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The Risk-Conscious, Security-Aware Culture: The Forgotten Critical Security Control

Cisco Security

Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) across the Global 2000 and Fortune 1000 are obsessed with protecting the workforce endpoints as critical vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity and risk management posture of their enterprises. Would a risk-conscious, security-aware workforce become a security enabler rather than a security risk?

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Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Schneier on Security

Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. The Department does not believe this can be demonstrated.

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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. Security analysts and U.S. Chengdu404’s offices in China. Image: DOJ.

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Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Schneier on Security

Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. The Department does not believe this can be demonstrated.

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The Role of Differential Privacy in Protecting Sensitive Information in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Security Affairs

Cynthia Dwork (2006) introduced the fundamental idea, established its mathematical basis, and illustrated how privacy guarantees can be attained by adding numerical work. Differential privacy in Finance AI Financial institutions use AI-driven data for fraud detection, segmentation, and risk assessment.

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

“Seems like a potentially significant national security risk, considering that many end users might have elevated clearance levels who are using PIV cards for secure access,” Mark said. “The Army Reserve started using CAC logon in May 2006,” Danberry wrote on his “About” page. Don’t worry.”

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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).