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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry

March 4, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, alarm, bentley, bio, bloodrush, chainalysis, cobalt strike, conti, grant, kaktus, lemans corporation, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pin, ransomware, reshaev, revers, salamandra, skippy, the spaniard, tramp, trickbotleaks, Trump

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:20:29 +0000

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization. Today’s Part III looks at how Conti abused a panoply of popular commercial security services to undermine the security of their targets, as well as how the team’s leaders strategized for the upper hand in ransom negotiations with victims.

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Government shutdown impacts .gov websites, puts Americans in danger

January 14, 2019 admin access, Government, government shutdown, Security, security certificates, Security world, shutdown, Trump, wall

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Today, TechCrunch posted a concerning story about the shutdown and most importantly, they covered the reporting of NetCraft, a U.K. internet service company, about how numerous US government websites are now inaccessible due to expired security certificates. This is going to be a quick post to help explain what happened and more importantly, how cyber criminals will use this situation to their advantage.

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What Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem means for your data

March 26, 2018 admin Aleksandr Kogan, cambridge analytica, cybercrime, data, Donald Trump, Facebook, mark zuckerberg, privacy, quiz, social media, Trump

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Facebook is in the spotlight, as the recent Cambridge Analytica story involving millions of users’ data continues to melt news servers around the world. We strip away the complications and tell you exactly what happened, and why you may want to reconsider your use of social media platforms in 2018.

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Tags: Aleksandr Kogan cambridge analytica data donald trump facebook Mark Zuckerberg quiz social media trump

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Nuclear Energy Programs Rarely Lead to Nuclear Weapons

November 9, 2017 admin Iran, nuclear bomb, nuclear energy, Trump, Uranium

Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000

Policy experts and heads of states have wrung their hands about the weaponization of nuclear energy programs for decades.

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17 STEM Politicians Won Elections Tuesday

November 8, 2017 admin Politics, SCIENCE, STEM, Trump

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:39:09 +0000

Virginia governor-elect Ralph Northam, who is a doctor, was just one of more than a dozen candidates with STEM backgrounds to win elections in November.

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