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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

as members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military. Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers).

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NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023

Security Affairs

The NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023, every member states will contribute with its cyber capabilities to the military hub. NATO alliance is aware of growing threats in the cyberspace and the new NATO military command center aims to respond them. 31 at its military hub in Belgium.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Cybersecurity US holds conference on military AI use with dozens of allies to determine ‘responsible’ use DFSA’s Cyber Risk Management Guidelines: A Blueprint for Cyber Resilience?

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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

They affect national security. In his keynote address at the International Conference on Cybersecurity, Attorney General William Barr argued that companies should weaken encryption systems to gain access to consumer devices for criminal investigations. They're critical to national security as well as personal security.

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Weekly Podcast: Russian cyber crimes, Facebook breach and Tory conference app

IT Governance

This week, we discuss Russian cyber crime, the Facebook breach affecting 90 million users and the Conservative Party’s conference app breach. Following last year’s embarrassments , the Tories were presumably hoping that their conference would pass without major incident this year. Here are this week’s stories.

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EU leaders aim at boosting defense and security, including cybersecurity

Security Affairs

During a video conference of the members of the European Council, EU leaders agreed on a new strategy aimed at boosting defense and security. Participants are committed to providing secure European access to space, cyberspace and the high seas. SecurityAffairs – hacking, security). Pierluigi Paganini.

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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

Krebs on Security

attorney for the Southern District of California, at a press conference this morning in Los Angeles. In April 2022, the DOJ quietly removed malware from computers around the world infected by the “Snake” malware , an even older malware family that has been tied to the GRU, an intelligence arm of the Russian military.