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A phishing attack arrives in your inbox as an email that looks legitimate. The aim is always to entice you to click a link or open an attachment. The end result will be malware on your PC or you could be directed to a phishing site.
Most often, the email will appear to be from a bank or an online global payment system and will be designed to instil enough panic to cause you to click or interact. It could claim your account has been locked; or there’s a report of suspicious activity on your account, you must log-in now to rectify the situation… it’s easy to fall for.
Perhaps you think you’d spot a phishing email a mile off and there was a time when this was certainly the case. But phishing attacks have become more sophisticated than ever before. Some include social engineering techniques whereby they appear to be from someone known to you and include personal information (via social media detective work) in the body of the email. These are particularly tricky to spot.
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50% of phishing links are clicked on within the first hour of being sent.
#7 When in doubt… speak to your IT Provider
If you can’t be confident if the email is legitimate or not you should always opt to speak to your IT support professionals.
Alternatively, you can do your own investigative work and contact the supposed sender. Source a telephone number from the company website (not using the contact details from the email) and give them a call to enquire. If their company brand is being falsely used in a phishing scam, they’ll be pleased you called.
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A new report by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has expanded the agency's guidelines for online marketers engaged in behavioral advertising, but critics suggested the report doesn't do enough to protect consumer privacy.
The revised behavioral advertising principles, released Thursday, expand on a December 2007 set of guidelines, but two members of the FTC questioned whether the self-regulatory approach laid out in the new report will be effective.
"Industry needs to do a better job of meaningful, rigorous self-regulation or it will certainly invite legislation by Congress and a more regulatory approach by our commission," Commissioner Jon Leibowitz wrote in a statement released with the report. "Put simply, this could be the last clear chance to show that self-regulation can -- and will -- effectively protect consumers' privacy in a dynamic online marketplace."
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Many people want to see self-regulation succeed, Leibowitz added. "But the jury is still out about whether it alone will effectively balance companies' marketing and data collection practices with consumers' privacy interests," he added. "A day of reckoning may be fast approaching."
Four online marketing and advertising groups said they are committed to working together to develop a set of privacy principles for online advertising. The American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Association of National Advertisers, the Direct Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau have created a task force to support the FTC's goal of a self-regulatory program, the groups said.
The new report, written by FTC staff, makes some changes to four privacy principles laid out in December 2007: transparency and consumer control; reasonable security and limited data retention; consumer consent for major changes to existing privacy policies; and affirmative consumer consent for using sensitive data for behavioral advertising.
The new report clarifies guidelines on retroactive changes to privacy policies. "As the FTC has made clear ... a company must keep any promises that it makes with respect to how it will handle or protect consumer data, even if it decides to change its policies at a later date," the new report says. "Therefore, before a company can use previously collected data in a manner materially different from promises the company made when it collected the data, it should obtain affirmative express consent from affected consumers."
Under the guidelines, the FTC continues to expect that Web sites will provide clear notice about behavioral advertising, as well as a way for consumers to choose whether to have their information collected.
As with the 2007 report, these guidelines urge companies to provide reasonable security for any data they collect for behavioral advertising and to retain data only as long as it is needed to fulfill a legitimate business or law enforcement need.
The report also continues to urge companies to obtain affirmative express consent before collecting sensitive data for behavioral advertising.
FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour suggested the new report is too narrowly focused. "Threats to consumer privacy abound, both online and offline, and behavioral advertising represents just one aspect of a multifaceted privacy conundrum surrounding data collection and use," she said in a statement. "I would prefer that the Commission take a more comprehensive approach to privacy, and evaluate behavioral advertising within that broader context."
Privacy advocate Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, also suggested that federal regulators need to look deeper into behavioral advertising.
"Advertisers and marketers have developed an array of sophisticated and ever-evolving data collection and profiling applications, honed from the latest developments in such fields as semantics, artificial intelligence, auction theory, social network analysis, data mining, and statistical modeling," he said. "Unknown to most members of the public, a vast commercial surveillance system is at the core of most search engines, online video channels, video games, mobile services and social networks."
While marketers argue this data collection is good for consumers, there are costs, Chester added. "They often dismiss concerns about privacy, arguing that too much fuss is being made about a system that simply knows a person would rather see an online ad for dog food rather than for a new automobile," he said. "But the goals of online advertising are more than just helping us feed Rover or choose a model of car. The digital marketing system is ultimately designed, largely through stealth means, to shape our conscious and unconscious attitudes about how we live our lives."
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Applications the user can access run as the mobile user while critical system processes run as root. However, the sandbox allows better control over actions that processes and applications can perform.
For example, even if two processes run as the same user (mobile), they are not allowed to access or modify each other's data.
Each application is installed under private/var/mobile/Applications/{random ID} Once installed, applications have limited read access to some system areas and functions (SMS, phone call...). If an application wants to access a protected area, a pop-up requesting permission appears.
Data Protection
App developers can leverage the iOS Data Protection APIs to implement fine-grained access control for user data stored in flash memory. The APIs are built on top of the Secure Enclave Processor (SEP). The SEP is a coprocessor that provides cryptographic operations for data protection and key management. A device-specific hardware key-the device UID (Unique ID)-is embedded in the secure enclave, ensuring the integrity of data protection even when the operating system kernel is compromised.
When a file is created on the disk, a new 256-bit AES key is generated with the help of secure enclave's hardware based random number generator. The content of the file is then encrypted with the generated key. And then, this key is saved encrypted with a class key along with the class ID, with both data encrypted by the system's key, inside the metadata of the file.
For decrypting the file, the metadata is decrypted using the system's key. Then using the class ID the class key is retrieved to decrypt the per-file key and decrypt the file.
Files can be assigned to one of four different protection classes, which are explained in more detail in the iOS Security Guide:
Complete Protection (NSFileProtectionComplete): A key derived from the user passcode and the device UID protects this class key. The derived key is wiped from memory shortly after the device is locked, making the data inaccessible until the user unlocks the device.
Protected Unless Open (NSFileProtectionCompleteUnlessOpen): This protection class is similar to Complete Protection, but, if the file is opened when unlocked, the app can continue to access the file even if the user locks the device. This protection class is used when, for example, a mail attachment is downloading in the background.
Protected Until First User Authentication (NSFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication): The file can be accessed as soon as the user unlocks the device for the first time after booting. It can be accessed even if the user subsequently locks the device and the class key is not removed from memory.
No Protection (NSFileProtectionNone): The key for this protection class is protected with the UID only. The class key is stored in "Effaceable Storage", which is a region of flash memory on the iOS device that allows the storage of small amounts of data. This protection class exists for fast remote wiping (immediate deletion of the class key, which makes the data inaccessible).
All class keys except NSFileProtectionNone are encrypted with a key derived from the device UID and the user's passcode. As a result, decryption can happen only on the device itself and requires the correct passcode.
Since iOS 7, the default data protection class is "Protected Until First User Authentication".
FileDP is a program that you can upload and use inside the IPhone to inspect the data protection class of each file.
The Keychain
A keychain is an encrypted container where every application can store sensitive pieces of information and only the same app (or authorised apps) can retrieve the contents. The iOS generated its own password for the keychain and stores an encrypted version of this key in the device. This password is encrypted with AES using an AES key created by a PBKDF2 function of the user's passcode + salt (the 256 bit device UID only accessible to the secure enclave chipset on the device). Due to the use of this device UID as salt, a device won't be able to decrypt the keychain of a different device even knowing the users passcode.
Access to the Keychain is managed by the securityd daemon, which grants access according to the app's Keychain-access-groups, application-identifier, and application-group entitlements.
The only ways to try to BF this password is dumping the encrypted key and BF the passcode + salt (the pbkdf2 function uses at least 10000 iterations). Or trying to BF inside the device to avoids BFing the salt, however, secure enclave ensures there is at least a 5s delay between 2 failed password attempts.
You can configure data protection for Keychain items by setting the kSecAttrAccessible key in the call to SecItemAdd or SecItemUpdate. The following configurable accessibility values for kSecAttrAccessible are the Keychain Data Protection classes:
kSecAttrAccessibleAlwaysThisDeviceOnly: can always be accessed, regardless of whether the device is locked. kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock: can't be accessed after a restart until the device has been unlocked once by the user.
Items with this attribute do not migrate to a new device. Thus, after restoring from a backup of a different device, these items will not be present.
kSecAttrAccessibleWhenUnlocked: can be accessed only while the device is unlocked by the user.
The data won't be included in an iCloud or local backup.
kSecAttrAccessibleWhenPasscodeSetThisDeviceOnly: The data in the Keychain can be accessed only when the device is unlocked. This protection class is only available if a passcode is set on the device. AccessControlFlags define the mechanisms with which users can authenticate the key (SecAccessControlCreateFlags):
kSecAccessControlDevicePasscode: Access the item via a passcode.
kSecAccessControlBiometryAny: Access the item via one of the fingerprints registered to Touch ID. Adding or removing a fingerprint won't invalidate the item.
Adding or removing a fingerprint will invalidate the item.
kSecAccessControlUserPresence: Access the item via either one of the registered fingerprints (using Touch ID) or default to the passcode.
Please note that keys secured by Touch ID (via kSecAccessControlBiometryAny or kSecAccessControlBiometryCurrentSet) are protected by the Secure Enclave: The Keychain holds a token only, not the actual key. The key resides in the Secure Enclave.
The iPhone uses the passcode introduced by the user unlocking the device to decrypt the secrets in the keychain.
iOS uses the AppIdentifierPrefix (Team ID) and the BundleIdentifier (provided by the dev) to enforce access control oven keychain items. Then, the same team can configure 2 apps to share keychain items.
When a backup process is initiated the keychain data backed up remains encrypted and the keychain password isn't included in the backup.
In a jailbroken device the keychain isn't protected.
Keychain Data Persistence
On iOS, when an application is uninstalled, the Keychain data used by the application is retained by the device, unlike the data stored by the application sandbox which is wiped. In the event that a user sells their device without performing a factory reset, the buyer of the device may be able to gain access to the previous user's application accounts and data by reinstalling the same applications used by the previous user. This would require no technical ability to perform.
There's no iOS API that developers can use to force wipe data when an application is uninstalled. Instead, developers should take the following steps to prevent Keychain data from persisting between application installations:
When an application is first launched after installation, wipe all Keychain data associated with the application. This will prevent a device's second user from accidentally gaining access to the previous user's accounts. The following Swift example is a basic demonstration of this wiping procedure:
let userDefaults = UserDefaults.standard
Each app has a unique home directory and is sandboxed, so that they cannot access protected system resources or files stored by the system or by other apps. These restrictions are implemented via sandbox policies (aka. profiles), which are enforced by the Trusted BSD (MAC) Mandatory Access Control Framework via a kernel extension.
Some capabilities/permissions can be configured by the app's developers (e.g. Data Protection or Keychain Sharing) and will directly take effect after the installation. However, for others, the user will be explicitly asked the first time the app attempts to access a protected resource.
Purpose strings or usage description strings are custom texts that are offered to users in the system's permission request alert when requesting permission to access protected data or resources.
If having the original source code, you can verify the permissions included in the Info.plist file:
Open the project with Xcode.
Find and open the Info.plist file in the default editor and search for the keys starting with "Privacy -".
You may switch the view to display the raw values by right-clicking and selecting "Show Raw Keys/Values" (this way for example "Privacy - Location When In Use Usage Description" will turn into NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription).
The Info.plist is located in Payload/<appname>.app/Info.plist.
Convert it if needed (e.g. plutil -convert xml1 Info.plist) as explained in the chapter "iOS Basic Security Testing", section "The Info.plist File".
Inspect all purpose strings Info.plist keys, usually ending with UsageDescription:
Typically you'll find the armv7 capability, meaning that the app is compiled only for the armv7 instruction set, or if it’s a 32/64-bit universal app.
For example, an app might be completely dependent on NFC to work (e.g. a "NFC Tag Reader" app). According to the archived iOS Device Compatibility Reference, NFC is only available starting on the iPhone 7 (and iOS 11). A developer might want to exclude all incompatible devices by setting the nfc device capability.
Entitlements
Entitlements are key value pairs that are signed in to an app and allow authentication beyond runtime factors, like UNIX user ID. Since entitlements are digitally signed, they can’t be changed. Entitlements are used extensively by system apps and daemons to perform specific privileged operations that would otherwise require the process to run as root. This greatly reduces the potential for privilege escalation by a compromised system app or daemon.
For example, if you want to set the "Default Data Protection" capability, you would need to go to the Capabilities tab in Xcode and enable Data Protection. This is directly written by Xcode to the <appname>.entitlements file as the com.apple.developer.default-data-protection entitlement with default value NSFileProtectionComplete. In the IPA we might find this in the embedded.mobileprovision as:
Objecttive-C has a dynamic runtime, so when an Objective-C program is executed in iOS, it calls libraries whose address are resolved at runtime by comparing the name of the function sent in the message against a list of all the function names available.
At the beginning, only apps created by Apple run the iPhones, so they had access to everything as they were trusted. However, when Apple allowed third party applications, Apple just removed the headers files of the powerful functions to "hide" them to developers. However, developers found that "safe" functions needed a few of these undocumented functions and just creating a custom header file with the names of the undocumented functions, it was possible to invoke this powerful hidden functions. Actually, Apple, before allowing an app to be published, check if the app calls any of these prohibited functions.
Then, Swift appeared. As Swift is statically bound (it doesn't resolve the address of the functions in runtime like Objective-C), it can be checked more easily the calls a Swift program is going to make via static code analysis.
As these MDM policies are checking and limiting other applications, they are running with more privileges. A MDM policy can enforce users to have a passcode set with a minimun password complexity. The profiles are tied to the deviceID, signed and encrypted by the MDM server and tamper proof. They cannot be removed without losing all the corporate data. MDM profiles allow to wipe all the data if there are X failed password attempts. Also, the admin can remote wipe the iPhone whenever via the MDM interface.
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Nessus Vulnerability Scanner Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner
October 30, 2007 – Columbia, MD – Tenable Network Security, Inc., the leader in unified security monitoring and creator of the popular and award-winning Nessus vulnerability scanner, today announces that leading Windows Security resource site, WindowSecurity.com, announced that Nessus Security Scanner was selected the winner in the Security Scanner Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards.
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“A suicide in a correctional facility is just like one anywhere else — a terrible human tragedy that has massive reverberations across many people,” says James L. Knoll IV, M.D. Those reverberations negatively affect the inmate’s family, of course, but they also have a tremendous impact on correctional staff and administration, who may also find themselves in legal jeopardy: families often litigate, alleging negligence on the part of mental health staff. Dr. Knoll, a psychiatrist who also serves as an expert in legal cases, says that good suicide risk assessment is a central component to providing the required standard of care, decreasing inmate suicides, and reducing professional liability. | https://community.nicic.gov/blogs/mentalhealth/archive/2012/07/16/suicide-risk-assessment-a-central-component-of-prevention-and-liability-reduction.aspx |
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Definition at line 623 of file tm-threads.c.
References TmModule_::cap_flags, ThreadVars_::cap_flags, TmModule_::flags, TmModule_::Func, TmSlot_::Management, TmModule_::Management, TmModule_::PktAcqLoop, TmSlot_::PktAcqLoop, SC_ATOMIC_INIT, SCMalloc, TmSlot_::slot_initdata, TmSlot_::slot_next, TmSlot_::SlotFunc, TmSlot_::SlotThreadDeinit, TmSlot_::SlotThreadExitPrintStats, TmSlot_::SlotThreadInit, TmModule_::ThreadDeinit, TmModule_::ThreadExitPrintStats, TmModule_::ThreadInit, TmSlot_::tm_id, ThreadVars_::tm_slots, ThreadVars_::tmm_flags, TmModuleGetIDForTM(), tv, and unlikely.
type holds the type this TV belongs to.
Definition at line 1158 of file tm-threads.c.
References ThreadVars_::next, SCMutexLock, SCMutexUnlock, tv, tv_root, tv_root_lock, and type.
Definition at line 1744 of file tm-threads.c.
References THV_PAUSE, TmThreadsUnsetFlag(), and tv.
module Name of TmModule with COMMAND flag set.
mucond Flag to indicate whether to initialize the condition and the mutex variables for this newly created TV.
module Name of TmModule with MANAGEMENT flag set.
Disable all threads having the specified TMs.
Breaks out of the packet acquisition loop, and bumps into the 'flow loop', where it will process packets from the flow engine's shutdown handling.
Definition at line 1325 of file tm-threads.c.
Initializes the mutex and condition variables for this TV.
It can be used by a thread to control a wait loop that can also be influenced by other threads.
Definition at line 1773 of file tm-threads.c.
References THV_PAUSE, TmThreadsSetFlag(), and tv.
Definition at line 820 of file tm-threads.c.
References ThreadVars_::cpu_affinity, MAX_CPU_SET, SC_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT, SCLogError, THREAD_SET_AFFTYPE, ThreadVars_::thread_setup_flags, threading_set_cpu_affinity, TM_ECODE_FAILED, TM_ECODE_OK, tv, and type.
Definition at line 811 of file tm-threads.c.
References ThreadVars_::cpu_affinity, THREAD_SET_AFFINITY, ThreadVars_::thread_setup_flags, TM_ECODE_OK, and tv.
Adjusting nice value for threads.
Definition at line 775 of file tm-threads.c.
References ThreadVars_::name, SC_ERR_THREAD_NICE_PRIO, SCEnter, SCLogDebug, SCLogError, SCReturn, ThreadVars_::thread_priority, and tv.
Definition at line 764 of file tm-threads.c.
References ThreadVars_::thread_priority, THREAD_SET_PRIORITY, ThreadVars_::thread_setup_flags, TM_ECODE_OK, and tv.
tv pointer to the ThreadVars of the calling thread.
Definition at line 852 of file tm-threads.c.
References ThreadVars_::cpu_affinity, ThreadVars_::name, SCGetThreadIdLong, SCLogPerf, THREAD_SET_AFFINITY, ThreadVars_::thread_setup_flags, and tv.
if packet was not accepted, it's still the responsibility of the caller.
Definition at line 2186 of file tm-threads.c.
Definition at line 97 of file tm-threads.c.
References SC_ATOMIC_OR, and tv.
Separate run function so we can call it recursively.
Definition at line 113 of file tm-threads.c.
References PACKET_PROFILING_TMM_END, PACKET_PROFILING_TMM_START, SC_ATOMIC_GET, TmSlot_::slot_next, TM_ECODE_FAILED, tv, and unlikely.
Definition at line 1712 of file tm-threads.c.
References SleepUsec, THV_KILL, THV_PAUSE, TmThreadsCheckFlag(), and tv. | https://doxygen.openinfosecfoundation.org/tm-threads_8c.html |
Things haven't been looking great for Android users' privacy recently. After Google purged 50 malicious apps from its Play store with upward of 25 million downloads a couple of years back, another 200 Android apps were found infected with malware in March, followed by July's discovery of 1,000-plus Android apps harvesting data even after you deny permissions and a Chrome extension security meltdown in May.
It's a good time to check your phone for malicious apps. And an even better time to take F-Droid for a spin, the security-focused Android app marketplace that replaces the Google Play store with a catalog of installable Fully Open Source Software (FOSS).
Once you've done that, consider the words of Serge Egelman, the director of usable security and privacy research the International Computer Science Institute, which found 1,325 malicious Android apps.
"Fundamentally, consumers have very few tools and cues that they can use to reasonably control their privacy and make decisions about it," Egelman said earlier this year. "If app developers can just circumvent the system, then asking consumers for permission is relatively meaningless."
With so few tools, you can consider wielding one of the most effective ones -- opting out of the Google Play store.
Is F-Droid safe?
While Google Play promises to scan its apps, the outbreak of malware found in their software proves that no app repository is ever 100% safe.
But as an open-source project, F-Droid shows us their math: None of the applications found within the catalog include tracking or hidden costs, a community of developers are easily able to examine source code to spot suspicious behavior and F-Droid has rigorously documented its own external security audits and has established a history of addressing vulnerabilities. If F-Droid sees apps with potentially non-compliant features, they get flagged.
Not incidentally, sticking purely to open source apps means an F-Droid app left unsupported by a developer is not necessarily a death sentence for any personal data you might want to save.
On the privacy front, F-Droid has numerous precautions: It sends everything over HTTPS, avoids leaking app search and browsing data, supports Tor, and includes all supported languages in its metadata so its servers don't even know what language you're speaking.
With an eye toward security concerns, CNET previously reconsidered its recommendations on sideloading third-party Android apps or APK (Android's app file-package that includes executables comparable to Windows' EXE files) which aren't officially supported by Google. But $5 billion worth of antitrust damages have a way of putting things into perspective.
Times have changed. Besides F-Droid, there are other non-Google app store competitors not seen on the Play store, including Amazon's Appstore and Samsung's Galaxy Apps. And they all operate with varying degrees of data security. Staying safe is no longer a matter of sticking with the biggest brands on the block; it's about upping your scrutiny and layering your security.
F-Droid is among the most scrutinized Play store alternatives we can advise. So have a critical look at its security model to judge F-Droid for yourself, and review its most recent security audit.
If you want to download F-Droid, you won't find it on the Play store. Instead, you can download it directly from the F-Droid site. Once prompted by your phone, confirm installation and you're ready to browse. If you want a visual tour of the two-click install, PrivacyPro has a screenshotted walkthrough (along with a list of their favorite starter apps).
For those interested in finding the right privacy-focused apps, have a look at the F-Droid-approved Guardian Project. Their easy-to-use security app suite is the perfect place to begin building your data-safe mobile usage routine.
If you're using an older version of Android, you'll need to allow software from unknown sources via System Settings. But if you're running Android 8 Oreo (or later), you've got a handy new setting we recommend enabling which allows only certain apps (like F-Droid and the Play store) to install APKs. This keeps other applications such as email clients from silently installing malware via hijacked attachments.
We recommend that F-Droid adopters stick to APKs found F-Droid's app store, in order to ensure you're installing only those apps which have cleared a strict security screening. If you'd like to use both F-Droid and the Play store, we recommend enabling Google Play Protect if you haven't already.
It's not a magic shield, but it acts as a first line of defense by tapping into Android's suite of built-in security controls to screen apps you install from both inside and outside of the Play store. But, Play Protect isn't enough. You should also use at least one of the other 16 non-Google security apps that outperformed Play Protect when AV Test fired 18,000 rounds of malware at them during last year's marathon.
F-Droid pros
Open source software offers better overall security odds.
A stringent security auditing process for apps ensure you don't get tracked.
No hidden costs in apps, and greater customization of each app.
F-Droid cons
Without a visible rating system, you may have to poke around and experiment to find the best apps.
There are only about 2,600 apps in F-Droid, compared to more than 2.5 million in the Play store. Worth noting here is a Play store filtration app approved by F-Droid, Yalp. It allows you to search Play store apps while filtering out those with ads, hidden costs and a history of blacklisting, and then directly download each app's APK files from the Play store.
Most of your F-Droid apps will have to be manually updated, while Play store apps tend to be automatically updated.
Google's position
For those looking to stay within the bounds of the Play store, Android's 31-page official 2019 security and privacy report may offer reason for optimism. Despite a reported 0.02% to 0.04% year-on increase in potentially harmful applications (PHAs) downloaded from the Play store, Google attributes much of this increase to improvements in its own tracking methods, including the wider implementation of Play Protect which it says now scans over 50 billion apps every day across more than 2 billion devices. Google has also taken seemingly good faith action in bouncing hundreds of thousands of malicious apps from its ranks, and says it tightened security further by rejecting 55% more apps' requests to join the Play store.
This year's report also found that "only 0.08% of devices that exclusively used Google Play had one or more PHAs installed (unchanged from last year). In contrast, 0.68% of devices that installed apps from outside of Google Play were affected by one or more PHAs in 2018."
CNET asked what portion of that 0.68% were F-Droid users, and whether Google had any further security advice for users who want to try out apps outside of the Play store. Google responded by redirecting CNET to a help center article, and advised users to download apps from the Google Play store to avoid risks to personal information.
Editors' note: While using a third-party app store like F-Droid to get apps rather than the Google Play store can give you more control and better privacy and security, it also takes more diligence. It's for power users. Installing any third-party apps on Android is still something you have to do at your own risk. So, make sure you're comfortable taking that risk. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/fight-android-malware-by-quitting-google-play-and-using-f-droid-to-install-android-apps/ |
It's way too early to call Windows 7 a success, but I will say that the post-PDC buzz about 7 has been more positive than I had anticipated.
Cool screenshots and specs from the pre-beta release are all well and good, but there does seem to be a general vibe that Microsoft is fiercely determined this time to undo the damage done by Vista, to pay serious attention to details. And they are getting it right. So far at least.
Accusations that Windows 7 will just be Vista SP3 run rampant, but really, isn't that what is needed? A better version of a flawed thing? It seems that Microsoft is taking chubby, undisciplined Vista to rehab, putting it through psychological counseling and physical training, and returning it from exile months later smart, clean, sober, thin and tan as Windows 7. Windows 7: The Biggest Loser.
How's that for an analogy?
But still, the trail of fear and mistrust left by Vista is on par with the Bush/Cheney administration. Much like the new president taking office in January, Windows 7 has a colossal task on its hands. But unlike the new president, Windows 7 doesn't need to be something completely new and different. It just needs to be better and easier.
First looks at the Windows 7 pre-beta reveal that the fat that has weighed down Vista and driven users crazy has been trimmed.
Windows 7 will of course be adding new features, such as touch-screen capability and slider controls that make UAC more controllable and less intrusive. But in addition, many bloated Vista features have allegedly been cut or streamlined.
Some of the streamlined features reported to look sharp in the Windows 7 pre-beta include: a Windows backup program that is about 10 clicks faster than Vista's; much easier connection to a wireless network and organization of a digital music collection; Quick launch/task bar integration with new mouse hover features; a major overhaul of the Network and Sharing Center for simpler set up and management of small networks.
Most of these features are small business/consumery. For enterprise customers, Windows 7 features are mostly untested, but two main features sited in the pre-beta are new troubleshooting and administration tools in the PowerShell scripting language and the ability to encrypt the contents of removable storage devices.
More testing of enterprise features is scheduled for the next few months.
Microsoft has made a public pledge that the hardware/software incompatibility that plagued Vista will not happen with Windows 7.
It sure better not happen. Windows 7 needs to be the fitter, happier, more productive older brother to Vista's screwed up middle child – or else it's back to rehab. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/265798/blog_windows_7_pre-beta_good_buzz/ |
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Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability referred to as “ForcedEntry” which affects iOS, macOS, and watchOS which allows a remote attacker to gain access to a device without any user interaction. The vulnerability has been exploited since at least February 2021. Apple has released an update to resolve this vulnerability.
CERT NZ recommends all users of these operating systems update their devices as soon as possible. | https://www.cert.govt.nz/it-specialists/advisories/apple-imessage-vulnerability-being-exploited/ |
Organizations face a unique balancing act when dealing with privileged users. On the one side, they require high level access in order to successfully do their jobs. On the other, these privileges can cause serious damage if misused, accidentally or intentionally. The question becomes, “do we maintain security at the cost of productivity, or do we increase productivity at the cost of security?” This problem has been exacerbated by the increase in cloud use, as cloud security threats can cause even more damage than on-premise environments, since cloud environments are typically at a much higher capacity than on-premise environments, leaving much more data at risk.
So far, achieving this balance has been more than a bit wobbly. In EMA’s Responsible User Empowerment report, 76% of organizations surveyed reported a violation of privileged access policies had occurred the year before. According to Cybersecurity Insider’s Insider Threat Report, 37% of organizations felt that too many users with excessive access privileges were the primary risk factor for insider attacks. Given the server level, administrative access that privileged users have, these threats are often far more damaging than other insider threats.
So how do we tip the scales back towards security? Read on for three steps to take in order to find a security equilibrium.
Once this job role has been established, access can be further limited to only the necessary actions on only the parts of the environment that a privileged user needs, and only during the time that they need to complete those actions. Perhaps some users may not require access to the cloud at all, and only need privileges for on-premise servers. This type of policy is called the least privilege principle. For example, a web administrator may only need access to web servers and a select number of privileged commands, during U.S. business hours.
What about exceptions to a job role? Naturally, this is to be expected. When this is the case, it is unnecessary to grant someone additional access in perpetuity if they only require additional access for a limited amount of time. But how can one ensure that these roles are properly assigned, and that exceptional privileges expire in a timely manner without overtaxing IT teams? This is where Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions shine. | https://www.coresecurity.com/blog/precarious-balance-privileged-users-and-cloud |
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UK manufacturing is the most targeted sector for cyber attacks after government and finance, reports the EEF.
The organisation’s CEO Stephen Phipson said that, despite this vulnerability, manufacturing was “amongst the least protected sector against cyber-crime in Britain”.
“We know businesses cannot afford to ignore this issue any longer and while we welcome government’s progress in improving cyber-security resilience to date through the work of the NCA and NCSC, there needs to be an increasing focus given to the specific needs of manufacturing, which hitherto has been lacking,” he commented.
“Failing to get this right could cost the UK economy billions of pounds, put thousands of jobs at risk and delay the supply of essential equipment to key public services and major national infrastructure projects.”
Phipson delivered the warning as the EEF released the results of its report, published in collaboration with AIG Europe.
The pair commissioned Britain’s leading geopolitical think tank, The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), to carry out the study, titled Cyber-Security for Manufacturing.
A key vulnerability, says the report, is poorly-protected office systems. These have often been the first systems implemented and are inadequately protected.
Romaney O’Malley, head of UK regions & head of industrials at AIG Europe, warned that, for many manufacturers, cyber risk is still not considered a principal risk on the risk register although attacks were becoming “more sophisticated and more broadly disruptive”.
Keep your devices and software up to date by patching regularly.
RUSI director general Dr Karin Von Hippel added: “The importance of the manufacturing sector to the security of the UK economy cannot be overstated. Increasing digitisation creates further opportunities, but also exposes us to potential vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks, whether from criminals or nation-state adversaries. The sector needs to recognise these risks and respond accordingly.”
