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Attackers behind Operation Oceansalt reuse code from Chinese Comment Crew

Security Affairs

The evidence collected by the security experts links APT1 to China’s 2nd Bureau of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Department’s (GSD) 3rd Department (Military Cover Designator 61398), experts believe the group has been active since 2006 and targeted hundreds of organizations in multiple industries.

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

” The card reader Mark bought was sold by a company called Saicoo , whose sponsored Amazon listing advertises a “DOD Military USB Common Access Card (CAC) Reader” and has more than 11,700 mostly positive ratings. His site has even been officially recommended by the Army (PDF). Image: Militarycac.com.

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The role of a secret Dutch mole in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on Iran

Security Affairs

The development of the deadly cyber weapon started under the administration of George Bush Junior as part of a military operation named “ Olympic Games ”, but the Obama administration has been pushing a more energetic on the offensive program. The Olympic Games operation was carried out by a joint U. The final updates were made on Sept.

Military 275
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NSA Attacks Against Virtual Private Networks

Schneier on Security

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia

Krebs on Security

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Honoring data sovereignty Name any business use case: banking, retail, healthcare, government, military, entertainment, elections. Back in Silicon Valley, Oracle was playing catchup. Oracle launched OCI in October 2016.

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Thanks AIIM—This Isn’t Goodbye

AIIM

I came to AIIM in 2006. I’m looking forward to further growth as I take on the role of VP of Membership and Volunteer Engagement at ASIS (a community of security management professionals -- anyone from military police to CISOs). My daughter was four, drowning in her Pre-K school uniform.

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