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Hacker who helped the ISIS will remain in US prison

Security Affairs

government and military personnel will remain in a federal prison. Ardit Ferizi , aka Th3Dir3ctorY, is the hacker that supported the ISIS organization by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel. military and other government personnel. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Australia banned Huawei from 5G network due to security concerns

Security Affairs

The Australian government considers risky the involvement of Huawei for the rolling out of next-generation 5G communication networks. The Chinese firm denies having shared Australian customer data with the Chinese intelligence, but it is not enough for the Australian Government. Huawei Australia defined the decision disappointing.

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Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

Krebs on Security

McCoy’s work in probing the credit card systems used by some of the world’s biggest purveyors of junk email greatly enriched the data that informed my 2014 book Spam Nation , and I wanted to make sure he and his colleagues had a crack at the BriansClub data as well. Indeed, three years later the U.S.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. In 2016, while the U.S.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. A network monitoring company for the federal government and other large companies, Solar Winds, had been breached. When I was working for a retail company I thought it was fantastic. First, this is a supply chain issue.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. A network monitoring company for the federal government and other large companies, Solar Winds, had been breached. When I was working for a retail company I thought it was fantastic. First, this is a supply chain issue.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. Many telecom operators are Managed Service Providers and provide security services to government and commercial organizations.

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