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France left Donetsk with a single point, despite dominating the English for the most part in their Group D opener. Roy Hodgson's men put on an organized defensive display to withstand the barrage of French attacks, and Oxlade-Chamberlain shared with the Arsenal official website that he had no problems curbing his attacking instincts for the sake of the team's aims.
"In tournament football there are going to be periods in the game where you're up against world-class players in opposition teams and won't get a lot of the ball," he stated.
"You've just got to make sure you get the right result - and sometimes you've got to win ugly, as they say. We have got a lot of quality in our team, but France showed lots of quality as well."
Laurent Blanc's squad are widely considered to be England's biggest challenge, and observers are now backing the Three Lions to nick three points in their upcoming fixture against Sweden.
Although the Swedes failed to impress in their opening game against Ukraine, the Gunners winger believes it would be foolish to underestimate their opposition.
"Every game in this competition is going to be very hard for us, teams wouldn't have qualified unless they had the quality in the first place. So we're approaching every game the same way and know it will be tough, but we have the ability to do damage to anyone on our day," Oxlade-Chamberlain said.
"As long as we keep approaching each game in the right way and keep our eye on our goals, working hard and matching each team we come up against, then hopefully our attacking prowess can come out."
Little over a year ago he was playing in League One for Southampton and has made only six Barclays Premier League starts for Arsenal.
Oxlade-Chamberlain said: "It was a massive honour for me to get out there and represent my country in a competition like this.
"It was a nice surprise but one I needed to expect and be ready for when it came.
"But look, I'm only 18. Any chance I get, I'll try and take with two hands. I'm always learning from the boys around me. I'm grateful for any chance I get.
"There are really good players in all positions and there are a lot of competition for places and I'm sure there will be squad rotation.
"We've got the players to do it and there is a lot of physical demands from game to game.
"There is a lot of competition for places and whether I keep my place, is not for me to say. | http://enriqued-infosec.blogspot.com/2012/06/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-result-is-all.html |
I got the blue screen of death as I was drafting a new post this evening. This required me to manually turn my computer off with the power supply switch as even the reset button wasn't working. I waited several seconds and hit the switch again to turn it on, but to my chagrin nothing happened. No whirring fans, no spinning hard drive, no blue LED light emitting from the case... nothing. I tried in vain to flip the switch off and on again in the foolish hope that the power supply would mysteriously heal itself.
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Threatpost talks to HackerOne CEO Marten Mickos on the EU’s funding of open source bug bounty programs, how a company can start a program, and the next generation of bounty hunters.
The bug bounty landscape continues to change along with the concept and rules around vulnerability disclosure. Meanwhile, companies such as GitHub, Microsoft and others continue to keep pace, launching or expanding bounty programs. Even the European Commission is getting in on the action. On January 14, it launched its own bug bounty program for free open source projects that EU institutions rely on.
Making matters worse is a new breed of cybercriminals that target an evolving IoT device landscape. Threatpost editor Lindsey O’Donnell discusses the challenges and opportunities behind bug bounty programs with HackerOne CEO Marten Mickos, as well as the evolving landscape.
Mickos: Pretty good. I love it here in Boston.
TP: Yeah, we’re getting a little bit of cold weather. But it could be worse. So why don’t you introduce yourself and HackerOne, for those who might not know about the company.
Mickos: I’m Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne. HackerOne is the company that organizes bug bounty programs and what’s called vulnerability disclosure programs. So in essence, we are the world’s largest provider of hacker-powered security, meaning security services provided by freelance, security researchers, and experts that we just call hackers because we believe in the power of hackers, and we think hackers are good.
TP: So I feel like bug bounty programs have really been gaining traction over the past few years, especially with the concept of vulnerability disclosure really evolving. What have you been seeing, from your perspective, throughout 2018? And what are some of the big trends that we should be keeping an eye on in 2019.
Mickos: Bug bounty programs started in the tech sector and primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now it’s spreading all over the world, and we see very strong interest from the government side. So the government is eager to run bug bounty programs to recommend them to everybody, even to mandate them to some. Like in the “Hack The DHS” act that passed in December 2018, they mandated DHS to run a bug bounty program. So we’re seeing how society now accepts that the best way to find what’s wrong with your system is to ask the world around you.
TP: What about the demographics that you’re seeing with some of the bounty hunters? Is there any popular type of age range? What are you seeing there.
Mickos: We have over 300,000 hackers signed up on the platform. So we have every type of person in that community. But if you look at the large groups, we have noted that nearly half of them are 25 or younger. So it’s a very young generation, the youngest are 14 years old. It takes them a year or two to get the hang of it, and start producing good vulnerability reports. So there’s a lot of that. When you look at what they do for a living or what their day job is, if they’re young, they are students in school or college. Many of them have a security job at daytime and this is an evening or a weekend hobby. And then we have some full time bug hunters who do nothing but hunt bugs.
Mickos: Very good question. IoT certainly is different when it comes to bug bounty programs. And we see them come and go, and we have a good number of them on HackerOne, but it hasn’t taken fully off yet. And one reason is that if you run a bug bounty program for an IoT product, you need to get the product in the hands of the hackers and we have shipped out a lot of different devices to hackers all over the world. So we know how to do it, but it hasn’t really taken on yet. That’s one thing. The other thing for an IoT vendor is that once they find a vulnerability and fix it, they have to roll out the fix as well. So they need to have a product that can be activated from afar or updated from afar and that’s another hurdle for them to overcome before they can be fully successful with the bug bounty program.
TP: Should be interesting to see where that goes in the coming years.
Mickos: Absolutely and of course, this is an area where the government is very active, because IoT devices typically are used by consumers. So it’s a question of protection of the integrity of consumers and the privacy of consumer so it becomes a legal responsibility at some point.
TP: That’s really interesting. So, something that came up in the news recently, was the EU announcing that they would fund programs for finding bugs in, was it 14 open source projects? Just an array of open source projects. Can you talk a little bit about that and kind of the hope there.
Mickos: We have done a number of programs for the European Commission for a while already. And this is a new initiative they call EU FOSSA, where they’ve selected open source projects that may not have the funding themselves to run a bug bounty program, and EU is funding the program on behalf of them. So it’s a very good way of going to the heart of the problem, which is open source libraries and products that are used all over the place, but there isn’t necessarily an organization or funding to fix the security vulnerabilities. But now there is.
TP: Right. What kind of challenges are you seeing right now in the bug bounty landscape? I know a couple of people in the infosec space have mentioned concerns about companies relying solely on bug bounty programs. Do you see that as a challenge? Do you see any other challenges that the landscape needs to overcome at this point?
Mickos: The only challenge is the hunt for the bug and the difficulty in finding them, and we always find them. Everything else is manageable and can be handled, there are always detractors who will say that this or that is not working. It’s not true. We are seeing it very clearly in the statistics of our programs, that the rate at which it is growing, the rate at which feed people are fixing the bugs, we are making huge progress all the time, hackers are making good money on this. Products are getting more secure, architectures are getting fixed, this is the only way we can fix our digital society. And we will stumble a little bit on the way there. But those are small, small problems in the grand scheme of things because we are fixing the world.
TP: What are you most excited for in 2019 about the bug bounty landscape – any specific programs to look out for anything else?
Mickos: I always get so excited by the hackers themselves, like the fact that we can have somebody as young as 14 on the platform, filing a report, fixing software that a much older software developer developed. And it gives me this conviction and belief and evidence that the future generation, they know how to fix what’s broken, and they will make sure we have a good future. I think it’s endless optimism and sort of positive vibes in that.
TP: Speaking of that, I’m sure you saw the news of the Apple FaceTime bug that was discovered earlier this week, or I guess it was discovered weeks ago, essentially by a teenager. So I mean, it’s just another example of someone who is of the next generation who is really coming out and finding these bugs.
Mickos: But there’s sort of a bigger question: We must trust the young, we must give the young responsibility, we must give them recognition when they do something useful, and then they will do more useful stuff.
TP: Great point. Alright, well, thank you so much, Martin. | https://threatpost.com/video-hackerone-ceo-on-the-evolving-bug-bounty-landscape/142128/ |
Analysts believe that a sophisticated backdoor, called “Dino,” which has been linked to the Animal Farm cyberespionage group, is the handiwork of French speaking developers.
On Tuesday, ESET malware researcher Joan Calvet detailed the company's findings in a blog post analysis, noting that very little is actually known about Dino's victims “except that they were located in Iran in 2013.”
Back in March, Kaspersky Lab revealed that the Animal Farm spy group has been active since at least 2009 and has been observed exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities. In addition to Dino, Animal Farm has used other tools to compromise targets, including Bunny, NBot, Casper and Babar.
After further analyzing the backdoor Dino, ESET's Calvet wrote that the threat “can be described as an elaborate backdoor built in a modular fashion.” “Among its technical innovations, there is a custom file system to execute commands in a stealthy fashion, and a complex task-scheduling module working in a similar way to the ‘cron' Unix command. Interestingly, the binary contains a lot of verbose error messages, allowing us to see Dino's developers' choice of wording. Also, a few technical artifacts suggest that Dino was authored by native French speakers,” Calvet said.
The researcher listed seven modules contained in the Dino binary, including modules for configuration storage, uploading and downloading files, command execution, and scheduling tasks. He also noted that Dino “heavily relies” on a custom data structure called “DataStore,” in which all of Dino's modules store their content. Calvet later added that the malware accepts a long list of commands, including ones to retrieve reconnaissance information from the infected machine, uninstall Dino using the custom file system, search for files whose names match given patterns, scheduling file transfers to the command-and-control server, and scheduling the malware to “wake-up” after a certain time period.
Calvet also shared indicators that Dino's developers are French speaking authors: one being that Dino's binary “contains a resource whose language code value is 1036,” which denotes the French language is in use; and the fact that French text was included in Dino's GnuMP code.
With regard to the language code value used, Calvet noted that a “non-French speaking developer could have deliberately set this value to mislead attribution efforts," but this didn't appear to be the case, here.
“...in more recent Animal Farm binaries (for example Casper), this language code has been set to the classical English (USA) language code. Therefore, it seems that Animal Farm developers forgot to set this value in their first creations, realized their mistake at some point, and decided to set a standard value. Someone using the language code as a false flag would have likely kept the strategy going,” he explained.
Overall, Calvet warned that Dino's binary “shows an intense development effort, from custom data structures to a homemade file system."As with other Animal Farm binaries, it bears the mark of professional and experienced developers," he wrote. | https://www.scmagazine.com/news/cyberespionage/researchers-analyze-backdoor-dino-linked-to-animal-farm-spy-group |
I am not studying for CEH but want to set up a lab to gain more hands on experience of tools like Nessus, Metasploit, WireShark, Kismet, Webscarab, BurpSuite, Nikto, Tcpdump, IBM AppScan etc. I also want to get insights into real life usage and application of these Vulnerability scanning and pen testing techniques in big organizations so would love to discuss, learn or hear about the practical aspects.
1. has anyone seen any comprehensive video showing all or most of above? (hands on type, not just the theory) 2. Do we have anyone here who can walk me through the using webex or gotomeeting etc. and help me setup the lab? I do have a lab set up already with some of the above mentioned tools but need compromised network
binarysoul, Khohezion , TheFORCE and SteveLavoieFirst of all Thanks for replying.
Cybrary and Youtube have lots of videos but not of actual demos running vuln scans and pen testing. I do have lab, still setting it up, but have already setup vm player, virtual box, several images of win xp win 7 and win 10, owasp top 10 etc. Will look at vulnhub next. I will also check out TheForce's thread for further details.
However what I was expecting to see from a video (example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCZDeRZm0xc&list=PL-_nNkvg3XpEaw5fInsjRqiM6mESoubRc) was to see some sort of real life vulnerability scan and secondly find out if it is possible to scan a pre configured network so I dont have to load each vm individually and scan it.
As you can see from video series example i posted above, this person has posted videos of actual actions being performed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0TjqymcCA&index=5&list=PL-_nNkvg3XpEaw5fInsjRqiM6mESoubRc
I am looking for similar vulnerability scanning and pen testing video. I have found videos of nikto/nessus in action but is it not possible to find one video showing most popular vuln scans in action by someone who studied this part of ceh? | https://community.infosecinstitute.com/discussion/129687/any-udemy-course-demonstrating-hands-on-vulnerability-assessment-and-pen-testing |
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Three months after a laptop breach put the personal information of millions of active duty service people at risk, another computer containing the personal information of veterans has gone missing.
The VA was notified last week that a subcontractor, Unisys Corporation, hired to assist in insurance collections for veterans' medical centers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, lost a desktop computer from its offices.
The personal information of about 38,000 veterans is now at risk, according to VA figures.
VA has launched an investigation into the incident, and has dispatched a team to Unisys' offices to assist in the search for the missing PC and to determine what information was on it.
The VA said in a Monday statement that it believes the records affect people who received treatment at the two medical centers in the past four years.
The names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, insurance carriers, dates of military service and claims data of people who received treatment at the centers may have been on the computer.
Ron O'Brien, senior security analyst for Sophos, said changing human behavior is integral in preventing many lost or stolen computers.
"When you look at these breaches, human error can only be corrected by changing people's behavior," he said. "We can change things from a technical standpoint, but we can only do so much as far as behavior goes."
Two Maryland men were arrested last week after they allegedly stole a laptop containing the personal details of both veterans and active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The information was never breached, according to a federal investigation.
A VA representative could not be reached for comment, but R. James Nicholson, secretary of Veterans Affairs, promised progress in the investigation via a prepared statement.
"VA is making progress to reform its information technology and cybersecurity procedures, but this report of a missing computer at a subcontractor's secure building underscores the complexity of the work ahead as we establish VA as a leader in data and information security," he said.
Brandon Hoff, chief marketing officer at CipherOptics, said criminals are now aware at the large amounts of money they can make through the sale of personal information.
"All of that can be wroth a lot of money," he said. "We're really seeing people take advantage of the fact that they can make a lot of money with that information." | https://www.scmagazine.com/news/architecture/now-a-va-subcontractors-computer-is-missing |
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The meteoric rise of Locky ransomware this year has not completely supplanted the distribution of the notorious Dridex malware, according to a new report from Proofpoint.
Experts have noted a drop in activity since mid-June when Necurs, one of the botnets operated by the Dridex gang, the bad actors said to be behind the Dridex banking trojan, was shuttered for a short time.
But activity revived by mid-August, when tens of thousands of messages were sent out, the Proofpoint researchers said, primarily targeting financial services and manufacturing organizations in the U.K., Australia, France and the U.S. The emails arrived with Microsoft Word attachments whose macros were infected so that when a victim clicked on the link, Dridex was downloaded. The messages were targeting particularly back-end payment processing and transfer, point-of-sale (POS), and remote management applications.
To prevent companies from becoming a victim of Dridex or other malware that is being distributed via malicious office documents, Swiss CERT recommends the following actions:
• For payments or wire transfer issued via ebanking, make use of collective contracts.
• Use a dedicated computer for ebanking.
• Block the receipt of dangerous email attachments on your email gateway. These include: .js, .jar, .bat, .exe, .cpl, .scr, .com, .pif, .vbs, .psl • Make sure that such dangerous email attachments are also blocked, if they are sent to recipients in your company in archive files or in encrypted archive files.
• In addition, all email attachments containing macros should be blocked on the email gateway as well.
While, the researchers at the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security provider detected a slowdown in activity in email message volumes, it appears as though in choosing a new geographic target area, Switzerland, the miscreants behind the malware are shifting their focus to a narrower, but more lucrative target.
Earlier this month, the Proofpoint team detected various Dridex campaigns with Microsoft Word .docm attachments focused on Swiss financial institutions with subject lines and attachments written in German.
"The recent shift to more targeted distribution and a growing set of capabilities suggest that Dridex may be taking on a new life even as the high-volume campaigns shift to distributing almost exclusively Locky and its associated payloads," the researchers said. "While these large campaigns may have saturated many target countries, Dridex actors are still looking to monetize the malware by targeting a smaller number of large organizations, many in financial services."
The criminals behind this latest onslaught have weaponized these documents with a malicious macro, according to Swiss Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team. The macro downloads Dridex from a compromised website, should a recipient open the Office document, the CERT explained. "The spam campaigns that are distributing Dridex do not originate from a spam botnet, but rather from compromised email accounts. Therefore the attackers manage to bypass many spam filters and hence ensure that the email gets delivered to the recipient."
Many of the recent high-profile data breaches were the result of PoS systems being targeted. The incursions into Oracle's MICROS, HEI Hotels and last week's breach at Eddie Bauer were all achieved by cyberthieves going after POS systems.
The Proofpoint researchers concluded that the actors behind this continuing campaign are focusing attention on specific targets that can most benefit their efforts, namely back-end payment software. Further, they are using trojans to automatically select these targets and then permitting their clients to choose which malware to download. | https://www.scmagazine.com/news/breach/dridex-on-the-loose-again-this-time-in-switzerland |
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Entrepreneurs are vulnerable to scammers fraudulently using their identities just like the rest of us. But for business owners, the stakes can be greater. Here’s how crooks target businesses and what you can do to prevent business identity theft.
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But for business owners, the stakes can be greater, as they can also be affected by business identity theft.
Most people think about identity theft happening to individuals, but it can also be a big risk for small businesses, says Mary Ann Strout, senior product manager for Experian Business Information Services.
Business identity theft occurs when a criminal uses information from the business such as its employer identification number (EIN), state business registration or credit profile to impersonate that business and commit fraud.
A scammer might set up wire transfers out of the company’s accounts, open new business entities in the business’s name, issue fake invoices or even charge thousands of dollars of equipment on the company’s credit card.
“The modern-day criminal has realized that businesses have more data than an individual to take advantage of, so they want to get to the business entity, not just to the owner,” says James Harrison, CEO of Invisus, a company that provides cybersecurity solutions for businesses.
A scammer may also be able to do more damage through business identity theft than he would by targeting a consumer, since businesses are likely to make multiple transactions in the normal course of business.
The consequences of business identity theft can be catastrophic for a small firm. Not only might it cost the business income, but it could hurt the business’s credit score and lead to trouble with the IRS.
If a business faces significant cash flow issues as a result of business identity theft, that might cause it to default on other financial obligations, which could in turn further harm the company’s reputation.
Once scammers get what they can from the company, they may set their sights on employees and customers by selling their personal data, which puts them at risk of personal identity theft, Harrison adds.
Business identity theft probably happens more frequently than we know because many business owners don’t want potential customers to know they’ve been a victim, says Mary Ellen Seale, founder of the National Cybersecurity Society, an organization that focuses on keeping small businesses safe online.
The modern-day criminal has realized that businesses have more data than an individual to take advantage of, so they want to get to the business entity, not just to the owner.
While no company is 100% safe, a business’s risk may vary based on the number of employees it has and the number of customers it serves.
For example, “a small mom-and-pop flower shop is generally mostly concerned about credit card fraud versus a small real estate firm that might have thousands of customers and lots of sensitive information,” says Robert Siciliano, a cybersecurity expert for financial services company ETFMG.
In some cases, businesses can become victims through no fault of their own, Seale says. A lot of information about businesses is public record, such as business licensing and registration data. Also, many states are woefully behind when it comes to having systems in place to protect sensitive information about the companies in that state, Seale says.
While there are protections in place to protect consumers, the same doesn’t hold true for businesses, Seale adds.
”If you have a fraudulent charge on your Visa, you just call up your bank and say, ‘Hey, I didn’t charge this,’ and they immediately take it off thanks to the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” she said. “Well, businesses can’t call the bank because the bank is going to say, ‘prove to me that you didn’t make that charge or that one of your employees didn’t do that.’”
Monitor your business credit report. Monitoring services like Experian’s Business Credit Advantage will allow you to spot unusual activity such as new accounts, new business information or inquiries, Strout says.
Ways to prevent business ID theft
While you can’t eliminate your risk of being targeted, there are steps you can take to minimize the risks.
Take security precautions. Shred documents that have sensitive information and make sure staff members understand the importance of using strong passwords and updating them frequently.
Use cybersecurity software on computers. Other ways to protect yourself include using two-factor authentication and making sure Wi-Fi connections are properly encrypted, Siciliano says.
Use the expertise of professionals. Have a business credit monitoring service look out for any changes to your business’s credit and watch out for business identity theft. Another option is to have a cybersecurity professional do an assessment of your business’s risks, Harrison suggests. “Get the data, understand where you’re at and then you can make smart decisions on moving forward.”
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The issue is that many websites are built by organisations and/or individuals who know enough to make something work - they have the skill to produce fancy images and mobile friendly interactions, but they know very little of how data should be stored, how security certificates should be deployed or how databases should be managed.
This problem is endemic in an industry where so many designers, coders and website creators run with the approach that "it displays in my browser, therefore it works". Often not realising there's a problem until the data has been stolen, the website has been compromised and the web designer is left closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
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MSC detected/quarantined a file today that I am certain is a False Positive.
