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Speaking to Gamerzines, Ghassan Ayoubi, executive director of Rubicon, said the process is not censoring. "[It]'s tailoring or customising it for the market," Ayoubi said. "It's not deviating from the game itself."
Ayoubi also told Gamerzine that some games could never be "Arabized and localized" for the region "because they would need reinventing."
MEC is a Saudi Arabian company that's the sole distributor of Sony consumer products (including games) in the country and Rubicon is a regional digital content production company. Check the original press release out here. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/208253/Violence_Cut_From_Middle_Eastern_Games.html |
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Richard Clayton and I recently presented evidence of the adverse impact of take-down companies not sharing phishing feeds. Many phishing websites are missed by the take-down company which has the contract for removal; unsurprisingly, these websites are not removed very fast. Consequently, more consumers’ identities are stolen.
In the paper, we propose a simple solution: take-down companies should share their raw, unverified feeds of phishing URLs with their competitors. Each company can examine the raw feed, pick out the websites impersonating their clients, and focus on removing these sites.
Since we presented our findings to the Anti-Phishing Working Group eCrime Researchers Summit, we have received considerable feedback from take-down companies. Take-down companies attending the APWG meeting understood that sharing would help speed up response times, but expressed reservations at sharing their feeds unless they were duly compensated. Eric Olsen of Cyveillance (another company offering take-down services) has written a comprehensive rebuttal of our recommendations. He argues that competition between take-down companies drives investment in efforts to detect more websites. Mandated sharing of phishing URL feeds, in his view, would undermine these detection efforts and cause take-down companies such as Cyveillance to exit the business.
I do have some sympathy for the objections raised by the take-down companies. As we state in the paper, free-riding (where one company relies on another to invest in detection so they don’t have to) is a concern for any sharing regime. Academic research studying other areas of information security (e.g., here and here), however, has shown that free-riding is unlikely to be so rampant as to drive all the best take-down companies out of offering service, as Mr. Olsen suggests.
While we can quibble over the extent of the threat from free-riding, it should not detract from the conclusions we draw over the need for greater sharing. In our view, it would be unwise and irresponsible to accept the current status quo of keeping phishing URL feeds completely private. After all, competition without sharing has approximately doubled the lifetimes of phishing websites! The solution, then, is to devise a sharing mechanism that gives take-down companies the incentive to keep detecting more phishing URLs.
Here is our stab at devising a suitable sharing mechanism. We propose the creation of a members-only sharing club with compensation for net contributors paid for by net receivers. Take-down companies submit real-time copies of their entire feeds to a trusted third party (for the sake of argument, let’s assume that the APWG takes on this role). The APWG collates the individual feeds, marks the source of each submission (i.e., which take-down company) along with a timestamp. The APWG makes the amalgamated feed available immediately to all members. The members pick out phishing URLs impersonating their own clients, while ignoring the rest. Crucially, the expensive task of verifying phishing URLs and initiating take-down continues to be performed by the take-down company.
Periodically, the combined feed is audited to determine the reciprocity of contributions. Take-down companies provide a list of their clients to the auditor. The auditor then computes the number of phishing websites impersonating each take-down company’s clients that are missed by the takedown company but identified by others. The auditor also tallies the time difference for phishing websites that are identified by others first.
For example, suppose bank A1 has hired take-down company A to remove phishing sites on its behalf, and bank B1 has hired take-down company B. Suppose 500 phishing sites impersonate A1, and that A identifies 400 while B identifies an additional 100 sites missed by A. Likewise, suppose another 500 phishing sites impersonate bank B1, and that B identifies 300 while A identifies an additional 200 sites missed by B. B has received a net of 100 useful phishing sites more from A than B has given to A. Consequently, B should pay a previously-agreed ‘finder’s fee’ for identifying these extra 100 websites.
The ‘finder’s fee’ provides additional incentive for take-down companies to invest in better phishing website detection. Designed properly, such a sharing club can overcome the potential for free-riding that companies such as Cyveillance fret about, while increasing sharing to shorten phishing website lifetimes.
Some subtleties must be mentioned, however. If the finder’s fee is big enough, some companies may be tempted to cheat to minimize their payout. For instance, underperforming take-down companies could claim to have independently discovered missing data from their feed shortly after collecting it from the shared feed. This can be mitigated by adding a credible threat of detection — inserting a few dubious fake phishing URLs that only appear in the shared feed. If the company claims to have ‘independently’ rediscovered these URLs, then they will be caught cheating. Another issue is that the auditing system does incur some overhead, which could be avoided if sharing was made unconditional.
To sum up, we recognize that many take-down companies will be reticent to share. However, we feel that sharing is too important to the goal of tackling phishing to brush aside because of a few inevitable complications. For the good of protecting consumers, the anti-phishing industry should learn to co-operate!
Financial news feeds are expensive if you want them real-time, but you can get the same data free if it’s time-delayed.
Would this model also work for phishing information feeds? It would allow some of the benefits of sharing, while protecting the investment of take-down companies.
@Pete: Timeliness is really essential for phishing URL feeds. Only sharing feeds between take-down companies after a time delay undermines the value of sharing to all sides. The reason why take-down companies should share with each other is that each can learn about sites from each others’ feeds.
Our proposal would have take-down companies who gain more from sharing compensate those take-down companies who gain less.
Unfortunately, their feed is slow to be processed, since PhishTank relies on volunteers to vote on each submission’s veracity.
Most banks will also accept phishing notifications when their own brand is targeted. You can usually find information from each bank’s home page.
When I processed wrongly-addressed mail (for accounts that don’t exist; using the luser_relay of postfix) I was getting 16,000 phishes in 12 hours – before I added a rate limiter.
One problem was people would vote as NOTAPHISH something that (if you read the HTML) clearly was a phish. It seems one genuince link in the mail is enough to get some people to approve of it.
Another twist on the cheating angle… if a take-down company gets paid a fee for every phishing site it finds, would that not be an incentive to create phishing sites?
Say take-down company A in your example creates (through suitable cutouts or middlemen) a series of phishing sites for bank B1 based on clones of real phishing sites. They can then ‘detect’ these ‘fake-phishing’ sites and sell the list to take-down company B at a profit. If they’re particularly disreputable they can clean up from the phished account details, but otherwise adding a slow trickle of fake-phishing sites to their feed may increase their profitability at the expense of the competition.
This then turns into an arms race based on who can create the most fake-phishing sites. With real phishing sites or bank customers being merely collateral damage.
We didn’t observe any intentionally malicious voting at the time, but we did notice that PhishTank appears especially vulnerable to manipulation.
@Theo: Good point, disreputable take-down companies could also try to cheat by including fake phishing websites. Presumably this could be detected by a clever auditor, but even so, any sharing club can only work if there is a basic level of trust between take-down companies. The take-down companies I have encountered seem open to sharing so long as they are compensated if they contribute more than others.
There are however a number of other relationships bank to bank (B_B) for instance.
Some of these relationships are very new (B_D) and have not realy been tested. Others (A_B, A_C, A_D) are in a state of flux and others are reasonably expected to change (E_B, E_A, E_D) and others effectivly unknown (A_A, A_D) but assumed.
Your model only losely addressess these additional relationships, and realy only from the perspective of possibly increasing security on the bank to customer (B_C) relationship.
As noted by Theo Markettos the takedown to takedown (D_D) relationship can quite easily be abused for competative advantage in your model.
But importantly so can the other relationships.
Infact it could be quite benificial for Banks to deliberatly abuse the bank to takedown company relationship (B_D) of their compettitiors and likewise for takedown companies to abuse the B_D relationship of their compettitors.
With a little thought you can realise that this would be a very effective place to gain either commercial advantage, or regulatory relief.
And it is not without past president. Further you do not appear to have considered the nature of quite important relationships (B_B, A_A, A_D, etc)
You also need to realise that the bank to takedown company relationship is mostly to the benifit of the banks interms of externalising not just risk but liability.
Also that is likley to be a transitory relationship, that is if the legislators raise the bar in various ways for the banks (E_B), or takedown companies (E_D). With even quite small changesthe banks will in house the activity fairly rapidly to reduce the risk/liability to themselves, and the takedown companies are probably aware of this so may well have only very short term interests.
All that said I am not to saying I think what you are doing is the wrong thing but just the first hesetant step on the journey.
And like all journies it is best to have not just a clear view of the objective but alternative routes etc in mind should the original journey need to be changed due to changes in the environment.
I don’t think cheating would be a problem. Takedown companies wouldn’t be able to claim they spotted a phish first when the received it from the joint feed because the joint feed processor knows who submitted what originally. Also, the bad guys create plenty of phishing sites. No company needs to do that nor would anyone jeopardize their business by doing such.
There’s another wrinkle to this I haven’t seen mentioned. Many of the takedown companies are contractually forbidden to share the URLs with third parties. This is because the takedown companies often get spam data from ISPs who don’t want that info being shared with others for various reasons. The model would likely have to be restricted to phish sites discovered directly by the takedown company lest you have to persuade others of the same benefits (and convince folks to revisit contracts).
Lastly, I think the delayed sharing approach is viable. It works in the antivirus world. While not ideal from a detection time perspective, it’s better that not detected at all.
Another metric that might be worth considering is the quality of the data contributed by each collaborator. As you describe it, there is no disincentive to contribute URLs which do not and have never contained phishing sites; it would therefore be possible for a contributor to boost its score by contributing a large number of untested URLs (for example, every URL seen in an email, perhaps) in the hope that some turn out to be phishing sites!
This should be relatively simple to counteract, however, if the percentage of false positives in the feeds from each contributor are taken into account. Some level of false positives is expected, of course, but abnormally-high rates should be penalised. | https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2008/10/27/how-can-we-co-operate-to-tackle-phishing/?replytocom=10846 |
Note: The following article is part of a shared content agreement between Online Tech and InfoSec Institute. This post is by Tom Olzak, a security researcher for the InfoSec Institute and an IT professional with over 27 years of experience in programming. (View original post.)
In addition to the excellent points Olzak makes about managing insider threats, Online Tech suggests creating an environment of education in the workplace and stresses leadership must be willing to surface areas of concern with all employees.
The number of annual security incidents caused by insider threats is increasing. In The CERT Guide to Insider Threats, Capelli et al write, “Insider threats are an intriguing and complex problem. Some assert that they are the most significant threat faced by organizations today.”
Disgruntled system administrators damage data and systems, skilled professionals steal intellectual property, and less skilled employees use information to achieve political or financial objectives. Any of these can constitute a critical national defense breach or breach of public trust.
To defend against completion of damage or theft, an organization must hold every employee responsible for detecting and reporting both behavior and technical evidence indicating a possible employee defection from policy and compliance. Further, technical controls help monitor suspected offenders and the network overall for evidence of criminal behavior.
In general, any negative change in an employee’s behavior is concerning. Further, actions taken by management can trigger a borderline defector to cross into criminal behavior. For example, an already disgruntled employee might feel justified in stealing and selling intellectual property after being passed over for promotion. Any potential problem-employees are candidates for additional monitoring.
Terminating an employee is one way to deal with a potential problem. However, we often value employees who are simply going through rough personal times. Further, termination without prior efforts to resolve issues can result in litigation. It is often better to remediate than quickly terminate.
First, we should ensure all employees understand organizational policies regarding use of information resources and workplace behavior. Second, any policy violation should result in quick response by management. The response should match the level of the offense. Further, every employee, without exception, should understand the consequences of defection.
Finally, problem employees often do not engage in inappropriate behavior in front of management. This means we must train employees, as well as managers, to detect suspect behavior and report it. Since many employees would rather not become personally involved, an anonymous tip line is a possible solution. For example, a large organization for which I worked had a toll-free number any employee could call to report policy violations or any other concern or complaint. Weekly, a compliance committee met to go over all reports, and there were many. Anything that appeared critical did not wait for the weekly meeting but was handled immediately.
For non-administrators, we control how much information an employee can access (and what he can do with it) by enforcing need-to-know, least privilege, and separation of duties. Organizations enforce all three by properly managed authorization policies and processes.
The first two are closely related. Need-to-know restricts the information a user can access only to that required for daily task completion. Least privilege controls what a person can do with the information accessed. For example, need-to-know might allow me to see electronic information classified as top secret, but least privilege would prevent me from changing or deleting it unless my role in the organization requires it. Together, they strictly limit insider threat damage.
Separation of duties, when properly implemented, prevents any one person from performing all tasks associated with a critical process. If in place and working, separation of duties prevents a software developer from creating malware and placing it in a production environment. In other words, developers should not be able to place their work into production systems.
Finally, organizations must control the movement of sensitive information. If not possible using direct means, such as data rights management, then through indirect means. One of the most effective indirect monitoring methods is NetFlow analysis. NetFlow, emerging as the IPFIX standard, collects network traffic flow information at various points across the network. Information gathered and aggregated to an analysis and management server provides insight into anomalous traffic flow. If, for example, an employee decides to copy a large number of documents to an Internet location, NetFlow statistics would alert security to unusual behavior at one or more points on the network. This near-real-time identification of bad things happening on the network enables quick and effective response: stopping the document transfer or mitigating its effects on the organization.
In addition to NetFlow, security information and event management (SIEM) provides additional information about anomalous server or network behavior. SIEM solutions gather logs from various devices and systems, aggregating them into a correlation server. An event correlation application then mines unusual patterns or patterns known to be related to malicious behavior. Questionable activity is reported to security via email, SMS, or a Web portal.
Finally, employment termination and job change processes must include immediate revocation of all rights and privileges to previously accessed information resources. During a job change, removing all access and then granting access for the new role is a good approach. Failure to adequately perform these tasks is a significant cause of insider incidents… especially those caused by administrators.
Administrators
While the previous controls also work for malicious activities by administrators, they tend to fall short. Administrators can alter logs or create backdoor accounts for use after hours or post termination. Monitoring and separation of duties can help eliminate these vulnerabilities.
Administrator monitoring must extend to changes applied to special purpose files. One example includes log changes. Operating systems or other third-party solutions can track changes to logs, including who made the change and when. Security teams can identify unplanned changes and respond appropriately. This also applies to other files that might contain critical system management information and applications in the production environment.
In addition to file changes, any creation of a privileged account should raise a warning. For example, one security team ran a script every morning to determine if any accounts had been added to any Windows Active Directory administrator group. If so, the addition was reviewed against change management documentation to ensure it was approved. Any questionable account was removed and the offending employee was reported to his manager. A periodic audit of all privileged accounts, whether disabled or active, is another good way of identifying possible rogue IDs.
Sharing of administrator passwords also requires special attention. Each time a shared admin account is used, log it. Each time an administrator leaves the organization, change all shared passwords. If your budget allows, consider implementing a privileged password management solution that logs who checks out shared account passwords and changes the passwords after use.
Insider threats are real, and they will eventually cause an incident in every organization. Proper preparation, training, and vigilance can prevent or mitigate related negative consequences. | https://www.otava.com/blog/managing-cyber-security-threats-from-inside/ |
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The Police Service of Northern Ireland is investigating a second data breach - this time relating to stolen documents and a laptop.
Documents, including a spreadsheet containing the names of more than 200 serving officers and staff, are believed to have been taken from a private vehicle on 6 July.
A police issue laptop and radio are also thought to have been stolen in the theft in Newtownabbey, near Belfast.
Assistant Chief Constable Chris Todd, the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) senior information risk owner, said: "We have contacted the officers and staff concerned to make them aware of the incident and an initial notification has been made to the office of the information commissioner regarding the data breach.
"This is an issue we take extremely seriously and as our investigation continues we will keep the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Information Commissioner's Office updated."
It comes as the PSNI declared a critical incident after a "significant" data breach relating to all 10,000 of its officers and staff.
The force earlier apologised after it inadvertently published the information in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on Tuesday.
The breach included the surname, initials, the rank or grade, the work location and departments of all PSNI staff, but did not involve the officers' and civilians' private addresses.
Northern Ireland's Chief Constable Simon Byrne is to cut short a family holiday to face questions over the two breaches.
The data is hugely sensitive in Northern Ireland where police officers are still sporadically targeted by dissident groups in bomb and gun attacks, despite a 1998 peace deal largely ending three decades of sectarian violence in the province.
The wife of a serving Northern Ireland police officer has told Sky News they are living in fear after the first breach compromised his details.
In an interview with Sky's senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins, the woman said she found out the PSNI had inadvertently published the information online in a text message from her husband on Tuesday afternoon.
Speaking under the condition of anonymity, the officer's wife said they do not talk about what her husband does for a living outside the family or their immediate circle of trust - and they will now have change the way they live even further. | https://news.sky.com/story/northern-ireland-police-investigate-second-data-breach-after-documents-containing-officers-names-stolen-12936808 |
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Because it installs real-time monitoring applets that rob your computer of it’s full performance.
It’s a handy utility, as it saves me a lot of time. I could do everything it does by hand, but it would take a LOT longer. BUT – I frequently have to manually clear obsolete registry entries by hand even AFTER CCleaner has completed its tasks. It’s not anywhere near 100% effective, but saves time is my point.
NOW we find out two versions of CCleaner were hacked in the womb, so to speak. Hackers cracked the Piriform distribution servers and inserted malicious code in the downloadable files for CCleaner. 2.3 million people were infected by this attack. | http://dfwci.com/blog4/ccleaner-hacked-infected-with-malware/ |
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Last month, ChoicePoint, an Atlanta-based company that provides consumer data services to insurance companies, government agencies, and other businesses, announced that unidentified individuals had accessed its database. Posing as legitimate businesspeople, the scammers gained access to tens of thousands of consumers' personal information, including social security numbers and credit reports.
This security incident, the latest in a long line of similar occurrences, got me thinking: Sometimes asking the right questions is more important than getting the right answers. Of course, for those directly affected by this breach, that's really neither here nor there. (Roughly 750 individual cases of identity theft have emerged due to this incident.)
But for the rest of us, for whom a similar breach is all too possible, it's something to think about. Sometimes the mere exercise of questioning how someone might exploit a system--no matter how dubious or obscure the method--can help prevent it from actually happening. This type of brainstorming can expose weaknesses that the company needs to address.
Secure computing today depends on so many more factors than just taking care of your organization's own security. And that means companies can't just base their entire security strategy on depending on Windows Update and antivirus signatures to do their jobs.
Internet security is about more than installing a firewall, disabling cookies, running anti-spyware software, and not opening e-mail attachments from people you don't know. It also means knowing when other people aren't doing these things--and doing something about it. And that requires becoming actively involved not only with keeping software secured and updated, but recognizing and understanding Internet security trends as a whole.
It's become apparent to me that ChoicePoint wasn't asking the right questions about its Internet security--particularly since confidential consumer information is this company's bread and butter. Large, centralized databases represent one of the biggest threats of Internet security. These online databases of personal information are excellent targets for predators because they provide the most access to information with the least amount of work.
And as such a large information broker, ChoicePoint should have recognized--and tried to prepare for--this threat. Unfortunately, too many companies, lacking a real understanding of Internet security, depend too much on the claims and opinions of others without delving too much into researching security.
Of course, Internet security is a vast, complicated topic. It involves so many aspects that it's impossible for anyone to know all the answers. And yes, that includes me. While I try to be as accurate as possible and offer helpful information about Internet security, I don't have all the answers--no one does. But again, sometimes it's better to ask the questions.
I receive a lot of feedback from readers about this newsletter, and I read every message. And of course, not everyone agrees with my take on Internet security. But that doesn't bother me; I appreciate all of the feedback--good and bad.
I'd much rather provoke readers to ask more questions about their own organization's security. Companies are the best source of insight into their own security. In my opinion, it's vital that we continue to question any and all methods and devices designed to improve computer security because someone else is already out there questioning how to defeat it.
Jonathan Yarden is the senior UNIX system administrator, network security manager, and senior software architect for a regional ISP.
Defense argued for her release, but judge decided she was a flight risk and a danger to herself and others.
Police to sell hacker's $1.1 million Bitcoin stash to compensate victims
Hacker told to give up bitcoins or face four more years in prison. | https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-internet-security-is-more-about-asking-questions-than-finding-answers/ |
Techstep has entered into an agreement to acquire Wizor AS, a Nordic supplier of encrypted and secure solutions for mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices.
“Mobile technology provides companies with great opportunities. Employees who can work across mobile devices and locations are more productive. Techstep’s mobile solutions are tailored to service this market, and our customers mainly focus on two aspects: simplicity and security. This acquisition provides us with a market-leading, secure solution for mobile units”, said Jens Haviken, CEO of Techstep.
“The acquisition enables us to provide the most demanding customers with the most advanced secure solutions”, added Haviken.
The acquisition is in alignment with Techstep’s strategy to become a leading enabler of the digital workplace in the Nordic region. BlackBerry UEM is the leading and the most secure Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution on the market, according to the international IT research and advisory company Gartner Group’s most recent report on mobility and security. SecuSUITE is an encrypted secure speech and data solution for mobile phones and tablet computers, certified by NSM and NATO (up to a defined level). With BlackBerry and SecuSUITE in its portfolio, Techstep will have a complete range of products which addresses the most rigorous security requirements.
Wizor, which was established in 2002 and has offices in Oslo and Stockholm, has long experience with mobile unit control, encryption and IT security solutions for mobile platforms. Through agreements with BlackBerry and Secusmart in Norway, Wizor has secured access to unique, world-leading encryption technology and certified secure solutions and applications used by governments, as well as armed forces and police in several countries. Although the company has only six employees, Wizor has several large customers who are subject to legal requirements and specific considerations with regards to protection of information, including the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Courts, and Rolls Royce Marine. The company had a turnover of NOK 13 million in 2017 and is experiencing robust demand in a market with considerable growth.
“We are experiencing a strong demand for simple, integrated mobile solutions from customers with high security requirements, but to be able to service a growing and demanding customer base, it is now time to industrialise our operations and become part of a larger company. With their sharp focus on mobile solutions, Techstep is a forward-thinking company with a unique customer base. We are looking forward to taking advantage of the opportunities that will open up when we join Techstep”, said Morten Holter, CEO of Wizor.
Wizor is currently owned by its founders and chair. The acquisition comprises all shares in the company. The purchase price of NOK 18.5 million will be paid through a cash settlement of NOK 5 million and NOK 13.5 million in Techstep shares (“the consideration shares”), as well as a potential earn-out of up to NOK 10 million, to be settled by 31 January 2021 at the latest, providing the earn-out terms are met. The consideration shares will be issued under the existing authorisation to Techstep’s board of directors to increase the company’s share capital, as adopted at the ordinary annual general meeting held on 26 April 2018. Signing of the agreement is subject to normal terms and is expected to be completed during the third quarter 2018. | https://techstepasa.no/about-us/news/techstep-acquires-it-security-company/ |
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But if there is a padlock, check the name of the site. If it’s not exactly what you expect, bail.
Don’t ignore telltales such as spelling and grammar errors. If it looks wrong, bail.
Guard your ID closely. If you’re asked for a selfie or ID when it isn’t absolutely necessary, bail.
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So, all too often lately I have been getting the call to assist upgrading ConfigMgr 2012 to the new Current Branch (ConfigMgr 1702/6).
As excited as I am to get the call, it's also daunting to listen to the way engineers plan on doing the upgrade. So here I thought I would put together some information on HOW to best get this done the quickest way with as little downtime as possible.
restore SQL Server 2008 R2 to a higher version of SQL Server.
APPLES TO APPLES when it comes to restore.
Upgrade the current Configuration Manager 2012 R2 from SQL Server 2008/R2 to SQL Server 2014.
After the SQL Server version has completed the upgrade, I recommend restarting the server.
Once the server comes back up I put the services back to the way they were and restarted the server again. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/systemcenterpfe/2017/08/16/lift-shift-configmgr-2012-to-configmgr-1702-current-branch-part-1-the-upgrade/ |
Just as a brief recap, a system image is in essence a snapshot of an entire drive(s). The backup is done in block level (as opposed to file level) increments and includes all user and system files, configuration data and applications that are present on the drive, plus information regarding disk layout and boot entries. The image can be used to recover a working Windows if your hard disk ever fails, or if you simply want to reimage your OS to an earlier point in time.
During the first backup, the backup engine scans the source drive and copies only blocks that contain data into a .vhd file stored on the target, creating a compact view of the source drive. The next time a system image is created, only new and changed data is written to the .vhd file, and old data on the same block is moved out of the VHD and into the shadow copy storage area. Volume Shadow Copy Service is used to compute the changed data between backups, as well as to handle the process of moving the old data out to the shadow copy area on the target. This approach makes the backup fast (since only changed blocks are backed up) and efficient (since data is stored in a compact manner). When restoring the image, blocks will be restored to their original locations on the source disk. If you want to restore from an older backup, the engine reads from the shadow copy area and restores the appropriate blocks.
Creating a system image
As mentioned in the previous posts, when configuring Windows Backup, a system image is automatically included in the scheduled backup if the backup target is formatted with NTFS file system and has sufficient space. This system image contains only the critical drives that are required for Windows to operate. Examples of critical drives include system volume, boot (OS) volume, and the volume where the Windows Recovery Environment is installed (typically the same as boot volume on a default installation of Windows 7). As seen from the example below, the System Reserved drive, which is the system volume, and the C: drive that represents the boot volume are both included. The G: drive on the other hand, which is purely a data drive, is not included. To back up any data from G:\, you can select the drive or its folders from the tree view above to create a file-based backup.
