US Treasury Department sanctions Iranian national accused of running the Nemesis criminal marketplace. Hunters International threatens to leak data stolen from Tata Technologies. Apple challenges U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order. UK competition regulator says no investigation into Microsoft's OpenAI partnership. Stealthy malware campaign targets the UAE's aviation and satellite industry. This week on our CertByte segment, N2K’s Chris Hare is joined by Troy McMillan to break down a question targeting the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam. And hackers hit the books.

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CertByte Segment

Welcome to CertByte! On this bi-weekly segment hosted by Chris Hare, a content developer and project management specialist at N2K. This week, Chris is joined by Troy McMillan to break down a question targeting the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam, 201-301, version 1.1 exam. Today’s question comes from N2K’s Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301) Practice Test. 

According to Cisco, the CCNA is the industry’s most widely recognized and respected associate-level certification. To learn more about this and other related topics under this objective, please refer to the following resource: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/article/protection-techniques-nbsp-from-wardriving-attack 

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Please note: The questions and answers provided here, and on our site, are not actual current or prior questions and answers from these certification publishers or providers.

Additional source: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/learn/training-certifications/certifications/enterprise/ccna/index.html

Selected Reading

Treasury sanctions Iranian national behind defunct Nemesis darknet marketplace (The Record)

Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Tata Technologies (SecurityWeek) 

Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order (TechCrunch)

UK's competition regulator says Microsoft's OpenAI partnership doesn't qualify for investigation (TechCrunch)  

Call It What You Want: Threat Actor Delivers Highly Targeted Multistage Polyglot Malware (Proofpoint)

Snail Mail Fail: Fake Ransom Note Campaign Preys on Fear (GuidePoint Security)

Fake police call cryptocurrency investors to steal their funds (Bitdefender)

Microsoft Teams tactics, malware connect Black Basta, Cactus ransomware (Bleeping Computer)  

Investigator says differing names for hacker groups, hackers studying investigative methods hinders law enforcement (CyberScoop) 

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