The full report can be viewed here. | http://processengineering.co.uk/article/2024000/eef-plea-for-cyber-security-as-50-of-manufacturers-report-attacks |
The entire Equifax saga is quite popcorn worthy in a way, with the daily revelations of new events and actions. That is, if you aren’t one of the roughly 50% of Americans who are affected by the hack.
From what we know now, Equifax was first hacked in early March. While details of how this breach happened are not available now, this primarily affected the API that banks and other institutions used to interact with Equifax. This was limited in impact and seemed to affect only a few persons. The big hack, however, happened later between mid-May and the 29th of July. This hack was the one that led to the data breach of roughly 143 Million records. Once Equifax identified the hack, they worked with an external firm to identify how this issue happened and released a breach notification on the 8th of September.
Post the breach, multiple issues came to light that made the entire situation worse. We’ll focus only on the ones that deal with security in general.
The first was a site that Equifax set up for people to identify if they were hacked. This site had a domain name that looked more like the URL of a phishing site – equifaxsecurity2017.com. The site was a stock WordPress site, with the admin user database open to the world. The site itself collected the last 9 digits of the user’s SSN’s & their last names. Given that the first 3 are the area number, this led to a caution against using the site, in case this data was stolen as well. The site itself used a free SSL certificate from Cloudflare, and OpenDNS blocked it as a phishing site for some time before this was remedied.
On the 9th of September, it was revealed that hackers exploited a vulnerability in the Struts framework on the Equifax website. This vulnerability had been revealed in March, along with a fix. Given that the patch was available for some time before the hack, the entire saga could have been prevented by testing and applying the patch in time.
Three days after the breach announcement, a new issue was discovered with the Credit Freeze process. The PIN generated by the system to set the Credit Freeze was simply the timestamp of the request for a freeze. Given that it was only 3 days since the hack was revealed, if anyone had frozen their credit in this time, it would have been very easy for hackers to brute-force the PIN and unlock the credit report!
Worse news followed on the 12th of September. The Equifax site that is used to set up credit monitoring had a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This vulnerability could easily be exploited to steal the personal data of anyone who used to site, leading to further harm.
All of these problems have been caused by one vulnerability in the main website. The Apache Struts vulnerability had been fixed – but the site was hacked before it was patched. And we see these issues time and time again. Websites take some time to patch a vulnerability, they get hacked. And hackers have become smarter and have automated this type of hacking. Take the Coastal Credit Union, for example. Their site was hacked, a backdoor was placed, but not exploited. Why? Because someone ran an automated script to scan all sites with a specific vulnerability, the script found these sites, hacked them and left a backdoor for later use. This is something that we see more often than not.
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While diligent patching is required, sometimes, it takes a while to test a patch and get it into production. These days, hackers wait for a company to release the patch; they then use the information in the release notes to build the tools to perform automated hacking campaigns. They can hack tens of thousands of sites during these campaigns, and cause widespread destruction. No site is too small – and not all hacks are about the business owning the site. Some of them are to build command & control servers for various malware, like Sathurbot.
Old software vulnerabilities are the gifts that keep giving. This is the reason why HeartBleed and ShellShock vulnerability scans are still being run by malicious actors, years after these major vulnerabilities have been fixed. Patching for a very new vulnerability is like trying to hit a fast-moving target. So what can you do? You can deploy the Barracuda Web Application Firewall. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects your web, mobile and API-based applications from all application attacks, including OWASP Top 10, Application DDoS and more. It has both negative (signature-based) and positive (application learning based) security, that protects against all known and unknown (zero day) vulnerabilities. Easy to deploy and maintain, it is your best defense against being Equifaxed.
Informations complémentaires
Barracuda Vulnerability Manager and Barracuda Vulnerability Remediation Service: The Barracuda Vulnerability Manager (BVM) is a cloud-based solution that pinpoints vulnerabilities in your websites and web applications quickly and easily—even if you don’t have extensive knowledge about website security. It provides in-depth insight into the vulnerabilities that expose your institution to attacks from inside and outside the organization.
The Barracuda Vulnerability Remediation Service (BVRS) is a free add-on to the Barracuda Web Application Firewall. The BVRS enables automatic scanning, remediation, and maintenance of web application policies.
Barracuda Cloud Ready Initiative: Migrating workloads, apps, and data to the cloud can make your business more responsive and agile, and make it easier to scale rapidly as opportunities arise. Barracuda’s “Cloud Ready” initiative is intended to eliminate those concerns and help you move to the cloud faster, more cost-effectively, and with greater confidence. | https://fr.blog.barracuda.com/2017/09/22/waf-prevents-massive-data-breach-at-equifax-the-headline-that-could-have-been-but-wasnt/ |
High up in Canary Wharf, a war is raging. Hunched over a laptop, James Chappell is on the frontline. The chief technology officer of Digital Shadows scans a report of dozens of skirmishes from the past 24 hours. Some are harmless, some are cause for concern. All of them emanate from cyberspace.
“Everyone gets breached,” says Chappell. “We need to respond and recover quickly and minimise the damage.”
Welcome to the world of cyber security, the last line of defence for companies fretting that they will be targeted by increasingly sophisticated hackers. Yesterday, security firm Kaspersky Lab estimated that $1 billion and rising had been stolen from 100 banks in 30 countries in an “unprecedented cyber robbery” over the past two years. Just as corporate headquarters cluster in the capital, so too have firms offering high-level protection from these attacks. London has become Cyber City.
At Level 39 in Canary Wharf, home to London’s fintech (financial technology) hub, Digital Shadows is one of a slew of cyber start-ups in heavy demand. It doesn’t look much: a scattering of desks, laptops, a few whiteboards and a fridge stacked with beer. But the four-year-old firm, whose clients are major banks and insurers, is growing fast.
A 22-strong workforce will more than double this year, in London and San Francisco, after it secured an extra $8 million from backers.
“This area is hot right now,” says Eileen Burbidge, from venture capital firm Passion Capital, an investor in Digital Shadows who has watched security and privacy problems grow.
She is not alone in thinking London can dominate the cyber security scene, along with fintech and medtech (medical and healthcare-related technology). “Fintech and cyber security are not mutually exclusive,” she adds. So sensitive to data breaches, banks have invested in cyber protection ahead of most other industries, and rival locations Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv “don’t have the banks we do in London”. The presence of several defence contractors here is also good for business.
Simple denial-of-service attacks, designed to disrupt high-profile services such as a bank’s website, have mutated into something more sinister. The growth in social media means it is impossible for companies to stem the tide. A large bank can be mentioned 60,000 times a day on the internet. Typically, six of those incidents pose a threat. Digital Shadows might detect account details being hawked to the highest bidder on a coders’ website, or something unleashed by a threat group such as the Syrian Electronic Army. Often the worst offenders are a company’s own staff, who back up files on unsafe storage systems or disclose too much on Facebook.
Boardroom minds have been focused by the devastating hack suffered by Sony Pictures late last year, in retaliation for its movie The Interview, which involves a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The studio lost an early script of the next James Bond movie, a string of embarrassing emails — including the then chair Amy Pascal’s exchange with producer Scott Rudin in which Angelina Jolie was called a “minimally talented spoilt brat” — and details of bosses’ salaries.
Such a high-profile breach has meant boom time for small start-ups, including Garrison Technology, established a few months ago in Islington by Henry Harrison and David Garfield, who, like Chappell, once worked for Detica, defence giant BAE Systems’ cyber arm. Big firms are getting in on the act too, either by buying up small firms, partnering with them, or building teams to offer their own advice which typically suggests to companies that investing in prevention is a better bet than paying for the cyber cure.
Consulting firm Deloitte has seen its cyber practice increase revenues by 20 per cent in the past 12 months, with a spike in recent months. It set up an intelligence centre in Reading and is recruiting heavily: Deloitte’s cyber staff of 110 will swell to 150 by the summer.
It is a similar story at KPMG, where its cyber team has increased from 70 people three years ago to 250 today.
“More than 10 per cent of our cyber security team have worked in the military or government, reflecting the diverse approach needed in tackling these threats,” says Simon Collins, KPMG’s UK chairman. These new career paths have opened up as the threat of a cyber attack has soared to the top of the boardroom agenda. Not so long ago, Britain’s biggest companies received a letter from the Government advising firms to tighten up on security measures, for the sake of their business but also for the country’s reputation.
Chappell says: “The seniority of people that get it has gone up. We used to be talking to the IT department. Now we are talking to the board.”
Lloyd’s of London CEO Inga Beale calculates that the insurance industry took $2.5 billion in premiums on policies to protect companies from hacking-induced losses, up a quarter on a year ago. She estimates that cyber attacks have cost businesses up to $400 billion a year. In the City, the Bank of England holds regular simulations to prepare banks and trading firms for an attack. The last, Waking Shark II, simulated a three-day concerted cyberattack on the UK’s financial system by a hostile state.
In-cyber dealing: Eileen Burbidge of Passion Capital, which has invested in ‘hot’ online security firm Digital Shadows Such a mounting threat presents a valuable business opportunity. The UK market for cyber security was worth £2.8 billion in 2013 and will rise to more than £3.4 billion in 2017, according to a Department for Business, Innovation & Skills study. The bigger prize is selling British expertise abroad. David Cameron took a dozen cyber companies on a UK Trade & Investment mission to Washington last month to meet with the US Department of Homeland Security among others.
“Fear creates business opportunities. A near certainty of the next few years is that there will be more spending on cyber security, by firms, governments and us,” said Geoff Mulgan, CEO of innovation charity Nesta. “Major financial services firms have had to be more paranoid than other industries.”
Backers after the next bright young things should look to Hammersmith, where Europe’s first dedicated cyber security accelerator will launch in offices provided by investment manager Winton. Designed to mentor young cyber entrepreneurs over a 12-week programme, it has been co-founded by Epsilon Advisory Partners, home to former prime ministerial advisers Jonathan Luff and Grace Cassy.
Britain has a head start because of its heritage in this area. Some of it is thanks to Alan Turing and the codebreakers of Bletchley Park, some of it because of the international repute of GCHQ, the Government’s eavesdropping station in Chelmsford. Some entrepreneurs’ efforts date back to misplaced fears about battling the Y2K computer bug.
The company that became ScanSafe started in a cramped top-floor office in Farringdon, an unlikely setting to fight email viruses. It moved into remote monitoring of a company’s internet browsing, including limiting employees’ access to Facebook and Twitter. That proved lucrative: brothers Eldar and Roy Tuvey split £37 million when the business was sold to American internet giant Cisco in 2010. Their next venture, Wandera, began two years ago and employs 70 in offices near Marble Arch, in San Francisco and Slovenia.
“Hackers go where the data is but a lot of people don’t think their phones are at risk,” says Eldar Tuvey. Illustrating how the cyber war has gone mobile, Wandera’s software scans data traffic as it reaches any device — and says one in five devices run apps vulnerable to a local-access attack. Clients include law firms who supply their on-their-go workforces with handsets but are worried of sensitive information leaking. Tuvey said one thing that hasn’t changed from his ScanSafe days is the challenge to hire the best people.
“Last time around we were outbid by hedge funds and financial firms — everybody wanted to work for Morgan Stanley,” he says. “That is less the case now but we are competing with other tech companies for staff.”
Across London, the army is growing as the war continues. | https://securityafricamagazine.com/cyber-city-versus-the-hack-attackers-how-london-can-take-charge-of-the-cyber-security-scene/ |
The norm is that with top-level security features, comes high price plans, however, Intego is different. Starting at a reasonable price of $29.99/year, you can enjoy all that Intego has to offer your device. This is the Intego’s Personal Plan and it allows connection on only one device. If you want to step up your devices to include more members of your household or friends, there is the Intego Family Plan. This plan goes for $39.99/year. To connect to up to 5 PCs on one account, you would have to pay a lot more but it is more reasonable than paying for 5 different PCs on five different accounts. The Intego Extended Plan allows you to get protection on 5 PCs for just $79.99/year. There are specific plans for Mac users that may seem like a lot but they are definitely the best to go for. To sign up for a Mac-specific plan, you don’t have to make a payment right away. Rather, you can use the free trial option to try out the features of the software. Mac-specific pricing plans start at $39.99/year for the Mac Internet Security X9 and could cost as much as $69.99/year for the Mac Premium Bundle X9. This plan gives you complete Mac protection & security. To save a few bucks, you can add dual protection for both your Mac and Windows devices or pay for two years rather than one.
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Mass-Scale Phishing – this is the most common type of phishing attack, where fraudsters cast a wide net of attacks that aren’t highly targeted to a broad range of victims. Characteristics of mass-scale phishing include a sender and/or domain that sounds almost, but not quite legitimate, an impersonal greeting i.e. “Dear Sir/Madam”, poor grammar and spelling, messages have a sense of urgency or try to scare the victim “Your account is out of date, act immediately”, imitates an authentic brand (or tries to!) and may have a zip file attached which contains malicious files, when downloaded to the victim’s computer.
Spear Phishing – this is tailored to a specific victim or a group of victims. The trick to this technique is that cyber criminals use personal information to earn trust and lower the victim’s defences, as they think that as this is a message highly personable to them, therefore more likely to engage, and the chances of opening attachments or clicking malicious links is higher
Whaling – this is the grandest of phishing attacks. This is a specialised type of spear fishing that targets a “big” victim within a company e.g. CEO, CFO, COO, CMO and other very senior people within businesses. The cyber criminals aim is to steal sensitive information from a company, as these senior level people within companies typically have access to sensitive data.
Types of Phishing
Email Phishing is the most common, and tend to fall under the Mass-Scale and Spear Phishing methods as mentioned above, in a bid to fool unsuspecting victims into revealing their sensitive personal and/or financial information.
Phone Call or Vishing this describes the act of phone calls which trick victims into revealing their personal information. Vishers tend to be smart and sometimes use information from social media profiles to make it sound as though the call is legitimately coming from a bank, credit company or HMRC. Remember if it’s a too good to be true offer – then its most likely vishing, the number is blocked or coming from a region which you are not sure of and the caller is using fear tactics or threats i.e. “your account has been deactivated, activate it now to not receive fines” then its most likely a scam, and think twice before sharing any personal and sensitive information.
SMS or Smishing attacks are where fraudsters send phony texts in attempt to con you into divulging private information. Key characteristics of Smishing are unsolicited texts from unknown phone numbers, texts sent from random numbers, incomplete information from your personal info such as part credit number, links to visit fake websites which request your personal information
Social Media Phishing if you’re on social media, you may receive duplicate friend requests from someone you are already friends. Key characteristics of social media phishing are a duplicate friend request from someone who you are already friends with, a notification of someone creating a new account replacing their old account, private messages from someone in your contacts asking you to click on links taking you through to spoof sites requesting personal information. Cyber criminals are effortless and will use your personal social media network to target you and gain sensitive information from you.
Protect Yourself
Always be aware and vigilant, when responding to emails or phone calls, never give your login or personal details. If you receive an email from a company claiming to be legitimate but is requesting sensitive information tell them you will call them back. Use a contact number from you latest bank or credit card company and then call them directly and ask if they called or requested information via email to confirm the message is genuine
Use your SPAM filter in your email – mark the message as spam and delete it. This ensures that the message cannot reach your inbox in future.
Know your source: Never respond to a message from an unknown source. Take care not to click any embedded links. Phishing emails are sent to a vast number of randomly generated addresses. However, clicking embedded links can provide verification of your active e-mail address. Once this occurs it may facilitate the targeting of further malicious emails. Even “unsubscribe” links can be malicious. Ensure that the e-mail is from a trusted source and you are, in fact, subscribed to the service.
If you or your business has fallen victim to Phishing scams or wish to find out how we can provide support when it comes to all things Cyber and Security – find out more here or contact us on 02030968946 and our representatives will be able to support. Alternatively, please fill in a contact form and one our team members will be in contact.
Sources: www.hackernews.com / www.thehartford.com / www.ncsc.gov.uk
Posted in Uncategorised and tagged cyber crime, cyber security, cybersecurity, malicious links, phishing, smishing, spear phising, whaling. | https://www.reflectiveit.com/blog/2020/12/phishing-how-to-recognise-and-avoid-phishing-attacks/ |
Bethwel Opil has been appointed as the Enterprise Sales Manager for Kaspersky Lab in Kenya.
The appointment will see Opil continue to support and grow strong market alignment for the Kaspersky Lab brand locally with particular focus on the East African region.
In this role, Opil is responsible and focused on growing Kaspersky Lab Enterprise solutions and services to partner and customers in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Burundi.
“Our focus is turning our expertise into effective solutions and services to help customers protect what’s most important to them. There is still a lot of improvement needed in the area of cybersecurity in this fast-developing region, so together with our local partners, we will work to raise awareness about cyberthreats – cementing Kaspersky Lab as a leader in enterprise cybersecurity solutions and services in East Africa,” says Opil.
Opil is no stranger to the market or Kaspersky Lab, having been involved in the technology and cyber security sector for 16 years. In fact, Opil was instrumental in launching Kaspersky’s operation in East Africa as the Channel Sales Manager, a position he held for 4 years. Opil brings a wealth of knowledge and insight into the dynamics and strategies required to ensure that Kaspersky Lab continues to penetrate the B2B and B2C cybersecurity market in East Africa. Opil has held various sales leadership positions in the industry with a strong focus on planning, development and implementation of effective sales and marketing programs in Africa. Additionally, having previously worked at Westcon East Africa, Opil has strong operations, sales and channel expertise.
Kaspersky Lab’s Kenya office has been in operation since 2012 and has become a market territory that is a critical component of Kaspersky Lab’s Africa roadmap. As broadband infrastructure in the region continues to evolve, the opportunity for cybercriminal activity increases. As more people move towards a digital way of life, cybercriminals see the opportunity to exploit this for their own gain. It is for this very reason that Kaspersky Lab is passionate about creating awareness of IT security in the region, as well as being able to offer appropriate solutions that offer effective protection for businesses and consumers in this market. | https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/cybersecurity/kaspersky-lab-appoints-new-enterprise-sales-manager-for-africa/ |
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The Cyber Incident Response Team in the national security ministry yesterday raised the island’s cybersecurity threat level in relation to government systems to high.
The heightened threat level comes on the heels of a number of weaknesses discovered within the JamCOVID app and website, which was being used to store critical data regarding travellers and COVID-19 patients in the island.
The website for the Child Protection and Family Services Agency also appeared to have been breached this week and concerns were heightened as the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency’s (PICA) went offline.
“Many GOJ applications process data and store results on back-end database servers, where sensitive data may sit, and thus, there is cause for concern. There are many potential attacks that entities may encounter which may threaten to disrupt business but can also lead to unauthorised access to data,” the Cyber Incident Response Team disclosed.
The digital security system used by PICA, which processes some of the most sensitive personal information on Jamaican citizens, has been strongly defended by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang.
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At a recent Gleaner Editors’ Forum Chang said that “none of the critical associated government points were affected, for example PICA”.
Marsha Grant, PICA business development director, told The Gleaner that the site was taken offline by PICA, but did not disclose whether other recent cybersecurity events triggered the move. She, however, said that the PICA website was not breached.
Further questions sent to her were not answered up to press time on Friday.
The latest in breach uncovered in the JamCOVID system involves quarantine orders, including personal details such as addresses, issued to residents being publicly accessible on the Internet.
Under the law, most recently amended on February 1, data gathered for electronic monitoring “shall be deleted upon the expiration of the [14-day] quarantine”. That provision in the Disaster Risk Management Act would have been in place from as early as June 15, 2020, well after the roll-out of the application. The vulnerability of the servers is believed to have stretched back to this time.
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency yesterday said that its investigators have observed persistent attempts to gain unauthorised access to government systems, adding that measures were being taken to bolster their cyber defence.
In the recently tabled Estimates of Expenditure for fiscal year 2021-22, a little over $1 billion to “continue the procurement of software and hardware to build out the cybersecurity capability of the security forces”.
A further $22.9 million has been allocated for cybersecurity service under the Information and Communications Technology Access and User programme, which aims to increase access to, and use of, ICT in all sectors of the economy and to modernise the Government’s governance framework. | https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210227/cybersecurity-threat-level-raised-high |
As the digital era drives forward, more and more of your personal identifying information is held by third party companies. Unfortunately, the number of data breaches is on the rise. Studies show that many companies still store your personal data in an unprotected fashion, exposed for everyone inside the company to access. This opens the door to data leaks, ransomware and the potential exposure of your personal identifying information, trusted to those companies.
It is becoming a regular occurrence that consumers are being notified by companies, large and small, that their data may have been compromised. Unfortunately, in todays electronic data environment, it is likely not a question of “if”, but “when” your personal identifying information will be compromised. | http://www.swigartlawgroup.com/data-breaches/ |
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Hardly a week goes by these days without news of another high-profile cyber security breach. Over the past couple of years, organisations across a broad set of industries (including banking, retail, media, healthcare and online commerce) have been infiltrated. And the victims are often household names such as Sony, JP Morgan Chase, eBay, and Yahoo! Even the US government hasn’t been immune. The US Office of Personnel Management was recently hacked (twice!), resulting in the loss of, among other data, forms submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances.
According to HM Government’s 2015 Information Security Breaches Survey, 90% of large organisations and 74% of small organisations in the UK have suffered a security breach. Unfortunately, other statistics suggest that the majority of organisations aren’t even aware that they have been compromised.
Traditionally, cyber security risk management has been left to the IT team, but recent incidents have highlighted three reasons why CEO’s, CFO’s and Boards need to become more actively involved in managing cyber security risk.
An essential aspect of managing any risk is understanding the value at risk. In the case of cyber risk, organisations often do not take a systematic approach to doing so and jump straight into implementing security solutions and in some cases buying cyber insurance. But how is it possible to know what mitigation measures are appropriate without understanding the potential consequences of an attack?
When Target was hacked in 2013, it, fortunately, had $100m of insurance cover in place through its various policies. Unfortunately for Target, analysts estimate the total fallout from the breach will be between $400m and $500m. IT teams can help understand the nature of the threat and how to protect against it. Understanding the consequences of a breach, however, requires commercial insight from throughout the organization. As such, assessing the value at risk from cyber security risk is a priority that must be owned by the CEO, CFO, and the Board, and ideally should be a precursor to determining which risk management solutions (technical or otherwise) are most appropriate.
Cyber risk management is a cat and mouse game that by its nature will continue to become ever more intricate. Given the severity of the threat and the tools required to fully understand and manage it, Boards and Senior Execs cannot afford to delegate the responsibility to the IT team.
If you would like to learn more about managing cyber security risk, please contact Vikrant Pratap of Capri Capital at [email protected]. | http://insight.movemeon.com/inside-view/cyber-security-risk-managed-board |
Indonesia is continuing to press Research In Motion (RIM) to allow monitoring of BlackBerry data for security reasons, a request made last year but renewed as the Canadian company feels similar pressure from other countries.
The government would like RIM to put a server in the country that would allow authorities to guarantee to customers the security of the data that RIM now processes and saves in Canada, wrote Heru Sutadi, commissioner of the local regulator, Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia (BRTI), in an email on Thursday. Indonesia would also like RIM to have an office in the country.
Indonesia does not intend to ban the BlackBerry service in the country as RIM "by and large complies with our regulations," said Gatot S. Dewa Broto, spokesman for the country's Ministry of Communications and Informatics earlier in the day.
Indonesia asked RIM last year to put a server in the country for security reasons to handle only domestic data traffic, and the company is still considering the proposal, Sutadi said.
RIM is already facing suspension of its services in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia starting on Friday and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Oct. 11.
Additionally, the company is in discussions with India's government, which is demanding access to BlackBerry communications for its security agencies. Indian government officials said on Thursday that the talks were ongoing.
RIM's problems with some governments have also come to the attention of the US government. The US State Department said on Wednesday that it is in touch with the UAE and other governments to better understand their concerns and plans for the BlackBerry service. | https://www.ukfast.co.uk/it-security-news/indonesia-pressures-rim-over-its-blackberry-service.html |
You’ve probably seen enough movies or television shows to recognize that phrase; it’s most commonly taken as a sign that the messenger is insane in some way. Of course, the world isn’t coming apart. Look around us. It’s all still here.
Yet even as we acknowledge that, we know on some level it isn’t true. Whatever your thoughts on environmental destruction, COVID-19, social justice, and other pressing issues of the moment, you can’t deny that people don’t have at least some cause for feeling despair. This also applies to cybersecurity. A cursory glance around would lead any rational person to realize the severity of the problem, but plenty of people walk around pretending the sky isn’t falling.
Solutions Review has been writing on data breaches and best practices in cybersecurity for years. We’ve been insistent on the problems persisting in enterprise IT environments. However, it seems that so many IT decision-makers continue to sleepwalk through their cybersecurity.
You are an ideal target. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a small business with a niche market or a mega-corporation that you think no one would ever touch.
Some industries, such as healthcare are targeted more than others, but this fact obscures that every industry has its own threat actors.
Installing a few consumer antivirus programs on your endpoints isn’t enough. Most consumer antivirus products don’t have the fortitude to resist a dedicated hacker’s cyber-attack.
Further, legacy solutions can’t possibly manage the new workflows or security threats facing your business. Just because it worked in the past doesn’t mean it will work now.
A homebrew solution only works to a point. They rarely have the scope and scale to handle the myriad problems posed by hackers or the expanding attack surface.
Hackers have resources via the Dark Web you couldn’t imagine. Some hackers have become corporatized for better results or received sponsorships from national governments. They aren’t in dark hoodies sitting in a basement alone (usually).
Hackers never stop innovating. They don’t let new technologies beat them; they modify and adapt their attacks to resist security capabilities.
Hackers, in other words, are a persistent and dangerous problem that can and will target your business in particular. In fact, the absence of next-generation cybersecurity basically leaves the welcome mat out for any number of threat actors to make themselves at home; hackers may still target more fortified businesses, but they are more likely to target low-hanging fruit. Time is money, even to criminals.
We could on since it appears that once a week a recognizable or major corporation suffers a breach and the inevitable fallout. Yet this adds to the feeling of fury that so many IT decision-makers continue sleepwalking through their cybersecurity; simple mistakes like cloud misconfigurations or weak passwords or phishing attacks happen every day. The breaches keep happening and the damages accumulate.
It’s not like the best practices or the warnings don’t exist. They do. We publish these kinds of best practices every week. It’s just that the people who should be doing something about it aren’t. They are, as we put it, sleepwalking through their cybersecurity.
If you feel like that might be you, then we have news for you.
We could keep using data breaches as case studies and warnings to enterprises. We could continue to remind companies about the benefits of cybersecurity solutions. Moreover, we could go into detail about the key capabilities for each kind of solution. None of that matters if you aren’t listening or taking the concrete steps to make changes.
Nodding along and looking thoughtful accomplishes nothing. You need to do something.
Speak to your IT security team or security operations center. If you don’t have one, create one now. Tell HR to find the talent. Install a CISO into your C-Suite. If already have one, make sure they have a voice at meetings and that their suggestions are heard and implemented.
If you don’t have a solution, whether endpoint security, SIEM, or identity management, get one now. There are a lot of options, so you can absolutely find one that fits your use case. This isn’t a tomorrow problem. This is an immediate problem that if left unchecked could spell doom for your entire business.
If you’ve been sleeping up until now, you need to snap out of it. | https://solutionsreview.com/security-information-event-management/stop-sleepwalking-through-your-cybersecurity/ |
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AdBlocking\NSMdtr.exe
000000000001\LibraryPath = "%SystemRoot%\System32\mswsock.dll" [MS] 000000000002\LibraryPath = "%SystemRoot%\System32\winrnr.dll" [MS] 000000000003\LibraryPath = "%SystemRoot%\System32\mswsock.dll" [MS]
-> {CLSID}\(Default) = "Real.com" -> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "C:\WINDOWS\System32\Shdocvw.dll" [MS]
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\ISSVC.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
Then mid week it appeared that some sort of worm had infected the system. SUDDEN onset of MULTIPLE pieces of spam mail showing up in my mailbox.
Keep in mind that being on the receiving end of a spate of spam emails could more likely indicate that someone you know (or at least someone who has your email address on their computer) has been infected with a mass-mailing worm/virus/trojan. In other words, it doesn't necessarilly mean that you are infected; only that your email address was culled from the infected machine and you're now on the infection's "mailing list". :(
If your Norton scans and the online scans that dlh6213 linked to above all come up negative, that could well be what's going on. If that's the case, the other problems/errors you said you're having may be related to other (non-viral) Windows problems. If you can post the exact contents of the .dll-related errors you got that could help us make a better determination of that. | https://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/information-security/threads/23143/worm-virus-xp-issues |
This post is part of a series of posts about buidling a lab environment using some of the new PowerShell cmdlets and features in Windows 8.
In the previous post I explained how to create a virtual disk, apply a standard Windows Server 2008 image to it and attach the disk to a new VM. If you followed my steps you should have noticed that it was not a fully automated experience. During the installation I was asked to provide the regional settings, set or skip a license key, accept the EULA and provide an administrator password. And when I finally was logged in I still had to do a lot of configuration like setting an ip-address and renaming the machine. In this post we will get these steps out of the way as well.
The first step is to do some primary settings. In my case I enable PowerShell and Remote Desktop. This is also a good time to download updates and .NET frameworks you might need later. Try to keep things as basic as possible. Only set the ip-address if that's needed. We will change it later on.
Once the machine is to your liking it's time to sysprep it. Sysprep is located in the sysprep folder inside the system32 folder. Sysprep removes all personal information from the machines and makes it possible to create an image for redeployment. Start sysprep and choose OOBE Experience, Shutdown and make sure the box at Generalize is checked or better run it from the commandline: sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown. Make sure you specify the generalize option. This will create a new machine identifier for every machine. If you miss that one you could get into weird problems.
