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Cloud data storage and outsourcing can often be more secure than using internal resources however there are some additional things to bear in mind. We consider issues which should be taken into account when reviewing the security of your computer systems. At Honey Barrett, we can provide guidance on data security in the East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent area.
Many companies are now completely reliant on the data stored on their network servers, PCs, laptops, mobile devices or in the cloud. Some of this data is likely to contain either personal information and/or confidential company information.
We have a related factsheet that covers the conventional data security considerations.
Here we look at some of the issues to consider when reviewing the security of your computer systems, and how to minimise the risks of data loss, within the cloud and services are outsourced.
training staff in security principles and procedures.
If you are in the East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent area please do contact us and we would be happy to help with data security issues.
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What is Ransomware? It’s a malware attack and that encrypts the specified files in your computer and mapped drives ! How is Ransomware getting spread? The most common way is via mail attachment. Specific file types in your network drives and local computer will get encrypted when you open the Ransomware attachment from your mail. What is the impact of Ransomware? You won’t be able to access the files which are encrypted. Think about this from an enterprise perspective – most of our machines have at least couple of network drives/file shares access and these file shares are mapped to you machine. All those files (with specific file types) will get encrypted and to decrypt those files you need to pay ransom money to hackers! These kind of attacks are increasing day by day !
Altaro is organizing a Webinar to explain what is ransomware? How to prevent this from happening on your Hyper-V file servers? What are the methods to recover impacted Hyper-V hosts (file servers) from Ransomware? And real-world infections and resolutions (and failures!). Free webinar is scheduled for 23rd Aug 2016 2PM CEST / 1PM BST (RoW) OR 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT (US).
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No data is more sensitive than financial records. If you’re an organization that handles personal or corporate financial information, you know already that even a minor security breach can cause serious reputational damage and loss of customer confidence.
In recent years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a more active role in regulating data privacy for brokers, investment advisors, private fund managers and other organizations under their purview. Compliance with SEC standards may seem like an additional hassle, but if done correctly, it can form the basis of an enhanced security posture. Ultimately, when more organizations are adopting best practices for data privacy compliance, it strengthens the industry as a whole.
Vigilant Compliance is well positioned to help your business create and sustain an effective compliance policy.
In March 2014, the SEC held its inaugural Cybersecurity Roundtable, in which it identified several best practices for network security risk assessment and mitigation. Specifically, it stated that all organizations should:
Have a formal response plan in place for dealing with data breaches and other network security incidents.
Conduct regular penetration testing, and then use the results to identify security weaknesses and make infrastructural improvements.
Identify and prioritize sensitive data and implement appropriate access controls.
Treat security as an industry-wide concern and make intelligence sharing a priority.
Ultimately, the goal of these recommendations was to encourage organizations to be more proactive about cybersecurity. Every year since, cybersecurity has been included on the SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) annual list of priorities.
SEC Cybersecurity Risk Guidelines for 2016: What You Need to Know
The most recent list of OCIE priorities was published in January 2016. In it, the office highlights the importance of building a robust security infrastructure that can respond to evolving threats. It expands requirements for risk assessment and program monitoring as part of SEC security compliance, establishing clearer benchmarks for meeting these obligations. Other issues covered in the update include:
The fundamental role of knowing where, how and why sensitive consumer data is stored.
The need for written policies and employee training that ensures guidelines are properly and systematically followed by all staff.
The importance of investigations into evolving external and internal threats.
As SEC cyber risk guidelines continue to expand, there will be a clear need for organizations to seek outside expertise when setting priorities and making decisions about how they protect their data. That’s where Vigilant Compliance comes in.
What Do SEC Data Privacy Compliance Consultants Do?
While the SEC Data Privacy Compliance is very important for organizations that have personal, health or financial data to abide by and the SEC guidance is helpful, the exact function of SEC Data Privacy Compliance consultants may seem vague.
Our consultants will give actionable items based off of the rules, regulations and guidance your business needs, then deliver them! Overall, compliance consultant companies like Vigilant Compliance will assess your current cybersecurity compliance, develop your company’s technology policies and procedures, ensure the staff is aware, update your company on updates and plan accordingly, conduct routine tests for vulnerabilities and manage and respond to breaches that happen.
Vigilant Compliance offers dedicated SEC cyber risk assessment services that ensure your bases are covered when it comes to staying compliant with the latest OCIE guidelines. The SEC updates its rules regularly, and as a result, meeting the most recent requirements can be a challenge, even for organizations with their own internal cybersecurity department.
Our experts will work with the resources you have on hand to ensure the path to SEC compliance is simple and straightforward. We are an experienced consultant to the investment management industry, and, since 2014, we have been a leader in the field of SEC network security compliance consulting. Working with SSD Technology Partners, we help mutual funds and investment advisors establish policies and procedures for staying compliant with all SEC guidelines. To find out how what we can do for you, contact our office today.
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Multidropper. RLG is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
Multidropper. RLG does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
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It prevents scanning tools from running, such as Windows Registry Editor, FileMonitor, etc.
Its code is encrypted and it is only decrypted when it is going to run. Because of this, its code is not legible through a memory dump.
It terminates its own execution if it detects that a debugging program is active.
MSNPhoto. G uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Instant messaging: it sends links pointing to a copy of itself to all users included in the infected user's contacts list.
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Tvido. A is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs.
Tvido. A uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.
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Cybersecurity preparedness is one of the major obstacles businesses are facing today. Yet, despite the increased focus on making companies cybersafe, there are several common cybersecurity misconceptions that still pervade the business world.
And if you or your employees believe any of the myths below, you could be opening up your business to unknown risks or potential cyberattacks.
Reality: Small businesses made up over half of last year’s breach victims.
This is one of the most common cybersecurity myths that need to be debunked right this instant! A lot of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMEs) think that they are safe from any kind of digital threats because they’re off the radar. But, let me just put this out here and say that hackers don’t care about the scale of your organization to target it. Of course, some prefer to hack the bigger organizations, but most cyber attackers would settle for smaller businesses. In fact, according to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 58 % of data breach victims are small businesses.
This is because while many businesses aren’t targeted specifically, some businesses fall prey to what’s known as “spray-and-pray” attacks — where hackers set up automated systems to randomly infiltrate businesses. And as these attacks are random, any business can be damaged, regardless of size.
However, small businesses tend to be viewed as “softer” targets, as they have less funding for advanced data protection software and often don’t have skilled security teams, which makes them more likely to fall victim to spray-and-pray attacks. Targeted attacks also tend to focus on small businesses, precisely because they’re unprotected.
Myth #2: Only certain industries are vulnerable to cyber attacks
Reality: Any business with sensitive information is vulnerable to attack.
Much like some businesses believe they won’t be attacked because of their size, other businesses wrongly assume that they won’t be attacked because of the industry they’re in. Again, this is not true! Every industry is at risk.
In fact, let’s just put it this way: if you are connected to the Internet in one way or another, then you are at risk of getting digitally attacked. The reality is that hackers target whatever they can, whenever they can.
What’s more, even if the data being targeted doesn’t have resale value on the darkweb, it may be imperative for the business to function. Ransomware, for example, can render data unusable unless you pay for a decryption key. This can make attacks very profitable for cyber criminals, even if the data is deemed “low value.”
Myth #3: A strong password is enough to keep your business safe
Reality: Two-factor authentication and data monitoring is also needed.
In truth, no password can be 100% secure. No matter how many numbers and special characters you use in your passwords, there’s always a possibility that they can be cracked or leaked in some way. Most people think that their regular passwords are strong enough to stand against multiple break-in attempts. However, that’s a wrong mentality to have.
This is why while it is still important to include capitalization, numbers and special characters into your password, it is just as important to keep changing your passwords regularly. It could be weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, but you need to regularly change your passwords, and have your employees change theirs.
However, while strong passwords are one of the foundations of good cybersecurity practices, especially for businesses, implementing and enforcing strong password policies is only the start. In fact, one of the major components of cybersecurity preparedness that companies overlook isn’t how people access the information — it’s what information is available in the first place.
Not only do employees need strong passwords, companies need to be more aware of who they allow to access what data. In a recent study, we found that 41 % of companies had at least 1,000 sensitive files open to all employees. Many companies also don’t have a system in place to monitor admin access. Strong passwords help keep your company safe, but there’s a lot more at risk once employees are in the system.
Myth #4: If Wi-Fi has a password, it’s secure
Reality: All public Wi-Fi can be compromised, even with a password.
Now with most employees working remotely due to COVID-19, they may incorrectly assume that a password keeps a Wi-Fi network safe. In reality, Wi-Fi passwords primarily limit the number of users per network; other users using the same password can potentially view the sensitive data that’s being transmitted. These employees should invest in VPNs to keep their data more secure. And remember, using public Wi-Fi is not always safe!
Myth #5: Anti-virus/Anti-malware software is enough to keep your company safe
Reality: Software can’t protect against all cyber risks.
Anti-virus software is certainly an important part of keeping your organization safe — but it won’t protect you from everything. No anti-virus or anti-malware can keep your systems 100% safe and secure from all types of cyberattacks. Now at this point in time, if you are scratching your head wondering then why did you spend all those $ on investing in such software to protect your business, let me explain further.
This is because anti-virus and anti-malware software relies on a large database that has information about all the malware/viruses out there. However, hackers are becoming smarter and stealthier, so if these hackers use a new kind of malware to infect your network or PC, then there’s a high chance that your software won’t be able to detect those immediately. So the bottom line is, don’t solely rely on such software. While they will protect your business from existing viruses and malwares out there, they are only the first line of defence for your system and you should always have multiple defending options available.
Myth #6: Our cybersecurity system is PERFECT
Reality: Cyber preparedness is ongoing, with new threats emerging every day.
Here is the thing, no one is perfect! You can never be too sure about your cybersecurity ever. I mean, technology is advancing with each passing hour, which in turn means that new threats are emerging each day. You need to constantly adapt newer cybersecurity policies and practices to avoid any havoc.
Hence, cybersecurity is an ongoing battle, not a task to be checked off and forgotten about. New malware and attack methods consistently put your system and data at risk. To truly keep yourself cybersafe, you have to continuously monitor your systems, conduct internal audits, and review, test, and evaluate contingency plans.
Myth #7: Cybersecurity threats are only external
Reality: Insider threats are just as likely, and harder to detect.
Let me ask you this, when you think of a hacker, what image comes to your mind? Some random person sitting in a dark basement wearing a black ski mask and trying to hack into your organization’s network? Yes, I’ll admit that’s the image in my head as well.
But, we cannot be any more wrong! In fact, did you know that up to 75% of cyberattacks or data breaches are a result of someone on the inside? I mean these threats can come from anyone on the inside – from disgruntled employees looking for professional revenge to content employees without proper cybersecurity training. Therefore, it’s important to have a system in place to deter and monitor insider threats.
Myth #8: Cybersecurity is solely the IT department’s responsibility
Reality: All employees play a role in keeping your company cybersafe.
While IT has a big responsibility when it comes to implementing and reviewing policies to keep companies cybersafe, true cybersecurity preparedness falls on the shoulders of every employee, not just those within the information technology department. Employees should thus be properly trained on cybersecurity best practices, such as how to avoid downloading malware through emails or unsafe websites, how to spot phishing scams and avoid unsafe links.
Myth #9: We don’t need tests or training
Reality: 90% of all successful cyberattacks are caused by human error.
This could be the most dangerous and fatal myth out there. Watching YouTube videos or reading a few cybersecurity-related articles will not bring employees up to speed with all the risks and counter-measures. Like mentioned in the previous point, all employees play a role in keeping your company cybersafe. Hence, it is important to have all employees go through a cybersecurity training program to protect your business from any possible cyber risks.
Penetration tests and assessments should also be conducted regularly to find any vulnerabilities and fix them in time.
Myth #10: Bringing your device is safe
Reality: All smart devices, including wearables, can compromise a network’s system.
Employees often assume that their personal devices are immune to the security protocols the company’s computers are subjected to. As such, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies have opened up companies to cyber risk they may not be aware of. Employees who use their personal devices for work-related activities need to follow the same protocols put in place on all of the network’s computers. These rules aren’t limited to cellphones and laptops. BYOD policies should cover all devices that access the internet, including wearables and any IoT devices.
I know I know, it is cost-effective to have your employees bring in and connect their devices to your organization’s network. And now, with most employees working remotely now, they will most likely be using their own personal devices if companies had only provided them with a desktop at work and not a portable laptop. However, this also comes with a whole bag full of security risks. This is because most employees have a bunch of personal devices ranging from a PC to their smartphone and when they connect to your network, it also becomes a whole new entry point for hackers.
Reality: Modern malware is stealthy and hard to detect.
A decade or so ago it may have been true that you could tell immediately if your computer was infected with a virus — tell-tale signs included pop-up ads, slow-to-load browsers and, in extreme cases, full-on system crashes.
However, today’s modern malware is much more stealthy and hard to detect. Here’s the reality: most sophisticated viruses sit on your computer, avoiding any detection. I mean, depending on the strain your computer or network is infected with, it’s quite possible that your compromised machine will continue running smoothly, allowing the virus to do massive damage for some time before detection – such as, data leaks, sensitive information leaks, etc.
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Downloader. QKR is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions: screenlogging, stealing personal data, etc.
Downloader. QKR does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
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February 6, 2017 – 6:00 am – “When you come to a fork in the road, take it” is a saying made famous by the late, great Yogi Berra. It came to mind when I saw an article “Self-driving cars reach a fork in the road, and automakers take different routes” by Ashley Halsey III and Michael Laris in the August 24, […]…
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Are Perceptions About Cloud Security and Availability Overblown … and Wrong?
April 16, 2013 – 6:00 am – It appears that the greatest hindrance for organizations to move their applications and data into the cloud is concern about security and availability. While it is arguable whether or not security and privacy risks and system failure rates and durations are greater overall for cloud-based…
By C. Warren Axelrod | Posted in CSO/CISO Perspectives, Privacy, Risk Analysis | Also tagged Alina Oprea, Ari Juels, Availability, cloud computing, cloud-based services, information security outsourcing, MSSP, Privacy, reliability, resiliency, spotlight | Comments (0)
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IRCBot. BAP is a backdoor that allows hackers to gain remote access to the affected computer in order to carry out actions that compromise user confidentiality and impede the tasks performed on the computer.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy: keystrokes, in order to obtain information for accessing online banking services, passwords and other confidential information.
It affects productivity, preventing tasks from being carried out:
In the affected computer: it converts the computer into a platform for taking malicious action surreptitiously: spam sending, launch of Denial of Service attacks, malware distribution, etc.
It reduces the security level of the computer: it awaits remote-control orders received through IRC.
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It terminates processes corresponding to several security tools, such as antivirus programs and firewalls, to prevent detection.
IRCBot. BAP uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
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adverse effects on other staff and the morale of the agency generally.
The ICAC recommends a proactive risk management approach to corruption prevention by identifying corruption risks and then developing appropriate strategies to address these risks.
The risk management process
Risk management is an accepted part of good governance and many agencies already undertake some degree of risk assessment and management. Legislative and government policies and best practice guides require or encourage risk management by NSW public sector agencies. However, not all agencies include the risk of corruption in their risk management process. They should do so, because agencies have a public duty to minimise corruption and like other risks, corruption can affect an agency's ability to achieve its objectives.
The Australian Standard on Risk Management (AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 – Risk management: Principles and guidelines) and the NSW Treasury guidance materials provide general information on risk management. The information provided here should be used as additional information to assist with identifying and treating corruption risks and is based on experience from ICAC investigations and research.
The importance of risk management for preventing corruption
A risk management approach to corruption prevention is appropriate because it helps to identify structural weaknesses that may facilitate corruption, provides a framework for all staff to take part in identifying risk factors and treatments, and embeds corruption prevention within a well-established governance framework.
All public sector organisations are exposed to corruption risks, and some functions (such as licensing) carry substantial risks that cannot be transferred or eliminated. Increasing public – private sector business relationships carry their own set of corruption risks.
A risk management approach is the most appropriate way to ensure that these risks are identified and effectively managed.
An agency that fails to mitigate corruption risks can also cause problems for other agencies. For example, if a fraudulent supplier is not dealt with then they may be employed by another agency.
Corruption is deliberate, not accidental.
Public sector agencies generally have fewer choices in the management of their corruption risks than other risks. For example, public sector agencies cannot avoid the corruption risks of some functions by choosing to discontinue those functions, such as licensing.
Public sector agencies cannot share or transfer corruption risks as they retain ultimate responsibility for functions that are outsourced or shared with a private organisation.
Some business relationships such as public-private partnerships can also bring further corruption risks to an agency, such as conflicts of interest. Public sector agencies must manage not only their own original risks but the risks associated with partnerships.
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https://icac.nsw.gov.au/preventing-corruption/corruption-risk-management/the-risk-management-approach/4877
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You’ll get the opportunity to earn while you learn, gaining a Digital and Technology degree with Manchester Metropolitan University at the same time as earning a full-time salary in a permanent job. A unique chance to get a degree qualification without the student loan, all whilst getting 4 years of work experience under your belt.
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The Apprenticeship route gives you the opportunity for self-discovery and helps you to explore different career paths. With over 325 years of expertise in Banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries, employing over 80,000 people to help move, lend, invest and protect money for customers and clients worldwide. Giving you endless opportunities to network and discover what makes you tick.
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Our Cyber and Security team are central to defending the bank (DTB) So you’ll have the opportunity to play a key part in keeping our customers, clients and colleagues safe in a world full of 21st century digital threats. Defending the bank can be reactive or proactive, and whether you’re placed in strategic intelligence, operational or tactical, we’ll give you all of the resources you need to kick-start a career in one of the most impactful areas of the bank.
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Whilst our campus facilities will make you want to come to the office to work every day, flexible working is celebrated and we are currently operating in a hybrid working environment; many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. And when you do come into the office to work, we offer a free coach service from both Knutsford and Northwich station multiple times a day if you’d prefer to travel by train.
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mounted by the scanning host. A possible hacker may exploit this problem to gain read (and possibly write) access to files on remote host.
Note that root rights were not required to mount the remote shares. That is, the source port to mount the shares was bigger than 1024.
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Dialer. KLX is a dialer type malware. Dialers usually try to establish phone connections with high rate numbers, significantly increasing the phone bill of the affected user.
Dialer. KLX affects computers that use a modem to connect to the Internet, as the virus modifies the Dial-up network access settings. It changes the telephone number provided by the ISP (Internet Service Provider), which is a local-rate number, to a high-rate number.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy: keystrokes, in order to obtain information for accessing online banking services, passwords and other confidential information.
It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc.
On remote sites: it mass mails junk mail (spam).
Dialer. KLX does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
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https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=168168
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ISO/IEC 27033-1:2015 Information technology – Security techniques – Network security – Part 1: Overview and concepts provides an overview of network security and related definitions. It defines and describes the concepts associated with, and provides management guidance on, network security.
Network security applies to the security of devices, of management activities related to the devices, applications/services and end users, and of the information being transferred across the communication links.
ISO27033 provides guidance on how to identify and analyse network security risks and the definition of network security requirements based on that analysis.
ISO27033 provides an overview of the controls that support network technical security architectures and related technical controls, as well as those non-technical controls and technical controls that are applicable not just to networks.
ISO27033 introduces how to achieve good quality network technical security architectures, and the risk, design and control aspects associated with typical network scenarios and network “technology” areas (which are dealt with in detail in subsequent parts of ISO/IEC 27033).
ISO27033 briefly addresses the issues associated with implementing and operating network security controls, and the on-going monitoring and reviewing of their implementation.
Overall, it provides an overview of the ISO/IEC 27033 series and a “road map” to all other parts.
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Water treatment operation required precise control as it concerns the safety daily life of residents in its covered areas. Water Authorities in Texas is increasingly concerned about its OT Cybersecurity.
SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system is widely adopted in WWTP operation. Typically, WWTP consists of water plants, pump stations, water towers, pipelines, and remote terminal units which scattered in its covered region. As an integrated process system, WWTP takes many industrial Ethernet switches, cellular gateway, and routers as the interconnections of the system network.
With the application layer of SCADA system more and more opened, besides the hardware and software of professional control system suppliers such as Siemens, AB, GE, Schneider, those of standardized operating system, server and SQL database are also operated on it, which make the SCADA system facing severely Cybersecurity challenges.
Through the network and moveable storage medium, malicious codes/intrusion and ransomware have become the increasing threats to SCADA system. For instance, the communication between the virtual masquerade IP host and the controller in the SCADA system, unauthorized access and abnormal configrations will bring huge potential risks to the production of water treatment and SCADA system.
SCADA system is a device layer network that composed of the devices such as PLC, HMI, RTU, etc., as well as an integrated system of application layer network cooperation that constructed by databases and servers. Traditional firewalls are normally deployed in the outlet of the system network to defend against access threats from the Internet, while the application layer is protected by the Virus library of the antivirus software running in the operating system.
However, system integrators lack the technical solutions of security defense for the equipment layer network below the application layer of SCADA system. AVCOMM 8000 series Industrial Ethernet Switches in the water treatment SCADA system can provide an effective solution to defend against potential attacks on SCADA devices, while no need to invest on additional dedicated network security devices.
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http://inc.avcomm.us/blog/case-studies-1/cybersecurity-features-for-wwtp-16
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Dell's Mini 3i is the computer giant's first smartphone running Android. [Image: mobile.163.com]
The first Dell Mini 3i smartphone to go on sale anywhere in the world will be available in China this December for 4800 Chinese yuan (US$704) without a mobile phone contract, China Mobile representatives said Thursday.
The smartphone is one of the first Ophones in the world, a brand promoted by China Mobile to make sure consumers know it uses the Linux-based Open Mobile System (OMS) developed by the company.
OMS is very similar to Android, the reason Dell will release the handset elsewhere with Google's popular mobile phone OS inside.
The Dell Mini 3i will not work on China Mobile's 3G network, which is based on China's home grown TD-SCDMA (Time-Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) technology.
The Dell handset currently operates on Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks, but a new TD-SCDMA version of the smartphone will launch in February in China, the China Mobile representatives said.
I had a chance to try out the Dell Mini 3i briefly in China Mobile's offices in Shenzhen.
The smartphone sports an attractive 3.5-inch touchscreen and was surprisingly thin and light. The device appears to be made of plastic, which is light and glossy, similar to that used in many netbooks today.
One drawback of the handset's casing was that fingerprints mucked up the shine and it required constant wiping off.
The touchscreen functionality was smooth, but I could not get a stylus to work on it. The screen only responded to finger touch. It doesn't appear to come with a stylus, so I used one from my smartphone just to test it out.
I was not able to obtain a specification sheet for the smartphone, so could not closely check many additional features. It does, however, have a digital camera on the backside, which is reportedly 3-megapixels, and it has a flash beside the camera.
One of the Mini 3i's I played with was black, while the other was burgundy. The handsets had mini-USB ports and several buttons on the sides, including volume and power.
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https://www.cio.com.au/article/327009/hands_dell_mini_3i_smartphone/
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Hfltipf. A is a rootkit. These are programs used to hide files, Windows Registry entries or processes, either their own or those of other programs.
In this way, even when a user looks for these items on a computer, they won't be able to see them.
Rootkits have been widely used for malicious ends, to camouflage other programs on computers that have previously been compromised through other means.
There are certain examples of malware that use rootkits in order to go unnoticed on the computer they have infected.
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It uses techniques included in its code to hide itself while it is active.
Hfltipf. A does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
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https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=167277
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C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\ISSVC.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
O23 - Service: CWShredder Service - InterMute, Inc. - C:\cwshredder.exe
Hi shannonv and welcome to the Geeks to Go Forums.
My name is Trevuren and I will be helping you with your log.
1. If you haven't logged in go to Geeks to Go and do so. Then proceed to item a.
If you already have logged in, go directly to item a.
Click on My Controls at the top right hand corner of the window.
2. Also, while at the My Controls page, check the box to the right of your post and then scroll down.
.Where it says "unsubscribe" click the pull-down menu and select "immediate email notification" 3. Please DELETE your current HJT program from its present location.
4. Download and run the following HijackThis autoinstall program from Here HJT needs to be in its own folder so that the program itself isn't deleted by accident. Having the backups could be VITAL to restoring your system if something went wrong in the FIX process!
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnd.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP for Windows XP\PGPtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Eudora\Eudora.exe
C:\Program Files\Hijackthis\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
1. Please download VundoFix.exe to your desktop.
Double-click VundoFix.exe to extract the files
This will create a VundoFix folder on your desktop.
After the files are extracted, please REBOOT your computer into Safe Mode.
You can do this by restarting your computer and continually tapping the F8 key until a menu appears. Use your up arrow key to highlight Safe Mode then hit enter.
Once in safe mode open the VundoFix folder and doubleclick on KillVundo.bat
You will first be presented with a warning and a list of forums to seek help at.
Press Enter, then press the F6 key, then press Enter one more time to continue with the fix.
2. The fix will run then HijackThis will open.
[*]Press the CleanUp! button to start the program.
[*]It may ask you to reboot at the end, click NO.
[/list]4. Please run this online virus scan: ActiveScan
Copy the results of the ActiveScan and paste them here along with a new HiJackThis log and the vundofix.txt file from the vundofix folder into this topic.
