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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. A sample Common Access Card (CAC). Millions of U.S. Image: Cac.mil.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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Microsoft releases On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to fix ProxyLogon issues

Security Affairs

The IT giant reported that at least one China linked APT group, tracked as HAFNIUM , chained these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, and install backdoors to maintain access to victim environments. Microsoft provides the following system requirements: PowerShell 3 or later IIS 7.5

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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. The backdoor uses a Virtual FAT16 File System formatted in FAT16, it is deployed using existing access methods, including the PowerStallion PowerShell backdoor.

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NSA Launches New Cybersecurity Directorate

Security Affairs

The directorate will have NSA turn its efforts towards securing military and defense industry security. In 2011, as the financial sector was still recovering from the financial crisis of 2008, the Agency began providing Wall Street banks with cybersecurity information in the hopes that it would prevent “financial sabotage.”

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The Pushmi-Pullyu Impact of Technology Innovation on Information Preservation

AIIM

On the one hand , technology has revolutionized both the access and potential value of very long-term archival information -- much of which originated as paper -- exposing it to the light of day after years in the basement and giving it new life. Much of the world’s cultural, economic, social, and political memory is at some long-term risk.

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

Security Affairs

ESET explained that the most important aspect of the new analysis is the discovery of a covert access channel used by Turla to hit foreign offices of another two European countries. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” The Turla backdoor has been used since at least 2009 and was continuously improved across the years. .