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Report: US Must Address Massive Revenue Streams Funding ISIS | Homeland Security Degrees

Report: US Must Address Massive Revenue Streams Funding ISIS | Homeland Security Degrees

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Global oil prices have dropped sharply over the past year, leading to significant revenue shortfalls in many energy exporting nations – and according to experts there is no end in sight.



Oil and gas producing countries in the Gulf region are struggling to keep their income and expenses in balance.



If they do not adapt to the oil price drop and seek alternatives, countries like Saudi Arabia could run out of buffers in just five years, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a recent report.



“The price of oil has sharply declined in the last 12 months and… we do not see a significant improvement in the near term. So as a result of the new reality, we believe that finance ministers and authorities should take steps in the spending site of their budget, in the revenue site of their budget, and they should also welcome private sector operators in order to create growth from alternative sources,” said Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF.



Lagarde travelled to the Gulf countries to deliver this message in person, meeting both, leaders and the younger generation in order to raise awareness and to offer solutions.



One of them involves the imposition of what might have been difficult to imagine just a few months ago: taxes.



“When you are running out of money, you don’t have many options. You need to cut expenses or look for other income – or both,” Lagarde said.



But aside from the issue of oil prices, there are many other critical issues facing the global economy and thereby the IMF.



Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, talks to Al Jazeera about the future of the GCC economies, Europe’s refugee crisis, the continuing financial problems in Greece, and the rising power of China. She also talks about inspiring women across the globe and her career – will she run for president in France’s next presidential elections?



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Posted on October 16th, 2016

Cloud Service Adoption Leads to More Data Breaches | Homeland Security Degrees

Cloud Service Adoption Leads to More Data Breaches | Homeland Security Degreeshttps://homelandsecurityedus.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/cloud-service-adoption-leads-to-more-data-breaches/ Cloud Service Adoption Leads to More Data Breaches The growing use of cloud services and the lack of visibility into sensitive information in the cloud can result in more damaging or costly data breaches. Thats according to a Netskope study conducted in partnership with Ponemon Institute. The survey found that when respondents were asked to estimate the likelihood of a data breach they said that the growing use of cloud services (SaaS) and the increase in backup and storage of confidential data in the cloud is most likely to cause a To learn more visit: Moving your business to the cloud? Dont miss the debut of Cloud and Security: Episode 1 Masters of Data Disguise. See how this dynamic duo works together to stop a group of data hungry goons from getting their hands on the Citys sensitive data. How? Security knows the old school technology the City used to use such as perimeter security doesnt work in the cloud. He shows the Mayor how to encrypt sensitive data with Gemaltos portfolio of SafeNet encryption solutions. Now in the event of a breach even at the cloud service provider the bad guys cant view sensitive data in the clear and Mr. Mayor can meet all of his internal and regulatory compliance mandates. Ready to be a cloud security superhero for your enterprise? Tune in to learn more about key management in the cloud and securing access to cloud-based applications or visit http://www.gemalto.com/cloud-security. And remember old school super heroes are cool. Securing your data in the cloud with old school technology isnt. The post Cloud Service Adoption Leads to More Data Breaches appeared first on Homeland Security Degrees. Cloud Service Adoption Leads to More Data Breaches

Posted on October 16th, 2016

Internal Homeland Security Memo Seems to Contradict Agency Claims | Homeland Security Degrees

Internal Homeland Security Memo Seems to Contradict Agency Claims | Homeland Security Degrees

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An internal Department of Homeland Security memo appears to contradict claims by the agency that there is no budget shortfall as a result of a surge in immigrants detained at the U.S.-Mexican border. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that ……

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Posted on October 15th, 2016

Security experts released an anti-reconnaissance tool dubbed NetCease | Homeland Security Degrees

Security experts released an anti-reconnaissance tool dubbed NetCease | Homeland Security Degrees

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A Microsoft security duo released a new tool dubbed NetCease designed to make hard for attackers to conduct reconnaissance.



Microsoft experts have released a tool dubbed NetCease that was designed to make hard reconnaissance activities of hackers.



The NetCease tool was developed by two researchers of the Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) research team, Itai Grady and Tal Be’ery.



The security experts will present the tool at the Black Hat Europe where they will explore the concept of “offensive cyber defense” methods.



