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The Information Security Summit 2016 is a Regional Event with the aim to give participants from the Asia Pacific region an update on the latest development, trends and status in information security.
The underground economy is maturing with cybercriminals making available the crime-as-a-service and a thriving market for trading stolen payment card and personal information. Furthermore, with growing popularity of disruptive technologies including Mobility and Cloud Computing, Social Networking and Big Data Analytics, the accompanying data security and privacy issues become vital concerns. Overseas and Local Experts from the industry will be invited to share their experience and knowledge.
Following the success of the event organized in the previous thirteen years, this year’s Summit will include a two-day conference and a number of workshops demonstrating management and technical theory, applications and practical experiences on all aspects of information security relating to securing and protecting data in borderless cloud and mobile environment, big data analytics and the Internet of Things. | https://www.pisa.org.hk/upcoming-events/460-supporting-event-information-security-summit-2016-12-13-sep-2016 |
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The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), which represents more than 60 major tech companies including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Facebook, said in an open letter to US president Barack Obama that it opposes “any policy actions or measures” by the federal government that would undermine encryption technologies.
The move comes a day after Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance released a report calling for access to encrypted data on smartphones.
The report criticises Apple and Google for their decision to implement data encryption on their iOS and Android mobile operating systems, claiming “severe” consequences for public safety, and calls for smartphones to be made subject to search warrants that could compel Apple and Google to unlock encrypted data held on the device.
Vance proposes making this possible by introducing US federal legislation requiring technology companies to design smartphone operating systems with weaker encryption.
CIA director John Brennan has joined Vance and other members of the US Congress in opposing strong encryption because it allegedly allows terrorists to communicate freely while blocking the efforts of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
“Encryption is a security tool we rely on everyday to stop criminals from draining our bank accounts, to shield our cars and airplanes from being taken over by malicious hacks, and to otherwise preserve our security and safety,” said ITI president and chief executive Dean Garfield.
“We deeply appreciate law enforcement's and the national security community’s work to protect us, but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys, which would almost certainly cause serious physical and financial harm across our society and our economy. Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense,” he said.
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have fuelled the on-going debate around encryption, although there has been no evidence that the attackers relied on encrypted communication tools to co-ordinate.
Citing encryption technology’s role in protecting consumer privacy and securing the integrity of data in the global digital infrastructure, the ITI and Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) asked president Obama to work with the technology industry to find a way forward that “preserves security, privacy and innovation”.
The letter warns against policies that mandate the weakening of encryption or the notion of building in dedicated “workarounds” for government agencies to access information.
“Encryption is an essential asset of the global digital infrastructure, enabling security and confidentiality for transactions as well as assurances to individuals that their communications are private and information is protected,” the letter said.
The letter’s authors point out that the rapid growth in online commerce would not have happened if consumers did not trust that their payment information is secure.
“Consumer trust in digital products and services is an essential component enabling continued economic growth of the online marketplace,” the letter said.
The letter also states that in addition to being technologically impractical, such policies would “compromise the security” of technology products and services, “rendering them more vulnerable to attacks” by criminals or bad actors. It would also “erode consumers’ trust in the products and services they rely on for protecting their information”.
Recognising that “the issue at hand is extremely complex, with implications both domestically and internationally” the letter said the tech industry seeks to open a dialogue on policies surrounding encryption and offer to help develop a framework for further discussions. | http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257742/Coalition-of-top-tech-firms-opposes-weakened-encryption |
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The Trump Hotel Collection has confirmed that their credit card systems have been compromised and their customers' credit card information stolen. Would chip cards have helped mitigate the damage?
The Trump Hotel Collection, owned by leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has acknowledged a hack we reported on a while back. They said that credit and debit cards used at their hotels between May 19 of last year and June 2 of this year were stolen. They suspect that malware was used to get credit card numbers, expiration dates and security codes. The Trump hotels that were hit include Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas, Trump International Chicago, Trump International New York, Trump International Toronto, Trump International Waikiki, Trump National Doral and Trump SoHo New York. Point of sale terminals in shops or restaurants in the Vegas and Waikiki are suspected of also possibly being compromised.
Hotels seem to be a popular target of hackers lately. Other hotels that have been hacked include Hilton, Mandarin Oriental, and White Lodging Hotels.
Chip card technology may help curb a lot of the fraud resulting in card theft. Currently, information from a magnetic strip card can be encoded onto counterfeit cards which can then be used to buy items in stores. Chip cards are not vulnerable to this kind of use, so it's thought that hackers are going into overdrive using this exploitable system while they can. As of October 1, American merchants who do not use chip card readers are to be held responsible for fraud from stolen cards. Not everyone has made the switch yet, and banks have been slow to roll out chip cards, but it will undoubtedly spread more as time goes on.
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Until very recently, America’s battles have all been waged somewhere in physical space—on land, in the air, on water or in outer space. Many of these domains come along with inherent features that make life harder or easier in battle. History tells us, for example, that defenders generally have an easier time on mountains or hills with a view. Underwater, sound waves travel easily, so countries with the quietest submarines are more effective. And, in space, gravity sets boundaries on where you can go and when. To overcome these obstacles takes human ingenuity, but also a healthy respect for these environmental limits.
Americans are quickly learning now about a fifth domain: cyberspace. In some ways, this battlespace is the same as the others. It’s an arena where countries are competing with one another for political or economic advantage. But it’s also different in some fundamental ways. And how the world decides to use this space will go a long way toward determining how disruptive—or destructive—war in this domain will become. Michael Hayden, the former CIA director under President George W. Bush, believes the United States has a lead role to play in setting up man-made institutions to shape state behavior.
Unlike air, sea or land, Hayden told an audience at George Washington University Tuesday, cyberspace “is almost defenseless. There are no natural barriers up here in this domain.”
There are a few ways to solve this problem. One is to make some cyber activities prohibitively costly. The United States could, for instance, link cyber espionage attempts such as the kind China has allegedly committed with other issues in the U.S.-China relationship. As a start, lawmakers such as California’s Sen. Dianne Feinstein have complained directly to Chinese officials. But since Beijing doesn’t officially acknowledge its hacking activities, the United States might need to get more aggressive. Threatening to restrict the number of visas Washington gives out to Chinese nationals could be one way to deter further hacking, Hayden said.
A more significant step would be for Americans to decide how they want to be protected in cyberspace. It’s a more complicated problem than today’s debates over information-sharing and privacy currently capture.
Think about all the public services you use, directly or indirectly. There are rules governing each. When the cops come knocking, they need a warrant to search your house—but firefighters don’t generally need to ask to save your home. In other words, there isn’t just one best way to protect public safety online.
“Do you want it to be the way the military defends you?” asked Hayden. “The way law enforcement defends you? The way firemen defend you? The way the Centers for Disease Control defends you? Those are all models, they are all legitimate, they all work—in specific domains.”
For now at least, a broad consensus seems to be developing in favor of a more aggressive setup. A Washington Post poll last year found 50 percent of Americans in favor of heavy federal involvement in investigating cyber threats, even if it came at the expense of personal privacy. Only 38 percent thought otherwise. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has plans to dramatically increase the size of its cyber staff, though it’s not clear where all the manpower will come from. And as many businesses across the country are now becoming aware of gaps in their cyber defenses, Washington has been equally invested in going on offense. More and more, it looks as if the militarized model is taking over.
Yet even that approach contains pitfalls. Suppose the Defense Department gains access to a foreign network. Because it isn’t a large step from snooping around to wreaking havoc inside the system, taking that step becomes exceedingly tempting. And that’s true for any state. Setting up a world where checks against that temptation are easily violated raises the baseline risk of an accidental cyber war.
Thankfully, said Hayden, the vast majority of cyber problems the United States has dealt with so far have been attempts at cyberespionage—not cyberattack. And there’s a big difference between the two.
Colloquially, said Hayden, “we use cyberattack for anything unpleasant that happens to us on the Web. In my business, a cyberattack is someone using a weapon comprised of ones and zeros to effect damage. We don't call cyberespionage a cyberattack.”
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Cyber antivirus software is designed for the detection, prevention and removal of malware. This includes worms, viruses spyware, malware and other malicious programs that could cause harm to computers. Cybercriminals employ this threat to steal data, take over a systems and destroy devices. Hackers can also create Trojans and worms. These threats can be used to steal personal data as well as damage systems. It is also possible to control smart appliances like fridges that contain life-saving medication.
The best antivirus for computers runs in the background, quietly securing devices from infections. It should utilize a minimal amount of system resources and provide quick scanning speeds, and an easy-to-use interface that does not hinder the flow of everyday tasks. It’s crucial to choose an antivirus that is compatible with your operating system and doesn’t consume lots of CPU or memory.
Early antivirus software relied upon signatures, also known as digital fingerprints, to identify malicious programs. This method is often behind the times, as hackers continually change their malware code to stay out of detection. The latest antivirus software uses various methods to detect threats, including analyzing a program’s structure, behavior and other characteristics. This technique is known as heuristics analysis.
As the threat landscape becomes more complex, the need for effective cybersecurity software becomes more urgent. Any device that connects to the internet is at risk of being targeted by cyberattacks, from cars to smart fridges that can be monitored from anywhere in the world. A recent study showed that computers that are not secured are targeted every 39 seconds. | https://arquaz.mx/cyber-antivirus-software/ |
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Overprivileged, Well-Meaning, And DangerousNonmalicious insiders add a lot of risk when IT gives them too much access and not enough educationLet's face it: Everybody makes dumb mistakes at work. But these days, employee ignorance about the impact of certain IT technologies, a lack of controls around critical infrastructure and data, and a legion of employees armed with way too many system privileges are drowning enterprises in a potent cocktail of risk factors. According to security experts, the only way that organizations can reduce the risk of that combination is to be pragmatic. Rather than trying to completely eradicate stupid behavior -- an impossible feat -- enterprises need to find ways to minimize the risk around the mistakes nonmalicious insiders make. "It's not realistic to eliminate the user behavior nor identify all the vulnerabilities or attacks in advance," says Brian Hanrahan, senior systems consultant at Avecto. "You have to start from the assumption that any user through willing, or unwilling, involvement may become the nexus of your next infiltration."
Whether it's digging spearphishing messages out of the junk mailbox to click infected links, sending out inappropriate email messages on powerful communications systems they shouldn't have access to, or fat-fingering configuration files to bring down broad swaths of IT infrastructure, well-meaning users can wreak plenty of havoc within IT operations. In some cases, purely dumb behavior can directly result in embarrassment to the organization, breached data, or information assurance problems. [What about malicious insiders? See 5 Lessons From The FBI Insider Threat Program.] Mike Murray, managing partner for consulting firm MAD Security, says he has seen his fair share of insider incidents that were "more than a little boneheaded." For example, earlier in his career, he came across an incident where an employee accidentally sent pornographic images to an entire 5,000-person organization.
"It wasn't an 'internal attack,' but it was definitely stupid," he says. "I had another one more recently [where] one of the developers working on one of our systems made a stupid Unix mistake and caused our system to be down for almost a week. I've seen something like that happen more times than I can even count."
Not only are there direct security ramifications from that class of scatterbrained mistake, but they also can eat up valuable incident response time that could be better used elsewhere.
"At the bureau, about 24 percent of our incidents that we track on a yearly basis have to do with just accidental insiders -- people being a knucklehead -- and we do spend about 35 percent of our incident response time [on them]," says Patrick Reidy, CISO for the FBI. Plus, the reputation damage factor can't be underestimated -- particularly when some simple controls could have mitigated the situation. Take, for instance, a recent case in the city of Washington, Pa., where a city councilman used a citywide email emergency system to add the offensively prankish term 'Brian is gay' to a test email sent out to city denizens.
"[That] is a great example of why organizations implement approval processes for privileged operations," Hanrahan says. "It's important that privileged access is dispensed after review and monitored carefully to detect risky behavior."
However, he says that while lapses in judgments and silly errors can certainly cause harm, nonmalicious insiders pose other more latent risks for organizations. More commonly, these insiders act as an unwitting lever for malicious actors who take advantage of the insider's normal behavior to compromise that user's endpoint and take advantage of that insider's wide-reaching access to other systems on the network, Hanrahan says.
"The reality is that most attacks result not from boneheaded moves, but normal activity plus privileged access," Hanrahan says. "The vulnerabilities used to infiltrate corporate environments today rely on normal user behavior to gain a foothold. Web browsers, media plug-ins, Java exploits, and removable media are the common vectors of introduction."
As he puts it, the name of the game is in effective containment.
"Containment requires limiting the resources immediately available to the attacker and thwarting propagation within the organization, both of which are nearly impossible when the attack runs with elevated privileges," he says.
Murray agrees, saying that the reason why phishing and advanced persistent threats succeed is that at most organizations, once the attacker has compromised an employee's system inside, that person has free rein in the environment. Murray says that organizations need to address the nonmalicious insider problem by looking more closely at their control architecture. "The key is actually in the control architecture. I still see organizations that take the philosophy of 'hard external, soft chewy inside' when designing their security strategy," he says. "The control around assets needs to be close to the assets in order to detect threats from both outside and inside." Have a comment on this story? Please click "Add Your Comment" below. If you'd like to contact Dark Reading's editors directly, send us a message.
CVE-2012-0360Published: 2014-04-23Memory leak in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY, when IKEv2 debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted packets, aka Bug ID CSCtn22376.
CVE-2012-1317Published: 2014-04-23The multicast implementation in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Route Processor crash) by sending packets at a high rate, aka Bug ID CSCts37717.
CVE-2012-1366Published: 2014-04-23Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY on ASR 1000 devices, when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) tracking is enabled for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted MLD packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz28544.
CVE-2012-3062Published: 2014-04-23Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY, when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device crash) via MLD packets on a network that contains many IPv6 hosts, aka Bug ID CSCtr88193.
CVE-2012-3918Published: 2014-04-23Cisco IOS before 15.3(1)T on Cisco 2900 devices, when a VWIC2-2MFT-T1/E1 card is configured for TDM/HDLC mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (serial-interface outage) via certain Frame Relay traffic, aka Bug ID CSCub13317.
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Reaping The Security Rewards Of SDNSoftware-defined network will be a major theme for Interop -- here's why some experts believe security pros should be paying attentionWhen Interop gears up tomorrow in New York, you can bet your trade-show tchotchkes that software defined networking (SDN) will dominate airtime as one of the prevalent themes. Many vendors and pundits will push the performance and operational boosts from SDN as the most obvious benefits of SDN strategies. But as organizations roll up their sleeves and dig into the technology and architecture of SDN, they could find that the biggest opportunity for improving IT through it may actually be in security.
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SDN could act as a natural technological extension of the accelerating trend toward segmentation, says Reuven Harrison, CTO of Tufin Technologies.
"Security used to be perimeter-based, and now it is becoming based on multiple zone layers within an enterprise network -- the trend is to have more and more smaller zones for improved control," he says, saying that this has increased security complexity as it has brought with it increasingly more network security devices to control those zones. "Using software-defined networks, rather than going into a specific device and writing command lines when you want to change anything on the network, you can write software that pulls APIs on devices to allow traffic, deny traffic, look at traffic, and report traffic. You can orchestrate security across your network."
According to Tom Nolle, president of CIMI Corp., a strategic IT consultancy, one of the greatest advantages of SDN is that connectivity within that model can be explicit as compared to the traditional implicit model.
"You establish an IP network, and it is designed to route traffic between addressed endpoints promiscuously, which means that if you know somebody else's address, then you can send them something," Nolle says. "In any permissive network environment like that, security has to be based on a combination of the requirement for authentication and on the notion that you are going to interpose a barrier to those connections you don't want, which is to say a firewall."
Contrast that with SDN, which, in theory, provides only a routing path between those places that an architect wants it to communicate, Nolle says -- for example, if an organization was to segment the data center into a dozen application-specific enclaves, with each enclave containing all of the components necessary to run a given application. Meanwhile, at a branch office the organization might create four worker-class user groups into which people are placed based on their job descriptions, which contains several user groups based on individual's job classes. "Now what I do is use SDN to drive a path between an application group and each of the worker groups that application is allowed to be accessed from," Nolle says, explaining that each group is connected to only those application enclaves they're authorized to use. "By joining the worker to a worker group in the branch, which I can also do with SDN, I can provide a mechanism that absolutely prevents somebody from accessing an application they're not entitled to because they can't even send traffic to it."
While a combination of existing security technology could offer similar types of role-based control, the difference with SDN is the flexibility and elegance the architecture, says Christofer Hoff, vice president of strategic planning for the security business group at Juniper Networks. "If you think about how we deploy a good majority of our security controls, it hinges on a brittle network," Hoff says. "What SDN is prompting is the adaptation of security into much more decomposable, atomic units, and then you're going to be able to deliver those services in combination where and when needed, rather than think of security as these monolithic edge devices you plunk somewhere and try to then make sure that traffic is unnaturally routed through them."
In the long term, SDN will allow for greater automation due to improved integration.
"SDN gives us the ability to have these kinds of dynamic feedback loops between what would be considered today as independent pieces of the security stack, allowing them to interoperate in the same way application software does in terms of API," Hoff says.
While there are many moving parts necessary to deploy and policies to develop before the industry gets to that point, Hoff believes that the trend of virtualization in other parts of IT infrastructure have been a sort of a dress rehearsal for SDN. "We have been iterating on this theme where we've taken physical appliances and started to think about how we virtualize them," he says. "So it depends on how mature the organization is relative to other types of virtualization. If the security teams have not embraced and understood the impact of virtualization, they are going to be potentially rendered even less impactful in their ability to contribute as a functional portion of the SDN life cycle of deployment."
At this point, it is hard for anyone to come to a consensus on how soon SDN will gain widespread popularity. But one point that Nolle mentioned as a potential stumbling block is the very same security benefit he and the others have explained here. "The SDN space could be a serious problem for the incumbent security vendors. Increasingly, security vendors are also network equipment vendors who have to support the SDN connection technology, and they would look at SDN models that threaten their security business as models that were revenue-reducing. Consequently, they're not going to be tremendously interested in moving them forward," Nolle says. "So it's very possible that the major advantages of SDN with respect to security could never be exploited."
Regardless of when or if, though, Harrison says that IT can at least take an immediate-term lesson from the SDN philosophy. "We believe that security needs to be a top-down approach," he says. "So you need to see what your business applications are and kind of build your security defenses around that, not the other way around. It's important to manage or to engage the application owners into the security process." Have a comment on this story? Please click "Add Your Comment" below. If you'd like to contact Dark Reading's editors directly, send us a message.
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CVE-2012-0360Published: 2014-04-23Memory leak in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY, when IKEv2 debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted packets, aka Bug ID CSCtn22376.
CVE-2012-1317Published: 2014-04-23The multicast implementation in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Route Processor crash) by sending packets at a high rate, aka Bug ID CSCts37717.
CVE-2012-1366Published: 2014-04-23Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY on ASR 1000 devices, when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) tracking is enabled for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted MLD packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz28544.
CVE-2012-3062Published: 2014-04-23Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY, when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device crash) via MLD packets on a network that contains many IPv6 hosts, aka Bug ID CSCtr88193.
CVE-2012-3918Published: 2014-04-23Cisco IOS before 15.3(1)T on Cisco 2900 devices, when a VWIC2-2MFT-T1/E1 card is configured for TDM/HDLC mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (serial-interface outage) via certain Frame Relay traffic, aka Bug ID CSCub13317.
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ADS on Windows Server 2003 may use undocumented ports to deploy images, which can result in it using ports that are restricted by your firewall or router.
I have scripted ADSportrange.bat to configure a port range that ADS can use to deploy images.
The syntax for using ADSportrange.bat is: | https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-server/jsi-tip-10502-how-can-i-prevent-ads-automated-deployment-services-using-undocumented |
The table below shows all ip addresses (e.g. A records) associated with this Cerber Payment Site. In case the host is a domain name, the table also shows a history of previous A records if there are any.
Active (?This row indicates whether the domain name's A record is currently pointing to an IP address or whether the record is historic (e.g. because the A record has been moved to a different IP address).yes = Active A recordno = Historical record)Firstseen (UTC)Lastseen (UTC)IP addressHostnameSBLAS numberAS nameCountry no2017-06-01 09:32:122017-06-01 13:00:14185.147.34.170Not listedAS203033MY-HOSTED-INTERNET, IM Netherlands (NL)
no2017-06-06 07:43:59never31.184.243.63SBL349744AS34259HIGHLOADSYSTEMS, UA Russian Federation (RU)
no2017-06-01 16:49:402017-06-05 19:33:5923.249.163.190Not listedAS36352AS-COLOCROSSING - ColoCrossing, US United States (US) no2017-05-01 13:23:452017-05-01 14:04:38185.86.151.122mail.mallorca-palmeras.comNot listedAS52173MAKONIX, LV United Kingdom (GB) no2017-06-06 23:04:362017-06-07 07:38:44185.45.192.70ec1.envio-certo.usNot listedAS60117HS, AE Netherlands (NL)
no2017-05-30 12:23:152017-05-31 12:03:48104.200.67.202SBL348202AS8100ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBAL (US)
no2017-05-05 22:23:032017-05-06 06:25:16185.141.27.24Not listedAS60117HS, AE Netherlands (NL) no2017-06-02 02:23:492017-06-02 07:27:49185.106.122.70Not listedAS60117HS, AE Romania (RO) no2017-06-06 10:06:022017-06-06 15:04:22185.106.122.13srv300.mylady8.comNot listedAS60117HS, AE Romania (RO) no2017-06-05 07:44:202017-06-05 15:03:31162.213.213.206Not listedAS8100ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBAL (US) no2017-06-05 21:27:002017-06-06 05:24:23162.213.213.189Not listedAS8100ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBAL (US)
no2017-06-02 10:28:24never104.223.87.96104.223.87.96.static.quadranet.comNot listedAS8100ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBAL (US)
no2017-06-03 11:26:052017-06-05 05:21:40104.223.87.68104.223.87.68.static.quadranet.comNot listedAS8100ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBAL (US) no2017-05-23 22:39:062017-06-03 09:01:14104.223.87.60104.223.87.60.static.quadranet.comNot listedAS8100ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBAL (US) | http://ransomwaretracker.abuse.ch/host/p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1wmvk2.top/ |
Over all 87 Million affected Facebook Users has been identified and most of them in the US but at least 1 million Facebook Users in the UK and More than 1 Million Facebook Users affected in Indonesia, the Philippines alone.
In this case, Facebook CTO Schroepfer noted that beginning April 9, Facebook will make it possible for users to see if their data was exposed to Cambridge Analytica.
The online networking giant Facebook is confronting investigation over its information gathering following charges that the political counseling firm Cambridge Analytica got information on a huge number of Facebook users to attempt to influence elections in the US, India, and Russia Since 2014.
After this incident, Facebook has made some import decision and changes in Facebook products Such as Events API, Groups API, Pages API, Facebook Login, and other Functions.
Since Facebook app control has been severely affected by this improper data share, a new option will be implemented where People will also be able to remove apps that they no longer want.
Facebook said, As part of this process we will also tell people if their information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Hereafter Facebook will no longer allow developers to use the Events API to access the guest list or event wall of a concert, gathering, or similarly scheduled event on Facebook.
Regarding the Login FB CTO said,” Facebook will need to approve all apps that request access to information such as check-ins, likes, photos, posts, videos, events, and groups. We started approving these permissions in 2014, but now we’re tightening our review process — requiring these apps to agree to strict requirements before they can access this data”
API restriction not the only implementation in facebook but the company is also restricting the Instagram API to disable collection of user follower lists, relationships, and comments on public content.
