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Critical Vulnerabilities in GPS Trackers

Schneier on Security

The China-based manufacturer says 1.5 BitSight found the device in use in 169 countries, with customers including governments, militaries, law enforcement agencies, and aerospace, shipping, and manufacturing companies. million of its tracking devices are deployed across 420,000 customers.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report.

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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. DataLocker actually got traction, early on, selling to the military. LW: Makes sense. and are TAA compliant.

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The German BSI agency recommends replacing Kaspersky antivirus software

Security Affairs

“The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns according to §7BSIlaw before using virus protection software from the Russian manufacturer Kaspersky. BSI remarks that the trust in the reliability and self-protection of a manufacturer as well as his authentic ability to act is crucial for the safe use of any defense software.

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Million of vehicles can be attacked via MiCODUS MV720 GPS Trackers

Security Affairs

” The MiCODUS MV720 GPS Tracker is a popular vehicle GPS tracker manufactured in China, which is used by consumers for theft protection and location management, and by organizations for vehicle fleet management. The analysis of the sector usage on a global scale revealed significant differences by continent in the typical user profile.

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Defense contractor Belcan leaks admin password with a list of flaws

Security Affairs

Belcan is a government, defense, and aerospace contractor offering global design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information technology, and digital engineering solutions. However, hashes can still be cracked, and other authentication data may be used in spear phishing attacks.

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Russia-linked APT29 spotted targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers

Security Affairs

The vulnerability is an authentication bypass issue affecting the on-premises version of TeamCity. and below is prone to an authentication bypass, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain remote code execution (RCE) on the server. in TeamCity. TeamCity server version 2023.05.3 The flaw impacts on-premises version 2023.05.3