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Targeted operation against Ukraine exploited 7-year-old MS Office bug

Security Affairs

It’s a PPSX file, seemingly an outdated US Army manual for tank mine clearing blades (MCB). The payload includes a dynamic-link library (vpn.sessings) that injects the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike Beacon into memory and awaits commands from the C2 server. The PPSX file contains a remote link to an external OLE object.

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A brief history of data and how it helped change the world

Collibra

Yes, the ancient pyramids relied not only on labor and raw materials, but on data collection and analysis. . Cloud storage, text mining and social network analytics are vital 21 st century tools. Collecting data at military hospitals, she realized that infectious disease and poor sanitation were killing more soldiers than war injuries.

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