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CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008

Security Affairs

According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies. The Qihoo 360 experts claim that a CIA hacking unit tracked as APT-C-39 has hacked organizations in the aviation, scientific research, oil, technology industries, it also targeted government agencies. Pierluigi Paganini.

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U.S. Internet Leaked Years of Internal, Customer Emails

Krebs on Security

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. Some of the exposed emails dated back to 2008; others were as recent as the present day. The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S. Internet Corp. ” U.S.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. ” DomainTools.com finds Ivan V.

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Announcing the 2024 End of Term Web Archive Initiative

National Archives Records Express

government websites for historical and research purposes. Government Publishing Office, and National Archives and Records Administration. In total, over 500 terabytes of government websites and data have been archived through the End of Term Web Archive efforts. URLs can be nominated by going here.

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level. government smart cards. government smart cards.

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CVE-2019-1132 Windows Zero-Day exploited by Buhtrap Group in government attack

Security Affairs

The CVE-2019-1132 flaw addressed by Microsoft this month was exploited by Buhtrap threat actor to target a government organization in Eastern Europe. The second one, tracked as CVE-2019.0880, affects Windows 7 and Server 2008. The issue resides in the way splwow64 (Thunking Spooler APIs) handles certain calls. Pierluigi Paganini.

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GUEST ESSAY: Restore Us Institute (RUI) aims to protect Americans from online harms and crimes

The Last Watchdog

Government policymakers decided in the 1990s to promote inherently insecure, nascent Internet technology to be the world’s primary global information infrastructure for all the world’s communications, content, and commerce. Government policymakers decided in the 1990s to de facto nationally abdicate governing online.