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It doesn't take much to open a bank acct, and a utility bill is one of the "proofs of identity" that's accepted by almost all of them....
In reply to: Re: Creating a bank account with an online bill as a proof of identity???
While the recent revelations of the actions of the NSA are causing many to question the role of the government in ensuring high levels of IT security, it's the combination of the U.S. government and private enterprise that...
In reply to: Who to Trust?
I still say biometrics all the way.
Passwords are a nightmare.
In reply to: Re: password mess
It has been said that there is a fine line between sanity and insanity. The same goes for paranoia in terms of information security. An antonym for paranoia is trusting, so the question is: how much trust can an InfoSec...
In reply to: Re: I think you've got something here, Corey.
Dear Kelly, I suspect that they have used them, but we are not able to detect any similar intrusion due to the difficulties to track high sophisticated APT (e.g. State-sponsored malware). Anyway, as you have remarked,...
In reply to: Re: state-sponsored hacking
Appparently, they really didn't need 0days, which is sad but reality.
In reply to: Re: state-sponsored hacking
yes Kelly you are right ... comments in the code, as explained by other security firms, seems indicate that hackers have Russian origin. I believe it is very strange that no zero-day exploits were used in the campaign, I...
In reply to: Re: state-sponsored hacking
If you want to see which ones at next week's Black Hat USA may make future "Dramatic Moments" lists, check this out:
http://www.darkreading.com/7-black-hat-sessions-sure-to-cause-a-stir/d/d-id/1297499
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State-sponsored is definitely the assumption on this campaign. It's interesting that Kaspersky Lab is saying they can't confirm it's Russian-based. CrowdStrike and F-Secure have indicated it's out of Russia. But attribution...
In reply to: Re: state-sponsored hacking
Despite the attribution is very difficult and the bad actors behind the campaign haven't used any sophisticated strain of malware, I believe that the APT has a state-sponsored origin. Statistics on working time, dimension...
In reply to: state-sponsored hacking
DevOps’ Impact on Application Security
Managing the interdependency between software and infrastructure is a thorny challenge. Often, it’s a “developers are from Mars, systems engineers are from Venus” situation.
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