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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

In his keynote address at the International Conference on Cybersecurity, Attorney General William Barr argued that companies should weaken encryption systems to gain access to consumer devices for criminal investigations. The thing is, that distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. According to VirusTotal the software was “seen in the Wild” in 2010 but submitted only on 2018-10-12! I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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The evolutions of APT28 attacks

Security Affairs

APT28 is a well known Russian cyber espionage group attributed, with a medium level of confidence, to Russian military intelligence agency GRU (by CrowdStrike). On one hand the delivery vector is often the only (or the first) artifact (such as: a Malware, a Link or exploit kit usage) that the cybersecurity analyst could observe.