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Hunting the ICEFOG APT group after years of silence

Security Affairs

The activities of the APT group were first uncovered by Kaspersky Lab in September 2013, at the time the researchers defined the crew as an emerging group of cyber-mercenaries that was able to carry out surgical hit and run operations against strategic targets.

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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

government used bookmobiles to promote a concept known as “cultural diplomacy.” The American government was taking a greater role in global affairs following the end of World War II, as the Marshall Plan and the Smith-Mundt Act in 1948 clearly demonstrate. government to uphold American foreign policy through public diplomacy.

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Observations on the Cybersecurity Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive

Hunton Privacy

by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks.” Finally, the alphabet soup of agencies in the Executive Order and PPD again raise the troubling question of who is in charge when it comes to cybersecurity in the federal government. Industry has good reason to pay attention.

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Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See

John Battelle's Searchblog

If you’re wondering what’s made me feel this way, a couple of choice articles from 2013 (and there were too many to count) should do the trick. Related: Predictions 2013. 2013: How I Did. That strikes me as a recipe for a strong 2014. This won’t last forever. Predictions 2012. 2012: How I Did. Predictions 2011.

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The Ukrainian Market – A Struggle To Survive

Info Source

Although typically known as the industrial base of the Soviet Union, agriculture is a large part of Ukraine’s economy. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest agricultural producers and exporters and is known as the breadbasket of Europe. Food and other agricultural products (worth $13 billion), metallurgy ($8.8

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Collecting for continuity and for change: The web archiving experience in Westborough

Archive-It

In 2013, a group of sixty people packed into a venue designed for forty in order to see a collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century town records that had just been found in the Westborough Town Clerk’s vault. By Anthony Vaver, Local History Librarian and Archivist, Westborough Public Library. We love our history in Westborough!

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

The Internet Crime Report 2023 also reports that four online crimes caused the most financial losses in the US last year: BEC (business email compromise), investment fraud, ransomware, and tech/customer support and government impersonation scams. You can find out more about them on the PCI Security Standards Council’s website.