel an overview of all legal matters going on internally, as well as externally with their law firms, meaning they’re always on the same page as outside counsel.
Systems such as Serengeti can offer a plethora of tools for gaining an overview of legal activities. Preconfigured or customised reports can be generated giving an instant guide to all ongoing matters, including status updates, costs incurred and where legal spend is against budget. General counsel can use such a system to enforce the billing guidelines which they set for their law firms.
Ros Innes, head of in-house at Thomson Reuters, Legal UK & Ireland, explains: “It is possible to specify, for example, how many lawyers are to work on a case. If you have previously agreed to what type of firm resources will be attached to a specific project, Serengeti will flag if a new person starts billing who hasn’t billed before.
“You can also summarise time by level or individual. On a complex matter you might want to specify that only lawyers with a certain number of years’ experience are allowed so that you are not paying for junior staff to be trained. You can then agree on rates, trusting the system to catch any unauthorised changes. You can also put limits on expenses, such as photocopying charges, for example.
“The system’s software is much more efficient at catching these issues, saving lawyer time for more important work.”
Mrs Innes emphasises how hard these things are to manage without a dedicated tool. “Things just slip through the net. Law firms will up their rates and forget to tell a client. Or they are used to first-class travel, and fail to follow your rules and keep booking it,” she says.
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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has notified oil and gas companies with leases in the Gulf of Mexico to comply with new financial assurance and risk management requirements designed to protect taxpayers from the costs of decommissioning old production facilities.
The Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) provides details relating to improved procedures to determine the ability of a lessee to perform its obligations.
BOEM director Abigail Ross Hopper said: “BOEM’s goal is to modernise its approach to risk management in a way that better aligns with the realities of the industry and protects the US Government and taxpayers from risk in a manner that isn’t overly burdensome to the oil and gas industry.
“By implementing these changes, we will create comprehensive procedures to decrease risks to taxpayers, while providing industry flexibility to negotiate adaptive solutions and use tailored financial plans to meet their financial assurance requirements.”
"We will create comprehensive procedures to decrease risks to taxpayers, while providing industry flexibility."
Routine decommissioning liabilities in the OCS currently are expected to be around $40bn.
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Hopper further added: “We must ensure the US taxpayer never pays to decommission an OCS facility and that the environment is protected. Managing risk in the early stages of a lease will provide lessees negotiated solutions that improve business certainty and leverage existing company strengths.”
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An SEC official notes that “some practices aren't doing nearly enough to get their cyber house in order.”
This Practice Management article is intended for financial advisors only (registered representatives of broker/dealers or associated persons of Registered Investment Advisors).
Advisors and brokers aren't doing enough to protect their information technology systems and the sensitive client information they contain, and many firms have been slow to respond to the challenge, according to SEC officials.
In a live stream of the annual SEC Speaks conference, commission leaders noted that cybersecurity has become a priority across the commission, and is a particular focus for the Division of Enforcement and the exam unit.
The SEC is in the midst of the second phase of its cybersecurity initiative, whereby it is conducting a series of exams evaluating how advisors and brokers are handling information security, controlling access to sensitive material, and planning for how to detect and respond to an attack, among other issues.
Kevin Goodman, associate director of broker/dealer examinations at the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), noted that those security reviews are ongoing, but the early results have made it clear that some practices aren't doing nearly enough to get their cyber house in order.
"[N]ot surprisingly, there are some indications of firms that aren't doing some of the important yet fairly simple things that they should be doing," Goodman said. "We've seen access rights that really aren't being managed well. We've seen firms dealing with third parties and not really assessing at all the level of cyber awareness and preparedness at those third-party firms." “Testing Approach”
Goodman suggested that the commission might publish a risk alert after it digests the findings from the second phase of its cybersecurity initiative, which he described as "a testing approach" to follow up on the first phase, a fact-finding endeavor he called "a correspondence effort."We learned a lot from phase one, and we've learned enough to know that there's a meaningful role our non-expert cyber examiners can play in assessing cyber preparedness," Goodman said.
"So we're going into firms and actually testing things like how they manage access controls," he explained. "Are they designed to limit access reasonably to the functions that various people play? Do they keep tabs on those access rights as people's roles change? Once someone has an access right or misappropriates an access right and gets into the system, how does the system's architecture work? Can people move around anywhere they want within that system's architecture, or is it designed so that if someone gets in either properly or improperly they're walled off to some reasonable area?"
OCIE examiners also are looking at the credentialing systems firms have in place that grant users access to their networks, in particular whether they are using multi-factor authentication.
"Hopefully, you need a token or something other than just a password," Goodman said. "Well, we're trying to see is that really used by firms consistently and across firms."
Of course, OCIE's role essentially is to serve as the eyes and ears for the commission, and Goodman was quick to point out that his division does not make policy or handle enforcement actions. But cybersecurity is very much on the radar of the unit that does bring cases against bad actors in the industry.
Sanction Liabilities
Stephanie Avakian, the deputy director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, explained that her team sees three general areas in which cybersecurity issues could result in a firm getting hit with a sanction.
In the first instance, the SEC might pursue action against a firm for failing to take appropriate steps to safeguard clients' information, which could entail a violation of Regulation S-P or Regulation S-ID.
A more flagrant category of violations would entail the use of stolen, nonpublic information to profit from trading or market manipulation ahead of some event like a corporate earnings announcement or a merger.
In the third category, the SEC's enforcement unit is looking at how registered companies respond to a cybersecurity incident, and would consider bringing an action if a firm failed to notify customers affected by a data breach or did not cooperate with law-enforcement authorities.
Avakian said that the SEC has brought actions against market participants for the first two categories of violations, but not yet the third, since the enforcement division is offering firms some latitude in how they respond to a cyber-attack.
"A company that's been the victim of an intrusion is just that—a victim. And the first priority is to assess the situation, address the intrusion, minimize the damage," she said.
"In the case of public companies, we are not looking to second-guess good-faith decisions," she added. "As I noted, we've not yet brought a disclosure case, and there've been a number of cyber incidents at public companies. But can I envision circumstances where we would bring an action? Sure. But it would have to be a significant disclosure failure to warrant that."
Avakian stressed that it is important for victims of a cyber-attack to promptly engage with the relevant law-enforcement organization, whether it be the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, or local authorities.
"Whether a company self-reports to law enforcement is a critical factor," she said. "We will give significant credit to companies that self-report, so while companies might be reluctant to report a cyber-incident because of the potential for an investigation, it would be a significant disclosure failure that leads to an action."
Enforcement Actions
The SEC has brought cyber-related enforcement actions in the other two areas of concern that Avakian flagged, including a case the commission announced in August against more than 30 defendants charged with trading on hacked corporate information and netting more than $100 million in illegal profits.
In the RIA sphere, the commission reached a settlement in September with RT Jones, a St. Louis-based advisor, in a case involving a data breach that compromised the personal information of some 100,000 individuals.
"In that case, the firm stored sensitive information of its clients and others on its third-party hosted Web server, and the Web server was attacked in 2013 by an unknown hacker who gained access to copyrights, all the data on the server, leaving all the individuals and clients vulnerable to theft," Avakian said. "RT Jones violated Regulation S-P because it failed entirely to adopt written policies and procedures designed to safeguard customer information, which is what Regulation S-P requires."
To be sure, that was only one case, and the SEC has been moving cautiously in bringing enforcement actions in the cybersecurity arena. But Avakian, offering a general assessment, suggested that advisors and other registrants need to take a more rigorous approach in shoring up their systems to protect sensitive client information.
"We see a spectrum of cyber-awareness and attention," she said, "and some firms essentially have nothing, so this is something we have to look at."
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The problem with viruses is that once you get one it is hard to clean the computer. You have to install windows again.
Installing windows again and again is a pain. You have to save all your personal documents, files, etc. And that's not all: bookmarks, saved passwords. Some of the info can't be preserved.
That is why it is much better to prevent that to suffer consequences. Better safe than sorry. »
In a poll i ran on IPGP.net i asked my visitors what anti-virus software they are using. The results are good, only 14% of IPGP.net visitors are not using any anti-virus software. 17% of them are using Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 which i consider the best anti-virus around.
Another good part of my users are using Norton Antivirus, which is also a good one but the load it generates to the computer is higher. »
An article with this name was written by me back in 2007, you can read it here . I was always proud with the ability that i can keep the windows operating system clean. It is not easy, but it was easier than installing windows every 2 months. Bookmarks, settings, documents, desktop, browser cache, everything is lost when you install windows again.
Is there a way to clean the windows to prevent reinstalling ? Yes, there it is, if you keep it clean you can keep it as long as you want. My windows, before he died lasted 4 years. »
If you are new to computers and Internet, or if you just brought a new computer it is certain that you would ask yourself the question: "Do i need an anti-virus software on my computer ?". We will take the case where you use Windows operating system, if you have Linux or Mac this is not something that should concern you.
It was a time when the viruses were made only by executable files that you must run in order for the system to get infected, and that file was copied from a floppy disk. Times changed and i will list 3 reasons why you should get an anti-virus software. »
If you are not careful about what you install on your computer, not even an anti-virus can help you out.
I kept my old computer for 4 years without re-installing the operating system, and it was windows XP. What ? You can keep windows XP for 4 years without re-install ? Yes, i can. I clean-up every month, run virus check, defragment, delete old registry entries, remove unused programs, keep directories happy and i kept the same windows installation from 2004 to 2008.
What happened then ? Well, i had kaspersky anti-virus installed, and i wanted to play online poker. I played before that many times, with different poker software, but they keep updating them every week so i had to download a new version. »
Have you ever thought about your mobile phone security ? Probably not, and this is because too many devices phones have limited features so they don't support 3rd party applications to get viruses. Neither java application helps the virus creators. Java creates a virtual machine on the phone, so if that something bad happens it will stay into that virtual machine, he can't access other parts of your phone.
What about smartphones ? Are they vulnerable to viruses ? The smartphone creators are much more careful about security, they really invest some time in it, but that can't ensure that the viruses will never come. »
We all know that we are facing a lot of problems because viruses and software vulnerabilities. This is happening mainly because of poor software that lack security issues, and i'm talking here about Windows. If you aren't careful you can end up with all your files infected, and if you don't protect yourself there is not much you can do.
I run a poll here because i want to find out if you use any anti-virus software, and if you do, which one ? Please be honest and vote even if you don't use any anti-virus software. » | http://www.ipgp.net/tag/antivirus/ |
Bitdefender is a popular free antivirus that blocks malware and spyware. It has minimal mind footprint and uses auto sandbox technology. It also comes with other stuff, such as footwear time study, non-annoying linked here browser security plugins, and 8 distinct real-time protects. You can even employ Bitdefender’s VPN service with regards to security.
Another important feature is the capacity to create a recovery boot travel. This characteristic allows users to check the training in a clean environment. Some antiviruses utilize firewalls to shield your system. A clean, intuitive interface makes unit installation and settings simple. A variety of free antiviruses available for accessing and setting up.
Quick Check out is the most common scan. This scan pursuit of infections in the most probably locations, quarantining any suspicious files. A Full Scan, alternatively, takes a long time and can considerably slow down your computer. You can also perform a vulnerability study, which inspections for backdoors and shields your PC against attacks.
Different features involve scheduled verification and a password director. Avira also comes with a free of charge VPN, but the amount of bandwidth you can utilize per month is limited. Avira offers an anti-phishing feature, and can study and take out harmful data and websites. This ant-virus is suitable for Microsoft windows, macOS, and Linux, and is supported by a wide variety of devices. It also offers free updates and has a 30-day trial. | https://specialtyairpurifiers.com/uncategorized/antivirus-for-free-bitdefender-assessment/ |
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Researchers have developed a system based on the analysis of electromagnetic waves to detect any type of malware attack. According to them, their approach achieves a success rate rarely matched by traditional security solutions.
If the detection of all kinds of malware is usually based on a purely software solution, which has now proved its worth, researchers have just discovered a new method providing even better results. Security experts from the Research Institute of Computer Science and Random Systems (IRISA) have visibly found a near-foolproof way to detect malware and prevent them from harming.
Their method is based on a Raspberry Pi, this very small PC sold at a low price and which can now be found everywhere. Equipped with a oscilloscope (a Picoscope 6407, more precisely) anda magnetic field probe H, the solution proposed by the researchers is 99.82% effective. What if they had designed the best antivirus ever?
The Raspberry Pi detects viruses using electromagnetic waves
The device uses a convolutional neural network (CNN), the connection pattern of which is inspired by the visual cortex of animals. After equipping their Raspberry Pi with the oscilloscope and the probe, the researchers trained it to detect variations in the electromagnetic field. In short, the device recognizes abnormal electromagnetic wave patterns issued by a computer as soon as it is attacked by malware.
The main advantage of this solution is that it is fully outsourced. As a result, the malware installed on a victim’s computer did not no way to hide from the eyes of the Raspberry Pi. It also cannot cripple its detection method, as it might attempt to do with a software solution installed on the target PC. Enough to undermine malware that is undetectable by security software.
This new approach to malware detection does not stop there, as researchers explain thatshe is also able to classify virus samples depending on the techniques used to compromise a file.
Obviously, this is not a complete security solution, since this method does not work like a classic antivirus. In essence, it is unable to act on the target computer: it cannot eradicate malware since it works remotely. But the idea is pretty good and we can’t wait to see if it can be deployed on a large scale. | https://techunwrapped.com/this-raspberry-pi-detects-malware-with-unparalleled-precision-thanks-to-an-unprecedented-method/ |
Websites for scanning online virus, malware, and URL scanner – We all know that the viruses have always been a cause of trouble for people. Due to the day-by-day increasing popularity of the internet, now many harmful viruses have become. Actually, it is all because of an increase in a number of internet users. Everybody is using the internet. That’s why Hackers and scammers are increasing rapidly in a majority. In the modern world, Anti-virus is one and only reliable way from which you can protect yourself.
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The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate individual competence in each of the topics covered in Fatigue Management Strategies for Employees. Each chapter in the workbook begins with a set of learning outcomes that detail the knowledge and skills to be learned by the end of each chapter. Students should have completed each of the exercises and knowledge checks in the workbook before beginning this assessment.
The assessment process uses two approaches to evaluate employee competency in fatigue management. First, employees are asked direct questions intended to assess knowledge obtained from the workbook. Employees are asked to maintain a logbook to demonstrate competence in applying the concepts of fatigue risk management to their specific work, social, and family situations.
The first two elements form the assessment tasks, and should be completed by employees. The Acceptable Responses and the Logbook Checklist are intended primarily for a designated assessor to determine whether employees have provided appropriate answers and information. However, it may be useful to provide this material to employees during the assessment. This will ensure employees know the types of answers/information they are expected to provide for each question. If the answers to the fundamental knowledge questions are provided to employees, the assessor should conduct a verbal assessment, asking questions at random. The assessor should primarily ask highlighted questions (see page 3).
The form provided in Competency Assessment Results serves as a certificate of competence. The feedback provided on this form should state whether the individual has demonstrated competence in fatigue risk management, and highlight any areas that need further attention.
The assessor may be a safety manager within the organization, who has achieved competence in fatigue risk management principles. Alternatively, assessors can be commissioned from external sources (such as universities or private consultants) to provide a more objective examination of employee responses.
The fundamental knowledge questions can be answered in the space provided in this booklet. The logbook should be completed in a separate notebook on a day-today basis for one month. Employee Logbook Instructions outline a number of elements that should be demonstrated and/or considered within the actual work environment. Employees should cover each in their logbooks. If the organization already practises good fatigue risk management principles, and the employee already understands and uses these principles, the logbook can be completed retrospectively. That is, employees can detail how they approached the required elements listed on pages 9-10 in their specific work environment in the past.
Name three types of foods you should eat to reduce fatigue and maximize alertness.
18. What is the least amount of water you should drink each day to avoid dehydration?
Having a healthy social and family life is important for physical and mental well-being. Explain two things you can do to help balance your working hours and your family and social life.
After completing the Fatigue Management Strategies for Employees, employees should keep a logbook or diary for one month detailing how they have applied the strategies outlined in the workbook to their specific work situation.
If an organization is already active in managing fatigue, and employees regularly apply good fatigue risk management practices, they do not need to complete a day-by-day, one-month diary. Instead, their logbook may describe specific instances when they have applied the strategies outlined below.
improving environment (e.g., in creasing light)
Detail specific instances of action taken in the workplace to reduce potential causes of fatigue in colleagues (at least one example). This may include some of the examples provided above, or direct confrontation and intervention with a colleague.
Demonstrate that employees know where to find and have consulted relevant documentation available within the organization (e.g., FRMS policy and procedures, safety management system policy, labour standards, provincial or federal legislation).
company policies may include occupational health and safety rules, procedures manual, etc.
(Workplace examples of schedules/ routes/job tasking could be provided to employees to help them suggest two improvements that might reduce fatigue. This may be done as an activity in groups of two or three during the face-to-face training workshop.)
List four advantages of implementing fatigue management strategies in the workplace.
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS: involuntarily nodding off; waves of sleepiness; poor hand-eye coordination; yawning; sore eyes; etc.
MENTAL SYMPTOMS: trouble focussing on tasks; making errors; having lapses in attention; being unable to recall the last five minutes; problems communicating effectively; etc.
EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS: lack of energy; irritability; moodiness; etc.
Drinks that contain caffeine, such as coffee, tea, cola, and energy drinks may help to increase your alertness levels. However, if you consume drinks like these frequently throughout the day, caffeine will not be as effective at improving your alertness. Explain why.
Tolerance to caffeine develops with frequent use, meaning that the same amount of caffeine is no longer as effective.
If you do not drink enough water, you may become dehydrated. How does dehydration affect alertness levels?
It makes you feel lethargic and sluggish. This can increase the feeling of fatigue.
Describe three ways your sleep is affected by consuming more than four standard alcoholic drinks before bed.
Alcohol significantly reduces the quality of sleep; sleep is lighter, fragmented, and you need to get up to go to the toilet more often.
Talk to friends and family about your work hours and the effect this has on you to help them gain a better understanding and to enable them to be supportive; let your family and friends know when you are sleeping, busy, or free; give a copy of your schedule to your family and friends; arrange events yourself so that you do not feel socially isolated.
25.
Describe two strategies you can use to avoid falling asleep while driving.
Don’t drive if you’re tired : stop when you’re tired; use caffeine strategically; make sure you’re adequately rested before driving; use napping strategically, including allowing adequate time to recover from sleep inertia.
26. Fatigue can cause performance impairment similar to alcohol in drivers.
List five strategies that can help daytime sleep.
Sleeping in a dark, cool, and quiet room; talking with your family or household about your sleep requirements; establishing a good sleep environment; wearing earplugs; turning off the phone; putting a sign on your door to let people know you are sleeping; using foil or heavy curtains to block out the sunlight; establishing a pre-bed routine; avoiding caffeine two to four hours before bedtime; minimizing alcohol consumption prior to sleep; using white noise to dampen external noises; using an answering machine; telling your neighbours when you are sleeping so they don’t mow the lawn or perform other noisy tasks; getting your partner to take preschool children out for a few hours so you can sleep in a quiet house; having a bath to relax before bed; learning relaxation techniques; learning to meditate; not panicking if you can’t sleep; do something else and then try again.
