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EU law enforcement training agency data breach: Data of 97,000 individuals compromised

Personal data of nearly 100,000 individuals that have participated in trainings organized by CEPOL, the European Union (EU) Agency for Law Enforcement Training, has potentially been compromised due to the cyberattack suffered by the agency in May 2024. “Starting in October 2024, until 31 December 2024, over 97 000 notifications were sent to people whose personal data were processed in the 31 processing activities identified as high risk in the context of the data breach … More → The post EU law enforcement training agency data breach: Data of 97,000 individuals compromised appeared first on Help Net Security.
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USPS offers up to $15K in early retirement buyouts to cut mail handler staffing

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently told lawmakers USPS has reduced its overall headcount by about 20,000 employees and cut 45 million total work hours. The post USPS offers up to $15K in early retirement buyouts to cut mail handler staffing first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Alleged Blender, Sinbad cryptomixer operators arrested, indicted

Three Russian nationals have been indicted in the Northern District of Georgia for their alleged role as operators of cryptocurrency mixing (cryptomixer) services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on Dec. 1, 2024, roughly a year after Sinbad.io’s online infrastructure was seized as part of a coordinated law enforcement action among the Netherlands’ Financial Intelligence and Investigative Service, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, and the FBI. The third defendant, … More → The post Alleged Blender, Sinbad cryptomixer operators arrested, indicted appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Small businesses lean into digital transformation in the new year

Most SMBs are already using AI, but nearly half plan to add more applications of the technology in 2025, according to a JPMorgan Chase survey. 
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GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community

In this Help Net Security, Alexis Wales, CISO at GitHub, discusses how GitHub embeds security into every aspect of its platform to protect millions of developers and repositories, ensuring it remains a trustworthy platform for building secure software. The post GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts

Chainsaw is an open-source first-response tool for quickly detecting threats in Windows forensic artefacts, including Event Logs and the MFT file. It enables fast keyword searches through event logs and identifies threats using built-in Sigma detection and custom detection rules. Chainsaw features Hunt for threats using Sigma detection rules and custom detection rules Search and extract forensic artefacts by string matching and regex patterns Create execution timelines by analyzing Shimcache artefacts and enriching them with … More → The post Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Time for a change: Elevating developers’ security skills

Organizations don’t know their software engineers’ security skills because they don’t assess them in the interview process. Trying to do that in an interview is challenging, of course, given the time it takes for a proper assessment. However, given the industry push toward shift-left, it’s just not good enough – for the developer or the organization – to simply view security as a teachable skill and move forward with the same processes. Given the right … More → The post Time for a change: Elevating developers’ security skills appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 13th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9276, (Mon, Jan 13th)

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Rethinking Managed IT Services: How FUJIFILM IT Services Is Shaping the Future

FUJIFILM IT Services drives flexible, trust-based partnerships with its “no lock-in contracts” model, helping businesses stay agile and resilient.
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