I then pressed ENTER, F6 and ENTER again.
I then ran HijackThis and completed the next steps you said. I closed Hijack. You said to force a reboot but all I did was restart the machine the normal way and it didn't cause a blue screen.
When I restarted, ewido popped up with a warning about the dll. That's where I got to. Should I proceed now because the .dll is still there in Hijack.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnf.exe
C:\Program Files\Eudora\Eudora.exe
O23 - Service: ewido security suite control - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoctrl.exe
O23 - Service: ewido security suite guard - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoguard.exe
Under Startup Options uncheck: Enable the Microsoft AntiSpyware Security Agents on startup (recommended).
Under Real-time spyware threat protection uncheck: Enable real-time spyware threat protection (recommended).
After you uncheck these, click on the Save button and close Microsoft AntiSpyware.
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Viking. VI is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions: screenlogging, stealing personal data, etc.
Viking. VI uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.
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https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=166386
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Just as an extra data point, I had no issue with today's update running on Windows XP. Update came down normally. Items protected on first click fine. Restarting SpywareBlaster, they are still checked.
It'll be good to get feedback from other Windows 9X & ME users.
This is a problem with Windows 9x.
I'll have to release a new SpywareBlaster version - 2.5.3.
In the meantime, please d/l SpywareBlaster update 4/4/03 using the Check for Updates feature <-- this will fix any Win 9x problems for now.
The new version of SpywareBlaster, 2.5.3, will not only include a fix for the problem mentioned in this thread, but will include many other tweaks and minor fixes.
To that extent, ALL users should upgrade to the newest version when it is released.
Any new items should be red and unchecked. The 4/4/03 update is basically the 4/2/03 update (which is why you may not see any new items).
The real update will have to wait until SpywareBlaster 2.5.3 is released.
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Banker. HZD is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
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It reduces the security level of the computer: it notifies the attacker that the computer has been compromised and is ready to be used maliciously.
Banker. HZD does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
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Remote desktop protocol (RDP) attacks boost by 768% among Q1 and Q4 final year, fuelled by the shift to distant operating, in accordance to ESET’s Q4 2020 Risk Report.
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In addition, the cybersecurity firm revealed study conclusions about a quantity of source chain attacks for the duration of Q4, which are primarily applicable supplied the SolarWinds attack that took place in December 2020. These include things like a beforehand mysterious APT team called XDSpy, a Lazarus attack in South Korea and a Mongolian provide chain attack named Operation StealthyTrident.
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Hackers often carry out massive cyberattacks to gain access to financial data through banks and retail companies, but this week's cybercrime hit a seemingly new target: medical data, taken from the health insurance company Premera Blue Cross. The attack affected 11 million patients, making it the largest cyberattack involving medical information to date.
The healthcare industry has been catching hackers' attention lately. In February, the health insurance company Anthem reported a breach in which hackers accessed to about 80 million records, and in 2014, the Tennessee-based hospital operator Community Health Systems saw 4.5 million records accessed, though both companies said no medical data was exposed. Even so, as Pat Calhoun, the senior vice president of network security at Intel Security, puts it, the healthcare industry is just beginning to find itself in cyber-criminals' crosshairs, making it slow to shield people's records.
"The healthcare industry is not immune to attacks," he told me. "It's really a wake up call for manufacturers and healthcare providers to understand how to minimize the impact on security challenges."
Calhoun points out that healthcare breaches aren't unheard of: In fact, according to Intel Security and the Atlantic Council's latest report on cyber risks, about 44 percent of all registered data breaches in 2013 targeted medical companies, with the number of breaches increasing 60 percent between 2013 and 2014. Those numbers may seem larger than expected—how often do healthcare breaches make the news?—but Calhoun tells me that these reported medical-company breaches happen on smaller scales, affecting far fewer people than attacks on banks and government data.
Still, hospitals and insurance companies aren't necessarily more vulnerable than banks and government entities. Miten Marfatia, the CEO of the IT solutions provider EvolveWare, tells me that no matter what industry, vulnerability depends on the type of systems they have. "The older the system, the more vulnerable it is to cyberattacks," he says. The fix to this seems obvious—update software regularly to prevent breaches—but not enough healthcare companies understand the issue.
"Advanced cybersecurity defenses are still a relatively new idea to many healthcare organizations," said Greg Kazmierczak, the CTO of data-security company Wave Systems Corporation. "Big banks and large financial firms, on the other hand, have been dealing with these issues internally and in the public eye for the past decade or so with the large-scale breaches of JP Morgan and Bank of America."
In other words, as more attacks happen, more victims will beef up their cybersecurity. So, with the Premera breach, it's the healthcare industry's turn to rethink data security.
Medical data is also becoming a highly lucrative target. "Financial data has always been a priority, because it's low-hanging fruit," Calhoun says. "But over the past couple of years, we've identified that medical information has a higher value on the black market than credit card information."
This, he says, has more to do with what a person whose data has been accessed can do. When it comes to financial data or stolen credit cards, for example, people can take steps to cancel their cards and prevent identity theft. With medical data, no such contingency plan exists, as companies continue to figure out how to respond both quickly and efficiently to cyberattacks.
For now, both Anthem and Premera have consulted the cybersecurity company FireEye Inc. to investigate their vulnerabilities. Laura Galante, FireEye's threat intelligence manager, told me that as more of these breaches occur, healthcare insurers have gained, as she puts it, "a new appreciation for advanced threats intent on compromising their networks."
Yet it's not just about fortifying security against potential hackers, she says. Replacing or updating security systems is important, but when these data breaches occur, they test patients' trust in the healthcare industry. This means that hospitals and health insurance companies need to better communicate to their patients and customers about how their medical data is protected in the first place.
"Historically, companies have to be adept to buying the latest technology," Galante said. "But this problem goes beyond that."
We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to [email protected].
Shirley Li is a former editorial fellow with The Atlantic.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration says a flaw in an online application portal may have exposed the personal data of approximately 8,000 loan applicants seeking help coping with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Washington Post and other media outlets.
Small business owners affected by the data leak were applying for loans through the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, which is normally designed to help in times of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, but has been revamped in recent weeks to provide loans for small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The security incident involving the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and its online application portal did not affect the much larger Paycheck Protection Program, which has also been making loans to small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Post reports.
The flaw in the online portal was originally discovered on March 25. An SBA spokesperson told the Washington Post that the agency "immediately disabled the impacted portion of the website, addressed the issue, and relaunched the application portal."
Before the portal was fixed, however, it appears that the personal information and data of some 8,000 small business owners may have been exposed to other applicants. The information could include Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth and possibly other financial data, according to the Post.
Small business owners recently started receiving letters from the SBA saying that their data may have been exposed, although it does not appear that any of this information has been misused at this point, according to copies of these letters, which have begun to appear online and on social media.
Now you get an SBA letter saying there was a data breach in the EIDL online application process and applicants’ information may be used including SSN/EIN, addresses, etc. pic.twitter.com/nsnZhwRhg0
In the rush to obtain cash grants or loans through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, small business owners needed to process their applications through an SBA online portal.
That application portal, however, contained a flaw. If an applicant hit the page back button on the online loan application, the applicant may have seen personal and financial data that belonged to a different business owner rather than their own, according to CNBC, which cited an anonymous senior administration official.
It's not clear what exactly caused this flaw, but the portal is now back online, CNBC reports. In the SBA letters posted online, the agency says it will offer free credit monitoring for one year for those affected.
While details of what happened are still emerging, Chris Pierson, CEO of cybersecurity firm BlackCloak, says that it's likely that the loan application portal was rushed into production, and that the code was not examined for flaws or checked to ensure that it met security requirements.
"These types of issues can occur easily when changes are made quickly and without proper review, testing, and security review," Pierson tells Information Security Media Group. "As always, ensuring a holistic software development life cycle process includes a security component, static testing, and dynamic testing in the quality review process are key."
Mike Weber, vice president at cybersecurity consulting firm Coalfire, agreed that the application portal may have been pushed into production to meet demand.
"This appears to be an example of a rush-to-market that forgoes security controls in favor of having a solution in the market sooner rather than later," Weber tells ISMG. "Implementing security into the development lifecycle has historically been a challenge and in today’s modern DevOps. Recently developed continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines can exacerbate the impact as well."
Both the Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Paycheck Protection Program have been overwhelmed by demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many businesses to close down indefinitely to keep the disease from spreading.
The $2.2 trillion stimulus bill, known as the CARES Act, that was signed into law in March included money for both programs, which quickly ran out due to demand.
More Financial Help on the Way
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved a new aid package to assist small businesses and hospitals as well as provide funding for more testing. That proposal includes $320 billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program and about $60 billion earmarked for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, according to the New York Times.
The House is expected to vote on the measure Thursday, and President Donald Trump has signaled that he will sign it, according to the Times.
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Cybercriminals have become increasingly sophisticated in their attacks. A few years ago, the crooks’ primary goal was to steal massive amounts of data that they could resell; credit card numbers, consumers' personal information and banking credentials were among the top targets. The next evolution involved ransomware attacks that involved encrypting the data on users' systems and holding it hostage until the victims paid the ransom demanded for the decryption key — which was not always delivered. Security experts responded by improving their backup systems so that ransom payments could be avoided by simply scrubbing the system and restoring the files.
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Yesterday it was revealed that personally identifiable information (PII) for roughly 61 percent of the US population was leaked by a marketing firm contracted by the Republican National Committee. Were state-sponsored attackers involved? Is this some strange twist to the DNC hack to appear bipartisan? (insert suspenseful crescendo here!)
No. This is a whole lot simpler than that. This is, in fact, as basic as it gets. As it turns out, the marketing firm created a database in Amazon where they stored a ton (roughly 25 terabytes) of super secret stuff. And, as we’ve found out, this server was exposed publicly and they forgot to protect it with a password. Ouch.
As reported by Gizmodo, home addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, and a slew of information about voters’ tendencies when it comes to hot-button issues like gun ownership, stem cell research, abortion, and potentially religious affiliation and ethnicity were exposed.
Something I can’t help but reflect back on is a conversation I had recently with a well-known Gartner analyst covering the CASB space who said, “before I ever start talking with folks about any security tools, CASBs included, I ask them if they’ve got the basics covered, like IAM, proper privileged account precautions, and so on. Because if they can’t look me in the eye and say they’ve got that covered, then what’s the point of going after the emerging stuff? It’s like installing sophisticated surveillance in your home before you make sure your doors have locks.”
I couldn’t agree more.
Of course this isn’t all as cut and dried as I’m making it out to be. Things move fast. The way people work has changed and so has the way that we find, provision, and deprovision the services our people use. I can click two buttons and instantly integrate two cloud services together, and I never lifted a pixel towards my IT department for permission. Everything is “agile” now, and an innocent “test” instance can suddenly become your “production” instance in the blink of an eye. A database in AWS, for example, can suddenly become larger than 25 terabytes and contain data from Karl Rove’s super PAC. Could have easily been Azure or GCP since the average enterprise is using 4 or more IaaS services – but who’s counting. The reality is that somewhere at the end of a very heated call from the RNC is someone who “just forgot,” or “thought it had already been done,” or “didn’t check the permissions/exposure to know the data was exposed.” And yet how many of us would swear up and down that we are absolutely certain our teams would have enough working knowledge of the tools, combined with the right checks and balances to ensure this won’t happen to us? Not many of us, I think.
Of course I’m delighted to work at a place that has ways to help you avoid an embarrassing situation like this. I’m also happy that Netskope has built this in a way that scales with the business, personnel changes, growth, and new challenges. Some of that is purely our technical advantage from a cloud security point of view and you can read more about that in the “Security Evolved” section of our website. In other cases, it’s a blend of the technology and practical knowledge gained through hundreds of CASB deployments. To be more specific, our Cloud Security Triage Process provides a practical approach to governing cloud services in four steps. At a high-level, you need to be able to safely sanction and safely permit certain unsanctioned cloud services with granular controls and handle things at a category level. Imagine if there had been a policy in place that examined permissions / access control for any AWS database being created and then prevented upload of sensitive data from any database exposed to the public without a password. That’d be pretty great, right? If might even make it ok if that elephant forgets a few things every now and then – even some of the basics.
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Scott Hogrefe - Scott brings nearly two decades of experience to Netskope as vice president of marketing. Prior to Netskope, Scott served in senior marketing roles and led executive communications teams. Before entering the field of marketing, Scott spent several years in IT and worked alongside R&D and analytical scientists to design and roll out systems that captured and secured clinical trial and intellectual property data.
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It's important that every aspect of your business is secure, even down to the barcodes. You wouldn't keep your retail doors unlocked overnight so anybody could just stroll in and steal all the merchandise or leave your cash register open and unattended, correct? What about patient information? Those little barcodes are a goldmine of information not only important for helping us do our jobs faster and more accurately but they can also pose a security issue. So why would you use a barcode symbology for sensitive data that anybody could copy/read?
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Continuing to expand its Comprehensive Threat Protection solution, McAfee recently announced McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange which orchestrates local and global threat intelligence information and enterprise-wide security products into one cohesive integrated security system to eliminate the gap between encounter and containment of advanced targeted attacks. The ability to quickly spot and pre-empt advanced threats is now a business differentiator as companies seek to protect their intellectual property and assure customers that their data is safe and secure.
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If you're looking for the best encryption software to your needs in 2018, then you've come to the right place, as we've listed the best software that will keep your important documents and documents safe from malicious users. The sad fact is that as hackers have become increasingly adept at stealing private information, we have to be ever more vigilant when it comes to protecting our files, regardless of if we are a business or home user, and this is where our list of the best encryption software of 2018 comes in. Encryption tools encode data so that it can only be unlocked with a certain key, making it harder for third-parties to gain access.
Many companies are also using encryption software to ensure internal online conversations and emails have been kept private. So that are the best encryption resources Read on for our selection of the absolute best tools for keeping your information safe. Free encryption for everyonePlatforms: Windows, macOS, Linux Resources covered: Encryption and brute-force attack protection Cloud-based: No Integrations: No Free trial: N/ABasic version is completely freeProvides effective encryptionSelective approachInitial download is a bit confusingVeraCrypt is one of the most popular security tools, providing you with enterprise-grade encryption for important data. The process is quite user friendly, and all it really does is add encrypted passwords to your data and partitions.
The simple version of the program is completely free, as well. Encryption for smaller groups and individualsPlatforms: Windows, macOS Resources coated: Encryption, password protection, cellular apps Cloud-based: Yes Integrations: Google Docs, Dropbox Free trial: 30 days (fully free version also available)Strong encryption for personal useFree version availableMainly mobile-orientedWhile free applications can be convenient for many, its not as strong as superior offerings, and AxCrypt is a good bet if you want something dependable.
Additionally, there are cloud storage capabilities thrown into the mixture the software will automatically protect files saved on services such as Google Drive and Dropbox. AxCrypt is completely multilingual, and it can work with languages like Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Russian and Portuguese using more assistance planned for its future.
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For instance, most employees have access to their own company emails and other accounts on their smartphones, and they need to be protected. Folder Lock is a good option when it comes to adding encryption to your mobile apparatus. The app can safeguard your personal files, photos, videos, contacts, wallet cards, notes and audio recordings stored in your handset. There are some other hidden safety features, too.
The fundamental program is free to download, with a pro browse around this site version available should you want more. Powerful protection indeedPlatforms: Windows Resources coated: Encryption, password protection, brute-force attack prevention Cloud-based: No Integrations: No Free trial: 30 daysUses multiple encryption methodsPowerful encryptionIt might be too complex for someWindows-onlyCryptoExpert is Windows desktop applications which provides secure data vaults for all of your information, ensuring its always protected from potential breaches. It provides more powerful encryption than a number of the other tools and apps listed in the following article, boasting rapid on-the-fly operation.
Did you ever pass secret, coded messages as a child There's a certain thrill in knowing that nobody else can read your communication, even when content is as banal as"Johnny love Jane." That is just fun, but when the content is significant, like a contract or a patent application, keeping unauthorized kinds from seeing it is essential.
When you store all of your sensitive documents encrypted, they are inaccessible to hackers and snoops. To share go to this web-site those documents with the right people, you merely supply them the decryption password. Just which encryption product is best for you depends on your own needs, so we've rounded up a varied collection of encryption products that will help you pick.
In this roundup, I'm especially looking at products that encrypt files, not in whole-disk solutions like Microsoft's Bitlocker. Whole-disk encryption is an effective line of defense for a single device, however it doesn't help when you need to share encrypted data.
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The composition of Infosys' U.S. workforce is too lopsided -- overwhelmingly South Asian -- to be an accident, allege the plaintiffs in a discrimination lawsuit.
The plaintiffs, four IT workers from around the U.S., brought their discrimination lawsuit against the India-based IT services giant in 2013. This week, they filed a motion seeking class-action certification from 2009, and say the potential pool of plaintiffs may be as large as 125,000.
In bringing this motion, the plaintiffs also worked to cement their claims with expert help.
David Neumark, a professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine, analyzed Infosys' U.S. workforce for the plaintiffs and wrote a 76-page report filed this week in federal court in Wisconsin, where the case is being heard.
Neumark, an expert witness, described Infosys' workforce as "remarkably disproportionate" because of its South Asian hiring.
The lawsuit alleges that the India-based firm was engaged in "ongoing national origin and race discrimination," and claimed, at the time the lawsuit was filed, that the Infosys U.S. workforce was roughly 90% South Asian.
One plaintiff was hired by Infosys to work on a $49.5 million Affordable Care Act, government-funded development project for the District of Columbia. There were about 100 Infosys employees working on the healthcare project, but only three were American, the lawsuit claimed. The plaintiff alleged harassment, and was denied promotion, the complaint said.
Neumark brought a statistical analysis to the discrimination claim. Specifically, the economist wrote, "from 2009 through 2015, 89.39% of Infosys' United States workforce was South Asian while only 11.45% of the United States' Computer Systems Design and Related Services industry was South Asian."
Neumark wrote that "the share of South Asian workers in Infosys' United States-based workforce, when compared to the relevant labor market, is 301.17 standard deviations higher, and the statistical likelihood that this disparity is due to chance -- as opposed to a systematic difference in hiring favoring one group over the other -- is less than 0.0000001%, or less than 1 in 1 billion."
Infosys is one the largest users of H-1B visa workers. Infosys employs about 20,000 in the U.S, according to court records.
When asked for comment, Infosys said as a general policy it doesn't comment on pending litigation.
The motion for class certification covers all individuals who are not of South Asian race or Indian national origin, who sought a position with Infosys in the United States and who were not hired from August 1, 2009 through the date of class certification. It also covers those who were denied promotions or terminated.
Plaintiff attorney Michael von Klemperer, with law firm Kotchen & Low in Washington, said: "We believe strongly in the merits of the case, including the merits of the class-certification motion, and we look forward to the court's ruling and we look forward to trying the case."
It's expected that Infosys will file a response to the motion. A ruling by a judge on the class-certification motion isn't expected until next year.
The lawsuit last year survived an effort by Infosys to dismiss it.
In the ruling to allow the case to proceed, U.S. District Court Judge Pamela Pepper wrote, in part, "that the plaintiffs' allegations are sufficient to state claims that the defendants intentionally discriminated against them because of the plaintiff's' race, and the complaint is clear that the plaintiffs regard their race as distinct from the 'South Asian race' that the defendants allegedly favor."
There were some 50 exhibits filed in this case, including one from a former Infosys recruiter who said, in a declaration, that in conference calls "many of the highly qualified American candidates we presented were being rejected in favor of Indian candidates."
This story, "Infosys' U.S. workforce is mostly South Asian and no accident, plaintiffs allege" was originally published by Computerworld.
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Aiming to strengthen personal data protection at global scale, the Council of Europe today adopted an amending Protocol which updates its data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”.
The modernisation of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, the only existing legally binding international treaty with global relevance in this field, addresses the challenges to privacy resulting from the use of new information and communication technologies, and strengthens the convention’s mechanism to ensure its effective implementation.
The protocol provides a robust and flexible multilateral legal framework to facilitate the flow of data across borders while providing effective safeguards when personal data are being used. It constitutes a bridge between different regions of the world and different normative frameworks, including the new European Union´s legislation that will become fully applicable on 25 May 2018 and which refers to Convention 108 in the context of transborder data flows.
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland said: “Frequent violations of the right to data protection have become a major concern in our societies. The modernised convention will provide a strong legal framework to prevent abuses. States should join the treaty swiftly and ensure that data protection rules are respected and applied in practice”.
The modernised treaty has been adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the occasion of its 128th session held in Elsinore. Building up from “Convention 108”, which has more than fifty States Parties, the modernised convention will continue to be open to any country in the world as a unique global standard.
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Level 2 cybersecurity ensures that the corporate network is protected from non-targeted attacks, such as viruses delivered to various email addresses, spoofing attacks, spam, etc. In this case, the attackers’ goal is to steal any important information from any IP address. vulnerable to known security vulnerabilities that may be present in the corporate network.
Midsize businesses are very susceptible to untargeted attacks. These companies may be inclined to overlook effective cybersecurity protections in their networks because they are not required to meet regulatory standards.
In addition to firewalls and anti-virus software, the following should be used to provide sophisticated network protection for the business:
Network segmentation, such as dividing the network into departments and connecting the segments with firewalls to prevent the movement of malicious code or other risks between segments. Additionally, network segmentation involves separating network assets that store a company’s data from parties external to the organization (web servers, proxy servers), thereby reducing the risk of data loss.
Email Security refers to a series of procedures (such as scanning emails for viruses, blocking spam, etc.) used to protect business information from cyberattacks that use email as an entry point (spyware , adware, etc.). The terms intrusion detection (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) refer to technologies capable of detecting potential security problems, recording information about them, stopping them before they occur. spread to other network settings, etc.
A company needs information security specialists to detect and manage cybersecurity risks, create security procedures and policies, and other tasks to maintain that level of network security. The company can create its own information security division for these purposes or seek the assistance of a managed security service provider (MSSP).
Setting up a separate information security department entails significant costs for both recruiting a qualified security team and purchasing the required hardware and software. Working with an MSSP is a more economical option that allows a business to focus on its core business. To manage the work with the MSSP, the organization will always need an internal security officer.
A carefully planned security strategy should include quarterly vulnerability assessments and annual penetration tests to detect, reduce, and manage cybersecurity risks to manage the effectiveness of cybersecurity protection. A business needs a cybersecurity strategy as it focuses on safeguarding the corporate network while considering employees’ BYOD (bring your own device) usage, widespread use of cloud computing, etc It also gives clear instructions to staff members on appropriate behavior within the company. company network.
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As computer technology around us continues to advance, so too does the development of computer viruses, spyware and malware. The latest digital plague is called ransomeware, malicious software that takes over the hard drive of infected computers until ransom is paid.
When one considers the enormous variety of computer viruses that exist today, it is difficult to decide where to start a discussion of the topic. As of today, there are 768 distinct “families” of malware listed on Symantec’s Security Response page, some of whom possess hundreds and thousands of “offspring.” In 2010, it was estimated that 5 malware samples emerged onto the internet every 30 seconds, with 15-20 Trojans being released every 30 minutes.
As we know from experience, these viruses can cause a variety of serious and not so serious consequences, from needing to use file backups and anti-virus programs to wiping your computer back to factory settings. However, a new kind of virus known as ransomeware has become increasing prevalent, which is all the more concerning given that victims of ransomeware often do not inform the authorities. One of the most prominent recent examples of ransomeware is known as the Reveton virus, and it poses significant risk. Reveton is defined as “drive-by” malware for a very good reason, because unlike many other viruses, downloading or opening files and attachments is not needed for the virus to spread. In fact, merely clicking on an infected site can instantly lead to your computer being locked.
Ransomeware functions by encrypting or otherwise blocking access to a computer’s hard drive. Once this is accomplished, the malware generates warning messages that resemble those of law enforcement and governmental agencies (FBI, U.S. Justice Department, etc.). These messages usually claim that the computer user has broken some law, which ranges from computer-use negligence to accusations of child pornography present on the system, massive illegal downloading and other serious charges. Some variations of Reveton are even sophisticated enough to remotely access webcams, so that a picture of the computer user will display on the frozen screen along with the warning to lend credibility. However, the “FBI” is perfectly willing to let these crimes slide, as long as you pay the fine using your personal information (which will be stolen) and a prepaid money card (which is untraceable). To accomplish this, the malware can ascertain the computer’s geographical location from their IP address, then make appropriate payment service suggestions based on that data.
As if all of this wasn’t bad enough, the original Reveton malware has been “upgraded” with the incorporation of the Citadel Trojan. While not a new Trojan, due to its versatility and open-source customization, Citadel remains a favored tool in crimeware kits by remaining on the system even after the ransom has been paid. This provides further opportunities for identity theft and access to personal and financial data by including the capabilities to steal login information, use key-logging programs and employ man-in-the-browser techniques to alter web transactions in real-time. In addition, the malware is smart enough to generate unique pages for each country that ransomeware appears in. This way it appears that the correct agency is monitoring you.
Because of the very personal nature of this scam, as well as the potential consequences for crimes like child pornography, ransomeware is only recently coming to the attention of the mainstream. While these viruses are not impossible to remove, many individuals will simply pay the fine rather than risk causing any legal troubles by talking to the authorities themselves.
