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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Krebs on Security

A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU , the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. “Remotely (in the form of constant support and consultations), or in person – this is discussed separately.

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Hunting the ICEFOG APT group after years of silence

Security Affairs

Military contractors, shipbuilders, satellite operators, high-tech companies ) in Japan and South Korea. ICEFOG-M is the latest variant, it is a fileless malware that supports the same features of the ICEFOG-P but leverages HTTPs for communications. MacFog was initially distributed in Chinese forums.

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Engineering Secure Systems

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It was developed over the 20th century to enable the successful realization of more complex engineering projects; from telephony to military, space and automotive domains. This means the software industry needs to adopt better tools and processes for communicating about and understanding the systems they build.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

The downside to this long-term trend is that communications online, never mind on public cloud platforms, present vulnerabilities via web attacks and malware. Founded in 2011, CyberGhost VPN is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, and boasts over 30 million global customers. Enter VPN technology. Top VPN products. CyberGhost VPN.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

Operational Security is typically a military process. US Army Video: Operations security or OpSec, preserves the effectiveness of military capabilities and keeps potential adversaries from discovering our critical information. In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. And he had.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Vamosi: This is bad. Test your systems. Look for those bugs.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Vamosi: This is bad. Test your systems. Look for those bugs.

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