Using the Windows Backup wizard above is the simplest way to protect your data and system, since the backups will be created automatically on a schedule. However if you want to create an advanced system image that also includes additional data drives on top of the critical drives, or if you want to save a custom system image to an alternate location (e.g. to a set of DVDs that you can easily carry with you on a trip), you can create such images on an ad hoc basis using the “Create a system image” task link on the Backup and Restore control panel.
The steps to create an advanced system image are very similar to creating the regular scheduled backup. First, select where you would like to save the image, which can be the same as or different from the target for the regular scheduled system image backup. Then you can select which drives should be included in the image. Some drives are selected by default since they are required for Windows to run and must be included in the image. However you are free to select any additional drives to include.
After a final confirmation of the source and the target, you are good to go.
Command-line options
Wbadmin.exe is the command line utility for creating system images and supports all functionalities available from the wizard and more. Using wbadmin and task scheduler together you can create advanced system image on a scheduled basis. For more information regarding the wbadmin subcommands, type “wbadmin help” from a command prompt or visit MSDN (note that some subcommands on MSDN are only available for Windows Server 2008 backup).
There are no differences in the system image created using a wizard or command line tool, and you will be able to restore the images using the same procedures (more on system image recovery in a later post). However, the configurations of your source and target disks do have implications on the ability to backup and restore the image. We’ll explore this some more in the next section.
System image is supported on internal\external disks, optical removable media, and network locations (Business edition or above). Aside from the usual tradeoffs when picking a storage location such as performance and reliability, here are some additional recommendations to consider for picking a system image backup target:
Do not store the image on the same physical disk as the OS – If the hard disk ever fails, you’ll lose both your OS and the backup.
Do not store the image on a dynamic disk – a system image stored on a dynamic disk will provide limited functionality during restore. Specifically, the restore will be supported only if the partitioning on the source disk has not been changed. Therefore if your hard disk failed and is replaced with new hardware, you will not be able to restore the image.
Support for multiple images – As mentioned above, when a new system image is created, older data will be moved to the shadow copy storage area if it’s available. NTFS formatted internal or external hard disks supports Volume Shadow Copy, hence they support storing multiple versions of backup image. We recommend that the size of the target disk should be at least 1.5 times of the size of the source drive(s) to allow enough space for storing older versions of backup. Network share and optical media, on the other hand, do not support shadow copy. Therefore only one system image per computer can be stored at a time (as the .vhd file). Any newer backup created will replace the older backup.
Use a dedicated backup disk – Older backup that are stored in the shadow copy area on the target may be deleted as space runs out. The amount of churn that happens on the target is one factor that contributes to this deletion. Therefore to ensure the older backups can be kept for a longer period of time, try not use the backup disk for other purpose.
More information regarding differences between backup on hard disk, optical media and network locations can be found in Help and Support.
2. Configuration on the source disk(s)
When a system image is created, it captures the data of (at least) all critical drives on the source disks, and also information regarding the state of all disks and partitions that are present in the system in case partitions need to be recreated during restore. Therefore the layout of the disks at the time of backup will have implications on what is included in the backup and also the options available for restore.
Disk layout when dual booting Windows 7 with an earlier operating system – Depending on how the two OS are installed, the earlier operating system may be residing on a drive considered critical for Windows 7 and therefore will be mandatorily included in the system image for Windows 7. For example, if the computer originally has Windows Vista installed on the (C:) drive which serves as both the boot and system volume, then Windows 7 will automatically make use of (C:) as its system volume as well. This makes (C:) a critical volume for Windows 7 and must be backed up. However this also means that the all data associated to Windows Vista will be included. To avoid including an earlier OS in the Windows 7 image, you will need to create a separate system partition to be shared by both OS. We’ll be posting an article soon on how this can be done.
Create a new image after a disk layout change – During system image recovery, the UI will check if the current layout on the disk matches the layout information captured in the backup. If it matches, then it will allow restoring only the data in the critical partitions without formatting and recreating partitions on the entire disk. However if the layout has been changed, then it will need to recreate the partitions using information from the backup, which means formatting the entire disk and potentially deleting any non-critical partitions and their data. Therefore it’s recommended that if you ever change the disk layout on your computer, you should create a new system image to allow for a more flexible recovery experience.
3. Multiple machines environment or dual boot machine
Use different computer names – System images are identified by computer name, and are stored in separate folders with the corresponding computer name on the backup target. If you have two computers with the same name and you use the same backup target for both, the system image of the second computer will overwrite the first one (If the backup target supports shadow copy, this means the older backup will be moved to the shadow copy storage area and may be lost as space runs out). This is especially important if you have created a system image of an earlier OS (e.g. Windows Vista) and then upgraded to Windows 7 using the same computer name, the Vista image may be lost.
Do not access the backup disk with Pre-Windows Vista OS – Pre-Windows Vista OSes (e.g. Windows XP) do not support the current shadow copy mechanism, and will cause shadow copies to be deleted if it attempts to access a target with shadow copies present. In this case, all older backup (except the latest image stored in the .vhd file) will be lost.
If you have any questions regarding your specific configurations, do not hesitate to leave a comment or visit our forum for support.
Thanks for the feedback. Let me answer all the questions:
1) You can use the bitlocker for encryption.
2) You can use File restore (restore my files) to restore individual files.
3) You can mount the vhd as virtual volume from disk manager.
More details can be found at "Recovering your files using windows 7" blog.
I just wanted to add a comment to the "support for multiple images" section. The way this interacts with the volume shadow copy is nonsensical and overly complicates use of what could be a great feature.
When I started experimenting with this new feature, I expected that I could create an image, name it “fresh install with drivers image” and be done. If I were to create a second image, I could name it something different “fresh install with drivers and applications image”. I quickly realized that was not the case. However, I created my first image and figured I could rename the image’s directory so I could get more than one image. Then, excited to test this new image out, I booted to my freshly made restore CD to discover it wouldn’t find the image after I renamed the directory. Furthermore, there was no “locate or find image” button.
In summary, I find the current implementation is overly confusing and I haven’t operated a computer without disk images for years (using aftermarket software). I believe life is too short to spend 3 hours searching for a driver issue when you can restore from an image and have a functional machine in 15 minutes (I store all data on a separate partition to enable this functionality).
Thank you for the good description.
But (there had to be a "but", didn’t there), the Windows 7 FAQ for "What backup settings should I use to maximize my disk space" states "By default, Windows automatically saves as many system images as it has free space for without taking up more than 30 percent of space on the backup disk."
I have an external drive I reserve for System Image backups. Why can’t I use 100% of the drive for that purpose? "Manage Windows Backup disk space"change settings" for "System image" doesn’t offer any opportunity to change the 30%. Is there a registry setting available? Is there another way to circumvent or reset that limit?
After some more research, I think I may have answered my own question, thought it would be good to get this covered in this blog AND some official documentation.
I think a System Image will always be created when requested if there is room. In other words, the 30% limit probably doesn’t apply to the current image.
It appears that the 30% limit is a function of default Volume Shadow Copy size restrictions on the volume where the System Image is being stored, and hence applies only to the storage of older images.
You are right. If you want to create more space for storing previous versions of System image, shadow copy storage area of target volume needs to be increased.
The methods to increase the size are definitely the same as you have mentioned. | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2009/10/31/learn-more-about-system-image-backup/ |
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If two of your victims pay up, the attackers give you the key to decrypt your data.” | https://www.zerosecond.com.tr/single-post/2017/03/14/ransomware-popcorn-time-nedir-nas%C4%B1l-%C3%A7al%C4%B1%C5%9F%C4%B1r |
There have been many anecdotes lately from business owners about how Groupon, the online coupon site for local businesses, isn't actually that good for business, but now there's some data to back it up. According to a study out of Rice University, 42 percent of businesses who participated in a Groupon deal said they would not do so again, even though the majority of those who participated said their promotion was profitable.
The study was conducted by Associate Professor of Management Utpal M. Dholakia, who surveyed 150 businesses in 19 cities that ran completed Groupon promotions between June 2009 and August 2010. He found that 66 percent of those businesses were profitable, while 32 percent were unprofitable. Restaurants were the most unprofitable category, describing Groupon customers as "entitled," poor tippers, and definitely not repeat customers. Spas, on the other hand, were the most profitable (though their Groupon-using customers were still bad tippers).
Those that were profitable reported a high percentage of people buying more than the coupon's value (50 percent, compared to 25 percent in the unprofitable group) and those purchasing a second time (31 percent versus 13 percent). Still, when analyzing which factors make a promotion profitable, it all came down to employee satisfaction.
However, when asked whether they would run a promotion again, almost half (42 percent) said they wouldn't. That number includes one in five of the businesses that ran profitable Groupon promotions.
"There is widespread recognition among many business owners that social promotion users are not the relational customers that they had hoped for or the ones that are necessary for their business’s long-term success," reads the report. "Instead, there is disillusionment with the extreme price sensitive nature and transactional orientation of these consumers among many study respondents. "
Dholakia says that Groupon and sites like it benefit consumers more than the businesses that offer them. That may seem like an obvious conclusion, but he also says that these sites won't be sustainable long-term until businesses get a better deal. | https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/even-businesses-that-made-money-with-groupon-hesitant-to-try-again/ |
Since the global financial crisis, corporate board members and senior staff have been under pressure to enhance their understandings of risk management.
In the UK this has been formalized into law through the Corporate Governance Code, and similar measures are taking root across the globe. In particular, non-executive directors are now required by most large institutions to demonstrate some understanding of risk management to undertake oversight responsibilities.
This course is designed to help you understand how to respond to this challenge.
This course will walk participants through each of the essential processes of financial and operational risk management highlighting areas where they must be in a position to challenge the risk management function.
We then give considerable attention to the formation of the board’s risk sub-committee, discussing when it should take form, how it should make style and how it should function concerning the board’s audit committee in particular.
Participants should leave the course with some confidence that they understand the scope and purpose of risk management in their organization as well as with some ability to take a critical stance while executing their oversight duties. | http://www.strategicaxis.ae/courses/effective-risk-management-for-board-members-executives/ |
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By Camille Clark, Layke Jones, Isabella Lane, Aza McFadden*, and Lizbeth Otero.
*Aza helped the group work through the problem set but was unfortunately unable to attend camp during the blog writing.
Cryptography is a field of coding and decoding information. It relies on the framework of number theory. Therefore, it can be used to connect theories as well as teaching others the fundamental properties of integers. Relevant number theory topics are modular arithmetic, prime factorization, greatest common divisor, and theorems such as the Chinese Remainder Theorem and Euler’s Theorem. This blog post will focus on the first three topics.
Modular Arithmetic
Modular arithmetic is a system of arithmetic used for integers. For modular arithmetic, you have to apply what you already know about division to find the remainder.
For integers such as n and d, there are unique integers like q and r for which n = q*d + r.
The dividend, in this case, would be n, so d would be the divisor, q the quotient and r the remainder.
Let’s start off with the definitions of prime, composite numbers, and factorization.
A prime number is an integer that has two factors that can only be 1 and itself. By convention, 1 is not a prime number.
A composite number is an integer that can evenly be divided by numbers other than 1 and itself.
Factors are the numbers you multiply together to get a number. Like 2 and 3 are factors of 6.
Lastly, prime factorization is the process of writing integers as products of prime numbers. It can be done with the following algorithm, here shown for the factorization of 12:
A common divisor is an integer that all the numbers in a given set can be divided into without a remainder. To calculate the gcd of 2 numbers, you need to write out the prime factorization.
For example, let’s consider 8 and 12. The prime factorization of 8 is 2^3, while the prime factorization of 12 is 3*(2^2). Then, take the largest factor that overlaps in the two factorizations. Here, 2^2 is the largest factor in common between the prime factorizations of 8 and 12; then, 4 = gcd(8,12).
We say that two integers a and b are relatively prime if gcd(a,b) = 1, where a and b don’t need to be prime themselves. For example, if a = 35 and b = 8, then gcd(a,b) = 1, but neither is a prime.
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For me, the sunlight began to edge its way in a few weeks ago upon the wise words of author Micah Maddox. She shared her own chaotic month. Although preparing her children to return to school, launching her new book Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World and having just moved, she still found peace. And that peace resided in Psalm 27. In the simple reminder to dwell in Christ.
Hearing these words, something in me broke. It had arrested my stress. It broke the chain on my heart and released my soul. A door unlocked and freed me from my self-imposed prison.
My soul rejoiced in praise for a reunion with the One who is there with us everyday, every moment. The One who I’d forgotten over the last few weeks. The One who always stands ready with boundless love and a warm embrace. What solace in falling into His arms. I’d missed my Jesus hugs! Why had I forgotten to ask? Why had I ignored His still, small voice?
Author Holley Gerth has also reminded me of truth during this dark time. Just the title of her soon to be released book, Fiercehearted: Live Fully, Love Bravely, has led me to back to the same verse that God has been speaking over me for the last few months. God hasn’t given me a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and self control (2 Timothy 1:7). That even in the darkness, God has given me the spirit of a fierce-hearted warrior princess. That in my times of distress, I’m to fight to seek Him. That I already have the power within me to fight the darkness. The power of the Holy Spirit that dwells within me and every believer who has accepted Christ as her Savior. What power could be more effective or magnificent? We just have to press our soul’s call button and it’s there! Say a prayer and it is there!
And not only are we constantly blessed with His incomparable power, but His limitless, unconditional love. A love like nothing we’ll ever experience from humans in this world. A love more consistent, dutiful, pure, and complete than any human can ever give. And again, it is there as His offering to us, anytime, anywhere. Isn’t that just soul-restoring?!
As if God’s supernatural power and love weren’t enough, the Holy Spirit also grants us a spirit of self control. Not just self control to prevent us from eating that tasty potato chip to quell the anxiety our darkness brings, but self control to reach out to Him in our time of need. Not to reach for the remote, our credit cards, or something else to distract us from our pain. But to reach for the Word, to pray, to connect with Him in an intimate way that soothes our present suffering. To hand over our fears, anxieties, darkness, and pain to the One who can handle it all so much better than we ever could alone.
So as much as I’ve hated being away from you wonderful women the last few weeks, I’m thankful for the chaos I’m starting to embrace. I’m thankful for the Jesus embrace that produced this post. I’m grateful that I waited patiently in His time to hear it. Because He knew the message that I was to send. He knew the words I’d stopped and started several times before weren’t His, but mine. That my words couldn’t make His difference. That only His could. That regardless of our circumstances, we must remember to dwell in Him always and fight with the spirit of power, love, and self control that He has given us.
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A few years ago, my son was super into origami. Spending countless hours meticulously bending and folding paper into mini masterpieces, he protected his crafts with a ferocity rivaling a mother dragon. As only a nine-year-old boy would, he proudly displayed his creations in his bedroom’s origami museum to protect and admire his labors.
That’s why I nearly fainted when he offered one of his freshly crafted origami cranes to a stranger.
We had just come out of the library that balmy summer afternoon. Bustling along, clicking errands off our To Do list, I prepared to squeeze myself into our tin can of a hot minivan. Just before the leather seat threatened to scorch my hamstrings, I heard a little voice mumble something indistinctive in another direction. Realizing it was my son’s, and determined to attack our next task, I turned to bark some version of mama orders like “Get in the car! We’ve got things to do and can’t be late to pick up your sister!” But my “mama ire” was quickly stalled by a disheveled elderly man sitting alone in his car. Panning over to my son, I soon gathered that he was attempting a conversation with our chronologically gifted friend.
Like a freight train screeching to a halt to spare someone sprawled across the tracks, my attention laser-beamed on my son. Why is he talking to this man? Doesn’t he know not to talk to strangers? Plus, this particular stranger looked next in line for the Curmudgeon of the Year award, complete with curling lip.
“Sir, would you like my crane?” my son interjected through my protective panic.
And then it hit me… yes, my son knew all of those things, yet he chose kindness.
He chose to step across those invisible boundaries we erect for ourselves and our children. Ones grounded in good intention, but dividing us from real connection. Ones that mean to protect us and our children from harm – borne out of responsibility – but sometimes fueled by fear.
As our curmudgeonly friend’s face transformed into a picture of grace received, I knew God was whispering through my nine-year-old. I could hear his tender voice lift me on waves of eternal hope with these reminders… • Busyness blames, but kindness cares.
• Fear kills kindness. Kindess bears love. God is love.
• Kindness can be an act of worship – paying it forward in God’s name.
• Kindness can be His love expressed, and there is nothing greater. (1 Corinthians 13:13) • Kindness can be sacrifice – of time, of energy, of prized possessions. Yet Christ made the ultimate sacrifice for us. Let’s follow His lead.
Like my son’s origami, God bends and shapes us to prepare to add us to His eternal museum in heaven. We are His masterpieces (Ephesians 2:10). As His masterpieces, let’s keep fear from leaving us reluctant to abide in His love, balking at our chances to choose kindness. Dare to choose kindness, as God boldly chooses grace for us everyday.
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The FBI has been using an in-house spyware program for several years to monitor the activities of suspected online criminals and hackers, according to recently released documents. The documents, obtained by Wired.com, show that the FBI was able to plant the program on target machines by encouraging their subjects to click on a link that silently installed the software.
The software is known as the “computer and Internet Protocol address verifier” and has the ability to sit silently on a PC and record a variety of activities, including keystrokes and the Web sites the user visits, Wired.com reports. It also has the ability to take an initial reading of the infected PC’s setup, including its MAC address, IP address, open ports, OS version, running applications and other data.
The FBI’s use of the spyware surfaced in 2007 when the bureau used it to track e-mailed bomb threats against a Washington state high school to a 15-year-old student.
But the documents released Thursday under the Freedom of Information Act show the FBI has quietly obtained court authorization to deploy the CIPAV in a wide variety of cases, ranging from major hacker investigations, to someone posing as an FBI agent online. Shortly after its launch, the program became so popular with federal law enforcement that Justice Department lawyers in Washington warned that overuse of the novel technique could result in its electronic evidence being thrown out of court in some cases.
The FBI has been using the CIPAV for a number of years in a variety of cases, Wired reports, including child pornography and computer crimes. | https://threatpost.com/secret-documents-reveal-fbi-spyware-campaign-against-hackers-041709/72590/ |
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Not sure if there is any discussion or group that focuses more on WCCP, perhaps under Data Centre Technology. Since WCCP is not controlled from proxy in general, i am afraid you might not get the right answer here.
If I remember correctly, it is recommended to use the smallest mask bit where possible when configuring WCCP redirect ACL to conserve TCAM. For 4 WSAs (WCCP clients) you can use 2 bits.
My recommendation is also based on the WCCP whitepaper, where if you have 4 WCCP clients, use 2 bits.
0x3, where 3 is 0011 in binary, so it's 2 bits.
Using ASAs and Switches, I have never had to manually change the mask, as part of the WCCP v2 process is to manage adding and removing WCCP clients as they become available/unavailable.
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Researchers from Kaspersky Labs claim to have discovered the most sophisticated piece of malware available on the Web. Detected by their antivirus product as TDSS, the Trojan employs a number of methods to avoid detection, including the use of encryption between the botnet command and control server and its zombies and a powerful rootkit component that conceals the presence other types of malware in a given system.
TDSS is a variation of the TDL virus, which has been known about since 2008. According to the researchers, malware writers have been making small changes to the TDL since its inception, but only in late 2010 did they start selling it in its current form.
“The owners of TDL are essentially trying to create an ‘indestructible’ botnet that is protected against attacks, competitors, and antivirus companies,” the researchers said regarding the botnet that has already infected more than 4.5 million computers.
One of the keys to TDL’s obfuscation is that it is a bootkit, meaning that it runs its malicious code before the operating system starts, which makes the malware very difficult to detect by security products and greatly extends its life.
TDL is programmed to act as its own antivirus product, capable of removing 20 of the most popular malicious programs, including Gbot, ZeuS, Clishmic, and Optima. It removes competing malware so that users will be lulled into believing their machine is not infected, and therefore, they won’t go looking for any malware, and TDSS can remain hidden indefinitely.
More than a third of the TDSS infected computers are in the U.S., making it first among countries afflicted by TDSS infections. India and Indonesia come in a distant tie for second, laying claim to 7% of the infections each. With affiliates receiving as much as $200 for every 1000 American infections, this means that the infected computers in the US alone could have paid out as much as $250,000 to the TDSS creators.
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This antivirus software is very active and will instantly warn you about threats from viruses by providing regular updates. Emails are common victims to viruses, this software has an anti spam technology that helps to keep your email free from deadly spam that may try to corrupt your operating software. This software scans every single email that you send and receive.
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The fake email tells you your EFIN has been put on a temporarily hold and warns it will be suspended unless you open an embedded document and confirm or deny a submitted Form 1040. The embedded “1040” document likely contains malware.
This is a good time to remember that all tax professionals are targets of cybercriminals seeking to steal client data or the practitioners’ identities. The fake emails are characterized by an urgent message (your EFIN will be suspended) and try to entice recipients to open a link or attachment. The IRS urges all tax professionals to be on alert and take security steps to protect their clients and their businesses. Review Publication 4557, Safeguarding Taxpayer Data, for how to be safer.
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Terry Rogan was arrested 5 times for allegedly killing someone and robbery. He did not commit these crimes. McKandes, a man that broke out of Alabama State Prison, did. This started in 1982. McKandes had a copy of Rogan’s birth certificate and used that to obtain a driver’s license and other documents in Rogan’s name.
McKandes was still using Rogan’s identity when he robbed and murdered that same year. Because of the identity mistake, police did not know that when they put an arrest warrant out to Rogan, they wouldn’t be finding McKandes. Having an arrest warrant out for your name places you into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). This alerts all of the police departments in the United States of the outstanding warrants.
Later, Rogan was arrested in Michigan for the crimes committed by McKandes in California. Officers later found that Rogan’s fingerprints and DNA and just his basic physical features did not match the evidence entered in NCIC. Rogan was released and his name was then cleared of the criminal act.
Rogan’s issues did not subside then, though. Rogan was arrested 4 additional times between 193-1984 for crimes that he did not commit. After authorities discovered that it was not him, he was released and the problem was eventually resolved thoroughly.
It became clear that Terry Rogan was a victim of identity theft. One person used someone else’s birth certificate to completely overhaul their identity and make it their own.
Identity theft is a crime worth being afraid of. It is also worth protecting yourself against. Nobody wants to think of someone else portraying themselves as you. Important documents about you can be obtained in many forms such as mail, Internet, credit statements and more.
A Federal Trade Commission study concluded in 1995 that 93% of arrests made in the� Financial Crimes Division of the United States Secret Service have identity theft involved and caused individual and institutional losses of $442 million.
In 1994 the numbers increased to 94% of the cases and the losses of upwards to $450 million in 1996. The percentage of cases was still around 94% in 1997 but the losses continued to rise as they reached almost $745 million.
Identity theft has said to be the hottest crime committed according to the state and federal prosecutors. They believe it will become wildly more popular due to the advancement of technology. Identity theft is a major cause of financial losses for business and social security industries.
The Identity Theft & Assumption Deterrence Act was later passed by the United States Congress to control the damage caused by identity theft crimes. President William Jefferson Clinton later signed the Act when he went into law on October 30, 1998.
The Act makes identity theft a legal crime stating it is to �knowingly transfer or use, without legal authority; a means of using the identification of another individual with the intention of committing or aiding any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal State Law. �
The first major change made by this Act is that it classifies the theft or use of a person’s information wrongfully a federal crime that can be tried. Before the Act was passed, federal law only classifies the deceptive creation and the use or transfer of identification documents and NOT the actual theft or wrongful use of an individual’s personal information.
Because the criminal use of the victim’s identity causes the majority of their problems, the Act clearly defines it as a federal crime. The Act is very much accepted by the people, especially in such an age where identification documents can be obtained over the Internet.
The second major change is the definition of punishment for the thief. Below is the important information stated under this provision.
If the act involves unauthorized use of someone else’s driver’s license, birth certificate or other identification documents issues under the authority of the United States the convicted criminal will be fined or imprisoned for not more than 15 years.
If the act involves the transfer or use of one or more personal information of someone else and the offense allows the convicted criminal to obtain anything of value amounting to $1,000 or more during any one year period, the convicted criminal will be fined or imprisoned for not more than 3 years.
If the offenses listed above are committed in order to facilitate a drug trafficking crime or terrorist activities, the convicted criminal will be fined or imprisoned not more than 25 years.
The Act also covers aid to the individual victims of identity theft. The Act developed a centralize complaint and consumer education service for the victims and supervised development and maintenance of the service to the Federal Trade Commission.
Identity theft complaints are entered into the Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse. This is a database designed to aid law enforcement agencies in disputing identity theft. The Federal Trade Commission is also asked to aid identity theft victims in resolving credit issues that arise from the illegal use of their credit funds by thieves.
