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Microsoft releases On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to fix ProxyLogon issues

Security Affairs

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). We have tested this tool across Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 deployments.” ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange exploit is completely out of the bag by now

Security Affairs

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). But I can confirm that it did indeed drop a shell on my test Exchange 2016 box. Well, I'll say that the ProxyLogon Exchange CVE-2021-26855 Exploit is completely out of the bag by now.

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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

Touhill “Adversaries should remember that our military doctrine identifies cyber as one of our combined arms capabilities,” says Greg Touhill, president of AppGate Federal Group , a Florida-based supplier of software perimeter security systems.

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Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

” The Sednit APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” continues the report.

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North Korea-linked ScarCruft APT adds Bluetooth Harvester to its arsenal

Security Affairs

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. The hackers targeted organizations in the chemicals, manufacturing, electronics, aerospace, healthcare, and automotive sectors.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. in which the travel records of military and civilian personnel – which included their personal information and credit card data – were compromised. Patches were rushed out , but many.

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New European Union Dual-Use Regulation Enters Into Force

Data Matters

Dual-use items are sensitive goods, services, software, and technology that can be used for both civil and military purposes. As discussed in our Client Update of December 2020 , the European Commission (Commission) first published in 2016 a proposal for a revised EU Dual-Use Regulation (in force since 2009).