Category: Confidentiality Attacks

The ancient world’s biggest security failure: security lessons from the Valley of the Kings

Thanks to Mastercard’s long annual leave (we have 25 days!) I took a two week trip to Egypt earlier this month to visit a place I have always wanted to see: the burial tombs of the ancient pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings. As a security engineer, I could not help looking at these
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वॉटरहोल हमला

वॉटरहोल हमले: कैसे APT और साइबर अपराधी सुरक्षित संरचनाओं में घुसपैठ करते हैं

मेरी पहली मुठभेड़ साइबर-आपराधिक दुनिया से कई साल पहले एक वॉटरहोल हमला अभियान के माध्यम से हुई थी. I visited a Persian website and discovered that it was downloading malware onto visitorsbrowsers. I promptly contacted the site administrator, who informed me that they had no technical knowledge of the issue. It became apparent that
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