After sysprep is done it shuts down the machine. Now it's time to create an image that we can use as a base for deployement. You only have to do this once for every base image you want to create. I'm using a Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 Core template. Using DISM you can create an image (WIM) file. First you need to mount the image using Mount-VHD <pathtovhd>. Now capture the image with: DISM.exe /Capture-Image /ImageFile:D:\vm\base.wim /CaptureDir:G:\ /name:Base-Image. Replace the paths and name with your own. After some time a file is created. Make sure to dismount the vhd using Dismount-VHD. This concludes step 1 of this task. Next up is to automate the installation. There is an easy way and a hard way. The easy way is to use the Windows Automation Installation Kit. This tool has an editor to create unattended files. Another option is to create one with notepad. Of course you can also copy from others. Here is an example of the unattend.xml I'm using to create a domain controller. Read through it, I will explain the values in a moment.
There are several sections in the xml. One section is the pass phase. This tells the setup routing at what point to use the settings. Some settings are only valid in one phase while other can be in multiple. The Windows Automation Kit knows and will only choose the right ones.
In the first part of the file the computer name is set along with the time zone and other details. The product key is not a real key but a temporary one. It's actually the same key that's entered when you click skip during the setup process. You can find this key inside a file in the Windows installation dvd. So, it's not a real key, just one that will get the setup process automated.
In the second part the network is set. In this example the ip 192.168.200.1 is used with netmask 255.255.255.0. The DNS is set to 127.0.0.1 because this machine will take the role of domain controller with DNS installed. The gateway is set to the 192.168.200.1 as well.
The last part is where the locale settings are set. The values can be retrieved from this table. Also the EULA is accepted and the administrator password is set. If you use the Windows Automation Kit the password will be encrypted. As a best practice you should not include the password in plain text.
So far for preparation, now it's show time. The trick is to get the unattend.xml we created located at the rootdrive of the machine. Using PowerShell and the commands from the previous post this task is easy. As you might recall I mounted the disk to apply the image and set the bootrecords. Run through the steps from the first post up until the point where the drive is dismounted. With the disk still mounted you can copy whatever file you want to the drive, including an unattend. If you add this PowerShell one-liner before you dismount the disk the file will be copied: Copy-Item source destination –force. This will copy the file from A to B. Now dismount the disk and you are done.
Once the autounattend is copied you can start the VM. After a few minutes and with no user interaction you should be able to log into the machine.
This brings us one step closer to a complete unattended installation of a lab environment. In the next post I will explain how to perform post install actions like installing and configuring AD and setting up SQL Server. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/rhartskeerl/from-0-to-sql-demo-lab-in-a-few-easy-steps-part-2/ |
INTA to hold free legal clinic for entrepreneurs and SMEs – INTA has announced that it will hold its first-ever virtual legal clinic on 15 June. Hosted by INTA’s Pro Bono Subcommittee of the Brands for a Better Society Committee, the event is designed to function like an in-person legal clinic, with qualified applicants from anywhere in the world able to consult with volunteer trademark attorneys free of charge. The clinic is open to low-income individuals, SMEs and not-for-profit, non-profit or charitable organisations with low operating budgets that meet eligibility requirements and might not otherwise have affordable access to legal assistance. Applications to participate in the clinic are due by 21 May, and potential clients will be pre-screened for eligibility. Through the virtual clinic, attorney volunteers worldwide will answer legal questions, explain the trademark registration process in the relevant country and direct clients to local services that can assist them further. The clinic will focus on trademark clearance and prosecution matters. To facilitate the day, INTA is also encouraging its members to sign up to volunteer for the clinic by 7 June. (TL)
Brands risk boycotting for poor ad placement, study finds – A new study by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and Brand Safety Institute (BSI) has found that more than 85% of UK consumers would boycott their favourite brands if they discovered that their products had been advertised next to content on covid-19 conspiracy theories or misinformation. The 2021 TAG/BSI UK Brand Safety Survey also found that most consumers would stop purchasing a favourite brand’s products if they were advertised near terrorist recruiting materials (93%), malware (92%), hate speech (89%) or illegal content (89%). The results reveal an elevated focus on brand safety issues, which consumers define broadly to include ad-related piracy and malware, and are considered a shared responsibility across the ad tech ecosystem. With more and more consumers making conscious choices based on political, social or security issues, it has never been more important for brand practitioners to work with marketing, advertisers, online platforms and technology providers to ensure that their brands uphold the ethical standards that the public has come to expect. In a world of cancel culture, PR risk is part of the IP job, and any misjudged ad placements could affect sales figures and damage reputation – even among the most loyal customers. (VA)
Brand radar:
Harley-Davidson to launch stand-alone electric brand – Harley-Davidson will debut the “first LiveWire branded motorcycle” in July, according to Bloomberg. The company, which already uses the LiveWire name for an existing electric bike, is looking to expand on the brand as part of a push towards electrification. Harley said that the new brand will focus on urban bikes, meaning that they will be smaller and lighter than the long-haul cruisers that the US manufacturer is known for. (BD)
Victoria’s Secret no longer for sale – L Brands will spin off its Victoria’s Secret chain from Bath & Body Works, rather than sell the unit, reports Bloomberg. The lingerie chain had only recently restarted talks with buyers about a potential sale after a deal fell through last year. It was seeking far more money this time around and, according to The New York Times, had received bids of more than $3 billion. However, the company has “turned them down to pursue a spinoff valuing the company at between $5 billion and $7 billion”, although the source of this information has not been disclosed. Victoria’s Secret is experiencing a strong revival, and the company is betting that it is now in a place to operate as a stand-alone brand. (BD)
DTC shaving company Harry’s announces celebrity partnership – Harry’s has signed a deal with model Ashley Graham to create and sell a line of body hair removal kits. The direct-to-consumer brand will share the profits from the business with Graham, with the new products due to be sold under the company's Flamingo label for women. Graham will be involved in the entire process from creation to design, as well as marketing elements. The partnership is an example of the shift in how beauty companies engage with celebrities. Celebrities have traditionally been signed on as endorsers or brand ambassadors, but companies are increasingly looking to get them involved in financial and creative aspects. The purpose of this approach is for beauty brands to grab the attention of shoppers who are part of an established audience. (BD)
Legal radar:
Qatar Airways cries VisitQatar.com infringement after failed cybersquatting claim – Qatar Airways is suing the owner of VisitQatar.com for trademark infringement in the latest in a long-running dispute between the domain name owner and the Qatar National Tourism Council, according to Domain Name Wire. The dispute began in November 2019 when the Qatar National Tourism Council won a complex UDRP cybersquatting case against the owner of VisitQatar.com and US mark VISIT QATAR. The decision was overruled by a US court. However, Qatar Airways – whose CEO is the secretary general of the tourism council – is now suing the domain owner for trademark infringement. The airline claims that VisitQatar.com uses the same image of an oryx that it uses in its logo and “links to third party travel booking services using Qatar Airways’ Oryx Marks”. Clearly, the turf war is not over. Speaking to WTR, Baraa Kahf, a partner at Knobbe Martens who is representing the Qatar National Tourism Council and Qatar Airways, stated: “The case between Mr Mehdiyev and the Qatar National Tourism Council (NTC) in the District Court for the District of Colorado continues with NTC’s trademark infringement claim against Mr Mehdiyev. NTC has asserted that Mr Mehdiyev’s use of 'VISIT QATAR' infringes its common law trademark rights in the mark, and NTC is seeking transfer of the domain name as a remedy for his infringement. This is wholly independent from NTC’s anti-cybersquatting claim, which was the subject of the court’s recent decision. Moreover, the court’s decision regarding NTC’s anti-cybersquatting claim is not final because it will be subject to appeal, which NTC plans to pursue.” (VA)
By Chloe founder takes on private equity firms after bankruptcy buy-out – Celebrity chef and founder of plant-based US restaurant brand By Chloe Coscarelli has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against private equity firm Bain Capital and various other investors, which previously bought the By Chloe chain out of bankruptcy for more than $30 million. Coscarelli’s complaint, filed at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims that By Chloe’s former owner, ESquared Hospitality, “intended to ‘milk Chloe’s name ‘til we can’t!’” “They sought to maximize their internal rate of return by exploiting what the company referred to as its ‘crown jewel asset’ – the trademark featuring Chloe’s name,” Coscarelli said in court documents. This included taking control of Coscarelli’s website and social media accounts, leading to the wrongful assumption that she was still involved in the concept. The suit is the latest in a series of legal challenges that the chef has brought against the chain that bears her name since 2018. (VA)
Office radar:
(For more of the latest coronavirus-related updates from national IP offices, please read our dedicated article which is being continuously updated.)
EUIPO named among Ombudsman Award nominees – The European Ombudsman has published a list of 37 projects that have been nominated for the third edition of the Award for Good Administration, with the EUIPO’s CdT Transformation Programme and the Ideas Powered for Business initiative and the SME Fund among those in the running. The first project submitted by the EUIPO focuses on how the office put together a rapid response mechanism to help SMEs recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic – the Ideas Powered for Business initiative helping hundreds of SMEs to access free IP support, including free legal consultation and an effective dispute resolution system. The second project submitted was a joint application. The CdT and the EUIPO joined forces for a two-year cooperation programme, the CdT Transformation Programme, which focused on using AI to respond to the multilingual communication needs of EU institutions and bodies. The European Ombudsman Award for Good Administration is issued every two years and acknowledges good administration at EU level. This year, members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite project, with a digital awards ceremony taking place on 24 June 2021. (TL)
JIPO urges consumers to heed warnings over the dangers of counterfeits – The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is encouraging citizens to familiarise themselves with the dangers of IP crimes, reports the Jamaica Information Service. Speaking during a webinar on IP enforcement, the office’s deputy director/legal counsel, Dr Marcus Goffe, highlighted to consumers that the use of counterfeit products not only robs IP owners of profits but can also pose health risks, adding: “When you engage with counterfeit products, you are oftentimes affecting the sales and business of local producers because many of these counterfeit items are foreign items.” This message is a key one for the JIPO, which has highlighted the importance of intellectual property to the country’s economy. However, consumers have a key role to play, Goffe concluded: “Effective enforcement comes when citizens are aware of the dangers counterfeit products pose to health, livelihood and economies”. (TL)
IPOI warns of misleading invoices – The scourge of fraudulent IP-related invoices continues, with the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) warning of a recent increase in activity. In a recent blog post, the IPOI claims there are “an ever increasing number of promotion companies in operation at the moment”, with many “preying on new inventors who are unfamiliar with the process of patenting and protection of intellectual property”, which “will try and extract large fees from individuals with false promises of valuable patents and great success in the marketplace”. Therefore, an office representative warned: “Should you be approached with such an offer of registration or a request for payment of a fee, please verify the authenticity of the request before acting. You can contact the IPOI, who will be happy to advise on the bona fides or otherwise of any requests.” (TJL)
Ragen Swan’s tech transactions team moves to Shook – Shook, Hardy & Bacon is set to welcome a group of IP attorneys and paralegals from Ragen Swan law firm on 1 June 2021. The team, including partners Amy Ragen and Kevin Swan, currently leads the virtual technology transactions boutique. “We are thrilled to have Amy, Kevin and their team join Shook,” said Shook Seattle managing partner Bart Eppenauer. “As a full-service law firm well known for serving companies in the health, science and technology industries, Shook can now take advantage of Ragen Swan’s stellar reputation and deep expertise in technology and IP transactions to broaden Shook’s portfolio of services to the benefit of our clients. We’re delighted to join forces with such a high-caliber group of attorneys and legal professionals.” Regan will chair a new technology transactions practice group for Shook. (BD)
Foley & Lardner announces IP group vice chairs – Foley & Lardner has announced that Courtenay Brinckerhoff and TR Yan have been named vice chairs in the IP practice group. Brinckerhoff – a partner in the Washington DC office whose practice focuses on assisting clients with all aspects of obtaining, defending, licensing and enforcing patents – will serve as IP department vice chair of attorney development and evaluation. Yan – also a partner in the Washington DC office, who focuses on patent prosecution and counselling, due diligence investigation, portfolio management, enforcement and licensing – will serve as chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical practice group vice chair. (TL) | https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/qatar-airways-decries-visitqatarcom-donuts-launches-anti-phishing-tool-inta-hold-free-legal-clinic-news-digest |
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The acquisition will allow Juniper to extend its security portfolio with the only intrusion deception system in the industry capable of detecting an attacker before an attack is in progress.
Juniper Networks said that it acquired Mykonos Software, a provider of Intrusion Deception Systems that protect websites and web applications, for approximately $80 million in cash.
San Francisco-based Mykonos Software was founded in 2009 by entrepreneur David Koretz.
The transaction closed on February 13, 2012.
“Our strong history of technology execution combined with Mykonos’ accomplished team ideally positions us to deliver an end-to-end security portfolio that provides an always protected environment across devices, applications, the network and the cloud,” said Nawaf Bitar, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Security Business Unit at Juniper Networks.
Mykonos’ deception-based technology can actively prevent attackers and stop even the most sophisticated zero-day web attacks. It is the only company that can catch an attack in progress, profile the attack, learn the attacker’s behavior, and then use that behavior to thwart future attacks, said a statement.
“Acquiring Mykonos Software is a smart move for Juniper. Mykonos’ intrusion deception technology is an innovative defense against zero-day web attacks, automated hacker tools, malicious web content, and similar threats aimed at companies’ websites and web applications. There are opportunities for Juniper to sell standalone and integrated versions of the Mykonos solution,” said Jeff Wilson, principal analyst at Infonetics Research. | http://www.cxotoday.com/story/juniper-acquires-web-security-company-mykonos-software/ |
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U.S. government programs to help pay for broadband deployment and to subsidize its cost for customers aren't needed, in part because many residents of rural areas in the U.S. don't want broadband, one Republican lawmaker said Thursday.
Representative Joe Barton, who represents a district south of Dallas, was among the Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee who questioned the need for programs at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to encourage broadband adoption and deployment.
Only about 5 percent of U.S. households don't have access to broadband, and many of those households are in rural areas, Barton said during a hearing of the committee's communications and Internet subcommittee.
"My guess is they live in rural areas because they want to," Barton said. "It's at least possible that they don't want all the encumbrances and accoutrements of the modern Internet Age. So even if we forced it on them, they probably wouldn't take it."
Some rural residents would subscribe to broadband if it were available, said Barton, the committee's ranking Republican. But Barton questioned whether the FCC should spend money on broadband programs, with broadband available to about 95 percent of U.S. households and about two-thirds of households subscribing to broadband.
The FCC's national broadband plan, released in March, would redirect US$15.5 billion over 20 years from the Universal Service Fund (USF), which now subsidizes traditional telephone service, to broadband deployment. The plan also has several programs designed to encourage broadband adoption, including a nationwide Digital Literacy Corps.
Barton, however, questioned whether the FCC should have spent $20 million to create its national broadband plan, which was mandated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed early 2009. That money could have gone to other needs, he said.
"We've got a broadband deployment program right now -- it's called free enterprise," Barton said. "This is a solution that's looking for a problem that I don't believe exists."
Wally Bowen, executive director of the nonprofit broadband provider Mountain Area Information Network, based in Asheville, North Carolina, and community broadband consultant Craig Settles disagreed with Barton's view on a lack of demand for broadband in rural areas.
About a year ago, a library in Mars Hill, North Carolina, decided to shut down its Wi-Fi service after hours because of safety concerns, Bowen said. Drivers wanting to connect to the Wi-Fi service were clogging the street beside the library, he said.
"It's kind of a stunning comment," Bowen said of Barton. "I question whether he's really in touch with his rural constituency."
Settles agreed. "Clearly, Representative Barton has no direct contact or understanding of the broadband needs of those living in rural communities," said Settles, president of Successful.com. "Representative Barton is merely parroting the talking points of [broadband] incumbents in an effort to derail the government's efforts to meet rural communities' pressing demands that those incumbents are uninterested in or are unable to address."
In many areas where broadband providers say they provide coverage, there is bad service and poor quality, Settles added. "I'm doing a needs assessment in a business community that technically has six or seven providers offering access," he said. "But the complaints, which we have in writing, are numerous regarding price, dropped connections, unwillingness of providers advertising coverage to actually deliver it after companies request it, and other issues."
Some other Republicans from the subcommittee also questioned the need for new broadband programs. Nonprofit organizations such as Connected Nation are already helping to bring broadband to rural areas and driving up the adoption rates in many states, said Representative Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican.
"We don't need the government to go set up a Digital Literacy Corps," he said.
Other lawmakers, including some Republicans, said government broadband programs are needed.
One of the major reasons people don't subscribe to broadband is the cost, and Congress and the FCC can help by restructuring the Lifeline and Link-up programs in USF to pay for broadband, said Representative Doris Matsui, a California Democrat. In September, Matsui introduced a bill that would require the FCC to establish a broadband assistance program for low-income people by expanding the Lifeline program.
"In today's economy, the Internet has become a necessity," she said. "If you don't have it, you're simply at a competitive disadvantage."
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By Doug Meal, Michelle Visser and David Cohen (November 17, 2020, 6:15 PM EST) -- The Federal Trade Commission's cybersecurity settlement last week with videoconferencing platform Zoom Video Communications Inc. reflects a concerning practice that has persisted for over two decades: In its zeal to address the problem of cybercrime, the agency regularly oversteps its authority in this arena.
Businesses need to be aware of how the FTC is overreaching and think carefully before accepting a settlement based on claims and remedies that exceed the agency's powers.
Many simply assume that, because virtually all businesses have agreed to settlements when faced with FTC cybersecurity enforcement, the agency must be acting within its rights. But this is...
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Safety and convenience is a must for law enforcement, and according to IT Captain Jerry Morse of the Onslow County Sheriff�s Office, the department now has both in its latest computer system.
�This new system is very smooth,� Morse said. �(Deputies) can access all the information available to them at the office on the road in a secured network. �
At the end of 2012, only one patrol car had the system installed. According to Morse, by the end of 2013, all 76 of patrol cars that require a computer have the system installed, a process that took approximately four months to complete.
According to Onslow County Information Technology Services, each computer cost $1,308.45, putting the total cost at $99,442.20, which Morse says includes a 5-year-warranty.
The new system uses a Virtual Private Network (VPN) network, which allows deputies to share vital information, including case reports, jail records and mug shots with each other over a secure network. Like their previous system, a cell provider is used to communicate between computers. The VPN network allows deputies in the field access to the same information that is on their office desktops, as well as print important documents from anywhere in the field.
�With the old system, if you didn�t have a mobile printer, you couldn�t print anything,� Morse said. �If you wanted to update your computer, you had unplug the entire system in the patrol car, bring it into the office and plug it into an Ethernet cable. That caused a lot of wear and tear to the equipment. You can do all that away from the office now.�
According to Beth Purcell, spokeswoman for the Jacksonville Police Department, the JPD also has a VPN system with its own encryption system. In July, the agency rolled out their RMS.
�The new system provides an immediate, real time integration of data between the different functions of the police department,� Purcell said.
Sgt. Joe Concepcion has been working for the sheriff�s office since 2001 and remembers the days when only supervisors had access to mobile devices in their patrol cars. In the past, Concepcion said deputies were at risk of responding to an incident with outdated or incomplete data since they did not have access to the agency�s Record Management System (RMS), which gives officials a picture of what or who they�re about to encounter.
�With the new system, we have that information,� Concepcion said. �I can pull a name up to see if we ever dealt with you before. �
Concepcion said that it isn�t only the computers and the information within them that�s more secure, but the people using the computer since he said updates come quicker and service is more consistent.
�Safety is the best thing that we could provide for citizens,� Concepcion said. �If you�re hurt and can�t work, we can�t help citizens. With the updates, it brings our technology back up to the forefront and allows dispatch to relay the information to us in a more timely manner. If a guy isn�t afraid of law enforcement or will run from law enforcement, we�ll know. �
Another improvement Morse mentioned regarding the new system is its reliability. According to him, the old system was known for dropping the signal and its total reliability not only was a less secure method, but made it difficult for deputies in more remote parts of the county to access the network. With the inclusion of the VPN network to go along with the cell connection, the network is secure and accessible no matter where a deputy goes, he said.
�You have to get through three levels in security now: a locked door into the patrol car, logging onto the computer itself and logging onto the VPN network itself,� Morse said. �There isn�t a place in the county where I can�t get a signal. I even went to a sheriff�s conference in Raleigh and I was still able to access the network. As long as you can get a cell signal, you can access your office.�
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The Iranians are not currently in U.S. custody.
Seven men connected to the Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard were indicted today in the Southern District of New York for conducting a hacking campaign that included attacks on banks, with one man also charged with accessing the control system of a New York dam.
The U.S. Department of Justice named Ahmad Fathi, 37; Hamid Firoozi, 34; Amin Shokohi, 25; Sadegh Ahmadzadegan, aka Nitr0jen26, 23; Omid Ghaffarinia, aka PLuS, 25; Sina Keissar, 25; and Nader Saedi, aka Turk Server, 26, as having participated in the attacks. All face charges relating to launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against 46 financial institutions between 2011 and 2013 that knocked banking systems offline. Firoozi was also charged with compromising the control system of the 20-foot-tall Bowman Avenue Dam, near Rye Brook, N.Y., in August and September 2013.
“Today, we have unsealed an indictment against seven alleged experienced hackers employed by computer security companies working on behalf of the Iranian government, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” said Attorney General Loretta Lynch at a press conference announcing the indictment. “A federal grand jury in Manhattan found that these seven individuals conspired together, and with others, to conduct a series of cyberattacks against civilian targets in the United States financial industry that, in all, cost victims tens of millions of dollars.”
The Iranian firms are ITSecTeam and Mersad Company, the Justice Department said.
All seven defendants face a maximum of 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit and aid and abet computer hacking. Firoozi faces an additional five years behind bars on the charge of aiding and abetting unauthorized access to the dam.
None of the defendants are in U.S. custody at this time, but the move is part of a larger plan to unveil those behind cyber attacks.
“Today, let this indictment reinforce that the days of perceived anonymity are gone – we can remove the cloak,” said Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin. “And we will. Today’s announcement proves, once again, there is no free pass for nation-state-affiliated computer intrusions.”
Meanwhile, Lynch said the Bowman Dam was offline undergoing maintenance during the period Firoozi gained access to its control systems, adding that if it had been active, Firoozi would have been able to change water levels and flow rates in the system.
The DDoS attacks at times hit the victims with 140GB of data per second, effectively shutting out hundreds of thousands of banking customers from access to their accounts, The Justice Department said in a written release.
UPDATE: Schumer confirms expected indictment of Iranian hackers for N.Y. dam breach
U.S. preparing indictment against Iranian hackers of NY dam
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Kaspersky researchers have deconstructed an updated, more sophisticated toolset being deployed by advanced persistent threats (APT) group Cycldek, which has been targeting governments in Southeast Asia since at least 2013. Among the findings was a previously unknown malware – dubbed USBCulprit – that possesses both lateral movement (ability to move through the network to obtain the targeted data) and information stealing capabilities. Not only does this malware strengthen the group’s already advanced toolkit, but it gives the actors the capability to reach air-gapped devices – those that are physically isolated and not directly connected to the internet.
Cycldek (also known as Goblin Panda, APT 27 and Conimes) is a threat actor first discovered in 2013 that primarily focuses on high-profile targets in Southeast Asia, including large organisations and government entities. Kaspersky researchers have been closely following their most recent cyberespionage activity – dating from 2018 – against government organisations across several Southeast Asian countries, namely Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. What they’ve uncovered is a much wider toolset than expected.
Post 2018, most of the attacks have been initiated with a phishing email that contains a politically-themed RTF document. The group leverages known vulnerabilities in these documents to drop the malicious payload – malware called NewCore RAT. This malware actually consists of two variants with advanced data stealing capabilities: BlueCore and RedCore. BlueCore appears to have been deployed against diplomatic and government targets in Vietnam, while RedCore was first deployed in Vietnam, before being found in Laos. Both download the previously unknown malware known as USBCulprit.
USBCulprit has been active since 2014, with new samples emerging as late as 2019. It possesses both lateral movement and data stealing capabilities. Once installed, it scans various paths on the infected device, collecting documents that possess certain extensions. These documents are then transferred to USB drives connected to the system. This suggests the malware was designed to reach air-gapped machines: those that are not directly connected to the Internet or any other computer connected to Internet. Often times these devices are physically isolated as well. That means the only way to transfer inbound and outbound data is with removable media – such as a USB drive.
Because the malware is not automatically launched once the infected USB is connected to a machine, it’s possible that the malware was meant to be deployed on the ground, using a human operator.
USBCulprit is capable of targeting specific files, including those last modified beyond a certain timestamp, as well as extending its capabilities. Later versions of the malware can also execute files with certain names from connected USBs. Overall, it’s a sophisticated addition to a growing list of proprietary tools used by this group. Others include a custom backdoor, a tool for stealing cookies, and a tool that steals passwords from Chromium based browser databases.
“Our analysis has shown that this group is not the minor, less advanced actor that it was previously believed to be. In fact, it has a much wider presence in Southeast Asia – and a much more sophisticated toolset – than initial reports suggested,” comments Mark Lechtik, Senior Security Researcher at GReAT.
“It’s also likely that attacks by Cycldek against high-profile targets in Southeast Asia will continue. This group’s activity has not only not ceased since 2013, but it continues to evolve, adding new malware and targeting new countries. We will be continuing to monitor Cycldek’s activity,” adds Giampaolo Dedola, Senior Security Researcher at GReAT.
To stay safe from Cycldek and other APTs, Kaspersky experts recommend:
Provide your Security Operations Center (SOC) team with access to the latest threat intelligence, and stay up-to-date with new and emerging tools, techniques and tactics used by threat actors and cybercriminals.
For endpoint level detection, investigation and timely remediation of incidents, implement EDR solutions, such as Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response.
In addition to adopting essential endpoint protection, implement a corporate-grade security solution that detects advanced threats at the network level at an early stage, such as Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform.
Ensure devices, software, applications and services are kept updated with the latest patches.
Provide your staff with basic cybersecurity hygiene training, as many targeted attacks start with phishing or other social engineering techniques. Conduct a simulated phishing attack to ensure that they know how to distinguish phishing emails.
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The U.S. Army announced bans, soldiers from using the most popular iOS, and Android 15-second video app TikTok. Earlier on Dec. 16, the defense system agency recommended all the employees of the defense department not to use the TikTok app.
TikTok is a Chinese based popular video-sharing mobile platform and which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance.
The ban comes as the app could be used for surveillance purposes and consider as a security threat plus not allow it on government phones.
Very recently in October, U.S senators Tom Cotton R-Arkansas, and Chuck Schumer requested to U.S intelligence Team to investigate the activities of TikTok and report whether it represents a national security risk.
In December end, U.S. Navy regulates the guidelines to prohibiting the use of TiKTok and advise soldiers to stop using TikTok on government phones.
Using TikTok on soldiers personal cannot be restricted but Army leaders recommend that service members use caution if they receive random or unfamiliar text messages, an Army spokeswoman said to the Military.com.
On December 16, Department Cyber Awareness Message identifying “TikTok as having potential security risks associated with its use.
The new guidelines warned all Defense Department employees to “be wary of applications you download, monitor your phones for unusual and unsolicited texts, etc and recommended to delete them immediately and uninstall TikTok to prevent from leaking the personal and sensitive information.
In this regard, TikTok released a Transparency Report and said: “We take any request from government bodies extremely seriously, and closely review each such request we receive to determine whether, for example, the request adheres to the required legal process or the content violates local law.” | https://gbhackers.com/u-s-military-banned-tiktok/ |
Making It to Hall of Fame; Assessing Year Ahead; Following the Dumb Money: December Research—Slideshow The December issue of Research features the magazine's 22nd annual Advisor Hall of Fame, a benchmark of industry excellence. Making the cut this year are: Susan Colpitts, Signature; Lynn Faust, Raymond James & Associates; Lorayne Fiorillo, Wells Fargo Advisors; Victor Hazard, H.D. Vest Financial Services; and Howard Safer, Argent Trust Co. of Tennessee. Contributing Editor Ellen Uzelac tells their stories.
The annual Research Roundtable also appears in the December issue, as our expert panel looks ahead to the financial and economic outlook for 2013. The watchword from this year's panel: caution. The panelists are: John Buckingham of Al Frank Asset Management; Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Investments; Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute; Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital; and Robert Rodriguez of First Pacific Advisors.
Other highlights of the issue include Michael Finke on how investor sentiment can lead to the mistakes of "dumb money"; Bill Good on this year's best cold calling scripts; and Bob Seawright on how the fiscal problems of federal entitlement programs overshadow retirement planning.
Click through the following slides to preview the December issue of Research magazine.
2012 Advisor Hall of Fame
Our annual feature includes profiles by Ellen Uzelac. Excerpt:
Welcome to Research magazine’s Advisor Hall of Fame, now in its 22nd year. This eagerly anticipated annual feature has become a benchmark of excellence in our industry and an example to all of the rewards that result from effort and integrity.
Candidates who pass our rigorous screens have served a minimum of 15 years in the industry, have acquired substantial assets under management, demonstrate superior client service and have earned recognition from their peers and the broader community for the honor they reflect on their profession.
Jane Wollman Rusoff gets our expert panel's assessment of 2013. Excerpt:
The afternoon knows what the morning never expected, cautions a Swedish proverb. When it comes to the economy and securities markets in 2013, smart advisors will try to anticipate what could be rude surprises to the unaware.
In this difficult economy and volatile market, that of course is not terribly easy. To help, our distinguished Research Roundtable panel has served up its best analytic thinking and lots of food for thought to forecast how critical situations could shape up next year.
Michael Finke analyzes the results of investor emotion. Excerpt:
Mutual fund investors exhibit remarkable skill when selecting mutual funds. This track record is notable since many professional fund managers have difficulty achieving investment performance that differs consistently from the market.
Net flows into mutual funds reveal an uncanny ability to consistently select the worst fund categories at the worst possible times. Investors feel most comfortable investing in overvalued sectors at the tail end of bull markets, and flee to safety when stock prices are their lowest.
Bob Seawright discusses the entitlement crisis. Excerpt:
The 2012 Retirement & Politics Survey by Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America has found that those the survey defines as “transition boomers”–people between the ages of 55 and 65 who are less than 10 years away from retirement–see rising health-care costs and Social Security as having the greatest impact on their retirement outlook.
