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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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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.

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

The Last Watchdog

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. In that caper, criminals got away with Social Security numbers, passwords, and in some cases, fingerprints. government strategic systems.

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The Microsoft Exchange Attack Saga Continues

eSecurity Planet

While Microsoft released a series of security updates on March 2, in order to address the discovered vulnerabilities, they felt the need to simplify the mitigation process for their customers in order to attain herd immunity across the world. It is important to note that the simplified tool is not a replacement for the security updates.

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Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Versa Unified SASE provides carrier-grade performance and a host of deployment options expected by experienced network engineers and security professionals. Founded in 2012, Versa Networks seeks to deploy a single software operating system, called VOS, to converge and integrate cloud and on-premises security, networking, and analytics.

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