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China-linked Winnti APT steals intellectual property from companies worldwide

Security Affairs

The campaign flew under the radar since at least 2019, it was attributed by the experts to the China-linked Winnti group and targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. ” reads the report published by Cybereason. The technique was rarely seen in attacks.

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China-linked APT41 group targets Hong Kong with Spyder Loader

Security Affairs

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The attacks detailed by Cybereason targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. exe for the execution of the malware loader.

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Winnti APT group uses skip-2.0 malware to control Microsoft SQL Servers

Security Affairs

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” The skip-2.0

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Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

Military software is unlikely to be any more secure than commercial software. When Israel in 2007 bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor, the raid was preceded by what is believed to have been a cyber attack on Syrian air defenses that resulted in radar screens showing no threat as bombers zoomed overhead.

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The role of a secret Dutch mole in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on Iran

Security Affairs

That mole then provided much -needed inside access when it came time to slip Stuxnet onto those systems using a USB flash drive.” Germany provided technical specifications and knowledge about the ICS systems manufactured by Siemens that were controlling the centrifuges at the Natanz Iranian plant. ” wrote the journalists.