According to the survey, 67% of all transition boomers listed health-care expenses as their top concern. Social Security ranked second at 53%. The survey was conducted this past Sept. 17-20 among a random sample of more than 1,200 baby boomers.
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The Singapore Revenue Agency (IRAS) proposes to exempt the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from cryptographic transactions that are designed to provide transactional media functions.
Last Friday, the Singapore Revenue Agency issued a draft e-tax guide that dealt with what it called a “digital payment pass” in an attempt to exempt goods and services taxes from such digital asset entities.
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2) The transaction between the legal currency and the digital payment certificate, or the digital payment certificate and other digital payment certificates will be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax.
IRAS said that the draft e-tax guide is still only a draft, and the Ministry of Finance will publicize the “Digital Payment Pass Legislative Amendment” from now until July 26.
5) It is (or is intended to be) an exchange medium accepted by the public or the public sector.
IRAS added to the proposal that examples of compliance with the definition of digital payment pass are: BTC, ETH, LTC, Dash, Monero, Ripple, and Zcash.
On the other hand, stable currencies, including USDT, and Libra, which is about to be released by Facebook, are not included, because such a pass is attempted to be linked to the legal currency and may not meet the exemption of goods and services tax.
IRAS said that such efforts have been made to follow the position of global regulators triggered by the rapid development of the certification market.
The Singapore government has always had a relatively friendly attitude towards the encryption industry and is the main reason for the prosperity of the country. According to the South China Morning Post, it is claimed that the world's largest Ethereum wallet imToken is planning to move its headquarters to Singapore to expand its influence.
Today, the main circulation certificate continues to oscillate and sort out the market. From the perspective of the daily level, the BTC has a yin-yang. From this technical point, it can be seen that the market is in a volatile range, and it is necessary to pay attention to the market changes that may come at any time. In the short-term, the sideways market will continue for a while. In the long run, our overall view remains: the bull market has plummeted, and the callback is a good opportunity for jiacang.
From the daily chart, today's BTC price rises above the 5th and 10th moving averages, and the Bollinger Bands contract inwardly, forming a range of volatility. The 5-day moving average began to level off, the 10-day moving average dropped, and the MACD continued to move downwards on the 0-axis, reflecting the recent capital flight. In the short term, the price fluctuated greatly. In the long run, the rising trend of the daily line level remained unbroken, and the bull market continued. The support level is 10800 and the pressure level is 11600.
ETH and BTC are weakly linked, and have the leading potential, with support at 285 and pressure at 310.
EOS and ETH linkage, support level 5.7, pressure level 6.0. | https://blocking.net/9843/interpretation-of-the-market-exemption-from-goods-and-services-tax-is-the-encryption-pass-officially-recognized/ |
Everyone’s talking about the global skills gap and tech skills shortage — the lack of skilled professionals to fill tech jobs. Covid-19 and the shift to remote and online business have widened that gap even further. Closing this gap can perhaps minimize the adverse effects of the pandemic.
A quick glance at the numbers reveals that the most pressing shortage lies in the realm of cyber security. According to Deloitte, “a massive and growing talent shortfall is one of the most critical challenges facing the cybersecurity world today.”
A recent study released by (ISC)2 claims that the cybersecurity talent gap currently translates to 4,000,000 unfilled cyber jobs, an increase of one million new vacancies from just one year ago. The world desperately needs more trained cybersecurity professionals.
The Good Guys, AKA the “White Hats”
One such high demand cybersecurity role is a Security Operation Center (SOC) Analyst. This highly lucrative and critically important job pits white hat cybersecurity professionals against hackers looking to penetrate an organization’s network for malicious purposes.
The SOC team does the important work of monitoring and combating threats to an organization’s IT infrastructure while assessing vulnerabilities and taking proactive action for security. They are skilled at working with the Linux environment and managing network system security and network infrastructures.
The problem is that there aren’t enough of them.
Hackers are well-aware of this fact. They’re exploiting new vulnerabilities as employees spend more time online while working from home from Covid-19. Cyber attacks are on the rise everywhere you look.
Tech Training to the Rescue
Unfortunately, college and university degrees won’t help us close the cyber skills gap anytime soon. The conventional pedagogical model takes too long to complete, while hackers don’t need four years of education to wreak havoc. What’s more, the know-how that academic institutions offer is oftentimes irrelevant by graduation, and academic degrees don’t focus on the practical skills needed to land entry-level cybersecurity jobs.
Our best hope to combat this worrisome phenomenon is cybersecurity training, reskilling, upskilling, and vocational education. There’s a real need to train as many individuals as possible to cybersecurity professions in high-demand.
The benefits are clear to all. More cyber jobs will be filled. People who lost their jobs to Covid-19 will get a chance for new employment and long-term job security. Additionally, a new generation of white hats will be reskilled to defend enterprises around the world against malicious hackers and their attacks.
Cybersecurity Tech Training and How it’s Done
Wawiwa Tech Training is an Israeli education provider that works with local partners across the globe to establish tech training programs or open new tech programs at their existing centers. These programs take professionals — with or without previous tech experience — and train them for success in specific tech jobs, like cybersecurity specialists.
Wawiwa offers two distinct programs for cybersecurity: an entry-level program for beginners, and an advanced program for upskilling. Wawiwa programs are delivered live, face to face or online in synchronous learning, by trainers and mentors with industry experience in cybersecurity.
The entry-level program requires no previous tech skills and is geared towards preparing graduates for cybersecurity analyst and SOC team member positions. The program is comprised of 450 hours of training and takes 9 months to complete. Graduates develop knowledge of cybersecurity tools, emerging threats, typical vulnerabilities and hacker behavioral patterns. Skills like system monitoring and operations, incident response and cyber forensics are acquired through real-world cybersecurity scenarios and hands-on interactive simulations.
The program relies heavily on simulations of real-life cyber attacks using Cyberium Arena, a proprietary advanced simulator, purpose-built for cyber training. This same simulator is used by militaries and enterprises around the world to educate the world’s next generation of cyber professionals. It allows trainers to demonstrate real-life cyber attacks, while students experiment with potential responses in real-time.
Students are challenged to identify attacks at their earliest stages and prevent significant damage to the organization’s network.
Dashboards and detailed reports provide the trainer and students a complete analysis of both performance and learning. Students use these analytics to celebrate their successes and learn from their failures, both on an individual and a team level.
The second, more advanced cybersecurity program – Cyber Security Investigator – is aimed at those professionals with prior experience in computer science, network management, or cyber who wish to upskill to cyber security or to catch up on the latest cyber threats, skills, tools, and technologies.
Specifically, the program prepares graduates for jobs in professions like Cyber Security Managers, IT Security Managers, SOC Managers and Cyber Forensics Investigation Managers.
Throughout the program, students develop a thorough understanding and familiarity with the more advanced aspects of cyber security. Students undergo in-depth specialization in a variety of cyber security disciplines, including cyber warfare, network monitoring, and identification of real-time hacking attempts.
Similar to the entry-level program, the advanced program is centered around developing the practical skills needed to succeed in the current job requirements in the market and takes a hands-on training approach through the use of the Cyberium Arena simulator. The simulator enables students to train on real-life cyber attacks, challenging them to think on their feet and draw on their training to devise strategies and tactics to counter the threat. | https://wawiwa-tech.com/blog/training-cybersecurity-professionals-to-close-the-tech-skills-gap/ |
It took roughly 10 minutes for all of the miners (doing a combined 700,000,000 giga-hashes per second) to find the above hash which has enough leading zeroes (17) to meet the difficulty requirement of the network at that time. Since the remaining digits after the first 17 leading zeroes could have been anything, there are 16^47 (i.e.16^(64-17) possible hashes that could have been found which would have satisfied the difficulty requirement (which is 3.92 * 10^56), yet it took all of the mining power of the entire bitcoin network ~10 minutes to find just one hash that met the requirement.
To crack a hash, you need not just the first 17 digits to match the given hash, but all 64 of the digits to match. So, extrapolating from the above, it would take 10 * 3.92 * 10^56 minutes to crack a SHA256 hash using all of the mining power of the entire bitcoin network. That's a long time.
TL;DR: No, but if the hashes were collected, one might be able to better tell as to whether or not the SHA256^2 algorithm is broken.
If one can find a way to produce desired outputs from specific inputs, then a hashing algorithm is considered "broken". Both MD5 and SHA1 are know to be broken in this way. Theoretically, running an algorithm over and over again over a set of random inputs (exactly what mining is), could provide insight into patterns produced by the algorithm, thereby allowing one to prove whether or not it's broken. However, this insight would only come through statistical analysis of data gathered, and since most of the data is thrown out -- of the trillions of hashes per second only the ones corresponding to minded blocks are recorded -- this isn't feasible.
Another subtlety: because the algorithm in question is specifically SHA256 applied twice and not simply SHA256, even if the data were collected and analyzed, it may not tell us anything directly about SHA256.
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5 Tips to Prevent Online Identity Theft February 11, 2013 By Tagrid Shunia Leave a Comment Tough times equal more crimes, including the internet. If you’re shopping online to get the best rate for car insurance, mortgage, or auto loan, proceed with caution. There are more computer intellects that use their intellect by wrong means; aka hackers, are causing massive internet crimes and excessive online identity theft. It’s possible to expose your personal information to an internet hacker who hacked into an online platform for mortgage shoppers, insurance shoppers and loan shoppers. Here are five quick tips to help prevent online identity theft: When providing your financial information online for a loan, make sure the URL starts with https:// and with a closed security lock icon. Know about the company that you are applying for credit, if you do not know them, don’t apply. It’s best referred to a lending institution or insurance company directly by a friend, family member, attorney, CPA, real estate agent or wealth advisor.
Don’t respond to spam email from an unfamiliar company that requests you to apply online. Call the company directly, and do your diligence about their online and offline reputation.
Install a high end internet security system that will check whether or not a website is safe. A high end security system runs as soon as you turn on your computer and automatically shuts down when you turn off your computer. Spend more on a high quality internet security system, its well worth the investment
Enroll in a credit monitoring program with Equifax or Truecredit.com; they will notify you if there has been suspicious activity on your credit. Some credit card companies like Discover have “over the limit” alerts.
If you have a POP3 or IMAP email account, adjust your anti-spam to the recommended level that your service provider suggests. Do not go below the recommended number for anti-spam, you may jeopardize your personal information if you go below your service provider’s recommended level.
It’s always best to get referred to a financial institution by a friend, family, CPA, attorney, wealth manager and real estate agent. If you don’t have time to get referred to a lender or broker, make time, your credit and identity are well worth safe keeping. 95% of First Pro Capital Inc. and Credit Consulting Professionals Inc. clients are derived from referrals.
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Several U.S. federal agencies on Wednesday released a batch of indictments, cybersecurity advisories, and malware analysis reports that represents one of the most expansive cybersecurity-related actions against North Korea in years.
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed charges against three North Korean hackers who are accused of stealing and extorting more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions around the globe. It’s the first indictment related to North Korean hacking operations since 2018, according to an analysis by The Record.
The defendants—Jon Chang Hyok, Kim Il, and Park Jin Hyok, who was also charged in 2018 in connection with the 2014 attack against Sony Pictures—are alleged to have participated in a broad array of hacking schemes while they served as members of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau. This includes attempts from 2015 to 2019 to steal more than $1.2 billion from banks in Bangladesh, Mexico, Vietnam, Taiwan, and elsewhere, and creating the destructive WannaCry ransomware in May 2017.
They also targeted “hundreds of cryptocurrency companies” and stole tens of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, including $75 million from a Slovenian firm in 2017, $24.9 million from an Indonesian firm in 2018, and $11.8 million from a New York financial services company in 2020, prosecutors said. They are also alleged to have launched multiple spearphishing campaigns from March 2016 to February 2020 aimed at the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State, as well as defense contractors, energy companies, aerospace firms, and technology businesses.
A wanted poster for one of the North Korean hackers charged on Wednesday.
The Justice Department also announced on Wednesday that a Canadian-American citizen pleaded guilty to acting as a “high-level money launderer” for North Korean hackers, including ATM cash-out operations and a cyber-enabled bank heist.
The charges provide detail to what the government has warned of for years: that North Korea, increasingly cut off from global markets and subject to sanctions, is turning to cybercrime as a key revenue source. Ransomware attacks demanding cryptocurrency payments can be difficult to trace, and the Treasury Department has taken steps to caution companies against paying demands if they can be linked to North Korea or other sanctioned jurisdictions.
In 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions targeting three North Korean state-sponsored malicious cyber groups—Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andariel—based on their relationship to the Reconnaissance General Bureau and their roles in using malicious cyber activity to target critical infrastructure. Last October, OFAC and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, another Treasury unit, issued a pair of ransomware advisories warning of potential sanctions risks for making and facilitating payments to designated entities.
“As laid out in today’s indictment, North Korea’s operatives, using keyboards rather than guns, stealing digital wallets of cryptocurrency instead of sacks of cash, are the world’s leading bank robbers,” Assistant Attorney General John Demers of the DoJ’s National Security Division said. “The Department will continue to confront malicious nation state cyber activity with our unique tools and work with fellow agencies and the family of norms abiding nations to do the same.”
Cybersecurity Advisories
Shortly before the charges were unsealed, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning that North Korea’s Lazarus Group targeted organizations for cryptocurrency theft in over 30 countries during the past year alone.
According to the alert, the advanced persistent threat group carries out these attacks by disseminating cryptocurrency trading applications that have been modified to include malware that allows them to steal funds.
Authorities identified malware and indicators of compromise related to the activity, which is referred to as “AppleJeus.” According to the advisory, North Korea has used websites that appeared to host legitimate cryptocurrency trading platforms to infect victims with AppleJeus malware since at least 2018. However, the actors are now using other infection vectors, including phishing and social engineering techniques, to get users to download the malware.
Technical details and mitigations can be found here and here. | https://therecord.media/u-s-authorities-take-sweeping-actions-against-north-korean-hacking-operations/?mid=1 |
Free or paid malware protection: AVG AntiVirus is available in an ad-supported free edition or through an annual Pro subscription that costs about $7.50. The free version provides antivirus and antitheft tools. With a subscription, you lose the ads and gain device and app locking, app backup, and -- if your Android phone gets lost or stolen -- the ability to take an image of whoever may have swiped it.
Quick scanning: The app opens on the scanning screen. Tap scan, and the app displays scan progress and the results. You can schedule scans to occur daily or weekly, or you can manually activate one. A related security tool watches for malicious Web links as you surf. The app checks for security updates every 24 to 48 hours, according to AVG.
Middling malware detection scores: AVG received passable scores on the suite of tests run by AV-Test, a security and antivirus research firm. On both malware detection and usability, AVG's app scored in the bottom half of the 27 mobile security apps tested.
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Unwanted notifications: The free edition displays unwelcome icons in the status bar, notifying you of other AVG apps or telling you "You forgot something" with a link to get a "limited-time gift."
Misleading ads: After a virus scan, the free version displays misleading ads. One ad in our tests, for example, mimicked a system alert and warned that our device was unsafe and needed cleaning.
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Chennai: After cementing its place as a global hub for Information Technology (IT) services and products, India is on track to emerge as the epicenter for the cybersecurity product sector, and increased instances of cyber attacks during the pandemic is accelerating this growth.
The number of Indian cybersecurity product firms has grown to over 225 in 2020 from over 175 in 2018 while revenue has zoomed to over $1 billion in 2020 from $275 million in 2016 at a CAGR of around 39%, according to a recent report by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), the national industry body on data protection.
“In terms of revenue, the cybersecurity product industry grew 2x times in the last two years; when compared to the IT product Industry CAGR in 18-20, the cybersecurity product industry CAGR was 6X times higher,” the report said.
The talent pool in the Indian cybersecurity product sector has grown at a CAGR of 25% from 2018 to 2020 and is pegged at around 18,000 now. Global cybersecurity enterprises such as Cisco, CrowdStrike, Lucideus, FireEye, and Symantec etc., all have key R&D hubs in India, and homegrown cybersecurity enterprises too are seeing increased business from local and global companies as the pandemic drives demand in cloud adoption, remote working technology, and cost optimization. “It is heartening to note that from the [cybersecurity] products analyzed, 63% of them have integrated AI-ML capabilities, 78% are cloud ready and startups in niche domains such as Quantum and Blockchain are reinventing traditional cybersecurity stack,” Rama Vedashree, CEO, DSCI, said.
DSCI further noted that around 20% of cybersecurity startups have been set up in the last two years, and Bangalore, Mumbai/Pune, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and Chennai are the largest hubs.
While a cumulative funding of around $490 million was realized in the last four years, a 88% YoY growth in fundraising was recorded just from 2017 to 2018.
Lucideus, a cybersecurity firm headquartered in Palo Alto with its R&D out of Bengaluru, has recorded a topline growth of almost 250% in the October-December quarter as the complexity of cyber threats pushes enterprises to strengthen IT security.
India’s status as a global engineering hub, a robust national digital vision by policymakers, and presence of institutions with deep research capabilities makes the country a global hub for cybersecurity R&D and a gateway to Asia, co-founder and CEO, Lucideus, said.
Globally, 63% of the cybersecurity product revenue comes from India, and the US is the second largest contributor with 16% revenue share, the report said. While BFSI and IT sectors are dominant sectors in terms of revenue contribution, healthcare, e-commerce and Manufacturing are growing at a robust pace post the pandemic. | https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india-poised-to-be-cybersecurity-hub-as-covid-ups-virus-threats/80129321 |
The Child Safety Department (CSD) of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, Sharjah has launched the ‘Cyber Safety Ambassadors’ initiative that aims to train children and youth of Sharjah on cyber safety and best practices online, so that they in turn can train their peers on Internet safety. This initiative was launched in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Ministry of Community Development (MOCD), Khalifa Empowerment Programme – Aqdar, Sharjah Police Headquarters, and other federal and local entities.
At the launch of the programme, Hanadi Saleh Al Yafei, director of CSD, mentioned ‘The initiative promotes Sharjah’s stature as a child-friendly city and its launch coincides with Emirati Children’s Day, which reaffirms our commitment to ensuring that all children in the UAE enjoy a safe and stable life, and that their rights are protected, in line with the UAE’s and Sharjah’s visions’.
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SMEs in Ireland are taking grave risks to business by overlooking the dangers of cyber crime. A recent survey revealed that nearly half of SMEs didn’t feel they needed to protect their business against cyber attacks despite listing data protection as one of their biggest concerns. SMEs are as likely to be hit with cyber crime as their bigger competitors but they are less equipped financially and operationally to absorb the impact.
Many businesses have fallen victim to Ransomware, whereby company data becomes encrypted leaving the business paralysed unless a ransom is paid to criminals for the unlocking key. Nearly a quarter (23%) of Irish organisations have been held to ransom by a hacker, and yet the vast majority (93%) assert they would never pay a ransom.
A poorly configured firewall or a firewall that does not offer advanced threat protection is a guaranteed security risk. Firewall policies should be regularly reviewed by experts to ensure that they are offering maximum protection.
An internet monitoring system helps identify unusual internet activity on your network such as a malware infected device.
All devices should have an up to date antivirus and antimalware installed and security updates should be applied to address any vulnerabilities.
Remote access to corporate networks should consist of an encrypted connection consisting of two factor authentication (a username and password along with a unique code generated by a phone app or a key fob that you need to enter when logging in.)
An email protection system to help block malicious emails reaching employees and minimise their changes of falling victim to a phishing attack.
A security breach at Target in the USA resulted in the theft of credit card details from 40M customers. Criminals gained access by sending a phishing email to an unsuspecting air conditioning contractor who provided them with his username and password. Had Target implemented two factor authentication the username and password alone would not have provided the criminals access and as a result cost the company $162M.
With 200,000 new pieces of malware being identified every day and a hacking intrusion taking 210 days to detect businesses need to get serious about security! The EU’s new General Data Protection.
Regulation will come into force in 2018 and could result in companies being significantly fined for allowing security breaches to compromise their customer data.
Cyber Security is not the new buzz word, it offers a very real threat to every business.
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Despite taking measures to secure data, hackers can find "virtual back doors" in computer systems to gain access to your personal and financial information. “Back door” means they are able to access computer programs by bypassing security mechanisms like firewalls.
Data breaches can happen on multiple levels, such as through a large retailer that has your credit card information on file or by a hacker who finds a way to access your personal computer or files. Credit card numbers, bank account data, email passwords and social media information are all fodder for cyber criminals.
Your information is valuable; a stolen credit card number that originated in the United States, along with the CVV number, billing address, date of birth and all other relevant information can sell for around $35 on online criminal marketplaces, like the dark web. If you scale up those numbers, the payoffs start getting larger.
Placing a credit freeze (also known as a security freeze) on your credit report prevents a bank or credit card company from retrieving your credit report. In most cases, this prevents a fraudulent loan or credit application from being approved. If you feel you need to freeze all your credit files, you’d need to place one for your credit report at each of the 3 major credit bureaus. This is necessary because of the extra-stringent security features that come with a credit freeze. Each freeze you place stays in force until you decide to remove it or temporarily lift it to apply for credit.
Also consider putting a fraud alert in your name through one of the three major credit bureaus to help protect against future breach attempts. This is a less-drastic measure than a credit freeze and lets potential creditors know you suspect you may be an identity theft victim. Unlike with credit freezes, all you need to do to get a fraud alert on all 3 major credit bureau report files is to let one of them know. That bureau will then inform the other two.
Extended Fraud Alert, which lasts for 7 years and is usually used when you know you’ve been an ID theft victim.
Active Duty Military Alert, which lasts for 1 year and is used by military personnel seeking to minimize their risk of fraud or ID theft while they’re deployed.
Another thing you can do is engage an identity theft protection service, which can alert you if someone tries to use your personal or financial data for any reason. Finally, you should diligently monitor all online accounts for suspicious activity.
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High-profile speakers at the meeting include Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein of the U.S. Department of Justice (Aug. 2, 4:30 p.m.); Tina Tchen, founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund (Aug. 2, 2:30 p.m.); former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and President Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Aug. 4, 8 p.m.); and Executive Director Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of “Just Mercy” (Aug. 4, 5 p.m.).
In addition to the more than 1,000 events at this premier gathering of legal professionals, the ABA House of Delegates — the association’s policymaking body — will meet at 9 a.m. on Aug. 6-7 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Grand Ballroom (East Tower). For details on the proposals for debate and vote during the two-day session, click here.
Online registration is available for news reporters. Credential guidelines are here.
2-4 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower, Ballroom Level, Columbus Hall IJ
Reporters may pick up their press badges at the meeting registration area Grand Registration North of the Hyatt Regency Chicago (Ballroom level, East Tower). During the Annual Meeting, a press room for accredited journalists will be open at Grand Ballroom C/D North of the Hyatt Regency Chicago (Ballroom level, East Tower), starting at 9 a.m. on Aug. 2. Thereafter the press room will be open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will close one hour after the House of Delegates adjourns on Aug. 7.
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Insitec was asked to review the current Grace IRM ICT environment against all relevant (by classification) controls of the ISM. Each control was investigated, and Grace’s compliance rated. A large portion of the time in the initial review was spent explaining the controls and how they related to each other. A physical review of three exemplar sites was also conducted to allow the Insitec team to better understand the physical security practices.
We validated the control list and baselined the current state environment. Then there was a discussion about the desired future state to understand the business requirements. This provided the ICT team senior leadership with a stronger understanding of the ISM and its requirements, allowing them to make informed and cost justifiable decisions.
When examining the controls, rather than looking at the exact compliance and evidence, Insitec looked at the business practice in its entirety – with a focus on how business processes and practices across the organisation interrelated. With this approach, Insitec was able to make recommendations in two key areas for each control.
Firstly, we examined each control in the context of Grace’s business. Some controls were not relevant, and we advised Grace to request the accreditation authority to accept a non-compliance for these controls. Some controls would be prohibitively expensive to implement while offering minimal security benefits or enhancements. In these cases, Insitec recommended alternative approaches or compromises between the letter and the intent of the control.
One of the key issues we faced was determining how to assist any organisation in adopting a security culture. In conducting a review, it is important that the staff and executives of an organisation understand that the intention is to resolve issues, rather than apportion blame. It is important to work with key stakeholders and ensure that all security risks are discussed in the context of business risks to the organisation. This ensures that everyone understands why security is a primary concern within every organisation.
During the build of AS-ABIS, we had to redesign the middleware layer to accommodate the differences between standards for the US systems and standards used by the Australian Department of Defence.
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September 28, 2020 – 6:00 am – The more “mature” among us may recall when decision-making under uncertainty was based on the concept of “rational economic man.” We estimated or calculated the probability and amount of a loss (or gain) of various courses of action, multiplied the numbers together to arrive at a range of…
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Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic – Positive and Negative Feedback
September 14, 2020 – 6:00 am – Systems use negative feedback in order to converge to stability and equilibrium (a positive quest). Positive-feedback systems diverge, which leads to instability and sometimes surging out of control (usually a negative outcome). Negative feedback inhibits and positive feedback amplifies. Each has…
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Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic: Models and Predictions
August 17, 2020 – 6:00 am – There are a number of different types of models—and the output from each must be viewed and used differently depending on the form of the model. First, you have relationships derived from correlations—they show how one variable changes in concert with other variables, but do not claim…
By C. Warren Axelrod | Also posted in General, Security Metrics | Tagged coronavirus, correlations, cybersecurity risk, models, pandemic, spotlight | Comments (0)
Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic: Data – Part 1
June 15, 2020 – 6:00 am – The collection and reporting of data relating to the coronavirus pandemic and related medical research and practices are in a shambles. For example, a June 7, 2020 article by Jason Slotkin cites several reasons for undercounting cases.[i] One is that testing was impeded by public officials and…
By C. Warren Axelrod | Also posted in General, Security Metrics | Tagged coronavirus pandemic, data falsification, data obfuscation, data sampling, spotlight, validation, verification | Comments (0) | https://www.bloginfosec.com/category/risk-analysis/ |
A newer version of the Cryptowall ransomware has been delivered to unsuspecting Internet users via malicious ads shown on a considerable number of high-profile websites, including properties in the Yahoo, Match.com, and AOL domains.
According to Proofpoint’s calculations, the malvertising campaign started in late September, picked up the pace this month, and lasted until October 18 and likely even a bit longer. They believe that the criminals have managed to “earn” at least $750,000 during that period.
“Malvertising is the fastest-growing segment of attack techniques – but it is very difficult to get views of the malicious ads because they display only to intended victims and are then gone,” the researchers explained.
“Malvertising attacks are especially virulent for two reasons. First, leveraging the online ad network gives attackers the ability to target specific groups; attackers can ensure infection across a designated demographic or targeted set of audiences. Second, because there are so many players in the supply chain through which a given advertisement passes, attackers can more easily avoid detection.”
In this campaign, the attackers used already existing ads for legitimate products, and submitted it to at least three major ad network members (Rubicon Project, Right Media/Yahoo Advertising, and OpenX).
Visitors to the sites that ended up serving the malicious ads were automatically infected with the ransomware if they used software with vulnerabilities exploitable by the FlashPack Exploit Kit.
The ransomware then encrypted the victims’ hard drive and asks for money in return for the decryption key. Unfortunately, even if the ransom is paid, there is no guarantee that the victim will actually receive the key.
The ransom is supposed to be paid in Bitcoin, and the addresses the criminals used for this purpose are C&C server-generated and many. “Incoming coins are quickly transferred to multiple other addresses in what’s apparently a coin laundering process,” the researchers noted.
This particular campaign now seems to be over – all the affected parties (optimizers and ad networks) have been notified, and the malicious ads pulled. Still, that doesn’t mean that the attackers have not switched to spreading CryptoWall 2.0 via other means.
“The impact of malvertising is not limited to end-users; the publishers and advertisers are also victimized to the extent that they are exposed to brand damage: end-users are unaware of the distinctions between sites, networks, and stolen ad creative content,” the researchers pointed out.
“It is clear that site owners and ad distributors need to invest in more advanced tools to detect malicious advertisements that are embedded in the ad stream. In particular, site owners cannot and should not assume that the ad networks are taking care of this for them, and should proactively seek tools for online brand protection,” they concluded. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2014/10/24/widespread-malvertising-campaign-targets-high-profile-sites-delivers-ransomware/ |
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Aug. 20: The Gimmiv Trojan, which exploited the vulnerability Conficker capitalises on, is first spotted running in a virtual machine on a server in South Korea. Experts speculate this was a test run prior to it being released in the wild. (Source: BBC)
Sept. Chinese malware brokers are spotted selling a $37 tool kit that allows anyone to exploit this newly-discovered security hole in a component of Windows, called RPC-DCOM, which enables file and print sharing. RPC-DCOM is built into all PCs of Windows XP vintage and earlier, some 800 million machines worldwide
Sept. 29: Gimmiv first seen in the wild infecting a PC in Hanoi, Vietnam. Over the next few weeks it manages to infect 200 more machines in 23 nations – most of which were in Malaysia. Mistakes in the way it is coded limit its ability to spread. (Source: BBC)
Oct. 15. MIT’s Dr. Ronald Rivest publishes a cutting- edge security technique, called the “MIT MD6 hashing algorithm.”
Oct. 23. Microsoft issues a rare emergency patch for the RPC-DCOM vulnerability disclosed — and exploited by — the $37 malware kit.
Oct. 26: Word spreads about the $37 Chinese toolkit; they are forced to give it away. The release of the exploit code prompts many to craft malware that can seek out machines with the bug. (Source: BBC)
Oct. – early Nov. Isolated  Gimmiv attacks unfold against unpatched PCs in Asia.  Sunbelt Software reverse engineers one of the early attacks-in-the-wild.  Sunbelt researcher Eric Sites discovers that gimmev installs a new Dynamic Link Library, or DLL, so that the next time the owner restarts his or her PC, a malicious Trojan takes root and continually runs in the background. Every 10 minutes, it copies all registry information, all logons stored by the Web browser and a bunch of other information and sends it back to the attacker.
