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Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)

Security Affairs

The attack did not impact systems employed in the 2013 census. In September 2022, Albania blamed Iran for another cyberattack that hit computer systems used by the state police. The cyberattack hit the servers of the National Agency for Information Society (AKSHI), which handles many government services. NATO , and the U.K.

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Finding the treasure in governement information management

CILIP

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. I wrote the essay below in September 2013. I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. It made sense. Very probably.

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility. to face prosecution.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

Related: How the Middle East has advanced mobile security regulations Over the past couple of decades, meaningful initiatives to improve online privacy and security, for both companies and consumers, incrementally gained traction in the tech sector and among key regulatory agencies across Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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Ex-NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin pleads guilty to federal charge of willful retention of national defense information

Security Affairs

The former National Security Agency contractor stole a huge quantity of sensitive data from the agency and then stored it at his home and car for over two decades. The man was arrested by the FBI in August 2016 , the US DoJ charged Harold Thomas Martin with theft of secret documents and highly classified government material.