The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The program also commits to providing free training for transitioning military, first responders, veterans, military spouses, women, underrepresented minorities, and government personnel. factories with the digital tools, cybersecurity, and workforce expertise needed to begin building every part better than the last.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“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. ” concludes the report.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

The Ukrainian government and its military were targeted by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, while a pro-Ukrainian group attacked the Belarusian railway system with ransomware after discovering that it was being used by Russia to transport tanks and weapons. Beware of remote access takeover scams.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

.” The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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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. PingPull, was first spotted by Unit 42 in June 2022, the researchers defined the RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The group has continued launching attacks against entities in Southeast Asia, including military, satellite communications, media and educational organizations. The Thrip group used both custom malware and legitimate tools to hit its targets that continue to include defense contractors, telecoms companies, and satellite operators.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The SSU has managed to identify the perpetrators’ names, intercept their communication and obtain irrefutable evidence of their involvement in the attacks. All of that, despite the fact that they used the FSB’s own malicious software and tools to remain anonymous and hidden online. ” reads the announcement published by the SSU.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

“The Sliver backdoors contact their C2 server using HTTP/HTTPS communication. Sliver 11 is an open-source adversary simulation tool that is gaining popularity among threat actors, since it provides a practical command and control framework.” ” reads the report published by Synacktiv.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2020

One new challenge CISOs’ suddenly face is how to lock down web conferencing tools, like Zoom, Skype and Webex, without gutting their usefulness. One of their main duties continues to be vetting security solutions and making buy versus build decisions with respect to security tools and services.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

The DNS backdoor borrows the code from an open-source tool named DIG.net , it was used to perform “DNS hijacking.” “The malware employs the DNS protocol for command and control (C2) communication which increases stealth and keeps the malware communication probes under the radar to evade detection.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Mint Sandstorm also used custom tools in selected targets, notably organizations in the energy and transportation sectors. In the last stage of the attack, the subgroup deploys a custom malware variant, such as Drokbk or Soldier instead of using publicly available tools and simple scripts. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

. “Our data also shows that although Cyclops Blink is a state-sponsored botnet, its C&C servers and bots affect WatchGuard Firebox and Asus devices that do not belong to critical organizations, or those that have an evident value on economic, political, or military espionage.” India, Italy, Canada, and Russia.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The two malware were used to spy on personnel linked to Pakistan’s military, nuclear authorities, and Indian election officials in Kashmir. “We are confident SunBird and Hornbill are two tools used by the same actor, perhaps for different surveillance purposes.” ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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IT Governance

MARCH 18, 2021

A central part of this review is the NCF (National Cyber Force), which uses “offensive cyber tools” to detect, disrupt and deter adversaries. This is in line with what little we know about the tools at the NCF’s disposal. National Cyber Force. Formed in 2020, the NCF is a partnership between the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In 2016 and 2017, the hacking group The Shadow Brokers l eaked a bunch of data allegedly stolen from the Equation Group, including many hacking tools and exploits. At the end of October 2016, the hackers leaked a fresh dump containing a list of servers that were hacked by the NSA-linked group known as Equation Group.

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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. . Threat actors carried out a highly-sophisticated supply chain attack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

One of the clusters analyzed by the experts was used as C2 infrastructure for a custom remote administration tool called Pterodo/Pteranodon backdoor. The SSU has managed to identify the perpetrators’ names, intercept their communication and obtain irrefutable evidence of their involvement in the attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2018

From the summary: Automation and connectivity are fundamental enablers of DOD's modern military capabilities. Using relatively simple tools and techniques, testers were able to take control of systems and largely operate undetected, due in part to basic issues such as poor password management and unencrypted communications.

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The DEV-0343 focuses on defense companies that support United States, European Union, and Israeli government partners producing military-grade radars, drone technology, satellite systems, and emergency response communication systems. ” continues the report. .” ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Yet the list of features and plugins advertised for this RAT includes functionality that goes significantly beyond what one might see in a traditional remote administration tool, such as DDoS-for-hire capabilities, and the ability to disable the light indicator on webcams so as not to alert the target that the RAT is active. “It

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

military and civilian personnel were compromised. Seasoned attackers know, of course, that it is typical for federal government suppliers to hold transactional data, and that some even possess technical data, schematics and program details that would be hard to access through a direct offensive attack on a hardened military target.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

Employers are free to monitor these communications, as long as there's a valid business purpose for doing so. And again, it's up to them to decide how to use the tools at their disposal whether it be the ability to directly control their employees' mailboxes or identify their presence in data breaches.

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Data Protector

AUGUST 3, 2015

Some have altered their communication methods, while others have taken advantage of new encryption tools. Despite the Snowden allegations, US and UK intelligence agencies are legally intercepting communications on order to prevent attacks from terrorists, cyber criminals and a host of other state and non-state actors.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Their communications can also be facilitated by a third team, called a purple team, for optimal effectiveness. Despite this, testers still turn to ISSAF to link different steps of the pentest process with various tools. Red and blue team exercises can go beyond individual pentests to include comprehensive, ongoing testing objectives.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Perimeter security tools include: Firewalls: Filter traffic and monitor access based upon firewall rules and policies for the network, network segment, or assets protected by different types of firewalls. Communication protocols (TCP, HTTPS, etc.): behind the proxy.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2020

This is exactly what happened when the corporate sector gravitated to ARPANET , an open, decentralized experiment by the military and academia to remotely connect computers, and transformed ARPANET it into the World Wide Web. And so that’s were security detection tools are focused. If this all seems too familiar, it should be.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. It is a tool that permits a user to create a complete self-contained executable starting from a python source code.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Convergence of the two in the industrial internet of things (IIoT) makes for better communication and access to online data and processes, but it also flings the door wide open for nefarious activity by cyber criminals. Diplomacy and other tools like sanctions must be used, but policies are in disarray right now. “On What’s ahead.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

military complex, who got frustrated by their inability to extract actionable intel from a deluge of threat feeds. Yet today as much as 73 percent of all the data stored or moving across the network of a typical enterprise goes untouched by any analytics tools. Threat actors couldn’t ask for a more ripe environment.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2018

Last time experts attributed an ongoing campaign to APT28 was in June, when experts from Palo Alto Networks noticed that the group was using new tools in a recent string of attacks. The researchers observed several attacks leveraging the SPLM and the Zebrocy tool between the second and fourth quarters of 2017 against organizations in Asia.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

The cyber-espionage group is believed to be operating out of China, it also targeted military and oil industry entities, government contractors and European diplomatic missions and organizations. In May 2016, researchers from Palo Alto found evidence that the threat actors behind the Operation Ke3chang had been active since at least 2010.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

The downside to this long-term trend is that communications online, never mind on public cloud platforms, present vulnerabilities via web attacks and malware. Also Read: Best Enterprise Network Security Tools & Solutions for 2021. Golden Frog is a Switzerland-based software provider focused on securing online communication.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The authorities set up servers that mimic the botnet’s communication system in order to collect information on infected systems and share them with ISP and the owners of the compromised computers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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