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“My fragile connection with the world of polite society has, without a doubt, been severed,” he wrote. “My attire would rank me among the worst-dressed Tijuana panhandlers. My hygiene is no better. Yesterday, for the first time, I urinated in public, in broad daylight.” | https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/former-fugitive-and-cybersecurity-legend-john-mcafee-says-he-may-be-running-for-president-heres-a-look-at-his-insane-life/slidelist/48875806.cms |
US Cyber Command joined the group to Iranian intelligence and thorough its multi-pronged, ever more innovative suite of malware equipment.
U.S. Cyber Command has verified that MuddyWater – an state-of-the-art persistent threat (APT) cyberespionage actor aka Mercury, Static Kitten, TEMP.Zagros or Seedworm that is traditionally focused authorities victims in the Center East – is an Iranian intelligence outfit.
The backlink has been suspected, and now it is governing administration-stamped. On Wednesday, USCYBERCOM not only verified the tie it also disclosed the plethora of open up-source applications and procedures MuddyWater takes advantage of to crack into target methods and introduced malware samples.
“MuddyWater has been noticed making use of a assortment of techniques to manage accessibility to victim networks,” in accordance to USCYBERCOM’S Nationwide Mission Power (CNMF). “These consist of side-loading DLLs in purchase to trick respectable programs into running malware and obfuscating PowerShell scripts to cover command and regulate features.”
USCYBERCOM has uploaded numerous MuddyWater-attributed malware samples to VirusTotal.
Iranian MOIS hacker team #MuddyWater is employing a suite of malware to carry out espionage and destructive exercise. If you see two or a lot more of these malware on your network, you may have MuddyWater on it: https://t.co/xTI6xuQOg3. Attributed as a result of @NCIJTF @FBI
Amongst various malware sets, MuddyWater is working with new variants of the PowGoop malware family, CNMF stated.
PowGoop was 1st described by Palo Alto Networks in September 2020, when it was made use of in attacks on two condition-operate businesses in the Middle East and North Africa that in the end put in and ran a variant of the Thanos ransomware.
At the time, Palo Alto suspected that the menace actors have been utilizing a downloader – one particular that scientists dubbed PowGoop – to arrive at out to a distant server to down load and execute PowerShell scripts. The identify comes from the use of GoogleUpdate.exe to load a malicious, modified edition of goopdate.dll – a DLL which is used to load a destructive PowerShell script from an exterior file.
PowGoop has been buffed up considering that it was to start with spotted: SentinelLabs on Wednesday described that drastically enhanced, more recent variants of PowGoop have revealed up in the wild, identified in lately triaged incidents, “suggesting the group proceeds to use and sustain it even immediately after the latest exposures.” “The new variants expose that the threat team has expanded its arsenal of genuine software program utilised to load destructive DLLs,” SentinelOne intelligence researcher Amitai Ben Shushan Ehrlich wrote.
Ehrlich stated that, aside from GoogleUpdate.exe, a few much more benign pieces of software package are abused in order to sideload destructive DLLs: Git.exe, FileSyncConfig.exe and Inno_Updater.exe.
CNMF has shared new samples exhibiting the various areas of MuddyWater’s new suite of equipment, along with JavaScript information utilized to build connections back to malicious infrastructure. They include new PowGoop command-and-control (C2) beacon variants as properly as the Mori Backdoor: a backdoor made use of for cyber espionage that employes DNS tunneling to communicate with the C2 infrastructure.
“Any cases of these information may perhaps indicate an attacker in the network,” CNMF reiterated about freshly released and already recognised indicators of compromise (IoC). “Should a network operator recognize various of the instruments on the similar network, it may perhaps show the presence of Iranian destructive cyber actors.”
MuddyWater Tunneling Exercise: “The operators guiding MuddyWater routines are extremely fond of tunneling applications,” SentinelOne’s Ehrlich wrote. “The custom resources utilised by the group usually present confined performance, and are applied to drop tunneling tools which permit the operators to conduct a wider set of functions.”
MuddyWater attackers are working with tunneling instruments which include Chisel, SSF and Ligolo: applications that permit the danger actor to link to devices within focus on environments as if they have been within the operator LAN, he described.
Summary of MuddyWater tunneling applying Chisel. Resource: Sentinel Labs.
Exploiting Microsoft Trade: Sentinel Labs has also tracked MuddyWater targeting Trade servers of high-profile companies. “This subset of Exchange exploitation activity is fairly attention-grabbing, as without the need of context it would be difficult to attribute it to MuddyWater mainly because the activity depends practically absolutely on publicly obtainable offensive security applications,” Ehrlich pointed out.
They are making use of two instruments to check out to exploit Exchange servers: a publicly obtainable script for exploiting CVE-2020-0688 – a vulnerability that permits distant code execution (RCE) for an authenticated user – and Ruler, an open source Exchange exploitation framework a short while ago used to concentrate on a string of Middle Jap telecom operators and IT firms, as described by Symantec’s Menace Hunter Workforce previous thirty day period.
MuddyWater: Far better & Improved at Stirring Up Muck
Examination exhibits that the MuddyWater APT carries on to evolve and adapt its procedures Sentinel Labs summarized. “While however relying on publicly offered offensive security applications, the group has been refining its custom toolset and employing new methods to keep away from detection,” Ehrlich observed, pointing to evolution of the PowGoop malware relatives, the group’s use of tunneling equipment, and its focusing on of Exchange servers in substantial-profile corporations.
The group doesn’t have to be fancy to be helpful, he mentioned: “Like lots of other Iranian risk actors, the group shows fewer sophistication and technological complexity in contrast to other condition-sponsored APT teams. Even so, it seems MuddyWater’s persistency is a crucial to their results, and their absence of sophistication does not seem to avoid them from obtaining their objectives.”
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In this episode, Fred and Garrett discuss how you can adopt defenses to deflect Malicious Software (AKA Malware). This is the second Foundational CIS Control and is crucial for your personal and business security. The Malware Defenses control is most impactful when a company has taken action against the first six Basic CIS Controls and the first Foundational CIS Control (following the CIS Top 20 Cybersecurity Controls).
Malware (AKA Malicious Software) comes in many forms. Some of which include: Trojans, Worms, and Ransomware. Many companies don't have measures in place to prevent malware attacks. This makes company devices, servers, and networks vulnerable. Something as simple as an employee clicking a link in an email could introduce malware to your company's network. For this reason, it's important that you consider how malware can be introduced to your environment and what tools you can use to prevent it.
You can implement these controls yourself, but it may cost you a substantial amount of time, money, and effort. There are Cybersecurity experts who specialize in getting these controls set up for hundreds of organizations.
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Last month the State of Israel faced the threat of Hamas rockets and tunnels and overcame it. Our enemies in these various terrorist organizations, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, as they fail in the military and the terror campaigns that they launch against us, continue to try to attack us through other ways, including in the field of cyber attacks. And that is an arena that is changing, both here and elsewhere and it’s accelerating in dizzying pace.
The attack by our enemies on Israel’s civilian – and I stress civilian – internet infrastructure during the recent operation. These attacks were clearly meant to disrupt the daily lives of Israelis, to harm us, but those same attacks failed exactly in the same way as the terror campaign, as the terror attacks, the rockets and the tunnel attacks failed.
There is a world of difference however in dealing with these attacks and dealing with rockets and tunnels. With rockets and tunnels you know where they originate; you know who the enemy is. You know that virtually instantaneously. But in the cyber domain there are no sirens, and there are no instantly discernable enemies. That’s often the case. This is a space in which there isn’t a ‘here’ and a ‘there.’ There isn’t the side of Israel, the side of Gaza, and the attacks try to cross that line. In fact, it’s a very broad domain which is very hard to define where your space ends and somebody else’s space, including the attackers’, begins. So, the attacks, in a sense, always come from within.
Now, we identify those attacks, and we stop them. But the fact that the cyber attacks did not affect Israel’s daily routine and economy and they certainly did not affect the IDF efforts – those facts derive from the fact that we have the finest minds, literally, the finest minds in Israel’s security community and our cyber industry working to give us those defenses. There’s an iron dome of cyber security that parallels the Iron Dome against the rockets and this allowed us the operating space to continue fighting and of course to continue with the daily life of Israel.
A year ago at this conference, I described the threat developing in the cyber sphere against Israel and the actions that our enemies – headed by Iran – are taking against us in that field. We have witnessed now, in the recent operation, Hamas’s efforts against us. We saw that throughout the operation. But I want to make clear that the party behind the cyber attacks against Israel is first and foremost Iran, including in the Hamas attacks. Iran supports all our enemies; Iran is the source of most of the attacks that are launched against Israel and we are not their only targets in the cyber field. Iran and its proxies take advantage of the security anonymity of cyberspace to attack many other countries around the world.
We are unrelenting in confronting this threat. We’re increasing our efforts to deal with a range of cyber threats out of an understanding of the importance of cyber security to Israel’s continued economic growth and its security.
I mention both, because both are important: We want to protect the security of our country, the security and privacy of our citizens, but at the same time, we also identify great economic opportunity.
We’re currently advancing a number of dramatic actions that I think will transform the cyber field in Israel. This is a work in process for us and for our allies around the world, for every country. Cyber is moving very rapidly. It’s changing very rapidly and you have to decide with a certain amount of uncertainty how it is that you’re going to tackle a field as complex and as ever-changing as cyber security.
It is a daunting task, I always find the most difficult part of any change, structural change – in the economy or in education or in any field, in defense and in cyber defense – I find the greatest challenge to be not the organizational challenge, not the forces that often clash – competing interests and so on. I find the greatest challenge to be the intellectual challenge, the conceptual challenge: what is right, what is the best thing that we should do. Then you start to make all the adjustments for what is possible, what you can pay for, what is politically required and so on. You make the adjustments. You trim off the edges of the main conception. But the most important thing in any reform is the conception of what is right, what is necessary.
And in cyber this is particularly difficult for the simple reason that nobody knows. Nobody truly knows. It’s such a moving target, such an expanding and ever-changing world that you have to make certain assumptions and go with them and probably you’ll have to adjust them as you go along. Whatever it is we do, we have to allow for changes as we go along, especially in this field.
So we are going to make some strategic decisions and we are making great investments in the goal of making a quantum leap forward in the governmental and the national response in the cyber sphere. We are going to combine two important efforts: One, to transform the government into an exemplar for robust cyber defense in order to protect our digital assets and also to strengthen the trust of millions of our citizens who enjoy government services; and second, we’re going to standardize the cyber defense market in order to ensure that the entire Israeli economy will have professional people and services in the highest level.
You do that in various fields where you need specialists. Government sets standards and some checks so that the various services that are given – it doesn’t provide necessarily the services in all cases – but it makes sure that the standards are met to ensure that people are given what they deserve and we intend to do this as well. The attacks that I’ve just mentioned and many others that I haven’t mentioned I think provide additional evidence that the cyber sphere is becoming increasingly a battlefield. Israel fields it from several directions. It originates in Iran, but not only from Iran. So let me reiterate: We are bolstering our defenses and we are committed to maintaining Israel’s position as a global cyber power and as such we have to implement a policy which protects cyberspace as an open space and as the basis for global growth.
I want to assure you that Israel will always know how to use its unique strengths and knowledge to protect our country and as far as we can to protect the world’s commitment to cyber growth. Because I think that there is a tremendous responsibility that comes with power always, but also a tremendous responsibility to assure the economic opportunities that are afforded by the growth of the internet economy, the internet world. The internet of things, the internet of people, all of that creates tremendous opportunities for growth, and that growth, the increase of productivity for billions of people: instant communications, transfer of funds, the movement of ideas, the movement of capital, the movement of initiative, or enterprise – all of that is under risk by cyber attackers who have the capacity to inflict increasing damage, and the attacker always has the advantage as you well know. And so we have to work at the same time as we integrate into this modern world, as we provide entrepreneurs for this modern world, we have to work at providing security for this great change.
I believe that this is a tremendous engine of economic growth because I don’t think there’s a person on Earth who’s not going to need cyber security. I don’t think there is a nation on Earth that is not going to need cyber security. Some of them violate that security left and right, but every country and every citizen of this planet will need cyber security and this will be the century where cyber security will either be achieved or we will lose the tremendous opportunities that face humanity.
Long before the term cyber became known and commonplace, Israeli companies developed the first cyber technology: the first firewall, several of the first antivirus technologies. All these were developed here, and over the past several years we’ve seen a veritable explosion of start-up companies that are breaking new ground in dealing with a range of threats using innovative technologies and defense solutions.
I think you can see proof of this that over the last nine months alone, twenty Israeli start-up companies have raised more than 170 million dollars. The investors aren’t doing this for charity. They know why they’re here and I think you know why you’re here and we welcome you in that spirit because we think that there are tremendous opportunities for real needs for the civilized countries, real needs for their citizens and real economic opportunities that come out of these needs. Because people’s dependence on cyber keeps increasing and so is the necessity to offer cyber defense.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that cyber defense solutions will serve as the essential basis for human development and economic growth in this century. I think it’s happening before our eyes and everything that you see, these curves that seem to reach into the stratosphere, they are going to continue. They’re not going to stop, providing we solve this problem or at least control this problem or mitigate it.
And in light of these developments, three years ago we determined this area to be a top priority in our nation’s future and we’re building an Israeli cyber environment with an eye to the long-term. Israel R&D will continue to be at the forefront of many years to come thanks to the strategic investment in the industry by the government and the private sector, both in human resources and in academia. And this event I think marks a perfect example of this partnership. I think it demonstrates the importance of working together because when you’re dealing with cyber, you have to deal with the private sector, with academia and with the government. And what we believe is that we can fashion this growth by a unique system that integrates the three in a very, very determined and purposeful way.
The research center which is being launched here today as a joint initiative of the National Cyber Bureau and Tel Aviv University, under the leadership of Professor Isaac Ben Israel and with an investment of tens of millions of shekels, I think it embodies the understanding of the unique interdisciplinary nature of the cyber field and the significance of the connection between people and computers, between this software, that hardware – it has to keep evolving and changing.
We also have a flagship project, the establishment of the national cyber campus. Now here is a bit of copywriting, which is brilliant. It’s called Cyber Spark. It’s a cyber-park and it’s situated in Beersheba where we’re moving – General Alexander, we’re moving our NSA right into that campus so we have academia, government, well, security, and private investors all within a range of 200 meters one from each other. Just in the same place. There is still a value, even in the cyber world, for people to actually be able to meet one another and exchange ideas, even face-to-face. That is still important. And that is, I think, is fast becoming a hub of global innovation and I think Beersheba will become a very, very important cyber city in the years to come. It’s already becoming that.
We are now establishing a center for applied cyber research at Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, and we’re working to establish the national Cyber Event Readiness Team, CERT, which will become – well, it’s important, very important for the protection of Israel, but it’s also I think a magnet on campus and it will have its own reverberations into the economic enterprises that are attached to it.
In order to strengthen the industry, just a few weeks ago, the government decided, adopted a resolution regarding special tax benefits for companies that would establish cyber activities in the framework of Cyber Spark so you now have tax benefits. I think there are other benefits, but I want you to have all the benefits because one of the things we want to see is your partnership. We know that it’s virtually impossible to prevent, to create delineation of space where our common enemies are operating from and our own space. But at the same time, there’s every reason to incorporate our partnerships in that same spirit. If the cyberspace unites all of us, then let’s unite to protect the cyberspace. And that is why I’m so proud to be here and that is why I welcome you to Israel. I hope you look around, see if what I’m saying makes sense and if it is, invest in Israeli cyber.
Israel said it had become the victim of a mass cyber-warfare campaign with millions of attempts to hack state websites since the beginning of Pillar of Defense counterterrorist campaign last week.
Speaking Sunday ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said the government was now waging war on “a second front — of cyber attacks against Israel.”
Steinitz said in the past four days, Israel had “deflected 44 million cyber attacks on government websites. All the attacks were thwarted except for one, which targeted a specific website that was down for six or seven minutes.” …READ MORE
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Online fraud detection company Iovation reports that in Q1-2012 the rate of fraudulent online transactions it stopped in Europe is 60 percent greater today than a year ago.
The rates compared look at transactions for the first quarter of 2011 compared to the first quarter of 2012.
The top three European countries for online fraud this past year included Romania, Lithuania and Croatia, the company reveals. While fraudulent activity was stopped by its Reputation Manager 360 software in many industries within these countries, the top types of fraud were:
* Croatia had the highest number of eCommerce fraudulent transactions, relating to the use of stolen credit cards to purchase online retail goods and services.
To help deal with its increased use in Europe, Iovation has launched a new European data centre, now actively serving content to clients across Europe, streamlining data collection and improving fraud prevention.
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The Russia-linked cyberespionage group that hacked IT management solutions provider SolarWinds continues to launch supply chain attacks, Microsoft warned on Monday.
The threat actor, tracked by Microsoft as Nobelium (and APT29 and Cozy Bear by others), has been running a campaign since May 2021, in which it has targeted at least 140 organizations, including 14 whose systems have been compromised.
In the SolarWinds attack, the hackers delivered their first-stage malware to thousands of organizations, and hacked into the networks of roughly 100 entities by leveraging the access they had to SolarWinds systems.
In the more recent attacks, Microsoft said Nobelium targeted “resellers and other technology service providers that customize, deploy and manage cloud services and other technologies on behalf of their customers.” “We believe Nobelium ultimately hopes to piggyback on any direct access that resellers may have to their customers’ IT systems and more easily impersonate an organization’s trusted technology partner to gain access to their downstream customers,” Microsoft said.
Mandiant has also been monitoring these attacks and the cybersecurity firm spotted downstream victims in North America and Europe.
The tech giant informed over 600 customers about nearly 23,000 Nobelium-linked attacks between July 1 and October 19. Whily only a handful of the targets actually had their systems compromised, Microsoft wanted to highlight that it only sent out a total of 20,500 alerts to customers regarding all state-sponsored attacks observed over the past three years, prior to July 1.
“This recent activity is another indicator that Russia is trying to gain long-term, systematic access to a variety of points in the technology supply chain and establish a mechanism for surveilling – now or in the future – targets of interest to the Russian government,” Microsoft said.
In a report published earlier this month, Microsoft said Russia had been behind 58% of the state-sponsored cyberattacks it has observed.
The company noted on Monday that the recent Nobelium attacks have not exploited any software vulnerabilities, and instead leveraged techniques such as phishing and password spraying to steal legitimate credentials and gain access to targeted systems.
Microsoft has also made available technical guidance that can help organizations detect attacks launched by Nobelium.
Last month, Microsoft published a blog post detailing a piece of malware used by the threat group to exfiltrate data from compromised servers. | https://cybersocialhub.com/csh/russia-linked-solarwinds-hackers-continue-supply-chain-attack-rampage/ |
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“SecureLink released its third-party data breach report with the Ponemon Institute, highlighting the gap between perceived third-party access threats and the security mitigations adopted.
The report titled “A Crisis in Third-party Remote Access Security” found that organizations were not implementing the necessary security measures to mitigate third-party remote access risks.
The failure to adopt the necessary security measures exposed their networks to potential unauthorized third-party access and compliance risks. Consequently, nearly three-quarters (74%) of organizations breached within the last 12 months said the exposure originated from granting too much privileged access to third parties.” | https://daviscyberlaw.com/organizations-experienced-a-third-party-data-breach/ |
►Increased net worth requirements for HMBS program participants to $5 million plus one percent of the aggregate amount of the outstanding remaining principal balance and any commitment authority available to issue securities. These net worth requirements are effective immediately for prospective HMBS Issuers. Existing Issuers will have until October 1, 2011, to meet the new net worth requirements.
