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White hat hackers showed how to take over a European Space Agency satellite

Security Affairs

Credit: ESA – European Space Agency The offensive cybersecurity team at Thales demonstrated how to take control of the ESA satellite, the is considered the world’s first ethical satellite hacking exercise. The exercise aims at assessing the resilience of satellites to cyber attacks. According to classified U.S.

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Weekly podcast: TSB, hotel locks and NATO exercise

IT Governance

This week, we discuss TSB’s chaotic system upgrade, a security flaw in electronic hotel locks and a major NATO cyber security exercise. Security researchers have discovered that millions of electronic door locks used in hotel rooms around the world are vulnerable to hacking. Here are this week’s stories.

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Cybersecurity Services combat an APT with NDR

OpenText Information Management

Environmental Protection Agency and National Security Agency have requested that each U.S. DNS Exfil, SCADA controls, DGA), but also need the additional layer of security that may be missed by using only endpoint protection (e.g. State carry out comprehensive assessments of their cybersecurity services and practices.

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China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

Security Affairs

However, the attackers chose a domain name that gives the impression of a connection to the South African military. The Alloy Taurus APT group targeted South Africa because in February 2023, the African state joined Russia and China to participate in combined naval exercises. Experts added that the IP 196.216.136[.]139 softether[.]net

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Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites

Security Affairs

The Italian police is investigating the attack, while the National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) confirmed that the websites were hit with DDoS attacks. Our Legion conducts military cyber exercises in your countries in order to improve their skills. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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How to Ensure Your Digital Security During the Rugby World Cup

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Just a couple of months after that, World Rugby itself announced that one of its training websites had suffered a security breach that exposed subscribers’ account information. That’s why it announced it would pursue two measures designed to strengthen its national digital security posture ahead of these sporting events.

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