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Facebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the election

Security Affairs

Threat actors attempted to influence the sentiment of users in Ukraine regarding the relationship between the Russian and the Ukrainian governments. In this case, threat actors used fake accounts to impersonate military members in Ukraine and managed Groups posing as authentic military communities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. 119,000 individuals were affected.

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GUEST ESSAY: Supply chain vulnerabilities play out in latest Pentagon personnel records breach

The Last Watchdog

government strategic systems. 12, the Pentagon disclosed that intruders breached Defense Department travel records and compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. It’s not as if big government agencies and most enterprises aren’t making an effort to stop breaches.

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