►New liquid assets requirement of 20 percent of the new Ginnie Mae HMBS net worth requirement. Prospective and existing HMBS Issuers will have until Oct. 1, 2011, to meet the new liquid asset requirements.
►New capital requirements that match those of institutions considered to be “well-capitalized” by bank and thrift regulatory agencies. These requirements become effective for prospective and existing Issuers on Oct. 1, 2011. The capital requirements are as follows:
1. 6 percent of Total Equity/Total Assets
►Increased servicing fee to 36 basis points which includes the Ginnie Mae six basis points guaranty fee. Additional information regarding the new servicing fee structure will be available in March 2011.
“These changes are designed to ensure that all Issuers of Ginnie Mae HMBS have adequate capital and liquidity to protect the program and taxpayers from undue risk,” said Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer. “We believe the new requirements provide a measure of safety for our program; they reflect the significant capital and liquidity required to manage an HMBS portfolio in a financially sound manner,”
Last year, Ginnie Mae halted the acceptance of new HMBS Issuers until it could complete a thorough review and risk assessment of the program. The review is now complete, and the announcement of these new requirements means Ginnie Mae will begin accepting new Issuer applications immediately.
For more information, visit www.ginniemae.gov. | https://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/21008/ginnie-mae-enhances-risk-management-approach-hmbs-program |
1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
I thoroughly enjoyed my year-long placement at Sony. I learnt so much on placement and because I was there for 12-13 months, I was treated like a full-time member of staff and felt very valued. I was very fortunate to have received training paid for by Sony and attended external webinars/talks hosted by external companies. I was also lucky enough to be part of a really sociable team, but generally, all the people in the office are friendly. I was based in Weybridge, which has about 500 employees on site, so I loved being in the busy office.
5/5 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
I felt very valued by my colleagues, in Finance especially, we weren't really considered 'interns' as we were part of team for 12-13 months. I also had my own individual roles and responsibilities and lead several projects in the second half of my placement, dissimilar to other companies where an internship consists of shadowing someone else and helping them with their daily tasks. I was trusted to contact various areas of the business to arrange meetings without my manager present and generally felt very empowered.
5/5 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
At the beginning of my placement, all interns have a two week handover period where they are trained up by the previous intern. However, I didn't have an intern to take over, so my Manager blocked out two weeks of her own time to train me up. They had prepared slide decks to explain each of my areas to me as well as introducing me to the entire Finance department.
5/5 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
As my sub-department was relatively new, there was always something to do. We were always trying to expand our scope. In times where there wasn't very much operational work going on, there was always lots of research/planning I could have been doing. Throughout the year, I was taking on more and so eventually I did have quite a few projects ongoing.
5/5 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
My own roles and responsibilities were established towards the beginning of my placement and I took on more work as the year went on. I was eventually leading several projects in the second half of my placement. On over a dozen occasions I presented my work to Senior Management and a few times to the Head of Sony Global Finance and Accounting.
5/5 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
I believe the skills I learnt will heavily assist me in obtaining a graduate scheme. I have built on my professionalism, organisation and presentation skills the most, received excel training and attended external webinars all of which I can put on my CV and recall in interviews. I also think that taking the work ethic that I developed in the office back to university will help massively with my studies.
7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
I was based at the Weybridge site which has around 500 employees so the office was always busy. We had a really good canteen, cafe and the interns liked to use the fun room a lot. There are also other perks of having such a big office such as an onsite launderette, a nap room and onsite parking.
5/5 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
From a HR perspective, I think the placement could have been a bit more organised. HR would organise events for the interns which were good but there wouldn't be any communication with our managers so I was having to let my manager know what was going on a lot and ask for some time to work on the intern project and days off for intern days out. Luckily, I had a good relationship with my manager so this didn't affect me as much.
2/5 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
Excel Level 2 training was paid for by Sony which was great as I now have a certificate that I can reference in interviews/my CV. This was something that I had to request however and did take about 6-7 months to actually happen. I know quite a few other interns did other training in PowerPoint and other tools.
11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
The Finance graduate scheme at Sony seems okay, it works on a rotation basis where you spend 3-4 months in each sub-department for two years. You also get to do a ACCA qualification paid for by Sony. I personally, find that 3-4 months is far too short to spend in each department and that the various departments can't afford to invest in training you up properly since you'll have to leave a couple of months later so I found that the graduates were doing more admin/menial tasks.
12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
In total across two offices, there were about 36 interns and 10 or so graduates. I found the social scene to be quite good, we would have daily tea breaks and go to the pub every so often. We also has a few house parties, although socialising outside of work proved to be quite difficult as we all lived quite far apart.
3/5 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
The local pubs were quite expensive, the office is based in Weybridge but definitely had London prices. Pints were about £5-6. Thankfully, there was also a weatherspoons which was much more reasonable. Restaurants in Weybridge weren't too expensive and there was lots of choice so my team ended up going out for lunch every couple of weeks.
3/5 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
There isn't much nightlife in Weybridge. There was more of a pub scene which was still quite fun when there is lots of the office out. Most would just go out in Surbitton, Kingston or Clapham and then get taxis back but nights out didn't happen very often in big groups.
2/5 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
With London just a 20-30 minute train away, I'd say there are lots of activities people could get involved in. There is also an onsite gym that lots of us use which is quite nice in the evenings and at lunch time. Sony also has a run club which I joined for a bit. If you wanted a bigger gym, there is a David Lloyds just round the corner which is meant to be really nice too. | https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/placement-review/155984/sony-europe/risk-management-analyst |
After being told to “move along, there’s nothing to see here” by the PA Department of Education (PDE), many representatives in our state legislature, and the “business community” heralding the Common Core and negating concerns regarding the “common” data collection system that has been created in tandem with these “common” standards, Governor Corbett now decides to toss the anti-Common Core crowd a bone. We’ve had over two years of discussions, hearings, meetings, and resolutions about Common Core. Where were Governor Corbett’s strong words of concern and opposition before now? The silence from his office regarding Common Core has been deafening.
Pardon my confusion, but I thought PA had already wiped its hands clean of the Common Core and created its own very rigorous, very “college and career ready,” and very “21st Century” PA standards that were definitely NOT Common Core, even though we were originally told Common Core was the greatest thing to come along in education since the mimeograph machine. All these lofty, loosely defined terms about “rigor” and “21st century economic skills” are tossed around as if those of us in the cheap seats understand education ‘reformer’ doublespeak and use of semantic deception to garner support for ideas that if explained truthfully most people would outright reject.
The Corbett administration’s “No Child Left Behind” (ESEA) Waiver request stated that:
“Pennsylvania educators from across the state convened in 2012 to meld the PA Academic Standards with CCSS standards. … Overall, the PA Common Core Standards reflect a rigorous set of standards that embraces the CCSS Anchor Standards in English Language Arts as well as the CCSS Standards for Mathematical Practice…”)
Sadly, I fear we’re stuck on “repeat play” with the same old Common Core song – the Name Game — and dance — the Hustle. For the most part, these supposedly unique PA Academic Core Standards were merely an exercise in the use of synonyms and superfluous words and phrases, as well as some clever re-ordering, that do not in any meaningful way alter the original Common Core. So, if I seem cautiously optimistic, if not downright skeptical, about yet another round of the Common Core kerfuffle, I apologize, but it’s been quite a journey on a road paved with duplicitous intentions.
Why would PA need to “meld” and “embrace” something we supposedly moved away from? Why must our standards be anchored to Common Core at all? Furthermore, if the Corbett administration is concerned about a “top down takeover of the education system” then why did it apply for and receive $51 million from the federal department of education for PA’s early learning education program?
It is through this federal grant aid system that the federal government bypasses our state legislature and Constitutional rule of law and pushes policies and programs like CCSS and the State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) into our state. Granted, Congress appropriates the money that funds these federal bureaucracies, but beyond that it exercises little, if any, control over how these funds are used. These grants went not only to the PDE, but also to the PA Information Management Systems (PIMS) and the Department of Labor and Industry. And, as we can see, once implemented, these programs and policies are difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate, no matter who gets elected to office.
Common Core is a lesson in the importance of Constitutionally limited government, the rule of law, and states’ rights via the Tenth Amendment as well as the principle of subsidiarity, which focuses on protecting the proper and natural functions of local communities from oppressive control and manipulation by more comprehensive power. It directs the functions of government to the most local level possible.
The crux of the matter is this federal grant aid system, in addition to the collusion of crony capitalists and big government, that ignores the authority of our elected representation and creates a massive bureaucratic administrative state. It is a system that more resembles Fascism than a Constitutional Republic. In order for this “top down takeover” to end, we must stop making deals that further erode our ability to function as a sovereign state and violate the principle of subsidiarity, especially when it comes to education. We can’t have it both ways. We end up groveling for our own taxpayer dollars back from the federal government, and yet only receive cents on the dollar in return. Furthermore, we are abdicating the authority and responsibility of our locally elected school boards to a federal leviathan with an insatiable appetite for centralized power.
The Student Aligned Systems portal (SAS), which includes a “Voluntary Model Curriculum” with lesson plans that align perfectly to the “Core” and to the Keystone Exams, runs contradictory to the claim that the PDE does not meddle into curriculum at the local district level. In fact, this “voluntary” curriculum, available on the SAS portal, was a big selling point for the federal government panel that evaluated PA’s grant application in which representatives from the PDE made it clear that “when we have made mandatory things available, pretty much everybody is using them.”
Act 82 of 2012 put a temporary moratorium on “certain Data Collection Systems and Data Sets” for both the early childhood learning database (called PELICAN) and the PIMS, which manages the “womb to workforce” data system. PA received $24+ million in grant money from the federal government specifically for the creation of this SLDS a/k/a “womb to workforce” data system. Act 82 includes a long list of exceptions to this moratorium including the catch-all phrase: “any data pursuant to other Federal requirements to meet eligibility requirements for Federal Funds” and it lists all the federal laws that apply.
I realize that any mention of data collection and privacy concerns brings on snickers and mockery of the “tin foil hat” brigade, but do any of us really know what data is/was the state required to collect and share to meet eligibility for federal funds? How can the state possibly guarantee privacy of our children’s data, especially when this data is stored in the “cloud” environment – such as with the MMS Student Information System. And even if the Corbett Administration put the brakes on Common Core and “common” data collection, can another administration come along and reinstate it? Would all this work now being done now to eradicate Common Core and fortify data privacy be wiped away in one election and a changing of the guard in our state bureaucracies?
If Governor Corbett has indeed has seen the light, I thank him and welcome his voice in the fight against Common Core, and all it entails. I sincerely hope this bone we’re being tossed has real substance, instead of just being more of the same hollow rhetoric. And I hope Governor Corbett will begin to realize that our rights as citizens of a sovereign state are not up for sale to the highest bidder, nor is the privacy and safety of our children in state-controlled schools. And although this may seem like an election “Hail Mary” pass for Corbett, given the alternatives, I am hoping for a completion. | https://feltonmom.com/tag/data-privacy/ |
The second quarter of 2017 saw sophisticated threat actors unleash a wealth of new and enhanced malicious tools, including three zero-day exploits and two unprecedented attacks: WannaCry and ExPetr. Expert analysis of the last two suggests the code may have escaped into the wild before it was fully ready, an unusual situation for well-resourced attackers. These and other trends are covered in Kaspersky Lab’s latest quarterly threat intelligence summary.
The months from April to end June witnessed significant developments in targeted attacks by, among others, Russian-, English-, Korean-, and Chinese-speaking threat actors. These developments have far-reaching implications for business IT security: sophisticated malicious activity is happening continuously almost everywhere in the world, increasing the risk of companies and non-commercial organisations becoming collateral damage in cyber warfare. The allegedly nation-state backed WannaCry and ExPetr destructive epidemics, whose victims included many companies and organisation across the globe, became the first but most likely not the last example of the new, dangerous trend.
Highlights in Q2, 2017 include:
Three Windows zero-day exploits being used in-the-wild by the Russian-speaking Sofacy and Turla threat actors. Sofacy, also known as APT28 or FancyBear, deployed the exploits against a range of European targets, including governmental and political organisations. The threat actor was also observed trying out some experimental tools, most notably against a French political party member in advance of the French national elections.
Gray Lambert – Kaspersky Lab has analysed the most advanced toolkit to date for the Lamberts group, a highly sophisticated and complex, English-speaking cyberespionage family. Two new related malware families were identified.
The WannaCry attack on 12 May and the ExPetr attack on 27 June. While very different in nature and targets, both were surprisingly ineffective as ‘ransomware’. For example, in the case of WannaCry, its rapid global spread and high profile put a spotlight on the attackers’ Bitcoin ransom account and made it hard for them to cash out. This suggests that the real aim of the WannaCry attack was data destruction. Kaspersky Lab’s experts discovered further ties between the Lazarus group and WannaCry. The pattern of destructive malware disguised as ransomware showed itself again in the ExPetr attack.
ExPetr, targeting organisations in the Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere in Europe also appeared to be ransomware but turned out to be purely destructive. The motive behind the ExPetr attacks remains a mystery. Kaspersky Lab’s experts have established a low confidence link to the threat actor known as Black Energy.
“We have long maintained the importance of truly global threat intelligence to aid defenders of sensitive and critical networks. We continue to witness the development of overzealous attackers with no regard for the health of the Internet and those in vital institutions and businesses who rely on it on a daily basis. As cyberespionage, sabotage, and crime run rampant, it’s all the more important for defenders to band together and share cutting-edge knowledge to better defend against all threats,” said Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Senior Security Researcher, Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab.
The Q2 APT Trends report summarises the findings of Kaspersky Lab’s subscriber-only threat intelligence reports. During the second quarter of 2017, Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Tam created 23 private reports for subscribers, with Indicators of Compromise (IOC) data and YARA rules to assist in forensics and malware-hunting.
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Synopsys has announced it will showcase the Fast Application Security Testing (fAST) offerings that represent the latest capabilities and features of the Polaris Software Integrity Platform® at RSA Conference 2023, April 24-27 in San Francisco. Synopsys fAST Static and Synopsys fAST SCA enable DevOps teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities in their proprietary code and open source dependencies through a single fully integrated SaaS platform.
Underpinned by modern cloud architecture and scalable multi-tenant SaaS delivery, Polaris makes it easy for developers to onboard and start scanning code in minutes while enabling security teams to track testing activities and manage risk across thousands of applications.
“Today, development, DevOps and security teams of all sizes need a fully integrated and automated solution that combines multiple testing technologies, reduces complexity, and matches the pace of modern DevSecOps,” said Jason Schmitt, general manager of the Synopsys Software Integrity Group. “With Polaris, we are delivering a no-compromise application security platform that unifies proven, best-of-breed technologies into an integrated SaaS platform that can scale with them and is supported by the established industry leader.”
The latest enhancements to the Polaris Software Integrity Platform accelerate development, DevOps and security team workflows by enabling them to:
Perform static application security testing (SAST) and software composition analysis (SCA) through a single platform. Synopsys fAST Static and Synopsys fAST SCA are built on top of Synopsys’ market-leading Coverity® and Black Duck® analysis engines, accelerating the accurate detection of vulnerabilities in source code and open source software in a single click—with no configuration required. The multi-threaded analysis of Synopsys fAST Static allows customers to run incremental scans that are 5-10 times faster than a full scan with no loss of accuracy, while Synopsys fAST SCA provides teams with detailed analyses of open source vulnerabilities. The result is a combined view of issues at the application level that speeds up risk mitigation.
Build security into DevOps through simplified integrations and automation. Seamless out-of-the-box integrations make it easy to connect Polaris to Jenkins and Jira Cloud, as well as the GitHub, GitLab and Azure DevOps code repositories. Teams can onboard users and applications quickly across the entire organisation, and easily automate scans based on defined schedules, or as part of any CI workflow. They can also define security policies to trigger alerts or halt builds when vulnerabilities are found, and built-in reporting and analytics enable actionability that streamlines remediation workflows and tracks progress across applications and teams.
Manage application security risk at enterprise scale. The multi-tenant SaaS delivery of the Polaris Software Integrity Platform includes elastic capacity and concurrent scanning across projects and scan types to minimise time-to-results, and easily scales to thousands of applications to meet the demands of large enterprise development organisations. For security teams, the platform’s integrated vulnerability analysis tooling helps identify application security hotspots across the entire software portfolio in real-time in an intuitive dashboard that displays vulnerability severity and type across applications, projects and test types. Additionally, Polaris offers triage services that enlist Synopsys’ application security experts to review static analysis results and remove false positives, thus dramatically improving the efficiency, accuracy and actionability of those scans—while also ensuring that failed and misconfigured scans don’t disrupt pipelines or developer workflows.
According to Gartner[1], 80% of security and risk management leaders are now looking to consolidate their security spending with fewer vendors. The analyst firm notes that “across multiple security domains, security technology convergence is accelerating driven by the need to reduce complexity, leverage commonalities, reduce administration overhead and provide more effective security.”
The Synopsys fAST Static and Synopsys fAST SCA offerings are generally available with multiple stand-alone and combined configurations available for purchase.
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In 3 bullets, summarize why this professional or team deserves recognition • Founded in 2003, Zintel Public Relations is a PR firm with a reputation for transforming awareness ideas into results for organizations ranging from startups to global public companies. Zintel PR serves as a proven, proactive and professional partner for a wide variety of companies around the world.
• Clients benefit from Matthew Zintel’s lengthy experience in cybersecurity and IT related PR programs, including media and analyst relations, professional content creation and thought leadership.
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Matthew Zintel’s firm has gained widespread media coverage for its cybersecurity and IT clients in prominent print and online publications for more than 15 years. Zintel PR clients win countless industry awards, receive recognition from the industry’s top analysts, and serve as frequent sources for cybersecurity and IT related outlets.
Zintel PR clients benefit from public relations efforts that focus on precisely executed communications, fast media relations, professional writing, creativity and a relentless commitment to succeed. Matthew Zintel’s leadership offers the attitude of a fast-paced entrepreneur and the focus of an experienced PR veteran.
In 2016, Zintel PR was named PR Agency of the Year for Security Companies by the Info Security Global Excellence Awards. Matthew Zintel is a recipient of a 2015 Silver Excalibur Award from the Houston Public Relations Society of America and a 2010 Golden Bridge Business Award for Best PR Professional. He is also an elected board member of a PR foundation that supports the growth and development of the public relations profession through college scholarships and educator grants.
Prior to founding Zintel Public Relations, Matthew served as senior corporate communications manager for Guidance Software, one of the largest providers of court-tested computer forensic software and services. Other previous positions include public relations manager for the market-leading provider of software anti-piracy and strong authentication solutions, as well as various public relations positions at the Broadcasting Standards Commission – Ofcom (UK), the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and The Economic Club of Chicago. | http://cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com/candidates/matthew-zintel/ |
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Imagine handing over your debit card to pay for some purchases, only to find that your card has been declined. Embarrassed, you dash over to your local branch, and it is swarming with people who have had the same thing happen to them.
Nightmare. And this is exactly what happened to Christy Clark, Bank of America customer in Detroit.
She told Local 4 news “When I entered the branch, that’s when I realized this was a bigger problem.”
While Bank of America flatly denies that it has been victims of a breach, news reports say the incident accounts for $100,000 USD in fraudulent debit transactions.
While Bank of America attempts to isolate the incidents and figure out just what happened, they are looking into third-party locations as possible breach avenues. In the interim, the bank is blocking and reissuing the cards in reported cases.
Bank of America is not a member of The Payments Authority in Michigan, which means that the incident is likely to be handled internally.
Bank of America customers would be wise to review their statements to ensure nothing is amiss.