Security experts begin to worry that someone will get the bright idea to create a self-replicating worm to seek out unpatched PCs.  “If other bad people find out how to use this, we’re big trouble,” Sites predicts. “A Blaster-type worm could be created very easily, and wreak havoc.”
Nov. 20. Conficker A, a self-replicating worm that scans Internet-wide for other unpatched PCs to infect, begins to spread.
Nov. 22. Microsoft issues a securit alert recommending immediate patching.
Nov. 26. Conficker A’s “domain generation algorithm” activates. Infected PCs begin trying to contact a different set of 250 web domains daily for further instructions.
late Nov. Security firm Damballa issues a Conficker A census: 500,000 infected machines.
Dec 1. Conficker A-infected machines check in at trafficconverter.biz, following instructions hard-coded into Conficker. “This was not part of the domain generation algorithm,” says F-Secure’s Patrik Runald. “It attempted to do a download but the file wasn’t there.”
Trafficconverter is a site well known for fake security product.  It becomes the basis for naming the worm Conficker. Prior to this the worm had been referred to as Downadup.
Dec. 24 -Dec. 27. Research firm SRI issues Conficker A census: 1.5 million infected machines.
late Dec. Conficker B begins spreading. It incorporates the MIT MD6 hashing algorithm to obscure all communications moving between infected PCs and the rendezvous points. This is done to prevent rival botnet groups from taking control; it also prevents security firms from inserting instructions to disinfect PCs.
Dec. 29. Sheffield hospitals in the UK confirms 800 of the computers infected. (Source. BBC) 2009
Jan. 1. Conficker B initiates its own domain generation logic; infected PCs begin checking in at different sets of 250 rendezvous points .
Jan 6: The UK’s Ministry of Defense suffers its first infections. It takes the department two weeks to clear up the damage. (Source: BBC)
Jan. 11: Microsoft updates its cleanup tool so that it can scan for and clean up early variants of Conficker.
Jan. 15. MIT discloses security hole in its cutting-edge MIT MD6 hasing algorithm and also delivers the patch. This means the coding used to obscure communications in Conficker A and Conficker B, unless patched, are vulnerable to hacks.
mid Jan. to early Feb. Conficker A and Conficker B population of machines explodes, grabbing news headlines. Estimates range from 3 million to 12 million machines infected.
Feb. 12. Microsoft forms the Conficker Cabal; offers $250,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of Conficker’s creators.
Feb 16. Conficker. B++ is spotted for the first time. It’s protocol seems to be in direct response to Cabal’s efforts to disable Conficker’s communications strategy. It no longer needs to contact internet rendezvous points for updates, instead these can be flashed centrally from any internet address. (Source: BBC) mid Feb.-Mar. The Cabal works to stop PCs from connecting to the daily list of 250 rendezvous points. This is accomplished by registering the known set of Conficker A and Conficker B domains, at least those that aren’t already registered.
Mar. 5. Conficker C begins updating all PCs infected with Conficker B and B++. Conficker C halts the Internet-wide scanning; it organizes the infected PCs into P2P networks; and it also embeds instructions for each infected PC, on April 1, to begin checking a random group of 500 rendezvous points selected from 50,000 domains. Finally, Conficker C also patches the security hole in the MIT MD6 hashing algorithm.
early March. While working on this 60-Minutes feature story, CBS News gets hit by Conficker, causing major disruption.
Mar. 31. IBM announces that it has cracked Conficker’s customized P2P client; and can see Conficker P2P signatures across the globe. Asia has 45% of infections; Europe 32%; South America 14%; North America 6%.
Apr. 1. All PCs updated with Conficker C begin checking 500 rendezvous points randomly selected from 50,000 web addresses for further instructions.
Apr. 8. An update begins spreading via P2P to Conficker C machines. The update begins propagation anew, covers its tracks better, and installs Waledac antivirus pitches.
If you want to trace him ,just monitor my ip,,you should have it,,he is permanently hacking me.
you also can find him in pharmacy spam forums like: forum.ea.com/ or search for drolux + pharmacy.
I know where he is , i just can not catch him alone,,i need some help to bring him to a us or german base. | https://www.lastwatchdog.com/evolution-conficker-globe-spanning-worm/ |
By Alison J. Cohen, Esq., and Guest Author David Kruse from Tetra Defense
When we last left off in 2019 “Identity Theft: The Rising Threat to Retirement,” we raised concerns for service providers regarding fraudulent distribution requests and the rise of identity theft in the retirement industry. Since that time, there have been several prominent lawsuits in the news involving retirement plan participants who have been victimized by cybertheft and found no resolution with either the plan sponsor or the service provider (Estee Lauder, Abbott Labs, etc.). What is even sadder is our Firm’s frequent involvement helping clients get through the worst experience of their lives, becoming the victim themselves of identity theft.
Identity thieves are getting more creative and sophisticated: implanting secret forwarding rules into the email box of its victim; using ransomware to hold entire databases hostage for bitcoin or other monetary compensation; and selling personal information on the dark net to be used to falsify distribution and loan forms.
Compounding these terrible events is the current environment in which we find ourselves. During the COVID pandemic, more people have been working from home, most likely on an insecure network, instead of through a secure VPN. More clients are sending data to their service providers through unsecure email, rather than secure portals, opening windows (pardon the pun) for more violations. Added to that is the post-COVID economic depression that has led to more desperate individuals turning to criminal activity.
Enter: your insurance broker. For all the criticisms the insurance industry receives (and, in some cases, may deserve) about being a complex, slow-to-change group of multi-national conglomerates, it’s proven to be very nimble in responding to the increased risk of cyber-attacks. And, having a properly written, well-understood, cyber insurance policy can be the difference between making it through an incident relatively unscathed or emerging at the end, significantly battered and bruised (or, frankly, perhaps not emerging at all).
One of the first well-known computer viruses was the Love Bug, a computer worm from early 2000, that corrupted files of the user who unwittingly clicked on a “love letter” sent via email from a stranger. Shortly after that, the very first cyber insurance policies were drafted, allowing businesses to recover their costs of dealing with attacks like this. As the decade continued, further innovation in cyber insurance resulted from businesses seeking financial stability in the face of increasing privacy regulations and the associated uncertain regulatory fines/penalties to which they could be subject after a data breach. During the decade following, starting in 2010, email scams/wire transfer fraud, credit card skimmers, and ransomware attacks continued to further impact businesses, often to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more). This impact has encouraged the cyber insurance market to continue broadening its offerings to meet the increased risks facing businesses.
Ask your broker to detail what your most significant risks are, how they might impact you, and how a cyber insurance product will help transfer those risks. Ask about the current state of the cyber insurance market (coverage availability, pricing trends, etc.) and how many cyber insurance policies they’ve written previously. All of this will give you an idea of your broker’s comfort level and actual experience.
Like any insurance product, you’ll need to complete an application and be underwritten for coverage. Expect the carrier to ask about current security controls in place, types of data stored on your network, and past cyber-attacks you’ve experienced (if any). If they don’t ask for any of this information, that is a sign that the policy might not be the appropriate one for you and you should pursue other avenues of coverage.
Steps You Can Take to Secure Your System
If insurance is the net behind home plate, risk management (and an appropriately mature information security program) is the catcher. A good understanding of the threats and risks to an organization is an important starting point to determine budget and specific controls to be implemented.
What are the most significant threats to an organization right now? Ransomware, wire transfer fraud, and business email compromise. These three threats account for the vast majority of cases that incident response firms work. The reason? They are wildly profitable for threat actors, and very difficult for law enforcement to prosecute. Most organizations, though, are not in a strong position to defend themselves from these attacks. Many companies trust their information technology (“IT”) staff to handle information security. In reality though, information security should function as an audit to IT. The roles may be similar, but you could say bankers and accountants are similar, too; similar does not mean interchangeable. When IT is solely in charge of information security, it is common for software to be purchased that only addresses one issue, and then additional piecemeal purchases are required as new issues arise. The result is a system that is not well-integrated and, thus, much less effective.
Instead, by concentrating on these primary areas (at least initially; a mature information security program does much more than just what is described here), you can reduce the risk that your organization will fall victim to one, two, or all three threats noted above (as well as ones not discussed).
Information security very often is viewed as a roadblock, speedbump, or bottleneck for progress. For an information security program to be effective, you need advice from someone who is trained and experienced specifically in risk management and information security—someone who has the wider view of current threats, risks, compliance and regulatory obligations.
With strong collaboration between information security and information technology, a secure organization is often much more effective and efficient. A good example is asset management. If there is a single “pane of glass” that shows every computer and device, along with its hardware and software status, the information security team can see which machines are not running the latest (and most secure) versions of software, which are vulnerable to invasion, and the like. The IT team can use this tool to pre-emptively troubleshoot problems and errors—often before the users even notice that there is a problem—and commonly can fix the issue remotely and quickly. | https://ferenczylaw.com/solutions-in-a-flash-the-return-of-identity-theft-the-risk-fights-back/ |
Your data privacy and security have always been very important to us.
In support of upcoming changes to EU data protection, we are sharing our General Business Ethics Policy to let you know how we use the data we have collected from you and your clients.
This policy reinforces our commitment to protect your privacy, among other important aspects for our business dealings and ethics. | https://www.travelexcellence.com/latest-news/travel-excellence-general-business-ethics-policy-data-protection/ |
Our security team keeps coming back to that fundamental question, and we are constantly looking for ways to help. Culture change is a critical success factor in our security programs and almost ever technology or innovation project. Is there a better way?
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Security awareness is required by auditors and compliance organizations, but more importantly, it is a core responsibility of CISOs or other top security leaders. Security Awareness Training Checklist: Establishing a checklist may help an organization when developing, monitoring, and/or maintaining a security awareness training program.
The information in this document is intended as supplemental guidance and does not supersede, replace, or. Organizations often struggle while building an effective security awareness program to determine which security awareness topics to communicate. | https://ryxixovujuwul.leslutinsduphoenix.com/security-awareness-week-essay-help-7936nv.html |
When cybercriminals use phishing scams, they aren’t using advanced technologies to crack their target’s digital defenses. Instead, they hack users by exploiting the assumptions, bad habits, and ignorance of the target to get them to release sensitive information.
Attackers circumvent cybersecurity measures by sending messages purporting to be from an authority figure or trusted contact, thereby convincing the user to undermine their protection. A notorious example of phishing is the email from the persecuted royal family, known as the “Nigerian Prince scam.”
Smishing simply applies this principle to SMS instead of the usual email.
You could simply receive an SMS from a number that claims to be a financial institution or service provider, or even if you are doing business with that institution.
This message could contain details that confirm that the sender is who they purport to be, or it could go unnoticed because it is not the kind of message that most people expect to be phished through. More recently, many of these attacks have been sent under the ruse of being from authorities trying to share information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is a possibility that a link may be included in the message asking you to log in, but the problem is that this will lead you back to a fraudulent login page where the user’s actual login data is collected. It may prompt you to download a document that hides a variety of malicious programs, and suddenly the attacker has access to all your personal information, such as your phone number, email address, credit card numbers, bank account credentials and other sensitive information.
To prevent this from affecting your business, your entire team must be able to detect phishing attempts as soon as they are sent via SMS.
Just as with suspected phishing emails, opening a suspected smishing message is extremely risky. If the sender is not familiar to you, do not open the message and definitely do not access any links included.
If you cannot verify the legitimacy of the message, do not release sensitive information. If you receive a text message from Facebook informing you of a problem with your account, access Facebook separately to confirm before you resolve it.
Some mobile devices can block texts, just like email clients can filter messages. So, make sure you block phone numbers that are suspected of phishing and apply settings that might be helpful.
As a final tip, you need to make sure your entire organization keeps an eye on security during the workday and that they know how to identify and respond to threats.
Of course, it does not hurt to apply certain preventative measures to your network, such as anti-virus, firewall protections, and others. We can help! ExcalTech can support your team in its IT requirements for security, productivity, and mobility. Find out about our services by contacting (833) 392-2583. | https://www.excaltech.com/you-even-need-to-worry-about-phishing-in-your-text-messages/ |
Are you wondering how to download a keylogger? If so the good news is it shouldn’t be very hard to download a keylogger provided you pick the right one.
When it comes to thinking about how to download a keylogger you want to pick one that is easy to get set up and installed. There are hardware keyloggers that do not need to be downloaded. The only problem with hardware keyloggers is you need to have a physical piece of equipment plugged into their computer.
If they are using an older desktop computer this might not be a problem. But what can you do if they are using a laptop computer? Hardware keyloggers just won’t work.
The same holds true for hardware keyloggers that plug into the input port of the keyboard itself. With laptops these kinds of keyloggers just won’t work.
Head on over to the download section for the keylogger you want. PC Tattletale is a powerful keylogger you can try for free. It is easy to download too. Just head on over to download PCTattletale here.
After you download your keylogger you should be able to just run the set up program. A Keylogger like PC Tattletale is very easy to install. It is no different from any other kind of software you want to put on the computer.
Watch for activity. After your keylogger is downloaded and installed you just need to sit back and see what happens.
Tip: When you are looking at how to download a keylogger you need to know not all keyloggers are created equally. Some are much hard to download than others. We did a lot of work to make sure PC Tattletale is a keylogger that anyone (Yes… even my mom) can install it. You can too.
Now one think to keep in mind about keyloggers is this: We all do a lot less typing these days. Most browsers remember our passwords too.
I mean think about it. When you sign into Facebook or Google do you actually type out your password? I don’t.
For this reason they keylogger will not be able to get the passwords you are after. One tip is you can erase their browsing history. This will force them to re-enter all their passwords (with your keyloggers standing by to get them). But that might seem strange to the person you are spying on.
A better approach is to understand this. Software like PC Tattletale is a keylogger on steroids. Not only does it record every keystroke, but it also records a movie of every click.
Yes you might not be able to steal their Facebook password. But you will sure be able to see who they are chatting with on the socialmedia site. Same for YouTube, Google, you name it.
When you are thinking about downloading a keylogger don’t over complicate. Just pick good software like PC Tattletale and the whole endeavor will seem trivial. We already did all the hard work for you. Give PC Tattletale a test drive today. | https://www.pctattletale.com/blog/1192/how-to-download-a-keylogger/ |
I am not an expert. Just ... I love problem solving and solve Rubik's cube.
So... what I am saying, is what I did as an ordinary user.
The problem here made me think a lot and I'm reading with a lot of curiosity what everyone says.
The first weird thing is that you have internet connection but no connection when trying to activate Malwarebytes.
In the web, as Corrine said, there are many cases where users reported similar errors. One of them, solved the problem by changing a Firewall option. Winchester also referred to Firewall blocking the connection.
I tried to manage Windows Defender Firewall settings, but it is not possible.
Searching, I found a thread in the Malwarebytes forum, talking about managing Windows Firewall. They talked about a free Malwarebytes product which is managed by binisoft right now (https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/253605-windows-firewall/)
The product can be downloaded here: https://www.binisoft.org/wfc
Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall and provides new extra features which makes Windows Firewall better. It runs in the system tray and allows the user to control the native firewall easily without having to waste time by navigating to the specific part of the firewall.
I downloaded it and went to the Profiles settings (See attachment MBAM2). The default option is Low filtering. I changed it to the recommended Medium filtering, closed it and went to Malwarebytes.
"Count your blessings, remember your prayers... "In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. User Guide: https://www.binisoft.org/pdf/guides/Malwarebytes-WFC-User-Guide.pdf
If you are comfortable doing so, turn off Windows Defender and see if you can activate. Just be sure to turn it back on after the experiment.
I suppose it would be worth trying to ping the site and see where it is getting hung up.
"In And so it will be as if all the stars will be laughing when you look at the sky at night.. You, only you, will have stars that can laugh..."
Remember - A day without laughter is a day wasted.
May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart. | https://www.landzdown.com/analysis-and-malware-removal/re-check-please/105/?PHPSESSID=aek9ktmore8n8qr8g9dph9trn2 |
IT security professionals are bracing for DDoS attacks of unprecedented frequency in the year ahead, and are already preparing for attacks that could disrupt the UK’s Brexit negotiations and cause outages worldwide.
That’s according to a survey from Corero Network Security, which found that more than half (57%) of respondents believe that the Brexit negotiations will be affected by DDoS attacks, with hackers using DDoS to disrupt the negotiations themselves, or using the attacks merely as camouflage while they seek to steal confidential documents or data.
The latter “hidden attack” scenario is on the radar of many, and it generally involves the use of smaller, low-volume DDoS attacks of less than 30 minutes in duration. As Corero found in its research, these Trojan-horse campaigns typically go un-mitigated by most legacy solutions, and are frequently used by hackers as a distraction mechanism for additional efforts, like data exfiltration.
About 63% of respondents are worried about these hidden effects of these attacks on their networks— particularly with the GDPR deadline fast-approaching, where organizations could be fined up to 4% of global turnover in the event of a data breach.
At the same time, worryingly, less than a third (30%) of IT security teams have enough visibility into their networks to mitigate attacks of less than 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, many in the industry expect to see a significant escalation of DDoS attacks during the year ahead, with some (38%) predicting that there could even be worldwide Internet outages during 2017.
As for who’s behind the growing wave of attacks, the perpetrators are generally financially motivated, IT pros said—despite continued discussions about nation-state attackers or political activism. Security teams believe that criminal extortionists are the most likely group to inflict a DDoS attack against their organizations, with 38% expecting attacks to be financially motivated. By contrast, just 11% believe that hostile nations would be behind a DDoS attack against their organization.
This financial motivation explains why almost half of those surveyed (46%) expect to be targeted by a DDoS-related ransom demand over the next 12 months. Worryingly, 62% believe it is likely or possible that their leadership team would pay.
“Despite continued advice that victims should not pay a ransom, a worrying number of security professionals seem to believe that their leadership teams would still consider making a payment in the event of an attack,” said Ashley Stephenson, CEO of Corero. “Corporations need to be proactive and invest in their cybersecurity defenses against DDoS and ransomware to protect themselves against such extortion.”
The good news is that the vast majority of security teams (70%) are already taking steps to stay ahead of the threats, such as putting business continuity measures in place to allow their organizations to continue operating in the event of worldwide attacks. However, they also agree that some responsibility for DDoS protection lies with the ISPs; and about a quarter of those surveyed (25%) believe their ISP is primarily to blame for not mitigating DDoS attacks.
At the end of 2016, the head of Britain’s new National Cyber Security Centre suggested that the UK’s ISPs could restrict the volume of DDoS attacks across their networks by rewriting internet standards around spoofing. Continued discussions on this topic have led nearly three-quarters of respondents (73%) to expect regulatory pressure to be applied against ISPs who are perceived to be not protecting their customers against DDoS threats.
“While most in the IT security industry wouldn’t expect their ISP to automatically protect them against DDoS attacks, there is a growing trend to blame upstream providers for not being more proactive when it comes to DDoS defense,” said Stephenson. “To help their cause, ISPs could do more to position themselves as leading the charge against DDoS attacks, both in terms of protecting their own networks, and by offering more comprehensive solutions to their customers as a paid-for, managed service.” | https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ddos-attacks-could-disrupt-brexit/ |
Incident response is a crucial aspect of cybersecurity as it serves as the first line of defence against cyber threats & attacks. Without a well-defined & efficient incident response strategy, organisations are left vulnerable to potential data breaches, financial losses, reputational damage & regulatory non-compliance. Incident response enables organisations to detect, contain & mitigate the impact of security incidents promptly, reducing the dwell time of attackers within their networks.
The incident response life cycle consists of a series of well-defined stages that guide cybersecurity teams in their response to an incident. These stages typically include preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery & lessons learned. Each stage plays a critical role in the overall incident response process, ensuring that the incident is properly managed & its impact is minimised.
The primary purpose of this Journal is to equip cybersecurity professionals, incident responders & organisations with a comprehensive understanding life cycle. By delving into each stage of the life cycle, readers will gain insights into best practices, tools & techniques that can be implemented to improve their incident response capabilities. Furthermore, the Journal will emphasise the importance of proactive measures, such as creating an incident response plan, conducting regular training & implementing robust security controls, to enhance overall cybersecurity posture.
Incident response life cycle overview:
From detection to resolution, the incident response life cycle is a planned & systematic way to manage cybersecurity issues. It consists of various well-defined components/stages that aid incident responders in properly dealing with security breaches. The following are typical components life cycle:
Preparation: Creating an incident response plan, establishing communication channels & defining the roles & duties of incident response team members are all part of this stage.
Identification: Identification is concerned with recognising & validating potential security events. It entails keeping an eye out for strange activity, analysing alerts & performing preliminary investigations.
Containment: Once an incident has been verified, containment attempts to prevent it from spreading or escalating further. This includes isolating impacted systems, deactivating hacked accounts & putting in place temporary mitigations.
Eradication: The root cause of the incident is determined at this phase & corrective steps are conducted to remove the danger from the impacted systems.
Benefits of following a structured incident response process:
Improved response time: A well-defined process ensures a swift & coordinated response, minimising the time between incident detection & resolution.
Minimised impact: The structured approach allows organisations to contain & mitigate the incident’s impact, reducing potential damages & losses.
Preparation phase:
Proactive incident response planning enables organisations to be ready to respond quickly & efficiently if a security breach occurs. Organisations can reduce the effect of incidents by recognising potential risks & vulnerabilities in advance & developing plans to mitigate these threats. Proactive preparation also helps event responders define clear roles & responsibilities, enabling a coordinated & unified response. A well-prepared incident response plan enables organisations to act decisively, preserve their assets & maintain customer & stakeholder trust.
The incident response strategy outlines how an organisation will manage cybersecurity incidents. It should detail the procedure for identifying, analysing, containing, eradicating & recovering from incidents. The plan should also identify each member team’s roles & responsibilities, ensuring that everyone is aware of their responsibilities during an incident. The incident response plan should be updated on a regular basis to account for changes in the organisation’s infrastructure, technology & potential threats.
Training & exercises are required to ensure that the incident response team is well-prepared & understands their tasks. Topics like incident detection, analytical approaches, containment measures & efficient communication during an issue can all be covered in regular training sessions.
Detection & analysis phase:
Incident responders focus on finding Indications of Compromise [IOC] & unusual actions that could suggest a potential cybersecurity incident during the detection & analysis phase. IOC are artefacts or evidence of a current or previous security compromise, such as unexpected network traffic, unauthorised access attempts or anomalous system behaviour. In order to identify these IOC, security tools such as Intrusion Detection Systems [IDS], Intrusion Prevention Systems [IPS], Security Information & Event Management [SIEM] solutions & Endpoint Detection & Response [EDR] tools must gather & analyse data.
Organisations must deploy extensive monitoring systems & technologies to detect cybersecurity problems in real time. These systems continuously monitor network traffic, system logs, user activity & other vital data sources for unusual or malicious behaviour.
The incident response team begins the analysis & assessment phase after suspicious activity or probable IOCs are found. Responders acquire & analyse pertinent data during this phase to establish the type & severity of the incident. They probe the impacted systems, networks & devices to learn about the attacker’s tactics, methods & procedures.
Containment & mitigation phase:
In the containment & mitigation phase, the primary objective is to prevent the incident from further spreading & causing additional harm. Incident responders take immediate actions to contain the affected systems & prevent unauthorised access or data exfiltration. This may involve isolating compromised devices from the network, disabling compromised accounts or blocking malicious IP addresses. The containment measures may vary based on the nature of the incident & the attacker’s capabilities.
Isolating affected systems & devices is a critical step in preventing the incident from spreading to other parts of the network. This may involve segmenting the network, disabling network ports or physically disconnecting compromised devices. By isolating the affected components, organisations can limit the attacker’s lateral movement & minimise the potential impact on other assets.
As part of the containment & mitigation efforts, incident responders implement temporary safeguards & countermeasures to protect critical assets while investigations are ongoing. This may include deploying additional security controls, restricting access to sensitive data or implementing temporary patches to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
Investigation & eradication phase:
The investigation & eradication step entails a thorough forensic examination of the incident to determine how the attack occurred, what data was compromised & the methods used by the attackers. Examining system logs, network traffic, memory dumps & other digital artefacts to recreate the attack timeline & discover the attacker’s access point & actions is often part of this inquiry.
The incident response team concentrates on determining the root cause of the issue during the inquiry. It is required to understand the flaws or loopholes that allowed the attack to occur in the first place. Organisations can take proactive efforts to address the underlying issues & limit the risk of such accidents in the future by identifying the fundamental cause.
Following the conclusion of the inquiry, incident responders work to remove the danger from the affected systems & devices. This may entail removing malware, restoring corrupted data from backups or completely rebuilding afflicted computers. To guarantee that the recovery is complete & secure, the restoration procedure must be properly planned & organised.
The detection & analysis phase, the containment & mitigation phase & the investigation & eradication phase together form the core life cycle. During these stages, incident responders employ a combination of advanced tools, expert analysis & decisive actions to detect, contain & eliminate cybersecurity incidents effectively.
Recovery & remediation phase:
The focus of the recovery & remediation phase is on restoring regular operations & services following a cybersecurity incident. This entails restoring the affected systems, applications & services to their pre-incident condition. To guarantee a fast recovery process, incident responders collaborate closely with IT & operations departments. This step necessitates careful coordination to avoid potential disruptions & to guarantee that the restored systems are secure & free of incident residues.
The recovery of the system & data are critical components of the remediation process. Responders must guarantee that all data & configurations are restored from reliable backups that are free of contamination introduced during the incident. This procedure may include evaluating the backups’ integrity & ensuring that no viruses or backdoors are present in the restored data. The recovery process may take several hours or days, depending on the severity & scope of the occurrence.
Organisations should incorporate security measures as part of the recovery & remediation phase to prevent such occurrences in the future. To minimise known vulnerabilities, this involves applying security patches, updating security rules & fine-tuning security configurations. In addition, incident responders should work with the IT & security teams to undertake a post-mortem examination of the incident & recommend areas for improvement.
Lessons learned & documentation phase:
During the lessons learned & documentation phase, a detailed evaluation process & its effectiveness is carried out. Event response teams evaluate their performance throughout the event life cycle, analysing how successfully they followed the incident response plan & identifying any flaws or areas for improvement. This review is critical for understanding what worked well & what could be improved in the future to improve incident response skills.
Documenting lessons learnt & best practises is critical for organisational knowledge retention & sharing. The incident response team creates a detailed report that details the incident’s timing, activities taken, challenges encountered & outcomes. By documenting their experiences, teams create a valuable resource that can be referenced in the future & shared across departments to improve overall incident response knowledge & preparedness.
The incident response strategy & procedures should be updated & adjusted based on lessons learned & best practices. Organisations must incorporate event learnings into incident response procedures, such as changes to detection methods, containment measures, communication protocols & recovery processes. This continuous method guarantees that incident response capabilities are current & effective in the face of evolving cyber threats.
Post-incident review & reporting phase:
The post-incident review phase involves a comprehensive & objective assessment of the entire incident response process. This includes evaluating the effectiveness plan, the performance team, the appropriateness of the tools & technologies used & the coordination among different stakeholders. The goal is to identify strengths & weaknesses in the incident response efforts to optimise future responses.
Incident reports are prepared to communicate the incident details, response actions & outcomes to various stakeholders & management. These reports are essential for transparency, accountability & compliance purposes. The reports should be clear, concise & accessible to both technical & non-technical audiences.
The post-incident review phase concludes with the identification of specific areas that require improvement. These might include gaps in the incident response plan, training needs for team members, technology upgrades or organisational changes to enhance incident response efficiency. Based on these findings, organisations must prioritise & implement the necessary changes to strengthen their incident response capabilities.
Integration with continuous improvement:
Incident response should be integrated into a continuous improvement cycle, where organisations constantly strive to enhance their capabilities & adapt to emerging threats. By treating incident response as an ongoing process, organisations can foster a culture of preparedness, resilience & constant learning.
Based on the continuous improvement feedback & lessons learned from incidents, incident response procedures should be regularly updated & refined. Incident response teams should stay informed about the latest threat landscape & adjust their procedures accordingly. This iterative approach ensures that the incident response process remains adaptive & effective against new & evolving threats.
Conclusion:
The incident response life cycle consists of several critical stages, starting from preparation & detection to containment, investigation & recovery. Each stage plays a pivotal role in effectively managing cybersecurity incidents. Proactive planning, timely detection, containment & thorough investigation are key to minimising the impact of incidents & ensuring a swift recovery. The lessons learned & documentation phase allows organisations to continuously improve their incident response capabilities, while the post-incident review phase facilitates transparency & accountability.
A well-defined & structured incident response process is crucial for organisations to effectively defend against cyber threats. Having a clear incident response plan, a skilled incident response team & appropriate monitoring tools enables organisations to respond promptly & efficiently to incidents. A structured approach ensures consistency, coordination & optimization of incident response efforts.
Given the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape, organisations must prioritise incident response preparedness. By investing in proactive planning, regular training & continuous improvement, organisations can enhance their incident response capabilities & effectively safeguard their assets & sensitive data. Incident response preparedness is a strategic necessity in today’s digital world, enabling organisations to mitigate the impact of incidents, protect their reputation & maintain the trust of their stakeholders. | https://www.neumetric.com/incident-response-life-cycle/ |
I'm looking for things like pay:living costs ratio, having things to do in the area, jobs available, weather, a 4:1 women to men ratio, etc.
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Decent houses in good neighborhoods start at a half mil and go up.
Traffic! I work 15 miles from my house but it takes 45 minutes to get there.
Atlanta has alot of companies down there....you'd be shocked. its actually getting upscale more & more every year, compared to 10 years ago.
DC being another.
DC is awesome for IT. That's where I think I'm going to move in a few years. The cost of living is really high though, and I think my lack of degree could be more of an issue there.
Atlanta is pretty big for IT jobs too, but you'd have to live in Atlanta...
1. Cost of living is good considering the economy, IT industry is strong. DB/Programmers are in higher demand than network admin stuff over all.
2. Houston suburbs and outlying cities have good/great school district, homes are cheaper for what you get than a lot of other states, several lakes to hangout at.
