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Hacker Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers through Power Lines – Worldwide
Do you think it is possible to extract data from a computer using its power cables? If no, then you should definitely read about this technique. Researchers from Israel’s Ben Gurion University of the Negev—who majorly focus on finding clever ways to exfiltrate data from an isolated or air-gapped computer—have now shown how fluctuations in the current flow “propagated through the power lines” could be used to covertly steal highly sensitive data. Sound something like a James Bond movie? Well, the same group of researchers has previously demonstrated various out-of-band communication methods to steal data from a compromised air-gapped computer via light, sound, heat, electromagnetic, magnetic and ultrasonic waves. Air-gapped computers are those that are isolated from the Internet and local networks and therefore, are believed to be the most secure devices that are difficult to infiltrate or exfiltrate data. “As a part of the targeted attack, the adversary may infiltrate the air-gapped networks using social engineering, supply chain attacks, or malicious insiders. Note that several APTs discovered in the last decade are capable of infecting air-gapped networks, e.g., Turla, RedOctober, and Fanny,” researchers said. “However, despite the fact that breaching air-gapped systems has been shown feasible, the exfiltration of data from an air-gapped system remains a challenge.”
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Mexico’s International Airports Introduce ‘Border Control’ Kiosks – Mexico
Three international Mexican airports, those in Mexico City, Cancun and Los Cabos, have installed 100 new kiosks that are to use biometric technology that will capture fingerprints to verify the identities of the 8 million arrivals anticipated in the first year of their operation. SITA, the multinational information technology company providing IT and telecommunication services to the air transport industry, is providing the automated border control kiosks that are to securely identify Mexican citizens entering the country and those non-citizens who do not require a visa for entry. While SITA’s announcement of the installations was made official near to the time that U.S. President Donald Trump announced the deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, a SITA spokesperson said that there was no correlation between the two announcements. The kiosks are part of SITA’s iBorders Border Management integrated solution that has been developed, according to the company, “to improve the efficiency of borders by targeting resources at higher-risk travelers while speeding up processing for the low-risk majority.”
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Gulf Cooperation Council Arms Race: Who Sells To Whom
A close look at the recent arms agreements made by the different members of the Arab Gulf grouping. The global trade in weapons is booming, with sales to the Middle East surging. Amid regional instability, an arms race is under way among Arab Gulf countries. The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait – have spent billions of dollars on weapons this year alone.
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