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Russian-state-sponsored cyber actors have targeted U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) to obtain sensitive information, according to an advisory released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA).
In the advisory, the federal agencies detail the industries and information Russian actors have targeted, common adversary tactics, detection and incident response actions, and mitigation recommendations.
The actors have targeted both large and small CDCs and subcontractors with varying levels of cybersecurity protocols and resources. These CDCs support contracts for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community in several areas, including: command, control, communications, and combat systems; Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting; weapons and missile development; vehicle and aircraft design; and software development, data analytics, computers, and logistics.
Russian state-sponsored cyber actors have used common but effective tactics to access target networks, including spearphishing, credential harvesting, brute force/password spray techniques, and known vulnerability exploitation against accounts and networks with weak security.
Threat actors take advantage of simple passwords, unpatched systems and unsuspecting employees to gain initial access before moving laterally through the network to establish persistence and exfiltrate data.
C. Introduce Account Lockout and Time-Based Access Features
Implement time-out and lock-out features in response to repeated failed login attempts.
Configure time-based access for accounts set at the admin level and higher.
Ensure PowerShell logging is turned on.
Update PowerShell instances to version 5.0 or later and uninstall all earlier versions of PowerShell.
Confirm PowerShell 5.0 instances have module, script block and transcription logging enabled.
Monitor remote access/Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) logs and disable unused remote access/RDP ports.
3. Initiate a Software and Patch Management Program
Consider using a centralized patch management system. Failure to deploy software patches promptly makes an organization a target of opportunity, increasing its risk of compromise.
o Subscribe to CISA cybersecurity notifications and advisories to keep up with known exploited vulnerabilities, security updates, and threats.
Sign up for CISA’s cyber hygiene services, including vulnerability scanning, to help reduce exposure to threats.
4. Employ Antivirus Programs
Ensure that antivirus applications are installed on all organizations’ computers and are configured to prevent spyware, adware, and malware as part of the operating system security baseline.
Keep virus definitions up to date.
Regularly monitor antivirus scans.
7. Enforce the Principle of Least Privilege
Administrator accounts should have the minimum permissions they need to do their tasks. This can reduce the impact if an administrator account is compromised.
For M365, assign administrator roles to role-based access control (RBAC) to implement the principle of least privilege.
Remove privileges not expressly required by an account’s function or role.
Ensure there are unique and distinct administrative accounts for each set of administrative tasks.
Create non-privileged accounts for privileged users, and ensure they use the non-privileged accounts for all non-privileged access (e.g., web browsing, email access).
Reduce the number of domain and enterprise administrator accounts, and remove all unnecessary accounts.
Regularly audit administrative user accounts.
Regularly audit logs to ensure new accounts are legitimate users.
Institute a group policy that disables remote interactive logins and uses the Domain Protected Users Group. To assist with identifying suspicious behavior with administrative accounts:
Create privileged role tracking.
Create a change control process for all privilege escalations and role changes on user accounts.
Enable alerts on privilege escalations and role changes.
Log privileged user changes in the network environment and alert for unusual events.
8. Review Trust Relationships
Review existing trust relationships with IT service providers, such as managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers (CSPs). Threat actors are known to exploit trust relationships between providers and their customers to gain access to customer networks and data.
Remove unnecessary trust relationships.
Review contractual relationships with all service providers, and ensure contracts include:
o Security controls the customer deems appropriate.
o Appropriate monitoring and logging of provider-managed customer systems.
o Appropriate monitoring of the service provider’s presence, activities, and connections to the customer network.
When possible, require MFA on all VPN connections.
Monitor network traffic for unapproved and unexpected protocols.
Reduce potential attack surfaces by discontinuing unused VPN servers that adversaries may use as a point of entry.
Note: For additional information, see joint NSA-CISA Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Selecting and Hardening Remote Access VPN Solutions
10. Establish User Awareness Best Practices
Provide end user awareness and training. To help prevent targeted social engineering and spearphishing scams, ensure that employees and stakeholders are aware of potential cyber threats and how they are delivered. Also, provide users with training on information security principles and techniques.
Inform employees of the risks of social engineering attacks, e.g., risks associated with posting detailed career information to social or professional networking sites.
Ensure that employees know what to do and whom to contact when they see suspicious activity or suspect a cyber intrusion to help quickly and efficiently identify threats and employ mitigation strategies.
Bonus: Apply Additional Best Practice Mitigations
Deny atypical inbound activity from known anonymization services, including commercial VPN services and The Onion Router (TOR).
Impose listing policies for applications and remote access that only allow systems to execute known and permitted programs under an established security policy.
Identify and create offline backups for critical assets.
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It's worth looking at each of the following sites to get a balanced view of the potential risks of what is really an invaluable resource.
Internet matters.org A really useful site with, among other things, information about how to set up parental controls on devices around your home.
Get Safe On Line This is a UK Government sponsored site containing lots of helpful information.
The Virtual Global Taskforce The VGT is an international organisation dedicated to making the internet a safer place, especially for children. It was set up by police forces in Britain, America, Canada and Australia.
Internet Watch Foundation Here you can report any illegal content that you come across on the internet.
Staying Safe Online for children
BBC Online Safety How to stay safe when you are on line and links to lots of useful sites about online safety.
Chat Danger This site is all about the potential dangers of interactive services like chat, Instant Messaging, email, texting and online games. Find out what the dangers are and how to chat safely.
Cybercafe A fun place to learn about internet safety.
Cybersmart An Australian site all about communications safety. There are sections about different kinds of communication and each section has different areas for different ages. (The site is sponsored by the Australian Government).
Don't Be In The Dark Part of Disney's website. Safe surfing advice for kids, and parents too, presented in a fun way.
Get Safe On Line Really useful site.
Kidsmart Lots of useful information, games and activities to help you learn and practise your online safety skills. (There are areas for parents and teachers too).
ThinkUKnow Simple advice and links to further advice on the Internet Safety Zone. This site is part of CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre). There are sections for different age groups and for parents and teachers. | https://www.stjosephscatholicps-swansea.co.uk/online-safety/ |
Are you currently pursuing the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification? If so, this course—the second installment in the CySA+ Cert Prep series—can help you approach the exam with confidence by covering key concepts that can prepare you for the Vulnerability Management domain of the CySA+ exam. Instructor Mike Chapple includes coverage of how to create a vulnerability management program, configure and execute vulnerability scans, and remediate vulnerabilities. He also goes over common server, endpoint, and network vulnerabilities and explains how to analyze scan results.
We are now a CompTIA Content Publishing Partner. As such, we are able to offer CompTIA exam vouchers at a 10% discount. For more information on how to obtain this discount, please download these PDF instructions. | https://git.ir/lynda-cysa-cert-prep-2-vulnerability-management/ |
The economic crisis is continuing to take its toll on small business with many falling into a vicious spiral of debt as debtors continue to delay payments or not pay at all, cash flow specialists Oxford Funding observed today.
New data released by the National Credit Insurance (Brokers) P/L paints a gloomy picture for small business. In June 2009, claims against bad debts jumped 105 per cent above June 2008 figures, with a record 131 claims made through NCI against defaulting debtors. Worst hit was the building sector, with Building/Hardware recording $2.29 million worth of defaulted debts, followed by Other Steel ($1.45 million) and Fuel Distributors ($506,671).
Mr Rob Lamers, CEO of Oxford Funding, said it was obvious that an increasing number of Australian businesses were not able to cope with current economic pressures and were defaulting on what they owed.
“The financial tsunami has hit small business and it’s now increasingly important for them to keep a careful watch on their customers’ ability to pay,” Lamers said.
“Protecting cash flow is the most important challenge companies face,” he continued. “In the debtor finance industry, it’s no surprise that we’re seeing growth in the uptake of our services. More and more businesses are looking for assistance putting proper credit structures in place, and help with collections processes that can get their cash flowing again.” | https://www.cio.com.au/article/447131/bad_debt_claims_up_105_last_12_months/ |
The release of the 2020 ITRC Data Breach Report and launch of the ITRC’s data breach tracking tool supports the Data Privacy Day 2021 initiative to help build trust among consumers and promote transparency around data collection practices.
SAN DIEGO, January 13, 2021- Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a nationally recognized non-profit organization established to support victims of identity crime, announces its commitment to Data Privacy Day on January 28, 2021. The ITRC recognizes and supports the principle that all organizations share the responsibility of being conscientious stewards of personal information.
The ITRC will unveil the 15th annual edition of the ITRC Data Breach Report on January 28, 2021. One of the most widely quoted reports on data breach trends, the report will also explore the fundamental shifts underway in the root causes of identity-related crimes. The release of the 2020 ITRC Data Breach Report coincides with the launch of the ITRC’s new data breach tracking tool, notifiedTM, to assist consumers and businesses in making informed decisions about with whom they do business. Landmark state privacy and security laws, like the California Privacy Rights Act, require businesses to ensure third-party vendors’ cybersecurity processes protect consumer information.
“The ITRC is honored to take part in Data Privacy Day 2021 and to bring awareness to the importance of people and businesses taking action to protect personal and company information,” said Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center. “We want individuals to value protecting their own data and for businesses to keep people’s personal information safe. Likewise, our latest trend analysis shows that consumers have a big role to play in protecting their employer’s valuable business data and systems. It is critical that everyone take part in reducing the number of data compromises moving forward.”
Data Privacy Day is a global effort that generates awareness about the importance of privacy, highlights easy ways to protect personal information, and reminds organizations that privacy is good for business. This year, the focus is on encouraging individuals to “Own Your Privacy” by learning more about how to protect the valuable data that is online, and encouraging businesses to “Respect Privacy” by helping organizations keep individuals’ personal information safe while ensuring fair, relevant and legitimate data collection and processing practices.
According to a Pew Research Center study, 79 percent of U.S. adults report being concerned about how companies use their data. As technology evolves and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to influence how consumers interact with businesses online, data collection practices are becoming increasingly unavoidable, making it imperative that companies act responsibly.
“In recent years, we’ve seen the impact of more global awareness surrounding the abuse of consumer data, thanks to sweeping privacy measures like GDPR and CPRA,” said Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director for the National Cyber Security Alliance. “While legislative backing is key to reinforcing accountability for poor data privacy practices, one major goal of Data Privacy Day is to build awareness among businesses about the benefits of an ethical approach to data privacy measures separate from legal boundaries.”
For more information about Data Privacy Day 2021 and how to get involved, visit https://staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/.
With the record-setting numbers of data breaches and compromised consumer records, you might think becoming a victim is inevitable. If you can’t control whether or not someone breaks into a major network or leaves a vast database of customer data unsecured online, then you can’t control things like identity theft, either…right?
Not exactly. Obviously, preventing large-scale data breaches is out of the consumers’ hands, and there are treasure troves of stolen credentials available to criminals on the dark web. But that kind of activity isn’t the only way that individuals’ information is leaked online. Sometimes, our everyday tech behaviors can put our personal identifiable information and financial information at risk of theft.
Data Privacy Day (DPD), officially hosted the National Cybersecurity Alliance is an international effort held annually on Jan. 28 to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust.
There is perhaps no better way to kick off your new year than by taking part in the various events surrounding this important day. You can get involved by sharing content with a local group at a community center, get a better understanding of the issues, or simply setting aside some time in your day to take stock of your own cybersecurity strengths and weaknesses.
Of course, you don’t have to wait to begin working towards better data protection. You can start right now with things like:
Some things might be out of your hands, but that doesn’t mean throw in the towel. Your information very well could be “out there,” but getting a good sense of your data privacy and protecting it to the best of your ability can reduce your risk of additional cybercrimes.
For more information, check out the full Data Privacy Day resource guide by the NCSA. | https://www.idtheftcenter.org/tag/data-privacy-day/ |
A study recently conducted by Dimensional Research for Tripwire, Inc., quoted the Department of Homeland Security, as stating that the energy sector faces more cyber attacks than any other industry. What’s interesting here is that much of the analysis focused on being able to detect an attack. 72% of the energy respondents thought they could detect an attack in hours. 52% said their tools could not pick up all the necessary information quickly to identify unauthorized configuration changes to endpoint devices that can indicate an attack in progress.
While closing the barn door after the horses are out is a good idea, locking the barn door to begin with is a better idea.
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Lead and coordinate Security Audits for on-going projects: (from Architecture, Process, Risk and Testing etc.)
Utilize best security practices from various domains (public and private clouds, network, containerization and microservice, S-SDLC, etc.)
Work as a Security Consultant helping to establish secure development activities in SDLC end-to-end, be able to provide clarifications related to security in development and operations.
Contribute to building Secure Architecture and Design for the projects.
Assist with systems’ security baseline (data classification, attacker profile classification, risk assessment and threat modeling.)
Organize and hold responsibility for system’ vulnerabilities (application – SAST/DAST/Bug Bounty; infrastructure/deployment – CSPM, IaC security, secrets management, etc.; operations – DAST/penetration testing/privileged access review, etc.)
Contribute to providing security controls against corporate security standards as well as compliance regulations.
Communicate with customers and teams, be able to convey the message about importance of Secure SDLC, the ways of establishing it.
Collaborate with other teams (engineering, infrastructure, development, database, security operations, etc.) on physical and logical system design.
Understanding of main Security-related activities in development such as Security Requirements gathering, Risk Assessment, Threat Modeling, Security Code Review.
Understanding of security threats and their classification.
Understanding of most common implementations of the Threats (e.g. XSS, SQL Injection, XSRF, buffer overruns, brute force, rainbow tables, DoS etc.) and how they match the general classification.
Understanding of main security concepts and principles.
Understanding of main areas of protection and levels of defense.
Knowledge of Security Features and Mechanisms provided by at least one OS and development platform/technologies.
Understanding of mitigation mechanisms for every type of threats.
Familiarity with existing security standards and regulations experience of requirements implementation.
Understanding of basic principles of infrastructure security and penetration testing.
Ability to use the tools to perform actual attacks is a plus.
Certification in any security area is a plus. | https://www.hackthebox.eu/hacker/infosec-careers/463 |
Dave Wilding, the Microsoft Small Business Specialist at Shadowfax, talks to us about cloud servers, virtual bunkers and data security.
Also known as cloud data storage, a virtual bunker offers businesses many benefits. Every business is at risk for 4 main threats. These are the loss of data by third-party providers, unauthorised data access, threats to your service provider (viruses and hacking), and poor security with the internal IT team of the provider.
The loss of even a single day’s data can be enough to cost your business money in terms of lost sales and damaged reputation. But virtual bunkers are changing the data security landscape, allowing businesses to safely store their information in the cloud.
Because most virtual bunker services are pay as you go, the need for capital expenditure is eliminated. The faster deployment of cloud computing also means that there are minimal start-up costs. Ongoing operating expenses are also more predictable when the cloud is being used.
The cloud computing solution continues its rise in popularity. And it’s no wonder; the cloud offers benefits to virtually every department of a business, from the front desk to the warehouse. If you wish to keep up to date in cloud tech, check out Cloud Tweaks.
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We are looking forward to co-presenting the final “Security ABCs” workshop in the 2017 (ISC)² EMEA Secure Summit Series. The summit will take place in London on December 12-13, 2017.
(ISC)² is the world’s leading Cybersecurity and IT Security professional organisation. It is an international, nonprofit membership association with more than 125,000 certified members covering every aspect of information security.
Marmalade Box Managing Director, Bruce Hallas, has already presented this year at Secure Summit events in Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Zurich sharing a taster of some of the valuable lessons that he has learned in researching and developing the SABCTM methodology for Marmalade Box.
The Security ABCs Workshop for (ISC)² draws together three leaders in the field to present an introduction to the three different aspects of security awareness, behaviour and culture. Bruce is joined in the workshop by Dr. Jessica Barker and Dr. Ciarán McMahon, each taking one of three aspects.
“It’s been a pleasure to have presented on the human factor at (ISC)2 events for three years now but I believe that in 2017 we’ve seen a real turning point in our industry”, comments Bruce. “The importance of understanding what motivates individuals and groups to behave in certain ways and how we can develop programmes which use that to firmly embed the right security behaviour deep in organisational culture is finally being recognised. These secure summits have been a great way to introduce security professionals from across EMEA to a topic I’ve devoted the last five years to, and I hope that many will have taken what they learn in these workshops forward into their own organisations to implement better Security Awareness training”. | https://www.marmaladebox.com/education-and-awareness/security-awareness-behaviour-culture-isc%C2%B2-secure-summit-london/ |
Everybody knows Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will.” But wait. How about O’Toole’s commentary on Murphy’s Law? “Murphy was an optimist.”
Perhaps nobody on the event management team knows about Murphy’s Law more than the producer, who must start considering risk during the Concept and Proposal phase of event organization. It is within the responsibility areas of the producer that risk in its most lethal forms becomes reality. But what exactly is risk and what is risk management? | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315767727-16/risk-management-doug-matthews?context=ubx&refId=fcd9e3e7-c9f2-48e9-8ba6-c26cad9c2df5 |
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3' education - Dec. 3, 2014 - Moscow - Prof Andrey Susekov
Prof. Susekov, Moscow, with a brief update on current challenges to manage CVD in Russia, including some take home messages for Russian physicians
One of the key challenges is to close the gap between international guidelines and the real clinical practice situation. | https://pace-cme.org/2014/12/04/cv-risk-management-in-russia/ |
Start with any control. In this example let’s use the first control from the ISO 27001 Annex A:
Section A.5 Information Security Policies includes an information security objective, which is: To provide management direction and support for information security in accordance with business requirements and relevant laws and regulations.
Having identified the Risk Scenario we now need to assess the likelihood and impact of the risk materializing which will be combined to give the overall Risk Score. Typically, the likelihood, impact, and overall risk are ranked on a scale of 1-3 or 1-5, which represents something like low, medium, and high.
For this example, we’ll say the likelihood of the risk materializing is a medium likelihood with a score of two (2). The rationale is that while we do lack clear policy direction, a mitigating factor is that employees can solicit management for direction and they do receive basic security training.
Let’s say the impact is also medium or two (2). The rationale is that we expect employees to have enough security awareness and competence to ask for help before taking an insecure action, but the possibility exists that won’t always happen. An employee could make a serious mistake, like misconfiguring a publicly accessible datastore to allow unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Using a simple multiplication methodology, the overall risk score in this case would be four (4), which would represent a medium risk overall according to our method.
Now a common mistake is to get hung up on the scoring for likelihood, impact, and overall risk. Don’t worry about that too much. It’s a subjective determination, just do your best. The most important thing is to identify and document the risk scenario. You can always adjust the scoring later based on a reconsideration or new inputs.
The next step is to determine the Risk Treatment. The typical options are: Accept, Remediate, Transfer, or Avoid. In our case we’ll mitigate the risk through some planned actions which we’ll call our Risk Treatment Plan.
The last major step now is to document our Risk Treatment Plan, in ISO terms, or simply, the tasks that we will take to mitigate the risk. Our risk treatment plan will be as follows:
In order for this risk assessment to meet ISO 27001 requirements we need to assign a Risk Owner to each risk and obtain their approval of the risk treatment plan.
That’s basically it. You can get a lot more fancy with information like threats, mappings to specific assets or control frameworks, but we’ve covered the essential elements.
Working backwards from control sets such as the ISO 27001 Annex A is a great approach for organizations that are relatively new to formal risk assessment. I recently worked through the Department of Health and Human Services’ HIPAA Risk Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool, and it took a very similar approach, based on the HIPAA Security Rule control requirements.
There are various methods for assessing risk, this is a simple and straightforward approach to help you get started.
If your organization processes, stores, or transmits cardholder data, you must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a global mandate created by major credit card companies. Compliance is mandatory for any business that accepts credit card payments.
When establishing strategies for implementing and maintaining PCI compliance, your organization needs to understand what constitutes a Merchant or Service Provider, and whether a Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) or Report on Compliance (ROC) is most applicable to your business.
Answer a few short questions and we’ll help identify your compliance level.
My business uses a shopping cart solution entirely hosted and outsourced to a compliant payment provider (e.g., Shopify, Stripe, Apple Pay, PayPal, etc.).
My payment solution provider gave me code to integrate into our shopping cart page. We host a form, run a payment script/API, or control the payment page redirection.
It's a wrap! Our inaugural user conference was a blast. Here's a recap of each product announcement unveiled at VantaCon 2022.
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Alright, so I want to become a network consultant. To be more exact I want to be able to travel to different job sites and help build, support, and/or fix network issues then move onto the next site once the job is done. Maybe one day be bad ass enough to be wanted world wide for contract work based on reputation
Well before getting that far (hopefully) I need to be edumacated. Next year I will be attending Focus: HOPE ITC which will help me obtain a CCNA if I study hard.
After that my next step will be to enroll in a WGU degree program, more specifically the Network Design & Management program. Now, I do not have any other college experience so I expect that to take about 4 years to graduate from.
Don't wait to get started. Try and get a job now with your A+ Certification at a company (Techteam in Southfield) that may have entry level positions and has LOTS of room for growth. (Looking at their job openings for the last month they had a local technician or helpdesk position open -- and then you could target that Sales Engineer/Solutions Architect position next year. They used to have a decent Systems Integration group -- which could be another option and more likely to involve some networking).
If you're considering WGU -- which requires a self-study commitment -- you might want to try some of the low cost options to knock out some of the General Education requirements and see if you have the motivation and drive to do the self-study thing. There are the CLEP tests and somthing else that starts with S..... that's mentioned over in one or both of the main WGU threads.
You could also consider a few self-study certifications that would also count towards your WGU degree and help you move up at work.
Then you can leverage your work experience while you work on your WGU degree and try to get on with a local Cisco Business Partner -- if you're sure you want to get into hardcore Cisco networking. If you're lucky (and have the skills) and don't get buried at one customer site, you'd probably gain more Cisco experience in one year than most people only dream about.
After 4 years (and completing your WGU degree -- or degrees) you should know enough to figure out your own path to the top (if that's where you still want to go).
/insert awesome smiley
Many are called -- but only a few survive.
You could also follow this advice -- but don't let it (and the access to the Partner eLearning) interfere with your Education Plan. Starting at a Business Partner is definitely the fast track, but if you burn out you don't want to be left with nothing.
I've suggested in the past that people consider looking for jobs at their local Cisco Business Partners. Even if you have just have entry level certs, you might be able to drive a delivery truck, and maybe even touch the equipment when you "rack & stack" the stuff. But that is worth it if you get access to practice equipment (or enough equipment for a CCIE practice lab if the parter is big enough). And if you have the ambition and skills you wouldn't be driving a deliver truck for long
The thing a lot of people overlook when talking about experience -- you may see and do more different things in 6 months at a system integrator or business partner then some people see in their entire career at a big company.
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Vendor business partners are usually good for recognizing the importance of certifications and some of them are very good about helping you move up the certification food chain. Larger partners offer competitive benefits like tuition reimbursement to help keep the billable hour talent happy. The fact that the same "partner locator" link on a product/service vendor's web site used to help drive sales can also be used as a source of job leads is a nice perk.
If you can stand the fast pace of some business partners, you can start out with no certifications this week driving the delivery truck and be a CCNA->CCNP within the year (assuming you get a job with a Cisco Business Partner) with more actual networking experience than the CCNP that's been at the same company for the last 10 years whose job is to call you in to fix their network problems and do their next network upgrade.
I soooo want to get into hardcore Cisco networking. Just thinking about it I get giddy like a little schoolgirl. /insert awesome smiley
As I always say, your portfolio of work defines your trajectory career wise so you want to be getting into a position which offers lots of things to learn and do and opportunity to press on and get ahead. The sooner you are in a buck stops here role handling a lot of must do deadlines, the greater are your prospects to advance, assuming you can hack it.
Like Mike says an integrator can offer that or you can try contracting. Good luck.
The other "S" Mike mentioned using to get an advanced start at WGU is straighterline courses. You can knock out some of your General education courses that way also. You don't mention where you currently are in your IT career so advice there is hard to give.
If you want to do networking you may want to take the Security emphasis at WGU as it is basically the general IT degree with courses that lead to the CCNA and CCNA: Security. This will especially be beneficial if you're fairly new to the IT world as you'll get extra exposure via the Database, web design, and Java programming courses that aren't in the NDM emphasis. I'd also like to warn you that if you don't have server experience the Server 2008 classes/tests can be a real bear (I know form having that experience)
No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
Degrees and certifications are important but a lot of people with both haven't accomplished technically impressive things in the field. This is often down to settling into a job or company that beats it's own drum in terms of technology choices and the ebb and flow of work. I have worked with permies over the years who would have struggled if they went contracting. They know one way of working and get comfortable. Expect to work long hours and to struggle. Any of us who made it did and still do. Good luck.
You can google straighterline it's an online college that's kind of partnered with WGU where WGU accepts course from them now for transfer. Straighterline is really cheap and you can knock out some of your gened classes through them.
Also you might want to take note of the email I got from WGU a couple of weeks ago. You should still qualify if you just go ahead with your plans and get the CCNA!
From our ongoing research into student success, we have determined that students entering these programs need to have demonstrated strong IT abilities in order to handle the rigors of challenging IT curriculum.
Too often students are overly optimistic that they will be able to handle the coursework online, and when the challenges of the coursework and assessments become too great to handle, they drop.
At WGU, we are focused on helping students learn, prosper, and, most importantly, graduate. When a student is unable to continue in the program and drops, the student is left with school loans and frustrated dreams.