It is the program file for an older version of CCleaner (v. 2.27) from Piriform that was in my downloads folder.
I have restored the file and attached it as a password-protected zip file (password = "infected").
To submit samples for review, there is a process that can be followed to insure everything gets safely to McAfee Labs. Please see http://vil.nai.com/vil/submit-sample.aspx for how to submit samples.
If it's a false, McAfee will remove the detection from future DATs and you may receive an extra.dat to suppress the detection on your machine, until that happens.
That entire webimmune submission process is a flail (have attempted it multiple times in the past, and cannot even set up an account).
And frankly, I don't have the time to flail on it again right now.
I have submitted the file by email (zipped, password-protected) to [email protected].
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Cheryl Hayman, a non-executive director of Australian manufacturer Shriro, has discovered this for herself after the business was subject to such a breach last month.
In a new iTnews Digital Nation mini-documentary about cybersecurity and boards (watch it at the start of this story), Hayman outlines the questions that came to mind immediately after the breach.
“The first question we all asked was, ‘how did it happen? Do we know how they got in, what data did they get? Has there been a ransom ask? Do we know anything at all about the threat actors?’, which is a new term that I've discovered, who are effectively criminals. ‘What are our duties as directors personally, as well as what's the business piece, what's the insurance cover, who are the experts we need to bring in?’” Hayman says.
Experiences like those at Shriro reinforce calls for boards to recognise the importance of treating cybersecurity as a critical and current risk.
Cyber threats have rocketed to the top of corporate risk registries in recent years, leaving the days of tick-a-box compliance far behind. These days, boards are expected to be able to interrogate the issue of cybersecurity effectively and are required to ensure the right policies and responses are in place.
But as Mike Tyson famously observed, everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Roger Sharp, the co-founder of investment advisory firm North Ridge Partners and the chair of two large Australian listed businesses in the finance and travel sectors, says, “If you're considering this once a month, for a nanosecond, you’ve got it wrong. But if you have risk processes, and a risk committee or an audit and risk committee set up that spends time on this, you'll quickly understand that it is a many headed beast.”
Sharp has strong knowledge of technology and business through his work at North Ridge Partners. But that makes him somewhat unique as a director in the large listed company community in Australia.
Few directors attain their board positions due to any deep knowledge of cybersecurity. Instead, they rely on advice from managers and subject matter experts, including Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs).
Robert Mitchell, CISO for deputy.com, says it is important to communicate the risks to directors in ways that encourage them to engage with the issue.
According to Mitchell, “Most of the directors and most of the people that are sitting at that board level, if you start having a conversation with them about things like threat profiles, they're going to switch off, they're actually not going to be interested in that." They want to know that everything is under control, he says.
“But the language of risk and the language of threat is fundamentally negative. It's about containment. It's about management. It's about insurance, it's about loss prevention,” Mitchell says. He argues that such conversations may not be the most effective.
“So the most common tactic that I've used to try and get success about interesting things like risk management, or cyber threat, is to talk about it as a growth opportunity. A lot of what we do within security is around threat management and about making changes to make things more secure. But an awful lot of what we do in security is also fundamentally about making things more efficient," he says.
Red flags
The growing cost of cybersecurity is certainly one more reason for boards to engage directly with the subject. But of course, the key reason is business risk.
Claire Pales, along with Anna Leibel, literally wrote the book on cyber risk and boards, which is titled The Secure Board and was published earlier this year. She says there are three red flags directors should keep an eye out for.
“One of them would be if the board has to chase information – if they are not receiving information on a regular basis.
“The second one would be that they don’t know what the strategy is, and they don’t know what risk-based investments have been made.
“As a board, they want to understand the current risk position, and the future or target risk position, and what's the strategy to get there. So, if they're interrogating the executives for information around that strategy, that's another red flag,” Pales says.
The third red flag, which Pales regards as the most important, is if boards have to discover for themselves what they are expected to do in the face of a crisis.
“If they don't feel well versed in the incident response process, they don't know what their role would be, they don't understand the timing – would they be alerted within two hours of an incident being declared? Or a day? Or, if at all? Are they even in the incident response plan as a director?" Pales asks.
Pales says it's not just about the operations of the business. “How's that going to impact their customers and potentially the broader community?” she asks.
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There are many routes you can take to kickstart your career Cyber security. Unfortunately, that leaves people at a disarray as they don't know where to start due to the many options. Have you heard of Analysis Paralysis, where we overanalyze or overthink a situation which causes our action or decision-making to become "paralyzed".
I've experienced it, and let me tell you, it's no fun, and somewhat draining. The irony right? So here are a few things you can do to move yourself forward into the industry.
Get Certified Get Ahead by Darril Gibson is the first book I laid my hands on. This book covers the fundamentals and also prepares you for the Security+ certification. Not only does it provide the basics, it's also an easy and interesting read for someone new to the field. It's not overloaded with excessive industry talk, but covers the important topics in a concise and simple way for the prospective cyber warrior.
Cybrary.it - Cybrary Offers free IT and Cybersecurity training. Courses are taught by well experienced professionals in the industry.
SANS Cyber Aces - SANS is one of the most trusted and the largest organization for information security training and security certification in the world. They offer free online courses.
Professor Messer - Professor Messer is the CompTIA training guru. You can access all his videos via Youtube and study materials on his site. This is a great resource for anyone preparing for a compTIA exam (A+, Network+, Security+, or Cisco training). Most videos never goes over 20 minutes, which makes it the perfect resource while on the go.
Developing a skill can be a great way to set yourself apart. Your skill can be automating processes with the programming language python, which can be useful in a Security Operations center.
You can have extensive knowledge and practice in Cloud Security. According to Techgenix, "It is a highly coveted skill as the number of cloud attacks is ever increasing".
Lastly, participating in virtual labs and hacking challenges is another way to put your knowledge to use. A few offerings are Hack the Box, Try Hack Me, and Coursera for Cybersecur
Join a Network (It's time to get connected)
Start immersing yourself in the space with like minded people building their Cyber repertoire such as, experienced professionals, cybersecurity students, and groups. Networking is King, it's in the name. Utilize your social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter). Many opportunities can come from networking online. Here is one tip when networking, do your research on a persons page, website, and look at what they have provided to the public, before reaching out to someone and asking for advice. Many times the answers we seek have already been provided, and asking redundant questions will probably get you glazed over.
It's not to be taken personal, but rather, understand many people who provide Cyber content and resources are probably getting bombarded even though they have provided so much for you to learn and build from.
Bring value. You might be thinking, "Well...How do I bring value if I have no experience?" You can choose to volunteer with a group, participate in their offerings and/or share their resources. Never just reach out to a person to just receive, collaborative effort is what builds long lasting rapport.
There you have it, a few ways to start your journey into the industry. Be intentional with your browsing, Stop thinking about it and Just do it. Learn, take action, connect, and collaborate. | https://www.thecyco.com/post/cybersecurity-career |
Another hijacked homepage.... help please
My homepage keeps resetting to c:\searchpage.html. I've tried spybot, ad-aware no joy. I've been checking out the other problems in this forum but they seem to be a little different. I have attached the log from HijackThis, hope you can help....
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\P2P Networking\P2P Networking.exe
C:\Program Files\Altnet\Points Manager\Points Manager.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
Consider removing the p2p software. It's a sure bet to get reinfected if you dont.
Reboot to complete the removal process and post a fresh log.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
O4 - Startup: SpywareGuard.lnk = C:\Program Files\SpywareGuard\sgmain.exe
O8 &Google Search - res://C:\Program Files\Google\googletoolbar.dll/cmsearch.html
After unzipped go to the desktop. Open the pv folder. Double click on the runme.bat
A dos window will open. Please select option 1 for explorer dll's by typing 1 and then pressing enter.
Notepad will open with a log in it. Please copy and paste the log into this post.
Press "Check for Update" and download any new updates available.
Close ALL browser windows or it may not work! Unzip it to a convenient location such as your Desktop and select "Fix" (do not just Scan). It will automatically remove the infections.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\EPSON\EBAPI\SAgent2.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\AdvTools\NPROTECT.EXE
O8 &iSearch The Web - res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\iSearch\toolbar.dll/SEARCH.HTML
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Kazaa\kazaa.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
You have to remove this key. The value of this key may look blank for you, but it is not. They hide the value so you can't see it. This registry key tells Windows to load the trojan DLL every time ANY application is run giving it complete control to do whatever it wants. So you need to remove it so that the trojan DLL cannot load and keep re-infecting your pc.
The way to remove the registry key is not obvious. If you just delete it from regedit, since the trojan DLL is loaded, it will re-add it right back. (Try it. Delete the AppInit_DLLs registry key and hit F5. Notice that it's added right back by the trojan). So what you have to do is the following which worked for me.
P2P applications (and the process itself) opens you up to a wide array of infections. Consider uninstalling.
Run HijackThis, place a checkmark next to the following items. Close ALL other windows and browsers except HijackThis. Click "fix checked". | http://forums.devshed.com/antivirus-protection-117/hijacked-homepage-help-please-144105.html |
Every business works better when you can spend less time worrying and more time producing.
Many companies still use what could be considered the “old way” of protecting the computers on their office network. This outdated method of protecting office computers from viruses involves installing individual copies of antivirus software on each machine. This means that updates are the responsibility of each employee, and their frequency could vary depending on work schedules and individual diligence.
Requiring each employee to maintain their own antivirus programs is not the most efficient or effective way to keep your company data safe from viruses and malware. All it takes is for one person to have an outdated version for the entire company to be vulnerable to a breach.
Fortunately, you know that do-it-yourself antivirus software is not your only option. Managed antivirus software provides your business with consistent, reliable protection from viruses and malware. It also lifts the burden of maintaining updates from your employees.
What is Managed Antivirus?
Your managed antivirus is a centrally-managed software option that protects all of the computers at your business from virus threats. Because it updates programs automatically, your employees do not need to update or scan their machines on their own. Viruses and malware found by this software are immediately quarantined without requiring action from your staff. Everyone in your business has the most up-to-date versions at all times.
The “managed” part of managed antivirus means that your IT provider installs the software on your computers and other devices and schedules regular scans to check for issues. Your provider also makes sure your antivirus programs are updated and monitors the health of your network. That means you and your staff can focus on your business goals, knowing that someone is constantly monitoring your network.
Benefits of Managed Antivirus
Obviously, being able to focus on your core business without worrying about the security of your data is a win. But your managed antivirus solution has other benefits as well, including:
Central management – Entrusting your antivirus management to a single source means that every device in your system has the most current versions.
Consistent security – Your employees cannot turn off or uninstall a managed antivirus solution.
Continuous monitoring – Your service provider regularly scans your system and applies patches and updates behind the scenes.
Rapid response – Viruses and malware are a constant threat, and your service provider can address and remove these threats quickly.
Regular updates – System-wide updates of virus definitions happen automatically and routinely.
Cost-effective pricing – Per-user pricing of a single solution is typically more economical than individual licenses.
Why are Antivirus Updates So Important?
Individually-licensed antivirus solutions rely on users to manually update virus definitions or run virus scans. As long as these updates require this kind of action, there is potential for failure. Computer viruses spread quickly. They can ride along as an attachment to an email, or they can lie hidden on an innocent-looking web page. All it takes is for one person to click a link or download a file, and you’re in for a headache. One machine can infect your entire network.
Viruses and malware are dangerous because they are always changing. How widespread are these threats? Very! In fact, in 2017, malware variants increased by 88%. The cyber criminals who create these nasty bits of code are always looking for vulnerabilities, and they create viruses that can adapt quickly. That’s why it’s important to keep your virus definitions updated. If you rely on individuals to keep their antivirus software updated, you are tempting fate. Not everyone will update on the same schedule. It’s far safer to entrust this important task to a service provider who will manage security updates in a timely manner.
How Often Should You Scan for Viruses?
Now that you have managed antivirus software, you don’t have to ask that question. (Smart.) Instead of running individual updates whenever you have a free hour (like in December… or maybe February?) your service provider runs virus scans during downtime. Every computer is scanned and virus definitions are updated at the same time. This ensures that everyone is up to date and not spreading malware without anyone realizing it.
Additionally, your managed antivirus provides global notifications if a virus is detected and removed from your network. You also have the ability to evaluate and report trends, which is helpful in determining if your staff requires additional data security training. (Proactive and super smart.) | https://www.i-evolve.com/our-story/blog/how-your-managed-antivirus-protects-your-business |
Despite the technological evolution in the last decade, many businesses still overlook the potential threats to their cybersecurity. They believe that the basics implemented a few years back, including antiviruses or the firewall, might suffice for intrusion detection only if they knew how wrong they are. The typical IT security measures are no more near to sufficient when it comes to the modernized cyber-crimes and malicious cyber-attacks. With each passing year, cyber-attacks are becoming more intense worldwide than ever before, which is quite alarming.
Typically, the larger and well-established a business is, the more likely it is on the verge of getting attacked. However, it doesn’t allow the small and medium-scale enterprises to slack as their businesses are at constant risk. Simply put, all companies with an online presence can be immune to cyber-attacks. Specific measurements have to be taken if a business wants to remain safe from the devastating financial, legal, and even physical impacts that cyber-attacks leave behind. If this rings an alarm, we recommend going for a compromise assessment at the earliest.
Over the last decade, technology has become an integral part of nearly all workplaces as we have gotten more technologically advanced with time. However, ransomware attacks and cyber-attacks keep happening every day. This is why all businesses must undertake protective measures to safeguard their assets from malicious cyber-attacks. | https://www.envisioninteligence.com/blog/4-essential-steps-to-ensure-business-cybersecurity/ |
Does anyone know how to remove BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus? My computer has infected with this very notorious malware infection. I searcher the Internet for hours but still know nothing about this threat. It is causing various critical issues in my PC. I can’t use my system as i am used to. In fact, its not letting me use my computer. I desperately want to get rid of all these issues immediately. Please help me guys to remove BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus from my Windows computer.
BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro the deadliest computer virus which falls under the category of Trojan horse virus. It has been programmed by vicious cyber crooks in order to preform several malicious activates onto the infected computing machine. It usually travels through network and invades into the targeted computer by stealth using several mischievous tactics. It does not even require user’s permission in order to execute itself in targeted computer system. This vicious Trojan virus will run a series of various unusual process in your system background. Moreover, it disables your system Task Manager and hence you won’t be able to kill such process yourself. BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus is such a hazardous computer virus which will make your system completely unusable if not removed soon.
BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus has the tendency to utilize maximum CPU resources and hence it will make your system slower than ever before. What’s more, it will modify all crucial system settings. Due to BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus users are likely to experience various serious troubles while using infected computer such as frequent system crash, hard drive failure, improper system functioning, data loss and many more. This devastating Trojan virus will further download various other threats without your permission. The worst thing about BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus is that it will drop keyloggers in your system which will record and pass all your important keystrokes to the hackers. Therefore, it is strictly recommended to the users to get rid of BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus as soon as possible from your Windows PC.
If you think that manual removal is not easy then SpyHunter is one of the most dominant,strongest and convenient to use utility which can readily detect and get rid of all kinds of noxious malware and spyware threats totally from your windows PC. SpyHunter malware scanners is mainly developed by security researchers, with various type of marvelous features and is able to remove BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro in just few very easy steps. SpyHunter malware scanner is also too good because it is users friendly and interactive graphical users interface that make free the users to use all its marvelous features easily and that’s why you can get rid of all cunning threats from your PC without any technical skills.
If you really want to get rid of BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro virus then you quick need to must download SpyHunter malware Scanner utility which scan your overall computing machine completely and will show all malicious and noxious threats existing in your PC. All the same in order to remove BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro completely & permanently you will need the purchased the full version of this utility, in the meantime, the good news it SpyHunter is absolutely cost effective and you can purchased the licensed key of SpyHunter very easily from this sites or using cost free Scanner Tools.
How To Use SpyHunter Malware Scanner
1. Download the SpyHunter Malware Scanner and Install it on your system.
2. Click on Scan Computer Now! button to start a complete scan of your PC.
3. SpyHunter Will detect all the hidden threats and viruses on your computer.
4. Finally press Fix Threats button to remove all the detected threats from your computer.
1. Go to your computer and open Windows Explorer.
2. Find all the malicious files related to BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro.
3. Select the folder and click Shift+Delete+Enter.
2. Then click “Add or Remove Programs” options.
3. Select the malicious program and click on remove button
Note : This type of malicious program modifies can also modifies your browser settings that’s why you should must be reset your browser settings.
Remove BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro From Registry Entries
Press “Windows logo + R” buttons together on your keyboard.
The Run box will get opened on your computer screen.
Type regedit in the box and click on OK button.
Now find out BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro related malicious registry entries.
Delete all the harmful registry keys created by the threat.
Open your Google Chrome browser then click menu button right corner on Chrome browser then select More Tools then select Extensions (visit directly from address bar “chrome://extensions”).
Firstly disable the strange extensions and delete from your Google Chrome browser.
Oftentimes a noxious malware modifies the core system files that you can’t undo manually. Hence, it you should better remove this threats before it causes fatal damage to your PC to get rid of vicious PC threats use SpyHunter.
1. Firstly open your IE, Press on the Tools option select Manage add-ons.
2. Choose Toolbar and Extensions option left side of your window.
3. Then choose BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro extension.
4. Then after Remove option shows on your computer screen, if the add-on can be deleted. Press Remove then click on close button.
5. If you don’t find remove button then click on the Disable button.
1. Press on More (…) icon and go to Settings
2. Choose A specific page or pages from under the Open option.
3. Select Custom and enter desire URL of page, you wish to apply as homepage.
Reset Search Engine
1. Choose More (…) then press on Settings buttons.
2. Press the View advanced settings option.
3. Press the < Add new> under “Search in the address bar with”.
4. Enter the search engine you want and press Add as default.
1. Press Menu button from right corner on the Google Chrome browser then visit directly from address bar “chrome://settings”.
2. Press on the “Settings” option and scroll down your mouse to search “ Show advance settings…” option.
3. Click on “ Reset settings” for removing unwanted settings from your Google Chrome Browser.
1. Open your IE and press on setting menu on the top of the right corner of your IE browser, then press on the Internet option.
2. select “ Advanced” tab and click on “Reset” button.
If you have followed the above guide carefully then you have successfully removed this nasty virus from your computer. This section is specially written to help you in avoiding these kind of threats in future. As prevention is always better than cure, so you can also avoid threats like BrowserModifier: Win32/Foxiebro from your system by following these simple tips :-
Use a powerful anti-virus application for the safety of your PC.
Do not download freeware application from unsafe sites.
Always scan any email attachment before opening.
Keep checking your system for updates regularly.
Always prefer official websites to update your system programs.
Make sure that your Firewall protection is active.
Do not click on fake pop-ups and misleading advertisements.
Try to avoid visiting suspicious or pornographic websites.
Use Advanced or custom installation method. | https://www.removemalwarefrompc.com/uninstall-browsermodifier-win32foxiebro-virus-form-pc |
A recent market study on the global market reveals that the global market is expected to reach a value of ~US$ XX by the end of 2029 growing at a CAGR of ~XX% during the forecast period (2019-2029).
The market study includes a thorough analysis of the overall competitive landscape and the company profiles of leading market players involved in the global market. Further, the presented study offers accurate insights pertaining to the different segments of the global market such as the market share, value, revenue, and how each segment is expected to fair post the COVID-19 pandemic.
To present the development in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Central & South America.
To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their development plan and strategies.
To define, describe and forecast the market by type, market and key regions. | https://3wnews.org/uncategorised/966261/global-trade-impact-of-the-coronavirus-managed-cyber-security-services-market-size-analysis-and-forecast-report-2019-2027/ |
Learn how one company is capitalizing on machine learning to address phishing problems.
How sophisticated phishing grants attackers total control of your computer Phishing is all about the bad guy and fooling the victim, says Kevin Mitnick, founder, Mitnick Security Consulting. Mitnick knows about bad guys-he used to be one.
Machine learning involves the automation of operations via intelligent mechanisms, which can adjust and adapt as needed. This reduces the need for human intervention—provided the right series of controls are in place.
I spoke with email security organization Edgewave's President Steve Kelley about machine learning as it applies to the issue of email phishing, which represents a constant threat to organizations and users.
According to Kelley, EdgeWave engineered a multi-layered email security platform that provides pre- and post-delivery security and incident response. At the core of the platform is an automated, anti-phishing solution, which uses both machine learning and human review to quickly analyze and resolve any suspicious email. This approach dramatically reduces advanced, targeted attacks, while also significantly lowering the time and money spent by IT.
Below are excerpts from our conversation.
Scott Matteson: How is machine learning used to secure email inboxes?
