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Emissary Panda APT group hit Government Organizations in the Middle East

Security Affairs

Chinese Cyber-Spies Target Government Organizations in Middle East. Chinese APT group Emissary Panda has been targeting government organizations in two different countries in the Middle East. defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Why I believe the Blockchain will transform Government

CGI

Why I believe the Blockchain will transform Government. Fri, 12/11/2015 - 04:23. You may not yet have come across the Blockchain but it is making waves within the financial services community and is heralded as one of the most significant advances in technology for a generation. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com.

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France and Germany will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Security Affairs

France and Germany governments announced that they will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency , the news was reported by French finance ministry Bruno Le Maire. “We reads a joint statement issued by the two governments, “I want to be absolutely clear: in these conditions, we cannot authorise the development of Libra on European soil.”

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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Krebs on Security

Department of the Treasury says the Trickbot group is associated with Russian intelligence services, and that this alliance led to the targeting of many U.S. companies and government entities. BOTNET, THE MOVIE In 2015, Kovalev reportedly began filming a movie in Russia about cybercrime called “ Botnet.”

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Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten sells access to hacked networks

Security Affairs

According to the experts, the threat actors are merely trying to monetize their efforts selling information that have no intelligence value for the Iranian Government. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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15 billion credentials available in the cybercrime marketplaces

Security Affairs

The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. The price depends on the targeted industry, with the local government and financial sectors are the most requested ones. ” continues the report.

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News Alert: W3C advances technology to streamline payment authentication

The Last Watchdog

“Making it easy for people to pay for things online while improving security has been the vision of our working group since we started in 2015,” said Working Group co-Chair Nick Telford-Reed. ” Secure Payment Confirmation Secure Payment Confirmation adds a “user consent layer” above Web Authentication. .”