By the passing of the Identity Theft & Assumption Act, we are all now provided with additional protection to avoid identity theft. If you wish, you may choose to get a lawyer to explain other provisions of this Act to you further. Help yourself with identity theft protection software like PC Cop.
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A Tamworth man locked up after a £77million cyber attack on a telecommunications giant has failed in his appeal to convince judges to set him free.
Connor Douglas Allsopp, of Coronation Street, got eight months detention in a young offender institution at the Old Bailey in November last year.
The 21-year-old admitted supplying an article for use in fraud and supplying an article for use in an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
The hacking attack on TalkTalk took place in October 2015, Lord Justice Flaux told London's Appeal Court today (Wednesday, January 30).
After the massive data breach, the company's CEO was subjected to repeated attempts to blackmail her.
Demands were made for payment of Bitcoins in exchange for return of the stolen data, said the judge.
It was not suggested that Allsopp, then a teenager, was involved in the blackmail.
But he was supplied with a computer file containing personal and financial details of TalkTalk customers by a co-defendant.
He then passed on that file to an online user, knowing it was for use in connection with fraud.
Allsopp, who had no previous convictions, received other computer files in exchange, which he also passed on.
The judge who jailed him said the hacking caused 'misery and distress to thousands of customers' and an estimated loss of £77million.
Lawyers for Allsopp argued that his sentence was far too harsh and should have been suspended.
But Lord Justice Flaux, who was sitting with two other judges, rejected claims his punishment was "manifestly excessive".
There was 'clearly no question of the judge having misunderstood the extent of Allsopp's involvement'.
She took 'full account' of his youth and immaturity and the long delay between his crimes and sentence being passed.
While he 'may not have initiated the cyber attack, he took advantage of it' and 'only an immediate custodial sentence was appropriate'. | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tamworth-cyber-attacker-connor-allsopp-15755472 |
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Normally, we start investigating a cyberincident by looking for a source of infection. The source is not difficult to find — we look for an e-mail with a malware attachment or a malicious link, or for a hacked server. As a rule, security specialists have a list of equipment, so all you need to do is figure out which machine started the malicious activity. But what if all of your computers are clean — yet malicious activity is still occurring?
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Chapter Structural Violence and Structural Vulnerability Within the Risk Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives for a Social Epidemiology of HIV Risk Among Injection Drug Users and Sex Workers Tim Rhodes, Karla Wagner, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Kate Shannon, Peter Davidson, Philippe Bourgois 12/2011; DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-2138-8_10 ABSTRACT The transmission of HIV is shaped by individual-environment interactions. Social epidemiologic approaches thus seek to capture the dynamic and reciprocal relationships of individual-environment interactions in the production and reduction of risk. This presents considerable methodological, theoretical and disciplinary challenges. Drawing upon four research case studies, we
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In the digital era, traditional security and warfare have evolved dramatically, and Asian countries are at the leading edge of the technological advancements that are driving these transformations.
China is significantly investing in artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G technology, as well as selling many of its innovative products locally and globally, while restricting foreign governments’ and corporations’ cyber capabilities within its boundaries.
China, especially Shanghai cybersecurity continues to strengthen its capabilities, despite the fact that the United States is ranked first overall where it presently leads the globe in a number of cyber-capabilities.
Cybersecurity: The West vs. the East
China is currently the world’s strongest cyber-surveillance country. According to researchers, Russia is ranked second in the category, while the United States is ranked third. In terms of cyber trade, China leads the way, followed by the United States.
China is also ranked first in cyber defensive power, followed by the Netherlands, France, the US, and Canada. The country also topped the Growing National Cyber and Technology Competence benchmark, which relates to current highlights in Western countries.
It has been indicted of engaging in business intelligence while also attempting to encourage and expand its domestic cyber skills through R&D and public-private partnerships.
As the pandemic raged the world, more and more people started using online resources for their needs and different purposes. Web users in Asia, unlike in the West, are getting online amid the unpredictable era of cybersecurity and cyber operations.
Given the global economy’s co-dependency and the cyber-vulnerabilities that exist in Asia currently, the cybersecurity actions that Asian countries and businesses take within the next five years will have a generation-long impact on millions of people.
Asians have a unique chance to develop a safer and more sustainable approach to cybersecurity as the internet expands. Between 2019 and 2023, the cybersecurity market in Asia-Pacific is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 8.4%, reaching US $52.8 billion.
The Asian cybersecurity landscape will be determined by three cybersecurity foundations and will determine the future of Asia’s cybersecurity and how it may change.
Asia is mostly unprepared for cyber-threats and is subject to breakdowns, especially among populations that are unfamiliar with new internet technology.
China’s rise will be a major force in Asia’s development, and China’s decisions will have a significant impact on regional stability and security. A lot is expected to happen in the future as more and more people start using online resources.
The unprecedented use of internet operations causes uncertainty in Asia and around the world, and risks exacerbating already-existing tensions between states.
Unlike in the West, where accessibility and bandwidth were the top concerns, Asia can define its cybersecurity from an early point in its digital evolution.
Leaders in the public and private sectors can influence norms and regulations and push for change while major corporations might be influenced to strengthen their cybersecurity policies by large markets.
Effective management and research can have a significant impact on Asia’s cybersecurity and economic prospects at this point in its digital sector and economic development.
China’s position in the global cybersecurity space
China is one of Asia’s most prominent cyberspace operators, developing and using cyber capabilities to meet its commercial, political, and geopolitical goals.
Chinese network security activities are carried out to improve China’s economic competitiveness, speed up the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) advancement, destabilise opponents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), prevent diplomatic pressure and foreign ideas, and counterbalance US pre-eminence in conventional military capabilities.
Beijing and Shanghai are also promoting domestic innovation in upcoming technologies that will give them additional cyberspace capabilities, like 5G, artificial intelligence, and quantum information systems.
The United States continues to lead in terms of cyber capabilities and a country’s capacity to use cyber to achieve geopolitical objectives, but China is catching up fast.
According to analysts, Shanghai’s cyber security sector will grow by a substantial margin next year, with revenue from top enterprises and industry parks increasing to 25 billion Yuan and effective online fraud protection tactics.
In recent years, China has made significant investments in research and development of systems that enable it to achieve diverse goals in cyberspace.
These findings indicate China’s growing dominance in cyberspace, but they also reveal a large capacity gap between China and the United States in most sectors.
Conclusion
In contrast to the West, Asia is emerging as a result of the digital revolution. Over the previous decade, the World Wide Web has altered Asia, but its accessibility is going to increase rapidly in the world’s most influential economic area, signalling a rise in its importance in the coming years.
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Hi guys i am new here and today is first time i have used the software.
I scanned and was suprised to see some trojans detected, well this must be good as i never new i had any trojans, i went along with the defaults to rid myself of these nasties, machine needed a reboot, well what can i say except bloody thing was now missing "shell32.dll" and "msgina.dll" needless to say i was well pee'd off, thought ok forget about SUPERANTISPYWARE software, just repair xp, but no couldent, just kept telling me shell32.dll was missing, so had to reinstall.
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Here at Komand, we needed a way to easily navigate around our workflows. They have the potential to get complex quickly, as security workflows involve many intricate steps.
To accomplish this task, we took an SVG approach to render our workflow dynamically (without dealing with div positioning issues). This gave us the power of traditional graphics to do a variety of manipulations on sub components.
In this walkthrough, we will use Interactive SVG Components as a starting point and incorporate those techniques into a React component. I highly recommend reading this article if you need an update on some basic graphics concepts or would like to see an explanation of the math.
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Note: this.state.matrix.join(') creates a string of our matrix for the transform property. (e.g. "1 0 1 0" )
We need to be able to move around our map in all directions, which requires us to construct a pan function. We want to be able to reuse this function, so we keep its scope limited. We take a delta of x (dx) and delta of y (dy) and add them to the 4th and 5th elements of our matrix, which control those transformations.
Next we need to implement the onDragStart, onDragMove, and onDragEnd methods.
First up, we have the onDragStart function. All we need to do here is find the coordinates of the onMouseDown event to get our starting position and update the dragging state to true.
const dx = x - this.state.startX; const dy = y - this.state.startY;
Using this functionality, we can create a component that assists with navigation (using buttons or keyboard shortcuts). This component will probably live within our SvgMap component, so how will we get this functionality to them? As props!
While we could use React.cloneElement to give this functionality to all the children, I like using a higher order component here to let the user decide with a subcomponent who gets what functionality.
You can see we now take a ComposedComponent as an argument and use it as a child of our SvgMap component, so that we can add props to be passed down.
To use this component it's as simple as importing the function and calling it with your component as a parameter. Let’s render a circle and a square in MyMap:
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<blockquote data-quote="R2D2" data-source="post: 852808" data-attributes="member: 64945"><p>Create a backup definition file in the Backup ----> Backup Definitions Files tab. Save the file. In the "Edit Plan for this backup" pop-up window, create a backup schedule(s) (Full/incremental/differential) as required. BTW, I use a licensed version of MR7 Home so I am not sure if advanced scheduling and backup types are available in a trial or free version.</p></blockquote><p></p> [QUOTE="R2D2, post: 852808, member: 64945"] Create a backup definition file in the Backup ----> Backup Definitions Files tab. In the "Edit Plan for this backup" pop-up window, create a backup schedule(s) (Full/incremental/differential) as required. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE] | https://malwaretips.com/threads/how-many-backups-should-i-keep.97740/reply?quote=852808 |
Events of recent times have pushed cyber security practices to the front of many businesses’ minds — and not before time.
With stories like the WannaCry outbreak and Equifax breach hitting headlines this year, the major impacts that can be caused by lax cyber security practices were highlighted for many. But what are the weakest links for most businesses when it comes to cyber security?
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The number one weak link for businesses when it comes to cyber security — by a long, long way — is the people who work in the business.
From falling for phishing emails, and clicking on links or downloading documents that turn out to be malware, to being a victim of business email compromise (BEC) scams that end up losing the company a lot of money, employees are a company’s greatest liability when it comes to cyber security.
Tackling this problem can be difficult for employers: simply getting rid of employees isn’t an option when you need them to run your business! Educating employees on cyber risks is a key step, but this does require resources, and the participation of employees. This may sometimes be difficult, as employees who have “always” done things a certain way may be reluctant to change. However, it is key for businesses that employees understand the risks that poor cyber security practices present for the business. In many cases, people are the weakest link in a business’ cyber security.
The importance of keeping software updates current was underlined in a dramatic way this year during the WannaCry and Petya outbreaks. The primary way both those attacks spread was by exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Windows operating system known as Eternal Blue. Eternal Blue allowed the malware to spread within corporate networks without any user interaction, making these outbreaks particularly virulent.
The WannaCry outbreak occurred in May; the patch for the Eternal Blue vulnerability had been released by Microsoft in March. If the patch had been widely applied the impact of WannaCry, which mostly hit corporate networks, would have been greatly reduced. You would imagine that a high-profile incident like WannaCry, which underlined the importance of keeping patches up to date, would have ensured people and companies did just that. However, despite all the publicity the WannaCry outbreak received when it occurred in May, the Petya outbreak in June was still able to use the same Eternal Blue vulnerability as one of the ways it spread.
To be fair to the IT managers in the various companies that were hit due to the Eternal Blue vulnerability being exploited, updating software on company networks is not always entirely straightforward. IT managers can often be fearful that updating one part of the system could cause another part of it to break, and this can be a particular concern in, for example, healthcare organizations, which were heavily impacted by WannaCry. However, incidents like the above do underline the importance of protecting vulnerable systems, and patching is a key way to do that.
A problem that many businesses encounter in the current business climate is that it is not just their cyber security practices that they have to worry about: they also have to worry about the cyber security protocols of other businesses they work with. They are the weakest links.
Your company may have stringent cyber security practices implemented, but if a third party your company deals with is compromised then attackers could potentially gain access to your network. This is what happened in the Petya attack: a tax and accounting software package called MEDoc was compromised and used for the initial insertion of Petya into corporate networks. Access to the systems of Target in a major 2013 breach was also achieved when a third-party vendor the company worked with was compromised: that breach is estimated to have cost Target more than $200 million.
Network segmentation, or dedicated servers that vendors can use so that they do not connect directly into your company’s network, can help safeguard against weak links in third parties’ cyber security. If that isn’t possible, it is wise to at the very least have a conversation with potential vendors before doing business with them to ensure they take cyber security seriously, and have appropriate practices in place.
However, some businesses embrace BYOD without fully considering the security risks that it may present. Employees’ personal devices are unlikely to have the same level of security as corporate devices, and may be significantly easier for hackers to compromise. Companies that allow BYOD should ensure they have a strict BYOD policy in place that they ensure all employees follow. Steps such as only allowing access to company networks through a virtual private network (VPN), and ensuring employees implement 2FA on all their accounts are definite steps that should be included in such a policy.
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Over the past decade, a large number of organizations of all sizes have adopted PSIM solutions to gain increased control over business operations, achieve situational awareness, and effectively manage compliance and reporting.
Recently, video management system (VMS) vendors, SIs, and third-party vendors have collaborated in providing end-users high-end integrated security solutions to meet clients’ needs, which has kept the market fairly competitive. Automation in PSIM systems has brought significant reduction in operational costs, thereby boosting the market growth. The global physical security information management market is expected to rise at an impressive CAGR of 18.7% during the period to reach US$3,832.6 mn by the 2024.
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Months ago, Google published a blog post informing users of Google Chrome that they cannot install browser extensions from third parties. The reason: security. By only permitting extensions from official Chrome Web Store, Google claims they would be able to police these extensions in order to prevent malicious ones.
Unfortunately, such tactics aren’t enough to deter cybercriminals. We have previously reported about a malware that manages to bypass this feature and install a malicious browser extension. We recently found that cybercriminals are also placing their malicious extensions in the official Web Store.
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The first step of this particular attack begins on social media. A spammed message circulated on Facebook, with a link to a video related to drunk girls. Should the recipient click the link, he will be redirected to a site mimicking YouTube. A notification will appear stating that a particular Chrome extension must be installed so that the video can be viewed.
Figure 1. Fake YouTube site that requires installation of browser extension
Should the user proceed, he will be redirected to the official Chrome Web Store to download the said extension. After installing the extension, the user is redirected to a real YouTube video of drunk girls.
Figure 2. Browser extension is hosted in official Chrome Web Store
Figure 3. Users are redirected to the legitimate version of YouTube
Once installed, the malicious extension (detected as BREX_FEBIPOS.OKZ) can perform routines such as post statuses and comments on Facebook. It can also send messages and links via Facebook’s chat function, which may explain how the malicious extension spreads in the first place.
meusvirais[.]info – C&C where the stolen data from infected users is sent. The stolen data refers to account credentials from popular online services like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
cbrup[.]info – domain used to maintain software for breaking CAPTCHAS while stealing information. This server also receives stolen data.
SuperFunVideos[.]info – used to register the extension at Chrome Store.
brsupbr[.]info – not used in this attack
Data from the Smart Protection Network shows that majority of the users who accessed these sites came from Brazil. Other victims came from countries such as the UK, the US, and Argentina.
He has at least one more VPS that hosts about 30 different domains selling weight loss products, English language tutoring services, and work-from-home offers. He uses among.us as an online counter for his number of victims and Dropbox for hosting fraudulent pages.
More Malicious Extensions
Unfortunately, this isn’t the only malicious extension we’ve spotted in the Web Store. We have seen several potentially malicious extensions in the site. At first glance, these extensions immediately appear suspicious. They are recently published, have no description for their supposed function, or have duplicate names. Some of them even have the same “author” as the malicious ones. Upon a closer look, these extensions have obfuscated JavaScript code. Making matters worse, the number of downloads for these extensions ranges in the thousands.
We advise users to avoid clicking links from messages, even if they appear to come from friends or contacts. As this attack has shown, messages can actually come from compromised accounts. We also advise users to scrutinize browser extensions. Read reviews and check ratings before installing any extension. These may give users an idea if the extension truly does what it advertises or not.
The extension used in the attack is no longer available in Chrome Web Store. We have reported the other extensions to Google.
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According to Parkour, whose Contagio malware dump security blog revealed another major zero-day vulnerability last month, successful exploitation of the flaw results in two files – nsunday.exe and nsunday.dll - being dropped and executed.
Adobe, she says, has been notified of the flaw, but has yet to respond.
Reporting on the flaw, the Softpedia newswire says that the flaw could be exploited in the wild to infect internet users with a trojan.
Softpedia's editor Lucian Constantin says that ThreatExpert reports the two dropped nsunday files as components of a Wisp trojan variant.
"Wisp is a relatively new trojan discovered back in March and is capable of stealing information, as well as downloading and executing malicious files", says Constantin.
Interestingly, Softpedia says it has run a VirusTotal scan of the executable, which returns the fact that 15 antivirus engines are detecting the code as malicious, mostly via generic signatures.
This suggests that around 60% of IT security apps cannot detect the malware, as VirusTotal is credited with running up to 43 IT security apps on its automated testing platform, Infosecurity notes.
As Constantin observes: "This is very bad news. If the new zero-day is confirmed - and there is a strong possibility that it will - people might be exposed to attacks for weeks."Even if Adobe quickly rolls out a patch for Flash Player, the vulnerability will remain exploitable through Adobe Reader, which has its own embedded Flash interpreter", he said.
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We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) DSGVO. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
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The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
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The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered on our websites (e.g. information entered into a contact form) is being provided by a human user or by an automated program. To determine this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitors based on a variety of parameters. This analysis is triggered automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the site. For this analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates a variety of data (e.g. IP address, time the website visitor spent on the site or cursor movements initiated by the user). The data tracked during such analyses are forwarded to Google.
reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not alerted that an analysis is underway.
The data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. It is in the website operators legitimate interest, to protect the operator’s web content against misuse by automated industrial espionage systems and against SPAM.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and to review the Data Privacy Declaration of Google, please follow these links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html. | https://atg-revisa.de/en/data-protection-declaration/ |
This anonymous survey is about your Exchange Server environment and about the anti-malware solutions currently used.
All collected Data will be used to compile a general overview about the current Market Situation.
A summary of the results will be presented after the Survey will have been closed.
The Survey ended on November 14th. We are currently compiling the results and will publish those as soon as possible. | https://www.granikos.eu/de/SurveysExchangeAntiVirus |
We create and store unimaginable amounts of data, much of it vital for the running of our national defences and infrastructures, our businesses and our personal lives.
This vast resource is vulnerable to criminals and other malign actors – the people who want to steal, corrupt, delete or hold our data to ransom.
Organisations need to be sure that those employed to test and improve the security of their systems are competent and operate to the highest professional and ethical standards.
It is not always immediately clear what cyber security service you may need for your organisation.
To help you we have developed our interactive Buyer Journey which helps you decide what cyber security service you need and puts you in touch with accredited members who can deliver that service.
You can find out more about cyber security disciplines by clicking on the panels at the bottom of the page for a brief introduction on each.
Or, if you prefer, you can click Start you buyer journey below to begin your search.
Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing is the assurance of critical functions that are likely to be subject to sophisticated and persistent attack.
CREST Simulated Target Attack and Response (STAR) intelligence-led penetration tests use threat intelligence to deliver these attack simulations to provide assurance that organisations have appropriate countermeasures and responses to detect and prevent cyber-attack. The tests are carried out by experienced penetration testing providers on all types of organisations and are considered to be the most realistic form of assurance service within the sector. This is combined with a review of the company’s ability to recognise and react to cyber security related attacks.
STAR-FS is a framework for intelligence-led penetration testing of the financial sector.
The framework has been developed to meet the needs of the regulators by ensuring the same level of rigour is applied to them whilst reducing resourcing implications on regulators.
STAR-FS promotes an intelligence-led penetration testing approach that mimics the actions of cyber threat actors’ intent on compromising an organisation’s important business services and the technology assets and people supporting those services. Collaboration, evidence and improvement lie at the heart of STAR-FS as well as a close liaison with key stake holders.
The STAR-FS process utilises commercially available threat intelligence services in order to define realistic and current threat scenarios that will be utilised by the penetration testing teams to replicate real world attacks to operational systems. Risks to these systems are mitigated through the establishment of an internal control group, risk assessment, the accredited policies and processes utilised by the service provider and the skill and competence of the threat intelligence and penetration testing providers. | https://www.crest-approved.org/approved-services/what-cyber-security-service-do-i-need/ |
Buffer overflow in rwcgi60 CGI program for Oracle Reports Server 6.0.8.18.0 and earlier, as used in Oracle9iAS and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long database name parameter.
80633 CVE-2002-0946 Dir. Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.3 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the server with null characters, which causes the working threads to hang.
80642 CVE-2002-0934 Dir. Buffer overflow in the Pirch 98 IRC client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hyperlink in a channel or private message.
80649 CVE-2002-0926 Dir. Trav. 2002-10-04 2008-09-05
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Hey everyone - We had some fun last week working on encryption in MariaDB. This week, we will do something similar for another popular database platform: PostgreSQL. This time, we will do things a bit differently. Last time, we worked through examples of symmetric cryptography. This week, we will take a look at using asymmetric (public key) cryptography to encrypt fields in the database.
In case you need a refresher on asymmetric cryptography, have a look at last week's entry. With MariaDB / MySQL, you have to step up to the paid enterprise version to get public key crypto in your database (please let me know if I am wrong on this). PostgreSQL has this functionality freely available, so we will use it for our demonstration.
Our test platform is CentOS 7 with PostgreSQL 9.2. Make sure you have your distribution's postgresql-contrib package installed:
Postgresql-contrib is a collection of extensions to postgres that provide some useful functionality. We need one in particular: pgcrypto. Pgcrypto provides crypto functions for postgres.
You will also need plpython installed. Plpython is the Python procedural language for Postgres. In CentOS / RHEL / Fedora, you will need to install postgresql-plpython.
Before we dive into the database, we need to generate a public and private key pair to use to encrypt and decrypt our data. We will use GPG (we used this utility last week) to generate the keys:
rngd feeds random data into the kernel's entropy pool where gpg is trying to get entropy from.
-r tells rngd to use the device we specify as the source of randomness (we will use /dev/urandom in this case).
You should see something similar to the following when you are done:
Once our keys are set up, we need to export them so that the database can use them. First, we will export the public key:
gpg -a --export [Public Key ID] > public.key -a tells GPG to "armor" the keys which essentially Base64 encodes the keys so that they can be more easily transported. Substitute your key ID (in our case, it is 7B470FB0).
gpg -a --export-secret-keys C7D7EFB7 > secret.key
We need to protect the private key so only users in the postgres group can access them. We will put them in the postgres user's home directory (/var/lib/pgsql).
/var/lib/pgsql/*.key are the keys that we want to change the SELinux context on
As I mentioned last week, key storage is a tough problem and one that should be considered carefully. For this example, we will keep the key in the postgres user's home directory (/var/lib/pgsql). However, if this machine or that user is compromised, the key will be compromised. It would be best to keep the key on a separate machine or a key server.
We are done generating keys, and now we can work on the database. I have already set up a database called example and a database user called dbuser.
Once you have a database setup, we need to enable pgcrypto for the database. As the database superuser (usually postgres), switch to your database (\connect <your database name>), and run the following:
CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;
This will install the pgcrypto extension into the database.
The documentation for pgcrypto is here. We will be using pgp_pub_encrypt and pgp_pub_decrypt. These functions take the respective keys (public for encrypt, secret for decrypt), so the logs will show our keys if we use them. That is fine for the public key since it is public, but we need to protect the private key somehow. We will do this by writing a function that reads the key we need and presents it in a format we can use. In the logs, it will only show that we called the function (the content of the key will not be in there).
To make this happen, we need to install a 'trusted' language into the database. Only trusted languages can access the file system, and we need to access the file system to read the private and public keys. We will install plpythonu (PL/Python) into this database which allows us to use Python in Postgres:
Great. Now we should test the functions to see if they work as intended.
We will reconnect to the database server as our user dbuser and try to access our keys. These calls should fail: | http://blog.attackzero.net/2016/02/on-subject-of-database-encryption-part-2.html |
Money has unveiled the launch of a new tool which aims to increase cybersecurity awareness and protect users from identity theft.
The company's new Data Breach Tool allows users to learn which data breaches their personal data has already been compromised in and sign up for text and email alerts to learn when their email is compromised in a new data breach. Usage is free and the only thing one needs to do is to input an email address and Money shows all the known breaches one’s data has been a part of plus details on each breach.
The tool is part of a larger effort from the popular personal finance site to protect readers' money and identity in a digital world. After the launch, Money plans to publish a series of relevant stories, analysis, and advice on data breaches, scams, and identity protection throughout 2021.
The Paypers is the Netherlands-based leading independent source of news and intelligence for professionals in the global payment community.
The Paypers provides a wide range of news and analysis products aimed at keeping the ecommerce, fintech, and payment professionals informed about latest developments in the industry. | https://thepaypers.com/digital-identity-security-online-fraud/money-reveals-new-data-breach-tool--1246317 |
At first press Ctrl + Alt + Del button together from your keyboard to launch Windows Task Manager.
Now, click on the Process tab, to see all the running process into your PC.
You have to select all the malicious process that are related with the RansomAES Ransomware.
At first, press Windows + R button together from your keyboard.