Other varieties of ransomeware viruses include fake anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, as well as copyright protection services who “scan” your computer for copyright protected materials and force you to pay a fine.
Subsequent investigation has traced the likely source of such malware to the activities of a Russian cybercrimes gang who have been very active over the last few years. Countries that have been affected by this strain of ransomeware include Germany, the U.K., Spain, France, Italy, Belgium and the U.S. However, despite the dire nature of ransomeware, there are several steps that you and your business can take to prevent ransomeware infections. The Internet Crime Complaints Center or IC3 recommends these following steps if you contract Reveton:
Do not pay any money or provide any personal information.
Contact a computer professional to remove Reveton and Citadel from your computer.
Be aware that even if you are able to unfreeze your computer on your own, the malware may still operate in the background. Certain types of malware have been known to capture personal information such as user names, passwords, and credit card numbers through embedded keystroke logging programs.
File a complaint and look for updates about the Reveton virus on the IC3 website.
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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The VTzilla Firefox extension adds a Scan with VirusTotal option to Firefox's right-click context menu and file download dialog that allows you to scan any file for a virus before you download it.
If you're not familiar with VirusTotal, it's a brilliant web service that scans any file you send it against 42 of the best malware scanners available—and it's the tool we go to when we want to know if a download really has a virus.
You can scan files with VirusTotal by uploading them to their web site, sending them via email, or uploading them via your Windows Send to menu. The VTzilla extension takes one more step out of the equation, allowing you to scan any download before you commit to downloading it to your computer. Even better: Since the latest update to VirusTotal, if the service has already scanned the file in question, the results are almost instantaneous.
VTzilla is a free download, works wherever Firefox does. Note: By default, VTzilla turns on a new toolbar in Firefox. To disable it, navigate to View -> Toolbars, then uncheck VirusTotal Toolbar.
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Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to enjoy an enhanced level of security and privacy every time you explore through the spectrum of the internet. In today’s environment, where both commercial and residential online users are vulnerable to cyber threats, these types of connections are in a huge demand because of being one of the best ways to protect important data and information.
VPNs are especially designed to help online users safely make use of the internet in order to meet their professional requirements. They enable you send and receive any kind of information across the network without getting any interruption or being visible to spraying eyes. Therefore, it is particularly beneficial for businesses to carry out their online tasks through an effective VPN port.
Similarly, users looking for the connections to make sure that their private information is protected from cyber threats can also avail the benefits of a VPN port for an excellent network service. For example, it helps them browse the internet without having to worry about rouge system administrators who could possibly identify their information, such as their IP address.
Connecting to a virtual private network is fairly simple even if you want to use a corporate VPN in Microsoft Windows. When your computer or any other device, such as a tablet or smartphone, is connected to a virtual private network through a VPN port, it works as it is on the similar local network as the VPN is. It allows you to send your network traffic over a secure connection to the virtual private network. Since your device acts as if it is on the same network, you can securely access the local network resources regardless of your physical location. This also enables you to use the internet as if you are present at the exact location of a virtual private network. Surprisingly, having such a connection on your device comes with several benefits if you need an access to region-block websites or use a public Wi-Fi network.
Having connected to a virtual private network also lets your computer contact the required sites through an encrypted VPN connection. Once you are on the network, the VPN will forward the request for you and send you the response from the website to you through a completely secure connection.
What is a Virtual Private Network Port?
A network port is application-specific software that is used by Internet Protocol Suit’s Transport Layer protocols like Transmission Control Protocol and User Diagram Protocol. When it comes to a VPN port, it is best described as a networking port that is used in the basic infrastructure of a Virtual Private Network. Definition wise, these logical ports enable network traffic to pass in as well as pass out of a client or server device on a VPN.
Usually, the type and number of a VPN port used depends on the type of protocol being used. For instance, if you want to use a PPTP protocol to create a connection to IP port 47 GRE for packet encapsulation, you will need a VPN port number 1723 to do so. In fact, there is a range of different VPN services that offer many VPN methods and various VPN ports in order for you to connect to their virtual private networks
For example, UDP ports 53, 8080, 1194, and 9201 and TCP ports 80, 110, and 443 are some of the best options to cater needs of stable clients. An open VPN, on the other hand, UDP ports 53, 9201, and 1197 are the best options to choose from. You can also find most PIA applications pinging VPN gateways through a VPN port 8888 which connects you to the server with the lowest possible latency especially when you make use of the auto connect feature of a VPN service.
VPN Port Number
Most internet connections run on TCP/IP protocol which provides a list of different port numbers for different services. When you use an application to communicate over a certain port, it looks forward for a specific type of connection from another application or system.
A VPN port number is a method to discover a specific process which is supposed to receive a message from the internet or other networks as soon as it arrives at a server. There is a large range of VPN port numbers that are used for a number of different purposes and uses. For instance, for the Transmission Control Protocol, a VPN uses a 16-bit digit VPN port number which is installed in the header and added to a message unit.
When a computer sends information over the web, it usually sends it to an IP address and a specific VPN port on the remote PC. Similarly, if a computer receives the data, the process is done through a random VPN port on its own platform. As a total, you can enjoy more than 65,534 TCP ports as well as 65,535 UDP ports. All these ports work in a similar way in order for a user to benefit a VPN regardless of what VPN port number is chosen.
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The most protect option you may choose is certainly disabling distant connection features entirely. If you cannot access the NAS slightly, then nor can a hacker. You can lose a few on-the-go comfort, but if you simply work with your NAS in home-to watch movies, for instance-then you may not miss the remote control features whatsoever.
Then seek advice from your router’s manual to get the port forwarding page (every router unit is different). If you don’t have your router manual, you can try an online search for your router unit number as well as the word “manual. ” The manual will reveal where to search for exiting slot forwarding rules. Turn off any kind of port forwarding rules meant for the NAS unit.
If you want remote gain access to and VPN isn’t a practical solution (perhaps due to sluggish internet speeds), then you ought to secure Remote control Access whenever possible.
To remove remote control access through QuickConnect log in to your NAS interface. Open up the control panel and click on the “QuickConnect” choice under Online connectivity in the sidebar. Uncheck “Enable Quick Connect” then simply click apply.
You have several options to choose from to avoid attacks such as this. You can deactivate remote gain access to altogether, permitting only neighborhood connections. When you need remote get, you could build a VPN to restrict usage of your EM. And if a VPN is not a good option (because of progressive networks, to instance), you may harden the remote get options.
We advise just not disclosing your Synology NAS online. But if you should connect slightly, we advise setting up a electronic private network (VPN). Which has a VPN server set up, you won’t gain access to the NAS unit straight. Instead, you may connecting towards the router. The router, consequently, will deal with you as if you were on the same network as the NAS (still at home, for instance).
You will find password configurations in the Advanced tab with the User users in the Control Panel. You should examine the include combined case, consist of numeric personas, include exceptional characters, and exclude common password choices. For a more powerful password, raise the minimum security password length to eight roles, although much longer is better.
You are able to download a VPN server in your Synology NAS from the Package deal Center. Merely search for “vpn” and pick the install choice under VPN Server. When you first available the VPN Server, you’ll see a range of PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, and OpenVPN protocols. All of us recommend OpenVPN, as it’s the most secure option of the three.
You should ensure that any kind of users you created for the NAS include complicated security passwords. We suggest using a security password manager to assist with that. In the event you share the NAS and permit other people to produce user accounts, then make sure to enforce solid passwords.
Finally, consider turning on your Synology firewall. Having a firewall allowed only companies you stipulate as allowed in the firewall will be available from the internet. Merely keep in mind that while using firewall upon, you’ll need to help to make exceptions for some apps like Plex, and add port forwarding rules if you use a VPN. You’ll find the firewall configurations in Control Panel > Protection Firewall.
For anyone who is using OpenVPN for your VPN, you’ll need a suitable VPN Customer to access this. We suggest OpenVPN Connect, which is available for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and in many cases Linux.
Lately, some Synology owners found that all the files very own NAS program were protected. Unfortunately, a lot of ransomware possessed infected the NAS and demanded repayment to restore the details. Here’s what you can use to secure the NAS.
You can stick to all the OpenVPN defaults, though if you want to locate other units on the network when linked through VPN, you’ll need to verify “Allow clientele to access server’s LAN” and next click “Apply. ”
Loss of data and ransomware encryption is often a possibility which has a NAS product, even when you have precautions. In the long run a EM isn’t a back up system, plus the best thing you can use is generate offsite copies of the info. That way in case the worst happens (whether it is ransomware or multiple harddrive failure), you are able to restore your computer data with little loss.
Newest Synology NAS units incorporate a QuickConnect feature. QuickConnect manages the hard be employed by enabling remote control features. While using feature switched on, you don’t have to create router slot forwarding.
To avoid dictionary hits, a method wherever an attacker guesses as much passwords as fast as possible, enable Auto-Block. This option instantly blocks IP addresses when they guess some number of security passwords and fail in a short while. Auto-block is definitely on by default on newer Synology units, and you’ll find it in Control Panel > Security > Account. The default settings will block an IP address from making another login attempt after ten failures in five minutes.
You will then need to set up port forwarding on your router to the port OpenVPN is using (by default 1194).
Synology is warning NAS owners of several ransomware attacks that strike some users recently. The attackers employ brute-force approaches to guess the default password-essentially, they make an effort every pass word possible till they get yourself a match. When they find the right pass word and access the network-attached storage device, the hackers encrypt all the files and demand a ransom.
If, nevertheless , you allowed port forwarding on your router to gain remote control access, you will have to disable that port forwarding rule. To disable interface forwarding, you must look up the router’s Internet protocol address and use it to log in.
To generate remote gain access to, you should login the EM, open The control panel, then choose Users. In the event the default admin is switched on, create a fresh admin customer account (if you don’t currently have one) and turn into the arrears admin customer off. The default admin account is definitely the first consideration ransomware generally attacks. The Guest customer is typically away by default, and you ought to leave it like that unless you currently have a specific requirement of it.
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Cybercriminals are selling (for approximately $3,000 underground) and spreading a new file-encrypting ransomware program that’s more powerful than Cryptolocker – it has been given the name Critroni.
The Department of Justice reported on July 11th that Crypotlocker was shut down. Since this “business model” proved to be so lucrative, criminals modified Cryptolocker’s weaknesses to make Critroni more efficient and harder to detect and track.
It is the first encrypting ransomware that uses the anonymous Tor (The Onion Router) network for command and control, therefore concealing its communication. The malware encrypts a variety of files, including photos, videos, and other documents, then demands a ransom for decryption. The criminals require payment in Bitcoins to help better protect their identities. The victim is given 72 hours to pay the ransom (varying from 0.2-0.5 Bitcoins or $120-$350) and if not paid, the files are gone forever.
“It uses C2 hidden in the Tor network. Previously we haven’t seen cryptomalware having C2 in Tor. Only banking Trojans,” said Fedor Sinitsyn, senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab. “Hiding the command and control servers in an anonymous Tor network complicates the search for the cybercriminals, and the use of an unorthodox cryptographic scheme makes file decryption impossible, even if traffic is intercepted between the Trojan and the server. All this makes it a highly dangerous threat and one of the most technologically advanced encryptors out there.”
Currently, the Critroni malware threat is written in English and Russian.
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Vistaprint left calls, chats and emails from customer service interactions in an unencrypted online database, leaving potentially sensitive customer information exposed. According to TechCrunch, security researcher Oliver Hough notified the company via Twitter after the database came up in Shodan, an exposed device and database search engine, on Nov. 5.
TechCrunch reported that the database stored some 51,000 customer service interactions and included customer names, phone numbers, email addresses and more. A Vistaprint representative told TechCrunch that customers in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland may have been affected.
“This is unacceptable and should not have happened under any circumstances,” the company told TechCrunch. “We’re currently carrying out a full investigation to understand what happened and how to prevent any future recurrence. At this time, we do not know whether this data has been accessed beyond the security researcher who found it."
Hey @Vistaprint do you have a bug bounty program? or a security contact I can talk to. Got something here that your security team will want to look at ASAP
It's unclear how long the database had been exposed, but some of the data was from as recently as September 2019. TechCrunch noted that no passwords or financial information appeared in the database, though there were other specific details about each customer interaction:
The “emails” table contained entire email threads with customers detailing problems or other issues with their orders. And, the “phone” table contained specific information about each call, including the date and time, how long the customer was kept on hold, a written transcript of the call—often including details of the customer’s orders—and an internal link (which we could not access) to the recording of the call.
The data also contained some account information, including work email addresses and some phone numbers belonging to Vistaprint customer service staff.
Vistaprint said it would notify affected customers of the potential breach and was working to discover how the database had been left unprotected, and for how long. According to TechCrunch, Hough said the database was named "migration," indicating it was potentially used as a temporary storage area that Vistaprint accidentally left online after moving customer records to another location.
Various prominent promotional products companies have dealt with data breaches or malware attacks in the last few years, including alphabroder, Hit Promotional Products, DiscountMugs.com and others. The most devastating of these was the ransomware attack that hit supplier Colorado Timberline in 2018, forcing the company to permanently shut down.
Data security has never been more difficult or essential for businesses. As we've seen in most of these cases, both inside and outside the promo industry, informing customers of potential data breaches quickly and thoroughly is absolutely critical. Not every attack can be stopped, but a fast response can help keep customers protected and salvage relationships.
It appears Vistaprint did this when notified of the exposed database. Hopefully none of its customer data ended up in the wrong hands.
UPDATE 12/2: After this article was published, a Vistaprint representative sent the below statement to Promo Marketing:
We can confirm that a Vistaprint internal research database affecting some customer data became publicly available online. We have already taken the database offline and can confirm that it is no longer accessible. Following an investigation, we concluded that no one outside of Vistaprint accessed the data beyond the security researcher and journalist who found it.
The database contained information relating to less than 30,000 customers out of our 17 million customers worldwide, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and some customer chat transcripts. We have verified that no credit or debit card information was contained within this database. We are continuing to check every relevant customer chat transcript to ensure that no additional financial data was discussed or included during these chats.
Ian Amit, chief security officer at Cimpress, parent company of Vistaprint, said: “This is unacceptable; this should not have happened under any circumstances and we are extremely sorry. As a priority, we are now contacting all affected customers to inform them of next steps. We are carrying out a full investigation to understand exactly what occurred and how to prevent anything like this happening in the future.” “If any of our customers have any questions on this matter, I encourage them to contact our customer care team on (866) 870-4125 or via email at [email protected]. They will be able to help with individual concerns.”
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https://magazine.promomarketing.com/article/vistaprint-customer-data-unprotected-database-cybersecurity/
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Price when reviewed 59 Cyberoam made an impressive entry into the UK security market last year, with its CR15i UTM appliance grabbing a place on the PC Pro A List. It's now turned its attention to endpoint security.
Its Endpoint Data Protection (EDP) software is split into four modules, with the device control option handling workstation ports and devices. Application control determines what software users can run, while asset management provides full inventory and vulnerability assessments.
The data protection module applies encryption to removable storage devices, runs shadow copies of data being transferred to removable devices and controls file transfers for IM and email. The Management Suite covers all modules, but you can choose any as they all run from the same console.
EDP comprises a central server, console and client agents. Take care if you're installing the server on Vista, 7 or Server 2008, as the wizard tries to load MSDE, which isn't supported. You have to install SQL Server Express 2005 manually before loading the server. A separate utility is used for agent deployment. Although it displays all discovered systems, it can't tell what OS is on each one. The EDP console displays all systems in the left pane, and you can create and populate custom groups using drag and drop. The audit tab offers basic details about each system such as the installed OS, computer name, uptime and logged-in user, as well as graphs of active applications. To create a policy, you select the system or group and pick either the basic or advanced policy tab. The console can show AD users and allows a restricted set of policies to be assigned to them, but not system policies.
Basic policies control access rights to system operations and settings. These can prevent users loading features such as the Control Panel and Task Manager, and block access to Registry editing and System Restore.
Device policies restrict access to ports. As with DeviceLock, EDP can block unwanted USB storage, optical and network devices but allow the use of human interface devices.
We used the application control module to stop users loading P2P apps such as BitTorrent, and with EDP's advanced policies we could control file transfers over IM. You can also control email attachments, limit access to specific document types and determine printing privileges.
The asset management module provides critical patch lists and endpoint vulnerability assessments, while the event log provides real-time views of IM chats and allows you to look at all received email and attachments.
Cyberoam's EDP offers plenty of controls and is easy to manage. If you want better integration with Active Directory we suggest DeviceLock, but if you want controls for applications, IM and email plus inventory and change management, Cyberoam EDP should be your first port of call. Price when reviewed 59(£50 exc VAT) Details
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http://www.alphr.com/software/30743/cyberoam-endpoint-data-protection-32-review
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1. In 2023, the threat surface will start to recede slightly. Cloud transformation will slow due to cost and complexity, with many firms considering bringing workloads back in-house or to private data centers, reducing overall threat surface. – D.M.
2. Companies will continue to pull back on public cloud adoption in favor of expanded infrastructure diversity and increased utilization of SaaS services. In their recent earnings call, Microsoft reported that they saw a sudden Azure adoption deceleration in Q3. Platform changes will continue to drive increased risk for organizations until they mature their security programs. – C.N.
3. In 2023, we will see an increase in software supply chain attacks, especially cloud-related ones (e.g. compromises to repositories such GitHub, Docker, Helm, NPM, Azure Artifacts, AWS artifacts, etc). This technique would be used to infiltrate and exfiltrate data as well as amplify attacks. – W.L.
4. Cloud misconfigurations by humans will continue accelerating and the resulting breaches will expose more customer information and cause more disruption. – P.N.
5. As SaaS continues to see adoption, I expect to see DDoS attacks on top-tier cloud providers. – M.O.
Nation-state Threat Predictions
6. In 2023, we will see a growing number of attacks against nation-states and government organizations. In short, we will enter a new era of ‘hacktivism’. – M.H.
7. Cyber security challenges will get worse in 2023. Geopolitical events will increase and broader execution of state-sponsored attacks and will go undetected or undiagnosed. If the world doesn’t know about the threat, it will be harder to protect against. – J.F.
8. Fallout from the continuing conflict in Europe will start a new cyber Cold War. – T.S 9. In 2023, I predict that we will continue to see geopolitical strife in China and Russia, but will also see more nationwide attacks against the West and Taiwan to a degree we hadn’t seen before. During Covid, we saw patients die because of ransomware. And something like Colonial will happen again in Europe, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand (not the U.S.). We see in Ukraine that physical and virtual conflict align. There will be some sort of perilous conclusion. – D.H.
Ransomware Predictions
10. Costa Rica style ransomware attacks and high-profile data breaches will increase. An even larger number of cyber threats and attacks will be carried out by state-level actors or their affiliates, and will impact more people than before. The criminals’ intention is to affect public opinion. – L.L.
11. In 2023, we will see more threat actors who do double extortions -encrypting networks and sending out the data- but who don’t bother to take down networks in the process. Why? The criminals’ revenue comes from the data breach. In such cases, your organizational data might be stolen, but at least you will still be able to use it. – M.H.
12. As ransomware groups continue to be successful, it’s likely we’ll begin to see more groups and more organized cyber crime…It’s always building momentum. We’re already seeing firms being attacked multiple times, so just because a company has suffered once doesn’t mean it’s immune to another attack, unless it pivots to a prevent-first cyber security strategy. -M.Y.P.
13. Ransomware will remain a major threat and continue to be delivered mainly via email. “Ransomware and email go hand in hand”. – J.F., Avanan 14. Deepfakes will become popular in ransomware…deepfake pictures, videos and audio files will be used to increase the effectiveness and impact of the cyber attacks. – W.L.
Artificial Intelligence Predictions
15. AI is a major asset when it comes to resolving anomalies and behavioral analysis. It helps with things that are not able to be fixed at the (slow) speed of manual updates. The good news is that it’s pre-emptive security. It does deliver small number of false positives, and we are far from saying ‘AI will solve all my problems,’ but it helps. – J.F.
16. As we approach 2023, I see significant concerns about ‘what’s inside the box’, as we continue to see breakneck adoption of AI/ML tech in the military, in finance, and in medicine. As this tech continues to grow, major players look to consolidate these technologies (imagine the actual capabilities if Amazon and Google merged their AI tech and weaponized it). Legislation is not keeping pace with development and deployment of this tech. What if AI/ML capabilities are not in the control of friendly entities? – R.F.
OT, IoT & IoMT Predictions
17. As more IoT capable devices come to market, IoT security will become increasingly critical and imperative. – L.L.
18. OT and IoT attacks that directly affect human well-being will increase. – T.S.
19. Cellular connectivity is being extended at scale to include the delivery of trust for IoT data. The SIM has already become an integral element in the rapid growth of connected IoT devices worldwide, and will continue to secure access to cellular networks for many years. Now this functionality can be extended at scale to include the delivery of trust for IoT data – no matter how large or small – thereby leveraging the widespread use of SIM and eSIM to provide end-to-end security for IoT data. – C.C.
Skills Shortage Predictions
20. Experienced cyber security engineers are burning out. To me, this presents the highest risk. What if cyber defense experts burn out and we are left without experts on the front line?
After geopolitical changes in February 2022, and more than two years after enterprises started to move to remote work, cyber attacks have intensified. Engineers involved in the defense are exposed to high stress and a heavy workload. They are exhausted. Periods for taking breaks to recover are rare and cyber security experts are commonly called back to the office while on vacation. Higher salaries and attractive benefits packages can’t necessarily compensate for the time required for professionals to recover from stress.
We know that machine learning/data-driven security requires human experience to fine-tune the logic that makes solutions effective. What if the human factor is falling out of the equation? – P.E.
21. Physical health, gatherings and isolation. This is not a direct cyber risk, but rather, an indirect one. Here in Europe, we have a physical war. Our colleagues in Poland, Slovakia, Romania and the Baltics share a border with a country that no longer cares about the rules that have been in-place since WWII.
There are no limits. The list of violent acts against civilians has no obvious end, and the level of cruelty may extend infinitely. Even the use of atomic bombs is not excluded from the list of possibilities. Energy prices are skyrocketing and 10.4% inflation in Germany is just one example of the challenges that we face. Before you dismiss this as a non-cyber prediction…
Over here, the level of interest in cyber security remains high, but there are other, more pressing problems for some. Given this context, people are looking for interpersonal connections that allow them to exchange a smile, or a gesture of encouragement that expresses ‘we will stay strong together’. The resistance in opening up for conferences and travel is not helping. Our continued ‘clapping on our shoulders’ telling us ‘how great we are’ in a virtual meeting is not reflective of the needs of colleagues, customers and partners for in-person get-togethers.
When I listen to colleagues, I observe that we are breaking apart from the inside. The lack of interpersonal encouragement is contributing to the burning out of the experts we need. See my first point above: we are entering a loop. – P.E.
22. We cannot win by ourselves (IT) – it’s time we start recruiting or appointing security champions. Someone not related to security team needs to be thinking about what to do – this will increase effectiveness of security. It’s not a technology. We’re talking about process and people. And people who feel more engaged and empowered effectively preserve the business; so a win-win situation. – J.F.
New and Novel Predictions
23. SBOM is currently a topic we do not address. With all of the best technology in the world in your own company, it will not stop authorized user misbehavior. This will be on CISO agendas, external consultants, IT merging with IoT, but also OT…Tectonic plates crashing. The effects society now has on our digital world have been magnified by the Ukraine-Russia war; it is not just about IT. It is about how we want to live our lives (Note: cyber insurance is not a solution here). – P.S.
24. As many governments look to use technology for public services and modern life, smart cities are on the horizon. The biggest barrier for adoption is cyber security; as everything will be inter-connected and online. The amount of data that needs protection and concerns over privacy need to be addressed, but we are definitely going to see more of this come to life as there are economic and sustainability benefits, which will be at the forefront of any strategy. – M.Y.P.
25. There will be massive consolidation in the cyber security vendor space as IPOs become less attractive and previously inflated valuations get right sized. This shift will pose a significant challenge in the form of organizational change for many companies that currently embrace a best-of-breed strategy. – C.N.
26. Connected vehicles are a big deal. We haven’t seen a big attack against vehicles en-masse but might see something there in 2023. Tesla would be the one to go after. Could they go after vehicles remotely? – D.W.
27. In 2023, I predict the rapidly expanding use of AR/VR, which will create massive amounts of additional data, while being used in ever more sensitive areas (healthcare, engineering, elderly care). AR/VR devices are quickly being adapted to high speed 5G networks, further pushing out the boundaries for organizations that are using them. Security is rarely even an afterthought for most of these platforms, although they are deployed in highly sensitive areas. – R.F.
CyberTalk wishes you a cyber safe, secure and successful 2023. Thanks for reading! For more cyber security insights, see CyberTalk.org’s past coverage. Lastly, discover more premium cyber security articles, interviews and more – subscribe to the Cybertalk.org newsletter.
P.S. Further food for thought: “I see companies interested in pursuing more investigations, as they want to know what’s going on, but will they invest?” – M.H.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Authorities say a man was arrested after he attempted to breach a security checkpoint at a Florida airport.
