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NEW TECH: DigiCert Document Signing Manager leverages PKI to advance electronic signatures

The Last Watchdog

Most of us, by now, take electronic signatures for granted. Yet electronic signatures do have their security limitations. After all, conducting business transactions strictly online was already on the rise before Covid 19, a trend that only accelerated due to the global pandemic. Achieving high assurance.

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From Targeted Attack to Untargeted Attack

Security Affairs

When I looked into at the following sample (which is a clear stereotype of an increasing trend of similar threats) I noticed a paradigm shift from: “What to target” to “what to untarget”. BTW, I’m aware this is not the first sample with this characteristic but I do know that it’s a increasing trend). But let’s move on the analysis.

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Cyber Threats Observatory Gets Improvements

Security Affairs

According to shared information, the Cyber Threats Observatory Dashboard is composed by the following sections: Malware Families Trends. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. What you find.

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OilRig APT group: the evolution of attack techniques over time

Security Affairs

The group has targeted a variety of industries, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications, and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. About the author: Marco Ramilli, Founder of Yoroi.

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Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People ?!

Security Affairs

Governments are doing their best to mitigate such a virus while people are stuck home working remotely using their own equipment. Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) comprises a set of systems-management technologies developed to unify the management of distributed computing environments. OCX as a malicious file.

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The evolutions of APT28 attacks

Security Affairs

But if we focus on the beginning of 2018 it looks like APT28 was using a more consolidated intelligence technique ( T1376 ) by focusing on Human Intelligence in order to grab precious information used to deliver a well-crafted email campaign (government institutions related to foreign affairs). Installation.

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Supply Chain Security 101: An Expert’s View

Krebs on Security

Tony Sager (TS): The federal government has been worrying about this kind of problem for decades. In the 70s and 80s, the government was more dominant in the technology industry and didn’t have this massive internationalization of the technology supply chain. TS: Like a lot of things in security, the economics always win.

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