Security Leftovers
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Singtel-owned IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware [Ed: Well, almost all ransomware attacks are Windows]
It appears to be raining data breaches at properties belonging to Singapore's multinational telecommunications conglomerate Singtel, with the telco announcing on Monday that there had been an intrusion into its Australia-based IT services provider Dialog.
Security sources have told iTWire that the attack on Dialog was carried out using the Agenda ransomware that runs only on Windows systems.
This is the second breach in recent days to affect Singtel's properties. On 22 September, Optus, Australia's second biggest telco which is also owned by the Singapore firm, announced a massive breach that was initially said to affect nearly 10 million customers.
On Monday morning, data stolen from Singtel on 20 January last year, during an attack through a file-sharing system from Accellion that was close to end-of-life at the time, surfaced on a forum on the clear Web.
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Secure web browsers for the enterprise compared: How to pick the right one | CSO Online
The web browser has long been the security sinkhole of enterprise infrastructure.
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Researchers Warn About New Shikitega Malware Targeting Linux Endpoints and IoT Devices [Ed: Petri the Microsoft propaganda arm is working hard and working overtime to stigmatise Linux as "not secure" while Microsoft works with NSA on back doors. Nowadays we have Microsoft media blaming "Linux" for bad passwords chosen by administrators or not explaining how malware gets to the system in the first place.]
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Someone is pretending to be me. [Ed: Microsoft helps scammers find victims and then blames "Open Source". LinkedIn (even before criminals and scammers bought the company... yes, Microsoft) convinced millions of fools that it's "OK" and "normal" to share their CV with everybody, not just recruiters of a company they wish to work for.]
So I was about to toss this in the trash, but it had a word document attached. Thankfully I'm not sitting on a Windows machine and can just preview the document via Google without a fear of infecting myself.
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Complex Impersonation Story - Schneier on Security
This is a story of one piece of what is probably a complex employment scam. Basically, real programmers are having their resumes copied and co-opted by scammers, who apply for jobs (or, I suppose, get recruited from various job sites), then hire other people with Western looks and language skills are to impersonate those first people on Zoom job interviews.