Steve Kelley: Machine learning is constantly leveraged by our EdgeWave Threat Detection Center. EdgeWave maintains a threat database containing data on all the elements that comprise an email. This database is constantly updated and used to review each element for every email. The combination of individual email element suspicion augmented with our human analyst intelligence drives the machine learning within the EdgeWave Threat Detection Center.
Part of our machine learning is also the intelligence gained from a human review. We know that machine learning can only go so far before, in some cases, a human must perform a more thorough analysis and review. But the intelligence learned from the human review is absolutely rolled back into the machine learning process in a never-ending cycle.
Steve Kelley: The challenge for email is that it tends to be the starting point for cyber-attacks rather than the sole perpetrator. Consider, for example, situations where JavaScript is embedded in a PDF attachment, which is opened. JavaScript only kick-offs the exploit process. Determining if the JavaScript itself is malicious is challenging without directly running the script and evaluating the subsequent actions (sandboxing). The outcome of the JavaScript actions can be evaluated against our threat database to determine a level of suspicion.
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[1]Hackers gained unauthorized access to Anthem’s information technology system and exposed the PHI of more than 80 million people who are currently or were previously covered by the insurance provider, according to The National Law Review. [2]
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On Black Friday, a hacker hit San Francisco’s light rail agency with a ransomware attack. Fortunately, this story has a happy ending: the attack ended in failure. So why did it raise the hairs on the back of our collective neck? Because we fear that next time a critical infrastructure system is attacked, it could just as easily end in tragedy. But it doesn’t have to if organizations with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) heed three key lessons from San Francisco’s ordeal.
First, let’s look at what happened: On Friday, Nov. 25, a hacker infected the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SMFTA) network with ransomware that encrypted data on 900 office computers, spreading through the system’s Windows operating system. As a precautionary measure, the third party that operates SMFTA’s ticketing system shut down payment kiosks to prevent the malware from spreading. Rather than stop service, SMFTA opened the gates and offered free rides for much of the weekend. The attacker demanded a 100 Bitcoin ransom, or around $73,000, to unlock the affected files. SFMTA refused to pay since it has a backup system. By Monday, most of the agency’s computers and systems were back up and running.
Here are three key lessons other ICS organizations should learn from the event, so they’re prepared to derail similar ransomware attacks as deftly:
Recognize you are increasingly in cybercriminals’ cross hairs. Cyberattacks on ICS systems, which control public and private infrastructure such as electrical grids, oil pipelines and water systems, are on the rise. In 2015, the U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) responded to 20% more cyber incidents than in 2014. And for the first time since the agency started tracking reported incidents in 2009, the critical manufacturing sector experienced more incidents than the energy sector. Critical manufacturing organizations produce products like turbines, generators, primary metals, commercial ships and rail equipment that are essential to other critical infrastructure sectors.
Keep your IT and OT separate. Thankfully, the San Fran Muni ransomware attack never went beyond SFMTA’s front-office systems. But, increasingly, cyber criminals are penetrating control systems through enterprise networks. An ICS-CERT report noted that while the 2015 penetration of OT systems via IT systems was low at 12 percent of reported incidents, it represented a 33 percent increase from 2014. Experts say the solution is to adopt the Purdue Model, a segmented network architecture with separate zones for enterprise, manufacturing and control systems.
Invest in off-site, real-time backup. SFMTA was able to recover the encrypted data without paying the ransom because it had a good backup system. That wasn’t the case with the Lansing (Michigan) Board of Water & Light. When its corporate network suffered a ransomware attack in April, the municipal utility agency paid $25,000 in ransom to unlock its accounting system, email service and phone lines.
If San Francisco’s example isn’t enough to motivate ICS organizations to take cybersecurity seriously, then Booz Allen Hamilton’s 2016 Industrial CyberSecurity Threat Briefing should do the trick. It includes dozens of cyber threats to ICS organizations.
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"What we're seeing out there is a lot more folks being extremely active and a lot more malicious behaviour," said Pete Allor, manager of ISS's X-Force threat analysis Sservices division.
"We've also seen a corresponding high degree of website defacements."
The large increase in worms and other security-related incidents point to a challenging year ahead for IT security staff. The tally includes relatively minor activities, such as scanning corporate networks for vulnerabilities, and more serious events such as the Slammer worm, which emerged in January. According to some experts, this was the fastest spreading worm yet.
The number of worms and hybrid threats between 1 January and 31 March totalled 752, compared with 101 in the fourth quarter of last year, the report found.
X-Force also noted an increase in the number of "zero day" attacks, in which hackers attack a software vulnerability that is not yet known about by suppliers.
Faced with such an abundance of activity, businesses can help themselves by focusing on the security threats that pose the most risk to them, Allor said.
"When you have almost 300 issues a month coming out, the important part is, how do you focus on the ones that are significant to you?" he said.
The severity ratings assigned by IT suppliers are only one factor to consider when determining how to respond to a threat. Businesses should also look at where the affected system resides in the network, what level of risk they are prepared to tolerate for that system, and how well the system is protected by firewalls and other technologies.
The report tracked 20 industry sectors over the quarter and found that retail businesses were attacked the most, accounting for 35% of attacks, financial services accounted for 11.5%, healthcare and manufacturing 9% each, and federal and local government accounted for 1%.
The frequency of attacks on an industry may reflect several factors, including the proportion of money spent by the IT industry on security and how successful hackers have been in the past at targeting a particular sector.
XForce's Internet Risk Impact Summary (IRIS) report draws information from more than 400 network and server-based intrusion detection sensors located at businesses on four continents and spanning all major industries.
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of all the events reported by businesses in the quarter, the top categories were "suspicious activities", which includes scanning networks for vulnerabilities and accounted for 73.5% of total events, and unauthorised access attempts, which accounted for 11%.
26% of security events occurred over weekends in the first quarter of 2003, and most events occurred on a Friday. The Slammer worm began its propagation on Saturday 25 January.
Allor said it was hard to determine if the number of malicious hackers at work is increasing, but estimated that there were more than three million in the US.
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Email Phishing or Spoofing is a type of online scam where criminals send an email that appears to be from a legitimate company and ask you to provide sensitive information.
Anyone with an email account is vulnerable to these tactics of email phishing and spoofing. This article provides the basics of these online fraud tactics, how to spot them, and ultimately how to avoid becoming a victim.
Percentage of inbound emails associated with phishing on average increased in the past year, according to Microsoft security research (source: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report).
Email phishing is the act of impersonating a business or other entity for the purpose of tricking the recipient of email into giving up sensitive personal information. Data extracted from phishing often is used to commit identity theft or to gain access to online accounts.
Spoofing is similar to email phishing in that it uses deception to trick users into providing sensitive information. Email spoofing involves the use of a header appearing to have originated from someone other than the true source. Similarly, IP spoofing involves the use of a forged IP address to trick the victim’s computer into believing it came from a trusted source.
Phishing Basics
The term ’phishing’ is a spin on the word fishing because criminals are dangling a fake ’lure’ (the email and the website that looks legitimate) hoping users will provide the information the hackers have requested such as credit card numbers, account numbers, passwords, usernames, and more.
Most email users have received a message asking for verification of personal information at least once. Often, this sort of communication can look something like this:
Almost always, such a request for sensitive data actually is a phishing attempt. Perpetrators of phishing attacks usually seek data such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, birth dates, or various passwords.
But legitimate businesses, especially financial institutions, do not ask for this type of information via email.
Some phishing attacks use sophisticated software to send legitimate-looking pop-up messages requesting such information. Pop-up and email messages asking the recipient to “click here” will take users to a legitimate-looking Website to fraudulently collect an unsuspecting victim’s data.
Clone phishing is a type of phishing attack whereby a legitimate, and previously delivered, an email containing an attachment or link has had its content and recipient address(es) taken and used to create an almost identical or cloned email.
The attachment or link within the email is replaced with a malicious version and then sent from an email address spoofed to appear to come from the original sender.
It may claim to be a resend of the original or an updated version to the original. Typically this requires either the sender or recipient to have been previously hacked for the malicious third party to obtain the legitimate email.
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As its name implies, spoofing is the act of using a faked (or “spoofed”) email header or IP address to fool the recipient into thinking it is legitimate. Unsolicited spam email unrelated to phishing often uses spoofing tactics to hide its tracks, but email spoofing often is used in conjunction with phishing.
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BYOD Smartphone users who bring their own devices to work are not concerned about security – and just a third (27%) of those who had security problems admitted this to their employer.
One in four business users admitted that their private device had caused a security issue in the past year, according to a Gartner survey.
The survey, of 995 U.S. employees who used a personal mobile device for work, found that, on average, they used their smartphones and tablets for one hour per day for work purposes.
Meike Escherich, principal research analyst at Gartner, said, “The threat of cyber attacks on mobile devices is increasing and can result in data loss, security breaches and compliance/regulatory violations.” “One of the biggest challenges for IT leaders is making sure that their users fully understand the implications of faulty mobile security practices and to get users and management to adhere to essential steps which secure their mobile devices. For many organizations, overcoming BYOD security challenges is a full-time task, with a host of operational issues.”
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Gartner’s survey found that company policies confused the issue further.
The researchers wrote, “A third of respondents have employers who are aware but don’t have a policy in place, and the rest said their employer was either not aware or they didn’t know. This means 59 percent of survey respondents who regularly use their private devices for work have not yet signed a formal agreement with their employer.” | http://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/05/14/gartner-study-finds-users-byod-arent-worried-risks/ |
As anti-spam tools and e-mail users become more sophisticated, spammers are turning to new mediums to get their unwelcome messages through filters and into inboxes. One of the more recent developments is spam with attached MP3 files. One security software vendor, MXSweep, is reporting that MP3 spam now accounts for between 7 and 10 percent of all spam being sent.
The files are given innocuous-sounding names like elvis.mp3, oursong.mp3, smashingpumpkins.mp3, or coolringtone.mp3. The payload is disappointing: a voice recording touting the virtues of some corporate stock; in other words, it's pump-and-dump stock spam in a new format. It's also a dumb idea. The overlap of those gullible enough to click on MP3 files of unknown provenance and those willing and able to invest in a stock that they've never heard of is certainly minute. It's bound to be more of an annoyance than anything else and seems unlikely to result in the desired stock purchases.
Attachment spam can be easily filtered, but the sheer size of the messages can cause headaches. The MP3 files currently used run from 85KB to 147KB, according to MXSweep. "Although these emails now account for 8 percent of current traffic they consume up to 55 percent of e-mail bandwidth use, which in business terms is a huge additional cost," said Danny Jenkins, CTO and founder of MXSweep.
So far, security researchers haven't identified any malicious payloads in any of the MP3 stock spam messages, so the biggest headache will be configuring spam filters to stop the MP3 message from hitting inboxes. That should be fairly easy for corporate IT departments who aren't already stopping e-mails with audio attachments. If your e-mail client supports rules-based filtering, simply set it to flag and delete messages with MP3 attachments.
The Federal Trade Commission believes legislation such as the CAN-SPAM Act and some high-profile convictions are making a difference, but spammers have responded by moving more of their operations offshore, going deeper underground, and coming up with new means of getting their unwelcome messages into inboxes.
Naturally, once countermeasures against MP3 spam are widely in place, spammers will move on to another payload. That's why we're facing MP3 spam now: anti-spam tools have become adept at dealing with image spam (e.g., GIF and JPEG images attached to a message), PDF spam, and Excel spam. Just a few months ago, PDF spam accounted for nearly 20 percent of all image spam; that number has since plummeted to under 1 percent, according to e-mail security company Proofpoint. Image-based spam has also plummeted to 2.23 percent of all messages as of the end of September. | https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2007/10/listen-up-mp3-spam-on-the-rise-despite-being-utterly-stupid/ |
This infection began when the user went to thiscouldbeyourgreenhome.com. The website doesn’t have any injected code from campaigns like EITest or pseudo-Darkleech but it is infested with malicious ads that when clicked led to PUAs and malware. This, at least to me, makes me believe that this infection chain started from a malicious advert.
According to available packet data the user was redirected to the Sundown EK by [redacted]tds.com. I don’t have access to all the packets so I’m not sure on how [redacted].biz was involved in this particular infection chain.
What do I know? Well, the domain ending in the [redacted].biz TLD is a verifiable Keitaro TDS server. I know this because I located the admin page and checked the source code:
The other domain, [redacted]tds.com, might be another TDS, however, at this point, I don’t have proof. What I do know is that there are hundreds of directories found on that domain and they were all leading to Exploit Kits and direct malware downloads. Here is just a partial image of what I was able to collect before the scan encountered connection errors:
The infection chain ended with the user being redirected the Sundown EK at qj.fse.mobi (resolves to 88.99.41.189).
Run 2 (01/20/17):
After seeing this I decided I would try and recreate the traffic in my lab, however, it is very difficult to recreate a malvertising infection. For this reason I connected directly to both [redacted]tds.com and [redacted].biz (Keitaro TDS server).
Going directly to the [redacted]tds.com redirected the host to the [redacted].biz/1:
badboys.net.in GET /land_flash/index.html
The page /index.html, which appears to be mirrored from update-flash-player.com, contains the following script: setTimeout(“location.href = ‘download/FlashPlayer.exe’;”, 1000);”. You can this in the image below:
This redirects the user to the relative path /land_flash/download/FlashPlayer.exe. Below is the GET request and response from the server:
Run 3 was different than the first two as this time it went straight from [redacted]tds.com to a Sundown EK landing page, skipping [redacted].biz (Keitaro TDS server).
Taking one of the directories that I found on [redacted]tds.com, /adminstrator/, returned a page mirroring another compromised website. At the very bottom of the source code there is an iframe containing a URL for a Sundown EK landing page:
During this run I decided to see if I could skip [redacted]tds.com and instead make a direct request for a directory located on the Keitaro TDS server, hosted at [redacted].biz. I used the location “/1” since I knew it had worked before. Here is the result of that request and response from the TDS server:
So we can see that the TDS server returned a “302 Moved Temporarily” with a new location pointing to a RIG-v EK “pre-landing” page. The RIG-v pre-landing page is used to determine if the host is using IE. If the host passes the User-Agent checks it is redirected to the landing page in the form of a POST request. | https://malwarebreakdown.com/2017/01/23/keitaro-tds-used-to-redirect-hosts-to-sundown-ek-and-rig-v-ek/ |
Although Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt Software believes fully patched IE and Firefox systems should be safe from the corrupted Bank of India website, it’s probably best to avoid the site until a massive malware problem has been corrected.
Just as it happened with the Dolphin Stadium website before the most recent Super Bowl, the Bank of India website has suffered an attack that dumps malware onto a visitor’s system. A code injection attack appears to be the vector used.
Eckelberry said in a phone interview with WebProNews that Sunbelt Software has found more than 20 pieces of malware being delivered through an IFRAME on the bank’s site.
Sunbelt picked up on the problem around 2 pm ET today. Efforts to contact the Bank of India have been unsuccessful, Eckelberry said, likely due to the time difference.
According to Netcraft, the Bank of India website runs on the Windows operating system, using IIS as the web server. The Dolphin Stadium also runs on Windows, as it did when it was attacked earlier this year. | http://www.webpronews.com/bank-of-india-site-co-opted-by-malware-2007-08 |
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In a collaboration environment, it is a challenge how to effectively share the information needed for collaboration while protecting other confidential information in a product assembly model. In this paper, an innovative encryption approach for assembly models to support collaboration is presented. This approach is content based encryption and effective for the secure sharing of feature-based assembly models. In the approach, a classification algorithm for features in an assembly model to be shared or protected during collaboration has been first developed. An encryption algorithm for a feature has been then designed to ensure the parameterization, topological and geometrical validity, and self-adaptability of the encrypted feature. A case study with complex geometries and assembly structures has been used to validate the effectiveness and robustness of the approach in industrial applications.
Publisher Statement: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Advanced Engineering Informatics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2016.12.001
Cai, X. T., Wang, S., Lu, X., & Li, W. (2017). An encryption approach for product assembly models. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 33, 374-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2016.12.001
/ Cai, X. T.; Wang, Sheng; Lu, Xin; Li, Weidong.
author = "Cai, {X. T.} and Sheng Wang and Xin Lu and Weidong Li", note = "NOTICE: Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Advanced Engineering Informatics, [33, (2016)] An algorithm for parts with multiple encryption features has been developed. Based on the above algorithms, parts are finally assembled and the geometry and topology of the assembling structure are kept un-changed to enhance collaborators’ interoperability. DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2016.12.001© 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The characteristics and innovations of the approach include: (1) the approach is feature based, integrative into the main-stream commercial Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems, and flexible to meet various users’ needs for encrypting features selected by users during collaboration, (2) in the approach, the topological and geometrical validity of an assembly model after encryption is maintained to ensure effective collaboration on the assembly, and (3) the approach is parametrically controlled through adjusting position and size parameters so as to ensure the user friendliness of using the approach. | https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/an-encryption-approach-for-product-assembly-models-2 |
As the situation in Ukraine continues to develop, concerns have been raised about the potential for an escalation in cyber attacks emanating from Russia.
Several weeks ago, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued guidance urging “UK organisations to bolster their cyber security resilience in response to the malicious cyber incidents in and around Ukraine.”
Speaking to the Metro this week, Glasswall CEO, Danny Lopez, commented, “The majority of UK businesses are not prepared for the ferocity of cyber-warfare that would be unleashed if Putin decided to step up cyber-attacks.” “Having 150,000 troops by a border is a significant threat, but I cannot overemphasise how brutal a cyber-attack could be too.”
Looking at the recent Denial of Service attacks directed at Ukrainian banks and government departments, he said: “That multiplied by 10 could bring a country to its knees for a significant amount of time.” “You can do that with every bank, utility companies, government departments that offer critical services and infrastructure to people.”
To read the full article, click here. | https://www.glasswall.com/tension-in-ukraine-raises-concerns-over-cyber-attacks/page/2/?et_blog |
How to remove 7ev3n Ransomware and decrypt .r5a files 7ev3n Ransomware is a type of malware that was created to play on people’s fears and squeeze money for the creators. The ransomware once it arrived on the system encrypts the files and changes their extension to .r5a. When the encryption is finished the malware displays the pop-up message with the explanation of the situation and with further instructions.
How to remove JobCrypter and decrypt .locked files
JobCrypter is a threat that belongs to the groups of ransomware. It is designed to affect files on the infected system and encrypt them demanding payment for the restoration. JobCrypter originates in France, however it has already spread around the world. JobCrypter works in the similar way with other ransomware: it detects the files with most popular extensions and encrypts them adding .locked extension, after which the malware creates a text file.
How to remove CryptoLocker and decrypt .7z files
CryptoLocker is a ransomware that squeezes money from users by encrypting the personal files with AES-265 and RSA algorithms. After the installation CryptoLocker inserts a randomly named executable file into %AppData% or %LocalAppData% folders. This executable is created for detecting the files for enciphering. It will change the extension of your media files and documents to .7z. CryptoLocker affects executables to prevent you from using the shadow copies.
How to remove UltraCrypter and decrypt .cryp1 files
UltraCrypter is updated version of previously described CryptXXX virus, that can be called CryptXXX 3.0 ransomware. Malware developers made some crucial changes, that are not very pleasant for potential victims. It still uses AES CBC 256-bit encryption algorithm, but now it adds .cryp1 extension to encrypted files. Ransom is 1.2 Bitcoins (around 500$). Bad news are, that now decryptors for CryptXXX does not work. That means the only chance to decrypt UltraCrypter-affected files is if you have external backup or enabled Windows service that will store previous versions of your files.
How to remove 777 Ransomware and decrypt .777 files .777 is file extension of files encrypted by recently appeared ransomware called 777 Virus or 777 Ransomware, that targets computers running Windows OS. Malware uses asymmetric encryption and generates two decryption keys (private and public). Hackers ask for ransom of $500 or $1500 to decrypt files. Usually users have to pay in BitCoins. Users need to send an e-mail to [email protected] to receive message like shown below, with instructions to pay the ransom.
How to remove ENCRYPTED ransomware and decrypt .encrypted files
ENCRYPTED is categorized as crypto-virus and ransomware. ENCRYPTED targets .pdf, .doc, .ppt and many other types of files and encrypts them asking for ransom to decrypt. Attributes of ENCRYPTED virus are: ransomware modifies desktop background to the picture that contains instructions to decrypt files, it modifies encrypted files adding .encrypted extension, it creates text file "Read Me (How Decrypt) !.txt" in every folder that contains encrypted files, ENCRYPTED asks ransom between 0.5 - 1.5 BTC (bitcoins) which is around $400.
How to remove CryptXXX and decrypt .crypt files
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This message might seem familiar to you: “Your bank account has been compromised. Please enter your details to reactivate your account.”
