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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

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as members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military. Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers).

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Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

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In October 2019, someone hacked BriansClub , a popular stolen card bazaar that uses this author’s likeness and name in its marketing. McCoy and fellow NYU researchers found BriansClub earned close to $104 million in gross revenue from 2015 to early 2019, and listed over 19 million unique card numbers for sale. Source: NYU.

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Secret Service Investigates Breach at U.S. Govt IT Contractor

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Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. government IT contractor that does business with more than 20 federal agencies, including several branches of the military.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 249

Security Affairs

A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors. Which was the most common threat to macOS devices in 2019? Attacks on Citrix servers increase after the release of CVE-2019-19781 exploits. Wawa card breach: 30 million card records for sale in the dark web. Shlayer malware. Magento 2.3.4

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Crypto AG was spied for US, German intelligence agencies for decades

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The list of Crypto’s customers included Iran, India and Pakistan, military juntas in Latin America and the Vatican. “Swiss Defense Ministry spokeswoman, Carolina Bohren, told The Associated Press that “following research carried out by the media” her office had notified the Cabinet about the Crypto case on November 5, 2019.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 244

Security Affairs

Google fixes a critical DoS flaw tracked as CVE-2019-2232 in Android. City of Pensacola hit by a cyberattack few days after military base shooting. Microsoft fixes CVE-2019-1458 Windows Zero-Day exploited in NK-Linked attacks. More than 460,000 payment card details offered for sale on a black market.

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Malware-based attacks disrupted operations of Rheinmetall AG and Defence Construction Canada

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German Rheinmetall AG is a market leader in the supply of military technology, in 2019 the group generated sales of $6.9 A malware-based attacks hit the IT infrastructure of Rheinmetall Automotive plants in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA since late on the evening of 24 September 2019.