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FBI: Iranian APT Targets Israeli-Made PLCs Used In Critical Industries

The hack of a Pennsylvania water treatment facility in November is part of a larger campaign by an Iranian APT group against users of Israel-made operational technology.

BitCoins To Bombs: North Korea Funds Military With Billions In Stolen Cryptocurrency

A report from the firm Recorded Future finds that billions in gains from cryptocurrency heists fund close to half of North Korea’s military budget.

Spotlight Podcast: RADICL Is Coming To The Rescue Of Defense SMBs

In this Spotlight Security Ledger podcast, Chris Petersen, the CEO and founder of RADICL, talks about his company’s mission to protect small and midsized businesses serving the defense industrial base, which are increasingly in the cross-hairs of sophisticated, nation-state actors.

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AppSec Is A Mess. Our Kids Are Paying The Price.

Data stolen? Get used to it kid. That’s the reality for young people coming of age today in the app sec shanty town that is the 21st century U.S. economy. Like the actual favelas and shanty towns that have sprung up in developing nations over the last century, our application ecosystem is sprawling, unregulated, ad-hoc and prone to shocking breakdowns and failures. Our kids are paying the price.

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Sickened by Software? Changing The Way We Talk About 0Days

How do we improve software quality and end the epidemic of shoddy, exploitable software harming consumers, communities and businesses? To start, we need to change the way we think and talk about software-based risks.