Making the correct admission decision before enrolling is the best approach to help you succeed and reach your professional goals.
Upon request, we can also authorize return of your admissions application fee if you have already applied.
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The first thing to do is run the extracted JavaScript with SpiderMonkey. We’ll be using the -f option to load and execute the JavaScript source file before executing our extracted JavaScript. The -f option causes SpiderMonkey to first execute the JavaScript contained in the file inputted as the -f option and afterwards execute the extracted JavaScript. This gives us the ability to redefine certain functions and variables before executing the actual extracted JavaScript.
An example is redefining the eval function to the print function, so that the JavaScript code is not actually evaluated and executed, but just printed to the screen. By using the -f option and specifying the pre.js JavaScript file (which is already included in the jsunpack-n package), we can redefine known functions that were previously used as part of the malicious JavaScript.
If we run the SpiderMonkey with the -f pre.js input arguments, we can immediately see that the obfuscated JavaScript contains the malicious code that tries to take advantage of the vulnerable util.printf function. The output of running SpiderMonkey can be seen below:
We’ve replaced all the long variable names with simple alphabet letters and trimmed the unescape parameter to make the code more readable. We can immediately see that the JavaScript code is doing heap spraying and some mathematical functions over the array. The heap spraying overwrites large heap memory segments to increase the chances of landing in the arbitrary shellcode when overwriting the EIP; this is useful when we can’t directly control the address where the shellcode is written, so we don’t really know where the shellcode is located in the memory. Thus if we write the shellcode throughout large portions of the memory, landing in almost any arbitrary memory address will still result in execution of the malicious shellcode.
At the end of the JavaScript code there’s a vulnerable function call util.printf, which we can use to overwrite certain portions of the stack and execute arbitrary code. Usually, the util.printf function is called like this: util.printf(“%4500f”, arg) with a very long arg argument that overflows the stack and overwrites the EIP to execute arbitrary code. In our case this isn’t the case, since the second parameter is 0, but nevertheless the arbitrary code execution is possible (as we have seen in the previous part). Currently we won’t go into the details why this happens, but let’s just keep in mind that we don’t yet know what the malicious JavaScript really does to gain execution flow.
There are also other tools written by Didier Stevens that can be used when analyzing malicious PDF documents. The tool pdfid.py can be used to print all tags in the PDF document. An example of printing all tags from the util_printf.pdf document is below:
– OpenAction and AA: specify the script or action to run automatically when the PDF document is opened.
– Names, AcroForm, Action: can be used to launch scripts or actions.
– JavaScript: specifies the JavaScript to be run.
– GoTo*: changes the view to a specified destination within the PDF file.
– Launch: launches a program or opens a document.
– Uri: accesses a resource on the Internet.
– SubmitForm and GoToR: sends data on the Internet.
– RichMedia: can be used to embed Flash in PDF document.
– ObjStm: can be used to hide objects inside an object stream.
With the tool pdf-parser.py we can also search for JavaScript in the PDF document with the search=javascript option as follows:
The shellcode was of course trimmed, but it still gives us an idea how the shellcode is stored and decoded in the JavaScript. To analyze the shellcode we need to transform it into its binary format, which is exactly what unescape does. The best way to do that is use a Python script.
First we need to save the whole shellcode in a separate file, let’s name it shellcode.txt. Then we can download the sc_distorm.py Python script from the Malware CookBook and save it on our hard drive. We don’t need the whole source file, but just part of it; it’s also a good idea to read the shellcode from a text file, not as a command line argument. The changed version of the Python script is represented below:
The libemu is a C library written for the purpose of emulating shellcode. The webpage of libemu looks as follows:
On the ‘Download’ link we can get the instruction to clone the git repository and install libemu. We won’t go into the details of doing that, since we can look it up on the webpage. When the installation is completed, two new commands are available: the scprofiler and sctest.
The sctest can be used to execute the shellcode in emulator. It will actually execute the instructions in the shellcode one by one and print the status of all registers after every instruction call. This can be a valuable resource when trying to determine what certain shellcode actually does without executing it on our own system (but in emulator).
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Was the Chattanooga shooter inspired by IS propaganda? There's no evidence to back the claim, but some officials are already calling for access to encrypted messages and social media monitoring. Spencer Kimball reports.
It's not an unusual story in America: A man in his 20s with an unstable family life, mental health issues and access to firearms goes on a shooting spree, shattering the peace of middle class life.
This time, the shooter's name was Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, a Kuwaiti-born naturalized US citizen, the son of Jordanian parents of Palestinian descent. And he targeted the military.
Abdulazeez opened fire on a recruiting center and naval reserve facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee last Thursday. Four marines and a sailor, all unarmed, died in the attack.
But the picture that's emerged from Chattanooga over the past several days is complicated, raising questions about mental health, substance abuse, firearms, religion and modernity.
Yet elected officials have been quick to suggest that events in Chattanooga were directly inspired by "Islamic State" (also known as ISIL or ISIS) Internet propaganda, though there's still no concrete evidence to back up that claim.
"This is a classic lone wolf terrorist attack," Senator Dianne Feinstein told US broadcaster CBS. "Last year, 2014, ISIL put out a call for people to kill military people, police officers, government officials and do so on their own, not wait for direction."
And according to Feinstein, part of the solution is to provide the government with greater access to digital communications.
"It is now possible for people, if they're going to talk from Syria to the United States or anywhere else, to get on an encrypted app which cannot be decrypted by the government with a court order," Feinstein said................
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"Trust but verify" is a security concept of the past. Today, organizations increasingly adopt zero-trust architecture to better manage risk. True to its name, a zero-trust security model requires organizations to never trust and always verify.
The Forrester Zero Trust eXtended framework includes seven different foundational pillars. One of these pillars covers how security administrators create policy and deploy tools for the various workloads a business uses to operate. In the context of a zero-trust security model, workloads refer to any application or service that operates in private data centers or public clouds. This diverges from typical security methodologies because it moves away from a perimeter-based security architecture to one that protects each individual workload or resource.
Below, examine the process of determining which workloads should be protected and what level of risk can and should be tolerated in a zero-trust architecture context.
Finally, based on this vetting process, purpose-driven security policies and tools must be put in place to permit or deny access. Keep in mind that access requests may come from autonomous IoT devices, users or other workloads. As a result, multiple layers of security tools may be required within the zero-trust security model.
A zero-trust architecture can be adapted to fit any business vertical and any technology workload. That said, it is only useful if the proper time and effort are dedicated to identifying critical workflows and wrapping the necessary security around them. Additionally, regular workload audits are necessary to ensure current and new technologies meet the necessary levels of security based on the overall importance to the business.
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Google launched the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL and the Pixel Slate at its hardware event last evening and during the announcements, the company also introduced a new Titan M custom security chip for the new smartphones and tablet. While Google sparingly spoke about Titan M at the event, in a blogpost, it said - “We’ve integrated Titan Security, the system we built for Google, into our new mobile devices. Titan Security protects your most sensitive on-device data by securing your lock screen and strengthening disk encryption”.
Google first introduced the Titan Security system for its Google Cloud Platform last year as a local line of defense against firmware hacks. It is a secure, low-power microchip, not much larger than a button, designed with Google hardware security requirements and scenarios in mind. Titan ensures that a machine boots from a known good state using verifiable code, and establishes the hardware root of trust for cryptographic operations in Google’s data centers, and now its phones and tablet
Remember when researchers managed to hack into a Tesla Model X last year, gaining control of the car remotely? Once Tesla's firmware signing system was bypassed, security researchers installed new firmware in the systems that could then execute custom commands and carry out various functions. After the incident Tesla introduced a new Hardware Root of Trust in their systems to implement a code signing policy for any firmware installations on the system. What this essentially did was secure the SoC, CPU, and runtime operations. Hardware Root of Trust ensures that the SoC and all its components function as intended and any attempt to introduce malicious code is squashed. It also takes plain-text data on the SoC and adds protection to it using encryption, authentication.
By implementing a hardware root of trust on the Pixel smartphones, Google ensures that unlock credentials are protected, along with disk encryption, app data, and the integrity of the operating system code itself. Titan M will help fight against malicious firmware implants and defend against installation of rootkits which could potentially give hackers privileged access to the information stored on the device. "Typically, secure boot relies on a combination of an authenticated boot firmware and boot loader along with digitally signed boot files to provide its security guarantees. In addition, a secure element can provide private key storage and management. Titan not only meets these expectations, but goes above and beyond to provide two important additional security properties: remediation and first-instruction integrity. Trust can be re-established through remediation in the event that bugs in Titan firmware are found and patched, and first-instruction integrity allows us to identify the earliest code that runs on each machine’s startup cycle," Google explains in a blogpost.
Even Google’s Titan Security Keys for physical login authentication deploy a similar hardware chip that includes firmware developed by Google helps to verify that the keys haven’t been tampered with. “The hardware chips are designed to resist physical attacks aimed at extracting firmware and secret key material,” says Google.
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For the Mercedes B-Class, which are equipped with equipped with the me-connect system, the experts commissioned by the ADAC found out, for example, that the system transmits the vehicle's GPS position as well as the mileage, fuel consumption and tire pressure to the manufacturer about every two minutes. The number of times the seat belts are tightened is also saved, for example due to heavy braking.
With the Renault Zoe electric car, it was noticed that the manufacturer can read out any information via cellular connection and, in the event of a breakdown, carry out remote diagnostics. Renault can also prevent the battery from being charged, for example due to unpaid leasing bills.
In the case of the BMW vehicles that were examined in August 2015, the IT experts were able to find the number of Read out inserted CDs and DVDs (320d) or the last 100 parking positions of the car (i3).
The customer should be able to decide about data himself
The data transfer harbors both opportunities and risks. It can be an advantage to be reminded of maintenance intervals or to find the car parked in a strange city. It can be disadvantageous that the car companies and the downstream insurance or financial service providers receive information about the driving style of a driver and adjust their premiums accordingly.
It is crucial that consumers receive detailed knowledge of the type of data exchange and actively do soagree. ' The consumer not only has a right to data transparency. He must also be able to choose freely whether and which data he makes available to the manufacturer. He needs freedom of choice for data transfer,' emphasizes Thomas Burkhardt, ADAC Vice President for Technology.
This means that the user must also be able to give providers other than the manufacturer's own workshops or breakdown services free access to all data in the car. The security of the data must also be guaranteed.
In the previous year, the ADAC examined a BMW 320d and, in part, a BMW i3 on behalf of the FIA. On the whole, the results of the BMW 320d and Mercedes B-Class are comparable, even if there are differences in the details, which is partly due to thedifferent equipment of the vehicles explained. Wear and usage data are mainly collected for parts that are subject to corresponding loads or have a limited service life. In particular, the engine and transmission play a special role. Personal data accumulates in the head unit (central infotainment control unit), especially if the telephone contacts are synchronized with the head unit when the telephone is connected via Bluetooth. Similar data is transmitted to the respective manufacturer via the mobile radio interface of the telematics control unit, even if the functionality of the two vehicles is very different here, as many of the ConnectedDrive options of the BMW are not available in the Mercedes-Benz with the specified equipment.
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95 professional fraudsters and members of internet-based criminal networks suspected of online fraud activities were arrested during the 2018 e-Commerce Action (eComm 2018).
eComm 2018 is a joint law enforcement operation supported by 28 countries, that took place from 4 to 15 June 2018. The main goal was to target online fraud through a coordinated law enforcement action within the European Union (EU) and beyond, followed by an awareness-raising campaign. The activity was inspired by a similar UK pilot conducted in collaboration with Visa.
The suspects arrested during the operation were responsible for more than 20 000 fraudulent transactions with compromised credit cards, with an estimated value exceeding EUR 8 million. The action was coordinated by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. It received the direct assistance from merchants, logistic companies, and banks and payment card schemes. Europol also supported national authorities on-the-spot by providing analytical services in their investigations.
The ecommerce action combats card-not-present fraud, aiming for a safer online environment for customers worldwide by sharing information and developing best practices between law enforcement and the private sector. Almost 200 private partners, merchants, logistics companies, financial institutions and analytical companies joined law enforcement during this action.
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Best Buy Co., TiVo Inc., and Walgreen Co. are the latest in a seemingly endless string of companies to warn over the weekend that hackers gained access to customers' files, including email addresses.
Major banks and credit-card issuers Capital One, Barclays Bank, U.S. Bancorp and Citigroup have also joined the list of companies warning customers that hackers may have learned their email addresses.
The companies all use the same marketing and communications vendor, Epsilon. It's a leading marketing services firm that sends more than 40 billion emails annually and has more than 2,500 clients including seven of the Fortune 10.
Epsilon, based in Dallas, issued a brief statement on Friday saying "a full investigation was under way" following the discovery of the breach of some customer client data. The company said that information obtained was limited to names and email addresses and that "no other personal identifiable information associated with the names was at risk."
Epsilon spokeswoman Jessica Simon declined to comment further late Sunday.
The companies affected said Epsilon informed them of the breach and told them the compromised files do not include any personally identifiable information stored with the marketer. However, hackers could use these email addresses to trick customers into providing more personal information such as Social Security numbers.
Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, tweeted a link to a statement Sunday, saying it was doing its own investigation of the breach. It also reminded customers to ignore emails asking for confidential information. And Delaware-based Barclays Bank, which issues Visa credit cards on behalf of L.L. Bean, sent emails to its customers warning of the breach but assured them that their credit card numbers are safe. However, it cautioned they could be subject to spam seeking personal information. | https://www.mprnews.org/story/2011/04/04/data-breach-best-buy-epsilon |
Planning is a quintessential bedrock of any program in the professional world. IT and cybersecurity are no different in this foundation. We plan for the worst and hope for the best.
For College of Science, Engineering, and Technology students enrolled in the course, this assignment will be Phase 1 in the creation of your “Programmatic Business Continuity Plan Project” that will be completed in stages throughout your programmatic courses. The project will be finalized and submitted in CYB690 or ITT660, depending on your major. Review “Business Continuity Plan (BCP)” and the topic Resources for details about the project.
As you begin the project, it is important to select an industry that is of interest to you. You may select virtually any industry including retail, education, telecommunications, health care, finance, etc. Create a fictional business within this industry to be the basis for your project. As you develop your project, imagine yourself in the role of the Chief Intelligence Officer for Master of Science in Information Technology and MBA in Cybersecurity students, or the Chief Information Security Office for Master of Science in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity and Master of Science in Cybersecurity students.
In this assignment, complete the first stage of our Business Continuity Plan (BCP) by developing the primary outline for a BCP to identify key aspects of the organization.
It is important to remember that according to the definition provided in ISO 32302, a BCP is “documented procedures that guide organizations to respond, recover, resume, and restore to a predefined level of operation following disruption.”
Review the topic Resources associated with ISO 27001 and NIST SP 80053 and conduct your own research about each to prepare for this assignment.
Reference the “FEMA Small Business Continuity Plan Template” and “Risk Assessment Matrix” located in the topic Resources to complete the assignment. The FEMA template can be used but copying and pasting any section of the document for the assignment constitutes plagiarism and will be treated as such. Use your own words when filling out each section of the BCP.
Develop the Phase 1 content for your company’s BCP. Phase 1 should include all the following:
Executive Overview: Be precise and detailed and provide a detailed understanding of the program.
Document Change Control: Chart should be completed.
Introduction: Include the Overview, Plan Scope, and Applicability that evaluates the appropriateness of cybersecurity frameworks for developing a cybersecurity program to align with business needs, Plan Objectives, and Plan Assumptions.
Risk Assessment Matrix Template: Complete the “Risk Assessment Matrix Template” provided as this element is not shown in the sample BCP template.
Critical Business Functions Overview: Detail components that are critical to business operations and provide a clear understanding of what the program is designed to address.
Company Organizational Chart: Create your own as this is not shown in the sample template. Include the following key positions: CEO, CFO, CIO, CISO, and COO.
Submit the BCP including the completed “Risk Assessment Matrix Template” and Company Organizational Chart.
Note: Retain a copy of this assignment for the Business Continuity Plan, which will be finalized and submitted in either CYB690 or ITT660, depending on your major.
Support the BCP with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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The delta variant continues to dash or delay return-to-work plans, but before your company institutes work-from-home-forever plans, you need to ensure that your workforce is prepared to face the cybersecurity implications of long-term remote work.
So far in 2021, CrowdStrike has already observed over 1,400 “big game hunting” ransomware incidents and $180 million in ransom demands averaging over $5 million each. That’s due in part to the “expanded attack surface that work-from-home creates,” according to CTO Michael Sentonas.
Despite the rise in attacks, only one in five companies are confident their infrastructure security can support long-term remote work, and only 7.5% are confident that their security protections are adequate against phishing and ransomware attacks in the remote-work context, according to a recent survey of 200 North American businesses from IT firm Sungard Availability Services. | https://www.cisecurity.org/about-us/media/media-mention/remote-work-is-here-to-stay-here-are-the-cybersecurity-risks |
While there are plenty of great malware products available at no cost, some are superior to others. Many are ad-supported, and some collect user information not having asking permission. You may also find free ant-virus products that happen to be merely free trials, and definitely will automatically charge a subscription after 30 days. In general, cost-free antivirus goods are not practically as successful as industrial products. But if you don’t mind the no cost version, you could be happy to discover they are more secure than many commercial antivirus applications.
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Ransomware is an evolving threat.
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The report notifies administrators of potentially sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, birth dates, and governmental identification numbers, detected by the system. For example, I received my first email with “Data protection insights” on December 3, 2020. The system identified that 4% of files (305 of 7,555 shared items) containing sensitive content were shared externally (Figure A).
If data loss protection (DLP) is a concern, Google Workspace administrators may want to follow the steps below after receiving each data protection insight report.
This gives you a quick indication of the top three data types that may be available to people outside your organization.
2. Access the data protections insights report
Next, either follow the View Report link from the email or access the data protection insights report in the Google admin console at https://admin.google.com/ac/dp (Figure B). You may need to sign in with your Admin account.
In the Google Workspace admin console, the data protection insights chart summarizes significant concerns by data type.
The report lists several data types, along with the number of files detected with each data type, and the number of those files shared externally. In my case, for example, “Global – Email address” was the most frequently shared item. However, this data type is not actually a security concern for me, since I often include my email address in publicly shared presentations and documents.
“A recent automated Google Workspace data protection scan identified a few potential security concerns. While some of these may be false positives, it’s a good reminder to be thoughtful about any data you share.”
You also might include an additional sentence that summarizes the items of greatest concern from the report. For example, in my case, I might add, “Make sure to not share sensitive information, such as personally identifiable medical information.” Different organizations will no doubt have different security priorities and concerns to emphasize.
4. Configure a custom data protection rule
Administrators for organizations that use Google Workspace Enterprise or Education editions may want to create a data protection rule to address specific items of concern. To do this, sign in to the admin console and go to https://admin.google.com/ac/dp/rules/ to either add a new rule or edit an existing rule.
When you choose Add Rule, the system takes you through the following four-step sequence to configure the data protection rule (Figure C).
Some editions of Google Workspace allow an administrator to create additional data protection rules. These rules may help warn people when they attempt to share specific types of sensitive data or block the attempt entirely.
Name and scope: Where you select whether the rule applies to the entire organization, specific organizational units, or specific groups.
Triggers and conditions: Where you specify what criteria the content must match (e.g., specific text, a default detector, regex detector, or a word list detector). You may add multiple conditional detectors within a rule.
Actions: Where you choose whether to warn people before sharing or to block sharing certain content entirely, as well as choose whether to notify specific admins of the detected data exposure.
Review: Where all of the above settings are displayed before you Create (or Update) the rule.
If you’ve configured the rule to alert you or others, be prepared for an initial series of emails as the rule detects conditions that match your specified settings. After this first set of alerts, activity tends to decrease–unless you have several people actively sharing triggering data, which is exactly what you want.
In my case, I configured a rule to track down the US driver’s license sharing identified in my data protection insight report. Fortunately, the rule helped me figure out that the only actual license number shared was a fictitious license number found in a screenshot of a database vendor’s demo record. I had shared the screenshot with an external editor. | https://www.ceranatech.com/uncategorized/google-workspace-admins-how-to-review-your-data-protection-insights-report/ |
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Part one of Securing Your Mobile looked at updating, your PIN, restricting access to messages, password managers and account breach checking. This week we are going to look at “SIM Jacking”, Authentication Apps and Security Keys.
Once you have been through these 2 articles and changed your phone settings accordingly, you will be A LOT more secure. Note that I’m not talking here about securing your device from attacks and spying on you as a person, but more protection against identity theft, leading to business account compromises.
After this week we will begin to look at devices on your business network.
SIM Jacking
SIM Jacking is similar to hijacking in that the criminal takes something that is yours, in the case your SIM card of your phone, and acquires it for themselves. This allows the criminal to receive all your calls and text messages including password resets sent to your mobile.
In practice SIM jacking has been far more common that the attacks mentioned in the part 1, which relied on your device being stolen, or lost. The advantage that SIM jacking has for criminals is that they can do it perform the attack from their home, or even another country, so there is little risk to themselves.
So how is SIM jacking typically carried out? This tends to be a “social engineering” attack. All that means is essentially that the attacker will do something like phone up your mobile phone provider and try to convince them that they are you, and that you have lost your phone and need a new SIM card. If they are convincing enough, the provider, being eager to help, will send a SIM card out and the attack is complete. There are also ways to bypass even this by using SMS online service providers to link up with your number. Essentially though the attacker wants access to your SMS messages so they can reset accounts and lock you out.
The good news is that many Australian phone companies are now waking up to SIM jacking and have started requiring a PIN number to grant access to your account (Telstra PIN). You have probably received notification about this if you use Telstra. If you have a business, make sure you set this up ASAP. There are instructions for doing this at https://www.telstra.com.au/support/account-payment/what-is-telstra-pin.
Although I’m not a customer, Optus at the moment does not seem to have a similar system to the Telstra PIN. I may be wrong here and please correct me if I am. However, I really hope that if they don’t have this protection, they get are acting quickly to require it, like Telstra.
It’s worth noting here that the same rules for creating a PIN that were mentioned in part 1 apply here too. Whatever you do, don’t pick a PIN from the top 10 list, your birth date etc as they are way too easily guessed. The most common PINS, and therefore the ones to avoid are shown again below: –
One common way that is often offered to secure your online accounts is 2-factor authentication.
Firstly we need to discuss what 2-factor or even multifactor authentication actually is. Traditionally we have always used a username and password to identify ourselves to websites. This is what is know as a single factor, the factor being your password, or “something you know”.
To verify further you are who you say you are we need other factors. These typically take the forms of: –
There are now other factors starting to be considered like “somewhere you are” and “something you do”, but those are not yet in normal use.
Typically at the moment we use the “something you have” factor and that is typically your mobile phone. You prove that you have your phone often by receiving a text message (less secure) or using an authenticator app.
You might also see some companies using the “somewhere you are” factor too. You have noticed this through services like Google, warn you if someone has logged in from a new location, and Lastpass which will actively prevent you from logging in if they have concerns your location is not somewhere they have seen before.
The basic functionality is all pretty much do the same thing though. Allow you to scan a QR code (or enter a code manually) to set up the second factor. The authenticator app will then generate a 6 digit code that changes every 30 seconds which you need to enter into the site you are signing into. Because the code changes every 30 seconds, it is not something that you can guess and so it proves that you have the device with you and that you are you.
Once you have your code set up, logging in is as simple as using your normal username and password, then you are asked for the 6 digit PIN generated by your app.
There are a couple of issue with authenticator apps on your phone and they both really relate to the same thing. If you are signing into a service on your phone, there’s a good chance that the something you know and something you have are actually on the same device. For example, if you use Apples keychain to sign into a device, and that requires a 2nd factor, the factor is on the device that is signing you in, so really all you have is a single factor, something you have. For this reason it is very important to use a phone secured with a strong password, and make sure you have FaceID, TouchID or an App specific PIN set up in your authenticator app.
That said, if your phone password is compromised, you would still be in trouble, so my advice would be for important accounts like email, use your authenticator on a second phone or Security Key that you maybe keep in a drawer and is not commonly used.
For larger companies with multiple employees that need access to the second factor, managing this can be a real problem. I know multiple companies that do not tend to set up two factor authentication, despite knowing the risks, just because of those painful calls and messages as you are trying to get the second factor before the login attempt times out. For those applications there is a solution…security keys.
These security keys are from Yubico (https://www.yubico.com/), the leader in the field. You can see that hey are available with USB-A, USB-C and Lightning connectors and some are available with NFC wireless connections. There are even some that have fingerprint readers built in to give you yet another factor.
Security keys are used to authenticate against the FIDO2 standard most commonly and dramatically cut down successful attacks on those accounts (Google says to zero). The only problem is, many things you sign into, are not compatible FIDO standards, such as a typical WordPress website.
Yubico’s solution is to build into the key an authenticator system that relies on an outside app (Yubico Authenticator) to generate one time passwords.
Having used a Yubikey for the last 6 months, I am convinced that the Yubico Authenticator offers not only a workaround solution for one time passcodes, but a superior way to manage small business 2nd factor authentication. This is because multiple Yubikeys can be set up with the same authentication codes. So the solution is: –
Buy at least 2 Yubikeys. One will be for the business owner and the other for “the office”
The office Yubikey can be kept in a central location, maybe attached to a tracking device so it can be found if lost.
