Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2020

Reseaerchers from ESET reported that Russia-linked Gamaredon APT has a new tool in its arsenal, it is a module for Microsoft Outlook that creates custom emails with malicious documents and sends them to a victim’s contacts. The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. ” continues ESET.

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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.

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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. The cyperespionage group also uses additional tools, including an LSA notification package and the GUNTERS passive backdoor. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 5, 2022

Gathering intelligence has always been a key tool for organisational decision making – understanding the external operating environment is the ‘101’ for business. The top reason, chosen from a proved list of ten, was ‘increased cyber security risks’, followed by the related concern, ‘new and/or increased data privacy regulations’.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2022

A SaaS security company says a spike in cyber attacks from Russia and China in recent weeks suggests the two countries may be coordinating their cyber efforts. Per analysis available from SaaS Alerts, attack trend lines that compare Russia and China show almost the exact same pattern.” SaaS Apps Under Attack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

A popular mobile app in the Middle East called ToTok has been removed from both Apple and Google’s online stores because it was a spy tool. According to a report published by the New York Times, the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. ” reads the analysis published by Wardle.

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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

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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The FBI and NSA have published a joint security alert containing technical details about a new piece of Linux malware, tracked as Drovorub , allegedly employed by Russia-linked the APT28 group. The post FBI and NSA joint report details APT28’s Linux malware Drovorub appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

The campaign took place in February and Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team was not able to link it to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) director Shane Huntley confirmed that the IT giant was able to detect and block all phishing messages. Government appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. “The Sofacy threat group continues to carry out attacks using their Zebrocy tool. reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. ” Palo Alto Networks concludes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN devices to deliver KrustyLoader. 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.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane. The DNS backdoor borrows the code from an open-source tool named DIG.net , it was used to perform “DNS hijacking.” ” reads the analysis published ZScaler.

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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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The investigators said the advanced threat actors used a mixture of known and unique malware tools in the attack – which they dubbed Operation Harvest – to compromise the victim’s IT environment, exfiltrate the data and evade detection. PlugX, Winnti and some other custom tools all point to a group that had access to the same tools.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

China-linked threat actor tracked as Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of the PingPull backdoor and a new tool dubbed Sword2033. ” reads the analysis published by Unit 42. Analysis of the C2 for a second Sword2033 sample revealed that the domain *.saspecialforces.co[.]za org over port 8443 for C2. saspecialforces.co[.]za

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2022

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. It is distributed in a spear-phishing campaign with a weaponized office document that appears to be designed to lure military personnel. . Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. SEC Xtractor – Experts released an open-source hardware analysis tool. City of Pensacola hit by a cyberattack few days after military base shooting. Snatch Ransomware force systems to Windows Safe Mode to bypass security solutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2022

This tool allows threat actors to install a PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, and CFM webshells (backdoor) on publicly exposed web servers. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. According to Kaspersky, Ninja is a collaborative tool used by the APT group to allow multiple operators to work on the same machine simultaneously.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Experts at Symantec first exposed the activity of the Chinese-linked APT Thrip in 2018, now the security firm confirms that cyber espionage group has continued to carry out attacks in South East Asia. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. Security experts at Symantec speculate that Thrip is a sub-group of Billbug.

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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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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

President Biden issued an Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. Standards for AI Safety and Security Red-teaming requirements. The Administration will create a new program to develop AI tools to investigate and address vulnerabilities in critical software. New standards. Supporting Workers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

A security researcher released a new PoC exploit for ProxyLogon issues that could be adapted to install web shells on vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers. A security researcher has released a new proof-of-concept exploit that could be adapted to install web shells on Microsoft Exchange servers vulnerable ProxyLogon issues.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A previously unknown cyber espionage group, tracked as Gallmaker, has been targeting entities in the government, military and defense sectors since at least 2017. Gallmaker is a politically motivated APT group that focused its surgical operations on the government, military or defense sectors. ” concluded Symantec.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In 2010, security firm FireEye identified the Pirpi Remote Access Trojan (RAT) which exploited a then 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. APT3 functions very differently than 3LA, the former Chinese military hacking organization leading to the assumption that APT3 is not part of the military complex.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Ransomware removal tools. Our top managed security service providers (MSSPs) list is also a good place to look for help. Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. Respond fast to new security threats.

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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. The tools in the arsenal of the XDSpy APT are quite basic, although efficient, their primary tool is a downloader dubbed named XDDown.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2022

Here are eight of the best Linux distros for cybersecurity use cases, for beginners through advanced users, along with some issues to consider as you select a Linux security distro. See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. Popular tools such as the Burp Suite , OWASP ZAP, Nikto, or BeEF are available as standalone apps and packages.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

. “Once NOBELIUM obtains credentials and successfully compromises a server, the actor relies on that access to maintain persistence and deepen its infiltration using sophisticated malware and tools. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. “Use of FoggyWeb has been observed in the wild as early as April 2021.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to experts from Symantec, the group is now actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to a report published by Symantec in October, the group was actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 24, 2019

Ensuring that systems behave only how a designer intends is a central aspect of security. A security-enforcing system will take the context of available information measured against policy to determine whether an operation should be permitted or denied. MBSE and security engineering. Model-Based Systems Engineering.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

The GCHQ developed emulators for Enigma, Typex and the Bombe that could be executed in the CyberChef , The Enigma machines were used by the German military to protect communications during the Second World War. The GCHQ released the source code of the tool on GitHub in November 2016, alongside with a demo. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate R emote A dministration T ool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a R emote A ccess T rojan. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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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. The incident is one of a series of major data breaches in Thailand in recent months that have been analysed by the security company Resecurity. Data breached: 19,718,687 records.

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