Regarding the Call and Text History, Facebook reviewed this feature to confirm that Facebook does not collect the content of messages — and will delete all logs older than one year. In the future, the client will only upload to our servers the information needed to offer this feature — not broader data such as the time of calls. Facebook CTO said. | http://www.hackwolrdwide.com/87-million-facebook-users-affected-by-cambridge-analytica-data-breach/tranning-it-hacking/2018/ |
A fundamental part of managing health and safety successfully is to assess risks. Risk assessment will help to reduce workplace injuries, diseases and property damage by identifying potential causes and enabling something to be done to prevent harm or damage occurring.
Risk assessment is concerned with identifying any activity, process or situation that can cause harm and evaluating what degree of harm could be caused and whether or not it is likely to happen. Health and safety practitioners refer to evaluating the likelihood of a hazard causing harm and the severity of the consequences.
When determining the severity of the consequences regard has to be given of the number of people that are likely to be affected and the type of people that are likely to be affected for example children, pregnant workers, people with disabilities should be given greater protection that able bodied and skilled people. | http://cyps.northyorks.gov.uk/risk-management |
Hackers may soon be pushing out ransomware packages so complex that they're beyond the decryption capabilities of the anti-virus industry, according to a study by Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab.
The report, Malware Evolution: April June 2006, Hidden Wars, states that the creators of so-called ransomware packages are making the lives of security researchers more difficult by using more powerful and sophisticated encryption algorithms. Ransomware packages use malicious code to gain control of user files, encrypt them and threaten users that they won't see these files again unless they hand over a cash "ransom" to hackers.... | http://www.certforums.com/threads/ransomware-getting-harder-to-break.11822/ |
The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, a school ‘dedicated to education and training for the performing arts, media, art and design and the technologies that make performance possible’, has selected Impero Education Pro to support its classroom management and safeguarding requirements. With 1200 students and 150 staff using a combination of Windows devices, Macs and Chromebooks, The BRIT School needed a flexible, reliable and cross-platform solution to support learning and protect students using these devices.
Previously, The BRIT School had implemented two products for classroom management and online safety, both provided by the same supplier, NetSupport. The keyword monitoring functionality offered in the provider’s online safety solution only worked on Windows devices, which limited a third of The BRIT School’s environment and thus failed to enable the school to safeguard students fully. Despite both products being provided by the same supplier, the BRIT School found that the two solutions did not communicate with each other and managing these two separate products proved troublesome and inconvenient.
In response to the Department for Education’s revised statutory guidance outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education, which specifies that schools should ensure an active monitoring system is in place, The BRIT School began the search for an alternative solution better suited to its needs.
why did The BRIT School choose Impero Education Pro?
The BRIT School’s Director of IT was already aware of Impero Education Pro and its ability to support network admin, classroom management and online safety seamlessly from a single consolidated solution. Following product developments to the Impero Education Pro package and a timely phone call from Impero, the school’s Director of IT was introduced to new and improved functionality via an online demo and a free trial.
Anthony Milgate, Director of IT at The BRIT School, speaks of the move to Impero’s product offering, “Impero Education Pro gives us a good oversight of the whole school, while empowering teachers with the confidence to control the classroom and monitor activity in line with Ofsted’s best practice managed approach. The classroom management tools allow our teachers to introduce new ways of presenting and collaborating in the learning environment. Many of our teachers use sites or resources, such as social media, in lessons for collaborative working; Impero Education Pro enables them to provide access to these tools when required, while ensuring they remain focused and safe.
The keyword monitoring is very good, generating a significantly low number of false positives compared to other solutions. The Confide system complements our approach to safeguarding and online safety well by ensuring that our students are safe, that they feel safe, and that they can speak to someone about their concerns. Education is a big part of our approach to safeguarding students and with Impero Education Pro, we’re certainly covering our duty of care.
Impero Education Pro is easy to implement and use – it’s a robust, flexible and affordable solution that completely meets our needs in terms of classroom management and online safety.”
If you would like to find out more about how Impero Education Pro can help empower teachers with classroom control tools and keep students safe in line with Ofsted and statutory guidance, click here. | https://www.imperosoftware.com/uk/blog/brit-school-chooses-impero-classroom-management-online-safety/ |
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) and ALi Corporation (3041 TT), a leading provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, today announced that ALi has completed integration of the CRI CryptoFirewall™ security technology into its multimedia STB SOC products. The CryptoFirewall core will be available in the ALi DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T2, ISDB-T, and IP STB chipsets beginning in 2013.
ALi’s new generation of SOCs address the full range of cable, satellite, terrestrial, and hybrid solutions from feature to smart STBs. The advanced CryptoFirewall security core integrated into ALi STB chipsets will provide the pay TV ecosystem with a new way to implement robust hardware security design by a leader in smart card security. “Security is a critical requirement for digital entertainment systems, and therefore is a key focus for ALi. As a global leader in STB technology, ALi has been highly devoted to enhancing chipset security capabilities for the protection of content and pay TV assets,” said Daniel Huang, chief operating & technology officer at ALi. “By joining forces with Cryptography Research, ALi Corp.’s next generation of SoCs will combine the latest state-of-the-art security features, and can provide long-lasting solutions for our customers.” “ALi is rapidly emerging as a developer of complete set-top box SoC solutions,” said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist for Cryptography Research. “We are pleased to be working together with ALi to address the hardware security needs of conditional access and broadcast systems.”
The CryptoFirewall core is a self-contained ASIC security core that provides a secure hardware foundation for signal security applications. The core is designed to protect cryptographic keys and computations within a chip, even if surrounding components are compromised. The CryptoFirewall core is integrated directly into video decoding SoCs from the leading manufacturers supplying the set-top box chip market. It provides a robust and cost-effective solution that is complementary with hardware and software-based conditional access solutions, protecting against piracy of content and services. For additional information on CryptoFirewall technology or on Cryptography Research visit www.cryptography.com.
About Cryptography Research, Inc. Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc., is a leader in semiconductor security research and development. Established by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher, CRI develops and licenses innovative technologies in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial services. Over six billion security products are made each year under license from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually. Additional information is available at www.cryptography.com. About Rambus Inc. Rambus is the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market. Unleashing the intellectual power of our world-class engineers and scientists in a collaborative and synergistic way, Rambus invents, licenses and develops solutions that challenge and enable our customers to create the future. While best known for creating unsurpassed semiconductor memory architectures, Rambus is also developing world-changing products and services in security, advanced LED lighting and displays, and immersive mobile media.
About ALi Corporation ALi Corporation is a leading innovator and developer in the set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) market. By fully leveraging its core expertise in the set-top box industry, ALi solutions are recognized for their high levels of integration, superior performance reliability, premier customer oriented service and compelling cost structure. More than 120 Pay TV operators have deployed its solutions globally. ALi Corporation was founded in 1987 with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, R&D centers as well as sales offices in Hsinchu, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Seoul, and technical support teams throughout Asia. For more information, please visit www.alitech.com. Company | http://www.cryptography.com/newsevents/press_releases/2013/01/09/ali-corporation-integrates-cryptography-research-cryptofirewall-security-core-into-next-generation-s.html |
India’s leading two-day Cyber Security Conference will take place at AVASA Hotel, Hyderabad on December 4-5, 2018.
Among the respected speakers in the conference will be representatives from the IT Ministry, Council of Information Security, Indian Institute of Technology, Cyber Security & Forensics, Cyber Law Consultants and more, including guest speakers from leading Israeli companies.
The aim of the conference is to share knowledge and information and to tackle and solve some of the most pressing issues faced on a daily basis i.e. cyber-crime and how to keep within the boundaries of cybersecurity. | https://www.meraevents.com/event/cyber-security-conference-2018 |
And for the "70%", i'm Web Security Consultant and i check almost all new plugins on repo and elsewhere, also i audit plugins installed by clients, and my rate is about 70% ...
So i decided to try to fix this for everybody, one time. | http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-anti-csrf-csrf-vulnerability-explanation |
Let me tell you about a myth, a story, a fable that's been concocted and perpetuated by certain media groups. It's a story about how - with proper protection - your computer is immune to cyber attacks, viruses and other malware.
That's the story but it's not true. I'm talking about the myth of computer security.
There's no conspiracy here, just unprepared software. Microsoft and various security companies are doing their best against the bad guys, who are attacking faster and more creatively than the good guys can keep up.
The days of the independent lone hacker are gone. They're still around, of course, but the brunt of the malware industry is focused at a much higher level, where the bad guys are multinational groups, or are sponsored by enemy governments, or are run by organised crime syndicates.
So yes, there is a war. And the good guys are not winning.
With Increased Complexity Comes Increased Chance of Failure
The problem is that the methods of computer attack are so advanced, we need extremely complex software to protect against them. It's so complex that security software sometimes causes more problems than it's worth.
In May of 2010, the "Sunbelt Vipre Enterprise" antivirus software released updated versions of their malware protection, which they do multiple times per day. However, the update versions 6272, 6273 and 6274 caused the PC CPU to max out, essentially making the computer inoperable. The fix was to kill the Vipre process long enough to install the quickly-released patch, often requiring a system reboot.
That's not too bad, right? It could be worse.
It could be, for example, like what happened in April 2010 with the McAfee VirusScan Enterprise product's recent update version 5958. That update mistakenly identified a critical system process as being a virus. The result is that affected computers would crash and bluescreen and would no longer boot. The fix usually required a few minutes of physical access to the PC. Some unlucky users had to reinstall Windows.
I'm picking on these companies because they were recently in the news at the time I wrote this article. I can easily blame other antivirus products as well. In fact, I love McAfee VirusScan Enterprise – I've personally recommended it to and set it up for many of my clients. Same with Sunbelt's Vipre Enterprise – in fact, that's my employer's current software of choice. They're good products. But the very nature of what they're meant to fix makes them complex, more invasive and unstable.
[Author's edit: Many readers took the above to mean that I endorse or recommend all versions of McAfee. Not true. I hate the preinstalled and retail McAfee junk. But the corporate-level, partner-resold McAfee software – "McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" is a good product, and is something a home user would never see. This is the only McAfee product I like. Unlike their bloated, ugly home versions, VSE is lightweight, has a tiny footprint, is super-functional and customisable, and is easily managed.
My goal in writing this section was not to recommend any AV package over another, but just to illustrate that no solution works really well, and all are open to self-inflicted damage.]
Remember that in the above cases with Vipre and McAfee, I'm not talking about single PCs in someone's home. I'm talking about centralised networks of hundreds or thousands of computers. How would you like to be an IT admin that day, when you realise that one thousand of the computers you are responsible for are completely out of commission?
You being a red-blooded horny person, you click on the link, accept an installation prompt, and – boom! – you're infected.
OK, so you made a mistake. Fine. You then go to a security seminar to learn more about protecting yourself. And who could better teach us than the technology giant IBM?
So you're at the conference, and among the freebies IBM hands out are flash drives. You plug one into your computer, it auto-runs, and – boom! – your computer is infected.
This did happen to IBM at the May 2010 AusCERT security conference. IBM was one of the conference's "Platinum Sponsors", and they did hand out a bunch of virus-infected flash drives. Their response to fix the problem included these steps:
None of these examples take into account a far more insidious attack vector: your own system may be compromised without you knowing it. Such systems are controlled by bad guys from a centralised location. Groups of these invisibly-controlled computers are called a "botnet". Like an invisible on-demand army, a botnet uses your computer to attack large organisations (including government networks), and because of their large numbers are very effective, and the attack controller remains anonymous.
You can be infected and your computer brought into botnet control by rootkits and other hard-to-detect viruses. Methods of infection include everything already mentioned, and flaws in frequently-used software like Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash and Java.
Let me be clear on this: even if you have the latest Windows updates and up-to-the-minute antivirus software, you can still be infected with a virus. Easily.
So that's scary. But let me be even scarier: even if all possible software is updated on your computer, you can still be tricked into installing something, including via email or by simply visiting an infected web page.
You may never intentionally install anything. You may not realise you're being infected. But you are. And you'll never know it.
Keep updated: Make the aforementioned antivirus software updates, regularly update Microsoft Windows, and if you have them installed, regularly update Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash Player and Java.
Don't visit bad sites: I know this may be hard for you to do, particularly for you porn lovers and file sharers (neither of which, in my opinion, are inherently bad things). But those sites contain a higher-than-average chance of exposure to virus installers.
Spam protection: Whatever your email method of choice happens to be, make sure you have spam protection. You're taking chances without it. Even if you never EVER click on a link within a spammed email, you can still become infected simply by opening a bad email (via an attack method called HTML scripting).
Educate the users: This is the hard one, but in today's world it's required. You don't drive a car without learning about gas fillups, tyre pressure and oil changes. And you shouldn't use a computer without knowing how to maintain its security. This includes knowing how to update the parts of the computer that need updating, and knowing what behaviour is normal and what is not. In my opinion, this should be required on a personal and corporate business level – particularly when user PCs have exposure to paychecks and bank accounts and other sensitive information.
The Future of Computer Security
What's going to happen next? There are a lot of possibilities, but I personally have a more pessimistic short-term outlook. I believe things will get worse before they get better. Malware writers have done some bad things, but haven't yet affected governments and top-tier businesses enough to force significant changes.
And that, unfortunately, is what the industry needs. Without a large-impact attack, the industry (particularly Microsoft) has no real motivation to make significant, costly, fundamental changes to the security of their products. I don't want this to happen, but I fear that's what we need before we'll get a proper fix.
In the meantime, what can we do? Speaking for myself, here's what I do:
I keep everything updated. I pay attention to where I'm browsing, what sites I visit and what's happening to my computer. I know enough about attack methods to realise when something isn't right.
The most important point: I backup all important data.
Don't be too depressed. The ratios are on our side: given the sheer numbers of PCs out there, most of us are a tiny fish in an ocean, and the predators probably won't notice us. Our own obscurity is our protection.
But if you're hit by a random or directed attack, good luck. Current computer security is so weak, so easily compromised, that even a supposed "properly protected" system is vulnerable to complete takeover. Weaknesses include the system itself as well as the always-flawed human user. So protect what you can, and educate to the extent you value your systems and data.
It's an ugly world out there. And this article doesn't even address the newest, up-and-coming attack vector: mobile phones! But relax – the next time someone sends you an instant message, I'm sure you'll be safe. | https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/the-myth-of-computer-security/ |
Nowadays, an extensive layer of cybersafety is often required for business infrastructure or government agencies in order to protect sensitive information and consumer data. In fact, the global cyber security market size overall was valued at USD 156.5 Billion in 2019 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.0% from 2020 to 2027, according to data by Grand View Research. Currently, though, the latest Russian hack, which is being called the largest act of espionage in U.S. history, is being analyzed by experts and cybersecurity firms to determine the magnitude of the threat. According to a report by the Associated Press, the hack compromised federal agencies and “critical infrastructure” in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an unusual warning message. The nation’s cybersecurity agency also warned of a “grave” risk to government and private networks. Plurilock Security Inc. (TSX-V: PLUR) (OTC: PLCKF), Qualys, Inc., CyberArk Software Ltd., Absolute Software Corporation, Fortinet, Inc.
Several tech companies, including Microsoft, have also commented on the hack, with the technology conglomerate explaining in a blogpost that “it’s critical that we step back and assess the significance of these attacks in their full context. This is not ‘espionage as usual,’ even in the digital age. Instead, it represents an act of recklessness that created a serious technological vulnerability for the United States and the world. In effect, this is not just an attack on specific targets, but on the trust and reliability of the world’s critical infrastructure in order to advance one nation’s intelligence agency.”
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Plurilock Security announced earlier this month that the company provided, “frictionless and continuous authentication using machine learning and behavioral biometrics, is pleased to provide the following corporate update for the fourth quarter of 2020.
Cybersecurity is a crucial element for organizations with deep security needs such as healthcare and financial services companies. Given the nature of recent cyberattacks that target these organizations, the need for advanced cybersecurity solutions will increase and according to Cyber Security Ventures, Global Cybersecurity spending is predicted to exceed $1 Trillion USD from 2017-2021.
In preparation for the anticipated growth in the cybersecurity sector, Plurilock has made some key developments since going public this year to address and capitalize on this global opportunity.
On September 24th, 2020, the Company began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker PLUR after completing a qualifying transaction (“QT”) with Libby K Industries, Inc. on September 17, 2020. Plurilock also completed a concurrent financing with the QT, which saw the Company successfully raise $2.6 million. The concurrent financing was led by PI Financial and included Industrial Alliance Securities.
The Company assembled an Advisory Board consisting of technology sector experts to provide guidance to Plurilock on planning and executing strategic initiatives while accelerating the growth of the Company. Members of the Advisory Board include Dr. Issa Traoré, Ph.D., Merv Chia and Mark Orsmond.
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Additionally, the Company appointed two veteran multinational security leaders, Gaétan Houle and Chris Pierce as advisors to the Company. Mr. Houle has held various security leadership roles in reputable government agencies such as the Canadian Federal Government, Department of National Defence and the former Department of Foreign Affairs, now known as Global Affairs Canada. Mr. Pierce is an accomplished executive and consultant who oversaw the international division of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation and led the development of Booz Allen’s international business strategy.
“2020 was an exciting year for the team at Plurilock as we completed a number of milestones, including a successful public listing on the TSXV in September,” said Ian Paterson, CEO of Plurilock. “Despite the headwinds of the pandemic, we have seen an increase in enterprise customers looking to secure their infrastructure from cyber threats. Given the growth outlook of the sector, we believe in 2021 the team we have assembled will enable us to grow organically through direct sales to enterprise customers while we seek to strategically deploy resources through acquisitions.”
About Plurilock – Plurilock is an innovative, identity-centric cybersecurity company that reduces or eliminates the need for passwords, extra authentication steps, and cumbersome authentication devices. Plurilock’s software leverages state-of-the-art behavioral-biometric, environmental, and contextual technologies to provide invisible, adaptive, and risk-based authentication solutions with the lowest possible cost and complexity. Plurilock enables organizations to compute safely-and with peace of mind.
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Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will announce that it is porting Windows to run on ARM processors at CES next month. The target will be tablets and other battery-operated, low-power devices.
Microsoft has two operating system lines. There's the Windows NT-derived operating system now selling as Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. And there's the embedded Windows CE-derived operating system, currently shipping as Windows CE 6.0 R3, which sits at the heart of Windows Phone 7. The Windows CE family is already available and running on ARM processors, and has been for many years, so the assumption is that the rumor is talking about the Windows NT family: Windows (or some derivative) for ARM.
Microsoft has refused to comment on the claims, but company insiders confirm that, at the very least, such a port has been worked on. It's been rumored before, by none other than the CEO of ARM. Some kind of Windows-on-ARM release, therefore, seems likely. What we don't know is exactly what form such a port will take—or what the point will be.
ARM processors are famed for their power efficiency. They're used in a wide range of embedded applications, including digital cameras, palmtops, Game Boys, smartphones and, perhaps most relevantly to this news, tablets such as Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Though their absolute performance cannot begin to rival that of Intel or AMD's x86 processors, in the power envelopes found in smartphones and tablets, ARM's greater efficiency wins out, making it the best performing option in this market segment.
It's this efficiency—and the lengthy battery life that it affords ARM-powered tablets—that is likely the reason for Microsoft's interest in ARM. The battery life of x86-powered Windows tablets such as HP's Slate 500 is around five hours. In contrast, ARM tablets like the iPad can achieve ten hours, and that difference is, in part, a result of the iPad's A4 processor (a high-end ARM design named Cortex A8) having much lower power usage than the Atom in the Slate 500.
The port could materialize in a few different ways. The most straightforward would be to simply port Windows 7 more or less as is to run on ARM. It would offer developers the same APIs (though they would have to recompile their software), it would offer users the same interface and usage experience; it would be the Windows that everyone knows and uses, running on low-power ARM processors.
In a similar vein, Microsoft could create a similar port, but slap the Windows Embedded label on it. Windows 7 already has an embedded variant; it's like regular Windows 7, but lets OEMs remove the bits and pieces they don't want or need. Microsoft can then sell it to OEMs to slap on their own tablet front-ends. This is one of the models that Microsoft promotes for Windows CE, so could easily be used for ARM Windows.
The other obvious option would be for the company to build an actual tablet operating system with a user interface that's usable on tablets. It would be Windows behind the scenes, but instead of the mouse and keyboard-oriented Windows interface, and all the mouse and keyboard-oriented programs, it would be a new tablet interface, with new tablet applications. A true tablet Windows, built for iPad-like hardware. The sensible option here (and I think one a lot of people would like to see) would be to build on the Metro interface used in Windows Phone 7, as this would provide both user familiarity and allow developers to target both phones and tablets together.
Sure, you can do it. But why?
The problem is that none of these really make a whole lot of sense. It's true that at the limit, ARM machines will have better battery life than x86 machines. But battery life isn't the thing standing in the way of widespread acceptance of Windows tablets. The user interface is the problem. The user interface has always been the problem. The iPad has an interface designed for fingers, the Galaxy Tab has an interface designed for fingers, the future webOS tablet will have an interface designed for fingers, and it's no real stretch to suggest that every successful tablet that will ship in coming years will have an interface designed for fingers. And it's this interface that Windows lacks.
If Windows had a proper touch interface, nobody would care about the architecture it ran on. x86 tablets would be good enough, and I suspect that in many cases, the slightly inferior battery life will be more than offset by the better performance of x86 machines.
The most pointless option would be a straight port of Windows to ARM. Such an operating system would have the inappropriate front-end with an added bonus of being incompatible with every existing Windows program ever written. Sure, it would have better battery life, but it would have better battery life on systems that no one would want to use, just like they don't want to use existing Windows tablets.
The embedded option is, at least in principle, the one that Microsoft promotes for Windows CE, so it could be used for embedded Windows. But it's awful for users and awful for developers, and essentially awful for everyone. It's possible that some third parties will do a decent job of creating a tablet interface, but they haven't done it so far and there's no reason to believe that they'll do so in the future.
The final option—creating a proper touch user interface—is of course the one that makes sense. But... it still doesn't make sense. Windows on ARM can't run traditional Windows software; it'll need to be recompiled. And there's no point in recompiling existing software, because it won't have a touch interface. So Windows on ARM will need all-new software. And if the platform is going to need all-new software, what's the point of the port? The only value of Windows NT is that it runs Windows NT software, and if you don't want to run Windows NT software, you don't need Windows NT anymore! Microsoft might as well use Windows CE—Windows CE, which already runs on ARM, already has a touch interface in its "Windows Phone 7" guise, and already has lower system requirements, making it more appropriate to less powerful ARM systems.
Obviously, there is an aesthetic sense in which using Windows NT for tablets is better. Apple uses a variant of Mac OS X for its phones and tablets, and Android is based on essentially the same Linux kernel as people use in their servers and desktops, it would be nice for Microsoft to be able to do the same with Windows NT, to avoid having to maintain dual operating systems—as Steve Ballmer said of Google, why have two operating systems?
But to make that consolidation a prerequisite for an entry into the tablet market? That just doesn't make sense. Tablets need new software, and Windows CE is good enough to run that software. Porting Windows NT can't be a priority.
Timing issues
To further confuse the issue is the suggestion in the Wall Street Journal that it will be a couple of years before Windows on ARM actually ships. By that time, ARM processors should be quite a bit faster—but x86 processors will, in turn, use less power. ARM will probably still have the edge, but as long as x86 is in the same ballpark, the battery life differences will be insignificant.
In two years' time, we're also not going to be talking about Windows 7 anymore: it will be Windows 8. Windows 8, unlike Windows 7, will almost certainly have an interface suitable for fingers. As such, a straight port of this Windows should be suitable for tablets. If Windows ARM will be Windows 8, that would at least explain the earlier rumors that Windows 8 would be on show in CES. But it still does nothing to salvage Microsoft's tablet strategy.
Microsoft might well be porting Windows NT to ARM, and Windows 8 may very well be available for x86, x64, and ARM machines. But if it is, it shows that the company is still fixated with hardware. Windows' problems in the tablet space aren't hardware problems. They have always been—and continue to be—software, user interface problems. That's a problem that needs solving now, not in two years.
