Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2020

Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. As of 2020, the LGM-30G Minuteman III version[a] is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States and represents the land leg of the U.S. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

Since at least June 2020, and possibly earlier, the cyberespionage group has used the tool GooseEgg to exploit the CVE-2022-38028 vulnerability. The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

China-linked APT Naikon employed a new backdoor in multiple cyber-espionage operations targeting military organizations from Southeast Asia in the last 2 years. The Naikon APT group mainly focuses on high-profile orgs, including government entities and military orgs. ” reads the report published by Bitdefender.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. The 85th Main Centre for Special Services (GTsSS) is the military unit of the Russian government also tracked as APT28 (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the past 20 months, the group targeted at least 30 organizations within 14 nations that are probably of strategic intelligence significance to the Russian government and its military. The Government experts pointed out that in some cases the group did not deployed any backdoor in the compromised systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. “So far in 2021, we’ve sent over 50,000 warnings, a nearly 33% increase from this time in 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. One of the scripts, the “c.js”, was containing an exploit for the CVE-2020-12641 vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS). The Government experts pointed out that in some cases the group did not deployed any backdoor in the compromised systems.

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Archives Blogs

APRIL 9, 2020

Just as digitization will improve the processing and access of these records to qualify individuals for benefits based on their military service, so it will support public access for the open analysis of historically significant military actions and activities as recommended by the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information) warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group has been targeting multiple French organizations, including government entities, businesses, universities, and research institutes and think tanks.

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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. Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers believe that the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) was linked to the government of Belarus. ” reads the report published by Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2023

ESET researchers pointed out that is a different vulnerability than CVE-2020-35730 , that the group exploited in other attacks. The Winter Vivern group was first analyzed in 2021, it has been active since at least 2020 and it targets governments in Europe and Central Asia. The messages were sent from team.managment@outlook[.]com

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2019

As technology becomes capable of defeating a higher proportion of current and legacy security efforts, cybersecurity in 2020 will be defined by the need to stand out. Therefore, governments and organizations, such as NIST, are racing to become cryptographically quantum resilient. National Initiatives in 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

The intruders China-linked hackers may have gained access to sensitive data, according to three government and private sector sources familiar with the situation, reported the Financial Times. In August, the Washington Post reported a massive attack on Japan’s defence networks by China-linked cyberspies that took place in late 2020.

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by ransomware (unknown). Dutch government loses two external hard drive containing personal data (6.9 Toronto government leaks personal data of elderly and vulnerable (7,227). Police investigate ransomware incident at Jamaica National Group (unknown). Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 uses fake NATO training documents as bait in attacks aimed at government bodies. The Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is behind a string of attacks that targeting government bodies with Zebrocy Delphi malware. The researchers analyzed files (Course 5 – 16 October 2020.zipx)

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IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

Four military schools in Canada targeted in ‘mysterious’ cyber attack (unknown). Western Australia government hacked, with COVID-19 communications intercepted (unknown). The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2020 ­– 77 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

Experts attribute a series of cyber-espionage campaigns dating back to 2014, and focused on gathering military intelligence, to China-linked Unit 69010. These targets suggest the group is likely interested in gathering intelligence on military technology and defense” reads the report published by the Insikt Group.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

The annual national security threat assessment report released by Lithuania’s State Security Department states that Russia-linked APT groups conducted cyber-attacks against top Lithuanian officials and decision-makers last in 2020. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches. Financial information.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

The Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 was established on May 17, 2019, it allows member states to invoke EU-wide sanctions against threat actors that carried out cyberattacks against their governments or the EU. The sanctions against foreign hackers from China, Russia, and North Korea have been extended until May 18, 2022.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The APT group, recently discovered by ESET, targeted government and private companies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine, including militaries and Ministries of Foreign Affairs. Unusually, our research shows that this campaign has been active since at least 2011 with next to no changes in TTPs.”

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 9, 2020

Series of recommendations are made following leak of New Year honours list details A government department admonished for publishing honours list details in error is at “significant risk” of making further and bigger personal data breaches, a review has found.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. The Government believes that the attack was orchestrated by a nation-state actor. Abazovic said it was politically motivated following the fall of his government last week.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world. ” reads the advisory published by the NSA. . ” reads the advisory published by the NSA.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

In November 2021, Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers linked the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) 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.

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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. Der Spiegel also reported that the threat actors, according to government circles, also targeted political activists in Hamburg and Bremen. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

“On December 13, 2020, SolarWinds delivered a communication to approximately 33,000 Orion product customers that were active maintenance customers during and after the Relevant Period. According to the experts, the campaign may have begun as early as Spring 2020 and is still ongoing. ” reads the SEC filing.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Security Breach Notice Act.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The cyber espionage group has tampered with updates released by IT company SolarWinds, which provides its products to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters agency. . According to the experts, the campaign may have begun as early as Spring 2020 and is still ongoing.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of NATO and Havelsan (Turkish Military/defence manufacturer). ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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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. According to local media, US federal prosecutors believe that North Korea’s government considers cryptocurrency a long-term investment and it is amassing crypto funds through illegal activities. ” reported the AP agency.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Like NSO Group, QuaDream develops surveillance malware for government and intelligence agencies. QuaDream was founded in 2016 by Ilan Dabelstein, a former Israeli military official, and by two former NSO employees, Guy Geva and Nimrod Reznik. ” reads the article published by Reuters. reads the analysis published by citizen L ab.

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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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Hunton Privacy

JULY 7, 2020

On June 28 to June 30, 2020, the 20th Session of the 13th Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (the “NPC”) deliberated on the draft of the Data Security Law (the “Draft”), and on July 3, published the Draft on the NPC’s official website for public comment. Government Data Security and Access. Legal Liability.

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