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Surveillance by the US Postal Service
This is not about mass surveillance of mail, this is about sorts of targeted surveillance the US Postal Inspection Service uses to catch mail thieves: To track down an alleged mail thief, a US postal inspector used license plate reader technology, GPS data collected by a rental car company, and, most damning of all, hid…
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What is data-centric security?
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Data is the lifeblood of organizations. It drives decision-making, fosters innovation, and underpins business operations. However, this wealth of data is scattered across…
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Microsoft Fixes 34 CVEs and One Zero-Day in December Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has released updates for dozens of vulnerabilities including one zero-day flaw Read More
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UK Ministry of Defence Fined For Afghan Data Breach
The ICO has fined the Ministry of Defence after an email data breach put lives in danger Read More
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Ukraine Claims it “Paralyzed” Russia’s Tax System
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense says cyber-attack wiped Russian tax system servers Read More
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition
The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 is upon us, with Microsoft Corp. today releasing fixes for a relatively small number of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. Even more unusual, there are no known “zero-day” threats targeting any of the vulnerabilities in December’s patch batch. Still, four of the updates pushed…
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Kelvin Security cybercrime gang suspect seized by Spanish police
A malicious hacking group, thought to have been operating since at least 2013, may have suffered a significant blow after the arrest of a suspected leading member by Spanish police late last week. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Read More
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Widespread Security Flaws Blamed for Northern Ireland Police Data Breach
An independent review of the August 2023 PSNI data breach found major security failings in the police department’s IT systems Read More
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Ukraine’s Largest Phone Operator Hack Tied to War With Russia
Kyivstar announced its mobile network had temporarily been shut down due to a major cyber-attack on its systems Read More
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New Windows/Linux Firmware Attack
Interesting attack based on malicious pre-OS logo images: LogoFAIL is a constellation of two dozen newly discovered vulnerabilities that have lurked for years, if not decades, in Unified Extensible Firmware Interfaces responsible for booting modern devices that run Windows or Linux…. The vulnerabilities are the subject of a coordinated mass disclosure released Wednesday. The participating…