The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Matsubara Matsubara is a former Japanese Ministry of Defense official who previously served as Palo Alto Networks’ VP and Public Sector Chief Security Officer for Asia-Pacific and, before that, as Intel’s Cyber Security Policy Director. Regulators are responding by implementing stricter data privacy and supply chain security standards.

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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

JUNE 23, 2022

The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted by security experts at Trend Micro in 2015, when the threat actors targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. The attack aims at making the device unusable. ” the researchers concluded.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. CyberChef is “a simple, intuitive web app for analyzing and decoding data without having to deal with complex tools or programming languages.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2021

Cellebrite mobile forensics tool Ufed contains multiple flaws that allow arbitrary code execution on the device, SIGNAL creator warns. Cellebrite develops forensics tools for law enforcement and intelligence agencies that allow automating physically extracting and indexing data from mobile devices. ” concludes the expert.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The recent boom in remote work due to the Covid-19 pandemic has further amplified the need to secure network endpoints , in which effective password management plays a big role. Password manager tools allow organizations and their employees to seamlessly and securely handle login credentials. Top Password Manager Software.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2024

The ColdRiver APT (aka “ Seaborgium “, “Callisto”, “Star Blizzard”, “TA446”) is a Russian cyberespionage group that has been targeting government officials, military personnel, journalists and think tanks since at least 2015. When the victims opens the PDF, an encrypted text is displayed. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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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. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. National Security Agency (NSA) stating that NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity Anne Neuberger is slated to host a call on Jan.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group were spotted using new KandyKorn macOS malware in attacks against blockchain engineers, reported Elastic Security Labs. It utilizes reflective loading, a direct-memory form of execution that may bypass detections,” notes Elastic Security, which identified and analyzed the threat.”

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 16, 2018

When I first wrote about Cloud Access Security Brokers in 2015, so-called CASBs were attracting venture capital by the truckloads — and winning stunning customer testimonials. CASBs (pronounced caz-bees) originally sought to resolve a fast rising security nightmare: Shadow IT. A synopsis of key takeaways: Misconfigurations.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Ransomware removal tools. Our top managed security service providers (MSSPs) list is also a good place to look for help. Kaspersky has a number of ransomware removal tools available on its site. DataRecovery.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. ” Most threat actors have been focused on locking data, sometimes with innovative techniques to evade detection tools. .” Only small files lower than 2MB are encrypted.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: " Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities " (summary here ). From the summary: Automation and connectivity are fundamental enablers of DOD's modern military capabilities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

. “Once NOBELIUM obtains credentials and successfully compromises a server, the actor relies on that access to maintain persistence and deepen its infiltration using sophisticated malware and tools. ” The attackers use the version.dll DLL to load FoggyWeb which is stored in the encrypted file Windows.Data.TimeZones.zh-PH.pri.

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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. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” through 12.4

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Pentesters work closely with the organization whose security posture they are hired to improve. Limited tests can focus on narrower targets such as networks, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, physical security, cloud security, web applications, or other system components. Additionally, tests can be comprehensive or limited.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

31, 2021, the HSE’s antivirus software detected the execution of two software tools commonly used by ransomware groups — Cobalt Strike and Mimikatz — on the Patient Zero Workstation. On 10 May 2021, security auditors first identified evidence of the attacker compromising systems within Hospital C and Hospital L.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Security experts have been talking about the potential security vulnerabilities in Trump's cell phone use since he became president. And President Barack Obama bristled at -- but acquiesced to -- the security rules prohibiting him from using a "regular" cell phone throughout his presidency. This should surprise no one.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Network tests Some organizations differentiate internal from external network security tests. Organizations that want to ensure that their human security is strong will encourage a security culture and train their workers. But a fundamental component of an effective human security culture is putting it to the test.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!! Screenshot example.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop. Infection in this instance could have been prevented by basic cyber hygiene.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When effectively designed, a hybrid multicloud architecture can provide businesses with high-performance storage, a low-latency network, security and zero downtime. This centralized management system makes implementing security measures like encryption , automation, access control and endpoint data security easier.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

For it’s State of Cloud Security 2020 survey, Sophos commissioned the polling of some 3,500 IT managers across 26 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Sophos found that fully 70% of organizations experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

So far in 2018, we’ve already seen a handful of government agency mishaps when it comes to security. For example, just last month Strava, a popular fitness navigation app, accidentally revealed the location of military bases in war zones worldwide potentially putting troops and U.S. national security at risk.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Ongoing innovation in connectivity lessened the potential economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because organizations quickly adopted solutions like VPNs to secure a remote workforce.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

Data that travels over a public hotspot network is rarely encrypted. For instance there are automated tools that look for passwords and write them into a file whenever they see one. The answer is a virtual private network (VPN) which creates a private tunnel between your device and the internet and encrypts your data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

In June 2018, experts at Kaspersky were investigating attacks against government and military entities in South and Southeast Asian countries, The experts tracked the campaign as EasternRoppels, they speculate it may have started as far back as 2012. ” reads the analysis published by the expert. ” continues Kaspersky.

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Data Protector

AUGUST 3, 2015

The report, written by Robin Simcox, looks at the ways the actions of Edward Snowden have impacted the US and the UK, particularly with regards to safeguarding national security. Some have altered their communication methods, while others have taken advantage of new encryption tools.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

That May 10th air strike by the Israel Defense Force marked the first use of military force in direct retaliation for cyber spying. This comes as no surprise to anyone in the military or intelligence communities. nuclear arsenal in 2003 • Breaches of computers at the Department of Commerce in 2006 • Hacking of military systems at U.S.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The solution is to prioritize security and defense over espionage and attack. We don’t know how, but last year the company’s update server was protected by the password “solarwinds123” — something that speaks to a lack of security culture.) The SVR probably has the same kinds of tools.

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