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Details of 1st Government Hack Are Disclosed, 20 Years Later

Data Breach Today

The 2003 Cyberattack Has Been Linked to a State-Sponsored Cyberespionage Campaign The United Kingdom's national cybersecurity agency on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of its response to the first-ever cyberattack against the government by disclosing how government agencies responded.

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DHS CISA urges government agencies to fix SIGRed Windows Server DNS bug within 24h

Security Affairs

US DHS CISA urges government agencies to patch SIGRed Windows Server DNS vulnerability within 24h due to the likelihood of the issue being exploited. on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions 2003 to 2019. The bug affects the DNS server component that ships with all Windows Server versions from 2003 to 2019.

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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. Department of Justice. “The company is monitoring developments.”

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Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware

Krebs on Security

For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md. National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017. “At this point, Eternal Blue is probably going to be detected by internal [security systems] systems, or the target might already be patched for it.”

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. Icamis promoted his services in 2003 — such as bulk-domains[.]info w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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British Court rejects the US’s request to extradite Julian Assange

Security Affairs

A British court has rejected the request of the US government to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country. government will likely appeal the decision. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. This is a huge relief to anyone who cares about the rights of journalists.

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