Then you have to type regedit, and then click on Ok button to open Registry Editor.
Now, here, you have to find and delete all the malicious registry entries that are created by RansomAES Ransomware virus. | http://www.uninstallmalwarefrompc.com/removing-ransomaes-ransomware-completely |
The emerging DataOps is not Just DevOps for Data. According to Gartner, DataOps is a collaborative data management practice focused on improving the communication, integration and automation of data flows between data managers and consumers across an organization.
The goal of DataOps is to create predictable delivery and change management of data, data models and related artifacts. DataOps uses technology to automate data delivery with the appropriate levels of security, quality and metadata to improve the use and value of data in a dynamic environment.
This session will discuss how to add Security in DataOps and DevOps.
We will discuss the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Role Based Access Control. We will review access control in systems where multiple roles are fulfilled and compare MAC, DAC and RBAC.
We will present the "next generation" authorization model that provides dynamic, context-aware and risk-intelligent access control. We will discuss Identity Management, Data Discovery, AI, policy-based access control (PBAC), claims-based access control (CBAC) and key standards, including XACML and ALFA.
The upcoming PCI DSS version 4.0 will include many new or revised requirements and compensating controls will be removed It will include support for a range of evolving payment environments, technologies, and methodologies for achieving security. PCI DSS v4.0 further supports the use of different new technologies. The new validation option gives organizations the flexibility to take a customized approach to demonstrate how they are meeting the security intent of each PCI DSS requirement. This customized approach supports organizations using security approaches that may be different than traditional PCI DSS requirements.
Through customized validation, entities can show how their specific implementation meets the intent and addresses the risk. Unlike compensating controls, customized validation will not require a business or technical justification for meeting the requirements using alternative methods, as the requirements will now be outcome-based.
- Inventory PII by data subject & residency for GDPR.
- Measure data re-identifiability for pseudonymization.
- Uncover dark or uncatalogued data.
This session will take a practical approach to IT risk management and discuss multi cloud, Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) and how Enterprises are losing ground in the fight against persistent cyber-attacks. We simply cannot catch the bad guys until it is too late. This picture is not improving. Verizon reports concluded that less than 14% of breaches are detected by internal monitoring tools.
We will review the JP Morgan Chase data breach were hackers were in the bank’s network for months undetected. Network configuration errors are inevitable, even at the largest banks as Capital One that recently had a data breach where a hacker gained access to 100 million credit card applications and accounts.
How should we prepare for this new brave world where many 3rd party security providers disappeared into cloud providers? This will greatly impact many 3rd party security vendors, organizations and investors.
Cloud transformations are accelerating. By 2020, cloud will increase by 157% and on-premises ’traditional’ IT infrastructure will decrease by 54%, according to 452 Research, 2018.
Personal data privacy will be the most prominent issue affecting how businesses gather, store, process, and disclose data in public cloud. Businesses have been inundated with information on what recent privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA require, but many are still trying to figure out how to comply with them on a practical level. Many companies are focusing on data privacy from the legal and security side, which are foundational, but are missing the focus on data.
The good news is that these data privacy regulations compel businesses to get a handle on personal data — how they get it, where they get it from, which systems process it, where it goes internally and externally, etc. In other words, the new norms of data privacy require proactive data management, which enables organizations to extract real business value from their data, improve the customer experience, streamline internal processes, and better understand their customers.
As more and more organizations are getting breached, executives are finally paying attention to cybersecurity and data protection. What are the biggest challenges for businesses when it comes to securing the enterprise?
Join this panel of experts to learn more about the current state of breaches, how organizations of all sizes are coping, and what CISOs are prioritizing this year. | https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14723/361083/how-to-pick-a-pen-test-vendor |
October marks the 10th anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Established by presidential directive in 2004, the initiative—administered by the Department of Homeland Security—raises cyber security awareness across the nation by engaging and educating public and private sector partners through a variety of events and programs. The ultimate goal is to protect the country from cyber incidents and respond to them effectively if they do occur.
The FBI is heavily invested in protecting the country’s cyber interests. We lead the national effort to investigate high-tech crimes, including cyber-based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber fraud. To stay in front of current and emerging trends, we gather and share information and intelligence with public and private sector partners worldwide.
But cyber security is a job for everyone. Every American who uses digital technologies at home or in the office needs to play a part in cyber security. If you open a virus-laden e-mail attachment at work, for example, you could infect your entire company’s computer network.
Here are a few basic steps you can take to be more cyber secure:
Set strong passwords, and don’t share them with anyone.
Keep a clean machine—your operating system, browser, and other critical software are optimized by installing regular updates.
Maintain an open dialogue with your family, friends, and community about Internet safety.
Limit the amount of personal information you post online, and use privacy settings to avoid sharing information widely.
Be cautious about what you receive or read online—if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
The FBI also runs several other cyber-related programs, including the Internet Crime Complaint Center—a partnership between the Bureau and the National White Collar Crime Center that serves as a clearinghouse for triaging cyber complaints and provides an easy-to-use online tool for reporting these complaints—and the Safe Online Surfing (SOS) program, a nationwide initiative designed to educate children about the dangers they face on the Internet and to help prevent crimes against children. And to broaden the reach of SOS, today we launched a Spanish-language version of its learning portals. | http://www.fbi.gov/sandiego/press-releases/2013/national-cyber-security-awareness-month-2013 |
Malware attacks hit Match.com UK site
Security researchers have discovered malicious adverts on the UK version of dating site Match.com.
Sept. 10 - Cyber security is now a boardroom agenda
Sept. 14 - Stamping out fraud with governance
Sept. 15 - Proven approaches for securing enterprise applications; An inside look at deploying Office 365 and SFDC
Sept. 16 - Peeling back the layers - does security still have a chewy center?
The FBI recently broke up the largest cybercrime ring in history when more than two dozen people were arrested in the United States and around the world in a sting operation dubbed “Operation Card Shop.” Federal authorities cracked down on online financial fraud, in which suspects allegedly stole credit card and banking data, and exchanged it with each other over the internet, a practice known as “carding.” The bust came on the heels of another takedown earlier this year when the Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, along with U.S. marshals and a consortium of financial services security firms, orchestrated a high-profile and successful strike against a significant cybercrime operation that may have taken more than $100 million from tens of thousands of people. Known as “Operation B71,” the bust made headlines by taking out servers and computers infected with the Zeus malware.
On the surface, these recent activities appear to support the idea that the good guys are making progress in the fight against cybercrime. But a closer inspection of the complaints highlight the limitations of law enforcement and the existing legal code as an effective weapon.
The effort needs to shift from what happens once fraud has been perpetrated to prevention of the crime in the first place. And that requires an entirely new skill-set.
Take the Zeus/Microsoft case. According to the legal complaint, the unidentified defendants in the Microsoft case, John Does 1 – 39, are faced with prosecution under the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and more routine violations under the Lanham Act and the CAN-SPAM Act. The complaint resulted in temporary restraining and seizure orders that led to the removal of thousands of URLs alleged to be potential infection sites, removal of alleged command-and-control servers from ISPs, and the issuance of a summons for the defendants to appear in court.
So far, so good. URLs taken down, servers seized, notices-to-appear issued. But there is a problem. Who are John Does 1 – 39 and where do we find them? (Editor's note: Earlier this month, Microsoft named two of them).
The best that server logs will show us is the last jump point. Yet how far down the rabbit hole are investigators willing to dive? They could pore over reams of logs and very likely wind up in a dead end. Cybercrime laws in the 21st century
The well-known RICO statutes were designed to combat organized crime and drug gangs in the physical world. While RICO offers some leverage in the fight against cyber crime by investing law enforcement with an order of seizure power, there are limits when it comes to proving an offense in the internet world.
The web is a faceless void. If the virtual John Does did their jobs right, we will never know who they are. And if the other John Does flip, they probably don't know the identities of the architects of the Zeus operation and have never met them face to face.
If identification of the real culprits is nearly impossible, then so is proving their guilt. An elite cyber criminal could easily have hijacked an unwitting victim's computer to write malware, conduct crimes and launch attacks.
So the masterminds behind threats such as Zeus who provide the tools and the means of committing crimes, but often it's the actors further down the food chain who get caught and take the heat.
The solution: A three-legged stool
Effectively combating cyber crime requires a mix of strategies. Think of it as a three-legged stool, comprised of legal remedies, technology and practical experience which work together to prevent attacks like password breaches and online fraud.
The goal needs to be getting to the very bad guys at the top of the chain and stopping them before they strike.
The first leg represents law enforcement. Existing laws and the roles of federal and local officials need to evolve to meet the growing cyber threats. Technology that provides deep layers of protection is another leg. Real-time intelligence is key to attack prevention.
The final leg represents real-world experience -- people engaged in the fight who know and understand the behavior of the criminals because the bad guys are smart and getting smarter. And they are very good at covering their tracks. After all, “To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” That's as true today in the war against cyber crime as it was when Sun Tzu wrote those words. Share this article:
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Debate: Device manufacturers take a comprehensive approach to securing consumer products.
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As it is the case with other applications and services used by individuals for communication and public space activities, Clubhouse users may expose their data that are stored within their accounts to leaks if they neglected protecting their digital privacy and security. This is true even in the case of using an anonymous or fake account. In the following we mention some pitfalls:
Determining account geographic location: even if some users depend on fake information for creating their Clubhouse accounts; their geographic location may be determined through their device’s IP address, which can be obtained by many methods. By obtaining the IP address, the geographic area from which a device accesses the Internet can be determined. If a government was the targeting party or the ISP was involved, a detailed address can be extracted.
Malicious links, can have different forms and tactics for obtaining users’ data and information, e.g. by sending a malicious link to the targeted account, thus when the victim clicks or interacts with the link the attacking entity can obtain personal data. Malicious links can use fake web pages or use social engineering tactics, and they can also include malware. In other cases, some malicious links can cause leakage of data stored within a browser, like the data used to auto-fill forms in websites.
In advanced espionage, the attacking entity can access all the contents of a device (a phone or a PC) by hacking into it with any of the spying software widely used by governments (e.g. NSO products). This kind of software can lead to remote control of a device, including access to files, photos, GPS, and controlling the device’s camera and microphone.
Accounts and individuals’ identities can be determined by using voice analysis, and voice-print recognition programs and tools. Voice-prints can be compared to ones stored in large databases collected in many ways, especially with the wide spread of audio and video clips on the Internet in general and social media means in particular.
Some entities and governments use their power and relations to access accounts data through tech and social media companies’ employees. As an example, Twitter employees provided the Saudi government with accounts data including those of Saudi dissidents.
On the other hand, some governments communicate with tech companies, like social media ones, to request data and details of many accounts. The cooperation of companies with such requests is subject to each company’s policy in addition to their conviction of the legality of the request.
Can we protect our privacy and anonymity?
Generally speaking, there is no full security on the Internet. All systems and services can be hacked, and the full security of any device or software is unobtainable. We however recommend some tools and behaviors that can help increase privacy and prevent surveillance on the Internet:
Choosing a password: You should use a strong password that contains symbols, digits, and capital and small letters. We also recommend using one of the password management programs like KeepPassXC.
Do not register your Clubhouse account by using your accounts in other social networks or services. Create your account yourself.
Using a phone number other than your basic one can lead to more anonymity, especially if local laws do not require providing personal information to get a SIM card.
Never interact with any link, compressed file, photo, or video in an SMS or a message received in an illogical context, as a message can arrive from a hacked account of a friend, family member, or public figures.
Use Internet browser add-ons that help protect against surveillance, like ublock origin – Privacy Badger.
Activate Two Factor Authentication, on all accounts and platforms that offer it.
Do not store an account’s sign-in data (user name and password), and personal data within the browser.
Use VPN on all PCs, phones, and tablets, and on all operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS), with activating Kill Switch feature that disconnects the device from the Internet in case connection to VPN failed or it was not working. The following are some VPN companies whose services can be used:
Proton VPN – offers free and paid subscriptions.
TunnelBear – offers free (limited bandwidth) and paid subscriptions.
Mulvad – paid subscription only.
Review local laws where you live to make sure it is legal to use VPN.
In some countries, it is recommended to select a VPN server manually.
We have discussed above some methods and techniques that can be used for revealing accounts and individuals identities on social media networks, either by governments or individuals, the most serious danger however resides in any hacking or data leakage operation which social media companies themselves can be targeted with, especially if the company collects accounts data in one place including account name, phone number, and e-mail address. This is what happened in the last few months when a database containing more than half a billion Facebook accounts data were leaked. The leaked data contained names, phone numbers, and e-mails for the accounts. A few years ago, as well, LinkedIn was subject to a leakage operation where e-mail addresses and passwords of 164 millions accounts were published. Additionally hundreds of hacking and leakage operations occurred, you can find out about them via Have I Been Pwned site. | https://masaar.net/en/clubhouse2-how-to-protect-your-privacy-and-digital-security/ |
I can tell you i went through a lot of riser cards and no bs these cards are the best. I have had 0 issues with any of them and have had rigs running off them for 3+ years.
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Features:
- Dual chip voltage regulation and overcurrent protection.
- 4 high quality solid capacitors for stable and safe power delivery.
- Overcurrent protection (surface mounted fuse) to safeguard your components in the event of a short circuit.
- Multiple voltage regulation components (voltage regulating diode and linear regulator).
- 6-pin PCI-E power - 60cm USB 3.0 riser cable enabling flexibility in the placement of your PCI-E devices.
- Gold plated contacts make a better connectivity and long lifespan.
- 4 holes for attaching the riser card to your rig.
- Plug and play, no driver needed.
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Learn and apply the common risk management vocabulary so that you may more effectively participate in discussions about enterprise-wide risk management.
Look holistically at risks that could affect the survival and resiliency of the entire organization.
Evaluate ERM in context of both upside (positive) and downside (negative) risk.
Study and analyze issues at all phases of the multistage enterprise risk process, beginning with the organizational “risk culture” and “risk infrastructure.” | https://ischoolonline.syr.edu/curriculum/enterprise-risk-management/ |
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the rise in the use of cloud services has raised concerns about the security of corporate networks. Many businesses started to introduce working from home during the pandemic and relying on such services as Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP), Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and application suites like Microsoft Office 365 or Google Workspace.
This method of working has increased the likelihood of attackers gaining access to sensitive information, as the attack surface has increased for them.
Zscaler, a cybersecurity company, has recently discovered almost 400,000 exposed servers, over 200,000 exposed ports, and over 60,500 exposed cloud instances across the networks of 1,500 companies. It claimed the biggest companies had an average of 468 server exposed, while large firms have about 209 at risk. The findings were presented in its 2021 “Exposed” report.
The term “exposed” was used by researchers to describe the services that anyone can connect to if they discover them, this includes remote and cloud services.
Among 202,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) researchers discovered almost half were classified as critical or high-level. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by cyber criminals to compromise corporate networks, and prepare the ground for next-stage cyberattacks including data theft, ransomware and other malware campaigns, researchers said.
“The sheer amount of information that is being shared today is concerning because it is all essentially an attack surface. Anything that can be accessed can be exploited by unauthorized or malicious users, creating new risks for businesses that don’t have complete awareness and control of their network exposure,” said Nathan Howe, vice president for emerging technology at Zscaler.
Large and international businesses are most at risk due to their size and distributed workforce. A global workforce can make it harder to identify anomalous activity, as employees are accessing the network from around the world.
In their report, Zscaler advises how to minimize an organisation’s network attack surface and best practices that can help prevent exploitation.
“By understanding their individual attack surfaces and deploying appropriate security measures, including zero trust architecture, companies can better protect their application infrastructure from recurring vulnerabilities that allow attackers to steal data, sabotage systems, or hold networks hostage for ransom,” said Howe.
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C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Viewpoint Manager\ViewMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jucheck.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Ciardullo\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Ciardullo\Desktop\dds.scr
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uStart Page = hxxp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/fix_homepage/
uInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local mWinlogon: Userinit=c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe mWinlogon: Userinit=c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe
uRun: [AlcoholAutomount] "c:\program files\alcohol soft\alcohol 120\axcmd.exe" /automount uRun: [MSMSGS] "c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background uRun: [Google Update] "c:\documents and settings\michael ciardullo\local settings\application data\google\update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c uRun: [SUPERAntiSpyware] c:\program files\superantispyware\SUPERAntiSpyware.exe
mRun: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe" mRun: [IAAnotif] c:\program files\intel\intel matrix storage manager\iaanotif.exe mRun: [LgWDskTp] c:\program files\wireless desktop\LgWDskTp.exe mRun: [Adobe Photo Downloader] "c:\program files\adobe\photoshop elements 4.0\apdproxy.exe"
mRun: [H2O] c:\program files\syncrosoft\pos\h2o\cledx.exe mRun: [VAIO Update 3] "c:\program files\sony\vaio update 3\VAIOUpdt.exe" /Stationary mRun: [AppleSyncNotifier] c:\program files\common files\apple\mobile device support\bin\AppleSyncNotifier.exe mRun: [QuickTime Task] "c:\program files\quicktime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime mRun: [iTunesHelper] "c:\program files\itunes\iTunesHelper.exe" mRun: [spywareguard] c:\program files\spyware guard 2008\spywareguard.exe dRunOnce: [WUAppSetup] c:\program files\common files\logishrd\WUApp32.exe -v 0x046d -p 0x08b2 -f video -m logitech -d 10.5.1.2023
StartupFolder: c:\docume~1\alluse~1\startm~1\programs\startup\hpdigi~1.lnk - c:\program files\hp\digital imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
StartupFolder: c:\docume~1\alluse~1\startm~1\programs\startup\runnin~1.lnk - c:\program files\wificonnector\NintendoWFCReg.exe
IE: {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
IE: {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe
Handler: symres - {AA1061FE-6C41-421f-9344-69640C9732AB} - c:\program files\norton internet security\engine\16.2.0.7\CoIEPlg.dll
Notify: !SASWinLogon - c:\program files\superantispyware\SASWINLO.dll
SSODL: ieModule - {CCD3AF94-7235-4BC5-AC88-3D1F3F86C264} - c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\dlls\ieModule.dll
SSODL: InternetConnection - {A3F57B8F-F72A-4B6B-A34F-B000A377658C} - c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\dlls\ctwhkmxbde.dll
SEH: SABShellExecuteHook Class: {5AE067D3-9AFB-48E0-853A-EBB7F4A000DA} - c:\program files\superantispyware\SASSEH.DLL
R1 SASKUTIL;SASKUTIL;\??\c:\program files\superantispyware\SASKUTIL.sys [2008-12-4 55024]
R2 MSSQL$VAIO_VEDB;MSSQL$VAIO_VEDB;c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql$vaio_vedb\binn\sqlservr.exe -sVAIO_VEDB []
R2 Norton Internet Security;Norton Internet Security;"c:\program files\norton internet security\engine\16.2.0.7\ccsvchst.exe" /s "norton internet security" /m "c:\program files\norton internet security\engine\16.2.0.7\diMaster.dll" /prefetch:1 []
2008-12-23 18:26 47,872 a------- c:\windows\syscert.exe 2008-12-23 18:26 18,941 a------- c:\windows\vmreg.dll
2008-12-23 18:07 135,168 a------- c:\windows\system32\swreg.exe 2008-12-23 18:07 53,248 a------- c:\windows\system32\Process.exe
2008-10-23 07:36 286,720 a------- c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll 2008-10-15 20:00 666,112 a------- c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll 2008-10-07 18:44 139,264 a------- c:\windows\system32\hpzjrd01.dll 2008-10-03 05:02 247,326 a------- c:\windows\system32\strmdll.dll 2008-09-30 16:43 1,286,152 a------- c:\windows\system32\msxml4.dll 2008-09-28 21:37 326,711 a------- c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\offlinecache\index.dat
I will be handling your log and helping you, please do not make any system changes yet.
The process is not instant. Please continue to review my answers until I tell you that your computer is clean. We do not want to clean you part-way up, only to have the system re-infect itself.
These fixes are specific to your problem and should only be used for this issue on this machine.
If there's anything that you don't understand, please ask your question(s) before proceeding with the fixes.
Also, even if things appear to be running better, there is no guarantee that everything is finished. Please continue to check this forum post in order to ensure we get your system completely clean. If you still require assistance please can you post a new DDS log. | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/188889/spyware-gaurd-2008-infection/ |
Criminals looking to steal data or disrupt commerce don’t only hone in on large corporations. Small and midsize businesses (SMBs), in fact, are just as attractive a target.
In 2013, there were about 28 million SMBs in the U.S., two-thirds of which contributed about $7.5 trillion to the U.S. economy. This makes them a lucrative and vulnerable victim for cybercriminals simply because many of them are not paying attention.
Crime committed through the Internet falls into two broad categories: information theft and digital vandalism. Theft includes financial information, product or strategic proprietary information, customer records and transaction histories. Once stolen, this information is used to either directly steal funds from the SMB or its customers, or is sold to other criminals.
For a small business, customer information theft can paralyze operations or put a company out of business. A single incident that damages a firm’s reputation or compromises the integrity of its electronic storefront could result in unrecoverable losses.
The average direct cost to a small business for a single attack in 2013 was almost $9,000, but that excludes brand damage and other soft costs. SMBs incur nearly four times the per capita cybercrime costs of larger firms, according to Ponemon.
To many SMBs, these costs can prove fatal. A 2012 National Cyber Security Alliance study showed that 36 percent of cyber attacks are conducted against SMBs. Of those, up to 60 percent go out of business within six months of an attack. Yet 77 percent of SMB owners believe their companies are safe from cyber security breaches.
Cybercrime is an unfortunate side effect of the information age. Where physical goods or cash once contained all the value targeted by thieves, today information holds even greater value. Businesses must be diligent to protect against electronic theft. SMBs must assess their potential exposure to cybercrime and take actions to prevent and blunt attacks.
Although the precise costs of an attack differ based on an SMB’s size and circumstances surrounding that attack, the following sections describe the types of costs that could be incurred by an SMB in the wake of such an unhappy event.
1. Business lost during attack
A security breach often means shutting down the SMB’s electronic operations for some period of time. An online retailer subjected to a DoS attack could be shut down for several days or weeks while determining the attack’s origin and taking corrective action.
A customer data breach in which credit card information was stolen would likely cause a similar lock-down. Corrective action often depends on a service provider’s responsiveness; a frustrating, time-consuming and costly affair. Costs are likely to result in total revenue losses for at least several days.
2. Loss of company assets
Bank account numbers and passwords stolen during a breach can cause theft of account funds. SMB owners may wrongly assume that banks will cover the loss, as do consumer credit card companies. In fact, an SMB will lose any stolen funds, which could cause a business to lose its working capital.
Proprietary information, such as product designs, customer records, company strategies or employee information, is often compromised or stolen outright. All of these assets have incalculable value to a business, and thus can inflict crippling losses.
3. Damage to reputation
Another cost that’s difficult to quantify is reputation damage after an attack. The much-publicized Target breach that compromised 100 million customer records cost that firm roughly $148 million in direct cash costs, after insurance payments. Yet the damage to Target’s reputation will linger for a long time, making people hesitant to share personal information, use their credit cards or shop at the store. Forrester Research estimated that Target’s total costs would exceed $1 billion.
This scenario could be worse for an SMB. For example, consider a resort operator that relies heavily on its website to attract new customers, book reservations and maintain its brand. If that site is hacked and infected with malicious links, it will be quarantined—placed in a “sin bin”—for a fairly long period by search engines, making it harder for customers to find the website.
Even after the operator resolves the hack, it could take months for the resort’s virtual reputation to be restored. And that’s on top of losses in revenue and good will from customers affected during the attack.
4. Litigation
SMB’s aren’t likely to be sued if their customers’ information is stolen unless they failed to implement reasonable protection measures. In the Target case, for example, consumers, and the banks that held their credit cards, filed class action lawsuits.
In the latter case, a US judge ruled that Target played a “key role” in allowing hackers to gain access to its data center, which enabled the banks to continue their lawsuits. Certainly, Target is not an SMB, but a small business needs to recognize the need to protect its customers’ information. Taking reasonable measures (“exercising due diligence”in legal terms) should offer protection against future litigation in the unfortunate event of a data breach.
5. Protection costs: staff, firewalls, encryption and software
The most important cost of cybercrime should also be the first outlay: prevention. Businesses of any size need to implement a strategy to protect against the reality of cybercrime. For the smallest of SMBs—a one-person proprietorship—that could be as simple as using robust password protection on all systems and utilizing low-cost protection software, perhaps as little as $50/year.
For larger businesses, costs scale with size. Use of security information and event management solutions (SIEMs), intrusion prevention systems (IPSs), network intelligence systems and data analytics can greatly reduce cyberattack costs, some report by as much as a factor of six.
Expert advice: Do something
The biggest risk facing an SMB manager is inaction. Ignoring cybercrime does not make it go away and places the business in jeopardy. Protective actions against cybercrime are now more important than the locks on a store’s front door.
Failure to put an electronic protection plan in place appropriate to the SMB’s size and business model is equivalent to leaving the front door wide open with a pile of cash in plain sight. Don’t let that cash get away: put it under lock and key.
