Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

.” Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed a Russian threat actor exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 flaw in targeted attacks against several organizations in the European government, transportation, energy, and military sectors, for approximately a year. ” concludes the expert.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

“This attack was done solely for fun” The group claims to have hacked numerous organizations and government agencies over the years, including US military, European Union, Washington DC, Israeli Defense Forces, the Indian Government, and some central banks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ukraine’s government is asking for volunteers from the hacker underground to provide their support in protecting critical infrastructure and carry out offensive operations against Russian state-sponsored hackers, reported Reuters which cited two e experts involved in the project. ” reported the Reuters. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

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. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims. ” reads the joint advisory.

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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. “A characteristic feature of the mentioned stealer working on a computer is the creation of a log file (for example, %LOCALAPPDATA%_profiles_1_new_.ini),

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

However, his experiment is a perfect example of how poor cyber hygiene can leave organizations vulnerable to cyber attacks. However, evidence suggests that the rogue superstate’s cyber capabilities are as weak as its military stance in Ukraine, especially when met with resistance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The attacks against entities in Afghanistan took place prior to the Taliban’s recent takeover of the government in the country and the withdrawal of all military forces of the United States and its allies. Threat actors targeted the previous Afghan government, Talos speculates. ” concludes Talos.

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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. The Donot Team threat actor, aka APT-C-35 , has added new capabilities to its Jaca Windows malware framework.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spyware are powerful weapons in the arsenal of governments and cybercrime gangs. These tools are even more sophisticated and are able to evade detection by using so-called zero-day exploits allowing attackers to bypass the defense of government organizations and businesses. Which are devices of cyber warfare and cyber espionage ?

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

A Server-side request forgery (also known as SSRF) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to induce the server-side application to make HTTP requests to an arbitrary domain of the attacker’s choosing. “It seems they took the vulnerable service down also, this is their attempt to prevent future cyber attacks.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . Check Point’s experts have analyzed examples of targeted, hijacked email threads with subjects related to Covid-19, tax payment reminders, and job recruitment content.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Lack of preparation may lead to permanent information loss, and permanent information loss leads to more time and expense when rebuilding. What types of information is your government creating? Where are your government’s offices geographically located? So, prepare with a short-term and long-term impact in mind.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country. RCS Lab was providing its software to military and intelligence agencies in Pakistan , Chile , Mongolia , Bangladesh , Vietnam , Myanmar and Turkmenistan.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

APT37 has been active since at least 2012, it mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. Below some examples of URLs used to load malicious code: hxxps://www.dailynk[.]com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.5.1 ” reads the post published by Volexity. services. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The news is quite curious, the US military will no longer use 8-inch floppy disks in an antiquated computer (SACCS) to manage nuclear weapons arsenal. The use of 8-inch floppy disks was also confirmed by a report published by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). ” One of the military working for Lt.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Neither were any of the algorithm names I knew, not even algorithms I knew that the US government used. I tried to talk to Greenwald about his own operational security. I’m sure that a bunch of major governments have a complete copy of everything Greenwald has. I started doubting my own security procedures.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2019

The group calls the agents and the military to stand against the corrupt policies. They should all follow our example, and that should do anything that could reveal disgusting abuses that politics do, as you say said before. Do you think national computer security should be shared with other nations? What have we not sold?

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 9, 2021

5 Parties to covered transactions are not subject to any affirmative reporting requirements unless and until Commerce requests information from them. ownership, control, or management by persons that support a foreign adversary’s military, intelligence, or proliferation activities. The risk factors include.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security. But these were far from the only notable cyber security headlines of the year. Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. The military has these massive computer networks.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The hackers don’t appear to be financially motivated due to the nature of targeted entities and TTPs of the group.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Our military systems are vulnerable. We need to face that reality by halting the purchase of insecure weapons and support systems and by incorporating the realities of offensive cyberattacks into our military planning. Over the past decade, militaries have established cyber commands and developed cyberwar doctrine.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

government strategic systems. 12, the Pentagon disclosed that intruders breached Defense Department travel records and compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. It’s not as if big government agencies and most enterprises aren’t making an effort to stop breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

NEWS: "We believe that the Russian government is responsible for widespread cyberattacks on Ukrainian banks this week," says Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber Anne Neuberger, citing technical information linking Russia's GRU to the attacks — Sara Cook (@saraecook) February 18, 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Services Security Services security applies to specialized controls for the system services within the network. Examples of services security include: AD security : Adds layers of security to Active Directory to eliminate unneeded access or permission levels, detect unauthorized changes, and block other attacks on AD.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

Then again, you might want someone --anyone -- to come in as a Level 1 security analyst so your current Level 1s can advance. But how do you even start to identify who might be good in a role in information security? We recruit military veterans, women, and minorities. I have a really, really good example here.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The Military Chinese General and Philosopher Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) wrote these tactics over two thousand years ago, and it is as applicable today as it ever was. The recent security exploit perpetrated on the Cybersecurity software company SolarWinds is a dramatic example of how bad and ugly it can actually get. Conclusion.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. Many telecom operators are Managed Service Providers and provide security services to government and commercial organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

For example, we detected and disrupted recidivist CIB activity linked to the Belarusian KGB who suddenly began posting in Polish and English about Ukrainian troops surrendering without a fight and the nation’s leaders fleeing the country on February 24, the day Russia began the war. . We disabled the account and event that same day.”

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Information security is not yet a science; outside of the handful of issues falling under the field of cryptography, there is no formalized system of classification. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

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