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US Treasury Department sanctions 4 Ukrainian officials for working with Russian intelligence

Security Affairs

” According to the US agency, Russia’s security service, the Federal Security Service (FSB), recruited Ukrainian citizens in key positions to destabilize the political and social contest country. Voloshyn has worked with Russia-linked actors to undermine Ukrainian government officials and advocate on behalf of Russia.

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Whale Song Code

Schneier on Security

During the Cold War, the US Navy tried to make a secret code out of whale song. As work progressed, the Navy found a number of complicated problems to overcome, the bulk of which centered on the authenticity of the code itself. In the end, it didn’t work. In theory, this idea was relatively simple.

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Let The New Year And Its Blessings Begin

Joseph Steinberg

As would be stated elegantly a millennium later in a famous quote (incorrectly) attributed to Thomas Jefferson, “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” The new year provides each of us with a good starting point to make changes. Our efforts and attitude play a big role in transforming curses into blessings.

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Malware-Infested Smart Card Reader

Schneier on Security

Brian Krebs has an interesting story of a smart ID card reader with a malware-infested Windows driver, and US government employees who inadvertently buy and use them.

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Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

Krebs on Security

Domain names ending in “ US ” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. Also,US domains are only supposed to be available to U.S. US phishing domains.US government overall, nor to the US public.” is overseen by the U.S.

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US Citizen Hacked by Spyware

Schneier on Security

The New York Times is reporting that a US citizen’s phone was hacked by the Predator spyware. The disclosure is the first known case of an American citizen being targeted in a European Union country by the advanced snooping technology, the use of which has been the subject of a widening scandal in Greece.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

Rather, the terms state that FederalJobsCenter is affiliated with an entity called US Job Services , which says it is based in Lawrenceville, Ga. “US Job Services provides guidance, coaching, and live assistance to postal job candidates to help them perform better in each of the steps,” the website explains.

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