Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2020

military’s Cyber Command. The Post report suggested the action was a bid to prevent Trickbot from being used to somehow interfere with the upcoming presidential election, noting that Cyber Command was instrumental in disrupting the Internet access of Russian online troll farms during the 2018 midterm elections. Image: Shuttstock.

Ransomware 342

Ransomware Military Passwords Access 342

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Cyber security department director Chien Hung-wei told parliament representatives that government infrastructure faces “five million attacks and scans a day” . On the other end, the Chinese government considers the island its territory and does not exclude its military occupation in the future. Pierluigi Paganini.

Government 129

Government Military Information Security Security 129

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. For more information on each story, simply follow the links in the transcript on our blog. million payment cards and 1.2

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 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 lure was delivered as part of a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file that could be accessed only by Windows 10 users.

Phishing 109

Phishing Healthcare Military Data collection 109

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft Windows 10 is only allowed only for government systems that don’t manage secret information. “The more recent Windows 10 is only approved for devices that do not contain state secrets – something that would not seem to apply to Putin’s computers.” ” reads the post published by The Guardian.

Government 77

Government Communications Military Manufacturing 77

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 36 million records. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9 Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2024

Chalubo (ChaCha-Lua-bot) is a Linux malware that was first spotted in late August 2018 by Sophos Labs while targeting IoT devices. Public scan data confirmed that took offline 49% of all modems from the impacted ISP’s autonomous system number (ASN) during the attacks. ” concludes the report.

Military 98

Military IoT Encryption Communications 98