In a tweet, Orlando Police said that as authorities attempted to arrest the man Saturday at Orlando International Airport, he reached into his pocket, prompting "unknown persons" nearby to yell that he had a gun.
Police said panic ensued, though there was no gun.
Sgt. Eduardo Bernal told the Orlando Sentinel the 37-year-old man was detained under a Florida law that allows for people to be involuntarily committed if deemed dangerous.
Charges of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer without violence are pending.
Airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell said screenings temporarily stopped at the checkpoint for gates one through 59.
Panic also ensued Feb. 2 when a Transportation Security Administration officer jumped to his death inside the airport.
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-arrested-security-incident-florida-airport-61122862
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The House on Thursday approved a bill that would ban Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials from downloading social media app TikTok onto government-issued devices.
The ban was approved as part of the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act, which a bipartisan majority of the House passed by a vote of 230-171. The ban on TikTok, which is owned by Chinese group ByteDance, was added to the bill by an amendment approved unanimously.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger Abigail Davis SpanbergerFive takeaways on the House's return to budget earmarks Lawmakers say companies need to play key role in sustainability On The Money: Weekly jobless claims fall to lowest level since lockdowns | Retail sales surge in March | Dow, S&P hit new records MORE (D-Va.), the lead sponsor of the amendment, said on the House floor ahead of the vote that TikTok “presents a significant counterintelligence threat.”
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Concerns around TikTok and other Chinese tech groups, such as telecom giant Huawei, have largely stemmed from a 2017 Chinese intelligence law that requires Chinese companies to participate in state intelligence work and turn over information and data if requested.
“There are real concerns that this app could also collect information on users in the United States to advance Chinese counterintelligence efforts,” Spanberger said. “Because it could become a tool for surveilling U.S. citizens or federal personnel, TikTok has no business being on U.S. government-issued devices.”
A spokesperson for TikTok told The Hill that the company saw lawmaker concerns over TikTok as "unfounded. "While we think the concerns are unfounded, we understand them and are continuing to further strengthen our safeguards while increasing our dialogue with lawmakers to help explain our policies," the spokesperson said. "We recently reached out to several Members of Congress to express an interest in meeting in the near future."
The passage of the measure came a month after TSA voluntarily banned employees from using TikTok on government-issued phones. The Army banned TikTok from government devices in December, with an Army spokesperson describing the app as a “cyber threat.”
More legislation around TikTok is also in the pipeline, with Sen. Josh Hawley Joshua (Josh) David HawleyTrump plugs Hawley's new book over tech industry Cheney drama exposes GOP's Trump rifts Pollster Frank Luntz: 'I would bet on' Trump being 2024 GOP nominee MORE (R-Mo.) announcing on Wednesday that he plans to introduce a bill to ban all federal employees from using TikTok on government-issued devices.
"This is a necessary step to protect the security of the United States and the data security of every American," Hawley said.
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https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/486172-house-passes-bill-banning-tiktok-on-tsa-devices
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Many of us have. Such e-mails and texts appear to have been sent by your trusted financial institution, but they were more likely sent by a criminal trying to gain unlawful access to your accounts. This is known as phishing and we don’t want you to become a victim of it. We will never ask you to provide sensitive information, such as account numbers, card numbers, PIN numbers, usernames, and passwords through links in an e-mail or via text message. If you receive an e-mail or text requesting this type of information, do not respond to it.
As always, if you are ever concerned that you have received a phishing email, text message, or have questions about an e-mail or text that appears to come from us, please contact us anytime. We’re here to help.
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https://ibew56fcu.org/component/k2/item/108-phishing
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Microsoft has launched its new Wireless Desktop 2000, a keyboard and mouse combo with advanced security features.
The combo, which can be purchased from the official Microsoft site, is currently priced at $40 and it is compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP (excluding the 64 bit edition).
According to Microsoft, the new product will add an extra layer of security for its users thanks to Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128 bit encryption.
This is the same security standard used by the US government to ensure secured wireless connectivity for its sensitive departments.
The unique AES 128 bit encryption key has been designed to prevent the keystrokes of a wireless keyboard from being traced and deciphered by hackers, or malicious programs. Apart from this high security standard, the Wireless Desktop 2000 also includes a comfortable, pillow textured palm rest.
“The desktop is completed with a wireless, full-size mouse that features enhanced side grips, four-way scrolling and Blue Track technology. Not only is this desktop secure, comfortable and convenient – it’s simple to use—just plug in the transceivers and you’re ready to go!”, Microsoft bragged on the Wireless Desktop 200 product page. (opens in new tab)
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Sdbot. KGW is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy: passwords saved by certain Windows services.
In the local network: it generates a large amount of network activity and consumes bandwidth.
It reduces the security level of the computer: it opens one or more ports to allow remote access to the computer and takes action that compromises user confidentiality; it awaits remote-control orders received through IRC or FTP.
It terminates its own execution if it detects that it is being executed in a virtual machine environment, such as VMWare or VirtualPC.
Sdbot. KGW uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
IRC: It sends a copy of itself to all users connected to the channel to which the infected user is connected.
Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
Computer networks (shared resources): it creates copies of itself in shared network resources to which it has access.
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1. If you don't have a different password for each site you are doing it wrong! (Particularly for banks, email, and major social networks).
2. If your password isn't at least 12 characters long, you are doing it wrong!
3. If your passwords have ANY dictionary names in them, you are doing it wrong (things that appear in the dictionary).
4. If you aren't using two-factor authentication on EVERY site that offers such (Gmail, Facebook, Twitter all do) then you are doing it wrong.
5. If you aren't using a password manager like Lastpass then you are probably doing it wrong (I let it generate all my passwords now to make sure I get truly strong 20-character passwords).
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<?xml:namespace prefix = o />WSUS Admins, Today you will see a new product category and update classification in your WSUS Synchronization Options dialogs. Windows Defender, formerly Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), will as of today’s synchronization, show up as a new Windows product category. A new update classification will also come on line called “Definition Updates”. Currently Windows Defender is only released as part of a VISTA beta release. Definition Updates will only be available to beta participants from the Microsoft Update site, with Vista Windows Defender Beta installed. Windows Defender beta will be available to down level clients, and Definition Updates available via WSUS in the coming months. As with CodeName Max, when new product updates are released to MU, their categories and classifications also appear on the corresponding WSUS options dialogs. Unlike CodeName Max, Windows Defender Definition Updates will be available to synchronize to WSUS servers and approve for installation on clients. To learn more about the Windows Defender Vista beta see: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/12-19WinVistaDecCTPFS.mspx and visit the Windows Defender team blog for the latest news: http://blogs.technet.com/antimalware/archive/2005/11/04/413700.aspx — Bobbie HarderProgram Manager, WSUSMicrosoft
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Shopping has never been my forte, much less when amongst the throng of shoppers angling for the latest toys at the lowest prices. No, I am naturally inclined to the comfort of a recliner and a mobile device in order to buy everything from special gifts for my loved ones to the cat food that I forgot to pick up earlier in the day. This has made the balance of security versus convenience a necessity in my life.
Below are some of my hard-won tips for shopping safely online.
Use reputable businesses and do the research: It is always amazing to run across a new online boutique that specializes in a niche market – Did you know Maisonette sells the cutest STEM Toys? – but do your homework if you have never heard of them. Does their website have https before the URL? What does the Better Business Bureau say about them? Do they receive authentic and positive feedback on Yelp and other crowdsourced review sites?
Compare prices to see if it is a bargain or a mirage: Ok, I will admit that I was suckered into a too- good-to-be-true opportunity. I gave up my home address so I could be a beta tester for new Bluetooth headphones. I did not get the headphones, but I did get a bunch of junk mail. Saving some money on an item is great but huge savings should be a red flag.
Use VPN if you are going to use Public Wi-Fi: Online shopping does not always have to happen in a pair of pajamas. Sometimes it happens when we are on the go or taking a caffeine break at a favorite local coffee shop. So, if you’re trying to save on your cellphone data usage so that you can buy your Aunt Margaret a new set of oven mitts, don’t lose your shirt by using that public Wi-Fi signal unless you have installed a reliable VPN service and are using it. For tips about choosing a reliable VPN Service, see the first bullet point.
Think before you click on any links: This applies to links on websites, links in emails and links in a text message. We are bombarded by advertisements, and it is easy to be tripped up by clicking on a link to save 70 percent on some new gadget. Scammers have become true artists in mimicking your favorite retailers. Rather than risk getting a virus on your system, go directly to the vendor’s website. If they advertise it in an email, they will advertise it on their (secure) website.
Curious teenagers all around the country have been known to try to improperly access student information systems and other online applications. This is not a new phenomenon and at least ten states experienced it this past school year. Most of these “hacks” were not sophisticated and the students simply found the teacher’s credentials on a piece of paper, perhaps under the keyboard.
The desire to access student or employee information doesn’t stop with teenagers. Organized and professional criminals with a lot of resources at their disposal are also after such information. Student information is very valuable and it is our job to do all that we can do to protect the information we have been trusted with.
Our biggest challenge in cybersecurity is not the technology; it is our people. Bad actors use the weakest link to get into our network and our untrained users are our weakest link. Train your teachers and office workers at any opportunity and provide them the knowledge and the tools that they need to be safe online.
Talk to your users about cyberbullying, fake news, cyberstalking, and educate them to identify phishing requests as well as secure surfing.
If you’ve ever watched the British comedy show The IT Crowd, you know that their I.T. team answers the phone, “Hello, I.T., have you tried turning it off and on again?” And if you’ve called your ISP because you’re having problems connecting to your home internet, the first thing they ask you is if you have reset the router. I worked for Cox Communications and that was the first thing we learned during our training. Have you ever wondered why that is?
A piece of malware dubbed VPNFilter infected more than 700,000 routers used in homes and small businesses in over 50 countries. While most of the infections were in the Ukraine, it did find its way onto routers in the United States. Since it originated in Russia, the FBI recommended rebooting and resetting our routers. Rebooting the router will clear anything in the active memory that shouldn’t be there and will bring the router back up to its default state. So if the issue is in the memory, a reboot should resolve the issue.
However, this is a tricky piece of malware, and doing a garden-variety reboot will only disrupt the malware. In order to ensure that the malware is completely eradicated, a reset back to factory settings is recommended. The procedure for this varies from vendor to vendor, but this will essentially take the router back to the same state as it was when it was removed from the box. One thing to remember though, if you reset the modem to factory defaults, you will need to apply any updates to it. Updates are released on an ongoing basis to patch security issues.
As SDCOE's Cybersecurity team encounters both educators and students in the classroom via our awareness presentations, we're often asked about career options. Thankfully, the Department of Homeland Security has created an amazing website with a plethora of information that can be useful in steering interested students into the vast career pathway known as Cybersecurity.
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies provides a single location for visitors from government and industry, career seekers, and those seeking to hire them. With resources, training, and tools to help all of these audiences, it is a no-brainer to check it out.
Highlights from the website:
Cybersecurity Workforce Framework: The Department of Homeland Security has been working hard to create a language that we can all leverage when it comes to the hiring and retention of skilled cybersecurity workers. Leverage a matrix approach, interested parties can delve into how to go about participating in this workforce based upon specialty areas, work roles, tasks, skills, knowledge, and abilities. Given that cybersecurity is an ever-evolving landscape, this is an excellent resource for those who are still trying to figure out where to go and how to get there.
Training: The Education and Training Catalog currently reveals over 3,000 cybersecurity-related courses that participants can locate via a user-friendly map. Additionally, state and federal government employees and military veterans have free access to industry-recognized training.
Events and Resource Links: Also included is an extensive database of cybersecurity-related events and links to interesting resources that are within easy reach for site visitors.
Coming Soon - Career Profiles: The Department of Homeland Security is in the process of developing amazing visuals that easily break down various roles within the cybersecurity field. For those with a new interest in the field or who find themselves swept along in the current of information, it is going to be an amazing resource that explains the capabilities and characteristics required for each role.
Coming Soon - Career Pathways: For those interested in preparing for their next steps, this new tool will enable users to input their current knowledge, skills, ability and capabilities which will then be plotted into a visual map showing similar work roles that are available as well as a map for how to get there.
Defense in depth is an approach of safeguarding an Organizations network with a series of defensive components such that if on layer fails, another will already be in place to prevent an attack. Since there are so many potential attackers with an array of attack methods, there is no single method to assure that an Organizations network is completely secure. What the defense in depth approach will accomplish is to reduce the risk of the attacker to complete their attack. Some of these series of defensive components include strong perimeter defense, using strong password, and implementing security policies and procedures.
A strong perimeter defense can include a firewall to manage both incoming and outgoing traffic, and deployment of a network intrusion detection system (IDS) to identify scans or traffic patterns that alert of an attack. Using strong passwords and frequently changing them can make it more difficult for attackers to guess or crack the passwords. Policies and procedures raise awareness of users so they will know if their actions are allowed. There is no single security measure that will fully protect an Organizations network, but an approach of defense in depth will hopefully block or discourage all kind of attackers
Phishing is part of our cybersecurity presentation that we hit the hardest. We demonstrate what can happen if a link or attachment is clicked and a webcam is compromised. It always gets the audience's attention. We also give tips and tricks to spot phishing and encourage users to send suspicious emails to us. During a typical week at SDCOE, we might get two or three malicious emails sent to a handful of people. But the last week of February proved to be anything other than a typical week.
A little after 8 a.m., one of our users sent us a phishing email. We ran a message trace, inputting the sender's email address to find out who got the email. It was only two people. We asked them to let us know if they clicked the link. Then we blocked further emails from that sender and prevented anyone from accessing the link.
Unfortunately, the other user who received the email clicked on the link before we blocked it. When this happens, the best practice is to wipe the computer, because we are not sure of the damage. I have tried manually removing malware that would recreate itself as a randomly generated filename immediately after I deleted it. The only way to be sure something malicious isn't hiding is to start over. We requested that the machine to be reimaged and asked the user to shut down to prevent spreading or pivoting.
However, the person who sent the phishing email quickly took advantage of the vulnerability. One of the first things they must have done is download a local copy of the user's mailbox information. This gave them a list of everyone the user had emailed or received email from. The attacker took that information and started sending emails on a scale we have never seen before at SDCOE -- 3,575 over the next four days. It's possible the attacker was trying to keep the Cybersecurity team busy while they tried to take advantage of another vulnerability.
The following day, the user who clicked the link received an email that looked like a reply to an email chain from someone at a local school district. The email directed the user to send money to a different financial account, claiming that the correct account had be compromised. The email address looked very similar to the actual email address but was one letter off. Email addresses that have different domains are as different as Paris, France, is to Paris, Texas. Thanks to training and expertise, no money was transferred.
Within 24 hours, the phishing had compromised the machine, grabbed the contact list, looked through emails to find one that could be altered with fake bank information, created a bogus domain that looked legitimate, and bombarded us with phishing to keep us occupied. It could have been much worse. We took the opportunity to refine our processes and learned quite a bit from the experience. This is just one example of what can happen with something as simple as a click. We are working hard to make our processes more efficient and to reduce as much of the danger from phishing as we can.
When thinking about internet-of-things (IoT) devices, one often imagines the stuff of sci-fi such as driverless cars, camera-mounted drones, and talking teddy bears. However, many connected K-12 schools are finding themselves already in the future by leveraging smart thermometers to regulate the HVAC system, buses that act as mobile hotspots, and wireless probeware suitable for any STEM classroom environment. With these conveniences, it is even more imperative to be mindful of the baseline cybersecurity measures that should be in place to protect organizational data.
A quick win whenever adopting IoT devices is to immediately change all appropriate default passwords for the routers to which these devices may connect. Someone can quickly and easily locate this information online with sites such as RouterPasswords.com.
Another important action is ensuring that all software (either on the device or used to interact with the device) is kept current. Most updates contain some level of protection against recently discovered vulnerabilities.
Being dependent on the manufacturers of IoT devices to ensure they are impenetrable against the latest cyberthreat is not the safest approach to take given their objective is often profit over safety. As such, ensuring that the K-12 infrastructure is providing a protective barrier is critical to any organization leveraging IoT technologies. This includes, but is not limited to, use of firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems, implementation of segregated network segments (such as secure and guest), and finally ensuring that physical security is accounted for as well.
Living in the future is exactly what K-12 organizations should be providing to their students. To not do that safely is simply not an option.
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Among the best anti virus programs available, Avast provides a wide variety of features and cover. A free release is also designed for protect your personal computer from malware. However , this cost-free product only has a limited volume of coverage, and you’ll have to purchase a paid out version if you wish more features.
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Avast also has an information Loss Protection (DLP) application that can detect sensitive data in papers. You can also make use of this feature to block specific programs from stealing your information. Avast also has a password supervisor, a username and password generator, and an AntiSpam feature. These features can help avoid junk e-mails, dangerous muddle, and phishing sites.
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Plus global cybersecurity spending is predicted to exceed $1 trillion cumulatively over the next five years, from 2017 to 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
The latest forecast from Gartner Inc. says worldwide information security spending will grow 7 percent to reach $86.4 billion (USD) in 2017 and will climb to $93 billion next year.
Gartner’s forecast concentrates on corporate IT and includes categories such as IT security outsourcing, managed security services, consulting and implementation, infrastructure protection, application security testing, data loss prevention (DLP), endpoint protection, security information and event management (SIEM), secure email and web gateways, identity governance and administration, web access management, and other IAM.
Lawrence Pingree, research vice president, Technology and Service Providers – Security Technologies at Gartner, said in an email exchange that the forecast includes all end-user spending, both by enterprises and by consumers.
The consumer security subsegment of the market covered by the Gartner forecast includes stand-alone suites of endpoint security products, including antivirus, anti-spyware, personal firewalls and host-based intrusion prevention systems (HIPSs), parental control, fraud detection, and mobile security — plus desktop and subscription antivirus sold or rented to the small office/home office segment and consumers.
Information security is a subset of the broader cybersecurity market, which is predicted to exceed $1 trillion in cumulative spending over the next five years, from 2017 to 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
Cybersecurity includes IT security, consumer security products such as biometrics and personal malware protection, medical device security, IoT and embedded systems security, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) security, automotive cybersecurity, aviation cybersecurity, military cyber defense technology, and others that don’t fall under the traditional IT umbrella.
The Gartner forecast doesn’t cover IoT security and ICS security, said Contu Ruggero, a research director based in Italy, and chair of the Gartner India Security and Risk Summit, in an email exchange.
IoT security and ICS security are fast-growing markets. Together, just those two security sectors are estimated to be worth upwards of a combined $43 billion annually by 2022, according to one market research firm.
Taken as a whole, Cybersecurity Ventures anticipates 12-15 percent year-over-year cybersecurity market growth through 2021.
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Netgear will not patch 45 router models that are vulnerable to a high-severity remote code execution flaw, the router company revealed last week. However, the company says that routers that won’t receive updates are outdated or have reached EOL (End of Life).
The remote code execution vulnerability in question, which was disclosed June 15, allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on vulnerable Netgear routers – sans authentication. The high-severity flaw affects 79 Netgear Wi-Fi routers and home gateway models – but Netgear says that 45 of those router models are outside of its “security support period.” “Netgear has provided firmware updates with fixes for all supported products previously disclosed by ZDI and Grimm,” Netgear said in a press statement. “The remaining products included in the published list are outside of our support window. In this specific instance, the parameters were based on the last sale date of the product into the channel, which was set at three years or longer.”
A full list of the router models that won’t be patched – as well as those that have fixes being rolled out – is available on Netgear’s website.
“When we look at support windows, some of our products last five or six years, while others last only a few years,” David Henry, senior vice president of Connected Home products at Netgear, told Threatpost. “When we launch a product, as it gets old it goes into End of Life (EOL) and we stop building it and wind down [sales into the channel].”
For instance, one such Modem Router that won’t receive an update, the AC1450 series, is as old as 2009. Other router models, while newer, have reached EOL: The R6200 and R6200v2 wireless routers reached EOL in 2013 and 2016, respectively; while the Nighthawk R7300DST wireless router reached EOL in the first half of 2017, said Henry.
Regardless, Henry stressed that customers using both newer and older router models stay updated on security updates, as well as adopting best security practices, including turning off features like remote access or changing admin passwords (which he said is enforced by Netgear).
“I think it is really important that customers are paying attention to the updates we send out quarterly on our products,” said Henry.
The Flaw
According to the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), which first disclosed the issue, the flaw exists within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this flaw to execute code in the context of root, according to ZDI.
“Given the nature of the vulnerability, the only salient mitigation strategy is to restrict interaction with the service to trusted machines,” according to ZDI. “Only the clients and servers that have a legitimate procedural relationship with the service should be permitted to communicate with it. This could be accomplished in a number of ways, most notably with firewall rules/whitelisting.”
The flaw was reported to Netgear on Jan. 8, 2020, and on June 15, 2020 the security advisory for the flaw was publicly released without a patch available. Additionally, a PoC exploit was published by the GRIMM blog on June 15.
Netgear has rolled out patches for 34 of the vulnerable models since the flaw was disclosed. That includes releasing “security hotfixes” for the models, which are fixes that are applied on top of existing, fully tested firmware.
“Releasing hotfixes allows Netgear to quickly update existing products and streamline the firmware verification process without going through full regression testing,” according to Netgear. “These hotfixes are targeted at specific security issues and should have minimal effect on other areas of the product’s code.”
Patch Timeline Backlash
Several security experts are criticizing Netgear for its patching policies and procedures. Brian Gorenc, senior director of vulnerability research and head of Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) program, told Threatpost that the vulnerabilities disclosed represent some of the most severe bug categories available.
“Unfortunately, there are too many examples of vendors abandoning devices that are still in wide use – sometimes even when they are still available to purchase,” Gorenc told Threatpost. “Maybe we need to recommend manufacturers who support their products for longer – especially in our digitally connected lives. If we reward good communications and long-term support from vendors, maybe this abandonment problem will get better.”
Zach Varnell, senior AppSec consultant at nVisium, said that the disclosure on this vulnerability “appears to be more than generous since the researcher followed responsible disclosure practices and even gave an extension when asked for it.” “It’s unfortunate for anyone who owns one of those routers but that’s the reality of product lifecycles,” said Varnell. “Basically everything – including software, toys, cars, electronics, appliances – will reach an age where their manufacturer will no longer support them. The duration of support varies widely and software tends to be on the shorter side since new development is done much more rapidly than hardware.” “Consumers should always ensure their devices are still supported by manufacturers and check the available support before purchasing a new device,” said Gorenc.
Vulnerabilities in routers have been discovered several times over the past year. In March, Netgear warned users of a critical remote code execution bug that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of its Wireless AC Router Nighthawk (R7800) hardware running firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.68. In July, a pair of flaws in ASUS routers for the home were uncovered that could allow an attacker to compromise the devices – and eavesdrop on all of the traffic and data that flows through them.
This article was updated on Aug. 4 at 11:30 am ET with further comments from Netgear.
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The settlement with UWM is the sixth HIPAA resolution agreement that the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has announced so far in 2015 and the third in recent weeks. Penalties levied by OCR in the six resolution agreements in 2015 total about $6 million. Since 2008, OCR has announced 28 resolution agreements and one case involving a civil monetary penalty.
The agreement with University of Washington Medicine, stemming from a phishing incident, is significant because "it serves as notice of the role that social engineering [awareness] exercises and training workforce members on the threats posed by malware hidden in emails can play in preventing catastrophic infiltration of an enterprise information system," says privacy attorney David Holtzman, vice president of compliance at the security consulting firm CynergisTek.
Although OCR's resolution agreement with UWM, announced on Dec. 14, does not specifically mention phishing, an OCR spokeswoman acknowledges that "the incident [at UWM] involved a forged email containing malware in an attachment."
Impact of Malware
In a statement, UWM says the email incident was limited to the information on a single employee's computer. "The malware attack occurred in October 2013 when an employee opened an email link to review a document. The malware provided potential access to contact and other information needed for billing patients that was stored in files on the employee's desktop computer," UWM says. "When the potential breach was discovered, UWM notified the FBI and the OCR."
In the statement, James Fine, M.D., UWM chief information officer, says, "We voluntarily agreed with OCR to continue making our information security program even more robust than the one we have today. We are relieved that there have been no reports of any use or compromise of patient information from this event."
UWM includes several healthcare related entities under the umbrella of the University of Washington, including University of Washington Medical Center, the primary teaching hospital of the University of Washington School of Medicine.
The OCR resolution agreement with UWM focuses on a common denominator found in most other previous OCR settlements stemming from breach investigations: The importance of conducting a comprehensive, timely and enterprisewide risk analysis.
"All too often we see covered entities with a limited risk analysis that focuses on a specific system such as the electronic medical records or that fails to provide appropriate oversight and accountability for all parts of the enterprise," OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels says in a satement about the UWM settlement. "An effective risk analysis is one that is comprehensive in scope and is conducted across the organization to sufficiently address the risks and vulnerabilities to patient data."
OCR's Findings
OCR says it initiated its investigation of the UWM following receipt of a breach report on Nov. 27, 2013, which indicated that the electronic protected health information of approximately 90,000 individuals was inappropriately accessed after an employee downloaded an email attachment that contained malware.
