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Hackers impersonate Catholic news outlets to gather intel about Vatican diplomacy

After months of public reporting on a suspected Chinese hacking campaign targeting entities linked with diplomacy between the Vatican and Beijing, the hackers are still trying their luck. Researchers at the security firm Recorded Future first called out hackers affiliated with a group called Mustang Panda in July for their efforts to conduct espionage against targets involved …

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Baidu apps in Google Play Store left users vulnerable to tracking

A pair of Baidu applications on the Google Play Store were recently leaking users’ sensitive data that could be used to track users’ location, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research published Tuesday. Through reverse-engineering, the researchers at Unit 42, the research arm at Palo Alto Networks, found that both the Baidu Search Box …

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Discovered Critical Flaw allows Geo-Poli-Cyber™ hackers to breach SAP systems | National & Corporate Cyber-Survivability risks increased| Exclusive

Survivability News Exclusive Special Report. SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java vulnerability can be exploited without authentication and lead to complete system takeover by Geo-Poli-Cyber hackers putting Nation states and businesses under new and increased Cyber-Survivability risk.  21st Century Cyber Race & Warfare This is one of the many new vulnerabilities that are being discovered on …

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US Agency Concedes | Biden Presidency Transition Begins | Is America at increased risk of armed uprising if Trump doesn’t tell his 73 million voters to concede?

By Khaled Fattal, Survivability News Publisher’s Corner According to multiple news sources including AP News, the federal government is set to begin working with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team now that the head of the General Services Administration has “ascertained” that he is the apparent winner of this month’s presidential election. Trump, who had refused …

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Survivability News “Thought Provocation Series” | Who Made the world more ‘Good’, ‘Bad’, or ‘Ugly’? Rate these personalities & Nominate your Candidate

Survivability News is launching its “Thought Provocation Series”. This is where we turn the spotlight on a particular topic or event to raise critically needed awareness by evoking constructive debates and discussions that can lead to real change and hopefully, a better world. Today, we ask you to reflect on these successful people to prompt …

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What Are
Geo-Poli-
Cyber™ Risks?

What Is Geo-Poli-Cyber™?

MLi Group created the terms Poli-Cyber™ and Geo-Poli-Cyber™ (GPC™) in 2012 and 2013 based on the philosophy that if you cannot identify and name the threat, you cannot mitigate that threat.

Geo-Poli-Cyber™ attacks are political, ideological, terrorist, extremist, ‘religious’, and/or geo-politically motivated.

More Sinister Than Financial Motivations

Geo-Poli-Cyber™ attacks are significantly different from financially motivated cyber-attacks in damage, scale, magnitude as well as in risk mitigation strategies and solutions.

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