3. Traffic is getting better, but still isn't as bad as many of its larger city counterparts 4. Dallas/San Antonio/Austin are only hours away in each direction.
5. Large cultural bases and communities.
6.Religion is still a big influence and in the outlying areas people are still "country" friendly. Addressing people with "sir or ma'am" are still widely taught. The saying is that there's a church on every corner. You can decide if that is a good thing or not obviously.
7. We have concealed carry laws, working on open carry. OpenCarry.org - A Right Unexercised is a Right Lost! I think that overall, for being such a large area, our crime is lower than a lot of other "big" cities. Possibly since 1 out of 2 people are packin, LOL.
7. No state income tax
8. For the most part, still a very Conservative State
9.Hunting/fishing/sports are a way of life. Maybe I am getting old, but I was surprised to see local HS games being televised like it was the playoffs when I moved here 16 years ago.
10. If you are into motorcycles, year round riding and lots of places to go.
Negatives:
1. If you are looking for beautiful Ocean areas, good luck. Until you start getting closer to Padre, the water is dark and not the cleanest. Guess growing up in Cali spoiled me.
2.Houston, over all is not the cleanest city. Probably has a lot to do with the zoning laws and industrial plants. Chicago, for instance, impressed me every time I go there (downtown area ) compared to Houston.
3.Heavily dependant on Energy/Medical industry, so if one or the other tanks, we are going to suffer.
4.Hurricanes can wreak havoc when they come inland. We are still trying to recover from IKE. It wouldn't be as bad currently if FEMA would have given the attention to Houston/Galveston the way Katrina was handled. Don't flame me, I can go into first hand experiences in the way each area was handled after the hurricanes.
5. HUMIDITY. July/August are killer, so either stay inside or you have to get used to it.
Charlotte is a spot, that if i were to want to leave nyc for a job, that would be one of my choices. thanks, didn't know, but good to know.
20 minutes from the Ocean, 3 hours to the snow, nice weather year round.
Lots of hi-tech, biotech, startup, consulting companies in the area makes for a good job market.
Traffic! I will second this. I Live in SF also, and it is a great place to be. However I commute to San Jose now( Don't get me started on this). But most of the tech jobs are further South, and unless you're lucky, it will be harder to land something good in SF.
Get an IT job in the health care industry. That is where I am and I think we are about a 8:1 female to male ratio where I work.
Hehehe, I never thought of this, but it must be true! Great medical benefits too I would imagine.
Houston is on that list. Personally, after living here for so long, my views of the area are:
I knew someone in Houston a few years back and when the place was bashed on a forum he came out in support of the place. I haven't been myself but overall Im sceptical that it's as bad as somepeople makeout. Some of the pros and cons listed maybe the converse for some folks. I like the sir and ma'am stuff but less comfortable with the idea that lots of people in my local supermarket where I shop with my family are carrying handguns and live ammunition. Then again Im in the UK and you would be quickly swamped with armed police and locked up if someone twigged you were carrying a piece in a public area!
Sorry for the delay, been swamped and am now just able to get online. Now with the current administrations views on NASA's future, I can say that people are very afraid of layoffs right now. I worked for a company who had an IT service contract there, pretty cush job for the 2 guys that were there on site. The Houston area is heavily populated, but you would be suprised as to how low the crime rate is given it's size. That isn't to say that there is crime, just that when you hear on the news there has been a shooting, a good portion of the time it's the person doing the crime who gets shot. Personally, I think it is a safer place when someone who is contemplating a crime has to wonder if he is going to get nailed by the very same person/people he's about to pull something on. I have been to the building where they do water tests, basically a big pool where they train for weightlessness and such. It is also by a military base as well as support companies. Down on the South side of town NASA is big business, especially to the local economy.
As far as weapons...... it becomes second nature and in Texas, you have to complete a mandatory course (written test and firing test), complete background check, fingerprints, and the law actually becomes more stringent to someone licensed than Joe Schmo who isn't a lincensed carrier. It is funny how most people have a fear or misunderstanding of an armed society.
Being from California, this is a big reason why I never went back after the military. We have a saying here, "Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6."
Thanks for the reply. I hope NASA pull through. As for the gun thing my take is that the dynamic in the US is very different from here in the UK and while there is gun crime here its usually headline news.
In your country there is a long standing culture of gun ownership which I understand is even constitutional. Add to which just going by the membership of the forum it seems to me the US is more militarised than my country with so many people either serving or with some affinity to the armed forces.
So you have a country where law abiding people know how to handle their guns and in many cases grew up with them. With so many guns in the hands of lawless people I can see how the idea of detterant would be a powerful one. In mine you dont hear people in residential areas practicing pistols in their gardens. The cops would be round quickly. Comparitively fewer people in the UK have guns much less know how to use one. I have never held a handgun myself. | https://community.infosecinstitute.com/discussion/comment/407371/ |
The role of the Nuclear Security Inspector (Information & Cyber Security) is to ensure that the civil nuclear industry manages information/cyber risks appropriately and effectively. The role encompasses the regulation of information technology, operating technology and the security of SNI within the civil nuclear sector through enabling, influencing, assuring and ensuring the compliance, management and performance of site licence holders. This post requires a certain amount of travel including, on occasion, overnight stays.
To be effective, the candidate will require a breadth and depth of expertise and skills in technical, people and procedural matters related to information risk management and cyber security. He/she will: conduct regulatory interventions; assess dutyholders' security assurance; contribute to the development of policy; maintain currency of guidance documents/Codes of Practice; and liaise with other regulators (including ONR (CNS) inspectors, ONR nuclear safety regulators, EA/SEPA Inspectors) and various Government security and intelligence agencies as appropriate. They may also be required to represent ONR at international security events and meetings.
Over time, the successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to progress and also broaden their security expertise within ONR (CNS). This could be in other roles including Personnel Security, Transport Security, Site Security, Emergency Planning & Response, Contingency Planning & Exercises, and Investigations.
Extensive understanding of the principles, processes and challenges of information risk management and its practical application.
Sound understanding of current cyber threats and technical security vulnerabilities.
Knowledge and application of HMG protective security procedures.
Managing security risks in a nuclear or equivalent high-hazard regulatory environment.
Conducting audits, assurance activities and/or compliance inspections.
Authoring written reports to tight deadlines.
Competent level of IT user skills.
Effective judgement and decision-making skills - understanding strategic impact, gathering and analysing relevant information, evaluating options, applying logical reasoning, and making effective and proportionate risk-based recommendations.
Acting professionally - display integrity and respect in their dealings with all stakeholders.
Open and communicative - strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical matters to a non-expert audience.
Strong influencing skills - strength of character and ability to persuade and if necessary direct others.
Valuing people - works collaboratively and flexibly showing appropriate interpersonal sensitivity, self-awareness and assertiveness.
Project management - planning, prioritisation and timely delivery of work to required standards. | https://www.onr.org.uk/jobs/disciplines/nuclear-security-information-and-cyber-security-inspector.htm |
Organizations are quickly shifting to cloud suppliers for legit causes, together with decreased prices, digital transformation initiatives, and bettering the agility of enterprise. This enables organizations to deal with distinct, core competencies and the right way to generate income or ship companies.
The operational methods of the enterprise shift and reduce in most areas; nonetheless, there are concerns to evaluation when shifting to the cloud, which embrace cyber safety. Transferring to the cloud transfers dangers in lots of areas and creates new dangers.
As safety professionals, we should perceive these dangers and information the dialogue about acceptance and mitigation of those dangers. We should additionally make sure that government administration is conscious of these things and don’t adapt cloud options with a false sense of safety that the cloud has eradicated or adequately addressed safety’s heavy lifting.
A serious contributor to breaches when adaption of cloud is in place is the misconfiguration of cloud workloads. In response to IBM X-Drive, “in 2018 misconfigured cloud workloads have led to publicity of greater than 990 million information. The variety of publicly disclosed incidents attributed to misconfiguration elevated 20% year-over-year. Typical cloud misconfigurations talked about within the report embrace publicly-accessible cloud storage, unsecured cloud databases and improperly secured backups.”
How lengthy is your knowledge saved? Understanding your compliance necessities lends to this dialogue. HIPAA knowledge, for instance, is required to be maintained for seven years. Does the supplier accommodate that? Or does it price additional?
The second a part of this dialogue is the destruction of your knowledge. How is that this performed? Does it meet requirements required by your group or regulators? How does the service supplier show it?
Configuration
How are the techniques and functions configured? This is a crucial dialogue; nonetheless, referring to the IBM report, a majority of breaches happen on the shopper aspect on account of misconfigurations. You need to ask yourselves if the assets exist to correctly configure the entry, customized code, settings, and many others. that cut back the dangers to the info and the cloud assets.
Beginning with these basic and concerned questions prepares a strong basis in your group to make knowledgeable selections on shifting to a cloud answer. Transferring to the cloud doesn’t change your safety workplace or the necessity for one. It merely requires the safety workplace to regulate and realign primarily based on the wants.
There is no such thing as a have to re-create the wheel both. There are quite a few assets, teams, and data at present accessible that support in securely migrating to the cloud. Take a look at the various articles proper right here on Cyber Safety Hub, discover Cloud Safety Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix, or subscribe to one of many blogs or group discussions about cloud safety. Most significantly, rent safety professionals and take heed to them. | https://www.topcybernews.com/transferring-to-the-cloud-concerns-past-the-backside-line/ |
As a business owner, you probably spend a solid amount of time every day checking your email and responding to leads, customers, and employees. Unfortunately, one of the primary faults in email communication is the prevalence of spam. If your organization only works with the bare essentials of spam protection, you’re likely wasting both time and money that could be better spent elsewhere.
The average small and medium-sized business shouldn’t have to deal with spam complications on a regular basis. Telesys Voice and Data’s comprehensive spam protection solution is designed to help your organization eliminate spam before it ever hits your inbox. By deploying a comprehensive spam protection strategy, you and your staff can get down to business without having to first sift through piles of useless messages.
Eliminate Unnecessary Costs
Free up extra funds for use in other, more important avenues of business.
Spam is a major problem for many organizations that don’t have adequate protection. Spam accounts for just over 50% of all emails sent, and according to another survey, at least $712 is lost per year for every one of your employees due to the time wasted from dealing with spam. It’s clear that the costs and lost productivity adds up. By integrating a spam protection solution, you’ll be able to keep your employees from being overwhelmed with spam; leading to increased productivity and improved organizational efficiency.
Mitigate IT Security Risks
Drastically reduce the possibility of stray threats on your network.
Spam is a primary mode of transportation for threats like viruses, malware, spyware, and other risks to your business’ cyber security. If your users accidentally open a spam message that’s disguised as a genuine message, it could have a widespread effect on your entire IT infrastructure. Therefore, it’s crucial that you eliminate this potential threat before something slips through your defenses.
Telesys Voice and Data’s spam protection is a completely hosted solution that uses intelligent, pre-designed filters to keep suspicious emails from entering your network in the first place. Anything blocked is quarantined for you to review, which ensures you don’t miss an important email.
Take Back Your Workday
Save precious time by eliminating spam and junk mail.
The majority of the email your organization receives is likely to be spam. Sifting through spam is a huge waste of your staff’s time, which could be much better spent on profitable initiatives. By eliminating spam, you’re essentially giving your company the chance to jump-start operations, improve workflow, and gain the competitive edge.
Telesys Voice and Data’s spam protection solution is designed to keep your spam at an absolute minimum, so your staff can stop wasting time and better manage their inbox. | https://www.telesysonline.com/it-services/cybersecurity/spam-protection |
I’m pleased to announce that Paul Schwartz and I have launched a new casebook, EU Data Protection and the GDPR.
Developed from the casebook Information Privacy Law, this paperback contains key cases and materials focusing on privacy issues related to the GDPR and data protection in the European Union. Topics covered include the GDPR, Schrems cases, the right to be forgotten, and international data transfers. The book also contains key excerpts from the GDPR.
This book is designed for use in courses and seminars on comparative and international law, EU law, privacy law, information law, and consumer protection law.
More details about the book are at our casebook website.
Click here for the new table of contents.
You can order a review copy at the Wolters Kluwer site. | https://teachprivacy.com/new-casebook-eu-data-protection-and-the-gdpr/ |
1. Work on penetration testing of networks, websites and web application concepts and tools.
2. Conduct internal and external web application scans and penetration tests (manual and automated tools). | https://www.yourcareerfriend.in/2022/01/cyber-security-digital-forensics.html |
Meta Lab held a webinar on May 13, 2023, titled “Introduction to DPO.” The event was attended by over 20 participants who were eager to learn more about the role of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) and its importance in modern businesses.
The webinar was led by two industry experts, Ryan Prima, a cloud expert, and Putu Hadi, a data protection expert. They shared their knowledge and experience with the participants and provided a comprehensive overview of the DPO’s role in ensuring data protection and compliance with privacy laws.
The speakers emphasized the importance of having a DPO in an organization and highlighted the risks of non-compliance with data protection regulations. They also discussed the different responsibilities of a DPO, such as monitoring data processing activities, conducting data protection impact assessments, and advising on data protection matters.
The webinar was interactive, and participants had the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions. The speakers shared practical examples of data breaches and the consequences of non-compliance, which helped participants understand the importance of having a DPO.
Overall, the webinar was a great success, and participants gained valuable insights into the role of a DPO. Meta Lab’s initiative in organizing such an event is commendable, and it shows their commitment to educating the community on the importance of data protection and privacy. The company’s efforts in promoting best practices in data protection are praiseworthy and should serve as an inspiration to other organizations. | https://metalab.co.id/webinar-event-new-job-on-cyber-security-era-introduction-to-data-protection-officer/ |
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First, it's interesting Google Play suppresses searching for the app on their store. When I searched for Androlyzer nothing came up, no variations of that yielded results. I know this deep diagnostic tool exists, where was it?
So I did a search for 'DAI LABOR' and it came up and I could install it on my phone.
Oh Spotify... You nasty little boy!
Spotify aside, you should see what other apps are up to! You'll probably discover Avast/AVG are very bad boys.. But you might find Sophos is actually a quiet, nice, well mannered little guy..
This changes everything, doesn't it? I know I am uninstalling a great many applications with great haste.
The time estimate isn't accurate for the most part. Mine said 11 hours but took less than 2 hours.
But realize - you are running what amounts to deep forensics and analysis on ALL of your apps. There is a price to pay to do that, which is horsepower and phones have limited horsepower for that level of crunching. So either you plug your phone in, set it aside and go play some Witcher 3, or you don't have a clue what your apps are doing. Simple choice.
92 apps! I thought 21 apps was alot.
The scan did over 50% of the apps within 30 seconds so I left it on and the Time left slowly decreased from 17 hours to 6 hours after a minute. The full scan was completed after 5 minutes.
Non was considered " Malicious " but 2 was " Dangerous " and 3 " Suspicious " including Androlyzer itself.
I literally had (and still have) awareness of that app totally suppressed on my play account. Which makes them feel like running a handy experiment, such as logging into my phone with a fake account and trying again.
This isn't the first time I have seen this. I bought a camera-blocking app last year, the app disappeared from my phone AND the store. The developer stated it is still there. But MY ACCOUNT was unable to access and install the app, but my friends could. Seems fishy.
I setup a test tablet running this on all of the popular antivirus software.
This is going to be an interesting test.. So far, after 5 AV's are done, only one is 'mindful' of itself and it's privacy leaks and obnoxious activity. The rest are abysmal, so far.
The winner by far is Dr. Web, with about 8 issues, compared to Avast/AVG which has about 60 issues. Current scans running are Bullguard, Kaspersky, Eset, Norton, Trend.
Telegram tested out badly. Signal tested good. Bit Warden came out nicely. Most of the apps (except a file manager) from F-Droid are EXTREMELY GOOD, all of them except 2 were in full green, safe mode. | https://malwaretips.com/threads/have-you-guys-androlyzerd-your-mobile-devices.82135/ |
Unfortunately, data breaches are a part of our high-tech world. Today, we learned of a new one. Touted by many technology outlets as the “Mother of All Breaches,” the “Collection #1” breach announced today exposed 2.6 billion email addresses and passwords for an unknown list of websites. As the name implies, this could be one of several groups of compromised data. Some reports note there are potentially six batches of data that have been hacked, and that “Collection #1” is over 2-years-old.
You can find out if your email addresses were involved in this breach as well as others at the following link: https://haveibeenpwned.com/.
You can find out if your passwords were involved in this breach and others by clicking here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords.
You can learn more about this breach by clicking here, here or here.
We strongly recommend you take this opportunity to update all of your passwords, both personal and business, as soon as possible.
Even if this information has been available for some time, the recent publicity of this breach will surely increase dubious interest in the data.
When you’re deep into the settings of each profile, find out if there’s an opportunity to add two-step authentication to your account, particularly on your financial accounts. Two-step authentication will not only require a password, but it will also send a text or call to your phone to provide a code for verification.
If you’re part of our client family and are wondering how to do this for the accounts we manage for you, here are some tips:
The custodian we use – Fidelity – offers this and other security services that are relatively simple to sign up for.
Click here to login to your Fidelity account.
Click on Profile on the top bar and scroll down to ‘Security’ on the bottom left.
Click on ‘Security Center.’ There, you can change your password, register for two-step authentication and review the other security options available to your account.
If you go through this process and still find you have worries or questions about your accounts with us, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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China found that the new extortion virus Uiwix more difficult to stop the spread.
“WannaCry” (also known as “WanaCrypt0r 2.0”) rampant global occasion, China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center yesterday found out a “Uiwix” called the new extortion virus in foreign countries, infected with the virus computer.
All documents will also be encrypted and bitcoin messages will appear.
National computer virus emergency treatment center executive vice director Chen Jiemin said the extortion virus and the current popular “WannaCry” extortion virus using a similar way of transmission, also using the same SMB service vulnerabilities to spread the infection of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, The hacker will re-name the victim user file. All files will have an “.UIWIX” suffix.
Authorities said that the public has not yet received the report of the computer by the “Uiwix” blackmail virus infection, but in Taiwan, Internet users have said some of them are affected, was extortion of 6500 yuan (about 1680 Hong Kong dollars) of the bit currency.
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Federal Law No.152-FZ on Personal Data dated 27 July 2006 (the PD Law) is the key law governing data protection in Russia. It was adopted in 2005 following the ratification of the Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (the Strasbourg Convention).
The PD Law is based on the international instruments on privacy and data protection in certain aspects; it has concepts similar to the one contained in the General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR) (effective in the EU since 25 May 2018).
1.2 Is there any other general legislation that impacts data protection?
Generally, the Russian Constitution recognises the fundamental right to privacy for each particular individual (Articles 23 and 24).
Specifically, the principal national privacy and data protection legislation is contained also in the Federal Law No.149-FZ on Information, Information Technologies and Data Protection (2006) (the Data Protection Act).
Finally, the Strasbourg Convention ratified by Russia in 2005 protects and enforces data protection at the international level.
The Russian data protection regulation places special emphasis on the technical measures for data protection. The numerous legal and technical requirements are set out in regulations issued by the Russian government and specialised governmental authorities in the data protection sphere.
1.3 Is there any sector-specific legislation that impacts data protection?
Specific data protection provisions can be found in other laws, including Chapter 14 of the Russian Labour Code (2001), Article 85.1 of the Russian Air Code (1997), Federal Law No.395-1 On Banks and Banking (1990), Federal Law No.323-FZ on the Fundamentals of Protection of the Health of Citizens in the Russian Federation (2011), Federal Law No.38-FZ on Advertising (2006), the Russian Administrative Offences Code (2001), etc.
1.4 What authority(ies) are responsible for data protection?
The principal local data protection regulatory authority is the Federal Service for Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications Supervision (Roskomnadzor).
The specialised governmental authorities in the data protection sphere also include the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEK) and the Federal Security Service (FSS).
Russian legislation does not specify the term “data breach”. However, processing of data in breach of principles and obligations stipulated in the PD Law could be qualified as a data breach.
■ Other key definitions – please specify (e.g., “Pseudonymous Data”, “Direct Personal Data”, “Indirect Personal Data”) “Biometric personal data information” is a separate kind of information in relation to a person’s physiological and biological characteristics from which he/she is identifiable and which is used by an operator to establish the identity of a personal data subject (Article 11 of the PD Law).
“Cross-border ” refers to any to a foreign state, foreign state agency and/or foreign physical or legal person.
3. Territorial Scope
3.1 Do the data protection laws apply to businesses established in other jurisdictions? If so, in what circumstances would a business established in another jurisdiction be subject to those laws?
As stated in para. 1 of Article 12 of the PD Law, the cross-border into the territories of foreign states which are parties to the Council of the Strasbourg Convention, as well as other foreign states providing adequate protection of data subjects’ rights, shall be carried out in accordance with the PD Law and may be prohibited or restricted for the purposes of protecting the fundamentals of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, public morality and health, rights and legitimate interests of citizens and providing for national defence and state security. Roskomnadzor approves the list of foreign states that are not parties to the Council of the Strasbourg Convention and that provide adequate protection of the data subjects’ rights.
An operator shall receive its customers’ permission to transfer their personal data to third parties and abroad.
Moreover, as per para. 5 of Article 18 of the PD Law, when collecting personal data, including via the internet, an operator (both Russian and foreign one) shall record, systemise, accumulate, store, specify (update, modify) or retrieve the personal data of Russian citizens by using any databases located in the Russian Federation, with the exception of data processing for state purposes or in the mass media. At the same time, an operator does not need to delete similar data from any foreign databases containing data on Russian citizens.
6. Registration Formalities and Prior Approval
6.1 Is there a legal obligation on businesses to register with or notify the data protection authority (or any other governmental body) in respect of its processing activities?
The data operator should notify the Roskomnadzor before commencing processing of any personal data, and the data operator’s details should be entered into a public register of personal data operators (Hyperlink) The notification may be submitted electronically or on paper. The notification is not required in certain cases: where processing is carried out solely in accordance with the labour laws; if only subjects’ full names are processed; where generally accessible or publicly available personal data are processed; or where personal data processing is carried out for the purposes of providing a personal data subject with a single-entry pass to protected premises.
6.2 If such registration/notification is needed, must it be specific (e.g., listing all processing activities, categories of data, etc.) or can it be general (e.g., providing a broad description of the relevant processing activities)?
The notification of the Roskomnadzor must be specific and shall be signed by an authorised person of the applicant.
6.3 On what basis are registrations/notifications made (e.g., per legal entity, per processing purpose, per data category, per system or database)?
The notification shall be made per processing purpose.
6.4 Who must register with/notify the data protection authority (e.g., local legal entities, foreign legal entities subject to legislation, representative or branch offices of foreign legal entities subject to legislation)?
Local legal entities, foreign legal entities or their representative offices, subject to legislation, must notify the data protection authority.
6.5 What information must be included in the registration/notification (e.g., details of the notifying entity, affected categories of individuals, affected categories of personal data, processing purposes)?
The notification of the Roskomnadzor must specify: the name and address of the data operator; the name and contact details of the data protection officer; the purpose processing; the categories of data to be processed; the categories of the prospective data subjects, whose data is being processed; the data source; the processing activity; the legal basis of ; the list of actions to be performed in relation to personal data processing and the description of methods of processing of personal data; the description of IT systems and security measures; the start date of data processing; the term of processing or the condition for termination of processing personal data; the location bases; and the cross-border data transfer intention.
6.6 What are the sanctions for failure to register/notify where required?
The Russian Code of Administrative Offences imposes liability for failure to file or late filing to Roskomnadzor of notification on data processing activities (Article 19.7) with a fine of RUB 3,000 to 5,000 for the legal entities and RUB 300 to 500 for their officials.
6.7 What is the fee per registration/notification (if applicable)?
There is no registration or notification fee.
6.8 How frequently must registrations/notifications be renewed (if applicable)?
There is no obligation to regularly renew information; however, the data operator must notify Roskomnadzor of any amendments of information provided to the register within 10 working days from the date such amendments arise.
6.9 Is any prior approval required from the data protection regulator?
No prior approval is required from the data protection regulator in order to perform data processing activity.
6.10 Can the registration/notification be completed online?
The notification can be completed online at the official website of the Roskomnadzor.
6.11 Is there a publicly available list of completed registrations/notifications?
The register of operators is publicly available on the official website of the Roskomnadzor.
6.12 How long does a typical registration/notification process take?
The Roskomnadzor shall, within 30 days from the date a notification is filed, enter the details of the applicant in the register of operators.
7. Appointment of a Data Protection Officer
7.1 Is the appointment of a Data Protection Officer mandatory or optional? If the appointment of a Data Protection Officer is only mandatory in some circumstances, please identify those circumstances.
According to the Russian legislation, the data operator, which is a legal entity, shall appoint a person responsible for organising the personal data processing (Article 22.1 of the PD Law), who, within the meaning of the function performed, is a Data Protection Officer.
7.2 What are the sanctions for failing to appoint a Data Protection Officer where required?
There are no specific sanctions for failing to appoint a Data Protection Officer. At the same time, the Roskomnadzor is entitled to carry out inspections over the application of the PD Law by operators. In case of violation of laws, the Roskomnadzor is entitled to issue binding orders to remedy the violation and may also apply the corresponding fines.
7.3 Is the Data Protection Officer protected from disciplinary measures, or other employment consequences, in respect of his or her role as a Data Protection Officer?
The Data Protection Officer is not excluded or protected from disciplinary measures or other employment consequences in respect of his/her functions as a Data Protection Officer.
7.4 Can a business appoint a single Data Protection Officer to cover multiple entities?
Yes; a single Data Protection Officer might be appointed to cover multiple entities.
7.5 Please describe any specific qualifications for the Data Protection Officer required by law.
The Russian law does not set any specific qualifications for the Data Protection Officer. However, the Data Protection Officer must have good general knowledge of data protection legislation.
7.6 What are the responsibilities of the Data Protection Officer as required by law or best practice?
The Data Protection Officer shall be obliged, in particular, to exercise internal control over the compliance by the data operator and its employees of the data protection legislation, to inform the employees of the data operator about the relevant provisions of the data protection legislation, by-laws, local rules or acts on personal data processing, and any requirement on data protection, and to organise the acceptance and processing of requests of the data subjects or their representatives and to perform necessary control over their processing. Other functions and responsibilities may be provided by the internal corporate or governance rules or acts of a data operator.
7.7 Must the appointment of a Data Protection Officer be registered/notified to authority(ies)?
The Data Protection Officer shall be named in the notice to the Roskomnadzor and recorded in the register of data operators.
7.8 Must the Data Protection Officer be named in a public-facing privacy notice or equivalent document?
No, this is not necessary, excluding the requirement to be specified in the notice to the Roskomnadzor.
8. Appointment of Processors
8.1 If a business appoints a processor to process personal data on its behalf, must the business enter into any form of agreement with that processor?
A data operator has the right to assign to another person who might carry out on behalf and under the instructions of a data operator (third parties acting on an instruction of a data operator). A data operator and a third party acting on an instruction of a data operator for carrying out shall enter into an agreement thereon.
8.2 If it is necessary to enter into an agreement, what are the formalities of that agreement (e.g., in writing, signed, etc.) and what issues must it address (e.g., only processing personal data in accordance with relevant instructions, keeping personal data secure, etc.)?
An agreement shall be in writing and signed by the parties’ authorised persons. Such agreement shall set out a list of actions to be performed when processing the personal data by the person carrying out processing, and the purposes of processing. It shall also establish the obligation of the person performing data processing to observe the principles of security and confidentiality of personal data, as well as the liability for non-compliance with them.
9. Marketing
9.1 Please describe any legislative restrictions on the sending of electronic direct marketing (e.g., for marketing by email or SMS, is there a requirement to obtain prior opt-in consent of the recipient?).
The processing of personal data for the purpose of the marketing/promotion of goods, works and services, directly with a potential consumer (whether sent by telephone, email, or SMS), without prior consent of the subject or addressee of advertising, is unauthorised and therefore not permitted. The burden of proof that the prior consent subject or addressee was duly issued rests with the data operator. The data subject’s or addressee’s consent may also be revoked, in which case the data operator or advertising distributor shall immediately terminate any marketing communications to avoid the breach.
9.2 Are these restrictions only applicable to business-to-consumer marketing, or do they also apply in a business-to-business context?
The restrictions of the PD Law apply only to business-to-consumer marketing. The restrictions of the Federal Law on Advertising (bulk mail) can apply also to business-to-business marketing/promotion.
9.3 Please describe any legislative restrictions on the sending of marketing via other means (e.g., for marketing by telephone, a national opt-out register must be checked in advance; for marketing by post, there are no consent or opt-out requirements, etc.).
Any distribution of advertisements via electronic communication networks, including telephone, fax and mobile telephone communication, is only admissible if the addressee has granted his/her consent to receive such advertisements. The distributor of an advertisement shall immediately terminate distributing the advertisements to a person who requested to do so. It is prohibited to market by using automatic dial-up or automatic mailing facilities (Article 18 of the Federal Law on Advertising).
9.4 Do the restrictions noted above apply to marketing sent from other jurisdictions?
The above-mentioned rule is general and applies with no exceptions for foreign entities.
9.5 Is/are authority(ies) active in enforcement of breaches of marketing restrictions?
The Federal Antimonopoly Service is an authorised federal executive body, which exercises functions in relation to advertising. In accordance with the Consumer Protection Act (1992), the Federal Service for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Wellbeing (also known as “Rospotrebnadzor”) shall also protect consumers against intentionally imposed services sent by electronic means.
9.6 Is it lawful to purchase marketing lists from third parties? If so, are there any best practice recommendations on using such lists?
In general, individuals must give prior written consent for entering his/her name and other details into the purchase marketing list or request them to be deleted thereof. The burden of proof that the prior consent of the addressee of advertising was duly issued rests with an entity or person who purchased marketing lists containing personal data from third parties.
9.7 What are the maximum penalties for sending marketing communications in breach of applicable restrictions?
The fine for the electronic marketing/promotion of goods, works or services in breach of the relevant consumer protection legislation, in particular, without a prior consent of addressee, may lead to an administrative fine up to RUB 500,000 for legal entities and up to RUB 20,000 for their officials (Article 14.3 of Russian Code of Administrative Offences).
