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The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data

Schneier on Security

Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. location data purchases have extended from law enforcement to military agencies.

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Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates

Security Affairs

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. in #Turkey where social media have been blocked for six hours after a military incident in #Idlib , Syria. ”added Netblocks. It's 5:30 a.m. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Accused ‘Raccoon’ Malware Developer Fled Ukraine After Russian Invasion

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the defendant was busted in March 2022, after fleeing mandatory military service in Ukraine in the weeks following the Russian invasion. 18 fleeing mandatory military service in Ukraine. investigators by Polish border security officials, and it shows Sokolovsky leaving Poland for Germany on Mar.

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Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine

Krebs on Security

As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians.

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Operation North Star – North-Korea hackers targeted US defense and aerospace companies

Security Affairs

Security experts from McAfee uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign carried out by North Korean hackers that targeted the US defense and aerospace sectors. “Our analysis indicates that one of the purposes of the activity in 2020 was to install data gathering implants on victims’ machines. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Don’t use AI-based apps, Philippine defense ordered its personnel

Security Affairs

Teodoro ordered “to refrain from using AI photo generator applications and practice vigilance in sharing information online” At this time, it remains unclear whether the order was issued in response to a specific event or to address potential attacks aimed at exploiting the data collected by these applications.

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Secret Service Investigates Breach at U.S. Govt IT Contractor

Krebs on Security

government IT contractor that does business with more than 20 federal agencies, including several branches of the military. Department of Homeland Security that manages the nation’s naturalization and immigration system. Image: Hold Security. Department of Transportation , the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and U.S.

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