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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. Park: The trend nowadays is to move everything to the cloud.

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Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

Security Affairs

Major Belgium’s telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. One of the major Belgium telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

The hackers targeted organizations across multiple industries and have also hit foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. ” Microsoft said.

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China-linked APT41 group targets Hong Kong with Spyder Loader

Security Affairs

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The attacks detailed by Cybereason targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America.

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

Security Affairs

In 2004, CIA and Mossad requested help to the the Dutch intelligence to get access to the plant, only in 2007 the mole, who posed as a mechanic working for a front company doing work at Natanz, dropped the virus into the target systems. “[T ” wrote the journalists. and likely France, although is also known the involvement of U.K.

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Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

Security researchers from ESET have discovered a new piece of a sophisticated malware used by the Russia-linked Sednit group (aka Fancy Bear , APT28 , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and STRONTIUM ) in targeted attacks aimed at government entities in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. ” continues the report.

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Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

During that same period, we’ve seen increasingly brazen cyberattacks by everyone from criminals to governments. When Israel in 2007 bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor, the raid was preceded by what is believed to have been a cyber attack on Syrian air defenses that resulted in radar screens showing no threat as bombers zoomed overhead.

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