If you are nodding in agreement, you are probably one of the many who have been targeted by cybercriminals. Phishing remains a top mechanism to dupe consumers out of their accounts and assets — the above is just one example of a phishing email sent from seemingly trustworthy entities. Well-designed phishing emails are found behind 91% of all cyberattacks, proving just how dangerous these threats are.
But phishing isn’t just a risk for consumers, it also is one of the top security challenges that businesses face in keeping their information secure. In fact, it is estimated that there were nearly 3 million phishing attempts in 2020 that were aimed at small and medium businesses based in Southeast Asia.
There is an urgent need for businesses to properly guard themselves against such attacks, and many are turning to cybersecurity training to boost employees’ cyber risk awareness. The question is: Just how effective is training in putting an end to these scams?
The Loophole in Phishing Education
Businesses traditionally have relied heavily on educating end users on how to detect phishing attacks. There are countless materials available for employees to learn about phishing prevention tactics, from double-checking email spelling to calling up someone you regularly communicate with when something you get from them seems off.
There are even examples of businesses getting creative with how these trainings are rolled out. Last December, GoDaddy.com conducted a phishing test by sending 500 employees an email offering a $650 holiday bonus. The catch is that employees who clicked the link were not rewarded with a bonus, but with additional cybersecurity training.
While end users do become more sophisticated with training, it can only go so far. Hackers are becoming even more sophisticated with their attacks, employing complex infrastructures on their phishing sites. End users may find it challenging to identify illegitimate sites or differentiate them from the real ones. Some of these scheming tactics include using seemingly reliable sharing links, such as Dropbox, and placing calendar events with video conferencing links that appear standard in phishing emails.
In fact, a psychology study showed that when it comes to phishing attacks, people tend to believe that they are less likely to participate in risky behaviour and that they are less susceptible to scams compared to others around them. This creates a false sense of security towards such attacks.
To make things worse, these scams often involve social engineering techniques to deceive and manipulate individuals into taking the desired action — usually to click on a link or download an attachment. They also take advantage of the nature of workers collaborating and conducting business online, as actions often need to be taken quickly. Designed to prompt an urgent, emotional reaction, many of these scam emails push individuals to forego logic and overlook red flags, until it is too late.
These intrinsic, emotional reactions show how humans are practically hardwired to fall for these phishing scams. If that is the case, then it is not training we should be looking at, but technology to keep our information secure.
Technology for a Safer, Easier User Experience
If users cannot be trusted with their actions, then the only way forward is to evolve the way they are authenticated to make sure malicious actors are kept out. This means reducing the burden of authentication of the user in favour of relying on technology.
There are already technology options available that businesses can adopt to protect against phishing attacks and make the lives of users easier and safer. Cryptographically secure authentication, for example, keeps login information secure and private, helping businesses provide a safer, and better user experience.
Such solutions utilise technical credential phishing protections, like those defined in industry standards like those from the FIDO Alliance and W3C. With these approaches, the device and the browser work behind the scenes to ensure that the website being visited is authentic, and not a phishing site hiding behind a lookalike domain. This prevents common mistakes, such as mistaking a ‘0’ for an ‘O’. As a result, users no longer need to worry about having to look out for such attacks, and instead, will be able to let the device take care of these details.
These standards can also be implemented in a more user-friendly manner than depending on passwords or traditional means of multi-factor authentication. For example, the on-device biometrics on most PCs or handsets can serve as an unphishable authenticator instead of relying on knowledge-based factors that can lead to user manipulation.
The good news is that this industry standard is already used by businesses like eBay, Google, GitHub, and Facebook to secure their authentication technology, so businesses looking to secure their information don’t have to tread into the unknown. More importantly, these standards are phishing-proof, and do not rely on unpredictable factors such as our human minds. Google, for instance, has not had any of its employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since implementing FIDO authentication — proving the strong security of these standards.
We Don’t Know Better, But We Can Act Better
Preventing credential phishing attacks today should be less about training users — instead focusing on adopting an authentication technology solution that actually works to prevent successful phishing attacks. While training users reduces the risk, it will never remove it.
Defending against these attacks now requires a coordinated and layered approach to security. By creating a succession of hurdles, each additional hurdle makes it less likely for malicious attacks to get through.
As businesses strategise for rebuilding and recovery, and prepare for a new post-pandemic “normal”, they must continue to focus on all aspects of cybersecurity and should prioritise utilisation of readily available authentication technologies to prevent the ongoing phishing threat. | https://worldbusinessoutlook.com/technology-not-training-protects-users-from-phishing/ |
Companies that have low retention rates are likely to increase their risk of a cybersecurity attack. The recent ISACA’s State of the Cybersecurity Workforce study found that 69% of respondents whose companies faced more attacks in the past year report being somewhat or very understaffed. However, retention is becoming a bigger challenge. The report also found that 60% of respondents, up 7% from last year, are having issues retaining cybersecurity workers.
Organizations need a specific plan that focuses on cybersecurity retention. Workers in this industry have unique needs. Simply including them in a company-wide retention effort likely will not have lasting effects.
Create a harassment-free workplace. Respect in Security found that a third of cybersecurity workers have had personal experiences with harassment online (32%) and in-person (35%). Businesses signing the Respect in Security corporate pledge show their commitment to ending harassment. Through training and education, you can reduce harassment and create a safe place for employees to work and collaborate. Businesses should also set up a hotline or digital channel for employees to anonymously report harassment without fear of backlash. When employees feel safe and supported at work, they are less likely to begin looking for another position.
The rate of attacks continues to increase and threat actors become even more sophisticated. So, retention is likely to remain a top concern in the future. By actively focusing on the specific needs of cybersecurity workers and creating an environment where they want to work, businesses can reduce their overall risk and vulnerability.
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Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/55155
Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2731
Url: http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731
Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814
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We are pleased to publish this report, The Future of Encryption. This report addresses the challenges in developing legislation for encryption, and provides recommendations for legislative solutions. In recent years, encryption, the Internet, and personal computers increasingly have taken on essential financial and social roles in the world. With new threats from terrorism and organized crime, law enforcement has again raised the challenges they face with encryption. Moving forward, it is imperative that we make decisions on how to regulate encryption that consider both the challenges faced by law enforcement and the economic and social importance of encryption.
The issue of encryption and its effects on law enforcement has been raised by Apple’s and Google’s moves to increase the strength of encryption within their mobile devices. Law enforcement argues the need for companies to provide access to encrypted data. Law enforcement fears an increase in encrypted phones and articles will outstrip their capacity to perform timely investigations. However, companies and industry professionals argue for the need to maintain high security standards to protect users from cyber-attacks. Events like the attacks in Paris in November 2015, which were organized through encrypted channels, illustrate the growing importance of striking this balance.
The courts cannot force a witness or defendant to surrender an encryption key or password due to rights to self-incrimination. We recommend that policy focuses on technical solutions to the problem, particularly those that maintain strong encryption standards.
Some suggest enhancing law enforcement’s access through encryption backdoors, giving the government the capability to bypass encryption. However, backdoors risk allowing malicious actors to damage critical economic infrastructure and steal closely guarded trade secrets. Due to the infeasibility of backdoors, we recommend not only that the government seek alternative solutions to the encryption issue, but also ban the presence of backdoors in any U.S. encryption. Congress should mandate that companies must provide metadata for law enforcement when presented with a subpoena, and companies should receive financial incentives to cooperate swiftly. As always, funding for further research into encryption and cyber-security will allow the United States to address the threats we face today, while also enabling us to remain world leaders in finance and information technology.
The students of The University of Texas at Austin are grateful for the opportunity to serve the country and hope that anyone who reads this report finds our analysis useful.
Transmission Letter 2
We are pleased to report on the controversial issue of phone encryption. Citizens are increasingly dependent on technology and have large amounts of sensitive data stored in phones, laptops, and databases. Technology has become both the main form of communication and the primary way to maintain records. It is the responsibility of both technology companies and the federal government to keep citizens’ information safe and private. However, it is law enforcement’s duty to protect its citizens, which requires the extraction of information through due process. These two perspectives have caused a deadlock amongst technology companies, citizens, and law enforcement. In the past several years, the public focus on terrorism and the exponential growth of technology has made the issue of encryption urgent. To make progress on the issue of encryption, government action is needed.
In the following report, we provide information detailing historical precedents, existing laws and processes, technical details of proposed encryption solutions, and potential policy options. Our report is informed by experts on the topic from the tech industry and law enforcement. Despite the popularity of a blanket ban on encryption amongst members of law enforcement and the political community, our committee strongly urges against any unilateral legislature without consent or acknowledgement from the technology community, as they are the both those most affected by legislature and those with the expertise to implement any technical solution. Action must be taken in tandem with the industry to devise a safe and reliable method, scheme, or law that all parties can agree with.
Policy Recommendations 1
We write to provide policy recommendations towards the resolution of the encryption issue. Encryption has come to the fore of public discussion due to recent cybercrime and terrorist attacks. Law enforcement officials are concerned that their inability to access encrypted communications or data dampens their ability to keep the public safe, but many feel that increasing government powers of surveillance threatens freedom and privacy. Some proposed solutions suggest weakening encryption or adding backdoors, but security experts have rejected these as dangerous and costly. Instead, we recommend legislation that strikes a reasonable compromise between cybersecurity and privacy, as outlined below.
First, we agree with security experts’ and researchers’ assertions that mandating backdoors to encryption is dangerous and impractical. We believe that Congress should introduce a ban on any legislation that requires a backdoor to encrypted content. By “content”, we are referring to the substantive body of communicated or stored information, as opposed to metadata, which is information describing or identifying “content.” In order to aid law enforcement in keeping the public safe, Congress should mandate that any company be able to provide access to metadata when presented a subpoena or search warrant. This stance elevates the people’s desire for privacy, while maintaining the ability of law enforcement to extract some amount of information and protect the public. Furthermore, it does not endanger sensitive ecommerce, such as financial transactions, since the data itself is protected.
Second, to incentivize technology vendors’ swift and full compliance with the metadata mandate, we recommend a tax credit program for companies whose cooperation leads to convictions or the prevention of attacks to the homeland. These credits could assist companies who have delayed repatriating foreign profits, and ensure that they have motivation to implement the mandate in a way that will be useful to law enforcement. Measuring a company’s conviction rate will also provide us with a meaningful way to assess the effectiveness of the mandate.
Finally, we recommend that you pass legislation to provide grants for law enforcement agencies to update technology and hire or train skilled security experts. These grants would be provided to any local agency that can provide a plan to use the funds to meet the challenges posed by modern adversaries. For example, several counties might propose to combine forces and funds to form an advanced cybercrime unit. These agencies will be better able to execute warrants against technologically sophisticated criminals. Furthermore, an improvement in the effectiveness of local agencies would both increase convictions and relieve the tremendous demands currently placed on the FBI.
If Congress does not set a clear balance between privacy and the national interest now, law enforcement efforts will be slowly suffocated by their inability to access critical information, and the public mistrust of the government will continue. The outlined recommendations present a feasible resolution to these problems, a resolution that makes society both freer and safer.
Offer financial and other incentives to skilled computer scientists and other technical experts to enter careers in law enforcement. Incentives could include additional government funding to law enforcement and student loan forgiveness to tech workers hired into law enforcement.
Create public-private partnerships with the purpose of regularizing and streamlining cooperation between law enforcement entities and industry.
Appropriate funds to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to be used for technological upgrades.
Law enforcement agencies should ensure that satisfying career paths are available to tech workers.
Congress should pass legislation requiring certain types of metadata regarding encrypted data to be accessible without breaking encryption. Precedent already permits law enforcement to access certain types of metadata without violating prohibitions on self-incrimination, so the intent of this recommendation is to solidify this precedent rather than create a new one. Rather than forcing industry to create backdoor solutions, policy should require industry to leave certain useful bits of information unencrypted.
Civil liberties organizations should continue to encourage the courts to support the right of all citizens to freely use any cryptographic protocols or software of their choosing in their capacity as private citizens. This should not affect employees of private corporations or the government in their capacity as an employee. Congress should strive to enshrine, in the strongest manner possible, this fundamental right to cryptography, either as a reading of existing law or a new piece of legislation.
The Department of Justice should work with industry and legal experts to establish clear guidelines regarding complex data privacy issues. The United States is the foremost country in the world in terms of technology development, and thus sets precedent for how these technologies should be governed. Complex issues, such as jurisdiction over data held in overseas servers by domestic multinational corporations, have arisen due to the increasingly complex nature of technology. The Administration should establish clear and uniform standards with which to deal with these issues in a way consistent with proposals discussed above in order to avoid ambiguity in the handling of these data privacy issues, which may hinder law enforcement’s ability to use data to prosecute crime and allow for the breach of citizens’ right to privacy. This course of action should be completed on a prompt, but realistic timeline (12–18 months) that allows for thorough deliberation on these issues. | http://wpressutexas.net/cs378h/index.php?title=User_Encryption_on_Personal_Devices:_Perspectives&oldid=3958 |
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The first ‘Cybersecurity Week’ to be held in Azerbaijan included a seminar on ‘CERT services: cyber threats and protection methods’, on 14 March at the Institute of Information Technology of ANAS. It is no coincidence that the CERT event was held at the Institute. The first CERT in Azerbaijan was developed by the Institute of Information Technology of ANAS to ensure the security of the AzScienceNet research and education network and, currently, it operates under the name AzScienceCERT.
The main objective of the seminar was to discuss achievements and challenges ahead for the CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) services operating in the country, and to exchange information between relevant authorities on incidents, the prospects for international cooperation, and integration into relevant international organisations. | https://dev.connect.geant.org/2019/04/01/cybersecurity-experience-and-challenges-at-cert-services-event-in-azerbaijan |
The false weblog put up selling the swap platform is situated at http-circle-dot-blog, whereas the false buying and selling platform is situated at http-circledefi-dot-center.
The fraudulent platform supposedly permits customers to commerce Circle’s USDC stablecoin for Tether’s competing USDT stablecoin and touts a supposed partnership with TRON DAO. Its interface seems to be based mostly on the authentic DeFi platform Raydium.
It’s unclear how a lot cash has been despatched to the fraudulent service.
Reddit primarily unfold the phishing website. Although it didn’t attain /r/cryptocurrency, it was shared on /r/USDC and roughly 20 different subreddits.
Apparently, the scammer initially tried to achieve traction on /r/Buttcoin, the place they attracted quite a few feedback. The scammer might have hoped that the subreddit’s skepticism towards crypto would lead commenters to miss the specifics of the fraud.
A Circle spokesperson confirmed to CryptoSlate that the above web sites are fraudulent however declined to say what motion it could take. The corporate has additionally pinned a recent tweet suggesting that customers be “vigilant for scammers and fraudsters with pretend accounts.”
Circle’s USDC stablecoin stays robust
Circle’s official weblog, situated at www.circle.com/weblog, was final up to date on March 15 and made no point out of the DeFi product in its newest replace.
The rip-off appears to be an try and capitalize on USDC’s restoration following its lack of parity with the U.S. greenback. USDC depegged following the closure of Silicon Valley Financial institution, and its value fell as little as $0.88 on March 11 earlier than returning to $1.00 on March 13.
Throughout that restoration, Circle labored to strengthen USDC by stating that it was clearing backlogs and forming new banking preparations.
These constructive developments have been alluded to within the pretend bulletins, which tried to painting the DeFi Swap as one among Circle’s makes an attempt to strengthen its product. | https://shibainunews.com/circle-phishing-campaign-promises-fake-usdc-defi-swap/ |
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The program has a quite easy and straightforward interface, that will guide you through the entire infection process. It also comes with advanced https://www.antivirussoftwareratings.net/kaspersky-antivirus-review options that will allow you to personalize the software’s functions and settings in order to meet your individual requirements. Avast webpage antivirus enables you to completely get rid of the infection method, and you can without difficulty remove contaminated files and data and never have to worry about the side effects. It may even automatically delete documents and files that are infected by a pathogen.
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Robinhood, the online trading platform that’s already seen no shortage of controversy, announced Monday that a fraudster “socially engineered a customer support employee by phone and obtained access to certain customer support systems,” getting access to lists of names and email addresses for millions of customers.
The company said the scammer accessed a list of about five million people’s email addresses and a separate list of about two million people’s full names. About 310 people saw their name, date of birth, and zip code exposed, while about 10 Robinhood customers had “more extensive account details revealed.” Robinhood is reaching out to affected people.
The hacker demanded a ransom payment, and Robinhood contacted law enforcement and is working with the cybersecurity Mandiant to continue the investigation, according to the company’s statement.
Robinhood said people who want to change their security settings can access its website’s security menu. The National Cybersecurity Alliance, an industry group, advised Robinhood customers to change their passwords and set up multifactor authentication as a precaution.
Robinhood warned customers it wouldn’t send links to access their accounts in emails, perhaps concerned about potential phishing attacks using the leaked email addresses.
It’s far from the first issue to face Robinhood, which was one of the companies that pioneered commission-free online stock trading, now an industry norm. The company last year agreed to pay $65 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations it misled customers about how it makes money, which involved payments from financial companies where it routed customer orders. The SEC said that contributed to worse share prices for its customers.
Robinhood customers have also had difficulty trading stocks and cryptocurrencies, often during times of volatility, including this year’s meme stock boom. | https://www.devicedaily.com/pin/robinhood-data-breach-heres-what-stock-traders-who-use-the-platform-need-to-know/ |
Url: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q5c8-fm29-q57c
Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11017
Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00080.html
Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-11017 | https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-11017 |
GoodRx helps millions of consumers find discounts for medical services like prescription drug deals and affordable telehealth since its debut in 2011. For years, the company's official privacy policy stated it would only share consumers' limited personal data with third-parties, but would never do so with users' health information.
According to new Federal Trade Commission allegations, however, GoodRx ostensibly lied to over 55 million users by surreptitiously selling deeply personal medical information to companies as large as Facebook and Google. The company only changed its policies following details uncovered by consumer advocacy groups in 2020.
Per its enforcement action announced on Wednesday, the FTC claims GoodRx categorically mishandled users' personal medical information, including users' prescriptions and health conditions, as far back as 2017. Despite explicitly vowing it “would never share personal health information with advertisers or other third parties,” says the FTC, GoodRx instead sold this data to advertising companies and platforms including Google, Facebook, Branch, and Twilio to craft personalized ads.
In August 2019, for example, the FTC detailed how GoodRx assembled lists of users who purchased specific medications, then uploaded their emails, phone numbers, and mobile ad IDs to Facebook. From there, the company matched them to account profiles and categorized them by the purchased meds, which they then targeted with personalized health-related advertisements.
The concerted deception strategies also included previously displaying a seal supposedly certifying its commitment to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). GoodRx also purportedly misled the public about its adherence to the principles of the Digital Advertising Alliance, which forbids participating companies from sharing health information for advertising without explicit consumer consent. This also marks the FTC's first enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule, since GoodRx also failed to notify the public about unauthorized disclosures of individually identifiable health information to third-party advertisers.
“The fact that GoodRx has been endangering its users and abusing their trust is disgusting,” Caitlin Seeley George, Campaign Director for the digital rights advocacy group, Fight for the Future, wrote to PopSci via email. Apart from the ethical issues, George also described the situation as “terrifying, especially at a time when people are scared of how their personal health information could be used to accuse them of breaking draconian anti-abortion or anti-trans laws.”
In a response released to the public, GoodRx representatives state, “We do not agree with the FTC's allegations and we admit no wrongdoing” and claim that, “entering into the settlement allows us to avoid the time and expense of protracted litigation.” Representatives also claim, “the settlement with the FTC focuses on an old issue that was proactively addressed almost three years ago, before the FTC inquiry began.”
In a blog post published on GoodRx's website, the company writes that it addressed the FTC's privacy concerns in 2020, ahead of the agency's investigation while also highlighting the ubiquity of data tracking strategies such as the controversial Facebook “pixel” tracking system.
The FTC's proposed federal court order includes a $1.5 million civil penalty alongside a permanent ban on disclosing user health information with third parties for advertising. Other stipulations include user consent for any future information sharing, an order to direct third parties to permanently delete any data previously gathered through these methods, the institution of limited data retention policies alongside a mandated privacy program.
George contends that the comparatively meager fine for a company as large as GoodRx “will do nothing to make amends to the people whose privacy has been violated.” Instead, she reiterated her organization's urging of lawmakers to pass comprehensive federal data privacy laws so that such violations are discouraged from happening again.
GoodRx's official Privacy Policy was last updated in January, and currently includes disclaimers regarding its right to sell users' information to third-party advertisers. | https://www.prosyscom.tech/cyber-security/goodrx-fine-allegedly-selling-users-health-data/ |
Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing with this new IU site.
Here at IU, there are sophisticated security measures in place to protect you and your private information. Unfortunately, new phishing schemes are always looking for ways to get around those measures.
