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Smooth Cybercriminals: Google Warns of Iran-Backed APT Hackers

SecureWorld News

According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S. For years, this group has hijacked accounts, deployed malware, and used novel techniques to conduct espionage aligned with the interests of the Iranian government.".

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The internet of trusted things

Dataconomy

Malware: Malware can be introduced into IoT devices, which can then spread to other devices on the same network, causing widespread damage. Jude Medical pacemaker hack : In 2017, security researchers found vulnerabilities in St. These attacks can cause the devices to malfunction or steal sensitive data.

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How to protect your business when you’re working on the cloud

Galido

If you’re throwing the doors to your cloud storage open to your workforce then you need to be sure that the devices they’re using to access it are suitably safe – i.e. free from the kind of malware that can exploit channels of data access. So, how do you mitigate against loss? Operate alternatives.

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Apple’s $64 billion-a-year App Store isn’t catching the most egregious scams

The Verge

While Apple doesn’t share “top grossing” charts for the App Store any more (that seems to have died with the introduction of iOS 11 in 2017), companies like SensorTower still publicly share that data. Heck, let’s try it together right now. All you have to do is pick an app category — say, Business — and click through the results.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

So for instance in 2017 during the whole WannaCry, and NotPetya phenomenon. Vamosi: WannaCry and NotPetya were ransomware campaigns in 2017. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. Crawley: A red team can engage in a lot of penetration testing.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

So for instance in 2017 during the whole WannaCry, and NotPetya phenomenon. Vamosi: WannaCry and NotPetya were ransomware campaigns in 2017. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. Crawley: A red team can engage in a lot of penetration testing.

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History of Computer Hacking and Cybersecurity Threats: From the 50s to Today

ForAllSecure

1970s & 1980s: First Laws and Guidelines Created Around Computer Security During the early 1970s, hacking was still mostly a form of exploration and experimentation. In 1979, the US Department of Defense created the first computer security guidelines , which established standards for securing computer systems and networks.

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