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Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel

Security Affairs

Army’s Criminal Investigation Division warns that US military personnel have reported receiving unsolicited smartwatches in the mail. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division reported that service members across the military received smartwatches unsolicited in the mail. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Cybersecurity US holds conference on military AI use with dozens of allies to determine ‘responsible’ use DFSA’s Cyber Risk Management Guidelines: A Blueprint for Cyber Resilience?

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US Agencies and FireEye were hacked with a supply chain attack on SolarWinds Software

Security Affairs

The cyber espionage group has tampered with updates released by IT company SolarWinds, which provides its products to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters agency. . ” reported the Reuters. Threat actors carried out a highly-sophisticated supply chain attack.

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Promising Infusions of Cash, Fake Investor John Bernard Walked Away With $30M

Krebs on Security

Those stories prompted a flood of tips from Davies’ victims that paint a much clearer picture of this serial con man and his cohorts, including allegations of hacking, smuggling, bank fraud and murder. and Secure Swiss Data Ltd (more on Secure Swiss data in a moment). She is listed as a Romanian lawyer in the U.K.

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US Department of State offers $10M reward for info to locate six Russian Sandworm members

Security Affairs

The six individuals are Russian officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU), a division of the Russian military intelligence that was often involved in malicious cyber operations against US infrastructure. national security.” national security.”

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate R emote A dministration T ool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a R emote A ccess T rojan. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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5 Signs a Cyberattack Is Under Way and 5 Things You Need to Do Before It Happens

Adam Levin

drone attack that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani. Despite assurances to the contrary, it’s a fair assumption there is more to come, according to national security experts. Tip: Pause before you click on a link in an email or open an attachment. Tip: Back up everything (for more, see below).

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