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N. Korean Kimsuky APT targets S. Korea-US military exercises

Security Affairs

North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky carried out a spear-phishing campaign against US contractors involved in a joint U.S.-South South Korea military exercise. The military drill, the Ulchi Freedom Guardian summer exercises , will start on Monday, August 21, 2023 , and will last 11 days.

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New HiatusRAT campaign targets Taiwan and U.S. military procurement system

Security Affairs

military procurement system. In June the group started a reconnaissance and targeting activity aimed at a U.S. One of these virtual private servers was exclusively employed in attacks against entities across Taiwan, including commercial firms and at least one municipal government organization. ” continues the report.

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Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites

Security Affairs

Pro-Russian hacker group Killnet targeted the websites of several Italian institutions, including the senate and the National Institute of Health. Our Legion conducts military cyber exercises in your countries in order to improve their skills. The impact was limited, the websites were unreachable for a short period of time.

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Russia-linked Gamaredon APT targeted a western government entity in Ukraine

Security Affairs

The Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity in Ukraine. In Mid January the Ukrainian government was hit with destructive malware, tracked as WhisperGate , and several Ukrainian government websites were defaced by exploiting a separate vulnerability in OctoberCMS.

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Wings for This Man: Celebrating the Tuskegee Airmen

Unwritten Record

The country needed to quickly increase the number of soldiers in the military while also increasing the production of wartime goods and manufacturing. To do this, the United States Government employed several strategies to garner the support of the American people. The First Motion Picture Unit, part of the U.S.

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China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

Security Affairs

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently observed the China-linked Alloy Taurus group (aka GALLIUM , Softcell ) targeting Linux systems with a new variant of PingPull backdoor. In recent years, the researchers observed the group expanding its operations to include financial institutions and government entities.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

I was recently privileged to be part of a group of journalists covering the 2018 North American International Cyber Summit at Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center. Other hubs followed at military bases, other state universities and even a high school and a non-profit community arts and tech center. Cobo Center. They answered, yes.