Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: 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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

Maze ransomware operators have also breached the systems of the Xerox Corporation and stolen files before encrypting them. The company did not disclose the cyberattack, but early June the Maze ransomware operators published some screenshots that showed that a Xerox domain has been encrypted.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The Gamaredon group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. Hackers were able to obtain 97 un-encrypted passwords, emails, telephone numbers, virtual hosts. Military Personnel. Brian Dunn is a writer & researcher formally working as a content specialist for AnonHQ throughout 2015-2016.

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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 collected information is formatted and sent to the C&C server.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Swiss authorities are investigating into allegations the company Crypto AG, a Switzerland-based maker of encryption devices, was a front company for the CIA and German intelligence. The list of Crypto’s customers included Iran, India and Pakistan, military juntas in Latin America and the Vatican. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

Maze ransomware operators have also breached the systems of the Xerox Corporation and stolen files before encrypting them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Previous victims of the ransomware gang include IT services firms Cognizant and Conduent. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. CipherCloud’s founders, for instance, came from an encryption services background. Related podcast: Web gateways emerge as crucial defense layer.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Hacking campaign targets sites running popular Duplicator WordPress plugin.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

When the Ashley Madison data breach occurred in 2015, it made headline news around the world. Sidenote: there's a whole other discussion about active interception of encrypted communications that may also give an employer access to this.)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

Data that travels over a public hotspot network is rarely encrypted. The answer is a virtual private network (VPN) which creates a private tunnel between your device and the internet and encrypts your data. BullGuard VPN for instance uses military grade encryption which would take more than a lifetime to crack.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Maze ransomware operators have also breached the systems of the Xerox Corporation and stolen files before encrypting them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Previous victims of the ransomware gang include IT services firms Cognizant and Conduent. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

MaxLinear restored some of the systems using its backups, despite Maze Ransomware threatened to leak over 1TB of data allegedly stolen before encrypting the infected systems. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Source: BleepingComputer.

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Ransomware Data breaches Military Cybersecurity 94

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. “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Communications Encryption Military Government 68

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . ” The spam messages contain URLs to.ZIP files that serve VBS content designed to download the payload from one of six hardcoded encrypted URLs. . .

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Passwords Military Manufacturing Encryption 105

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2019

The attackers appear to be focused o n stealing military-related information. The malicious code allows the attackers to choose the data types to collect, stolen data is encrypted using a simple XOR operation with a pre-configured key, then it is sent to the C2 via HTTP POST requests. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2018

” The hackers claim that they encrypted the files using “the strongest military algorithms,” at the time there is no info related to an amount of bitcoin requested to the victims. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. We were all really in a state of shock.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 And why the attacker used an encrypted payload if the victim cannot open it? Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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Computer and Electronics Encryption Military Security 87

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008. Despite their extensions, the attachments are not Office documents, but rather encrypted blobs of data that include a specific command to be executed. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Military Communications Encryption Authentication 95

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 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. This C2 encrypts data with the same key as the C&C requests.

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IT Archiving Encryption Passwords 47

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2020

SideWinder, a group that has been active since 2012, is a known threat and has reportedly targeted military entities’ Windows machines. Collected data is encrypted using RSA and AES encryption algorithms, then it is sent to the C&C server. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Encryption Access Military Marketing 81

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. The downloaded code has been encrypted through the Rijndael algorithm with a hard-coded key. Introduction.

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Military Communications Encryption IT 111

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

There are four operators in Myanmar: state-owned Myanma Posts and Telecommunications ( MPT ) , Qatar based Ooredoo, military-aligned Mytel, and privately owned Telenor Myanmar. The block page uses the domain “ urlblocked.pw ” registered the 26th of March 2020 with a free Let’s encrypt certificate. Domain Name: URLBLOCKED.PW

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Military Communications Access Risk 73

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

“These organizations are the latest known additions to the list of victims of this APT group that has been targeting governments, state officials, diplomats, and military authorities since at least 2008.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Precision engineering is a very important business market in Europe, it includes developing mechanical equipment for: automotive, railways, heavy industries and military grade technology. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – SWEED, hacking).

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Passwords Encryption File names Military 44

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.

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Phishing Encryption Military Archiving 92

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Also in January, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) fined Carphone Warehouse £400,000 – one of the largest fines it issued under the DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998 – for multiple security inadequacies that led to a 2015 data breach in which three million customers’ personal data was compromised. million account holders.

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Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The amount requested for the Department of Defense in the “ DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal ” is nearly the same one as last year for cyber operations that the US military will conduct in 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. billion in the fiscal year 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

The Brazilian aerospace giant Embrarer manufactures commercial, executive and military aircraft and are the world’s third largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus. The Cyber-attack resulted in a large volume of data to be encrypted including database servers and backup data.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Included with that question was an encrypted text file which John downloaded then wrote a simple python script to decrypt it. When he did that, the encrypted text resolved as a nonsense clear text phrase about “Leon is a programmer who aspires to create programs that help people do less.” So, that’s the military.

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Computer and Electronics Military IT Education 52

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Included with that question was an encrypted text file which John downloaded then wrote a simple python script to decrypt it. When he did that, the encrypted text resolved as a nonsense clear text phrase about “Leon is a programmer who aspires to create programs that help people do less.” So, that’s the military.

Computer and Electronics 52

Computer and Electronics Military IT Education 52

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Military IT Government Encryption 102

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

SolarWinds has removed its customer list from its website, but the Internet Archive saved it : all five branches of the US military, the state department, the White House, the NSA, 425 of the Fortune 500 companies, all five of the top five accounting firms, and hundreds of universities and colleges. North Korea attacked Sony in 2014.

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Government Encryption Access Cybersecurity 141

Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to a report published by Symantec in October, the group was actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Passwords Metadata Military Government 89

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Ukrainian p ower g rid take downs (2015 , 2016) The capitol city of Kyiv suffers widespread, extended outages. • and Israel, 2005 – 2010,) Operation Aurora (China, 2009,) the Sony Pictures hack (North Korea, 2015,) and WannaCry (North Korea, 2017.) This means company leaders must do their due diligence.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Bitskrieg gives substance to, and connects the dots between, a couple of assertions that have become axiomatic: •Military might no longer has primacy. It used to be the biggest, loudest weapons prevailed and prosperous nations waged military campaigns to achieve physically measurable gains. Still a tall order.

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