Windows NT on ARM does make sense—just not for tablets
There is one area where a port of Windows NT to ARM does make some sense: the server room. Future ARM designs might work well in cloud and virtualization server scenarios. Given that Windows on the desktop shares a common codebase with Windows on the server, a port of Windows for future ARM servers would of course result in a "free" port of Windows on the desktop.
But an announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show won't be about Windows Server. It will be about Windows on tablets. Making this announcement, if it comes, a bizarre distraction that brings Redmond no closer to having an iPad competitor of its own. | http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/12/microsoft-may-be-porting-windows-to-arm-but-it-makes-no-sense/?comments=1&post=21148943 |
Uroburos is a rootkit that’s been around for years but has only recently caught the attention of the broader security community. The malware, as analyzed by G Data, is believed to have been developed by the Russian government for the purpose of state-sponsored cyber espionage. To quote the report by G Data, “The Uroburos rootkit is one of the most advanced rootkits we have ever analyzed.” Going undetected by everyone for over three years, leads us here at Cylance to ask “how would our mathematical ensembles stand up to it?”
The report mentions the hash for the driver used by the rootkit: 320F4E6EE421C1616BD058E73CFEA282. This file—originally submitted to public and private malware feeds on October 20th, 2011—remained undetected by every AV engine until February 28th, 2014.
Let’s see what happens when we run this same file through our latest ensemble generated on February 5th, 2014.
Infinity detects this driver as a threat with a 70% confidence rating.
The report explicitly identifies only one sample, but we can identify that it’s a member of the Turla rootkit group. Researchers here at Cylance have identified historical samples of Turla. Let’s see how well we detect these versions over the years.
For samples dating back to 2006, we detect all three samples as threats with 100% confidence.
For samples dating from 2009 and 2010, we detect all three as threats with confidence ranging from 81% to 100%.
For samples from 2013, we detect both as threats with 98% and 99% confidence.
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The Indian BFSI sector is fairly evolved in terms of cyber security. However, the evolution is driven more by regulations and directives than a felt need to increase security levels. As a result, the implemented security controls are assessed more through audits and not adequately through white hat hacking or vulnerability and pen tests. Due to this, the actual effectiveness of the security controls are not benchmarked across the industry. That said cyber security levels in India are among the best, and at par with those of more developed countries. Furthermore, the security levels are being constantly upgraded, and with access to the best brains and technology, we will continue to be among the countries that are less vulnerable to cyber-crime.
Cyber protection is only as good as the weakest link. What is the weakest link in India
System users remain the weakest link and the easiest way to compromise systems. Although there are a lot of controls available to restrict security threats emerging from users’ carelessness, implementation of these controls in an efficient and effective manner is still missing.
The recent spate of cyber-attacks are showing a worrying trend – we seem to be moving from simple phishing to more sophisticated attacks – how can we protect our banks
Again, protection will largely involve user education. Most Financial Institutions need to focus more on risk-based control implementation rather than event- or audit-based control implementation. In addition, the ownership of security-related activities should be shared between Technology, Human Resource, Finance, Legal, Administration and business units. This will ensure proper implementation and effectiveness of the different security controls that are implemented in the organisation. Regular reviews and proactive monitoring will help in improving the effectiveness of security controls that are implemented in the environment. Awareness campaigns related to cyber security for all employees, customers, partners, etc. on a periodic basis can help in improving the security framework in banks.
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Employing two- or three-factor authentication mechanisms can help in establishing customer identity across devices, IP addresses and geographies. Real-time reporting of any event from an unknown device to the customer helps in detecting unwarranted activities. A review of devices mapped to the customer’s identity on a periodic basis should be enforced on customers to ensure proactive detection of truant devices. Finally, biometric passwords can improve security standards across devices. | http://bfsivision.com/CyberSecurity_Ramnath.html |
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to receive an official-looking email from your company around April 15th about an unexpected tax refund? However, if you take the bait (as many people do) and open the attached ‘claims document’, a cybercriminal near you may be the one receiving the windfall. Tax-time is taken full advantage of by hackers each year in order to scam people into thinking they are being contacted by their own company about real financial matters, while in reality, the email contains a malicious attachment designed to covertly steal banking credentials and other financial information.
This particular threat is more effective than the usual run-of-the-mill phishing emails due to the campaign’s sophistication. Initial contact emails are typically written in perfect English, cleverly hint at a personal connection with the recipient, and may have a spoofed sender name – the attackers may even have the ability to make the email appear to come from the user’s own company. The hackers may use social engineering to grab attention, with subject lines containing words designed to elicit a knee-jerk emotional response from the victim, such as: Payment Details, Banking Notification, Sales Invoice, Court Appearance, Overdue Payment, Courier Notification, and so on.
However, if the user falls for the scam and tries to open the attached Microsoft® Word document to find out more details, the malware author wins. The attached document contains macros, which, if enabled by the user, unleashes a downloader onto their machine to deliver a malicious payload. In this threat summary, we’ll be taking a closer look at how a recent phishing campaign utilized the Donoff and Dridex families of malware and how to avoid becoming a victim.
Understanding Macro Malware
Macro-based malware is making a big comeback in recent years. A macro is basically a set of instructions that tell a piece of software (such as Microsoft Word or Excel) to perform a certain action. Macros can’t run without the user’s permission, so the end-goal of the cybercriminal is to entice the user to open the infected attachment via social engineering. A financing company chasing an unpaid invoice, a co-worker forwarding on a too-good-to-be-true resume for an open job position, or a promise of monetary gain such as an unclaimed tax refund are examples often seen in the wild.
When first introduced by Microsoft, macros would run automatically without first asking the user’s permission. This was a fantastic advantage for hackers, who could count on their malware executing immediately after the infected document was opened. Macro-based threats circulated by email enjoyed a brief spell of popularity in the late 90s. Microsoft soon disabled the automatic execution functionality of macros after this vulnerability came to light.
Donoff is a type of malware known as a downloader. It uses macros to exploit Microsoft Word to download a malicious payload. To begin this investigation, we looked at a sample named ‘Christina Luna.doc’, a fake subpoena Word document requesting that the user appear and testify in a hearing or trial at a civil action. The document contained the malicious Donoff macro.
During testing and analysis by our research team, Donoff behaved in a strikingly clever way. It used macros to execute a set of interrogatory commands and identify the fact that it was being run in a virtual machine. Normally, this would have been a very straightforward analysis of the commands contained within the macro. However, in this instance, the commands were obfuscated in such a way that reverse engineering and deobfuscating these functions became very challenging.
In addition to the macro obfuscation, the Donoff malware had the ability to check whether any security analysis tools such as Wireshark, ProcMon or Suricata were present in the environment. If the malware identified that any of these analysis tools were running, the Command and Control (C2) server was not contacted to download the malicious payload. If, however, the malware determined that it was on a bare metal machine and no analysis tools were running, it would reach out to hxxp://sellerie-western[dot]com for its malicious payload, which it named ‘word.exe’ or ‘KMWOW64.exe’. In this campaign, Donoff’s payload was a piece of malware called Dridex, a virulent banking trojan.
Second Stage of Infection: Dridex
Dridex is classified as information stealer malware and is designed to steal end user credentials and the personal information of all users on the machine it infects. This malware is well known and has been observed in many recent attack campaigns.
Upon execution, the Dridex malware will monitor the user’s machine for any logins to a specific set of sites, which are usually social media and banking related. When one of these sites is visited, Dridex will perform HTML injection actions such as form-grabbing, screen shots and site injections, to harvest credentials.
Upon successful compromise, Dridex will ‘phone home’ to its C2 servers. The goal of this communication is to exfiltrate stolen credentials and other system information gathered. Additional capabilities such as downloading remote administration and other malicious tools have been identified as well.
After the exploit and execution phases completed successfully, the sample we looked at communicated outbound to sellerie‐western[dot]com. An additional domain was detected (stats.point-web[dot]fr) in the code, but no communication attempts were observed during our analysis. Both of these domains were previously seen resolving to the IP address: 178.32.162.187.
Protecting Your Enterprise Against Macro-Based Threats
As cybercriminals become increasingly more sophisticated, a healthy dose of common sense is a good start in keeping yourself and your organization protected against infection by malware such as Donoff and Dridex. So take the time to educate yourself, your employees and IT administrators on a consistent basis about new and emerging threats.
As a starting point, always exercise caution when opening email attachments from unfamiliar senders. If you receive any unexpected financial or legal news via email, such as notice of tax refunds, court appearances or unexpected payments, take a few minutes to verify with the source whether the email is authentic - even those from known senders, as email aliases can be easily spoofed. Don’t be afraid to call the company in question directly or email a trusted department contact to check that the email is real. Never hit ‘Reply To’ in the suspect email.
To protect your enterprise endpoints against macro-based threats, a strong company email security policy is essential to block each link in a potential malware attack chain.
Here are some first good steps to take:
• Ensure that macros are not enabled when viewing documents on your machines.
• Switch the default setting for macro security on all Microsoft Office products to High. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to enable macros at all in order to view the contents of a document.
• Monitor for unusual pings from internal company computers to IP addresses such as 1.1.2.2. or 2.2.1.1. This can indicate an infection.
• Make sure your organization’s email programs do not auto-load graphics or open and display attached pictures.
• Set the company email system to automatically block email attachments from unknown senders.
• Instruct your employees to take great care to verify the authenticity of the sender when opening unexpected attachments with the .doc or .xls extensions, particularly those seemingly from HR or Finance. | https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2016/05/cylance-threat-alert-donoff-and-dridex |
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Comments More than 2600 Australians have lost some $113 million to investment fraud since 2007, according to the Australian Crime Commission.
The numbers could be even higher, according to the ACC report, because such crime is rarely flagged to police.
Victims are typically middle-aged, educated men with self-managed superannuation, who are led to fake investment websites and sent brochures touting profitable investment schemes.
Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said Australians were a target because of their wealthy superannuation accounts.
“The criminal syndicate cold calls the investor, refers them to a flash website and sends them a brochure promising strong investment returns," Clare said.
"After taking their money they string them along for months or even years and then the money disappears.
“People’s entire life savings are stolen by criminals with the click of a mouse. This type of crime destroys wealth and destroys lives. It’s also very difficult to stop.”
Fraudulent websites were taken down and social engineering phone calls ceased once victims were defrauded.
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Hundreds of millions of people around the globe use Microsoft Office 365, which includes Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Publisher and more. Unfortunately, criminals are always in cyberspace trying to steal your information and their latest schemes are very sophisticated.
Microsoft has warned that one common method of avoiding clicking on a phish — hovering your cursor over the link to see the full URL — is in this case totally ineffective, as the malicious actors behind the campaign have set up open redirects using a legitimate service.
According to Computerweekly.com, the campaign uses among other things, social engineering lures impersonating Office 365, to tempt users to click on a link. This leads to a series of open redirects — which have common legitimate uses, for example to direct customers to a landing page, or track email click rates — to take the victim to a malicious Google ReCaptcha verification page, and from there to a fake Office 365 sign-in page, where the unlucky are relieved of their credentials, and then redirected to another fake page, purporting to be Sophos, to add extra legitimacy to the enterprise.
Whether its Office 365, your bank, email or other accounts, you should always go directly to that site yourself and then log in. Never use links that were sent to you or show on other pages when going to important accounts. Also, be sure that you have security and virus protection on all of your devices, they may give you advance warning of these types of phishing scams. The cyber thieves aren’t going to ever stop getting more and more sophisticated with their hacks and you must stay vigilant to protect what’s yours! | https://latenightparents.com/2021/09/03/new-phishing-attack-to-steal-office-365-user-identities/ |
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Whatever else is said about malware authors, it’s becoming clearer and clearer of late that they are learning from their mistakes and adapting to new defensive tactics at an increasingly rapid rate. The latest example of this is a recently discovered version of the Carberp malware, which now includes a new encryption scheme and improved administrative capabilities.
Carberp is a somewhat obscure piece of malware–at least relative to media darlings such as Zeus and Clampi. But the authors behind Carberp have been tweaking and refining the capabilities of the malware in recent months, and a new version of the Trojan has appeared that makes it more difficult for users to defend against it. The original version of Carberp was just a typical Trojan designed to steal users’ sensitive data, such as online banking credentials or usernames and passwords for other high-value sites. All of the traffic sent back to the command-and-control server was in the clear. Simple and straightforward.
But as the malware’s creators learned what worked and what didn’t, they adjusted their tactics, according to an analysis by researchers at Seculert. The next iteration of Carberp boasted a couple of plug-ins, one that removed anti-malware software and another that would attempt to kill other pieces of malware found on an infected PC.
But the really interesting adjustments appeared in the most recent version of Carberp, which Seculert’s researchers came upon in recent days. The newest release includes the ability to encrypt all of the traffic between infected machines and the C&C server.
“The interesting part is that the RC4 key is randomly generated and is sent as part of the HTTP request. This is the first time we have encountered such behavior. For example, other malware, such as ZeuS, only use one RC4 key which is embedded within the malware itself,” the Seculert analysis says. “While the new version of Carberp sends information about the running | https://threatpost.com/carberp-trojan-evolves-and-advances-012111/74867/ |
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Solid State Disks Ltd (SSD), the advanced storage systems design, development and integration specialist, has launched HotBackup, a solid state ‘live host’ backup solution ideally suited for use in process and mission critical legacy computer systems in a broad range of applications in the telecommunications, semiconductor manufacturing, industrial process control, engineering and manufacturing, oil and gas, mil/aero and media post-production industries.
Utilizing twin CompactFlash cards, HotBackup is presented to the host system as a single logical drive. Its operation is transparent to the host and conducted as a background task entirely within the device itself. It enables the primary host addressable media to be backed up in background without interrupting the host connection or requiring the host system to be taken offline. HotBackup’s firmware constantly monitors for updates to the primary drive and mirrors these to the secondary drive on-the-fly. In addition, the secondary CF card can be dismounted and removed from device and a new card inserted and synchronized without interruption to the host system.
HotBackup can be operated either using SSD’s Recovery Manager software to control functionality from a remote location via a LAN connection or through a single push-button on the front of the device which is ideal for deployments where a LAN connection is either not possible or not allowed. HotBackup requires synchronization every time a new CF card is inserted into the secondary drive, which is achieved by performing a block by block copy of the entire contents of the primary drive. The secondary drive CF card can be removed without interrupting the host connection or requiring the host to be taken offline. This provides several benefits/possibilities including the storage of backups in a safe location, the ability to clone other systems and the creation of multiple point-in-time backups.
HotBackup is available with either twin SSD SCSIFlash2 or PATAFlash2 drives in 50-pin, 68-pin and 80-pin variants supporting 2.5-inch, 3.5-inch or larger 5.25-inch form factors. It operates with CF cards of up to 256GB in capacity.
As with all of SSD’s current range of SCSIFlash2 and PATAFlash2 drives, in addition to providing a ‘live host’ backup capability, HotBackup can extend the operational life of computer systems that are reliant on legacy storage devices. In this respect, HotBackup provides a solid state, drop-in replacement for ageing and failing legacy electro-mechanical storage systems on crucial computer systems that might otherwise have plenty of life left in them.
“HotBackup is an industry game-changer,” says James Hilken, Sales Director of Solid State Disks. “By providing a ‘live’ backup capability, HotBackup equips process and mission critical legacy systems with increased resilience and an element of fault tolerance, avoiding the need for costly downtime to implement backup operations. At the same time, HotBackup significantly reduces the risk of losing everything in the event of a drive crash and the potential for lost revenue due to ongoing system maintenance.” | https://www.itrportal.com/articles/2019/11/20/ssd-launches-hotbackup-%E2%80%98live-host%E2%80%99-backup-solution-for-process-and-mission-critical-legacy-computer-systems/ |
Before you begin mining Bitcoin, It truly is useful to comprehend what Bitcoin mining actually indicates. Bitcoin mining is legal and is particularly accomplished by managing SHA256 double round hash verification processes so that you can validate Bitcoin transactions and provide the requisite protection for the general public ledger of the Bitcoin network. The velocity at which you mine Bitcoins is calculated in hashes per next.
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Currencies including the greenback, having a central financial institution which could print cash at will, have succeeded for your explanation. As economies increase, the money source has to have the ability to develop with them. And that’s why bitcoin can never ever definitely be successful over the long run.
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Jim is a GICSP and the Chief Marketing Officer of Kenexis with degrees in physics, computer technology, and international business. Jim started his industrial control system experience on submarine based nuclear power plants in the US Navy.
Prior to joining Kenexis, Jim worked to develop the industrial software business globally for Rockwell Automation and drove a technology inside strategy through sales and operations as vice president at Tridium, a Honeywell technology business. In addition to many years of design and programming experience, Jim has designed strategies for several business including industrial control software, building automation, industrial cybersecurity tools, and services to support safe, secure and reliable operational environments. | https://www.sans.org/webcasts/pha-review-combining-process-safety-cybersecurity-106365 |
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CHARLES CARMAKAL: Good morning. Thanks for having me.
INSKEEP: It's kind of common, I'm sad to say, to have ransomware attacks. What makes this one so significant?
CARMAKAL: Yeah, so you're right. Ransomware is very common today, and we see it across a lot of different organizations and a lot of different sectors. But seeing ransomware deployed at hospital organizations that's deliberate by a threat actor is actually pretty new and different.
What we find is actually most threat actors aren't willing to deploy ransomware and cause disruption to hospitals, especially right now during the pandemic, because they're worried about impacting lives. But what's unique about this is we see a threat actor that is deliberately targeting health care organizations, specifically hospitals, and has no real fear of potential human impact and is just looking to make money.
INSKEEP: Let's talk about the potential human impact. As far as you can tell, could this kind of attack just cause confusion or could it actually kill people?
CARMAKAL: It could potentially do both. And look, we're really concerned about the confusion angle. You think about a ransomware attack and what actually happens to a hospital, you know, as the hospital learns that systems are being encrypted, they tend to take systems offline. And they have to refer - revert back to the paper-based means to treat patients.
And so what you sometimes find is that hospitals will end up diverting patients to other hospitals which may be minutes away, may be hours away. So it really just depends. And so no matter what, you're going to deal with situations where the ability for the health care practitioners to give care to patients, it's going to get delayed, which could certainly impact people's lives.
CARMAKAL: Unfortunately, yes. There are a number of organizations that do pay. It's a pretty big problem because so many organizations feel so compelled to pay these threat actors. I'll tell you, look, many of these organizations that pay, it's not because they're necessarily doing anything wrong from a security perspective. Sometimes, they have great backups in place. Sometimes, they have the ability to recover. But sometimes, they feel so compelled to pay the threat actors because they've created so much confusion, created so much disruption, and sometimes they've even stolen personal information that these victim organizations feel compelled to pay them because they don't want that personal information of their patients or their customers to be exposed to the world.
INSKEEP: Let me ask about one other aspect of this. We said hackers from Russia. Whenever we hear that phrase right here at election time, of course, we think about Russia's ongoing efforts to interfere with the U.S. election. But in this case, it appears to be an effort to get money. Is there some connection between Russian election interference and this kind of interference?
CARMAKAL: Yeah. So what I'll say about this particular threat actor, you know, we believe that they're based in Eastern Europe. We believe that they're organized. They're a criminal operation, and they're financially motivated. And it's very clear to us today that they are interested in making money. And so that appears to be their primary driver.
INSKEEP: Wow, but willing to go after hospitals to do that. Mr. Carmakal, thank you very much.
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Access Control systems are perfect for residential, commercial and medical facilities. Restrict access to a pool, the grounds and other areas.
By definition, access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource. An access control system significantly increases the protection of your property, personnel and sensitive data. With an access control system, you can choose the level of security granted or restricted for each area.
In order to gain access to a door or a system, a credential( a card, a key fob, or a biometric object) is presented to a reader. The reader sends the credential ‘s information to a computer which will grant or decline the request. | http://alarmtechsys.com/access-control/2468573 |
Why did IRS release Pub. 4557, titled Safeguarding Taxpayer Data?
Because tax preparers are extremely juicy targets for identity thieves. The client information containing social security numbers and all the related personal data is super valuable on the black market. First, each identity sells for $100 or so on the black market. So, getting a few dozen families from a tax preparer is tens of thousands of dollars in easy money. Second, the information is often sufficient to file fraudulent tax returns and pocket the refunds. This makes tax related client data even more attractive.
An undetected data theft at your office could mean that your clients do not get their refunds from the IRS (because the refunds are delivered to identity thieves). The risk of identity theft is rising by 47% every year according to the FTC.
What happens to the tax preparer after such a data theft? Sixty percent of small businesses close down after a data breach, according to this report by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. And even for those who survive, the costs can be crippling.
First, there are the monetary costs of reporting the breach to every client and providing them identity theft insurance. Second, there is the time cost of restoring lost data, potentially re-doing some of the return filing work, taking extra steps to deal with fraudulent returns filed, and cooperating with the law enforcement agencies. But the biggest cost is the loss of reputation. Customers may not understand the intricacies of how the theft occurred or whose fault it was. All they see is that either your systems were not sufficiently protected, or you have somehow been selected by identity thieves as an attractive target. In either case, they may not want to deal with you again.
Prevention Is Better than Cure
When it comes to data theft, prevention is so totally worth the effort. While it may seem like a huge distraction at the time, it is effort well spent. Avoiding this work could mean having no work down the road.
The good news is that there are a few basic steps to take, some of which you have probably implemented already. Both for physical theft and digital. And while cyber-security may see like a complex mix of jargon from viruses, ransomware, trojans, rootkits, worms and phishing, there are again some essential steps to take that help protect you against a variety of such attacks.
Having a layer of the protection in place makes your business a less juicy target to attackers. Also, some of your safeguards will show through to customers such as when you use a secure channel to communicate their sensitive paperwork electronically. This instills confidence in your abilities and earns their trust by showing that you care about keeping their data safe.
Step By Step
We have put together the following five steps to help close out different types of security holes, both physical and electronic. Each step is written as a stand-alone article so that you may focus on one step at a time, say taking one of the steps each week.
You may also use this free data security templatefree data security template to quickly review and document your security risks and safeguards.
The list below provides handy links to each of the steps.
Step 1: Physical Safeguards
The physical safeguards are designed to protect against an unauthorized person who can physically reach where you work or store your data records. They may have after-hours access to your work area such as for facility maintenance or even during work hours, where they have brief periods of unattended or unaccompanied time, to browse through your paperwork or computers.
Click here to read the physical safeguards step.
Step 2: Digital Safeguards - Devices
Digital or cyber attacks call for protection not just when the data is in your possession, but also when the data travels over the network. That is why we divide digital safeguards into two steps: one focusing on devices and data in your possession, and the second addressing data security when data is communicated over the network.
Click here to read the digital safeguards for devices step.
move data from one device to another using a network connection (e.g. from the phone to your PC or from your work PC to a laptop at home)
Each time data travels over the network, someone can eavesdrop on it. Even data sent over a wired network can be read
IRS Publication 4557 provides 7 checklists to review most of the common data security risks, and procedures to protect customer data. Checking off the items in these checklists will not only help prepare you for an external security audit but also give you the peace of mind through meeting the IRS recommendations.
Click here to read the IRS checklists step.
Conclusion
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the US and affects more people than any other crime. Data from US Department of Justice shows that 17.6 million Americans suffered identity theft in 2014. The Federal Trade Commission reports that ID theft attacks grow by over 47% every year.
The sad truth is that while an individual affected by identity theft will eventually recover, though after some frustrations and temporary losses, a business may not always be able to recover from a data breach. The years of hard work spent in building up your client base may be wiped away ruthlessly by a single data breach.
