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Vladimir Putin ‘s computers still run Windows XP, Media reports

Security Affairs

In June, the Russian military announced it was in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux . Astra Linux is a Debian-based distro developed in Russia by the Scientific/Manufacturing Enterprise Rusbitech RusBITech about ten years ago. reads a post published by RadioLiberty.

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Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

Our military systems are vulnerable. We need to face that reality by halting the purchase of insecure weapons and support systems and by incorporating the realities of offensive cyberattacks into our military planning. Over the past decade, militaries have established cyber commands and developed cyberwar doctrine.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

Operational Security is typically a military process. US Army Video: Operations security or OpSec, preserves the effectiveness of military capabilities and keeps potential adversaries from discovering our critical information. But again, this is an academic exercise. It was first used during the US Vietnam War in the late 1960s.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Tales From A Ransomware Negotiator

ForAllSecure

” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. We know that you know, manufacturing is an area that we've seen a lot of targets over the last quarter. Again, because if you bring down manufacturing operations, there's a high impact to the business and necessity to recover quickly.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s Cyber Range hubs provide career paths to high-schoolers, underutilized adults

The Last Watchdog

State-of-the-art telepresence gear, supplied by Merit Network , funnels everything from capture-the-flag exercises to full course work and certification testing to earn 42 different professional designations. Ford and for its giant furniture manufacturing companies. Merit Network, by the way, is quite unique. Human scale advances.

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A Flurry of Recent Cybersecurity Activity from the Trump Administration

Data Matters

Effective tools exist, but are not widely used ,” as the “the tools, processes, and practices required to significantly enhance the resilience of the Internet and communications ecosystem are widely available,” but only used in “selected market sectors.”. in isolation.”. in isolation.”.