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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Burkov was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities, and the Russian government fought Burkov’s extradition to the U.S.

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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. Roughly a week ago, KrebsOnSecurity was contacted by Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm. The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S.

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Taiwan Government websites suffered DDoS attacks during the Nancy Pelosi visit

Security Affairs

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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My Health Record: almost $2bn spent but half the 23m records created are empty

The Guardian Data Protection

The Australian government has spent $1.97bn since the system was introduced as the e-health record in 2009 A decade since it was first announced, the federal government has spent close to $2bn on its troubled My Health Record system, and half of the 23m records created lie empty almost a year after the government made the system opt-out.

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Episode 255: EDM, Meet CDM – Cyber Dance Music with Niels Provos

The Security Ledger

In this episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (#255) host Paul Roberts interviews Niels Provos of Lacework about his mission to use EDM to teach people about cybersecurity. His work taught him plenty about cybersecurity – but also gave him a sobering appreciation of the difficulty organizations have in actually changing outcomes. “I’ve

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Homomorphic Encryption Makes Real-World Gains, Pushed by Google, IBM, Microsoft

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity vendors have stepped up, developing strong and efficient ways to encrypt data both while it’s at rest and when it’s in transit. Big Blue has been active in the development for years – it was an IBM researcher who ran the 2009 demonstration – and earlier last year conducted successful FHE field trials.

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Former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General Sujit Raman Joins Sidley in Washington, D.C.

Data Matters

Mr. Raman will be a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group, and will contribute to the firm’s globally regarded litigation, national security, and trade practices. government policy regarding reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. He previously served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S.

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