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Celebrate Nurses Week with the Military Nurse

Unwritten Record

The nurse has a long history of serving the United States military. World War II presented a need for nurses and the military and American Red Cross initiated an intense recruitment and training program, resulting in nearly 74,00 women serving as nurses. This resulted in a greater need for trauma and critical care nurses.

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Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine

Security Affairs

The Gamaredon APT group continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. If present, the current execution could simply be a scheduled execution triggered by the persistence mechanisms.”

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MI5 chief warns of Chinese cyber espionage reached an unprecedented scale

Security Affairs

Chinese cyber espionage aims at obtaining commercial secrets and intellectual property to advantage the government of Beijing. “And we know that authoritarian states are laser-focused on the opportunities that these technologies may present for them.” ” reported BBC.

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for March 2022

IT Governance

The Ukrainian government and its military were targeted by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, while a pro-Ukrainian group attacked the Belarusian railway system with ransomware after discovering that it was being used by Russia to transport tanks and weapons. Get started.

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Introducing Films of State, a Conference on Government Films

Unwritten Record

Today I am thrilled to tell you about something we’ve been working on: Films of State, a three day online conference focused on government films and NARA’s holdings, scheduled for April 7-9, 2021. The National Archives and Records Administration is the archival repository of the United States government. Government and the People.

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Mandiant links Ghostwriter operations to Belarus

Security Affairs

Security researchers at the Mandiant Threat Intelligence team believe that Ghostwriter APT group is linked to the government of Belarus. Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers believe that the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) was linked to the government of Belarus. ” reads the report published by Mandiant.

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Critical Vulnerabilities in GPS Trackers

Schneier on Security

The researchers who performed the assessment believe the same critical vulnerabilities are present in other Micodus tracker models. BitSight found the device in use in 169 countries, with customers including governments, militaries, law enforcement agencies, and aerospace, shipping, and manufacturing companies.