Chris Janson is a technologist with over 25 years of industry experience working in engineering, marketing and management roles for companies large and small. He has published many articles on communications networks and their use in government, finance, education and other industries. He speaks at industry conferences, serves on the boards of OpenCape Corporation and Rural Telecom Congress and has taught courses at Northeastern University in Boston.
Ed Tittel has been working in IT for over 30 years. He’s the author of over 100 computing books, including the Exam Cram series of certification prep titles. He also blogs regularly for the IT Knowledge Exchange (“Windows Enterprise Desktop“), PearsonITCertification, GoCertify and Tom’s IT Pro. For more info about Ed, please visit his website at www.edtittel.com. | https://www.cio.com/article/246673/5-costly-consequences-of-smb-cybercrime.html |
Despite a push to bulk up its security expertise, the FBI in some case lacks the skills to properly investigate national security intrusions.
That was one of the major conclusions found in the U.S. Department of Justice inspector general audit of the FBI’s ability to address national security cyberthreats today. The DOJ looked at 10 of the 56 FBI field offices and interviewed 36 agents. Of those interviewed, 13 “lacked the networking and counterintelligence expertise to investigate national security intrusion cases.”
The good news of course is that the audit found 23 of the agents there were qualified to handle national cyber intrusions, which are the FBI’s top online priority. The report says that each of the FBI’s 56 field offices has a cyber squad — some have more than one — devoted to cybercrime.
The report went on to say that the FBI’s strategy of rotating agents every three years among FBI field offices, in an effort to encourage a variety of work experiences, hinders the agents’ cybersecurity abilities. That’s because upon transfer, these agents may not be assigned a cybersecurity function at the new office, wasting their expertise.
The DOJ also said many field office cyberforensic and analytical capabilities were “inadequate.” The report was also critical of the FBI’s inter-agency cybersecurity task force to share investigation information with other task force members.
The FBI since 2007 has offered agents a Cyber Development Plan that includes 12 core security courses they can complete in five to seven years. However, the FBI redacted the number of agents who have completed the coursework from the report.
In the past year or so the FBI has been trying to hire security specialists. In 2009 it said it was hiring some 3,000 new employees that would include agents and IT professionals to language specialists.
Interestingly, the report follows one of the FBI biggest cyberthreat success stories, the taking down of the CoreFlood botnet. | https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/doj-report-critical-of-fbi-ability-to-fight-cyber-attacks/43534 |
A cyberattack on a shared data network forced four of the nation's natural-gas pipeline operators to temporarily shut down computer communications with their customers over the last week.
No gas service was interrupted, the companies said, and the interruption of customer transactions was merely a precaution. It was unclear whether any customer data was stolen.
The attack highlighted the potential vulnerability of the nation's energy system, cyberexperts say. Beyond consumer and business data — energy companies possess much proprietary information about their holdings, trading strategies and exploration and production technologies — the increasing dependence of pipeline infrastructure on digital systems makes them a particularly ripe target. Control valves, pressure monitors and other equipment connected to wireless networks are vital to daily functions of everything from refineries to oil wells.
With nearly 2.5 million miles of oil, gas and chemical pipelines crisscrossing the country, intrusions into control systems could do more than disrupt deliveries, said Andrew R. Lee, a cybersecurity expert at the law firm Jones Walker in New Orleans. The risks include "explosions, spills, or fires, which easily will threaten human life, property and the environment," he said.
Nothing close to that kind of disaster happened this time. But the pipeline industry leaders Oneok
subsidiary, all reported communications system interruptions.
The attack's target appears to have been Latitude Technologies, a Texas-based provider of electronic data-sharing between pipeline companies and their gas producer and utility customers. The company handles the critical computer communications of gas storage facilities, as well as sales contracts and shipment scheduling.
Chris Bronk, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Houston, said such attacks on the gas marketing communications hub is a way to gather intelligence on the entire gas industry.
"If I compromise their operations, I can see all the buyers and sellers," he said. "If I can persistently be in their network I can issue fake transactions." In that way, Mr. Bronk added, hackers could potentially jumble gas shipments, and even cause electricity production outages.
Latitude Technologies, a unit of Energy Services Group, declined to discuss the disruption in detail. In a statement, it said, "We do not believe any customer data was compromised."
The Department of Homeland Security was investigating the attack, and no suspect has been publicly identified. But the attack came shortly after the department and the F.B.I. issued a report alleging that Russia was taking aim at the electric grid and other critical infrastructure with cyber probes.
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology released a staff report this month that described Russian efforts to influence American energy markets and energy policy through inflammatory posts on social media. The motivation for such efforts appeared to be the increase in exports of liquefied natural gas from the United States, a challenge to Russian dominance in European markets.
Cybercriminals, frequently suspected of working for foreign governments, have been increasingly active in the energy sector in recent years. Last fall, hackers penetrated safety systems of a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia, the latest in a spate of increasingly sophisticated attacks on the kingdom's energy infrastructure. An attack on Ukraine's grid in 2015 led to extensive blackouts.
American gas pipeline companies were targeted in 2012, although the damage was believed to have been limited. Employees of several pipeline companies have been targets of spear-phishing attacks — efforts to lure them to click on email attachments containing malicious code.
The Trump administration has announced that it is establishing an office within the Department of Energy to shore up cybersecurity for critical infrastructure like nuclear plants, refineries and pipelines. | https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/cyberattack-shows-vulnerability-of-gas-pipeline-network.html?partner=ENRAM |
After former and current CIA chiefs protested Harvard University extending a visiting fellowship to Chelsea Manning, the university withdrew its offer.
"I now think that designating Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow was a mistake, for which I accept responsibility, "said Harvard's Kennedy School of Business Dean Douglas Elmendorf. "I see more clearly now that many people view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations."
Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell left his post as senior fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government Thursday after the school hired Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow at its Institute of Politics (IOP).
Morell, who since September 2013 has been at Harvard's Belfer Center of International Affairs under the directorship of former Defense Department Secretary Ash Carter, took issue with Manning's release of classified information, subsequently published by WikiLeaks, which he said put members of the military in harm's way.
“Senior leaders have stated publicly that the leaks by Ms. Manning put the lives of US soldiers at risk,” Morrell said in a letter he penned to Elmendorf. “The Kennedy School's decision will assist Ms. Manning in her long-standing effort to legitimize the criminal path that she took to prominence, an attempt that may encourage others to leak classified information as well.”
As Pvt. Bradley Manning, the former Army intelligence soldier transmitted more than 700,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks and was eventually convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act.
Manning walked out of Fort Leavenworth Prison on May 17 seven years into a 35-year sentence after President Obama during his final days in office. Civil rights organizations and some elected officials called Manning's original sentence length unprecedented and called for her to be released.
She has been called both traitor and whistleblower.
“I have an obligation to my conscience — and I believe to the country — to stand up against any efforts to justify leaks of sensitive national security information,” Morell wrote.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, referring to Manning as a "American traitor," soon followed suit, pulling out of Harvard's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Thursday night because, according to the Washington Post, he said the former Army private “stands against everything the brave men and women I serve alongside stand for.” | https://www.scmagazine.com/news/cyberespionage/harvard-withdraws-manning-fellowship-after-cia-chiefs-protest |
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Started in June 2008 by technology journalists and ex-journalists in Singapore who share a common love for all things geeky and digital, the site now includes segments on personal computing, enterprise IT and Internet culture. | https://www.techgoondu.com/tag/phishing/ |
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Next up, see how to use GitLab to manage vulnerabilities. GitLab provides a single source of truth that allows developers and appsec engineers to collaborate and address issues together. After the security scanners have been implemented, there are a few ways to manage vulnerabilities.
Developers will use the MR view to see all the vulnerabilities present in the diff between the feature branch and the branch you are merging with.
The vulnerabilities are also actionable which means they can be dismissed or a confidential issue can be created to triage later.
Then there is the vulnerability report which displays all the vulnerabilities detected within the main branch and allows for the security team to triage and address vulnerabilities from a common interface, enabling collaboration.
Once you click on a vulnerability, you are provided with advanced details on the vulnerability as well as how to remediate it.
An appsec engineer can change the status, add additional information, and create confidential issues from this view. | https://www.iiotsbom.com/iiotsbom-for-manufacturing-and-end-users-2/cybersecurity-procurement-support-decision-making-support/step-3-identify-and-manage-vulnerabities/ |
Download HijackThis self-extracting zip version from here. Once downloaded, double click on the file & it will install into it's own, permanent folder.
Start HJT & press the "Do a system scan and save a log file" button. When the scan is finished a window will pop up giving you the option of where to save it. Save it to desktop where it is easy to access. Open the log file and copy the entire contents of the file & paste it into the body of your post. DO NOT FIX ANYTHING YET. Most of what is there is necessary for the running of your system.
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell\Media Experience\DMXLauncher.exe
C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe
C:\Program Files\Canon\CAL\CALMAIN.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
c:\program files\common files\installshield\updateservice\isuspm.exe
E:\Documents and Settings\Jerome\Desktop\utorrent.exe
C:\Program Files\HiJackThis_v2.exe
After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8.
Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear.
Select the first option to run Windows in Safe Mode hit enter.
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe
E:\Documents and Settings\Jerome\Desktop\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell Support\DSAgnt.exe
C:\Program Files\Linksys EasyLink Advisor\LinksysAgent.exe
C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe
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Show me by examples how easy is taking the control of the Android Device with the last techniques of hacking, also in cases if we have an potential antivirus, then how to stay update against this, Finally how to clean the data and recovery it again to the device by a flashing process or other else not too complicated or if is necesary more eficient than flashing.
Finally to start and configurate the device by new without any risks to be infected again with any technique of hacking like by Internet, GSM, Phisically, or bugs from Android. | https://www.vn.freelancer.com/projects/computer-security/detecting-cleaning-malware/ |
Cyberattacks cost companies thousands of dollars, if not tens of thousands in some situations. They damage brand reputation and expose employees’ and customers’ data, damaging trust and privacy. Attacks are constantly evolving, so the IT department has never been more important to a company’s success.
Google’s robust analytics and AI are available in the Security Center to help you protect your team and reduce the impact of cybersecurity threats.
Join Wursta Cloud Consultants Patrick and Chris as they walk you through real-world scenarios to show you how to best utilize Security Center. | https://wursta.com/security-center-monitoring-cyberattacks-in-remote-and-hybrid-work-environments/ |
With that as a backdrop, it’s no surprise that regulators and even the previous presidential administration have sought to put cybersecurity squarely in the regulatory spotlight. Last year, Forbes wrote a terrific article on the importance of the role of the board in being aware of and actively involved in matters related to cybersecurity. You can find that article here. It paints a stark need for company boards to up their game in terms of being involved in guiding decisions and doing appropriate planning.
More recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued new guidance on cybersecurity disclosures in late February 2018. Pre-eminent financial services law firms with whom Venminder has a strong working relationship also wrote a compelling analysis of what this new guidance means. Check it out here.
In addition, Congress is getting involved and has proffered a bill that will direct companies to determine if they need a cybersecurity expert on the board of directors. An article written on CSOOnline recaps the highlights here. As you can see, cybersecurity is a very hot topic right now.
So whether directly involved or even having a seat at the table, responsibility for managing a company’s cybersecurity/vendor cybersecurity posture falls squarely on the board and senior management. It’s not enough to have a simple response plan; it’s far better to have a proactive and forward-looking manner in which to address these matters.
Have oversight (and responsibility) of risk mitigation strategies, systems, processes, and controls surrounding cybersecurity.
Understand the cyber risk at the organization and be involved with the assessment of current cyber policies and practices.
Understand and adhere to the same practices as the employees at the organization when dealing with company information and protecting information.
Even at the largest institutions with many resources, this can be challenging. But we’re here to help with a team of information security professionals who are experts in the industry. We’ve worked with companies of all sizes to plan and implement appropriate programs. | https://www.venminder.com/blog/board-involvement-cybersecurity-matters |
When we think of a bank robbery, we might imagine a safe with the door blown open.
But nowadays it might be more accurate to picture criminals accessing our bank account online from another country.
Bank robbers don't need balaclavas and shotguns anymore.
Australian banks have long provided convenient ways for customers to transfer funds. But the process of remembering and entering BSB and account numbers is prone to human error.
Photo: Bank robbers are more likely to be at home with a mobile phone than breaking into a safe wearing a balaclava. (ABC News)
Enter PayID
PayID allows customers to attach their mobile phone number or email address to their bank account. They can then simply provide these details to other people, providing a convenient way to receive payments.
It can only be used for incoming payments, rather than outgoing ones. So you might think that makes it less of a tempting target for hackers. But that's not necessarily the case.
Launched in February 2018 by New Payments Platform Australia, an alliance of 13 banks, PayID is reportedly available to more than 52 million account holders across almost all major financial institutions.
External Link: Twitter PayID
By February this year, some 2.5 million PayID identifiers had been created, and 90 million transactions totalling more than $75 billion had been processed.
When entering a PayID mobile phone number to make a payment, the full name of the account holder is displayed, so the person making the payment can ensure they are sending it to the right PayID account.
Shortly after the service launched, Twitter users began pointing out that this means you can enter random phone numbers and, if that number has been linked to a PayID account, the account holder's name will show up — rather like a phone book in reverse.
NPP Australia acknowledged this issue in a media release, but effectively dismissed users' concerns:
While unfortunate for the individuals involved, the discussion highlights the choice and benefits to be considered by users when they opt in to create a PayID.
This is not exactly reassuring for bank customers whose details were publicly posted. And developments this year suggest that the underlying problems persist.
Better luck next time?
In June, around 98,000 PayID details were obtained after hackers used several online bank accounts to carry out more than 600,000 PayID lookups over the course of six weeks, reportedly by simply entering phone numbers in sequential order.
It is not clear who was to blame, although there are allegations of a leaked memo pointing the finger at US-based fraudsters.
The exact motive is unclear, but any personal data has value in the underground economy.
In this case, the data could potentially be used as part of a more complex phishing scam designed to steal further information from account holders.
How will instant funds transfers work?
The promise of instant bank transfers from Australia Day is welcome news for customers sick of three-day waits. But how will they work?
Although this is clearly a very simple attack involving nothing more sophisticated than simple trial and error, it appears the PayID system did not detect the large number of lookups — an average of 14,000 per account — or the speed with which they were undertaken.
To give a real-world example, it would be like going into your bank 14,000 times and handing over a different piece of identification each time.
This high volume of lookups should have raised significant security concerns.
Lookup limits
While legitimate users could be forgiven for needing a couple of tries to punch in the right number, no one should need thousands of attempts.
It should have been a simple security step to add lookup limits and to identify this as highly abnormal behaviour. Yet neither the bank concerned nor NPP Australia had implemented mechanisms to detect or prevent this form of misuse.
After a security breach this size, the banks might reasonably be expected to take urgent steps to prevent it happening again.
But it did happen again, two months later.
In August, a further 92,000 PayIDs were exposed. In this case, it was reported that the breach happened within the systems of a financial institution connected to the NPP Australia systems. Worryingly, this breach reportedly revealed users' full name, BSB and account number.
Cyber security incidents increasing
The nation's top spy agencies warn that the number of cyber security threats facing Australia is growing by the day.
Banks were quick to reassure customers that this does not allow transactions to be undertaken. However, it did deliver yet more valuable information into the hands of cyber criminals — further enabling phishing opportunities.
While affected customers have been contacted, the only option to remove this risk is to stop using PayID. This is easily done but removes the convenience factor for most bank customers.
What's the real risk?
Because the system enables payments into accounts, rather than authorising withdrawals from them, the risk may seem minor. Indeed, many in the banking sector have dismissed it as so. But there is a deeper risk.
Phishing is a form of cyber crime in which victims are tricked into revealing confidential information through convincing-looking emails or SMS messages. Unfortunately, there are already examples of this in relation to PayID.
Infographic: This is how scammers go phishing for your data (canstar.com)
The approach depicted above is not particularly sophisticated. But imagine a more tailored email message quoting examples of identifiable information (PayID, full name) or, as with the most recent breach, BSB and account number.
Coupled with the correct branding and reassuring words of your bank, it would be easy to convince an unsuspecting user of the need to "login to change your PayID for security reasons".
Just a few minutes of creativity on a computer can produce convincing results.
It uses genuine branding, but the login button could easily be set to direct users to a website designed to steal login credentials.
Is cash on the way out?
The New Payments Platform will push Australia closer towards a cashless economy. But some will be affected more than others.
With the ME Household Financial Comfort Report indicating that almost 50 per cent of households have at least $10,000 in savings, there is a clear incentive for cyber criminals to target our bank accounts. As with any phishing attack, it only takes a few people to succumb to make the enterprise worthwhile.
Although bank customers can do little more than think twice before responding to messages, the real power is with the banks. Simply being alert to unusual patterns of behaviour would have prevented these security breaches.
This is not new territory for financial institutions, who routinely look for unusual patterns in credit card transactions. Perhaps it is time to apply these same concepts in other scenarios and better protect Australia's banking customers. | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-18/payid-data-breaches-show-australian-banks-must-stop-hackers/11523590 |
When looking for ways to save in a medium-sized business–or larger–consider your phone infrastructure. Would a more-nimble SIP-based service trump your traditional setup with VoIP calls? SIP hardware and software companies are chomping to under-cut traditional office systems; you might be able to save by making the switch.
Your biggest savings could come from cutting your current ISDN PRI/BRI cord–the phone “trunk” into your business. Replace this with “SIP trunking” to connect through your ISP, sharing phone traffic with your Internet service. The switch can streamline your monthly fees. But you’ll have to add hardware to make this transition.
Many SIP systems can work with your currently installed PBX hardware. You’ll connect from the PBX phone system into border controller hardware, which in turn connects to your Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP). The ITSP finally taps into the public phone network, reaching anyone on any phone.
The border controller could be your biggest hardware cost. This gateway connects to your network, acting as a router and firewall, blocking malicious packets that could try to creep in through the phone interface.
Ingate Systems is one company that makes these components. Company president, Steven Johnson explained in email that his hardware stresses “Quality of Service to prioritize voice (which is more susceptible to jitter and delay than data). The Ingate unit (the Ingate SIParator) can also encrypt the signaling and media to make it even more secure.” He also noted that the hardware lets remote workers connect back into your office SIP system, routing calls from wherever they’re located.
Depending on your ITSP–unrelated to this hardware–you might see other cost savings. If that service provider has local infrastructure around the world, you could place those long-distance calls for local rates, since the SIP call gets transfered to the public network in that area.
Your hardware costs to switch to a SIP trunk will vary based on your current infrastructure. If your company already has a compatible PBX system, Johnson says that the Ingate hardware would only be about $5,000 or less for a medium business.
The best hardware fit depends on your calling needs and number of employees, scaling up for bigger businesses. However, if you have to install lots of hardware, you still might get your return on investment in a year or two, or often much less. Johnson explained, “Even in these cases–one such multisite installation handling approximately 35,000 calls a day, with nearly 2,000 handsets in use–we have seen paybacks in as short as 9 months.”
Zack Stern is building a new business from San Francisco, where he frequently contributes to PC World. Follow him on Twitter @zackstern. | https://www.pcworld.com/article/524963/keep_your_pbx_but_save_with_sip_phone_calls.html |
The BlackWeb Linux Installer consists of a number of special-purpose components to perform each installation task. Each component performs its task, asking the user questions as necessary to do its job. The questions themselves are given priorities, and the priority of questions to be asked is set when the installer is started.
When a default installation is performed, only essential (high priority) questions will be asked. This results in a highly automated installation process with little user interaction. Components are auto-matically run in sequence; which components are run depends mainly on the installation method you use and on your hardware. The installer will use default values for questions that are not asked.
If there is a problem, the user will see an error screen, and the installer menu may be shown in order to select some alternative action. If there are no problems, the user will never see the installer menu, but will simply answer questions for each component in turn. Serious error notifications are set to priority “critical” so the user will always be notified.
Some of the defaults that the installer uses can be influenced by passing boot arguments when BlackWeb Linux-installer is started. If, for example, you wish to force static network configuration (IPv6 autoconfiguration and DHCP are used by default if available), you could add the boot parameter netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true. See Section 5.3.2 for available options.
Power users may be more comfortable with a menu-driven interface, where each step is controlled by the user rather than the installer performing each step automatically in sequence. To use the installer in a manual, menu-driven way, add the boot argument priority=medium.
If your hardware requires you to pass options to kernel modules as they are installed, you will need to start the installer in “expert” mode. This can be done by either using the expert command to start the installer or by adding the boot argument priority=low. Expert mode gives you full control over BlackWeb Linux-installer.
In the character-based environment the use of a mouse is not supported. Here are the keys you can use to navigate within the various dialogs. The Tab or right arrow keys move “forward”, and the Shift-Tab or left arrow keys move “backward” between displayed buttons and selections. The up and down arrow select different items within a scrollable list, and also scroll the list itself. In addition, in long lists, you can type a letter to cause the list to scroll directly to the section with items starting with the letter you typed and use Pg-Up and Pg-Down to scroll the list in sections. The space bar selects an item such as a checkbox. Use Enter to activate choices.
Some dialogs may offer additional help information. If help is available this will be indicated on the bottom line of the screen by displaying that help information can be accessed by pressing the F1 key.
Error messages and logs are redirected to the fourth console. You can access this console by pressing Left Alt-F4 (hold the left Alt key while pressing the F4 function key); get back to the main installer process with Left Alt-F1.
These messages can also be found in /var/log/syslog. After installation, this log is copied to /var/log/installer/syslog on your new system. Other installation messages may be found in /var/log/ during the installation, and /var/log/installer/ after the computer has been booted into the installed system.
Using the graphical installer
The graphical installer basically works the same as the text-based installer and thus the rest of this manual can be used to guide you through the installation process.
If you prefer using the keyboard over the mouse, there are two things you need to know. To expand a collapsed list (used for example for the selection of countries within continents), you can use the + and - keys. For questions where more than one item can be selected (e.g. task selection), you first need to tab to the Continue button after making your selections; hitting enter will toggle a selection, not activate Continue.
If a dialog offers additional help information, a Help button will be displayed. The help information can be accessed either by activating the button or by pressing the F1 key.
To switch to another console, you will also need to use the Ctrl key, just as with the X Window System. For example, to switch to VT2 (the first debug shell) you would use: Ctrl-Left Alt-F2. The graphical installer itself runs on VT5, so you can use Left Alt-F5 to switch back.
Shows the list of components to the user during installer operation, and starts a component when it is selected. Main-menu’s questions are set to priority medium, so if your priority is set to high or critical (high is the default), you will not see the menu. On the other hand, if there is an error which requires your intervention, the question priority may be downgraded temporarily to allow you to resolve the problem, and in that case the menu may appear.
You can get to the main menu by selecting the Go Back button repeatedly to back all the way out of the currently running component.
Let’s assume the BlackWeb Linux Installer has booted and you are facing its first screen. At this time, the capabilities of BlackWeb Linux-installer are still quite limited. It doesn’t know much about your hardware, preferred language, or even the task it should perform. Don’t worry. Because BlackWeb Linux-installer is quite clever, it can automatically probe your hardware, locate the rest of its components and upgrade itself to a capable installation system. However, you still need to help BlackWeb Linux-installer with some information it can’t determine automatically (like selecting your preferred language, keyboard layout or desired network mirror).
You will notice that BlackWeb Linux-installer performs hardware detection several times during this stage. The first time is targeted specifically at the hardware needed to load installer components (e.g. your CD-ROM or network card). As not all drivers may be available during this first run, hardware detection needs to be repeated later in the process.
During hardware detection BlackWeb Linux-installer checks if any of the drivers for the hardware de-vices in your system require firmware to be loaded. If any firmware is requested but unavailable, a dialog will be displayed that allows the missing firmware to be loaded from a removable medium. See Section 6.4 for further details.
Check available memory / low memory mode
One of the first things BlackWeb Linux-installer does, is to check available memory. If the available mem-ory is limited, this component will make some changes in the installation process which hopefully will allow you to install BlackWeb Linux GNU/Linux on your system.
The first measure taken to reduce memory consumption by the installer is to disable translations, which means that the installation can only be done in English. Of course, you can still localize the installed system after the installation has completed.
If that is not sufficient, the installer will further reduce memory consumption by loading only those components essential to complete a basic installation. This reduces the functionality of the installation system. You will be given the opportunity to load additional components manually, but you should be aware that each component you select will use additional memory and thus may cause the installation to fail.
If the installer runs in low memory mode, it is recommended to create a relatively large swap partition (64–128MB). The swap partition will be used as virtual memory and thus increases the amount of memory available to the system. The installer will activate the swap partition as early as possible in the installation process. Note that heavy use of swap will reduce performance of your system and may lead to high disk activity.
Despite these measures, it is still possible that your system freezes, that unexpected errors occur or that processes are killed by the kernel because the system runs out of memory (which will result in “Out of memory” messages on VT4 and in the syslog).
For example, it has been reported that creating a big ext3 file system fails in low memory mode when there is insufficient swap space. If a larger swap doesn’t help, try creating the file system as ext2 (which is an essential component of the installer) instead. It is possible to change an ext2 partition to ext3 after the installation.
