Thursday, 09 October 2025

A Russian group known as Pawn Storm has been using a module to infect USB sticks to penetrate air-gapped machines in the defense industry. The group has targeted various Government Agencies including NATO and the White House.

Tim Erlin, Director of IT Security and Risk Strategy for Tripwire says, “USB sticks can be used for more than just memory sticks. Attackers have used modified memory sticks to emulate other devices, like USB keyboards, to craft attacks that get around some security controls. Data theft is a two-way street. Getting malware onto an air-gapped system is only half of the equation. Attackers have to successfully extract the data as well, and preventing exfiltration can be as effective as preventing infiltration.” Please find full comments below.

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PART TWO

Pull Factors of Kidnapping in Nigeria

The proliferation of kidnappings in Nigeria is a function of one or a combination of the following factors:

Instrument of Political Coercion and Intimidation: A Security Consultant, Chigozie Ubani attributed some kidnap cases to politics, “I see political actors who engage the services of these young men in the course of protecting themselves, intimidating their opponents, electioneering, and soon after, the kidnappers are dumped.”

Porous illegal borders, proliferation of small arms haven’t helped matters either. Nigeria is said to have more than 1,479 illegal, porous borders which undoubtedly encourage wanton smuggling and proliferation of light weapons.

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...But many still love their jobs, according to a new ‘IT happiness at work barometer’

IT professionals are the unsung heroes of modern organizations –putting work before family commitments and taking the blame when things go wrong, according to new research conducted by Unified Security Management™ leader AlienVault™.

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John Gunn, VP of Communications, VASCO Data Security International, Inc. says:  "As security elsewhere increases, companies such as VTECH are becoming more attractive targets. Because they are not protecting payment data, the security measures they employee are simply much easier to defeat. The hackers will not benefit immediately from the stolen data, but they will use it for other attacks - they collected millions of username and password combinations and more than half of online users use the same password for all of their accounts, including their banking account. It’s another strong argument for using two-factor authentication everywhere."

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