Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at least 2008. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

and Israel get Stuxnet onto the highly secured Natanz plant? Germany provided technical specifications and knowledge about the ICS systems manufactured by Siemens that were controlling the centrifuges at the Natanz Iranian plant. The unanswered question is, how did the U.S. France only provided support to intelligence.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

To prevent APTs requires a strong foundation of basic security techniques combined with effective security monitoring. However, some additional security techniques can improve the odds against APTs even more. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. What Are APTs?

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Not to mention retirement (from Social Security to 401ks, etc.). I wonder how the folks at the Tea Party HQ would respond to this data: They spend an awful lot of time talking about Big Government, but they seem overly focused on the Big Bad Feds. No wonder 2008 was such a (continuing) disaster. Social security has risen a lot.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 1, 2013

Bush authorized the National Security Agency (“NSA”) to conduct warrantless wiretapping in cases where one party to a telephone or electronic communication was located outside the U.S. Following the attacks on 9/11, President George W.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Employers do not want to appear hysterical; yet they need to be prudent about protecting co-workers, customers, visitors and vendors. Also, a very real risk exists that an infected employee on a manufacturing floor or otherwise in the chain of commerce could create a panicked boycott of the goods/services of their employer. Code §§ 56.20-56.245.)

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