Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. since August.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2023

Blogs Blog Beyond Gates and Alarms: The Scope and Impact of Physical Security Intelligence Exploring the role of physical security intelligence, which helps governments and commercial enterprises keep people, places, and assets safe Begin your free trial today.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2025

Multi-cloud and hybrid environments promise much greater flexibility, but they make it infinitely harder to manage and secure data consistently across different platforms. Protecting sensitive information has become increasingly difficult. Todays organizations need flexible, powerful, and scalable solutions to keep their data safe.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agencies are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( SUPO ) warns Russia will highly likely intensify its cyber activity over the winter. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( Suojelupoliisi or SUPO ) warn of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter.

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 21, 2024

In a recent investigation, researchers at AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) have unearthed a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign targeting various sectors within Ukraine, including the government, public institutions, and key industries.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. Security experts from cyber-security firm Prevailion reported that TA505 has compromised more than 1,000 organizations. pic.twitter.com/1qnx3NmwiB — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Other cybersecurity news. Stay safe, everyone!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

Threat actors were observed abusing OneDrive, for this reason, the IT giant has suspended more than 20 malicious OneDrive applications created by POLONIUM actors, notified affected organizations, and deployed a series of security intelligence updates that will quarantine malicious tools developed by the attackers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. The hackers targeted organizations across multiple industries and have also hit foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. ” Microsoft said.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In short, it’s a perfect environment for cybercriminals to gather intelligence about us, then craft creative ruses to trick victims into installing malware that gives them a foothold. This is stunning: phishing attacks soared in 2018, rising 250% between January and December, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report.

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Daniel Miessler

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The world’s small businesses, hospitals, schools, and local governments are starved for cybersecurity talent, and there aren’t nearly enough people to fill the roles. The best example of the need for this is national level security intelligence, reconnaisance, and vulnerability assessment.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The bot targets private gaming servers, cloud hosting providers, and certain government and educational sites.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020. MSTIC has observed activity by the nation-state actor MERCURY using the CVE-2020-1472 exploit (ZeroLogon) in active campaigns over the last 2 weeks. We strongly recommend patching.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed an evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by Iranian nation-state actors. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) March 12, 2021. Microsoft protects against this threat known as Ransom:Win32/DoejoCrypt.A, and also as DearCry. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

2020 may have been the year of establishing remote connectivity and addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, but 2021 presented security experts, government officials and businesses with a series of unpresented challenges. There was no shortage of discussion surrounding cryptocurrency and its security flaws.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

In June, the Finnish government expelled nine diplomats from the Russian embassy in Helsinki and accused them of cyber espionage for Moscow. Vladimir Putin issued multiple warnings that Russia would respond in kind if Nato set up military infrastructure in Finland after they joined the alliance.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2022

Christopher Hebeisen, Director of Security Intelligence Research at Lookout, discusses: "While these measures certainly strengthen device security, it is important to keep in mind that Lockdown Mode does not reduce the attack surface of third-party apps installed on the device unless those apps also implement separate lockdown measures.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

.” Microsoft Threat Intelligence Information Center (MSTIC) has uncovered activity by the threat actor PHOSPHOROUS, which has been masquerading as conference organizers and sending spoofed invitations by email to high-profile individuals. Get details here: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 28, 2020.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Israeli government is moving to harden aviation assets from cyber attacks, it has created a consortium of aviation and is asking cybersecurity firms to identify new attack vectors against the assets in the commercial aviation industry (i.e. airports, airlines, and aircraft) and develop countermeasures.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

billion by 2026, driven not only by remote working and growing cyber threats but also by a massive cybersecurity skills shortage , the demands of government regulations , and the simple cost benefits of outsourcing. Use Cases: Companies and governments in U.K., Use Cases: Mid-sized, enterprise, and government organizations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Get TTPs and protection info: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 14, 2022. Microsoft has identified a new ransomware strain "Prestige" in limited targeted attacks in Ukraine and Poland. Several notable features differentiate this ransomware from other campaigns and payloads tracked by MSTIC.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Enterprises are leveraging AI/ML to make business decisions in numerous use cases, but the process still is driven by data, it still has data-processing systems involved, and there still are applications that need to be governed and controlled. Just having AI and ML doesn’t magically make security easier.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

Your team many find the resources and community support on Cisco DevNet as a great way to connect, secure, and automate APIs. Creating and regularly sharing an API governance strategy is critical now more than ever with API traffic and attacks trending upwards. Know how each API in use brings value to the business. Maps to API1-API10.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 12, 2020. This action will result in protection for a wide range of organizations, including financial services institutions, government, healthcare, and other verticals from malware and human-operated campaigns delivered via the Trickbot infrastructure.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

HERZLIYA, Israel–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT), a global leader in security analytics software that empowers governments and enterprises with Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World TM , announced that it has been named a leader in Frost & Sullivan’s Frost Radar Digital Intelligence Solutions 2021 Report.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

To address the escalating cyber risks, the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) developed and published guidelines for Secure Tertiary Data Backup (STDB). In addition, security intelligence logs and reports streamline compliance reporting and speed up threat detection using leading security information and event management (SIEM) systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

Oracle also offers the Oracle IAM Suite 12c (Access and Governance), which provides both a software delivered/self-managed model for managing on-premises and cloud resident identities, as well as running as microservices. 33 global data centers provide the capability, scalability, and flexibility to manage access and governance needs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 8, 2024

The Bill allows the transfer of personal data outside India, too, except to nations restricted by the central government through notification. Exemptions and Penalties: Certain exemptions for government agencies exist, while penalties for non-compliance range up to Rs 250 crore.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

BEC typically targets commercial, government, and nonprofit organizations by impersonating a senior colleague, IT team member, vendor, or trusted customer. They might’ve even checked out your financials, so they know what kind of ransom to demand.” – Kelvin Murray, Sr. Threat Research Analyst. Business email compromise (BEC).

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