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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. military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. He helped design KnowBe4’s training based on his social engineering tactics, and he became a partial owner of KnowBe4 in November 2011.

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Is the federal government ready for robotic process automation?

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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 conference runs from July 22-25, with an agenda full of educational deep dives, intriguing talks and engaging networking social events.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

The downside to this long-term trend is that communications online, never mind on public cloud platforms, present vulnerabilities via web attacks and malware. Established in 2007 by GZ Systems, PureVPN offers the leading tunneling protocols (PPTP, L2TP, SSTP/SSL, and IKEv2) and military-grade data encryption at 256-bit AES.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 April 2024

IT Governance

Germany to launch cyber military branch to combat Russian cyber aggression As part of a military restructuring programme, Germany will introduce a fourth independent branch of its armed forces – the German Cyber and Information Domain Service. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

IT Governance

NATO to launch new cyber centre Acknowledging that “cyberspace is contested at all times”, NATO will create a new cyber centre at its military headquarters in Mons, Belgium. James Appathurai, NATO’s deputy assistant secretary general for innovation, hybrid and cyber, said the new centre would be modelled on the UK’s NCSC.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. Forecasts and recommendations set out in Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020-2021 seek to prevent financial damage and manufacturing downtimes. Group-IB is currently monitoring the activities of 96 JS sniffer families.