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"The two men arrested work for a company hired by [the state court administration, or SCA] to test the security of the court's electronic records, " Iowa's judicial branch said in a statement on the matter. "The company was asked to attempt unauthorized access to court records through various means to learn of any potential vulnerabilities. SCA did not intend, or anticipate, those efforts to include the forced entry into a building. " Those familiar with pen-testing procedures were quick to point out just what a colossal failure had to occur to create these sort of circumstances. Perhaps they should've carried a copy of their contract in their back pocket. I learned that from a pentester 15 years ago. If they're pentesters, this really sucks. — Waffles b4 pancakes (@realmonsino) September 12, 2019 So, while it seems that the whole thing will be settled shortly, as of Thursday the two men remain in police custody – a court date is reportedly set for September 23 – on $50, 000 bond. Coalfire has yet to respond to requests for comment.
— Published on Jan 13, 2017 04:30 PM Security is a concern for all computing and all computer users. Although users cannot ever be truly certain of their security when using proprietary software, that does not mean free software is automatically secure. Free software developers and users must take steps to improve the security of free software projects. Because security is so important, creating free software projects that help users secure their computing could drive free software adoption. This is an effort of great ethical import that is only possible at all because users have the freedom to do so. Ways to help Make your own computing more secure: one place to start is encrypting your email, and the FSF offers an Email Self-Defense Guide to help you get started, and get your community started by teaching an encryption workshop. The Electronic Frontier Foundation offers several free software security projects, including HTTPS Everywhere, a browser extension that encrypts your communications with many Web sites.
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In addition to the group and project events, the following user actions are also recorded: Sign-in events and the authentication type (such as standard, LDAP, or OmniAuth) Failed sign-ins Added SSH key Added or removed email Changed password Ask for password reset Grant OAuth access Started or stopped user impersonation Changed username ( introduced in GitLab 12. 8) User was deleted ( introduced in GitLab 12. 8) User was added ( introduced in GitLab 12. 8) User requests access to an instance ( introduced in GitLab 13. 9) User was approved via Admin Area ( introduced in GitLab 13. 6) User was rejected via Admin Area ( introduced in GitLab 13. 9) User was blocked via Admin Area ( introduced in GitLab 12. 8) User was blocked via API ( introduced in GitLab 12. 9) Failed second-factor authentication attempt ( introduced in GitLab 13. 5) A user's personal access token was successfully created or revoked ( introduced in GitLab 13. 6) A failed attempt to create or revoke a user's personal access token ( introduced in GitLab 13.
Do we continuously monitor for threats and vulnerabilities? Do we have a list of compliance standards that can be applied to new resources? Which parts of our compliance process can we automate, and which need to be done manually? Do we have compliance for the usage of core DevOps tools like GitHub and Jenkins? Do we have compliance measures for the usage of container images? Do we audit the security practices of open source projects we use? Do we have a centralized view of our compliance posture across all cloud locations? Do we collect audit logs for all cloud services and cloud resources in use? Are we able to glean the signal from the noise in audit logs? Do we follow RBAC or more granular attribute-based access controls? How many users have admin or superuser access to our cloud assets? How do we handle conflicts in permission? Do we have a way for identities to request additional access they need to perform key tasks? DNSStuff rightly simplifies the discussion around security by saying that, "the two fundamental aspects of security are authentication and authorization. "
Activists and whistleblowers might be in a situation where they want to share information with a journalist, and keeping that communication secure and private is important to personal safety. Media outlets publish guidelines for secure communication on their sites, like these from The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio and The Guardian, to protect sources and journalists. Keep a private email identity Be alert to platforms and petitions that ask for your personal information. Ask yourself if it's critical to provide that information, and if the requestor is trustworthy in the first place. If something looks off, it's not worth the risk. Firefox Relay makes it easy to shield your personal email by creating email aliases that forward to your inbox, keeping your actual email address private. Audit your apps Check app permissions: Does that game you downloaded need to access your location, photos or contacts? Many apps and sites do not need to know these things to function, yet they still request them by default during installation.