You are the best defense against phishing emails, and IU’s new Phishing Education & Training site has plenty of tips and strategies to help you spot a phishing attempt and report it. | https://collit.college.indiana.edu/2018/08/08/phishing-iu-edu-helps-you-protect-your-private-information/ |
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Url: https://woocommerce.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/woocommerce-3-5-5-security-fix-release/
Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9168
Url: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9168 | https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-9168 |
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So it's no wonder that eyebrows raised when a commenter on Reddit discovered what appeared to be a host of apps created by "Apple Inc" in the Google Play store.
Versions of Garage Band, iPhoto, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers and Pages were listed on the official Google Play store, all claiming to have been developed by Apple Inc and giving a contact email address of [email protected].
The bogus Apple apps, which were listed for sale at prices between $4.98 and $9.97, have now been removed from the Android marketplace.
What isn't clear is whether this was a scam to simply pilfer money from unsuspecting Android users hoping to get some Apple-created apps on their devices, or whether it was a more sinister attempt to infect Android phones with malware.
Regardless of the motive, it's clear that once again the Android Google Play store has been found falling short in protecting its users, failing to preventing bogus apps from clearly unverified developers from being distributed via official channels. | http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/19/fake-apple-apps-android/ |
Tibet Action Institute-a group working on digital security- organised screening of a new documentary film on China’s unrelenting cyber attacks on the exile community.
The film titled “Tibet: Frontline of the New Cyber War” was released by Nathan Freitas, Tibet Action Institute’s director of technology and founder of the Guardian Project-a secure mobile software development team. | https://www.internetrights.in/tibetan-group-releases-documentary-chinas-alleged-cyber-attacks/ |
Here are the top 5 reasons you should invest budget into training this year.
1. Training increases employee retention
Investing cybersecurity training time in appropriate employees and departments will increase moral and develop a greater sense of self-worth in employees as they become more valuable to the company. Many companies fear that if they spend time and money on employee training and development, the employee will take those newly acquired skills elsewhere. However, training actually can increase employee retention, when the training reinforces the value of the employee. Not to mention the byproduct of increased employee productivity.
“The only thing worse than training employees and losing them is to not train them and keep them.” – Zig Ziglar 2. Small to medium size companies are at the highest risk
Big data breaches speckle the news and headlines each week. It’s almost become old news that significant breaches are happening weekly. Home Depot and Target are great examples of large company breaches. But what about the little guys? “We are absolutely facing an epidemic of attacks on our nation’s infrastructure and attempts to gain access to information,” said Jason Oxman, Chief Executive of the Electronic Transactions Association. “But smaller merchants tend to be easier and more attractive targets for cyber criminals.” There is also the question of medical information breaches – one medical record will net a hacker more than twice the value of a credit card record on the black market.
3. You’ll spend more than you think to fix a breach
How is your network set up? Is it a virtual or physical network? Did you know a virtual breach will cost a company double what a physical breach will cost a company? A survey released recently by Kaspersky Lab, titled “Security of Virtual Infrastructure,” found that, on average, small and medium-sized business (SMBs) will spend roughly $73,000 on recovery costs of a security breach on a virtual network, compared with $34,000 when the breach occurs on non-virtualized infrastructure.
4. Cybersecurity is continually evolving, Hackers find new ways to attack daily
Currently, there are more IT jobs now than qualified candidates to fill those jobs. One of the main reasons is that Cybersecurity training is an uphill battle. The more we beef up security, the more creative the hackers have to be to evolve and overcome security measures. With more BYOD policies being implemented due to the growing number of mobile devices used at work, the more holes there are for hackers to infiltrate. “The demand for the Cybersecurity workforce is expected to rise to 6 million (globally) by 2019, with a projected shortfall of 1.5 million [workers],” stated Michael Brown, CEO at Symantec, the world’s largest security software vendor.
5. Your employees are your weakest link
How many times has your office staff received a phishing email and opened it, allowing a hacker to get into your system? IT staff know what to look for, but what about other end-users on the network? Every organization needs to implement security overview training. IT Training Solutions has developed a virtual training that every employee should take advantage of, no matter how technical. From the office manager, to the person connecting their iPhone to your wi-fi, everyone needs to be aware of the security risks.
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Referred by his sentencing judge as a “one man cyber wave”, British hacker Grant West resulted to hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damages through his fraudulent activities and disclosing personal and financial information on the dark web.
West sent fake emails pretending to conduct the survey from famous takeaway food delivery service Just Eat, offering food tickets in exchange for going through the survey. In reality, the survey was a scam, and respondents were actually being tricked to provide their personal information to West so it could be possible for him to sell them to the dark black market. The dubious activity generated £180,000 or $240,000 which he later changed to bitcoin.
Furthermore, West also aimed at close to 100 other firms the likes of Barclay’s, Asda, Ladbrokes, Uber, and British Airways hacking them for more client information to sell. West’s Barclay’s attack generated £84,000 or $110,000 from unsuspecting customer accounts costing the bank £300,000 or $400,000 to improve on its security measures. In the same way, British Airway lost close to £400,000 or $530,000 following his attack on Avios accounts.
According to reports it is claimed that West used the money to pay for a new Audi costing about £40,000 or $53,000 and various trips to Las Vegas including other luxuries.
In 2017, West was apprehended on a first-class train to London in September. Detectives from the Scotland Yard cybercrime unit were mindful about the arrest, making sure that West was logged into his computer and making sure he could not log out of his heavily encrypted cryptocurrency wallets and dark web accounts, which otherwise would have been impossible to prove his connection to the crime.
On the laptop which belonged to West’s girlfriend, the police discovered the financial data of 100,000 people. Further searches in him home revealed an SD card with the details of 63,000 credit and debit cards including 7 million email addresses and passwords, along with 25,000 or $33,000 in cash and half a kilogram of cannabis, which West was also selling on the dark web.
West used the username Courvoisier, after the top-shelf brandy, selling stolen data and drugs on the present-defunct site Alpha Bay. On May 2, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, computer misuse, and drug offenses and on Friday, May 25 Judge Michael Gledhill sentenced West to 10 years and eight months in prison.
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1. Skyline Urology to Pay $1.85 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Medicare Overbilling – “Physicians and practice groups are expected to bill Medicare properly for the services they provide,” said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division. “This settlement sends a clear message that the Department of Justice will hold healthcare providers accountable if they knowingly overbill federal healthcare programs.” Get the full scoop > 2. Vanguard Healthcare Agrees to Resolve Federal and State False Claims Act Liability – “Seniors rely on the Medicare and Medicaid programs to provide them with quality care and to ensure that they are treated with dignity and respect,” said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division. “The Department will not tolerate nursing home operators that put their own economic gain ahead of the needs of their residents, and will continue to aggressively pursue those operators who bill Medicare and Medicaid for substandard nursing services.” Deeper Than the Headlines: Penetration Testing – Have you ever wanted to ask the government, “Well, what about your and your own compliance program?” In other words, have you ever wondered who’s watching the watchers? The most recent release by the OIG is a summary report of the OIG’s penetration testing of eight HHS operating division networks. So, it’s not just providers who need to be sensitive to cyber attacks, but the government itself needs to make sure it is keeping private data safe and secure. Let’s take a deep dive and explore this week! | https://www.healthicity.com/blog/compliance-news-roundup-penetration-testing |
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With digitization and the cloud age, companies are facing the challenge of protecting themselves against new attack surfaces. There is a lot to keep in mind to secure IT systems in the right way.
The basic steps can be explained with a pyramid where the layers build on each other. Thus, security holes can already be prevented during planning.
Why this makes sense is shown by the following example: A company has introduced a solution for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This is a good way to secure the application logon. But what if the underlying identities are not managed correctly? What if an employee has been terminated, but his identity has not been deactivated? He can still sign in and MFA will not help! In the picture below, we see that MFA is at the top of the pyramid. To prevent this vulnerability, correct identity management at the lowest level is necessary.
1st Layer: Identity Management
A company is made up of several IT systems, that are shown below the first layer. As an example, these are AD, LDAP directories, SAP and cloud services like Office365 and Salesforce. For the login of an employee, their digital identity must be known and they need authorization. This task is handled by the identity management of the 1st layer. There are different technologies for the technical integration of applications. Widely used for on-premise applications is the LDAP protocol and for cloud services SCIM. But there are also systems that use proprietary protocols or have an internal user management, that requires special connectors of identity management solutions.
Why is proper identity management important? An application can be totally secure without any vulnerabilities, but if an attacker gets an identity with sufficient rights under his control, he can cause significant damage.
2nd Layer: Access Management (Web Access Management / Privileged Access Management)
After the identities are managed correctly, employees need to access the applications. To make this as easy as possible, the layer of access management has some advantages:
Single Sign-On (SSO): The employee must only login once and is automatically logged in to the other systems.
Securing web sessions: For more security, access management solutions provide mechanisms to prevent, for example, session stealing.
Integration: Applications sometimes offer only limited login options. With the introduction of access management, users can easily login centrally.
MFA: Is useful for the central introduction of MFA across all applications.
Companies are usually using two different solutions:
Web Access Management: To secure the access to web applications that are used with the browser. Standard protocols are SAML, OIDC and OAuth. For other applications, approaches with proxies or agents exist.
Privileged Access Management (PAM): To protect the access to sensitive, administrative or privileged systems. This usually only affects a small group of employees. Typical usage scenarios are RDP for accessing Windows servers, SSH for accessing LINUX systems. In addition to logging in, PAM solutions offer session recording and password rotation of shared accounts.
3rd Layer: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Once the identities are properly managed and an interface to access the applications exists, it makes sense to introduce multi-factor authentication. An MFA solution is either offered by the access management of the second layer or is integrated with it. A standard protocol for the integration of VPN is RADIUS. For the selection of MFA solutions is a large number of second factors recommended, to be prepared for all requirements. Adaptive authentication is advisable to improve the user experience, such that only an additional factor must be provided, when it makes sense.
For cloud services, however, it makes sense to implement an MFA solution as soon as possible. They can be used from anywhere and everyone, also by potential attackers!
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On November 14th, 2017, Evolve IP hosted an informative security education event entitled HITRUST and Cybersecurity 2018 in our Wayne, PA headquarters. Co-sponsoring the event with Evolve IP were VMware, Veeam Software, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Fortinet and Wipfli, the consulting and CPA firm that provided the audited assessments for Evolve IP’s HITRUST Certification.
The keynote speakers were Omar Khawaja, Chief Information Security Officer of Highmark Inc. in Pittsburgh (also a member of HITRUST’s board of directors) and nationally-recognized security author and cybersecurity expert Thomas L. Norman of Ingram Micro. The keynote speaking sessions were followed by an interactive panel discussion representing a cross-section of industry viewpoints. The panelists (bios provided below) represented covered entities, business associates, security specialists, auditors, and technology providers. Evolve IP’s VP of Security and Compliance Tim Vogel participated in the panel and shared Evolve IP’s perspective as a provider of industry-leading cloud solutions for over 250 healthcare clients.
Kicking off the program, Mr. Khawaja offered a unique perspective on the growing adoption of HITRUST and why HITRUST is needed across the industry to strengthen and complement HIPAA. He also explained the role of the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) for enabling the healthcare industry to thrive in the face of mounting cyber threats by creating an environment where continuous security improvement is the standard.
Mr. Norman took the podium next, capturing the audience’s attention with an eye-opening description of emerging international security issues and cyberattacks, and his explanation of how these activities have direct implications for the healthcare industry. He also shared cutting-edge strategies for implementing effective security frameworks both on premises and in the cloud, including valuable strategies for optimizing physical security, mitigating cybersecurity risk, and developing compelling, risk-based business cases for driving C-suite support. All attendees received a copy of Mr. Norman’s newest paper: The Compelling Case for Unifying IT and Physical Security.
Following Mr. Norman’s presentation, the cybersecurity panel shared real-life experiences about the relationship between HIPAA, HITRUST certification, cybersecurity, and security/vendor management. They focused on the implications of security-related compliance activities on the operation of and interaction between the extended network of healthcare service providers and business associates.
Highlights: Omar Khawaja on the meaning of Evolve IP’s HITRUST certification to Evolve IP (30 seconds).
View Tom Norman’s presentation on global cybersecurity threats and the implications for healthcare companies.
View the Panel Discussion on HITRUST in practice: panel shared real-life experiences about the relationship between HIPAA, HITRUST certification, cybersecurity, and security/vendor management. | https://www.evolveip.net/blog/evolve-ip-hosts-healthcare-security-summit-hitrust-cybersecurity-2018 |
Credo means “I believe” in Latin. In Hebrew we say ani maamin. Since this is the last Credo I will write as Chief Rabbi, I thought I would use it simply to say what I believe.
I believe faith is part of what makes us human. It is a basic attitude of trust that always goes beyond the available evidence, but without which we would do nothing great. Without faith in one another we could not risk the vulnerability of love. Without faith in the future we would not choose to have a child. Without faith in the intelligibility of the universe we would not do science. Without faith in our fellow citizens we would not have a free society.
Undergirding them all, in the West, is faith in God who created the Universe in love, who made every human being regardless of colour, creed or class, in his image, who lifts us when we fall, forgives us when we fail and asks us to place love at the centre of our moral world: love of neighbour, love of stranger, love of God.
One who asks for proof before he or she is willing to have faith does not understand that faith always involves risk. It is always possible to live without it, but such a life is, in Macbeth’s words, “cabined, cribbed, confined, bound . [by] doubts and fears”. Without faith in people I become a cynic. Without faith in financial institutions we stop investing and economies founder. Without faith in our fellow citizens democratic freedoms die.
Without faith in God, the Universe slowly becomes meaningless. Life ceases to have an objective purpose. Human life is no longer sacred, nor are our promises, duties and responsibilities. Cultures that lose their religious faith eventually become individualistic and relativist. People become self-seeking and self-sustaining.
At first this is experienced as a great liberation, but ultimately it leads to a breakdown of trust, and without trust, societies suffer entropy: a loss of energy and order, leading to decline and decay.
Greece, whose greatness in the fifth and fourth centuries of the pre-Christian era was unsurpassed, became in the 3rd century BC a society of cynics, sceptics, stoics and epicureans whose glory faded with frightening speed. The Europe of the Enlightenment, placing its faith in the power of science, eventually fell to the twin idolatries of nation and race, fighting two world wars and leaving tens of millions dead. Soviet communism, the greatest ever attempt to build a society on scientific principle and social engineering, crushed human freedom until it collapsed under its own dead weight.
If faith in God means anything, it means humility toward oneself and love of neighbour and the stranger. Sadly faith has not always led to these things. It can sometimes lead to self-righteousness and hatred of the stranger. The history of religion has often enough been written in the blood shed in the name of God, and this is not a consecration but a desecration.
Today in many parts of the world I see religion confused with the pursuit of power, as if that whole tragic history has been forgotten. The Hebrew Bible tells us that power belongs to God who uses it to liberate the powerless. Religion has nothing to do with power and everything to do with the holy and the good and the pursuit of justice and compassion. When religion and politics become confused the result is disastrous for both.
Today’s angry atheists, far from being profound, are like humourless individuals wondering why people laugh at a joke. Their attitudes have nothing to do with science and everything to do with a failure of imagination. We need science to tell us how the world is and religion to tell us how the world ought to be. Both are necessary. Each properly understood can enhance our respect for the other.
Faith is understood in the living and proved in the doing. We encounter the divine presence in prayer and ritual, story and song. These lift us beyond ourselves toward the infinite Thou at the heart of being, who teaches us to see His trace in the face of the human other, leading us to acts of loving kindness that make gentle the life of this world. Faith is the bond of loyalty and listening that binds us to God and through Him to humanity. Faith is life lived in the light of love. | http://rabbisacks.org/without-faith-we-could-not-risk-the-vulnerability-of-love-credo/ |
Linux security guru Crispin Cowan is leaving the open-source world to join (gasp!) Microsoft’s Windows security team.
Cowan (left), co-founder of the Immunix Linux distro and one of the brains behind several Linux hardening technologies, will work on the same team at Microsoft that created the oft-criticized UAC (User Account Control) technology.
“I’ve known Crispin for many years, and have nothing but the utmost respect for the guy. He’s well published, wicked smart, a non-zealot and brutally pragmatic. In my opinion, AppArmor is shining example of his pragmatism; it’s simple and it works. What excites me the most is he’ll bring a different perspective to the Windows team, and I’m a big believer in stirring the pot!“
Cowan describes his expertise as “survivability,” an area of research to make existing systems better able to survive security attacks. He is credited with producing the Immunix OS version of Linux, featuring the StackGuard C compiler, which emits programs resistant to buffer overflow attacks.
Immunix is best described as a family of tools designed to enhance system integrity by hardening system components and platforms against security attacks. | https://www.eweek.com/blogs/security-watch/linux-security-specialist-joins-microsoft/ |
Throughout the pandemic, businesses have become more reliant on the Internet and in technology that allows them to safely connect with employees and customers. Invoicing and payments online, Zoom meetings, and communication platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams have allowed businesses to continue to operate amid COVID-19 restrictions. But all of this interconnectedness comes with risk. Increased reliance on web-based technology can leave a company vulnerable to fraudsters and hackers. If your company has not conducted a review of its cybersecurity efforts recently, now is the time to act--before the busy season gets underway.
Each employee must be educated on proper security measures so that the entire team is aware of their role. It just takes one person, one moment of distraction, to leave a company vulnerable to attack. But regular communication can make online safety part of the daily work routine. Just as you offer safety talks to reinforce the importance of physical safety, regular reminders of online/IT safety are key.
There are cybersecurity firms whose sole purpose is to help businesses reduce their risks. For those who prefer to take a DIY approach, there are a number of resources that can guide you through your own cyber risk assessment.
The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offers Cyber Essentials Toolkits. The toolkits are a series of modules based on CISA’s six “essential elements” in creating a culture of cyber readiness. It focuses on what company leaders and IT professionals can do to keep the virtual office secure and enlist all staff to do their part in the effort.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers Cybersecurity for Small Businesses with online information for protecting your company, printable materials, and a guide for employers.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a number of cybersecurity resources via Ready.gov.
Conducting a cybersecurity audit can help you protect your company assets as well as the data of your staff and clients. | https://www.alcc.com/have-you-assessed-your-company-s-cybersecurity-risks- |
As the holiday season approaches each year, our thoughts naturally turn towards others. Although we think of scammers as being thoughtless, be not ye comforted by knowing that they will be thinking of us too!
Scams increase around the holidays because our behavior changes in predictable ways, such as expecting a package, wanting to receive an e-card from a loved one, or hoping that someone we haven’t spoken to in years is trying to connect with us. This makes us more vulnerable to scams that would be less convincing throughout the rest of the year.
One recent scam we've seen starts with a simple message such as "Are you available?" sent from a manager to a staff member. When someone is "hooked", the scammer will request that the victim purchase gift cards and send the activation codes. Successful execution of the scam can lead to financial loss (cost of the cards) and an incident investigation.
Keep your holiday season merry and bright by taking a little extra time to consider if that short email with a link from someone you know is really safe to click on. If in doubt, try using an alternate contact method such as text message or phone call to verify the legitimacy of the email.
Be cautious when you see the following common signs of phishing - urgent language, grammar mistakes, insecure links (http:// instead of https://), or asking for your personal information such as password.
For more details, please check out our cyber security course on Canvas. | https://www.sfu.ca/information-systems/information-security/keeping-your-personal-information-safe-during-the-holidays.html |
Cyber breaches can be much more than a passing fright; they could alter the course of life for organizations, governments, and individuals as a result of the exposure of sensitive data.
Without due care, a small vulnerability could result in a significant data breach. Many people don’t pay enough attention to it since they are unaware of how common modern security threats operate. As a result, headlines concerning ransomware, cyberattacks, and data breaches continuously trickle into social media feeds.
To put things in perspective, Acronis, a leader in cyber security, just released its mid-year cyber threats report, which was put together by the company’s Cyber Protection Operation Centers. The report provides a detailed analysis of the cyber threat trends that the company’s experts are keeping an eye on. The research emphasizes how ransomware remains the top threat to large and medium-sized businesses, including government institutions, and emphasizes how excessive IT and infrastructure complexity results in an increase in attacks.
In the first half of 2022, almost half of all reported breaches featured credentials that were stolen, enabling phishing and ransomware activities. The results highlight the need for more comprehensive approaches to cybersecurity.
Cybercriminals’ preferred infection vectors are phishing and malicious emails, which they employ to collect credentials and other sensitive information. More than one-quarter (26.5%) of emails were delivered to the user’s inbox (not prohibited by Microsoft365) before being deleted by Acronis email protection. Nearly one percent of emails contain harmful links or attachments.
