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MY TAKE: Massive Marriott breach continues seemingly endless run of successful hacks

The Last Watchdog

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.

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Supply-Chain Security

Schneier on Security

Earlier this month, the Pentagon stopped selling phones made by the Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei on military bases because they might be used to spy on their users. We have to trust the country where the software is written -- and the countries where all the components are manufactured. We also have to trust the programmers.

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WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE RUSSIAN MARKET?

Info Source

However, due to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, and resulting economic sanctions, draining of foreign investments (but of course also because of other perennial problems plaguing the Russian economy), the market has been in fundamental confusion ever since, which will undoubtedly continue for some time.

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Q&A: NIST’s new ‘Enterprise Risk Management’ guidelines push cyber risks to board level

The Last Watchdog

Assuming cyber insecurity was the result of some sort of technical glitch being exploited by fat kids in basements — a theory then candidate Trump offered in a 2016 Presidential debate – they naturally turned to the technicians to solve it. Moreover, the private sector, including utilities, hospitals, manufacturing and IT, etc.,

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Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

” The Sednit APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. “Thus, it is implemented as a UEFI/BIOS module, able to survive such events.

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The Microsoft Exchange Attack Saga Continues

eSecurity Planet

While ransomware attacks have become a ubiquitous event these days, what makes this attack distinctive is the ransom demand itself. . Microsoft reports that the tool has been tested for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. The Biggest Ransomware Demand in History. The other Vulnerability Culprits. According to their data, the U.S.

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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.