Ransomware Attack – Government Releases Guidance
government has released guidelines for employees who had been out of work for at least six months due to the recent ransomware attack as well as for those who had not had a pay raise for at least 30 days to restart their paid employment. The guidance is based on an extensive study of the effects of the attack on employees of the company that is responsible for the United States’ largest computer server and of its second largest, which was attacked in November. The guidelines are to be used to determine how the company will reimburse employees for any costs that were not reimbursed due to the attack. In addition the guidelines set forth a process of how employees should be trained on how to handle a situation that results from the attack so that they can begin preparing as soon as possible. While some of the guidelines provide specific recommendations on how to handle a ransomware attack, the guidelines have been widely publicized in an effort to alert companies to the problem. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has also posted its advisory, which notes that employees who are out of work for at least six months, those who had not had a pay raise for at least 30 days, and employees who were given the option to reinstate after receiving a payment increase must now take measures to protect themselves. This includes avoiding Internet communication that might lead to false assumptions that the company is no longer in business. The guidelines do not address reinstatement after a return to work. The advisory also notes that employees who are paid a salary increase or pay raises may find that after they do not receive a salary increase, they are no longer eligible for reinstatement. This can be problematic if the employee is eligible for reinstatement at the time of the attack. The guidelines do not specify that reinstatement after a pay raise should not be granted until after 30 days after the raise. The guidelines also state that reinstatement should not be granted retroactively for employees to whom they have been awarded a pay raise. The guidelines also state that employees who are out of work for more than 30 days and have not had their pay increased would be eligible for reinstatement. The guidelines state that reinstatement may be granted only if the employee has exhausted the “pay period” for that pay raise.
Howard University in D.C. will resume in-person classes Wednesday after a ransomware attack.
Security Researchers found that the university’s computer network was infected by a ransomware called “Haxor,” according to research by cybersecurity experts. Haxor is ransomware, an illegal software program used to steal information about computers. It locks computers or servers, and the victim’s data is then downloaded to a remote server. To resolve the infection, attackers can use software installed on the infected system to extract the data that had been encrypted before the attack.
The hackers, who have targeted other universities, were exploiting flaws on computers used for computing and for the university’s own work, according to the cyber security researchers.
The university has also taken action, closing the office of the IT director and removing all computer systems in the administrative building.
17 and early in the morning of Feb. 18, the hacking team has accessed the university’s computer network, the security researchers said. The hackers, who are reportedly part of Russian intelligence, targeted the university’s network because it was vulnerable to attacks, they said in a blog post.
The attackers exploited flaws in a web application framework used by the university to access “vulnerable web sites and email accounts that contain sensitive or protected information from other systems,” the blog said.
“The primary way to gain access to the university’s systems was through a phishing attack, which is a targeted attack consisting of a fake website with a link leading to a malicious website,” the researchers said in the blog post.
While no evidence of malicious intent was found, university officials said the IT department is now working against the attackers.
“On Monday, all computers were shut down and then removed from the department,” the university’s IT chief, Eric Wiebe, said during a conference call with reporters on Tuesday night.
“There is a substantial amount of work that has been done by IT to mitigate the damage. It is now being done by working with the state department to make sure our computer system is not broken, and we are working with them to make sure our other IT systems are working,” Wiebe said.
The attack had two objectives, the researchers said.
A Ransomware attack on Black University.
The article provides general context for the ransomeware attack on Black University on April 3, 2016: In order to secure the network and preserve the network and file system integrity, we have conducted a vulnerability assessment and a security improvement. The following vulnerabilities were found: System memory zero-fill vulnerabilities: A memory allocation issue that occurs when a program is running or when an allocation is done in memory; A system memory overflow vulnerability that occurs when a piece of data is written to the memory system and then overwritten by another piece of data. In order to address the vulnerabilities, we have executed a patch to fix these vulnerabilities. The patch, which came from our security team, includes two system memory zero-fill vulnerabilities and two system memory overflow vulnerabilities. A security analysis has also been conducted using data from the source code review. Source code review and code analysis have identified the main issue as a memory allocation issue. Memory security analysis on our team’s system has determined that the vulnerabilities are in the same branch of code and that the scope and significance of the exploitation is limited. The security response and response to the attack is in progress. We have also notified the University of Singapore, and we will continue to provide updates and support to our systems. […] The article provides context for this ransomware attack.
[…] It’s worth remembering that for a large portion of the year, Black University’s computer systems are still down. The IT security team is still working to ensure that systems are secured and their systems safe from this particular attack.
It’s a great article that I got from the post “A Ransomware Attack on Black University”. The article provides general context for the ransomware attack on Black University on April 3, 2016. I’ve posted a new update for our support site which address most of the issues I mentioned in this article and also provide support for the Windows Server 2016 network security. You can also contact us by e-mail at techsupport@blackuniversity.
The update for our support site covers issues mentioned in this article, but also the support for this Windows Server 2016 network security. If you have any further queries related to the Windows Server 2016 network security, you can contact us by e-mail at techsupport@blackuniversity.
Campus Operations and IT Security
For the academic season, computer security has again become the subject of heated debate, with many in academia questioning the benefits of putting security controls in place inside the organization. Despite the lack of concrete evidence tying the benefits of security controls to the decrease in security incidents, the general consensus appears to be that, given the right controls, it is possible to significantly decrease the use of insecure systems. While there will always be arguments about the relative merits of security controls or the best way to implement them, the debate has unfortunately gone on and turned into a shouting match between advocates of security controls and advocates of free-market based approaches to IT security management. The stakes are high, and the stakes are on the line for researchers and administrators alike.
The debate was sparked by the recent announcement that Microsoft is increasing the complexity of their cloud service offerings to the point that they could be completely removed from the public Internet. [1] To quote Matthew Henson, a professor of information systems ethics and technology at the Australian National University, “if anyone is going to decide that the net has entered a more secure world, that will be Microsoft, and Microsoft is going to decide to use their own private networks and their own private security controls. This is the free-market approach that should be used.
Microsoft is using security controls that were developed by a subsidiary of Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was created by the late Microsoft founder, Bill Gates. As a private organization, it is separate from the public Microsoft Corporation (MSFT). While there are some concerns over the foundation’s motives and objectives, the foundation is generally perceived as a private charity that is not beholden to any political or corporate leader. According to the BMGF website, “[I]n order to promote its research and education, support educational initiatives, and provide technical support, the Foundation provides support to organizations and individuals working on critical issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, Alzheimer’s, blindness, education, health, and education”[3].
In contrast to the public sector, the private sector is not held in quite the same esteem at least among academics for most of the past century or so.
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