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North Korea-linked Konni APT uses Russian-language weaponized documents

Security Affairs

North Korea-linked Konni APT group used Russian-language Microsoft Word documents to deliver malware. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed the North Korea-linked Konni APT group using a weaponized Russian-language Word document in an ongoing phishing campaign. The Word document seems to be in the Russian language.

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Celebrate Nurses Week with the Military Nurse

Unwritten Record

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. This resulted in a greater need for trauma and critical care nurses.

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Threat actor claims to have hacked European manufacturer of missiles MBDA

Security Affairs

The attackers said that the stolen data includes information about the employees of the company involved in military projects, commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies. Adrastea said that they have found critical vulnerabilities in the company infrastructure and have stolen 60 GB of confidential data.

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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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Iran-linked Lyceum APT adds a new.NET DNS Backdoor to its arsenal

Security Affairs

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane. The attack chain observed by the researchers starts with spear-phishing messages using weaponized Word document disguised as a news report related to military affairs in Iran.

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Russia-linked APT groups exploited Lithuanian infrastructure to launch attacks

Security Affairs

“Nevertheless, Russian intelligence operations pose a major threat to Lithuania’s national security,” State Security Department head Darius Jauniskis told Lithuanian lawmakers during the presentation of the report at the Parliament. Lithuanian authorities observed “dozens” of “failed attempts” to conduct disinformation campaigns.

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The U.S. Forest Service Presents: Winter Olympics

Unwritten Record

Please Note: Primary source documents used in this post may contain harmful language. Winter Olympics documents the 1960 Winter Games which were held in northern California at a ski resort now known as Palisades Tahoe located in the Tahoe National Forest. See NARA’s Statement on Potentially Harmful Language.