If an office worker needs to log into account that requires authentication, they can fire up Yubico Authenticator on their device, plugin in the Yubikey to generate the code to login, then return the key to a central location. No calling round and hoping the person with the phone isn’t busy, just a simple, secure login process.
Secure your phone from SIM jacking using an account PIN.
Use 2 factor authentication wherever possible when signing into an online account (typically you’ll find the option in Settings, Security).
For easier management in the office and a more secure 2 factor sign in experience, get a couple of security keys such as a Yubikeys (https://www.yubico.com/).
Next week we will start to look at network devices including routers, switches, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and more.
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The extent and volume of Internet-based transactions have reached the stage where financial transactions are an accepted common occurrence. These transactions occur between institutions as well as between institutions and individuals.
Identities in the form of information are exchanged, processed and verified. And always, the transacting parties trust that the identifying information pair with their real-world owners at the other end of the connection.
Identity theft changes this scenario. With enough information about you, identity thieves can assume your identity and perform transactions under your name, which makes identity theft protection now a major concern of software developers, security experts, web security consultants, and financial institutions.
It is yours, too, as experts would suggest in their five imperatives for better identity theft protection below.
4. Accept personal Responsibility for Security Measures and Practices
Identity theft protection is a matter of personal responsibility and cannot be left to IT departments alone to be concerned about; particularly because it is a practice and discipline one exercises at work and at home.
Everyone knows enough about the threat issue to accept personal responsibility for one’s own environment, though, of course, no one ever knows enough to stop learning about it.
5. Institutionalize a Shared Awareness of the Threat and its Repercussions
People close to you at home and around you at the office need to be aware of identity theft and its repercussions as they could unwarily or unwittingly be revealing information about you. Set up a simple system of logical measures towards identity theft protection in both environments.
For instance, educate people at home that certain documents need to be shredded before discarding them into trash, or to empty the mailbox of incoming mail at regular, closer intervals. Remember to strengthen your argument with an explanation.
It may seem to many that identity theft protection is more of common sense and discipline rather than technology. There is some truth to the notion, inasmuch that protection technology is mostly built into the system and for the most part takes care of itself.
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Abstract: “In Asia, mobile chat apps like WeChat, LINE, and KakaoTalk are hugely popular and rapidly expanding into new markets. The growth of these applications and strategies from the companies behind them to attract an international user base raise questions regarding the kind of pressures they may face in specific jurisdictions to censor or monitor communications and provide governments with user data and how they will respond to these demands. The Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto has been actively researching privacy, security, and censorship in popular Asian chat apps. Join Citizen Lab and partners to share latest findings on these apps and explore strategies for helping users make more informed decisions about the apps they use and engaging companies to improve privacy and security.”
The “Asia Chats” session will discuss the Citizen Lab’s analysis of information controls and privacy in mobile messaging applications used in Asia, with a focus on WeChat, LINE, and KakaoTalk. Read the background information regarding the project. This session will take place on Tuesday, March 24, at 11:30-12:45 in room Ruby A.
(2) “Filtering Free Expression in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities”
Abstract: “Governments have increasingly sought to impose information controls (e.g., censorship and filtering) on the Internet as more and more people are seeking and sharing information, running campaigns, and engaging in political discourse online. Information controls can be applied in highly dynamic ways that respond to events on the ground—particularly around major events such as elections or transfers of powers, global conferences, and armed conflicts—and may include multiple actors, such as states, private companies, criminal or militant groups, and civil society organizations. In this session, ARTICLE 19, the Citizen Lab, and a number of civil society representatives from the Southeast Asian region will engage in discussions about the legal and technological forms of information controls, and the instances in which they have been applied.”
A joint event between the Citizen Lab and ARTICLE 19, the “Filtering Free Expression” session will discuss the two organizations’ research and advocacy on censorship and filtering in the Southeast Asian region. The event is part of the Citizen Lab’s study into event-based information controls, in which we’ve examined information controls during the 2014 coup in Thailand, in Iraq in reaction to ISIS insurgency, and during the 2013 Internet Governance Forum in Bali, Indonesia. This session will take place also on Tuesday, March 24, at 17:00-18:15 in room Emerald C.
Other sessions of interest at the RightsCon 2015 conference
Citizen Lab Senior Security Researcher Morgan Marquis-Boire will be presenting a session entitled “Real World Threats for Human Rights Workers, Activists, and Journalists,” which will examine the commercialization of offensive technologies and the targeting of journalists, human rights workers, and activists.
Citizen Lab partner organization ASL 19 will host a “lightning talk” on the issue of restrictive controls implemented during politically or socially sensitive periods (e.g. right before an election) in Iran in a session called “Responding to Iran’s ‘Just-in-time’ Information Controls.”
Cyber Stewards Network member Paradigm Initiative Nigeria will also host “a lightning talk” in a session entitled “Positive Rights in Africa: The Nigerian “Digital Rights and Freedom Bill” Example,” which will discuss the process that led to this positive rights campaign, provide information on work done so far (especially lessons from the campaign) and discuss positive rights in Africa.
Cyber Stewards Network member Bytes for All will give brief introductions and practical demonstrations to introduce the key tools for secure mobile and web communication, such as basic PGP encryption, ToR, Text Secure, and using proxies among other tools, in a session entitled “Digital Tools to Evade Surveillance.”
Cyber Stewards Network member ICT Watch will conduct a tech demo to illustrate the operation and end use of OpenBTS for community run telecom in a session called “OpenBTS for Grasroots Telco Infrastructure.”
View the draft schedule and program highlights. | https://citizenlab.ca/2015/03/526/ |
It’s October and that means it’s time to celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
With a little knowledge, a little effort, and a few minutes of your time, you can securely lock down your sensitive data and computer systems. Cybersecurity doesn’t have to be scary and doesn’t require a large investment of time or money. In fact, you can secure your digital life with trusted free tools, and now many cybersecurity best practices can be automated.
Here are the National Cyber Security Alliance’s top 10 tips for staying safe online:
KEEP IT CLEAN: Keep all software on internet-connected devices – including PCs, smartphones and tablets – up to date to reduce the risk of infection from ransomware and malware. If you want to “set it and forget it,” configure your device to update automatically or notify you when an update is available.
CREATE LONG, UNIQUE PASSWORD: Length trumps complexity. Strong passwords are at least 12 characters long and include letters, numbers, and symbols. Ideally, your password cannot be recognized as a single word or phrase. And yes, you should have a unique password for each online account. Sounds hard to remember? Using a password manager has never been easier (more on that later) – many smartphones and web browsers include password managers and even suggest strong passwords. Otherwise, we recommend creating a password that is truly a “passphrase,” i.e. a sentence at least 12 characters long. Focus on positive sentences or phrases that you enjoy thinking about and are easy to remember, such as ILov3StayingSafeOnl1ne! (but don’t use that one).
USE A PASSWORD MANAGER: It’s time to ditch the notebook if that’s where you keep your passwords – use it for doodles. Same with Notes app or word processing document – saves hard drive space. Instead, the simplest, most secure way to manage single passwords is through a password manager app. A password manager is software created to manage all your online logins such as usernames and passwords. Many are free. Typically, browsers and device operating systems include password managers. Password managers store your passwords in an encrypted database (think of it as your personal data warehouse). These programs also generate new passwords when you need them. Truly, creating, storing and accessing your passwords securely has never been easier.
ENABLE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION: Multi-factor authentication (MFA), sometimes called two-factor authentication, adds a whole other level of security to your key accounts. MFA includes biometrics (such as facial scanning or fingerprint access), security keys, or apps that send you a unique, one-time code when you want to sign in to a sensitive account. We recommend that you use MFA whenever offered. Read more about the different types of MFA.
THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK: What are the most common ways for cybercriminals to get your sensitive information? That’s when you click on something you shouldn’t have. Malicious links in emails, tweets, texts, posts, social media messages, and malicious online ads (known as malvertising) are a direct way for hackers to obtain sensitive information. your feelings. Don’t make things easy for them. Be wary of clicking on links or downloading anything that comes from a stranger or that you don’t expect. Whenever you receive an email or text, count to five – often that’s when you need to determine whether the message is authentic or not.
REPORT FRAUD: One of the best ways to take down cybercriminals is to report phishing attempts, and today it’s easier than ever. If the email was sent to your work email address, report it to your IT manager or security team as quickly as possible. If you’re at home and the email arrives at your personal email address, don’t click on any links (including unsubscribe links) or reply to the email again. Most email programs and social media platforms allow you to report phishing attempts. But don’t keep that scam message – delete it as soon as possible. You can further protect yourself by blocking the sender from your email program, social media platform, or phone.
USE WI-FI SAFELY: Public wireless networks and hotspots are not secure, which means anyone can see what you are doing on your laptop or smartphone when you connect with them. Limit what you do on public Wi-Fi. Especially avoid logging into important accounts like email and financial services. Consider using a virtual private network (VPN) or personal/mobile hotspot if you need a more secure connection.
BACKUP: The best way to protect your valuable work, music, photos, data and other digital information is to make copies and store them securely. If you have a copy of your data and your device falls victim to ransomware or other cyber threats, you will be able to restore data from the backup. If your computer crashes or crashes, you won’t lose your data along with the device. Use the 3-2-1 rule as a guide to backing up your data. The rule is: keep at least three copies of your data, and store two backups on different storage media, with one of them located offsite. One of these storage capabilities could be backing up to the cloud, which are secure computer servers that you can access through your account.
CHECK YOUR SETTINGS: Every time you sign up for a new account, download a new app, or buy a new device, instantly configure your privacy and security settings according to your comfort level for sharing information. Regularly check these settings to ensure they are still configured for your comfort. Check your apps, platforms and games every few months and delete the ones you no longer use – then you don’t need to check their settings!
SHARE WITH CARERS: Think before posting online about yourself and others. Consider what the post discloses, who can see it, and how it may affect you or others.
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Spam and phishing: Cyber criminals spend every day honing their skills at luring people into clicking malicious links or opening bad attachments.
Online shopping: Just as you’re careful with your wallet in the store, it’s important to protect yourself when shopping online.
Backup: Protect yourself from data loss by creating backups – electronic copies – of important files.
Malware, Botnets, and Ransomware: The Internet is a powerful, useful tool, but just like you shouldn’t drive without a seat belt or ride a bike without a helmet, you shouldn’t venturing online without taking some basic precautions.
Romance scams: We all know that people online are not always who they seem. However, tens of thousands of Internet users fall victim to online romance scams every year, and it can happen to anyone.
Be safe during tax time: Tax season can be a stressful time for many Americans, and although scams are common year-round, there is often a larger increase during tax time. Stay safe online while filing your taxes with these best methods, tips, and resources.
Clean up your online life: A cluttered digital life leaves your money, identity, and personal information vulnerable to bad guys. Keep yourself and your family safe online with these quick tips for a clean digital space.
Vacation and travel tips: Stay safe online while away from home by following some simple methods to help keep your devices safe and your vacation plans from going wrong.
You can find more information about the National Cyber Security Alliance and National Cyber Security Awareness Month here. | https://hvanews.net/stay-safe-and-secure-this-national-cybersecurity-awareness-month/ |
Beware of Airbnb-themed phishing schemes Government-mandated crypto backdoors are pointless, says report Netflix-themed phishing, malware supply black market with stolen credentials Know your enemy: The most popular hacking methods A look into the current state of mobile security When it comes to cyber attack detection, IT pros are overconfident IoT security guidelines for providers, vendors, and network operators Rooting malware lurking in third party Android app stores Critical bug found in Cisco ASA products, attackers are scanning for affected devices Exposing the Adwind RAT: One of the biggest malware platforms in existence today Government sector: largest revenue contributor for the global cyber security market 101,000 US taxpayers affected by automated attack on IRS app Zeljka Zorz - Managing EditorMarch 19, 2013 Massive Chameleon botnet steals $6M per month from advertisers Have you read the latest issue of our digital (IN)SECURE Magazine? If not, do it now.
Web traffic analytics firm spider.io has discovered a massive botnet that emulates human visitors in order to earn its master(s) over $6 million per month from online advertisers.
Dubbed Chameleon, the botnet numbers over 120,000 hosts located in the US, running Microsoft Windows and accessing the Web through a Flash-enabled Trident-based browser that executes JavaScript.
“Chameleon is a sophisticated botnet,” the researchers shared. “Bots generate click traces indicative of normal users. Bots also generate client-side events indicative of normal user engagement. They click on ad impressions with an average click-through rate of 0.02%; and they surprisingly generate mouse traces across 11% of ad impressions.”
The company has been tracking the botnet since last December, searching for specific patterns typical of this bot activity, such as crashing and restarting regularly, targeting a specific cluster of 202 websites, simulating the visitation of a number of web pages across a number of websites, and so on.
Apart from its obvious sophistication, the botnet is also notable for the amount of money it generates for its master(s), and for being the first one spotted to affect display ad advertisers instead of text link ones.
Every month the botnet has been serving at least 14 billion ad impressions, using at least 7 million distinct ad-exchange cookies, exchanged after each bot crash.
“Despite the sophistication of each individual bot at the micro level, the traffic generated by the botnet in aggregate is highly homogenous,” the researchers pointed out. “All the bot browsers report themselves as being Internet Explorer 9.0 running on Windows 7. The bots visit the same set of websites, with little variation. The bots generate uniformly random click co-ordinates across ad impressions and the bots also generate randomized mouse traces.”
Spider.io has compiled a blacklist of 5,000 IP addresses of the worst bots participating in the Chameleon botnet. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2013/03/19/massive-chameleon-botnet-steals-6m-per-month-from-advertisers/ |
Business Week has an in-depth, cover article on cyber attacks originating from China on top US defense contractors and military and intelligence agencies in the American government. Tibetan support groups like Students for a Free Tibet also receive frequent cyber attacks.
Peng’s 3322.org and sister sites have become a source of concern to the U.S. government and private firms. Cyber security firm Team Cymru sent a confidential report, reviewed by BusinessWeek , to clients on Mar. 7 that illustrates how 3322.org has enabled many recent attacks. In early March, the report says, Team Cymru received “a spoofed e-mail message from a U.S. military entity, and the PowerPoint attachment had a malware widget embedded in it.” The e-mail was a spear-phish. The computer that controlled the malicious code in the PowerPoint? Cybersyndrome.3322.org—the same China-registered computer in the attempted attack on Booz Allen. Although the cybersyndrome Internet address may not be located in China, the top five computers communicating directly with it were—and four were registered with a large state-owned Internet service provider, according to the report.
A person familiar with Team Cymru’s research says the company has 10,710 distinct malware samples that communicate to masters registered through 3322.org. Other groups reporting attacks from computers hosted by 3322.org include activist group Students for a Free Tibet, the European Parliament, and U.S. Bancorp (USB), according to security reports. Team Cymru declined to comment. The U.S. government has pinpointed Peng’s services as a problem, too. In a Nov. 28, 2007, confidential report from Homeland Security’s U.S. CERT obtained by BusinessWeek , “Cyber Incidents Suspected of Impacting Private Sector Networks,” the federal cyber watchdog warned U.S. corporate information technology staff to update security software to block Internet traffic from a dozen Web addresses after spear-phishing attacks. “The level of sophistication and scope of these cyber security incidents indicates they are coordinated and targeted at private-sector systems,” says the report. Among the sites named: Peng’s 3322.org, as well as his 8800.org, 9966.org, and 8866.org. Homeland Security and U.S. CERT declined to discuss the report.
It’s hard to say whether the Chinese government is organizing these attacks themselves, or if they’re done by intrepid nationalistic Chinese hackers. But one source in the Business Week piece cites the People’s Liberation Army – China’s military – as having “”tens of thousands” of trainees launching attacks on U.S. computer networks.”
The attacks SFT, defense contractors, and the US government get are real. They seek to intimidate, threaten, and disable the targets of the attacks. When the target is a Tibet support group like SFT, the goal is to globalize the oppression found inside Tibet. When the attack is on governmental agencies and defense contractors, the goal may be something with far more deadly repercussions. In both cases this is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. If the Chinese government is organizing or funding these attacks, that should be a matter of international diplomatic debate. If they are done by private citizens, the Chinese government has an obligation to stop the source of the attacks. As there is massive censorship and tens of thousands of full-time Chinese government internet monitors, the continued propagation of attacks, even if done by private citizens, must be assumed to be taking place with at least the tacit approval of the Chinese government. | https://holdfastblog.com/2008/04/11/cyber-attacks-from-china/ |
BrightPoint Security is replacing threat intelligence platform provider Vorstack with new leadership and greater focus on threat intelligence sharing, the company announced late last week.
BrightPoint will be unveiled at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit this week. Sentinel, its threat intelligence platform, was launched last week and is designed to speed identification remediation and prevention of attacks.
"BrightPoint is launching today to address the number one critical problem we hear from customers, which is the need to reduce the threat data noise so security professionals can address the attacks targeting their organizations," said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of BrightPoint Security. "The new value Sentinel's launch brings in pinpointing the critical threats through enhanced context and relevance is significant for security teams.”
According to Brightpoint, the company and its platform will address needs of security professionals overwhelmed with threat data and lead to improved threat intelligence strategies. | https://www.smbnation.com/big-data-analytics/90-blog/blog-news/1023-vorstack-becomes-brightpoint-security-introduces-threat-intelligence-platform |
Deeplinks Blog posts about Social Networks July 3, 2013 - 10:52am | By Adi Kamdar Twitter Shows The Way Forward With Do Not Track Privacy Do Not Track Online Behavioral Tracking Social Networks Twitter today announced a new way of targeting advertisements for its users, including a partnership with three online tracking firms: media6degrees (m6d), Chango, and Adara. This new system will display ads based on your behavior and reading habits, which show up as "Promoted Tweets" or "Promoted Accounts." This is typical of the direction that major online companies are moving. But Twitter has made some praiseworthy design decisions:
1. Twitter will honor your browser's Do Not Track setting by treating it as a "do not collect" signal. In other words, when Do Not Track is enabled, Twitter will not collect your browsing information in order to show targeted ads on Twitter. Read full post May 14, 2013 - 2:21pm | By Nate Cardozo and Cindy Cohn Update and Correction: Myspace Gains Three Stars in EFF’s "Who Has Your Back?" Report Privacy Social Networks Today, we’re pleased to announce that we are revising our third-annual “Who Has Your Back?” report to award Myspace three stars. Read full post April 22, 2013 - 10:57pm | By Kurt Opsahl and rainey Reitman The Disconcerting Details: How Facebook Teams Up With Data Brokers to Show You Targeted Ads Privacy Social Networks Recently, we published a blog post that described how to opt out of seeing ads on Facebook targeted to you based on your offline activities. This post explained where these companies get their data, what information they share with Facebook, or what this means for your privacy.
So get ready for the nitty-gritty details: who has your information, how they get it, and what they do with it. It’s a lot of information, so we’ve organized it into an FAQ for convenience.
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Firstly, the purpose of personal data protection isn’t to just protect a person’s data, but to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of persons that are related to that data. Whilst protecting personal data it is possible to ensure that any persons’ rights and freedoms aren’t being violated.
There are whole business models based almost exclusively on the processing of personal data. When done properly, it leads to customer retention based on trust thereby increasing brand value.
Any interested person may contact the DPO to get informed about the categories of personal data being processed, the purposes of the processing, and the potential recipients of the data and, in particular, their rights as derived from Regulation.
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The problem companies face with preparing and planning for unknown risks (better known as “black swans”) is the fact that they are indeed unknown. Understanding the unknown is made more difficult as there is no information of the impact or likelihood of such events. The authors suggest that to be able to effectively respond to emerging risks when they materialize, business managers must adopt a systemic approach outlined by the following key steps:
Identify relevant emerging risks.
Assess the significance of each risk, how the risk is interconnected with other risks, and determine their implications to the business.
Determine strategies for risk responses while considering collaboration with external entities.
Continuously monitor emerging risks through the use of qualitative and quantitative indicators.
The financial crisis of 2008 brought to light the interconnectedness of risks that were seemingly unrelated. The companies that continued to be successful were those that were analyzing its risk portfolio to identify recent trends and increased risk exposures. For example, some companies realized that their risk tolerances were exceeded with respect to mortgage-backed securities. Their response was to sell these securities and used the funds to purchase expensive insurance against losses. Many companies that were reactively managing risks ended up in a position whereby it was too late to adequately respond.
Embedding emerging risks into the risk culture of organizations requires managers to consider engaging relevant external parties as necessary. However, collaborating with other parties brings upon new risk in and of itself. The authors present an approach to mitigating collaborative risk associated with the third step in incorporating emerging risks. Companies must integrate emerging risk disciplines into the overall business management strategy.
For management to expand their existing ERM program, a good place to start is to make a list of potential emerging risk threats that are relevant to their business. The authors provide a non-exhaustive list of global, emerging risks that have recently come to fruition. | https://erm.ncsu.edu/library/article/using-collaboration-risk-management-to-create-emerging-opportunities |
[W]e recognize that a number of privacy and civil liberties groups have raised concerns about the bill—in particular about provisions that enable private companies to voluntarily share cyber threat data with the government. The concern is that companies will share sensitive personal information with the government in the name of protecting cybersecurity.
Even as he noted the civil liberties criticisms, Kaplan assured users that Facebook has "no intention" of sharing private user data with the government and stated that CISPA "would impose no new obligations on us to share data with anyone."
But let’s be clear: Internet users don’t want promises from companies not to intercept our private communications and share that data with one another and the government. We want strong laws that make such egregious privacy violations illegal, that require the government to follow legal process (judicial oversight in most case), and that allow us or the government to sue persons who break the law. Ironically, hard-won, long-standing privacy laws—like the Wiretap Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act—already exist, although they are by no means ideal. There are already too many exceptions that allow the government to gain access to sensitive user data. But CISPA would upend these existing legal protections and leave the door wide open to companies handing sensitive personal information to the government without so much as a subpoena, let alone a warrant.
Kaplan discussed Facebook’s motivation for supporting the bill: "if the government learns of an intrusion or other attack, the more it can share about that attack with private companies (and the faster it can share the information), the better the protection for users and our systems." He also noted that the "things we liked about HR 3523 in the first place—[were] the additional information it would provide us about specific cyber threats to our systems and users." This stated goal of Facebook—namely, for companies to receive data about cybersecurity threats from the government—does not necessitate any of the CISPA provisions that allow companies to routinely monitor private communications and share personal user data gleaned from those communications with the government.
Kaplan expressed hope that Congress would produce "legislation that helps give companies like ours the tools we need to protect our systems and the security of our users’ information, while also providing those users confidence that adequate privacy safeguards are in place." If Facebook wants more timely and accurate data about cybersecurity threats from the government while providing "adequate" privacy safeguards, it should withdraw support from CISPA until those safeguards are in place.
Feb 12 @ 5:02pm After a year of pressure from EFF, the California Attorney General agrees to stop skirting open meeting rules. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks...
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Deeplinks Blog posts about Locational Privacy December 23, 2013 - 1:01pm | By Hanni Fakhoury Landmark Decision Important Beyond NSA Phone Records Collection Privacy Cell Tracking Locational Privacy NSA Spying Surveillance Drones The historic decision handed down by D.C. federal judge Richard Leon last week that found the NSA's bulk collection of phone records likely violated the Fourth Amendment is a crucial first step towards protecting digital privacy from suspicionless government searches. But the importance of the decision extends beyond the NSA's surveillance programs. Judge Leon made two important findings on how the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches should apply at a time when technology can make invasive surveillance -- once considered the stuff of science fiction -- a part of every day life. Read full post December 12, 2013 - 11:36pm | By Peter Eckersley Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental Privacy Security Locational Privacy Yesterday, we published a blog post lauding an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3. That feature allows users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user's location or address book. Read full post December 11, 2013 - 6:10pm | By Peter Eckersley Awesome Privacy Tools in Android 4.3+ Privacy Security Locational Privacy Update 2013-12-13: it turns out this feature was removed in the recent Android 4.4.2 release :(. You can still get it if you install cyanogenmod or if you have a rooted device, but mainstream Android users are out of luck.
To date, there has been no way to run apps on Android with real and reliable privacy controls. Android version 4.3 and higher take a huge step in the right direction, letting users install apps while denying some of the apps' attempts to collect the user's data. Read full post December 11, 2013 - 4:23pm | By Seth Schoen Location Tracking: A Pervasive Problem in Modern Technology Cell Tracking Encrypting the Web Locational Privacy Mass Surveillance Technologies NSA Spying Online Behavioral Tracking We've just seen some amazing reports from the Washington Post about just a few ways NSA is tracking people around the Internet and the physical world. These newly-revealed techniques hijacked personal information that was being transmitted for some commercial purpose, converting it into a tool for surveillance. One technique involved web cookies, while another involved mobile apps disclosing their location to location-based services. Read full post December 11, 2013 - 11:52am | By Hanni Fakhoury As Outrage Over Cell Phone Tracking Grows, EFF Amicus Asks for Warrant Requirement Privacy Cell Tracking Locational Privacy Alarming information about just how frequently law enforcement officials across the country (not to mention the NSA) are trying to get cell phone data, including your location, seem to be published in the news media every day. With these privacy concerns in mind, last week we filed an amicus brief in the Connecticut Appellate Court in State v. Smith, urging it to find the state police violated the Fourth Amendment when it obtained cell tower records without a search warrant. Read full post Pages« first
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Malicious Chrome extension FacexWorm has reappeared with new capabilities, targeting cryptocurrency platforms and lifting user data.
