Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. European Commission has chosen the Signal app to secure its communications.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. CISA published a security advisory warning of a wave of attacks carried out by China-linked APT groups affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. and foreign government organizations. The FBI has issued a new security flash alert to warn of Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. and foreign government organizations. ” reads the alert. public health organization.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security. I held this position from 2000 through 2014, during which time Windows emerged as a prime target for both precocious script kiddies and emerging criminal hacking rings. What drew you to this field?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2023

World Youth Skills Day 2023: Engaging Youth with Cybersecurity madhav Thu, 07/13/2023 - 04:56 In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The online education platform for developers Thinkful suffered a security breach and is notifying the incident to its customers requiring them to reset their passwords. ” It is not clear when the security breach took place and if Chegg was aware of the data breach prior to the acquisition. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

These are based on publicly disclosed incidents in the media or security reports.” According to the summary findings related to the period 2013-2020, the most targeted critical infrastructures are government facilities, followed by education and healthcare. ” reads the project description. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

ESET researchers observed a series of attacks, conducted by the Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten (aka Ballistic Bobcat APT, APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , TA453 , and Ajax Security Team), which are targeting various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

A deeper analysis of some of these samples revealed that they were compiled in 2014 and used in the wild between 2014 and 2015. ” The Lambert APT (aka Longhorn APT ) has been active since at least 2008, but its first samples were spotted in 2014. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The APT41 has been active since at least 2012, it was involved in both state-sponsored espionage campaigns and financially-motivated attacks since 2014. The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets. In some cases, we saw obvious patterns of cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 17, 2021

She chaired three government reviews of information governance and in 2014 became the first National Data Guardian, appointed to “advise and challenge the health and care system to help ensure that citizens’ confidential information is safeguarded securely and used properly”. Continue reading.

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eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Now, TSC is releasing an update to its 2014 commentary on Information Governance. On Wednesday, TSC and its Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1) announced the publication of the Public Comment Version of The Sedona Conference Commentary on Information Governance, Second Edition.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Numerous strains of this destructive code have been the front-page news in global computer security chronicles for almost a decade now, with jaw-dropping ups and dramatic downs accompanying its progress. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Security experts at vpnMentor have discovered a huge data leak affecting Ecuador that exposed data belonging to 20 million Ecuadorian Citizens. Data were left unsecured online on a misconfigured Elasticsearch server, exposed data includes full PII, marital status and date of marriage, level of education, financial info, and more. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. F5 has released security updates to address the issue along with some mitigations that should prevent exploitation.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Security duo discovered personal and social information 1.2 The only difference being the data returned by the PDL also contained education histories.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Russian APT group Nomadic Octopus hacked a Tajikistani carrier to spy on government officials and public service infrastructures. The Nomadic Octopus APT has been active since at least 2014, it focuses on entities in Central Asia and former Soviet Union countries.

Education 72

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Experts at Symantec first exposed the activity of the Chinese-linked APT Thrip in 2018, now the security firm confirms that cyber espionage group has continued to carry out attacks in South East Asia. Security experts at Symantec speculate that Thrip is a sub-group of Billbug. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2022

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing July 15 as World Youth Skills Day. First, the skills gap can be tackled by investing in education and training programs that will create new talent pools of skilled professionals who can meet the demands of industries around the world. Data Security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ, as part of the celebration of its centenary , has released emulators for World War II cipher machines that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef released for educational purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Security Affairs – GCHQ , CyberChef ).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2023

APT38 appears to be a North Korea-linked group separate from the infamous Lazarus group, it has been active since at least 2014 and it has been observed targeting over 16 organizations across 11 countries. According to Proofpoint the group is targeting cryptocurrencies since at least 2017. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. can hope for at present and an encouraging sign that the problem is on the government’s radar. It’s as bipartisan a bill as the U.S. state and territory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2020

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert about the active exploitation of the unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability affecting F5 Big-IP ADC devices. F5 has released security updates to address the issue along with some mitigations that should prevent exploitation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

RYUK has been implicated in attacks on government, education, and private sector networks around the nation and the world.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Info Source

JULY 18, 2023

It will become mandatory for government agencies and businesses in select verticals within the next 2 years. The expanded regulation has far reaching implications for software vendors, service providers and public and private organisations with a focus on Government to Consumer (G2C) and Business to Consumer (B2C) end customers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

Turla (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ), has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. The three recent Turla campaigns targeted governments and international organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Turla, hacking).

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with China’s Ministry of State Security with hacking into computer systems of government organizations and companies worldwide. According to the Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs, the Chinese nationals and residents LI Xiaoyu (??? . ” continues the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in government, education, and finance sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. link] #MSFTatBlackHat — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) August 5, 2019. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

but that recursive question raised a more general question: what are the differences between cybersecurity educational models? The education process is based upon the information to be shared, by meaning that information is the “starting brick” of education. Security Affairs – Professional Certification , malware).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Security experts at Flashpoint discovered the availability of the access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo. Russian, or German hosting services. ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The name Fxmsp refers a high-profile Russian- and English-speaking hacking group focused on breaching high-profile private corporate and government information. In 2019, Fxmsp confirmed to have breached the networks of some security companies and to have obtained long-term access. Attorney Brian T. Pierluigi Paganini.

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