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A Surprising Amount of Satellite Traffic Is Unencrypted

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Here’s the summary : We pointed a commercial-off-the-shelf satellite dish at the sky and carried out the most comprehensive public study to date of geostationary satellite communication. A shockingly large amount of sensitive traffic is being broadcast unencrypted, including critical infrastructure, internal corporate and government communications, private citizens’ voice …

US Disrupts Massive Cell Phone Array in New York

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This is a weird story : The US Secret Service disrupted a network of telecommunications devices that could have shut down cellular systems as leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The agency said on Tuesday that last month it found more than 300 SIM …

Just say no: Build defense in depth with IAM Deny and Org Policies

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In today's cloud landscape, safeguarding your cloud environment requires bolstering your Identity and Access Management (IAM) approach with more than allow policies and the principle of least privilege. To bolster your defenses, we offer a powerful tool: IAM Deny Policies. Relying only on IAM Allow policies leaves room for …

UK ‘woefully’ unprepared for Chinese and Russian undersea cable sabotage, says report

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CSRI finds China and Russia may be coordinating ‘grey zone’ tactics against vulnerable western infrastructure China and Russia are stepping up sabotage operations targeting undersea cables and the UK is unprepared to meet the mounting threat, according to new analysis. A report by the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI …

Communications Backdoor in Chinese Power Inverters

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This is a weird story : U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said. [...] Over the past nine months, undocumented …

China Sort of Admits to Being Behind Volt Typhoon

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The Wall Street Journal has the story : Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing to escalate. The Chinese …