Selecting Localization Options
In most cases the first questions concern the selection of localization options to be used both for the installation and for the installed system. The localization options consist of language, location and locales.
The language you choose will be used for the rest of the installation process, provided a translation of the different dialogs is available. If no valid translation is available for the selected language, the installer will default to English.
The selected geographic location (in most cases a country) will be used later in the installation process to select the correct time zone and a BlackWeb Linux mirror appropriate for that country. Language and country together will help determine the default locale for your system and select the correct keyboard layout.
You will first be asked to select your preferred language. The language names are listed both in English (left side) and in the language itself (right side); the names on the right side are also shown in the proper script for the language. The list is sorted on the English names. At the top of the list is an extra option that allows you to select the “C” locale instead of a language. Choosing the “C” locale will result in the installation proceding in English; the installed system will have no localization support as the locales package will not be installed.
Next to select your geographic location. If you selected a language that is recognized as an official language for more than one country1, you will be shown a list of only those countries. To select a country that is not in that list, choose other (the last option). You will then be presented with a list of continents; selecting a continent will lead to a list of relevant countries on that continent.
If the language has only one country associated with it, a list of countries will be displayed for the continent or region the country belongs to, with that country selected as the default. Use the Go Back option to select countries on a different continent.
Note: It is important to select the country where you live or where you are located as it determines the time zone that will be configured for the installed system.
If you selected a combination of language and country for which no locale is defined and there exist multiple locales for the language, then the installer will allow you to choose which of those locales you prefer as the default locale for the installed system2. In all other cases a default locale will be selected based on the selected language and country.
Any default locale selected as described in the previous paragraph will use UTF-8 as character en-coding.
If you are installing at low priority, you will have the option of selecting additional locales, including so-called “legacy” locales3, to be generated for the installed system; if you do, which of the selected locales should be the default for the installed system.
Choosing a Keyboard
Keyboards are often tailored to the characters used in a language. Select a layout that conforms to the keyboard you are using, or select something close if the keyboard layout you want isn’t represented. Once the system installation is complete, you’ll be able to select a keyboard layout from a wider range of choices (run dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration as root after you have completed the installation).
Move the highlight to the keyboard selection you desire and press Enter. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight — they are in the same place in all national language keyboard layouts, so they are independent of the keyboard configuration.
6.3.1.4. Looking for the BlackWeb Linux Installer ISO Image
When installing via the hd-media method, there will be a moment where you need to find and mount the BlackWeb Linux Installer iso image in order to get the rest of the installation files. The component iso-scan does exactly this.
At first, iso-scan automatically mounts all block devices (e.g. partitions) which have some known filesystem on them and sequentially searches for filenames ending with .iso (or .ISO for that mat-ter). Beware that the first attempt scans only files in the root directory and in the first level of subdi-rectories (i.e. it finds /whatever.iso, /data/whatever.iso, but not /data/tmp/whatever.iso). After an iso image has been found, iso-scan checks its content to determine if the image is a valid BlackWeb Linux iso image or not. In the former case we are done, in the latter iso-scan seeks for another image.
In case the previous attempt to find an installer iso image fails, iso-scan will ask you whether you would like to perform a more thorough search. This pass doesn’t just look into the topmost directories, but really traverses whole filesystem.
If iso-scan does not discover your installer iso image, reboot back to your original operating system and check if the image is named correctly (ending in .iso), if it is placed on a filesystem recognizable by BlackWeb Linux-installer, and if it is not corrupted (verify the checksum). Experienced Unix users could do this without rebooting on the second console.
The manual network setup in turn asks you a number of questions about your network, notably IP address, Netmask, Gateway, Name server addresses, and a Hostname. Moreover, if you have a wireless network interface, to provide your Wireless ESSID (“wireless network name”) and a WEP key or WPA/WPA2 passphrase. Fill in the answers from Section 3.3.
Note: Some technical details you might, or might not, find handy: the program assumes the network IP address is the bitwise-AND of your system’s IP address and your netmask. The default broadcast address is calculated as the bitwise OR of your system’s IP address with the bitwise negation of the netmask. It will also guess your gateway. If you can’t find any of these answers, use the offered defaults — if necessary, you can change them by editing /etc/network/interfaces once the system has been installed.
The installer will first attempt to connect to a time server on the Internet (using the NTP protocol) in order to correctly set the system time. If this does not succeed, the installer will assume the time and date obtained from the system clock when the installation system was booted are correct. It is not possible to manually set the system time during the installation process.
Depending on the location selected earlier in the installation process, you may be shown a list of time zones relevant for that location. If your location has only one time zone and you are doing a default installation, you will not be asked anything and the system will assume that time zone.
In expert mode or when installing at medium priority, you will have the additional option to select “Coordinated Universal Time” (UTC) as time zone.
If for some reason you wish to set a time zone for the installed system that does not match the selected location, there are two options.
1. The simplest option is to just select a different time zone after the installation has been completed and you’ve booted into the new system. The command to do this is:
# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata 2. Alternatively, the time zone can be set at the very start of the installation by passing the parameter time/zone=value when you boot the installation system. The value should of course be a valid time zone, for example Europe/London or UTC.
For automated installations the time zone can be set to any desired value using preseeding.
The root account is also called the super-user; it is a login that bypasses all security protection on your system. The root account should only be used to perform system administration, and only used for as short a time as possible.
Any password you create should contain at least 6 characters, and should contain both upper- and lower-case characters, as well as punctuation characters. Take extra care when setting your root pass-word, since it is such a powerful account. Avoid dictionary words or use of any personal information which could be guessed.
If anyone ever tells you they need your root password, be extremely wary. You should normally never give your root password out, unless you are administering a machine with more than one system administrator.
Create an Ordinary User
The system will ask you whether you wish to create an ordinary user account at this point. This account should be your main personal log-in. You should not use the root account for daily use or as your personal login.
Why not? Well, one reason to avoid using root’s privileges is that it is very easy to do irreparable damage as root. Another reason is that you might be tricked into running a Trojan-horse program — that is a program that takes advantage of your super-user powers to compromise the security of your system behind your back. Any good book on Unix system administration will cover this topic in more detail — consider reading one if it is new to you.
You will first be prompted for the user’s full name. Then you’ll be asked for a name for the user account; generally your first name or something similar will suffice and indeed will be the default. Finally, you will be prompted for a password for this account.
If at any point after installation you would like to create another account, use the adduser command.
Partitioning and Mount Point Selection
At this time, after hardware detection has been executed a final time, BlackWeb Linux-installer should be at its full strength, customized for the user’s needs and ready to do some real work. As the title of this section indicates, the main task of the next few components lies in partitioning your disks, creating filesystems, assigning mountpoints and optionally configuring closely related options like RAID, LVM or encrypted devices.
If you are uncomfortable with partitioning, or just want to know more details, see Appendix C.
First you will be given the opportunity to automatically partition either an entire drive, or available free space on a drive. This is also called “guided” partitioning. If you do not want to autopartition, choose Manual from the menu.
Supported partitioning options
The partitioner used in BlackWeb Linux-installer is fairly versatile. It allows to create many different partitioning schemes, using various partition tables, file systems and advanced block devices.
Exactly which options are available depends mainly on the architecture, but also on other factors. For example, on systems with limited internal memory some options may not be available. Defaults may vary as well. The type of partition table used by default can for example be different for large capacity hard disks than for smaller hard disks. Some options can only be changed when installing at medium or low debconf priority; at higher priorities sensible defaults will be used.
The installer supports various forms of advanced partitioning and use of storage devices, which in many cases can be used in combination.
See our Wiki (http://wiki. BlackWeb Linux.org/BlackWeb LinuxInstaller/MultipathSupport) for information. Support for multipath is currently only available if enabled when the installer is booted.
The following file systems are supported.
In the case of encrypted LVM the big partition will not be readable without knowing a special key phrase, thus providing extra security of your (personal) data.
When using encrypted LVM, the installer will also automatically erase the disk by writing random data to it. This further improves security (as it makes it impossible to tell which parts of the disk are in use and also makes sure that any traces of previous installations are erased), but may take some time depending on the size of your disk.
Note: If you choose guided partitioning using LVM or encrypted LVM, some changes in the par-tition table will need to be written to the selected disk while LVM is being set up. The order they are listed in may differ from what you are used to. The size of the disks may help to identify them.
Any data on the disk you select will eventually be lost, but you will always be asked to confirm any changes before they are written to the disk. If you have selected the classic method of partitioning, undo any changes right until the end; when using (encrypted) LVM this is not possible.
Guided Partitioning
If you choose guided partitioning, you may have three options: to create partitions directly on the hard disk (classic method), or to create them using Logical Volume Management (LVM), or to create them using encrypted LVM4.
Note: The option to use (encrypted) LVM may not be available on all architectures.
When using LVM or encrypted LVM, the installer will create most partitions inside one big partition; the advantage of this method is that partitions inside this big partition can be resized relatively easily later. These changes effectively erase all data that is currently on the selected hard disk and you will not be able to undo them later. However, the installer will ask you to confirm these changes before they are written to disk.
If you choose guided partitioning (either classic or using (encrypted) LVM) for a whole disk, you will first be asked to select the disk you want to use. Check that all your disks are listed and, if you have several disks, make sure you select the correct one. Next, choose from the schemes listed in the table below. All schemes have their pros and cons, some of which are discussed in Appendix C. If you are unsure, choose the first one. Bear in mind that guided partitioning needs a certain minimal amount of free space to operate with. If you don’t give it at least about 1GB of space (depends on chosen scheme), guided partitioning will fail.
Manual Partitioning
A similar screen to the one shown just above will be displayed if you choose manual partitioning except that your existing partition table will be shown and without the mount points. How to manually set up your partition table and the usage of partitions by your new BlackWeb Linux system will be covered in the remainder of this section.
If you select a pristine disk which has neither partitions nor free space on it, if a new partition table should be created (this is needed so you can create new partitions). After this, a new line entitled “FREE SPACE” should appear in the table under the selected disk.
If you select some free space, you will have the opportunity to create a new partition. You will have to answer a quick series of questions about its size, type (primary or logical), and location (beginning or end of the free space). After this, you will be presented with a detailed overview of your new partition. The main setting is Use as:, which determines if the partition will have a file system on it, or be used for swap, software RAID, LVM, an encrypted file system, or not be used at all. Other settings include mountpoint, mount options, and bootable flag; which settings are shown depends on how the partition is to be used. If you don’t like the preselected defaults, feel free to change them to your liking. E.g. by selecting the option Use as:, you can choose a different filesystem for this partition, including options to use the partition for swap, software RAID, LVM, or not use it at all. When you are satisfied with your new partition, select Done setting up the partition and you will return to partman’s main screen.
If you decide you want to change something about your partition, simply select the partition, which will bring you to the partition configuration menu. This is the same screen as is used when creating a new partition, so you can change the same settings. One thing that may not be very obvious at a first glance is that you can resize the partition by selecting the item displaying the size of the partition. Filesystems known to work are at least fat16, fat32, ext2, ext3 and swap. This menu also allows you to delete a partition.
Be sure to create at least two partitions: one for the root filesystem (which must be mounted as /) and one for swap. If you forget to mount the root filesystem, partman won’t let you continue until you correct this issue.
If you boot in EFI mode but forget to select and format an EFI System Partition, partman will detect this and will not let you continue until you allocate one.
Capabilities of partman can be extended with installer modules, but are dependent on your system’s architecture. So if you can’t see all promised goodies, check if you have loaded all required modules (e.g. partman-ext3, partman-xfs, or partman-lvm).
After you are satisfied with partitioning, select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk from the partitioning menu. You will be presented with a summary of changes made to the disks and asked to confirm that the filesystems should be created as requested.
Configuring Multidisk Devices (Software RAID)
If you have more than one harddrive5 in your computer, you can use mdcfg to set up your drives for increased performance and/or better reliability of your data. The result is called Multidisk Device (or after its most famous variant software RAID).
MD is basically a bunch of partitions located on different disks and combined together to form a logical device. This device can then be used like an ordinary partition (i.e. in partman you can format it, assign a mountpoint, etc.).
What benefits this brings depends on the type of MD device you are creating. Currently supported are:
RAID0
Is mainly aimed at performance. RAID0 splits all incoming data into stripes and distributes them equally over each disk in the array. This can increase the speed of read/write operations, but when one of the disks fails, you will lose everything (part of the information is still on the healthy disk(s), the other part was on the failed disk).
The typical use for RAID0 is a partition for video editing.
RAID1
Is suitable for setups where reliability is the first concern. It consists of several (usually two) equally-sized partitions where every partition contains exactly the same data. This essentially means three things. First, if one of your disks fails, you still have the data mirrored on the remaining disks. Second, you can use only a fraction of the available capacity (more precisely, it is the size of the smallest partition in the RAID). Third, file-reads are load-balanced among the be loaded with more disk reads than writes.
Optionally you can have a spare disk in the array which will take the place of the failed disk in the case of failure.
RAID5
Is a good compromise between speed, reliability and data redundancy. RAID5 splits all incoming data into stripes and distributes them equally on all but one disk (similar to RAID0). Unlike RAID0, RAID5 also computes parity information, which gets written on the remaining disk. The parity disk is not static (that would be called RAID4), but is changing periodically, so the parity information is distributed equally on all disks. When one of the disks fails, the missing part of information can be computed from remaining data and its parity. RAID5 must consist of at least three active partitions. As you can see, RAID5 has a similar degree of reliability to RAID1 while achieving less re-dundancy. On the other hand, it might be a bit slower on write operations than RAID0 due to computation of parity information.
RAID10 combines striping (as in RAID0) and mirroring (as in RAID1). It creates n copies of incoming data and distributes them across the partitions so that none of the copies of the same data are on the same device. The default value of n is 2, but it can be set to something else in expert mode. The number of partitions used must be at least n. RAID10 has different layouts for distributing the copies. The default is near copies. Near copies have all of the copies at about the same offset on all of the disks. Far copies have the copies at different offsets on the disks. Offset copies copy the stripe, not the individual copies.
RAID10 can be used to achieve reliability and redundancy without the drawback of having to calculate parity.
If you want to know more about Software RAID, have a look at Software RAID HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html).
To create an MD device, you need to have the desired partitions it should consist of marked for use in a RAID. Note: Make sure that the system can be booted with the partitioning scheme you are planning. In general it will be necessary to create a separate file system for /boot when using RAID for the root (/) file system. Most boot loaders (including lilo and grub) do support mirrored (not striped!) RAID1, so using for example RAID5 for / and RAID1 for /boot can be an option.
Next, you should choose Configure software RAID from the main partman menu. (The menu will only appear after you mark at least one partition for use as physical volume for RAID.) On the first screen of mdcfg simply select Create MD device. You will be presented with a list of supported types of MD devices, from which you should choose one (e.g. RAID1). What follows depends on the type of MD you selected.
• RAID0 is simple — you will be issued with the list of available RAID partitions and your only task is to select the partitions which will form the MD.
• RAID1 is a bit more tricky. First, to enter the number of active devices and the number of spare devices which will form the MD. Next, you need to select from the list of available RAID partitions those that will be active and then those that will be spare. The count of selected partitions must be equal to the number provided earlier. Don’t worry. If you make a mistake and select a different number of partitions, BlackWeb Linux-installer won’t let you continue until you correct the issue.
• RAID5 has a setup procedure similar to RAID1 with the exception that you need to use at least three active partitions.
• RAID6 also has a setup procedure similar to RAID1 except that at least four active partitions are required.
• RAID10 again has a setup procedure similar to RAID1 except in expert mode. In expert mode, BlackWeb Linux-installer will ask you for the layout. The layout has two parts. The first part is the layout type. It is either n (for near copies), f (for far copies), or o (for offset copies). The second part is the number of copies to make of the data. There must be at least that many active devices so that all of the copies can be distributed onto different disks.
It is perfectly possible to have several types of MD at once. For example, if you have three 200 GB hard drives dedicated to MD, each containing two 100 GB partitions, you can combine the first partitions on all three disks into the RAID0 (fast 300 GB video editing partition) and use the other three partitions (2 active and 1 spare) for RAID1 (quite reliable 100 GB partition for /home).
After you set up MD devices to your liking, you can Finish mdcfg to return back to the partman to create filesystems on your new MD devices and assign them the usual attributes like mountpoints.
Configuring the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
If you are working with computers at the level of system administrator or “advanced” user, you have surely seen the situation where some disk partition (usually the most important one) was short on space, while some other partition was grossly underused and you had to manage this situation by moving stuff around, symlinking, etc.
To avoid the described situation you can use Logical Volume Manager (LVM). Simply said, with LVM you can combine your partitions (physical volumes in LVM lingo) to form a virtual disk (so called volume group), which can then be divided into virtual partitions (logical volumes). The point is that logical volumes (and of course underlying volume groups) can span across several physical disks.
Now when you realize you need more space for your old 160GB /home partition, you can simply add a new 300GB disk to the computer, join it with your existing volume group and then resize the logical volume which holds your /home filesystem and voila — your users have some room again on their renewed 460GB partition. This example is of course a bit oversimplified. If you haven’t read it yet, you should consult the LVM HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO.html).
LVM setup in BlackWeb Linux-installer is quite simple and completely supported inside partman. First, you have to mark the partition(s) to be used as physical volumes for LVM. This is done in the Partition settings menu where you should select Use as:−→physical volume for LVM.
When you return to the main partman screen, you will see a new option Configure the Logical Volume Manager. When you select that, you will first be asked to confirm pending changes to the partition table (if any) and after that the LVM configuration menu will be shown. Above the menu a summary of the LVM configuration is shown. The menu itself is context sensitive and only shows valid actions. The possible actions are:
Use the options in that menu to first create a volume group and then create your logical volumes inside it.
After you return to the main partman screen, any created logical volumes will be displayed in the same way as ordinary partitions (and you should treat them as such).
Configuring Encrypted Volumes
BlackWeb Linux-installer allows you to set up encrypted partitions. Every file you write to such a partition is immediately saved to the device in encrypted form. Access to the encrypted data is granted only after entering the passphrase used when the encrypted partition was originally created. This feature is useful to protect sensitive data in case your laptop or hard drive gets stolen. The thief might get physical access to the hard drive, but without knowing the right passphrase, the data on the hard drive will look like random characters.
The two most important partitions to encrypt are: the home partition, where your private data resides, and the swap partition, where sensitive data might be stored temporarily during operation. Of course, nothing prevents you from encrypting any other partitions that might be of interest. For example /var where database servers, mail servers or print servers store their data, or /tmp which is used by various programs to store potentially interesting temporary files. Some people may even want to encrypt their whole system. The only exception is the /boot partition which must remain unencrypted, because currently there is no way to load the kernel from an encrypted partition.
Note: Please note that the performance of encrypted partitions will be less than that of unen-crypted ones because the data needs to be decrypted or encrypted for every read or write. The performance impact depends on your CPU speed, chosen cipher and a key length.
To use encryption, you have to create a new partition by selecting some free space in the main parti-tioning menu. Another option is to choose an existing partition (e.g. a regular partition, an LVM logi-cal volume or a RAID volume). In the Partition settings menu, you need to select physical volume for encryption at the Use as: option. The menu will then change to include several cryptographic options for the partition.
The encryption method supported by BlackWeb Linux-installer is dm-crypt (included in newer Linux kernels, able to host LVM physical volumes).
Let’s have a look at the options available when you select encryption via Device-mapper (dm-crypt). As always: when in doubt, use the defaults, because they have been carefully chosen with security in mind.
The Initialization Vector or IV algorithm is used in cryptography to ensure that applying the cipher on the same clear text data with the same key always produces a unique cipher text. The idea is to prevent the attacker from deducing information from repeated patterns in the encrypted data.
From the provided alternatives, the default xts-plain64 is currently the least vulnerable to known attacks. Use the other alternatives only when you need to ensure compatibility with some previously installed system that is not able to use newer algorithms.
A new encryption key will be generated from random data each time you try to bring up the encrypted partition. In other words: on every shutdown the content of the partition will be lost as the key is deleted from memory. (Of course, you could try to guess the key with a brute force attack, but unless there is an unknown weakness in the cipher algorithm, it is not achievable in our lifetime.)
Random keys are useful for swap partitions because you do not need to bother yourself with remembering the passphrase or wiping sensitive information from the swap partition before shutting down your computer. However, it also means that you will not be able to use the “suspend-to-disk” functionality offered by newer Linux kernels as it will be impossible (during a subsequent boot) to recover the suspended data written to the swap partition.
Erase data: yes
Determines whether the content of this partition should be overwritten with random data before setting up the encryption. This is recommended because it might otherwise be possible for an attacker to discern which parts of the partition are in use and which are not. In addition, this will make it harder to recover any leftover data from previous installations7.
After you have selected the desired parameters for your encrypted partitions, return back to the main partitioning menu. There should now be a new menu item called Configure encrypted volumes. After you select it, to confirm the deletion of data on partitions marked to be erased and possibly other actions such as writing a new partition table. For large partitions this might take some time.
Next to enter a passphrase for partitions configured to use one. Good passphrases should be longer than 8 characters, should be a mixture of letters, numbers and other characters and should not contain common dictionary words or information easily associable with you (such as birthdates, hobbies, pet names, names of family members or relatives, etc.).
Warning
Before you input any passphrases, you should have made sure that your keyboard is configured cor-rectly and generates the expected characters. If you are unsure, you can switch to the second virtual console and type some text at the prompt. This ensures that you won’t be surprised later, e.g. by try-ing to input a passphrase using a qwerty keyboard layout when you used an azerty layout during the installation. This situation can have several causes. Maybe you switched to another keyboard layout during the installation, or the selected keyboard layout might not have been set up yet when entering the passphrase for the root file system.
If you selected to use methods other than a passphrase to create encryption keys, they will be generated now. Because the kernel may not have gathered a sufficient amount of entropy at this early stage of the installation, the process may take a long time. You can help speed up the process by generating entropy: e.g. by pressing random keys, or by switching to the shell on the second virtual console and generating some network and disk traffic (downloading some files, feeding big files into /dev/null, etc.). This will be repeated for each partition to be encrypted.
After returning to the main partitioning menu, you will see all encrypted volumes as additional parti-tions which can be configured in the same way as ordinary partitions. The following example shows a volume encrypted via dm-crypt.
Encrypted volume (sda2_crypt) - 115.1 GB Linux device-mapper #1 115.1 GB F ext3
Now is the time to assign mount points to the volumes and optionally change the file system types if the defaults do not suit you.
Pay attention to the identifiers in parentheses (sda2_crypt in this case) and the mount points you assigned to each encrypted volume. You will need this information later when booting the new system. The differences between the ordinary boot process and the boot process with encryption involved will be covered later in Section 7.2.
Once you are satisfied with the partitioning scheme, continue with the installation.
Installing the Base System
Although this stage is the least problematic, it consumes a significant fraction of the install because it downloads, verifies and unpacks the whole base system. If you have a slow computer or network connection, this could take some time.
During installation of the base system, package unpacking and setup messages are redirected to tty4. You can access this terminal by pressing Left Alt-F4; get back to the main installer process with Left Alt-F1.
The unpack/setup messages generated during this phase are also saved in /var/log/syslog. You can check them there if the installation is performed over a serial console.
As part of the installation, a Linux kernel will be installed. At the default priority, the installer will choose one for you that best matches your hardware. In lower priority modes, choose from a list of available kernels.
When packages are installed using the package management system, it will by default also install packages that are recommended by those packages. Recommended packages are not strictly required for the core functionality of the selected software, but they do enhance that software and should, in the view of the package maintainers, normally be installed together with that software.
Note: For technical reasons packages installed during the installation of the base system are installed without their “Recommends”. The rule described above only takes effect after this point in the installation process.
One of the tools used to install packages on a BlackWeb Linux GNU/Linux system is a program called apt-get, from the apt package8. Other front-ends for package management, like aptitude and synaptic, are also in use. These front-ends are recommended for new users, since they integrate some additional features (package searching and status checks) in a nice user interface.
apt must be configured so that it knows from where to retrieve packages. The results of this config-uration are written to the file /etc/apt/sources.list. You can examine and edit this file to your liking after the installation is complete.
If you are installing at default priority, the installer will largely take care of the configuration auto-matically, based on the installation method you are using and possibly using choices made earlier in the installation. In most cases the installer will automatically add a security mirror and, if you are installing the stable distribution, a mirror for the “stable-updates” service.
If you are installing at a lower priority (e.g. in expert mode), make more decisions yourself. You can choose whether or not to use the security and/or stable-updates services, and you can choose to add packages from the “contrib” and “non-free” sections of the archive.
Installing from more than one CD or DVD
If you are installing from a CD or a DVD that is part of a larger set, the installer will ask if you want to scan additional CDs or DVDs. If you have additional CDs or DVDs available, you probably want to do this so the installer can use the packages included on them.
If you do not have any additional CDs or DVDs, that is no problem: using them is not required. If you also do not use a network mirror (as explained in the next section), it can mean that not all packages belonging to the tasks you select in the next step of the installation can be installed.