The malware compromised the organization's IT system, affecting the data of two groups of patients, OCR notes. For 76,000 patients, names, medical record numbers, dates of service, and/or charges or bill balances were exposed. For another 15,000 patients, information compromised included names, medical record numbers, contact information, dates of birth, charges or bill balances, Social Security numbers, insurance identification or Medicare numbers.
In its statement, OCR says its investigation indicated UWM's security policies required its affiliated entities to have up-to-date, documented system-level risk assessments and to implement safeguards in compliance with the HIPAA security rule. "However, UWM did not ensure that all of its affiliated entities were properly conducting risk assessments and appropriately responding to the potential risks and vulnerabilities in their respective environments," OCR says.
The resolution agreement calls for UWM to "develop a current, comprehensive and thorough risk analysis of security risks and vulnerabilities to include the ePHI created, received, maintained or transmitted by UWM facilities and applications, which had been excluded from its August 2014 ' HIPAA meaningful use risk assessment.'"
Thus, the UWM corrective action plan spotlights that under HIPAA, covered entities must assess all ePHI for security risks, not just the EHR-related ePHI assessed to fulfill HITECH Act meaningful use program requirements.
Holtzman of CynergisTek also notes that the OCR settlement with UWM underscores the importance of making sure that any HIPAA compliance program is "more than just the words in your mission statement." Healthcare organizations are expected to hold their subsidiaries and affiliates accountable for implementing and exercising privacy and information security safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of protected health information, he says.
"The settlement with UWM includes provisions under the corrective action program which call for structural reorganization of its compliance program," Holtzman says. "The implication is that the weaknesses and deficiencies in the organization's culture of compliance and accountability extended to the highest levels of executive management."
While the OCR resolution agreement focuses mostly on UWM's lack of enterprisewide risk analysis, Rebecca Herold, CEO, of consulting firm The Privacy Professor and co-founder of SIMBUS360, a new security and privacy cloud service business, says the incident involving the malware-infected email may have been avoided with better workforce training.
"It really seems to be a case of not thinking before acting, which could have been prevented with training, and with regular security reminders, which far too few covered entities and business associates provide," she says. "Workers must be reminded about security on an ongoing basis, or they will succumb to tricky phishing messages, and then boom, a breach occurs. This also points to possibly needing better anti-malware tools and a need to review the firewall to see if updates are needed."
Other OCR Settlements
The resolution agreement with University of Washington Medicine was the third that OCR has issued in recent weeks.
On Dec. 1, OCR announced an agreement with Triple-S Management, a health insurer in Puerto Rico. That settlement included a $3.5 million penalty as well as a corrective action plan that also focused on among other things, conducting a risk analysis.
In November, OCR announced a resolution agreement with Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., stemming from an investigation into the theft of a laptop that was used to operate a medical device. That agreement includes an $850,000 fine and a corrective action plan, which also cited Lahey's failure to conduct a thorough risk analysis of all of its electronic protected health information.
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Learn the fundamentals of developing a risk management program from the man who wrote the book on the topic: Ron Ross, computer scientist for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In an exclusive presentation, Ross, lead author of NIST Special Publication 800-37 - the bible of risk assessment and management - will share his unique insights on how to:
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https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/phishing-breach-results-in-750000-hipaa-penalty-a-8747
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The ‘C’ Word… no, the other one
The mere mention of the “C” word tends to fill people with dread and many firms, Partners or owners continue to bury their heads in the sand.
Many firms have changed the structure of their business support showing that there is a significant shift from the misconception of “fee burners” and “fee earners”. Firms have no choice but to become pro-active to ensure that compliance is embedded into the culture of the firm, with employees knowing and understanding the beliefs and values of the firm they are working for. Invest in business support to drive the firm in the right direction.
Compliance is an essential element of your firm’s foundation to succeed. It is not about how many accreditations you have, although working within the guidelines of those accreditation obviously minimises the firm’s risk exposure. Are you asking the right questions to know what is happening day to day in your firm?
Engage with employees, communication is key. Every time I undertake performance reviews the reviewee states that there is not enough communication. That’s not to say that every little detail needs to be communicated in relation to your vision, it is more to do involving employees to help you achieve the objectives set by the firm.
Ground level knowledge is the difference between tackling any issues head on and burying your head in the sand. We can all hear conversations but listen to what’s going on. Ignorance is not a form of defence if you find yourself on the wrong side of the regulators!
Are you continually reviewing your processes and analysing critical data? Will you as a firm, you as an individual and your employees stand up to scrutiny?
Revisit KPI’s on a individual, team, discipline and overall basis. It’s all well and good giving your fee earners targets, but are they are achievable and are you ensuring they can do this in a safe environment? What do your KPI’s look like?
Are you conducting independent file audits? It may be that there are trends which give rise to training issues. There are many signs that could show that you have issues with employees or equally that you have individuals excelling that have further capacity or partnership potential.
There is a fine line between micro managing and no supervision. You are ultimately responsible for every employee within your firm. How many times have we recently seen in the Law Society Gazette about lack of supervision. It does not matter whether you are a year qualified or 12 years qualified there still needs to be an element of supervision. Do you want to be responsible for everyone losing their job?
Every role within your firm needs to work within the framework and once working within that framework the benefits will speak for themselves.
For further information please contact: [email protected]
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https://applycompliancetoday.co.uk/2018/01/09/risk-management/
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PCI requirement 3.4 mandates that the Primary Account Number (PAN) is unreadable anywhere it is stored using one-way hashes or strong encryption. The Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 meets this requirement first by centralizing cardholder data (into the Secure Payments Repository) and then applying strong encryption.
Oracle Payments offers two modes of encryption, full or partial, as well as immediate or scheduled. Which encryption options are selected should be the result of discussions with legal counsel, compliance and risk management.
Partial encryption refers only to the encryption of the PAN. Full encryption refers to the encryption of the Primary Account Number (PAN) along with the cardholder name and card expiration date. The cardholder name and expiration date are also referred to in the documentation as supplemental data.
Immediate encryption encrypts cardholder data as it is being written to the database. Scheduled encryption leaves cardholder data unencrypted until a concurrent request is run manually or scheduled at a later point in time to encrypt cardholder data. Integrigy Corporation strongly recommends only using immediate encryption.
Specifically, to meet requirement 3.4, Oracle Payments uses a chained encryption key approach and a Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA, Triple DEA, TDES or 3DES) symmetric-key block cipher. A master encryption system key is used to encrypt sub-keys. This master key is stored in the Oracle Payment Wallet (cwallet.sso).
The sub-keys are 156-bit-length system generated and are encrypted using 3DES and the master key as the key. The encrypted sub-keys are then stored in the table IBY.IBY_SYS_SECURITY_SUBKEYS.
Cardholder data collected by the Secure Payments Repository is stored in the table IBY.IBY_CREDITCARD. When encryption is enabled, the records in IBY.IBY_CREDITCARD are flagged as being encrypted and the specific PCI cardholder data is moved to the table IBY.IBY_SECURITY_SEGMENTS.
Cardholder data in IBY.IBY_SECURITY_SEGMENTS is encrypted using the 156-bit sub-keys and a 3DES algorithm. The standard Oracle package DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT performs the encryption. The 156-bit key exceeds the PCI DSS required minimum of double-length keys for 3DES. It is also interesting to note that the Oracle E-Business Suite is using the depreciated DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT package rather than the newer DBMS_CRTYPO package.
For further information on PCI compliance, Corporate Cards and the E-Business Suite please refer to our whitepaper in the link below.
If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]
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https://www.integrigy.com/oracle-security-blog/oracle-e-business-suite-pci-dss-credit-card-encryption
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Are you looking to put your problem-solving prowess to the test in a rapidly evolving security research and development environment? You know that reverse engineers, and vulnerability analysts all play key roles in the capability development life cycle. As a Computer Network Operations (CNO) Capability Development Specialist, you’ll have the opportunity to use skills in reverse engineering of C/C++ and JavaScript, reverse engineering tools, scripting languages, debugging, computer architectures, and networking protocols to support our government intelligence clients. We’re looking for someone like you to have a direct impact on the nation’s security.
On our team, you’ll be involved in the full life cycle of reverse engineering projects involving browser vulnerabilities. Working on an Agile team of experts, you’ll perform reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis, informing operational parameters for complex systems, as well as leveraging various types of reverse engineering tools to assist in the delivery of your work. You’ll determine what the art of the possible is, what can be done, and then you’ll bring it to life for your clients.
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $93,300.00 to $212,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.
If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.
At Booz Allen, we believe that your talents are the gateway to tomorrow. Working at the leading-edge of artificial intelligence, data science, digital transformation, cybersecurity, engineering, and health and science, we uncover and solve the emerging challenges of our time. Ours is a culture of innovation, rooted in a collective desire to make a lasting impact that you will realize. The skills you’ll bring to our team, coupled with the unparalleled missions you’ll serve, will shift the way the world works and lead us into the future. Change is within reach—and it all starts with you.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of our employment process, please send an email to [email protected]. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. This option is reserved only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation. It is not intended for other purposes or inquiries. We’re an EOE that empowers our people no matter their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status or other protected characteristic to fearlessly drive change.
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https://careers.boozallen.com/jobs/JobDetail/Annapolis-Junction-Vulnerability-Discovery-Researcher-Lead-R0179717/84910
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Members of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum like to say its acronym, ITSMF, stands for “It’s my family.” That’s the foundation ITSMF was built on: creating a community of Black IT executives, leaders, and professionals who can connect with other IT professionals who understand what it’s like to often be the only person of color in a leadership position within a company.
ITSMF launched in 1996 as a direct response to the dismal representation of Black IT professionals in the industry — at the time, only 3% of IT management roles were held by Black technologists. The organization has since flourished in helping Black IT professionals grow their careers in an industry that remains predominantly white, with African Americans holding just 7% of positions in the tech industry, and only 2% of tech executive roles, according to data from the Diversity in High Tech report published by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Robert Scott, vice president and dean of the ITSMF global institute for professional development, was already a vice president the first time he attended an ITSMF event. He remembers being “absolutely floored, to the point of silence,” as he looked around the room and saw “all of these people that looked like me, that were at my level, and that I never knew existed.”
The experience was similar for Elaine Norman, vice president of membership and external affairs at ITSMF. She attended her first ITSMF meeting during her time as CIO for United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. Previously, she had attended conferences for executive women in IT, but found she couldn’t fully be her authentic self at these meetings and events. She was often one of the few — and sometimes only — woman leaders of color in the room. When she found the ITSMF, it was the first time she didn’t feel as though she had to dress, act, or speak in a certain way to blend in. She could bring her true, professional self to the meetings and left feeling empowered by the experience.
“If you come to one of our meetings, you will never know who’s the CIO, and who’s the first-level director, because all of that stuff gets checked at the door. It feels like a professional family reunion. And that is what breaks down the walls, to allow mentorship to actually occur because I can say what’s really going on with me and not feel like I’m going to be judged,” Scott says.
Elease Houston is one IT professional who has seen her career grow after attending ITSMF Management Academy. Houston had recently graduated from Georgetown University Masters of Technology program and was managing the operation center at Freddie Mac when leadership at the government-sponsored enterprise sponsored her participation in ITSMF’s Management Academy program to help build her leadership skills. “That program helped to move my thinking from managing to leading, from tactical to strategic thinking, and most importantly how to value what I brought to the table and to command confident respect,” she says.
Not long after completing the Management Academy program, Houston was promoted to director, and she feels her promotion was “largely due to what I learned and the support I got from the program. Specifically, to speak up, ask for what you want, and make it difficult to be looked over.”
Here, ITSMF’s emphasis on mentorship is key, Houston says. “ITSMF’s mentorship program offers executives the support they need that they may not get from their white counterparts,” she says. “In addition, those questions that are exclusive to ‘us’ can be asked in a safe environment with your mentor who more than likely has been through the same experience his or herself and can offer sage advice. That is the advantage.”
Penelope Harris is another beneficiary of ITSMF’s mentorship model. Harris, who works at HP as a PMO deployment lead for the ERP transformation program, credits her ITSMF mentor with helping her “re-evaluate” her “career blind spots,” and figure out what it would take to advance to the next level of her career. She met with her mentor once a week for an hour, and received “straight-forward feedback” based on her mentor’s past and current experiences.
“The moniker for ITSMF is ‘It’s My Family.’ Families take care of each other. This is what makes the mentorship program stand out among any other programs not targeted for Black professionals in technology. I can attest to this because after having matriculated from the program, both my professional and personal life are completely transformed for the better. Having the power of family within a professional program is unlike any other and this is what makes ITSMF bridge the proverbial professional mentorship gap,” says Harris.
Mentors are paired with mentees based on questions answered during the application process, with career goals and personality type taken into account. Mentees receive one-on-one coaching with program directors, who are professionally trained in coaching and are passionate about the work they do in their field. Houston’s program director had a 42:1 ratio of mentees to mentor, but she says despite his workload, her mentor was “readily available to meet with [mentees] if [they] reached out to talk through professional issues or approaches to lean on through personal issues. In fact, I still have his number in my phone and feel comfortable calling him today,” she says.
The demands of the program could sometimes be intense, Houston says. Participants in ITSMF programs are required to meet deadlines for projects and assignments, sometimes burning the “midnight oil to get things done,” but Houston says that the “rewards of the camaraderie and belonging outweighed the sacrifice.”
Strong mentorship creates strong leaders
Representation is vitally important for BIPOC workers in tech. The lack of diversity in the industry can leave Black IT leaders feeling isolated in their careers the closer they get to the top. Once Black IT professionals reach the executive level, they’re often the only person of color in the room, which can be a lonely experience in a company that lacks equity and inclusion. ITSMF gives Black technologists the opportunity to connect and network with IT professionals, leaders, and executives and to be mentored by someone who understands their experience.
A strong mentorship program that considers diversity can help sow inclusion in the organization. “Most companies focus on the diversity piece [when hiring] and they think that’s enough, not realizing that their [internal] culture is such that it creates a revolving door,” ITSMF’s Scott says. “If people feel like they’re not being treated equitably or getting the opportunities, assignments or promotions, they will choose to leave.”
HP’s Harris agrees. “Representation matters and BIPOC hires need to see themselves in positions of power to feel the possibility that they too can ascend to higher levels,” she says. “Investing in Black talent is a testament to how serious a company is about having an inclusive environment that creates opportunities for success and growth for all.”
Mentorship is one such investment. Pairing BIPOC employees with mentors who share their experience, whether internally or through programs such as those run by the ITSMF, can go a long way to creating growth and opportunities for a more diverse workforce.
“Our goal is to really help people be everything that they need to be. And if we do that, then they’ll be the best technologists and they’ll make the biggest impact at their companies,” Scott says. “We’re leaders transforming leaders, and it’s got to be at that level in order to truly make a difference for leaders of color.”
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https://www.cio.com/article/3608953/itsmf-growing-black-it-careers-through-leadership-programs.html
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Abbey Solutions International Limited (known as ASI) Data Protection Policy.
We consider it very important to set out in writing how we comply with the latest Data Protection laws that come into force on 25th May 2018. The objectives of our policy is to ensure users of our site, people that we email on relevant issues and clients and candidates know that they are protected by our strict internal processes. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) www.ico.org.uk You may contact us anytime by email at [email protected] You can call us on +44 207 859 4701.
Abbey Solutions International (ASI) is a limited company registered in the UK. Our main area of business is consultancy for both the non-profit and corporate sectors. John Abbey is the Managing Director. Our office for all correspondence is 76 Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LP.
All staff are required to read, understand and accept the Data Protection Policy and ASI’s procedures that relate to personal data that they may handle. All independent consultants that are hired to work for ASI on specific short-term projects must have a Data Protection Policy in place. ASI always has a contractual agreement with consultants which states that under no circumstances can data that ASI shares with the consultants be disclosed with any individual or organisation without permission in writing from ASI. In the case of individual personal data we may hold i.e. CV’s from candidates, this type of information will never be shared with other organisations or consultants without the permission of the individual.
We ONLY hold information on people that is relevant to the work that we undertake. (This means we only hold information on individuals that work for organisations that we feel could benefit from our services). That information is restricted to professional data. i.e. name, address of company or organisation, job title, business email address, phone number. No personal information is asked for or recorded in any format. Electronically this information is on a secure cloud storage system. No data is held on local hard drives on any device.
We will always provide the information we hold on individuals within 3 days. If you do not wish to be contacted by ASI we will immediately stop sending you information or contacting you. We will however hold contact information so we do not unintentionally contact you again. This information will remain secure.
We do not sell or buy-in any business lists. We ONLY contact organisations relevant to our field of work and expertise.
Information that Abbey Solutions holds on B2C customers
The type of personal information ASI holds on individuals is information that has been sent to us from the individual. This is usually an applicant sending their CV for a job or requiring support in searching for a job. We know this is highly confidential information and is never shared with any organisation or individual without written consent from the applicant. People’s personal data is stored ONLY on a secure cloud base system and NOT on computer hard drives. All data is password protected.
If an individual wishes the records we hold on them deleted we will do so within 3 days and notify them as soon as this has been done. For legal reasons we may have to hold some email correspondence and contact details.
If an individual wishes to see what information we hold on them we will share that information within 3 days.
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https://abbeysolutions.co.uk/data-protection-policy
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Analyze and determine the scope of threats to the enterprise, vulnerabilities in software, and determine how our company will best defend itself against these threats.
Monitor third-party security-related feeds, websites, forums, and mailing lists for information regarding cyber threats, vulnerabilities and exploits. Verify vulnerabilities; correlate and collate the information; and develop, edit, and deliver security reports to enterprise-level customers. On occasion replicate reported vulnerabilities in a lab environment and, where appropriate, develop proof of concept and/or exploit tools against these vulnerabilities.
Develop and provide threat and situational intelligence leveraging proprietary enterprise data, as well as a variety of external sources and open source data.
Actively monitor and research cyber threats with a direct or indirect impact to the OCC brand, business operations, or technology infrastructure.
Develop and support briefings to Security management as a cyber intelligence subject matter expert.
Create and conduct presentations on current threats and related IT Security topics.
Provide monthly reporting to Security management on Threat, Vulnerability, and Incident management metrics.
Participate in cyber security incident response activities, including investigation, coordination, and reporting.
Assist in the collection and preservation of evidence associated with cyber security incident response activities following industry best practices and established procedures.
Develop and support briefings to Security management as a cyber-forensic subject matter expert.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Proven team player, will be working individually and with other staff members, on both long-term projects and rapid response under tight deadlines.
Effective and excellent oral and written communication, analytical, judgment and consultation skills.
Ability to effectively communicate in both formal and informal review settings with all levels of management.
Proven experience in developing and providing threat and situational intelligence from a variety of internal and external sources.
Ability to work with local and remote IT staff/management, vendors and consultants.
Client/server platforms including Sun Solaris, Windows, Linux.
Operating system hardening procedures (Solaris, Linux, Windows, etc.)
LAN/WAN routing and high availability (OSPF, BGP4/iBGP, EIGRP and NSRP).
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https://nationalcybersecurity.com/cyber-security-analyst-71/
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It started with him looking to the right toward the door, away from the restaurant booth where we sat.
As Nicholas F. Benton, publisher of the Falls Church News-Press, stared past the table next to us until he could see the parking lot through the glass windows of Loving Hut, a pink-to-red hue overtook his eyes.
His bottom lip trembled like a freshly plucked guitar string, an open chord on the low E string, before he finally paused the interview.
It wasn’t out of sorrow for the implications of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, as one might expect from a gay man interviewing a transgender woman. Nor was it out of joy for Virginia expanding Medicaid to cover up to 400,000 more uninsured Virginians.
It was for the five human beings shot dead and two more injured at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis the prior day.
And Nick’s grief was still as fresh as his awe of the Gazette’s surviving staff declaring, “We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow.”
I know how hard it is to be on Nick’s side of the interview and to try to maintain composure as a neutral, dispassionate, third-party observer during the worst of circumstances.
As someone who wrote thousands of news stories from 2006 through 2016 as a newspaper reporter in Virginia and Maryland after spending four years earning a journalism degree in New York and interning at a newspaper in a Pennsylvania, I know it comes with the territory.
So I broke down the fourth wall separating the Fourth Estate’s finest from the government they hold accountable, and just clutched my hands over his own from across the booth.
When the Pulse nightclub massacre happened in June 12, 2015, LGBTQ Americans from across the country understood that feeling of having our sanctuary violated, that one safe place where you know that unconditionally it would be okay to express yourself as the person you were born to be.
Three years later on June 28, 2018, in an Annapolis newsroom, another gunman violated a different sanctuary, one of absolute freedom of the First Amendment, so as long as the facts are vetted and the truth is reported.
There is no space like a gay club or bar for a LGBTQ person or a newsroom for a reporter. Many people know what it’s like to be LGBTQ in a gay club. Many people know what it’s like to be a reporter in a newsroom. Fewer know both. But Nick does. And I do too.
So I sat there at Loving Hut with my lips pursed over my clenched teeth, my upper lip making a slight bubble under my nose, not thinking of myself as the politician being interviewed by the journalist but as a reporter grieving alongside another reporter.
What Nick didn’t know was the night before, as I drove along Interstate 66 toward Gainesville for an event with my 13th District constituents, I talked to my former editor in Maryland whose friends in that newsroom died that day. When we ended the phone call, all I could do was cry in the solitude of a rental car heading in the direction of the setting sun.
A little while later, I called my chief of staff to let her know that while I was struggling emotionally at the moment, I would soon put on my game face and be the professional that comes with the turf of being a public servant.
I just wasn’t ready for that moment yet. Maybe that’s why I took a wrong turn off of Linton Hall Road to Glenkirk Road instead of the right one to Rollins Ford Road; I just needed a couple extra minutes to regain composure.
Just enough so my eyes wouldn’t be a pink-to-red hue when I entered the house and my bottom lip would stop quivering.
Yet there is beauty in vulnerability, the ability to actually feel and express what makes you human at a time when everything around you says you’re supposed to be not-quite-robotic-but- not-too-animated in your emotions as a public figure performing in front of other people. As a reporter, there will always be time for neutral, dispassionate, third-party observation. There will always be a time to hold policymakers’ feet to the fire and report the facts as they are, not for what someone wants them to be.
Sometimes, as a reporter, you sit across from another reporter who gets it. And in that moment, it’s okay to express yourself as the person you were born to be: a human being.
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https://www.fcnp.com/2018/07/05/guest-commentary-beauty-vulnerability-ability-express-youself/
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TX Australia (TXA) owns and operates TV transmission and retransmission facilities in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. A joint venture owned equally by Australia’s three commercial metropolitan television networks, Seven, Nine and Ten. It provides TV transmission for broadcasters and markets its infrastructure facilities to access seekers.
TXA maintains a large MPLS Wide Area Network (WAN) across its many sites to run its Network Monitoring System (NMS). Tim Neall, General Manager of Operations at TXA, said: “Our key criterion was service availability. In our game you can’t afford any downtime. That meant our provider would have to have diversity in its own network, with a complete network-independent redundancy.”
TXA chose Vertel for our ability to offer a carrier grade fixed wireless and an in-ground fibre solution. Vertel’s MEF certified Carrier Ethernet 2.0 network service has guaranteed performance parameters such as packet loss, latency, jitter, including a quality of service availability guarantee equivalent (or better) to fibre. This enabled the end-to-end operation of all real-time data, voice and video applications.
By using its existing fixed wireless access infrastructure and a fibre core, Vertel was able to deliver carrier grade broadband to all of TXA’s sites, including those that lacked fibre connectivity. For those with fibre, Vertel microwave could provide an extra level of redundancy. The network could also provide the foundation for TXA to centralise the command and control of their network to manage their video feeds much more efficiently.
The Solution
The Vertel solution involved a diverse 1+1 configuration consisting of a Vertel Etherwave E-LAN mesh logical architecture, with the main 100MB link in Perth and 10MB in the remaining locations. This solution allows any-to-any Layer-2 Ethernet communication between all sites on the network. Vertel also delivered high speed Internet service to three of the sites.
The network rollout was completed in early 2017. As well as replacing the backbone of the existing Network Monitoring System, the Vertel network has enabled improved functionality in other areas.
Rapid deployment to remote locations.
QoS guaranteed any-to-any Layer 2 Ethernet connectivity to all sites.
Diverse 1+1 configuration for true network redundancy.
Responsive: “Vertel’s responsiveness has been a major advantage to us. If any of our services go down we need to get it back up straight away. Vertel gives that immediate service, whereas with a major carrier we could be on the phone for hours. That in itself is a huge leap forward for us.”
Future-focused: “We’re also looking to centralise the command and control of our network, including the potential establishment of a NOC (Network Operations Centre), which means we will be able to manage our video feeds much more efficiently. Vertel has given us the path to lay that foundation.”
Scalable: “We're building towards getting bigger pipelines on what we've already got with Vertel, so there's an increase in capacity as that comes on line.
Vertel was able to provide a QoS (Quality of Service) guarantee equivalent to fibre and a much better customer experience.
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http://www.vertel.com.au/case-studies/fully-managed-wide-area-network-wan-that-became-the-backbone-for-network-monitoring-in
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Solutions Review compiles the 6 essential information security books professionals need to add to their reading lists.
