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New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

Krebs on Security

Security experts who reviewed the leaked data say they believe the information is legitimate, and that i-SOON works closely with China’s Ministry of State Security and the military. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. Operational Security is typically a military process. A lot of the examples will be from drug lords if only because they represent the extreme -- they need to operate in the shadows. They're known as tumblers.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Not every application or network requires military-grade encryption – however, enterprise organizations can’t go wrong with the services offering the most strength. A visible example of the role encryption plays with everyday web traffic is the transition from HTTP to HTTPS protocols witnessed in the last decade.

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What’s Next in Engineering Technology? Part 2

Synergis Software

The first developments were driven by the military and academia. LAMP, for example, became the nickname for Internet services after they were already in widespread use. Other examples of CAMS-based innovation include construction drones, industrial robots, and the nascent Internet of Things (IoT).

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

For example, by only focusing on the machine that captures your vote -- that’s only a part of the picture. Because if, for example, you could check in but then remove that you had checked in from that device and come and vote again. They're calling it a blockchain. It's not a true blockchain. Vamosi: Right.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

For example, by only focusing on the machine that captures your vote -- that’s only a part of the picture. Because if, for example, you could check in but then remove that you had checked in from that device and come and vote again. They're calling it a blockchain. It's not a true blockchain. Vamosi: Right.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

For example, by only focusing on the machine that captures your vote -- that’s only a part of the picture. Because if, for example, you could check in but then remove that you had checked in from that device and come and vote again. They're calling it a blockchain. It's not a true blockchain. Vamosi: Right.