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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? ru in 2008.

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Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Schneier on Security

Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. percent level of protection? This is untenable.

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Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Schneier on Security

Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. percent level of protection? This is untenable.

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Advocate General Finds Member States May Not Breach EU Laws Over Electronic Communications Retention

Hunton Privacy

These cases were brought following the Court of Justice for the European Union’s (“CJEU’s”) decision in the Digital Rights Ireland case, which invalidated Directive 2006/24/EC on data retention.

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Emissary Panda updated its weapons for attacks in the past 2 years

Security Affairs

In 2018, Emissary Panda was observed using an updated version of the ZxShell RAT first developed in 2006 and whom code was released in 2007. “This Gh0st RAT sample communicated with IP address 43 [. ] “ SysUpdate Main employs HTTP communications and uses the hard-coded User-Agent “Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 6.3;

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

“Zhu and Zhang were members of a hacking group operating in China known within the cyber security community as Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (the APT10 Group).” The post US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Chronicle of a Records Manager: Controlling the Chaos of Disaster Response and Recovery

ARMA International

These undertakings require planning, communication, documentation, and collaboration to be successful. Communication Woes. Communication is paramount to the success of most projects. As in many other areas of life, communication issues can slow down and complicate the response process. Power Problems.