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Mar 06- Mar 12 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

March 9 – Multiple Russian government websites hacked in a supply chain attack. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs. March 10 – Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool.

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US DoJ charges three members of the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group

Security Affairs

Justice Department indicted three North Korean military intelligence officials, members of the Lazarus APT group, for their involvement in cyber-attacks, including the theft of $1.3 government as “ FASTCash ” – including the October 2018 theft of $6.1 billion in money and crypto-currency from organizations around the globe. .

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1 million records breached

IT Governance

First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Financial information.

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New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

Krebs on Security

Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

One of those is Mark Sokolovsky , a 26-year-old Ukrainian man who operated the popular “ Raccoon ” malware-as-a-service offering; Sokolovsky was busted in March after fleeing Ukraine’s mandatory military service orders.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

IT Governance

million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions. NATO to launch new cyber centre Acknowledging that “cyberspace is contested at all times”, NATO will create a new cyber centre at its military headquarters in Mons, Belgium.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

IT Governance

Australian government sets out risk-based system to respond to AI The Australian government has launched its plan to respond to the rise in AI, using a risk-based system to impose proportionate controls on its use.