FacexWorm, a malicious Chrome extension, has been rediscovered targeting cryptocurrency trading platforms and spreading via Facebook Messenger. The Cyber Safety Solutions team at Trend Micro reports it's packing a few new capabilities, including the ability to steal user data.
The extension was first detected in August 2017 and returned the following April amid reports of increased appearances in Germany, Tunisia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Spain. Like the original, it sends socially-engineered links to friends of affected Facebook account holders.
Unlike the original, it steals accounts and credentials related to FacexWorm's targeted sites. The attack takes potential victims to websites where it injects malicious cryptomining code and redirects to the attacker's referral link for crypto-related referral programs. It hijacks transactions in trading platforms by replacing the recipient address with the attacker's.
The attacker gets a referral incentive every time a victim registers an account, researchers report. Targeted websites include Binance, DigitalOcean, FreeBitco.in, FreeDoge.co.in, and HashFlare.
FacexWorm arrives on victims' machines via socially-engineered Facebook links. Those who click are redirected to a fake YouTube page where they are prompted to install a codec extension (FacexWorm) to play a video. The extension requests privilege to access and edit data on the site.
If permission is granted, FacexWorm downloads malicious codes from its command-and-control server, opens Facebook's website, and checks to see if the propagation function is turned on. If it is, the extension requests an OAuth token from Facebook and begins obtaining the target account's friend list. Contacts who are online or idle are sent fake YouTube links.
"FacexWorm is a clone of a normal Chrome extension but injected with short code containing its main routine," explains Trend Micro fraud researcher Joseph Chen in a blog post on the finding. The threat downloads more code from the C&C server when the browser is opened.
"Every time a victim opens a new webpage, FacexWorm will query its C&C server to find and retrieve another JavaScript code (hosted on a Github repository) and execute its behaviors on that webpage." This JavaScript code, or miner, is an obfuscated Coinhive script connected to a Coinhive pool, configured to use 20% of the target system's CPU power for each threat.
FacexWorm exhibits other malicious behaviors like stealing account credentials for Google, MyMonero, and Coinhive. This threat targets a total of 52 cryptocurrency platforms. When it detects anyone accessing any of them or using keywords like "blockchain" or "ethereum" in the URL, it redirects the user to a fraudulent webpage.
This threat only works in Chrome. If the malicious link is accessed through any browser other than the Chrome desktop version, it redirects to a random advertisement. Trend Micro has only spotted one Bitcoin transaction compromised by FacexWorm based on monitoring the attacker's wallet. Researchers haven't determined how much money the threat has generated.
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The process starts at multiple websites, disbursed globally, where each counterparty is to be uniquely identified and labeled with a code. Later this code will become associated with its parent or controlling entity. It is hoped that this coding convention, referred to as the legal entity identifier (LEI) can be extended to all financial market participants involved in the supply chain of all financial transactions. Its ultimate goal is to allow for computerized data aggregation for any specific firm, counterparty or market and, ultimately for all markets for global systemic risk analysis.
However, this part of financial reform, like health care reform, needs to be held to the standard of science not to the boast of politicians or regulators. Like the Affordable Health Care Act, the political class is famous for producing legislation that is dysfunctional, the regulators likewise. Individual members of each industry in similar fashion can also make judgments of the moment that may result in unintended consequences. Technology, of course, takes precision and near zero tolerance for unintended consequences. Also, getting a website to work is worthless if the back-end cannot process data timely nor get instructions to the right exchange or payment system, whether it is an order for health insurance or an order for a financial instrument or swaps contract. When I roamed the halls of congress with our “Fix the Plumbing” amendment, the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) was then known in conference as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The clarion call of the reformers then was ‘Just let’s pass the damn thing – we’ll fix it later!’ Well now is later and at the detail level, especially where the rubber hits the technology road, things are failing. Regulators around the globe are backtracking on implementation time tables and, in the US regulators are issuing no action letters and exemptive relief orders. In health care it is not as finely tuned…it’s all about denials and broken promises and half-truths.
We all give up our personal views to the best interests of the community and company we live within. However, decisions in large organizations and in government are mostly arbitrated to win consensus or driven by hard charging opinionated individuals. In this environment, especially under the pressures of a financial crisis or a revolutionary change in health care, the results of unintended consequences are not seen clearly.…there are lots of dots to connect let alone to project into the future. In financial reform we might have moved too fast when prudence suggested we not be led by regulators on such a granular technology driven mission. The consequences are being felt in the US’s own attempts to regulate the swaps markets … to create new facilities to aggregate swaps data, to organize exchange-based swaps market, to create central counterparties to clear and guarantee swaps. Somehow this all was to be integrated into a world order as more governments try to establish their own regulatory reforms.
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The UK is prioritising offensive cyber tactics to counter "consistent" threats from Russia and China in the domain, said James Cleverly MP, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa.
Speaking at an event held by the Royal United Services Institute, Mr Cleverly discussed a new National Cyber Strategy which will increase investment into the recently established National Cyber Force.
The force is part of a push for more UK offensive cyber tactics, "to disrupt and deter our adversaries".
Mr Cleverly said: "This year we worked with partners to detect threats, and what we saw was the most consistent of the emanated from Russia and China.
"Many organised crimes and criminal gangs launched ransomware attacks against western targets and were based in Russia.
"We know that China is an ambitious player, keen to extend influence beyond its borders. Not to mention its proven interest in commercial secrets."
In a statement, Commander of Strategic Command, General Patrick Sanders said:
"As we continue to face threats in cyberspace, it is essential that we continue to adapt, innovate, partner and succeed against evolving aggressive activity."
The new strategy will also ramp up research conducted by the GCHQ National Cyber Security Centre, while a National Laboratory for Operational Technology Security is also being created. | https://www.forces.net/news/consistent-cyber-threats-russia-and-china-guide-new-uk-strategy |
Ransomware attacks are not only deadly. They’re also on the rise. But if there’s one bright spot in all this, it’s that most of these attacks can actually be prevented. In the case of WannaCry, that massive attack could have been avoided had the NHS hospitals adhered to a strict patch management policy.
The WannaCry ransomware, which was able to rapidly propagate by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows SMB protocol, didn’t attack just any computer system. Rather, it specifically targeted unpatched Windows endpoints. As soon as the victims started applying the patch Microsoft released to address the vulnerability, the rate of the attacks slowed down considerably.
Actually, the patches in question, except for those meant for older Windows versions like Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, were already released 2 months before the attack. We worry so much about zero-day vulnerabilities but, in reality, majority of the exploit scripts out there still target known vulnerabilities – many of which already have patches just waiting to be downloaded and installed.
So, if only organisations have a way of detecting systems that already need patching and promptly apply available patches as soon as such systems are discovered, attacks like this could be avoided.
Reduce the attack surface
Cybercriminals take advantage of various network vulnerabilities to attack corporate networks. Interestingly, many of these vulnerabilities belong to network elements that have no use or are being used without the express permission of the IT department (a.k.a. Shadow IT).
For instance, some machines may have FTP, Telnet, SMBv1 or other insecure network services that have been enabled but with no official function. Many of these insecure protocols are often exploited by hackers to gain a foothold into your network, extract sensitive data, or infect other systems. SMBv1, for example, was exploited by WannaCry to spread to other systems.
Knowing when and where unofficial ports, applications, and services are running on the network can help you reduce your attack surface. Once these vulnerabilities are detected, you can promptly disable them or, if they’re being used for work (albeit unofficially), you can perhaps recommend a more secure option (e.g SFTP instead of plain FTP).
Enforce the principle of least privilege
The principle of least privilege is a basic information security concept that promotes restricted access to certain data, applications, and network components to only those personnel (and other systems) who really require the privilege in order to perform their jobs or functions.
For example, while everyone can be granted administrative rights to a server, it’s not necessary. Regular office staff can perform his/her duties without being granted admin privileges to the file transfer server. If everyone is granted admin privileges, those privileges can be easily abused. It’s therefore imperative that all employees are only granted the least amount of privileges necessary by default. If additional privileges are needed for a given project, then those additional privileges can be granted on an ad hoc basis.
Manage hardware disposal
Once laptops, desktops, smartphones, tablets, servers, and other similar devices become obsolete or unusable, they shouldn’t be disposed of just like other pieces of equipment. These devices likely have sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, trade secrets, financial information, etc., that need to be handled properly. Otherwise, they could fall into the wrong hands and result in a data breach.
In order to avoid unauthorised access to sensitive data in both built-in and external storage devices once those devices have already been disposed of, it’s important to streamline your hardware disposal processes. These storage devices should be wiped clean to ensure that previously stored data is completely irretrievable.
Implement business continuity and disaster recovery
As the third element of the CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) triad, availability is a vital cornerstone of any network security program. In order for businesses to constantly meet the demands of their customers and other stakeholders, their services and data must be available when needed.
But what if a power interruption or, worse, natural calamity renders services and data unavailable? That’s why organisations engage in business continuity/disaster recovery (BCDR) planning. BCDR plans enable businesses to prepare for unplanned downtimes and bringing their processes back into operation as soon as possible.
Some ITAM solutions have built-in features that scan networks for software that are already due for patching. Once the vulnerable programs are found, you would normally have the option to either execute automated patching or carry out the patches automatically.
One important benefit of performing patch management through these ITAM solutions is that the patching activities are properly documented. This ensures that all pertinent information is always updated and readily available for future reference. By leveraging ITAM solutions, you can eliminate threats that take advantage of unpatched software.
Detects duplicate, insecure and rogue assets to reduce your attack surface
Most automated software asset management scans can detect the type of services running on a particular system. This can be particularly useful for discovering rogue insecure network protocols like FTP or Telnet, which may have been installed by default, through shadow IT, or in support of a previous project.
These automated scans can also help you identify assets that are exactly the same or have duplicate functions. Once you’ve identified assets that are unnecessarily redundant (I say ‘unnecessarily’ because some assets need to be redundant for high availability purposes), you can then disable those that aren’t needed in order to reduce your attack surface.
Restricts user privileges
ITAM provides you comprehensive visibility on your IT assets. Not only will you know what hardware and software you have, but you will also know who has access (as well as the level of the access privilege) to what. Some ITAM solutions even have the capability to enforce certain restrictions on software, hardware, and data.
These visibility and restriction-enabling functions can streamline implementation of RBAC or role-based access control – a commonly used method for implementing the principle of least privilege. In addition, that visibility on user privileges will allow you to see if people no longer connected to your organisation are still able to access your IT assets and enable you to take appropriate action.
All this information can be factored into the BCDR plan in aid of prioritisation and other decision-making exercises.
In order for cyber security professionals to be effective and efficient in thwarting cyberattacks, they need to make informed decisions. In addition to threat intelligence, they also need to know which systems require patching, run insecure software, allow unauthorized access, and so on. A lot of this information can be obtained from IT asset management systems.
ITAM is not only for supporting strategic decision making. It can also complement various network security risk mitigation plans. | https://comparesoft.com/it-assets-management-software/network-security/ |
While there is, unfortunately, no foolproof way to protect against ransomware, there are steps managed service providers (MSPs) can take to educate their staff and their clients about the various ransomware strains that could drastically impact business operations. Many of these events can be avoided with preventative measures like third-party automatic backup solutions and having a strategic recovery plan in place.
The importance of these measures has become increasingly more necessary as organizations around the world face rising cybersecurity threats.
First things first, you have to know what you’re up against and be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of a breach. It’s likely your clients’ employees have never even heard of these ransomware strains so the best thing you can do is help them understand the basics.
What is CTB-Locker?
CTB-Locker ransomware is part of the crypto-ransomware family. This type of virus infiltrates operating systems via infected email messages and fake downloads (e.g., rogue video players or fake Flash updates). After successful infiltration, this malicious program encrypts various files (*.doc, *.docx, *.xls, *.ppt, *.psd, *.pdf, *.eps, *.ai, *.cdr, *.jpg, etc.) stored on computers and demands a ransom payment of in Bitcoins to decrypt them (encrypted documents receive the .ctbl files extension).
Cybercriminals responsible for releasing CTB-Locker ensure that it executes on all Windows operating system versions (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8). CTB-Locker ransomware creates AllFilesAreLocked.bmp DecryptAllFiles.txt and uses seven random letters as file names within each folder containing the encrypted files.
A message like this appears on the screen when CTB-Locker has successfully infected.
The worst part about this strain is that files can’t be decrypted without paying the ransom, and even then, it’s not guaranteed. It’s not advisable to pay the ransom because there is no guarantee the files will ever be decrypted. It also essentially supports cybercriminals in their efforts to lure victims and spread infection.
After seeing the message, which is almost always a clear signal infection has happened, users won’t be able to open files stored on their computer. Files will now have a different extension (i.e., my.docx.locked).
With CTB-Locker, removing the virus is relatively easy, but the encryption from the files is where the problem lies. Since it’s not feasible to decrypt files without paying the ransom, the best solution in this scenario is to recover data from a third-party backup solution.
Offering your clients a reliable and proven business continuity and disaster recovery solution along with cloud-to-cloud backup and restore for SaaS applications is critical to ensure continuity of business operations with ransomware on the rise. | https://www.datto.com/au/blog/ransomware-strains-what-msps-need-to-know-about-ctb-locker |
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Welcome to jobilities GmbH, Rotebühlstraße 63, 70178 Stuttgart, [email protected].
We deem it a matter of course to follow statutory data protection provisions to protect your personal data. Your personal data is stored and processed in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions, particularly the German Telemedia Act (TMG), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EUGDPR), and the supplementary regulations of the new German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG neu).
This data protection policy consists of a general and a special section. The guidelines in the General Section apply to any visit to our website, irrespective of whether you apply for a job directly through our job portal or would like to create a personal application profile, simply view job openings, or visit our website for a different reason. In the Special Section of this data protection policy, we inform you how your personal data is collected, processed, and utilised within the scope of recruitment, application and customer procedures.
1. Collection, processing and use of your personal data
Your personal data includes information such as your name, address, phone number or your email address. We only collect, process, and/or use personal data if you provide this to us of your own volition, e.g. for justification purposes, to formulate the content of or change a contractual relationship concluded between yourself and us, or to use personalised services. Furthermore, your personal data will be processed only if you have previously given your consent.
2. Use of data for specific purposes
We use data for specific purposes. All the above-mentioned data is only processed by us for the purposes already specified.
Transferring personal data to third parties, outside the scope described here, is not permitted without explicit consent.
Transfer to state institutions and authorities that are authorised to receive information is only implemented within the scope of the legal obligations to provide information, or if a court decision obliges us to provide information.
3. Processing of personal data in the scope of website use
It is essentially possible to use this website without providing personal data. However, the IP address is an exception to this. This is an essential requirement in the short term.
In computer networks, an IP address is a form of address allowing web servers and/or individual end devices to be contacted and reached. The web server and end devices cannot communicate without an IP address – and therefore nothing can be displayed. The web server hosted on this website is thus pinged with a data request from you; after all, you wish to use the website. In order to provide the data, the web server needs to know the IP address. Then the web server has to process your IP address when retrieving data. To do so, the web server receives the information regarding which website or file is being called up, and which browser and which operating system is being used to do so. Normally, this data is stored completely in web server log files, on a long-term basis. However, for technical reasons, jobilities only stores the user IP addresses for a further 7 days from the time of the necessary processing described here, in order to be able to detect brute force attacks, identify and ward off hacker attacks and, if necessary, to be able to prosecute any criminal offences. After this, the log files, including IP address, are automatically deleted.
The legal basis for this data processing is usually Art. 6 para. 1 b) of the GDPR, as we require your IP address to be able to send you the website and the information contained therein.
This website uses Google Analytics from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). On behalf of the website operator, Google will evaluate your use of the website in order to compile reports on the website activity and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with website and Internet use.
We would in particular like to point out that Google Analytics has been enhanced with the “gat._anonymizeIp();” code, to ensure the anonymised tracking of IP addresses (IP masking). In European Union member states or in other states which are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, your IP address will be shortened by Google. The full IP address is only transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. The IP address transferred by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies .
Google Analytics uses “Cookies”, text files, which are stored on your computer. The information generated about your use of this website in the cookie is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can reject the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software. However, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all of the website’s full functionalities.
You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being transferred to Google, as well as this data from being processed by Google, by downloading and installing the browser add-on. If you click here, an opt-out cookie is set to prevent collection of your information when you visit this website in the future: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or deactivate Google Analytics https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/?hl=de#disable).
The data that we collect as part of the Universal Analytics usage profile is automatically deleted after 26 months.
On our website, we use the “Google AdWords” dynamic remarketing function, a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The technology enables us to generate targeted advertising automatically after you visit our website. The ads are based on the products and services you clicked on when you last visited our website.
Google uses cookies to create interest-based ads. Google generally stores information, such as your web query, IP address, browser type, browser language, and the date and time of your request.
This information is only used to assign the web browser to a specific computer. It cannot be used to identify a person.
If you do not wish to receive user-based advertising from Google, it is possible to opt out of receiving ads via Google’s ad settings.
For further information on how Google uses cookies, you can read Google’s privacy policy by following the link below (https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy).
e) Google AdWords & Conversion Tracking
To draw attention to our products, we place ads for Google Adwords and use “Google Conversion Tracking”, a service by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. These ads are displayed following search queries on websites in the Google advertising network. We can combine our ads with certain search terms. Cookies allow us to provide ads based on a user’s previous visits to our website.
If an ad is clicked on, Google puts a cookie on the user’s computer. Further information on the cookie technology used can also be found in Google’s notes on website statistics and in the data protection provisions.
Using this technology, we as a customer, and Google, gain information about when a user has clicked on an ad and been redirected to our websites. The information obtained in this process is used exclusively for statistical evaluation to optimise advertising. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. The statistics that Google provides us with include the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and, if applicable, whether they were redirected to a site on our website marked with a conversion tag. Based on these statistics, we can track which search terms led to particularly frequent clicks on our ad and which ads led to the user contacting us via the contact form.
If you do not want this to be tracked, you can reject the cookies needed for this technology, via your browser settings, for example. Then your visit is not included in the user statistics.
f) Indeed Conversion Tracking
This website uses conversion tracking from Indeed Ireland Operations Limited. It places a cookie whenever a user clicks on a job advertisement that we have placed with Indeed. These cookies become invalid after 30 days and are not used for personal identification purposes. Once an application is completed, the cookie sends this information to the conversion tracker, which counts the application receipt, i.e. one conversion. Every Indeed user receives a different cookie. Therefore, cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Indeed ad customers. Information obtained via the conversion cookies is used to create conversion statistics. As a customer, we determine the total number of users that have clicked on our ad and completed an application. Personal data and the IP address are not collected. The same applies for Indeed Ireland Operations Limited.
If you wish to opt out of tracking, you may object to this usage by deactivating the Indeed conversion tracking cookie via your web browser’s user settings. You will then not be added to the conversion tracking statistics. The web address below will provide you with additional information about Indeed’s privacy policy (http://de.indeed.com/legal#privacy).
3.3. Share buttons (Facebook, Twitter, XING, LinkedIn, WhatsApp)
These websites feature “share buttons” (effectively a button that shares content on certain social networks). These are integrated in such a way that you – or the browser – only send personal data to the respective social network service if you activate (click) a share button (referred to as the Shariff solution). Without the Shariff tool, simply by opening the website, this data would have already been sent to the social network service.
By activating (clicking) a share button, various data is sent to the respective social network. Please read the explanations given below in detail, for each service.
Plus, the fact that you used this specific plugin on our site.
Unfortunately, we cannot influence which data Facebook actually collects, uses or stores. Please read Facebook’s privacy policy and cookie policy.
b) Twitter share button
The Twitter share button is also implemented operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. If your habitual residence is outside the USA, Twitter services Twitter are provided by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland. The button is recognisable by its white “t” or a bird. If you activate (click) the share button, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Twitter servers. Twitter also uses cookies. Twitter also collects data about your usage behaviour.
We have no control over the amount of data Twitter collects, uses or stores via the button. As such, please read Twitter’s privacy policy and other information on data protection.
c) XING share button
We use the XING share button on the XING social network. If you activate the share button, a connection to the servers of XING SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, is established. XING stores no personal data when the website is opened. In particular, no IP addresses are stored. There is also no evaluation of user behaviour.
The latest data protection information on the XING share button and additional information can be found here.
If you click the button, LinkedIn also places cookies on your device and automatically receives the URL of the website you came from. Advertisers also receive the URL of this information. LinkedIn also obtains the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of the computer or proxy server via which you access the Internet, as well as information about the computer operating system and the web browser used, the mobile device (including the mobile device ID available via your mobile device’s operating system), your mobile device’s operating system (if you access through a mobile device), and the name of the Internet service provider or mobile network operator. LinkedIn may also acquire location data transmitted by third party services or from GPS-enabled devices which are active.
More information about LinkedIn’s data processing procedures is available here.
3.4. Facebook, Custom Audiences and Facebook marketing services
Given our legitimate interests in analysis, optimisation and the financial operations of our homepage and our applicant management system, the Facebook pixel of the Facebook network is used, as operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is possible for Facebook to determine the target group for displaying adverts (“Facebook ads”). Correspondingly, we use the Facebook pixel to display the Facebook ads we place only to Facebook users who have shown interest in our homepage and applicant management system, or who have certain characteristics (e.g., interests in certain topics or services determined by the websites visited) that we transfer to Facebook (known as “custom audiences”).
Using the Facebook pixel, we also wish to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to potential user interests and are not a nuisance. Thanks to the Facebook pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes, by seeing whether users have been directed to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (“conversion”).
Facebook pixel is directly integrated through Facebook when you open our websites and can store a cookie on your device. If you then log in to Facebook or visit Facebook while logged in, the visit to our homepage is tracked in your profile. The data collected about you is anonymous to us, meaning we cannot draw any conclusions about user identity.
Furthermore, when using Facebook pixel, we use the additional function of “extended matching”, whereby data for the formation of target groups (“Custom Audiences” or “Look Alike Audiences”) is transmitted to Facebook in encrypted form.
We also use the social network Facebook, Inc.’s method “Custom Audiences from File”. In this instance, newsletter recipient email addresses are uploaded to Facebook. Uploads are encrypted. The upload is only used to target the recipients of our Facebook ads. By doing so, we aim to ensure that the ads are only displayed to users interested in our information and services.
Data processing by Facebook is within the scope of Facebook’s Data Use Policy. Specific information and details about the Facebook pixel and how it works can be found in the Facebook help section.
You may object to the collection and use of your information via the Facebook pixel to display Facebook ads.
To manage the types of ads you see within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions on usage-based advertising settings. The settings apply regardless of your platform (desktop or mobile).
Such candidate data is processed by jobilities on the basis of Art. 6 I f) GPDR in conjunction with Art. 9 para. 2 e) of the GDPR. jobilities has a legitimate interest in processing the personal data of potential employees, which they themselves have made public, for the purpose of personnel recruitment. There is no apparent opposing overriding interest from candidates that this data is not to be collected by jobilities for these purposes, since only data made public by the candidates and belonging to the social sphere is processed. In accordance with the legal requirements, this data is also only stored for the period of time specified here, until the deletion deadline, if the consent of the persons concerned is obtained.
Due to the disproportionate effort involved, it is not possible to notify those candidates whose data is processed in the scope of an active recruitment procedure for the purpose of creating the first talent pool, but who are ultimately not contacted with regard to the position in question and whose data is deleted after six months, in accordance with Art. 14 para. 5 b) of the GDPR and, as it were, in accordance with Art. 14 para. 5 b) of the GDPR is informed here about the data processing carried out.
2. Data processing within the scope of application procedures 2.1. Application activities in our job portal
We only process your personal data in our job portal if and when you have given us prior authorisation to do so. As such, the purpose of the data processing is also determined by your consent.
If you applied for a job that we advertised and provided us with your personal information only in connection with this recruitment process, then we will process your data only for the purpose of processing your application and giving you a quick reply with information on the desired job.
We would be happy to keep your applicant profile in our applicant pool, even after completing the application process, but of course this only occurs with your permission. In this case, your personal data will also be used to send you additional appropriate job openings. To do so, we specifically match your applicant profile with incoming job openings. This gives you the opportunity to be considered for jobs you may be interested in during the recruitment process, even without a separate application.
We process your data similarly if you send us a speculative application on our website.
If you have opted to subscribe to our free newsletter or job subscriptions, we will furthermore process your data for the purpose of providing you these things.
Lastly, we process your identification data, namely your e-mail address from the applicant profile you created, to send you the login details for your personal login area and afterwards give you the ability to log in at any time.
Your application will not be checked by machine, neither during the pre-selection process nor the subsequent selection process. Your application will be viewed and reviewed by HR employees and by employees and, if necessary, managers in the notified department of our company. All persons who are involved in processing applications are particularly obliged to maintain secrecy and process your data with strict confidentiality. If you have sent us an open application or have furthermore given us permission to use your applicant profile for searches for additional jobs as well, only your applicant profile will be automatically compared with incoming job openings. If there are matches, then additional processing will be carried out manually. Your data is stored on servers in Germany.
