Security Leftovers
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Mandiant attributes Barracuda Networks malware campaign to China-linked hackers
Mandiant has determined that the recently discovered hacking campaign targeting Barracuda Networks Inc. customers was launched by China-linked hackers. Mandiant, a breach investigation company that was acquired by Google LLC earlier this year, released its findings today.
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Global hack: Cybersecurity firm reports suspected Chinese espionage
State-backed Chinese hackers have allegedly breached the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations across the globe, according to a United States cybersecurity firm. Nearly a third of the targets are government agencies.
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Phishing Scammer or One of Your Parents?
If the e-mail includes a zip file containing forty-five photos of the sender’s recent trip to Portugal, it’s from a scammer. Parents send way more photos than that.
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Episode 380 – A new Sovereign Tech Fund program and the BBC on destroying hard drives
Josh and Kurt talk about a new program from the Sovereign Tech Fund to fund open source work. It’s a great looking program with an acceptable amount of money behind the program. We also talk about a story claiming millions of perfectly good hard drives are destroyed per year. They’re probably not OK at all.