Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

NATO is investigating claims that a group called SiegedSec has breached its systems and leaked a cache of unclassified documents online. NATO announced it is investigating claims that a politically motivated threat actor called SiegedSec has breached its systems and leaked unclassified documents online. organizations, especially U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

Security experts from ESET uncovered a cyber-espionage group tracked as Machete that stole sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. Security experts from ESET reported that a cyberespionage group tracked as Machete has stolen sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. ” reads the analysis from ESET. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“A January 2024 court-authorized operation has neutralized a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that GRU Military Unit 26165 , also known as APT28, Sofacy Group , Forest Blizzard , Pawn Storm , Fancy Bear , and Sednit , used to conceal and otherwise enable a variety of crimes.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2020

DoppelPaymer hackers leaked online internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world. The gang behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware has stolen internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world from the industrial contractor Visser Precision.

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AIIM

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Also known as “capture,” this capability is characterized by the ability to scan paper documents to store and use them in digital form instead of paper. First developed over 30 years ago, capture systems have evolved from simple solutions for basic scanning into sophisticated and expensive systems for enterprise-wide document automation.

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Don Alway , assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said federal investigators gained access to an online panel that allowed cybercrooks to monitor and control the actions of the botnet. Documents published by the DOJ in support of today’s takedown state that beginning on Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 12, 2018

military information for sale on the Dark Web for a nominal sum, in and of itself, is unfortunate and unremarkable. The Insikt Group determined that the hacker/seller must have accessed a Netgear router with misconfigured FTP login credentials. Worse yet, were the documents stored on a private NAS connected to their personal network?

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

The Ukrainian government and its military were targeted by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, while a pro-Ukrainian group attacked the Belarusian railway system with ransomware after discovering that it was being used by Russia to transport tanks and weapons. Beware of remote access takeover scams.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

The attackers said that the stolen data includes information about the employees of the company involved in military projects, commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies. “Hello! We are “Adrastea” – a group of independent specialists and researchers in the field of cybersecurity.

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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 2015, the WikiLeaks website published documents allegedly showing the US spied on Japanese cabinet officials, banks and companies.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

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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. The hacker compromised at least two systems and got access to internal information from NATO, however at this time it is not clear the extent of the attack. ” reported the Tagesschau website.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2022

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. Pterodo is a multistage Visual Basic Script (VBS) backdoor designed to collect sensitive information or maintain access to compromised machines. Threat actors also used the legitimate remote desktop protocol (RDP) tools Ammyy Admin and AnyDesk for remote access.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Unfortunately for us, Doug freaked out after deciding he’d been tricked — backing up his important documents, changing his passwords, and then reinstalling macOS on his computer. “When the project team clicks the link, they encounter a region access restriction,” SlowMist wrote. Image: SlowMist.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

The Gamaredon APT group continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. HTM, HTA, and LNK files) disguised as Office documents. Once the document is opened by the target, it will take between 30 and 50 minutes to steal data from the infected system.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Garda and military intelligence agencies believe the Russian agents were sent by the military intelligence branch of the Russian armed forces, the GRU. The documents also revealed the existence of other spy bases located in secret places identified with codes “TIMPANI”, “GUITAR” and “CLARINET”. Source [link].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In March 2023, security firm Proofpoint observed the group actively exploiting vulnerabilities ( CVE-2022-27926 ) in unpatched Zimbra instances to gain access to the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

citizens to limit movement and travel in the country to the necessities and have travel documents up to date and easily accessible, fearing that the attack could impact government infrastructure for the identification of people residing in Montenegro and the transportation. According to the Minister, the attack began on Thursday night.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

intelligence documents , China is developing capabilities to seize control of satellites operated by hostile states. “Unauthorised access to these systems can cause serious damage to the satellite or lead to a loss of control over its mission.” The exercise aims at assessing the resilience of satellites to cyber attacks.

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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. XDLoc: Gathers nearby SSIDs (such as Wi-Fi access points), probably in order to geo-locate the victim machines.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. In December 2019, the APT group targeted several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The Gamaredon group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015, but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013.

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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. and foreign organizations using brute force access to penetrate government and private sector victim networks.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. ” reads the post published by ESET. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network. Nobody should access a computer without being properly vetted, but that seems to be a security issue that is often overlooked.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

The group focuses on military and government organizations to steal sensitive information, including confidential data and intellectual property. dll), and a decoy Microsoft Word document. “The ISO file also contains a decoy Word document that has an XOR-encrypted section.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to the government experts, the BLINDINGCAN malware was employed in attacks aimed at US and foreign companies operating in the military defense and aerospace sectors. A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 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. The lures consisted of documents about Sinopharm International Corporation” reads the analysis published by Intezer.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country and years later he contacted s LulzSec leader who was working for the FBI and provided him a list of targets.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The two malware were used to spy on personnel linked to Pakistan’s military, nuclear authorities, and Indian election officials in Kashmir. “Hornbill and SunBird have both similarities and differences in the way they operate on an infected device.” ” reads the report published by Lookout. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2022

MORE: Gazprom's data is now for public access: [link] — Anonymous TV (@YourAnonTV) March 4, 2022. One of the most clamorous leaks announced this leak is related to documents allegedly stolen from Russian troops that demonstrate the planning of Moscow for this war.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The man was arrested in Switzerland on March 21, 2021, along with four other accomplices he conspired to gain unauthorized access to computers and to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. The defendants deployed malicious code that harvested usernames and passwords that were used by the gang to access the filing agents’ networks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The attackers aimed at stealing confidential documents from government systems after having infected them with malware. The messages contained links to weaponized Office documents stored on Google Drive. Once the documents are opened and the victims have enabled the macros, the dropper is executed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

According to a joint report published by Germany’s ZDF public broadcaster and The Washington Post the Swiss-based firm Crypto AG was operating for CIA and the German Intelligence agency providing them with access to encrypted communications of more than 120 countries for decades. That’s not credible,” he said. They shut both eyes.”.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. In December 2019, the APT group targeted several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The most common access vectors used by ACTINIUM is spear-phishing messages using weaponized documents that employ remote templates.

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