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. The attack chain begins with the deployment of a TCP downloader that fetches the next stage payload. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The attack took place in April 2017 and the man is accused of conducting the attack for the Russian military intelligence service GRU. Kozachek hacked the computed of the NATO think tank in 2017 and installed a keylogger to spy on the organization. ” reported the Tagesschau website. . ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2023

Polish authorities charged Russian and Belarusian individuals with spying for the Russian military intelligence service (GRU). Polish authorities charged Russian and Belarusian individuals, who were arrested in April, with spying for the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) from 2017 to April 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

. “[offensive cyber capability could] degrade, disrupt and even destroy critical capabilities and infrastructure of those who would do us harm, ranging from strategic to tactical targets” both in isolation or alongside traditional military force.” ” Sanders confirmed. ” reported The Guardian. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2020

US military claims to have disrupted the online propaganda activity of the Islamic State (ISIS) in a hacking operation dating back at least to 2016. “Today the National Security Archive is releasing 6 USCYBERCOM documents obtained through FOIA which shed new light on the campaign to counter ISIS in cyberspace.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2021

The Swedish Sports Confederation organization was compromised in 2017-18 by hackers working for Russian military intelligence, officials said. In the same period, Russia-linked hackers working for the military intelligence service GRU targeted other prominent sporting bodies, including World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and FIFA.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

“Certain services were switched off temporarily for security reasons but the security of accounts belonging to citizens and companies and their data have not been jeopardised,” said Public Administration Minister Maras Dukaj. Montenegro immediately reported the attack to other members of the NATO alliance.

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ARMA International

JANUARY 30, 2020

On December 23, Yahoo News [1] reported on a Department of Defense memo [2] warning military personnel that using direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing could pose “personal and operational risks.” Notably, in its opening paragraph, the missive cites “unintended security consequences and increased risk to the joint force and mission.”.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm was inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar from at least May 2023, the head of Ukraine’s Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) told Reuters. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The KONNI RAT was first spotted by Cisco Talos researchers in 2017, it has been undetected since 2014 and was employed in highly targeted attacks. Upon enabling the macro, the embedded VBA displays a Russian article titled “Western Assessments of the Progress of the Special Military Operation.”

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A recent example comes from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. One of the things in it was a typo that accidentally categorized military death benefits as earned income. companies avoided paying nearly US$200 billion in taxes in 2017 alone. That same 2017 U.S. The 2017 tax law capped income tax deductions for property taxes.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 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. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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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. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Italian police have arrested two people that have been accused of stealing 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. The two people are the former employee of the IT security management of Leonardo SpA, Arturo D’Elia, who is currently in jail, and Antonio Rossi, head of the CERT (Cyber ??Emergency

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence disclosed the real identities of five alleged members of the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (aka Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) that are suspected to be components of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). ” concludes the announcement.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. The attackers breached dozens of enterprises and in some cases compromised their IT infrastructure, taking over systems used to manage security solutions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The attackers are suspected to be hackers of the tracked as Ghostwriter group that works under the control of the Russian military secret service GRU. In August, researchers from FireEye reported that GhostWriter group was behind a disinformation campaign that started at least in March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to experts from Symantec, the group is now actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Security researchers at the Mandiant Threat Intelligence team believe that Ghostwriter APT group is linked to the government of Belarus. In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee announced that the alliance has sent a counter-hybrid team to Montenegro to face Russian hybrid attacks. Last week in Brussels, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (MC), Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, announced the effort of the Alliance in facing Russian hybrid attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

Security experts from FireEye have uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. “We

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In Q1 2023, threat actors linked to Russia’s military intelligence service focused their phishing campaigns on Ukraine, with the country accounting for over 60% of observed Russian targeting. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

Security experts from McAfee uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign carried out by North Korean hackers that targeted the US defense and aerospace sectors. Recently, security experts from Kaspersky Lab reported that North Korea-linked hackers are attempting to spread a new ransomware strain known as VHD. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Government of Pyongyang focuses on crypto hacking to fund its military program following harsh U.N. economic sanctions were toughened in 2017 in response to its nuclear and missile tests.” Cyber security and intelligence experts believe that attacks aimed at the cryptocurrency industry will continue to increase next year.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Multiple security firms have reported that the Sandworm APT continues to target Ukraine with multiple means, including custom malware and botnet like Cyclops Blink. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In May 2017, a wave of “exploratory” cyber attacks targeted energy networks of the Baltic states. Suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states, sources said, raising security concerns inside the West’s main military alliance, NATO.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization. .” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, backdoor).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Certain services were switched off temporarily for security reasons but the security of accounts belonging to citizens and companies and their data have not been jeopardised,” said Public Administration Minister Maras Dukaj. The National Security Agency issued a warning to organizations operating critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2022

German Federal Office for Information Security agency, also known as BSI, recommends consumers not to use Kaspersky anti-virus software. The German Federal Office for Information Security agency, aka BSI, recommends consumers uninstall Kaspersky anti-virus software. ” reads the BSI announcement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

.” The two indictments, one from June 2021 and one from August 2021 , are charging one employee of the Russian Federation Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM) and three officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). and international Energy Sector organizations. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Convincing email-credentials phishing, emailed backdoors and mobile apps are all part of the groups latest effort against military and government targets.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Snyder says his experience as head of Gateway Computers and as an investor in tech security startups, prior to entering politics, gave him an awareness of why putting Michigan ahead of the curve, dealing with cyber threats, would be vital. “I military unit, MEDC and TARDEC this summer hosted the second annual Commercial CyberTruck Challenge.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A previously unknown cyber espionage group, tracked as Gallmaker, has been targeting entities in the government, military and defense sectors since at least 2017. Gallmaker is a politically motivated APT group that focused its surgical operations on the government, military or defense sectors. ” continues Symantec.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

In February, US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies published a joint security advisory about the Cyclops Blink bot that has been linked to the Russian-backed Sandworm APT group. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Here are a few of my takeaways: Seeds of the partnership In 2017, DigiCert acquired and commenced reviving Symantec’s PKI business. We told them, ‘If you had a chance to build a hyperscaler where security, performance, and high availability were priorities, with our enterprise customers in mind, what would you do?’

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Schneier on Security

JULY 30, 2020

From a Wired story : The propagandists have created and disseminated disinformation since at least March 2017, with a focus on undermining NATO and the US troops in Poland and the Baltics; they've posted fake content on everything from social media to pro-Russian news websites.

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