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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. backed media outlet that ran stories examining the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur people living in its Xinjian region.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

The hackers targeted organizations across multiple industries and have also hit foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. “But in campaigns from July to August 2020, the group deployed Monero coin miners in attacks that targeted both the private sector and government institutions in France and Vietnam.”

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

since Q3 of 2007. Government organizations combine the best of both the energy and healthcare industries for scammers, with government entities both having access to sensitive information and being necessary to the day-to-day lives of citizens. of the wealth in the United States as of Q1 2022, compared to 6.5% Business targets.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: Debating disastrous KM experiences

ChiefTech

Sunday, 24 June 2007 Debating disastrous KM experiences Ive commented a couple of times on posts by Paula Thornton in the FAST Forward blog , so it was great to see her drop by the ChiefTech blog to challenge me a little on my own thinking about the success of knowledge management (KM). Mine have all been disastrous experiences.

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Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server: a next generation of deeper, wider content silos? | ZDNet

Collaboration 2.0

The impression I get, however, is that rather than ‘Partners Betting on Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Social-Networking Capabilities’ as Microsoft would have it on their ‘ Enterprise 2.0 10 SharePoint deployment challenges Will Sharepoint 2010 work with Sharepoint 2007?

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GDPR Ain’t Helping Anyone In The Innovation Economy

John Battelle's Searchblog

It’s more likely than not that any reader of mine already knows all about GDPR, but for those who don’t, it’s the most significant new framework for data regulation in recent history. The third major player in all of this, of course, are governments.

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GDPR Ain’t Helping Anyone In The Innovation Economy

John Battelle's Searchblog

It’s more likely than not that any reader of mine already knows all about GDPR, but for those who don’t, it’s the most significant new framework for data regulation in recent history. The third major player in all of this, of course, are governments.

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