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Nov
28
Kaspersky Lab Says It Spotted APT Code, Quickly Deleted It
Security vendor Kaspersky Lab says that an internal probe has found that that a consumer version of its software running on a U.S-based PC spotted variants of Equation Group advanced persistent threat malware source code.
Nov
28
French Officials Detail 'Fancy Bear' Hack of TV5Monde
New details have emerged relating to a hack attack against French broadcaster TV5Monde, which resulted in multiple television channels going dark as well as social media channels run by the broadcaster being hijacked and used to spew apparent jihadist propaganda.
Nov
28
Blockchain for Identity Management: It's Years Away
Technologists are wrangling with an identity puzzle: Is it possible to create a single digital identity that can be seamlessly and securely used at a bank, a hospital or consumer websites?
It's the holy grail of identity. The way identity information is collected and stored today is not only inefficient but risky: Hackers have had astounding success target centralized stores of personal data, as Equifax's breach showed (see Equifax: Breach Exposed Data of 143 Million US Consumers).
"It's unreal how careless we are with this stuff [data] that's worth more than crude oil," says Steve Wilson, vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research in Sydney.
Many see the future of identity in the use of blockchain technology,...
