Microsoft Secure

Moonstone Sleet emerges as new North Korean threat actor with new bag of tricks

Microsoft has identified a new North Korean threat actor, now tracked as Moonstone Sleet (formerly Storm-1789), that combines many tried-and-true techniques used by other North Korean threat actors, as well as unique attack methodologies to target companies for its financial and cyberespionage objectives.
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The Register

Take two APIs and call me in the morning: How healthcare research can cure cyber crime

In evolving smarter security, open source is the missing link Opinion  Some ideas work better than others. Take DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Launched by US President Dwight Eisenhower in 1957 response to Sputnik, its job is to create and test concepts that may be useful in thwarting enemies. Along the way, it’s helped make happen GPS, weather satellites, PC technology, and something called the internet.… READ MORE HERE…

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