Your general liability and professional liability policies most likely do not cover losses due to data theft (you need to add a cyber-risk policy for that). And while a bank could write-off a bad debt for an identity theft victim once the victim proves they did not obtain the credit or loan, there is no easy way to repair the tarnished reputation of a business affected by data breach.
So while you are busy running and growing your business, it is important to keep it safe. Download this free data security templatefree data security template to make sure that you have implemented the essential security safeguards. | https://blog.encyro.com/data-security-for-tax-preparers-2/ |
Several forces have changed the way IT and the CISO think about network security and have also brought about the rise of a new model, identified by Gartner as zero trust network access (ZTNA).
Ransomware and other malware, phishing and its variants, identity theft, and, of course, the steady drip of exposed vulnerability exploits make today’s IT landscape challenging and the role of the CISO increasingly complicated. It’s an arms race that, by definition, we are always going to lose.
And why is this? Why is it that the simplest apparent solution to this mess—the reduction of our threat landscape and our exposure to the big nasty outside world—is hampered everywhere we turn by the changing of IT on what seems a daily basis?
In truth, it’s because organisations barely control IT anymore.
Whilst IT tools were once provided and controlled by a group of specialists in the IT department, or MIS before that, employees now play a much larger role in determining which tools are used. Indeed, IT was formerly considered in the same vein as the office building and the furniture in it. IT services and applications were provided for employees to consume, but those employees had no choice or control over how, what, or where they used them at work. However, with the cloud and services delivered from it, we have witnessed the democratisation of IT within the workplace over the past 10 years.
The primary reason for this shift is the increased proliferation of technology in people's lives. Because of this shift, user expectations, as well as IT, have evolved. With advances in technology, the growing reliance on the internet and the rising popularity of social media, IT has steadily become an extension of people’s lives, and this has impacted individuals’ expectations of how, when, and to what extent they access technology.
In the past, IT was associated only with the working environment and therefore limited to the boundaries of the office space. Today, it is also a part of people's home and social lives. Individuals increasingly expect to use technology at home, in the office, on the bus, or at the shops, and they want their IT experience to be seamless—switching between business and private use of IT “on the go.” Furthermore, they not only want but expect to be able to fully control and customise their IT experience on whichever device they use to access applications. In other words, they demand the right to decide for themselves how to use IT.
IT has become more than just a tool to access or organise information in the workplace. It has become the tool employees use to complete nearly all aspects of their jobs. From staff communication and document generation to team organisation and enterprise management, nearly everything resides at some point within a company’s IT suite. As organisations increasingly rely on IT, it has fast become a core part of the personality of an enterprise as well as of its business model.
The lines of corporate and personal IT have blurred
The concept of a PC at a desk is not dead but has vastly changed with the introduction of the smartphone. The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon, although still not playing a major role in actually replacing corporate-supplied IT, has played a significant role in blurring the lines between work and personal life. Following the launch of smartphones—led by the release of Apple’s trailblazing iPhone more than a decade ago—attitudes about technology in the workplace have evolved. BYOD and its influence have provided IT teams with an efficient, manageable strategy that satisfies increasingly demanding employees who want to use their own devices.
From the employee’s perspective, as well as the company’s perspective, there is no denying the benefits of a more mobile workforce. However, mobility has brought a new challenge for IT departments that are required to safeguard confidential corporate information. Whether it’s their own iPhone or one issued by the company, employees will likely use the device for personal activities in addition to work. They will be downloading and accessing applications and using personal online logins and Apple IDs, all of which raises the very important question of control.
Fifteen years ago, employees could do little to customize their work devices aside from updating their screen savers. But now, employees want to customise their interfaces in different ways. As a result, each device will have different apps, notes, and documents, depending on what applications the owner chooses to use. We are seeing that enterprises are letting workers decide how they manage their working life, as they are looking more for a set of outcomes, rather than giving them the tools only. Employees now have far more say in how they use these tools. But, what does that mean from a security perspective?
The rise of zero trust networking
From a bottom-line perspective, it is great to see employees being empowered, but the risks that these changes in IT consumption bring along can’t be overlooked by enterprises. It’s a difficult balancing act between the democratisation of IT and new security risks that have been introduced by this change. The reason risk has been increasing throughout this process of change is that businesses have historically trusted the IT and/or the employee when exposure to the internet and its dangers was limited. This, however, is a false sense of trust in the era of the cloud, where the internet has become the new corporate network. It’s no longer wise to trust a piece of IT because it’s in the right building and built by a particular team. And it’s impossible to trust that an employee would not slip up and incorrectly follow a process.
When accessing corporate assets, which now reside in private and public clouds as well as in the traditional setting of the corporate data centre, it is crucial that the device and person making the request to access these assets are verified, regardless of whether they are sitting inside or outside of the network perimeter. Unlike the traditional castle-and-moat concept, which trusted anyone inside the perimeter, the zero trust network access model requires strict identity verification from anyone attempting to reach corporate resources.
The concept of “zero trust” is a powerful paradigm shift, but it is no silver bullet. The threat landscape will continue to evolve, and we in the business will continue to keep up with, but never win, the arms race between enterprises and those attempting to monetise our assets and capabilities for their gain. A wide range of controls in process, people, and new and existing technologies will be required to continue to meet the threat. For businesses, it’s impossible to negate the democratisation of IT. As such, organisations need to give their employees the control and access they demand while ensuring they are moving protection toward the user and away from IT. One of the most important things to maintain is awareness and understanding of that environment. The modern CISO must keep abreast of the way employees, or maybe “corporate citizens,” are using IT, and how the enterprise is shaping its response to the changes happening every day. Only by maintaining this awareness, and adjusting our position to match it, can we ensure the best possible outcomes for our companies.
Technology is supporting this effort as we today have the methods to provide access and control based on an individual employee level. Zero trust network access will play a significant role in this new world of democratised use of IT, as it will give IT departments back the sense of being in control of their network traffic and a heightened security posture at the same time.
Learn about the Zscaler zero trust network access solution, Zscaler Private Access. | https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/corporate/democratisation-it-introducing-security-risks |
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling input passed via Rack's Lint middleware and CommonLogger middleware. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing multipart POST requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted multipart POST requests to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack. | https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022070222 |
'Warbiking' Experiment Exposes One In Four Hotspots Have Poor, Or No, SecurityExcursion into central London streets finds obsolete WEP encryption standard still in useSolutions to secure wireless networks, such as VPNs configured with and protected by WPA2, are readily available to wireless users. Still, as evidenced by the following “Warbiking” excursion, Project Warbike, 91 miles into central London proves, there are at least some users whose networks remain at modest to significant risk.
This recent practical experiment into WiFi security covering the city of London and conducted over two days by Sophos' director of technology strategy, James Lyne, found that 27 percent of nearly 107,000 hotspots were found to have poor, or no, security.
The project involved using a bike equipped with dynamos and solar panels to power a computer designed to scan for wireless networks -- a technique known as "wardriving," or, in this case, "warbiking." In addition, a GPS-enabled device allowed the creation of a "heat" map, depicting levels of security of wireless networks around central London.
Lyne passed more than 1,000 wireless hotspots for every mile he rode, and found that at least one in four had poor security. Analyzing the geographic mapping of the hotspots and the level of security they demonstrated revealed some interesting trends. Residential areas largely had reasonable default configurations -- although many devices had default network names like SKY-XYZ123, they often had the strong WPA2 encryption standard enabled. At a micro level, the worst offending areas, consistently across London, were streets with collections of small businesses.
Of the overall number of networks, 9 percent were using default network names with no random element, such as "default" or the vendor name. This makes password hacking even faster. This figure increased to 21 percent if networks that used the default name but had some random element per device, e.g., Default-165496, are included. These figures excluded default names of obviously identifiable, intentionally open hotspots such as those in hotels and cafes. Some providers offering packaged solutions with a plug-and-play router generate truly random names by default, and supply these on a sticker on the bottom of the router. It's therefore reassuring to see some vendors following best practice here, helping consumers in particular to be more secure out of the box.
Crucially, Sophos only collected high level data within the confines of the law, which revealed the general state of wireless security (and is therefore representative of awareness of steps taken to secure networks). However, it should be noted that cybercriminals have significantly more offensive tools in their armories and could relatively easily take this exercise further.
"With the tools available we could have gone much further but we carefully stayed in the confines of the law. This exercise doesn't paint the complete picture, but it shows enough to demonstrate that security best practice and education still need a lot of focus." said James Lyne, director of technology strategy at Sophos.
"Pretty much every wireless device can be configured to use secure wireless networking out of the box, so poorly configured devices show a lack of awareness rather than a lack of capability to be secure," added Lyne. "It's easy to take simple steps to protect your wireless network, making it a far less attractive target for anyone trying to snoop on your internet activities or steal personal information. If an attacker gains access to a wireless network they can cause a lot of damage, such as intercepting usernames/passwords, taking control of computers on the network, changing browsing to websites (for example to deliver malware or capture credentials), or using the network to perform any manner of anonymous or illegal activities. Unfortunately many networks are still like a Rolo candy -- hard on the outside but soft and gooey on the inside. Without good security as per our top tips, an organization won't know they’ve been attacked until perhaps the police come knocking."
1. Most wireless routers come with a default wireless network name. Known as the "service set identification" or SSID, it’s a name many users do not bother to change, which allows hackers to prepare default password look-up lists combined with common SSIDs that speed up the password cracking process dramatically and enabling them to test vast numbers of passwords for seconds. Having a custom SSID increases the time it takes for an attacker to break your passphrase.
2. Coffee shops and public hotspots will often intentionally be open so users of such services should ensure they are configured to use a VPN, which protects their traffic irrespective of the potential hazards of attackers listening in.
3. Configure your wireless network to use WPA2, which is the minimum level of protection on any wireless network.
4. Use a secure password, ideally a hard-to-hack, hard-to-guess alpha-numeric combination or passphrase.
Brian Royer, a security subject matter expert, Sophos U.S., is partnering with SophosLabs to research and report on the latest trends in malware, web threats, endpoint and data protection, mobile security, cloud computing and data center virtualization. Comment | Email This | Print | RSSMore InsightsWebcastsMore WebcastsWhite PapersMore White PapersReportsMore Reports
CVE-2014-8370Published: 2015-01-29VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file.
CVE-2015-0236Published: 2015-01-29libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface.
CVE-2015-1043Published: 2015-01-29The Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5 and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a guest OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1044Published: 2015-01-29vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1422Published: 2015-01-29Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Gecko CMS 2.2 and 2.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) horder[], (2) jak_catid, (3) jak_content, (4) jak_css, (5) jak_delete_log[], (6) jak_email, (7) jak_extfile, (8) jak_file, (9) jak_hookshow [], (10) j...
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The more you use Twitter, the more overwhelming the micro-blogging service can be. That's because the more you're on the service, posting more information, following more folks, and consuming more information, well, it can all quickly become too much. That's when finding the information that matters to you can become nearly impossible. But not when you use PostPost: This free service has found a way to dig through the chaos of Twitter to bring you content that's personally relevant to you.
PostPost's Timeline Topline is both easy to navigate and aesthetically pleasing.
PostPost began its life as a social search engine, but has narrowed its focus to Twitter, and now bills itself as a "personal social search tool for Twitter." Its latest update is its most dramatic yet, adding the new "Timeline Topline" feature, which accumulates the topics, links, photos, and videos from your Twitter timeline that are most relevant to you.
It does this by examining your Twitter account: Looking at your Tweets, your timeline, and the people you follow. PostPost determines which people you mention the most and then, of all the people you follow, who do those people mention this most. These two groups of people--those who are personally relevant and those who are globally relevant--are determined to be the most relevant to you. PostPost uses this group of people (it can be up to 150 people) to deliver relevant content to you.
It may sound confusing, but it works. I created a PostPost account, linked it to my Twitter account, and waited as the service went to work. PostPost tells you it may take a while, and promises to email you when your Topline Timeline is complete. Mine was ready in less than 10 minutes, and it was worth the wait: It presents information to you in a neat, orderly fashion that's also aesthetically pleasing. At the top, you'll see a list of popular topics, and links to the folks who are tweeting about them; I found this far more interesting than Twitter's generic list of trending topics, which I rarely click. Below, that you see a grid of photos, videos, and then links that folks have posted to Twitter.
Not only is the collection of information more relevant than the automated list supplied by Twitter's own timeline, it's easier to consume, too: images are shown in their full glory, videos are playable right on the screen, and links are shown in their full glory, almost as they'd appear on their original Web site.
PostPost isn't perfect: Its interface didn't always automatically fit in my browser Internet Explorer window, so it sometimes forced me to scroll sideways to see all of the images, even with my resolution set to 1600 by 900. It's also not always clear what is a hyperlink and what isn't. While I'm glad PostPost doesn't automatically make all links a garish shade of blue, I do wish they were easier to discern from plain text. Initially, I thought it was strange that all of the photos I saw were called "Details"--until I realized that wasn't the name of the photo, but instead a link to more information about the snapshot.
It's also possible that PostPost could miss someone who's important to you. Its process for determining who's most relevant to you is automated, and it's completely conceivable that you may value someone more than the service's algorithm realizes. You can't manually add someone to its list; it would be nice if you could customize its display, as Facebook lets you do with its timeline feature. But the folks at PostPost say their service is meant to be used as a complement to Twitter, not as a client that replaces the service itself. And when used together, Twitter and PostPost will make sure you have all of your bases covered. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/252894/postpost.html |
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Second verse, same as the first. Two days ago the CyanogenMod ROM team announced a security update to the CM 10.1 platform, incorporating the "Master Key" security patch that Google had already issued back in February. Yesterday another, more intricate exploit in the same vein was posted by a Chinese blog, and again, Google has rapidly moved to patch the problem in Android... which won't be much comfort to those running an older release. Being the security-minded folks that they are, the CyanogenMod team has already patched the vulnerability in an even newer version of the ROM, CyanogenMod 10.1.2. It's an easy fix if you know what you're doing: nine lines of code prevent malicious apps from skipping the signature verification built into Android. But it's a significant enough bug for the version bump in CyanogenMod, and the 10.1.2 initial release includes only this fix. Builds have already appeared on the CyanogenMod download page for dozens of devices, and should propagate through all the officially-supported phones and tablets throughout the day. The immediate risk is relatively minor (unless you're in the habit of installing shady apps on your device) and Google has probably already incorporated the patch for this exploit into its Play Store vetting procedure, but it's nice to see the most visible of the major community ROMs respond so quickly. From the CyanogenMod Google+ account: Some of you may have noticed some details emerging yesterday about a new apk-level issue in Android (bug 9695860) . Google has already released a patch for it, so 10.1.2 is a minor upgrade on top of 10.1.1 to add that change. Even though it's minor, all users running 10.1.0.x or 10.1.1 are advised to upgrade. Stay safe!
New builds are appearing on Get. CM, and should be available through the CM10.1 integrated over-the-air update function as well. Source: CyanogenMod Download Page via CyanogenMod Google+
CM 10.1.2 isn't a patch, is a full 60 minute, 180MB download. A patch is what Microsoft issue on Tuesdays - a small file that is inserted into the existing code. This is a replacement which is installed over the existing OS. Fellwalker
Ah well. After 30 minutes the download aborted. When I restarted it, it worked faster, but the time to finish increased from 4 to 6 minutes, and finally finished in 5. | http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/07/12/cyanogenmod-10-1-2-is-another-small-security-update-patches-second-master-key-apk-vulnerability/ |
With the adoption of a hybrid work model post-COVID, cybercrimes—particularly ransomware—have become rampant. What does this mean for the future of cyber security for businesses that need to protect themselves against the most sophisticated attacks?
In this blog, Camile Singleton, a threat intelligence expert within IBM Security X-Force, recaps what cyber security issues businesses faced in 2021 and how we can prepare for what’s ahead. | https://www.digital6technologies.com/expert-insights-whats-next-for-ransomware/12994 |
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The compromise last year of the personal information of millions of current and former federal employees was entirely preventable, if the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that was attacked had taken the right measures on knowing it was targeted, according to a report set to be released Wednesday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
“In our report, we are going to show that once we knew that this was happening, we didn’t make the right moves,” said Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the committee in an interview to CNN.
Saying that he thinks that the attack came from overseas, Chaffetz, a Republican representative from Utah, did not name any country, saying it was classified information. After the hack there was speculation that it had been done by the Chinese.
Information from the hack was invaluable to other countries because it provided insights into which employees had security clearances, who is dealing with classified information, what vulnerabilities they have and what their fingerprints look like, Chaffetz said.
The report blames the personnel agency for not securing sensitive data despite warnings for years that it was vulnerable to hackers, the Associated Press reported. The hack revealed last year could have been prevented if the agency had basic security controls and recognized from an earlier breach that it was dealing with a sophisticated, persistent enemy, it added.
The OPM has been criticized previously for negligence leading to the hack.
In June 2015 a federal employees union filed a lawsuit against the OPM, its leadership and a contractor, alleging that their negligence led to the data breach.
From at least 2007, the OPM was warned by its Office of Inspector General of significant deficiencies in its cybersecurity protocol, according to the suit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
According to OPM, in 2015 it discovered two separate but related cybersecurity incidents. The first resulted in the exposure of personnel data of about 4.2 million current and former federal government employees. OPM also discovered malicious cyber activity on its network, resulting in the exposure of background investigation records of about 21.5 million people, who were either current, former or prospective federal employees and contractors.
"Over the past year OPM has worked diligently with its partners across government and made significant progress to strengthen our cybersecurity posture, and reestablish confidence in this agency’s ability to protect data while delivering on our core missions," OPM acting director Beth Cobert wrote in a blog post. The report "does not fully reflect where this agency stands today," she added.
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One of the stories of the year so far for me has been the ongoing saga of the Hacking Team hack. The 400GB data dump uploaded earlier this month has allowed us to peek for perhaps the first time into the murky world of "lawful interception", and the legal global trade in software vulnerabilities. For CIOs it should represent yet more evidence that there's more to fear than mere financially motivated cybercriminals – nation states are increasingly prepared to invest in tools and technologies to spy on your business.
It's time we all demand our governments to stop this hypocrisy and criminalise the trade in software flaws.
Lifting the veil
Hacking Team is one of numerous 'legitimate' companies which make their money from selling lawful surveillance tools to governments around the world so that they can snoop on their citizens. What we didn't appreciate until now was that the firm also appears to have been researching and selling software vulnerabilities and proof-of-concept exploit code to these government clients. At the time of writing, three such flaws - in Adobe Flash Player - have been discovered and made public thanks to the doxing of the Hacking Team.
Unsurprisingly, it took less than a day before these flaws began to be exploited in the wild by cybercrooks. Adobe has been quick to respond, but it could take CIOs much longer to implement emergency patches to keep their organisations safe. This is the best example possible of why governments should get out and shut down this industry. Yet they're doing the opposite - driving up demand and prices for software bugs and exploits. It's enough to make researchers think twice about responsible disclosure, if they can make a small fortune selling flaws instead to companies like Hacking Team.
Harming the industry
There's little difference between what governments are doing here, and what cybercriminals do on Darknet sites and closed forums. It amounts to nothing less than the trade in software vulnerabilities and exploits to be used later to launch covert cyber attacks on citizens and businesses. Yet somehow this is not illegal. The hypocrisy will not be lost on CIOs, who have seen politicians in the US and UK on the one hand release state-sponsored guidelines on how they can improve data security and fortify defences against attack, but on the other call for backdoors in encrypted products and services which could actively put data at risk.
The hypocrisy rankles even more when we consider the Wassenaar Agreement - an arms control treaty that was extended last year to prohibit the export of various types of software exploits and tools. That agreement has been widely criticised for the effect it might have on the ability of white hats to share research and code with each other. The spirit of the treaty also runs at complete odds to the reality of governments, including Washington, buying up software bugs on the quiet.
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How can a democratic government justify keeping a software vulnerability hidden from its vendor? They're effectively legitimising and feeding an industry of firms like Hacking Team that are actively making IT less secure. That's certainly not ethical. Ethical would be to notify the vendor as soon as they come across a zero day being offered up for sale. In fact, responsible disclosure should be made a legal obligation for any organisation - government or otherwise.
I doubt there are any software vulnerabilities that have ever been sold to governments or other private buyers which haven't eventually made their way into the wild and on to criminal forums. It's a matter of 'when' not 'if', and as Hacking Team has shown us, once the code does get out it can be exploited at great speed by the black hats.
Staying safe
So how can CIOs minimise the risk of data loss, given that even the 'good guys' are now acting like bad guys? Well, for starters consider a risk assessment on what software is running in your organisation. Flash is one of the most commonly targeted applications out there, so for some CIOs it might make sense to remove it altogether.
Then there are 'virtual patching' technologies you can invest in to keep systems safe and buy you extra time until you are ready to implement a patch. Advanced monitoring tools are also a good idea to spot APTs and targeted attacks, which - if they're well researched and planned - could contain exploits specifically crafted to bypass traditional filters.
People often ask me what keeps me awake at night, from a cyber security point of view. Well, it's no longer the cybercriminals and new strains of malware - it's nation states. With their unlimited budgets and increasingly reckless attitude towards software vulnerabilities, they threaten to undermine all our best efforts to make the digital world a safer place in which to work and live. | https://www.cio.co.uk/it-security/hacking-team-why-governments-must-stop-buying-software-bugs-3620689/ |
data so no one can abscond with sensitive corporate information. Encryption is one tool in this arsenal because it allows IT administrators to remotely command the secure destruction of data. But
and its passcode. Within 10 seconds of the device locking, the decryption keys for files in this class are discarded. The built-in iOS mail application uses Complete Protection for all email and
Android is a Linux kernel. Every application runs as a separate user, and in Linux, users can't access other users' files unless that permission is explicitly granted. So an application will only share files with other apps if the developer decides to allow it to. Unlike in iOS, this sharing is
on doesn't mean other file systems are protected. Some Android devices have microSD cards, which have to be deliberately secured. MicroSD cards also make the media difficult to plug in to other devices, because both devices need the same keys to use the media. Starting with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, there is a keychain that serves a similar function to the one in
the user from accessing this option. But enabling passcode security on a Windows Phone is exclusive of storage encryption. If an admin secures a Windows Phone with a passcode, storage isn't encrypted. Enabling storage encryption only encrypts the internal storage.
Windows phones also have SD cards. SD cards are not encrypted, but an admin can block employees
the entire storage system and BitLocker protection. WP8 uses the onboard trusted platform module to store the encryption key. The architecture closely echoes a Windows PC in this way. WP8 supports Windows information rights management (IRM) classifications. If IRM classifies data
Work data is not permitted to be saved to SD media or to the Personal Space. The SD card can also be encrypted if desired. An advanced enterprise mobile management system from
Using Modern.ie to test Web browser compatibility with applications
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Cylance Unveils CylancePROTECT, Applying Math to Prevent Advanced Cyber Threats on Company EndpointsNew Endpoint Security Software Instantly and Mathematically Determines What is Safe and What is a Threat Without the Use of Signatures, Heuristics, Behavioral Analysis, Sandboxing Detonation or Micro-virtualizationIrvine, CA – February 18, 2014 – Cylance, Inc., the first math-based threat detection and prevention company, today announced the release of CylancePROTECT. The product takes a unique mathematical and machine learning approach to stop the advanced threats on endpoint computers. Without the traditional use of signatures, rules, behavior, heuristics, whitelists or sandboxing, CylancePROTECT identifies and renders new malware, viruses, bots, zero-days and unknown future attacks useless.
“The fundamental flaw in today’s cybersecurity infrastructure is that protection requires detection, and detection requires a patient zero,” said Stuart McClure, Cylance founder and CEO. “Human-generated signatures, based primarily on previously discovered samples, have failed to solve the problem as zero-day threats continue to operate silently and unimpeded.”
