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Pakistan-linked Transparent Tribe APT expands its arsenal

Security Affairs

The Operation Transparent Tribe (Operation C-Major, APT36, and Mythic Leopard) was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of cyber espionage operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. ” read the analysis published Cisco Talos.

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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

In his keynote address at the International Conference on Cybersecurity, Attorney General William Barr argued that companies should weaken encryption systems to gain access to consumer devices for criminal investigations. The thing is, that distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist.

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

The Last Watchdog

One meeting I had at RSA Conference 2023 , was a briefing about a new partnership , announced this morning, between a top-rung Silicon Valley tech giant and the leading provider of digital trust. Honoring data sovereignty Name any business use case: banking, retail, healthcare, government, military, entertainment, elections.

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

Mitnick often represented the company at conferences and discussed his experience in KnowBe4 training videos. For example, Mitnik received eight months in solitary confinement because a federal judge was convinced that Mitnick could hack into U.S. military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling.

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Sergeant Presley: Photographs of Elvis’ Time with the Army

Unwritten Record

Presley answering questions for the press during his last press conference in Friedberg, Germany before returning to the U. Here in the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives, we have a handful of photographs within our holdings that show a glimpse into Elvis’ time with the military. Government-issued combat boots. 5 March 1960.

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Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

“First, it shows that UEFI rootkits are a real threat, and not merely an attractive conference topic. ” The Sednit APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” concludes the report.

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Is the federal government ready for robotic process automation?

CGI

Don’t think of the shambling, clanking humanoid automatons from 1950s sci-fi, or even the sleek bomb-disposal robots used today by the military and police departments. The software robots, or “bots,” used in RPA vastly eclipse the utility of more rudimentary forms of automation (for example, scripts or command line utilities).