Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

as members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military. Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers).

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Data Breach Today

JULY 21, 2022

military, published a detailed analysis of phishing campaigns with links to Belarus and Russia. Cyber Command and Security Service of Ukraine revealed malware indicators recently detected in Ukraine, which is resisting invasion by Russia. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which has ties to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

Chinese threat actors, tracked as Tropic Trooper and KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines. Chinese APT group Tropic Trooper, aka KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines, Trend Micro researchers reported. ” continues the report.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 31, 2022

Actors From China, Iran, North Korea and Russia Using Ukraine War-Related Themes Researchers have observed a growing number of threat actors using the Russia-Ukraine war as a lure in phishing and malware campaigns to target the military of multiple Eastern European countries, as well as a NATO Center of Excellence, according to Google's Threat Analysis (..)

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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. At the time of the analysis, both sites were not reachable at the time of the analysis. ” reported BleepingComputer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor “COLDRIVER” is launching phishing campaigns against “high profile individuals in NGOs, former intelligence and military officers, and NATO governments,” according to researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

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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. reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. The post Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Wipers and Phishing Attacks Rose Steeply in 2022 Russian military intelligence agency hackers walloped Ukraine with waves of data wipers and phishing attacks, but the torrent of destructive cyberattacks doesn't appear to have been as effective as previous Russian cyberattacks, report researchers from the Google Threat Analysis Group and Mandiant.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Wipers and Phishing Attacks Rose Steeply in 2022 Russian military intelligence agency hackers walloped Ukraine with waves of data wipers and phishing attacks but the wave of destructive cyberattacks doesn't appear to have been as impactful as previous Russian cyberattacks, report researchers from the Google Threat Analysis Group and Mandiant.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Malware used in the STEEP#MAVERICK campaign features rarely seen obfuscation, anti-analysis, and evasion capabilities.

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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.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Analysis: Equifax Failed on Security, But Only Governments Can Hold Each Other to Account Who's surprised Chinese military hackers allegedly hacked Equifax?

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Threatpost

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Vitali Kremez, head of SentinelLabs, said in research released on Wednesday that he has been tracking an uptick in Gamaredon cyberattacks on Ukrainian military and security institutions that started in […].

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An analysis of the RomCom APT shows the group is expanding its efforts beyond the Ukrainian military into the UK and other English-speaking countries.

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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. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, InvisiMole).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

” reads the analysis published by vpnMentor. “The data Our team viewed highly sensitive data exposing the personal details of government and military personnel, and their travel arrangements to locations around the world, both past and future.” “For the US government, alarm bells should be ringing. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

Experts uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed “ Operation In(ter)receptio n,” aimed at aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. 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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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For this month’s profile, we talked with Ivan Gotovchits, Analysis Engineer at ForAllSecure, who joined ForAllSecure in September and is based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Tell our readers a little bit about what your role as an Analysis Engineer entails. So if you fly, you are probably using software written by me.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

APRIL 15, 2024

The Blackjack group is believed to be affiliated with Ukrainian intelligence services that carried out other attacks against Russian targets, including an internet provider and a military infrastructure. ” reads the analysis published by Claroty. ” reads the analysis published by Claroty.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

The Gamaredon APT group continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat actors stole sensitive information from the company, including military and government documents, revealed Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. (literally Chinese Telecom Company) is the largest integrated telecom service provider in Taiwan, and the incumbent local exchange carrier of PSTN, Mobile, and broadband services in the country.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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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. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” states Recorded Future.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukrainian and European government and military organizations, as well as individuals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2021

The MoD is offering a salary of £33k to “work alongside some of the best scientists and engineers within defence and will be tasked with delivering prototype solutions directly to the soldiers and officers of a unique and specialized military unit.” ”What unique and specialised military unit is famously based in Hereford?

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Threat actor was active between 2009 and 2017, targeting military, government, and private organizations.

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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. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) provided an update about nation-state attacks related ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the experts spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. a threat actor impersonated military personnel to extort money for rescuing relatives in Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2024

reads the analysis published by Volexity.” reads the analysis published by Volexity. Through forensic analysis of the memory sample, Volexity was able to recreate two proof-of-concept exploits that allowed full unauthenticated command execution on the ICS VPN appliance. ” reads the update provided by Volexity.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 5, 2022

In the months before the invasions, all the signs of imminent military action began to emerge, these red flags combined with Russia’s reputation as a leader in cyber threat activity should all raise the alert level for any companies exposed to Russian markets. And this is where strategic intelligence feeds into the cyber security puzzle.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. The Transparent Tribe APT group is carrying out an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at military and diplomatic targets worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2024

650 BC: Ancient Spartans used an early transposition cipher to scramble the order of the letters in their military communications. Medieval cryptography 800: Arab mathematician Al-Kindi invented the frequency analysis technique for cipher breaking, representing one of the most monumental breakthroughs in cryptanalysis.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Threat actor was active between 2009 and 2017, targeting military, government, and private organizations.

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