The first to apply algorithmic science to security in a scalable way, Cylance is delivering a new threat detection model that instantly determines what is safe and what is a threat without ever having to have seen the threat before. Cylance’s deep security domain experience is uniquely combining the understanding of a hacker's mentality with algorithmic intelligence and best practices to enable CylancePROTECT to be truly predictive and preventive against advanced threats. “Attacks keep evolving, bypassing all kinds of traditional security technologies," said Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst at IT-Harvest. "The market is ripe for a revolutionary new solution to securing the endpoint. Cylance’s approach is the most exciting innovation in endpoint security I have seen." CylancePROTECT’s mathematical approach uses patent-pending, machine learning techniques to identify and stop threats before they execute. The Cylance approach has produced the most accurate, efficient and effective solution for preventing advanced malware and persistent threats from executing on endpoints. Internal testing versus third parties discovered a 500X improvement in detection of all data, good and bad, with the ability to stop 100 percent of what is found. Other solutions miss what has not already been previously identified and often can’t block the majority of what it does see. As an example, CylancePROTECT can protect against nested malware delivered in a legitimate application.
CylancePROTECT is designed to complement existing endpoint security and be non-impactful to administrators and end users. Its value is to eliminate the concern for unknown and advanced threats, often missed by the other solutions. CylancePROTECT’s tiny agent sits on top of current solutions and integrates with existing management software for ease of distribution and management. Most importantly, CylancePROTECT is not required to be continually updated, and gives the administrator complete control over configurability from the management console.
“Current endpoint technologies claim high detection rate, but in actuality the real rate is often much lower, sometimes under 50 percent,” McClure added. “No other endpoint protection product compares to the accuracy, ease of management and effectiveness of CylancePROTECT, which has more than a 95 percent detection rate.”
CVE-2014-8370Published: 2015-01-29VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file.
CVE-2015-0236Published: 2015-01-29libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface.
CVE-2015-1043Published: 2015-01-29The Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5 and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a guest OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1044Published: 2015-01-29vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1422Published: 2015-01-29Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Gecko CMS 2.2 and 2.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) horder[], (2) jak_catid, (3) jak_content, (4) jak_css, (5) jak_delete_log[], (6) jak_email, (7) jak_extfile, (8) jak_file, (9) jak_hookshow [], (10) j...
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Bluefin, the leading provider of payment security technologies and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solutions for retail, hospitality, healthcare, and higher education today announced its partnership with Irish-based Retail inMotion, the LSG Group’s onboard retail expert brand. Through this partnership, users of the Retail inMotion onboard retail management platform will benefit from Bluefin’s PCI-validated P2PE solution.
Retail inMotion specializes in the development and procurement of onboard retail products, complete management of buy-on-board programs, and end-to-end IT support of these programs through proprietary software solutions. The company serves major brands in the airline industry, including Cathay Pacific and more than 40 others worldwide.
Bluefin’s PCI-validated P2PE technology secures credit and debit card transactions by encrypting all data within a PCI-approved point of entry device. This prevents clear-text cardholder data from being available within the device, or in the merchant’s system where exposure to malware is possible. Data decryption always occurs offsite in a Bluefin hardware security module (HSM), ensuring the highest level of security.
“Retail inMotion is a best in class provider to some of the largest airlines in the world, who will benefit from the security, PCI scope reduction and brand protection of PCI-validated P2PE,” said Greg Cornwell, head of global sales for Bluefin. “As we have seen from breaches this year, the travel and hospitality industries are a major target for hackers, and we are very pleased to partner with Retail inMotion to secure payments for their travel industry clients.”
Bluefin enables PCI-validated P2PE on partner platforms using their Decryptx® Decryption as a Service (DaaS) product. More than 125 connected partners including gateways, ISV’s, and processors interact directly with Bluefin for the P2PE service.
“This is a great partnership for Retail inMotion and Bluefin," said Jan Blanchard, Chief Commercial Officer, Retail inMotion. “We are excited to lead the airline industry in providing this important security solution to our clients.”
The benefits of the Bluefin and Retail inMotion P2PE solution include reducing PCI scope from 329 to 33 questions on the P2PE self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ), which in turn provides significant cost and efficiency savings; online management of the P2PE device process with Bluefin’s P2PE Manager®; and seamless integration with Retail inMotion’s platforms.
Retail inMotion is an onboard retail expert for the travel industry. Its culture of collaboration and innovation continues to help it steadily strengthen its position in the global onboard-retail industry. Retail inMotion offers proprietary products, solutions and services in onboard-retail IT technology, crew training, product distribution, inflight entertainment and fully outsourced onboard-retail services, https://www.retailinmotion.com/.
Retail inMotion is one of the four expert brands belonging to the LSG Group alongside LSG Sky Chefs (catering and hospitality), SPIRIANT (equipment solutions) and Evertaste (convenience food). The LSG Group is the world’s leading provider of end-to-end onboard products and services. In 2018, the companies belonging to the LSG Group achieved consolidated revenues of EUR 3.2 billion. https://www.lsg-group.com/. | https://www.prweb.com/releases/bluefin_and_retail_inmotion_partner_to_provide_pci_validated_point_to_point_encryption_p2pe/prweb16818326.htm |
Twitter received 10 emergency requests for user data from the Australian government in the second half of 2014.The government specified 10 individual accounts across the requests, and Twitter provided some information in half of the requests, the social network said in its latest transparency report. By comparison, the US government made 1,622 requests for information covering 3,299 Twitter accounts. The next most inquisitive government was Turkey with 356 requests targeting 496 accounts. Australia’s 10 emergency requests in H2 2014 were eight more than it had made in the first half. Twitter did not receive any information requests from the government in all of 2014 that were not related to emergencies, it said. Under Twitter’s privacy policy, law enforcement offices can submit an emergency disclosure request in an “exigent emergency that involves the danger of death or serious physical injury to a person that Twitter may have information necessary to prevent.”
Australia made no requests all year to remove content. It appears that Facebook receives more requests for information from the Australian government. While Facebook has not yet released for the second half of 2014, it reported in November that it had received 650 requests from the Australian government for user data in the first half of the year. Governments around the world made 40 per cent more requests to Twitter for user information in the second half of 2014 compared to the first half, with the biggest increases happening in Russia, Turkey and the US. In total, Twitter received 2871 requests that targeted 7144 accounts, and Twitter complied in 52 percent of the cases. Globally, government and government-sanctioned requests for content removal increased 84 per cent from the previous half-year. Turkey led with 477 requests, followed by Russia with 91 and Germany with 43. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/565911/australian-data-requests-twitter-rise-slightly-still-low/ |
Tony Bradley writes and blogs on network security and other technology topics. You can follow Tony on his Facebook page, or contact him by e-mail at [email protected]. He also tweets as @TheTonyBradley.
Scripts are part of the foundation for efficient network administration. Network administrators are generally not programmers, but they need tools that will let them automate certain tasks and simplify the job of administering various computer resources on the network. In previous versions of the Windows operating system, Windows Script Host (WSH) has been the standard scripting language to execute such tasks. But with the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a new, more powerful platform, PowerShell.
PowerShell is more than a simple scripting language, but less than a full-blown programming language. PowerShell is a command-line shell that provides a powerful platform for performing an array of functions. PowerShell works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and the upcoming Windows Server 2008. Microsoft server applications, such as Exchange Server 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager V2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager are also designed to leverage the efficiency and productivity that PowerShell provides.
To understand how PowerShell works and how it compares with other programming or scripting language options, we’ll take a deeper look at some of the functions and syntax. One of the fundamental concepts of programming is the use and manipulation of strings. Below are some examples that demonstrate how to work with strings in PowerShell, along with some comparisons to other development or scripting languages.
Objects Versus Text
One of the benefits of the PowerShell platform is that it integrates or unifies the three distinct types of programming that administrators typically do: script languages, shell programs and development languages. PowerShell is a script language and a command-line shell that is built on a development foundation, providing a single platform that administrators can leverage to do scripting more efficiently.
The majority of scripting languages and command-line shells are text-based, so working with text is integral to using these programs. The Windows PowerShell platform is written in C#, and much of the syntax is similar to C#. PowerShell is also .NET-based, so writing scripts with PowerShell relies on understanding the .NET object model and working with the properties of .NET objects.
Comparing Strings
Even in an object-based programming environment, you can’t get away from the need to manipulate and analyze string data. PowerShell provides a variety of tools and functions that simplify the task of working with strings.
Let’s say that you want to compare two strings to see if they are the same. First, you need to decide whether letter case is relevant. If “Biztech” and “biztech” are the same to you, then you can do a case-insensitive comparison. However, if you want to differentiate the uppercase and lowercase versions as two separate strings, you would need to do a case-sensitive comparison. Assuming that you use these two strings as variables, the code for comparing them is demonstrated below:
This one line of code tells PowerShell to evaluate the variable $x using the CompareTo method. The parameter passed to the CompareTo method is the value $y, so CompareTo evaluates $x against $y and assigns the resulting value to $c. If the strings are the same, the result of the CompareTo is “0.” If they are not the same, the result will be something other than “0.” After entering the line of code above, type $c and hit Enter to see the result. Comparing the two strings resulted in $c being assigned the value “1,” which means they are not the same.
To further illustrate this, create a third value with the same string as $x, then re-run the code comparing $x to the new string.
Using the same values for $x and $y as we did in the case-sensitive example above, the result of this comparison will be that $c is assigned a value of “0,” indicating that the two strings are equal, regardless of the difference in case.
Now, let’s take a look at the WSH equivalent again. By default, the VBScript compares the two values as binary. In a binary comparison, the letter “B” and the letter “b” have two different values. However, you can use the StrComp (for string comparison) to force the values to be evaluated as strings. Using the following code, the WSH script will compare the two strings without regard to the case of the letters. The comparison is assigned to a variable, and then the value of the variable is checked to determine if the comparison was equal or not:
One of the more common tasks that network administrators are faced with is correcting or modifying file names to normalize data. Perhaps the company is changing the standard naming convention of files, or maybe thousands of files were imported with a typo and fixing them manually one at a time would be a gargantuan task. Thankfully, you can use PowerShell to quickly and easily replace all or part of a string.
For example, if you accidentally mistype “Biztech” as “Bitzech” while assigning a value to a variable, you can use the following code in PowerShell to replace the misspelled word.
In this example, it would be easier to just reassign $a by typing $a=“Biztech” and move on to the rest of your script. But, using this example code — where $a is actually a file name pulled from a directory and with the code running in a loop — you can automate the renaming of hundreds or thousands of files.
You can also use the Replace functionality of PowerShell to remove part of a string. For instance, if you have a bunch of files that all started with the naming convention “Biztech Magazine,” and you want to shorten the name by dropping the word “magazine,” you could use the following PowerShell code:
Working with strings is certainly a necessary function when developing scripts and executing administrative tasks, but let’s take a look at some more useful ways to put PowerShell to work. Let’s use an example of a midsize business with a little more than 1,000 users. A text file has been created with the names of every computer system in the inventory. For starters, let’s assume you just want to validate that the number of devices in the text file matches the number of devices you know are in your inventory. Assuming that the file is called “computers.txt” and is located on your C: drive, you could use the following code:
Get-Content C:\computers.txt | Measure-Object
The Get-Content cmdlet reads the contents of the text file and automatically generates an array from each line of the file; the Measure-Object cmdlet counts the rows in the array, returning the value of the total number of devices named in the text file.
Now let’s take a look at leveraging the power of the Get-Content cmdlet even further. Assume that the text file is all the company has in terms of inventory tracking. They want to get a better handle on which systems are which. Using the following PowerShell code, you can use Get-Content along with the ForEach-Object cmdlet to pull the data from the text file, then loop through the data one line at a time. The Get-Wmiobject cmdlet is called by ForEach-Object to gather the BIOS information from each system, including the serial number, manufacturer and BIOS version.
Get-Content C:\computers.txt | ForEach-Object {Get-Wmiobject –computername $_win32_bios}
Tony Bradley, a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in Windows Security, is a computer security consultant with BT INS in Houston and author of Essential Computer Security. | https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2008/02/scripting-windows-powershell |
Is now up in .doc format and can be downloaded here..
It’s not exactly small at 500+ pages, but it would be a great read for those ramping up on 2008 AD. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jriemer/2009/01/15/windows-server-2008-ad-operations-guide/ |
When your PC fails to boot directly into Windows such as with a spyware infection, you will usually see a Boot Options Menu where you will have several options to choose from. The most common options to choose are Normal, Last Known Good Configuration, Safe Mode, and Safe Mode with Networking.
I usually find that when a computer defaults to the Boot Options Menu at startup, that your hard drive probably has errors, usually because of an intentional bad shutdown because the computer froze, which in-turn may have been caused by a corrupt registry, system file damage, corrupt startup programs, and/or malware infections. | http://spywarepreventionguy.com/category/safe-mode-2/ |
This May 9, 2018, photo shows a touch screen of a voting machine during early voting in Sandy Springs, Ga. Whether campaigns have learned from the cyberattacks in the 2016 election is a critical question ahead of next year’s presidential race.
While candidates were focused on campaigning in 2016, Russians were carrying out a devastating cyber-operation that changed the landscape of American politics, with aftershocks continuing well into Donald Trump's presidency.
And it all started with the click of a tempting email and a typed-in password.
Whether presidential campaigns have learned from the cyberattacks is a critical question ahead as the 2020 election approaches. Preventing the attacks won't be easy or cheap.
"If you are the Pentagon or the NSA, you have the most skilled adversaries in the world trying to get in but you also have some of the most skilled people working defense," said Robby Mook, who ran Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016. "Campaigns are facing similar adversaries, and they don't have similar resources and virtually no expertise."
Mook has been helping develop a plan for a nonprofit to provide cybersecurity support and resources directly to campaigns.
The Department of Homeland Security's cyber agency is offering help, and there are signs that some Democratic campaigns are willing to take the uncomfortable step of working with an administration they are trying to unseat.
DHS has had about a dozen initial discussions with campaigns so far, officials said.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Election Security and Regrets
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday defended the company’s decision to put Infowars’ Alex Jones in a seven-day “timeout” after Jones urged his viewers to ready their “battle rifles” against the media. Marianne Favro reports.
(Published Friday, Aug. 24, 2018)
Its focus has been on establishing trust so DHS can share intelligence about possible threats and receive information from the campaigns in return, said Matt Masterson, a senior DHS cybersecurity adviser. The department also will test a campaign's or party's networks for vulnerabilities to cyberattack.
"The challenge for a campaign is they really are a pop-up," Masterson said. "They have people coming in and coming out, and they have to manage access."
It's unclear how much campaigns are spending on cybersecurity. From January to March, 12 Democratic campaigns and Trump spent at least $960,000 total on technology-related items, but that also includes technology not related to security, such as database or website services.
Fractious Brexit Saga to Continue in Parliament, Courts
Former congressman John Delaney, the first Democrat to declare his candidacy for president , said he viewed cybersecurity as a fixed expense.
"It's not supercomputers cracking through your firewalls," he said. "It's really tempting emails that people respond to and give away information."
Candidates can get some advice from the Republican and Democratic national committees, which are in regular contact with Homeland Security and focus on implementing basic security protocols.
Republican National Committee press secretary Blair Ellis said the group also works with state Republican parties and emphasizes training. The organization is also developing an internal platform to share real-time threat information with state parties.
"Data security remains a top priority for the RNC," she said.
The Democratic National Committee last year hired Bob Lord, formerly head of Yahoo's information security. He has created a checklist that focuses on basics: password security, web encryption and social media privacy. This is a bigger priority than talking about the latest network protection gadget.
Donald Trump Jr.: Provocateur, Master Preacher for Father
"What's new and interesting is fine, but it's really just about being incredibly single-minded about the basics," Lord said. "It's not glamorous, but neither is the advice for staying fit."
The 2016 attacks were low-tech, with Russian agents sending hundreds of spearfishing emails to the personal and work emails of Clinton campaign staffers and volunteers, along with people working for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee.
After an employee clicked and gave up password information, the Russians gained access to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's networks and eventually exploited that to gain entry to the Democratic National Committee.
Mattis Responds to Trump With Bones Spurs Burn
Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis took the stage at the annual Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City to crack-wise after President Donald Trump called him an "overrated general".
(Published Friday, Oct. 18, 2019)
Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, fell for the same trick on his personal email account, which allowed Russians to steal thousands of messages about the inner workings of the campaign.
But it wasn't as if the Clinton campaign ignored cybersecurity. Mook said training was extensive on cyber threats, two-factor authentication was mandatory, and multiple fake emails were sent to test staffers' ability to detect phishing attempts.
The relative ease with which Russian agents penetrated computers underscores the perilous situation facing campaigns. Clinton has been talking about this with Democratic presidential candidates.
California Relishes Role as Liberal Trendsetter, Trump Foe
"Unless we know how to protect our election from what happened before and what could happen again ... you could lose," Clinton said in a MSNBC interview. "I don't mean it to scare everybody. But I do want every candidate to understand this remains a threat."
California Sen. Kamala Harris' campaign said it also was preaching the basics of cybersecurity with staff, such as requiring two-factor authentication and using encrypted messaging.
"All staff is being trained on threats and ways to avoid being a target," Harris spokesman Ian Sams said.
Pence Announces Cease-Fire in Syria
Vice President Mike Pence announced a negotiated temporary cease-fire in Syria. The agreement comes after a weeklong invasion by Turkey into the region against Kurdish allies of the U.S. military.
Others running in the Democratic primary avoided discussing the topic. Some campaigns, including those for Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Bernie Sanders, would not comment. The campaigns of Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Beto O'Rourke didn't respond to requests for comment.
Trump's re-election campaign wouldn't talk either.
The president has often downplayed Russia's interference in 2016. And his staff told former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen not to bring up election security during her meetings with him — saying she should focus on border security, his signature issue, according to people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
Caught Up in Trump Impeachment, US Diplomats Fight Back
Administration officials insist election security is a priority.
"We're all in protecting 2020," Chris Krebs, head of DHS' cyber efforts, told lawmakers Tuesday at a House committee hearing-. "I'd ask, each of you: Do you know if your campaign is working with us?"
Associated Press writers Chad Day, Zeke Miller, Juana Summers, Will Weissert, Meg Kinnard and Sara Burnett contributed to this report.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, House Oversight Chairman, Dies at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, has died at 68, according to his office. A Maryland congressman since 1996, Cummings was the first black House speaker pro tem and a frequent, outspoken critic of President Donald Trump during his tenure as a lawmaker.
(Published Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019) | https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/2020-Campaign-Cybersecurity-Obstacles-509431681.html |
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) made clear that cybersecurity is complex and challenging, but perhaps even more so, that it’s a “shared responsibility” and we all – individuals, businesses, governments – have our parts to play in making the online world a safer place.
Over the past several weeks and in keeping with this NCSAM theme, the Gigamon team came together to offer some practical security advice.
NCSAM Week 1. In my blog “Visibility Is Key to Security and to Outsmarting the Smartest Malware,” I compare network security tools to overloaded toll booths on a highway. Not only can they not keep up with increasing traffic, but multiple sets of tools are checking the same traffic for different things and creating countless alerts of which only a fraction need attention. With the right visibility into network traffic, however, it is possible to more quickly and precisely identify real issues like malware.
NCSAM Week 2. Our Distinguished Sales Engineer Ian Farquhar presents “Cybersecurity in the Workplace: Adapt or Go the Way of the Dodo.” Adaptation, Ian says, is one of the fundamental drivers of evolutionary change – and survival – and today, as cyber threats continue to evolve, so too must we. We can’t accept a set-it-and-forget-it cybersecurity culture. In fact, as an information security (InfoSec) industry, we have no option but to adapt and to learn how to use our limited resources – security tools and staff – more wisely. A piece of this adaptation includes automation. Anything that can be automated should be automated.
NCSAM Week 3. Our CTO Shehzad Merchant tells us “Why We Need to Think Differently about IoT Security.” We live in a world where everything is becoming connected and yet, where security is rarely a priority – especially for internet of things (IoT) device manufacturers whose consumers are most concerned about functionality and price, much less so about security. Unfortunately, it’s one thing to deal with attacks that cause loss of information, data and privacy – that’s the information technology (IT) world. It’s another thing entirely when lack of device security could result in harm to humans. A rethink seems more than in order.
NCSAM Week 4. Our CISO Simon Gibson shares his top reasons to consider a career in cybersecurity in “Why I Chose a Career in Cybersecurity: Choice, Challenge and the Chance to Play Paladin.” In his experience, InfoSec is where you can work on diverse projects – build, test or break into stuff – to help people work better and safer. It’s also where you’re guaranteed an adversary to defend against. Someone will always be trying to break, subvert or attack IT and therefore, the need for skilled cybersecurity professionals is not going away.
NCSAM Week 5. Our Vice President of Products Ananda Rajagopal tells us why “Protecting Critical Infrastructure Is … Well … Critical.” Much like Shehzad said during Week 3, protecting critical infrastructure is a whole different ballgame than protecting data center assets. We are more vulnerable than ever before to real, physical tragedy that could result from online attacks, and it should be a no-brainer that every country needs to take special steps – including understanding the relationship between security and visibility – to safeguard critical infrastructure.
Without security, we may not have anything else. No cool websites, no cool apps and potentially no cooling and heating, or energy or many other critical infrastructure services that are part of our daily lives.
As part of our shared responsibility, we must make security priority number one.
To learn more about ways to optimize your security posture, download the complete “Security Inside Out” e-book, and don’t miss joining our webinar “Hear from Our CISO: How to Use a Risk Registry to Track Risk and Protect Assets.” | https://blog.gigamon.com/2017/11/05/turn-cybersecurity-awareness-priority-first-step-collaborate-take-action/ |
Recent advances in sciences and business models required the invention of new and innovative types of systems in order for them to be used as a development and deployment platform for applications. Examples of such systems are the Grid and Cloud computing paradigms. Both of them are evolutionary distributed and collaborative systems, which have currently become the de facto platforms for the development and deployment of various types of applications. Despite the different nature of these two types of systems, several requirements and principles remain the same in both of them. Security is an essential principle and it is required to be maintained during any collaboration among participants. Despite the benefits of existing security solutions there are few proposals that addressed the problem of how to maintain security among domains where each implement its own access control (AC) policy. Moreover, the majority of existing solutions are static in nature and not suitable for the examined systems.
In this dissertation, the notions of AC requirements engineering, AC modeling and verification of security properties are fully integrated within a common systems engineering methodology. In summary, the contribution of this dissertation is multifold: we initially describe a systems engineering methodology for the development of AC systems; we describe our proposed steps; then we define an AC model; and lastly we define a verification technique for the verification of security properties. Specifically, looking towards a holistic approach on the definition of AC requirements, we propose a four-layer conceptual categorization for the identification of security requirements and an evaluation framework. In a comparative review of the examined AC models and mechanisms using the conceptual categorization, their pros and cons are exposed. Apart from the mapping of the AC area in Grid and Cloud systems, the given comparison renders valuable information for further enhancement of current approaches.
Moreover, we define an enhanced Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) model entitled domRBAC for collaborative systems, which is based on the ANSI INCITS 359-2004 AC model. The domRBAC is capable of differentiating the security policies that need to be enforced in each domain and to support collaboration under secure inter-operation. Cardinality constraints along with context information are incorporated to provide the ability of applying simple usage management of resources for the first time in a RBAC model. Furthermore, secure inter-operation is assured among collaborating domains during inter-domain role assignments, gradually and automatically. Yet, domRBAC, as an RBAC approach, intrinsically inherits all of its virtues such as ease of management, and Separation of Duty (SoD) with the latter also being supported in multiple domains. As a proof of concept, we implemented a simulator based on the definitions of our proposed AC model and conducted with experimental studies to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of our approach.
