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China-Linked Cybercrime Group Attacks Asian Certificate Authority, Breaches Government Agencies

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China-Linked Cybercrime Group Attacks Asian Certificate Authority, Breaches Government Agencies. While the blog does not speculate on the ultimate contractor of this espionage, Kevin Bocek, Venafi’s VP of Security Strategy and Threat Intelligence, says it “has all the tell-tale signs of a sophisticated nation-state attack.”.

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Did the Cloud Provide Safe Haven in the Ukraine-Russia Cyber War? [Microsoft Perspective]

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Prior to the war, Ukraine had a longstanding Data Protection Law prohibiting government authorities from processing and storing data in the public cloud. Kevin Bocek, VP, Ecosystem & Threat Intelligence at Venafi, said that dispersing computer resources to the cloud makes it harder for bad actors. Five Conclusions.

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Russia Does Its Own TLS Certificate Authority to Get Around Sanctions: Machine Identity in Focus

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Russia Does Its Own TLS Certificate Authority to Get Around Sanctions: Machine Identity in Focus. But it will take time for the new Certificate Authorities to be trusted by web browsers. . Now the Russian government has taken the next step by introducing a Russian-based Certificate Authority for the internet. brooke.crothers.