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The increasing concern around cyber risk continues to dominate discussions in nearly all forums across industries and public sectors. This takes the form of discussions around data protection, network and system security, digital innovation and disruption.
The CRO Forum looked into the issues around cyber resilience in the paper it published in 20141. In this paper, cyber risk was defined as the risk of doing business in the cyber environment. This paper builds on the 2014 paper to focus on how to address the challenges around the collection of data to support improved cyber resilience.
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physical damage that can be caused by cyber attacks.
fraud committed by misuse of data.
any liability arising from data use, storage and transfer, and the availability, integrity and confidentiality of electronic information – be it related to individuals, companies or governments.
The limited and fragmented data on cyber risk presents a significant challenge for all companies as they try to understand, mitigate and quantify cyber risks. A common language is needed that can help the different specialists communicate on cyber riskrelated incidents in a way that is understood internally, recognised externally and provides information to help understand the risks and lessons to be learned.
In Europe, a few key events tend to be widely and repeatedly reported and utilised for awareness raising and benchmarking. This is partly due to the high level of sensitivity around cyber-incident reporting and partly due to confidentiality issues that can arise. Any methodology developed to gain more data on cyber incidents and risks needs to acknowledge and address this sensitivity and promote a culture of awareness around which cyber incident can be discussed.
This paper proposes a methodology for a common cyber risk categorisation. The paper’s goal is to promote a common basis to help capture data on cyber incidents (incidents both leading to losses as well as near misses) and raise awareness and understanding of cyber exposures, accumulation and resilience.
This methodology has been developed to be compatible with existing cyber incident reporting protocols developed by the IT and Risk Management communities to improve the understanding of cyber risk or to respond to notification demands for threat information from governments. It looks to bring together terminology, reporting practices and expertise from the spheres of IT, Information Security, Risk Management and Underwriting to provide a potential common language for collecting cyber risk data. | https://www.privacyrisksadvisors.com/news/cro-forum-concept-paper-on-a-proposed-categorisation-methodology-for-cyber-risk-download-the-report/ |
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Tax identity theft occurs when someone uses your compromised information to file a tax return in your name. They fudge the numbers, enter an unrelated refund dispersal option like a prepaid debit card, and make off with your money before you ever know that anything has gone wrong.
Of course, it’s just as easy for a criminal to purchase your previously stolen information online, then use it to file a fraudulent return.
How can you know if someone has filed a return with your stolen information? Again, you may find out in different ways, but one common way is for the IRS to inform you.
They don’t usually call you up and say, “Guess what? Someone stole your identity!” Instead, it’s a lot more likely that the IRS will reject your legitimate tax return because someone has already filed using your Social Security number. Another way is someone not necessarily filing the entire return in your name, but rather claiming your dependents on their return if they’ve stolen your kids’ identities; in that case, the IRS will still contact you about the duplicated dependents. Finally, the IRS might contact you if someone files a business return involving your identity as an employee and the agency wants you to answer for the unreported income you supposedly earned but didn’t list on your return.
The fact of tax identity theft is that hundreds of millions of consumers’ identities have been compromised in different data breaches over the years. That means no one is immune from the threat of having their tax refund stolen.
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I’ve been captivated by the extensive research that explains how childhood experiences shape our personalities and impact our ability to cope with life’s inevitable adversities. It intrigues me on several levels. One, it helps me unpack a lot of mystery and confusion about relationships I have had since childhood. And two, it fuels my advocacy for children, mental health and the importance of personal growth.
I’m extremely grateful for the work that Dr. Bruce Perry, Brene Brown and many others have been doing over the past several decades that is culminating in a greater awareness and deeper understanding of our hard-wired need for love and belonging. Research is shedding a lot of light on all the ways people go about trying to fill these deficits of worthiness, trust, and connection — and what goes wrong more often than not.
The cause of these feelings of deficit are often rooted in our childhood experiences and even the culture of the time.
Acceptable and normalized punishments for “bad behavior” from my generation have thankfully evolved. As is so often the case, because we did not understand basic brain functions, we were making things worse — for ourselves and our children. We didn’t know what we didn’t know. We are now beginning to understand that a child’s bad behavior is not a choice, but a natural limitation due to childhood brain development.
Our personalities and our behavioral patterns are all shaped in early childhood. They are a direct result of our lived life experiences. We develop our coping mechanisms and behavioral patterns as a child to keep us safe all while also seeking to be accepted, to be valued and to be heard. We need love and belonging to grow and thrive.
As we make our way into the adult world, we subconsciously take these childhood experiences and patterns with us.
Imagine how many relationship problems could be resolved in a supportive and meaningful way if we actually addressed the “right’ problem. Between the armor we have all piled on to protect ourselves from childhood trauma and insecurities — and the behavioral patterns that become walls to scale, we truly do get in our own way of achieving a wholehearted life.
When I left a failed relationship six years ago, I decided I needed to unravel whatever it was that I was doing that was blocking my success in rebuilding my relational life after Skip’s death. I had no idea how invaluable that broken relationship would become as a reference point for educating myself about the complexities of living an authentic, wholehearted life.
One of the most revelational tools I discovered was the Enneagram.
The enneagram was the equivalent of having an MRI to uncover my learned behavioral patterns and the core motivation driving them. When I took my first enneagram test to determine my type, I found it to be remarkably accurate. It dovetailed perfectly with my childhood experiences, and the people pleasing skills I carried far into adulthood. It was a helpful starting place for me to unpack the “why” questions. Why was I a “rescuer”, why did I avoid conflict and why was I so afraid to express my own needs.
As I began to recall childhood memories, I saw the pattern of frequent occurrences of painful experiences. In order to navigate the chaotic uncertainty, I developed coping skills to mitigate adverse consequences. I was also witness to the experiences that my two younger brothers had and as the big sister, I felt a responsibility to protect them.
The enneagram evaporated all the beliefs I had that I was somehow irreversibly flawed. It allowed me to realize that the behavioral patterns I’d developed were simply coping skills intended to protect me. These now irrelevant behavioral patterns were the product of my environment. I was not a product of my environment. At the core, I was a big-hearted, tender, spirited girl.
My personal growth work was to reconnect with that girl — and step out of the armor I no longer needed.
I don’t think my story is all that unusual. A hardship or a heartbreak causes pain and self-reflection. Some of those events bring about change that cannot be avoided, like me having to get on with life after Skip died. Some become the catalyst for proactive change and that can be a job, a divorce, a diet, a move — or personal growth. Self-awareness, personal accountability and acceptance can all feel very vulnerable and overwhelming.
It is often a family member or close friend who becomes the emotional glue when we are in that vulnerable state. They care for us through the healing. They encourage us through the transition. It just takes one trusted, caring human being to make a meaningful difference.
Dr. Bruce Perry has repeatedly stressed the value of having one trusted person that we can confide in, who will provide the scaffolding we need as we work through the awareness, the healing and the growth. In fact, professional therapy may not even be required for most people.
I was so blessed in this department — for some unknown and incredible reason, my friend Judy and I reconnected at that very vulnerable point in my life six years ago. Although our lives had taken remarkably different paths, we found ourselves in the same place at the same time. We both were knee deep in some personal development work. We initially stuck our toes in the pool of vulnerability and self-disclosure and once we discovered how safe and therapeutic it was, we took deeper dives.
Honestly, we didn’t know then just how helpful and transformational our deep friendship would be for our personal growth. We did not know about Dr. Perry’s research. We bumbled along for a while without the benefit of the enneagram, peeling back layers with the encouragement of Brene Brown, daily devotionals, inspirational quotes and self-help books. Our trust in each other grew organically and our healing came naturally. We forged a rare sisterhood built on our mutual commitment to become better versions of ourselves and we held each other accountable to the work, to our progress and to continued learning.
I was recently listening to a podcast with Dr. Bruce Perry where he was describing a “teaching” experience he had twenty years ago, but didn’t realize it at the time. He needed to have more experiences, more knowledge, more insight to extract the wisdom from that teaching moment. This really resonated with me because I too have very recently become aware of the master class I was enrolled in during chapters of my life.
It is only now, as I sit on the other side of a lot of hard personal introspection and the work done to heal and transform, that I can look back and see others through a much better lens. If I step way back from those confusing, dysfunctional relationship issues, I am aware that we were often addressing the wrong core problems. We were attempting to treat the consequences of behavioral patterns. We should have been addressing the key motivations.
This is precisely why it is so imperative that we each “do our own work.”
I was often puzzled why people in my life could not see and feel how much I loved them. I would wear myself out, doubling down on my efforts to help, to rescue, to solve, to soothe. The truth is, they were not in “receiving” mode — they could not take in what I was offering and accept it unconditionally as proof positive that they were loved, valued and seen. All the armor they wore, all the core beliefs they had about being unworthy, unloveable and not belonging blocked any possibility that they could absorb these affirmations and confirmations. It underscored my belief that I was a failure. Two people trapped in old history, false narratives and blind spots. Mother and daughter, husband and wife, brother and sister. Nobody wins in these scenarios.
Dr. Perry talks about how the wheels get set in motion in early childhood years — a disregulated stress response system contributes to poor coping skills and emotional regulation later in life. Learned behavioral patterns close us up to receive what we need the most, so that even when we get it, it is foreign to us and we feel vulnerable. This is the root cause of emotional triggers, PTSD and panic attacks. Left unaddressed, these factors will set us up for a cascade of problems throughout our adult lives.
Overlay Brene Brown’s research on shame and vulnerability on top of Dr. Perry’s findings and you get a profound sense of why her work resonates with millions of people all over the globe.
Brene has taught us that when we numb all these hard emotions in an effort to get some relief, we also numb the joy in our lives. This is yet another example of not being in “receiving” mode. Numb the pain and check out for a while. It means we “disconnect” so we just double down on what causes the problem. Disconnection, isolation, not being present in the moment — we are treating our pain with the very stuff that causes it.
Sitting with our real feelings, even the hard painful ones, is our brain and body’s way of processing. It builds resilience and it helps us self-regulate in a healthy way. We use the phrase “No pain, no gain” for our physical health, but we shy away from it for our mental health. As Dr. Perry says, no one gets out of life unscathed. We will all suffer loss, health issues, heartaches, adversity. We can — and we should — do hard things.
We have the tools to do this in a safe, healthy, productive way. It can start with a trusted friend. Asking for help is not an admission of weakness — it is a sign of strength and a desire to overcome whatever is holding you back from enjoying life and building resilience. This is precisely why Brene calls vulnerability the birthplace of courage and creativity.
I believe that the enneagram is another invaluable tool for self-discovery. Just as it evaporated my false beliefs about who I am at the core, it can have that same impact for others. It diffuses all that negativity and heavy emotional investment we have around our sensitivities and needs. It turns the spotlight onto the core motivations and that gives way to clarity and understanding. I believe we all really do want to support and help each other, but it gets so hard, so frustrating and self-defeating if we put all our time and energy into solving the wrong problem.
The more I learn about all nine types in the enneagram, the greater my awareness of what makes others tick. I have a clearer sense of what drives their behavior especially if I am familiar with some of their life history. A little awareness, coupled with a healthy dose of empathy can go a long way in creating the scaffolding for anyone who wants to get a foothold on their own personal growth.
Life is always providing lessons for us. The more we know what we don’t know, the greater the motivation to discover. I started out just trying to make sense of my own life six years ago and now I find myself a part of something that will greatly benefit my children and grandchildren. Imagine how we can all benefit from these game-changing, transformational shifts in how we raise children and how we support with each other.
Can you imagine hopping into your car and expecting it to fly? What if you tried to start your car’s engine with the house key? What if your inner child, say around age 4, was in the driver’s seat as you pulled into the stream of traffic? Now that I have your attention, let’s unpack how we are subconsciously doing just that in our lives because we really do not understand how our brains work.
I hope you will stick with me as I curate some of the most revelational insights from Dr. Bruce Perry about neuroscience and how incredible our brains really are. You will start to piece together why there is such a growing interest in meditation, unpacking childhood trauma and discovering dynamic new ways to treat mental health issues.
Neuroplasticity is the term that is used to describe the malleability of the brain. It is the brain’s ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. This is why we can learn new things, enhance our existing cognitive capabilities, recover from strokes and heal from the emotional impact of traumatic events.
Neuroplasticity plays a key role in healing people whose stress response systems are not functioning well. Dysfunctional stress response systems are often the root cause of mental health issues. We make matters worse by not understanding how the brain works and having unreasonable expectations as a direct result.
We can help people heal and reset their stress response systems but we must go about this in a much more (w)holistic way. My goal is to shed some light on valuable information so that we can have better advocacy for mental health.
Dr. Bruce Perry has been doing research for over 30 years on the effects of trauma in childhood. His findings reveal that the first two months of life are crucial for brain development and establishing the regulatory set point for our stress response systems. Consider this the “factory settings” for our brains.
Infant brains are truly astounding. While the baby appears so helpless, the infant brain is undertaking incredibly rapid changes in those first few months of life. The quality of maternal interaction, bonding and connection is crucial during that timeframe. If an infant has attentive, attuned and responsive caregiving, the stress response system becomes very resilient and that child will be better equipped to handle future adversities.
It is the timing of developmental adversity that is key.
If an infant has high developmental risk in the first two months of life, and then is given a more stable, caring environment for the next 11 -12 years, that child’s outcome will be much worse than if the situation were reversed.
If an infant has a nurturing, connected and stable environment for the first two months of life, and then has 11 – 12 years of neglect, abuse or dysfunction, that child will have a better stress response system and will be better able to cope with life’s adversities.
“If an infant has chaos and unpredictability in those first 2 months, the stress response systems are discombobulated. That person will have incredible vulnerability and a cascade of problems that have origins in that first two months of life,” says Dr. Perry.
Dr. Perry shares that a major roadblock in the way we are collectively addressing mental health is that we are treated as if we are all the same.
The complexity of the brain and its functions, along with the incredible differences in each of our life experiences is a clear indicator that this needs to change. Consider that there are 86 billion neurons in the brain. Each one of those neurons has thousands of synaptic connections. Dr. Perry points out that if you visit a children’s mental health clinic, there will be only 6 basic diagnoses — “6 little boxes to put all those diverse problems in.”
Contrast that with our approach to heart conditions. The heart has 16 billion cells and only one major function — to pump blood. A visit to a pediatric cardiology clinic would reveal hundreds of unique diagnoses.
As we become better educated about the complexities of mental health, we can become effective advocates –for ourselves and for others. We can help move the field of mental health forward.
Let’s start with basic neuroanatomy, the relationship between structure and function. How does the brain actually work and how does it process information? Picture the brain as a floret of broccoli– the top of is the cortex, the most human part of the brain. The middle part is emotional and the lowest part is regulatory. Self-regulation is the ability to adapt our emotions and actions to situational requirements and to internal standards and norms.
Traditional adult perspective is that the brain is rational, that it is a “top down” process — a misconception that the cortex is running the show. But this is not at all how the brain processes information. A fundamental principle of neuroscience is the concept of “bottom up” functioning.
Getting up to the cortex means going through the lower part of the brain first. Dr. Perry describes the lower part of the brain as Grand Central Station for regulation. It is where our five senses get ignited, and changes occur in our oxygen levels and heart rate.
Are you beginning to understand why your heart races, your face flushes or you feel like you can’t breathe in a sudden high stress situation? This is happening subconsciously and our reptilian brain is trying to keep us safe.
Dr. Perry makes this stunning observation: The lowest and dumbest part of our brains (the part that can’t tell time) is the secret to understanding stress.
Wait, there’s more. A key component of the activation of our stress response is that it immediately begins to shut down parts of the cortex. So the very tool that “top down” people expect us to use to self-regulate is shut down and made less efficient by the very act of becoming disregulated.
And lastly, the cortex doesn’t fully mature until we are about 30 years of age.
Let’s review: As adults, we pride ourselves on self-control and executive function. We can more readily self regulate and use our cortex to prevent us from saying or doing something stupid. That is, if we have a cortex that is mature and organized. We’ve had years of practice, not to mention a boatload of mistakes when we did lose control of our emotional regulation. The consequences of losing our tempers resonated in a way that made helped shift us from “reaction” to a more controlled “response.”
Children and young adults are works in progress. The same is true for adults with low set points for self regulation.
This is the very reason that we struggle to understand why young children are misbehaving. We think they are making a conscious choice to misbehave! Frankly, it is also a critical piece to the puzzle of mental health for adults. According to Dr. Perry, many mental health professionals, educators and most parents are unaware of this game-changing concept of “bottom up ” subconscious functioning.
There’s one more piece to the puzzle that we are often missing. Even when the set point for stress self regulation is very low, Mother Nature equips us with a natural calming mechanism. Why then do we “over-ride” that feature in children? Let’s unpack this:
Rhythmic patterns are hard-wired in utero and the brain instinctively relies on them as a basic self-regulation tool. Dr. Perrry explains that when in utero that little body is sending signals to its brain continuously –“I’m not hungry, I’m not thirsty, I’m not cold”. Those signals send the message “I am safe. I am regulated.” The signals that come in from the sensory part, through tactical, vibratory and auditory routes, are the syncopated rhythms of mom’s heart rate, and the opening and closing of valves. The tiny body makes an association of patterns and rhythms with being well regulated.
After birth, mom will rock her infant at 60 – 80 beats per minute and the baby calms down. We do this instinctively for newborns — we rock them, play music for them, have them listen to sound machines, take them for stroller walks and car rides.
Then our children become toddlers, preschoolers and adolescents. We tell our kids to sit still, stop tapping their foot or wiggling in their chair. Guess what? These little actions are tools of self-regulation for kids. As unaware adults, we make matters worse by chastising them for utilizing their innate tools of self-regulation. We “over-ride” Mother Nature’s factory settings.
We try to get kids to use “top down” regulation and no kid can do that. Not even the kids who are well regulated can do that. Remember that Dr. Perry explained that parts of our cortex gets shut down when we are deregulated. This impacts attention span and the ability to actually open the cortex to absorb what is being taught.
“The irony is that we are not proactively teaching children how to self-regulate,” says Dr. Perry.
When kids lose interest or are unable to focus, they can also dissociate. Every one of us has also experienced dissociation — when we tune out and go to our inner world. We do it when we are in conversation with others, we do in a classroom, we do it at work. We even do it while driving!
By now, I am hoping that you are beginning to connect the dots about why mindfulness and meditation has become so popular in recent years. As more neuroscience knowledge gets distilled in a way that we can wrap our heads around it, we discover that we “check out” in many ways as we routinely go through our daily lives.
We subconsciously let our emotions and the lowest part of our brain direct our lives. We let our minds wander and miss important content and context. We get caught in a loop of anxiety, rumination or imagined fear that is not serving us well for dealing with reality and making good decisions.
Most of us are doing all of this with pretty good factory settings for our stress self-regulation. Imagine how hard it is for those who struggle with poor emotional regulation set points.
I’ll stick with the car analogy to drive home an important point — we are diligent about taking our vehicles in for regular maintenance. The wear, tear and age of a car takes its toll. We have an opportunity to expand the understanding and the treatment of mental health in that same context. Mental health education, tools and support are the ongoing maintenance we need to improve the overall quality of our lives.
The good news about mental health breakthroughs and advancing the field, is that neuroplasticity means that we can “reset” faulty set points for self-regulation. New neural pathways can be created and sustained using the same standard operating tools we are born with — somatic rhythmic patterns and repetition. That is what is meant by “neurons that fire together, wire together.”
