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APT40 cyberespionage group supporting growth of China’s naval sector

Security Affairs

A cyber-espionage group, tracked as APT40, apparently linked to the Chinese government is focused on targeting countries important to the country’s Belt and Road Initiative. Jumper , and Leviathan ), apparently linked to the Chinese government, is focused on targeting countries important to the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (i.e.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2018 – 139,731,894 million records leaked

IT Governance

SIAS says data of 70,000 members stolen in 2013. Carvajal, MD Provides Notice to Individuals of Data Security Event. Identities of thousands of Tennesseans with HIV made vulnerable by government error. How a Robotics Vendor Exposed Confidential Data for Major Manufacturing Companies. Hackers stole data of PM Lee and 1.5

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. For more information on each story, simply follow the links in the transcript on our blog.

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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. Last year I asked a senior executive at a major auto manufacturer the age old question: “What business are you in?” Related: Predictions 2013. 2013: How I Did.

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China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign

Security Affairs

TA423 is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active since 2013, it focuses on political events in the Asia-Pacific region, specifically on the South China Sea. The researchers attribute the campaign to the China-linked APT group tracked as TA423 /Red Ladon. ” read the report published by the experts.

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The Microsoft Exchange Attack Saga Continues

eSecurity Planet

While ransomware attacks have become a ubiquitous event these days, what makes this attack distinctive is the ransom demand itself. . Microsoft reports that the tool has been tested for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. The Biggest Ransomware Demand in History. The other Vulnerability Culprits. According to their data, the U.S.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. Precedents like Stuxnet , created by the US and Israeli governments to damage the Iranian nuclear program by targeting air-gapped centrifuges via 4 previously unknown "zero-day" flaws.

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