Note: Packages are included on CDs (and DVDs) in the order of their popularity. This means that for most uses only the first CDs in a set are needed and that only very few people actually use any of the packages included on the last CDs in a set.
It also means that buying or downloading and burning a full CD set is just a waste of money as you’ll never use most of them. In most cases you are better off getting only the first 3 to 8 CDs and installing any additional packages you may need from the Internet by using a mirror. The same goes for DVD sets: the first DVD, or maybe the first two DVDs will cover most needs.
If you do scan multiple CDs or DVDs, the installer will prompt you to exchange them when it needs packages from another CD/DVD than the one currently in the drive. Note that only CDs or DVDs that belong to the same set should be scanned. The order in which they are scanned does not really matter, but scanning them in ascending order will reduce the chance of mistakes.
Using a network mirror
One question that will be asked during most installs is whether or not to use a network mirror as a source for packages. In most cases the default answer should be fine, but there are some exceptions.
If you are not installing from a full CD or DVD or using a full CD/DVD image, you really should use a network mirror as otherwise you will end up with only a very minimal system. However, if you have a limited Internet connection it is best not to select the desktop task in the next step of the installation.
If you are installing from a single full CD or using a full CD image, using a network mirror is not required, but is still strongly recommended because a single CD contains only a fairly limited number of packages. If you have a limited Internet connection it may still be best to not select a network mirror here, but to finish the installation using only what’s available on the CD and selectively install additional packages after the installation (i.e. after you have rebooted into the new system).
If you are installing from a DVD or using a DVD image, any packages needed during the installation should be present on the first DVD. The same is true if you have scanned multiple CDs as explained in the previous section. Use of a network mirror is optional.
One advantage of adding a network mirror is that updates that have occurred since the CD/DVD set was created and have been included in a point release, will become available for installation, thus extending the life of your CD/DVD set without compromising the security or stability of the installed system.
In summary: selecting a network mirror is generally a good idea, except if you do not have a good Internet connection. If the current version of a package is available from CD/DVD, the installer will always use that. The amount of data that will be downloaded if you do select a mirror thus depends on 1. the tasks you select in the next step of the installation, 2. which packages are needed for those tasks, 3. which of those packages are present on the CDs or DVDs you have scanned, and 4. whether any updated versions of packages included on the CDs or DVDs are available from a mirror (either a regular package mirror, or a mirror for security or stable-updates).
Note that the last point means that, even if you choose not to use a network mirror, some packages may still be downloaded from the Internet if there is a security or stable-updates update available for them and those services have been configured.
Choosing a network mirror
If you have selected to use a network mirror during the installation (optional for CD/DVD installs, required for netboot images), you will be presented with a list of geographically nearby (and therefore hopefully fast) network mirrors, based upon your country selection earlier in the installation process. Choosing the offered default is usually fine.
A mirror can also be specified by hand by choosing “enter information manually” . You can then specify a mirror host name and an optional port number. As of Wheezy, that actually has to be a URL base, i.e. when specifying an IPv6 address, one has to add square brackets around it, for instance “[2001:db8::1]”.
If your computer is on an IPv6-only network (which is probably not the case for the vast majority of users), using the default mirror for your country might not work. All the mirrors in the list are reachable via IPv4, but only some of them can be used via IPv6. As connectivity of individual mirrors can change over time, this information is not available in the installer. If there is no IPv6 connectivity for the default mirror for your country, you can either try some of the other mirrors offered to you or choose the “enter information manually” option. You can then specify “ftp.ipv6.BlackWeb Linux.org” as the mirror name, which is an alias for a mirror available via IPv6, although it will probably not be the fastest possible one.
Another option when choosing to specify the mirror manually is to use “httpredir. BlackWeb Linux.org” as your mirror. “httpredir.BlackWeb Linux.org” is not a physical mirror but a mirror redirection service, i.e. it automatically refers your system to a real mirror near you in terms of network topology. It takes into account by which protocol you connect to it, i.e. if you use IPv6, it will refer you to an IPv6-capable mirror near you.
Selecting and Installing Software
During the installation process, you are given the opportunity to select additional software to install. Rather than picking individual software packages from the 61052 available packages, this stage of the installation process focuses on selecting and installing predefined collections of software to quickly set up your computer to perform various tasks.
So, you have the ability to choose tasks first, and then add on more individual packages later. These tasks loosely represent a number of different jobs or things you want to do with your computer, such as “Desktop environment”, “Web server”, or “Print server”9. Section D.2 lists the space requirements for the available tasks.
Some tasks may be pre-selected based on the characteristics of the computer you are installing. If you disagree with these selections you can deselect them. You can even opt to install no tasks at all at this point.
Tip: In the standard user interface of the installer, you can use the space bar to toggle selection of a task.
Note: The “Desktop environment” task will install a graphical desktop environment.
By default, BlackWeb Linux-installer installs the Gnome desktop environment. It is possible to inter-actively select a different desktop environment during the installation. It is also possible to install multiple desktops, but some combinations of desktop may not be co-installable.
Note that this will only work if the packages needed for the desired desktop environment are actually available. If you are installing using a single full CD image, they will possibly need to be downloaded from a network mirror as some of the needed packages for your choice might only be included on later CDs. Installing any of the available desktop environments this way should work fine if you are using a DVD image or any other installation method.
The various server tasks will install software roughly as follows. Web server: apache2; Print server:
cups; SSH server: openssh.
The “Standard system” task will install any package that has a priority “standard”. This includes a lot of common utilities that are normally available on any Linux or Unix system. You should leave this task selected unless you know what you are doing and want a really minimal system.
If during language selection a default locale other than the “C” locale was selected, tasksel will check if any localization tasks are defined for that locale and will automatically try to install relevant localization packages. This includes for example packages containing word lists or special fonts for your language. If a desktop environment was selected, it will also install appropriate localization packages for that (if available).
Once you’ve selected your tasks, select Continue. At this point, aptitude will install the packages that are part of the selected tasks. If a particular program needs more information from the user, it will prompt you during this process.
You should be aware that especially the Desktop task is very large. Especially when installing from a normal CD-ROM in combination with a mirror for packages not on the CD-ROM, the installer may want to retrieve a lot of packages over the network. If you have a relatively slow Internet connection, this can take a long time. There is no option to cancel the installation of packages once it has started.
Even when packages are included on the CD-ROM, the installer may still retrieve them from the mirror if the version available on the mirror is more recent than the one included on the CD-ROM. If you are installing the stable distribution, this can happen after a point release (an update of the original stable release); if you are installing the testing distribution this will happen if you are using an older image.
Before a boot loader is installed, the installer will attempt to probe for other operating systems which are installed on the machine. If it finds a supported operating system, you will be informed of this dur-ing the boot loader installation step, and the computer will be configured to boot this other operating system in addition to BlackWeb Linux.
Note that multiple operating systems booting on a single machine is still something of a black art. The automatic support for detecting and setting up boot loaders to boot other operating systems varies by architecture and even by subarchitecture. If it does not work you should consult your boot manager’s documentation for more information.
Install the Grub Boot Loader on a Hard Disk
The main amd64 boot loader is called “grub”. Grub is a flexible and robust boot loader and a good default choice for new users and old hands alike.
By default, grub will be installed into the Master Boot Record (MBR), where it will take over com-plete control of the boot process. If you prefer, you can install it elsewhere. See the grub manual for complete information.
If you do not want to install grub, use the Go Back button to get to the main menu, and from there select whatever bootloader you would like to use.
Install the LILO Boot Loader on a Hard Disk
The second amd64 boot loader is called “LILO”. It is an old complex program which offers lots of functionality, including DOS, Windows, and OS/2 boot management. Please carefully read the in-structions in the directory /usr/share/doc/lilo/ if you have special needs; also see the LILO mini-HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html).
Note: Currently the LILO installation will only create menu entries for other operating systems if these can be chainloaded . This means you may have to manually add a menu entry for operating systems like GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd after the installation.
This option can be used to complete the installation even when no boot loader is to be installed, either because the arch/subarch doesn’t provide one, or because none is desired (e.g. you will use existing boot loader).
If you plan to manually configure your bootloader, you should check the name of the installed kernel in /target/boot. You should also check that directory for the presence of an initrd; if one is present, you will probably have to instruct your bootloader to use it. Other information you will need are the disk and partition you selected for your / filesystem and, if you chose to install /boot on a separate partition, also your /boot filesystem.
The installer may ask you if the computer’s clock is set to UTC. Normally this question is avoided if possible and the installer tries to work out whether the clock is set to UTC based on things like what other operating systems are installed.
In expert mode you will always be able to choose whether or not the clock is set to UTC. Systems that (also) run Dos or Windows are normally set to local time. If you want to dual-boot, select local time instead of UTC.
At this point BlackWeb Linux-installer will also attempt to save the current time to the system’s hardware clock. This will be done either in UTC or local time, depending on the selection that was just made.
If the installation is successful, the logfiles created during the installation process will be automatically saved to /var/log/installer/ on your new BlackWeb Linux system.
Choosing Save debug logs from the main menu allows you to save the log files to a floppy disk, network, hard disk, or other media. This can be useful if you encounter fatal problems during the installation and wish to study the logs on another system or attach them to an installation report.
Using the Shell and Viewing the Logs
There are several methods you can use to get a shell while running an installation. On most systems, and if you are not installing over serial console, the easiest method is to switch to the second virtual console by pressing Left Alt-F210 (on a Mac keyboard, Option-F2). Use Left Alt-F1 to switch back to the installer itself.
For the graphical installer see also Section 6.1.1.
If you cannot switch consoles, there is also an Execute a Shell item on the main menu that can be used to start a shell. You can get to the main menu from most dialogs by using the Go Back button one or more times. Type exit to close the shell and return to the installer.
At this point you are booted from the RAM disk, and there is a limited set of Unix utilities available for your use. You can see what programs are available with the command ls /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin and by typing help. The shell is a Bourne shell clone called ash and has some nice features like autocompletion and history.
To edit and view files, use the text editor nano. Log files for the installation system can be found in the /var/log directory.
Note: Although you can do basically anything in a shell that the available commands allow you to do, the option to use a shell is really only there in case something goes wrong and for debugging.
Doing things manually from the shell may interfere with the installation process and result in errors or an incomplete installation. In particular, you should always use let the installer activate your swap partition and not do this yourself from a shell.
Installation Over the Network
One of the more interesting components is network-console. It allows you to do a large part of the installation over the network via SSH. The use of the network implies you will have to perform the first steps of the installation from the console, at least to the point of setting up the networking. (Although you can automate that part with Section 4.6.)
This component is not loaded into the main installation menu by default, so you have to explicitly ask for it. If you are installing from CD, you need to boot with medium priority or otherwise invoke the main installation menu and choose Load installer components from CD and from the list of additional components select network-console: Continue installation remotely using SSH. Suc-cessful load is indicated by a new menu entry called Continue installation remotely using SSH.
After selecting this new entry, for a new password to be used for connecting to the installation system and for its confirmation. That’s all. Now you should see a screen which instructs you to login remotely as the user installer with the password you just provided. Another important detail to notice on this screen is the fingerprint of this system. You need to transfer the fingerprint securely to the person who will continue the installation remotely.
Should you decide to continue with the installation locally, you can always press Enter, which will bring you back to the main menu, where you can select another component.
Now let’s switch to the other side of the wire. As a prerequisite, you need to configure your terminal for UTF-8 encoding, because that is what the installation system uses. If you do not, remote instal-lation will be still possible, but you may encounter strange display artefacts like destroyed dialog borders or unreadable non-ascii characters. Establishing a connection with the installation system is as simple as typing:
$ ssh -l installer install_host
Where install_host is either the name or IP address of the computer being installed. Before the actual login the fingerprint of the remote system will be displayed and you will have to confirm that it is correct.
Note: The ssh server in the installer uses a default configuration that does not send keep-alive packets. In principle, a connection to the system being installed should be kept open indefinitely. However, in some situations — depending on your local network setup — the connection may be lost after some period of inactivity. One common case where this can happen is when there is some form of Network Address Translation (NAT) somewhere between the client and the system being installed. Depending on at which point of the installation the connection was lost, you may or may not be able to resume the installation after reconnecting.
You may be able to avoid the connection being dropped by adding the option -o ServerAliveInterval=value when starting the ssh connection, or by adding that option in your ssh configuration file. Note however that in some cases adding this option may also cause a connection to be dropped (for example if keep-alive packets are sent during a brief network outage, from which ssh would otherwise have recovered), so it should only be used when needed.
Note: If you install several computers in turn and they happen to have the same IP address or hostname, ssh will refuse to connect to such host. The reason is that it will have different fingerprint, which is usually a sign of a spoofing attack. If you are sure this is not the case, you will need to delete the relevant line from ~/.ssh/known_hosts11 and try again.
After the login you will be presented with an initial screen where you have two possibilities called Start menu and Start shell. The former brings you to the main installer menu, where you can continue with the installation as usual. The latter starts a shell from which you can examine and possibly fix the remote system. You should only start one SSH session for the installation menu, but may start multiple sessions for shells.
As described in Section 2.2, some devices require firmware to be loaded. In most cases the device will not work at all if the firmware is not available; sometimes basic functionality is not impaired if it is missing and the firmware is only needed to enable additional features.
If a device driver requests firmware that is not available, BlackWeb Linux-installer will display a dialog offering to load the missing firmware. If this option is selected, BlackWeb Linux-installer will scan avail-able devices for either loose firmware files or packages containing firmware. If found, the firmware will be copied to the correct location (/lib/firmware) and the driver module will be reloaded.
Note: Which devices are scanned and which file systems are supported depends on the architec-ture, the installation method and the stage of the installation. Especially during the early stages of the installation, loading the firmware is most likely to succeed from a FAT-formatted floppy disk or USB stick. On i386 and amd64 firmware can also be loaded from an MMC or SD card.
Note that it is possible to skip loading the firmware if you know the device will also function without it, or if the device is not needed during the installation.
BlackWeb Linux-installer only prompts for firmware needed by kernel modules loaded during the instal-lation. Not all drivers are included in BlackWeb Linux-installer, in particular radeon is not, so this implies that the capabilities of some devices may be no different at the end of the installation from what they were at the beginning. Consequently, some of your hardware may not be being used to its full poten-tial. If you suspect this is the case, or are just curious, it is not a bad idea to check the output of the dmesg command on the newly booted system and search for “firmware”.
Preparing a medium
Official CD images do not include non-free firmware. The most common method to load such firmware is from some removable medium such as a USB stick. Alternatively, unofficial CD builds containing non-free firmware can be found at http://cdimage. BlackWeb Linux.com/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/. To prepare a USB stick (or other medium like a hard drive partition, or floppy disk), the firmware files or packages must be placed in either the root directory or a directory named /firmware of the file system on the medium. The recommended file system to use is FAT as that is most certain to be supported during the early stages of the installation.
Firmware and the Installed System
Any firmware loaded during the installation will be copied automatically to the installed system. In most cases this will ensure that the device that requires the firmware will also work correctly after the system is rebooted into the installed system. However, if the installed system runs a different kernel version from the installer there is a slight chance that the firmware cannot be loaded due to version skew.
If the firmware was loaded from a firmware package, BlackWeb Linux-installer will also install this pack-age for the installed system and will automatically add the non-free section of the package archive in APT’s sources.list. This has the advantage that the firmware should be updated automatically if a new version becomes available.
If loading the firmware was skipped during the installation, the relevant device will probably not work with the installed system until the firmware (package) is installed manually.
Note: If the firmware was loaded from loose firmware files, the firmware copied to the installed system will not be automatically updated unless the corresponding firmware package (if available) is installed after the installation is completed.
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Few companies have more riding on proposed privacy legislation than Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. To try to steer the bill their way, the giant advertising technology companies spend millions of dollars to lobby each year, a fact confirmed by government filings.
Not so well-documented is spending to support highly influential think tanks and public interest groups that are helping shape the privacy debate, ostensibly as independent observers.
Bloomberg Law examined seven prominent nonprofit think tanks that work on privacy issues that received a total of $1.5 million over a 18-month period ending Dec. 31, 2018. The groups included ... | https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/facebook-google-donate-heavily-to-privacy-advocacy-groups |
On April 1, the president signed Executive Order 13694, which created a new sanctions regime for fighting cyberattacks. This creates opportunities for companies that are facing or may face cyberattacks. The Executive Order provides additional tools for victims of cyberattacks to punish the perpetrators by working with the government. The Executive Order creates framework to allow the government to take action in response to attacks on private companies and take all measures necessary to punish co-conspirators. The Executive Order also creates several issues that individuals and companies with international dealings should consider taking into consideration to avoid potential liability.
The Executive Order grants the Secretary of the Treasury authority to “block” the assets of anyone who conducts or aids “cyber-enabled activities . reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States .” The Executive Order also grants the power to sanction any individual or entity that gives support to, assists in anyway, or sponsors such a cyber-attacker. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will work in coordination with other U.S. government agencies to identify individuals and entities that engage in prohibited cyber activities and designate them for sanctions. Persons designated under this Executive Order will be added to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List). U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in most all transactions with designated individuals and entities named on the SDN List or entities owned by such designated persons. Additionally, designated persons sanctioned under the Executive Order will be blocked from entering the United States.
Given the growing nature of cyberattacks and the Executive Order’s potentially broad reach, individuals and companies with international business should consider taking steps to ensure their business partners do not meet the criteria of cyberattackers. For example, payments from persons designated as cyberattackers will be blocked by U.S. financial institutions and U.S. persons that engage in transactions with such persons could be subject to substantial penalties. Accordingly, U.S. businesses engaged in international transactions should consider updating their compliance programs and screening procedures to ensure they are not dealing with any persons designated on the SDN List, or that are owned 50 percent or more by such designated persons.
The Executive Order represents a turning point for the administration. It signals that the administration will take a more active role in fighting attacks that are often diffuse and difficult to investigate. Barnes & Thornburg has worked with the government to track down hackers who have levied corporate cyberattacks. In light of the Executive Order, there can be little doubt that the government will redouble its efforts to help victim companies, presenting opportunities for companies to work with the government in its efforts to track down and stop the perpetrators. This is good news for fighting cyberattacks.
For more information related to the Executive Order, cybersecurity and risk transfer in connection with cyberrisk (including cyberinsurance questions in general), contact Scott Godes at [email protected]. For information on OFAC sanctions and the SDN List, contact Karen McGee at [email protected].
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There is an ongoing phishing campaign taking advantage of the COVID-19 vaccines once again, this time it appears to be coming from the NHS, and convincingly so.
The email is from ‘[email protected]’ which appears genuine (the real NHS domain is nhs.uk) and asks the recipient to accept or decline a vaccination invitation.
The image on the right shows the format of the email, which includes two links to accept or decline, both directing to the same fake NHS website where it asks for details including name, address, phone number, mothers maiden name, credit card details and bank account information.
A new type of adware (malicious advertising software) has been discovered by leading cybersecurity company Indelible, that uses push notifications in your browser.
The adware manifests itself within the browser when users click ‘allow’ in the ‘allow notifications’ pop-up box when browsing certain websites. Once the user has allowed notifications a service installs itself into the browser which then spams pop-up adverts using the browsers push notifications and interacts with domains linked with activity tracking.
My advice is never allow notifications from sites you don’t know, and steer clear of ‘free content’ websites - they are an easy way to get people to download malware.
Malwarebytes also hacked by same group behind Solarwinds breach
The list of companies affected by this hack continues to grow, with Malwarebytes announcing they were also breached.
The attack was separate from the Solarwinds supply chain, however. Malwarebytes stated that they managed to gain access through a dormant email protection product in its Office 365 tenant. It was discovered when suspicious activity was spotted coming from the Office 365 security app by the Microsoft Security Response Centre.
After investigating the breach, they found only a limited amount of internal company emails had been accessed, and none of the Malwarebytes products are affected.
This week’s top tip – Secure your Wi-Fi
It’s fairly easy to hack into a router these days, particularly if it has just been plugged in and left with the default settings. Hackers will take advantage of a vulnerable router and could deny you access to your own internet connection, or even use your internet connection for illegal purposes. In this week’s top tip, I’ll go through three simple steps to help secure your Wi-Fi.
1. Change the SSID – This is the name of your Wi-Fi. Leaving it set as the default name helps hackers identify which make and model your router is. Using this they can find out the default credentials for that router on the internet.
2. Change the admin credentials on your router – These are the details used to log in to the settings on your router, and the defaults are easily available on the internet. A hacker can use these details to log in to your router and make changes, including changing the Wi-Fi password or disabling it completely.
3. Change the default Wi-Fi password – Again ISPs and router manufacturers use similar formats with their default Wi-Fi passwords that can be cracked. Change your default password remembering the advice for creating a strong password (three random words or a phrase you can remember, numbers and special characters). If it’s easier to remember, it will also save you checking the router every time you need to enter it again.
To make these changes, go into a web browser and type your routers IP address which you can find in the manual (it’s usually 192.168.1.1) and log in. If you haven’t already changed the username and password, you can find these in the manual, or Google the make and model. Once logged in you can make all the above changes there.
That’s all for now, see you next week. | https://www.wvsolutions.co.uk/post/cyber-security-newsletter-week-9 |
Defending your organisation using technology is a good starting point, however, it is often your most valuable asset, your people, who are the most vulnerable to cyber-attack.
Our staff training course is aimed at giving your employees the skills to understand and avoid the daily threats they face from cybercrime. The course gives simple and informative, interactive sessions on topics such as:
Viruses in their varied guises and how to avoid exposing your company to a breach.
All our course instructors have worked in the Cyber Security field for many years and bring with them the experience and knowledge gained from the global cyber-security landscape.
The instructors will bring to life the topics on the curriculum through real life examples, with diagrams of, and simple explanations of the ‘Kill Chain’, which is the sequence of event and actions which have led to organisations being breached.
Course Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites to the course, however we would recommend that a phishing assessment and social engineering assessment has taken place prior to the course. The phishing assessment will inform you as to the maturity of your staff in regards to cyber security and the position from which the course can progress. For example, in Precursor Security phishing campaigns , we generally see organisations where over 30% of the staff involved inadvertently divulged information which could lead to a compromise.
We can tailor the course content to the intended audience based on your requirements.
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Hillary Clinton and other Democratic presidential hopefuls have used Donald Trump as a political bogeyman to highlight their own calls to defeat jihadist extremists without the bigotry and bluster brandished by their top Republican rival.
Former secretary of state Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders and Maryland ex-governor Martin O'Malley each hit on the need to boost national security, raise the minimum wage and protect rights of women, minorities and the disadvantaged as they faced off in New Hampshire.
But they had heated exchanges during Saturday's debate on the economy, guns, tackling the terrorist threat, and the role of the United States abroad.
US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders participate in the Democratic Presidential Debate hosted by ABC News at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on December 19, 2015 ©Jewel Samad (AFP)
With just over six weeks before the first votes are cast in the nomination race, on February 1 in Iowa, Sanders and O'Malley are running out of time to blunt the momentum of the former top US diplomat, who is 25 points ahead of rival Sanders in national polling compiled by RealClearPolitics.com.
O'Malley trails them both badly.
It was their party's third debate of the primary election season -- the last of 2015 and their first since the attacks in San Bernardino, California, where a radicalized married couple killed 14 people.
But the candidates also took turns hitting the Trump punching bag, as they hurled outrage about the Republican's fear-mongering and recent controversial comments about immigrants -- in particular, his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Americans, Clinton said, "need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that Trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. "He is becoming ISIS's best recruiter," Clinton said of the self-declared Islamic State extremist group, claiming that jihadists are "showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."
Trump fired back on that point, tweeting overnight that Clinton had "lied."
The New York Times was among several media outlets that found no proof to back up Clinton's claim.
O'Malley also offered a harsh rebuke to the "political danger" wielded by Trump and other "unscrupulous leaders (who) try to turn us upon each other."
The country will rise to the challenge of the IS extremists, but only if Americans never surrender their values "to the fascist pleas of billionaires with big mouths. We are a better country than this."
Trump's apparent popularity has only grown in recent weeks since his most contentious remarks. The political neophyte tops most Republican national polls and is putting establishment candidates like Jeb Bush in knots.
- 'Lust for regime toppling' -
While the Democrats united against Trump, Sanders clashed at length with Clinton over how to tackle extremism, opposing her call for a no-fly zone over Syria and for focusing on ousting that country's President Bashar al-Assad.
Sanders, who is more comfortable talking about economic inequality and financial abuse, topics that are the cornerstones of his campaign, was deeply skeptical.
"The United States at the same time cannot successfully fight Assad and ISIS," he said. "ISIS now is the major priority. Let's get rid of Assad later."
O'Malley pointedly looked back at how several US-backed regime changes fomented chaos. He singled out Libya in 2011, when Clinton was the top US diplomat and supported ousting Moamer Kadhafi, only to see the country descend into chaos, with large swaths now susceptible to becoming jihadist safe havens.
"We probably let our lust for regime toppling get ahead of the practical considerations for stability in that region," O'Malley said.
Sanders piled on, reminding viewers of Clinton's 2002 Senate vote authorizing president George W. Bush's use of military force in Iraq.
