Category Archives: state actors

Defending Against State and State-Sponsored Threat Actors

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State and state-sponsored threat actors are the apex predators of the cybersecurity world.   Continue reading Defending Against State and State-Sponsored Threat Actors→

Google sent ~40K warnings to targets of state-backed attackers in 2019

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Google has seen a rising number of attackers impersonating news outlets and journalists to spread fake news among other reporters. Continue reading Google sent ~40K warnings to targets of state-backed attackers in 2019→

Google sent ~40K warnings to targets of state-backed attackers in 2019

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Google has seen a rising number of attackers impersonating news outlets and journalists to spread fake news among other reporters. Continue reading Google sent ~40K warnings to targets of state-backed attackers in 2019→

Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers

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It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US. Continue reading Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers→

Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube

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It’s not a “state actor”, so isn’t subject to 1st Amendment scrutiny and can censor PragerU’s videos on abortion, gun rights and terrorism. Continue reading Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube→

Russian Hackers Domain Fronting

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FireEye just put out a report on catching the Russian hacker group “Advanced Persistent Threat 29” (APT29, for lack of a better code name) using the meek plugin for TOR to hide their traffic. If you’re using meek with meek-reflect.appspot.com, you’ll find it’s been shut down. If all of this is gibberish to you, read on for a breakdown.

meek is a clever piece of software. Imagine that you wanted to communicate with the Tor anonymizing network, but that you didn’t want anyone to know that you were. Maybe you live in a country where a firewall prevents you from …read more

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