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Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer

Security Affairs

Winnti Group is back with a new modular Win backdoor that was used to infect the servers of a high-profile Asian mobile hardware and software manufacturer. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experts spotted two Android spyware used by Indian APT Confucius

Security Affairs

Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have provided details about two recently discovered Android spyware families, dubbed Hornbill and SunBird, used by an APT group named Confucius. Confucius is a pro-India APT group that has been active since 2013, it mainly focused on Pakistani and other South Asian targets.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

That is almost 2000 times more data in less than 20 years (Press 2013, Patrizio 2018). This implies a cloud computing model that ARMA defines as “A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., IDC estimated the world created.16

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

IT Governance

million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions. Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

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

Troy Hunt

Both during this week and over previous years, there's been various headlines calling the security posture of Aadhaar into question and the Indian government has been vehemently refuting any suggestion that the system isn't top notch. UIDAI is the Unique IDentification Authority of India and they run the Aadhaar project.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: One sunny morning in 2013. SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. In 2013, we only knew that someone calling themselves Dread Pirate Roberts was running the site. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

The victim is sent an email with an attachment, and once they click on the link, the malware file downloads. Notable Ransomware Attacks CryptoLocker ushered in the modern ransomware age in 2013, and in 2017, the devastating WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks raised the threat’s profile significantly.