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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

Once dubbed “the world’s most wanted hacker” after his youthful exploits attacking Digital Equipment Corporation and Pacific Bell, Mitnick completed his decade-long transition to cybersecurity luminary when he joined KnowBe4 as Chief Hacking Officer and part owner in 2011. Mitnick’s Legacy The U.S.

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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Symantec believes Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011.

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Risks to long-term access of digital government records is focus of new Preservica CoSA collaboration

Preservica

Boston, MA and Oxford, UK | Day August 7, 2018 | Preservica, a world leader in digital preservation, has announced its support for the Council of State Archivists’ (CoSA) 2018-19 research initiative into the risks to electronic state government records from file format and technology obsolescence.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Snyder says his experience as head of Gateway Computers and as an investor in tech security startups, prior to entering politics, gave him an awareness of why putting Michigan ahead of the curve, dealing with cyber threats, would be vital. “I Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad.

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DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

Security Affairs

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. ” The malware leverages the Microsoft implementation of SSL/TLS, Secure Channel, for C2 communication. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. .”

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Numerous strains of this destructive code have been the front-page news in global computer security chronicles for almost a decade now, with jaw-dropping ups and dramatic downs accompanying its progress. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation.

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Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

NAC can set policies for resource, role, device and location-based access and enforce security compliance with security and patch management policies, among other controls. Pulse Policy Secure. The company started in education and has expanded to government and corporate markets. Pulse Policy Secure.

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