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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. dubbed the “China Initiative Conference.”

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SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology

Joseph Steinberg

US 9,813,419 – Granted in November of 2017. The post SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology appeared first on Joseph Steinberg: CyberSecurity Expert Witness, Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor. US 9,374,374 – Granted in June of 2016.

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On Not Fixing Old Vulnerabilities

Schneier on Security

…26% of companies Positive Technologies tested were vulnerable to WannaCry, which was a threat years ago, and some even vulnerable to Heartbleed. WannaCry was a 2017 cyberattack, based on a NSA-discovered and Russia-stolen-and-published Windows vulnerability. How is this even possible? The number should be 0%.

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Pocket and Fakespot Apps Closing: Mozilla Discontinues Popular Services

Penetration Testing

Pocket, a pioneering “read-it-later” application first launched in 2007, was acquired in 2017 by the Mozilla Foundation with The post Pocket and Fakespot Apps Closing: Mozilla Discontinues Popular Services appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Unauthorized data access vulnerability in macOS is detailed by Microsoft

Malwarebytes

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44133 was fixed in the September 16 update for Mac Studio (2022 and later), iMac (2019 and later), Mac Pro (2019 and later), Mac Mini (2018 and later), MacBook Air (2020 and later), MacBook Pro (2018 and later), and iMac Pro (2017 and later). Microsoft has dubbed the flaw “HM Surf.”

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French court indicted Nexa Technologies for complicity in acts of torture

Security Affairs

Nexa Technologies was indicted for complicity in acts of torture, the French firm is accused of having sold surveillance equipment to the Egypt. Nexa Technologies offers a range of solutions for homeland security, including surveillance solutions. ” reported the website LeMonde. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Interview with the Head of the NSA’s Research Directorate

Schneier on Security

MIT Technology Review published an interview with Gil Herrera, the new head of the NSA’s Research Directorate. “The adversary does not speak clearly in English with nice statements into a mic and, if we can’t understand it, send us a clearer statement.”

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