A China like attack? Searching for IP?
Attack on
Software Giant Citrix Attributed to Iranian Hackers
The
company said it was informed by the FBI on March 6 that its systems
had been breached by “international cyber criminals.” Citrix has
launched a forensic investigation and it has taken action to secure
its network.
Citrix’s
investigation so far suggests that the attackers may have accessed
and downloaded some business documents, but it has yet to determine
exactly which documents may have been stolen. The company says there
is no evidence that the security of its products or services has been
compromised as a result of the attack.
“While
not confirmed, the FBI has advised that the hackers likely used a
tactic known as password spraying, a technique that exploits weak
passwords. Once they gained a foothold with limited access, they
worked to circumvent additional layers of security,” stated
Citrix CISO Stan Black.
A
cybersecurity firm named Resecurity claims the attack was carried out
by an Iran-linked group tracked as IRIDIUM, which reportedly hit over
200 organizations, including government agencies, tech firms, and oil
and gas companies.
… Resecurity
representatives told NBC
News that the attackers may
have been lurking inside Citrix’s network for the past 10 years.
Cry wolf? On the other hand, the US would like to
see his regime fail.
Venezuela's
Maduro Says Cyber Attack Prevented Power Restoration
Maduro
told supporters in Caracas that almost 70 percent of power had been
restored when "we received at midday another cyber attack at one
of the generators that was working perfectly and that disturbed and
undid everything we had achieved."
… The
government blamed the outage on US sabotage at the central generator
in Guri, in the country's south, which provides 80 percent of
Venezuela with its electricity.
… Experts
say Venezuela's power problems are due to a lack of investment in
infrastructure.
Maduro's
regime usually blames outages on outside factors.
Security
theater.
The US
Government Will Be Scanning Your Face At 20 Top Airports, Documents
Show
In March 2017,
President Trump issued an executive
order expediting the deployment of biometric verification of the
identities of all travelers crossing its borders. That mandate
stipulates
facial recognition identification for “100
percent of all international passengers,” including American
citizens, in the top 20 US airports by 2021. Now, the
United States Department of Homeland Security is rushing to get those
systems up and running at airports across the country. But it's
doing so in the absence of proper vetting, regulatory safeguards, and
what some privacy advocates argue is in defiance of the law.
Probably needs all the help we can provide.
FPF
Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
On Friday, the Future of Privacy Forum submitted
comments to the Office of the California Attorney General (AG),
Xavier Becerra.
- Read FPF’s Full Comments (11-page letter)
- See Attachment 1: Comparing Privacy Laws: GDPR vs. CCPA
- See Attachment 2: A Visual Guide to Practical De-identification
All they need to do is pick and choose from the
warped realities people already have.
Russian
Internet Trolls Are Apparently Switching Strategies for 2020 U.S.
Elections
Russian internet trolls appear to be shifting
strategy in their efforts to disrupt the 2020 U.S. elections,
promoting politically divisive messages through phony social media
accounts instead of creating propaganda themselves, cybersecurity
experts say.
The Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency may be
among those trying to circumvent protections put in place by
companies including Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. to find and remove
fake content that hackers created to sow division among the American
electorate in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Perspective.
The Six
Wings Of The Democratic Party
There’s a lot of news right now about conflicts
within
the
Democratic Party, and similar stories will likely continue to pop
up for the next two years. Much of this is normal and unsurprising.
The American political system has only two major parties, resulting
in those parties being large and internally diverse — a political
reporter could write a “Democrats divided” or “Republicans
divided” story virtually any day of any year. And the Democrats
are in a complicated place politically at the moment, having
just won a major election but not the presidency, which would give
the party one single person to rally around.
All that said, it’s worth unpacking these
divides among elected Democrats. Not because they will necessarily
hurt the party in November 2020, but because those divides will
explain a lot of what happens day-to-day until the presidential
election and potentially afterward.
For all my students.
Committee
Report Confirms College is Still Well Worth the Cost
“A report released this morning by the Committee
on Education and Labor reveals that a college degree is still well
worth the cost. The report, titled “Don’t
Stop Believin’ (in the value of a college degree)” collects
the mountain of evidence showing that – despite the recent
skepticism regarding the value of a college – researchers have
consistently found that the benefits of a college degree
significantly outweigh the costs. The key takeaways of the report
are:
- College degrees yield a large return for individuals: bachelor’s and associate’s degree holders earn up to $1 million and $400,000 more than high school graduates over their lives, respectively.
- College is a worthy investment for state governments: for every $1 states invest in higher education, they receive up to $4.50 back in increased tax revenue and lower reliance on government assistance.
- College graduates play a key role in strengthening the American economy. Two out of three jobs are filled by individuals who have at least some college education.
- However, barriers continue to prevent many students of color and low-income students from accessing and obtaining college degrees.
- The next Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization should expand access, improve affordability, and promote completion for all students.
Starting next week, the Committee will hold five
bipartisan hearings on higher education, marking the formal start of
an effort the reauthorize the Higher Education Act in the 116th
Congress. These hearings reflect the Committee’s shared intention
to host a thoughtful and open exchange of ideas for improving
America’s higher education system…”
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