Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

Anonymous continues to support Ukraine against the Russian criminal invasion targeting the Russian military and propaganda. Anonymous leaked personal details of the Russian military stationed in Bucha where the Russian military carried out a massacre of civilians that are accused of having raped and shot local women and children.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Security experts from Cyble found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey, is it a case of cyber hacktivism or cyber espionage? Also, in September 2020, it was reported that Russian hackers targeted government agencies in NATO member countries, and nations who cooperate with NATO -> Link.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2020

Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. Threat actors first compromised the Westech’s network, then stole the documents before encrypting them. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“A January 2024 court-authorized operation has neutralized a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that GRU Military Unit 26165 , also known as APT28, Sofacy Group , Forest Blizzard , Pawn Storm , Fancy Bear , and Sednit , used to conceal and otherwise enable a variety of crimes.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

Security experts from ESET uncovered a cyber-espionage group tracked as Machete that stole sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. Security experts from ESET reported that a cyberespionage group tracked as Machete has stolen sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. ” reads the analysis from ESET.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat actors stole sensitive information from the company, including military and government documents, revealed Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. TeraBytes of data” that included government contracts. Threat actors claim they have stolen 1.7 ” reported AFP agency.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The Donot Team has been active since 2016, it focuses on government and military organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, and embassies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries. In the latest attacks, the group sent messages using RTF documents that trick users into enabling macros.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 12, 2018

Hackers have put up for sale on the dark web sensitive military documents, some associated with the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft, one of its most lethal and technologically advanced drones, security research firm Recorded Future recently discovered. Read the whole entry. » Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2022

The APT group has been active since at least 2015, previous operations targeted military and political individuals across the world, it shows a specific interest in organizations in Pakistan. Malwarebytes researchers reported that that payload is stored within the RTF document as an OLE object. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against four entities and one individual for their role in malicious cyber operations conducted to support the government of North Korea. The sanctioned entities conducted operations to steal funds to support the military strategy of the regime.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. government has used court orders to remotely disinfect systems compromised with malware. Today’s operation is not the first time the U.S.

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Unwritten Record

MAY 11, 2021

The nurse has a long history of serving the United States military. World War II presented a need for nurses and the military and American Red Cross initiated an intense recruitment and training program, resulting in nearly 74,00 women serving as nurses. Florence A. This resulted in a greater need for trauma and critical care nurses.

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information) warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group has been targeting multiple French organizations, including government entities, businesses, universities, and research institutes and think tanks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2020

US military claims to have disrupted the online propaganda activity of the Islamic State (ISIS) in a hacking operation dating back at least to 2016. The documents have been release under a Freedom of Information Act request. ” reads a post published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

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AIIM

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Also known as “capture,” this capability is characterized by the ability to scan paper documents to store and use them in digital form instead of paper. First developed over 30 years ago, capture systems have evolved from simple solutions for basic scanning into sophisticated and expensive systems for enterprise-wide document automation.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. The attack chain commences with spear-phishing emails with malicious attachments (.docx,rar,sfx

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The Anonymous collective continues its cyber war on Russian businesses and government organizations. The leaked files documented these allegations , they were quickly removed from Mega. How many of your clients and government contracts are going to stick around once they learn you're completely owned by Network Battalion 65?

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The newly amended statute also provides a limited exemption from public disclosure of any documents, materials and information that a person provides in response to a demand during the course of an investigation of the data breach by the Connecticut government. Public Disclosure Exemption. Additional Considerations for Businesses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Winter Vivern group was first analyzed in 2021, it has been active since at least 2020 and it targets governments in Europe and Central Asia. The vulnerability is caused by the poor sanitization of malicious SVG documents before they are incorporated into the HTML page interpreted by a Roundcube user. x before 1.6.4,

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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. Tesco warns customers of voucher scam.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

The intruders China-linked hackers may have gained access to sensitive data, according to three government and private sector sources familiar with the situation, reported the Financial Times. The Chinese government denied any involvement in the attack and blamed Japan allies as responsible for the attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine informs that as a result of a successful complex special operation in cyberspace, a large volume of confidential documents of the structural subdivision of the Russian Ministry of Transport – the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) – is now acquired.”

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Unwritten Record

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 12, 2018

military information for sale on the Dark Web for a nominal sum, in and of itself, is unfortunate and unremarkable. Department of Defense (DoD) generally handles unclassified documents such as these through the “Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network,” or NIPRNet. What other documents could have been stored and exfiltrated?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. The Government believes that the attack was orchestrated by a nation-state actor. Abazovic said it was politically motivated following the fall of his government last week.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

Jauniskis explained that the Russian government is using military and economic means to carry out its operation, including disinformation campaigns. In the last years, security experts documented multiple hacking and disinformation campaigns, attributed to Russia-linked APT groups, that targeted Lithuania, Estonia , and Latvia.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2020

Russia-linked Gamaredon APT use a new module for Microsoft Outlook that creates custom emails with malicious documents and sends them to a victim’s contacts. The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. The VBA code builds the email body and attaches the malicious document to the email in both .docx

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2022

Anonymous announced to have hacked more than 2,500 websites linked to the Russian and Belarusian governments, state-owned media outlets spreading disinformation, Russian private organizations, banks, hospitals, airports. JUST IN: #Anonymous leaks database of the Russian Government website [ [link] ].

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2022

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. It is distributed in a spear-phishing campaign with a weaponized office document that appears to be designed to lure military personnel. . The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) confirmed the ongoing cyber espionage campaign.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. In December 2019, the APT group targeted several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. “Staying off the radar is not a group priority. ” concludes the announcement. “The SSU Cyber ??

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

The Gamaredon APT group continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. HTM, HTA, and LNK files) disguised as Office documents. At the moment, the cyber spies were observed stealing documents and remotely executing commands using PowerShell.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Malaysia’s MyCERT issued a security alert to warn of a hacking campaign targeting government officials that was carried out by the China-linked APT40 group. Malaysia’s Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT) warns of a cyber espionage campaign carried out by the China-linked APT40 group aimed at Malaysian government officials.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. It’s a surreal experience, paging through hundreds of top-secret NSA documents. Both Greenwald and his employer, the Guardian , are careful about whom they show the documents to.

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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. Zebrocy is mainly used against governments and commercial organizations engaged in foreign affairs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Security researchers at the Mandiant Threat Intelligence team believe that Ghostwriter APT group is linked to the government of Belarus. Mandiant Threat Intelligence researchers believe that the Ghostwriter disinformation campaign (aka UNC1151) was linked to the government of Belarus. ” reads the report published by Mandiant.

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