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Russian military plans to replace Windows with Astra Linux

Security Affairs

The Russian military is in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux. ” This level of authorization allows the use of the Linux OS in Russian Government offices with the highest standards of data privacy and the highest degree of secrecy. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Tracking World Leaders Using Strava

Schneier on Security

Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personal were using them to track their runs, and you could look at the public data and find places where there should be no people running.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 512 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Military & Defense Sector: A Cybersecurity Disaster in the Making Analyzing ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr

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GUEST ESSAY: Rising cyber risks make business intelligence gathering more vital than ever

The Last Watchdog

The top reason, chosen from a proved list of ten, was ‘increased cyber security risks’, followed by the related concern, ‘new and/or increased data privacy regulations’. In our recent report Intelligent Business: 2022 Strategic Intelligence Report we asked 205 creators and consumers of intelligence within large organizations (i.e.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 286

Security Affairs

million users due to critical vulnerability Nefilim ransomware gang published Luxottica data on its leak site NSA details top 25 flaws exploited by China-linked hackers Pay it safe: Group-IB aids Paxful in repelling a series of web-bot attacks U.S. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Vladimir Putin ‘s computers still run Windows XP, Media reports

Security Affairs

In June, the Russian military announced it was in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux . This level of authorization allows the use of the Linux OS in Russian Government offices with the highest standards of data privacy and the highest degree of secrecy.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

ICO launches call for views on “consent or pay” cookie compliance As part of its cookie compliance work, the ICO has called for views on its proposed “consent or pay” mechanism – a model designed to let people use websites for free if they consent to their personal information being used for personalised advertising, or pay a fee for data privacy.