There is however one key component that is rarely discussed. That is the over-arching value of having a strong human support system. Dr. Perry calls this “scaffolding”. We gain tremendous healing benefits from having a person with whom we feel safe who will scaffold us through our “reset” and growth process.
All learning has some discomfort associated with it and a fear that we are not going to master it. As a young child, we learn to crawl, walk and ride a bike because someone scaffolded us through the learning curve. We need that same type of scaffolding for our mental wellness and personal growth. Dr. Perry says that “if you want to heal a lot, go slow.”
He explains the concept of low dosing — an easing into healing and resetting. A person gets out of their shell (leaves their comfort zone) for just a little. It’s a small, controllable dose of discomfort. Then they return to their shell. This is repeated over time, a little dose at a time. Over time, with this slow and steady repetition, they will change and grow. It is important to remain open to these little doses of learning.
Slow, repetitive low dosing and scaffolding is something that each and everyone of us can do for someone else.
And here is a pro tip — two seconds of eye contact sends a signal for a new neural direction. Just two seconds of eye contact can be a wonderful bonding connection. Eye contact when you are scaffolding someone is the best tool in your box.
Dr. Perry believes that while a weekly therapy session is a major entry point, it is the collective support we get from our family, friends, teachers, coaches and others who foster our long term healing process.
I love this image that he shared — a therapeutic web — a collection of people in our lives who give us these tiny doses of kindness, affirmation, information and loving support.
A clear understanding of how the brain works coupled with awareness and intention is the foundation for addressing mental health in a more meaningful way. The more mindful we are, the better we are able to show up and support others. All of us an actively participate in that supportive therapeutic web.
I watched every episode of Oprah and Prince Harry’s documentary “The Me You Can’t See…The Path Forward” I felt so many emotions washing over me as I listened to each story unfold. I could literally feel the connection being made between me and the storyteller as they shared intimate details of their personal experiences. Fragments of my own life story resonated so deeply with theirs. Yes, I could feel it in my bones — the empathy, the understanding, those big emotions we all share in times of great adversity. Our shared humanity.
The transformational power of all these courageous people sharing their stories to raise our awareness for the impacts of mental health and well being cannot be underestimated. Each and every one of us possesses the gifts and opportunities to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. And especially when someone is in deep struggle.
However, I think we let unconscious roadblocks get in the way of making a positive difference. We label, judge, fix, dismiss, ignore or placate what others are experiencing and feeling. This is not helping anyone.
While it may be true that a string of poor choices is leading some folks to disastrous results, when we judge, shame and blame, we are doing them a great injustice. We push down any possibility that they will be able to see their truth — that it is their poor choices causing the trouble — not the core human being that they are.
Th biggest shift for me over the past six years of my own personal growth journey has been learning that I am not here to “fix” things for others. I can’t and I shouldn’t. I shouldn’t jump in and solve somebody else’s problems because I stunt their own growth. I not only disempower them, I am often fixing the wrong core problem. Each and every one of us is responsible for ourselves, our actions and our choices. As my awareness around my natural tendency to jump in and “fix”, grew so did my awareness of the places where I too was guilty of judging, soothing and dismissing (all with good intentions), and getting in the way of other’s growth by solving their own problems.
While this became very freeing for me as I released my reactive urge to problem solve, it also became the source of deeper fulfillment. I always wanted to make a difference in the lives of others, but often my old ways turned out to be just a box of bandaids. My new and improved ways of supporting others is yielding meaningful, lasting and empowering personal growth.
One of my favorite Maya Angelou quotes is “when we know better, we do better.” This is flowing both ways now. I know better how to help others just by being present, without judgment, and really listening. Others are digging in a little deeper and exploring their own strengths, increased awareness, and experimenting with new strategies.
A key takeaway from watching “The Me You Can’t See” documentary is the significant difference that just one person can make in another’s life — and especially in times of great difficulty.
It just takes one trusted, caring and interested human being — offering presence, non-judgment and holding space for another. It sounds simplistic. In reality, it is so much more. The hidden benefits to our mental wellness are astounding.
I found myself captivated by Dr. Bruce Perry’s assessment that professional counseling may not even necessary when someone is in struggle if we have a trusted confidante. We may just need to be able to share our stories and feelings with someone who makes us feel safe and valued. Many times, we do possess the internal fortitude to get through a hard time but what we need is someone who can give us a boost.
Throughout the episodes, I also learned a lot about significant ways our brains can be reset in positive ways to enhance our ability to emotionally regulate and build resilience.
I’m going to share three of my own stories when mental wellness got turned upside down for me and my family. First I will share the stories and then I will circle back and tell you what happened with some caring intervention.
I remember when the young mommas of my grandchildren were in struggle with breast feeding issues, sleepless nights, pure exhaustion and the heavy anxiety of this major responsibility of a helpless newborn. All too often, people are prone to label this as postpartum depression. Step back and take a fresh perspective on the full scope of the childbirth experience and you’ll quickly realize the overarching complexities of motherhood. Try starting the most challenging job of your life — after one of the most strenuous physical accomplishments humanly possible, without an instruction manual and extraordinarily high expectations. These young mothers were tired, overwhelmed and anxious — with good reason.
I was only 40, in my bed, curled into a ball, listening to Yesterday by the Beatles on repeat for hours, barely recognizing myself with a bald head and part of my body now gone. So weak and nauseated from chemo it didn’t really matter what I looked like. There was no component of my cancer treatment that addressed my mental health. I was caught between scared out of my mind and being strong for my three children. That was the secondary battle I fought right along side the one with breast cancer.
When my beloved husband Skip died suddenly at only 57, it was not only me who grieved deeply. My 15 year old daughter was devastated and shocked by the loss of her beloved stepfather, the one man who made her feel safe. Our world stopped on a dime and it changed forever. But in less than two weeks, we were both expected to return to work and school. We had too much grief and too many adjustments coming at us fast and furiously. She was in boarding school so we weren’t even able to spend our evenings together. Each weekend I’d drive hundreds of miles roundtrip so we could be together. Our grieving process always seemed to be on a start and stop cycle. My boss asked me when I would be well again.
Now I will share what happened when a guardian angel showed up in each of these vignettes — that one person who showed up and made a profound impact on the course of events. I’m adding the insight that I gained from the documentary about meaningful contributions to our mental health and brain functions because it is so relevant.
The lactation specialist who showed up to support my daughter had a warm and kind demeanor. She sat and listened to my daughter for a very long time. No judgment, no advice, just letting her release all that stress. She put my daughter at ease and shifted her perspective in such a positive way during that first visit. Both momma and baby were calmer and more relaxed. My daughter formed a bond with this woman almost immediately and by the time she left, my daughter was laughing. Do you know that laugher completes a stress cycle? Are you aware that babies’s brains are impacted significantly in the first few months of life by their environment. Releasing the stress overload supported my granddaughter’s brain development. Most people would just be looking for results — was the baby nursing now? So much more happened in that transformational visit. My daughter got a much needed boost in her own confidence and abilities, she got a release from anxieties born of unrealistic high expectations society sets for new mothers, and she was set up for success with new methods to try. One person, one visit — big difference.
It was a flat-chested, bald woman with bright lipstick and stunning statement earrings that shifted me from anxiety and despair to determination and hope. She was at the tail end of her cancer treatment and was winning the fight. She had a firm conviction that if she could do it, then so could I. One powerful honest conversation and a bucket of tears changed my perspective and I am convinced it changed me on a cellular level too. My body and my attitude joined forces to beat the odds. I would have never guessed that my subsequent path would lead me to be a motivational speaker for the American Cancer Society and an integral part of a corporate launch of breast cancer awareness for CoreStates Bank. I did know that I had a responsibility to help others just as that woman had helped me.
That thread of hope and possibility was so strong that it later pulled me out of my depression over Skip’s death years later and gave me the courage to launch Annabella’s, my lingerie and breast care boutique in Main Line Philadelphia. My staff and I touched lives in a meaningful way and it rippled out to others. I watched women in all stages of their cancer diagnosis and treatments helping each other every day in my nurturing boutique. All of this was set in motion by that one beautiful, inspirational woman with the bright lipstick and awesome earrings in the chemo room in 1992. One caring stranger — big difference.
It was our next door neighbor, Helen, who touched my daughter’s heart and helped her after Skip died. It was all the happy, silly, heartwarming encounters that Helen had with Skip that she poured into my daughters heart and memory. Being able to recall the effervescence of Skip and the joyful way he lived his life brought back laughter and tenderness. What I did not know at the time was how important this was in creating new neural pathways for my daughter — shifting from attachment to the grief to a more positive one of priceless happy memories. This is where acceptance with grace occurs. It is where the seeds of resilience get planted. One loving neighbor — big difference.
I believe that we can all participate in clearing and creating an easier path forward for mental wellness. As Dr. Bruce Perry says, no one gets through life unscathed. We will all face times of adversity and we will all be grateful for the help we get in those moments.
Millions of people around the globe are struggling in silence. Encourage conversations.
Pain, suffering and need for help is universal. It takes courage to ask for help. If someone trusts you enough to ask for help, listen without judgment.
No one heals alone. Families, friends and communities play an integral role in sustainable recovery. We can educate each other, share stories and offer support.
The road to recovery is not a straight line. Hope lies in awareness, acceptance and action.
Isn’t it remarkable that some of the most unlikely change-makers are the ones who have overcome some of life’s hardest adversities. They often champion a cause, establish support groups, raise funds and awareness and shift collective perspectives. Watch the documentary. You will see courage in action.
The definition of mental health is simply this: a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.
What is not so simple is the complex and intricate ways our psychological and emotional well-being get out of balance.
When I started on my personal growth journey, I wasn’t thinking about my mental health. I was thinking about my heartbreak, my derailed dreams and my utter exhaustion. After slogging through a lot of self-help books and meditation magazines, I began to understand mental health in a new light. We contribute to each other’s mental health in our daily interactions and responses. Poor emotional regulation, lack of self awareness and old habitual patterns can suck us into a complex web of familiar but dysfunctional chain reactions. I began to realize the interconnection of members of my blended family and how we were inadvertently triggering each other’s most vulnerable emotional memories.
I could see how my own unconscious behavioral patterns and resulting coping mechanisms were in fact affecting my mental health. As I overlaid how members of my family were also operating unconsciously, what came to mind was the image of intricate, delicate necklaces all twisted and knotted together. Untangling all of this was going to take a committed effort — and it had to start with me. Our mental health was at stake — and it was affecting everyone’s quality of life.
I had plenty of evidence that my anxiety level was high. Stress was running the show and running me ragged. I was now a chronic ruminator, prone to stress eating, had trouble sleeping and was becoming forgetful. I credit my long-time fascination with neuroscience for preventing me from going into denial about the connection between stress overload and old behavioral habits feeding the cycle. I stumbled onto Dr. Rick Hanson, Ph.D and his teachings on the neuroscience of happiness.
I began learning about rewiring the brain to break the anxiety cycle and create new neural pathways. I discovered that strong emotional intelligence — the conscious ability to regulate our emotions — contributes to better psychological health and lessens the risk of anxiety disorders and depression.
At the same time, I was also absorbing what Brene Brown was uncovering about shame, vulnerability and our need for true belonging. Her research revealed all the things we do to avoid revealing our imperfections — and how debilitating those things are to living a wholehearted life.
Numbing anxieties is not the solution. The point that Brene Brown makes that when you numb pain, you also numb joy was very evident in my personal life. I felt my joy draining from me like the battery on my iPhone when I was in high stress situations. We can numb pain with food, drugs, alcohol, work, suppression and avoidance. None of these choices will solve the root problem. And when we numb joy, we lose sight of the blessings in our lives, the love and support that is already present. Joy provides balance and ballast for our lives.
I have lived with family members who had very poor coping skills and tried numbing to ease their pain. It ultimately led to dysfunction in their day to day lives, illnesses and addictions. Not only did they suffer greatly both emotionally and physically, there was a lot of collateral damage to others whom they interacted with at home, work and even play.
Failure to address and manage our stress will only amplify anxieties and insecurities. It clouds our thinking, distorts reality and creates confusion. Ignoring our emotions and over-reacting to our emotions deteriorates our mental health and impacts our physical health. As Brene teaches, we armor up. In doing so, we just keep adding to our growing iceberg of our core issues. You’ve probably heard that saying “the body keeps the score.” Chronic and life-threatening health issues can develop due to stress overloads.
Here again I had personal experience — extended periods of high stress in my life were the precursors of breast cancer at age 40 and then 18 years later the sudden development of lymphedema in my right arm.
I began to clearly see the big picture and understand the direct correlation between physical health, mental health and overall quality of life. Focusing on getting to the healthy end of the mental health spectrum became a top priority for me. It was neuroscience and rewiring the brain that created the framework for my personal mental health improvement plan.
All mental activity — your thoughts and feelings, joys and sorrows –require neural activity. Neurons that fire together, wire together. Repeated patterns of mental activity require repeated patterns of brain activity. Repeated patterns of brain activity change neural structure and function. You can use your mind to change your brain to change your mind…..to benefit yourself and others. — Dr. Rick Hanson, Ph.D, Author of The Neuroscience of Lasting Happiness.
The infrastructure I built inside that neuroscience framework consisted of mindfulness to expand my awareness of my behavioral patterns; meditation practice to help me recognize and stop the patterns in their tracks; meditation practice to learn how to let go of racing thoughts, rumination loops, and attachment to strong emotions. I supported my mental health goals with a lot of reading, journaling and deep vulnerable conversations with my trust buddy, Judy.
Brene Brown calls friends that you can confide in with complete honesty and trust “marble jar friends”. You only need one or two of these deeply rooted friends to help you gain traction in personal growth work. They are life jackets and air bags for all of life’s turbulence.
Brene Brown’s grounded research reveals how we have similar behavioral patterns and how/why we developed them. Dr. Rick Hanson teaches us how to retrain our brains to let go of those old patterns and replace them with more beneficial responses. Behavioral science and neuroscience come together to help us diagnose the problems and then heal them.
I took myself out of the entanglement. I acknowledged to myself what was tripping me up. I asked my family to help support my efforts and I held myself accountable for needed change. I blogged about my experiences, the trial and error and the discoveries.
The greatest gift is being a much improved resource for my family and friends now. I was not able to do that in a meaningful way five years ago and I wasn’t even aware of it. The more I learn about myself, the more I am able to discern when others are in struggle. My empathy, acceptance and non-judgment of others has grown exponentially as a direct result of doing my own work.
I am grateful that there is a dedicated collective effort taking place to de-stigmatize mental health. It is a collective problem — we truly are impacting each other’s mental health in how we show up in life. If we continue to drag around unprocessed emotions and trauma, to numb or hide it, we will not break the cycle of impairment. Taking care of our mental health is as fundamental as taking care of our physical health.
We can become advocates of our own mental health just as we are for our physical health. We can also help advance the cause to destigmatize mental health. Mental health is not an “either or” proposition — you are either mentally healthy or you are not — is totally inaccurate. We are all on the spectrum of mental health, just as we are with our physical health. As events and circumstances in our lives change, so does our mental and physical health.
I started on my personal growth journey because I wanted to be “at my best” for whatever the future held for me. At the time, I envisioned grandchildren, milestones and health issues — the good and the bad. I naively thought that “at my best” meant being physically strong and well-rested, no drama and a positive attitude. I was blind to how my past was impacting my mental health and how I was unconsciously reacting to myself and others. I certainly was unaware of how interconnected we all are with regard to mental health. We can do a better job of taking care of each other.
As we are easing our way back into some post quarantine normalcy, take some time to reflect on any changes to your former routine and lifestyle that you might like to make. What have you learned from the last 15 months that will inform your choices going forward?
Unlike any other time in recent history, we have all had chance to view our lives through a much different lens. Working from home gave many families a rare opportunity to see the entire landscape of their busy lives all converging at once –from their living room. When we blindly run on auto-pilot, we are often unaware of the needs and nuances of our other family members. It is only when something goes wrong with the well-oiled machinery of our daily lives, that we pay closer attention. The pandemic and quarantine brought us to a screeching halt and kept us there for over a year. If we haven’t determined something that could use a change as we return, we may be missing a golden opportunity.
Pivotal moments like this can be a dynamic catalyst for making meaningful changes. Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist and Wharton professor, calls it “the fresh start effect.” “There are moments throughout our lives when we feel like we are facing a chapter break or a new beginning. It could come from a major life event like a new job or moving to a new home. Or something as small as the start of a new week. These fresh starts provide a break from the “old” you” “Fresh starts are a really potent motivator, and really effective if we can use them as a springboard towards change. Right now, as the world begins to emerge from the pandemic, there’s an opportunity for a collective fresh start. I hope we won’t let the moment pass, that people will be deliberate.” — Katy Milkman, Wharton professor and author of How to Change.
“What will you do differently?” has become the hot topic of conversation lately. Ideas run the gamut from better work/life balance, to saying no more often to things we really don’t want to do, cultivating high quality friendships, less time on social media, reviving family game or movie night, and more home cooking than take out.
Some are re-assessing how their children are educated, childcare options, working from home permanently, relocating to be closer to family, re-allocation of personal financial budgets or changing careers. Many of these decisions are based in a renewed desire to pursue a more enriching quality of life.
Today I listened to a Dare to Lead podcast with Priya Parker who deftly articulated the complexity of changes that businesses are facing during this re-entry. Businesses made adaptations throughout the pandemic to meet the needs of employees and customers under unusual circumstances. Now they are taking what they have learned and restructuring business processes and reallocating budgets. There is no master blueprint for pulling all of this off seamlessly. This is truly a collective “fresh start” for businesses and organizations all across the globe.
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about how we can all choose to “show up” in this moment of seismic change. We will be called upon to “show up” in a variety of ways — for ourselves and families, for friends and communities, at home, at work and out in the big wide world. Drawing on what I have learned through mindfulness, here is some food for thought:
There are bound to be some new ideas that have flaws or are not executed well. Be open-minded rather than critical. Look for what is working and build on that. Ask thought-provoking questions about the barriers to successful implementation. Reframe a situation. Curiosity opens the pathway for creative solutions. Remember the old adage – don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Letting go and not being attached to the outcome are powerful launching tools for innovation. When we cling too tightly to just one vision of what a good outcome would be, we create blind spots, often missing something unfolding that is even better than our original plan. Embrace a new idea with positivity and supportive efforts to help it gain traction. Be receptive to making changes. We most definitely will be learning as we go.
Keep a broader perspective in mind before reacting. Putting ourselves in another’s situation helps us to gain greater insights about the big picture. Ask more questions to gain clarity and understanding — and “hold space” for someone to really think before they answer. This is how we foster empowerment in others to make good decisions for themselves. Asking meaningful questions helps them identify their own barriers and come up with solutions they’ll invest in. Avoid giving unwanted advice and helping too much. Holding space when mistakes are made is also going to be invaluable. Mistakes are part of the process of change.
Learn from the past but don’t let it tether you to outdated ideas. We are evolving every day. Stay open to trying new things that better suit the present moment.
I’ve had a few of these fresh start moments in my personal life, and I have been the benefactor of some of the greatest relationships in my life after I committed to meaningful change.
Collectively, we have the most incredible “fresh start” possibilities awaiting us in this present moment. Let’s make it count.
I made a new friend last year and marveled at how quickly we bonded, finding common ground through similarity in our life experiences. There was an ease to the unfolding of our friendship that had a child-like wonderment to it. We both seemed to have some depth to us that the other found intriguing. I remember how excited I felt each time we carved out some time to have a long chat — it was a play date! Both of us were on the tail end of our 60’s but the way we laughed, shared and curiously explored life, it felt like we were 7.