2.2 Data sharing in the application process
Personal data is not shared with third parties without your explicit consent. However, we can only process applications for jobs that must be filled through temporary staff assignment or personnel placement if you authorise us to send your personal data to the customers in question as well. Here, “customer” refers to the company from which the job opening originated.
In the case of speculative applications, we cannot yet predict which future job opening will match your applicant profile. To process speculative applications, we therefore require your consent to send the data to an indefinite number of our customers. The same applies if you have applied for a specific job but would like to be considered for other suitable jobs. In both cases, however, we will send your personal data only if you are interested in the job that is found. As such, we will contact you beforehand. We will, as a minimum, disclose to you the industry to which the client company belongs, its size, and the region in which the customer is headquartered, if this information is not already in the job opening.
Please be assured that we will send your personal data if and when the customer requires it only. Moreover, we always strive to provide our customers with anonymised profiles only.
We will not share your data with other third parties unless we are legally obligated to do so. We particularly guarantee that we will not sell your personal data or commercially exploit it in any other way.
2.3 Deletion deadlines in the application process
Your personal data will remain saved for as long as an application is in the application process. If your application is successful, your applicant profile will be deleted immediately; otherwise, it will be deleted within 180 days. If you have previously or in the meantime applied to one or several additional jobs, the 180-day deletion time period will be determined by the last ongoing application process.
We will keep your applicant profile in our applicant pool for 24 months under the condition that you have consented to long-term storage of your personal data. Once this time period has lapsed, your applicant profile will be deleted, unless otherwise stipulated with you on an individual basis.
Furthermore, we will naturally delete your applicant profile at any time if you request that we do so. Moreover, you can fully or partially remove your personal data from your applicant profile yourself in your personal login area.
We reserve the right to anonymise your personal data instead of deleting it. In this case, your data will be altered in a manner that makes it impossible to identify you personally. Anonymised data is not personal data as set forth in the data protection law; as such, an anonymisation fully complies with statutory erasure obligations.
3. Data processing within the scope of customer procedures
Here the legal basis of this data processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 b) of the GDPR, as after all, we cannot respond to you or your outlined query if we receive no personal data from you.
When you make contact with us (e.g., via contact form or e-mail), we store your details for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event that subsequent questions arise. We only store and use personal data if you give your consent or if this is legally permissible without special consent. | https://www.jobilities.com/en/data-protection/ |
What should you know about Nremainter.club adware?
Nremainter.club is a highly controversial browser extension. is yet another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer. In this case, the program shows annoying ads that might be loaded in a new tab or browser window. pop-up, pop-under, banner, in-text, and full-page ads filled with commercial offers. Therefore, if you are concerned about its possible impact on your system or wondering how to remove Nremainter.club from your computer, keep reading this article and you will find all the needed answers. If you have this program, then we invite you to read more about it. Right after that, it may start monitoring your browsing activities in order to gather your browsing history, search history, IP address, email address, PC’s geological location, clicks and so on.
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It is recommended to remove Nremainter.club from your computer if you want to stay This way you will be able to see all available options and make changes. That’s why One of the most annoying things about this intrusive adware program is that at times it could flood your web browser with the unwanted third-party web content so much that surfing the web could become virtually impossible. No matter that you have downloaded a familiar software from reputable download website, you should still pay close attention to its installation process because even well-known programs may try to promote third party app. Therefore, it is obvious that you must download any software from official websites as it is your best bet to avoid any dubious additional applications.
How can I get hijacked by Nremainter.club?
Even though Nremainter.club is not considered to be a malicious program, any way you shouldn’t keep it on your computer because it may cause infiltration of malicious programs on your computer. Plus, Nremainter.club can slow down your computer functionality, and that is going to annoy you to death. Make sure you always follow the installation steps of your chosen downloads and see what you are agreeing on instead of just hitting the “Next” button. For getting the ability to see them, you should opt for an Advanced/Custom installation option, carefully check the entire installation process and unmark ticks saying that you agree to install Nremainter.club or other unfamiliar add-ons, plug-ins, toolbars or extensions. We must warn you that these shady installers can contain several malware applications, such as adware apps, browser hijackers, and even potentially unwanted programs.
You should not delay the removal of Nremainter.club because the program is programmed to gather particular information. Most of the adware, that are related to this type of security issue, come bundled to free tools, such as video or music players, download managers, PDF creators, etc. If you had redirecting issues, you might need to reset your home page and search engine to the one you used before: Don’t forget to upgrade your antispyware to its newest version to ensure detection and removal of the most recent unwanted programs. Try to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate
How do I remove Nremainter.club from my computer?
Nremainter.club Hub can be Nremainter.clubd via Control Panel fully. However, keep in mind that PUPs often spread in conjunction with other PUPs, so there is a great chance that by the moment you have installed Nremainter.club adware, you probably have installed a few more PUPs as well. please continue reading this article. When it comes to the ad-supported program, we suggest eliminating it using the guide below. If you download a free program and quickly flash through all of the steps of installation: Usually they are fake, they are just trying to win your attention this way. such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements.
Learn how to remove Nremainter.club from your computer
Find the programs you want to remove, click on them, and drag them to the trash icon.
Alternatively, you can right-click on the program and select Move to Trash.
We recommend backing up your data before you proceed.
Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft. MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe and delete all folders.
Start → Search → Type in Windows PowerShell.
Right-click on the result, choose Run as administrator.
In Administrator: Windows PowerShell, paste this: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft. MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} below PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter.
Settings → Search engine → Manage search engines.
You will see three dots next to the set search engine. Press that and then Edit.
Type in the URL of your preferred search engine, and click Save. | http://www.malware-tech.com/delete-nremainter-club/ |
• Summarize the decline of Phishing 1.0.
• Discuss how phishing has turned toward business and become more costly.
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Finding an affordable personal computer repair company is not necessarily that challenging, but obtaining one that also offers quality service can be complicated. Here are some things that you need to look with regard to:
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On-site repair – Your personal computer contains all your particular data, so you want to know the fact that the idea is stored adequately plus kept secure even though it is being repaired. When the repair company you get to affirms that these people do not basically the actual repairs on-site, and they have in order to ship the idea out somewhere else in that case head out find one more location regarding repairs.
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A new survey finds Kiwi job candidates who know less about artificial intelligence and automation are more likely to have a negative outlook of these technologies.
Employees generally consider AI a threat rather than an opportunity, with only 35 per cent of those surveyed excited about the future of AI in the workplace, says Grant Wright, director of AI and platform services at SEEK ANZ.
“AI is a very broad term that is not widely understood, and our research shows that those who understand more about AI and automation have a far more positive outlook on how technology will impact the workplace in the future,” says Wright.
“This highlights the challenge for organisations and industry leaders to help employees better understand these technologies and their potential real-world impact.”
SEEK says 4000 Kiwis participated in the survey, which was conducted by Nature.
If AI can solve problems faster than humans, does this mean ‘game over’ for humans?
The survey finds nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of respondents do not know anything about AI, while 14 per cent do not know anything about automation. About a fifth of respondents (19 per cent) know quite a lot about AI, with 27 per cent stating they know a lot about automation.
While the respondents know there will be positive impacts of AI and automation, 57 per cent say it is important to limit how far organisations can go with advances in AI at work.
It is important for organisations to communicate their 'vision' for AI to staff or where they want their company to go. “This may help alleviate fears of AI 'going too far',” says SEEK.
Amidst these concerns on how AI will impact the workforce, analyst firm Gartner sees the technology as a “positive net job motivator”.
AI will help create 2.3 million jobs while eliminating 1.8 million jobs in 2020, although new types of skills will be needed, Gartner says in a recent report.
The number of jobs affected by AI will vary by industry, with healthcare, government and education benefitting from growing job demand, while the manufacturing sector will experience the biggest impact from AI-enabled processes.
Longer-term, the job losses will mainly be in the middle skilled jobs, or those in which training is received “on the job”.
Gartner is thus calling on technology strategic planners to ensure that development of AI products and services are small, focused and targeted.
Forrester, on the other hand, notes that leading organisations will use automation to address talent scarcity.
In its 2019 Predictions,Forrester says organisations will give up on waiting for expertise and use automation to free up time, headspace and funds to develop the needed skills.
It further predicts that this year, talent leaders will start programmes centred on a robotics quotient (RQ). The latter will become a core learning and measurement fundamental for employees who direct or work alongside digital workers. | https://www.cio.com/article/3509276/most-kiwi-staff-see-ai-as-a-threat-rather-than-an-opportunity-survey.html |
How a Maryland anesthesiologist and her U.S. Army physician spouse face federal indictment for an alleged conspiracy to provide the Russian government with military medical records;
How convicted Capital One hacker Paige Thompson this week received a sentence of time served and five years of probation following her June conviction in U.S. federal courts for five felonies and two misdemeanors;
Why David "Hat" Hatfield has exited the co-CEO role at Lacework just four months after the cloud security vendor laid off 20% of its employees.
The ISMG Editors' Panel runs weekly. Don't miss our previous installments, including the Sept. 23 edition discussing the industrywide implications of a teenager hacking into Uber's internal systems and the Sept. 30 edition discussing whether others will follow the U.S. lead to legislate software bills of materials.
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Anna Delaney: Hi, welcome to the ISMG Editors' Panel. I'm Anna Delaney. And this is our weekly editorial analysis of the top cybersecurity stories. And this week, I'm very happy to be joined by editors Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, who heads our HealthcareInfoSecurity site, Michael Novinson, who leads our business coverage, and our editorial director, news, David Perera. As always, wonderful to see you.
David Perera: Thanks for having me here.
Delaney: Marianne, start us off. You're embracing the autumnal sun maybe?
Marianne McGee: Well, this is a photo we took out in Western Mass a few weeks ago. We went out to Western Mass, they have what they call the biggie every year, which is like an agricultural festival/carnival. So this is more of an agricultural photo. I'm not really a carnival person, but it's always nice to get away.
Delaney: So, lots of local vendors?
McGee: Yeah, they have pig races and they demonstrate how they shave the wool off sheep. You know, they have a lot of fried food, that sort of thing.
Delaney: Just like any ordinary weekend. Michael, you are providing the music today.
Michael Novinson: Yes, I am. This is a photo of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Now, during most of the year, they perform indoors, classical music in a nice venue in Downtown Providence. But over the summer, they traveled the state of Rhode Island, but they put on free concerts around the state. Playing more popular music this year was music from theater and from famous movies. So we did get to enjoy them this summer. My two-year old had a ball listening to the Sousa March. And this is a photo of them performing in front of, in Roger Williams Park in Providence, in front of a nice piece of artwork.
Delaney: Incredible and to think it's free as well. That's awesome. Dave, you're joining us from the great outdoors.
Perera: In the great outdoors, overlooking Harpers Ferry, which is a small historical town about an hour's drive away from Washington, D.C., where I'm located, give or take a suburb. And Harpers Ferry is beautiful, year round. But, of course, when the trees turn, as they're doing, this is especially beautiful.
Delaney: It doesn't look like Scotland in many ways. Gorgeous. I am well, but you know how your phone or some social media platform shares memories of you. So this is the memory. Three years ago today, I was in Napa Valley and just sampling some wine. I think it said 10 am, drinking wine. So, of course, sharing you some nostalgia with you from three years ago. Well, Marianne, I think we've got to start with you this week because you've got the most bonkers story, surely. A U.S. Army Major doctor and his wife face federal indictment for attempting to disclose to a Russian spy the medical records of U.S. military patients. Tell us more about it?
McGee: Well, since Russia's invasion of the Ukraine back in February, we've been hearing a lot about potential spillover cyberattacks on the critical infrastructure of the U.S. and other allied nations that are assisting Ukraine, as well as potential hacktivism or other cyber incidents involving attackers that support Russia's effort. Thankfully, we haven't seen any of those worst fears materialize in the healthcare sector. But the Justice Department, as you noted, just last week revealed a pretty stunning criminal case that highlights how malicious insiders could use their access to sensitive information to help Russia. In this case, it was Dr. Anna Gabrielian, who is an anesthesiologist and her spouse U.S. Army Major Jamie Lee Henry, who is also a doctor formerly at Fort Bragg. They were charged on eight counts of conspiracy and criminal violations of HIPAA involving wrongful disclosure of identifiable health information. Now, for one thing in the bigger picture, we don't generally see many criminal HIPAA cases being filed by prosecutors. And when we do, those cases are generally tied to allegations of patient data that was accessed or stolen by insiders to commit crimes, such as ID fraud, credit and tax fraud and those sorts of things. But this case is generally an outlier here. In this case, prosecutors allege that the conspiracy centered on a plot by Gabrielian and Henry to assist Russia in its conflict with Ukraine by providing details about sensitive medical conditions of U.S. military and Department of Defense officials, including some retired and some deceased individuals' spouses. In court papers, prosecutors allege that Gabrielian used her access to electronic health records where she worked to obtain the medical information. And the DOJ doesn't identify where Gabrielian worked, but she's known to have been a doctor at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland, whose patients include ex military and intelligence personnel. The DOJ alleges that the couple conspired to provide this medical information to an individual that they believed was working for the Russian government. However, the supposed Russian spy was actually an undercover FBI agent. Gabrielian told the undercover agent allegedly that she was motivated by patriotism toward Russia. Now court documents allege that Gabrielian told the undercover FBI agent that Henry's information could help Russia gain insight into how the U.S. military establishes an Army Hospital in war conditions. Right now, the company, the couple is currently under house arrest and pending their arraignments, they've surrendered their passports. If convicted, Henry and Gabrielian face a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for the conspiracy counts, and a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for each count of disclosing health information. Now, I've been covering this sort of space for a long time. And this is definitely one of the more unusual alleged HIPAA criminal cases I've encountered, involving malicious insiders. And it's also a reminder for healthcare and other entities not to lose sight of the so-called potential enemy from within, as they try to prevent potentially catastrophic cyber incidents from external attackers. So, very unusual case.
Delaney: It's an interesting case, because of the insider threat meets Russia's war in Ukraine. Are there other ways that healthcare organizations can refresh their take to thinking about insider risks?
McGee: Well, the thing that's interesting about this case, and it's not really documented yet in court papers, maybe we'll find out, as this sort of plays out, is how Gabrielian and Henry were able to sort of access this information and take it with them without anybody noticing. Or it's possible that because they met with the FBI agent before this information was taken, or at least, handed over to the FBI, you kind of wonder, maybe the FBI also tipped off Johns Hopkins Medicine or the military facility where Henry worked to let them know that we're watching this case here, you better watch your access monitoring more closely, but this is what's happening. So, but in most cases, healthcare organizations aren't tipped off that you got somebody in your organization that might be trying to do something malicious with patient information. So we'll have to see how this plays out, but it's definitely an unusual case for criminal HIPAA allegations, but also a war crime possibly. That's what's being charged.
Delaney: How has the community reacted and received this news?
McGee: I think it's gotten a lot of national coverage here in the U.S., and I think it's definitely a juicy case. Because again, there's been so much said about possible cyberattacks involving Russia and Ukraine and spillovers and all that, but this is something that I think caught people by surprise.
Delaney: Thank you, Marianne. Well, from one insider threat case to another. David, more law and order this week. A former Seattle tech worker, Paige Thompson, was sentenced to time served and five-year probation, including computer monitoring, for her massive hack on Capital One that allowed her to obtain the personal information of more than 100 million people. Tell us about the sentencing.
Perera: So, the sentencing was very much in line with what her defense attorneys had asked for. Government prosecutors were asking for seven years imprisonment. So, the judge very much sided with defense attorneys on this, deciding that the 100 days that she spent in jail ahead of her trial and five years of supervised release, along with home confinement during that period, was sufficient punishment for Thompson. The circumstances of how she came to hack Capital One are very interesting. And one thing that defense attorneys did stress during the trial was that she didn't target Capital One, she didn't know that she would be getting the information of 100 million individuals. She was basically running a script looking for vulnerabilities in application, web application firewall on the Amazon cloud and she found vulnerabilities and one of them belonged to Capital One, which was in the middle of closing down its data centers and transferring all this information to the Amazon cloud. If she had gone on to sell that information, if she had shared that information, then no doubt her sentence would have been much stricter. And there are indications that she was thinking about doing something like that or pondering what her next steps were with all the information that she had downloaded, but the facts are is that she didn't sell it. It doesn't appear to have been distributed just beyond her hard drive. And so she's getting supervised release.
Delaney: And what do you make of the verdict? Because the DOJ isn't very happy to think that it's not what justice looks like.
Perera: Well, that's what one of the federal prosecutors in this case said, yes. They're not happy at all. The defense attorneys are very happy. They saw that quote and they got in contact and they said, this is indeed what justice looks like that the case against Thompson was hyped up from the start and didn't match the severity of her actual crimes.
Delaney: What's Capital One's reaction been?
Perera: So Capital One is not necessarily saying anything about the sentencing itself. But there is a sense that Capital One is moving beyond this 2019 incident. It was fined $80 million by federal financial regulators, who also put the company under a quarterly cybersecurity improvement reporting mandate, basically saying that every quarter, you have to report back to federal regulators, how you've improved your security posture. And just in August, federal regulators released Capital One from that requirement. Basically, they said that we believe the security has improved to the point where we no longer need quarterly updates. Capital One also settled a proposed class action against it, tied to the breach, so it's $190 million settlement. And Capital One decided that rather than continue with litigation, it was simply just settled with the class action attorneys. And now, of course, Thompson has been found guilty and sentenced. So I think there's a sense that the Capital One is closing the chapter on this particular incident, moving forward.
Delaney: But also another reminder not to dismiss the insider threat. Michael, you've written about the departure of Lacework co-CEO David Hatfield, what happened?
Novinson: Anna, thank you for having me on here. So, Lacework last year was one of the highest flying security startups soaring through the stratosphere. They close the largest funding round in cybersecurity industry history, they raised $1.3 billion on a valuation of $8.3 billion, which is the third-highest valuation any cybersecurity startup has ever received, behind only Tanium and Snyk. 2022 has been a very different story for Lacework. They say bad news comes in threes, and that certainly has been the case here. So first off in May, Lacework was the first cybersecurity vendor who publicly disclosed layoffs as a result of the economic downturn. They announced that they were laying off 20% of their workforce. They employed approximately a thousand people at the time. The second strike came in late August when Andy Byron, who was their president and their chief revenue officer - he was responsible for sales and marketing, in particular, is focused on growing the company's channel program globally. He announced - it was reported that he had left the company after spending three years there. He had previously served as the chief revenue officer at Cybereason. So when Byron left, all of his responsibilities were shifted over to David Hatfield, who had started as the CEO at Lacework in February of 2021. Previously, he was the president at Pure Storage for nearly seven years, which was backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, the same folks who are backing Lacework. Round three came out late Tuesday, Protocol reported, and the company confirmed they had sent a memo to employees that David Hatfield is out as co-CEO of the company, meaning that the company, going forward, will be led by Jay Parikh, who was the longtime VP of Engineering at Facebook, spent more than 11 years in that role, and then joined Hatfield as the co-CEO in July of 2021. So the interesting thing here is that Hatfield and that co-CEO arrangement, Hatfield was really responsible for operations, for business strategy, for global expansion, a lot of the go-to-market stuff that overlapped with what Byron was doing in sales and marketing. Jay Parikh, who's now the sole CEO, there is an engineering guy, he looks at product technology, engineering, R&D, that's his bread and butter. So you now have, with both Hatfield and Byron departing, you have a major gap in terms of overseeing how this technology is brought to market. And given that the company had quintupled its headcount, from 200 employees to a thousand employees in the 14 months leading up to - prior to the layoffs. There's a large global operation to oversee here and a pretty clear vacuum in terms of who is going to be focused on directing the go-to-market motion. Here I have asked Lacework where those responsibilities lie today, what their plan going forward is. I have not heard back from them yet. But it certainly will be an interesting thing to keep an eye on.
Delaney: They say too many cooks spoil the broth, but the partnership, what we're led to believe, that was actually a happy one at the beginning, it went smoothly. Do we have any indication of what went wrong?
Novinson: It's an interesting question. So co-CEO arrangements tend to be volatile. We've seen a handful of them in security over the years, just a couple of weeks ago written about a co-CEO arrangement at IronNet where Keith Alexander, the former NSA, had co-CEO arrangement with William Welch, COO of Zscaler and Duo to help with the go-to-market affairs at IronNet, they've really struggled. Welch left. You go back to Tanium a couple of years ago. Orion Hindawi was a co-founder over there, they had brought in Fazal Merchant who had more of a CFO, CEO background to help with some of the operational stuff. That only lasted for a little while. He left. You look at Darktrace. They had Nicole Eagan as CEO and then for a couple of years, Poppy Gustafsson, who was the CFO moving into that role to help with operations. That only lasted a few years, though, in that case, she did continue to stay with the company and she's now heading their chief strategy and AI. Actually, we had her in the ISMG Studios a couple of weeks ago here. But these are just hard to make work. You know, Oracle did it for a number of years, it's just hard to have two leaders at the same time. I think when companies are struggling, they tend to affect the go-to-market side more that investors don't want to see a retrenchment from technology or R&D investments. So when it comes time to cut jobs, last tend to be heavily weighted toward sales and marketing. And there's a sense that if things aren't going maybe the way that investors want them to go, that those are the folks to blame if people believe that the technology is strong and the technology is legit. Then the folks who are in charge of the operations and the strategy piece are usually the ones ... we saw Welch depart in the case of IronNet. And then in this case, we're seeing Hatfield depart. So yeah, it's interesting we now have no co-CEO arrangements anymore in cybersecurity. I wonder if we'll see any more, going forward.
Delaney: Yeah. Let's see what happens in the Lacework story next. Thank you very much, Michael. Okay, well, speaking of leadership, and I'm going to make you leaders. I'm going to make you heads of sparkling new incident response teams. What is the name of your team? What would you call yourselves? Silly names only, of course.
Novinson: So I was inspired by the Geek Squad at Best Buy. Been around for a couple of decades and come up with the Nerd Herd. I do have to give a tip off to the NBC television show Chuck, which had that really original, for me, but do you think Nerd Herd would be a very fun name for an IR team?
Delaney: Yeah, you got it. Very good. Dave?
Perera: Oh, well, the jets. Yeah. Because when you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way. You're never alone. You're never disconnected. You're home with your own and when company is expected, you're well-protected.
Delaney: Oh, wow. You've got your marketing message already. I was just thinking West Side Story - song and dance. So that was great. So I was thinking, I looked up. I tried to use the internet for inspiration as one does. Apparently, the word diamond is an old English word for invincible and untamed. So I'm feeling really creative here. I thought Cyber Diamonds. Diamond documents, perhaps? Yeah, we can only try. Well, thank you very much. This has been fun, as always. And great to see you all. So, Marianne, Dave, Michael. Thank you.
From heightened risks to increased regulations, senior leaders at all levels are pressured to improve their organizations' risk management capabilities. But no one is showing them how - until now.
Learn the fundamentals of developing a risk management program from the man who wrote the book on the topic: Ron Ross, computer scientist for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In an exclusive presentation, Ross, lead author of NIST Special Publication 800-37 - the bible of risk assessment and management - will share his unique insights on how to: | https://www.bankinfosecurity.asia/ismg-editors-plot-to-leak-us-health-records-to-russia-a-20226 |
Vulmap is a vulnerability scanning tool that can scan for vulnerabilities in Web containers, Web servers, Web middleware, and CMS and other Web programs, and has vulnerability exploitation functions. Relevant testers can use vulmap to detect whether the target has a specific vulnerability, and can use the vulnerability exploitation function to verify whether the vulnerability actually exists.
