Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Threat actors created fake login pages for each organization and sent spear-phishing messages to nuclear scientists in an attempt to trick them into providing their passwords. In March 2022, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The threat actors set up websites cloning the official download websites for SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), KeePass password manager, and PDF Reader Pro. The attacks were spotted while analyzing network artifacts associated with RomComRAT infections resulting from attacks targeting Ukrainian military institutions.

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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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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. CVE-2022-2141 (CVSS score: 9.8) – Improper authentication allows a user to send some SMS commands to the GPS tracker without a password.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. ” The SessionManager backdoor was employed in attacks against NGOs, government, military and industrial organizations in Africa, South America, Asia, Europe, Russia and the Middle East. . The report also includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this threat.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

credit or debit card number, or any financial account number in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to such financial account. Risk of Harm Analysis No Longer Requires Law Enforcement Consultation. 60-Day Notification Window. Required Identity Theft Prevention Services.

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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 also noticed that hackers also used NirSoft utilities to recover passwords from web browsers and email clients.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. Password Grabber Module – a large module that downloads Mimikatz and tries to harvest passwords.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Security experts from Yoroy-Cybaze ZLab have conducted a detailed analysis of an implant used by the Gamaredon APT group in a recent campaign. It is distributed in a spear-phishing campaign with a weaponized office document that appears to be designed to lure military personnel. . Technical Analysis. Introduction. Conclusion.

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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. Most common SaaS critical alerts. Guest Accounts, File Sharing Are Risks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

2017 analysis of the RAT. These are, of course, on top of the obviously ominous features such as password retrieval and key logging that are normally seen in Remote Access Trojans.”. I tend to have a violent nature, and have both Martial arts and Military training.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published a quick analysis of an interesting attack carried out by SWEED threat actor targeting precision engineering firms in Italy. Today I’d like to share a quick analysis of an interesting attack targeting precision engineering companies based in Italy. Technical Analysis. Introduction.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Other features include: Data encryption Compliance management capabilities Server monitoring and alerting Data import and export John the Ripper This free password-cracking tool supports 15 operating systems, including 11 from the Unix family, DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

In June 2018, experts at Kaspersky were investigating attacks against government and military entities in South and Southeast Asian countries, The experts tracked the campaign as EasternRoppels, they speculate it may have started as far back as 2012. ” reads the analysis publisjed by Kaspersky.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

Expand the definition of a breach to include login credentials, meaning “a consumer’s user name or e-mail address, in combination with a password or an answer to a security question, that together permit access to an online account.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2019

The discovered attack appears to be designed to lure military personnel: it leverage a legit document of the “State of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” dated back in the 2nd April 2019. Technical Analysis. The third step is to extract the contents of the password protected archive named “26710”.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2022

Common operations like enumerating services, cracking passwords, intercepting HTTP requests, or even analyzing malware do not necessarily require a pentesting OS. It eases forensics significantly, especially memory analysis. See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. Some Experience Required.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Today I’d like to share an interesting analysis of a Targeted Attack found and dissected by Yoroi (technical details are available here ). The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. For IoC please visit the analysis from here.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

» Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Flashpoint’s Allison Nixon on SIM Swapping and the Looming Online Identity Crisis Taking the Long View of Breach Fallout Analysis of 85K Remote Desktop Hacks Finds Education, Healthcare Top Targets. See also: Military documents about MQ-9 Reaper drone leaked on dark web.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

I recently visited with Silverfort CEO Hed Kovetz, who described how the idea for the company percolated when the co-founders were toiling in the encryption branch of Unit 8200 , the elite cybersecurity arm of the Israeli military. It has become easy to get user credentials and use them to access the network.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Forensic Analysis. And since you cannot expect good faith negotiations, there is no guarantee the attacker supplies the key post-payment. Prevent suspicious activity.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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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. The analysis focuses on six Iranian hacking groups that are increasingly utilizing ransomware to either fundraise or disrupt the computer networks of the targets.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

During recent times, Gamaredon is targeting the Ukrainian military and law enforcement sectors too, as officially stated by the CERT-UA. Technical Analysis. The infection chain is composed by different stages of password protected SFX (self extracting archive), each containing vbs or batch scripts. Malicious e-mail.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs): Improve the general security of a firewall with advanced packet analysis capabilities to block malware and known-malicious sites. Endpoint detection and response (EDR): Provides more advanced security than AV with more intelligent analysis of endpoint activity and automated remediation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The Military Chinese General and Philosopher Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) wrote these tactics over two thousand years ago, and it is as applicable today as it ever was. In figure 2 below, ACSIA alerts us that a system/application user has accessed the development platform using ssh key-pair as authentication method (as opposed to password).

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 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. According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. The claim is yet to be verified.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2019

” reads the analysis published by FireEye. “Interestingly, the backdoor communicates with the command and control (C2) server using the value of the Authorization HTTP header ” continues the analysis. ” continues the analysis. This seems to be copied from CSWE website.”

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Commonly used in military contexts, mandatory policies imply that all access control policy decisions are made by a centralized authority, such that individual users cannot change access rights. Mandatory Access Control. Role-Based Access Control. Authentication and Lifecycle Management. Federation and Assertions.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 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 leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Data breached: 10,870,524 lines.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled military systems and operational concepts. This involves influencing the thinking of decision-makers, military commanders, and the general public in rival countries. efforts to support Taiwan.

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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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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. Here’s Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

Technical Analysis. Figure 2: password required to view and modify macros on document. The first peculiarity of the malicious document is the protected macro, in fact, when the user tries to read it immediately shows a message box asking for password. Further detail about AMSI have been described in a previous analysis report.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. One-Time Passwords (OTPs), passwords, or credit card numbers). What they refer to is the Viasat hack. government.

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