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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It’s a PPSX file, seemingly an outdated US Army manual for tank mine clearing blades (MCB).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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Jedediah Hotchkiss: Mapmaker of the Confederacy

Unwritten Record

Hotchkiss, Consulting Mining Engineer, “The Oaks,” 346 East Beverly Street, Staunton, Va.” Library of Congress. Note: The Library of Congress also holds many of Hotchkiss’ maps, including his famous map of the Shenandoah Valley created for General Jackson. “Postwar Mapping.”

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018.

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Web 2 Preview: DigitalGlobe: The World Is The Index

John Battelle's Searchblog

Mine is, but then again, that happens a bit more frequently than your average bear, I'll admit. In essence, the US Government uses DigitalGlobe for the same reason it uses FedEx to move military supplies around the world: it's just faster, better, cheaper, and easier. Is your mind blown yet?

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

Collibra

Cloud storage, text mining and social network analytics are vital 21 st century tools. King Ptolemy I Soter set about creating the largest collection of data (then) known to man, an institution known as the Library of Alexandria. . As a result, military medical care was reformed. . Data collection is what we do.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in September 2022 – 35.6 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process.

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Sergeant Dennis Fisher and Marine Corps Combat Photography in Vietnam

Unwritten Record

Upon graduation everyone was assigned a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and sent off to train for it. Mine was 0311 which was an infantry rifleman, and I was sent off for advanced infantry training. Such copies can be sent to the Still Picture Branch or the Library, National Archives and Records Administration.