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China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

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It uses a statically linked OpenSSL (OpenSSL 0.9.8e) library to interact with the domain over HTTPS via HTTP POST request” The researchers noticed that the command handler implemented in the PingPull malware is similar to the ones supported by both the China Chopper web shell and the PingPull Windows PE variant. softether[.]net

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House Passes Two Cybersecurity Bills

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3523), which is aimed at facilitating the exchange of cyber threat intelligence information between the government and certain private entities. In addition, the House approved the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 (H.R. Federal Information Security Amendments Act.

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Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks

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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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The Russia-linked APT29 is behind recent attacks targeting NATO and EU

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Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service and its Computer Emergency Response Team linked a recent string of attacks targeting NATO and European Union countries to the Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , and The Dukes ). The Military Counterintelligence Service and CERT.PL