The application is not classified as an official Microsoft tool, but it has been made available on Micros…

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Posted on October 15th, 2016

43% of IT Pros Find Cloud Security Difficult | Homeland Security Degrees

43% of IT Pros Find Cloud Security Difficult | Homeland Security Degreeshttps://homelandsecurityedus.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/43-of-it-pros-find-cloud-security-difficult/ 43% of IT Pros Find Cloud Security 'Difficult' A full 43% of IT professionals said they find it difficult to secure data in the cloud. Thats according to a Lieberman Software survey which also found that 73% of respondents said they prefer to keep their sensitive corporate data on premises rather than in the cloud. The cloud is ideal for businesses that need a cost effective scalable and flexible means to transform their IT environments said Philip Lieberman president and CEO of Lieberman Software. To learn more visit: The post 43% of IT Pros Find Cloud Security Difficult appeared first on Homeland Security Degrees. 43% of IT Pros Find Cloud Security Difficult

Posted on October 14th, 2016

Internal Homeland Security Memo Seems to Contradict Agency Claims | Homeland Security Degrees

Internal Homeland Security Memo Seems to Contradict Agency Claims | Homeland Security Degrees

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An internal Department of Homeland Security memo appears to contradict claims by the agency that there is no budget shortfall as a result of a surge in immigrants detained at the U.S.-Mexican border. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that ……

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Posted on October 14th, 2016

SonicWALL Email Security appliance flaws could expose corporate emails | Homeland Security Degrees

SonicWALL Email Security appliance flaws could expose corporate emails | Homeland Security Degrees

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Dell issued the SonicWALL Email Security OS 8.3.2 release to address high severity issues that can be exploited to take control of the appliance.



Security researchers at Digital Defense discovered multiple vulnerabilities while assessed the SonicWALL Email Security virtual appliance (Version 8.3.0.6149). According to the experts. The flaws could be exploited by attackers to conduct a wide range of malicious activities, including command injection, arbitrary file deletion, denial-of-service (DoS) and information disclosure.



Below the list of vulnerabilities discovered by the experts at the Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team (VRT).



DDI-VRT-20…

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SonicWALL Email Security appliance flaws could expose corporate emails



Posted on October 14th, 2016

Attackers are exploiting a recently patched high-severity DoS flaw in BIND | Homeland Security Degrees

Attackers are exploiting a recently patched high-severity DoS flaw in BIND | Homeland Security Degrees

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Attackers are exploiting a recently patched high-severity DoS flaw, tracked as CVE-2016-2776, in the in the popular DNS software in BIND.



Last month a vulnerability in the popular DNS software BIND, tracked as CVE-2016-2776, has been patched. The flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker to trigger a DoS condition using specially crafted DNS packets. The high severity flaw initially discovered by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) was fixed with the release of BIND 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.4-P3 and 9.11.0rc3.



“Testing by ISC has uncovered a critical error condition which can occur when a nameserver is constructing a response. A defect in the rendering of message…

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Attackers are exploiting a recently patched high-severity DoS flaw in BIND



Posted on October 13th, 2016

Attackers Use Internet Explorer Zero-Day to Avoid Researchers | Homeland Security Degrees

Attackers Use Internet Explorer Zero-Day to Avoid Researchers | Homeland Security Degrees

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One of the Internet Explorer zero-days patched by Microsoft on Tuesday has been exploited in malvertising campaigns to help attackers avoid automated analysis systems and researchers.



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Posted on October 13th, 2016

DXXD Ransomware, displays legal notice and encrypts files on unmapped network shares | Homeland Security Degrees

DXXD Ransomware, displays legal notice and encrypts files on unmapped network shares | Homeland Security Degrees

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The DXXD ransomware specifically targets servers and is able to encrypt files on network shares even if they haven’t been mapped.



Malware continues to evolve, the last threat in order of time that implemented a singular feature is the DXXD ransomware. The peculiarities of this threat is that it encrypts also file on network shares, even if they are, unmapped ( a feature already implemented by the Locky ransomware) and displays a legal notice.



The DXXD ransomware appends the. dxxd extension to the encrypted files, then it leaves a ransom note onto the infected machine. The DXXD ransom note contains instructions for the victims th…

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Posted on October 12th, 2016