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Russian Cyberattack against Ukrainian Power Grid Prevented

Schneier on Security

A Russian cyberweapon, similar to the one used in 2016, was detected and removed before it could be used.

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EU launches bug bounty programs for 15 software

Security Affairs

The first phase of the FOSSA project started in 2014, the “pilot project” phase ran over two years from 2015-2016. The project was launched between 2015-2016 at the initiative of Julia Reda , Member of European Parliament (MEP) from the Pirate Party , and Max Andersson , MEP from the Green Party. . 15/08/2019. 15/08/2019.

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Russia-linked Sandworm APT targets energy facilities in Ukraine with wipers

Security Affairs

The researchers confirmed that the attacks were scheduled for 2022-04-08, but artifacts suggest that the attack had been planned for at least two weeks. Security firm ESET, which helped the Ukrainian government, published a detailed report on the Industroyer2 wiper used to target a Ukrainian energy company.

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Millions of devices could be hacked exploiting flaws targeted by tools stolen from FireEye

Security Affairs

50098 CVE-2016-0167 04/12/2016 Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Security Update (MS16-039) 7.8 million out of 7.54 110330 CVE-2019-0708 05/14/2019 Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Blue. 110306 CVE-2018-8581 11/13/2018 Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability 7.4

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com — were seen as early as 2016 as distribution points for the Hummer Trojan , a potent strain of Android malware often bundled with games that completely compromises the infected device. com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2000-08-24 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com , buydudu[.]com

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com — were seen as early as 2016 as distribution points for the Hummer Trojan , a potent strain of Android malware often bundled with games that completely compromises the infected device. com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2000-08-24 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com , buydudu[.]com

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What is the NIS2 Directive and How Does It Affect You?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Tue, 11/29/2022 - 06:08. The European Union enacted the Network and Information System (NIS) regulation in July 2016 with the intention of ensuring a specific level of security for networks and information systems belonging to critical and sensitive infrastructures in EU member states. Why is a revision to NIS Directive required?

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