Zero-day in Windows Kernel Transaction Manager (CVE-2018-8611)

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Gartner Names Centrify a Leader in Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM)

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DarkVishnya: Banks attacked through direct connection to local network

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Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Statistics

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First Annual Cyberwarcon

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