Lastly, we provide a formal definition of secure inter-operation properties in temporal logic, which can be verified using model checking techniques. The proposed technique consists of a generic one, and thus, can be used in any RBAC model to verify indirectly the correctness of the secure inter-operation functions that implement the global security policy. As a proof of concept, we provide examples that illustrate the enforcement of the defined secure inter-operation properties, which have to be verified in RBAC policies, and a performance analysis of the proposed technique.
The cloud is a modern computing paradigm with the ability to support a business model by providing multitenacy, scalability, elasticity, pay as you go and self provisioning of resources by using broad network access. Yet, cloud systems are mostly bounded to single domains and collaboration among different cloud systems is an active area of research. Over time, such collaboration schemas are becoming of vital importance since they allow companies to diversify their services on multiple cloud systems to increase both up-time and usage of services.
The existence of an efficient management process for the enforcement of security policies among the participating cloud systems would facilitate the adoption of multi-domain cloud systems. An important issue in collaborative environments is secure inter-operation.
Stemmed from the absence of relevant work in the area of cloud computing, we define a model checking technique that can be used as a management service/tool for the verification of multi-domain cloud policies. Our proposal is based on NIST’s (National Institute of Standards and Technology) generic model checking technique and has been enriched with RBAC reasoning. Current approaches, in Grid systems, are capable of verifying and detect only conflicts and redundancies between two policies. However, the latter cannot overcome the risk of privileged user access in multi-domain cloud systems. In this paper, we provide the formal definition of the proposed technique and security properties that have to be verified in multi-domain cloud systems. Furthermore, an evaluation of the technique through a series of performance tests is provided.
by users of social network applications. In order to examine this hypothesis,
There are several hazards for children while they are exposed to social networks. This work integrates with the amount of personal information published on social networks as well as the statistical relation of these hazards with the exposure time. In particular, an experiment was made in Facebook lasting 24 weeks. This experiment has revealed that users expose a huge number of personal information on social networks. Moreover, during the experiment a significant amount of suspicious activity against minors has been recorded. Experimental data led to the hypothesis that online hazards can be modeled with known statistical distributions.
In order to examine this hypothesis, survival analysis techniques have been used. These techniques involve the estimation of certain functions which reflect the relation of a disastrous event with time. In particular, we derive the distribution of the rate at which suspicious activities towards children occur in social networks as they were recorded through the experiment. The results show that the incoming hazards for minor female profiles follow the Logistic distribution, while the corresponding hazards for minor male profiles follow the Normal distribution. This knowledge is then utilized for developing an effective system for automated grooming recognition, by optimizing the detection threshold as a function of time. Thus, the threshold sensitivity can be appropriately adjusted such that lower frequencies of occurrence lead to lower threshold sensitivities, and higher frequencies of occurrence lead to higher threshold sensitivities. | https://infosec.uom.gr/?page_id=584 |
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I then ran a Full Scan and the Icon turned Green when the Scan Completed.
I was suspicious and ran a Full Malwarebytes Scan which found nothing.
I was about to call it a day but decided to run Windows Defender Offline overnight.
The File Type being saved or retrived has been blocked.
Windows Defender could not apply the action you selected.
I am at a loss as how to proceed. MSE and the Windows Defender take +-Five Hours to complete on my System. I would like to Remove this Trojan but have no idea where to begin. Can the Forum make any suggestions?
Click on this link Here to see a list of programs that should be disabled.
The list is not all inclusive. If yours is not listed and you don't know how to disable it, please ask.
If your anti-virus or firewall complains, please allow this script to run as it is not malicious.
Next: Disconnect from the internet. If you are on Cable or DSL, unplug your computer from the modem.
Next: Please disable all onboard security programs (all running with back ground protection) as it may hinder the scanner from working.
This includes Antivirus, Firewall, and any Spyware scanners that run in the background.
Double click combofix.exe and follow the prompts.
When finished, it will produce a log for you.
Note: Do not mouseclick combofix's window while its running. That may cause it to stall
"IgfxTray"="c:\windows\system32\igfxtray.exe" [2009-09-24 165912] "HotKeysCmds"="c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe" [2009-09-24 385560]
uStart Page = https://www.google.com/
uDefault_Search_URL = hxxp://www.google.com/ie uInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local uSearchAssistant = hxxp://www.google.com/ie uSearchURL,(Default) = hxxp://www.google.com/search?q=%s
Save any unsaved work. TFC will close ALL open programs including your browser!
Double-click on TFC.exe to run it. If you are using Vista/Windows 7 right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator.
Click the Start button to begin the cleaning process and let it run uninterrupted to completion.
Important! If TFC prompts you to reboot, please do so immediately. If not prompted, manually reboot the machine anyway to ensure a complete clean.
4.Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart. Please post the content of that logfile in your reply.
Note: You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[Sn].txt as well - n is the order number.
More instructions to follow after you've done the above.
Hello, Looked for a "Virus" sub-forum, but don't see any. So will post here, please. Last night, a horrible experience. Apparently some virus software organization put on PC something that takes over, completely and literally. Called Security Defender and Defender Pro 2015 System Security
Not sure if I removed Trojan:JS/Redirector.HQ
In an exces of stupidity,I've clicked a link that I received via mail. MSE found out about the trojan and I've applied the suggested action(remove). There's just one problem... MSE gave an error,not very sure what it was,and it gave 3 options,one of them being "get help",or something like that,and... System Security | https://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/268073-help-windows-defender-cannot-remove-trojan-js-redirector-ja.html |
Exciting opportunity for a solicitor at a boutique litigation firm based in Farringdon, London EC1. The successful candidate will work on defamation, privacy, harassment and data protection cases.
Applicants must have practiced libel/privacy law and be used to running their own caseload. They should be familiar with relevant caselaw in those areas and the CPR, have extensive experience of drafting pre-action correspondence and other legal documentation, proofing/advising clients and negotiating settlements.
Our work and client base is varied, and applicants should be adept at problem-solving and commercially-minded. They should be team players with strong communication and organisational skills, who enjoy working under pressure.
Good IT skills are essential. In particular, applicants should be comfortable with the intermediate-level features of Microsoft Word (such as the tracking of documents), Excel and Outlook.
The firm is well-known for its work in relation to online harassment/defamation/privacy and therefore applicants must be familiar with the basic workings of the internet/World Wide Web.
The firm is committed to offering the highest level of service to its clients and applicants must share this ethos and adhere to the highest professional standards.
A law degree (2:1+) or GDL (commendation+) and LPC (commendation+) is required, together with the requisite experience.
The reputation and workload of the firm, and in particular the defamation and privacy department, has grown considerably in recent years. The ideal applicant will be someone ambitious and creative who will contribute to the firm's development by seeking to engage in marketing and business development opportunities and develop their own profile both during and outside of working hours. The potential to medium to long term rewards for such a candidate are significant.
Applications should be made to [email protected] with the subject “Solicitor vacancy – Media Law” and attaching a covering letter and CV. The covering letter should set out your suitability for the role with reference to the above criteria.
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a) Personal information relating to any person is collected, held and processed in accordance with the requirements of current data protection legislation (as at May 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation).
b) All committee members involved with the collection, processing and disclosure of personal data are aware of their duties and responsibilities.
c) A Data Protection Controller (DPC) is appointed (from May 2018, this is the TNRA chair, Edward Heckels).
d) All communications from TNRA shall include a statement of a person’s right to opt out of receiving such communications.
e) This policy is reviewed from time to time to ensure that it continues to conform with current legislation and TNRA’s current activities.
a) TNRA may collect and record a person’s name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.
b) TNRA records money paid by a person as an annual subscription to TNRA.
c) TNRA does not collect any person’s bank, credit card or debit card details.
d) TNRA may collect images of people attending our events (see section 8 below).
a) From TNRA members. TNRA asks people applying to join TNRA to give their name, address and e-mail address. Provision of these is taken as permission for TNRA to use them for the purposes listed in section 4.
b) From other local residents and “TNRA friends”. TNRA keeps a list of names and e-mail addresses of people who have asked to be informed about TNRA events.
c) Telephone numbers. In some of the circumstances listed in section 4, a person may provide a telephone number for ease of communication.
d) Public bodies, their representatives and employees. Details are publicly available.
e) Other bodies. Details may be obtained or given to TNRA for specific projects.
6. HOW DO WE KEEP DATA SAFE?
a) Personal data collected by TNRA is kept in a database on a secure website hosted by a UK server. Access to the website is limited to persons authorised by the committee to process the data.
b) At any time, a person may ask the DPC for details of their personal data in TNRA’s records.
c) TNRA will not divulge any personal details held on our database without permission of the person concerned. Any request for personal details will be forwarded by the DPC to the person whose details are requested.
7. FOR HOW LONG DO WE KEEP DATA?
a) TNRA will remove a person’s personal data from our records immediately if the person requests this.
b) TNRA will maintain personal data for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data was collected. For example, we shall retain names and addresses of lapsed TNRA members in order to contact them to renew their subscriptions.
c) Completed subscription forms and printouts of the data used for recruitment, accounting or other purposes will be kept safely by persons authorised by the committee and destroyed when the purpose for which they were processed is over. For example, accounts records may be kept for six years.
- any publication produced by Trinity House or their managing agents to which TNRA supplies text and images on request.
b) Online, including our own website.
c) Any social media in which TNRA chooses to participate (eg, Facebook) and any social media sites used by our wider community including, but not exclusive to, other local residents’ associations and other groups.
Where possible, TNRA will endeavour not to identify individuals in photographs. However, as this is not always possible and given that TNRA wants to celebrate its activities and achievements on behalf of the local community, in some instances individual names will be published (on and off line) alongside their photograph, subject to written consent having been sought. | http://www.tnra.net/drupal/data-protection-and-privacy-policy |
According to a report by CNET’s Declan McCullagh, a draft bill in the U.S. Senate would grant President Obama “cybersecurity emergency powers” to disconnect and even seize control of private sector computers on the Internet.
Back in May, when Obama proposed a “cybersecurity czar with a broad mandate” and the administration issued a report outlining potential vulnerabilities in the government’s information security policies, I cautioned about the constant temptation by politicians in both parties to expand government authority over “critical’ private networks.” From American telecommunications to the power grid, virtually anything networked to some other computer would potentially be fair game for Obama to exercise “emergency powers.”
Policy makers should be suspicious of proposals to collectivize and centralize cybersecurity risk management, especially in frontier industries like information technology. When government asserts authority over security technologies, it hinders the evolution of more robust information security practices and creates barriers to non-political solutions—both mundane and catastrophic. The result is that we become less secure, not more secure.
Instead, the Obama Administration should limit its focus to securing government networks and keeping government agencies on the cutting edge of communications technology. As today’s news illustrates, the dangers created by such a broad mandate may come to pass.
Wayne Crews / Wayne Crews is vice president for policy and director of technology studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He started the Dysfunction Network as a side project. He is a dad of four.
Wayne's work explores the impact of government regulation of private activity: Areas of interest include antitrust and competition policy, safety and environmental issues, and information age concerns like privacy, online security, broadband policy, and intellectual property. Wayne is the author of the yearly report, Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State, and he co-authored the recent reports This Liberal Congress Went to Market? a Bipartisan Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress and Communications without Commissions: A National Plan for Reforming Telecom Regulation. Prior to the assorted government bailouts now taking place, he wrote the report Still Stimulating Like It’s 1999: Time to Rethink Bipartisan Collusion on Economic Stimulus Packages.
Wayne is co-editor of the books Who Rules the Net: Internet Governance and Jurisdiction (2003) and Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property In the Information Age (2002). He is co-author of What’s Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism (2003), and a contributing author to others. He has published in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Communications Lawyer, the International Herald Tribune and others. He has made various TV appearances on Fox, CNN, ABC, CNBC and the Lehrer NewsHour, and his regulatory reform ideas have been featured prominently in such publications as the Washington Post, Forbes and Investor’s Business Daily. He is frequently invited to speak, and has testified before congressional committees on various issues. | https://techliberation.com/2009/08/28/bill-would-give-obama-cybersecurity-emergency-powers/ |
As has been reported in the media, since 13 September the cyber espionage group “Fancy Bear” has been releasing batches of confidential athlete data regarding Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) on its website. The TUE process is a means by which an athlete can obtain approval to use a prescribed prohibited substance or method for the treatment of a legitimate medical condition. The TUE program is a rigorous and necessary part of elite sport, which has overwhelming acceptance from athletes, physicians and all anti-doping stakeholders worldwide. The criminal activity undertaken by the cyber espionage group, which seeks to undermine the TUE program and the work of WADA and its partners in the protection of clean sport, is a cheap shot at innocent athletes whose personal data has been exposed.
Fancy Bear illegally obtained the data from an account in WADA’s Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) created especially for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Rio 2016 ADAMS Account); and, therefore, has access to the TUE history of athletes that participated in the Games.
The broader ADAMS was not compromised in the attack.
Upon learning of the incident, WADA promptly formed a multi-disciplinary incident response team, comprised of internal and external resources, including representatives of its IT, legal, and communications teams. The Agency also started to liaise with leading law enforcement agencies in Canada and elsewhere on all aspects of this investigation, including decisions on taking down information from the Fancy Bear website and other social media sites.
In the interest of keeping stakeholders apprised of its handling of the matter, WADA has prepared the following Summary, which includes an overview of the incident and outlines actions that the Agency has taken to date to contain the breach.
It should be noted that WADA’s investigation is ongoing; and so, while the Agency wishes to keep stakeholders informed, it is mindful of the risks of disclosing information that might compromise the integrity of its investigation.
Summary
In June 2016, WADA created the Rio 2016 ADAMS Account to hold Olympic athlete information required to fulfill the doping control program at the 2016 Olympic Games. Following its creation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had full administrative authority over this Account. As administrator of the Account, the IOC created Account credentials for those responsible for running the anti-doping program during the Games, including establishing two accounts for WADA representatives, who were part of WADA’s Independent Observer (“IO”) program for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Before and during the 2016 Games, third party hackers targeted a number of WADA and IOC email accounts for an email spear phishing attack; which, potentially led to the compromise of certain ADAMS passwords. Note: A phishing email aims to trick the recipient into divulging information, such as their username and password, to gain access to an application of interest.
WADA’s technical and forensic team’s current assessment is that an intruder illegally accessed the Rio 2016 ADAMS Account multiple times between 25 August 2016 and 12 September 2016, using credentials unlawfully obtained from one of these targeted users.
On 13 September, the intruder, calling itself “Fancy Bear,” released the first batch of data, comprising TUE information, on its website. The intruder has since released data related to current and expired TUEs on five other occasions – always in relation to athletes who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games. The released data all corresponds to the data thefts that occurred between 25 August and 12 September as described above.
o deactivation of dormant accounts.
WADA also promptly engaged FireEye Inc., d/b/a Mandiant, a premier security and forensic consulting firm, to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation of WADA’s assets, networks, and systems, including ADAMS, to determine the scope of the intrusion and access to data stored on such systems, and to contain any ongoing threat. As of 5 October, Mandiant’s analysis is over 90% complete, and it has not found any evidence of additional compromise to ADAMS data beyond the export of the Rio 2016 ADAMS Account data through 12 September, as described above.
In addition to broad stakeholder and media communications immediately after each leak, WADA has contacted, and will continue to contact as necessary, all athletes impacted and their Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) – both International Federations (IFs) and National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) – so that they can provide them with the necessary support.
Additionally, WADA has advised all ADAMS users to vigilantly monitor their electronic communications and remain alert for attempted phishing schemes. In this regard, WADA was informed last week that some users have received suspicious emails, purportedly from WADA’s Deputy Director General, Rob Koehler, advising them that WADA’s President wanted to speak with them regarding the cyber-attacks. To be clear, no such email was ever sent by the Deputy Director General. Please remain vigilant to such scams.
It should also be noted that in the course of its investigation, WADA has determined that not all data released by Fancy Bear (in its PDF documents) accurately reflects ADAMS data. However, we are continuing to examine the extent of this as a priority and we would encourage any affected parties to contact WADA should they become aware of any inaccuracies in the data that has been released.
In terms of longer term actions that WADA is taking to further enhance ADAMS security, in addition to implementing additional authentication controls, the Agency is enhancing its security logging and monitoring program; and, will complete a full assessment to enhance vulnerability and security controls. The Agency will also provide more guidance to users regarding how they can prevent the inadvertent communication of passwords to third parties who use spearfishing techniques.
WADA thanks athletes and ADOs for their understanding and support. Should they have any questions or concerns; or, have encountered suspicious activity in relation to ADAMS such as phishing emails, they are encouraged to contact the Agency’s helpdesk at adams@wada- ama.org or on +1 514 904 8800.
WADA is taking this situation, concerning athlete privacy, very seriously and will continue to provide relevant updates as circumstances evolve. | https://orad-cam.com/2016/10/cyber-security-update-wadas-incident-response/ |
A hacker claims to have cracked the web site of Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly and purloined a list of subscribers to the site, which includes their names, e-mail addresses, city and state, and the password they use for their registration to the site.
The attack was retaliation for comments that O’Reilly made on the air this week about web sites that published e-mails obtained from the Yahoo account of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, according to a press release distributed by WikiLeaks late Friday.
The hacker sent WikiLeaks a screenshot of O’Reilly’s subscriber list as proof of the deed, which WikiLeaks has posted online.
This week on his Fox show, O’Reilly slammed web sites, such as WikiLeaks and Gawker, for posting screenshots of e-mails, family photos and a list of contacts taken from Palin’s private e-mail account.
“They’re trafficking in stolen merchandise,” O’Reilly said during one of his shows, calling for their prosecution. He also referred to a site that published the screenshots as “despicable, slimy, scummy.”
In the video above, O’Reilly spoke with Amanda Carpenter, a reporter for Townhall.com who agreed with him and said that a web site that published such information was “complicit” in the hack of Palin’s e-mail account.
“They think it’s newsworthy, even though the information was absolutely, illegally obtained,” she said.
Neither O’Reilly nor Carpenter mentioned the First Amendment protection that media organizations, such as Fox News and Townhall.com, are generally afforded for publishing newsworthy information.
That segment was followed the next day by a segment with Fox News anchor, Megyn Kelly, a lawyer, who explained why the First Amendment would protect the sites. (See video below.)
O’Reilly, disagreed with her, however.
“If your grandma sends you 50 bucks for your birthday and somebody steals the letter and gives it to somebody else and they take the 50 bucks, they’re going to get charged as well as this person who stole the letter,” he said.
Kelly explained that taking stolen money and publishing news were not the same.
“That’s crazy,” he said.
“No it’s not crazy,” Kelly replied. “Because . what if somebody obtained a document illegally that proved some massive conspiracy among the presidential candidates and they leaked it to Fox News and we knew it was stolen. You don’t think we’d put it on the air? You’re darn right we would. And it’s not illegal.”
WikiLeaks said in its press release that it had confirmed the authenticity of the list, but didn’t mention how it did so.
Efforts by Threat Level to contact Fox News and some of the subscribers on the list to independently verify the authenticity of the list were unsuccessful. | https://cybercrimes.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/oreilly-hacked-for-comments-about-palin-hack/ |
Update: Google resolved the problem within about an hour of it being reported by revoking the app. The company had this to say: "We were able to stop the campaign within approximately one hour. While contact information was accessed and used by the campaign, our investigations show that no other data was exposed."
Google also stated that only 0.1 percent of users were affected by the phishing attack, but Forbes points out that if the number of Gmail users is accurate (one billion) then as many as a million users fell victim to the scam.
The original story follows below:
Several news outlets are reporting on receiving spam emails from an elaborate phishing scheme. The scam masquerades as Google Docs to gain access to your contacts and address book. It starts with an email that appears to be from one of your contacts. The email invites you to edit a document on Google Docs.
The link in the email is “somewhat suspicious,” according to one Redditor who almost fell victim to the ploy, but is “still reasonably Google based.”
Clicking on the link takes you to a real Google login screen where you can select the account with which you want to login to Google Docs. Once logged in, it prompts you to continue to Google Docs. This is where the effects of the scam take place.
When you click the link, you are asked to grant permission to Google Docs to “Read, send, delete, and manage your email” and to “Manage your contacts.”
Doing this grants permission to a “malicious third-party.” The Verge reports that the thing asking for permissions is nothing more than a web app named “Google Docs.” The reason it is so tricky is that the login page that it takes you to is an actual Google login screen, so looking at the URL does not give it away. The only real clue that it is not what it appears to be is the email address that is linked to the developer credentials of the bogus app.
JakeSteam on Reddit says that if you “click ‘Google Docs,' it shows [you] it's actually published by a random gmail account, so that user would receive full access to [your] emails.”
It is not known how far this scam was spread, but it raised eyebrows across the web due to the sheer number of people that appear to have received the emails. Google has since tweeted it has put the situation under control by disabling offending accounts, removing the fake pages, and pushing updates through Safe Browsing, among others.
If you have fallen for the scheme, go to Google’s “Connected Apps and Sites” page and revoke privileges from the app called "Google Docs." In the meantime, be cautious of emails asking to share a Google document with you, even if it is from a trusted contact. Check first and be sure they are the ones who sent it. | http://www.techspot.com/news/69181-sophisticated-phishing-attack-uses-google-docs-gain-access.html |
Of all the bugs, the most important is a zero-day that was publicly disclosed and later used in attacks on live targets before Microsoft got around in releasing today's fixes.
The vulnerability (CVE-2017-11826) is a remote code execution (RCE) bug that affects Office Word, discovered by three Qihoo 360 security researchers.
Affected products include Microsoft Word 2007 and later releases, but also Word Automation Services and Microsoft Office Web Apps Server. Microsoft describes the issue as follows:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.
Two other bugs were publicly disclosed, but not abused
While details about the Office Word zero-day led to its abuse, two other bugs that became public were not detected in live attacks.
The two are CVE-2017-8703 (a denial of service issue in the Windows Subsystem for Linux) and CVE-2017-11777 (a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint).
Below is a table listing of all the 62 security issues fixed this month. We used PowerShell and the Microsoft API to assemble the table below, but the report is much longer. We hosted the full report on GitHub, here.
If you're not interested in all security updates and you'd like to filter updates per product, you can use Microsoft's official Security Update Guide, available here.
Adobe, which usually syncs security bulletins with Microsoft, did not release security fixes today. | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-october-patch-tuesday-fixes-62-security-issues-including-a-zero-day/ |
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s newly unveiled second draft of “version 1.1” of the federal framework of cybersecurity standards refocuses language on cyber metrics to emphasize internal assessments, while eliminating entirely guidance for federal agency adoption and adding new language on vulnerability disclosure, among other changes.
The updated framework addresses concerns raised by industry following the January release of the first draft of version 1.1, which prompted NIST to solicit more feedback on the draft and host...
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OTTAWA — The department that had the third-highest number of people affected by data breaches over the last decade says it has taken “interim solutions” to protect information, five months after top officials were told there was a “need for cultural changes” on handling government data, according to a security presentation to senior officals.
The top security officer at Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada (AAFC) goes on to say in a Dec. 4, 2012 presentation that “some initial tactical steps” were taken during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, with more to come this year to increase “awareness and rigor” on information management practices.
“The increased awareness of the threat environment and current security posture has made the need for cultural changes apparent,” one slide point reads.
“There is a risk that the security of AAFC information is not being addressed through all phases of its lifecycle, which could lead to the possible compromise, disclosure and/or exploitation of departmental, collaborator and/or client-sensitive information thus resulting in significant loss of confidence in government and/or legal proceedings against AAFC.”
Copies of the documents were released to Postmedia News under access to information laws.
The presentation noted that by either the end of 2013 or middle of 2014, the department plans to be fully compliant with the government’s security of information policy. Between 2002 and 2012, the department has had 50 data breaches, reporting five of those to the privacy commissioner.
The breaches affected 92,422 people — the third highest reported total among federal departments during that time period.
