Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warns investors of attacks impersonating its officials in government impersonator schemes. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors of scammers impersonating SEC officials in fraudulent schemes. “Beware of government impersonator schemes.

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Communications Financial Services Education Government 89

Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2022

On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 (S. 1097) (the “Cyber Workforce Program Act”), two bipartisan bills aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity postures of the federal, state and local governments.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Proposed Rule would bring “connected software applications” into the scope of Commerce’s authority to review certain transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) in the U.S. When and with what information may Commerce initiate a review under the ICTS review mechanism?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. exe, and rundll32.exe.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The British government banned the installation of Chinese-linked security cameras at sensitive facilities due to security risks. Reuters reports that the British government ordered its departments to stop installing Chinese security cameras at sensitive buildings due to security risks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

This misconfigured Salesforce Community site from the state of Vermont was leaking pandemic assistance loan application data, including names, SSNs, email address and bank account information. Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses from government organizations.” Akiri said he notified the Washington D.C.

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IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2018

A career in information security management is very alluring: it’s rewarding, there’s a high demand for skilled professionals and it comes with a generous salary. All you need to do to get started is gain a Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP). What will you learn? How to become qualified.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2023

China-linked APT group Sharp Panda targets high-profile government entities in Southeast Asia with the Soul modular framework. CheckPoint researchers observed in late 2022, a campaign attributed to the China-linked APT group Sharp Panda that is targeting a high-profile government entity in the Southeast Asia.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Since early February, the Russian government has blocked other encrypted email and VPN services in Russia, including ProtonMail and ProtonVPN VPN service. The Russian government asks all Internet service providers and VPN providers operating in the country to provide information about their users. ” states Tutanota.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Stayin’ Alive, targeted high-profile government and telecom entities in Asia. report – CurKeep collects information about the infected machine. The backdoor uses HTTP for its communications. appeared first on Security Affairs. In turn, the C2 responds with strings of commands.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

NetBlocks reported partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021 shortly after Cubans went to the streets to protest the government. The move to limit the access online to Cubans aims at blocking citizens from sharing information about the situation within the country. Source Fox News.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity in Ukraine. In Mid January the Ukrainian government was hit with destructive malware, tracked as WhisperGate , and several Ukrainian government websites were defaced by exploiting a separate vulnerability in OctoberCMS.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Russia-linked APT Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization according to Accenture. According to a report published by Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI), Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

Some Russian federal agencies’ websites were compromised in a supply chain attack, threat actors compromised the stats widget used to track the number of visitors by several government agencies. The post Multiple Russian government websites hacked in a supply chain attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2024

Russia-linked Turla APT allegedly used two new backdoors, named Lunar malware and LunarMail, to target European government agencies. Notably, the attacker also included a second backdoor – which we named LunarMail – that uses a different method for command and control (C&C) communications.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Google has removed an app from the Play Store that was used by the Belarusian government to spy on anti-government protesters. Google has removed the app NEXTA LIVE ( com.moonfair.wlkm ) from the official Play Store because it was used by the Belarusian government to spy on anti-government protesters. site (89.223.89[.]47).”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2020

Slovak police seized wiretapping devices connected to Govnet government network and arrested four individuals, including the head of a government agency. GOVNET is a network that interconnects different Slovak government agencies. ” reads a post published by the Dennikn website. The news site Aktuality.sk

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. The post Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2019

Earlier this year, the Japanese government launched a campaign in which it hacked into citizens’ IoT (Internet of Things) devices to see how secure the technology is. It’s a noble cause – anyone who wants to address information security should be commended – but the plan seems excessive and perhaps even dangerous.

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IoT Government Passwords Communications 76

Collibra

JANUARY 1, 2021

Creating a data governance framework is crucial to becoming a data-driven enterprise because data governance brings meaning to an organization’s data. However, many organizations struggle to build a data governance program because the practice can seem amorphous. What is a data governance framework? Distinct use cases.

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Government Compliance Data Privacy Privacy 59

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. exe, and rundll32.exe.

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Government Communications Ransomware Manufacturing 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

The Platinum cyber espionage group uses steganographic technique to hide communications with the Command and Control Servers (C&C). Experts from Kaspersky have linked the Platinum APT group with cyber attacks involving an elaborate, and new steganographic technique used to hide communications with C2 servers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Communications Encryption Military Government 70

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added more Chinese telecom firms to the Covered List. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Pacific Network Corp, ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited, to the Covered List. national security. national security.

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Communications Risk Government Information Security 87

IG Guru

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The post How to Mitigate Risks of Using Commercial Messaging Apps for Work-Related Communication appeared first on IG GURU. Many physical office spaces have been shut down and millions of employees were (and some still are) […].

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

According to research conducted by Proton and Constella Intelligence, the email addresses and other sensitive information of 918 British MPs, European Parliament members, and French deputies and senators are available in the dark web marketplaces. Attackers could then use this information to phish or blackmail the politicians.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

Troll Stealer can also copy the GPKI (Government Public Key Infrastructure) folder on infected computers. GPKI is the public key infrastructure schema for South Korean government personnel and state organizations, suggesting that government agencies were among the targeted by state-sponsored hackers. ” (hardcoded).

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2021

The Secretary of Commerce will lead the review process in consultation with “appropriate agency heads,” including the Secretaries of Treasury, State, Defense, and Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the U.S. persons at any point over the 12 months preceding a covered transaction. North Korea. Venezuela’s Maduro regime.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Most of the victims were in Vietnam, the group focuses on foreign government organizations of countries in Southeast Asia. . FunnyDream is a custom-made backdoor that supports advanced persistence and communication capabilities, it was used by the APT group to gathering intelligence and data exfiltration. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. ” reads one of the alerts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2021

Indonesia has launched an investigation into a possible security incident that caused the leak of social security data for more than 270 million citizens. “In a statement on Friday (May 21), a spokesman for the Communication and Information Ministry said that it was probing 100,002 samples, far fewer than claimed.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

Singapore has announced the third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the security of government systems exposed online. The government of Singapore has announced its third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the level of security implemented for government systems exposed online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. The Federal Communications Commission proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. SecurityAffairs – Federal Communications Commission , zero-day). Pierluigi Paganini.

Communications 43

Communications Risk Government Security 43

Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. “Information sharing is easy to talk about, and hard to do in practice,” Daniel said.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2022

The campaign targeted global humanitarian, think tank, and government organizations. Recorded Future identified a link between RedAlpha and a Chinese information security company, whose name appears in the registration of multiple RedAlpha domains. The company called “Nanjing Qinglan Information Technology Co.,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This is the first time that a cyber attack hit a renewable energy provider causing the temporary interruption of communications with several solar and wind installations. The incident was confirmed by documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Each generation site experienced just one communication outage.”

Communications 58

Communications IT Cybersecurity Government 58

IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2021

Indeed, most information security professionals begin their journeys by picking up a book or two on ISO 27001, because it’s the most cost-effective way of getting to grips with the complexities of the Standard. IT Governance – An International Guide to Data Security and ISO 27001. Find out more. Find out more.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

file exposed information that attackers could employ for lateral movement within the ministry’s systems, potentially escalating to anything from account takeover to a ransomware attack. MIM is a government body responsible for industry and mineral resources operations. Meanwhile, the now-closed MIM’s env. The exposed env.

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