Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

A British court has rejected the request of the US government to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country. government will likely appeal the decision. He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Julian Assange).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended. In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A Data Security Nightmare Before Christmas. Bad people and governments wanted to get their hands on anyone and everyone’s data for their own nefarious purposes. Government and industry regulators also started to be concerned that organizations were collecting or using data that needed to be more rigorously regulated and protected.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

companies and government entities. ” According to a 2016 story from Forbes.ru , Botnet’s opening scene was to depict the plight of Christina Svechinskaya , a Russian student arrested by FBI agents in September 2010. Christina Svechinskaya, a money mule hired by Bentley who was arrested by the FBI in 2010.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Chinese Cyber-Spies Target Government Organizations in Middle East. Chinese APT group Emissary Panda has been targeting government organizations in two different countries in the Middle East. The Emissary Panda APT group has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2019

They affect national security. All of those "consumer products" Barr wants access to are used by government officials -- heads of state, legislators, judges, military commanders and everyone else -- worldwide. They're critical to national security as well as personal security. Consumer devices are critical infrastructure.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. But the identity and whereabouts of Icamis have remained a mystery to this author until recently.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Interesting analysis of China’s efforts to identify US spies: By about 2010, two former CIA officials recalled, the Chinese security services had instituted a sophisticated travel intelligence program, developing databases that tracked flights and passenger lists for espionage purposes. intelligence agencies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

BlackTech is a Chinese APT group that has been active since at least 2010 and that known for conducting cyber espionage campaigns in Asia aimed at entities in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. According to a joint cybersecurity advisory from the United States National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. ” reads the joint advisory.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Alexander Hall’s internal investigation revealed that criminal hackers obtained the card details, addresses and private correspondences (including details of fees paid) of customers who had used its service before 2010. The post Foxtons estate agency leaked thousands of customers’ financial records appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

The government alleged that between December 2010 and September 2014, the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to identify or pay to identify blocks of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that were registered to others but which were otherwise inactive. .'”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

In 2010, Microsoft — in tandem with a number of security researchers — launched a combined technical and legal sneak attack on the Waledac botnet, successfully dismantling it. The government argued that under U.S. Levashov was arrested in 2017 while in Barcelona, Spain with his family. I will die in a year.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

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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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

On November 16, 2011, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2010 (the “Report”) highlighting its main 2010 accomplishments and outlining some of its priorities for the upcoming year. In 2010, the CNIL received more than 4,821 complaints and 70,797 data processing registrations.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

This latest high-profile example of security sloppiness was uncovered by a team of white hat hackers led by Ata Hakçil. WizCase reached out to PeopleGIS and the S3 buckets in question have since been secured. Local governments are notoriously behind; is this just a local government problem? based PeopleGIS.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Group is independent since June 2010 following the split with Accor. The company is reporting the incident to government regulators and authorities. The post Payment solutions giant Edenred announces malware infection appeared first on Security Affairs. Edenred is a French company specialized in prepaid corporate services.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Cavanagh As a latecomer to the hyperscale data center market , Oracle focused on its heritage of helping large enterprise customers securely and efficiently run their mission critical systems and applications, Cavanagh told me. “We

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27 , Bronze Union , Emissary Panda , Lucky Mouse , TG-3390 , and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of a Middle Eastern country, a multinational electronics manufacturer, and a U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. In 2017, U.S. According to cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence , the address polkas@bk.ru

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

million to settle a legal dispute for selling vulnerable software to the US government. The case was filed in the Federal District Court for the Western District of New York and was handled under the False Claims Act, which specifically addresses fraud and misconduct in federal government contracts. Cisco is going to pay $8.6

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Google queries allowed Iran Government to dismantle the CIA communication network used by its agents and kill dozens of tens of spies. News the security breach has happened in 2009, the Iranian intelligence infiltrated a series of websites used by the CIA to communicate with agents worldwide, including Iran and China.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar over the past five years while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link].

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country and years later he contacted s LulzSec leader who was working for the FBI and provided him a list of targets. “In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country.

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Collaboration 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Google unplugs Windows Google decides that a security invasion from China was the last straw and bans the use of. LinkedIn to IPO in 2010? By Oliver Marks | December 29, 2009, 12:36pm PST Summary Despite the claims from LinkedIn that an IPO isn’t imminent, I wouldn’t be surprised to see that happen in 2010.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar since 2015 while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. . The Naikon APT group mainly focuses on high-profile orgs, including government entities and military orgs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Matters

MAY 23, 2022

2010) (citation omitted). Federal magistrate judges rarely issue memorandum opinions to explain their reasons for issuing federal complaints, and here there seemed little question as to whether there was probable cause that Defendant used U.S.-based based institutions to direct bitcoin to a sanctioned nation. at 6, quoting Zarmach Oil Servs.,

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

Review of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act 2018 and publication of report by Singapore government task-force on ransomware. Review of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act 2018 and publication of report by Singapore government task-force on ransomware. systems hosted on the cloud) as CII if they support essential services ”. [2]

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The list of targets includes software and video game companies, computer hardware makers, telecom providers, and social media organizations, but also governments, non-profit entities, universities , and think tanks, not to mention pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

” This is the first time the UK government has imposed such kind of sanctions, its authorities collaborated with the U.S. government and U.S. based financial institutions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, predating his involvement in Dyre or the Trickbot Group. and the U.K.” ” continues the press release.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

” reads the report published by the security firm Intezer. ” Back in 2013, the security researchers at FireEye spotted a group of China-Linked hackers that conducted an espionage campaign on foreign affairs ministries in Europe. “We believe the operation was conducted very recently.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms. Additionally, the company should consider whether the platform needs to be accessible through the internet or only through a VPN, which would provide an additional layer of security.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Apple continues to be haunted by spyware developed by an Israeli security firm that hostile governments used to hack into Apple devices to spy on journalists, activists and world leaders (see Apple Security Under Scrutiny Amid Fallout from NSO Spyware Scandal ). and iPadOS 14.8 Spyware Vulnerability. Fast Fixes by Apple.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Security researchers revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom used BGP hijacking to misdirect Internet traffic through China. Security researchers Chris C. The incident also affected US government (‘‘.gov’’) If the erroneous announcement was maliciously arranged, then a BGP hijack has occurred.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Cybercriminals have abused LED light control console to launch malicious attacks, Microsoft’s security experts warn. These hackers are targeting the government and the technology industry, trying to steal and leak confidential information and launch full information warfare campaigns,” Microsoft concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout uncovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the Uyghurs minority. APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 31, 2018

There are specific rules on: • marketing calls, emails, texts and faxes; • cookies (and similar technologies); • keeping communications services secure; and. million in fines issued for nuisance calls since 2010, with in many instances companies entering insolvency to avoid substantial penalties. Proposals for change.

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