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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

Security researchers are warning of a significant global rise in Chinese cyber espionage activity against organizations in every industry. It is highly likely that these investments have led to greater operational security (OPSEC) and specialization in China-linked intrusion operations, the researchers noted.

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Stuck with Windows 7? Here’s a security game plan

The Parallax

Last week, Microsoft’s Windows 7, once the go-to operating system of nearly 60 percent of all computers , reached the company’s designated end of the road for security patches. Like Windows XP before in 2014 , if you have a Windows 7 computer, it’s long past time for you to shell out some cash for a new one.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

Security researchers are warning of a significant global rise in Chinese cyber espionage activity against organizations in every industry. It is highly likely that these investments have led to greater operational security (OPSEC) and specialization in China-linked intrusion operations, the researchers noted.

Industry 147
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Securing voting machines means raising funds

The Parallax

When the Senate failed to move the Secure Elections Act forward in August because of White House concerns over states’ rights , coupled with funding concerns, the United States lost its best chance this year of taking steps toward patching voting machines. The cybersecurity threat was more than science fiction at that point,” she says.

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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

Inception Framework’s attack methodology has evolved since it was first detected in 2014 in part by Waylon Grange, senior threat researcher at computer security company Symantec. READ MORE ON ROUTERS AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS. How to secure your home Wi-Fi. Time for a Department of the Internet of Things?

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

The process that led to this discovery, publicly revealed on Tuesday, began in July 2014 , when a pseudonymous source sent SiliVaccine 4.0 READ MORE ON SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS. How Spain is waging Internet war on Catalan separatists. They have no global Internet access but rather a carefully curated intranet, Lechtik says.

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Guidance Software Federal Summit 6 March 2014

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By Bob Gourley 2014 Guidance Software Federal Summit: Cybersecurity | E-Discovery | Enterprise Forensics. As an information security trailblazer, Mr. Bigman participated in developing security measures for Government computers well before commercial industry found the Internet. Government. Register Now!