A cybersecurity firm has uncovered strong proof of the tie between the group that hacked the Democratic National Committee and Russia’s military intelligence arm — the primary agency behind the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 election. The firm CrowdStrike linked malware used in the DNC intrusion to malware used to hack and track an Android phone app used by the Ukrainian army in its battle against pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine from late 2014 through 2016. While ...
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Madison Logic, the leading global account-based marketing (ABM) platform, today announces the launch of the ML Data Cloud, powering cutting-edge ABM to accelerate your pipeline and convert your best accounts faster. With state-of-the-art architecture, rich data, and a robust data gateway, the ML Data Cloud leverages data from over 20 first- and third-party sources, enabling advanced hyper-targeting based on account engagement, cross-channel performance insights, and Journey Acceleration™ a...
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(ISC)2 has announced the finalists for its 12th annual US Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLA) program—including a new category that was added for 2015, dedicated to recognizing a star up-and-coming information security professional....
INFOSECURITY MAGAZINE
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Cybersecurity can be an exhausting job. Between the onslaught of ‘silver bullet’ tools that supposedly protect organizations, and the additional layer of tools needed just to make sense of the first group, even the smartest teams are finding themselves stretched thin. There are signals and control points on the network today that are under utilized from the cyber perspective — instead of adding net new, leverage what you have today. Adversaries take advantage of blind spots, by...
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An operation by Europol, the FBI and multi-national authorities has seen the leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks arrested. The criminal operation is reported to have hot banks in more than 40 countries and cost €1 billion since it first appeared in late 2013. Initially beginning with the Anunak malware, which targeted financial transfers and ATM networks of financial institutions: this was later updated to Carbanak and was used in until 2016. “In al...
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Just in time for the holiday shopping season, it appears the US Postal Service has fixed a security flaw that allowed all USPS.com account holders, some 60 million people, to see personal details of fellow users. Cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs wrote about the bug on Wednesday, noting that he was contacted last week by a researcher who asked to remain anonymous. The researcher reportedly informed the USPS about his findings more than a year ago, but never received a response, Krebs said. Krebs ...
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