A year later, we are now so close that you would think our friendship began at age seven and carried us through six decades. I’ve often thought that having a sibling or friend to share childhood growing up experiences with was such a rich treasure. I am now realizing that having a friend who is growing into her wisdom is equally a rich treasure.
A few days ago, we were having one of our long phone chats and I was so aware of how I felt as I listened to her cheery, effervescent voice. She had a peace about her and a refreshed joy that was so tangible it could have been a hug. I delighted in this awareness and soaked it in. Her beloved mother had passed away recently and my dear friend had lived with her and cared for her for more than 5 months. There were highs and lows, laughter and tears, a tender holding on and letting go all at the same time. Her mother’s celebration of life was rich with inspiration on how to live a good life – each and every day. As we chatted, I could sense that my dear friend had taken the time she needed to process not only the last 5 months, but also a lifetime of her mother’s love. I marveled at how resilient we human beings really are. I marveled at how the thread of life weaves endlessly from mother to child, from earth to heaven.
There was unfinished business in Isabelle’s life, even at age 95. Sally and I talk about that often as we share our current family stories. Paintings that were sketched but never brought to life with watercolor, some relationships that remained at a distance, perhaps a dream or a secret that was not shared. There will always be unfinished business. What I so adore about my friend Sally is how she views this as motivation to keep doing the work. The work of living a wholehearted life, the inner work of being the best versions of ourselves. The lessons we learn from our past and from those who whisper their last goodbye to us are priceless gifts.
Throughout our conversation, we reflected on all the things our adult children are juggling in their busy lives. It made us pause to think about how the personal growth work we are doing now better prepares us in this chapter of parenting. It may have been the first time that I had the realization that parenting will always be unfinished business. Parenting when my children were young seemed so much easier. Parenting in a meaningful way to my adult children has a complexity to it that I now find inspires me to keep learning, to keep evolving.
I felt at ease discussing this insight with Sally. We have covered this very topic often over the past year as we talked about parents and adult children through her mother’s experiences and our own. What have we learned, where did we make mistakes, what would have been helpful in our 30’s and 40′, what can we do better?
Some of the pitfalls we hope to avoid are not feeling overwhelmed or helpless when our adult children are in struggle, or not shutting them down by telling them to “get over it”, or comparing how easy they have it to how hard we had it. None of that is helpful. We know that from our own life experiences and with hard-earned greater awareness. We want to show up for our adult children with compassion, grace and the gift of personal empowerment.
This is where I have found such a big payoff for all the personal growth work I have done over these past six years. I will never have all the right answers and I may not get it right every time, but I am now operating with more awareness than good intentions and that is a huge shift in the right direction.
My friendship with Sally has flourished with deep conversations about the trials and tribulations of relationships between parents and adult children. Together we are exploring ways to improve our interactions and offer support instead of advice.
Sally asked me the other day if I had a 5 year plan when I started my personal growth journey. She asked — “did you know how you wanted to be showing up in life?” I laughed out loud and confessed — “Oh no, I just knew I needed to stop attracting all the stuff I did NOT want in my life anymore.”
Little did she know that this pivotal question would now become another rung on my self-discovery ladder. How can I take what I have learned, and am still learning, and create a pocket guide for my adult children? So many times over the past 6 years I have wished that I would have learned some of these transformational tools much earlier in my adult life.
I am feeling grateful today for unfinished business. It keeps me motivated to keep doing the work.
I am also deeply grateful for Sally and my other friends who are on this journey with me. We can’t find the answers we are striving for on a google search. We rely on each other as we process, explore and navigate the best way to show up as parents for our adult children. Maybe we can create a pocket guide of wisdom for this stage of life. We just might call it “Unfinished Business.”
Over this past year, I gained a deeper understanding of the impact of childhood experiences from one generation to the next.
As I read this page from Clarity &. Connection by Yung Pueblo, I paused to reflect on just how true these words are. Often when I read a page in this book, I do find that I have lived exactly what Yung expresses.
I reflected on my mother whose parenting skills were sorely lacking and how that impacted me from a very young age. If you asked me at age 5 or 10 or even 15 what I wanted to be when I grew up my answer was always the same: “A good mother”.
Most people would just smile and think how sweet. However, a guidance counselor in middle school took it as a red flag. I spent more time in 7th grade in that counselor’s office than the classroom. I drew pictures of a house with a white picket fence, a big leafy tree with a tire swing, colorful flowers lining the path to the front door, three smiling kids and two happy parents, all holding hands. The guidance counselor would give me an odd smile that felt intrusive as he asked me vague questions and gave me the ink blot test. Looking back, I am sure he knew I was leading a double life – the fantasy image that I drew on that paper and the harsh reality of a very dysfunctional family. He could also see my mother’s reaction when she stormed into his office to yank me out of there. I often wondered if he could hear her yelling at me when we got into the car. A few days later when I found myself back in his office, I was sure he did. Truth be told I was angry at him for putting me into this endless cycle of fearing the consequences of being back in his office while surreptitiously begging for his help, leaving clues on blank sheets of paper. Neither adult seemed to truly care about me. I was Olive Oyl between Popeye and Brutus. The tug of war was between them and my fate remained unchanged. A pattern that would play out in my life for decades.
So it was clear that from very early on I thought this whole mothering business could be handled much better. My framework for this was established with a long list of “what not to do” and it even included all the awful things my mother would repeatedly say that I vowed never to say to my own future children. Imagine my confused relief when I realized that other kids from seemingly functional homes had that same list. The big glitch in building a framework on “what not to do” is that it creates a very shaky foundation.
It set in motion a very complex webbing of reactive behavioral patterns intended to keep me and my brothers safe. I had an imaginary hope chest full of ideas on how to do things better when I was a mom. All those old reactive behavioral patterns became road blocks on my life journey. I can see that so clearly now — at 69 and on the other side of six years of self-discovery work.
Here’s the blueprint for all that generational heaviness that Yung Pueblo writes about — my mother had her own story. I know very little of it except that her own mother’s early death left her reeling and it must have happened shortly after I was born. She went to seances and fortune tellers, numbed her pain with alcohol, cigarettes and bad choices. My dad was overwhelmed by her and afraid of her. He was way out of his league in how to navigate it all. I remember being so angry with him for not protecting me and my brothers, but now I realize that he was every bit as frightened and stymied as we were. Both my parents were armoring up against their own fears and unprocessed trauma.
I grew up too fast, assuming adult responsibilities around the age of 10. Like many young kids, I believed I was the problem — that if I was better, we would somehow magically change into that happy family image I drew on paper for the guidance counselor. My behavioral patterns took root and I became a helper extraordinaire, a people pleaser and abundantly compliant. I took my lived experience, extracted the parts that hurt and vowed to do it differently. I began stuffing that imaginary hope chest with my own blueprint for being a good mom, wife and having a happy family.
I left home just a few days after graduating from high school. Actually, I bolted from home — in broad daylight, while my mom was at work. Packed my few belongings and moved into a third floor apartment on a peaceful street on the other side of town near a local college. I felt so free, in charge of my own destiny for the very first time. Just one little problem, I kept looking behind me (literally and figuratively) to see if trouble was looming. Like I said, it is very hard to build a solid foundation from shaky scaffolding. My mother gave me good reason to keep looking behind. She stole my car — my 1968 Mustang, in the middle of the night. I came out of my apartment in the morning to go to work and discovered my car was missing. She did this a few times, in spite of the fact that I thought I was so clever by parking it discreetly blocks away from my apartment. Those tentacles of childhood distrust just kept reaching out and tapping me on the shoulder.
At that time, I was working as a legal secretary in a law office for $70 a week. My boss was the most kind, sensible, empathic adult I’d met in a long while. He offered me a solution to the repeated stolen car dilemma, pro bono, and sent my mother some legal notice that put an end to her nonsense. It may have been the first time that I truly felt that someone had my back. I wonder if I conveyed to him just what that really meant to me.
My hope chest blueprint was an attempt for me to be the exact opposite of my mother but because I was also looking over my shoulder, I could not really sink down deep into my own core values and fully embrace who I truly was. My learned behavioral patterns kept me tethered to a past full of uncertainty. I carried my parents armor and my own. There was no sure footing, no strong foundation.
That’s how many find ourselves moving forward into life, getting married and having kids — and bringing all our baggage into the new life we are trying to build. Even in the best of families, there are blind spots. I think my parents’ generation had a junk drawer and a skeleton closet. They hid discomfort, dysfunction and trauma. My generation was often taught to suppress our emotions –stop crying, get over it, pick yourself up by the bootstraps. Is it any wonder that generationally we struggle with emotional triggers?
When I married in my early 20’s, I naively believed that my “happily ever after” blueprint was destined to come to fruition. My first husband was the oldest of 5 in what surely looked like the TV version of family perfection. Dad dutifully off to work, while mom in a flowered apron baked and ironed, preening over her children and her gardens. It was only after we were married, and were living with his family for several months that I discovered there were serious cracks in this facade as well.
Looking back now, I can more clearly understand that many of our marital struggles were rooted in the behavioral patterns we both brought with us into a young marriage. Unfortunately, we doubled down on what once worked for us in times of stress. That in turn just entrenched the cycle of our pasts colliding creating that unwanted heaviness that Yung Pueblo describes. Naturally that meant that our three children were exposed to this newer version of the same old thing — and voila now they were developing their own reactive behavioral patterns. Three generations of armor getting heavier by the minute.
Over the past several years, I learned about the findings of Dr. Bruce Perry, a noted clinician, teacher and researcher in children’s mental health and neurosciences. His work on the impact of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain has had meaningful impact around the globe. It became very evident to me that what happens to us in our early childhood years can have lifelong repercussions.
This is why I feel so strongly about the importance of caring for our mental health and emotional regulation. I wholeheartedly agree with Yung Pueblo that when people heal themselves, they heal the future.
Deep conversations with close friends has revealed that my story is not that remarkable. Many had similar experiences and have felt the effects of their learned childhood behavioral patterns throughout their adult lives. I’m hard-pressed to find a family tree that does not have entangled branches of dysfunction, depression, estrangement, insecurities and brokenness.
Take heart, however — We were also well-intentioned gardeners tending those family trees as best we could. We chose to do the opposite of what their parents did, we chose to love more deeply with an understanding it might hurt, we chose to soothe, comfort and nurture. The pendulum may have swung too far the other way. We burned ourselves out trying to do it all and keep everyone staying in the green on the happiness meter. We still lost our tempers, got resentful, exhausted and disconnected. We offered ice cream cones to our children when we should have pulled them in our laps and honored their feelings. We should have done the same for ourselves but we chose a glass of wine or a bag of chips.
My first marriage ended in divorce. We tried couples counseling before we threw in the towel, but like my guidance counselor experience I realize that we were unable to identify the root cause of our problems. So we just lobbed our resentments back and forth, paid the bill and went home to hit repeat. We did not break the cycle. I can look back now through clearer eyes and a wiser heart and see how our emotional armor and old behavioral patterns kept us entangled til we couldn’t actually live our best lives anymore. I also see how our three kids paid a dear price just as my personal counselor told me. She said that my kids might come back to me one day and ask why I did not leave sooner. When I made the decision to divorce, my sons were away at college and somewhat insulated from the months of anxious fallout, but my daughter was now Olive Oyl between Popeye and Brutus. Consider that my daughter was only 5 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer and 7 when she became my motivation to divorce to free us from a cycle of insecurities and unworthiness. Those events landed hard in the heart and mind of a young child.
Again, my story is not all unusual. And we have seen this play out throughout many generations. When my son was in the throes of his own divorce, I remember telling him that the long arduous decision making process had consequences for his young daughter and encouraged him and my daughter in law to co-parent from a space of awareness and love. I am relieved that they have done this well and continue to do so. For me personally, this is what Yung Pueblo means when he writes about healing the future. Learning from my mistakes, I share openly with my son and daughter in law. I am striving to help them navigate the challenges of raising a child in a co-parenting and ever-evolving family dynamic. No choosing sides and no ostracizing a child or making her feel “less than.” Raising a child is the hardest job we will ever do.
Embracing life’s realities and the brokenness that will inevitably occur in a caring, supportive, inclusive way is far better than saddling a child with our old emotional baggage. The best gift we can give a child is teaching them to honor their feelings. Holding them in our laps and listening, holding space for them to truly feel the depth of their emotions and feeling safe to do so. Teaching emotional awareness, emotional regulation and modeling it ourselves in daily life is how we heal the future. Do the work — in the present moment.
I had no idea when I dipped my toes into mindfulness 6 years ago what I would be gaining. While I was so focused on healing myself, I was then unaware how helpful it would be to my family and friends in the years to come. I knew that I wanted to get out of a situation that was draining me physically and emotionally so that I could be at my best for whatever life had in store for me in this last chapter of my life. That desire to be stronger, healthier and of clearer mind took me on a journey I could have never imagined. So often I told myself that I wished I had learned this all much earlier in my life, recognizing that it would have not only saved me a lot of heartache, but it may have also meant I did not inadvertently hurt others. There is a quote that says that life brings to you what you need the most — and what I needed the most was to heal from old trauma, drop the baggage and embrace equally my imperfections and my gifts. My discoveries and continued learning are supporting my efforts to help others learn this invaluable lesson much sooner in life.
I am so grateful that we live in a time where the stigma around mental health is falling away. I am so encouraged that counseling and therapies are taking a more holistic approach to mental health, bringing grounded research and more tools into the fold. I do believe that we need to be an advocate for our own mental health as much as we need to be advocates for our physical health.
I have looked back on my counseling sessions and see evidence where childhood experiences were begging to be brought out into the open, but were dismissed or simply missed. Had we all recognized that the warning signs were flashing, we could have done some of this meaningful healing work so much sooner. We may have saved good relationships that were tainted by our past.
Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah recently released their book “What Happened to You?” If we each asked ourselves this question, and then took the time to go back and revisit our childhood with compassion and mature perspective, it would be an invaluable step in breaking the generational line of hurt.
Just hung up from a long phone conversation with my middle son and am still trying to collect myself. Tears are streaming down my face and I can barely control the emotional tremors in my chest. I literally am laughing that hard!
My mid-40’s son was reflecting on his childhood when he was about the same age as his daughter who is 8. He recalls an endless series of canoeing, fishing, water-skiing, beach trips, hiking, aquariums, Smithsonian, group snow skiing trips not to mention crafts galore, birthday and pool parties and big family gatherings. He was in awe of my ability to have the foresight to plan and organize a childhood so rich with adventures and activities.
I could barely catch my breath to set him straight and for a moment I pondered if I even should.
I caved — I pulled the green curtain back and let him see that amazing, wizardly (and younger) mom was no more magical than he himself is.
The real magic is how he reflects on those memories and what he values most about his childhood.
You see, I was just like every other mom — past and present — juggling too many things and barely keeping up with most of it. There was rarely advance planning for our spontaneous Sunday outings to the Susquehanna River for fishing or water-skiing, or a hike and picnic in Pequea. If we woke up on the weekend and the sun was shining and dad was off work, we may have decided to ditch the mowing and laundry, strapped the canoe on the roof of the station wagon and headed for the Conestoga River. A quick trip to Turkey Hill for gas and snacks was necessitated of course.
Evidently my son was unaware of the hustle to find lifejackets, coolers and boat cushions in the garage that was always in need of organizing. I recall packing sandwiches in an empty bread wrapper because I was out of waxed paper or plastic baggies. I shut the door to the laundry room so I couldn’t see the piles of wash also needing my attention.
When we got home as the sun was setting, three kids were escorted upstairs for showers and clean clothes while I foraged in the kitchen for something resembling dinner. A load of wash was tossed in as I was enroute to the car to round up the cooler, the trash and the soggy beach towels. Dad was busy washing down the canoe or the boat and leaning the lifejackets and cushions by the garage to dry out.
My hunch is that my children sat around the dinner table delighting in the odd collection of food for dinner, laughing about the antics and adventures of the day, feeling that delightful kind of tired that washes over you from a day of sun, water and exploring. That is what sunk into their memory banks.
Meanwhile, I had a mind full of “to do” lists, the “should have” lists and the “how am I going to catch up” lists?
Today I found myself relieved and grateful that my son did not remember the mom that nearly fell asleep while reading bedtime stories, or the mom who frantically searched for gym clothes on Monday morning, or the mom who lost her patience trying to get three kids out the door to school and herself to work on time.
By the time my son and I finished our conversation today, he too was laughing. Not much has changed but I did have some wisdom to share with him. Seize the moments to be spontaneous and don’t wait for things to be “perfect or just right”. Make the time to sit with your child and talk about what they enjoyed the most on those outings and adventures — let that sink into your own memory banks together. Go easy on yourself as a parent — you are probably scoring higher than you can even imagine in your child’s eyes.
It was early Spring, 2020 and things had come to a screeching halt as we went into lockdown due to the global pandemic. Looking back, that was probably the compelling reason that a group of mostly strangers agreed to participate in a bi-weekly Zoom Book Club. We surely had the time, and frankly we needed something stimulating to distract us. The hook was set when we learned that first up was Untamed by Glennon Doyle. Most of us had recently read Untamed and it’s one of those books that make you want to jump up, dash out and go make changes in the world. So we had energy, we had ideas — and we were quarantined. A lively discussion about this book was an invitation we could not refuse.
If not for the quarantine, it is quite doubtful that our dynamic little group would have ever come together in the first place. We would have all been busy with life as usual. We might have had a few conversations about snippets of revelations we had, but it is unlikely that we would have been able to keep it going more than a month or so.
Little did we realize the seeds of friendship that were planted on those first few Zoom sessions. We had no way of knowing what the universe had in store for us — a group of mostly strangers from different states.
We had a pastor, educators, leadership coaches, retired bankers and a chair of her local political party. We were daughters, mothers and grandmothers. We were married, divorced, widowed or single — or had been all of these at one time or another. We were diverse in our ages, experiences and interests.
The common denominator was evident during our very first Zoom session. It was our mixed bag of strong emotions in an unprecedented time of great uncertainty. We were all scared for ourselves, our families, and the world at large. Those seeds of friendship began to sprout as we revealed the concerns that were most relevant to each of us. We got a glimpse of each other’s vulnerability. Looking back, I am aware that there was no judging present as we got to know each because we found the common thread instinctively pulling us together — to share and to listen with grace, open hearts and open minds.
As the months of quarantine continued, so did the Beautiful Cheetahs zoom book club. It was the one bright spot that we all looked forward to every other Thursday evening. Before we would dive into discussing the book chapters, we would update each other on how we were coping, what was unfolding in our lives and families. Sometimes we would vent about the toxic news cycle. We’d share diverse opinions and a wide array of resources to expand our knowledge and understanding. These conversations were sorely needed and much appreciated. It was a chance to offload some stress, a place to ask compelling questions and hear varied perspectives. It was a glimpse into how each and every one of us and our families were being impacted by the turmoil in our country and around the globe.
It was a revelational microcosm of what was transpiring collectively in our country. There is no doubt that we benefited from hearing each other’s stories. It reinforced our common humanity and our human frailty not to mention the importance of connection. We saw job loss, virtual school, social isolation, business disruption, births and deaths through the eyes and hearts of each other.
And all of this happened before we had even opened our copies of Untamed to discuss the assigned chapters!