It currently has vulnerability scanning (poc) and exploiting (exp) modes. Use “-m” to select which mode to use, and the default poc mode is the default. In poc mode, it also supports “-f” batch target scanning, “-o” File output results and other main functions, Other functions Options Or python3 vulmap.py -h, the Poc function will no longer be provided in the exploit mode, but the exploit will be carried out directly, and the exploit result will be fed back to further verify whether the vulnerability exists and whether it can be exploited.
| Apache Shiro CVE-2016-4437 | <= 1.2.4, shiro-550, rememberme deserialization rce Apache Solr CVE-2017-12629 | < 7.1.0, runexecutablelistener rce & xxe, only rce is here | | Apache Solr CVE-2019-0193 N | < 8.2.0, dataimporthandler module remote code execution | Apache Solr CVE-2019-17558 | 5.0.0 - 8.3.1, velocity response writer rceApache Struts2 | S2-0052.0.0 - 2.1.8.1, cve-2010-1870 parameters interceptor rce |
S2-0322.3.20-28, cve-2016-3081 rce can be performed via method | S2-0452.3.5-31, 2.5.0-10, cve-2017-5638 jakarta multipart rce S2-0462.3.5-31, 2.5.0-10, cve-2017-5638 jakarta multipart rce
S2-0482.3.x, cve-2017-9791 struts2-struts1-plugin rce |
S2-0522.1.2 - 2.3.33, 2.5 - 2.5.12 cve-2017-9805 rest plugin rce | S2-0572.0.4 - 2.3.34, 2.5.0-2.5.16, cve-2018-11776 namespace rce | S2-0592.0.0 - 2.5.20 cve-2019-0230 ognl interpreter rce Apache Struts2 | S2-devMode 2.1.0 - 2.5.1, devmode remote code execution
| Apache Tomcat Examples File N | all version, /examples/servlets/servlet/SessionExample
| Apache Tomcat CVE-2017-12615 | 7.0.0 - 7.0.81, put method any files uploadApache Tomcat CVE-2020-1938 | 6, 7 < 7.0.100, 8 < 8.5.51, 9 < 9.0.31 arbitrary file read | | Drupal | CVE-2018-7600 | 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, drupalgeddon2 remote code execution Drupal | CVE-2018-7602 | < 7.59, < 8.5.3 (except 8.4.8) drupalgeddon2 rceDrupal | CVE-2019-6340 | < 8.6.10, drupal core restful remote code execution Jenkins | CVE-2017-1000353 N | <= 2.56, LTS <= 2.46.1, jenkins-ci remote code execution | | Jenkins | CVE-2018-1000861 Y | <= 2.153, LTS <= 2.138.3, remote code execution Nexus OSS/Pro CVE-2019-7238 | 3.6.2 - 3.14.0, remote code execution vulnerability Nexus OSS/Pro CVE-2020-10199 | 3.x <= 3.21.1, remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2014-4210 N | 10.0.2 - 10.3.6, weblogic ssrf vulnerability CVE-2017-3506 | 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.0-2, weblogic wls-wsat rce | CVE-2017-10271 | 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.1-2, weblogic wls-wsat rce
| CVE-2018-2894 | 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2-3, deserialization any file upload
| CVE-2019-2725 | 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, weblogic wls9-async deserialization rce | | CVE-2019-2729 | 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.3 wls9-async deserialization rce | | CVE-2020-2551 N | 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.3-4, wlscore deserialization rce |
| RedHat JBoss CVE-2010-1428 | 4.2.0 - 4.3.0, web-console deserialization any files upload |
| RedHat JBoss CVE-2015-7501 | 5.x, 6.x, jmxinvokerservlet deserialization any file upload | | ThinkPHP| CVE-2019-9082 | < 3.2.4, thinkphp rememberme deserialization rceThinkPHP| CVE-2018-20062 | <= 5.0.23, 5.1.31, thinkphp rememberme deserialization rce |
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Check http://example.com for struts2 vuln python3 vulmap.py -u http://example.com -a struts2
Export scan results to result.txt python3 vulmap.py -u http://example.com:7001 -o result.txt
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Identity theft is a complex crime, requiring a strong defense from a team of identity theft lawyers who understands the law inside and out. These cases often involve complicated fraudulent schemes, networks of criminals, and white-collar crime allegations – and your lawyer needs to understand the law inside and out.
At the Law Offices of Ama-Mariya Hoffenden, we don’t just have the experience required to handle these difficult cases but the passion and the commitment to defend your rights aggressively. We are the Miami, Florida, area’s top identity theft lawyers, and we’re ready to handle your case.
Under Title 18, Section 1028 of the United States Code, Identity Theft – or “Aggravated Identity Theft” – refers to the unauthorized use of another person’s identification. It requires the intent to commit unlawful activity using the other person’s activity.
Identity theft refers to the act of stealing private information, while identity fraud refers to the use of this information.
Identity theft carries a minimum mandatory prison sentence of two years for every count and is a felony in many states. As your identity fraud lawyer, we’ll ensure that charges are accurate, sentencing appropriate, and even work to get the charges dropped in the event that you have been wrongly accused or the charges were made inaccurately.
Identity theft is a white-collar crime that is usually financially motivated – meaning a lot is on the line for both parties. If you have been charged with identity fraud or theft, then you will face severe penalties, and if you have experienced fraud, you could be at risk of losing money.
Your case must be fought by an experienced identity fraud attorney who understands federal and state laws and can work to defend your rights effectively in court.
If you are the victim of identity theft, it’s important to do two things very quickly: contact the police and contact a lawyer.
Law enforcement will take appropriate action to determine those responsible for the crime, and your lawyer will help you protect yourself and take further legal action to receive compensation from those who committed the crime.
How do you fight identity theft charges?
The key to fighting identity theft charges is having a good identity theft attorney in Miami. The Law Offices of Ama-Mariya Hoffenden defends your rights and reputation, ensuring that charges are not jumped up, that sentencing is fair and minimized, and helping you get the charges dropped in the event that you have been wrongly accused.
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It’s always important to contact the police in the event that identity theft occurs, but it’s also important to share as much information as possible with the police to aid their investigation.
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IT departments at federal agencies are managing a wider range of endpoint devices than ever before, from tablets and smartphones to internet-of-things (IoT) technologies. Having tools that can streamline admin tasks and unify management of all these endpoints is critical to ongoing productivity, regulatory compliance and network security.
Listen to this on-demand podcast in which FedScoop host, Wyatt Kash, National Parks Service CISO, Shaun Cavanaugh, and Quest Public Sector expert, Jamie Cerra, discuss the challenges federal agencies face when it comes to endpoint management. | https://www.quest.com/webcast-ondemand/how-endpoint-management-tools-improve-network-security-and-staff-workl8137214/ |
we’ve been doing our neighborhood walks first thing, while the day is pale and new, each street a sanctuary of trees and waking sun. seems every year our summer vacation gets skinnier: in less than a month’s time the small folk will roll on back to school.
todd’s been gone again this week, and while we manage fine during our waking hours, i rarely sleep well without him. we’ve done the library, dozens of board games at home, raspberried pudding, origami, a couple living-room sleepovers, and driving to or from the sports park fourteen times for B’s soccer conditioning. (i’m not sure about B, but the van is pretty tired.) when it comes to what lies ahead–in kenya and beyond–i thought i’d yet to be gutted by fear. because really, quaking in my boots only happens when danger’s close enough to kiss. right now any personal loss is hypothetical, so instead of adrenaline-coursing-fright i drum up a dozen Worst Case Scenarios that leave me half-choked with their possibility. but i’m seeing that this grief over maybes and what-thens is just a wetter version of afraid.
at candidate week down in georgia, they ran the whole flock of us starry eyed future missionaries through a seminar that they called Risk Assessment and i called The Many Ways We Can Die in Africa. i wasn’t worried about it, except if i thought too long about our kids.
“Sometimes when you are called to obey, the fear does not subside and you are expected to move by faith against the fear. One must choose to do it afraid.”
The Many Ways We Can Die in Africa– ah how I remember that session and the kleenex that they so conveniently placed on our tables before that time! i love the quote and i love your thoughts regarding it afterwards. we are truly His.
i hope your prep is going well. when i have one of my breaks from teaching, i get to visit other missionaries or do what i please. reunion in kijabe?
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Today is our anniversary. Three years ago it was also our anniversary, because apparently that’s how anniversaries work, and I spent the bulk of that day painting the interior walls of a hospital with Lauren and my soul-twin Jannae.
These are curious days in Kenya, and I feel a little wrecked. Outside is a gold rush of birdsong and wind, but inside even my skin feels heavy, weighted with foreboding.
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In the digital age where data breaches are becoming more common, a new tool called PrivacyAtlas.com has been created which can help to identify, and even avoid, major merchants and hotels who have exposed credit and debit cards and other personal information to hackers.
In recent months, massive privacy breaches are major retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus incited new fears when it comes to shopping and purchasing.
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With digital risks already being high, especially for vulnerable groups, safety risks could be more prevalent in the metaverse.
There are numerous ways such risks could be exacerbated in the metaverse. Unwanted contact could become more intrusive. The rise of virtual currencies is another challenge.
As buzz around the metaverse increases, many are raising concerns about the potential risks in an environment where the boundaries between the physical and virtual worlds continue to blur.
The metaverse is a virtual reality world characterized by a three-dimensional, multi-sensory experience (as compared to the current two-dimensional internet – text and images on flat screens). According to some experts, the closest thing to the metaverse today can be seen in games like Fortnite and experiences on Roblox.
Constructing ecosystems of trust
Addressing the necessity of constructing trusted ecosystems within the technologies developed for the metaverse is a critical consideration. These trusted ecosystems will constitute building in algorithms, structures, frameworks, regulations and policies within hardware and software development cycles to address the distinct elements of safety, privacy, and security within the DNA of the technology.
How data is shared within virtual worlds will need to be considered more carefully to ensure privacy. A second dimension to be considered within the privacy considerations of the metaverse’s development is eliminating biases that will lead to a non-inclusive or malicious adaptation of the real world. Engaging in the metaverse will constitute of a utilization of integrative emerging technologies. This calls for a global thorough open-box security validation process of the protection provided within the environments against breach of confidentiality, integrity, or other aspects of security.
These ecosystems of trust will contribute to creating a stable, inclusive and purposeful existence of a virtual and immersive existence.
How might these risks unfold in the metaverse?
To understand how risks to safety could become more prevalent in the metaverse, a key construct of this digital future should be shared: “Central to the concept of the metaverse is the idea that virtual, 3D environments that are accessible and interactive in real time will become the transformative medium for human engagement. If they are to become practical, these environments will be dependent on widespread adoption of extended reality.”
Even if not a fully immersive existence, it is likely that many people spend more time blending offline and virtual interactions, moving towards a mixed reality (MR). Privacy and security breaches are pathways that can compromise the safety of interactions and users. For example, this could take the form of someone masquerading as a medical doctor to gain access to surgical theatre technology for digitally-performed surgeries.
A good sense of the potential risks can be found in some existing applications that create “virtual worlds” such as on many gaming platforms. It is clear that there are significant safety challenges that have already presented themselves in these environments. For example, recreations of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooting aimed at very young children have been found multiple times on the Roblox platform despite significant efforts on the company’s part to stem the tide of such content.
Violent extremist and terrorist content isn’t the only harm in such virtual worlds. Recently, on Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR Headset an employee experienced a racist tirade that lasted several minutes whilst playing Rec Room and was unable to identify or report the user. Groping has also been a problem that has emerged in the metaverse, for a variety of reasons.
Where do we stand on digital risks today?
Taking a step back and looking at the current digital context, the risks of harm are already growing. According to the latest Global Threats Assessment Report by the WEProtect Global Alliance, 1 in 3 (34%) respondents to their Economist Impact global survey, were asked to do something sexually explicit online they were uncomfortable with during childhood. In addition, The Internet Watch Foundation saw a 77% rise in child ‘self-generated’ sexual material from 2019 to 2020.
In order to address safety in a comprehensive way as the metaverse emerges, we need to partner with others in government, industry, academia and civil society.
—Antigone Davis, Global Head of Safety, Meta
Even before COVID-19, more than half of girls and young women had experienced online abuse, according to a global poll last year by the Web Foundation, an organization cofounded by the inventor of the web, Tim Berners-Lee. Sharing images, videos or private information without consent – known as doxxing – was the most concerning issue for girls and young women globally, according to the Web Foundation poll. One in four Black Americans and one in 10 Hispanic Americans have faced discrimination online as a result of their race or ethnicity, compared to only three percent of white Americans. The risks are already high, especially for vulnerable groups.
“Contributing to the metaverse in a responsible manner will require research, collaboration, and investment in safety as it relates to XR,” Antigone Davis, Global Head of Safety at Meta explains. ” For example, we are investing in controls that allow users to manage and report problematic content and conduct as well as safety tooling designed for immersive experiences. But we cannot do this alone. This matters significantly given that digital risks in the metaverse will feel more real based on how our brains interpret immersive experience; Mary Anne Franks, president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, noted in her paper on virtual and augmented reality that research indicates abuse in VR is “far more traumatic than in other digital worlds.”
How might the risks be exacerbated in the metaverse?
There are numerous ways that current risks could be exacerbated in the metaverse. Firstly, depending on how these digital spaces are governed, there are risks of unwanted contact in a more intrusive multimodal environment. Today, if someone who we don’t know or don’t want to engage with, reaches out by messaging, friending, or otherwise trying to contact us on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, etc. their ability to contact is mostly limited to extending text-based messages, photos, emojis, etc.
However, imagine an unwanted individual being able to come into someone’s virtual space and “get up close” with that person in the metaverse. Without robust mechanisms to report, prevent, and act on this in real-time, this could lead to unwanted conduct. With haptic technology, the risks that harms in the metaverse will feel more “real” are not far-fetched given that many companies are working to incorporate touch as an additional sensation in an immersive reality.
For example, haptic gloves being developed by many organizations aim to provide tactile feedback to provide more precise and realistic feel to any motion. While of course, this can create a better sense of reality and increase connectedness in a virtual environment, this can also potentially be abused by bad actors in ways that may not be fully understood just yet.
The harmful content that proliferates all too quickly in our current digital lives, may also translate in the metaverse to more graphic, 3D, and auditory unwanted content that feels more intrusive and has a greater impact due to the multisensory nature of the environment in which it is propagated.
The rise of virtual currencies can often be another challenge in the proliferation of harmful content and activities online. For example, it is purported that kids are using their avatars to provide lap dances in virtual strip clubs in return for the virtual currency, “Robux”. Cryptocurrencies are a popular option for those purchasing Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), as their decentralized control and independence from financial institutions also ensure anonymity, according to a report by ActiveFence.
Given the role that digital currencies are expected to play in the metaverse, the financial incentive and payment structures that lead to the proliferation of harmful content are likely to increase in size and complexity with the move to this web 3.0.
There is an additional risk from the tracking and retention of biometric data, providing platforms with “a new quality of information that is comprised of your real identity combined with stimuli – indicating what you uniquely may think and like and want.”, according to technology and human rights expert Brittan Heller; in her paper Reimagining Reality: Human Rights and Immersive Technology, she coins the term “biometric psychography” and discusses the potential implications of new data collection with immersive technologies for human rights, privacy, and self censorship.
So, what can be done about it?
Many companies, academic and civil society experts, regulators, are advocating for laws and new regulation so that things which aren’t allowed in the real-world are similarly criminalized in online spaces. For example, Bumble is pushing to criminalize cyberflashing. Their CEO, Whitney Wolfe Herd has asked lawmakers: “If indecent exposure is a crime on the streets, then why is it not on your phone or computer?”
Human rights lawyer Akhila Kolisetty said India, Canada, England, Pakistan and Germany were among a small number of countries that have outlawed image-based sexual abuse, where private pictures are shared without consent. Many countries lack laws for emerging forms of digital abuse like “deepfakes”, where a woman’s face can be superimposed onto a porn video and shared on messaging platforms.
Australia eSafety Commissioner provides support to those experiencing such abuse, but many other countries are lagging behind in such mechanisms and regulatory functions. The same applies in protecting kids online. “Our society says we’re going to protect kids in the physical world, but we’ve yet to see that in the same way on the digital side,” said Steven J. Grocki, who leads the child exploitation and obscenity section at the Justice Department. Updating laws to apply in a digital context will be a key component of governing the metaverse.
Hoda Alkhzaimi, Research Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering; Director, Center of Cyber Security at NYU Abu Dhabi added, that there is a constant evolution to the means we build attack mechanisms on a virtual platform. This is never a fixed development cycle. We should be mindful to how we build the software and hardware elements of the technology to include indigenous elements of security consideration to protect the integrity of the content developed, the interactions created the users within the environment and holistically the stability of the presented virtual world. There is not a single factor to be considered here as confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, accessibility, privacy and safety aspects all need to be developed. Attacks on virtual devices have been built in the past through an open source platforms such as OpenVR platform by Valve.
How can we make sure that this will not be a recurring fact within a critical virtual infrastructure?
Civil society organizations such as Access Now and EFF are calling for governments and other stakeholders to address human rights in the context of virtual and augmented reality.
The other major area that can be improved are the policies, enforcement, and overall moderation mechanisms that platforms adopt.
“VR and AR platforms need specific terms of service for immersive environments, based in how this technology interacts with our brains. We cannot simply apply rules from existing social media to the Metaverse,” says technology and human rights expert Heller. “This is important,” Heller stresses, “because platform governance in digital worlds must regulate behavior, in addition to content.”
Right now, one of the most common forms of governance in virtual worlds is a reactive and punitive form of moderation. This does not prevent harms from occurring in the first place and often consequences can be circumvented as bad actors become more sophisticated in how they toe the line of policies. Finding ways to incentivize better behaviors and perhaps reward positive interactions may need to become a bigger part of a safer digital future, especially given increased safety risks in the metaverse. | https://nationalcybersecuritynews.today/safety-in-the-metaverse-what-are-the-risks-and-challenges-itsecurity-infosec/ |
Millennials are the least likely generation to actively protect their data, despite being the most concerned with their cyber security, according to a TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) survey released today in honor of National Cyber Security Awareness month this October.
Roughly half (49 percent) of all Millennials, people ages 18-34, say they are extremely or very concerned about cybercrime, but most are not taking action to safeguard their personal information. According to the data, 86 percent of Millennials store bank account information on their phones and 84 percent check financial accounts while connected to public Wi-Fi – actions that put them at risk of identity theft.
In contrast, only a third (36 percent) of Baby Boomers (people 55 to 70) report being concerned about identity theft, but at least half take basic precautions to protect themselves. Just half of Boomer respondents said they store important information on mobile devices and only 54 percent check financial accounts while connected to public Wi-Fi.
According to the survey, most respondents lacked a clear understanding of how certain behaviors put them at risk for fraud. Nearly two-thirds (67 percent) of Millennials reported not locking their devices with passwords. Surprisingly, Boomers are much more likely to take extra precautions, such as using firewall protections (83 percent compared to 63 percent of Millennials), shredding documents before disposing of them (75 percent compared to 53 percent of Millennials), and removing a hard drive before disposing of a computer (60 percent compared to 44 percent of Millennials).
Additionally, despite the prevalence of cyber security threats in today’s society, consumers generally underestimate their risk of identity theft compared to other dangerous, but less probable events.
For example, Millennials are about equally afraid of being in a plane crash (51 percent) as they are of having their identity stolen, even though they are exponentially more likely to face the latter - the chance of experiencing a plane crash is 1 in 54 million[1], while 19 people experience identity theft every minute[2].
“The staggering rate of identity theft is an unfortunate reality and requires constant vigilance to safeguard personal and finance information,” said Chaplin. “Regardless of age, all credit-active consumers should use a credit monitoring tool, like TransUnion’s, to mitigate identity theft risks. Credit monitoring allows you to quickly assess your credit report for any suspicious activity that could be tied to identity theft.”
TransUnion, a leader in identity theft and protection, offers a few simple tips to better protect against cyber theft:
Activate password protection on your phone. Cyber criminals can install applications on stolen phones that give them access to the device’s personal information, like photos, personal calls and banking applications. Set a unique password on your phone to create a barrier that makes it difficult for anyone to access the information.
Approach near field communication (NFC) applications with caution. Criminals have traded spam and antivirus hacking methods in favor of third-party applications. NFC applications, which allow data to be transferred between two local devices such as through tap-to-pay methods at checkouts, and other third-party payment applications should be approached with caution.
Avoid accessing sensitive information on public Wi-Fi networks. Businesses that offer public Wi-Fi are required to share a liability notice, but many may not read it. By using Wi-Fi sniffing, when criminals intercept information while it travels from the access point to the device, your personal data can be at risk.
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there are so many f/ps with bitdefender online scan and Superantispyware. (im using the new version 3.2.1016) The default settings for bitdefender try to disenfect then if that fails it deletes. not sure what the end results would be but it perhaps could make Superantispyware less effective.
Is bitdefender detecting the false positives or is SUPERAntiSpyware? If SAS is' date=' are you reporting them so we can see what is going on? We have had little to no F/P's reported recently.[/quote] these are from the bitdefender online scanner. i have not encountered any false positives from SAS. sorry perhaps in reflection this thread was not the correct place to mention this . As its not SAS that is finding the F/P | https://forums.superantispyware.com/topic/49-bitdefender-online-scan-fpzzz/ |
suppose u have a hardisk where one of the partition is encrypted with Truecrypt 5.1a and is hidden as well u know the key as 16 characteres AES 256 bit. | http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158649-encryption/ |
Recent cyberattacks on payment systems at Target Corp. and other U.S. retailers show that U.S. laws designed to protect consumer data need updating, lawmakers said at the first of three congressional hearings on the matter.
Senate Banking Committee members yesterday called for requiring retailers to participate in a national data-breach notification system and granting wider authority for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate incidents. Senator Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said he would introduce a bill to set a minimum 25-year sentence for violations of federal data-theft laws.
“This is a real problem that the FTC’s enforcement authority in this area is so limited,” Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said of the agency’s role in data-breach cases. “Data-security problems aren’t going away on their own so Congress really needs to consider whether to strengthen the FTC’s hand.”
The hearings continue today as Target’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, John Mulligan, takes questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee along with representatives of the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies. A third hearing, by the House Commerce Committee, follows tomorrow.
At stake is about $40 billion of revenue earned by card issuers including JPMorgan Chase & Co., as well as the profits of Target and other retailers affected by the breaches. More than $3 trillion in U.S. customer transactions take place each year through the point-of-sale systems infiltrated by the hackers, according to David Robertson, publisher of the Nilson Report, an industry newsletter based in Carpinteria, California.
70 Million Customers
Names as well as home and e-mail addresses for as many as 70 million Target customers were taken, the Minneapolis-based company said in a Jan. 10 statement.
Proposals before Congress include setting national standards for database security and notifying customers when breaches occur. Senators Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, and Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, have re-introduced previous data-security bills. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, offered a new measure on Jan. 30 for customer notifications.
Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said the card industry needs legislation aligning their data-breach standards for credit and debit cards while retailers need notification obligations. | http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/2014/02/05/senators-call-for-update-of-data-theft-rules?t=fmc-corp |
If you are using WordPress, Joomla (or any other CMS), and it is not already using the stable current version, take a minute to update please. Why? Because out-of-date software is leading cause of infections. This includes your CMS version, plugins, themes, and any other extension type.
Change your password for all access points. This includes FTP, SFTP (or SSH), Plesk, etc… .Choose a good and strong password. What often defines a good password is built around three core components – Complex, Long and Unique. The argument most make when it comes to passwords is that it’s too difficult to remember multiple passwords. This is true. It’s also why Password Managers were created.
Password Tip: Start using a password manager: Peguta <https://peguta.com/> and LastPass <https://lastpass.com/> are good ones to use (online and free).
We cannot stress the importance of changing all passwords to include those not related to your CMS. Your website has various access points, attackers understand this and because of this they will often exploit multiple points of entry. At a minimum, be sure to update the password for all administrator accounts. We say all because often users will create more administrators than they require and will often update one, but forget about the rest. There really is no better time to clean than after a compromise, take advantage of this time.
Change your database password. If you are using a CMS (WordPress, Joomla, etc…) change your database password. Please be sure to update your configuration file – Joomla: configuration.php and WordPress: wp-config.php. This is not an automated process so you will need to know how to open those files and edit manually. If you’re not familiar with handling changes in your database and configuration files, contact support.
*If you don’t know how to change your passwords (specified above), contact support for details.
Run a virus scan on your personal desktop/laptop.
In a lot of cases we see that websites are compromised via local environment (notebooks, desktops, etc..). Its why we always ask you take a minute to run an Anti-Virus product. If you’re OK with spending a little money, the latest reports show that BitDefender is leading the pack in malware detection on MAC’s and PC’s. Other alternatives includes Kaspersky for Windows and MAC, and Sophos and F-Secure for Windows. You can also try Avast, MSE, Spybot that are free alternatives and very good. Here is the bottom-line, it doesn’t matter how many times your site gets cleared, if your desktop is not clean, your site can get reinfected quite easily.
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Concerns of privacy and growing Big Tech monopolies exploded this week, with the revelation that Google has access to your medical record.
Well, maybe not your medical records, but millions of Americans may be a bit perturbed after learning that information such as their names, dates of birth, and medical conditions, are being shared with the Mountain View company.
On Monday (November 11), The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had entered into a partnership with Ascension – one of the largest non-profit healthcare systems used throughout hospitals and other facilities in 21 US states.
The collaboration, named Project Nightingale, will give a number of Google employees access to millions of patient health information in order to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools (ML) that can provide search capability or care suggestions.
According to a statement from Google, the company is also shifting Ascension’s infrastructure to the Cloud and helping implement G Suite in order to increase productivity and streamline the benefits that digitalization can offer the healthcare sector.
In a press release, Eduardo Conrado, executive vice president of strategy and innovations at Ascension, said: “As the healthcare environment continues to rapidly evolve, we must transform to better meet the needs and expectations of those we serve as well as our own caregivers and healthcare providers.
“Doing that will require the programmatic integration of new care models delivered through the digital platforms, applications and services that are part of the everyday experience of those we serve.”
The data sharing project is said to be compliant with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), although patients and medical practitioners are reported to have been unaware of Google’s involvement in their future healthcare.
While Google’s plunge into the health industry should come as no surprise, particularly given its recent acquisition of Fitbit, a federal inquiry has nonetheless been opened.
And in other news, as election season ramps up in the UK, the Labour Party announced on Monday that it had been hit with a “very serious cyber-attack,” as stated by opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The announcement, running alongside the ongoing Brexit omni-shambles and pressure on Downing Street to release findings related to potential Russian interference in the 2016 referendum, initially set every one into meltdown mode.
The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack had temporarily impacted access to the main Labour Party website and various online campaign tools, having first struck on Monday evening before re-appearing again on Tuesday.
