Early last week we had a story on a targeted attacks against military contractors using a malicious PDF disguised as a conference CFP. On Friday the threats continued with emails being sent to all 163 participants of a recent Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) event purporting to be a list of the attendees....
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It’s that time of the week again where do you want to be this week? Now you’ll always know with our “Where You Want to Be This Week” feature, which will tell you about infosec meetups happening in your local area as of Sunday night. If you would like your event listed in our...
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Last week we mentioned how great it was that there was 0% unemployment in the IT security field. Of course there may be a few of you out there looking but overall you’d think this is good thing. Well, maybe from the employee perspective … but if you’re an employer seeking to hire qualified...
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I really enjoyed the Freakonomics article published earlier this week by Stephen J. Dubner that asked “Why Has There Been So Much Hacking Lately? Or Is It Just Reported More?” To tackle this issue their editors assembled a panel of experts to comment on the topic, including Bruce “no introduction needed” Schneier, Tal “Imperva”...
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It’s that time of the week again: the time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. You can take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to but if you can’t get enough of the local security scene, check out our NovaInfosec Twits listfor even more great...
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In case you missed the announcement on Tuesday, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft of new privacy controls to be included in the next update of Special Publication (SP) 800-53. Currently referred to as SP 800-53 Appendix J, the update provides the first steps to standardizing what privacy means...
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If you haven’t noticed, there have been a lot of attacks against major government contractors lately. As you can imagine this affects many of the infosec pros around DC looking to make a name for themselves. Lockheed, Northrop, Booz, … I’m sure many of us have been affected in one way or another. The...
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