Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

Industrial and enterprise IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty reported that the Ukrainian Blackjack hacking group claims to have damaged emergency detection and response capabilities in Moscow and beyond the Russian capital using a destructive ICS malware dubbed Fuxnet. ” reads the analysis published by Claroty.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Obama’s clarion call led to the passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act , the creation of Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations ( ISAOs ) and the jump-starting of several private-sector sharing consortiums. From this command center perspective, real-world strategic analysis happens continuously and in real time.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Cybersecurity and intelligence experts observed an escalation in the activity associated with the Cold River APT since the invasion of Ukraine. In March 2022, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. Cybersecurity firm SEKOIA.IO

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne linked the compromise of the major Russian missile engineering firm NPO Mashinostroyeniya to two different North Korea-linked APT groups. NPO Mashinostroyeniya (JSC MIC Mashinostroyenia, NPO Mash) is a leading Russian manufacturer of missiles and military spacecraft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about a now-patched security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-29324 (CVSS score: 6.5), in Windows MSHTML platform. ” reads the analysis published by Barnea. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that would evade zone checks. ” concludes the expert.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2024

In modern times, cryptography has become a critical lynchpin of cybersecurity. 650 BC: Ancient Spartans used an early transposition cipher to scramble the order of the letters in their military communications. Since the days of antiquity, the practice of sending secret messages has been common across almost all major civilizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

The analysis of encryption techniques employed in the attack allowed the government experts to associate the campaign with the cybercrime group Trickbot. The alert published by the Ukraine CERT-UA includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this campaign and recommendations.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Cybersecurity US holds conference on military AI use with dozens of allies to determine ‘responsible’ use DFSA’s Cyber Risk Management Guidelines: A Blueprint for Cyber Resilience?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint uncovered a spear-phishing campaign, likely conducted by a nation-state actor, that compromised a Ukrainian armed service member’s email account to target European government personnel involved in managing the logistics of refugees fleeing Ukraine. .

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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. . ” reads the analysis published by FireEye. through 2020.2.1

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Researchers from cybersecurity firm Synacktiv published a technical analysis of a Rust malware, named KrustyLoader, that was delivered by threat actors exploiting the above vulnerabilities. The flaw CVE-2023-46805 (CVSS score 8.2) is an Authentication Bypass issue that resides in the web component of Ivanti ICS 9.x,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

” reads the analysis published ZScaler. The attack chain observed by the researchers starts with spear-phishing messages using weaponized Word document disguised as a news report related to military affairs in Iran. ” APT groups continue to evolve their TTPs and embrace new anti-analysis and anti-evasion techniques.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a North Korea-linked cyberespionage group tracked as ARCHIPELAGO. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG. In one case, the group posed as a journalist for a South Korean news agency and sent benign emails with an interview request to North Korea experts.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

RedFoxtrot has been active since at least 2014 and focused on gathering military intelligence from neighboring countries, it is suspected to work under the PLA China-linked Unit 69010. ” reads the analysis published by SentinelOne. SentinelOne detailed lateral movements, credential harvesting, and data exfiltration.

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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

APRIL 20, 2023

Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). ” reads the report published by the Google TAG.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2020

The huge trove of data includes sensitive documents related to military equipment designed by Lockheed-Martin (i.e. an antenna in an anti-mortar defense system), billing and payment forms, supplier information, data analysis reports, and legal paperwork. ” reads the statement published by El Reg.

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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. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Intezer linked the attacks to a group operating under the APT28.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn of multiple security vulnerabilities in MiCODUS MV720 Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers which are used by over 1.5 The analysis of the sector usage on a global scale revealed significant differences by continent in the typical user profile.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. The affected organizations, both governmental and military, show that this group is focused on very high-profile targets and is probably used to achieve critical goals, likely related to geopolitical interests.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Departments of Homeland Security and Energy will draw on these standards to address critical infrastructure risks, as well as cybersecurity, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks. AI use by the military and intelligence community. Protecting Americans’ Privacy Call for federal privacy legislation.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in August 2020. The BlindingCan was employed in attacks on US and foreign companies operating in the military defense and aerospace sectors. The use of the BlindingCan RAT was first documented by the U.S. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Basic cybersecurity defenses still apply: next generation firewalls (NGFW) , endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms, employee cybersecurity training , patching. Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. Forensic analysis & reporting. No sector has been spared from its ravages. Touchstone.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Mimecast confirmed that SolarWinds hackers who breached its network stole some of its source code. Implemented additional static and security analysis across the source code tree. Now the company admitted that hackers stole part of its source code from its repositories, but did not modified it.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Lookout. RCS Lab was providing its software to military and intelligence agencies in Pakistan , Chile , Mongolia , Bangladesh , Vietnam , Myanmar and Turkmenistan. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Anyway, the French government will not allow the Chinese giant to provide equipment that will be used in protect military bases, nuclear installations and other sensitive and critical infrastructures. The UK intelligence analysis believe that US ban on Chinese 5G technology will force Huawei to use untrusted technology.

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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. Security Agencies Release Network Security, Vulnerability Guidance ).

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Cybersecurity and cyber recovery are types of disaster recovery (DR) practices that focus on attempts to steal, expose, alter, disable or destroy critical data. Step 1: Conduct a business impact analysis A business impact analysis (BIA) is a careful assessment of every threat your company faces, along with possible outcomes.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) that includes technical details about a new strain of malware, tracked as BLINDINGCAN, that was attributed to North Korea. ” reads the CISA’s MAR report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

. “After voter check-in software failed, federal authorities conducted a forensic analysis of the county’s electronic poll books to see if Russian military hackers who targeted the software provider may have tampered with registration information to disrupt voting.” ” reported the AP agency. ” continues AP news.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2022

Look forward to today's @AdvIntel with extended analysis! The agency is responsible for national, military and police intelligence, as well as counterintelligence. VK_Intel pic.twitter.com/gMSXhlHVSb — Yelisey Boguslavskiy (@y_advintel) May 19, 2022. ” reported BleepingComputer. GB of data.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The agency is responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency was helping the federal agencies to respond to the hacking campaign. ” NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 15, 2019

On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1130 , which expands the types of personal information covered by California’s breach notification law to include, when compromised in combination with an individual’s name: (1) additional government identifiers, such as tax identification number, passport number, military identification (..)

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2022

Linux has an extensive range of open-source distributions that pentesters, ethical hackers and network defenders can use in their work, whether for pentesting , digital forensics or other cybersecurity uses. It eases forensics significantly, especially memory analysis. See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. Some Experience Required.

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