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A job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence revealed a secret hacking squad

Security Affairs

The MoD is offering a salary of £33k to “work alongside some of the best scientists and engineers within defence and will be tasked with delivering prototype solutions directly to the soldiers and officers of a unique and specialized military unit.” ”What unique and specialised military unit is famously based in Hereford?

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Experts spotted two Android spyware used by Indian APT Confucius

Security Affairs

Confucius is a pro-India APT group that has been active since 2013, it mainly focused on Pakistani and other South Asian targets. The two malware were used to spy on personnel linked to Pakistan’s military, nuclear authorities, and Indian election officials in Kashmir. ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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BIS Issues Long-Awaited Notice on Controls on Foundational Technologies, Adds New Entities to Entity List

Data Matters

businesses involved in the production, design, testing, manufacturing, fabrication, or development of “critical technologies,” even when such investments do not give the foreign investor control over the U.S. In certain cases, CFIUS filings are mandatory for investments in such companies.

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Microsoft releases On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to fix ProxyLogon issues

Security Affairs

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). We have tested this tool across Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 deployments.” ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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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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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 April 2024

IT Governance

TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. in which the travel records of military and civilian personnel – which included their personal information and credit card data – were compromised. Patches were rushed out , but many.