Information security should form a critical component of enterprise workflows and considerations. Without information security, your enterprise is at the mercy of hackers (who have little mercy to spare). We’ve listed the top six information security books professionals should add to their reading lists. These books are intended for beginners and experts alike and are written by authors with proficiency and/or recognition in the field of Information Security.
Be sure to also consult our SIEM Buyer’s Guide for information on the top solution providers in the field. It’s the perfect resource if you don’t want your organization to suffer from attacks and other digital dangers.
Note: Titles are listed in no particular order.
Thanks for checking out our list of top six information security books for professionals. Be sure to also check out our SIEM Buyer’s Guide.
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You’ve probably heard of the popular video conferencing platform, Zoom. This platform enables its millions of users in various locations to virtually meet face to face. In an effort to enhance user experience and work around changes in Safari 12, Zoom installed a web server that allows users to enjoy one-click-to-join meetings. Unfortunately, a security researcher recently disclosed that this product feature acts as a flaw that could allow cybercriminals to activate a Mac user’s webcam without their permission.
How exactly does this vulnerability work? Cybercriminals are able to exploit a feature that allows users to send a meeting link directly to a recipient. When the recipient clicks on the link, they are automatically launched into the video conferencing software. If the user has previously installed the Zoom app onto their Mac and hasn’t turned off their camera for meetings, Zoom will auto-join the user to a conference call with the camera on. With this flaw, an attacker can send a victim a meeting link via email message or web server, allowing them to look into a victim’s room, office, or wherever their camera is pointing. It’s important to note that even if a user has deleted the Zoom app from their device, the Zoom web server remains, making the device susceptible to this vulnerability.
While the thought of someone unknowingly accessing a user’s Mac camera is creepy, this vulnerability could also result in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by overwhelming a user’s device with join requests. And even though this patch has been successfully patched by Zoom, it’s important for users to realize that this update is not enforced by the platform. So, how can Zoom users avoid getting sucked into a potentially malicious call? Check out these security tips to stay secure on conference calls:
Adjust your Zoom settings. Users can disable the setting that allows Zoom to turn your camera on when joining a meeting. This will prevent a hacker from accessing your camera if you are sent a suspicious meeting link.
Update, update, update. Be sure to manually install the latest Zoom update to prevent DoS or other potential attacks. Additionally, Zoom will introduce an update in July that allows users to apply video preferences from their first call to all future calls. This will ensure that if a user joins their first meeting without video, this setting will remain consistent for all other calls.
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This article was originally published by Mcafee.com. Read the original article here.
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https://cybersecurityreviews.net/2019/07/11/watch-your-webcam-tips-to-protect-your-mac-from-zoom-hackers/
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I was just ‘playing’ with a colleagues mobile phone and struggling with what seemed to me a slightly arcane and not entirely intuitive user interface.
However, that is UI’s for you, what seems obvious to one person seems hopeless to another.
It did make me think however about that scene in the Matrix (the first film, I never did see the others) where our hero Neo is on the run (again) and just grabs a phone off some bystander and is immediately able to cancel the existing call and dial a new one.
Seemed totally believable at the time. I just wondered what the equivalent might be these days?
He grabs the phone, at glance he can see it is a smart phone and now he has to look more closely and piles into a lamp post. Picking himself up and undeterred he sprints off but has to divert his glance to find where to cancel the current call which results in tripping over a small dog.
A smart roll and he is back on his feet and running again. Having cancelled the call, he finds he is locked out, the call was an incoming call and the owner had applied a security code.
However, we all know that the password would be 1111, so he is back in business but he has carefully to enter the code but the sensitivity of the keypad and the arrangement of the screen keys means that he gets it wrong twice and both times has bowled into people and now has them chasing him as well as the eponymous Mr Smith.
He is not making any friends here.
Things are not getting any better but no problem, he stops and focuses and enters the keypad right and he is off again just before Smiths and bystanders catch up with him.
Great, but this is a smart phone and the phone functionality isn’t on the front page but if you swipe to the right there it is, however he had to look at the screen to do this and went straight into a fruit stall.
The stall owner joins the people who would like to have a word with him but he has got to the phone screen and rather than being presented with a dial pad,he has a list of favourites. The keypad can be invoked using a key just to the left of the call key and just a quick inspection of the screen shows him where. Great!
So, picking himself up off the little old lady he has just felled, feeling somewhat worse for the wear, and moving somewhat slower, he is off again.
However, now he has three Smiths, two bystanders, the stall owner and probably the grandson of the little old lady he bowled over rapidly catching up but he has made a call to his team and help is on hand.
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Eset’s Malware scanner is among the best in the tests, capturing 91% of malicious URLs in AV-Comparative’s test. This puts it well ahead of Bitdefender, but in back of Avast and Kaspersky.
Really not as extensive in its detections as opponents, however. Their scan types are relatively limited, and there’s no Speedy Scan option.
Aside from sensitive documents sharing the standard full system and removable system checks, which Custom scan option that enables you to check your documents, folders or drives. This really is a little unlike the additional scan alternatives, and while really not especially intuitive, it has the an effective way in diagnosing specific items on your computer.
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https://madongsautospares.com/eset-antivirus-assessment
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All these and more are the result of advanced technologies that focus on communication and collaboration. Leaving aside the fact that the pandemic scared most businesses into remote working, office life has changed.
It’s predicted that by the end of 2021, cybercrime will have cost the global economy $6 trillion dollars. With such a high price tag, it’s important to take all necessary precautions when it comes to cybersecurity. Here are five predictions for what you should expect in the future of cybersecurity.
One of the biggest changes brought by the pandemic (in the business sector) is remote workers. And, since companies didn’t have the time to prepare and train their employees, the world registered a wide range of attacks focused on the remote infrastructure.
Employees’ personal devices and unsecured communication channels were a godsend for cybercriminals everywhere! But what’s even more worrisome, is the fact that one year into the pandemic, and the remote infrastructure remains cybercriminals’ main target.
#2: Data Breaches
Hospitals, governmental organizations, healthcare institutions, companies, personal computers, and cloud accounts – all these are teeming with juicy sensitive data that cybercriminals want. Therefore, the ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and COVID-19 related scams will continue.
As a result, companies, organizations, and individuals that don’t put more care into their online and device security will be at risk.
The data collected via these attacks sell well on the dark web and are often used in identity theft scams. Here are just a few examples by Identity Guard, to showcase just how much the identity theft methods used by cybercriminals evolved in the last years.
#3: Increase Access & Security on Cloud
The journey to the cloud was boosted by the pandemic, but companies were already making the move. Cloud services offer accessibility, storage space, and security at an affordable cost for all types of companies.
However, if in 2020 the focus was on productivity, in 2021 we should see a shift towards easy access and security. After all, some of the most damaging data breaches happened via a cloud attack. With many businesses employing remote workers during the pandemic, remote security became critical, so we saw a significant rise in methods like MFA (multi-factor authentication), biometric scanning, and least-privilege protocols to ensure that remote workers don’t leak information.
#4: Ransomware and Phishing as a Service
Sadly, 2021 is also the year when RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) and PaaS (Phishing as a Service) became mainstream on the market. Both Ransomware and Phishing are profitable schemes, but now they can be auctioned off to anyone who wants to orchestrate an attack.
The system is rather simple. Cybercriminals create a ransomware software tool or a phishing scheme that has proven results (attacks that pierce the victims’ defense mechanisms) and open it up for anyone interested in paying the price. This way, the user doesn’t need to have advanced technical skills nor do they have to identify themselves. They just have to make the payment (usually in an untraceable cryptocurrency) and order the attack.
#5: More Demanding Data Protection Laws
With so many threats using advanced technologies already on the market, and others just emerging (like social engineering and business email compromise), data protection and security laws must be strict and demanding.
It took us a few years to come up with data protection laws that truly cover the victim, but we are finally there. In the years to come, we should see companies and organizations of all sizes under pressure for their security and data protection systems.
Key Takeaways
It is scary when you think about it. Cybercriminals seem to have everything figured out, especially now that advanced technologies are easily accessible to anyone. Still, with AI algorithms evolving fast, the cybersecurity industry has an amazing chance to improve and beat ill-intended actors at their own game. Of course, the cybersecurity sector needs all the help it can get from legislators and law enforcement agencies.
Lastly, every individual is responsible for their own safety while browsing online. So pay attention and stay up to date with regards to the latest threats.
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https://www.computertechreviews.com/cybersecurity-predictions-to-look-for-in-the-future/
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Try to recall if you have recently opened an email attachment as it’s likely you acquired the infection from there. Malevolent software developers add infected files to an email and send it to hundreds or even thousands of users. The file-encrypting malicious software will download onto the OS as soon as the email attachment is opened. Negligent or less informed users may be putting their systems in jeopardy by opening every single email attachment that lands in their inbox. Familiarize yourself with the signs of an infected email, like grammatical errors and Dear Sir or Mada, used instead of your name. The sender heavily pressuring you to open the attachment is a huge red flag. Overall, be careful because any email attachment that lands in your inbox may have ransomware. Another way to get infected with ransomware is by downloading from unsecure web pages, which might be easily compromised. Only trust trustworthy portals with legitimate downloads.
The second the malware infects your operating system, it will start encrypting your data. It will target all crucial to you files, like images, documents and videos, so expect to not be able to open them. You will then see a ransom note, and it will explain what has happened. In exchange for data unlock, you are asked for money. Users, however, seem to forget who they’re dealing with and do not realize that relying on crooks to keep their word is very risky. So by giving into the demands, you can just be giving away money in exchange for nothing. You aren’t guaranteed to be sent a decryption program even if you give them money, so take that into consideration. It would not be unusual if cyber crooks took your money and provided nothing in return. If backup is something you have, you might just remove DecService Ransomware and proceed to recover the files. If you don’t have backup, it would be wiser to purchase credible backup after you uninstall DecService Ransomware.
Select Enable Safe Mode (Enable Safe Mode with Networking) and press Restart.
When your computer boots, open your browser and download anti-malware software.
Install the program and use it to delete DecService Ransomware.
Use a trustworthy site to download the program, install and open it.
Start a scan on your computer to see if you can recover files.
If files are found, you can recover them.
If you are lucky, the ransomware did not delete the Shadow Copies of your files, which are made automatically by your computer in order to prevent data loss in case of a crash.
Open your browser and access shadowexplorer.com to download Shadow Explorer.
This is me, Nicolaus Dreher – a master of computer sciences who has finished Freie University located in Berlin. Since I have visited my first lectures in the university, I knew who I want to be. I realized that computer systems are nothing without a proper security and protection. As there are a number of dangerous malware nowadays, it is important to know how to overcome it and protect your sensitive data and files from being breached into by potential internet schemers.
Follow my posts with the removal tips included and I will inform you about the newest solutions of how to safeguard your system and get rid of the seemingly most hazardous viruses. I assure you this helps.
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One of the biggest concern that everyone has these days is – what if their important files get encrypted or damaged by malware – specifically by ransomware? Their months and sometimes years of work will be lost forever. Experts have agreed that the simplest and the securest method against ransomware is to use regular backups, that is, get in the habit of regularly keeping the backups of all of your important files. There are tons of programs that can be schedules or automated to backup your files and there are other programs that can backup your entire hard drive.
And now a developer has come up with a nifty tool called FileProtection to protect files against modifications of any kind including those made by ransomware. This freeware tool can make changes to the file permissions so that no program can modify it. After the installation of this software in your Windows PC, you can just right-click on any file that you want to protect and select Protect File from the right-click menu.
As soon as you take this step, it changes the file permissions to read only both in terms of the file attributes as well as the permission set for all the users in your PC including the Administrators and System. You cannot change these permissions manually without going through some painful commands.
Side effect of the FileProtection is that not only ransomware but also any other program is unable to make changes to your protected files. The changes are simply not possible as the files are rendered read only. Good thing is, you can right-click on these files and choose Unprotect File and it will restore the file permissions so that you can modify them as you want.
FileProtection is not an anti-ransomware and does not detect malware infection. But it is very effective in preventing the file changes as long as you have UAC enabled and you are using a non-admin account.
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NQSQ ransomware is a ransomware-type infection belongs to family of DJVU/STOP ransomware. It encrypts stored files, appends the .nqsq extension to their filenames and creates a ransom note (the _readme.txt file). As instance, a file 1.jpg is renamed to 1.jpg.nqsq, 2.jpg to 2.jpg.nqsq and so on.
The ransom note informs the victims that their files have been encrypted and to decrypt them you require a unique decryption tool and key that costs $490 or #980 depends on how fast you contact to the crooks.
More details about the files recovery will be provided after contacting the crooks via [email protected], or [email protected] Before paying for the decryption tool, the victims can send one encrypted file to the attackers and receive it back decrypted.
However, we strongly recommend you contact/ pay to the crooks under any circumstances. These people will never provide you the decryption tool even if you fulfill all their demands. Thus, you will suffer financial loss and your files remain encrypted.
Removing NQSQ ransomware will also not decrypt the files encrypted. This is necessary however to avoid further files encryption and prevent malware spread onto the network. To remove NQSQ ransomware, employ some reputable antivirus tool or follow our manual instructions provided below the post.
After the ransomware removal, the next task is to recover the files. Official decryption tool is not available for this tool. The Emsisoft decryption is not applicable of NQSQ ransomware and other DJVU variants released recently.
In this case, existing backups can only help you in files recovery. However, you can attempt to recover files using third party data recovery available on the internet sphere claiming to provide every altered, damaged, corrupted or virus infected files.
The Shadow Copies on the Windows OS can be helpful in the files recovery if NQSQ ransomware does not bear the potential to delete it by running certain commands. There is data recovery section below the post – you will find complete guides there how to recover files using the above mentioned alternatives.
How did NQSQ ransomware enter my system?
Usually, crooks use Trojans, emails, untrustworthy sources for downloading files and programs, software cracking tools and fake software updaters to distribute malicious software. Trojans are malicious malware designed to cause additional malware installation.
Emails used to deliver malware are disguised as letters from reputable entities. Users infect systems by opening these email attachments or links in those emails. Unreliable sources for downloading files, programs can be used to distribute malicious files.
Users infect their systems by opening malicious download. Software cracking tools infect systems by allegedly bypassing activation keys of paid software. Fake software updating tools cause infection by direct malware download or by software vulnerabilities’ exploit.
Text presented in NQSQ ransomware‘s text file (“_readme.txt”):
All your files like pictures, databases, documents and other important are encrypted with strongest encryption and unique key.
The only method of recovering files is to purchase decrypt tool and unique key for you.
This software will decrypt all your encrypted files.
Price of private key and decrypt software is $980.
Discount 50% available if you contact us first 72 hours, that’s price for you is $490.
Downloads from unreliable sources should never be trusted. It is recommended to use only official websites and direct links for any download. Installed programs should have to be updated and activated using tools/ functions from legit developers.
Attachments or website links in any irrelevant emails received from unknown, suspicious addresses should never be opened. The OS should be scanned for threats on regular basis. It is advised to scan the system using some reputable antivirus tool on regular basis.
For Windows XP and Windows 7 users: Boot the PC in “Safe Mode”. Click on “Start” option and continuously press on F8 during the start process until the “Windows Advanced Option” menu appears on the screen. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list.
Now, a windows homescreen appears on the desktop and work-station is now working on “Safe mode with networking”.
For Windows 8 Users: Go to the “Start Screen”. In the search results select settings, type “Advanced”. In the “General PC Settings” option, choose “Advanced startup” option. Again, click on the “Restart Now” option. The work-station boots to “Advanced Startup Option Menu”. Press on “Troubleshoot” and then “Advanced options” button. In the “Advanced Option Screen”, press on “Startup Settings”. Again, click on “Restart” button. The work-station will now restart in to the “Startup Setting” screen. Next is to press F5 to boot in Safe Mode in Networking.
For Windows 10 Users: Press on Windows logo and on the “Power” icon. In the newly opened menu, choose “Restart” while continuously holding “Shift” button on the keyboard. In the new open “Choose an option” window, click on “Troubleshoot” and then on the “Advanced Options”. Select “Startup Settings” and press on “Restart”. In the next window, click on “F5” button on the key-board.
During the “Startup”, continuously press on F8 key until the “Advanced Option” menu appears. From the list, choose “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and then press “Enter”
In the new opened command prompt, enter “cd restore” and then press “Enter”.
Choose any of the “Restore Points” and click on “Next”. (This step will restore the work-station to its earlier time and date prior to NQSQ ransomware infiltration in the PC.
In the newly opened windows, press on “Yes”.
Once your PC gets restored to its previous date and time, download the recommended anti-malware tool and perform a deep scanning in order to remove NQSQ ransomware files if they left in the work-station.
In order to restore the each (separate) file by this ransomware, use “Windows Previous Version” feature. This method is effective when “System Restore Function” is enabled in the work-station.
Important Note: Some variants of NQSQ ransomware delete the “Shadow Volume Copies” as well hence this feature may not work all the time and is applicable for selective computers only.
How to Restore Individual Encrypted File:
In order to restore a single file, right click on it and go to “Properties”. Select “Previous Version” tab. Select a “Restore Point” and click on “Restore” option.
In order to access the files encrypted by NQSQ ransomware, you can also try using “Shadow Explorer”. In order to get more information on this application, press here.
Important: Data Encryption Ransomware are highly dangerous and it is always better that you take precautions to avoid its attack on your work-station. It is advised to use a powerful anti-malware tool in order to get protection in real-time. With this help of “SpyHunter”, “group policy objects” are implanted in the registries in order to block harmful infections like NQSQ ransomware.
Also, In Windows 10, you get a very unique feature called “Fall Creators Update” that offer “Controlled Folder Access” feature in order to block any kind of encryption to the files. With the help of this feature, any files stored in the locations such as “Documents”, “Pictures”, “Music”, “Videos”, “Favorites” and “Desktop” folders are safe by default.
It is very important that you install this “Windows 10 Fall Creators Update” in your PC to protect your important files and data from ransomware encryption. The more information on how to get this update and add an additional protection form rnasomware attack has been discussed here.
This step is for all those victims who have already tries all the above mentioned process but didn’t find any solution. Also it is important that you are able to access the PC and can install any software. The data recovery tool works on the basis of System scanning and recovery algorithm. It searches the System partitions in order to locate the original files which were deleted, corrupted or damaged by the malware. Remember that you must not re-install the Windows OS otherwise the “previous” copies will get deleted permanently. You have to clean the work-station at first and remove NQSQ ransomware infection. Leave the locked files as it is and follow the steps mentioned below.
Step1: Download the software in the work-station by clicking on the “Download” button below.
Step2: Execute the installer by clicking on downloaded files.
Step3: A license agreement page appears on the screen. Click on “Accept” to agree with its terms and use. Follow the on-screen instruction as mentioned and click on “Finish” button.
Step4: Once the installation gets completed, the program gets executed automatically. In the newly opened interface, select the file types that you want to recover and click on “Next”.
Step5: You can select the “Drives” on which you want the software to run and execute the recovery process. Next is to click on the “Scan” button.
Step6: Based on drive you select for scanning, the restore process begins. The whole process may take time depending on the volume of the selected drive and number of files. Once the process gets completed, a data explorer appears on the screen with preview of that data that is to be recovered. Select the files that you want to restore.
Step7. Next is to locate the location where you want to saver the recovered files.
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Organizational policies act as the foundation for many programs, rules and guidelines by providing a framework to ensure clarity and consistency around an organization's operations.
The importance of information security can't be overstated. If compromised, customer and employee data, intellectual property, trade secrets and other highly sensitive and valuable information can mean the downfall of an organization, which makes keeping it secure one of the most critical operations to maintain. Therefore, a policy accounting for information security becomes an expected progression.
With so many different types of data, systems that handle and store it, users that access it and risks that threaten its safety, it becomes increasingly important to have a documented information security policy. Furthermore, compliance requirements regulate ways in which organizations need to keep this information private and secure, further promoting the need for a document that will ensure those requirements are met.
Regardless of size or industry, every organization needs a documented information security policy to help protect their data and valuable assets. But where to begin?
An information security policy (ISP) is a high-level policy that enforces a set of rules, guidelines and procedures that are adopted by an organization to ensure all information technology assets and resources are used and managed in a way that protects their confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Typically, an ISP would apply to all organization's users and IT data as well as infrastructure, networks, systems, third and fourth parties. Information security policies help organizations ensure that all users understand and apply the rules and guidelines, practice acceptable use of an organization's IT resources, and know how to act. Ultimately, the ISP's goal is to provide valuable direction to users with regard to security.
The way an effective policy is shaped and customized is based on how an organization and its members operate and approach information. ISP sets the tone for the implementation of security controls that will address an organization's relevant cybersecurity risks and procedures to mitigate them as well as the responsibilities needed to manage security properly. Furthermore, it's implemented in a way that supports their business objectives while adhering to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Organizations across industries design and implement security policies for many reasons. These include establishing a foundational approach to information security; documenting measures, procedures and expected behaviours that support and dictate the direction of overall security management; protecting customer and user data; complying with industry and regulatory requirements; and ultimately protecting their reputation.
¶The CIA triad
As mentioned, the main goal of an IT security policy is to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of an organization's systems and information. Those three principles—confidentiality, integrity and availability—make up what is known as the CIA triad, a somewhat outdated, but still well-known model that remains at the foundation of many organizations' security infrastructure and security programs.
Confidentiality refers to an organization's efforts to keep sensitive data private. Personally identifiable information (PII), credit card data, intellectual property, trade sectors and other sensitive information need to remain private and accessible only to authorized users. This is generally conducted by controlling access to data, often seen in the form of two-factor authentication when logging into accounts or accessing systems, apps, and the like.
Integrity in this context describes data that can be trusted. This means that data needs to be kept accurate and reliable during its entire lifecycle, so that it can't be tampered with or altered by unauthorized users. In cases of data corruption, backups need to be available to restore data to its correct state. It can also include checksums to verify integrity.
Availability involves maintaining information continuously accessible to authorized users whenever they need it. This usually refers to proper support of the technical infrastructure and systems used to hold information, and to setting procedures for business continuity, should an incident have the potential to impede data availability.
¶How important is an information security policy?
Increased digitization leads to every user on a network generating, storing and sharing data, and there is always a part of that data that needs to be protected from unauthorized access. Whether it's for legal, internal or ethical concerns, sensitive data, PII and intellectual property must be protected in order to avoid catastrophic security incidents such as a data breach.
An information security policy details how the data is protected and evaluates all gaps that can be exploited by cybercriminals to access that data, as well as processes that are used to mitigate and recover from security incidents. This means it plays a crucial role in risk management and furthermore addresses an organization's needs and ways to comply with increasingly stringent regulatory compliance requirements.
Modern organizations are large and can have a lot of dependencies, including third and fourth party vendors, technology users, and more. And as with every document, an information security policy should clearly mention the scope of the audience to whom the policy applies. It is generally recommended that the audience scope remains inclusive over data shared with third parties even if not legally obligated to do so, as many organizations omit them from their policies. Leaving it outside of the set rules and guidelines of an organization's policy can open that data up to compromise, without proper controls.
Another important aspect of scope is the governed infrastructure in the policy, which will ideally include all assets: all data, systems, programs, apps, etc. This allows, again, for a better overview and the protection of all parts of an infrastructure, empowering organizations to reduce their attack surface and consequently security risks.
"Authority" refers to who has the authority to decide which data can be shared, and with whom. Typically, it follows a hierarchical pattern where the higher the position one holds in an organization, the more authority one has to make decisions about data and its share. For example, higher-level managers and executives have more insights into an organization's overall posture and operation, so they have the right to grant access to information as they see fit.
Simultaneously, a junior employee may be tied to sharing very little information they have access to, as they don't have the same level of insight and authority to grant access to it to others. An IT security policy should have terms that address every level of authority through all of the organization’s seniorities and their data authorization, all of which should be a part of the access control policy.
While an information security policy commonly has an objective of complying with regulatory requirements, or having a clear way to communicate guidelines to third parties, it does contain a set of rules that need to be enforced in an organization and followed by users.
Those users can't simply receive a document that showcases their expected behavior—security awareness and other user training should follow. Implementing security training and maintaining cybersecurity culture in an organization ensures that all users understand what is asked from them and what role they play in an organization's security program, and offers support as users are the most crucial components of a properly functioning ISP.
Change management policy outlines formal processes and procedures for responding to changes that can affect the CIA of information.
Incident response policy outlines how an organization responds to and mitigates security incidents, as well as their incident response process.
Information retention refers to how data is stored and backed up as well as a retention schedule for when the information should be maintained.
Disaster recovery policy is crucial in ensuring business continuity in the event of a potentially disruptive incident, whether it's a security breach or a natural disaster.
Identity and access management policy outlines types of devices in use for systems and apps, standard for creating and authorizing accounts and how accounts are deprovisioned.
Personal device policy goes hand in hand with remote access policies, as with high number of remote users comes a larger volume of personal devices being used to access organization’s premises. This policy dictates which devices are allowed to access which information and systems, as well as authentication methods to do so.
Patch management applies the specific procedures for patching and updating operating systems, software, antivirus solutions, etc.
One of the first steps in an effective information security policy is identifying risks, and preceding that, identifying all critical assets, data and infrastructure. Our Attack Surface Intelligence platform will provide you with complete awareness over your attack surface, including activity, open ports, SSL certificates, and much more.
