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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

as members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military. Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers).

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 462 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Threat actors breached two crucial systems of the US CISA CISA adds JetBrains TeamCity bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Critical Fortinet FortiOS bug CVE-2024-21762 potentially impacts 150,000 internet-facing devices QNAP fixed three flaws in its NAS devices, including an authentication bypass Threat actors breached two crucial systems (..)

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Vermont’s Amendments to Data Breach Law and New Student Privacy Law Effective July 1, 2020

Hunton Privacy

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Student Data Privacy. Security Breach Notice Act. The number of affected consumers exceeding 5,000 is no longer a basis for providing substitute notice.

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Biden AI Order Enables Agencies to Address Key Risks

Hunton Privacy

Finally, the Department of Commerce will develop new standards for content authentication and watermarking for AI-generated content, and U.S. AI use by the military and intelligence community. Protecting Americans’ Privacy Call for federal privacy legislation. Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).

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Episode 103: On the Voice-Controlled Internet, How Will We Authenticate?

The Security Ledger

If we are destined to interact with the smart systems around us using our voice, how exactly will we manage to authenticate to those devices? If we are destined to interact with the smart systems around us using our voice, how exactly will we manage to authenticate to those devices? Authenticate me! Read the whole entry. »

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

So it was a natural progression for traditional PKI solution providers to extend digital certificates and PKI — the tried-and-true form of authenticating and securing digital connections – into this realm of hyperconnectivity. They’re all becoming increasingly dependent on hyperconnectivity.

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A brief history of cryptography: Sending secret messages throughout time

IBM Big Data Hub

From securing everyday personal messages and the authentication of digital signatures to protecting payment information for online shopping and even guarding top-secret government data and communications—cryptography makes digital privacy possible. In modern times, cryptography has become a critical lynchpin of cybersecurity.