Tag: government
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The Register: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/us_lawmakers_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants Feedly Summary: Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also…
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Slashdot: European Govt Air-Gapped Systems Breached Using Custom Malware
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/11/1811217/european-govt-air-gapped-systems-breached-using-custom-malware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: European Govt Air-Gapped Systems Breached Using Custom Malware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: An advanced persistent threat (APT) group named GoldenJackal has been successful in breaching air-gapped government systems in Europe, employing custom tools to steal sensitive information. This activity raises significant concerns about the security…
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The Register: GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/gsa_plows_ahead_with_face/ Source: The Register Title: GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns Feedly Summary: A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies The US government’s General Services Administration’s (GSA) facial matching login service is now generally available to…
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Cloud Blog: Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/project-shield-expands-free-ddos-protection/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits Feedly Summary: Project Shield has helped news, human rights, and elections-related organizations defend against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks since 2013 as part of Google’s commitment to keep online content universally accessible. The solution has…
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Slashdot: Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors
Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/10/025236/chinese-hack-of-us-isps-show-why-apple-is-right-about-backdoors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cybersecurity incident involving Chinese hackers accessing U.S. ISPs’ systems, which were compromised due to security backdoors created for law enforcement wiretaps. This situation emphasizes…
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The Register: Moscow-adjacent GoldenJackal gang strikes air-gapped systems with custom malware
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/goldenjackal_custom_malware/ Source: The Register Title: Moscow-adjacent GoldenJackal gang strikes air-gapped systems with custom malware Feedly Summary: USB sticks help, but it’s unclear how tools that suck malware from them are delivered A cyberespionage APT crew named GoldenJackal hacked air-gapped PCs belonging to government and diplomatic entities at least twice using two sets of…
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The Register: National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits ‘hundreds of millions’ potentially affected
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/national_public_data_bankrupt/ Source: The Register Title: National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits ‘hundreds of millions’ potentially affected Feedly Summary: One-man-band faces a mountain of lawsuits but has few assets The Florida business behind data brokerage National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy, admitting “hundreds of millions" of people were potentially affected in one…
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The Register: UK Regulatory Innovation Office vows to slash red tape – but we’ve heard it all before
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/uk_regulatory_innovation_office/ Source: The Register Title: UK Regulatory Innovation Office vows to slash red tape – but we’ve heard it all before Feedly Summary: The real issue is a reluctance to invest Comment Over summer, the UK witnessed a change in government. However, the incoming Labour Party shares some ideas about regulation and innovation…