“The department is implementing interim solutions in this area and is assessing its progress in an ongoing manner,” said spokesman Patrick Girard. Girard didn’t say what the department has done to prevent more breaches from occurring.
He said the shift in culture referred to “the shifting security environment and our need to inform and keep our employees abreast of risks and their impact on their use of technology.”
Over the last 10 years, 3,134 information and data breaches have affected at least 1,075,313 individuals, according to documents tabled in Parliament last month. The list given to federal politicians, however, is incomplete as some departments, such as the Canada Revenue Agency, didn’t provide any figures.
“That’s a ridiculously high number,” said Tony Busseri, CEO of Toronto-based Route1 Inc., an information security company that has contracts with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian government.
“The technology is there and with good leadership and regulations, we would crush the number (of breaches) down.”
Busseri said technology that doesn’t require workers to carry portable data devices, which can be easily lost, can be used to prevent human error leading to a breach. Some departments have already began using more stringent information management practices, including Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, which has banned the use of unapproved USB keys and plans to use software to stop, if necessary, workers from removing data from the department’s secured network.
During the 2012-13 fiscal year, departments reported more than 100 breaches to privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart’s office — an all-time high and a 25 per cent increase over the previous fiscal year.
The Opposition NDP have pressed the government for days about the breaches. On Thursday, NDP MPs zeroed in on Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, questioning the Conservatives about the government’s ability to protect sensitive information in its possession.
“Perhaps there may be other things that can be done to better protect people’s personal privacy,” Treasury Board President Tony Clement told the Commons Thursday. “We have done so for veterans, we have done so for mandatory reporting of breaches and we have new guidelines, but we always hope for better ways to deal with these issues.”
Clement will meet with Stoddart later this month, her office said. It’s likely that Stoddart will use the opportunity to press the government on her past recommendations for reforming the Privacy Act. | http://o.canada.com/news/national/agriculture-canada-thas-taken-interim-steps-to-meet-government-data-security-guidelines/ |
Spammer. ANL is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
On remote sites: it mass mails junk mail (spam).
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It terminates processes corresponding to several security tools, such as antivirus programs and firewalls, to prevent detection.
Spammer. ANL uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
Email: sending emails that include a copy of itself as an attachment. The computer is infected when the attachment is run.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing programs: it makes copies of itself with enticing names in shared folders belonging to these programs. Other users of this type of networks then voluntarily download and run the infected files. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=212225 |
This webinar will explain how to determine if your mobile apps are medical devices and if they will be subject to FDA requirements. The FDA approval process for mobile medical apps will be explained including FDA software validation requirements which are more extensive than just testing performance.
Cybersecurity is very important for mobile apps. The FDA cybersecurity requirements in the app design will also be explained.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND
The FDA has released a Guidance explaining how they intend to apply their regulatory authority to software applications intended for use on mobile platforms. They have defined what types of mobile apps they consider a medical device.
Apps that are medical devices must meet all FDA software validation requirements and FDA cybersecurity requirements, however, FDA will not enforce their requirements on mobile apps that meet the FDA’s definition of a medical device but pose a low health risk.
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Inbox OOO is an adware program that infilterate the computer by means of third-orty program. This kind of software was made to generate revenue for its authors. Inbox OOO installs numerous add-ons or plug-ins to distribute ads. It can infect Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera. The very important step for Inbox OOO is to alter your default homepage and the security settings. If you haven't succeeded to uncheck the needed boxes during installation, you might have confirmed the installation of Inbox OOO or another adware onto your work station . Once installed, it will shift the browser settings and the settings of the whole PC as well.
If you enjoy shopping, these discounts and offer can look good for you, but be warned that not all sales are useful. Inbox OOO issues coupons that are related to your current search terms. These advertisements can be misleading, and no one knows where you will end up if you click on them. In this case if any harmful add-ons, that you may find on your work station should be eliminated immediately. If this won't be done, the program will give your personal data to web-scammers, and they will apply it to trick you. Inbox OOO will constantly redirect your internet connection and tell you that you are browsing unsafely, computer will start acting slow, as it slows down your system significantly. This includes starting up, shutting down, playing games, and surfing the web.
Inbox OOO is a nasty third party software functioning as Adware program that generates nasty advertisements. It poses a threat to computer safety and thus, to make sure for the safe Internet encironment, should be deleted from the system immediately once it has been detected.
Getting stubborn Inbox OOO spyware in system is really panic and irritating situation for user. Thus they looks for solution which is easy and effective to use. If system is heavily infected then best is to use automatic removal tool. It make quick scanning of system and remove all threat which is installed in Window system. There is no problem of rejection unlike other tools. After scanning it shows threat with classification and ratings, which is easy for user to be removed. Some of features in automatic removal tool is, it does not allow unauthorized access to PC, and does not download any infected files etc.
Inbox OOO removal tool scans the system and show the number of infected files and threats according to their level of damage. It make scanning of system whenever user start the system and does not allow any threat to enter in system and keep all user data safe and secure. Automatic Removal Tool is made by powerful robust algorithm, update and scan the system completely, If you want to get rid of infection then it is better to use automatic removal tool.
Inbox OOO is infection which connects itself to online hacker and provide user an unauthorized access and take control of computer system. Most of time it make its entry in PC through other removable storage device, instant messaging and with peer to peer file sharing network, network shares etc. Once it get in, PC start performing illegal activities and hide itself deeply in system and collect all confidential information like password, account details like name, password online hacker who then used ti for illegal purpose. When it make itself to remote attacker make it free, which then can perform number of action on infected computer like join to other IRC channel, automatically launch internet explorer, send and infect specific processes of system, from system remove bot etc.
However, Inbox OOO spyware when connect PC to online hacker all control of PC come under it. Whatever is done by user on PC is checked by hacker who the used this detail to perform illegal activities and affect Window system. It is kind of robbery in which user does not have idea what are going in their system. To get rid from such type of Inbox OOO spyware it is only suggested to remove it as soon as possible and keep your confidential data and information safe and secure.
Affect on Computer Data: Capability to collect all confidential and information and send it to remote attacker who then used it for illegal purpose.
Power ratings: It has capability to reduce the power ratings of system and even change system in sumb state. | http://delete-all-spyware.blogspot.com/2016/06/uninstall-inbox-ooo-how-to-remove.html |
Softline Group, the global supplier of IT-solutions and services operating in 30 countries, announces the purchase of the control interest in Group of Companies “Infosecurity” – service-provider of information security, system integration and consulting services.
The parties do not disclose the amount of the transaction.
Objective of purchase – enhancement of Softline positions within the market of cybersecurity and extension of the range of services due to the services of the Security Operation Center, SOC) and computer forensics. Softline intends to offer new solutions to the Customers in Russian and foreign markets. “Infosecurity shall be gradually integrated into the structure of Softline group. The brand “Infosecurity” shall be maintained. The team, including also top managers, shall keep on developing “Infosecurity” business already within the frameworks of Softline Group of Companies.
“We are sure that the transaction with “Infosecurity” within a mid-term prospect shall help Softline to get the leading positions within rapidly growing market of services of information security such as Security Operation Center and managed security services. At the moment the portfolio of “Infosecurity” includes more than 60 services. Association of our teams shall assist in scaling of “Infosecurity” business on all main markets of Softline presence, where the company has been historically strong. Moreover, “Infosecurity” actively develops its own solutions in the area of information security, which as we are sure shall be extremely demanded among our clients in these markets”, says Services Management Director of Softline Group of Companies Irina Krivenkova.
“The status of Softline as a really global company gives extended options for “Infosecurity” – starting from contracts with the Customers from new areas and to accomplishment of the projects outside the Russian Federation. Together we will be able to develop the area of information security, which shall allow the group strengthening significantly its positions within Russian and International market”, General Director of “Infosecurity” Kirill Solodovnikov concludes the results of the alliance of the two companies. | http://softline.ph/about/news/softline-purchased-the-share-in-russian-provider-for-cybersecurity-solutions |
Four in five Canadians think identity theft is a serious problem in Canada, and concern is growing as the number of people having personal experience with the crime increases, according to a recent telephone poll. And IT execs take note — many Canadians feel that more can be done by others to alleviate the problem.
Just under half (46%) think that banks and credit card companies are doing enough to protect consumers from identity theft and fraud.
Half (49%) think law enforcement is doing enough and 47 percent think the media is doing a good job protecting them.
Only minorities of Canadians feel that the government (40%), credit bureaus(37%) and retailers (35%) are doing enough to help fight the identity theft problem in Canada.
“Canadian consumers want more to be done to help fight identity theft and fraud across the board,” said Sheila McCracken, who represents Intersections’ Canadian solutions group, one of the sponsors of the study. “These results support the need for organizations, such as banks, credit card companies and retailers to do more to prevent identity theft collaboratively with government, law enforcement and other organizations.”
The survey, called the Identity Theft Index Canada (ITIC), found that one in four Canadians reported that they have been, or someone they personally know has been, a victim of identity theft.
The types of fraud resulting from identity theft crime are wide-ranging, according to the ITIC poll. Among those who have been a victim or personally know someone who has been a victim of identity theft, 70% said the identity theft resulted in unauthorized credit card purchases, the most frequent, but least costly form of identity theft fraud for consumers. However, significant percentages of these respondents reported more serious frauds, including takeover of existing credit card accounts (43%), the opening of new credit card accounts (36%) or new loans (22%), unauthorized bank account access (42%) and the use of the victims’ personal information in other types of frauds, such as to obtain government benefits or medical care (24%).
“Many cases of identity theft perpetrated against Canadians are resulting in serious crimes that go well beyond simple credit card fraud where the consumer’s liability has traditionally been limited,” said Sheila. “These more significant frauds can have serious implications for consumers in terms of losses.” | https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/fears-growing-over-identity-theft/12225 |
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change. To create is to make something that has never existed before. There’s nothing more vulnerable than that. Adaptability to change is all about vulnerability.
This is simple: you need to make yourself vulnerable when you create something new, because you need to get out of the box of safety you built. It’s in a sense surprising (also in terms of self-reflection) that these two kinds of vulnerability are seen as different. Like that box you have to get out from isn’t a defence to not feel vulnerable. They are the same box.
Myshkin Ingawale said, “I saw this need. So you know what I did? I made it.” And everybody just burst into applause, and they were like “Yes!” And he said, “And it didn’t work. And then I made it 32 more times, and then it worked.”
Because it’s easy to think of creativity as some talent that someone has and some other hasn’t. But it’s not, vulnerability and creativity are tied in, and working on it, iterating, is key. “I made it 32 more times and then it worked”. How powerless makes you failing 32 times? How vulnerable are you in saying that? How does that impact the next person that wants to give you your next job?
There’s a huge difference between shame and guilt. And here’s what you need to know. Shame is highly, highly correlated with addiction, depression, violence, aggression, bullying, suicide, eating disorders. And here’s what you even need to know more. Guilt, inversely correlated with those things. The ability to hold something we’ve done or failed to do up against who we want to be is incredibly adaptive. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s adaptive.
Brown makes also a great distinction between guilt and shame. She says:
And that’s not a small difference. Separating acting and being is incredibly hard, both toward ourselves and toward others, even more in a culture like the western one (and even more in my experience for the anglo-saxon one – USA and UK) where “doing” is the only way we measure ourselves.
For men, shame is one, do not be perceived as what? Weak. … “They’d rather me die on top of my white horse than watch me fall down. When we reach out and be vulnerable we get the shit beat out of us”.
This, especially this, hits straight in the middle of my own shame. So much I have to stop writing for a second this very sentence. Also I feel that different people react to this in different ways. The way my ego reacted to this was to build an internal voice that is violent. Aggressive. And that, in one way or another, is unfortunately also the main reason I achieved so much I have achieved, and this last thing is what makes so difficult for me to let it go. To stop that violent side to shout “The hell with that, I’ll demonstrate I’m not weak, f**k you!”. That violence can achieve a lot unfortunately: Unfortunately because it also has a great cost in terms of social relations.
And of course, it’s not just me. Brown toward the end says the 4 main traits for women and the 4 main traits for men on how to conform to their gender norm, from a research done by Mahalik at Boston College:
Women: nice, thin, modest, use all available resources for appearance.
Men: show emotional control, work is first, pursue status, violence.
Yep. These four are exactly on spot. And see? Violence. There. I’m perfectly prototypical. And I don’t know why, but while I’m relatively jaded in terms of emotional control, work is first and pursue status, violence really stands out to me in the way I perceive it for myself, and in the way I perceive it in others. I can see emotional control, work, status in others and don’t blink an eye. But even the slight and unconscious glimpse of violence, and I notice it like it was a sledgehammer.
I’m noting this down mostly for myself, but I hope that it can give something back to you too. I’m surely not an example to take in showing myself vulnerable, but I’m working on it. | https://intenseminimalism.com/2014/vulnerability-and-shame-thanks-to-brene-brown/ |
Thieves are retrieving debit card data at U.S. automated teller machines (ATMs) at the highest rate in 20 years, both at machines owned by banks and those operated independently at stores, eateries and shopping centers.
While most of the publicity over the past two years has centered on massive hacks at retailers via checkout counter vulnerabilities, consumers may not realize the scope of ATM incidents, in which thieves steal information from debit cards to make counterfeit cards or sell the data through black market websites. The theft can result in the draining of a debit card user’s bank account.
According to FICO, the firm that formulates the most widely used credit scoring models, the number of attacks on debit cards used at ATMs, from January to April 9, 2015, reached the highest level for that period in at least two decades. FICO tracks ATM thefts through its card- monitoring service for financial institutions that represent more than 65 percent of all U.S. debit cards.
Debit-card thefts at ATMs located on bank properties surged 174 percent from Jan. 1 to April 9, compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, attacks against nonbank machines soared by 317 percent, FICO said.
“These tremendous spikes in fraud are unprecedented,” said John Buzzard, who manages FICO’s card-alert service. FICO declined to disclose to the Wall Street Journal the total number of such incidents, citing contractual restrictions with its customers.
ATMs at banks and other locations where you swipe a card — including the gas pumps — have long been targets of scammers who install skimming devices that collect the information on a card as it’s inserted. More sophisticated skimmers also employ cameras and other technology to collect information that’s not stored on the card, such a user’s PIN.
The rate of ATM thefts are surging just as banks are scrambling to issue new credit and debit cards with computer chips that make it more difficult for thieves to create counterfeits. However, most ATMs don’t yet accept the new technology — though J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America have recently begun to install more advanced machines. | https://www.ecreditdaily.com/2015/05/debit-card-data-thefts-at-atms-hit-highest-rate-in-20-years-reports-fico/ |
How the social networking giant uses open source tools to achieve its massive app scalablilty.
Fast throughput: memchached processes the equivalent of a 30 volume setof Encyclopedia Britannica in one tenth of a second.
To improve the performance of its PHP application Facebook developed HipHop for PHP, a tool for converting PHP into optimised C++. HipHop involves a seven stage process from parsing to compilation.
Move fast, have a huge impact and be bold. Those are the three central tenets of engineering at Facebook.
Facebook connects people (nodes) with other people, but it also connects people with common interests. Such relationships make scaling more complex than a typical Web application, where many people requst the same (or similar) data.
An open development environment means much of the production software began life as a simple hack by a small group of people.
Language agnostic: In addition to PHP, Facebook develops software in C++, Java, Python and Erlang. The philosophy is not to choose a single language when building infrastructure.
Facebook developed Haystack to reduce the number of fileserving I/O operations from 10 to one.
Facebook's storage layer is a cluster of MySQL servers -- if one or two go down the army continues to fight on.
Facebook has risen from a niche social networking service among US universities to become one of the biggest sites on the Internet, connecting millions of people from all around the world. A visualisation of live friend requests is shown here. What is less known is [artnid:337284|Facebook was built almost entirely from open source software|new].
At a basic level, Facebook has a three-tier architecture with Web serving, memcached for in-memory data access and databases for persistent storage.
Scaling Facebook is all about fast access to interconnected data. To build a page, data needs to be pulled from multiple, disparate sources.
Logging a massive 25TB of data every day, the standard Linux Syslog just didn't cut it so Facebook developed a more scalable logging tool called Scribe. Scribe is now an open source project.
The data flow architecture at Facebook has the production Hive-Hadoop cluster at the centre. The commercial Oracle RAC product gets fed data from the main cluster.
Publicly available open source software enabled Facebook to grow at a rapid rate to sustain its exploding membership. Thinking of its roots, Facebook is also a good open source citizen and has started numerous open source projects of its own, which are not used by other social networking services. Facebook's open source software is available online at: [xref:http://developers.facebook.com/opensource.php|http://developers.facebook.com/opensource.php|new].
Facebook has contributed to the evolution of memcache technology.
Racks of servers: Facebook's Hadoop-Hive cluster is used by engineers and business staff for data analysis.
Facebook is adding photos at an astronomical rate -- 40 billion and counting. All photos are converted into four different sizes (for a total of 160 billion photos) before they are sent to Facebook's servers. | https://www.cio.com.au/slideshow/337351/slideshow-open-source-facebook/ |
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Fix it the right way. Corporate Advocacy Program™ SEO Reputation Management at its best! Samantha Jane Foyen is one of the most convincing con-artists I have ever met. She is attractive, witty, interesting and engaging. Shes got all the charm and none of the obvious sleaze that you would expect from such a polished persona. Right now Samantha Jane Foyen is in jail serving 3.5 years for aggravated 1st degree theft, identity theft, fraudulent use of a credit card in excess of $100,000. She is awaiting sentencing for another crime where more time will be tacked onto her sentence, but it won't be long enough. She has already manipulated her way through the court system, extending sentencing and wasting victims time and resources trying to get them to miss a mark so she could get off like shes always done. This woman has a wake of victims that she has casually dismissed, moving her career along from a stripper to a trucker to an interior designer and lastly to a shop manager. [continued below]....
Report Attachments: ..... Samanthas own mother was at her court sentencing to have her say in court, as her elderly parents were bankrupted by their daughter. Her manipulation is boundless. She seems to be unable to tell the truth or recollect it, and does not show any remorse for her crimes other than it being inconvenient that she is finally being held accountable. The purpose of the posting of this rip-off report is to put some sort of record out onto the internet that will hopefully stick with her longer than her jail time. She probably wont serve more than half of her sentencing, and it is the opinion of all of her victims that she will be at it again. In fact, before being sentenced we found her starting a linkedin profile in which she claims to be an Independent Financial Professional. She preys on the elderly, and tries to find people who she can connect with as a daughter, which makes her crimes even more heartless. The family who finally brought her to court for her crimes was bankrupted by her, and lost their entire business. The list goes on, and on. If you have been a victim of Samantha Jane Foyen and felt that your voice wasn't heard - this is a post for you. Although justice might be fleeting, it has been served. This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 02/07/2013 11:26 PM and is a permanent record located here:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/samantha-foyen/wasco-oregon-/samantha-foyen-fraud-identity-theft-theft-aggravated-1st-degree-wasco-oregon-1010726.
The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content Click Here to read other Ripoff Reports on Samantha Foyen Search for additional reports If you would like to see more Rip-off Reports on this company/individual, search here: Search Tips In order to assure the best results in your search: Keep the name short & simple, and try different variations of the name. Do not include ".com", "S", "Inc.", "Corp", or "LLC" at the end of the Company name. Use only the first/main part of a name to get best results. Only search one name at a time if Company has many AKA's. Report & Rebuttal
Also a victim? File a Report What's this? Are you also a victim of the same company or individual? Want Justice? File a Rip-off Report, help other consumers to be educated and don't let them get away with it! Repair Your Reputation! Resolve the issues and rebuild trust through our Corporate Advocacy Program. Corporate Advocacy Program: The best way to manage and repair your business reputation. Hiding negative complaints is only a Band-Aid. Consumers want to see how businesses take care of business. All businesses will get complaints. How those businesses take care of those complaints is what separates good businesses from bad businesses. 1Author 0Consumer 0Employee/ Owner Updates & Rebuttals #1 Author of original report SAMANTHA FOYEN - IDENTITY THEFT / THIEF AUTHOR: NoThankYou - (United States of America) SUBMITTED: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 POSTED: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Samantha Foyen is a shameless thief, beware and stay away from this person as far as possible! she stole my private details and then used them for her own purposes! I tried to contact this lady but it seems that all her contacts are not valid. Beware and be careful!... (Posted on ReviewTalks.com by one of her victims) Today I ran a background report - the thing is we TRUST each other in the world. If you looked at Samantha, and read her background report you wouldn't be able to fathom its the same woman. It was so lengthy that it would be too much information to post on here - literally pages and pages of fraud, identity theft, and aggravated theft. Report Attachments: Respond to this report! What's this? File a Rebuttal What's this? Are you an owner, employee or ex-employee with either negative or positive information about the company or individual, or can you provide "insider information" on this company? Want Justice? Get Started What's this? Got Reports filed against you? Arbitrate Remove Reports? | http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/samantha-foyen/wasco-oregon-/samantha-foyen-fraud-identity-theft-theft-aggravated-1st-degree-wasco-oregon-1010726 |
Faulting application name: igfxEM.exe, version: 6.15.10.4248, time stamp: 0x5591e758
Faulting module name: igfxDI.dll, version: 6.15.10.4248, time stamp: 0x5591e721
Scroll down to option 3 for the easiest way to run it. You should run it 3 times since it doesn't always fix everything the 1st or second time around.
If SFC could not fix something, then run the command again to see if it may be able to the next time. Sometimes it may take running the sfc /scannow command 3 times restarting the PC after each time to completely fix everything that it's able to.
Additional options:
If still not, then do a system restore using a restore point dated before the bad system file occurred to fix it. You may need to repeat doing a system restore until you find a older restore point that may work.
If still not, then you could do a repair install without losing anything.
Mouse: currently being stalked by the cat...
Thanks for your detailed reply-very interesting and useful. Tried your no. 1 suggestion which didn't work for me so tried a restore I had from 5 days ago and,while it said it had been unable to restore anything,when I restarted my laptop my problem had gone away.
Hopefully it doesn't come back but thanks to your reply I would be confident in having a go at it again. Many thanks Borg 386.:)
I hope it's sorted & glad I could help. If it does return, the other options would be the repair or refresh. Both of those options would preserve user data while reinstalling the OS.
Refresh your PC Fixes software problems by reinstalling the OS while preserving the user data, user accounts, and important settings. All other preinstalled customizations are restored to their factory state. In Windows 10, this feature no longer preserves user-acquired Windows apps.
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Hard Drives: 2 or 3, depending on if it's a night they're arguing about having a "split personality crisis" because I partitioned the drive. | https://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-firewalls-system-security/28602-interactive-services-detection-warning.html |
The case of the FBI versus Apple involves the bureau attempting to compel the technology provider into unlocking an iPhone 5C used by one of the now-dead shooters behind the San Bernardino attacks that left 14 people dead last year. Apple, however, has dug in its heels, with CEO Tim Cook saying it will fight the court order, which it sees as being tantamount to requiring Apple to build a backdoor for iPhones.
But Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States, told a conference hall filled close to overflowing that she sees a middle ground in the case of the Department of Justice versus Apple (see Apple Wins Legal Round Over Unlocking a 2nd iPhone ).
"For me, the middle ground is to devolve to what the law requires," Lynch said during a heavily scripted "sit-down chat" with a reporter. Lynch also attempted to paint Apple as an ill-mannered upstart, suggesting that the company should do what it's told, unless Congress tells it otherwise. "Do we let one company - no matter how great the company, no matter how beautiful its devices - decide this issue for all of us?" she asked.
3. Ransomware Ascendant
Multiple researchers at RSA have continued to highlight how ransomware attacks are becoming more complex. Researchers from Intel Security, for example, have just discovered a new type of targeted ransomware that encrypts every file on a computer using a different key, thus complicating remediation efforts.