10. Cookies
10.1 Please describe any legislative restrictions on the use of cookies (or similar technologies).
Russian law does not contain a definition of cookies or any specific regulation with regard to cookies. There are no official guidelines from Roskomnadzor or other state agency on using or distributing of cookies, except brief reference in the Professional Standards of the Labour Ministry for IT specialists regarding the scope of knowledge and the use of cookies. If cookies or similar technologies are used by the data operator for authenticating the user, storing his/her account, personal preferences and settings, or tracking the status of a customer’s access session for marketing purposes, all of these uses can be qualified as for the purpose of the marketing/promotion of goods, works or services, which requires a customer’s prior consent (Article 15 of the PD Law).
10.2 Do the applicable restrictions (if any) distinguish between different types of cookies? If so, what are the relevant factors?
There are no restrictions which distinguish between different types of cookies; the relevant factor is the possibility of identifying a user.
10.3 To date, has/have authority(ies) taken any enforcement action in relation to cookies?
Currently, the practice is developing where Roskomnadzor brings enforcement actions in the Russian courts, including in relation to cookies.
10.4 What are the maximum penalties for breaches of applicable cookie restrictions?
Since cookies are considered marketing communications, any breach of relevant data protection and advertising or telecommunication regulation shall entail administrative penalties as applicable for personal data infringements.
11. Restrictions on International Data Transfers
11.1 Please describe any restrictions on the to other jurisdictions.
The PD Law provides for the local storage requirement, which applies to any data operator that processes the personal data of Russian citizens, regardless of its jurisdiction, and including its online business activity. Thus, when collecting personal data, including via the internet, an operator must record, arrange, accumulate, store, specify (update, change) or retrieve the personal data of citizens of the Russian Federation by using any databases physically located in the Russian Federation, with the exception of: the processing of data in order to achieve the objectives of international treaties or the implementation of an operator’s statutory powers and duties; for state purposes; for professional activities of journalists or the lawful activities of mass media; or scientific, literary or other creative activities that may be performed directly in the foreign databases (Article 18(5) of the PD Law).
In the event of a cross-border , a data operator, before such transfer, must ensure that the rights and interests of the respective data subject are fully protected in the “adequate manner” in the corresponding foreign country (Article 12 of the PD Law). All countries that are signatories to the Strasbourg Convention are regarded as the jurisdictions providing “adequate protection” of rights and interests of data subjects. In addition, Roskomnadzor has adopted an official list of countries which are not signatories to the Strasbourg Convention but secure “adequate protection” for the purposes of cross-border transfers of personal data. International data transfer to any jurisdiction with the “adequate protection” level is not subject to any restriction, provided that the prior consent of the respective data subject has been received by the data operator. In addition, the PD Law set forth special requirements for the cross-border to countries which do not provide the level of “adequate protection”.
11.2 Please describe the mechanisms businesses typically utilise to transfer personal data abroad in compliance with applicable transfer restrictions (e.g., consent of the data subject, performance of a contract with the data subject, approved contractual clauses, compliance with legal obligations, etc.).
In practice, prior to transferring personal data abroad, the data operator should first check the level of data protection in a respective foreign jurisdiction. Further, prior written consent from the respective data subjects is required in order to transfer personal data to other jurisdictions. The data operator may also execute an international data transfer agreement with the personal data subject.
11.3 Do transfers of personal data to other jurisdictions require registration/notification or prior approval from authority(ies)? Please describe which types of transfers require approval or notification, what those steps involve, and how long they typically take.
The cross-border does not require any registration or prior approval by Roskomnadzor. However, the notification to Roskomnadzor for the purposes of registration of the status of a data operator shall contain information on whether a cross-border will occur during its processing.
11.4 What guidance (if any) has/have the data protection authority(ies) issued following the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in Schrems II (Case C‑311/18)?
11.5 What guidance (if any) has/have the data protection authority(ies) issued in relation to the European Commission’s revised Standard Contractual Clauses?
There is no such guidance issued by the Russian data protection authority.
12. Whistle-blower Hotlines
12.1 What is the permitted scope of corporate whistle-blower hotlines (e.g., restrictions on the types of issues that may be reported, the persons who may submit a report, the persons whom a report may concern, etc.)?
Russian legislation does not include any specific regulation on corporate whistle-blower hotlines. Furthermore, there is no binding guidance issued by Roskomnadzor in this regard. General requirements of personal data legislation shall apply. Employees may be also obliged to “blow the whistle” under the internal corporate rules or policies of the employer as a data operator.
12.2 Is anonymous reporting prohibited, strongly discouraged, or generally permitted? If it is prohibited or discouraged, how do businesses typically address this issue?
Anonymous reporting is not prohibited or strongly discouraged under the applicable laws. Commonly, the data operators address this issue in their internal corporate rules or policies.
13. CCTV
13.1 Does the use of CCTV require separate registration/notification or prior approval from authority(ies), and/or any specific form of public notice (e.g., a high-visibility sign)?
CCTV does not require separate notification/registration or prior approval from Roskomnadzor. In certain circumstances, the trafficking or use of special technical equipment intended for secretly obtaining information may become a ground for imposing a criminal liability (Article 138.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). However, such special technical equipment does not include items with audio, video, or photo recording and/or geolocation functions for domestic purposes which have controls, indications and/or any marks openly indicating their purpose, function and/or mode of work.
13.2 Are there limits on the purposes for which CCTV data may be used?
The Russian Constitution guarantees the right to privacy and to personal and family confidentiality. Thus, it should be assessed whether this right has been violated on a case-by-case basis.
14. Employee Monitoring
14.1 What types of employee monitoring are permitted (if any), and in what circumstances?
In practice, different types of employee monitoring may be permitted under the internal corporate rules and policies of employers, including video surveillance, email/internet browsing, social media monitoring and audio listening, as well as GPS tracking, occasionally. However, in any such monitoring, the employer (data operator) must observe the constitutional rights of citizens and data protection requirements (para. 1 of Article 24 of the Russian Constitution). The employer may apply any type of employee monitoring provided that this is stipulated by an employment agreement or regulated under the internal corporate rules or policies, the employees are familiar with them in advance of application, and employees have given their consent to such surveillance. Any employee monitoring should be applied reasonably and any disclosure of video content to third parties should be avoided.
14.2 Is consent or notice required? Describe how employers typically obtain consent or provide notice.
The prior written consent of an employee is required to perform legal employee monitoring. In practice, the written consent from all employees is obtained at the time of the execution of employment agreements or is a part of collective employment arrangement. All employees should be duly acquainted with the internal corporate rules and policies in relation to employee monitoring measures. The legislative provisions regarding the processing of employees’ personal data shall also be observed. In particular, such personal data processing can be carried out exclusively for the purpose of ensuring compliance with laws and other regulatory legal acts, ensuring the personal safety of employees, assisting employees in employment, monitoring the quantity and quality of work performed and ensuring the safety of property, etc. (Article 86 of the Russian Labour Code). For those specific purposes, additional consent is not required. The written consent of an employee is required and shall be obtained in advance by the employer if personal data need to be transferred by the employer to third parties.
14.3 To what extent do works councils/trade unions/employee representatives need to be notified or consulted?
There are no special requirements that works councils/trade unions/employee representatives need to be notified or consulted in this regard.
15. Data Security and Data Breach
15.1 Is there a general obligation to ensure the security of personal data? If so, which entities are responsible for ensuring that data are kept secure (e.g., controllers, processors, etc.)?
A data operator or other person(s) who have obtained access to personal data shall be obliged to refrain from disclosing them to third parties or disseminating those personal data without the prior written consent subject, except where provided by federal laws.
If so, describe what details must be reported, to whom, and within what timeframe. If no legal requirement exists, describe under what circumstances authority(ies) expect(s) voluntary breach reporting.
Generally, there are no legal requirements to report data breaches to the data protection authority. The Roskomnadzor shall examine claims voluntarily brought by a personal data subject in respect of compatibility of the content of personal data, existing or lack subject’s consent, methods of personal data processing and its compliance with the declared purposes for which they are processed. The Roskomnadzor shall adopt an appropriate decision on that and, if the violation is detected, the data operator must terminate such unauthorised processing within three business days. In case it is not possible to turn the unauthorised processing of personal data into a legitimate processing manner, the data operator must destroy such personal data within 10 business days (Article 21(3) of the PD Law). The data operator must notify the data subject or its representative on termination of the processing or destruction of personal data and, in the event the request for termination or destruction has been made by the Roskomnadzor, such notification must be sent to the Roskomnadzor.
There is no special legal requirement to report data breaches to affected data subjects. At the same time, a personal data subject whose rights have been infringed is entitled to submit a claim to the Roskomnadzor who might exercise a relevant inspection and adopt its decision in respect of the alleged infringer and its unauthorised actions with personal data.
15.4 What are the maximum penalties for data security breaches?
A data operator may be liable for several breaches of personal data processing – including for data processing without the data subject’s written consent when required, failure to publish the policy on data processing on the website, or failure to provide the data subject with the information related to the processing of his/her personal data – with fines for an offence up to RUB 75,000 (Article 13.11(2) of the Russian Code for Administrative Offences).
The data operator may be subject to fines of up to RUB 6,000,000 for the first-time offence, and up to RUB 18,000,000 for the second-time offence of non-compliance with the local storage requirement (Article 13.11(8&9) of the Russian Code for Administrative Offences).
Finally, the Russian Criminal Code provides criminal liability for: unlawful collection or dissemination, including public dissemination, of personal data related to a personal or family secret without that individual’s consent, with a fine up to RUB 200,000; and illegitimate access to computer information that has caused the destruction, blocking, modification or copying of personal data, with a fine up to RUB 500,000. It should be noted that under Russian law, criminal penalties can be imposed only on individuals and not on legal entities.
16. Enforcement and Sanctions
16.1 Describe the enforcement powers of the data protection authority(ies).
Investigative Powers: The Roskomnadzor has the following investigative powers: to request and obtain necessary information in order to exercise its powers, and to receive such information free of charge; to check information contained in a notification on and enter such information into the register of data operators; to exercise the relevant inspections; and to send materials to public prosecution bodies and other law enforcement authorities.
Corrective Powers: The Roskomnadzor has the following corrective powers: claiming rectification, blocking or destruction of false or illegally obtained personal data; limiting access to data that is processed under the breach of data protection legislation; and suspending or terminating that has been initiated under the breach of the data protection legislation.
Authorisation and Advisory Powers: The Roskomnadzor has no special authorisation powers except for the entering of the data operator into the register of personal data operators, which is a legal basis for exercising the right to , although it may send an application to the body licensing the operator’s activities (such as the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, the Federal Security Service and other state agencies) to consider the issue of taking measures to suspend or cancel the relevant license as prescribed by the applicable law if one of the conditions of the license to carry out such activities is a ban on the to third parties without written consent from the subject of personal data. When performing its advisory powers, the Roskomnadzor may issue the explanatory letters or by-laws or acts within its competence, as well as submit to the Government of the Russian Federation proposals on improving the legal regulation of the protection of the rights of data subjects.
Imposition of administrative fines for infringements of specified GDPR provisions: The Roskomnadzor has the power to take administrative action against persons guilty of violating the PD Law, in particular by imposing administrative fines for infringements subject’s right or violation of other relevant legislative provisions.
Non-compliance with a data protection authority: In case of non-compliance with the Roskomnadzor’s decisions or binding orders, the Roskomnadzor may bring civil actions with competent courts for the protection of rights of data subjects and representing the interests of data subjects before the trial or send materials to the Prosecutor’s Office and other law enforcement agencies for the purposes of commencement of criminal cases for the data breaches.
16.2 Does the data protection authority have the power to issue a ban on a particular processing activity? If so, does such a ban require a court order?
The Roskomnadzor is entitled to require a data operator to stop a particular infringement or violation, including a particular processing activity, such as blocking its website or particular pages on the internet. A court decision for such measures is required.
16.3 Describe the data protection authority’s approach to exercising those powers, with examples of recent cases.
In case of any violation, the Roskomnadzor first sends a warning with the relevant prescriptions on measures to be taken in order to stop such violation. The case law in Russia in this regard is still forming. In 2020, for example, a Russian court fined Twitter and Facebook the amount of RUB 4,000,000 each for their refusals to locate their servers’ holding data about Russian citizens on Russian territory. There are also numerous completed or outstanding cases related to Telegram Messenger; in particular, the use of Telegram-bots to collect the personal data of Russian citizens.
16.4 Does the data protection authority ever exercise its powers against businesses established in other jurisdictions? If so, how is this enforced?
The Roskomnadzor may block access to information processed in violation laws; for example, following the failure to fulfil the personal data localisation requirement, LinkedIn was blocked in 2016.
17. E-discovery / Disclosure to Foreign Law Enforcement Agencies
17.1 How do businesses typically respond to foreign e-discovery requests, or requests for disclosure from foreign law enforcement agencies?
Russian law does not contain any provisions related to foreign e-discovery or foreign disclosure proceedings. Therefore, Russian companies are not obliged to respond to foreign e-discovery or disclosure requests unless there are imperative provisions set forth by the corresponding international treaties on mutual legal support (assistance) or similar international agreements to which Russia is a party. In addition, there is a practice whereby companies respond to foreign requests for disclosure from foreign law enforcement agencies through the competent Russian authorities.
17.2 What guidance has/have the data protection authority(ies) issued?
No such guidance has been issued by the Roskomnadzor.
18. Trends and Developments
18.1 What enforcement trends have emerged during the previous 12 months? Describe any relevant case law.
Privacy and data protection remains an emerging and trending area of legislation development in Russia. There is a noticeable tendency to increase fines for data protection infringements to make them more consistent with foreign legislation.
18.2 What “hot topics” are currently a focus for the data protection regulator?
From the very recent legislation development, foreign internet sites, web pages, information systems and programmes aimed at Russian users may be required to open local offices in accordance with a draft law being considered by the Russian Parliament. In the coming future, the Roskomnadzor may impose the new requirements on individual hosting providers, information distribution organisers or advertising system operators. There are also various initiatives on the introduction and implementation of the concept of “Big Data” and establishing the rights of users when their personal data are used in such a way. | https://iclg.com/practice-areas/data-protection-laws-and-regulations/russia |
Cyber security risk management is essential to keep businesses and organizations ahead of cyber threats and protected from data breaches. Continuous cyber security risk assessment enables you to take a proactive approach to cyber security risk mitigation, so you can minimize damage from data breaches, cyber attacks and other costly IT threats.
According to the 2018 Global Data Risk Report from the Varonis Data Lab, cyber threats are a serious risk because of a lack of risk management. Consider the following insights from this study of 130 organizations of various sizes:
58% of companies have more than 100,000 folders that are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
21% of all folders are open to everyone.
41% of companies have more than 1,000 sensitive files open to everyone.
Cyber security professionals can make their jobs easier with effective . This list of resources is designed for those who may be involved in their first cyber security risk assessment or cyber security risk mitigation project, or who are interested in cyber security management as a way to achieve career advancement goals.
Use these reports, risk equations and calculators, frameworks, assessment tools and mitigation checklists to more effectively identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber security threats.
The following resources provide a substantial introduction to . These resources expand on the definition of , provide links to reputable national organizations in the field, and provide practical advice on how to implement a risk management program in an organization.
There are still many organizations without a plan in place. According to CSO, 46% of cyber security and IT professionals say they are challenged by continually measuring cyber risks. For both cyber risk management newbies and veterans, these resources provide valuable information for getting on track with a risk management strategy.
With the prevalence of cyber attacks on the rise, a risk management strategy is important for organizations, since attacks aren’t just possible, but likely.
Effective cyber risk management requires top-down buy-in, transparent communication and security best practices implementation for every single employee.
Students learn how to identify and model cyber security risks and how they apply to business consequences.
The course features industry case studies to illustrate application.
Students also learn about the intersection of artificial intelligence, big data and information security.
Asset identification helps organizations determine the resources that will have the most impact on an organization if they’re compromised.
Threat modeling is a process that helps identify vulnerabilities so organizations can stay better protected.
Once risks are pinpointed, organizations can put together effective treatment plans that mitigate damage.
Not having a risk management in place can do more harm than the actual breach, since the organization’s reputation may be damaged by failing to have a mitigation plan.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution for a risk management system. Organizations like financial services firms and healthcare organizations will also have regulatory concerns to include in a risk management strategy.
You may not realize where your most sensitive data is if it’s not stored correctly. A data map can help identify data that is mis-stored to mitigate risk.
Effective requires the creation of a culture of cyber security. This ensures continued buy-in and focus on risk management.
To make risk communication more efficient, set up thresholds and criteria for how to communicate risks.
Insider threats are the cause of most security problems, so a risk management strategy must account for proper employee training to avoid threats.
Cyber security risk management is no longer just a function of IT. It is a comprehensive business initiative that should align with overall enterprise risk management strategy.
Cyber security risk management is best broken down into a long-term (three-year) plan and an annual plan. These updates ensure risk management strategies are always up-to-date and account for evolving needs.
Cyber security threats include accidental disclosure, accidental system configuration error, and alteration of software.
Some reasons for vulnerabilities include inadequate information system recovery procedures, absence of adequate formal contingency training and a lack of information backups.
When defining threat impact, confidentiality, integrity and availability should all be considered.
Component-driven risk management focuses on technical components.
System-driven risk management analyzes whole systems.
Different situations will require different risk management techniques. This guide outlines example situations where each type of risk management has value.
A strategy should take into account the most prominent threats to similar industries and businesses, as well as emerging threats that may not be evident at the moment, but that have the potential to impact organizations. Cyber security threat reports like these enable cyber security risk professionals to stay up-to-date on new and emerging threats.
The following is a collection of 2019 reports from some of the most prominent cyber security solutions providers. These reports cover broad global trends, as well as cyber security risk threats that are specific to certain types of enterprises.
Incidents of formjacking, which is the use of malicious JavaScript code to steal payment details on ecommerce sites, increased in 2018.
In 2018, enterprises accounted for 81% of all ransomware infections, and enterprise infections were up 12% year-over-year.
In 2018, there was a significant increase in attackers using off-the-shelf tools and operating system features to conduct cyber attacks.
Despite artificial intelligence developments, AI is not predicted to take over cyber security professional tasks due to the need for professionals to upload expert knowledge and training datasets for successful cyber security strategies. However, AI may help with outlier detection.
In 2019 and beyond, this report predicts attackers will target the underlying cloud infrastructure of IoT devices to attack them.
Expect cyber security attacks to become more prevalent in governments, as trade policies motivate critical infrastructure and vital industry attacks.
Cryptocurrency is being used in extortion cases, which are on the rise.
Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud providers, telecoms and organizations with large amounts of data.
The global median dwell time of attacker operation on victim networks decreased to 78 days in 2018, compared to 101 days in 2017.
Business (46%), healthcare (29%) and banking (11%) were the top three industries for 2018 American breach volume.
Global malware attack samples rose from 8.62 billion in 2017 to 10.52 billion in 2018.
The United States is by far the most-attacked country targeted by malware, accounting for nearly 50% of the total global malware attacks.
The report declares that the greatest challenge organizations face is staying informed on evolving cyber security issues, since they are constantly evolving.
While 59% of U.S. and U.K. companies say they experienced a third-party data breach, only 35% of those companies rated their third-party risk management program as highly effective.
Companies are vastly underestimating their IoT devices — 52% said their inventory had at least 1,000 IoT devices, but the study average was more than 15,000 IoT devices.
Nearly a quarter (24%) of survey respondents say “the unknown” is the most serious risk to their organizations. The unknown exists in new devices, new cloud applications, new data and more.
Successful collaboration between networking and security tends to decrease the financial impact of security breaches — 59% of those who were very or extremely collaborative experienced the lowest category of breach cost for their most impactful breach.
One third of organizations use drills or exercises to practice their cyber security response plan every year, and 61% practice one every six months.
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts cyber crime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, which is more than annual damage from natural disasters globally and more than profits from the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined.
The FBI states the number of reported cyber crimes in the agency’s report only represent up to 12% of the total number actually committed.
Leading technology trends like ecommerce, mobile payments, IoT, cloud computing and big data are all correlated with increased cyber security risk for organizations and users.
Cyber security risk management is a business expense. It’s vital, but cyber security risk professionals will need to determine risk and present their findings to business owners and financial officers who control budgets.
By using the formulas covered here, you can determine which risks are most worth protecting against and how to justify spending. Both quantitative and qualitative assessments are discussed in these resources.
A common risk formula is Risk = Probability x Impact. Probability is a numerical value based on statistical analysis.
A successful BIA is owned by the business unit and/or functional managers, is quantitative, is regularly updated, is validated by executives and is reviewed and approved by the audit committee.
If you’re considering multiple cyber security solutions for the same risk, run each solution through the ROI formula to compare them.
Using this calculation for multiple risks will also help you identify which ones to prioritize for the most cost savings.
To determine the threat likelihood, take into account threat agent factors like skill level and motive and vulnerability factors like ease of discovery, intrusion detection and ease of exploit.
Impact will depend on technical impact factors like loss of confidentiality and loss of integrity, as well as business impact factors like financial damage, non-compliance and reputation damage.
The main steps in a quantitative cyber security risk assessment are to find out asset value, calculate the exposure factor, assign a single loss expectancy, calculate the annualized rate of occurrence and calculate the annualized loss expectancy.
Judgment, intuition and experience are the main drivers in a qualitative cyber security risk assessment.
To get cyber security buy-in, it is essential for cyber security professional to use formulas like those mentioned in the article because they’re ones management can relate to.
To determine potential financial loss per incident, look at industry averages and factor in tangible and unavoidable incident costs. Present each cost separately to validate the total cost.
The quiz offers the following tip: to mitigate cyber security risk with email, make sure all emails containing personal information in attachments are encrypted.
Another insight from the quiz is to restrict software and set up administrative rights so nothing can be installed without company authorization.
The Association for Financial Professionals recommends that the analyst benchmark the company against a cyber security risk framework that is widely accepted, such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
VAR enables a firm to calculate risk exposure without considering mitigation measures, then compare risk exposure with mitigation measures in place to see the risk reduction benefits.
As the cyber security posture score increases, the cyber security risk score decreases.
Scoring both cyber security risks and cyber security posture must be a continual process, especially whenever new business processes are introduced.
Cyber security risk frameworks present standards, guidelines and best practices to manage cyber security risks. These frameworks are built upon data, case studies and what has worked for diverse organizations and IT professionals around the globe.
Some organizations choose to abide by a specific framework, while others take tenets of multiple cyber security risk frameworks into account. These leading frameworks can inspire how your own organization applies strategies.
The SERA Framework requires that for each security risk, the following are recorded: security risk scenario, risk statement, threat components, threat sequence, workflow consequences, stakeholder consequences and enablers.
The SERA Framework consists of these tasks: establish operational context, identify risk, analyze risk and develop control plan.
COBIT 5 is the product of a global task force and development team from ISACA, which is a nonprofit with more than 140,000 members in 187 countries.
COBIT 5 can be used by enterprises of all sizes and types.
Some of the leading principles of COBIT 5 include to maintain high-quality information to support business decisions, to achieve strategic goals through IT initiatives and to optimize the cost of IT technology and services.
ISO standards are based on expert knowledge from around the world, representing cyber security thought leadership from diverse sources.
Businesses that follow ISO standards are said to be ISO-compliant, which can be a positive differentiating cyber security risk factor for organizations.
The OCTAVE Allegro methodology has eight steps, including establish risk measurement criteria, identify areas of concern and identify threat scenarios.
Each OCTAVE Allegro worksheet identifies an information asset, area of concern, actor that would exploit the weakness, means, motive, outcome, security requirements, probability, consequences, severity and risk mitigation action.
This framework is based on globally recognized standards for .
This framework can be applied to all types of businesses and organizations relying on diverse technology types, including IoT and IT.
The framework is a living document that is continually updated with feedback from government agencies and the private sector.
Cohesive Networks used three established cyber security questionnaires to quickly identify gaps and needed processes.
The client discovered that even though they thought the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council requirements did not apply to them because they didn’t work with credit card information, the requirements were still applicable to protect their cyber security systems and helped identify cyber security risks where gaps were.
The executive order called for the development of a voluntary risk-based cyber security framework.
This framework was to be flexible, repeatable, performance-based and cost-effective.
ISACA worked with small and large organizations around the globe when working on developing the framework.
The audit program recommends that the IT audit and assurance professional has the necessary subject matter expertise required to conduct the work, because the document is not intended to be used as a questionnaire or checklist.
The audit program recommends that the IT audit and assurance professional is supervised by a professional with the necessary subject matter expertise to adequately review the work, or by a professional with the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation.
Your program needs to take into account many factors to determine what threats you’re facing now, which ones you should focus on and how to gauge a return on your investment. To aid organizations in determining how to best manage cyber security risk, there are many free cyber security risk assessment tools available.
Use tools like the ones mentioned here to help you build a strategy. You should conduct a new assessment whenever a new business practice is introduced, especially when it involves technology.
The BCEB is most valuable as an assessment of an entire organization’s program.
Use the Organizational Context section to identify topics for action planning based on where little, no or conflicting information is available.
Complete the BCEB as a first step to carry out suggestions in the Cybersecurity Framework “How to Use the Framework” section.
If management determines the institution’s maturity levels are not appropriate related to the risk profile, then steps can be taken to reduce inherent risk or to improve maturity levels.
The inherent risk profile and maturity levels will change over time, so the assessment should be conducted periodically and when planned changes can affect the inherent risk profile.
This tool is designed for small and medium providers and may be inappropriate for larger organizations.
Use the tool to see how your organization implements safeguards to mitigate or plans to mitigate identified risks.
If you receive recommendations, click on the guidelines to research further.
Use the suggested actions as a guideline of where gaps exist. Calculate risks to see which actions to prioritize.
Common first line of defense activities include administering security procedures, training and testing, maintaining secure device configurations and deploying intrusion detection systems.
Common second line of defense activities include designing cybersecurity policies, training and testing, conducting cyber risk assessments and gathering cyber threat intelligence.
Common third line of defense activities include providing independent ongoing evaluations of preventive and detective measures related to cybersecurity, evaluating IT assets of users with privileged access and conducting cyber risk assessments of third parties and suppliers.
Use the quiz as a way to identify areas to focus on.
If you answer “yes” or “unsure” to a question, that is an area your organization is at a higher cyber security risk.
Checklists and guides are valuable tools for getting started with . Even a general checklist can be a worthwhile starting-off point for devising a plan, since it can inspire discussion and a closer look at vulnerabilities you may not have realized.
The following checklists range from general to detailed, and some questions come directly from federal cyber security recommendations. Review checklists like these regularly to make sure your cyber security risk strategy is always up-to-date.
This checklist is very extensive, at eight pages long. You’ll likely need input from multiple stakeholders and will need to conduct an extensive audit to complete the full assessment.
For “no” and “N/A” answers, prioritize which risks you want to focus on first, and come up with action plans.
If you are failing to do anything on this checklist, look more closely at the aspects you’re failing to meet.
Use this checklist as a basic starting point before using more detailed assessments.
If you are unsure about why a certain activity/security control you are failing to implement is important, use the rationale as a guide to investigate further.
Mark off items you are not meeting presently, and compare their levels of risk to devise a plan of action.
This guide can be used as a collaborative tool, since it walks teams through a process with an all-hands-on-deck approach.
To create a successful risk management process, create a strategy, then define mitigation processes.
Cyber security risk management is crucial for organizations of all types and sizes. If resources like these interest you, and you want to lead the charge of a plan at your current organization or somewhere new, earning a master’s degree in cyber security might be your next step.
If you’re interested in taking your career to the next level by enriching and developing your cyber security skills, get information about an online Master of Cyber Security degree through our partner Syracuse University, as well as online cyber security masters programs at other institutions. | https://computersciencems.com/resources/cyber-security/40-free-cyber-security-risk-management-resources/ |
DeroHE is ransomware that was spread in a fake promotional email sent to IObit forum members and registered users. This email said that, as a forum member, the user got a free 1 year license for all IObit products. This ransomware would be hidden in a compromised installer that was downloaded by clicking the download link in that email.
Once run, the fake installer would ask you to wait and to keep your computer on. Then it would go through the files on the infected computer, encrypting them and changing their names to show that these files have been encrypted. For instance, a file called “document.pdf” would be changed to “document.pdf.DeroHE”.
Images, archives, and various text files are reportedly broken by DeroHE.
File-encrypting ransomware like DeroHE uses cryptography to make changes to data as if to scramble it, turning it into nonsense gibberish. This method of hiding information is used to secure online traffic so that no outsider can see what you’re browsing (What is HTTPS?).
But DeroHE’s authors used it to hurt people by corrupting their files.
It extorts the victims
The goal of DeroHE’s authors is to make money. It could also be to hurt IObit’s reputation, who knows. To the victims of DeroHE, the most important thing is that their lost a bunch of their files.
According to Bleepingcomputer.com, DeroHE ransomware creates a ransom note called READ_TO_DECRYPT.txt in which the criminals tell victims to ask IObit to pay their ransom or to themselves pay $100 worth of DERO, which is apparently a crypto currency of some sort.
It might be tempting to pay, but there are a few good reasons to not do this:
Giving cybercriminals money rewards their crimes.
It could also put you on a list as a potentially exploitable victim. There’s a chance you’ll be targeted in future attacks.
There’s no guarantee that DeroHE’s creators can fix the encrypted files. This ransomware is new, it’s not yet known how it works exactly.
The only way to fix the files encrypted by DeroHE is by getting the decryption program and the key. The only ones who have these keys are DeroHE’s creators. For now, you should watch the news and see if there are any new developments in the coming few weeks.
If you had a backup of your files, then you can bring back your data from them – but remember to delete all malware first.
Use a data recovery tool to bring back deleted data.
The best way to stay safe against file-encrypting ransomware, such as Djvu, Dharma, Phobos, and others, is to keep backups of your files. You can use an external drive, cloud storage, or another method. This way, if ransomware infects your computer, your time will be wasted, but your files will be fine.
