Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“We are strengthening the government’s defensive measures and collecting relevant data for analysis in a bid to stop the attacks when they are initiated,” Chien told lawmakers. On the other end, the Chinese government considers the island its territory and does not exclude its military occupation in the future.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google announced to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2022

Researchers warn of a new ‘SessionManager’ Backdoor that was employed in attacks targeting Microsoft IIS Servers since March 2021. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new ‘SessionManager’ Backdoor that was employed in attacks targeting Microsoft IIS Servers since March 2021.

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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

MARCH 15, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). Well, I'll say that the ProxyLogon Exchange CVE-2021-26855 Exploit is completely out of the bag by now. pic.twitter.com/ijOGx3BIif — Will Dormann (@wdormann) March 13, 2021.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

QuaDream was founded in 2016 by Ilan Dabelstein, a former Israeli military official, and by two former NSO employees, Guy Geva and Nimrod Reznik. The two surveillance firms employed the zero-click iMessage exploit dubbed FORCEDENTRY (CVE-2021-30860). reads the analysis published by citizen L ab. “We as a zero-day.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

The campaign monitored by Microsoft was uncovered in January 2021 and evolved over time, the researchers observed a series of waves demonstrating significant experimentation. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. No delivery of a malicious payload was observed during this early activity.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. The analysis of the malware employed in the recent Operation GhostShell (version 4.0.1) revealed it was compiled on May 22, 2021. However, we assess that MalKamak has distinct features that separate it from the other Iranian groups.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

The Dark Pink APT is active in the ASEAN region and has been active since at least mid-2021. The group focuses on military and government organizations to steal sensitive information, including confidential data and intellectual property. ” reads the analysis published by EclecticIQ. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. “Use of FoggyWeb has been observed in the wild as early as April 2021.” Researchers spotted the use of FoggyWeb since early April 2021. ” The attackers use the version.dll DLL to load FoggyWeb which is stored in the encrypted file Windows.Data.TimeZones.zh-PH.pri.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2022

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers. The experts found multiple similarities with the FoggyWeb malware that was detailed by Microsoft in September 2021.

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Data Matters

JUNE 16, 2021

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, the U.S. semiconductor production, scientific research, development of artificial intelligence, and space exploration in the face of growing economic, technological, and military competition from China. Division C – Strategic Competition Act of 2021 . Senate adopted by a 68-32 vote S. The post The U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

MiCODUS is used today by 420,000 customers in multiple industries, including government, military, law enforcement agencies, and Fortune 1000 companies. The analysis of the sector usage on a global scale revealed significant differences by continent in the typical user profile.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

“The exfiltrated data would have either been part of an intellectual property theft for economic purposes and/or would have provided insights that would be beneficial in case of military interventions. Further reading: Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021. Access Through Compromised Web Server.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2022

Per analysis available from SaaS Alerts, attack trend lines that compare Russia and China show almost the exact same pattern.” reported that hackers – some linked to Russian GRU military intelligence – breached computers at nearly two dozen U.S.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways. Risk of Harm Analysis No Longer Requires Law Enforcement Consultation. Required Identity Theft Prevention Services.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Dual-use items have both military and civil applications. Updated December 21, 2020: the UK will be added to the list of destinations covered by the Union GEA EU001 as of January 1, 2021, pursuant to the proposal which has now been adopted by the EU institutions. Certain chemicals, including Novichok nerve agent precursors.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Estimates vary, but a recent FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report found an almost 10-fold increase in ransomware attacks between mid-2020 and mid-2021. Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. Forensic analysis & reporting. And the threat is growing. No sector has been spared from its ravages.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

On May 5, 2021, Peloton made headlines after it was reported that their APIs were leaking private user information. DARPA is responsible for the development of emerging military technologies. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases. Well, that was 6 years ago and an extreme case, you may think. The culprit?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

On May 5, 2021, Peloton made headlines after it was reported that their APIs were leaking private user information. DARPA is responsible for the development of emerging military technologies. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases. Well, that was 6 years ago and an extreme case, you may think. The culprit?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), which operates the country’s public health system, got hit with Conti ransomware on May 14, 2021.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The previous record figure – $983 million – was set in 2021.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Security experts who reviewed the leaked data say they believe the information is legitimate, and that i-SOON works closely with China’s Ministry of State Security and the military. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) shared the results of their analysis on the evolution of Iran-linked threat actors at the CyberWarCon 2021. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Or even basic low level threat analysis. Then 2020 2021 The first part of 2022 happened, ransomware went wild and so many of the cyber insurance companies they were reading were against the ropes and struggling because the payouts were written against what were initially rather loose policies. Often they lack the visibility of a SOC.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2023

The move comes just weeks after Chinese security researchers published an analysis suggesting the popular e-commerce app sought to seize total control over affected devices by exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based smartphones.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: Okay, so you're 16, still in high school, and the Department of Defense is introducing you to members of the military and the Air Force. It's tasked with protecting these 17 critical infrastructure areas from span everything from health care to electricity to dams and military. Whoa, how cool is that.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: Okay, so you're 16, still in high school, and the Department of Defense is introducing you to members of the military and the Air Force. It's tasked with protecting these 17 critical infrastructure areas from span everything from health care to electricity to dams and military. Whoa, how cool is that.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Arquilla is a distinguished professor of defense analysis at the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Bitskrieg gives substance to, and connects the dots between, a couple of assertions that have become axiomatic: •Military might no longer has primacy. LW: To what extent has the Biden Administration grabbed the bull by its horns?

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