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The Elite Hackers of the FSB
The Elite Hackers of the FSB
For almost two decades, hackers with Snake have been forcing their way into government networks. They are considered one of the most dangerous hacker groups in the world. Who they work for, though, has always been a matter of pure speculation. But reporters with the German public broadcasters BR and WDR  have discovered some clues, and they all lead to the Russian secret service FSB.
·interaktiv.br.de·
The Elite Hackers of the FSB
Merck’s $1.4 Billion Insurance Win Splits Cyber From ‘Act of War’
Merck’s $1.4 Billion Insurance Win Splits Cyber From ‘Act of War’
Merck & Co.‘s victory in a legal dispute with insurers over coverage for $1.4 billion in losses from malware known as NotPetya is expected to force insurance policies to more clearly confront responsibility for the fallout from nation-state cyberattacks.
·news.bloomberglaw.com·
Merck’s $1.4 Billion Insurance Win Splits Cyber From ‘Act of War’
New Emotet Infection Method
New Emotet Infection Method
As early as Dec. 21, 2021, Unit 42 observed a new infection method for the highly prevalent malware family Emotet. Emotet is high-volume malware that often changes and modifies its attack patterns. This latest modification of the Emotet attack follows suit.
·unit42.paloaltonetworks.com·
New Emotet Infection Method
High-Severity RCE Security Bug Reported in Apache Cassandra Database Software
High-Severity RCE Security Bug Reported in Apache Cassandra Database Software
Researchers have revealed details of a now-patched high-severity security vulnerability in Apache Cassandra that, if left unaddressed, could be abused to gain remote code execution on affected installations. "This Apache security vulnerability is easy to exploit and has the potential to wreak havoc on systems, but luckily only manifests in non-default configurations of Cassandra," Omer Kaspi, security researcher at DevOps firm JFrog, said in a technical write-up published Tuesday.
·thehackernews.com·
High-Severity RCE Security Bug Reported in Apache Cassandra Database Software
Outing German spy agencies by mailing them Airtags (Pluralistic: 15 Feb 2022)
Outing German spy agencies by mailing them Airtags (Pluralistic: 15 Feb 2022)
Apple's Airtags are an ingenious technology: they fuse every Ios device into a sensor grid that logs the location of each tag, using clever cryptography to prevent anyone but the tag's owner from pulling that information out of the system. But there are significant problems with Airtags' privacy model. Some of these are unique to Apple, others are shared by all Bluetooth location systems, including Covid exposure-notification apps and Airtag rivals like Tile.
·pluralistic.net·
Outing German spy agencies by mailing them Airtags (Pluralistic: 15 Feb 2022)
EDPS Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware
EDPS Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware
The revelations made about the Pegasus spyware raised very serious questions about the possible impact of modern spyware tools on fundamental rights, and particularly on the rights to privacy and data protection. This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing assessment in the EU and globally of the ...
·edps.europa.eu·
EDPS Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware