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| Source |  AlienVault Blog |
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| Identifiant | 411332 |
| Date de publication | 2017-09-22 13:00:00 (vue: 2017-09-22 13:00:00) |
| Titre | Things I hearted this week - September 22 |
| Texte | It’s been another hectic week in the world of Infosec / IT security / Cyber Security (choose as appropriate). So let’s jump straight into it. APT 33 Iran is building up its cyber capabilities and the emergence of a group of hackers, dubbed APT33, has given rise to concerns the nation's cyberwarfare units are looking to launch destructive attacks on critical infrastructure, energy and military bodies. Meet APT33: A Gnarly Iranian Hacker Crew Threatening Destruction |Forbes Threat data, IOCs and information on APT33, aka greenbug | OTX Data breaches and Class action lawsuits Should individuals whose data has been breached have the right to sue companies? It’s a tricky question, and one that the courts are seemingly having trouble on deciding on. Recently, a judge dismissed two consolidated class actions by more than 21m federal employees who had information breached by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The Judge concluded that the federal employees could not establish their threshold right to sue in federal court because they had not shown they faced imminent risk of identity theft, even though nearly two dozen of those named in the class actions claimed their confidential information has already been misused. Hopefully things will change going forward. The problem with identity theft is that it’s not time-dependant. An attacker could hoard details for a long period before committing a crime. And even when an identity is stolen, it is difficult to tie back to where the breach occurred. OPM Data Breach Lawsuit Tossed, Fed Plaintiffs will Appeal | Dark Reading OPM Says Gov't Workers' Data Breach Suit Fails | Law360 In the long run, class actions may not be the best way to redress data breaches | Reuters Somewhat related, My three years in identity theft hell | Bloomberg The Ghost of Windows XP As the lyrics go, “They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can’t kill the beast.” In this case, the beast seems to be Win XP, which, despite being woefully outdated, continues to make its presence felt. The latest announcement being that a fifth of the Manchester police department are running Win XP. Manchester police still relies on Windows XP | BBC Manchester Police are using Windows XP on one in five computers | V3 When insurance goes too far Melina Efthimiadis along with her husband wanted to add personal umbrella liability insurance to their Nationwide homeowner's policy. She says they have been low risk clients so she didn't think it would be a problem. In the application process for Nationwide, Melina says they had to write down the number of dogs they owned and their breeds, wh |
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| Stories | CCleaner APT33 APT 33 |
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