According to Candid Wüest, Acronis VP of Cyber Protection Research, modern cyber threats are continually changing and eluding conventional security methods. “Organizations of all sizes need a holistic approach to cybersecurity that integrates everything from anti-malware to email-security and vulnerability-assessment capabilities. Cybercriminals are becoming too sophisticated and the results of attacks too dire to leave it to single-layered approaches and point solutions,” he added.
Ransomware gangs are causing significant harm, including Conti and Lapsus$.
Lapsus$ stole 1 TB of data and exposed the login information for more than 70,000 NVIDIA users. The source code for T-Mobile was also stolen, 30 GB worth.
Cybercriminals are increasingly concentrating on cryptocurrencies and platforms for decentralized finance (DeFi). Hackers have gained access to both crypto exchanges and wallets by taking advantage of vulnerabilities in smart contracts or by phishing attacks or malware that steals recovery phrases and passwords.
Since 2012, cyberattacks have caused more than $60 billion in DeFi currency to be lost.
Of that, $44 billion disappeared in the previous year.
Acronis has noticed an increase in the number of cases when enterprises are being targeted numerous times, sometimes simultaneously, particularly in the APAC region. As a result, the threat environment is expanding, and this is becoming more and more significant.
Reports show ransomware affected 72% of APJ firms in 2021, up from 39% in 2020. In light of this, it’s critical that businesses routinely examine their cyber strategies and address any gaps.
Therefore, to support that approach, businesses increased their spending on their cybersecurity strategy. In the next five years, regional spending on security-related goods and services is expected to grow at a rate of 14.1% (CAGR), reaching US$ 39 billion by 2025, according to IDC research.
A multi-layered system that combines anti-malware, EDR, DLP, email security, vulnerability assessment, patch management, RMM, and backup capabilities is necessary given the current state of cybersecurity threats. Companies have a higher chance of avoiding cyberattacks, minimizing the risk from successful attacks, and keeping data that might have been changed or stolen as a result thanks to the integration of these numerous components. | https://techwireasia.com/2022/08/among-all-cyber-breaches-ransomware-threats-project-damages-to-exceed-30-billion-by-2023/ |
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A Norton Antivirus con artist cost a 62-year-old Dearborn Heights woman $10,000, which she was convinced to withdraw from her bank account and send to the perpetrator via FedEx.
The victim said she received an email on Aug. 19 to subscribe to Norton Antivirus. She called a phone number provided in the email, and was directed to type information on her computer screen, which appeared to give control of the computer to the con artist.
She said the person told her that $12,500 was accidentally deposited into her bank account, and told her to withdraw that amount and send it to them via FedEx, or they would seek legal action against her.
Her bank only allowed her to withdraw $10,000 in cash, which she sent to the person via FedEx, to an address provided. The package was received Aug. 20 by the fraudster.
The victim later discovered that the transaction she saw was money that was actually transferred from her own checking account into her own savings account, not into the account from a third party, which prompted her to file a police report, along with the relevant bank records.
Dearborn police report 13 crimes from Nov. 21-27
Dearborn Heights police report 10 crimes from Nov. 21-27 | https://www.pressandguide.com/2021/09/19/antivirus-con-costs-dearborn-heights-woman-10000/ |
The security measures we employ.
We have put in place security measures to prevent your personal data from being lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed inappropriately.
We also limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a need to know in order for our service to be provided. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have procedures to deal with any suspected breach of the rules about personal data and will notify you and the regulator of a breach where we are required to do so. | https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/privacy-policy/data-security/ |
Ransomware attacks are on the rise and as adversaries mount more sophisticated attacks, government and private institutions need to advance their cyber strategies as well in order to not become easy targets.
That was one of the main takeaways from private and public sector cybersecurity experts at MeriTalk’s Curbing the Flow of Ransomware: Real or Pipe Dream event on August 12. Experts agreed institutions need to have new and more sophisticated approaches to cybersecurity amid rising ransomware attacks – whether that be through exploring new security solutions, increasing private and public sector collaboration, or shifting the culture within organizations to embrace cybersecurity more tightly.
“A new era of ransomware is upon us, and the problem isn’t that the institutions have changed. The problem is the institutions haven’t changed,” Mark Bowling, vice president of security response services at ExtraHop said during the event. “They have not evolved in the same way that the threat actors have evolved, so the threat actors have evolved in scope and sophistication.” “Targets are only as easy as they allow themselves to be,” he added. “Being an easy target is what I call the negligent choice, being an attractive target is the consequence of being successful, and all of the businesses out there want to be successful.”
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But how does an organization become more successful in mitigating ransomware attacks? The answer is complicated, as there are many ways to get to that goal. Bob Tafoya, global practice lead for critical infrastructure and industrial IoT at Juniper Networks, said institutions need a sophisticated approach that “goes beyond fortifying perimeters and patching systems like we used to do.” “I think there’s value to be gained in exploration, at a minimum, of automation-forward solutions,” Tafoya suggested. “Things like software-defined controllers that maintain real-time inventories of network resources, standards-based service models to define and create communication templates, and powerful workflow engines that automate and instantiate communications, without deploying human resources into the field for assessment and implementation.”
Tafoya said institutions need to “lock-in long term troubleshooting” in order to reduce “human error and inconsistency.” However, Tafoya also acknowledged that agencies need to be ever-changing in their approach, and that these solutions will need to adapt as cyberattacks grow in sophistication.
“You can’t be static, those days are long gone, you have to be ever-changing ever-adapting, and certainly, the adversaries are,” Bryan Rosensteel, Federal solutions architect at Ping Identity, said, agreeing with Tafoya. “You have to make sure you’re ever-adapting, ever-changing, ever having a strategy – that you’re not complacent.”
Jennifer Pedersen, senior technical advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) National Risk Management Center, leads strategic risk reduction activities in the critical infrastructure space and said the United States has entered “a new inning” of ransomware attacks, one that “needs a new approach.”
According to Pedersen, CISA is currently working in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop cross-sector performance goals for control systems as part of the White House’s National Security Memorandum released on July 28.
Pedersen said this is “such an exciting project to work on” because it will allow for more consistency in cybersecurity requirements across both the private and public sectors. What’s more, these goals will be available by the end of September, Pedersen said.
“We’re going to have these cross-cutting control systems performance goals by the end of September, which is a really quick turn, but then for each sector, we’re going to have sector-specific cybersecurity goals,” she said. “It’s going to force us to get together with the sector partners, or the private sector partners, and talk about what good really looks like in each of these environments – in a way that’s actionable and can really drive change.”
In addition to increased collaboration, Pedersen also stressed that organizations need to undergo a culture shift to get every employee informed of the threat environment, and to feel an urgency to “contribute to the cybersecurity” of their organization.
“Every single person in each organization is going to feel that it’s their duty to their job, to the organization, and to their nation, to be a part in stamping out this and doing whatever they can,” she said. “When we get that culture shift, I think is where we can see real change.”
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A. To configure the recovery console to not require you to enter the administrator password, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole registry subkey.
Double-click SecurityLevel, set its value to 1 to not require password entry (or 0 to require the user to enter the password), then click OK. | https://www.itprotoday.com/strategy/how-can-i-configure-recovery-console-windows-2000-and-later-not-require-me-enter |
New Guides for Online Safety Tools from UK Safer Internet Centre Posted on June 23, 2014 by kentesafety The UK Safer Internet Centre has published new guides to online safety tools for parents/carers regarding popular social networking and other online sites. The guides are available for Ask. FM, Moshi Monsters, Club Penguin, Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Movie Star Planet, Tumblr, Twitter and YouTube. There are also links to helpful tools about SnapChat, Instagram, WhatsApp and Google Safe Search as well as guides to apply parental controls to 4OD, iPlayer, ITV player and Sky Go.
Most online services offer a range of safety features that can help parents/carers to manage access to age-inappropriate content, report concerns or protect privacy. It is a good idea for parents to think about the sites and services the family uses, and check out which features these sites have that might be helpful. Parents/carers can talk to their children and make sure they know how to use the tools on the sites and services they use.
Schools and other settings should share these links with their families via newsletters, websites and other events. | http://kentesafety.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/new-guides-for-online-safety-tools-from-uk-safer-internet-centre/ |
Some of the users who visited KickassTorrents (KAT), one of the most popular torrent trackers on the Internet, over the weekend had the nasty surprise of being infected with a rogue antivirus program called "Security Sphere 2012."
According to experts from Web security vendor Armorize Technologies who detected the drive-by download attack, the infection process did not require any user interaction if the victim had outdated browser plug-ins.
According to Alexa.com, kat.ph ranks 320 by global daily traffic and is among the top 500 websites in the U.S. By other compete.com estimates, the torrent index gets around 1.5 million unique visitors every month.
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The attack was instrumented through malicious advertisements pushed onto the website via a compromised OpenX server. Webmasters deploy such servers to sell ad space directly instead of using standard advertising networks like Google's or Microsoft's.
At the time of the attack, the "Security Sphere 2012" scareware program had a very low antivirus detection rate and even worse, some users might have ignored the alerts they received from those anti-malware programs that did pick it up. (See also "How to Avoid Malware.")
That's because one week before, a malware definition error resulted in avast! Antivirus incorrectly flagging kat.ph as infected. The KickassTorrent admins released a statement at the time to dismiss the alerts as a false positive incident and that bogus detection might have now led users to believe this was a similar problem.
Malvertizing (malicious advertising) attacks are much more dangerous than those relying on spammed links or social engineering because they exploit the trust relationship between users and their favorite websites. Coupled with drive-by download exploits like those used in this case, such incidents can result in a high number of victims.
Symantec has partnered with Armorize Technologies to develop a new cloud-based service called Symantec AdVantage, which promises to help webmasters detect malicious code hidden within the advertisements displayed on their websites.
"Malvertising poses a serious risk to online publishers and their customers, reputation and revenue. Highly publicized malvertising infections can damage the reputation of even the most trusted online sites," said Fran Rosch, vice president of identity and authentication services at Symantec.
In the past, websites and services like The New York Times, TweetMeme, Spotify, ICQ, Yahoo, Google, Bing, Al Jazeera, Tucows, The Pirate Bay, and many others have fallen victim to this kind of attack. Users can best protect themselves by keeping their software up to date, especially the browser plug-ins and operating system, and optionally using extensions like NoScript that block third-party scripts, including ads, by default.
To comment on this article and other PCWorld content, visit our Facebook page or our Twitter feed. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/242008/scareware_spread_from_popular_torrent_site_via_malvertizing.html |
Double-click mb-support-X.X.X.XXXX.exe to run the program
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To save attachments, please click the link as shown below. You can click and drag the files to this bar or you can click the choose files, then browse to where your files are located, select them and click the Open button.
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The mbst-grab-results.zip logs are below the screenshot.
But I will post the log from the repair as well.
Unfortunately it's gone because I used CCleaner. But the BSOD was caused from a dual band adapter I unsuccessfully tried to install today.
Today I had a new hard drive placed into my desktop and win 8.1 reinstalled. | https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/239296-resolved-mbamexe-no-disk-error/ |
When you run the Repair or Delete wizard, select the Delete option.
Confirm the complete removal of AVG antivirus from the system.
Wait until the removal is complete, and confirm the restart of the computer.
After the reboot, delete in the same way all remaining AVG products.
If you cannot completely remove AVG antivirus programs in a standard way, use a special utility to remove AVG from the system – AVG Remover.
AVG Remover utility
Removal of AVG antivirus AVG Remover utility. The AVG Remover utility removes all parts of AVG antivirus products from the system, including files, drivers, and registry entries.
IMPORTANT! Please note that the utility will also delete all settings and licenses, as well as, quarantine files. If necessary, make a backup copy of the data you need.
Close all open windows and programs. Run the utility (AVG_Remover.exe file) and click “CONTINUE” to start the utility:
The utility will start to search for AVG components on your system – this may take some time. Then you will see a list of products found. Check them and click “Remove”
If the utility does not find the installed AVG products on your system, you will continue to run the forced removal of all possible AVG files and records. In this case, click “Run anyway”: | https://avgantivirusreview.com/remove-avg-antivirus-through-the-control-panel |
Any illegal activity or harassment did through the use of the internet can be termed as a cybercrime. While the internet, mobile phones, and computers facilitate the lives of many people; it is not a safe place to be. The online world can be used as a weapon to perform deviant acts which would be harmful to people and society. There have been many types of criminal activities which have been conducted in past through the internet. The most common crimes are stalking, bullying and harassment. These are being done by the new generation who are unaware of the dangers which might face them.
Spamming has been prevalent for many years as it has been used to access the personal information of people through emails. Emails are sent to chain customers which can also contain harmful viruses or bugs to destroy the computer’s hard disk. Sometimes these spam messages are used in the form of special offers and discounts which attract people to click. This was done to attain their personal details and information. Spam messages may make online contact difficult for some people who are frequently attacked.
Fraud is another form of crime that involves the theft of financial resources. It is done to get access to another person or company’s funds to transfer it into their own. Information about client’s account numbers or bank accounts is made and this is an accurate demonstration of identity theft. Cybercriminals hack a person’s computer or a company’s website to make this theft possible. They can take out the money as a loan in the name of the cardholder. Another example of identity theft is when an unauthorized person can hack a wireless network and access the internet for free.
Another grave cybercrime that computer users experience is hardware hijacking. Hardware hijacking can prove to be a security danger in certain printers. This could be done while updating the printing software which is done automatically by computers. Harmful files may get downloaded during this process. Cybercriminals can gain access to computers in this way, and can even use them to set the computer on fire. Such extreme acts can also be done through the cyber world.
There have been increasing incidents of teenagers getting harassed by their fellow students or friends over the internet. Offensive videos or pictures are uploaded for the sake of fun, which can have harsh consequences. It can affect the victim’s psychological state or can even cause him/her to suicide. Therefore, internet users should be careful while posting anything online and should not share any personal information through messages or email.
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I attached a CSV export of the endpoint detection from my Nebula Quarantine dashboard.
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Is your antivirus slowing down your computer? Do you want to know how to protect computer from virus without antivirus? In this article I will tell you the 6 most important tips which will help you to protect computer without any antivirus. This article is for Windows user because Mac don’t need any kind of software. Their computers are anti-hacking computer.
Friends I am using Two laptop and one of them I am not using any kind of antivirus. And windows defender also disabled. You can ask me why I am not using any kind of antivirus? In fact windows defender is a free.
Friends did you know what are the disadvantages of antivirus. Ok, I am going to tell you the disadvantages of antivirus and windows defender.
Slow down your computer : Did you know antivirus and windows defender can slow down your computer speed. Antivirus is a background running software, which is running when you are working on your computer. It consumes your processing power so, your PC can be slow.
It consumes you computer energy : It not only slow down your PC but also It can consumes your computer energy or power. This is the reason your computers battery life can be reduce.
This is the basic or common reason which I faced with one of my computer so I decided to not use any kind of antivirus.
One more thing I want to tell you that don’t use any kind of free antivirus software. It can be malware and it can track your data. So, keep safe your computer from free antivirus.
Now, I am going to tell you how to protect computer from virus without antivirus? And I will tell you the 6 easy steps, which will be most important for you.
I am strictly telling you that if your computer has no any kind of antivirus then you don’t need to download files, software or any kind of application from unknown website because you don’t know that which website you are visiting those can implant cookies to your computer and cookies can track your data.
Your visited websites and its files and software can be malware based. So, my suggestion is that not to visit any kind of unknown website to download files or software.
Look, visiting website to read something is not harmful but visiting unknown website to download some application, software or any files it can be harmful for your PC, specially if your PC has no antivirus.
2# Don’t visit pron website
Visiting porn website also can be harmful for your PC. Did you know the adds shown in the porn sites which are not adds of Google AdSense or media.net. And we don’t know which advertising media they are using. These adds can be malicious link.
And may be the porn site collecting your data and may be the website owner can be hacker. So, safe your computer and don’t visit porn sites.
Visiting porn website without antivirus can be very dangerous for you PC.
3# Don’t use any kind of unknown application or software
It is important to know which application and software you are using those are reputed and useful. Don’t use any kind of unnecessary and unknown application or software.
Specially cleaner, PC speed booster etc. like this application can be harmful for your PC. Don’t use those app. If you want to speed up your computer don’t install too many application on your PC.
4# Don’t use unknown person’s pendrive or hard disk
This is most important and useful tips for all of you, those are not using internet also. I saw many computer user uses unknown persons pendrive and hard disk also. If you are also one of them then stop it.
Don’t use unknown person’s pendrive or hard disk because you don’t know that those hard disk or pendrive can be virus affected. Those virus can attack your computer. So, I am strictly telling you that don’t use those types of pandrive and hard disk.
5# Don’t click on unknown email or link
I found lots of spam emails everyday. The email sender told me to click the link to win 10000$, click the link to make your credit card free in two days etc. I am telling you that this types of email are spam emails, don’t believe on that. Because after clicking those link your data can be hacked.
This types of email are so dangerous, do’t need to open those emails. These types of emails can hack your computer. And one more thing, don’t click on any kind of unknown link.
6# Don’t use free antivirus
Free antivirus can be harmful your PC. One question you need to think that the costly antivirus why they are providing free?
The free antivirus are not genuine antivirus and they are not original. So, it will be better that not to use any kind of free antivirus.
The free antivirus can slow down your PC and they can collect your data from your PC, so keep safe your PC from free antivirus.
Conclusion
One think you should keep in mind that always use original application or software. You can download software from Microsoft Store and trusted website.
I hope you understand how to protect computer from virus without antivirus? and I hope you will use this tips to protect your computer.
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The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Justice this week announced sanctions against six Nigerian nationals for their involvement in business email compromise (BEC) and romance fraud schemes.
The six, namely Richard Uzuh, Micheal Olorunyomi, Alex Ogunshakin, Felix Okpoh, Nnamdi Benson, and Abiola Kayode, engaged in BEC fraud schemes that resulted in American citizens losing over $6 million, the U.S. Treasury says. They impersonated business executives and tricked legitimate businesses into wiring them money, but also stole from others by conducting romance fraud operations.
Using various manipulation tactics, the individuals gained access to usernames, passwords, and bank accounts, in furtherance of the scheme. Some of those who engaged in romance fraud relied on social media and email to boost their social engineering tactics, the U.S. Treasury says.
“As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated persons that are in the possession or control of U.S. persons or within or transiting the United States are blocked, and U.S. persons generally are prohibited from dealing with them,” OFAC says.
Between 2015 and 2016, Uzuh and an accomplice engaged in BEC fraud, requesting and receiving funds from victim businesses’ accounts. He would often target over 100 businesses in a single day and his scheme is believed to have caused over $6,300,000 is losses.
From September 2015 to June 2017, Olorunyomi and an accomplice engaged in a romance fraud scheme in which he either obtained funds directly from the victims, or used their bank accounts to funnel fraudulently obtained money. The scheme likely resulted in losses of more than $1 million.
Engaging in both BEC and romance scams, Ogunshakin provided Uzuh and other co-conspirators with bank accounts to receive fraudulent wire transfers, in addition to running his own BEC schemes and assisting Uzuh with the contacting of victim companies.
Okpoh and Benson conducted romance scams and engaged in money laundering (working with Uzuh). Both provided bank accounts used to receive fraudulent wire transfers. While also conducting BEC and romance scams, Kayode too provided U.S. bank accounts to individuals involved in the scheme. | https://www.securityweek.com/us-sanctions-six-nigerians-bec-and-romance-fraud |
In earlier years, everyone depends on SOC (including firewalls, WAF, SIEM,etc.) and the priority in building the SOC provides security and the CIA was maintained.
However, later the emergence of the attacks and the threat actors becomes more challenging and the existing SOC will not be able to provide better security over the CIA. There are many reasons for the failure of the existing SOC, where it only depends on the SIEM.
Many organizations, believed integrating all the security devices like Firewalls, Routers, AV, and DB solutions in SIEM and correlating the use cases will provide them 100% security over the CIA of the data. However, it all fails, since the APT emerges.
APT attacks over these years deliberately show that in cyberspace, organizations should implement a 0-trust defense model. The main reasons for the failures of existing SOC, we mostly are the use cases of brute force login attempts, failure logins, failure http requests, and malware propagations.
Nevertheless, we have to understand when the defenders started to learn, the offenders also evolved in a better way. APT groups are evolving and abusing genuine applications we use often and stay in dwell time for years without being caught.
Arise of APT
Advanced Persistence Threat, these groups are not an individual identity. They are mostly organizations or countries (based on agenda/political reasons) with expertise teams. Not normal experts, they are trained professionals and they have the potential to break in any system and move laterally in a LAN without being caught for years.
Even your antivirus cannot detect this movement, because they do not create malware, they just abuse genuine applications (like PowerShell) and move laterally like a genuine process.
Key components of an APT is, moving laterally, being persistent, creating CnC channel, getting payload with just a DNS request and more. Every APT attacks so far recorded, they do have unique ways of propagating a network and they rely highly on open ports, unprotected network zones, vulnerable applications, network shares, etc. Once they break in, they do whatever they intend to do.