So let’s zoom out to take a look at what took place when we did turn our attention to the book. At first blush it would seem that none of us had come anywhere near the metamorphosis that Glennon Doyle has in her 40+ years. She has gone through many transformations to get to her true self. She is refreshingly candid about how hard that has been and she offers wisdom that can only come from deep introspection. We were eager to rally around her book and collectively motivate each other to unleash our own inner cheetah.
Untamed became both a framework and a bridge for us. We all confessed that we loved the book, saw ourselves in chapters of it and were inspired for some metamorphosis of our own. The timing was so right. Even though it seemed the world was standing still, change was occurring all around us — a telling metaphor for our own reflecting. The more we discussed the book, the more we realized that even though it appeared on the surface that we had been standing still in our own lives, changes had been occurring all along.
We would dive into a chapter, reading aloud a sentence or two that resonated deeply — and that would be the catalyst for one of us to share a personal vignette from their own life story. Thank goodness for Zoom, because we could see the facial expressions, the body language that enriches a story. If you pay close attention, you can not only feel the story as it once happened, but can even see the indelible imprint it left on your friend.
While I don’t remember the details of the very first deeply personal story that was shared, I do recall that in that moment there was an unspoken understanding that this was a safe and sacred place for each of us. And so it began — organically — a group of women holding space for each other to tell their most vulnerable stories without holding back. As is often the case, our experiences or circumstances may be remarkably different, but the context is the common ground. We could so easily put ourselves in one another’s shoes.
Having these deep conversations was cathartic. Free at last from stories buried so deep within us that we had even forgotten some. Stories that needed to come out just like a splinter so that healing could begin. Stories that we did not realize were our very own “cheetah” moments – not til one of us piped up with a fresh perspective and an “atta girl”. We cried, we laughed, we shook our heads in disbelief and we air toasted our bravery.
Those initial seeds of friendship grew exponentially over this past year. We often reach out to each other independently of Zoom sessions through email and texts and best of all phone calls. Some who were friends before Beautiful Cheetahs have really deepened their friendships. Some of us have gained incredible new friends we would have otherwise never even met. We have helped each other through very specific challenges in supportive ways that came from our own personal experiences.
We offer each other a unique space to explore new ideas or approaches. It’s fun — it feels like going on a shopping trip with friends that bring things to the dressing room that you would never pull off the rack. We help each other with fresh perspectives and reframing. We eagerly say “hey, you can try something new!” We celebrate breakthroughs and wobbly first steps in the right direction.
Over this past year, we have had the privilege of getting to know our friend Sally’s beloved mother Isabelle, through colorful stories and delightful anecdotes. Our hearts were always warmed by the lifelong devotion of our friend and her mother. While we were all busy trying to get better at being authentic ourselves, 95 year old Isabelle showed us what life looks like when you embrace your true self and live every moment in joy and gratitude.
Diane, the ever gracious pastor in our group officiated at Isabelle’s funeral just last week. AnnaRuth, Barbara, and Linda were able to attend the service in person. I participated virtually as did some of Isabelle’s family members who live in New Zealand. Thank goodness for technology and how it can bring us all together for moments like this. Isabelle’s “going home” celebration was the most touching memorial I have ever witnessed. The colorful memories that family members shared about Isabelle were a testament to a woman who seized the joy of every present moment. Listening to Sally tenderly weave the rich stories of Isabelle’s life, especially as she neared the end was incredibly beautiful. Being able to see and hear Sally’s son and daughter share their memories of their beloved grandmother was heartwarming.
After a year of quarantine and zoom meetings, my friends who were able to be physically present for this lovely service were overcome with emotion at being able to actually see each other. We’ve grown so close, but from a distance. The gift of being together was not lost on them. I was sitting alone 2,000+ miles away, having just closed my laptop, reflecting on that beautiful service when my phone rang. It was AnnaRuth. I was so touched that she would call me as soon as she got to her car. Now I was overcome with emotion, a warm wash of that feeling of true belonging. I confided in AnnaRuth that her thoughtfulness in calling me immediately felt like I was being pulled into a hug. As we shared highlights from the service that went to our hearts, we also marveled at the deep personal bonds we have made with each other — because of a Zoom book club.
To say we have witnessed remarkable personal transformation would be an understatement. While it is true that each of us independently has experienced so many growth spurts over this past year, it is the collective bond of deep friendship that is so rare. We went into a lockdown and Zoom book club as mostly strangers and a heart full of untold stories. We are emerging a year later with six trust buddies who love deep conversations and who support each other on this journey to be the best versions of ourselves. That is a truly miraculous metamorphosis.
Vulnerability is a fine precision tool that drills small openings in our armor, our fears and our awareness. A series of tiny. little openings allowing light to fall into the “what matters most” center of our being. It is the continual “breaking open” process that nourishes our life.
The very word “vulnerability” conjures up images so far from the truth of its strength, courage and tenacity. Against all odds, it is our vulnerability that protects us most and often is the jettison force needed to take action. Vulnerability is a constant life companion.
Vulnerability whispers in your ear when you are crying, heartbroken and empty. Vulnerability whispers that you don’t need to stay any longer. Vulnerability says “I will help you pack.”
Vulnerability reaches into your heart and makes space for your newborn as you craddle him in your arms, so tiny and fragile. Vulnerability places gifts of patience, resilience and resourcefulness you’ve never known possible in that heart space. You will operate on too little sleep and a deep well of love for many years. Vulnerability is your constant companion and your reservoir as you parent for the rest of your life.
Vulnerability embraces you and holds space for you alone for days, as you absorb the diagnosis. Vulnerability sits patiently as you tumble through an emotional vortex without judgment. Vulnerability listens to unspoken words, watches in silence as you envision all possible and impossible scenarios. Vulnerability hugs you when you have made your decision days later. Vulnerability becomes your invisible strength partner on your journey no matter the outcome.
Vulnerability sits with you weighing the pros and cons of pursuing a bigger dream. Vulnerability views the sacrifices, the risks, the rewards, the long hours and renewed sense of purpose. Vulnerability rarely misses a detail in the complex decision making process and still offers a nudge to seize the moments. Vulnerability smiles with you as you take that first step forward into a long-time dream.
Vulnerability never leaves your side when you are fraught with worry over a loved one though you cannot change a thing. Vulnerability listens to your heart, your fears, your prayers. Vulnerability helps you discover new depths of your love and faith.
Vulnerability urges you to call a trusted friend when you are falling apart.
Vulnerability reminds you it is ok to ask for help or state a boundary. Vulnerability holds your hand while you hold your breath waiting for a response or a reaction.
Vulnerability will wash into every corner of your very being when you fall in love — with your partner, with your grandchild, or with a passion. You will learn more about yourself than you ever knew possible.
Vulnerability’s best friend is courage. Vulnerability drills those little openings to break free of what holds us back and courage pulls us into a different direction, or back into life, or launches us on a growth spurt.
People who live wholeheartedly lives have come to understand that vulnerability is a strength for it opens our hearts to ourselves and to each other. Vulnerability enables us to get in touch with our deeper human emotional connection. Vulnerability makes no promises about rosy outcomes or happy endings but it invites and encourages us to not let fear hold us back from love and belonging or from pursuing dreams and passions.
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HUDDERSFIELD Royal Infirmary has been hit by a computer virus which has affected the entire network.
The system has been in crisis for five days after being hit by the Nachi virus - also called Welchi - which is spread from one computer to another.
Staff have been unable to find X-rays and test results have not been passed on at the right time.
A hospital insider, who did not want to be named, said: "Three working days, plus a weekend, seems a long time for a supposedly secure network to be in crisis.
"Numerous staff have had great difficulty doing their jobs.
"Patient details are throughout the network and the confidentiality of the system should be questioned."
A spokesman for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, said: "The computer network at the trust has been disrupted by the international Nachi virus, that is affecting millions of IT systems across the world.
"The nature of this virus is that it generates a large volume of e-mail traffic, which causes computers to crash," he added.
"The virus has caused certain clinical IT systems to slow down. Alternative measures have been put in place to maintain these services.
"The IT department has been working round the clock to update all PCs and servers and ensure that all machines are updated in the form of a patch that will protect them from the virus."
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which includes St James' and the General Infirmary, was also badly hit by the virus a few days ago.
Mick Burgoyne, a Huddersfield-based computer expert, said organisations could have the best anti- virus software available, but often they were contaminated by links to external sites.
"The bigger hospital trusts should be able to set up good defences.
"But the difficulty is that they may connect with an awful lot of other people."
Mr Burgoyne said hospital trusts may have computer links to suppliers, with automatic ordering.
"That's where a weakness could come in," he said.
"Once a virus is in it can spread like wildfire and take a lot of work to remove."
Mr Burgoyne said viruses had an easier access to computer systems through broadband internet connections offered for home use.
"A lot get in through laptop computers, which people take home," he added.
"Unless people have a personal firewall, their computer can be open to attack.
"They can then go into work and plug in the portable - and the whole system is infected." | https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/computer-virus-hits-infirmary-5094080 |
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If you are using K2 Five (5.3), you must install Fix Pack 38 or later to follow the steps in this article.
See https://help.k2.com/kb003094 for Fix Pack release notes and download links.
K2 Five (5.1) includes PowerShell commands that allow you decrypt and encrypt database data with your own password. This lets you move data from the K2 database to another SQL instance and use your own encryption password.
On-premises SQL servers use SCSSO key encryption, in which SQL creates a certificate and a master key for that certificate, and then uses it to encrypt the data in the SQL server. SQL Azure does not support this method so you can only use the PowerShell commands in this article with on-premises SQL servers.
Before performing the steps in this article, back up your database.
To move and restore your K2 database you must change the encryption password and take responsibility for your data encryption. If you lose your password, your encrypted data cannot be retrieved, even by K2 Support.
Use the following PowerShell command to import the module and make the commands available. Run Windows PowerShell as the Administrator and enter this command in the folder where you extracted the K2 installation package (for example C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\K2 (5.1004.0000.0)\Installation):
Import-Module .\SourceCode. Install. Powershell.dll
Command Usage Example
In this scenario, you change the default K2 encryption password to something you choose. Then you export and restore the database to another SQL instance and remove the old encryption. Lastly, you add the new encryption with your new password. Enter the following command in Windows PowerShell:
To keep your data intact you must re-encrypt the database with a password you choose. Make sure you keep this password for later use:
Update-K2Encryption -NewPassword “Your password”
You can now export the database and restore it to another SQL instance.
If you are migrating your K2 database from SQL Server 2016 or earlier, to SQL Server 2017 or later, there are additional steps you need to perform on the new SQL Server instance before you can proceed. Refer to the Considerations section for more information.
If you are migrating the K2 database from SQL Server 2016 or earlier, to SQL Server 2017 or later, just following the instructions to run the PowerShell commands may not be enough. SQL Server 2016 uses SHA1 hashing algorithm for its encryption work, while SQL Server 2017 and later uses SHA2, which is more secure. The difference in hashing algorithm means items encrypted on SQL Server 2016 will have problem decrypting on SQL Server 2017 or later.
You will need to run the following on your new SQL Server instance before you recreate the master key, certificate and symmetric key on the K2 database.
Select Generate a View and generate item and list views.
Run the item view and insert a few values.
Run the list view to confirm you have values.
Import the PowerShell commands as described in the PowerShell Commands section above and update the K2 Encryption with your chosen password as shown in the first step of the Command Usage Example. Then rerun the SQL script from step 8 above and confirm that values are decrypted and match values you entered.
If the values decrypt and match what you entered, you can now export the database.
After Export
Use the following steps to restore the database to another SQL instance, recreate the keys, and confirm the values decrypt correctly by using the following steps.
Import the PowerShell commands as described in the PowerShell Commands section above and then perform steps three and four of the first Command Usage Example.
Re-run the SQL script to see if values decrypt successfully.
If the values return as expected, the database is ready for use. | https://community.nintex.com:443/t5/Technical-Issues/Commands-to-update-K2-Database-encryption/ta-p/123784 |
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The malware uses a tactic to force victims to retype passwords into their systems – which it tracks via a keylogger.
Researchers have discovered a recent spate of phishing emails spreading a new variant of Metamorfo, a financial malware known for targeting Brazilian companies. Now, however, it’s expanding its geographic range and adding a new technique.
Metamorfo was first discovered in April 2018, in various campaigns that share key commonalities (like the use of “spray and pray” spam tactics). These campaigns however have small, “morphing” differences — which is the meaning behind its name.
This newest variant, which targets payment-card data and credentials at financial institutions with Windows platforms, packs a new trick up its sleeve. Once executed, the malware kills the auto-suggest data entry fields in browsers, forcing victims to write out their passwords – which it then tracks via a keylogger.
It’s also changing in other ways: “Metamorfo is a malware family that was observed targeting the customers of online financial institutions,” said researcher Xiaopeng Zhang, with Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, in a post this week. “This… Metamorfo variant targets the customers of even more financial institutions across multiple countries.”
Infection
The recent variant is first spread via phishing emails that distribute a ZIP archive containing an MSI file (named “view-(AVISO)2020.msi”). Researchers inspected this MSI file’s stream (a sequence of bytes written to files, giving more information about their attributes) and found JavaScript code mixed in with a wide swath of garbage strings.
The extracted and de-obfuscated code revealed that the MSI file downloads a ZIP file from a URL, which then adds itself into the auto-run group in the victim’s system registry to ensure that it runs automatically whenever the infected system starts. This ZIP file also contains three files (“cMejBlQe.exe,” “M6WnYxAh” and “YvSVUyps.dll”) that are decompressed into a newly-created folder and renamed with random strings, which then run an AutoIT script execution program.
Researchers said that AutoIt, a legitimate, freeware programming language for Microsoft Windows, has been abused by a various malware families in the past as a method to help them bypass antivirus detection.
The command line finally loads a DLL file code with the payload. This is protected by a packer, VMProtect, which is a “very strong packer that supports dynamic code protection when the target process is running,” said FortiGuard researchers. “This creates a big challenge for analysts. For example, all API addresses are hidden and are dynamically calculated before calling.”
Tricks
In a new tactic for Metamorfo, once executed it terminates running browsers (including Microsoft IE, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera), and then modifies various registry keys to disable Internet Explorers’ functions, like auto-complete and auto-suggest.
The malware also has the ability to display a control asking the victim to enter their passwords. Researchers said these dual functionalities enable the malware to track victims’ passwords as they manually write them out – enabling the malware operators to keep tabs on passwords even if they’re changed.
“What is the purpose of killing the browsers and disabling their auto-complete and auto-suggest functions? This action forces the victim to hand-enter data without auto-complete, such as whole URLs, along with login-name, password and so on in the browser,” said Zhang. “This allows the malware’s keylogger function to record the largest number of actions from the victim’s input.”
The malware also was able to display a fake message to the victim asking them to enter legitimate security confirmation codes they had received, in a tricky technique for attackers to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA), Zhang told Threatpost.
“Sometimes financial websites use 2FA to protect their customers like sending a security code via SMS/email to the customer, then verifying the customer’s input on the website,” he said. “Since the attacker could not get the code, the verification will fail. So this malware strain asks for the code from the victim by prompting a fake message.”
Beyond this technique, the malware’s arsenal of capabilities are similar to older variants: It collects information such as the OS version, computer name, installed antivirus software and more from the victim’s systems, and also creates tasks to monitor Bitcoin wallet addresses on the system clipboard, and to detect whether or not the victim is accessing a financial institution website.
The Metamorfo news comes on the heels of the return of the CamuBot malware, also known for targeting Brazilian bank customers. In a slew of highly personalized attacks, CamuBot is targeting victims’ mobile banking apps as an extra step to evade detection when making fraudulent transfers.
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Tesco is starting to incorporate machine learning algorithms across the business, from internal applications such as driver routing to customer-facing apps like integration, with Google's home assistant device.
First, the online grocery and clothing seller had to lay the groundwork for machine learning techniques to be brought into the organisation, and this meant getting its data lake in order so that near to real-time data could be used by the developers and data scientists within the company.
Speaking at the AI Summit in London recently, Tesco group CTO Edmond Mesrobian spoke about the importance of creating a data loop where "everything knowable is captured and then we can reason about it and build models. Take those models and reflect them back into the business, whether that's a colleague or a customer, to make better decisions." He says that Tesco has been working on this for a year and a half and is now starting to see the benefits.
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While Mesrobian recognises that online retailers like Amazon have been doing this since day one, with recommendation engines and warehouse optimisation, retailers like Tesco are still reliant on their physical stores, so have to try and blend data from the physical and online world. "We want to represent all of Tesco, be that through fulfillment, delivery, retail, online. So it needs to be connected intelligence," Mesrobian said.
Mewbase
This desire to bring AI-powered products to market quicker at Tesco was the driving force behind an open source project called Mewbase, which was announced in February.
Developed by Tim Fox, principal software engineer at Tesco, Mewbase is an open source system which brings together messaging, events and database to allow Tesco's developers to "manage their events and data, eliminating the need for them to communicate with other databases and event stores...so our teams can generate a new working service from scratch in seconds from metadata", according to Tesco Labs.
By giving developers access to streaming data from across shopping basket events, IoT sensors and supply chain stock in real-time they can start to apply AI to give more effective suggested actions, like adding a missing item for a customer or optimising stock processes internally.
Mesrobian calls Mewbase a "toolkit to allow anyone to build a real time streaming engine that emits and consumes events and to do analytics at the edge".
Examples: Google Home, stock availability and van routing
Mesrobian says that the aim of any AI application at Tesco is for "delighting customers or providing efficiency benefits across our enterprise, both are equally meaningful".
For customers, Tesco's Labs division has been working with IFTTT to open up its APIs and create 'recipes' so that online shoppers can start to personalise their shopping, get automatic price drop alerts for certain items and order groceries though AI-powered home assistants like Google Home.
Tesco now integrates with Google Home, allowing customers to add an item to their basket at any time using voice commands. Then, if they have a delivery slot already booked it will amend and checkout that order, or if they don't, then items will be added to the basket for next time.
The idea is that Tesco can start to better personalise its services for customers, such as the AI that spots missing items from a user's basket which then automatically suggests that it gets added. This is similar to the work being done at Ocado with TensorFlow to personalise and optimise the shopping basket when shopping for groceries online.
One example of an employee-facing machine learning project at Tesco includes better in-store routing algorithms to reduce the walking distance Tesco Online personal shoppers take when picking items in stores.
These staff members pick 1.5 billion items a year and Mesrobian says that by optimising their routes using machine learning algorithms the retailer has been able to reduce the average walking time of these staff by 20 percent, which most importantly allows them to complete more orders.
A similar use case is around van routing and scheduling for better efficiency for drivers. Mesrobian calls this a "deep computation problem" but the goal is to have vans making more efficient delivery routes to reduce their impact on the environment.
Tesco has also been using computer vision algorithms through its static in-store cameras to tackle item availability so that store staff can better react to empty shelves to get them restocked quicker, cutting down on customer disappointment.
This story, "Tesco uses AI to stock shelves, route drivers with Google Assistant" was originally published by Computerworld UK. | https://www.cio.com/article/3196065/tesco-uses-ai-to-stock-shelves-route-drivers-with-google-assistant.html |
Vormetric, a leader in enterprise data security for physical, virtual, big data and cloud environments, today announced the results of its 2016 Vormetric Data Threat Report, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. The fourth annual report, which polled 1,100 senior IT security executives at large enterprises worldwide, details rates of data breach and compliance failures, perceptions of threats to data, data security stances and IT security spending plans.
