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

JANUARY 9, 2023

In March 2022, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. The researchers uncovered a phishing campaign conducted by the COLDRIVER (aka Calisto ) APT against a NATO Centre of Excellence and Eastern European militaries.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shane Huntley, the head of the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), wrote on Twitter that his group had sent an above-average batch of government-backed security warnings. . The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

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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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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Disaster recovery can refer to everything from equipment failures, power outages, cyberattacks, civil emergencies, natural disasters and criminal or military attacks, but it is most commonly used to describe events with non-malicious causes. What is cyber recovery?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2022

” “We decided to disconnect the network due to increased security risk inside Russia,” the statement continues. However, we are taking steps to immediately stop business in the region.” “Without the Internet, the rest of the world would not know of atrocities happening in other places,” Sullivan wrote.

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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. The analysis of the sector usage on a global scale revealed significant differences by continent in the typical user profile. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The analysis of the software skimmer revealed that the first 109 lines in its code don’t contain any content, while line #110 contains a base64-encoded Javascript ( eval(atob(… ). ” reads the analysis published by Sucuri. A good website firewall can help to minimize the risk of infection in the first place.”

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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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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The amendment: Expands the definition of “personal information”; Shortens the notification deadline after discovery of a breach from 90 to 60 days; Removes the requirement to consult with law enforcement as part of a risk assessment; Deems compliant any person subject to and in compliance with HIPAA and HITECH; and.

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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. Also read: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools for 2022.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

When DOE identified vulnerable software, immediate action was taken to mitigate the risk, and all software identified as being vulnerable to this attack was disconnected from the DOE network.” The agency is responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). A joint analysis conducted by Microsoft and RiskIQ allowed to identify more than 100,000 servers still vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/bRc2Tqg3yf — Will Dormann (@wdormann) March 13, 2021.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It led to worrying signs that the tensions would play out as an online proxy war, with UK and other countries that opposed Russia’s military action coming under attack. Do you want the latest advice on how to manage your cyber security risks? ” All the latest cyber security news and advice.

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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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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. Ransomware prevention and lessons learned: Once data is recovered and systems are running, Touchstone puts in place a cybersecurity program to reduce the risk that you become a ransomware victim again. Forensic analysis & reporting. Fast decryption.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

With vulnerabilities, comes risk. With risk, comes breaches. DARPA is responsible for the development of emerging military technologies. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases. Guided fuzz testing, as a technique, showed strength in automated analysis from both a speed and scale perspective.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

With vulnerabilities, comes risk. With risk, comes breaches. DARPA is responsible for the development of emerging military technologies. DARPA’s influence transcends military use cases. Guided fuzz testing, as a technique, showed strength in automated analysis from both a speed and scale perspective.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2020

With this evidence, we decided that although we did not have an exploit sample, the risk to users was too great to wait 90 days for a patch and disclosure, and thus reported this to Android under a 7-day deadline.”. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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CGI

MAY 2, 2018

military is testing connected technologies for use on the battlefield to train soldiers, to improve care for injured troops, and to safeguard military supply chains. Smart clothing can also monitor joint movement and provide targeted support to reduce fatigue and the risk of musculoskeletal injury. The future is things.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

TrendMicro’s analysis into the ransomware found that it was the same system administration tool abused by the likes of SOREBRECT and Bad Rabbit. The ransomware was accompanied by a note: “Your files are encrypted with the strongest military algorithms. That said, there are a few ways to mitigate the risk.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2023

A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center ( BPC ) lays out — in stark terms – the prominent cybersecurity risks of the moment. The BPC’s Top Risks in Cybersecurity 2023 analysis calls out eight “top macro risks” that frame what’s wrong and what’s at stake in the cyber realm. Related: Pres. In the U.S.,

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 24, 2019

It was developed over the 20th century to enable the successful realization of more complex engineering projects; from telephony to military, space and automotive domains. Systems engineering is the interdisciplinary approach to realizing systems that meet desired goals. A full introduction to MBSE can be found on the INCOSE web site.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Pros and Cons of Penetration Testing Like all security solutions and approaches, penetration tests have benefits, risks, and challenges. The main goal of penetration tests is not to detect weakness but to improve efficiency and security and better prevent risks.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 20, 2018

Dave recently completed an analysis of Twitter bot data. Among the revelations: the prevalence of online efforts to organize real world gatherings, like the “US Freedom Army,” which appears to be a military organization promoted via Twitter and other social media to U.S. survivalist groups.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 10, 2018

» Related Stories Episode 100: Estonia’s Former CIO talks about engineering a secure electronic vote Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Episode 101: The Dystopian IoT looks a lot like the Printer Ink Aisle and City of Atlanta Employees phished on Rogue Wi-Fi. Read the whole entry. »

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Below we outline 18 industry tips for actions you can take to reduce your risk of a ransomware attack: Action. The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack. Forensic Analysis.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

So the threats that we look after are ones that you would see popular in the wild and against the customers that work large financial institutions, militaries, the US military, foreign militaries, NATO partners, how well do they defend and react against these threats? So the question is, what are the Russians up to?

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 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. 92,391,296 known records breached in 222 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories.

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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. Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM): Manages compliance, risk, and security with controlled user, system, and app cloud resource access.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk. Despite the plethora of cyber-risk guidance that has surfaced in recent years, however, there is no “silver bullet” for cyber incident response and prevention.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2022, the Citizen Lab analyzed the NSO Group activity after finding evidence of attacks on members of Mexico’s civil society, including two human rights defenders from Centro PRODH, which represents victims of military abuses in Mexico. “We highly encourage all at-risk users to enable Lockdown Mode on their Apple devices.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Silverfort is the brainchild of a band of colleagues who toiled together in the encryption branch of Unit 8200 , the elite cybersecurity arm of the Israeli military. Since many security solutions use behavioral and statistical analysis to detect threats, there are many false positives. “If Holistic authentication.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The HSE ultimately enlisted members of the Irish military to bring in laptops and PCs to help restore computer systems by hand. And if you can’t do that, you run the serious risk of having a small incident metastasize into a much larger problem. Still, the work to restore infected systems would take months.

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