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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

One of the men indicted as part of APT41 — now 35-year-old Tan DaiLin — was the subject of a 2012 KrebsOnSecurity story that sought to shed light on a Chinese antivirus product marketed as Anvisoft.

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AI and the SEC Whistleblower Program

Schneier on Security

Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has created a market distortion replete with perverse incentives. First, while the blockbuster awards paid out to whistleblowers draw attention to the SEC’s successes, they obscure the fact that its staffing level has slightly declined during a period of tremendous market growth.

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Russian Drivers’ Private Information Available For Sale

Heimadal Security

The personal information of millions of Russian drivers is being sold by hackers on an underground market for only a few hundred dollars. As it turns out, the stolen data is 100% authentic, even if out of date for some of the affected drivers, and was allegedly obtained between 2006 and 2019. What Data Was […].

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Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring

Krebs on Security

In 2006, Stroganov and an associate Gerasim Silivanon (a.k.a. Flint is among the biggest players in the crowded underground market for stolen credit card data, according to a U.S. ” According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , Stroganov has been a long-standing member of major underground forums since at least 2001.

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Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Schneier on Security

Particularly with respect to encryption marketed to consumers, the significance of the risk should be assessed based on its practical effect on consumer cybersecurity, as well as its relation to the net risks that offering the product poses for society. I wrote about all this, and more, in 2013.).

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20 Years of SIEM: Celebrating My Dubious Anniversary

Anton on Security

Here are some juicy quotes from SIM / SEM / NSM / ITSM / LEM marketing of that era. After a few years (2006-ish), I spotted that a complete collection of logs would become a thing and left my original SIEM employer. Thinking back to 2002, SOX just came out, HIPAA was new and cool, while PCI DSS … was not born yet.

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Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Schneier on Security

Particularly with respect to encryption marketed to consumers, the significance of the risk should be assessed based on its practical effect on consumer cybersecurity, as well as its relation to the net risks that offering the product poses for society. I wrote about all this, and more, in 2013.).