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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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Researcher finds 5 privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

SC Magazine

Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in 2006. A researcher at Positive Technologies found five similar vulnerabilities in the kernel of Linux operating systems that can allow an attacker to escalate local privileges on a victim’s network. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images).

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UChecker tool from CloudLinux scans Linux servers

SC Magazine

Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in 2006. Dirk Schrader, global vice president, security research at New Net Technologies said it’s certainly a valid additional element in the cyber security tool chain, and security teams can use it as a complement to generic vulnerability scans.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Formerly known as Accel Partners, the Palo Alto-based company is a top-tier VC firm investing in consumer and enterprise solutions for segments like SaaS , fintech, hardware, media, and IT services. Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include AVG Technologies, Cognitive Security, OpenDNS, and Carbon Black. EEP Investments.

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

With the advancement by BitDefender to come out with machine learning with the Anti-virus in 2006 along with Cisco, FireEye, Checkpoint, etc. Cost to repair victims’ credit report and cost for external communications to the media. This was in 2005! 2022 — Could We Still Save Jack Bauer Today? What Is Not Covered Under Cyber Insurance?

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Cyber Playbook: An Overview of PCI Compliance in 2022

Herjavec Group

ASV service providers can also tweak scanning technology systems to reduce the intensity of the scans and increase session timeout windows. Generally speaking, the client-side web browser attack surface has been completely overlooked as a threat landscape except by malware authors, the hacking community, social media, and mass marketers.

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Find Anyone Online Using Their Full Name From Public Records and 120+ Social Networks

Hacker's King

There is a simple and easy-to-use website Spokeo is a popular search engine launched in 2006 by Stanford Graduates- Harrison Tang, Mike Daly, Eric Liang, and Ray Chen. Spokeo stores all this data into a database using crawling web technology. This information could be highly beneficial.