Our automated asset analysis will allow you to detect and understand the different security risks your organization may face. Furthermore, you can use ASI to detect any changes across your infrastructure so you can quickly and effectively audit and modify your information security policy as needed.
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I am trying to set up access control per repo only (with the three permissions no-access, read-only, read/write). I am having an external application control it, which makes syncing admin git repos (such as what gitosis and gitolite provide) not practical.
What would work perfectly is a setup that would allow me to simply call system commands to grant users (ssh keys) access, create repos, and delete repos. for example:
git-acl grant R user1.pub /path/to/repo.git - Grants user1 read-only access on the repo git-acl grant RE user2.pub /path/to/repo.git - Grants user2 read/write access on the repo
First, you can easily script gitolite in order to add a user to a repo, by modifying the gitolite.conf file and pushing it back.
If you want another system, I only know about gitlab-shell, but it seems quite linked to gitlabhq.
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Let us know in the comments, or feel free to email into the tips line at [email protected] with your best method for killing these viruses. Discussions cover how to detect, fix, and remove viruses, spyware, adware, malware, and other vulnerabilities on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Real-Time ActivityMy Tracked DiscussionsFAQsPoliciesModerators General discussion norton says im protected Also note that this infection can block antivirus software. The problem with saying "oh just system restore" is that system restore is entirely unreliable. http://tagnabit.net/internet-security/internet-security-2010-helpassistant-mbr-infection.php
I want to eliminate all pieces, fragments and viral detritus from my system. Please ensure your data is backed up before proceeding. Right click on the internet security essentials icon and the clck properties and find the file location. Get downloadable ebooks for free!
I had tried everything i could find through Google searching, and am not sure why I didn't think to check here (I read howtogeek most days). The first thing i had to do was un-disable my taskmanager. Internet Security 2010 is typically bundled with numerous Trojans that display fake security alerts on your computer. InternetSecurity2010 is a clone of Advanced Virus Remover malware.
Thanks! If you can't launch an automatic removal tool, please end the Internet Security 2010 process first. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes:
The malware may also block certain Windows programs that allow the user to modify or remove it.
is there any halp with remote * to tech people to see in to my pc without being fee based even if ive paid 4 a/v?thankyou claudette. In order: 1. All scans showed negative, even though the malicious .exe files remained. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9487/how-to-remove-internet-security-2010-and-other-roguefake-antivirus-malware/ SUPERAntispyware Spybot S&D MalwareBytes Anti-malware If you can't download or install these programs then: Method #1: Download HijackThis tool. (NOTE: before saving it to your dekstop, rename HijackThis.exe to explorer.exe) Launch can some one tell me how to create a boot disk so I can fix my computer. July 8, 2010 bob F8 - safe mode then go to accessories-system-system restore pick a point a day before you got the virus. I am especially worried about keyloggers, since I do things like banking and Skype calls home/credit online. My OTL logs, Hijack This log, and Malwarebytes log (pre and post infection) are attached. My Ask us a question remove it now remove it now Reimage is a tool to detect malware. You need to purchase full version to remove infections.
Will keep you posted on the outcome! http://www.pctools.com/security-news/internet-security-2010-your-system-is-infected/ Flag Permalink This was helpful (0) Collapse - some advice! Worm? (9 replies) KIS 2011 New version.. (1 reply) Data corrupt? The Hostageware had also set IE to a proxy server, which had to be unchecked.
Deletemalware.blogspot.com can not be held responsible for problems that may occur by using this information. Get More Info It will then prompt you to purchase VSCodec Pro, which is another rogue program, to fix the supposed problem. At last I noticed that the pop-ups didn't start immediately when XP loaded and I was able to use that 30 or 40 seconds to iniate a MWB scan. theres a new strain but it has the same interface.
Sign In Sign In Remember me Not recommended on shared computers Sign in anonymously Sign In Forgot your password? That seemed to do the trick. Retrieved 2009-01-19. http://tagnabit.net/internet-security/internet-security-2010-infection-is-farbar-available.php Exit HijackThis.
Several functions may not work. I am protected by Trend Micro Internet Security and did run a scan which said I am not infected. If you accept cookies from this site, you will only be shown this dialog once!You can press escape or click on the X to close this box.
Desktop Security 2010 is actually a Trojan virus that in most cases must be manually installed.
Some variants will also redirect the user from the actual Google search page to a false Google search page with a link to the virus' page that states that the user Please try again now or at a later time. I have a friends computer right this minute that I'm fixing, plagued with Malware, viruses and no telling what. Also found thread for Internet Security 2010 on BC and saw what files IS2010 downloads and where.
If there is an update available for Malwarebytes it will automatically download and install it before performing the scan. STOPzilla removes Internet Security 2010 (2009-12-10 06:16:12) • Malwarebytes Anti Malware Download | review Tested and Confirmed! December 10, 2008. this page We are now logged in and are following the above steps (using SUPERAntiSpyware & Malwarebytes, etc..) to get the job done.
Upon completion of MWB I rebooted and ran SAS. May 4, 2010 at 8:49 PM sac said... MS Antivirus is made to look functional to fool a computer user into thinking that it is a real anti-virus system in order to convince the user to "purchase" it. Ran rkil from thumdrive, IS2010 killed.
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This week's global police assault on the vast P2P Gameover Zeus botnet has left the distribution system for the Cryptolocker ransom malware foundering, according to two Danish security firms that have been monitoring new infections.
Patching firm Heimdal Security and partner CSIS Security Group estimate that by early May 2014, just before the Gameover was disrupted, at least 1.2 million computers were infected by the botnet, with 50,000 systems joining it in an average week. This had now been reduced to the low hundreds or even close to zero.
An unknown number of these were also affected by one of its payloads, the hated CryptoLocker, which appeared to have suffered its first ever reverse last Friday. It's never been clear how much CryptoLocker has depended on Gameover, although the two are believed to have been developed by the same gang of criminals.
It is now looking as Gameover's was critical to CryptoLocker's success, with the detection of new infections effectively dropping to zero, the firms said without being candid about how they calculated this for fear of revealing their monitoring effort to the malware gang.
"At the beginning of May this year, we saw a high rate of new Cryptolocker infections, with as many as 5.000 new infections per day. Later in May, infections even peaked at a very high number of 8.000 infections per day," said Heimdal Security's CEO, Morten Kjaersgaard.
"Our intelligence now shows that the number of new infected machines has dropped off significantly and is currently relatively stable around 0 [zero]."
None of this does anything to reduce the large but unknown number of PCs already infected by CryptoLocker, but it does at least suggest that the malware has at last revealed the weakness of its dependency on the Gameover platform.
The firm had seen no drop off in the number of currently infected systems, although the loss of Gameover's command and control will have disrupted the channel through which ransom payments are collected and - in theory - decryption keys are sent back to victims (note: there is strong anecdotal evidence that the criminals no longer send keys even when paid).
The US represented by some way the largest portion of these infected systems, he said.
"Especially the US, UK and Germany have been hit hard by the Zeus Gameover P2P malware over the last few months, but this joint effort, has really made a big blow against the malware. "
But how on earth did Gameover become so powerful and how was it and its nasty CryptoLocker sideline spiked?
From this week's dramatic headlines and back-slapping press releases, you could be mistaken for thinking that Gameover Zeus is a relatively new menace that has been stopped in its tracks. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Its effects were first documented by Dell SecureWorks under an early name, 'Prg Trojan', as long ago as in June 2007, when the firm's researchers discovered a sizable cache of keylogged online bank account details and social security numbers. Many of those appeared to be connected to the high-profile breach of the US Monster.com jobs site around the same time.
By the time in 2011 and 2012 it had morphed into what became known as the Zeus banking malware, it was being targeted by Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) in a controversial operation called Operation b71, a command and control takedown that also involved servers used by SpyEye and Ice-IX variants.
That operation, coincidentally, bears a superficial comparison with what happened last week, which suggests that Gameover will probably reconstitute itself in some form just as it did after b71.
One of the ways it evolved to fight off this kind of takedown was by moving to a P2P design - also used by the Sality, ZeroAccess and Kelihos botnets - in which there are no central C&C servers. This makes it inherently hard to detect, partly because infected nodes distribute communication across a large number of nodes that see only a few of their neighbourss but also because many sit behind firewalls and NAT protection; this latter makes it incredibly difficult to get to grips with the size of the botnet. Many nodes become invisible.
The numerous companies and academic instructions that have helped research and probe for weaknesses in Gameover's P2P design have been very coy about how they broke into it. Suffice it to say that the basic principle was to trick the botnet into accepting sinkholes that emulated its P2P behaviour, isolating the other nodes as far as possible and then stopping the botnet from activating a fallback channel.
Not easy.
The sources Techworld contacted about these techniques did not want to go into more detail than that - many have been tracking Zeus and the later Gameover in detail for years and weren't best pleased when Microsoft made b71 public by the way. Every takedown risks more precious intelligence leaking out.
But in this area, reticence is normal and well-established. Botnet designers are always looking for ways to harden their creations against skinkholing and the Gameover attack appears to have used the technique with unparalleled success. Nobody wants to make it easy for them.
One possibility for the extra shyness this time could be that the researchers working on Gameover exploited a software vulnerability. Gameover is clever, innovative, successful but it is software after all and that makes it vulnerable.
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In ABE system, users‘ private keys and ciphertextsare labeled with sets of descriptive attributes and access policies respectively, and a particular key can decrypt a particular ciphertext only if associated attributes and policy are matched. Until now, there are two kinds of ABE having been proposed: key-policy attribute-based encryption (KPABE) and ciphertext-policy attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE). In KP-ABE, the access policy is assigned in private key, whereas, in CP-ABE, it is specified in ciphertext.
Recently, as the development of cloud computing, users‘ concerns about data security are the main obstacles that impede cloud computing from wide adoption. These concerns are originated from the fact that sensitive data resides in public cloud, which is maintained and operated by untrusted Cloud Service Provider (CSP). ABE provides a secure way that allows data owner to share outsourced data on untrusted storage server instead of trusted server with specified group of users. This advantage makes the methodology appealing in cloud storage that requires secure access control for a large number of users belonging to different organizations.
When a large number of users call for their private keys, it may overload the attribute authority. Moreover, key management mechanism, key revocation in particular, is necessary in a secure and scalable ABE system. In most of existing ABE schemes, the revocation of any single private key requires key-update at attribute authority for the remaining unrevoked keys which share common attributes with the one to be revoked. All of these heavy tasks centralized at authority side would make it an efficiency bottleneck in the access control system. Aiming at eliminating the most overhead computation at both the attribute authority and the user sides, an outsourced ABE scheme is proposed that not only supports outsourced decryption but also enables delegating key generation.
In addition, it is observed that when experiencing commercial cloud computing services, the CSPs may be selfish in order to save its computation or bandwidth, which may cause results returned incorrectly. In order to deal with this problem, checkabilityis done on results returned from both KGSP and DSP.
II. RELATED WORK
Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) allows a sender to encrypt a message to an identity without access to a public key certificate. The ability to do public key encryption without certificates has many practical applications. For example, a user can send an encrypted mail to a recipient, e.g. [email protected], without requiring either the existence of a Public-Key Infrastructure or that the recipient be on-line at the time of creation.
In this paper a new type of Identity-Based Encryption [1] is proposed that we call Fuzzy Identity-Based Encryption in which we view identities as a set of descriptive attributes. Fuzzy-IBE gives rise to two interesting new applications. The first is an Identity-Based Encryption system that uses biometric identities. Secondly, Fuzzy IBE can be used for an application that is called as ―attribute-based encryption‖.
In this application a party will wish to encrypt a document to all users that have a certain set of attributes. For example, in a computer science department, the chairperson might want to encrypt a document to all of its systems faculty on a hiring committee. In this case it would encrypt to the identity {―hiring-committee‖,―faculty‖,―systems‖}. Any user who has an identity that contains all of these attributes could decrypt the document.
Cloud computing is a promising technology, which is transforming the traditional internet computing paradigm and IT industry. With the development of wireless access technologies, cloud computing is expected to expand to mobile environments [4], where mobile devices and sensors are used as the information collection nodes for the cloud. However, users‘ concerns about data security are the main obstacles that impede cloud computing from being widely adopted. Thus, new secure service architectures are needed to address the security concerns of users for using cloud computing techniques.
III. PROPOSED SYSTEM
Since some users may change their associate attributes at some time, or some private keys might be compromised, key revocation or update for each attribute is necessary in order to make systems secure. The user revocation can be done via the proxy encryption mechanism together with the CP-ABE algorithm. Attribute group keys are selectively distributed to the valid users in each attribute group, which then are used to re-encrypt the ciphertext encrypted under the CPABE algorithm. In addition, as the user revocation can be done on each attribute level rather than on system level, more fine-grained user access control can be possible. Even if a user is revoked from some attribute groups, he would still be able to decrypt the shared data as long as the other attributes that he holds satisfy the access policy of the ciphertext. Therefore, the proposed scheme is the most suitable for the data sharing scenarios where users encrypt the data only once and upload it to the data-storing centers, and leave the rest of the tasks to the data-storing centers such as re-encryption and revocation.
This new method offloads all access policy and attribute related operations in the key issuing process or decryption to a Key Generation Service Provider (KGSP) and a Decryption Service Provider (DSP), respectively, leaving only a constant number of simple operations for the attribute authority and eligible users to perform locally.
Checkability on results returned from both KGSP and DSP is done so that the users obtain the correct results. The idea of appending redundancy and having checksum while sending and receiving the data will fight against the dishonest actions of KGSP and DSP.
Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithm data is encrypted and decrypted. Elliptic curve cryptography is a set of algorithms for encrypting and decrypting data and exchanging cryptographic keys. ECC is an approach to publickey cryptography based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. One of the main benefits in comparison with non-ECC cryptography is the same level of security provided by keys of smaller size. ECC is based on properties of a particular type of equation created from the mathematical group (a set of values for which operations can be performed on any two members of the group to produce a third member) derived from points where the line intersects the axes.
Equations based on elliptic curves have a characteristic that is very valuable for cryptography purposes: they are relatively easy to perform, and extremely difficult to reverse. An elliptic curve is the set of points that satisfy a specific mathematical equation.
Step-1 The data owner logins the system using his ID and password.
Step-2 The data owner defines the access policy for the data which is to be placed on the public cloud.
Step-3 The data owner chooses the file to be uploaded and define the access policy for that file.
Step-4 The data owner defines the access policy using Attribute Based Encryption.
Step-5 The file gets encrypted using ECDH algorithm.
Step-6 The owner then finds out the checksum of the data which is being uploaded in order to provide checkability.
Step-7 The file then finally gets uploaded to the database on the cloud and the data owner gets the message after the file gets uploaded.
Step-8 The registered user logins to the system with the valid ID and key.
Step-9 The user then search for the file he wants to download.
Step-10 The file will be displayed to the user only if he is having suitable attributes that satisfy the access policy, otherwisethe file will not be displayed.
Step-11 Then in order to download the file the user search for the key.
Step-12 The session key will be generated by KGSP to the user only if he is having suitable attributes.
Step-13 Then using the session key, the user requests for downloading of the file.
Step-14 Then DSP will decrypt the encrypted file which is placed on the database and returns the decrypted file to the user.
Step-15 Then the user will be able to download the file on the local machine.
IV. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
To evaluate the performance of CP-ABE outsourcing scheme, encryption time, key generation time and decryption time are calculated. The time taken by CP-ABE outsourcing scheme is calculated on Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Visual Studio (C#.Net) while the database is kept in Microsoft Azure Database.
Performance analysis is done by calculating Encryption and upload time, Decryption and download time and key generation time. Performance analysis is done using different file sizes and the results are obtained by noting down the time taken for encrypting those files with different sizes, time taken for decrypting those files and time taken for key generation.
A. ENCRYPTION AND UPLOAD TIME
To evaluate CPABE performance, I have measured time taken to encrypt and upload the file on the SQL Azure Database by using different file sizes—1 KB, 2 KB, 5 KB, 50 KB, 100 KB. To capture time used for encryption and uploading the file, i have used the following code.
I have written this code in the essential class files of my project and then execute it. This code will take the current system time and then run the code and the query in it and then captures the time which it takes for doing so. Then it subtracts that system time from the time it captures and returns the result in the label which is placed for that purpose Fig 3 shows the encryption time taken by the proposed system i.e. outsourcing ABE. It is clear from the figure that as the file size increases, the encryption time also increases.
Here the encryption time indicates the time to encrypt and upload the file on the Microsoft Azure.
Same files were used for performing tests for capturing time taken to download and decrypt these files using both proposed system (CPABE) and existing system (IBE).
-Encrypted file is downloaded from file storage service to local machine.
-Requested file is decrypted using private key of the user.
It is shown in Fig 5 that the decryption time of Outsourcing ABE increases as the file size increases.
VI.CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
A new outsourced ABE scheme is proposed that simultaneously supports outsourced key-issuing and decryption. With the aid of KGSP and DSP, this scheme achieves constant efficiency at both authority and user sides. Performance analysis shows that the proposed system i.e. outsourced ABE takes less encryption time and decryption time and the time increases as the file size increases. The time taken by the proposed scheme for encryption and decryption and key generation is in milliseconds. To sum up, this outsourced ABE scheme achieves efficiency at both attribute authority and user sides during key-issuing and decryption without introducing significant overhead compared to the original approach.
In this paper, the data owner acts as the only authority in every cryptosystem. In large-scale systems, it is desirable to provide decentralized access control in the sense that the existence of multiple authorities in an application is allowed.
When encryption provides data confidentiality, it also greatly limits the flexibility of data operation. To address this issue, it is needed to combine ABE with cryptographic primitives such as searchable encryption, private information retrieval and homomorphic encryption to enable computations on encrypted data without decrypting.
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The Department of Environmental Health and Safety is responsible for assuring a safe workplace at CSUEB. While it is true there are many buildings at CSUEB with building materials containing asbestos and lead, these materials do not pose a hazard unless they are disturbed. Environmental Health and Safety maintains the Asbestos Management Plan, including extensive sampling records and works closely with Facilities Management to assure staff use proper work practices when working with asbestos containing materials.
If you think you have an asbestos or lead disturbance or release, leave the area immediately (evacuate others from the immediate area well), and shut the door. Contact your supervisor and then call Environmental Health and Safety at x5-4139 during business hours. If no one is available for a 24 hour response, call University Police at x5-3791. Please do not leave a voice message, continue to call until you reach a live person to report the incident. Do not return to the area until permitted by Environmental Health and Safety.
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Why do hackers hack? The obvious reason is that they want to steal or cheat, or get something they want through criminal activity, but there's more to it than just holding up a liquor store. Sometimes it's the thrill of seeing what you're capable of. Sometimes it's the thrill of going where someone doesn't want you to be, being smarter than everyone else. Hackers are categorized as either "white hat" or "black hat", with the white hat typically meaning legal and the black hat illegal. Being a white hat hacker, or an IT security professional in general, includes all the thrills without the inevitable jail time. The IT security professional is like the police officer for business, governments, families, etc. The IT security professional helps to keep us all safe. Oh, and there's tons of money in it for you.
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See, for example, this inexplicable subhead about a third of the way through this Seattle newspaper story. First, let's look first at specifics. The paper reports that the city will put parking meters on some formerly-free spots in a rapidly urbanizing district near downtown Seattle. But if anything, the alternative to the city's plan -- continuing to provide public rights-of-way for exclusive, uncompensated use by a handful of private car owners -- is closer to "social engineering" than charging a small fee for the privilege. Really, the question is not whether the city will engage in "social engineering," but what kind of social engineering. And in particular, will government continue to use public resources to subsidize private cars?
Speaking more generally, just about any transportation policy -- or any policy at all, for that matter -- can be described as "social engineering." And using that inflammatory language is a game anyone can play. Consider some (slightly) overheated rhetoric: today's car-centric system is the result of Soviet-style social engineering.
In town, America's Soviet-style planning wasn't much different.
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I suppose that’s right, at least to the extent that parking meters alter the incentive structure for parking, which ultimately may change some people’s behavior. But if anything, the alternative to the city’s plan — continuing to provide public rights-of-way for exclusive, uncompensated use by a handful of private car owners — is closer to “social engineering” than charging a small fee for the privilege. Speaking more generally, just about any transportation policy — or any policy at all, for that matter — can be described as “social engineering.” Become one.
Governments used the awesome power of the state to take money from the populace. Then central planners used the money with an ethic of brutalism, forcing gigantic car thoroughfares across neighborhoods, into the hearts of cities, and then out into far-flung farmlands and wild places.
In town, America’s Soviet-style planning wasn’t much different.
Wielding authority over private property, the central planner decided that for the good of the collective, private homes and business should be forced to provide minimum numbers of parking spaces. As if that weren’t enough, the government itself got into the parking business, using publicly-owned land to provide "free" parking along both sides of most streets (the hidden high costs would come later). And the parking laws were, of course, enforced by state agents paid with public dollars.
Much like their comrades in the Soviet system, the central planners in the United States often sought to cloak their actions in the language of social equity. But more often than not, the effect was just the opposite: low-income neighborhoods were literally bulldozed under for faster car-ways; working class transportation choices like streetcars were summarily destroyed, while buses were relegated to second-class status; and once-lively city neighborhoods emptied out as the wealthy segregated themselves in isolated cloisters.
Worse, the car-dominated system was financed by taxes that were often regressive or unfair. Property taxes helped to push homeownership out of reach. And blatantly regressive sales taxes fell hardest on those who could least afford to pay.
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How to remove Critical Security Warning! What is Critical Security Warning!? 'Critical Security Warning!' Is a fake error displayed by a malicious website.
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Users are redirected to this website by potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that infiltrate systems without consent ('bundling' method). As well as causing redirects, potentially unwanted programs also deliver intrusive online advertisements and continually record various information relating to Internet browsing activity. Targets only users of Mac OS. This error states that suspicious connection activity has been detected and, therefore, personal information (logins/passwords, banking details, etc.) is at risk and that this problem must be resolved immediately.
Users re encouraged to contact 'certified technicians' via a telephone number (' +1-888-225-6662') provided. They then supposedly receive help in solving the problem, however, as mentioned above, 'Critical Security Warning!' Is a fake error message and a scam. Cyber criminals attempt to generate revenue by tricking victims into calling and paying for technical support that is not required. You can remove this error simply by closing the web browser. Be aware that web browsing activity is tracked, since potentially unwanted programs continually gather various data (for example, IP addresses, URLs visited, search queries, etc.) that might contain personal details. Criminals share these details with cooperating third parties who misuse private information to generate revenue.
Thus, data tracking might result in serious privacy issues or even identity theft. Another downside is display of intrusive online advertisements. PUPs employ a 'virtual layer' to generate pop-up, banner, coupon, and other similar advertisements. Computer baseball games for mac. This enables placement of third party graphical content on any site.
The ads often conceal underlying content, thereby significantly diminishing the web browsing experience. In addition, they often redirect to malicious websites and, thus, even accidental clicks can result in a high risk computer infections. Potentially unwanted programs should be uninstalled immediately. 'Critical Security Warning!' Is similar to, and many other fake error messages. All claim that the computer is damaged in some way, however, as with 'Critical Security Warning!' , these errors are designed only to generate revenue for the developers. They should never be trusted.
Potentially unwanted programs often have an identical purpose. By offering various 'useful features', they attempt to give the impression of legitimacy, however, rather than providing any significant value for regular users, PUPs cause unwanted redirects, collect personal data, and deliver intrusive online advertisements. How did Critical Security Warning!
Install on my computer? As mentioned above, PUPs are distributed using a deceptive marketing method called 'bundling' - stealth installation of third party software with regular applications.
Below is a list of hardware in the laptop and what I know about the hardware, so please correct me if I'm wrong and/or point me in the right direction to get the network and usb to work. Hp dv 2700 driver for mac. I do not think my USB and Network devices were working. I have already installed Kalyway 10.5.2, after install using the vanilla kernel I believe I had fully video support, audio, webcam, keyboard, touchpad, and dvd-rom.
Developers hide bundled programs within the 'Custom/Advanced' settings of the download or installation processes. Rushing these procedures and skipping steps often leads to installation of rogue apps. How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications? There are two simple steps you should take to prevent this situation.
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Between 01.-03.03.2019 a group of 50 artists, creatives, activists and researchers gathered for the first edition of OTHERWISE– a festival-as-research. The festival was initiated by Swiss-based H0 – Institute of Metamorphosis consisting of artistic researcher Michaela Büsse and theatre and performance artist Benjamin Burger. In this reflective piece, the curators review their experience and project how the kick-off to their long-term research project informs their future plans.
About OTHERWISE In response to the idea of the post-Anthropocene—that is, life after human exceptionalism, ecological catastrophes, political extremism, and accelerated global fossil capitalism OTHERWISE explored strategies for survival “in the ruins”. The Institute’s first offspring manifested as a 3-day multisensorial and experimental festival-as-research. Through an Open Call, we selected 50 collaborators to join us for three days in Zurich at a location known for their experimental approach to performance arts, Gessnerallee. The first edition of OTHERWISE was designed as an open-ended experiment. Participants joined in as collaborators, that is everyone who attended brought along a session herself. There was no designated outcome or external audience that would witness or judge the process.