There are also now more ransomware variants at large today than ever before. Some types get spread via increasingly convincing phishing campaigns, which are designed to fool users and bypass spam filters, says Pierluigi Stella, chief technology officer of Network Box. Today's ransomware phishing campaigns are redirecting unsuspecting users to malicious sites owned by the criminals with URLs that vary with every campaign, he says. "It's never the same URL, so there are no rules, no antivirus that is going to pick these emails up and block them."
4. Facebook Faces Fakery
Watch what you "like" - about 10 percent of current Facebook profiles are fake. So says financial fraud expert Avivah Litan of Gartner Research, who notes that cybercriminals are increasingly tapping Facebook and other social media sites to lure unsuspecting victims into their scams. Sometimes, this involves tricking people into parting with their Facebook credentials or personal information, especially relating to family and friends. Other times, scammers are simply marketing their goods and services.
Look for more on this topic in an upcoming video interview with Litan, conducted by my colleague Tracy Kitten.
5. Hackers Crave Publicity
Another interesting trend, highlighted by both Litan and RSA threat researcher Daniel Cohen, is that many cybercriminals want to cultivate a public profile. That's so their talents, supplies and services can be easily found - via Web searches and social media - by prospective customers. Even underground forums are becoming more open, Litan says. Meanwhile, Rick Holland, vice president of strategy for threat intelligence firm Digital Shadows, notes that many online attack groups now openly advertise for new employees on both public and darknet sites.
Even hackers, it seems, face a cybersecurity skills shortage. | https://ransomware.databreachtoday.com/blogs/5-cybersecurity-trends-at-rsa-conference-p-2074 |
Two-factor authentication is great, makes your account safer and protects it. But it’s also annoying. Especially annoying if you’re traveling and don’t have access to your SIM. Of course, you can use a reset code, but come on, really?
That’s why I disabled my Facebook 2FA back in 2022 and if you want to do the same, you can do this from your Facebook account settings, both in the app and web.
Click on your profile icon at the top right corner of the screen and go to Settings & Privacy.
Go to Security and login and scroll down to Two-factor authentication.
But what to do if you’ve lost your phone or got it stolen and can’t receive an SMS to log in? Of course, you can use reset code but that works only in case you’ve saved them. Here are some ways to solve this problem:
First, you can log in with a recognized device and disable 2FA on them. But that works only in case you’ve at least one recognized device and you’re currently in a recognized location (the place you already used two-factor authentication to log in).
Second, you can ask Facebook Support to help you.
Once you’re trying to log in and enter your account phone number or email and password, you would be asked to provide an SMS code.
I haven’t faced with such a problem but can make an assumption that may be caused by third-party apps linked to your Facebook account. Unassociate them before trying to disable Facebook 2FA.
Also, according to many reports by other users, this problem usually occurs when you use Facebook’s own Code Generator. Just change it to another two-factor authentication method, like text message and then you would get a way to turn off Facebook’s 2FA.
Pay attention if you have two Facebook accounts associated with one phone number, just turn one of them off and change the authentication method to SMS/text message. | https://www.tab-tv.com/how-to-remove-two-factor-authentication-on-facebook/ |
If you're building a career in cloud security then the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) is the must-have qualification to help you progress.
This five-day course will cover topics including cloud computing, mobile security, application development security, risk management, cyber, and more. You'll come away with an understanding of how to apply the 6 Domains covered in the Common Body of Knowledge in practice. | https://www.cybersecuritytrainingcourses.com/course-details/1270/ccsp-5-day-bootcamp-certified-cloud-security-professional-training-course/ |
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updated MSN Silverlight toolbar) that Microsoft is specifically developing for HP.
Since HP is currently the world's largest PC manufacturer, Microsoft has gone straight to the top with this deal, which also happens to be the "most significant distribution deal for Live Search that Microsoft has ever done," according to Kevin Johnson, president of the Platforms & Services Division at Microsoft. Why not extend the deal to Europe and elsewhere? Microsoft's not saying, but it's a good bet that the company doesn't want to do anything to draw more attention from EU antitrust regulators. At this point, the EU's history with Microsoft is well known and the software giant has already received a lot of unwanted attention from the group just this year. The Silverlight toolbar will contain customizable link buttons, which HP will be able to preset to whatever it wishes, such as company web sites (examples suggested are Snapfish by HP and HP customer support). The toolbar will also set the default search engine to Live Search in whatever browser comes with the HP computer (likely Internet Explorer, but this is not explicitly said). The company's decision to steer clear of the EU raises suspicions at what exactly this move means for Joe six-pack; how easy will it be to choose another search engine? Vista's Internet Explorer 7 already comes with Live Search as the default search engine, so this does not mean a huge change in terms of what users first use before they make the conscious decision to keep or change their search provider. On the other hand, Microsoft has made it easy to switch default or add search engine providers for Internet Explorer 7's search bar, but the company makes no indication that this ability will be available for the toolbar. The toolbar will be preinstalled on HP computers starting next January; there is no mention from Microsoft or HP on how easy it will be to not have it installed in the first place (not easy given that we're talking about HP here), how easy it will be to uninstall (should be straightforward), or whether the search provider for it will be customizable (unlikely). While the announcement is fairly significant for Live Search, it is even more so for Silverlight. Chances are that even consumers that decide to uninstall the toolbar will not even consider the possibility of removing Silverlight. By the time HP starts rolling out computers next year with the toolbar, Silverlight 2 will have already been out for a couple of months, and there will have been ample time for web developers to add a touch of Silverlight to their sites. Microsoft has found a way to quickly push its Flash competitor to millions of consumers; whether they end up using the toolbar or not—the fact is that web sites that require Silverlight will work out-of-the-box, and Flash websites will not. The questions regarding this move certainly cloud up the situation, but one thing is clear: it won't be long before Google and Adobe voice their displeasure. But there's nothing stopping them from signing deals of their own with other OEMs. Expand full story
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confined-space or personal safety-equipment issues. You will reference these three job hazards when writing your “Final Paper.” | https://writehw.com/using-the-template-on-page-61-create-a-risk-assessment-on-at-least/ |
Cybersecurity is a hot industry to be in right now, with many different roles and career paths. You know you’re ready to jump in, but could you use some advice on applying for those jobs and preparing for interviews?
Then be sure to join us at our next EvolveSec Meet Up, where we’ll be discussing these topics and more with a panel of Evolve Academy alumni and industry pros.
We’ll provide insights on cybersecurity roles and responsibilities, as well as ways you can excel in the job search process. EvolveSec is one of largest and most active MeetUp cybersecurity groups in the world. Come check us out!
The event will be hosted by our career coach & founder of Career Therapy Martin McGovern. | https://eventil.com/events/career-paths-in-cybersecurity/ |
With internet insecurity posing a major threat to technology growth in the country, indigenous information technology firm, 21st Century Technology, has entered into an agreement with Nexus Guard to build a Distributed Denial of Service, DDoS, scrubbing centre in Nigeria. Nexus Guard being a global and a DDOS security solutions provider would work with the technology firm to provide DDoS mitigation service to enterprise and government customers within the country and Africa at large.
Speaking on the development, Chief Executive Officer of 21st Century Technologies, Wale Ajisebutu, stated that the move was necessary to arrest the rising incidence of global cyberattack.
He said, “We opted to partner with Nexusguard because of its global reach and robust platform. It has helped many companies and governments globally to defend against cyberattack and consistently recognised by analysts such as Gartner and Forrester as a market leader. Customers who choose to take advantage of our new compelling cybersecurity solution will surely capture enormous opportunities for unlimited growth.
“We would equally tap into Nexusguard expertise to build to our digital infrastructure including most advanced global digital security point of presence (PoP) in Nigeria, Tier 4 data centre, academy, software development centre to help our esteemed customers, partners and government on the continent to deploy necessary innovation solutions to remain secure, competitive, lead and win in the era of digital transformation and engagement.†He added that with global increase in DDoS risk, service providers were updating their capabilities to provide not only bandwidth and subscriptions, but also cybersecurity. “That transformation, known as Telco 5.0, demands the methodology and mechanics to shift platforms, people and processes to provide optimal security.
Commenting on the deal, CEO of Nexus Guard, Andy Ng, said, “Communications service providers (CSP) have a new opportunity to help create a global DDoS defence network to protect internet users. Our partnership with 21st Century Technologies in Nigeria, as with other Telco 5.0 providers around the globe, are critical to not only helping enterprises fortify themselves against future attacks but also to telcos transforming their business.†| https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/05/05/21st-century-partners-foreign-firm-to-boost-cyber-security/ |
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Data sovereignty refers to the idea that data are subject to the laws and governance structures within the nation it is collected – so having the ability to store data in a particular country or jurisdiction is critical to be able to meet these requirements. But what does this mean for software providers?
It is a core requirement that enterprise software suppliers host a version of their application and databases in the home market of the customer. This data sovereignty requirement is particularly important for our clients in regulated industries such as financial services, telecommunications and local government as well as for EU-based clients who otherwise need to disclose data flows outside of the EU.
Understanding SOC2 compliance
SOC 2, developed by AICPA, are requirements for technology-based service organizations that store client information in the cloud. Businesses that are SOC 2 compliant have undergone a process in which an external CPA firm certifies that the business meets a number of security requirements:
Security: Information and systems are protected against unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure of information, and damage to systems that could compromise the availability, integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of information or systems and affect the entity’s ability to meet its objectives.
Availability: Information and systems are available for operation and use to meet the entity’s objectives.
Processing integrity: System processing is complete, valid, accurate, timely, and authorized to meet the entity’s objectives.
Confidentiality: Information designated as confidential is protected to meet the entity’s objectives.
Privacy: Personal information is collected, used, retained, disclosed, and disposed to meet the entity’s objectives.
AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR)
ISV partners of AWS such as Local Measure are held to further, specific standards by AWS to ensure they meet AWS’ best practices for the architecture and security of their environments.
Certification of the AWS Foundational Technical Review means that architecture, processes, systems & monitoring, and automation controls meet the level of technical excellence that AWS expects from its ISV partners. Clients can be assured that the business aligns with the best practices around the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, namely Security, Reliability, Operational Excellence, Performance Efficiency, and Cost. | https://www.localmeasure.com/post/managing-data-sovereignty-and-data-protection-for-global-businesses |
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update krb5' at the command line. | http://www.pro-linux.de/sicherheit/2/33854/denial-of-service-in-krb5.html |
A year after the release of the online version of our vulnerability scanner in March 2014, Acunetix have aggregated the findings of over 15,000 scans performed on 1.9 million files over the past 12 months with some interesting results. The report details the most common vulnerabilities found, how often they occurred and which bugs our users have been susceptible to.
Having surveyed over 5,500 organisations, the results are extremely troubling. In the race to produce user-friendly interfaces and customer-centred apps, modern companies are leaving their precious data wide open to cyber criminals. One look at the news headlines shows cyber-attacks are all too common. With nearly half of web apps scanned containing a high security vulnerability such as XSS or SQL Injection, it’s just like leaving your wallet or unlocked phone lying around in a public place. It’s more a question of how long it takes, rather than if at all, before you are compromised.
Overall, our findings confirm that web application vulnerabilities are increasingly more prevalent than network vulnerabilities and are posing serious threats to organizations’ overall security posture, such as data loss or alteration, system down-time, loss of reputation and severe fines from the regulator, amongst others.
This report offers an insight into the types of security issues most websites are vulnerable to. We feel it’s important to share this data as it can help to inform website owners of their biggest risks of attack and what can be done to prevent it. | https://www.acunetix.com/blog/articles/acunetix-web-application-vulnerability-report-2015/ |
Soft delete protects your Azure file shares from accidental deletion. To this end, we are announcing the preview of soft delete for Azure file shares. Think of soft delete like a recycle bin for your file shares. When a file share is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state in the form of a soft deleted snapshot. You get to configure how long soft deleted data is recoverable for before it is permanently erased.
Soft-deleted shares can be listed, but to mount them or view their contents, you must undelete them. Upon undelete, the share will be recovered to its previous state, including all metadata as well as snapshots (Previous Versions).
We recommend turning on soft delete for most shares. If you have a workflow where share deletion is common and expected, you may decide to have a very short retention period or not have soft delete enabled at all. Soft delete is one part of a data protection strategy and can help prevent inadvertent data loss.
Soft delete is currently off by default for both new and existing storage accounts, but it will be enabled by default for new storage accounts in the portal later this year. In the API, it will be on by default beginning January 1, 2021. You can toggle the feature on and off at any time during the life of a storage account. The setting will apply to all file shares within the storage account. If you are using Azure Backup, soft delete will be automatically enabled for all protected instances. Soft delete does not protect against individual file deletions—for those, you should restore from your snapshot backups. To learn more about soft delete, read Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares.
Snapshot backups you can restore from
Snapshots are read-only, point-in-time copies of your Azure file share. They’re incremental, meaning they’re very efficient—a snapshot only contains as much data as has changed since the previous snapshot. You can have up to 200 snapshots per file share and retain them for up to 10 years. You can either manually take these snapshots in the Azure portal, via PowerShell, or command-line interface (CLI), or you can use Azure Backup, which recently announced that the snapshot management service for Azure Files is now generally available. Snapshots are stored within your file share, meaning that if you delete your file share, your snapshots will also be deleted. To protect your snapshot backups from accidental deletion, ensure soft delete is enabled for your share.
Azure Backup handles the scheduling and retention of snapshots, you define the backup policy you want when setting up your Recovery Services Vault, and then Backup does the rest. Its new grandfather-father-son (GFS) capabilities mean that you can take daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly snapshots, each with their own distinct retention period. Azure Backup also orchestrates the enablement of soft delete and takes a delete lock on a storage account as soon as any file share within it is configured for backup. Lastly, Azure Backup provides certain key monitoring and alerting capabilities that allow customers to have a consolidated view of their backup estate.
You can perform both item-level and share-level restores in the Azure portal using Azure Backup. All you need to do is choose the restore point (a particular snapshot), the particular file or directory if relevant, and then the location (original or alternate) you wish you restore to. The backup service handles copying the snapshot data over and shows your restore progress in the portal.
If you aren’t using Azure Backup, you can perform manual restores from snapshots. If you are using Windows and have mounted your Azure file share, you can use File Explorer to view and restore from snapshots using the “Previous Versions” API (meaning that users can perform item-level restores on their own). When restoring from a single file, it picks up any versions that were different in previous snapshots. When used on an entire share, it will show all snapshots that you can then browse and copy from.
You can also restore by copying data from your snapshots using your copy tool of choice. We recommend using AzCopy (requires the latest version, v10.4) or Robocopy (requires port 445 to be open). Alternatively, you can simply mount your snapshot and then do a simple copy and paste of the data back into your primary.
If you are using Azure File Sync, you can also utilize server-side Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS) snapshots with Previous Versions to allow users to perform self-service restores. Note that these are different from snapshots of your Azure file share and can be used alongside—but not as a replacement for—cloud-side backups.
Data replication and redundancy options
Azure Files offers different redundancy options to protect your data from planned and unplanned events ranging from transient hardware failures, network and power outages, to massive natural disasters. All Azure file shares can use locally-redundant (LRS) or zone-redundant storage (ZRS). Geo-redundant (GRS) and geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) is available for standard file shares under 5 TB and we are actively working on geo-redundant storage for standard file shares of up to 100 TiB.
You can achieve geographic redundancy for your premium file shares in the following ways. You can set up Azure File Sync to sync between your Azure file share (your cloud endpoint) and a mounted file share running on a virtual machine (VM) in another Azure region (your server endpoint). You must disable cloud tiering to ensure all data is present locally (note that your data on the server endpoint may be up to 24 hours outdated, as any changes made directly to the Azure file share are only picked up when the daily change detection process runs). It is also possible to create your own script to copy data to a storage account in secondary region using tools such as AzCopy (use version 10.4 or later to preserve access control lists (ACLs) and timestamps).
Access control options to secure your data
Another part of data protection is securing your data. You have a few different options for this. Azure Files has long supported access control via the storage account key, which is Windows Challenge/Response (NTLM)-based and can be rotated on a regular basis. Any user with storage account key access has superuser permissions. Azure Files also now supports identity-based authentication and access control over Server Message Block (SMB) using on-premises Active Directory (preview) or Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS). Identity-based authentication is Kerberos-based and allows you to enforce granular access control to your Azure file shares.
Once either Azure AD or on-premises Azure AD DS is configured, you can configure share-level access via built-in Role-based Access Control (RBAC) roles or configure custom access roles for Azure AD identities, and you can also configure directory and file-level permissions using standard Windows file permissions (also known as NTFS ACLs). | https://www.dustinward.cloud/azure-files-enhances-data-protection-capabilities/ |
Server virtualization has been a boon for small business companies, since it allows them to build scalable infrastructures, often at a reduced cost in comparison to physical infrastructures. But it can be complicated and confusing to navigate a server virtualization deployment if you haven't prepared yourself properly.
Here are five handy quick tips that should help you plot and devise a sound virtualization plan for your company.
Seek out training. Vendors such as VMware offer intensive boot camps that get you up to speed quickly on the intricacies of virtualization. There are also numerous IT blogs that out there offer guides, advice and strategies on server virtualization as well.
Analyze your data and security needs. Building the right architecture from the ground up is key, says Interphase Systems' Lew Smith. Remember, this is your company's IT infrastructure. Just because it's virtual doesn't mean it should be any less.
Classify your data. Sensitive or confidential information needs to be treated differently in a virtual environment, notes Dave Amsler, founder of Foreground Security. Not all data is created equal and this is especially important to keep in mind for companies that need to comply with PCI Data Security Standards.
Consider virtual storage. It will help get your organization up and running much faster when disaster strikes. Relying solely on disk or tape can leave your company vulnerable if the physical storage devices are damaged or malfunction.
Load up on memory and network bandwidth. Virtual environments can be total resource hogs if not managed properly, but you should still be prepared to plump up your network infrastructure. Of course, you'll need to balance this with the fact that resources should will be allocated with cost in mind. | https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2011/11/5-tips-smarter-virtualization |
Researchers discover connection between Turla cyber espionage gang and wave of attacks against US government agencies in the 1990's.
KASPERSKY SECURITY ANALYST SUMMIT 2017 - St. Maarten - Some security researchers long have suspected that the hacker group behind a wave of cyber espionage attacks in the mid- to late 1990's against NASA, the US military, Department of Energy, universities, and other US government agencies is the very same group known as Turla, aka Venomous Bear, Uroburos, and Snake, an especially stealthy and innovative Russian-speaking attack team that has been active since 2007. There has been no solid technical evidence to make that connection - until now.
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab and Kings College London here today announced that they have been able to connect the dots from the Moonlight Maze attackers from the '90s and the currently active Turla group, a cyber espionage team that, among other novel methods, hijacks unencrypted satellite links to help quietly exfiltrate data stolen from its victims. It appears the two groups may be one and the same, according to the researchers, which would make Turla/Moonlight Maze one of the longest-running attack groups alongside the Equation Group. They discovered that Turla has recycled and reused code it may have had in its arsenal all these years, employing an open-source, stealthy, data extraction tool-based backdoor - known today as Penquin Turla - that shares code with another backdoor they used in the '90s attack wave.
Kings College's Thomas Rid, in his 2016 book "Rise of the Machines," had already pointed out connections between the two generations of attacks, but the researchers decided to dig further and root out some technical proof. The team was able to obtain a valuable relic from the Moonlight Maze attacks: an old hijacked server one of the UK victims had saved over the past two decades since the FBI and US Department of Defense had found forensic evidence showing a link to Russian ISPs. Rid, his colleague at Kings College Daniel Moore, and Kaspersky researchers Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade then spent nine months analyzing and studying logs and artifacts from the server for clues that could more definitively prove that the '90s-era attack group lives today as Turla. The attackers that infiltrated US government and research networks back then had used the server as a proxy. The server provided the researchers a snapshot of time: 1998-1999.
Moonlight Maze exploited open-source Unix tools to target Sun Solaris-based Unix servers, which were popular back in the day in those environments. The researchers spotted the ties between the Moonlight Maze backdoor, which was based on the open-source LOKI2 program that dates back to 1996, with Penquin Turla, a Linux-based backdoor tool Kaspersky researchers first found in 2014. They found something they hadn't first noticed when they studied Penquin nearly three years ago: it also is based on LOKI2.
Kaspersky Lab as a policy does not identify cyber espionage groups. Guerrero-Saade, senior security researcher with Kaspersky, confirmed that Turla gang's artifacts feature Russian-speaking elements and Russian IPs connecting to the attacked machine, but declined to comment on whether Turla is a Russian state actor. "We found small Russian-language artifacts and connections to Russian IPs," he says, adding that Moore concluded that the logs jibed with the Russian time zone.
Meanwhile, the researchers had plenty of logs to peruse and study from the old server, he says. "No one working on the incident [in the 1990s] ever got to see how it worked … We now have a comprehensive glimpse at how they were carrying out their operations," Guerrero-Saade says. It wasn't until 1999 that word of the FBI's investigation into the attacks leaked publicly, but most of the information surrounding the attacks has remained classified. The FBI had destroyed much of the traces of the attacks as part of its standard procedure for evidence disposal.
Among the more interesting finds in the logs, according to Guerrero-Saade, was that Moonlight Maze had accidentally trained its own attack tools against itself multiple times. The attackers inadvertently infected their own machines with their sniffer and sent their own sniffed traffic to one of the servers. "This happened several instances," he says.
So Moonlight Maze inadvertently recorded its own live terminal sessions on its victims' servers. That information ultimately got sent back to HRtest, the UK company's old server that had been used by the attackers as a strategic relay system.
Guerrero-Saade says the team hopes to solicit help from other researchers to find further connections and clues to confirm that Moonlight Maze and Turla are one and the same. But so far, the new findings seem to back that up.
"If we are right – and I think we're in the right direction – we're talking about a 20-year-old threat actor," Guerrero-Saade says. "That would put them in the league of titans, which was only filled by the Equation Group until now."
But how times have changed for Moonlight Maze/Turla: "Moonlight Maze was trying to find its car keys in '96," he says of the group's nascent phase. Flash forward to now, with Turla able to mask a decades-old backdoor as a new one that continues to mostly evade detection. "Watching the tool evolve and it becomes one of their favorites. So they start to strip it down and add other functionality … and it becomes a main part of their arsenal."
Second Wave
Penquin Turla today is typically used in a second wave of attacks, using Unix servers as a channel for exfiltration. "I think there is a present-day security concern we need to address: How can it be that a 15-year-old backdoor is still capable of being effective on modern Linux systems," Guerrero-Saade says.
Turla long has been recognized as one of the more sophisticated and stealthy attack groups. It's constantly retooling its malware and file names, and other researchers have spotted other examples of this constant reinvention. Take Carbon, another backdoor from the Turla group. In the past three years since the creation of Carbon, researchers at ESET have identified eight active versions of this backdoor. Carbon - which Guerrero-Saade says is not related to the Penquin Turla backdoor - also has been in use by Turla for several years.
Jean-Ian Boutin, senior malware researcher at ESET, says Turla is unlike other Russian-speaking groups. "The tools they are making make more effort to stay under the radar. When information is published about them, they usually change their tactics, whereas APT 28 [aka Fancy Bear] stays on course" even if it's outed, he notes. APT 28 is thought to be the Russian GRU, its main intelligence directorate.
Another MO with Turla appears to hint at a Moonlight Maze-Turla connection, too. Turla's Carbon resembles another of its tools, the rootkit Uroburos - an older tool, according to Boutin. The two employ similar communications frameworks, with identical structures and virtual tables. The catch is, Carbon has fewer communications channels, so ESET believes it may be a light version of Uroburos, sans the kernel components and exploits. Like Kaspersky Lab, ESET doesn't attribute attacks to specific organizations.
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