Proactive Defense Model
Your perception towards the defense against any modern-day cyber-attacks and APT attacks, you should think and build a defense mechanism exactly like an “adversary“. For building a defense model, you should know the adversary tactics, and how they get in. How do they propagate? For these queries, Lock Martin’s cyber kills chain and Mitre ATT&CK give a better understanding of the attacks. Exactly how an adversary sneaks into your network and how he moves out without being caught. You can also, implement use cases in your existing SOC based upon the stages of the Cyber Kill chain, which will provide you an insight into the cyber-attacks.
Both were considered as plans of action, not as incident responses.
APT groups are using various techniques and hide their traces forever, so just depending on IOCs (IP, domain, hashes, URLs) do not work anymore. You should think about TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures also sometimes referred to as Tools, Techniques, and Procedures).
These TTPs plays a vital role in gathering information about the OS and network artifacts used by the adversaries, based upon the information, building a use case for cases in a specific way of traffic or specific “dll” or “exe“, provides insight over the attacks. DarkNet intelligence also needed, where most of the or stolen data’s are sold in dark market either for money or for further asylum.
Threat intelligence, also provides the global threat information based on available resources. Many OEM’s are also providing various threat matrix information’s, tools used, artifacts used, etc. Every day, your intelligence team should gather the information’s not only about IOC’s also; they have to strive details about emerging IOA and IOE’s.
APT groups are well-trained in exploiting the vulnerability. Therefore, we need to gather more information for the indications of exploitations in the organizations and ensure it is fixed, before the adversary exploits.
A cyber intelligence program is all about uncovering the who, what, where, when, why and how behind a cyberattack. Tactical and operational intelligence can help identify what and how of an attack, and sometimes the where and when.
Cyber Threat Hunting
After gathering the information, we have to hunt. Cyber threat hunting is the modern methodology to have an idea of cyber kill chains or the Mitre Attacks and hunt the unknown variants of attacks. When you know, what is happening in your LAN, you can directly drive into Incident response.
But, when you suspect an event, that you want to hunt in your LAN for the traces of unknown variants (APT), threat hunting comes in. Threat hunting provides you an in-depth analysis of the threat vectors and you can narrow down the events before it becomes an incident.
In every organization, threat-hunting teams should be hired and proactively they hunt for suspicious events and ensure it do not becomes incidents or the adversary’s breach. They should understand the APT attack history and check for the artifacts in their network. Not to look for known IOCs, break down the methodologies they propagate.
Likewise, there are several conditions to hunt in a LAN. We can utilize the Mitre ATT&CK framework and check for the APT history and understand them. It will provide better understanding and we can map the hunting methods to the framework and see how far we can achieve.
Dwell time, the time were the adversaries stay in your network and learn each and every zones, share, Database, network protocol, mapping, routes, vulnerable endpoints, etc. Threat hunting helps you to find the lateral movement and the persistent behaviour of any cyber-attacks.
Incident Response
Traditional incident response provides mitigation and remediation over the incidents (breached events), whereas Threat hunting provides understanding of any suspicious or weird events and mitigating before it becomes an incident.
But incident responder and the response team is definitely needed in any SOC, where they helps to mitigate the current incident and helps to resolve the open vulnerabilities, this will break the attack chain and possibility of cyber threat is reduced.
IR team should ensure that the CIA was not breached and no data’s has been exfiltered. Incident response teams also can deploy the cyber kill chain model in their checklists and map down the attacks.
An incident response plan can benefit an enterprise by outlining how to minimize the duration of and damage from a security incident, identifying participating stakeholders, streamlining forensic analysis, hastening recovery time, reducing negative publicity and ultimately increasing the confidence of corporate executives, owners and shareholders.
Modern SOC and the Expertise skills
As we seen and experienced various APT attacks and modern-day cyber espionage, we should evolve and create an enhanced cyber security strategy. This model provides insights over cyber-attacks, so we need expertise teams with various skills.
The specific skill sets of threat hunting, open source threat intelligence and DarkNet intelligence, Proactive incident handlers and first responder, malware researchers, and who can understand the windows architecture and the malware behaviors. These skill sets are mostly needed to defend a network against modern-day cyber-attacks.
An example, how a modern CyberSOC team should be planned.
Conclusion
Cyber resilience is an evolving perspective that is rapidly gaining recognition. The concept essentially brings the areas of information security, business continuity and (organizational) resilience together.
This model has a conceptual idea of bringing the Threat Intel, hunting, response and SOC together to provide a complex array of security structures for an organization. It will be more helpful to prioritize the activity and we can defend ourselves against modern-day attacks easily.
This model comprises key elements of “Adaptive response, Analytic monitoring, Deception, Intelligence, Diversity, Dynamic positioning, privilege restriction based on existing policies, realignment of mission-critical and noncritical services/servers, correlation of events and rapid responses”. It mainly addresses the APT threats and provides an in-depth insight of the attack and the possible vectors.
Remember,
Earlier: “Malware or Malicious”, was classified as scripts that intend to do something. But in the POV of an APT or adversaries, they are well aware of the current antivirus functionalities and their defensive mechanisms. So they do not rely much on scripts or malware, instead, they abuse genuine programs and move laterally without being detected.
Cyber Threat Hunter POV – Whatever is not needed for an individual, in any endpoints, or in an organization, these vulnerable keys are the critical assets of an APT. So these are considered to malware in the perception of threat hunters. Ex: “PowerShell is not used by everyone unless needed by admin in servers. So not disabling the execution of PowerShell in endpoints is a loophole and adversaries can exploit it.
This model has a five-point view of the deployment of each module, where “Threat Intelligence”, “Cyber hunting”, “SOC”, “Incident Response” and “kill chain models”.
These are the pillars of the CyberSOC and it can be separately maintained or used along as per organizational policies. However, everything should be synchronized logically and use each module effectively when a suspicious event occurs. | https://gbhackers.com/modern-cybersoc/amp/ |
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Insider threats have long been recognized as a problem by the Federal Government. The National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF) was established by Executive Order in 2011. In part, it ordered all federal departments and agencies with access to classified information to establish insider threat detection and prevention programs “for deterring, detecting, and mitigating insider threats, including the safeguarding of classified information from exploitation, compromise, or other unauthorized disclosure.”
As insider threats continued to grow, the Federal Government increased its demands. In 2014, Directive 504 from the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSSD 504 – Protecting National Security Systems from Insider Threat) prescribed the minimum measures required for User Activity Monitoring (UAM) on all classified networks “to detect indicators of insider threat behavior,” and have the “technical capability to observe and record the actions and activities of an individual, at any time, on any device accessing U.S. Government information.”
The directive recognizes an important distinction—one we agree with wholeheartedly. Looking for specific actions by specific users on specific data is a dated and ineffective method for stopping insider threats (and requires too much overhead for rules creation and curation). Instead, CNSSD 504 focuses on “threat behavior”; the things insider threats do as part of the insider threat kill chain.
Focusing on malicious behavior allows security and compliance teams to stop threats before they steal data or do harm. By understanding activities in context of Data, Machines, Applications, and People, Indicators of Intent can help SOC teams identify activities that provide “the tell” when malicious actors are performing reconnaissance, circumvention, aggregation, obfuscation—long before exfiltration.
When a skilled insider wants to steal data, they often separate their activities into smaller steps over a period of time to avoid detection. Alerting on every activity (which could be benign) can result in alert fatigue. DTEX has partnered with MITRE Corporation to advance Five Eyes capability for Insider Threat and Foreign Interference detection and mitigation.
Alert Stacking and machine learning capabilities combine behavioral rules and anomaly detection to reduce false positives and analyst overhead.
Automated Activity Correlation allows multiple disparate events to be attributed to a defined sequence of events occurring within a given time window.
This further improves true positive detection rates by elevating alert scores for events that occur sequentially across the full Insider Threat Kill Chain, over and above alerting rules triggered in isolation.
DTEX also provides the ability to automatically increase monitoring and alerting mechanisms for high risk user populations (e.g., new joiners, leavers or “flight-risk” detected employees and individuals flagged as ”persons of interest”) and automatic correlation of these populations with insider threat related activities. | https://www.dtexsystems.com/blog/compliance-with-nittf-cnssd-504-using-workforce-cyber-security-vs-user-activity-monitoring/ |
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Although Microsoft is working toward a summer release date to ship its Edge browser, the company also plans to continue adding features. The Edge team revealed some of those plans during its first Edge Web Summit for developers on Tuesday.
“We need to do more than just the next version of the same old thing,” added Charles Morris, the principal program manager of Edge, summing up the reasons for Microsoft to develop the new Web browser.
Executives said they will add greater integration with Cortana, extensions, and object RTC. A more formal list of features under consideration—similar to the “roadmap” that Microsoft publishes around Office 365—is available at Microsoft’s developer site.
Edge will be available only as part of Windows 10, due to ship sometime this summer. Microsoft’s new browser labored under the name “Project Spartan” for months, until being formally renamed last week. (The new Edge logo is reminiscent of the Internet Explorer logo, with a mohawk.) If necessary, such as to render a site that features numerous legacy ActiveX controls, Edge can call Internet Explorer to step in.
Why this matters: The new Edge browser isn’t just a long-needed replacement for Internet Explorer. It’s also a chance for Microsoft to create a browser platform that caters to the burgeoning world of web-based applications. With this Edge Summit, Microsoft is also creating an opportunity to show off the browser’s talents so it can build support among developers.
More than just the same old thing
Currently, Microsoft has been promoting four user-facing features in Edge: its reading mode, its integrated Cortana service, the ability to mark up Web pages with digital ink, and the eventual addition of extensions.
Paula Chuchro, a program manager for Edge, showed off the ability for Edge to store files for later reading in a sidebar to the reading view, and translate foreign-language Web pages using Bing Translator. Users can also mark up a Web page with digital ink or a keyboard, she said, such as adapting a recipe found on the Web with their own notes. PDF files rendered in the browser can be marked up as well.
Web pages can be placed in a reading mode that strips them of ads and allows users to adjust the font and background. Users can also store pages for later reading.
One of the most anticipated features of the new browser, however, will be its use of extensions, the additional snippets of code that add functionality to the browser. Unfortunately, that feature won’t be in Edge at its release, and Microsoft’s executives didn’t offer any clarity on when it would appear. Chee Chen Tong, a senior program manager for Edge, showed off three extensions that will work with Edge: the Reddit Enhancement Suite, Pinterest (see top image in article), and a click-to-call Skype extension.
The Edge roadmap.
In addition, Cortana support within Edge will be enhanced with new “scenarios,” including automatically displaying a weather forecast as the user begins typing what the digital assistant suspects is a relevant request. More “celebrity answers”—such as “what is the height of Brad Pitt?”—are coming, although those are largely driven by the Cortana services team. Other developer-specific enhancements are en route as well, executives said.
An extension for Reddit, running in Microsoft’s Edge browser.
Microsoft’s developer site also has a long list of features that have either been approved, are under consideration, or have been rejected. Among those that Microsoft are considering for Edge include an ambient light event, which would adjust the format of a Web page depending on whether you’re in bright sun or darkened room; access to vibration controls; media recording, and more.
Microsoft executives also made clear that EdgeHTML, the engine that enables web games that could boost your Xbox gamerscore, is the name of the rendering engine, not a separate, proprietary version of the HTML markup language.
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They will show off technology this week called TapSense that takes more advantage of all the touchy-feelyness of your fingers to better control computing devices such as iPhones and Android tablets. For example, using your fingernails can signal one thing to a device, whereas pressing the touchscreen with the pad of your fingertip or even a knuckle can send a different instruction (See video below for a better “feel” for the technology).
The technology involves the use of a microphone attached to the touchscreen that enables the CMU scientist to distinguish between a fingernail, fingertip or knuckle. A proof-of-concept system could distinguish between four types of finger outputs with 95% accuracy, according to CMU.
One goal of the TapSense team is to eliminate the need for buttons and other space-hogging conventions for taking action on a device and making better use of the sometimes limited screen size.
“TapSense basically doubles the input bandwidth for a touchscreen,” said Chris Harrison, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), in a statement. “This is particularly important for smaller touchscreens, where screen real estate is limited. If we can remove mode buttons from the screen, we can make room for more content or can make the remaining buttons larger.”
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The Windows version of Crisis, a piece of malware discovered in July, is capable of infecting VMware virtual machine images, Windows Mobile devices and removable USB drives, according to researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec.
Crisis is a computer Trojan program that targets Mac OS and Windows users. The malware was discovered by antivirus vendor Intego on July 24 and can record Skype conversations, capture traffic from instant messaging programs like Adium and Microsoft Messenger for Mac and track websites visited in Firefox or Safari.
Crisis is distributed via social engineering attacks that trick users into running a malicious Java applet. The applet identifies the user’s OS — Windows or Mac OS X — and executes the corresponding installer.
“The threat searches for a VMware virtual machine image on the compromised computer and, if it finds an image, it mounts the image and then copies itself onto the image by using a VMware Player tool,” said Symantec researcher Takashi Katsuki in a blog post on Monday. “This may be the first malware that attempts to spread onto a virtual machine.”
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, whose products detect the Crisis malware as Morcut, have confirmed the existence of this functionality in the Trojan program.
“This function allows Morcut to steal and intercept data from virtual machines including financial information used for online shopping,” said Kaspersky Lab malware expert Sergey Golovanov via email on Tuesday.
Malware authors are putting significant efforts into making sure that new variants of their Trojan programs are not detected by antivirus products when they are released.
In response, some security conscious users are performing online banking, online shopping and other potentially sensitive activities from virtual machines. This allows them to use an OS installation that’s unlikely to be altered by malware every time they need to perform such tasks.
Many malware threats contain routines that prevent their own execution inside virtual machines. This is done in order to prevent analysis by security researchers, who commonly use virtualized environments to observe what malicious programs do.
Morcut doesn’t do this, Golovanov said. “[Its] aim is to get inside as many systems it can to steal the maximum amount of information.” “This may be the next leap forward for malware authors,” Katsuki said.
In addition to infecting VMware virtual machines, the Windows version of Crisis also installs rogue modules on Windows Mobile devices connected to compromised systems.
However, the Symantec researchers don’t know what these modules do yet. “We currently do not have copies of these modules and hence we are looking for them so we can analyze them in greater detail,” Katsuki said.
The number of computers infected by Crisis/Morcut is not very high at the moment. Kaspersky Lab has identified a total of 21 victims located in Italy, Mexico, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Oman, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Golovanov said. “This may not account for all the victims as other vendors may have detections on their systems too.”
Security researchers from Intego previously said that sections of code from Crisis suggest a connection with a commercial Trojan program developed by an Italian company called HackingTeam and licensed to law enforcement and intelligence agencies for surveillance purposes.
The low number of infections and their wide geographic distribution could suggest that this malware is used in targeted attacks rather than widespread ones. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/460795/crisis_malware_infects_vmware_virtual_machines_researchers_say.html |
With broad and near-unanimous bipartisan support, the Virginia General Assembly passed a series of bills this year to defend the public’s right to privacy from new mass surveillance technologies.
To his credit, Gov. Terry McAuliffe almost immediately signed a bill to require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before tracking people’s mobile phones with cell tower emulators, often called “stingrays.” But he initially balked at two other bills: one that would have also required police to get a warrant before using drones and another that would’ve placed strict limitations on other mass surveillance technologies, including a seven-day limit on the retention of locational data collected through automatic license plate readers (ALPR).
McAuliffe sent these two measures back to the legislature with suggested amendments, who sent them right back to his desk with only the slightest changes. The message was clear: these protections are what Virginians want and what they deserve.
The second time around, McAuliffe signed the drone bill, but he vetoed the ALPR bill, parroting the flawed talking points of the device manufacturers and law enforcement lobby groups:
Many localities in Virginia retain this data for 60 days to two years. Seven days is a substantial reduction. Additionally, law enforcement agencies demonstrate that crimes are often not reported until several weeks later. Under this bill, essential data would not be available at the time of those reports. This is particularly concerning when considering implications for the National Capitol Region, where cross-state collaboration and information-sharing are essential to responding to potential criminal or terrorist activity occurring near Virginia’s borders.
What McAuliffe fails to mention is those law enforcement agencies are already breaking Virginia’s Data Act by storing ALPR data, as the Virginia Attorney General determined in a 2013 legal opinion [PDF]. He also pays little attention to the threat to personal privacy that ALPRs represent: by collecting information on every driver, police are treating the entire population as if they’re suspects in a criminal investigation. Even more worrisome is how these cameras, which are capable of collecting thousands of locational data points a day, can potentially reveal the intimate details of a person’s life, including religious preferences, political affiliations, medical conditions, and romantic relationships. Indeed, as the ACLU of Virginia notes:
In 2013, public records revealed that during the 2008 election, Virginia State Police used ALPRs to collect information about people attending rallies for candidates Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, and later targeted vehicles crossing from Virginia to Washington for Obama’s inauguration.
McAuliffe also failed to address some of the more questionable techniques used by ALPR companies to shield their products from public scrutiny, such as contracts that forbid agencies from talking candidly publicly about the technology. In Lansing, Michigan, police have given up on ALPRs because they were unreliable and drained the batteries of their cars. In San Francisco, police have been sued after a false positive resulted in a confrontation between officers and an innocent government employee.
The ACLU of Virginia isn’t giving up. Five days after McAuliffe acted on the bills, the organization filed a lawsuit [PDF] against the Fairfax County Police Department, which, despite the Attorney General’s guidance, has been storing ALPR data for up to a year and sharing that data with other law enforcement agencies in the region. If successful, the lawsuit could potentially have an even stronger impact on ALPR limits than what the bill would have provided.
We're very proud of the hundreds of EFF supporters in Virginia who sent letters to their lawmakers and tweeted at the governor about these measures. And, again, we commend McAuliffe for signing bills to limit the use of stingrays and drones, but we’ll be rooting for the ACLU as they pursue other means to challenge invasive technologies such as ALPRs.
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Your identity is your most valuable asset. Is yours protected?
Did you know every 39 seconds, another person becomes victim of a cyber attack? In just the first two months of 2021, the Texas Workforce commission received over 734,000 fraudulent claims totaling nearly $1 billion in loss. | https://www.ilock360.com/finpath-wellness-identity-theft-protection/ |
A major California hospital has paid a $17,000 (£12,000) "ransomware" in Bitcoins to hackers who had frozen the health-care facility's computer system. Making the payment was the quickest way to get the hospital's network up and running again, said Allen Stefanek, chief operating officer of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, reported Associated Press.
"The malware locks systems by encrypting files and demanding ransom to obtain the decryption key. The quickest and most efficient way to restore our systems and administrative functions was to pay the ransom and obtain the decryption key," said Stefanek. He said neither patient care nor hospital records were compromised in the hack.
The computer system was frozen for five days beginning 5 February. Hackers initially demanded $3.4m (£2.4m) in Bitcoins in payment. The FBI has launched an investigation. A source told the Los Angeles Times that the ransom was paid before the 434-bed hospital reached out to law enforcement.
The hack was believed to be one of the first of its kind and raised concerns about frightening scenarios of hackers tampering with medical orders, patient records and even hospital systems. "I have never heard of this kind of attack trying to shutdown a hospital," cyber security expert Phil Lieberman told the Times. This puts lives at risk and it is sicking to see such an act. Health management systems are beginning to tighten their security."
Intriguingly, a recent episode of the US TV series CSI: Cyber featured a hacker who seized control through computers of life-saving machines in a hospital, threatening to kill patients unless a ransom was paid.
Bitcoins, rather than bags of bills, have become the preferred method of payment to criminal hackers. The virtual currency can be held in a digital wallet that does not have to be registered with any government or financial authority , and can be easily exchanged for real money. | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/los-angeles-hospital-paid-17000-hackers-get-back-control-its-computer-system-1544530 |
A hierarchy of cybersecurity needs is inspired by a similar concept of the hierarchy of human needs, coined by the psychologist Abraham Maslow. Maslow’s work has since been depicted as a pyramid where the foundational elements at the base of the pyramid must be consistently met before upper levels of the pyramid can be addressed.
Relatedly, organizations must get the foundational elements of cybersecurity consistently right to effectively protect itself from cyber risks. Just as humans need to fulfill their basic needs, organizations have to regularly address basic cyber hygiene to ensure they have a strong foundation. The base of the cyber hierarchy consists of asset management and log management. These two basic needs must be addressed before any advanced capabilities can be achieved.
Do you think basic cybersecurity needs are being met properly? If not, why?