Critical findings illustrate organisations continue to equate compliance with security in the belief that meeting compliance requirements will be enough, even as data breaches rise in organisations certified as compliant. Investments in IT security controls were also shown to be misplaced, as most are heavily focused on perimeter defenses that consistently fail to halt breaches and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.
“Compliance does not ensure security,” said Garrett Bekker, senior analyst, enterprise security, at 451 Research and the author of the report. “As we learned from data theft incidents at companies that had reportedly met compliance mandates (such as Anthem, Home Depot and others), being compliant doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t be breached and have your sensitive data stolen. But we found that organisations don’t seem to have gotten the message, with nearly two thirds (64%) rating compliance as very or extremely effective at stopping data breaches.”
• At 46% overall, compliance was also the top selection for setting IT security spending priorities. Industries particularly focused on compliance include healthcare (61%) and financial services (56%) organisations “Organisations are also spending ineffectively to prevent data breaches, with spending increases focused on network and endpoint security technologies that offer little help in defending against multi-stage attacks,” added Bekker. “It’s no longer enough to just secure our networks and endpoints.”
• Reputation and brand protection were the most important spending drivers in the U.K. (50%) and Mexico (58%) “Given the extensive media coverage dedicated to U.K. firms that suffered data breaches in the past year, it should come as no surprise that reputation and brand protection are now the top drivers for security spend among U.K. organisations,” said Louise Bulman, Regional Vice President & General Manager, EMEA at Vormetric. “There is absolutely no doubt that businesses today need an urgent rethink on current data security policies as consumers are rapidly losing faith with companies that cannot protect their private information effectively. Proactive steps such as strong encryption should be taken now to ensure the protection of that data even if it falls into the wrong hands.”
Some of the greatest differences identified were in organisations planned spending increases on data-at-rest defences, the most effective solutions for protecting data from multi-phase, multi-layer attacks. These differences suggest again that many organisations are less concerned about preventing data breaches than they are with checking the compliance box. Planned data-at-rest defence spending increase variations reported were:
With the Internet of Things (IoT) a new area for the vast majority of enterprises, few seemed to recognise the risks posed by the mountains of personal data being collected by connected IoT devices, with only 17% recognising it as a top three risk for loss of sensitive data.
The survey results and research report are available from Vormetric and can be found here. To download the press release, please click here.
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Akamai maintains a distributed set of unadvertised agents deployed across the Internet to log connection attempts that the company classifies as attack traffic. Based on the data collected by these agents, Akamai is able to identify the top countries from which attack traffic originates, as well as the top ports targeted by these attacks. It is important to note, however, that the originating country as identified by the source IP address may not represent the nation in which an attacker resides.
In the third quarter of 2014, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 201 unique countries/regions, which was up significantly from 161 in the second quarter, and more in line with the 194 seen in the first quarter. As demonstrated in past reports, the highest concentration of attacks (50%) came from China, nearly three times more than the United States, which saw observed traffic grow by approximately 25% quarter-over-quarter. China and the United States were the only two countries to originate more than 10% of observed global attack traffic. Indonesia was the only country among the top 10 to see observed attack traffic decline, dropping from 15% of global attack traffic in the second quarter to 1.9% in the third.
The overall concentration of observed attack traffic decreased slightly in the third quarter, with the top 10 countries/regions originating 82% of observed attacks, down from 84% last quarter. Furthermore, 64% of attack traffic originated from the Asia Pacific region, down from 70% last quarter, while the lowest volume (1%) originated from Africa.
The volume of observed traffic targeting Ports 80 (HTTP/WWW), 443 (HTTPS/SSL) and 880 (HTTP Alternate) dropped significantly in the third quarter, with all three ports seeing a fraction of the attack volume seen in previous quarters. Port 23 remained the most popular target of attacks observed to be originating in China, accounting for more than three times more volume than Port 80, the second-most attacked port within the country.
Reported DDoS attack traffic
Akamai customers reported 270 DDoS attacks for the second quarter in a row. Overall, this represents a 4.5% reduction in attacks since the beginning of 2014 and a 4% decrease in comparison to the third quarter of 2013.
In contrast to the second quarter’s report, the number of attacks fell in both of the Americas, with 142 attacks, and in the EMEA region, with 44 attacks. However, the number of attacks in the APAC region rose by 25% from the previous quarter to 84. The distribution of industries did not change in comparison to the previous quarter; commerce, enterprise, high tech, media and entertainment, and the public sector all saw the same number of attacks as the previous quarter, even though the actual targets of these attacks changed. Compared with the same quarter of 2013, enterprise attacks have fallen by more than a third from 127 to 80. At the same time, attacks against high tech companies have tripled from 14 to 42.
Akamai saw an increase in the number of repeated attacks against the same target in the third quarter, returning to the 25% chance of a subsequent attack targeting the same organization. This represents a drop in unique targets from 184 in the second quarter to 174 in the third.
IPv4 and IPv6
In the third quarter of 2014, more than 790 million IPv4 addresses connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform from more than 246 unique countries/regions. The global number of unique IPv4 addresses making requests to Akamai grew by nearly two million quarter-over-quarter, a nominal increase after a loss of seven million in the second quarter. Looking at the top 10 countries in the third quarter, the unique IP count in the United States saw a small gain of approximately 20,000 addresses.
In addition to the United States, Brazil, France and Russia saw nominal increases in unique IPv4 address counts, while the remaining six countries saw unique IPv4 address counts slightly decline from the second quarter. Fifty-eight percent of countries saw a quarter-over-quarter increase in unique IPv4 address counts, with 28 countries/regions growing by 10% or more.
Cable and wireless providers continued to drive the number of IPv6 requests made to Akamai, many of which are leading the way for IPv6 adoption in their respective countries. Verizon Wireless and Brutele saw more than half of their requests to Akamai made over IPv6, with Telenet close behind. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2015/01/08/state-of-the-internet-attack-traffic-ddos-ipv4-and-ipv6/ |
Inspired by our leader Mark Darby’s recent article on the Dark Reading website we examine the threat levels in an industry currently under the microscope ― health. Our diagnosis? Don’t stop investing in your cyber security during a crisis.
As a result of the economic challenges brought about by COVID-19, CIOs across the globe are finding themselves faced with tighter budgets ― and even spending pauses ― at a time when their area of focus can least afford it.
Whether it’s phishing scams or sophisticated corporate attacks, coronavirus-related cybercrime is on the increase. Without a robust and joined-up approach to information security in place, health organisations are wide open to supply chain disruption and reputational damage.
It won’t have escaped the attention of cybercriminal networks that respected number crunchers like Gartner are reporting jaw dropping forecasts like $6.7 billion decrease in global security spending in cybersecurity this year. Indeed, online threats have increased sixfold since the pandemic began, with phishing attempts soaring by more than 600% since the end of February this year.
The World Health Organization has reported a fivefold increase in cyber attacks in recent months, ranging from relatively unsophisticated phishing emails to corporate attacks from bad agents misrepresenting themselves as part of the organisation’s supply chain.
The latest headline comes from the leading medical research institute in the University of California, an organisation that had pivoted much of its focus from AI and cancer research towards coronavirus at the start of the pandemic. As the most recent victim of the prolific Netwalker criminal gang, insult was added to injury when the negotiations of a $1.14 million dollar ransom payout was exposed to the media via link on the Dark Web.
But it’s not just those on the frontline of health and medical research who are at increased risk. While healthcare is at the forefront, reports suggest IT and telecoms, finance and construction are not far behind. Whatever your industry, If you’re responsible for the information security management in your organisation it’s imperative that you can confidently make the business case for preferential spend. You simply can’t afford not to invest in the right system.
We know the antidote to risk is a joined up information security management system that enables effective control and collaboration within your supply chain, but it can be a challenge to qualify the expenditure. In his Dark Reading article Don’t Slow Cybersecurity Spending: Steer into the Skid with a Tight Business Plan our CEO Mark Darby prescribes practical ways to influence your budget gatekeepers to prioritise spend towards cyber security.
Here at ISMS.online, we’re here to help your organisation become the most secure, resilient and competitive organisation it can be. If you’d like some advice on building your business case, get in touch. | https://www.isms.online/cyber-security/cyber-security-is-vital-medicine-during-covid-19/ |
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0 These days, it seems like every business is quick to jump on the bring-your-own-device bandwagon. Boosting the mobility of a company’s workforce no doubt comes with its share of benefits – including increased collaboration among co-workers, which can result in a rise in productivity across the board. However, when an enterprise seeks to implement a BYOD policy, there are several important considerations to make, namely those related to data security.
A BYOD program cannot be successful if decision-makers do not think about the extra protection needed to safeguard the additional mobile endpoints. If administrators allow their employees to access any sensitive business information from their smartphones, tablets and laptops, this content could easily be snooped or stolen by hackers. By considering threats beforehand, organizations are better equipped to prevent security incidents before they impact the company.
One risk in particular to think about is mobile malware. As individuals increasingly utilize their personal devices for corporate activities, accessing a rising amount of sensitive organizational data, the mobile platform becomes a more attractive target for cybercriminals seeking to steal this information. Therefore, it is in any business’s best interest for company leaders to be aware of this threat and are working to avoid it.
What factors lead to mobile malware?
One of the main ways to prevent mobile malware is to understand the activities and uses that can lead to an infection. According to recent Trend Micro research, there are a number of factors that can cause a reduction in security and could therefore lead to mobile malware, including a lack of awareness. A recent survey found that 69 percent of employees using their handheld hardware for work, however, IT teams are only aware of 34 percent of these. Without knowing how many devices are connecting to the network, IT staff have a hard time ensuring proper protection against infections.
Another factor that can lead to mobile malware is an informal adoption of BYOD, which often goes hand-in-hand with lack of awareness.
“In some cases, enterprises may informally encourage the bring-your-own-device trend to please their employees,” stated the Trend Micro white paper. “They may, however, not have written usage guidelines or implement best practices.”
Without a formal policy detailing what devices and applications are permitted for business use, as well as the security responsibilities that employees must follow as part of their mobile activities, the chances of mobile malware infection considerably increase. Before allowing staff members to connect their smartphones, tablets and other mobile endpoints to the corporate network, administrators must craft a BYOD policy that outlines how devices can and cannot be used to ensure complete protection of sensitive company data and documents.
Mobile malware trends: Types of samples, Android infections
In addition to understanding the factors and activities that can cause mobile malware, it is also important to take a look at the attack trends in the current environment. The Trend Micro white paper noted that some of the top malware strategies include trojanized apps and malicious links, both of which attempt to trick users into installing harmful code on their devices.
Additionally, utilizing a third-party app store can also cause a mobile infection. These less legitimate platforms can often house malware-laced applications which, if downloaded, can infect the device and access all sensitive content present on it. Administrators should train their employees to avoid unapproved app stores as well as suspicious programs and links to prevent infections in this manner.
Another trend to be aware of is the increased prevalence of mobile malware targeting the Android platform. Recent industry research showed that an estimated 2,000 new Android malware samples are uncovered on a daily basis, noted MaaS360 contributor Brian Christini. Additionally, PC Tech stated that researchers have found a 388 percent increase in mobile malware within Android’s Google Play store from 2011 to 2013. These findings illustrate that some operating systems are safer than others.
Tips for avoiding mobile malware
While some companies have chosen to specify what types of devices can be used for BYOD to avoid Android threats, others utilize best practices to avoid infections. According to ZDNet, one such technique is not visiting, and especially not downloading any content on suspicious websites or applications. If the platform seems off, it is best to simply steer clear of it.
Additionally, users should be trained to thoroughly vet programs they download onto their BYOD-supported device. Even non-enterprise apps like games can include a malware strain which could impact business content on the hardware. For this reason, employees should look at app reviews, as well as the organization releasing the app to determine its legitimacy.
Administrators should also ensure that all BYOD devices are as up to date as possible with upgrades and security patches. Not installing these items can leave the door open for hackers, as updates often correct known security vulnerabilities. | http://blog.trendmicro.com/top-byod-security-threat-mobile-malware/ |
The worldwide installed base of both smart and legacy credentials will grow from 9.8 billion in 2018 to 11.5 billion in 2023, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. With increased rates of international travel and government focus shifting to border control and security of citizen’s data, significant regional and innovation trends are beginning to develop in the Government ID market.
“When it comes to regions, identifiable trends are emerging as it pertains to the objectives that credential programs are looking to achieve,” said Sam Gazeley, Digital Security Analyst at ABI Research. “In African nations, there is a clear focus on providing national IDs that have payment functionality, bringing financial inclusion to a largely underbanked population, and increasing commerce among countries within the IGAD trading bloc. In Latin America, there is a trend toward issuing smart driver’s license programs, spearheaded by Brazil, an innovative project, encompassing a smart physical credential alongside a mobile driver’s license companion. In North America, developments in Real ID in the wake of identity legislation has prompted a drive for scrupulous citizen-issued credentials.”
The number of smart card shipments is forecast to increase from 618.8 million in 2018 to 732.7 million in 2023. This growth is linked to many credential programs kicking off or ramping up in the forecast period and will see a shortening of the gap between legacy and smart credentials, with 44% of all world credentials in circulation in 2023 having a smart format, up from 37% in 2018. National IDs will have a strong showing in shipment volumes, with 440 million units shipped in 2018, forecast to increase to 490 million in 2023. This is due to several large-scale national ID projects kicking off in Ghana, Zambia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Italy, supported by the ongoing deployment of eID credentials, such as My Number cards in Japan, Turkish e-ID cards, and the Philippines issuance following legislative changes to make the document mandatory.
Innovation in the market will primarily be driven by smart-card vendors Gemalto, IDEMIA, G+D (including Veridos), and Bundesdruckerei. With a commanding 63.7% share of the smart card market in first half 2018, these vendors are poised to take advantage of credential migration opportunities for governments looking to overhaul legacy credentials and stay ahead of increasing credential standards.
“Vendors that are already well positioned and established within the Government ID market will be able to take advantage of innovative technological advances in citizen credentials to drive higher revenues and decrease production costs. The use of polycarbonate as a material can provide higher physical security features, and mobile and derived companions to physical documents provide a convenient solution to citizens while improving citizen-to-government relationships,” concluded Gazeley.
These findings are from ABI Research’s Global Analysis of the Government ID Arena application analysis report. This report is part of the company’s Digital Security research service, which includes research, data, and Executive Foresights. Based on extensive primary interviews, Application Analysis reports present in-depth analysis on key market and regional trends.
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On Tuesday, the White House approved a presidential policy directive (PPD) to help the federal government coordinate with the private sector when responding to cyber-attacks. The PPD is the U.S. government’s first cyber-attack response manual. Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, explained this new PPD “establishes principles governing the federal government’s activities in incident response; distinguishes between significant cyber incidents and “steady-state” incidents; categorizes government activities into “lines of effort” and designates a lead agency for each line of effort; and creates mechanisms to coordinate on incident response, instituting a Cyber Unified Coordination Group to enhance coordination procedures within individual agencies.”
The PPD, known as PPD-41, contains two interesting features that could have a direct impact on the insurance industry. First, the response manual detailed five principles to model a cyber response plan: shared responsibility, risk-based response, respecting affected entities, unity of governmental effort, and enabling restoration and recovery. This could not only impact how organizations respond to breaches, but also impact what an insurance company is required or prevented from doing when responding to a cyber-attack.
Second, the presidential policy directive includes a five-level grading system. While we have yet to witness a cyber-attack large enough to reach what will be described as Level Five, which would need to directly impact infrastructure, government stability or American lives, the recent hack on the DNC would most likely earn a lower grade, according to Reuters. This grading scale could impact the level in which the federal government becomes involved with investigating, responding to and covering financial losses from a cyber-attack, impacting the insurer’s role when handling a claim. While Obama’s PPD-41 is the first of its kind in regards to cyber, it exemplifies the effort the White House is putting into the recently established Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP). | https://www.ciab.com/resources/white-house-issues-directive-clarifying-government-role-cyber-incident-response/ |
McAfee announced that it has enhanced its security platform for the Cloud. The McAfee Cloud Security Platform provides a framework that allows organizations to extend their security and policy enforcement into the Cloud by securing the three primary channels of traffic - email, Web and identity - delivering a secure and trusted bridge between the enterprise and the Cloud.
The challenge for Cloud-adoption in the enterprise is not only to secure data that resides or travels through the Cloud and prevent sensitive data from leaking, but also to protect their organization, their remote offices and their mobile workers from being attacked by cybercriminals who utilize the Cloud and new technologies - mobile apps and Cloud APIs for example - as new in-roads to unleash malware and conduct targeted attacks on organizations.
"Identity, Web and email security components are critical as enterprise IT customers deploy both on-premise and off-premise Cloud-based solutions over the next several years," said Phil Hochmuth, IDC Research. "Customers will expect to build on existing security investments while transitioning appropriate business functions to the Cloud to save on resources and time. IDC believes an appropriately configured Cloud model must guarantee more streamlined business processes, greater business agility, increased security and stronger access management. McAfee, as evidenced by this announcement, continues to deliver key components necessary for customer success in Cloud adoption scenarios."
The updates to the McAfee Cloud Security Platform focus on enhanced security for Cloud-based interactions through continued integration between the products, innovative context-based policy support and web protection for mobile workers. In conjunction with McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee Cloud Security Platform provides real time protection and correlates data across all threat vectors - file, Web, email and network, thus protecting customers before attacks occur.
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) everywhere: Integrated DLP capabilities are now available in McAfee Email Protection and McAfee Web Gateway, minimizing security gaps and data leakage across the different traffic channels.
- New Web reporting for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform: Fully integrated into McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) platform, the most advanced security management software available, McAfee Content Security Reporter provides detailed web reporting capabilities. Web reporting through McAfee ePO software streamlines security management by providing greater visibility into security protections and incidents across the enterprise.
- Hybrid Web Protection deployment support: Common policy across on-premise and SaaS deployments from a single console simplifies management while ensuring consistent policy enforcement for all web traffic including HTTP and HTTPS. Unified reporting across on-premise and SaaS deployments provides a consolidated view into Web traffic patterns, trends and issues.
- Web Gateway: Query and apply data from external sources to Web Gateway policies for expanded Web access control. For example, Web Gateway can now query the Google API for YouTube video content categorization and apply to access policies in real-time.
- Identity Manager: Factor in network, mobile device or other client hardware attributes into a Cloud access control policy decision - enabling granular, context-based control. | http://itnewsonline.com/news/McAfee-Enhances-McAfee-Cloud-Security-Platform/27747/4/3 |
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Our success is down to our people. The changing nature of our business means that we're constantly looking for the brightest talent to help us fulfil our ambitions. As an experienced professional, we'll entrust you with responsibility; this means that you'll have client contact, variety and support from day one.
We'll encourage and support you to develop your skills and reward you as you grow. Whatever your area of expertise, you'll be much more than just a job title; you'll be an integral part of the business where your individual contribution makes a difference every day. Great minds deserve great rewards, so we also offer a very competitive salary and benefits package.
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We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing.
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As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.
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TrendLabs has received notice that hundreds of phishing kits designed to generate phishing sites are currently being actively used, including those used by the so-called Mr. Brain. To jiggle everyone’s memory, Mr. Brain is not an individual operating by his lonesome, but rather a group of phishers who are themselves targeting phishers.
The newly discovered phishing kits — numbering over 400 — are targeting top Web 2.0 sites (social networking, video sharing and VoIP sites), free email service providers, banks, as well as the more popular e-commerce Web sites. Some of the major financial institutions are the following: | http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/over-400-phish-kits-on-the-loose/ |
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