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Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 billion claim over NotPetya damages

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known as Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) outside the United States and Canada, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies globally, engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a wide range of healthcare products. Merck & Co., Merck filed a $1.4

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

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During the last summer, Google observed threat actors from China, Russia, and Iran targeting pharmaceutical companies and researchers involved in the development of a vaccine. . This week, the Google Cloud team revealed that in September 2017 it has mitigated DDoS attack that reached 2.54 Tbps, the largest DDoS attack of ever.

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China-linked APT10 leverages ZeroLogon exploits in recent attacks

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The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , and Cloud Hopper , has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide.

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

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The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Winnti APT continues to target game developers in Russia and abroad

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The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries. The Crosswalk was first spotted by researchers from FireEye in 2017 Crosswalk and included in an analysis of the activities associated with the APT41 (Winnti) group.

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Encryption – A Feasible Savior against Prevalent Privacy Issues in Business Communication

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I remember that in early 2017, the business world was hit by ransomware, which felt to them like a speedy bullet shot at their blind spot. Anyway, one of the many insightful aspects to notice from the 2017 WannaCry attack is that unlike us, the humans, cyberattacks don’t discriminate. Final Thoughts.

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CNIL Unveils 2017 Inspection Program and 2016 Annual Activity Report

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On March 28, 2017, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2016 (the “Report”) and released its annual inspection program for 2017.