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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level. Millions of U.S.

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NSA Attacks Against Virtual Private Networks

Schneier on Security

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Cavanagh As a latecomer to the hyperscale data center market , Oracle focused on its heritage of helping large enterprise customers securely and efficiently run their mission critical systems and applications, Cavanagh told me. “We

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$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia

Krebs on Security

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com

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Attackers behind Operation Oceansalt reuse code from Chinese Comment Crew

Security Affairs

Security researchers from McAfee have recently uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, tracked as Operation Oceansalt, targeting South Korea, the United States, and Canada. Security Affairs – APT1, hacking ). The post Attackers behind Operation Oceansalt reuse code from Chinese Comment Crew appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Thanks AIIM—This Isn’t Goodbye

AIIM

I came to AIIM in 2006. I’m looking forward to further growth as I take on the role of VP of Membership and Volunteer Engagement at ASIS (a community of security management professionals -- anyone from military police to CISOs). My daughter was four, drowning in her Pre-K school uniform.

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Can Gather Change the Course of Internet History?

John Battelle's Searchblog

And this was no fly-by-night startup – the company’s founders, team, and investors are all deeply experienced in AI, Internet security, scaled engineering, product design, marketing, and much more. First, Gather The Data My Amazon data in Gather: Who knew I bought that back in 2006?!