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The German BSI agency recommends replacing Kaspersky antivirus software

Security Affairs

German Federal Office for Information Security agency, also known as BSI, recommends consumers not to use Kaspersky anti-virus software. The German Federal Office for Information Security agency, aka BSI, recommends consumers uninstall Kaspersky anti-virus software. ” reads the BSI announcement.

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US indicted 4 Russian government employees for attacks on critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

.” The two indictments, one from June 2021 and one from August 2021 , are charging one employee of the Russian Federation Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM) and three officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). and international Energy Sector organizations.

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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” And hackers linked to the Russian government were reportedly behind the Triton hack of 2017 , as well, as disclosed by security vendor FireEye.

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North Korea-linked ScarCruft APT adds Bluetooth Harvester to its arsenal

Security Affairs

Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. The hackers targeted organizations in the chemicals, manufacturing, electronics, aerospace, healthcare, and automotive sectors. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. 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. caused problems of their own.

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Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

Transportation Command in 2017, after learning that their computerized logistical systems were mostly unclassified and on the internet. Our military systems are vulnerable. Over the past decade, militaries have established cyber commands and developed cyberwar doctrine. Equipment and supplies will arrive late or not at all.

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DJI drone tracking data exposed in the US

Security Affairs

Over 80,000 drone IDs were exposed in the leak of a database containing information from airspace monitoring devices manufactured by DJI. Over 80,000 drone IDs were exposed in a data leak after a database containing information from dozens of airspace monitoring devices manufactured by the Chinese-owned DJI was left accessible to the public.

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