Clinton insisted she was not ready to send US boots into Syria and Iraq, saying she had a strategy to "combat and defeat ISIS without getting us involved in another ground war."
The debate unfolded amid a minor scandal between the Clinton and Sanders campaigns over an apparent data breach when at least one Sanders staffer took advantage of a computer glitch to peek at Clinton voter information.
- Star Wars gets shout-out -
But on stage Saturday, Sanders apologized to Clinton, saying "this is not the type of campaign that we run," and the issue quickly deflated.
Data and IT are uncomfortable topics for Clinton, who was the center of an uproar after it was revealed she used a personal email account and server while secretary of state.
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus lashed out at Clinton's performance, saying she "once again proved inconsistent on the issues and out-of-touch with the American people."
The debate occurred, perhaps not uncoincidentally, on a Saturday night at the height of the Christmas shopping rush, and on the first weekend of the release of the latest highly-anticipated Star Wars movie, likely ensuring a downsized viewership compared to previous debates.
Clinton wrapped up the event with a nod to the flick: "Thank you, good night, and may the Force be with you."
Jed Mercurio killed off his best character - as he does every series. Hastings, Corbett, and even Chicken Licken had a bad night in Line Of Duty, by Jim Shelley
Former Eggheads star CJ de Mooi fears he is nearing the end after a 30-year battle with AIDS... and is on the brink of homelessness following bankruptcy
Vanessa Feltz discusses three stone weight loss after gastric bypass surgery... as fiancé Ben Ofoedu says he fancies 'sexy' star more than ever
Binky Felstead declares that she is in the best shape of her life after becoming a mother... but insists she didn't rush back into a fitness regime
Dan Osborne PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Star parties with female pal during wild night out in LA... as wife Jacqueline Jossa celebrates Easter at home with the kids
Olly Murs is 'secretly dating' Love Island's Zara McDermott and is 'smitten'... despite insisting they're just friends Secret romance | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3367518/Sanders-apologizes-Clinton-data-breach.html |
Taringa is a site that is sometimes referred to as the “Latin American Reddit.” Users create and share large numbers of posts daily on the site regarding various topics like recipes and life hacks. The site had been targeted by a hacker, who was able to gain access to the details of 28,722,877 accounts, which is almost the entire user base of the site. The details compromised in the attack included user names, hashed passwords (MD5 algorithm), and email addresses. According to Taringa, no phone numbers or addresses associated with Bitcoin wallets were affected in the attack. One of the most dangerous aspects of the attack is the weak protection that was used on the passwords. MD5 is known to be a pretty weak form of encryption, and it was also considered to be outdated before 2012. In fact, this method is so weak that LeakBase was able to crack nearly 94% of the passwords that were stolen in the breach within a few days. In response to the breach, Taringa had sent emails to users regarding the incident, forced a password reset, bolstered systems and password encryption, and they are also consulting with their legal team for any further necessary steps.
It is unfortunate that this incident has occurred and placed users at risk, but Taringa does appear to be taking full responsibility for the breach. The above mitigative actions display that they understand the repercussions and are working to remediate the incident. Many organizations can be lackadaisical when it comes to addressing a breach, which simply makes the damages worse. This can be easily seen regarding damage to reputation and customer trust, as these damages are often much worse for organizations that neglect comprehensive breach handling. | https://www.massivealliance.com/blog/2017/09/15/social-media-network-taringa-suffers-data-breach-exposing-tens-of-millions-of-users-data/ |
Attackers on t.sidekickopen08-eu1.com may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing your personal information (for example, passwords, phone numbers or credit cards).
Disabling the extension fixes it but obviously I lose all functionality. Is this problem widespread?
We're having the same issue. It's not only a Gmail / extension problem: Our email sequences fail as well because outgoing emails are bouncing. We had to pause all ongoing sequences.
Seems that t.sidekickopen08-eu1.com has been red flagged as a phising domain, which is a major issue, as no emails can be sent / recieved when tracking is enabled.
Found out this morning, when trying to send an email from gmail to a customer.
We also had some potential phishing alerts over night from Google.
Think it's related to this https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=t.sidekickopen08-eu1.com | https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Gmail-Sales-Extension/Gmail-warning-me-of-phishing-when-I-send-emails-with-tracking/td-p/765699?profile.language=en |
For organizations with limited budgets, small IT & Security teams & competing priorities, being compliant with Good Practice Guide (GPG) 13’s twelve Protective Monitoring Controls (PMC) can be a challenging task.
In order to succeed, organizations need to centralize, automate & simplify their security controls and data analysis, so as to quickly identify threats targeting their network & prioritize their response.
LTS Secure SOC BOX has been developed specifically for IT & Security teams with limited resources, so that they can proactively monitor their network, thus achieving GPG 12 compliance.
Integrated threat intelligence keeps you up-to-date with emerging threats, alerting you of such attacks on your environment.
LTS Secure SOC BOX integrated approach helps you:-
Built-in security controls help gain operational insight.
Identify people accessing your sensitive data.
Manage analysis, configuration & reporting with one stack.
Predefined correlation helps detect relevant events across your network.
Respond to threats quickly & more effectively.
· “Aware” recording requirements are LTS Secure Logger preserves the integrity of all audit logs collected, and timestamps each audit log, as well as any alerts that are generated related to the audit log.
· Built-in host-based IDS alerts on policy violations such as failed access attempts to files on critical systems.
· Additionally, SOC BOX alerts when an attached device (e.g. USB drive) connects to a monitored host.
· LTS Secure Logger preserves the integrity of all audit logs collected, which includes a digital signature, hash code and checksum.
· Additionally, the original audit log is retained.
2. Recording relating to business traffic crossing a boundary
Define identify authorized vs. non-authorized business traffic across the network boundary. This requires the ability to identify authorized vs. non-authorized traffic, transportation of malicious code is prevented and alerted, and the identification of the manipulation of other business traffic.
· Additionally, any accepted incoming and outgoing file transfers and web activity will also generate alerts and can be investigated.
· Provided the gateway firewall or filtering proxy is configured properly, blocked activities and failed file imports and exports—through correlation of the firewall/proxy logs.
3. Recording relating to suspicious activity at a boundary
Define a set of alerts and Reports that will identify suspicious network traffic crossing the network boundary.
· Quickly identify and isolate suspicious network traffic leveraging built-in security controls such as IDS, Netflow analysis, event correlation, and log analysis.
· Additionally, dynamic incident response templates provide customized guidance for each alert.
· Specifically, enabling sniffing on the LTS Secure Sensor will provide full packet capture for in-depth network flow analysis and granular event correlation.
· requirements for the lower recording profiles are satisfied with the Specifically, reports and alerts can be easily set up to fire for all automated responses at the network boundary.
4. Recording of workstation, server or device status
Define identify configuration and status changes on internal workstations, servers and network devices.
· “Aware” recording requirements are Quickly identify and isolate malware outbreaks throughout your network leveraging built-in security controls such as host-based IDS, Netflow analysis, event correlation, and log analysis.
· Additionally, built-in file integrity monitoring captures anomalous changes to critical files and file systems such as access rights modifications, software configuration, and changes to storage volumes.
· Built-in host-based IDS and file integrity monitoring technologies alert on critical changes to system files and folders.
· These changes may include configuration changes as well as changes to key processes, critical for service availability monitoring and management.
5. Recording relating to suspicious internal network activity
Define identify suspicious activity across internal network boundaries from either internal or external agents.
· Specifically, error messages, authentication failures, user sessions, and rule base changes on firewalls and network devices.
· Additionally, these activities can be correlated against other relevant data to provide a full picture of suspicious network activity.
Status Change to internal security software monitoring tools, such as your Security Incident and Event Management, Intrusion Detection Software, Intrusion Prevention Software, etc.
· Provided the firewall is configured properly, all necessary activities for the “Detect and Resist” recording profile.
· Specifically, our built-in threat detection and behavioral monitoring technologies are combined with event correlation rules to provide the security intelligence needed to identify suspected internal attacks.
6. Recording relating to network connections
Define identify temporary connections to the network, such as those made via a VPN or wireless connection.
· “Aware” recording requirements are Built-in log management and event correlation enables the collection and analysis of valid and invalid authentication attempts to VPN and other network devices.
· Other activities such as DHCP assignments, remote access user sessions, and changes to VPN node registrations are also logged and collected.
· Additionally, built-in log management records commands issued on network connection consoles and dynamic incident response templates provide the detailed remediation steps needed for any internal or external attack activity. Finally, status changes to IDS signatures are also logged.
7. Recording on session activity by user and workstation
Define identify suspect user activity or allow forensic analysis of user activity within the network.
· “Aware” recording requirements are LTS Secure’s built-in log management and event correlation engine collects, correlates and analyses logs from directory servers, Windows and Unix servers, and other devices to capture the full context of user activity.
· Specifically, user account and administration activities such as session activity, changes on critical workstations, local user account and group membership changes as well as network commands will produce alerts and can be displayed in dashboard views and reports.
· Specifically, user transactions and critical commands and executable are logged, and these events are processed and analyzed by LTS Secure’s event correlation engine to produce alerts and user activity reports.
8. Recording of data backup status
Ensure a backup and recovery process is defined and adhered to, such that business can be confident of integrity and availability of the network resources.
· Specifically, as long as backup, test, and recovery operations (including catalog details, etc.) are logged, then SOC BOX server can produce alerts if any failure occurs during these operations.
· “Aware” recording requirements are Built-in asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection and behavioral monitoring data provide a rich set of environmental information to be analyzed by LTS Secure’s SIEM and event correlation engine.
· LTS Secure supports secondary delivery mechanisms for alerts such as email and will report on changes to the alert rule base.
· Specifically, sending alerts to multiple destinations is fully supported by LTS Secure’s SIEM.
10. Reporting on the status of the audit system
Define allow confidence in the integrity of the auditing system, such that the output of this system can be relied upon in a court of law.
· Specifically, LTS Secure’s Logger preserves the integrity of all audit logs collected to prove chain of custody and the SIEM engine provides the full source and origin information for each event log collected and analyzed.
· Trending and graphical reports are available through SOC BOX management console.
· Specifically, LTS Secure’s Logger preserves the integrity of all audit logs collected, and alerts on any failures that are generated related to the audit log.
· Additionally, the SOC BOX solution will also report on log access requests and provides easy online searches for all archived raw log data.
· SOC BOX solution.
11. Production of sanitized and statistical management reports
Define a set of Reports that will provide feedback to management on the performance of the Protective Monitoring system effectiveness.
· “Deter” recording requirements can be For example, customizing the built-in reports, templates, and dashboards can provide the specific views required for your management team.
· “Detect and Resist” recording requirements can be SOC BOX combines built-in security controls such as IDS, log management, Netflow analysis, file integrity monitoring, and vulnerability assessment to provide complete protective monitoring. | https://ltssecure.com/cyber-security-compliance-management-gpg-13 |
There’s a worldwide shortage of skilled cyber security professionals and there’s a massive lack of women in the industry too. Depending on the statistics you look to, both locally here in Australia and globally, women either represent 11% of cyber security workers according to a University of New South Wales Study, or 20% to 25% according to Cybersecurity Ventures and McAfee respectively, if you count those who do what are considered cyber security tasks more broadly.
W0m3nWh0HackM3lb0urn3 wants to change this lack of representation and needs you to make it happen. Come and join us every 1st Thursday night of the month in Melbourne from 5:30pm – 9:00pm and you can learn to hack into machines legally and not end up on the 5pm news. Hacking is challenging, it’s a massive learning curve but it’s also super rewarding. You are quite literally learning how to get into systems and dump databases in order to one day teach businesses what to do to make their websites, applications and networks safer.
If you want to change the world, which for most of us encompasses the digital world, learning the skills to become a penetration tester, otherwise known as, an ethical hacker, is one real and concrete way to do it. I follow in the footsteps of brilliant women hackers who have opened doors for me to learn hacking, Esther Lim and Pamela O’Shea. Esther ran a hacking group to train women who wanted to compete in the university cyber security challenge (cySCA) which was my first real taste of hacking culture. Pam ran a web application penetration testing workshop I attended as part of the 0xCC training conference for women which is where the idea for W0m3nWh0HackM3lb0urn3 was born.
It’s the wild, wild, west out there in cyberspace, except the feral camels[1] that once roamed Texas are the hackers, and they’re roaming beyond borders and through firewalls on the daily.
At present, cyber threat intelligence gathering is a mish-mash of intrusion detection system logs, port scans, IP addresses, information sharing platforms, Twitter feeds and traditional write-ups. There is no one consistent language used across these platforms to refer to attacks, techniques or procedures and there’s no one single source of data. Much like post-truth America, you’ve got to look in all the right places to piece together the whole story and even then it’s hard to know if you’ve put the puzzle together the way it was intended. What this means is while there’s massive complexity when trying to understand the path an attacker has taken, it also means that there’s huge potential when it comes to leveraging the data or bits (pun intended) of evidence a hacker leaves behind.
Using a common language is not the only challenge when it comes to data mining threat intel because when you’re out in the wild looking for feeds that deliver indicators of compromise or information, not all data is created equal. You’ll find XML, JSON, JavaScript, images and if you’re lucky, APIs to query data in a more programmatic way. At this point you’ll need a good grasp of either Python or R to make HTTP requests to get the data like you would if you’re looking up a regular web address, and then you’ll sometimes find purpose built libraries which are often built in Python. So depending on your language preference, R for beauty and simplicity or Python for a more smash and grab approach, both are good to have in your tool belt. Once you’ve pulled the data from various feeds and platforms, you’ll then notice that you’ll have to transform it into something much easier to work with, than JSON key-value pairs which is where data frames come in. Each data set will have particular information that doesn’t always match information in other data sets so cleaning the data is a crucial activity too. After this, you’ll then need to push it to an unstructured database of your choice. Then and only then, can the magic happen. The magic being a genius, yet simple way to collate masses of data and turn it into easy to digest threat intel, served with a side of sweet visualisation and predictive analytics in the making.
The future of cyber analytics is now and I am excitedly working towards making the internet a more hospitable place. I would love to hear from you if you are too.
[1] https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-old-west [2] https://oasis-open.github.io/cti-documentation/ [3] https://www.misp-project.org/index.html | https://brigittelewis.com/category/cyber-security/ |
A group of leading companies including Microsoft, eBay and Citizens Bank have set up a service share information about cyber criminals.
Internet Fraud Alert will allow companies to share information about compromised accounts that they find inthe course of their investigations, in an attempt to combat internet fraud.
The programme will be administered by the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA).
Chuck Harwood, deputy director of the Federal Trade Commision (FTC) said in a statement: “Internet Fraud Alert is a promising and innovative approach to help financial and online institutions discover hijacked accounts and close them or inform the affected consumers.”
A number of internet security companies are participating in the programme, including Accuity, a provider of payment routing data to the American Bankers' Association. A number of government agencies including the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the US Federal Trade Commission and the National Consumers League will also be monitoring the Internet Fraud Alert service. | https://www.itproportal.com/2010/06/18/big-business-joins-tackle-cyber-crime/ |
Laptops are ideal candidates for solid state drives: These drives are more rugged and shock resistant than standard hard drives, since they have no moving parts. Since laptops get thrown quite a bit, replacing a more traditional, rotating hard drive with a more robust SSD can be good idea.
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Apple has integrated encryption into the firmware and hardware of its idevices and now, every iOS device has a dedicated Advanced Encryption Standard 256-bit crypto engine that lies between the main system memory and the flash storage. This engine works together with the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function, which is executed in the hardware as well, to reduce transparency for cryptographic operations. Likewise, a unique identifier is incorporated into the device's hardware. This is an AES 256-bit key melded into the application's processor.
The Unique identifier is specific to the device and not recorded elsewhere. In fact, no software or firmware can read it directly. They can only see the results of the decryption and encryption operations. Because the key is burnt into the silicon, it cannot be bypassed or tampered with. Only the crypto engine can access it.
Consequently, data is cryptographically bound to a particular idevice and cannot be linked with any other device or identifier. By default, Apple enables iOS encryption level and does not permit it to be disabled. This is an important feature, especially if a device is stolen or lost and remote wipe has been configured earlier. Under such circumstances, a device’s data can in theory be erased before somebody hacks it.
Step 3: Tap on “Turn Passcode On” option.
Step 4: Set a strong passcode or password. You can set a strong four-digit, alphanumeric password or a longer numerical pass code.
Step 5: Ensure data protection is enabled. To verify, return back to the settings. When you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see “Data protection is enabled”. This implies you finished iPhone device encryption and the data on it cannot be accessed by anyone.
Erase Private Data: Erase current contacts, messages and the like to protect your private info safety.
Erase Private Fragments: Erase fragments that produced by third-party apps, such as Snapchat, WeChat, WhatsApp, etc., so that no longer worry about your private data being revealed.
Erase Deleted Files: Erase the deleted files from your iPhone permanently without any chance of recovery.
Erase All Data: As it can erase all of your data completely, it is the most safety mode if you want to sell your iPhone.
Step 1: Connect your idevice to a PC and launch the iMyFone Umate Pro software.
Step 2: Go to “Erase Private Fragments” or “Erase private data” and click on Scan. Thereafter, you double-click on WhatsApp to preview the scanning result first.
Step 3: Select the one you would like to erase and click on “Erase now” button. | https://www.imyfone.com/ios-data-erase/what-is-iphone-encryption-and-how-to-encrypt-iphone/ |
Data breach at Minnesota’s new health insurance exchange.
An auditor can come snooping around your company at any time. Depending on the circumstances, he/she may be in a bad mood. You need to be prepared.
An employee at MNsure, Minnesota’s new health insurance exchange, emailed the vital, personal information, including social security numbers, of more than 2,000 insurance agents to an unintended source. The person who received the email was another agent himself. Fortunately, he did the right thing and reported the mistake. Counting on such scrupulous behavior from the next recipient of an unencrypted Excel attachment would be foolish to say the least.
While Minnesota’s Governor insists that he’s confident in MNsure as a whole, most aren’t so pleased. Legislative Auditor, Jim Nobles heads an investigation already underway to not only uncover the facts about this particular data breach, but to get the answers to numerous questions he has about MNsure’s data security. That this auditor cites so many unanswered questions implies that he will attempt to gain an understanding of the company’s data security system as a whole.
Is your data security system the next to be audited?
What would happen to your company if an employee makes a similar mistake? It seems that even if the problem were not the result of a direct issue with the data security system currently in place, any existing holes in your defense would be exposed by such an audit. You want to be prepared.
Yes, having your entire system under the scrutiny of an auditor is daunting, but imagine the nature of his/her approach when it’s not just a routine check-up, but a response to serious breach, and especially one that has been made public. The auditor’s simple goal of finding any problems in the security system will become an audible battle cry that justice will be done.
You can expect that any negative security news regarding your company will likely result in a more thorough audit. Jim Nobles makes a point to communicate to the public that the state takes these types of alarming security issues very seriously. It stands to reason that he will be scouring even more closely to find and solve any weaknesses in MNsure’s data security now that the public is watching with concerned eyes.
TechR2 has you covered with onsite data destruction.
When the auditor descends on your company to investigate data security practices (whether it’s routine or of the urgent, targeted variety) you want him/her to find that you have a system in place that not only secures information with encrypted files and strict personnel policies, but that end-of-life, information-containing failed hard drives or loose digital media never even leave your place of business before being destroyed. This is where most companies are vulnerable. TechR2’s system ensures that loose media never finds its way into the hands of cyber criminals. Your IT team deposit all failed and loose digital media in the secure bin, and TechR2’s team comes to you to dispose of them properly.
And don’t just satisfy your auditor. Command his/her praise. It’s not just that your company’s data security system comes complete with onsite data destruction; you are also given a certificate of destruction for your records. You have documentation for each device which is destroyed. Such attention to detail doesn’t merely exude professionalism; it provides enough evidence to significantly aid an investigation of any potential data breach. You are systematically committed to protecting the information of your company and its customers, in addition to making the investigator’s job easier. Talk about making a strong impression.
Environmental Responsibility.
If all that wasn’t enough, any digging into the environmental ramifications of your company’s robust data destruction system will reveal that TechR2 always maintains EPA compliant recycling best practices. Honoring the environment is embedded in TechR2’s DNA. When you implement its system, respecting the planet becomes synonymous with your company’s identity as well.
See how an initially disgruntled auditor feels about you now.
Providing complete “Cradle to Grave” data eradication solutions, sound experience, industry best practices and resources to support you. | https://techr2.com/audit-data-security-will-find/ |
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to delve into the bigger picture of the impact that the Global Payments Data Breach is going to have on the payment processing industry. Obviously this news is going to have a huge impact on Global Payments itself. The company faces a big penalty after Visa dropped it from its registry of compliant service providers due to “unauthorized access into a portion of (Global Payments’) processing system.”
Fees and penalties related to reacquiring its compliance status and getting back on the registry will add up. In fact an executive from Co3 Systems, a data loss management firm, estimated the potential liability for a merchant with 1 million cards compromised could top $1.6 million from compliance fines alone. With Global’s own official statements indicating that the number of cards that were compromised being less than 1.5 million, the Co3 estimate is probably right in the ballpark of what Global faces.
The company also will take a hit to its business simply because of the breach itself and being dropped by Visa. While they are off the list, some potential customers may not be able to sign with them due to the lack of compliance status. And if the process to be reinstated takes too long, it could affect some of their current customers.
But there’s a larger context that needs to be considered with this data breach: PCI DSS itslef.
We’ve covered PCI Compliance very extensively in the blog. We looked at a report from Verizon last year that suggested 79% of organizations Verizon surveyed were found to be non-compliant in their initial audit in 2010. The study from the previous year had 78% of organizations were non-compliant. A study by Gartner Research demonstrated that 18% of merchants they surveyed were not PCI Compliant at all.
One of the biggest criticisms of the PCI DSS is that it is the minimum agreed upon set of security protocols. Because of its nature as a consensus set of standards put together by the council, PCI is often criticized for being behind the curve or not being thorough enough to deal with the hackers who are trying to get at the data and breach the security of the transactions. Combine that with the studies that keep showing merchants are not keeping their compliance current or not even becoming compliant in the first place and you open the door for a lot of criticism against the system designed to keep transactions safe and secure.
Taylor Armerding wrote a compelling article for CSO Online on the issue of PCI compliance in the aftermath of the latest data breach. The lead statement of the article underscores the issue simply and effectively: “The latest data security breach to strike MasterCard and VISA has security experts focusing anew on the good and bad of PCI DSS. On one hand, the standard offers a clear blueprint on how to handle such a breach. On the other hand, compliance is usually not the cure, as this latest incident demonstrates.”
To add emphasis, Armerding quotes Neil Roiter, research director at Corero Network Security, as saying: “The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is highly prescriptive in nature, but simply complying does not ensure credit card security. Companies that rely on PCI DSS to solely dictate their security measures will continue to remain vulnerable to attack.”
The Weak Link
Armerding’s article suggested that compliance isn’t the be-all-end-all for security and that humans were still weakest link in the system. Quoting Anup Ghosh, founder and CEO of Invincea, a developer of browser protection systems, the article says that too much of the security standards are stuck in the past. Ghosh also suggests that PCI is complacent and easy for hackers to circumvent. Ghosh says that the systems in place are more designed to tell you what happened after the fact, being a reactive solution rather than a proactive solution. Ghosh then suggests that the data that was compromised was likely encrypted, but the security standards are behind the curve where it really counts: The Human Layer of Security.
Ghosh explains: “If I target employees, which is how you target these days, it is not very hard in phishing campaigns, to get employees to open an email or click on a link, which then provides access to their desktop and the privileges that come with it. [And in that case] Encryption is worthless.”
He then suggests a more proactive step of creating a more secure virtual environment for employees to work in so that whatever an employee clicks doesn’t end up compromising any data in the system.
PCI is Still Very Important
What Armerding and Ghosh say about PCI is quite compelling. But they both still point out that PCI Compliance is very important for merchants and payment processors. The standards may be behind the curve with the ever-clever hackers going after credit card data, but they set a starting point for security. They set the bar high enough that hackers have to put in work to circumvent the systems. Having PCI is so much better than not having it — which demonstrates how scary the Verizon and Gartner studies are.
Host Merchant Services advocates and performs a very zealous crusade for PCI Compliance. The company takes data security and safe transactions seriously and makes PCI Compliance a part of its value-added service package. HMS began a PCI Compliance Initiative last year that started with an ad campaign that offered for a limited time free PCI Compliance fees for merchants who signed up during that time. It then extended into an initiative run through a partnership agreement with HostMySite.com that offered a free PCI and Security Analysis to any customer interested, and now that same offer is available to anyone interested in Host Merchant Services, partnership or no partnership. The company provides on-call assistance with PCI Compliance questions and problems and will help all of its merchants get through the process with tips and advice from Host Merchant Services‘ own PCI Compliance experts.
Tomorrow The Official Merchant Services Blog will follow up with the latest developments from the data breach, as well as more information about PCI Compliance, and PCI DSS issues that the payments industry and the tech industry are discussing. | https://www.hostmerchantservices.com/2012/04/data-breach-consequences/ |
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