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Nov 2021
27m 56s

Trojan Source--a threat to the software ...

N2K Networks
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Researchers describe Trojan Source, a hard-to-detect threat to the software supply chain. A ransomware gang takes a page from the information operator’s book. From double extortion to triple extortion, as other ransomware gangs add distributed denial-of-service to encryption and doxing. Criminals are now hacking on material, non-public information, the FBI w ... Show More
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