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Experts attribute WyrmSpy and DragonEgg spyware to the Chinese APT41 group

Security Affairs

government. Later variants masquerade as adult video content, “Baidu Waimai” food delivery platform, and Adobe Flash. “It then receives a response containing a file name which the malware uses to download additional rooting binaries from C2 infrastructure if one exists for the specified device.”

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Tik Tok, Tick Tock…Boom.

John Battelle's Searchblog

There’s nothing in Tik Tok’s TOS or Privacy Policy that stops it from sending all the information it collects to the Chinese government. If you think Tik Tok isn’t sending information to the Chinese government, you’re sweet, but you should stay inside and stick to rotary phones.

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Is Enumerating Resources on a Website "Hacking"?

Troy Hunt

Let's start with this video as it pretty succinctly explains the issue in consumer-friendly terms: VIDEO: Nova Scotia's government is accusing a 19-year-old of breaching their government website's security ~ Privacy experts disagree. That's something I vehemently disagree with.

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Mekel 2.0 Adds Features for Maximum Production Efficiencies

Info Source

. · OCR title naming (all models) : The optical character recognition (OCR) function recognizes title bar (microfiche) or title image (microfilm) text. View the Mekel Technology microfilm video or the microfiche video to see Mekel 2.0 in operation. Brochure: MACH 5, 10, 12 microfilm scanners.

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Creating Records At Home, Part III: Various Devices

The Texas Record

Records created and stored outside the business network are in contravention of the government records accessibility requirement —this negatively affects that government’s ability to perform regular business operations efficiently. Organizing and Naming. What is the risk?

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

This provided a means of implementing guidance from government and industry bodies alike , but it also provided individuals with a repository they could check their own passwords against. For people wanting to go deeper, check out Shape Security's video on credential stuffing.) To be clear too, this is not just a Spotify problem.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Mr. Hall encourages more consultation between the government and the small business community. It also includes a summary of indicators of compromise (IOCs), such as unique command-line strings, hashes, file paths, exploitation of certain vulnerabilities, and file names commonly used by this actor.