It took us some time to reflect on the event and its outcome. Being overwhelmed by the numerous inputs presented and feelings aroused, it’s hard to put in words an experience that was geared towards the singularity of a moment. The multisensorial qualities are inevitably flattened in language. Therefore, this can only be an incomplete and partial report of a happening distributed through and between 50 bodies. When you meet people you have been emailing with for a while for the first time it comes with anxiety and curiosity.
Bringing people from different places and backgrounds together into a set of intensive encounters is an experiment that we could only fully grasp once we were in the middle of it. Without having a goal and outcome in mind, what OTHERWISE achieved according to the group, is to create a safe space for exploration beyond the staging of egos, financial pressures or attention economies. Vulnerability, generosity and curiosity might frame best the atmosphere during these days. Building such a safe haven doesn’t come without pressures for those organising it, however, known to have created something meaningful motivates us to continue into a similar direction. Looking back on the different, three common themes emerged which not only created a thread through OTHERWISE but will act as pillars for our future investigations.
Credit: Michael Meili
Being and Becoming The festival days each started with narrated meditations which reflected on our ecological being in the world and located the human within a planetary context. Lying in stillness next to each other immediately created a feeling of community between strangers. We explored time scales of plastic particles in the oceans and the differences between human time and stone. Through choreography, we tried to immerse ourselves in different perspectives of non-human life-forms such as trees reflecting on the limitations and potentials of these kinds of practices. In our self organised dog walk we visited a dog shelter and had us guided by dogs to explore the meaning of “companion species” beyond Donna Haraway’s descriptions. In all these session entanglements with ecological systems were brought into focus which raised the question of how, if at all, we can foster a deeper understanding of openness and distributed agency. With such investigations, the threats of generalisation and anthropomorphisation linger in every corner, however questioning our knowledge cultures and space-time-perception, training ourselves in interoception, is a practice we further want to cultivate.
Bodies and Systems The majority of sessions challenged body knowledge and behaviours and pointed out that our bodily experience, our habits and intuitions are mostly conditioned by our cultures. Actively using the body as a medium for exploration allowed to shape new connections and understandings which are not in need of and elude rationalisation. We experienced the body like an electric channel and instrument, a technological agent or “cyborg” by using the smartphone as a sensing prosthesis. We challenged our body routines by ignoring reactionary thoughts and intentions and ending up in a state of permanent inner conflict and uncontrolled bumbling movements. The uncontrollable, the transgressive acted as self-empowerment. We encountered the conscious abandonment of reflection, contextualisation and explanation as a driver of bodily awareness and knowledge creation that embraces the subjective and situated experience.
Fiction and Politics Fictionality, the capability to imagine the otherwise, served as a crucial element throughout the whole festival. By de- and reconstructing narratives of various pasts, presents and futures we reflected on the political dimensions of storytelling and the performative qualities of language and imaginaries. We simulated a speculative acoustic extraterrestrial environment in which the participants could explore the hostility of an alienated space playfully; we called out a manifesto in which we identified active hope as a transformative power; and we tried to subvert the map- a fictional object that represents and translates political systems into space. Acknowledging stories, concepts, acclaimed truths, tools and methods as cultural artefacts revealed its historically grown and charged reality. Questioning our own biases and producing every new stories, tools and method than account for the difference will be an ongoing concern.
Reflections With OTHERWISE we created a space for the in-between, a framework for collective overwriting, unsettling and enacting biases beyond individual and society, nature and culture, geology and technology. With its small-scale format OTHERWISE meant to provide the best possible breeding ground for new subjectivities to rise. As the first initiative by H0 – Institute of Metamorphosis it laid the foundation for the next exploration to come. Next, to the three fields of practices that emerged as future research topics, we encountered that the will to challenge our daily routines and practices, to decode and unlearn habits, is key to transformation. OTHERWISE was a weekend full of positive notions, active hope and gratitude towards each other. It demonstrated on a small scale the big transformative powers that are embedded in our society. There is a transformative potential inherent in everyone if we develop and cultivate practices to bring it forth. Change does not only happen through changing the narratives about ourselves but through creating new frameworks for experiencing otherwise.
OTHERWISE was a great kick-off for our collaboration and the wide range of contributions allowed us to test directions for our future investigations. Whereas on the one hand, we crystallised the three fields of interest: ‘Being and Becoming’, ‘Bodies and Systems’ and ‘Fiction and Politics’ that explore practices to foster change, we, on the other hand, realised that these practices would benefit from a framing of different theories of change coming from biology, chemistry, systems theory and others. Therefore, next to its artistic experiments the Institute will incorporate voices from the various disciplines that explore and describe the change. Artistic research is not a new approach and is claimed to be at the core of many practices and initiatives, however, we think it could and should be taken further. The Institute will act both as a facilitator and agent to explore the transformative power of practice-based research. While OTHERWISE was focussed on strategies and practices with a very open spectrum of topics, the next iteration will be site and topic-specific. This allows us to developed and further explore practices based on a common denominator. In order to have enough time and space for encounters, this exploration will have a residency-like structure and will be limited to a small number of participants.
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Cybercriminals today have access to any resources they need to exploit and extort victims, and their resources continue to grow. While they do not have regular research and development departments as we know them, they have developed a way of coming up with new attacks by crowdsourcing their offensive research and development processes. In this entry, we attempt to explain criminal research and development in the form of public contests.
Modern cybercrime is a global dynamic community made up of separate groups interconnected by the so-called criminal underground. These criminal communities allow each gang to outsource criminal services, as well as to buy and sell software and development services, vulnerabilities, and any other useful resource, from stolen credit cards to network credentials. These groups also use this thriving interconnected network to recruit new members.
Cybersecurity defenders constantly develop ways to counteract each cybercriminal attack, similar to a massive cat-and-mouse game where each side tries to one-up the other with new ways of attacking and defending.
In the last two years, we have observed an increasing number of malware actors holding public contests in the criminal underground to come up with creative new attack methods.
In this article, we describe the different contests we have been witnessing and why we believe that these contests are a dangerous innovation in an already well-developed cybercriminal market.
These contests are public calls for articles asking for technical content featuring offensive methods. They can be limited to a particular domain or be more generic in nature. Any forum member can submit a technical text proposing a new attack, technique, vulnerability, or offensive method. The organizer of the contest offers a prize (sometimes prizes) that will be awarded to the best or more innovative of those articles.
In this way, criminal actors could reliably get an edge in the cat-and-mouse competition against network defenders. If they keep running these contests frequently, eventually they could find a paradigm shift that would significantly alter the offensive status quo. It is therefore important to know what they are doing to prevent a new way of attack that will catch us unaware in the future. Indeed, it is possible that these contests would breed an innovation significantly challenging for cybersecurity.
In the next sections, we summarize the kinds of context we have been seeing and why they are relevant.
This is the malware group equivalent of a singing or talent competition such as “American Idol” or “America’s Got Talent.” Although these talent-seeking contests are not the most frequent kind, we have spotted them in the past and believe that their relevance lies in possibly hiring the best candidates to develop their newer malware strains.
Take for instance the following post from a criminal actor in an “exploit” forum posted on Nov. 16, 2020. The translation is as follows:
We are ready to offer a financial reward and further cooperation to two to three developers, whose projects will contain fresh solutions for available tasks.
You can get the software requirements specification via PM by mentioning that you're contacting us regarding the contest. We aren't forcing you to participate, but those two to three developers who will surprise us with their approach to our tasks can count on a mutually beneficial relationship with our team.
The prize fund (deposit) will be split between two to three frontrunners of the contest in equal parts. The criteria that will be used to evaluate your work are listed in the software requirements specification.
We are a large and well-working team with lots of experience. We have a decent resource base for your growth in the future.
We have a ton of work to do and lots of plans for the future. We are fully autonomous and have a full array of tools to work with.
What seems fantastic to you is ordinary to us.
The goal of this contest is to hire several developers for our team. We aren't interested in purchasing a loader in a one-off deal. We are interested in constant, pipelined development, creativity in solving problems as well as stability and decency on your end.
The prize fund of 2 bitcoins (US$38,061.60) is sizeable. This would be the equivalent of around 40 months’ worth of salary for an average software developer in Moscow, and even divided among the top three winners, it would still amount to over a year’s worth of salary for each of them.
Unorthodox ways for procuring private keys and wallets.
Staking, farming, and landing, unusual proprietary techniques for passive income.
Mining in 2021. Mining types, equipment (apart from the standard Bitmain), unusual mining software.
A big encyclopedia. Describe in layman's terms the most unorthodox and non-standard nuances of the cryptocurrency protocols.
Smart-contracts and everything to do with them, how to work with them.
NFT - where to begin? From understanding the fundamentals to making your first profits.
Custom software for working with cryptocurrencies (private keys, parsing tools, brute forcing tools, and so on).
A review of hardware wallets and the specifics of working with them.
Tokens, creating and promoting (all possible networks).
Analysis (technical and financial) of cryptocurrencies.
Security for working with cryptocurrencies, apart from the trivial stuff.
DeFi-segment, exclusive articles on the subject in general.
Setting up your own blockchain server for the major cryptocurrencies.
Automating payments when working with cryptocurrencies, managing payments, processing data.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ARTICLES:
This must be the first time your article is published, and the article must be unique (exclusive).
The article must be informative, covering all the aspects of the suggested topic, describe mechanisms, applied practices and tools.
Technical details must be provided (algorithms, implementation code snippets, graphs).
The article must be at least 5,000 characters long (without spaces).
In this context, the organizers are looking to increase knowledge in the cryptocurrency field. Paradoxically, the prize is set in US dollars and not in cryptocurrency, as one might expect. These contexts are geared toward experts on the field and, though they favor technique-based knowledge as well, including articles that explain protocols and dig up unusual software.
Figure 1. Forum contest regarding cryptocurrency exploitation
Often, we observe more generic calls for articles that don’t limit the topic to a single domain. In fact, there is one cybercriminal forum that runs a series of contest that is currently in its seventh iteration, with the cybercriminals running the contest every few months. Both the participation and interest in this contest have been steadily increasing alongside the increase in prize offerings:
We are launching our ARTICLE CONTEST #7. The prize fund is BTC 1 (~USD 40,000).
We accept articles on the following topics:
Methods for gaining persistence in the user or kernel mode in Windows and Linux.
Creating and modifying 0/1-day exploits targeting Windows or Linux.
Reverse engineering: analyzing and modifying malicious code.
Methods for counteracting protection software, hiding malicious code.
Active Directory penetration testing: escalating privileges, collecting data, working with frameworks for post-exploitation.
Social engineering, fraud: studying real cases, sharing personal experience.
Radio and electronic equipment: using, assembling, and modifying the hardware.
Only original articles are accepted. If you copy paste anything, you will be kicked out of the contest.
The articles must be posted on [this forum] only. If you post your text anywhere else, you are already violating the previous rule.
The minimum character count is 7,000.
The article must be of PRACTICAL value related to the forum activities. Don't write about imaginary cases. Don't copy paste official guides or write about boring theory either. Theory in its pure form is of no interest to anyone.
Again, the prize is quite high: 1 bitcoin (US$19,030.80). These criminals are investing quite a large sum of money in order to produce new offensive capabilities. It is also important to bear in mind that this is the last one in a series, in which these same organizers are running the same kind of contest every few months. The prizes offered in this contest series have been going up as well:
Figure 3. The growth of contest prizes
As a point of comparison, the white hat vulnerability-seeking contest was paying participants US$270,000 for the most valuable bug found in their most recent edition in Vancouver.
Figure 4. Pwn2Own leaderboard
The winning articles, however, are the most interesting part of these past contests, although they can be quite disappointing based on the content we have managed to access. In particular, they tend to feature hacking tutorials or summaries of well-known subjects. While it is probably a good thing for the criminal community to have ready access to these attack methodologies, we have not seen anything close to groundbreaking just yet.
Figure 5. Summary of the winning article titled “20 years of payment acceptance problems”
Figure 6. Introduction to a contest’s winning article, “Finding RCE 0-days in IoT”
In a recent twist on the contest format, LockBit, a well-known ransomware group, just released version 3.0 of their malware. Alongside this, cybercriminals also introduced a bounty program that works very much like one of these contests. The idea of the bug reward program involves offering money to anybody who can help improve the software by attacking it (or any of the server infrastructure behind it) and disclosing how it could have been avoided. Cybercriminals also accept any attack that could affect the malware group in a negative way, such as abusing the Tor network, the TOX messenger they use to communicate, or any web bugs. They also offer US$1 million to anybody who can identify or “dox” the LockBit affiliate program’s manager, an individual who operates under the moniker “LockBitSupp.”
The previous kinds of contests are the most concerning ones if we take into account that they might place completely new attacks in the hands of the criminals. However, they are not the only kinds of contests in existence. Criminal forums have been using this contest format for quite some time now, and we have seen them sparking creativity in all sorts of fields, even non-technical ones.
For instance, we have seen contests looking for the best poem, suggesting that perhaps internet criminal poetry might go down in history as a new genre in Russian literature. We have also observed contests looking for creative content to promote the criminal forum where the contest will take place. Such content might include videos, logos or images, and other promotion strategies to increase website viewership. Some of these websites regularly run logo creation contests and other artistic projects.
In general, these other contests are far less interesting for our purposes, and we mention them here only to highlight that this format is popular in the criminal underground and goes beyond the offensive technology field. Indeed, forum criminals have just adapted it to benefit from its great power of bringing about innovation.
While the current trend is modest, we expect to see increasingly more of these competitions and a steady increase in prizes until these truly do become “X-Prizes” and game changers. These contests also have the effect of speeding criminal innovation since few criminal groups can afford to have a proper research and development department. However, by using this crowdsourcing model, the whole criminal community effectively becomes a research and development team, which is very powerful.
The evolutions spurred by this trend do not need to be major changes to be successful. Given the way crime works, they do not need big strategic wins; instead, there is much to be said for smaller tactical wins. This might mean a new procedure to carry out tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that are already known. Such a development is very valuable — at least in the short term — if it allows criminals to bypass current defenses. And this remains true even if an attack is not newsworthy from the point of view of innovation.
In addition to small tactical wins, if these exercises in creativity are regularly run, chances are that the criminals would eventually hit the jackpot and discover a completely new attack. This could be a game changer, similar to that time when the Maze ransomware started implementing leak sites to better extort target companies. With this new extortion method, the ransomware group succeeded in placing its victims under more duress, lest anyone else see the whole pile of stolen information on the leak site. This small change in attack behavior was instrumental in bringing about the current new wave of ransomware that focuses not only on encrypting data but also on stealing it and threatening to make it public. Ultimately, this paradigm shift can start from something relatively small, only to later alter the threat landscape significantly.
These contests therefore have the potential to perform the same function and give criminals the next big attack that IT security cannot see coming. The chance of one of these contests hitting the jackpot might be slim, but if criminals keep organizing them, one can expect a kind of “black swan” or unforeseen attack that could come about at some point.
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A pragmatic, visionary perspective —– When a cyber attack wipes out an organization’s ability to conduct business, the question to the organization’s CEO becomes, “Have you properly maintained the organization’s infrastructure and its networks, so that it can still function as a viable business entity?” What areas are you are supposed to manage back-up, and maintain? A CEO better know this for today’s cyber attack-infested marketplace.
A large cyber attack is to a corporate CEO, like a rogue snowstorm to a mayor facing re-election. If the plows and salt trucks don’t do their jobs and the city is left stranded from the ravages of the storm, the mayor does not get re-elected. On the corporate side, the CEO walks the plank.
Making a strategic assessment of an enterprise’s total business platform and its ability to withstand a cyber attack (or any disruption), is not for everyone. There are only a few quality firms that can approach this on an all-encompassing, strategic, executive view and not just an “outside techie” firm doing a review on the technical innards of a server farm or data center.
Cyber attacks are on the rise. According to a recent article on http://www.securityinfowatch.com :
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), there have been over 700 data breaches reported in the U.S. so far this year, a 26 percent increase over the same time period in 2013. Of the breaches that have been reported this year, the overwhelming majority have affected healthcare entities and businesses.
Corporate executives may not see this as a hot issue on their “Things to Do” List, but they should. This rise in cyber attacks is an indication it is going to become a “Top Five” issue with corporate CEOs and their executive staffs. Famous last words in the mahogany CEO office suite, “This could never happen to us.”
When you look at any enterprise’s applications, you have to segregate them into various categories of criticality:
1. CRITICAL APPLICATIONS (Mission critical to the success of the enterprise. Should never be shut down or incapacitated. ALL of them should be totally redundant. (100% back-up) 2. NECESSARY APPLICATIONS (Everyday operations depend on these applications. Only a short period of Out-of-Service time can be tolerated.) 3. OPTIMAL APPLICATIONS (Could do without for a period of time. The business could still function.)
There is a shift going on now as more enterprises become more dependent on mission critical applications. Today, one out of every three applications are considered “Mission Critical” to the organizations. Moving forward, one out of every two applications will become “Mission Critical”. Design and operational heuristics must change to fit these new critical applications.
Selling products and services into this 21st century corporate “Platform for Commerce” environment requires an expertise in understanding multi-disciplinary skills and next-generation solutions. It is a multi-level sell when trying to promote new intelligent amenities for next-generation buildings, multi-venue entertainment centers, and intelligent business campuses.
With the growing threat of cyber destruction onto an enterprise’s intelligent infrastructure, CEOs cannot afford to take a wait-and-see attitude as to preventions, enterprise-wide assessments and applied security solutions. They also cannot depend on their legal or accounting advisors because those people have no real expertise in these matters. Get a broadly-focused, strategic technologist to assess your current situation.
CARLINI-ISM: When you’re sick, you don’t go to the cheapest doctor.
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The Tutorial is also attached and available for download.
The host command is perhaps one of the most valuable if you are trying to do some enumeration of your system, or anyone else's. The host command will help you find machines, as well as the properties of many of the same machines, so that you can get a better idea of what is out there early on.
Using it in conjunction with a few other trusty commands, you can garner a lot about nearly any computer system or network.
The system that I'll be using in these examples is real, and is letnet.net, the system for my school's network.
You can, after typing in the hostname you wish to look-up, type in the server that you wish to look it up in. For example:
DBurnet.ph1.resnet.letnet.net has address 10.31.162.90
This will probably be especially useful if you want to look it up under servers that are not the default, such as an outside server, or some sort of proxy.
The main purpose of the host command is to do DNS look-ups, to convert from that DNS address to an IP address. For instance:
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host letnet.net
"QUERY 1" tells us that there was only one host request, while "ANSWER: 2" says that two different things returned, which means that there were are seperate routers, computers, or subnets running directly under the address which was originally queried.
You can also use it to do a reverse look-up on IP Addresses. When we take one of the IP addresses that was returned when we typed in "host letnet.net" maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host 10.0.2.5
Received 69 ms
We can get a listing of all of the machines, as well as extra information when we use the -a command, combining -v and -t.
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -a letnet.net
rachael.letnet.net. 1200 IN A 10.0.2.20
Received 215 3 ms
As you can see, this not only gives us a more complete listing of machines, but it also gives us the data on several of the machines hooked up to letnet.net, including their IP Address, which saves us the trouble of doing a reverse look-up later on.
This is a very useful command, and is a large part of the foot-printing process.
One thing that is very odd is that one machine that is hooked up to the network, seth.letnet.net. When I do a query of it:
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -a seth.letnet.net
Received 49 ms
So we're able to pick up on more of the machines much more quickly, getting IPs, as well as machine names so that it becomes easier to pick out servers.
But lets try the host command on myself, as one computer that is hooked up to this very network. My host name is DBurnet, so we'll try that:
DBurnet.ph1.resnet.letnet.net. 900 IN A 10.31.162.90
Received 63 ms
So we can see that my IP address, within the network, is 10.31.162.90 (this is quite accurate.) The DNS can also reveal a good bit of information if you know how to read it...
DBurnet is my machine. ph1 refers to Penn Hall, Resnet is the Resident network, letnet.net being the main network. If you know a bit about the network or the lay-out of the area, you can read a bit into the DNS reports.
At the bottom of that report, we see that all of this information comes from the IP address 10.0.2.5. We can either scroll up to find out what this is, or in the case that it isn't listed...
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host 10.0.2.5
90.150.31.10.in-addr.arpa. 900 IN PTR stephenake.thom1.resnet.letnet.net.
Received 91 ms
Sthepenake is the computer name, thom1 is the floor he lives on, resnet and letnet.net are the same as above. Once more, the DNS tells us the location of the computer, both physically and on the network.
Now lets try using the host command on one of the sub-addresses above, which for now we can assume are routers.
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -a resnet.letnet.net
resnet.letnet.net. 600 IN A 10.0.2.75
Received 67 ms
This reveals a fair amount of information to us, and once again reveals the controlling computer to be 10.0.2.5, or David. So obviously that computer is vital, and should be doubly protected from attack.
Later on, we'll see that 10.0.2.5 is always the returning IP address, for every one of my scans, including those of completely unrelated networks. It seems to either be the location for their proxy or their firewall. If we followed the logic above purely, we would have reached the right conclusion for the wrong reasons. Many ISPs will give the same result, as will many networks, if you happen to be on the inside of one.
75.2.0.10.in-addr.arpa. 1200 IN PTR resnet2.resnet.letnet.net.
Received 79 1 ms
We're able to see that they each relate to their own little sub-router, resnet1 and 2, each beneath resnet.letnet.net. What if we were to do a host on ph1.resnet.letnet.net?
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -a ph1.resnet.letnet.net
Trying "ph1.resnet.letnet.net"
Host ph1.resnet.letnet.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
Received 86 1 ms
Hmm...it seems to not be showing up. But the information is still being routed to and from david. Either its a blocked/stealthed range, an artificial one, or something weird is going on.
The same thing happens with thom1.resnet.letnet.net:
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -a thom1.resnet.letnet.net
Trying "thom1.resnet.letnet.net"
Host thom1.resnet.letnet.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
Received 88 1 ms
This is one example of the -a being a very useful addition to the command. Without it, we are simply given:
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host thom1.resnet.letnet.net
While this is good to know, knowing that the information is being routed to david is quite good, and lets us peek a bit further into the lay-out of the network.
Let's think back, though, to one of our first queries. "host -a letnet.net" revealed:
Basic queries of the other computers, solomon and rachael turn up void, and do not seem to be of much help at the moment.
At this point, we're pretty much done with footprinting for letnet.net. Let's do a quick nmap of david.letnet.net, just to see what's there:
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> nmap david.letnet.net
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.509 seconds
Wow. That would make some people VERY happy. :-) It is interesting to note that the exact same ports are open on david.letnet.net as just at letnet.net. This is either purely by chance or by coincidence.
Now, let us take a look at a completely different server, one that happens to be the one hosting my website.
mail.nintendogeneration.com. 26068 IN A 64.177.96.218
Received 97 ms
Notice that there are only two answers when we use the full name, including the www. If we were to exclude that, however, we would get a full five answers.
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -la nintendogeneration.com
mail.nintendogeneration.com. 26059 Received 227 3 ms
Wow. Some completely new websites. Let's check them out real quick.
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -la ns.websitebusinesshost.com
mail.ns.websitebusinesshost.com. 86077 IN A 208.56.157.150
Received 224 3 ms
Hmm...thehostgroup.com. I wonder if that might be the root of all of this?
maccurdy@DBurnet:~> host -la ns.thehostgroup.com
ns2.thehostgroup.com. 86400 IN A 64.177.65.2
Received 229 51 ms
You'll notice here that we're still getting results from 10.0.2.5, which is david.letnet.net. Its probably the proxy or firewall, as I mentioned above.
Hmm. No new servers this time. I'm willing to wager that we're dealing with closely related servers, if not a real, live virtual server. Let's compare the IP address given for ns2.thehostgroup.com to that given to nintendogeneration.com 64.177.65.2 for ns2.thehostgroup.com 64.177.96.218 for nintendogeneration.com
So now let's review exactly what the host command has brought us so far:
It has revealed four machines/routers running under letnet.net, as well as pointed to the one which seems to be most critical (firewall/proxy).
We've been able to find DNS sub-domains, and guess at the physical location of computers from them. (If you know about the network location and the lay-out of it from before hand, useful for schools or businesses that you've had dealings with.)
We've found related domains, and have been able to accurately guess that a domain is a part of a virtual server, with DNS splits, routers, and other fun stuff.
Lastly, we've found our way to the core computer on several networks.
host is a very powerful command for footprinting a system, if you're either doing a security audit or just doing some light probes. After some skillful host probes and nmaps, you'll find your far more prepared to attack or defend a network, or at least understand it better.
One question: you're using the HOST command - a very similar command for Windows platforms is NSLOOKUP (Ikalo - take note here). Have you found any signficant differences between the two utilities in terms of functionality or use?
Ikalo - using NSLOOKUP from the Windows command shell will give you the ability to go between domain names and IP addresses. You can also change the authoritative DNS server using the "SERVER [new dns server]" command once inside NSLOOKUP. Look through the help file (type HELP inside nslookup) for more detail.
I did use cygwin while ago... but at that time I didn't have much time to play with it.. but it was cool to see X window on my w2k box...
nslookup... yeah... that is worth of experimenting.. I did use it for checking IP adresses and status of my DNS server... but never had time to explore other svitches.
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