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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Security Affairs

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. In 2020, Grichishkin was arrested outside of Russia on a warrant for providing bulletproof hosting services to cybercriminal gangs.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Security Affairs

Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. “An internal survey found that computers and servers at headquarters and major sites were subject to numerous unauthorized accesses.” ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

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Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

Security Affairs

For example it wraps up a file called Year.txt including numbers from 1900 to 2020, a file called numspecial.txt including special numbers patterns and special chars patterns, a file called num4.txt which according to Microsoft documentation dates back to 2012. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. The practices of government contractors typically get adapted universally, over time.

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2019 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 4

eDiscovery Daily

It’s also worth noting that Tom O’Connor and I will once again be discussing some of these cases – and what the legal profession can learn from those rulings – on our webcast on Wednesday, January 29 th – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions of 2019 and Their Impact on 2020 at noon CT (1pm ET, 10am PT). SPOLIATION / SANCTIONS.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

19 No longer are the proportionality considerations described as separate “limitations” on an inquiry governed solely by relevance.20 36 Computers are tangible things, after all, and many litigants over the years have sought to test, sample, or obtain copies of an opposing party’s computer or entire computer system.

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