Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

RedFoxtrot has been active since at least 2014 and focused on gathering military intelligence from neighboring countries, it is suspected to work under the PLA China-linked Unit 69010. The threat actor systematically utilized software distributed by security vendors to sideload ShadowPad and PlugX variants.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

.” The Snatch ransomware was first spotted at the end of 2019, Sophos researchers discovered a piece of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. hacking tools and electronics appeared first on Security Affairs. His illegal acquisitions of sophisticated U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A search in Google for a string of text from that script turns up a December 2023 blog post from cryptocurrency security firm SlowMist about phishing attacks on Telegram from North Korean state-sponsored hackers. The North Korean regime is known to use stolen cryptocurrencies to fund its military and other state projects.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA published a security advisory to warn of spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT (aka Gamaredon , Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) targeting local state organizations. The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Zimbra flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-27926 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The goal of this activity is assessed to be gaining access to the emails of military, government, and diplomatic organizations across Europe involved in the Russia Ukrainian War.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The attack took place in April 2017 and the man is accused of conducting the attack for the Russian military intelligence service GRU. “The German investigators were also able to secure the content of the Russian’s email accounts, who are said to have used Apple user accounts, among other things. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2022

Threat actors could perform reverse engineering of military-made malicious code and use their own versions in attacks in the wild. “The same applies for the digital weapons that, maybe today are used by the military, developed by military, and tomorrow will be available for criminals,” he explained. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2022

The experts pointed out that starting just before the invasion threat actors linked to the military intelligence service GRU launched destructive wiper attacks on hundreds of systems in Ukraine. The post Russia-linked threat actors launched hundreds of cyberattacks on Ukraine appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

MARCH 18, 2021

The UK government plans to invest £24 billion in cyber security and the armed forces as part of a major shake-up of its defence policy. For example, it is authorised to interfere with mobile phones to stop terrorists communicating with their contacts, and can implement defences to protect military aircraft from weapons systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Pro-Ukraine hackers, likely linked to Ukraine IT Army , are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen websites belonging to government, military, and media. The post Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. Feb 27- Mar 05 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Government Accountability Office audit last week found that the defense department is playing catch up when it comes to securing weapons systems from cyberattacks. military and civilian personnel were compromised. The result: personal information and credit card data of at least 30,000 U.S. Timely trust decisions.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In Q1 2023, threat actors linked to Russia’s military intelligence service focused their phishing campaigns on Ukraine, with the country accounting for over 60% of observed Russian targeting. TAG also observed campaigns from this actor targeting attendees of the Munich Security Conference and the Masters of Digital conference.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

blog, which was chosen by the attackers in an attempt to appear as the legitimate cryptocurrency exchange swissborg.com. ” North Korea-linked threat actors continue to target organizations in the cryptocurrency industry to circumvent international sanctions and finance its military operations.

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OpenText Information Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War A critical element of any security plan is to assert command and control of every route through your defenses.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

Since February the notorious cybercrime operation Trickbot is controlled by Conti ransomware, the ransomware gang that publicly announced its support to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine by Russian cyber militaries. The alert published by the Ukraine CERT-UA includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this campaign and recommendations.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 5, 2022

The top reason, chosen from a proved list of ten, was ‘increased cyber security risks’, followed by the related concern, ‘new and/or increased data privacy regulations’. Cyber security keeps the C-suite up at night and perhaps that’s no surprise. Cyber security should also be viewed in a wider business context. Cyber in a silo?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started a campaign to increase awareness of these risks to U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

The agency is responsible for national, military and police intelligence, as well as counterintelligence. Clearly, an attack against an intelligence agency could lead to the disclosure of secret and confidential documents and pose a risk to national security. The ransomware gang claimed to have stolen 9.41 GB of data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Researchers shared technical details about a flaw in Windows MSHTML platform, tracked as CVE-2023-29324 , that could be abused to bypass security protections. Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about a now-patched security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-29324 (CVSS score: 6.5), in Windows MSHTML platform. We are in the final!

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

As the Russian invasion continues, many cyber security experts have advised that conflicts could play out in cyberspace. Meanwhile, the CERT-UA posted on Facebook that it had detected a widespread phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian military personnel. Get started.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

. “ Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China’s PLA SSF, has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. ” wrote Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The post Microsoft disrupted APT28 attacks on Ukraine through a court order appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Cyber security of satellite systems is becoming crucial due to the growing number of commercial and military applications that rely on them. .” Thales pointed out that throughout the entire exercise, ESA had access to the satellite’s systems to retain control. ” said Pierre-Yves Jolivet, VP Cyber Solutions, Thales.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning of the North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO group that is targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea, the US and elsewhere.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

We public schemes, drawings, technologies, political and military secrets, accounting reports and clients databases. However, it is peculiar and something that security researchers and analysts will need to keep an eye on. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane. The attack chain observed by the researchers starts with spear-phishing messages using weaponized Word document disguised as a news report related to military affairs in Iran.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

“Microsoft assesses that Mint Sandstorm is associated with an intelligence arm of Iran’s military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an assessment that has been corroborated by multiple credible sources including Mandiant , Proofpoint , and SecureWorks.” ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

However, the attackers chose a domain name that gives the impression of a connection to the South African military. This domain has been hosted on eight other IPs throughout its history, none of these IPs were directly affiliated with the South African government. Experts added that the IP 196.216.136[.]139 139 resolved to vpn729380678.softether[.]net

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

Security experts from FireEye have uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. “We Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

To minimize their impact, implementing preventive security measures into these advanced systems is crucial. Businesses across all industries can function adequately without worrying about would-be hackers with malicious intent when they secure their networks. Related: How Russia uses mobile apps to radicalize U.S. As a result, the U.S.

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