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Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”

Krebs on Security

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contacted them regarding ransomware attacks that were based in Canada.

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U.S. Internet Leaked Years of Internal, Customer Emails

Krebs on Security

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. Some of the exposed emails dated back to 2008; others were as recent as the present day. Internet Corp. But until it was notified last week, U.S. ” U.S.

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It Takes Time, And It Ain’t For Sure.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Culture, business, government – all would be revolutionized. But Airbnb launched in late 2008, Uber in 2009, and both didn’t gain widespread traction until 2011 or 2012. While tens of millions of us have begun to use generative AI in various ways, its “paradigm shifting” impacts are likely years away.

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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. government smart cards. government smart cards.

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Too many issues in Pentagon networks expose it to cybersecurity risks

Security Affairs

related recommendations, dating as far back as 2008. The report also includes results from four classified reports and 20 unclassified reports that were drafted between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, by the Government Accountability Office and DoD community. related recommendations still unresolved in the Pentagon infrastructure.

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GUEST ESSAY: Restore Us Institute (RUI) aims to protect Americans from online harms and crimes

The Last Watchdog

Government policymakers decided in the 1990s to promote inherently insecure, nascent Internet technology to be the world’s primary global information infrastructure for all the world’s communications, content, and commerce. Government policymakers decided in the 1990s to de facto nationally abdicate governing online.

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CVE-2019-1132 Windows Zero-Day exploited by Buhtrap Group in government attack

Security Affairs

The CVE-2019-1132 flaw addressed by Microsoft this month was exploited by Buhtrap threat actor to target a government organization in Eastern Europe. The second one, tracked as CVE-2019.0880, affects Windows 7 and Server 2008. The issue resides in the way splwow64 (Thunking Spooler APIs) handles certain calls. 86 billion RUB ($27.4M