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NSA Attacks Against Virtual Private Networks

Schneier on Security

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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News alert: SquareX’s “Year of Browser Bugs” project exposes critical cybersecurity blind spots

The Last Watchdog

Notable projects included the Month of Browser Bugs (July 2006), Month of Kernel Bugs (November 2006), and Month of Apple Bugs (January 2007). Ramachandran “Unfortunately, beyond mainstream media attention, there is little done by vendors from a security perspective to prevent similar exploits from happening in the future.

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Three flaws that sat in Linux kernel since 2006 could deliver root privileges to attackers

SC Magazine

The trio of flaws – CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364 and CVE-2021-27365 – have lurked in Linux code since 2006 without detection until GRIMM researchers discovered them. “If The post Three flaws that sat in Linux kernel since 2006 could deliver root privileges to attackers appeared first on SC Media.

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Bart Gellman on Snowden

Schneier on Security

This isn't news; we learned about this in 2006. One paragraph in the excerpt struck me: Years later Richard Ledgett, who oversaw the NSA's media-leaks task force and went on to become the agency's deputy director, told me matter-of-factly to assume that my defenses had been breached. But there are lots of new details.).

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

Krebs on Security

According to iDefense, in 2006 the group was responsible for crafting a rootkit that took advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, and was used in attacks on “a large DoD entity” within the USA. . “SonarX served as an easily searchable repository for social media data that previously had been obtained by CHENGDU 404.”

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A Light at the End of Liberty Reserve’s Demise?

Krebs on Security

” The government says from 2006 until the service’s takedown, Liberty Reserve processed an estimated 55 million financial transactions worth more than $6 billion, with more than 600,000 accounts associated with users in the United States alone.

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OWASP discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The incident impacted OWASP members from 2006 to around 2014 who provided their resumes as part of joining OWASP. “OWASP collected resumes as part of the early membership process, whereby members were required in the 2006 to 2014 era to show a connection to the OWASP community. .”