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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. You need to rely on external storage to securely transport your data.

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US and UK agencies warn of Russia-linked APT28 exploiting Cisco router flaws

Security Affairs

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.”

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Russia-linked APT28 targets govt bodies with fake NATO training docs

Security Affairs

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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New Turla ComRAT backdoor uses Gmail for Command and Control

Security Affairs

Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008. Despite their extensions, the attachments are not Office documents, but rather encrypted blobs of data that include a specific command to be executed. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Ongoing innovation in connectivity lessened the potential economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because organizations quickly adopted solutions like VPNs to secure a remote workforce.

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Latest Turla backdoor leverages email PDF attachments as C&C mechanism

Security Affairs

Turla is the name of a Russian cyber espionage APT group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) that has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. This is a binary blob with a special format that contains encrypted commands for the backdoor ,” reads the report released by ESET.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. It's a process of protecting critical information through encryption and being aware of the potential for eavesdropping on conversations. Don't do that.

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