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

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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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

No other initial root cause comes close (unpatched software and firmware is a distant second being involved in about 33% of attacks). Everyone needs to know about this fact and react accordingly. This involves influencing the thinking of decision-makers, military commanders, and the general public in rival countries.

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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. Figure 7.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Pentesters, posing as red teams, may previously inform the blue team, or security team, about the nature of the simulation, or they may not. Red and blue teams In all these three types of pentests, security teams and penetration testers engage in what is known as a red-blue team strategy.

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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. Table 1: Information about analyzed sample. Table 2: Information about SFX stager. cmd” script. Windows NT 6.1;

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In this episode of the podcast: Chris Camacho of Flashpoint joins us to talk about "the deep web" and "the dark web." Chris and I talk about how companies like Flashpoint monitor the dark web for intelligence and, then, how companies are able to operationalize that intelligence as part of their security and incident response programs.

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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. Learn more about complying with ISO 27001:2022.

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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. This is what digital transformation is all about. Kovetz: Exactly.

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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. While Arch requires a good amount of patience because of its complexity, users can learn a lot about GNU/Linux, an important thing for ethical hackers and pentesters to know.

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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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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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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

This may, in turn, promote clearer and more robust disclosures about such risks and increase shareholder value. Boards should have adequate access to cybersecurity expertise, and discussions about cyber-risk management should be given regular and adequate time on board meeting agendas. Principle 4. Principle 5.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. Forensic Analysis.

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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

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

This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2019

” reads the analysis published by FireEye. After the system boot, the backdoor gathers some information about the compromised machine and connects the command and control server. . ” continues the analysis. This seems to be copied from CSWE website.” The payload is executed the next time Windows starts up.”

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

Daniel Clemens, CEO of ShadowDragon, talks about his more than two decades of digital investigations, from the origins of the Code Red worm to the mass shooter in Las Vegas, with a fair number of pedophiles and human traffickers identified as well. I’m going to be talking a lot about OSINT throughout this episode. CLEMENS: I do.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Would you use it?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Would you use it?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

This file was uncommon, it seemed carefully prepared and was speaking about who is leading in the elections polls, arguing about the life of the favorite candidate, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is defined Servant of the People , along with a strong headline referencing conflicts between Ukraine and Russia. Technical Analysis.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but that’s wrong on two accounts. We don’t know how, but last year the company’s update server was protected by the password “solarwinds123” — something that speaks to a lack of security culture.)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

presidential election, the outcome of which could radically alter the destinies of geopolitical relations and military conflicts globally. and its allies, activity observed by Resecurity between 2023 and early 2024 indicates a 100 percent increase from the previous analysis period. Besides the continued targeting of the U.S.

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