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OceanLotus APT group leverages a steganography-based loader to deliver backdoors

Security Affairs

The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group. Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: more than 56 million.

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Harry S. Truman and the “One More Club”: The President Makes a Movie

Unwritten Record

Truman Presidential Library. The President’s movie camera is a Cine-Kodak Magazine 16 manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, NY. However, as you’ll probably notice, the photographer needed to be constantly aware of focus, lens opening, framing, and camera speed. (Truman Library). President Harry S.

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After 2 years under the radars, Ratsnif emerges in OceanLotus ops

Security Affairs

The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty , is state-sponsored group that has been active since at least 2013. Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

IT Governance

million accounts compromised in Le Slip Français data breach The French underwear manufacturer Le Slip Français has suffered a data breach. GhostR says it obtained the records from a Singapore-based company with access to the database. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

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. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors.

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