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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

2016 sales thread on Exploit. Fitis’s real-life identity was exposed in 2010 after two of the biggest sponsors of pharmaceutical spam went to war with each other, and large volumes of internal documents, emails and chat records seized from both spam empires were leaked to this author. “Why do I need a certificate?”

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FIN11 gang started deploying ransomware to monetize its operations

Security Affairs

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. Experts also reported that the threat actor modified the macros in Office documents used as bait and also added geofencing techniques.

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Hackers target COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and sell the vaccine in Darkweb

Security Affairs

Cybercrime organizations continue to be very active while pharmaceutical organizations are involved in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine and medicines to cure the infections. “Our research indicates a malicious ActiveX component that automatically runs in the background as soon as the user enables the document security control.”

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Benefits of Enterprise Modeling and Data Intelligence Solutions

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He added, “We have also linked it to our documentation repository, so we have a description of our data documents.” They have documented 200 business processes in this way. In particular, the tool helped them to design their qualification review, which is necessary in a pharmaceutical business. Roshan H.,

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Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts – UK Offers Legal Clarity

Data Matters

Cryptoassets are not documents of title, documentary intangibles or negotiable instruments, nor are they instruments under the UK Bills of Exchange Act nor goods under the UK Sale of Goods Act.

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Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts – UK Offers Legal Clarity

Data Matters

Cryptoassets are not documents of title, documentary intangibles or negotiable instruments, nor are they instruments under the UK Bills of Exchange Act nor goods under the UK Sale of Goods Act.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2021 National Meeting

Data Matters

71 — Policy Acquisition Costs and Commissions that will accelerate the timing for many insurers to recognize liabilities for initial sales commission owed to third parties. short sale borrowings. NAIC Adopts FAQ Document to Facilitate Uniformity in State Adoption of Revised Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation .