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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

Yet that's not possible, because there is no longer any difference between those categories of devices. They affect national security. Barr repeated a common fallacy about a difference between military-grade encryption and consumer encryption: "After all, we are not talking about protecting the nation's nuclear launch codes.

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Nation-state malware could become a commodity on dark web soon, Interpol warns

Security Affairs

Threat actors could perform reverse engineering of military-made malicious code and use their own versions in attacks in the wild. “The same applies for the digital weapons that, maybe today are used by the military, developed by military, and tomorrow will be available for criminals,” he explained. .

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These Are the Countries With the Best and Worst Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity is a growing concern among governments, businesses and individuals around the world. A recent study from technology research company Comparitech looked at cybersecurity around the world and scored 60 countries on their cybersecurity practices. The Least Secure Countries.

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China Issues Draft Rule on Cybersecurity Review for Certain CII Operators

Hunton Privacy

On May 24, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”), together with eleven other relevant government authorities, jointly released the draft Cybersecurity Review Measures for public comment. Cybersecurity Review Working Mechanism. Security Risk Report and Cybersecurity Review. Applicability.

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Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company

Security Affairs

Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country. RCS Lab was providing its software to military and intelligence agencies in Pakistan , Chile , Mongolia , Bangladesh , Vietnam , Myanmar and Turkmenistan.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2022 – 9.9 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). As always, you can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, divided into their respective categories. Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist

KnowBe4

But, according to security researchers at Abnormal Security, cybercriminals are becoming brazen and are taking their shots at very large prizes. According to Abnormal Security, nearly every aspect of the request looked legitimate. This attack begins with a case of VEC – where a domain is impersonated.