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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for March 2022

IT Governance

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. Tesco warns customers of voucher scam.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

. “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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Wings for This Man: Celebrating the Tuskegee Airmen

Unwritten Record

Please Note: Primary source documents used in this post may contain harmful language. The country needed to quickly increase the number of soldiers in the military while also increasing the production of wartime goods and manufacturing. Army Air Forces, was the first military unit to be made up entirely of Hollywood professionals.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Unwritten Record

The purpose of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is to serve as a date for the official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime and to promote Holocaust education. We here at the Unwritten Record wanted to share past blogs about the Holocaust in an effort to help promote education on the topic.

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UK Foreign Office targeted by ‘serious’ cyber attack

IT Governance

The UK’s FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) was recently hit by a “serious cyber security incident”, according to a public tender document. The Stack , which broke the story, was alerted to the attack after discovering a tender document that was published, seemingly by mistake, on the government’s website.

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

Security Affairs

intelligence documents , China is developing capabilities to seize control of satellites operated by hostile states. Cyber security of satellite systems is becoming crucial due to the growing number of commercial and military applications that rely on them. The exercise aims at assessing the resilience of satellites to cyber attacks.

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

As detailed in court documents and Mitnick’s 2011 memoir, Ghost in the Wires , Mitnick’s notoriety grew after he hacked into Pacific Bell to monitor how the phone company had been monitoring him while on supervised release. military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. Mitnick’s Legacy The U.S.