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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks

Krebs on Security

Image Mozilla Monitor Plus video on Youtube. ” KrebsOnSecurity also reported that Shelest’s email address was used circa 2010 by an affiliate of Spamit , a Russian-language organization that paid people to aggressively promote websites hawking male enhancement drugs and generic pharmaceuticals. Mozilla Monitor.

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More Attacks against Computer Automatic Update Systems

Schneier on Security

Also, our experts identified three additional victims: another video gaming company, a conglomerate holding company and a pharmaceutical company, all in South Korea. And this reminds us of an attack that we reported on a year ago: the CCleaner incident.

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China-linked Winnti APT targets South Korean Gaming firm

Security Affairs

China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity, QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported. Security experts from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported that China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity. a South Korean video game company.”

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Winnti uses a new PipeMon backdoor in attacks aimed at the gaming industry

Security Affairs

Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries.

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Q&A: The drivers behind the stark rise — and security implications — of ‘memory attacks’

The Last Watchdog

For a comprehensive drill down, please view the accompanying YouTube video of my full interview with Leichter and Jakab at RSA 2019’s broadcast alley. Merck had one of its pharmaceuticals delayed, which led to a global shortage. Here are excerpts, edited for clarity and length: LW: Can you frame this new class of hacking?

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CNIL Unveils 2017 Inspection Program and 2016 Annual Activity Report

Hunton Privacy

health and social sector issues such as difficulties accessing medical or social records, and the creation of pharmaceutical records without consent (3 percent of complaints).

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Why You Need to Tune EDR to Secure Your Environment

eSecurity Planet

For example, the marketing department in a pharmaceutical company should never be trying to access the drug research data, and the warehouse employees of an e-commerce company should not be trying to access employee personal information from the file server’s human resources (HR) folders.

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