Cloudflare provides protection to Labour web services and was able to mitigate the attack.
Labour reported the incident to the National Cyber Security Centre, who said: “In terms of this incident, the Labour Party followed the correct, agreed procedures and notified us swiftly.
“The NCSC is confident the party took the necessary steps to deal with the attack. The attack was not successful and the incident is now closed.”
And keeping with Blighty, security experts have debunked the myth that the so-called EU Exit app is riddled with vulnerabilities.
The app, which has been made for EU citizens to apply for resident status in the UK ahead of Brexit, was found to have flaws that could allow an attacker to access information such as facial scans and passports, according to the story that first appeared in a front page splash by The Financial Times.
“So what the researchers are saying is that if a hacker manages to compromise your smartphone or the app then it could do something malicious,” explained Graham Cluely.
“Err, isn’t that pretty much the case with all programs and computers? If a hacker already has control of the device or has already compromised the app then all bets are off.”
We smell a marketing ploy, fertilized using Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt [FUD].
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It will take you longer to read a book on an iPad or Kindle compared to the printed page, according to a recent study. Dr. Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman Group--a product development consultancy that is not associated with Nielsen, the metrics company--compared the reading times of 24 users on the Kindle 2, an iPad using the iBooks application, a PC monitor and good old fashioned paper. The study found that reading on an electronic tablet was up to 10.7 percent slower than reading a printed book. Despite the slower reading times, Nielsen found that users preferred reading books on a tablet device compared to the paper book. The PC monitor, meanwhile, was universally hated as a reading platform among all test subjects. The Study
Nielsen's findings were based on the performance of 24 users who "like reading and frequently read books." The subjects each read different short stories by Ernest Hemingway on all four platforms, and were measured for their reading speeds and story comprehension. Overall, it took each user an average of 17 minutes and 20 seconds to read a story regardless of the platform and comprehension levels were virtually identical on all four reading formats. However, Nielsen says the printed book was the clear winner in terms of speed. Users were reading 6.2 percent slower on an iPad compared to paper, and 10.7 percent slower on the Kindle 2. Nielsen did not provide any statistics on the reading time for the PC monitor.
Interestingly, Nielsen's results appear to show that reading on the iPad is significantly faster compared to the Kindle 2. But Nielsen was quick to dismiss this conclusion arguing that the reading speeds between the two devices were "not statistically significant."The difference [between reading times on the iPad and Kindle 2] would be so small that it wouldn't be a reason to buy one over the other," Nielsen wrote.
The study also asked each user to rate how they liked each format on a scale of 1 to 7. The iPad, Kindle 2, and printed book were nearly tied at 5.8, 5.7, and 5.6 respectively, while the PC monitor ranked last at 3.6 points. The test subjects said that reading on the PC felt too much like being at work, while they found it more relaxing to read a printed book than on an electronic device. Tablets Still Can't Beat the Book
So it appears technology hasn't quite figured out yet how to replicate the experience of the printed page. That said this study leaves a lot to be desired owing to its small test group size, but it would be interesting to see a similar study on a much larger scale. I'd be curious to find out, for example, if there's any big difference in reading speeds based on age groups.
Would people in their 20s read faster on a screen than a book since they've spent a majority of their lives consuming digital content? How would the younger group compare to people in their late 30s and early 40s who also grew up with electronic devices such as the Commodore Vic-20, the original Mac, and IBM clones?
This study also left out reading on a laptop, which is a far more mobile reading experience than a desktop PC and could therefore be more enjoyable. I'd also like to know if the iPad would remain a faster reading experience than the Kindle in a larger study. On the one hand, the iPad can render a new page faster than the Kindle, which could account for the uptick in speed. But you would think the Kindle's ability to closely mimic the printed page, thanks to its e-ink display, would bring its reading speeds closer to the traditional book.
Regardless of how fast people can read on an electronic device, the e-reader is becoming more popular every year. E-books raked in $313 million in 2009 growing by 176.6 percent compared to 2008, overtaking audio book sales. In 2010, e-book sales are currently growing at a rate of 217.3 percent versus 2009, according to estimates by the Association of American Publishers.
If you want to check out Nielsen's findings for yourself, you can find it here. It's a fairly short read, but if you're pressed for time you might want to print it out. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/200491/Reading_On_Paper_Is_Faster_Than_iBooks_on_the_iPad.html |
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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Alarmed by mounting cyber threats around the world and across industries, a growing number of security experts see aggressive government action as the best hope for averting disaster.
Even though some experts are outraged by the extent of U.S. Internet spying exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, they are even more concerned about technologically sophisticated enemies using malware to sabotage utilities, wipe out data stored on computer drives, and steal defense and trade secrets.
Such fears and proposals on new laws and executive action to counter these threats were core topics this week in Las Vegas at Black Hat and Def Con, two of the world’s largest gatherings for security professionals and hackers.
At Black Hat, the keynote speech by respected researcher Dan Geer went straight for national and global policy issues. He said the U.S. government should require detailed reporting on major cyber breaches, in the same way that deadly diseases must be reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Critical industries should be subjected to “stress tests” like the banks, Geer said, so regulators can see if they can survive without the Internet or with compromised equipment.
Geer also called for exposing software vendors to product liability suits if they do not share their source code with customers and bugs in their programs lead to significant losses from intrusion or sabotage.
“Either software houses deliver quality and back it up with product liability, or they will have to let their users protect themselves,” said Geer, who works for In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm serving U.S. intelligence agencies. Geer said he was speaking on his own behalf.
“The current situation - users can’t see whether they need to protect themselves and have no recourse to being unprotected - cannot go on,” he said.
Several of Geer’s proposals are highly ambitious given the domestic political stalemate and the opposition of major businesses and political donors to new regulation, Black Hat attendees said. In an interview, Geer said he had seen no encouraging signs from the White House or members of Congress.
But he said the alternative would be waiting until a “major event” that he hoped would not be catastrophic.
Chris Inglis, who retired this year as deputy director of the National Security Agency, said disaster could be creeping instead of sudden, as broad swaths of data become unreliable.
In an interview, he said some of Geer’s ideas, including product liability, deserved broader discussion.
“Doing nothing at all is a worse answer,” said Inglis, who now advises security firm Securonix.
SOFTWARE FLAWS
Some said more disclosures about cyber attacks could allow insurance companies to set reasonable prices. The cost of cyber insurance varies, but $1 million in yearly protection might cost$25,000, experts say.
High-profile data breaches, such as at Target Corp and eBay Inc, have spurred demand for cyber insurance, but the insurers say they need more data to determine how common and how severe the intrusions are.
The ideas presented by Geer and other speakers would not give the government more control of the Internet itself. In that area, security professionals said they support technology companies’ efforts to fight surveillance and protect users with better encryption.
Instead, the speakers addressed problems such as the pervasive number of severe flaws in software, which allow hackers to break in, seemingly at will.
Geer said the United States should try to corner the market for software flaws and outspend other countries to stop the cyber arms race. The government should then work to fix the flaws instead of hoarding them for offense, he said.
Black Hat founder Jeff Moss said he was reminded of the importance of data security while advising a government agency that had no way to tell which of its millions of records were accurate and which had been tampered with.
In the security industry, Moss said, “we’re so day-to-day that we forget we’re a piece of a bigger system, and that system is on the edge of breaking down.”
Dire projections have led some professionals to despair, but others say the fact that their concerns are finally being shared by political leaders gives them hope.
Alex Stamos, who joined Yahoo Inc earlier this year as chief information security officer, said the Internet could become either a permanent tool of oppression or a democratizing force, depending on policy changes and technology improvements.
“It’s a great time to be in the security industry,” Stamos said. “Now is the time.” | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cybersecurity-hackers-policy/security-experts-call-for-government-action-against-cyber-threats-idUSKBN0G90MC20140809 |
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After seven years holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, avoiding extradition to the US and initially a court case in Sweden, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested today.
Villain and sleazeball to some, champion of transparency exposing corruption for others, Assange divides opinion. The Swedish case, which instigated the move into the embassy to avoid extradition, has now been dropped; it related to a sexual assault case in which Assange denied the allegations made. Assange had said that going to Sweden would have simply been a precursor to extradition to the US. The US extradition relates to Wikileaks doing what it was set up to do, obtaining and publishing confidential documents and images, and especially 700,000 confidential documents, videos and diplomatic cables posted by former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, which US officials said put lives at risk.
Sir Alan Duncan, UK foreign office minister commented in a press statement: "It is absolutely right that Assange will face justice in the proper way in the UK. It is for the courts to decide what happens next.
"We are very grateful to the Government of Ecuador under President Moreno for the action they have taken. Today’s events follow extensive dialogue between our two countries."
The BBC reports the Metropolitan Police saying Assange was arrested for failing to surrender to the court and following a US extradition request. The broadcaster adds that Ecuador's president said the country withdrew his asylum after repeated violations of international conventions, whereas Wikileaks tweeted that Ecuador had acted illegally in terminating Mr Assange's political asylum "in violation of international law."
It is reported that Assange will remain in custody at a central London police station, before appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
2. Ecuador will say Assange has broken many of its invented "asylum terms" 3. UK will say won't let US kill Assange, due process. Ecuador will pretend that this is a concession and that asylum was for death penalty."
CNN tweeted Julian Assange's lawyer saying: "This precedent means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the United States for having published truthful information about the United States."
A flaw has been found in the code of CryptoPokemon, a new strain of ransomware that encrypts files and demands a payment of 0.02 Bitcoin (about US$104 (£77) at the time of writing) to decrypt them. This flaw has been used by Emsisoft to create a decryptor that allows victims to decrypt their files. It is available for free here.
First discovered by IntezerLabs, CryptoPokemon is ransomware that encrypts files using SHA256 + AES128. It comes with a ransom note asking victims to transfer 0.02 Bitcoin to a specified wallet. The note also contains an email address and a website where they can contact the attackers, who describe themselves as "valiant support [who] will help you solve this problem.
IEmsisoft's advice is, if attacked, don’t pay the ransom, get the decryptor.
Update. The creators have just released the source code via a Twitter account with the handle "PokemonGo Team": | https://www.scmagazineuk.com/todays-news-brief-assange-arrested-uk-cyber-crime-programme-cyptopokemon-decryptor/article/1581870 |
October 23, 2018 | Carol A. Hyde | Cassandra Rivais DiNova | Cybersecurity | Electronic Health Records | HIPAA
As cybersecurity threats increase, the need for healthcare providers to conduct periodic security risk assessments as required by the HIPAA Security Rule has become more critical. To assist providers in this task, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Office for Civil Rights recently updated their downloadable Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to make it more user friendly and to add new features, including an enhanced user interface, modular workflow with question branching logic, custom assessment logic, and progress tracker.
The SRA Tool collects data locally from users’ computers or tablets and generates detailed reports to determine risks in policies and processes system-wide. None of the information collected by the tool is sent to HHS. The tool was designed for small- to medium-sized healthcare practices with up to 10 providers, and can also be used by other covered entities and business associates. Use of the tool can help identify risks so that users can implement appropriate security measures to protect patient information.
The updated SRA Tool (Version 3.0) is available only for Windows products and can be downloaded from the HealthIT.gov website, which also has a detailed user guide for the tool. The prior version of the tool for Apple products is still available in the Apple App Store. | https://www.rivkinradler.com/rivkin-rounds/hhs-releases-updated-hipaa-security-risk-assessment-tool/ |
Since its reappearance, the notorious Emotet malware has been observed being dropped by the Trickbot malware family, in an apparent effort to reconstitute Emotet’s botnet base.
This isn’t the first time the two malware families have been seen colluding. Previously, Emotet was observed installing Trickbot on infected machines. It now would appear that Emotet has turned to its established business partner Trickbot for assistance in gaining back some of what was lost in the police action that dismantled Emotet’s global botnet network.
To see how BlackBerry prevents Emotet attacks from occurring, check out the following video, and watch BlackBerry go head-to-head with a live sample of Emotet.
The Emotet group has historically used a combination of malicious office documents and URLs in its email campaigns to infect its victims. This gives it a wide reach in the business world as it can easily infect users who regularly use these kinds of documents in their day-to-day work life. Since its return, not that much has changed in the threat group’s use of these types of documents to spread chaos, as using spiked Office documents is still an easy and effective attack technique.
While there haven’t been any significant changes to the malware, or to the techniques it uses to infect new machines, it’s likely Emotet is now setting the stage for future actions. Based on that assumption, the threat actors behind Emotet will likely spend the coming months focused on reestablishing the malware, and growing by collecting infected machines to use for further spam campaigns.
It’s also entirely possible that future steps in Emotet’s onward march could include deploying ransomware or other malware families to the infected machines under its control.
Demo Video: BlackBerry Stops Emotet
The video above demonstrates the different countermeasures that BlackBerry® Cyber Suite provides to protect your environment against the newest version of the Emotet Trojan.
The Emotet group uses a combination of malicious office documents and URLs to infect its victims. As an example for our demo video, we have a sample of a malicious Emotet document.
BlackBerry Optics is able to detect all the steps taken by this threat, from macro execution to the download of the actual loader, along with the encoded PowerShell script. Using “Focus” data from BlackBerry Optics, we can conduct even deeper root-cause analysis on each one of these stages.
Alternatively, we can enable an automated response, so that BlackBerry Optics stops this attack at its first stage.
At BlackBerry, we take a prevention-first and AI-driven approach to cybersecurity. Putting prevention first neutralizes malware before the exploitation stage of the kill chain.
By stopping malware at this stage, BlackBerry solutions help organizations increase their resilience. This also helps to streamline security management, ensuring your business, people, and endpoints stay secure.
Hector Diaz is a Senior Technical Marketing Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean at BlackBerry. Hector works with Engineering and Product Management to translate technology concepts into digestible pieces, evangelizing and educating people about Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to cybersecurity.
With over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, Hector is a respected professional who is in-demand at trade shows, partner training and customer engagements across Latin America and the Caribbean Region. | https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2022/01/blackberry-prevents-updated-emotet |
566 new vulnerabilities reported during this period, including 97 critical vulnerabilities and 95 high severity vulnerabilities. This weekly summary report vulnerabilities in 423 products from 204 vendors including Apple, Google, Adobe, Tenda, and Jenkins. Vulnerabilities are notably categorized as "Cross-site Scripting", "Out-of-bounds Write", "Command Injection", "Out-of-bounds Read", and "SQL Injection".
493 reported vulnerabilities are remotely exploitables.
5 reported vulnerabilities have public exploit available.
187 reported vulnerabilities are related to weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten.
435 reported vulnerabilities are exploitable by an anonymous user.
Apple has the most reported vulnerabilities, with 75 reported vulnerabilities.
Tenda has the most reported critical vulnerabilities, with 29 reported vulnerabilities. | https://cyber.vumetric.com/weekly-vulnerability-report-2022-03-14/ |
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These messages, which may appear to be from the IRS, may ask users to submit personal information via email or may instruct the user to follow a link to a website that requests personal information or contains malicious code.
The US-CERT warning also includes links to many useful documents to help you recognize and avoid these and other phishing scams, including a link to a good article posted at the Wall Street Journal Web site last week: Cybercrooks digging for tax data.
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The original development of this lab series was funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program Department of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Award No. 0702872 and 1002746; Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA) at Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC).
This lab series has been adapted by The Department of Labor (DOL) Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant No. TC-22525-11-60-A-48. The National Information Security, Geospatial Technologies Consortium (NISGTC) is authorized to create derivatives of identified elements modified from the original works. These elements are licensed under the Creative Commons Attributions 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA. The Network Development Group (NDG) is given a perpetual worldwide waiver to distribute per US Law this lab and future derivatives of these works.
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Calling all Glass-using businesses: Google wants to hear from you. On Tuesday, the search giant announced a new program called Glass at Work that is meant to showcase Glass’ more practical applications.
“If you’re a developer who is creating software for U.S based enterprises, we’d love your help in building the future of Glass at Work,” Google said in a recent post on Google Plus.
So far, Google has tried to show off Glass’ consumer appeal with features such as heads-up navigation, video chat, and photography. But whether Glass will ultimately appeal to a mass audience is still unknown.
Right now, Glass is still in its beta period requiring a special invitation and a $1,500 investment in Google’s Explorer prototype build. There’s also no getting around Glass’ distractingly geeky look thanks to its Borg-style eyepiece on the left side.
Even if Glass isn’t a runaway hit with the average Joe, its business applications seem pretty far reaching. Several hospitals and clinics in the U.S. are already equipping doctors with Glass to get real-time patient information and live camera views while operating, according to The New York Times.
Some NBA teams are using Glass to help coaches view player spacing during drills and to allow fans to see the game from a player’s point-of-view. Similarly, the Washington Capitals developed a Glass app (pictured above and profiled here) that gives visitors to the Verizon Center real-time game stats, instant replays, and different camera angles.
Once you get going it’s easy to imagine all kinds of business applications for Glass. Limousine and taxi drivers could use Glass for real-time navigation, to receive notifications for pick-ups, as well as view important information about their car.
Schlumberger, an oilfield services company, is using Glass to show checklists to technicians in the field. Mechanics could use Glass for similar features, and perhaps in the future they could even photograph a part and order it automatically.
First responders, surveyors, golf instructors, the practical business applications of Glass goes on and on.
So even if Glass fails to become the consumer hit that Google hopes it will be, Glass could live on in hospitals, fire trucks, work sites, and oil fields.
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Keep your software – including your operating system, the web browsers you use to connect to the Internet, and your apps – up to date to protect against the latest threats. Most software can update automatically, so make sure to set yours to do so.
Outdated software is easier for criminals to break into. If you think you have a virus or bad software on your computer, check out how to detect and get rid of malware.
2) PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Don’t hand it out to just anyone. Your Social Security number, credit card numbers, and bank and utility account numbers can be used to steal your money or open new accounts in your name. So, every time you are asked for your personal information – whether in a web form, an email, a text, or a phone message – think about why someone needs it and whether you can really trust the request.
To steal your information, scammers will do everything they can to appear trustworthy.
- Use at least 10 characters; 12 is ideal for most home users.
- Try to be unpredictable – don’t use names, dates, or common words. Mix numbers, symbols, and capital letters into the middle of your password, not at the beginning or end.
- Don’t use the same password for many accounts. If it’s stolen from you – or from one of the companies where you do business – thieves can use it to take over all your accounts.
- Don’t share passwords on the phone, in texts or by email. Legitimate companies will not ask you for your password.
- If you write down a password, keep it locked up, out of plain sight.
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For most companies, the question isn’t whether to use public cloud software or infrastructure services, but how to do so securely. Or at least, that should be the question. Among the 319 respondents to our InformationWeek 2013 Cloud Security and Risk Survey, 28% expect to be delivering 25% or more of their IT services from the cloud within 24 months. Other data points:
> 75% of those using public cloud services have engaged SaaS providers, up from 66% in our June 2012 survey. Use of PaaS and IaaS are both flat year over year, at 43% and 34%, respectively.
> 53% of those using or considering cloud services classify their organizations as very or somewhat risk-averse.
> 35% using or considering cloud run or will run at least one mission-critical application with a public provider, and 24% allow or will allow some sensitive data to reside in the cloud. (R7150913)
Purpose To examine IT professionals’ attitudes toward cloud security risks.
Methodology InformationWeek surveyed 319 business technology decision-makers at North American organizations. The survey was conducted online, and respondents were recruited via an email invitation containing an embedded link to the survey. The email ¬invitation was sent to qualified InformationWeek subscribers. | http://reports.informationweek.com/abstract/5/11335/Cloud-Computing/Research:-Cloud-Security-and-Risk-Survey.html?cid=SBX_iwk_fture_Analytics_default_windows_7_eyed_for_antitrust_violations&itc=SBX_iwk_fture_Analytics_default_windows_7_eyed_for_antitrust_violations |
When an employee at a small accounting firm opened an email attachment – which they believed was an invoice – they became victim to a ransomware attack. While the email and its attachment appeared normal, the document contained CryptoLocker, a ransomware virus that immediately encrypted the data on the computer’s network.
Within minutes, all the computers on the network – so all the computers associated with the accounting firm – froze. A message demanding $8,000 in Bitcoin was displayed on the screens, with the added threat that the criminals would increase the fee to $1,200 per day until the accounting firm paid the ransom.
The small accounting firm spent nearly $84,000 to recover from this ransomware attack. The firm had to pay the ransom fees, and costs associated with business interruption, notifying their customers and suppliers, and rebuilding their computer systems. One of the biggest takeaways from this attack: It’s critical that everyone involved in your practice — yes, that means full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees, as well as contractors and vendors — understand cybersecurity risks and their responsibilities in protecting data. After all, you’re only as strong as your weakest link.
A “Big Four” Accounting Firm Unknowingly Compromised for Months
Experts warn you should expect criminals to try to hack into your systems. This attack on Deloitte – one of the world’s “big 4” firms – proves that it doesn’t matter how big or small your company is: We’re all susceptible to attacks, and no company is 100% perfect at stopping criminals.
The attack allegedly went unnoticed for months. It started when a hacker accessed the company’s global email server through an “administrator’s account,” which reports claimed didn’t require two-factor authentication. The hackers potentially had access to usernames and passwords and some email attachments containing sensitive information.
It’s a hard but valuable lesson to learn. Don’t underestimate the importance of following cybersecurity best practices like two-factor authentication.
Keep Your Data Safe on the Cloud
Protecting your clients’ data from cyber-attacks is crucial to maintaining your reputation, retaining your customers, and avoiding costly downtime due to breaches. “We need to ensure that we are handling all of our client data in a way that meets all regulations while giving ourselves and our clients peace of mind,” advises Robin Johnson, owner of TaxAssist Accountants Norwich North.
Johnson’s firm – among 30,000 other businesses – use SmartVault’s cloud-based document management system to securely store, collect, manage, and collaborate on documents online. The cloud is the most secure place to store your data for numerous reasons. Find out why in this free guide: Moving to the Cloud is Right for Your Firm. Here’s How to Get There.
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Have you ever thought about the importance of having some kind of identity theft protection? It seems like news reports are constantly reporting on corporate data breaches, such as 2018’s Panera, Facebook, Orbitz, Lord & Taylor and Saks. These breaches might have prompted you to think about getting protected. Exactly how many digital gates have been left open exposing personal, private information?
Even more startling, children may be at an even greater risk of identity theft. Most parents don’t think about protecting their child’s social security number. Often it’s because a child’s social security number (SSN) cannot be “legally” used until they are old enough to get a job, or when they are 18 and applying for college loans and/or credit cards.
“Legally” being the important word here. Hackers are always one step ahead. They are now creating “synthetic” identities using a child’s real SSN, along with a fake name and date of birth. A hackers illegal use of a child’s SSN can go undetected for years!
How is this illegal activity going undetected? It’s because most parents don’t think about having to keep any eye on a child’s SSN because legally there should not be any activity associated with it.
Another thing to think about is in the other ways a child’s personal information is exposed. Such examples include when a child starts school, camp, and sports. Parents are filling out form after form with all their personal information including social security numbers. Have you ever thought about where this information is being stored? In a milk crate in the back of the coach’s car? In a filing cabinet at the school? The truth is, we have no idea!
There is a company called Identity Protection Planning LLC, that can help protect not only you, but also your child.
Identity Protection Planning LLC was founded by Dana Mantilia Coady. Dana is a business woman with three of her own children and four step children. Protecting children is very near and dear to her heart. Identity Protection Planning was developed to focus on educating, organizing, and protecting families from identity theft. There is a real need to help educate parents on the risks associated with both adult and child identity theft.
Identity Protection Planning’s family focus is why they offer IDENTRON identity theft protection plans. Read why IDENTRON is different from other identity theft protection companies here – IDENTRON.com/Why-IDENTRON
IDENTRON provides the most comprehensive family identity theft protection available on the market today. The IDENTRON Parent Plan provides complete protection for one (1) adult and up to four (4) children for roughly 80¢ a day.
With everything busy parents have to deal with, they don’t have extra time to deal with cleaning up an identity theft mess for themselves, let alone their child. That is why you should take a few minutes to check out which IDENTRON plan would suit your family needs. You can learn more about their pans here – Identron.com/Plans.
For more information about IDENTRON, visit Identron.com. | https://www.shescribes.com/child-identity-theft-the-fasted-growing-crime-in-the-us/ |
VeriSign didn't disclose that it had been successfully attacked several times in 2010 because the security team didn't tell management about the incidents until recently.
VeriSign, the company responsible for the .com, .net and .gov domain spaces, acknowledged in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was hacked several times in 2010. The company had not disclosed the incidents at the time they occurred.
While VeriSign admitted to the breaches in its quarterly filing with the SEC back in October, the incident was not widely publicized until a Reuters report on Feb. 2. Reuters came across the information as part of its research on the new SEC guidelines for disclosing cyber-incidents, which was published in September.
The SEC recommended companies disclose any security issues that pose a risk for operations or incidents that can have material impact on the business.
"In 2010, the Company faced several successful attacks against its corporate network in which access was gained to information on a small portion of our computers and servers," VeriSign reported in the quarterly filing.
The attackers successfully stole data during the breaches, and the company was "unable to assure" that the information was not or could not be used by the attackers. VeriSign claimed it has implemented new defensive measures to prevent similar incidents.