How to remove malware
Use antivirus software to detect and delete DeroHE and other malware. Spyhunter and other antivirus programs should be able to detect it now, even if they weren’t able to when DeroHE just appeared. It’s new, which is why your antivirus program might have failed to catch it initially.
Now, antivirus programs detect DeroHE as Trojan, Ransom, Encoder, Malware, and similar names (Virustotal.com).
DeroHE might have added itself to your exclusions list, which might also make it difficult to remove. See the exceptions in Defender and other antivirus programs (Support.microsoft.com).
When it loads, select Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt from the list of Startup Settings.
2.Restore System files and settings.
When Command Prompt mode loads, enter cd restore and press Enter.
Then enter rstrui.exe and press Enter again.
Click “Next” in the windows that appeared.
Select one of the Restore Points that are available before DeroHE Ransomware has infiltrated to your system and then click “Next”.
To start System restore click “Yes”.
Step 3. Restore DeroHE Ransomware affected files using Shadow Volume Copies
If you do not use System Restore option on your operating system, there is a chance to use shadow copy snapshots. They store copies of your files that point of time when the system restore snapshot was created. Usually DeroHE Ransomware tries to delete all possible Shadow Volume Copies, so this methods may not work on all computers. However, it may fail to do so. Shadow Volume Copies are only available with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. There are two ways to retrieve your files via Shadow Volume Copy. You can do it using native Windows Previous Versions or via Shadow Explorer. a) Native Windows Previous Versions Right-click on an encrypted file and select Properties → Previous versions tab. Now you will see all available copies of that particular file and the time when it was stored in a Shadow Volume Copy. Choose the version of the file you want to retrieve and click Copy if you want to save it to some directory of your own, or Restore if you want to replace existing, encrypted file. If you want to see the content of file first, just click Open.
b) Shadow Explorer It is a program that can be found online for free. You can download either a full or a portable version of Shadow Explorer. Open the program. On the left top corner select the drive where the file you are looking for is a stored. You will see all folders on that drive. To retrieve a whole folder, right-click on it and select “Export”. Then choose where you want it to be stored.
Step 4. Use Data Recovery programs to recover DeroHE Ransomware encrypted files
There are several data recovery programs that might recover encrypted files as well. This does not work in all cases but you can try this:
We suggest using another PC and connect the infected hard drive as slave. It is still possible to do this on infected PC though.
Download a data recovery program.
Install and scan for recently deleted files.
Note: In many cases it is impossible to restore data files affected by modern ransomware. Thus I recommend using decent cloud backup software as precaution. We recommend checking out Carbonite, BackBlaze, CrashPlan or Mozy Home. | https://www.2-viruses.com/remove-derohe-ransomware |
The ongoing Petrwrap ransomware attack, the second large-scale ransomware attack in just two months, has infected Windows computers around the world. Using the same vulnerabilities from the recent ransomware attack WannaCry that made headlines around the world, the primary method of infection is through email links and attachments. Once a user mistakenly clicks on the compromised link or opens the attachment, the infection begins. The malware waits between 10 and 60 minutes after initial infection to reboot the system and, once it reboots, it encrypts the hard drive of the system, rendering it useless to the user.
It then begins to spread throughout the network from the computer that was infected first via the use of common Windows File sharing ports (139 & 445). It exploits a previously discovered vulnerability found in Windows machines (MS17-010), gets into the unpatched systems from there and repeats the same steps of infection as above. It will do this to any and all systems it can find on the network until there are no more left.
On top of locking the computer, this new breed of ransomware also attempts to extract passwords of all logged on users on the system, most likely for continued persistence into the corporate network. However, there are steps you can take to protect yourself and to prevent your network from being a victim in the future.
Since the outbreak, Dunbar Cybersecurity’s IDS solution has been monitoring for any activity related to the exploits and vulnerabilities associated with Petrwrap. We have been monitoring all port 139/445 traffic outbound and investigating all occurrences for immediate remediation to stop the spread in the network in the case of infection.
Feel free to contact Dunbar Cybersecurity experts at 844-552-7028 to further learn how our services can protect your business against the growing amount of threats to your digital assets. | https://dunbarsecuritysolutions.com/blog/2017/06/29/petrwrap-ransomware-attack-need-know/ |
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Over the past several months we’ve had a number of clients approach us to see if we could lead a tabletop incident response (IR) exercise*. The request itself isn’t unusual, we run these sessions regularly, what was unusual was that ALL of the clients wanted to focus the exercise on ransomware. Ransomware has become a regular boardroom topic. In a recent Ponemon report, 60 percent of respondents say the risk of spear-phishing and ransomware attacks has increased since COVID-19. Among the > 2000 survey respondents, the most common reason they expect to suffer an attack is that “ransomware attacks are getting increasingly hard to stop due to their sophistication”.
*An Incident Response Tabletop Exercise is a Cybersecurity mock drill or a cyber-attack simulation exercise. An attack scenario that is extremely relevant to the business is simulated during the workshop.
While we are always happy to help our Clients, and enjoy running the tabletop sessions with them, in the case of ransomware preparedness, the tabletop exercise is actually the final puzzle piece – not the starting one.
While there is no silver bullet that prevents your organization from being a target of a ransomware attack, the following steps help reduce the probability that it happens to you, and can reduce potential impact.
Security is all about protecting something (data/systems) or someone that you care about from harm or theft. Ultimately, it centers around one basic question: Do you know what data and systems are critical to your business? Any plans and associated security controls that you implement should address the right-sized protection of your critical assets. This holds true for preparing for ransomware as well, so the first stop on the journey is to build your ransomware readiness program around the assets that warrant this protection.
Defense-in-depth is a cornerstone to a robust security program. When we talk about defense-in-depth, we’re talking about the need to build and harden secure systems, keep their patch levels current, periodically test these systems to ensure that they are configured as expected, and to understand if they’ve deviated from the norm. This may include vulnerability scanning and penetration testing when applicable as ransomware often takes advantage of known vulnerabilities.
Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Not only are attackers looking to be paid ransom to restore your systems, but they are also exfiltrating sensitive data and holding it ‘hostage’ for even greater amounts of money. Make sure you have built robust access controls (this comes with the basics) as well as encrypting data that is worthy of being encrypted.
We’ve come a long way from the days of anti-virus platforms as they’ve morphed into more powerful anti-malware platforms. Most ransomware makes it into your environment via email attachments/links or through various social media platforms. At a minimum, your anti-malware platform should block suspicious attachments as well as known bad URLs as this may also strip out malicious links that could introduce ransomware into your environment. Even better would be to take advantage of tools that serve as a sandbox/test/approved unknown attachments or links prior to allowing the user to download the file or access the link.
Let’s face it – many organizations do a lackluster job in protecting credentials and we are seeing this more and more frequently, especially with clients whose infrastructure is in O365/ Azure (note – nothing is wrong with Microsoft, it’s just that administrators don’t necessarily configure authentication mechanisms with Best Practices in mind). Attackers are often able to trick individuals into providing their passwords – oftentimes through social engineering or clicking on malicious links. The best preventative fix to this is to implement multi-factor authentication – this should go near the top of your list.
I’ve often said that security issues are typically not the silicon, but the carbon. Most successful ransomware attacks occur because a human was tricked into introducing it into the environment. How should the building of ‘the human firewall’ best be addressed? Security awareness training is key – this involves more than just making people read policies and hear stories. It is a common best practice to perform ongoing and regular spearphishing campaigns and to make sure that those you ‘take the bait’ learn from their mistakes.
Seems like it wasn’t so long ago where we used tapes to back up our data. Its relatively slow and clunky nature also provided a natural deterrent against ransomware. As data backups have become more real-time they can be susceptible to ransomware, so make sure that your backup strategy includes the ability to take ‘snapshots’ and that credentialing is resilient. More importantly, make sure that you have processes in place to recover your backed-up data if you were to be a victim of a ransomware attack, and also make sure that you have the ability to effectively rebuild impacted systems.
Effective monitoring involves not only having a well-tuned SIEM solution (or MSSP) in place to quickly alert you if anomalous activity is taking place, but to also have a watchful workforce that follows the mantra ‘if you see something, say something’. They should have the Helpdesk’s (or whomever the first line of support is) phone number and email address at their fingertips in the event of a critical security event. Effective monitoring may also help you determine the breadth of a ransomware attack.
It is common due diligence to make sure you have the right amount of cyber insurance to cover your organization in the event that you suffered a ransomware attack. Make sure that you clearly understand what the policy covers and what it does not cover and ensure that you have the necessary security controls and processes in place as required by your policy. Make sure that your incident response plan outlines exactly how to communicate with your cyber insurance provide, including off-hours support.
Your ransomware readiness IR plan should involve all members of the organization who have skin in the game – so besides the obvious IT and security staff, it should include legal, PR, and executives. This is where those tabletop exercises come in to make sure your organization is as ready as possible – and that you’ve addressed Steps 1-10.
Since COVID has forced most of us into a virtual workforce situation, corresponding IR plans should be refined to address a mainly remote workforce. Note – because ransomware is evolving at an increasingly fast pace, it may be reasonable to revisit your IR plan on a regular basis to make sure that you have the most effective responses/processes in place to address the most recent attacks.
Let’s face it – a ransomware attack can ruin a perfectly nice day and it can also incur extraordinary financial costs as well as brand damage. Given that ransomware has invariably become a key boardroom discussion topic, those responsible for helping protect the enterprise (it is not just the CISO’s job – instead it is everybody’s responsibility to some extent!) can help reduce the probability of a ransomware attack taking place as well as the extent of an attack’s potential damage. These ten steps can provide a strong foundation to point you in the right direction.
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Organizations have widely embraced the cloud. The cloud is so firmly established that Gartner calls it “the new normal for enterprise IT.” The cloud is compelling because it is a lot more predictive in terms of an organization’s IT spend. It drives innovation by enabling the quick and elastic provision of resources and by making a wide range of building blocks available from a single console. Organizations can be on the leading edge, be more agile and benefit from economies of scale.
Many organizations are already on cloud journeys today, but those journeys are still evolving. There is a lack of understanding of foundational paradigm shifts resulting from cloud usage. Compared to traditional data centers, the attack surface for cloud deployments is larger and more dynamic because of the use of ephemeral resources and more granular services. This is exacerbated by the sometimes-uncontrolled proliferation of cloud usage by teams within an organization.
Organizations tend to underestimate the complexities of securing cloud environments. Applications running on-premises are within a well-understood and stable security perimeter under the organization’s complete control. Moving to a cloud or hybrid environment changes this basic assumption. The increased flexibility and power of cloud services results in increased complexity of governance and operations, thereby increasing the possibility of vulnerabilities due to misconfigurations. The unmatched flexibility and power of containerized microservices and Kubernetes also results in additional complexity by increasing the number of interfaces that may get exposed. The shorter deployment cycle for container images results in innovation and agility, but this also increases the possibility of compromised software within the security perimeter that is immune to boundary protections such as multifactor authentication.
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A security researcher found a bug in the popular cloud messaging app Slack that allowed attackers to steal users' authentication tokens and reuse them to gain access to private channels and data. How does this exploit work, and why were these authentication tokens exposed?
Frans Rosen, a security researcher at web security company Detectify, discovered a Slack vulnerability that essentially enabled attackers to gain access to another Slack users' chats, messages, file content and more. The vulnerability would have enabled an attacker to gain complete access to another user's account by accessing a malicious page that would redirect the Slack WebSocket to the malicious site, stealing the user's session token in the process.
Rosen originally found this Slack vulnerability on the browser version of the application. He submitted the bug to Slack, and it was fixed within five hours. Slack's bug bounty program paid him $3,000 for the vulnerability submission.
The major reason this Slack vulnerability could have been successfully exploited was due to the fact that the application wasn't properly checking messages when using cross-origin communication. With this flaw in place, an attacker could create a malicious link that abused this trust, and directed the user to a page of the attacker's choosing. This site would then be configured to steal the authentication token from the user who assumed they were logging into Slack. The proof-of-concept attack also abused the postMessage function and the WebSocket protocol on which the application relies for communication.
Essentially, this Slack vulnerability would have enabled attackers to listen for tokens directed to a web server that the attacker would have configured for this very purpose, and dumped the token that was used to authenticate the application. The attackers would then be able to use these tokens to impersonate the user that clicked the malicious link. The lack of origin validation enabled this redirect and token theft to occur.
It's interesting to note that the encryption of the session didn't do anything to stop this potential attack. Encryption didn't protect this token theft because it was as if the users themselves were logging in successfully. From the application's standpoint, nothing went wrong, and the authentication was performed properly. It was the lack of validation that would have allowed attackers to gain access to this token and pass it off as their own.
It's important to note that Slack acted extremely fast when this flaw was disclosed, and fixed the bug within only a few hours. Slack promotes the security of its offering, since it hosts some sensitive information within the platform, such as the chat logs of projects and companies.
Moving as fast as it did when the bug was submitted continues to build user confidence on the security of Slack's offering. Using a bug bounty alone is a good way to have an application stress tested by the white hat community. Because of this set up, the Slack vulnerability in cross-origin communications was found, fixed and rewarded before attackers could use it for malicious gain.
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Nokia launches Lumia 625 smartphone with 4.7-in screen
Nokia has unveiled its largest Windows 8 smartphone, the Lumia 625, which sports a 4.7-in. LCD screen and a price tag of under US$300.
The smartphone is described as "fun, fast and affordable" in a short statement from Nokia. The announcement is a stark contrast to the fullscale New York press event on July 11 that featured Nokia CEO Stephen Elop hosting the launch of the company's flagship Lumia 1020 smartphone with a 41 megapixel camera sensor and 6X zoom.
Sales of the new device will begin in the third quarter across most parts of the world including China, Europe, Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
The Lumia 625 shares some features with the 1020, including Smart Camera editing capabilities and a Cinemagraph tool to add movement to still photos. However, the new smartphone's main camera is just at 5 megapixels, far below the 1020's 41 megapixels.
Even with a large screen and a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, Nokia is keeping the estimated retail price low, at 220 Euros or about US$290. That's less than half the price of an unlocked high-end phone in the U.S.
In addition to 8 GB of internal storage, the 625 supports an SD card for up to 64GB of added storage. It also supports HERE mapping and 4G wireless technologies.
Microsoft's Windows Phone is now the third-largest smartphone OS globally, behind Android and iOS. Nokia is the largest Windows Phone device maker.
To keep growing, analyst have urged Nokia to create Lumia Windows Phone devices at all price ranges, especially at the low-end to sell into geographies with lower smartphone adoption than in the U.S.
The 4.7-in. display of the Lumia 625 makes it the largest Lumia (the 1020 is 4.5-in.), which is well above the iPhone 5's 4-in. screen. The 625 screen is, however, smaller than the 5-in. Samsung Galaxy S4 or the 6.4-in. Sony Xperia Z Ultra.
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With the Firesheep firestorm (there are over 1,000,000 search results as of this writing) blazing across the web, there is a lot of pressure on cafes, coffee shops and other establishments that offer free open WiFi to implement WPA2 encryption. While it’s trivial to set it up, fielding the questions from users can disrupt the normal flow of business. The most frequent question will probably be, “What’s the password?” Most places will post signs and/or print up instruction cards with the password on them, but here’s a simple trick that most will probably overlook: rename the SSID of the wireless router so it also gives the password.
Here’s an example: Let’s assume that I own a place called “Ken’s Cafe.” The SSID of my wireless router is KCWiFi. I’ve implemented WPA2 and made the password Ken’sCafe. All I have to do is change the SSID to something like this: KCWiFi (Password: Ken’sCafe). Probably many patrons will see that and just connect when prompted for the password.
This simple trick will work well because there is nothing confidential about a WPA2 password; it doesn’t matter what it is or who has it. Unlike WEP, each connection to WPA2 is unique and there is client-to-client isolation between the connections.
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How to detect whether your system is affected by dapshred.exe?
Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:
Problem during computer start-up.
Problem during program start-up.
Errors while running specific functions.
Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
Go to the process tab and right-click on the dapshred.exe file and open its location.
If the file is located outside C:\Program Files, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.
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It isn’t just the general public who is concerned about Internet security, many London escorts are also concerned with Internet security. This is why you see so many escorts smudge their eyes in photos or only allow parts of their bodies being photographed. They know that many images are not used legally and some images of London escorts have even ended up on dating sites. Dating site employees have claimed that the photos are images or photos of girls that I have signed up to the site, but in fact none of this is true.
London escorts fully appreciate that Internet security is not only a concern over images. Names and other data such as intimate details are likely to be stolen as well. Some very naughty people out there even lift the content of entire web sites, and claim it for their own. This is serious fraud and should be reported on all occasions. I have had to go through the process many times, and I now know it off the back of my hand. Some of my London escorts friends have had to go through it as well. They have contributed to a site such as Hubpages on the Internet and found that their content have been stolen.
Some sites such as Hubpages, make Internet protocol a priority and you can easily trace your stolen content. One of my London escorts friends had an article stolen from Hubpages the other day, and had to file a complain with DMCA. It may seem like a bit of long winded process when you first do it, but the fact is that it works. Content is quickly removed and the culprit is identified without further problems. It is not nice when it happens, but at least there is a way of dealing with it.
Of course, most London escorts appreciate that it isn’t only content that is stolen. Many other things are stolen as well such as personal bank details. One of my London escorts friends had her credit card detail stolen and in less than 30 minutes, somebody had managed to book flights with both Easyjet and Ryanair. She had to cancel her credit card, and because it was a large amount of money, she had to report to the police. After about 60 days she did get her money back but it was a real hassle.
Our brave new world has many advantages but it is also has many disadvantages. Most of us trust people less and find that we are less willing to make friends. Many of us often wonder why someone wants to be our friend and we are becoming much more naturally suspicious of one another. The fact is that we just to think the best of people but now we often think the worse. A Beautiful London escort friend said that it seems like we are actually becoming frighten of each other and this is probably true. Technology is great but can you trust both technology and people? | http://sigrlo.org/internet-security-and-escorts/ |
The dreadful ransomware is back with two new variants namely, ‘Diablo’ and ‘Lukitus’.
Security researchers have recently spotted two new Locky Ransomware strains Diablo and Lukitus. Like other types of crypto-locking ransomware, they are also designed to encrypt files on a PC and demand a ransom in exchange for the decryption key. These new variants were reported by researchers on August 16th 2017.
“Ransomware is more about manipulating vulnerabilities in human psychology than the adversary’s technological sophistication”.
? James Scott
Locky has been one of the major forms of ransomware which became globally successful. First time it appeared in 2016 and by the end of year it disappeared. But if you think that it no longer poses a threat then you are wrong. After going dark, Locky is back with Necurs botnet which is one of the largest botnets used for attacks.
From August 9th onwards Locky has made another reappearance using a new file extension “.diablo6” to encrypt files with the rescue note: “diablo- .htm”. Diablo calls back to a different command and control server. Along with it, there is another new variant which adds the extension ‘.Lukitus’ to encrypted files.
Interestingly, Lukitus means locking in Finnish.
The new campaign sends spam emails in the form of PDF attachments with embedded .DOCM files. If the user downloads the attachment and enable macros as requested, they will lost access to the files on their computer.
Once all the data is encrypted, it demands a ransom if the owners wish to receive the private key to decrypt the data. Locky is less prevalent but it is still a serious threat due to its strong cryptography.
Als Read: Various Ways To Protect Your PC Against Ransomware
This campaign is an eye opener for all of us, who assumed that Locky is gone simply because it’s not active for a specific time. This is not the first time that Locky has reappeared, it remains shrouded in mystery for sometime and then appears with new infections.
The sudden reappearance of Locky can be related to the decryption tools for Jaff ransomware that was made available in June. Jaff appeared in May and was spread by the same Necrus botnet used to distribute Locky.
This proves that ransomware is not going to leave us soon, so we need to keep on developing new strategies and techniques to fight them.
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I'm going to expand this from just "Adware" to all forms of malicious software or "malware" because the concepts and principles are the same. Even though many forms of adware (advertising software) are not strictly malicious, they can be annoying, as you're currently experiencing.
The answer depends on the specific malicious software or adware that you're having trouble with, but it typically falls into one of three categories.
A lot of malware - I'll guess perhaps even as much as half these days - is malware that you've explicitly invited onto your computer.
In other words, you may well be doing it to yourself.
How?
Returning to sites that repeatedly install the software with which you're having problems.
Downloading and installing software that includes the malware.
Opening email attachments that turn out to include the malware.
There are probably even more ways that simply boil down to your allowing, or even asking, that the malicious software to be installed on your machine. I know it's not intentional - perhaps it's accidental, or simply not realizing that this might be happening - but it's frighteningly common.
That's why I say that you are the best defense.
The next time that you've cleaned something off of your machine and you expect it to return, take care to watch specifically what you're doing that might end up inadvertently inviting malware onto your own machine.
Removal tools are often prevention tools
Many of the tools that we'd consider malware removal tools are actually malware prevention tools as well.
Anti-virus and anti-spyware tools sometimes have options to monitor your computer for incoming malware and stop it in its tracks if they're configured properly.
Firewalls prevent malicious software from entering your machine over the network.
Keeping your machine's software - both OS and applications - up-to-date removes the software vulnerabilities that malicious software often exploits to infect your machine.
Tools like WinPatrol can also alert you to suspicious activity so you can choose to block it should you want to.
The take-away here is to perhaps take an inventory of how you have your machine protected and make sure that it includes all of the basic steps for internet security.
Sometimes, stuff happens
Even with the best of plans and tools, stuff can still happen. It shouldn't be often, and it needn't repeat, but as I've often pointed out, detecting and preventing malware is actually a race. Malware authors are always attempting to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities and devise new ways of avoiding detection. On the other side of the battle, software vendors are patching discovered vulnerabilities and anti-malware tools vendors are devising new techniques to detect all the new ways that malware can be hidden.
In the middle is a window where even a fully protected machine can still remain vulnerable to the latest malicious software.
I'll also remind you that backups are for more than hardware failures - restoring to a full backup taken prior to a malware infection is often the most effective approach to ensure that malware has indeed been completely removed.
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I run Anti-Virus software; why do I still sometimes get infected? It seems like even the most up-to-date anti-virus software package isn't always enough. It's frustrating, since you'd think that it would be.
I use either Sandboxie http://www.sandboxie.com/
or BufferZone http://www.trustware.com/
Both use the "sandbox" concept, so if your browser is "sandboxed" , any malware picked up by your browser never gets into your "real" system.(Unless you specifically allow it)
Other applications can run sandboxed too ,including email.
Great for trying out new programs as well.
Don't like what the program does or any dubious "extras" it installed? Just empty the sandbox and all will be gone. Don't even have to un-install it.
Acronis TI also has the "Try and Decide" feature ,which is similar.
These are just a few examples how to protect yourself. There are many other similar programs.
BACKUP. Buying another HD, external USB or internal, and using it for backups only will save your bacon and your sanity. And the prices have dropped signifigantly for tetrabyte HDs.
And thank you, DiggerP, for letting me know about BufferZone.
For Firefox users, there is a nifty little add-on called 'NoScript' which prevents websites from running scripts unless you specifically allow them, be it permanently or temporarily. It seems to be updated on a regular basis and does include websites which are known as being malicious from executing anything.
Takes some getting used to, but well worth it.
"backups as being the most effective way to remove malware" NO! It WONT remove malware.
If malware infects, and you can't isolate or remove it, then restoring to a full backup taken prior to a malware infection will be needed. I only hope I've misunderstood or misinterpreted the comment.
I believe what is meant is that having a backup taken prior to the infection to which you can restore to after the infection is the most effective way to remove malware. If you don't have a backup then it's not an option, and only reformat/reinstall can be used to clean off otherwise uncleanable malware.
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XKCD totally gets it! I am an early adopter. I joined and paid for Blogger when Ev was still in an apartment on Judah St. My Twitter number is only 6 digits. I’ve had an Amazon account since 1998 or so. I’ve had my gMail account only a tiny bit less: certainly it was this millenium, but it was before 9/11. I can still see the office I was sitting in the day I got my invite – and sent out a few to friends who asked. Back in those days you could still do cool things like hold raffles on your website: “I’ve got some more gMail invites, the first ten of you to write and post a Haiku about how awesome Cherry iMacs are (and link to me) will get one…” The cool thing is that I was in so very early that I managed to get my first initial and last name at gmail.com with no numbers or other qualifiers at all.
I’ve got a common last name. You’d may not be surprised how many people think their email address is mine. Over the years – including once whilst writing this article – I’ve very politely written back to a number of parties and said, “I think you’ve sent this to the wrong address.” Other parties have registered my email address assumedly by mistake, or else used my email address to avoid spam in their real address. There are a lot of my first initials out there. There would be my real name, eg, Huw, then Hugh, Henry, Hyrum, Harry, Harold, Halley, Heather, Henrietta, Haighlea, Harley etc, and then because it’s gMail and the punctuation doesn’t matter, there’s h. and h- and h_ in all of its possible permutations. Then there’s typos – as the most recent one was (evidently the party left out a middle initial in the address).
So for the humorous, yes, one party put my email address on her bridal registry: I do hope she liked all the avocado green place settings. I couldn’t resist. There were travel documents – one airline with whom I was already registered kindly assuming that anyone using my address must actually be me – I could have cancelled them, at least they didn’t ask me to pay for the tickets to Europe! Magazines constantly send offers to me thinking they are reaching more appropriate folks. One party in England used my address to register at a couple of very posh eateries of the sort that bother to write personal emails to invite you to come back to dinner. One party in LA uses my address, still, for just about everything – and her parents don’t seem to remember me every time I have to write and say “I’m not your daughter.”
Honestly, I only get annoyed when they keep contacting me after I’ve clicked unsubscribe or when I’ve contacted them once to say “Not me”. The only thing more annoying is the woman who owned my phone number before I got it and bounced a lot of checks. After eleven years with this phone number I still get calls from claims investigators looking for this scofflaw from North Carolina.
The security aspect, however, wasn’t quite clear to me until one party registered his first initial and last name at gmail.com (my email, that is) as his email on his SAT.
With no way to turn it off until it was too late, the SAT sent his score and my email address to just about every college in the known universe. I was able to tell the SAT they had the wrong address with one click, but the report had been sent out already. At my address, he was offered scholarships, invitations for visits and telephone interviews if he couldn’t show up. I heard about visiting days, advanced programs and work-study options. Most of these had “unsubscribe” links at the bottom and since I couldn’t be bothered to track any of this I did, just as a matter of course, click unsubscribe on everything. Those that didn’t have unsubscribe were blocked as spam (thank you, gmail for an excellent filter) and, after a couple of months, it all stopped. But as the next admission cycled rolled around, a few colleges decided to try again.
After clicking unsubscribe one morning, suddenly I was staring at the home address of my erstwhile kin! One college, a tiny school in Missouri, didn’t unsubscribe, but rather invited someone to “confirm their account settings.” I tried it again, yup: his home address and phone. No, I didn’t call him and say, “Hey, I’m the reason you never got your SAT scores or that scholarship to Harvard.” Instead I contacted the college admissions office and said, “This may be a FERPA violation. You’d better check.” Of course it wasn’t their fault – but it seems kind of odd to reveal so much information based on an unverified email.
Since that time, I’ve had more shocking events. People often send the most revealing photos to the wrong address. The email today was a photograph of handwritten account information, including phone numbers and, one assumes, some kind of UK personal ID number. I was most horrified at the Real Estate agent in Ontario that kept sending me loan documents for a family (that had given the wrong email) even after I asked for her to stop. My assumption is that she called the family to confirm the email address and that they, again, gave the wrong email. But really, when you get email from an address, that’s about all you need. Loan documents…. with a lot of info on them. Just imagine that for a minute: with whom would you want to accidentally share your banking information?
This is what happens when you either mistype the intended email address or else give the wrong email address: you share personal information. Full stop. It’s not “Reverse Identity Theft” so much as “Free Identity Give-away”. You’ve created a security leak on your own: and how much of one depends entirely on the company with whom you’re doing business.
You may share it with someone who is kind-hearted and who will write you back and say ”you’ve reached the wrong address” or you may not. You may reach someone who changes the color of your place settings, or you may share payment information or banking information in a way that can put you at risk!
After more than two decades in customer service of one form or another, I no longer think that most of these are mere mistakes. I’ve worked for ISPs and websites. I’ve managed customer files for employment agencies and for IT departments in colleges. Over and over people do not know their email address. That’s not a mistake: that’s stupid. “Ma’am, that address is not in our database. Sir, there is no account with that address.” I have no idea how they manage to do this. To me it’s like not knowing your own phone number. Yes, certainly, it may be hard in a given moment to remember your own number – I never dial it, you know! But after a moment you remember it and go “Ah, yes”. And yes, certainly, people have multiple email addresses – I’ve got 7 or 8! But again, it’s like your work phone and your home phone, or, better, your land line, your cell phone and your work phone and the fax number at the office – all of these are usually within easy reach of whatever passes for the remainder of my memory.
Uncharitably, either the vast majority of users are so very dense as to be unable to find their hometown on a map, or else – with a bit more charity – they are just making up stuff to avoid giving out personal information over the internet. “I’ll just say my email address is bilbo at baggins dot com and it will all be ok”. But that is just as stupid. Someplace Bilbo is waiting to get the next email and he may have nefarious plans on your precious information.
Right now I’m dealing with a very annoying case: a party used my email to register her B&N Nook. Now, I’m greatly astonished that there was never a validation email: click here to validate your account. Sure, I never had to validate my Kindle – but I’ve had the same address on my Amazon account for over a decade: that address was validated back then. I’m equally astonished that it took several weeks of conversation with B&N to get someone to contact their customer and asked her for a proper email address. I’ve even called B&N and they won’t talk to me about the account because I can’t validate it! But I could reset the password. Why would a customer do this? Why would a company not want to correct it? Who knows.
Again, when you either mistype the intended email address or else wilfully give the wrong email address you share personal information. Full stop.
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