Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. All of them appeared between March 2019 and April 2020. Experts pointed out that despite the lack of sophistication, the group carried out successful attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. in #Turkey where social media have been blocked for six hours after a military incident in #Idlib , Syria. local time (8:30 p.m. .” It's 5:30 a.m. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU , the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. Or he could just be a guy wearing a military uniform.” Some of those photos date back to 2008. ” Mr. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

A new piece of the Ryuk malware has been improved to steal confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. Targeted keywords in the new variant of the Ryuk stealer confirm that attackers are looking for confidential information in military, banking, finance and law enforcement.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 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. The post Ukraine: Belarusian APT group UNC1151 targets military personnel with spear phishing appeared first on Security Affairs. reads a translation of the message.

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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

MAY 31, 2022

SideWinder, an aggressive APT group, is believed to have carried out over 1,000 attacks since April 2020, Kaspersky reported. The group stands out for the high frequency and persistence of its attacks, researchers believe that the APT group has carried out over 1,000 attacks since April 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“So far in 2021, we’ve sent over 50,000 warnings, a nearly 33% increase from this time in 2020. 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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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 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

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 group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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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. National Initiatives in 2020. 2020 will see an ongoing increase in state-sponsored efforts to establish hegemony in the quantum race.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

Four military schools in Canada targeted in ‘mysterious’ cyber attack (unknown). The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2020 ­– 77 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Brazilian health insurer Hapvida discloses cyber attack (unknown).

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by ransomware (unknown). The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Police investigate ransomware incident at Jamaica National Group (unknown). Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 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. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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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. In May 2020, Shevlyakov used one of his front companies to buy a licensed copy of the penetration testing platform Metasploit Pro.

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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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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Related Stories BitCoins To Bombs: North Korea Funds Military With Billions In Stolen Cryptocurrency China Calls Out U.S. Back in 2020, BIML’s message was one of cautious optimism: while threats to the integrity of LLMs were real, there were things that the users of LLMs could do to manage those risks. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Japanese authorities are under scrutiny by the US and regional allies due to the forthcoming “deeper military co-operation” “The discovery of the incident and the sensitivity of the target comes at a time of unprecedented scrutiny of Japan’s vulnerability to cyber attack.” ” reported the Financial Times.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

In July 2020, for the first-ever time, the EU imposed economical sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea following cyber-attacks aimed at the EU and its member states. The authorities froze their assets, imposed a travel ban, and forbidden the transfer of funds from any EU entities to sanctioned entities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. “ In August 2020, the Ghostwriter campaign spread articles claiming that the protests in Belarus were orchestrated by the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The Operation Transparent Tribe (Operation C-Major, APT36, and Mythic Leopard) was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of cyber espionage operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. ” read the analysis published Cisco Talos.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the DoD agency that is in charge of the security of IT and telecommunications for the White House and military troops has suffered a cyber attack. pic.twitter.com/TNOvEQwkO4 — Andy Piazza (@klrgrz) February 18, 2020. military and civilian personnel.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: 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.

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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

JULY 30, 2020

The campaign tracked ‘Operation North Star,’ was active between late March and May 2020. The Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) of the Operation North Star operations are very similar to those observed in 2017 and 2019 campaigns that targeted key military and defense technologies.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 16, 2020

On October 15, 2020, Brazil’s President Bolsonaro officially nominated the five Directors of the new Brazilian data protection authority ( Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados , “ANPD”), as published in the Brazilia Official Journal. The Decree establishing the ANPD, on which we reported earlier , is now fully in effect.

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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. ” Experts believe that the hacker group could have targeted many other countries and a good portion of its operations has yet to be discovered.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 9, 2020

The Cabinet Office apologised after the home addresses of celebrities and military figures named in the 2020 New Year honours list were inadvertently posted online. Continue reading.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

On the other end, the Chinese government considers the island its territory and does not exclude its military occupation in the future. In August 2020, Chinese hackers gained access to around 6,000 email accounts belonging to at least 10 Taiwan government agencies, officials said. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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