Partially, but overall it’s mostly a failing grade. Most clients appear to try meeting these foundational needs, but it’s either incomplete, ad hoc, or not regularly performed. Just as the hierarchy of human needs posits that we need to consistently have food, shelter, and water to achieve higher order actualization (e.g., belonging, religion, self-esteem), so too do we need to regularly meet foundational cyber needs. Imagine if you had housing only 5 nights of the week – you’d spend the remaining time worrying about the remaining 2 nights.
Relatedly, given the regularity of breach headlines, it’s clearly indicative that something is not working right. To “solve” cybersecurity, many organizations focus their resources on chasing “next-gen” cyber tools thinking it will be a quick fix without adequately meeting the foundational elements of the cybersecurity hierarchy. Without basic needs being met, the data needed to power these higher-level tools may be incomplete, misconfigured, or unusable. As an industry, it seems like we’re trying to start at the top of the pyramid instead of building our way up from the bottom.
What do organizations need to do to meet these needs?
To meet these needs, business leadership should consider taking an internal deep dive to evaluate if they are comprehensively and regularly fulfilling the basic cyber needs. To highlight the importance of asset management and log management, it is worth briefly discussing each:
Asset management: For an organization to protect their digital environment, they need to know what assets they have. To put it plainly, if it has an IP address and/or your data, business leadership needs to know what it is. Examples of this include servers, endpoints, clouds, printers, applications, third-party vendors, IoT devices, identities and anything-as-a-service. These assets must be comprehensively identified and tracked in real-time, as they are fleeting, diverse, and unevenly secure.
Log management: For an organization to protect their digital environment, they need to know what is happening on the digital assets they have. Logs give this visibility into what’s happening in the digital world. Organizations should make sure they are capturing logs, identify what logs are missing, and review how detailed they should be. These logs then need to be uniformly captured and retained to enable insight into events in the digital world.
What do asset management and log management have to do with meeting cybersecurity needs and why are they essential?
Asset management and log management come down to one word: fundamentals. Without getting the fundamentals right, we cannot achieve advanced capabilities. It’s kind of like learning math – you need to progress from algebra through trigonometry before calculus. Unfortunately, sometimes organizations are sold a bill of goods on complex calculus without being able to provide the variables needed to properly solve the equation.
To put it bluntly, asset management and log management strictly provide the foundation needed to power a cyber defense program. If these needs are not being met, the higher levels built upon them (think: governance, policies, compliance, and regulatory requirements) are built on an insecure foundation.
What could be the impediments of meeting cybersecurity needs now and in the future?
Some impediments to the foundation of the hierarchy are arguably no different than any other business need: budget constraints, human capital gaps, business strategy, and external forces can hinder meeting these basic needs. However, the impact of the business risks introduced by failing at cyber can be serious. It is understandable that organizations may get solace from regulation, cyber insurance, and tools, but there are some obstacles that may result from an overreliance on these defense mechanisms and processes:
Overreliance on regulations: While penalties for non-compliance can be steep, simply doing the bare minimum to meet regulations will not prevent a breach. A comprehensive holistic cybersecurity strategy is required to effectively protect the business from the monetary and reputational risks associated with cyber attacks.
Overreliance on cyber insurance: As cyber threats rise, many firms think first (and perhaps only) of their cyber insurance as a means of protection. While this is important, it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Cyber insurance allows firms to get back on their feet, but it does nothing to improve cyber posture. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/11/02/hierarchy-of-cybersecurity-needs/ |
Digital certificate is a type of file or some electronic password that is used to prove the authenticity of a system using techniques of cryptography and PKI. It helps organizations to ensure that only trusted devices or users can connect to the network. Another use is to confirm a website’s authenticity to a web server, known as a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate.
A digital certificate contains credentials like the user’s name, company, and a device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address or serial number. It includes a copy of the Public Key from certificate holders, which must be matched to a private key to compare and verify its authenticity. A Public Key certificate is then issued by Certificate Authorities (CAs) to sign the certificates and verify the credentials of the requested device.
Certificate Distribution happens when the CA distributes the certificate to the user. This is a separate process because it requires management intervention from the CA. The CA sets policies that affect the use of the certificate in this stage. Although CA Client Automation does not provide any automated certificate distribution technology, it comes with default certificates for each CA Client Automation node and application-specific certificates. To migrate from the default certificates after an install which was the default, the certificates should be distributed in the following ways:
Create a new root certificate and ensure the root name differs from the existing CA Client Automation root certificate.
Schedule the distribution of this new root DER encoded certificate within CA Client Automation infrastructure’s all nodes.
Create new security profiles in the CA Client Automation management database to replace existing profiles of an application-specific certificate.
Schedule the distribution of new certificates to all CA Client Automation nodes.
After successfully distributing the certificate, the previous CA Client Automation certificates must be deleted.
Delete the old security profiles used for the application-specific certificates.
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The Gunn High School Class of 2019 toss their caps into the air after receiving their diplomas on May 30, 2019. Photo by Veronica Weber.
Instead of typical graduation platitudes about hard work and the bright prospects of life after high school, the Gunn High School Class of 2019’s graduation speakers offered exercises in emotional vulnerability.
One, a self-described outgoing, popular student, said he struggles with depression and social anxiety.
The other admitted that behind the facade of her perfect transcript and most-driven student award was a feeling of emptiness.
Leading by example, they urged their peers at graduation on Thursday night to head into whatever’s next after high school with vulnerability and self-acceptance.
“I, Jimmy Farley, face depression and social anxiety. I spent way too long trying to battle that all by myself,” the graduating senior said. “I lived a life of closeted pain and self-destruction.
Gunn High School senior Jimmy Farley speaks about insecurity and mental health stigma at commencement.
But people at Gunn reminded me not being OK is OK.”
Farley received support services through the school’s wellness center. He shared his story on a student-run podcast, Project Oyster, and received almost 100 messages in the days afterward from peers who said they “had gone through similar times of insecurity and hardship and for the most part had never addressed it,” he said.
He started his speech by asking people in the audience to raise their hand if they felt insecure about themselves in some way. Many seniors’ hands shot up.
Gunn High School graduates raise their hand as student speaker James Farley asks the Class of 2019 if they face insecurities or self-doubt in his speech which centered on mental health awareness and self-care.
“The truth is, as much as I act like it’s not true, I’m scared for how my time will be in college,” Farley admitted to the crowd of graduates, teachers, friends and family members. “I’m fearful of not being successful and working hard just to fail. I’m terrified of meeting new people and leaving Gunn.”
He urged his fellow graduates to embrace rather than fear failure and imperfection.
“Follow me in taking small steps to make peace with someone who can be our biggest enemy: ourselves,” Farley said.
He also thanked Gunn for encouraging students “to be real, alive and honest.”
During commencement speech, Gunn High School student Allie Chu opens up about her recent realization that her longtime focus on excelling at school has left her with an “excellent facade.”
Speaker Allie Chu described how the act of writing a genuinely vulnerable graduation speech posed a deep challenge for her. A longtime focus on excelling at school left her with an “excellent facade — a facade of, ‘Yeah, mom, I’ve got this under control;’ or, ‘No, sorry, I can’t hang out; I have to study.’” “It’s left me with a pristine transcript but feeling I’m standing apart, helplessly watching everyone live in the present in high school while I walk away looking back over my shoulder toward some golden but still nebulous future,” Chu said.
She didn’t face what was beneath the facade, she said, until she started writing her graduation speech. For months, she struggled to scale what she called her “vulnerability wall” in writing the speech. In the end, there was no picture-perfect moment of realization, she said, just hard, honest self-reflection.
“We have to risk being vulnerable by doing the things we suck at because those are the things worth doing,” Chu said. “Those are the things that give you the euphoria of true triumph.”
Dr. Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, challenged the Gunn High School Class of 2019 to consume technology more consciously and ethically during commencement.
Guest speaker Peter Norvig, Google’s director of research, issued the class of digital natives a different challenge: to consume technology more consciously and ethically.
“In our society today software companies, along with the consumers, have constructed an ecosystem that makes it easy to get what you want. The problem is, after spending a few hours clicking around you might end up saying, ‘Oh man, why did I waste all that time?’ You might realize it’s not getting you any closer to what you really need — peace, love, equality, fairness, a healthy environment — and what’s worse, every one of your clicks is not just wasting your own time, they’re also serving as recommendations to all your peers,” Norvig said.
It’s up to young people, he said, to not only become the next generation of engineers and scientists, but “to make the right ethical choices, to build the system we want for our society,” he said.
Thursday’s ceremony also continued a tradition of recognizing two seniors with the Faculty Cup, an award that goes to students who exemplify the best traits of their class.
Gunn High School teacher Mike Camicia presents the Faculty Cup Award to students Jennifer Arevalo and Meghna Singh.
This year, the award went to Jennifer Arevalo and Meghna Singh. Arevalo was described as a “hardworking and balanced student who has made choices on campus who have allowed her to be happy healthy and successful.” She was a Titan Ambassador for Gunn’s freshman transition program and also a member of Sources of Strength, which trains students to become peer leaders on mental health. She also volunteers as a teacher’s assistant at Juana Briones Elementary School and works at Walgreens and the Palo Alto YMCA.
“She is warm and genuine with a kind heart but perhaps the best example of her strength is her triumph over cancer — not once, not twice, but three times,” said teacher Mike Camicia, who presented the award.
Singh was also active in mental health at Gunn. She was wellness commissioner for student government and also part of Sources of Strength and student-support group Reach Out Care Know, including two years as co-president of the latter group. She also advocated for teen wellness more broadly in Santa Clara County.
Camicia said others described Singh as “confident enough to share an opinion, mature enough to change it if necessary and generous enough to ask others to share theirs.”
This year’s Principal’s Cup award for faculty members went to English teacher Diane Ichikawa, described as an energetic, captivating educator who brings literature to life.
After the ceremony, graduate Melanie Hyde commended Farley and Chu for opening up on a stage in front of hundreds of people.
“I give them so much credit,” she said. “That’s so brave.”
Hyde is attending Drexel University in Pennsylvania in the fall to study film production, a passion she pursued at Gunn. She decorated her graduation cap with the text “that’s a wrap” and a clapperboard for a film titled “grad,” directed by her and produced by Gunn.
Gunn High School graduate Melanie Hyde, who plans to study film production at Drexl University in Pennsylvania this fall, decorated her graduation cap with the text “that’s a wrap.” Photo by Elena Kadvany.
Gunn High School graduates lined their caps with colorful expressions.
Gunn High seniors used inspirational quotes to decorate their graduation caps for commencement.
Some Gunn High students created scenes with their graduation caps at their commencement ceremony.
Gabi Faulker adorned her cap with a plush corgi for commencement at Gunn High School.
Lila Smith waits to receive her diploma from Gunn High School.
Adi Resina exits the stage after receiving her diploma from Gunn High School.
Several years ago, Gunn banned graduating seniors from putting college names on their caps. Students have embraced the new tradition, using their caps for favorite quotes, pop culture references, cheeky sayings and creative embellishes. On Thursday, one senior’s cap was decorated with mini cups of fake boba tea, while another’s read “be brave, be humble.”
Moments after officially graduating, Hyde smiled wide and said she was feeling excited about the next chapter.
“It’s been a long ride but it’s definitely all paid off,” she said. “All the ups and downs were definitely worth it.”
Slideshow: Gunn High School’s Class of 2019
Gunn High School graduates exit the Spangenberg Theater on their way to the football field as commencement is about to begin.
Angela Leong, center, and other Gunn High School graduates make their way to the football field as commencement gets underway.
Gunn High School students head to the football field as commencement gets underway.
Gunn High School 2019 graduate Roger Ji gets a hearty hug from his friend Andrew Dong, who graduated in 2018, during commencement.
Gunn High School graduates make their way to their seats for commencement.
Dr. Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, addresses the Gunn High School Class of 2019 at commencement.
Gunn High School graduate Sakshi Satpathy makes her way down the stage after receiving her diploma.
Gunn High School students cheer on their classmates during commencement.
Gunn High School Principal Kathleen Laurence shakes hands and congratulates Daniel Mirhosseini after he received his diploma.
Connor Page waves to his friends after receiving his diploma from Gunn High School.
Peter Li high fives his friends after receiving his diploma from Gunn High School.
Gunn High School wait to cross the stage and receive their diplomas during commencement.
A Gunn High School graduate gets her photo taken during commencement.
Gunn High School principal Kathleen Laurence congratulates Miles Bader after he received his diploma.
Gunn High School graduate Drew Stanley shakes hands with Palo Alto School Board of Education President Jennifer DiBrienza before receiving his diploma.
Zoe Dabbagh cheers on her friends as they receive their diplomas from Gunn High School.
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328. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2016-G515, Cyber Incident Reporting
Regulation 327 for IT contractors that access unclassified systems will mandate that “contractors protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of unclassified GSA information and information systems from cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and threats in accordance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014 and associated Federal cybersecurity requirements.”
This appears to be exactly in line with DoD’s move to codify FISMA compliance for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in the DFARS, so it seems likely that any new compliance requirements to help meet this guideline will be something similar to DoD contractor requirements around NIST SP 800-171.
Regulation 328 requires timely breach reporting if and when a contractor system has been successfully compromised. Contractors will then be required to report on this incident if “the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of GSA information or information systems are potentially compromised or where the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or information systems owned or managed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government is potentially compromised.”
This will also require GSA contracting officers to have cyber incident reporting requirements within GSA contracts, as well as orders placed on GSA multiple award contracts.
The challenge of this requirement is having the resources to recognize a breached/compromised system when it happens. Products that can monitor systems for unauthorized changes and compliance adhesion go a long way in helping companies prepare for the upcoming changes.
Adding in vulnerability scanning to discover and remediate systems that have known vulnerabilities will help make sure systems stay secure.
When can GSA contractors expect these requirements to be enforced?
Given that the comment periods close for each cyber-related regulation on June and October 2018 respectively, we are encouraging our customers who support GSA to assess their current capabilities/resources immediately.
I expect that GSA’s contractors might be challenged most in the areas similar to their DoD counterparts. Based on feedback from Tripwire customers, the greatest struggle in meeting the 800-171 deadline was meeting the 14 “families” of security requirements for protecting the confidentiality of controller-unclassified information.
I expect these 14 security requirements to return in this civilian contractor rendition, as well.
Once these have been finalized, expect Tripwire to add them to the Tripwire Enterprise Policy Manager, which currently contains more than 1,000 policy platform combinations. These will continue to help continuously monitor and harden IT systems and provide guidance on how to maintain compliance.
Tripwire already provides out-of-the-box policy compliance testing for PCI, HIPAA, NERC CIP, SOX, COBIT, FISMA, DISA STIGS, FEDRAMP, NIST/FISMA, NIST sp 800-171, NIST sp 800-53, NIST sp 800-82, and many others.
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A bug bounty hunter from India, Sahad Nk who works forSafetyDetective, a cybersecurity firm, has received a reward from Microsoft for uncovering and reporting a series of critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft accounts.
These vulnerabilities were present on users’ Microsoft accounts from MS Office files to Outlook emails. This means, all kinds of accounts (over 400 million) and all sorts of data was susceptible to hacking. The bugs, if chained together, would become the perfect attack vector for acquiring access to a user’s Microsoft account. All the attacker required was to compel the user to click on a link.
See: Windows 10 version 1809 is incompatible with Morphisec anti-malware
According to Sahad Nk’s blog post, a subdomain of Microsoft namely “success.office.com,” isn’t configured properly, which is why he was able to control it using a CNAME record. It is a canonical record that connects a domain to another domain. Using CNAME record, Sahad was able to locate the misconfigured subdomain and point it to his personal Azure instance to gain control of the subdomain and all the data that it received.
However, this isn’t a big issue for Microsoft; the real problem lies in the fact that Microsoft Office, Sway, and Store apps can be easily tricked into transferring their authenticated login tokens to the domain, which is in control of the attacker now, when a user logs in via Microsoft’s Live. The reason this happens is that a wildcard regex is used by vulnerable apps. This allows all the subdomains to be trusted, explained Aviva Zacks of SafetyDetective.
As soon as the victim clicks on a specially designed link, which the victim receives via email, he or she will log in using the Microsoft Live’s login system. When the victim enters the username, password, and the 2FA code (if enabled), an account access token will be generated to let the user logged in without needing to re-enter the login credentials.
See: Hackers Publish PoC of Zero-day Vulnerability in Windows on Twitter
If someone gets hold of this access token, it’s akin to obtaining the authentic user credentials. Hence, an attacker can easily break into the account without alerting the original owner of the account or even alarming Microsoft about unauthorized access.
The screenshot shows Nk receiving all the necessary tokens required to log into the victim’s account.
The malicious link is designed in a way that it forces the Microsoft login system to transfer the account token to the controlled subdomain. In this case, the subdomain was controlled by Sahad however, if a malicious attacker was controlling it, it was possible to put a massive number of Microsoft accounts at risk. Most importantly, the malicious link appears authentic because the user is still entering through the legitimate Microsoft login system. | https://www.hackread.com/critical-bug-in-microsoft-left-400m-accounts-exposed/ |
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Signed in 2016 and in force since 2018, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has inspired many countries around the world to pass data privacy laws. The data privacy regulatory landscape is becoming increasingly crowded and complex: there is no global “international privacy law” and regulations are frequently updated to change the impact and scope.
Paradoxically, even though regulations are being strengthened and the number of laws passed are growing, multiple surveys find that enterprises are still sorely unprepared to handle data privacy laws, four years after GDPR has been introduced.
Data Privacy – Not Your Average Risk
Data privacy is often perceived by enterprises as a risk rather than as an opportunity (think for example about better customer trust), triggering engagement of risk and compliance teams’ involvement in the design of processes related to risk assessment and mitigation.
Unlike other risks, data privacy risk mitigation is highly transactional and on the rise. According to recent research on CCPA-related (California Consumer Privacy Act) data subject requests (DSRs), the number of DSRs has nearly doubled year-over-year, even though enforcement does not begin until January 2023.
DSRs can have multiple goals, such as raising a Do Not Solicit (DNS) request to opt out of customer details resell practices, but it can also be related to data deletions. The same research noted that organizations receive an average number of 84 deletion requests per every 1 million customers.
Manual DSR Processing Doesn’t Scale
Unfortunately, those organizations often fail to grasp the breadth of scope of data privacy: because all past and present customers can raise data privacy requests, massive amounts of data, applications, and storage systems can be impacted.
Using standard compliance remediation processes requires large amounts of manual labor and can involve up to dozens of employees to identify and retrieve the data. Furthermore, manual requests are often carried out without a coordinated approach and comprehensive data analysis.
This results in long processing time for data subject requests (DSRs): another survey found that the average DSR processing time is 5 hours, with an average cost of 1,500 USD per DSR.
Impact of Unpreparedness
Unpreparedness to data privacy laws poses financial and reputational risks. Overseeing regulatory agencies can audit and eventually fine organizations found to be in violation with data privacy laws. Some are already actively fining violators (such is the case for GDPR, with a total of 1.8 billion USD fines collected up to March 2022), others are expected to begin levying fines in 2023 onwards, such as the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), the organization in charge of enforcing compliance with the CCPA regulations.
Even organizations with some level of preparedness can be impacted by fines if they fail to address DSRs within certain thresholds. Maintaining dedicated staff to handle DSRs and in-house development of software solutions or scripts to handle data subject identification can become quickly prohibitive.
Reputational risk should not be under-valuated either: consumers are growing increasingly sensitive to personal data handling.
Most importantly, a DSR Automation platform should significantly increase preparedness to meet data privacy laws while sensibly reducing cost burdens. It should stay up to date with existing and emerging regulations, updating any changes into the DSR automation process without requiring an army of legal experts to analyze, identify, and transcribe regulatory changes into manual processes.
Among DSR automation platforms, the ComplyTrust Forget-Me-Yes (FMY) data privacy application meets those requirements and provides the assurance of continuous compliance, simplicity, and reduced costs.
FMY is a flexible, Software-as-a-Service, cloud-native API-based DSR automation platform that currently supports European GDPR regulations, Brazil’s LGPD, California’s CCPA/CPRA, China’s PIPL, Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), and Virginia CDPA. DSRs are handled automatically via API calls, without the need to run through convoluted processes involving multiple teams, stakeholders, and manual labor. Coupled with multi-encryption security, FMY’s Reinfection Prevention Technology (RPT) ensures that previously requested deleted data does not return/re-infect the previously ‘cleaned’ data source(s).
Unpreparedness towards data privacy laws largely derivates from the reliance on existing risk mitigation processes and mindsets that have made their proof. Although laudable, these approaches cannot be replicated to meet the challenges of performing data privacy at scale. Manual labor isn’t scalable, costs are abysmal, and keeping up in-house with data regulations is unaffordable. Modern solutions such as ComplyTrust Forget-Me-Yes allow organizations to handle the challenge of DSR at scale, affordably, simply, and without worries. | https://techunplugged.io/2022/06/28/data-privacy-readiness-companies-still-unprepared/ |
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