While VeriSign did not believe the attacks impacted the servers that are part of the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, it was vague about what had happened or what was stolen. It is also not clear what defenses had been implemented and whether they were effective. "We cannot assure that our remedial actions will be sufficient to thwart future attacks or prevent the future loss of information," VeriSign wrote in the 10-K filing.
It also appears the security team hid the breaches from VeriSign senior management when they occurred in 2010, and were not reported up the chain of command until September 2011, according to the SEC filing. "The occurrences of the attacks were not sufficiently reported to the Company's management at the time they occurred for the purpose of assessing any disclosure requirements," VeriSign claimed.
VeriSign did not respond to requests for comment from CIO Insight's sister publication eWEEK. | https://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Latest-News/VeriSign-Management-was-Out-of-the-Loop-About-2010-Data-Breach-119028 |
Have you found it challenging to replicate the results of your own or somebody else’s experiments? You are not alone. A member survey conducted by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) revealed that out of 869 respondents, 72% had trouble reproducing the findings of at least one publication1. In a more comprehensive study by the Nature Publishing Group, over 60% and 70% of researchers surveyed in medicine and biology, respectively, reported failure in replicating other researchers’ results2. And out of the 1,576 scientists surveyed in various fields, 90% agreed that there is a reproducibility crisis in scientific literature2.
In case you are wondering, both surveys were conducted between 2014 and 2015, and there is a growing consensus about data reproducibility challenges. But how did we get here?
Beginnings of a Crisis
In 2011, scientists at Bayer HealthCare in Germany published an article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, reporting inconsistencies between published data and in-house target validation studies3. Out of the 67 target identification and validation projects they had analyzed for data reproducibility, 43 had shown inconsistencies and had resulted in the termination of projects3. Through this review, the Bayer researchers attempted to raise awareness about the challenges in reproducing published data and called for confirmatory studies prior to investing in downstream drug development projects3.
Close on the heels of Bayer’s report, researchers at Amgen described their attempts at replicating the results of published oncology studies, in a 2012 Nature commentary4. While reporting success at confirming the findings of only 6 out of the 53 landmark publications reviewed, the Amgen scientists outlined recommendations to improve replicability of pre-clinical studies4.
These publications spurred data reproducibility conversations within the biomedical research community, giving way to a wave of initiatives to analyze and address the problem.
Data Reproducibility Gaining Momentum
Reproducibility of research data depends, in part, on the specific materials used in the experiment. But how often are research reagents referenced in sufficient detail? A study found that 54% of resources reported in publications, including model organisms, antibodies, reagents, constructs, and cell lines, were not uniquely identifiable5. In order to promote proper reporting of research materials used, the NIH has recommended that journals expand or eliminate the limits on the length of methods sections17.
When you had challenges reproducing data in your lab, were you able to identify what caused them? In another publication, study design, biological reagents and reference materials, laboratory protocols, and data analysis and reporting were attributed as the four primary causes of experimental irreproducibility6. In effect, an estimated 50% of the U.S. preclinical research budget, or $28 billion a year, was reportedly being spent on data that is not reproducible6.
Based on feedback from researchers in academia, biopharmaceutical companies, journal editors, and funding agency personnel, the Global Biological Standards Institute (GBSI) developed a report highlighting the need for a standards framework in life sciences7.
Journal groups have been revising author instructions and publication policies to encourage scientists to publish data that is robust and replicable. That means important changes regarding reporting of study design, replicates, statistical analyses, reagent identification and validation, are coming your way.
The NIH and journal publishing groups including Nature, Science, Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cell Biology, and Public Library of Science (PLOS), among others, have developed and endorsed principles and guidelines for reporting preclinical research. These guidelines include statistical analysis, transparency in reporting, data and material sharing, refutations, screening for image-based data (e.g. Western blots) and unique identification of research resources (antibodies, cell lines, animals)17
The Center for Open Science (COS) developed Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines framework for journal publishers. Signatories include journal publication groups like AAAS, ASCB, Biomed Central, F1000, Frontiers, Nature, PLOS, Springer, and Wiley, among others18
Emphasis on Training
To train scientists in proper study design and data analysis, the NIH has developed training courses and modules19. A number of universities also offer courses in study design and statistics20.
In the face of revisions to grant applications and publication guidelines, use of standards, reagent validation, and need for consistent training in methods and technique, changes are coming your way. Is your lab prepared? Let us help you get there. See what has changed for publishing Western blot data and get your entire lab trained to generate consistent and reproducible Western blot data at Lambda U™.
References:
How Can Scientists Enhance Rigor in Conducting Basic Research and Reporting Research Results? American Society for Cell Biology. Web. Accessed October 6, 2017.
Baker M. 1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility. Nature (News Feature) 533, 452-454.
Prinz F, Schlange T, Asadullah K. 2011. Believe it or not: how much can we rely on published data on potential drug targets? Nat Rev Drug Discov 10, 712-713. doi:10.1038/ nrd3439-c1 | http://www.licor.com/bio/blog/tag/data-integrity/ |
One of the UK’s largest telecommunications operators, BT, has said to Privacy International that a report claiming it “co-produces malware” with a surveillance company for the GCHQ is inaccurate – but hasn’t said why or given any more details.
The accusation was made by C5IS – a shadowy online publication claiming to be “the most widely read source of information on surveillance technologies”. In its Big Black Book of Electronic Surveillance, it claims that SS8, a high-profile US surveillance company with offices in the UK, “Co-produces malware with BT for the GCHQ”.
We can confirm that it isn’t accurate.
We do use penetration testing, which may include replicating test versions of malware/malware attacks for the sole purpose of testing the integrity of our networks.
I’m afraid we can’t comment on your other question for legal reasons.
C5IS first appeared some years ago as an online magazine known as Insider Surveillance – purporting to offer expert analysis and commentary on the electronic surveillance industry. It does not provide information on its sources.
So while their accusation may be wrong or at the least misleading, it is still disappointing that BT has refused to directly address the questions or confirm if they will ask for a correction, considering the gravity of the claim.
BT’s statement that the report “isn’t accurate” doesn’t address which specific assertion is inaccurate, while failing to provide any information on its relationship with SS8 or in developing malware doesn’t inspire confidence. If such an important assertion is wholly without foundation, BT should be able to ask for a correction – and we recommend that it does so.
We have again asked BT to address this, and will update this page with any further information. | https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3017/hack-job-bt-responds-report-claims-it-develops-malware-gchq |
We recently took part in a training session at the Nick Nairn Cookery School in Port of Menteith. Team members from Poland and Latvia joined our Glasgow head office team for the event. This training event is just part of our wider approach to staff development and our commitment to continuous quality improvement.
The more formal part of the day focused our attention to Incident Response Training. Darren Roberts from UK Bureau Veritas ran a successful workshop which involved several role play scenarios which got everyone thinking hard and working together as a team.
We learned valuable lessons about how to manage incidents to our best abilities and how to ensure the best outcomes for our seafarers, their families and our shipping clients. Regular training and practice will ensure we are efficient and work together as a team to achieve the best results for everyone. Huge thanks to Darren for delivering such an engaging training exercise.
For the remainder of the day we were treated to a cookery demonstration by TV chef and ex seafarer- Nick Nairn. We were also treated to a few tales from Nicks’ days at sea before donning our aprons and taking on the challenge of creating a spicy Thai green curry.
We then opened wine and started cooking! We all managed to successfully create a delicious dish and three of our team members were awarded a prize for their outstanding efforts in the kitchen. For the rest of the team it was delicious passionfruit mousses all round and another glass of wine.
All in all, a great team day out. High fives all round! | https://www.clyderecruit.com/news/incident-response-training-and-a-bit-of-nick-nairn/ |
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Updated 28 August in line with new Government Guidance. v3
Managers are required to undertake risk assessments to ensure that they have identified and controlled risks from COVID 19 within their team.
From 1 August the government shielding advice for those who were classified as clinically extremely vulnerable has been paused. However clinically extremely vulnerable individualsshould carry on working from home if that is possible, either in their current role or in an alternative role. If working from home (either in their normal or alternative role) is not possible, clinically extremely vulnerable individuals can go to work, as long as the workplace is COVID-secure, managers support transition back to work safely and support the person to keep social distancing. An individual risk assessment must be undertaken for clinically extremely vulnerable individuals if they cannot work from home
Managers with team members who are in any of the higher-risk categories below, or who have any individual health risks should consider completing an individual risk assessment with that person. An individual risk assessment is completed to ensure effective controls are in place to reduce risk and to provide assurance to the individual.
The Public Health England report Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 shows that some groups of people may be at more risk of being infected and/or an adverse outcome if infected.
If individuals in higher risk groups cannot work from home, they should be offered the option of the safest available on-site roles, enabling them to maintain social distancing guidelines (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable). If they cannot maintain social distancing, an individual risk assessment must assess whether this involves an acceptable level of risk.
Those with protected characteristics, including, for example, expectant mothers who are, as always, entitled to suspension on full pay if suitable roles cannot be found.
In order to ensure appropriate support is in place during the pandemic, managers must have thorough and sensitive conversations with their individual team members. The conversations must identify if individuals have any health conditions or risk factors that may place them in any of the higher risk groups or risk factors that may increase the risks for them in undertaking their frontline roles. Individuals are not required to provide detailed information about health conditions to managers. It is for the individuals to choose what information they are prepared to reveal, however individuals must be aware that managers cannot provide adequate controls if they are not informed that someone is in one of the higher risk groups.
Most importantly, the conversations should also, on an ongoing basis, consider the feelings of the individual, particularly about their safety and their mental health. When completing the risk assessment managers must communicate and consult with the individual.
The steps managers take do not have an unjustifiable negative impact on some groups compared to others, for example, those with caring responsibilities or those with religious commitments.
Where possible, working from home should be facilitated.
Providing equipment to better work from home where an individual has ‘Access to work’ or other requirements.
Managers must make every effort to find meaningful work.
Where working from home is not possible consideration should be given to what can be put in place in order to limit exposure to any potential risks.
Putting in place additional social distancing measures, and other risk controls in the workplace.
Consider any adjustments to the role e.g. limiting exposure to the public, working in alternative locations.
Ensure that adequate training regarding infection control, hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene etc has been received and understood and PPE required for the role is in place. (Enhanced PPE is not recommended for vulnerable groups by Public Health England).
Consider travel to work. Can the individual have different start times to accommodate use of public transport or use other means of travel.
Consider different job roles or redeployment to a lower risk activity as a temporary measure. As far as possible this temporary measure should be with the agreement of the individual.
When someone cannot work from home
Where any individual in a higher risk group identifies that they are unable to continue work at home due to home circumstances managers must work with the individual to find a lower risk, suitable alternative.
Managers are asked to ensure that the individual’s views are considered when completing this risk assessment. Individuals can also seek advice and support from a trade union, if they are a member.
Further advice
If when completing an individual risk assessment, sufficient controls cannot be put into place to adequately control the risks identified, further advice may be sought from Health, Safety and Wellbeing Service or Occupational Health Unit, dependant on the issue.
Managers must regularly monitor and review the risk assessment with the individual to ensure that it is operating effectively and adjust accordingly. Individuals should raise any concerns with their manager as soon as possible. | https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Coronavirus/Information-for-providers/Health-and-safety-advice-for-schools/Advice-for-the-completion-of-individual-risk-assessments-for-COVID-19.aspx |
If you look at BizTalk Server from a certain viewpoint you can roughly divide it into three categories: deployment, development, and administration. This post will be on the first category, Deployment, and what has been contributed on TechNet Wiki so far by community members on this category. Now most important part for the BizTalk environment is its foundation: How is BizTalk environment build up! That is why I started the series of blogs in these categories with administration and development first.
As you might have seen the last couple of months the number of BizTalk related wiki articles increased tremendously. On the BizTalk deployment category Microsoft employees, and the BizTalk community have written a couple of strong wiki articles on deployment. Contributors like Trace Young, Thomas W Shinder, Steef-Jan Wiggers, Ed Price and Tord G. Nordahl have written these articles or have contributed to them.
These article dive into some of the vital components for BizTalk like SSO and MSDTC, the roles you need to have clarity on with a BizTalk environment, the BizTalk documentation in general, virtualization, pricing and licensing, The starting point to find all BizTalk related articles is the BizTalk Server Resources on the TechNet Wiki article.
One of the most interesting and highly valuable wiki article on deployment is written by Trace Young and called Recommendations for Installing, Sizing, Deploying, and Maintaining a BizTalk Server Solution.
This article brings together all recommendations concerning a BizTalk deployment. It is definitely an article you have to take by heart when deploying BizTalk environment during the planning, design, and deployment phase.
This was the last post on three BizTalk categories: deployment, development and administration. Each of these posts looked at one of these categories, pointed readers to directions to look for on TechNet wiki and who was involved providing the content. It shows that for all the categories for BizTalk the community and Microsoft collaborated really well.
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As I write this commentary, it seems fatuous to talk about computers. On September 11, I was teaching in a hotel a few blocks from the Pentagon when flight 77 crashed into that building. The flight carried one of my college friends. And, as I know that many of you suffered far worse losses, talking about anything other than that incomprehensible attack seems almost disrespectful. But because I'm not an expert in foreign policy, aviation law, or civil liberties, I think that it'd be even more fatuous and disrespectful for me to think that I could add anything useful to the conversation. So, if you will, permit me this month to talk about another matter that isn't nearly as important, but that carries, I think, some significance and some time-sensitivity for many of us.
From September 4 through 8, I attended TechMentor in San Francisco. This terrific conference is aimed at Windows 2000 and Windows NT administrators, but it has an added certification flavor—a sort of "exam-cram" track that offered Microsoft certification tests at half price. I've never taken any of the MCSE Win2K 2000 certification tests, so this opportunity was a great convenience for me. I live a good distance from a testing center, and I don't care enough about Microsoft certification to drive 45 minutes to a testing center when I have other things to do.
Why don't I care about Microsoft certification? Well, whether it's Novell, Cisco Systems, or Microsoft, a vendor controlling certification on its own product is like a fox guarding the hen house. I like the idea of certification, but I'd prefer that an independent, nonprofit organization conduct the programs.
I'm not criticizing Microsoft; it's a profit-making company exercising its right to expand its brand or franchise and make a few more bucks. My complaint is with personnel and human resources staff members—the folks who hire techies—who have latched on to the MCSE certification as an easy, no-brains way to cull their stacks of resumes. As a result, certification has become a required guild license—a false measure of competence that can deny a capable but uncertified person a job. Whereas many MCSEs are competent or even outstanding, I've met and worked with many people who are NT experts but lack Microsoft's seal of approval. Some of the best contributors to Windows 2000 Magazine do a great job but lack MCSE certification. However, many firms mindlessly choose a freshly certified MCSE boot camper over someone with experience but no certification solely because of the Microsoft imprimatur.
Why, then, did I bother getting certified in NT 4.0 and NT 3.51? Curiosity, and the fact that many people use my books to help study for certification tests (even though I explain that the books aren't exam-cram books; they're how-to-do-your-job books). Although helping people pass the certification exams isn't a job that I asked for, it seems to be one that I have. So I periodically take the tests relevant to my books; I take them cold—no exam crams, no study guides, and no real idea of what the tests will ask.
So I jumped at the chance to take the four core tests all in one place, in one 24-hour period, and at half price. Although I can't relate to you the exact questions, and wouldn't anyway, here are my impressions:
I took the Win2K Professional exam first because I've always found the Workstation tests to be tougher than the Server tests, and I was right. As with NT 4.0 and 3.51 Workstation exams, the Win2K Pro test had a flurry of what-have-you-memorized trivia questions about things that I don't use but would, in the real world, figure out when necessary with a few mouse clicks. "How do you change between input locales, install fonts, or configure Accessibility settings?" Offhand, I don't know, but I guarantee that I could find the answers in 3 minutes with a few mouse clicks. But ask me why my workstation can ping the server but can't log on to the domain, and I suspect I'd find an absence of useful support knowledge. (That question wasn't on the test, but questions such as that are better measures of a person's worth as a problem solver than questions that you can answer with a little bit of research.) The nitpicky nature of many of the questions led me to expect to fail, but you can have a very low score—barely half the questions—and still pass. I wonder what the thought was behind that strategy? Did the test designers know that their questions were arbitrarily picky, and instead of working harder on a better set of questions, they tried to make up for the questions' quality by setting the bar low?
The Win2K Server and Network Infrastructure exams focused on the irrelevant. The Win2K Server test asked a ridiculous number of questions about Win2K's software RAID system. Most people who really need RAID 5 buy a hardware solution, not a software solution. Only about one-fifth of my job as an administrator lies in configuring storage, but the test didn't reflect that. The Network Infrastructure test asked several questions that assumed that large companies use Win2K boxes as their enterprise IP routers. I've never found anyone who uses Win2K's IP routing abilities except for small businesses and test labs. The Directory Services exam was a pretty fair review of Active Directory (AD) elements; Anyone who knows about domains, sites, organizational units (OUs), group policies, and DNS/AD interaction will pass easily,
The tests have a smaller percentage of simple "the sky is (choose one) red/green/blue/orange" questions and a larger percentage of mini-case studies. That's probably the strongest aspect of the tests and shows improvement.
But my biggest complaint about Microsoft certification: As I'm sure you know, Microsoft will decertify all MCSEs who haven't completed their Win2K certification by December 31, 2001. Although I've consulted and taught for all types and sizes of businesses, I've found very few that run AD (although plenty of labs run AD environments); instead, I've found far more NT 4.0-based domains and even NT 4.0 workstations and servers. What's the motivating factor for decertifying these professionals when the product behind their certification is very much alive, well, and in need of support expertise? Sadly, it appears the certification folks are an arm of Microsoft's marketing department.
Microsoft has every right to make this change. The injustice lies with the people outside of Microsoft who have elevated MCSE certification's importance. For those professionals for whom MCSE certification led to a start in the business, I hope that losing their certification won't mean losing their jobs. But in a time of recession, businesses must often make workforce cuts, and what better, cleaner, less arbitrary, nearly lawsuit-proof way than by flushing the newly uncertified?
According to Dian Schaffhauser of 101 Communications, Microsoft only decertified the last of the NT 3.51 MCSEs this past June. It was, in my opinion, reasonable to decertify these professionals because support and use of NT 3.51 is almost completely gone. But why NT 4.0? If anyone's listening at Microsoft, I'd ask you to reconsider. I agree that it was a good idea, business-wise, to try to motivate people to learn Win2K, as they're then more likely to recommend and use the product. But times are tough, and it'd be a shame if decertifying current NT experts made times tougher. And if anyone's listening in the Human Resources departments around the world, please stop using MCSE certification as a touchstone of competence.
Let me close this month by returning briefly to this month's larger events. This newsletter goes out to about 200,000 of you, and although I can't ever know you all, I often get nearly a thousand replies to these commentaries. So I think it's fair to say that if we haven't all become friends, that we're at least good acquaintances. So I hope I'm not presuming too much when I say that I'm thankful for those of you who are still with me, and hope that those who were taken from me—and from all of us—on September 11 have found peace. | https://www.itprotoday.com/management-mobility/microsoft-certification-measure-competence-or-profit-making-scheme |
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory stating they have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.
The advisory describes the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by cybercriminals against targets in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector (HPH) to infect systems with Ryuk ransomware for financial gain. The advisory provides technical details on the threat from Ryuk ransomware and new Trickbot malware modules named Anchor. The anticipated threat posed by this malware and ransomware is using encryption to interfere with a hospital’s access to its systems and ability to provide care and holding a decryption key for ransom.
In addition to the technical details, the advisory identifies steps hospitals and healthcare providers should take to protect themselves from this cybercrime threat. Those steps include maintaining an up-to-date business continuity plan and other best practices.
Network Best Practices
Patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as manufacturers release updates.
Check configurations for every operating system version for HPH organization-owned assets to prevent issues from arising that local users are unable to fix due to local administration being disabled.
Regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts and avoid reusing passwords for different accounts.
Use multi-factor authentication (MFA) where possible.
Disable unused remote access or Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and monitor remote access or RDP logs.
Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with the least privilege necessary in mind.
Audit logs to ensure new accounts are legitimate.
Ransomware Best Practices
CISA, FBI, and HHS do not recommend paying ransoms.
Regularly back up data, air gap, and password-protect backup copies offline.
Implement a recovery plan to maintain and retain multiple copies of sensitive or proprietary data and servers in a physically separate, secure location.
User Awareness Best Practices
Focus on awareness and training. Because end users are targeted, make employees and stakeholders aware of the threats (such as ransomware and phishing scams) and how they are delivered.
Provide users training on information security principles and techniques as well as overall emerging cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.
Ensure that employees know who to contact when they see suspicious activity or when they believe they have been a victim of a cyberattack.
The advisory notes that addressing the risks posed by malware and ransomware attacks will be particularly challenging for hospitals and healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have questions about this advisory or how best to assess and manage the risks identified in the advisory, please contact a Jackson Lewis attorney. | https://www.healthcareworkplaceupdate.com/policies/federal-agencies-issue-joint-alert-on-imminent-cybercrime-threat-to-healthcare-providers/ |
Now the Colonial Oil Pipeline was shut down due to a ransomware attack from Russia’s DarkSide hacking cell, possibly a state-sponsored entity. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems control the equipment and machines that provide the electricity, water, oil and gas that we use every day. These systems monitor these structures for capacity, pressure and flow control. They are designed to control these critical infrastructure machines and to ensure that they remain operating at peak efficiency, and when a problem does occur, they are designed to take that system off-line, alert and compensate. So you can imagine if such systems are compromised, what havoc and chaos can occur.
The current gas shortage/outage is a prime example. Critical infrastructure and control systems and all associated computer, network and wireless devices, including cell phones, should always require the best defense-in-depth cybersecurity that companies and organizations can provide.
Colonial Pipeline will eventually discover the root cause of the ransomware. It will likely turn out that Colonial didn’t employ defense-in-depth cybersecurity. Here is a list of basic defense-in-depth Cybersecurity actions that can be reasonably deployed in a short, cost-effective period of time:
1. Keep your computer OS current and patched.
2. Install virus and web protection on all your devices and keep it up-to-date.
3. Use a company-approved VPN solution for remote access.
4. Change your passphrase every 90 days.
5. Change the default password for routers and all network devices.
6. Change the default access ports for all network devices.
14. Establish an Insider Threat Officer and training program.
15. Establish annual employee Cybersecurity training and testing.
16. Make sure employees know who to contact on your security staff if they have questions about suspicious emails or websites.
17. Do vendor surveys to make sure they are meeting or exceeding your network security and data access requirements.
State-sponsored hackers are here to stay. They employ a technique called probe and record. Simply put, they will attack public and private infrastructure to see how far they can get. They will record what defensive measures have been put in place, what defensive measures they did not encounter, and if there was any offensive response. This helps them build attack profiles across every sector, both private and government. By employing cybersecurity defense-in-depth measures and practices, we can stop hostile actors from shutting down critical systems and infrastructure in the future.
Mark Khan is a senior information assurance cybersecurity consultant in Tampa.
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Russian hackers are attacking the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system, leaving thousands of Department of Defense (DOD) workers without email for nearly two weeks, a DOD spokeswoman confirmed.
Officials believe Moscow may have orchestrated the “sophisticated cyberattack,” which infiltrated the Joint Chiefs of Staff email system sometime around July 25, according to multiple reports.
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The Pentagon’s cybersecurity team quickly shut down the system and has been working since to revamp and relaunch the network. Roughly 4,000 workers have been without email during that time.
Officials said no classified networks were accessed.
"Joint Staff unclassified networks for all users are currently down," a DOD spokeswoman said. "We continue to identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks across our networks. With those goals in mind, we have taken the Joint Staff network down and continue to investigate."
The digital intrusion is possibly tied to a Russian hacking group, known as APT29, that was recently profiled in a report from security firm FireEye, NBC News reported.
That team uses a tactic called Hammertoss that allows hackers to clandestinely communicate with malware that has already infected a computer system, allowing it to remain undetected. The strategy, FireEye said, reveals a “discipline and consistency” that is nearly unmatched by other top-notch hacking groups.
An official told CNN that the methods used to crack the Pentagon’s network were something government investigators had not seen previously.
The Joint Staff cyberattack is far from the first time Russia-based hackers were suspected in major intrusions at top government agencies.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter revealed in April that Russian hackers had broken into the DOD’s unclassified networks for a brief moment. Late last year, suspected Moscow-backed hackers also got into both the State Department and White House networks, accessing sensitive materials such as President Obama’s personal schedule. Both agencies spent months trying to kick out the cyber invaders.
DOD officials hope to have the Joint Staff email system running again on Thursday.
"Our top priority is to restore services as quickly as possible," the DOD spokeswoman said.
Lawmakers said the incident is further evidence of the government's deficient cyber defenses.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) called the reports "deeply concerning. "It’s unacceptable that the Obama administration has not yet addressed these serious holes in our nation’s security," he said in a statement Thursday.
He is urging Congress to move on cybersecurity legislation. The upper chamber on Wednesday was forced to punt a major cyber bill after failing to reach a bipartisan deal in the final days before the August recess.
"We need to take concrete steps to prioritize the strengthening of our nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure," Daines said. | https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/250461-russian-hackers-crack-pentagon-email-system |
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