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Russia-linked APT TAG-70 targets European government and military mail servers exploiting Roundcube XSS

Security Affairs

The nation-state actors are known to carry out cyber-espionage against targeting government, military, and national infrastructure entities in Europe and Central Asia since at least December 2020. “TAG70 has demonstrated a high level of sophistication in its attack methods. . ESET researchers also detailed the same attack chain.

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US govt is hunting a Chinese malware that can interfere with its military operations

Security Affairs

The US government believes that China has deployed malware in key US power and communications networks that can be activated in case of a conflict. The US newspaper refers to the malware as a “ticking time bomb” that could be activated to disrupt the military. Hodge, the acting spokesman for the National Security Council.

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Ukrainian military intelligence service hacked the Russian Federal Taxation Service

Security Affairs

The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). The military intelligence service said that the hack was the result of a successful special operation on the territory of Russia. At the same time, the Russian IT company Office.ed-it.ru,

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Russia Says It's Seen 'Unprecedented' Level of Cyberattacks

Data Breach Today

Also: Anonymous Continues Its Cyberwar Against the Russian Government As the Ukrainian military resists Russian advances toward its major population centers, its IT security teams are contending with record cyber incidents - although the same is true of their eastern neighbors, with Russia reporting "unprecedented" cyberattacks on its networks.

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Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked threat actors have been targeting Android devices of the Ukrainian military with a new malware dubbed Infamous Chisel. The GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have published an analysis of the Android malware.

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The British government aims at improving its offensive cyber capability

Security Affairs

“[offensive cyber capability could] degrade, disrupt and even destroy critical capabilities and infrastructure of those who would do us harm, ranging from strategic to tactical targets” both in isolation or alongside traditional military force.” ” Sanders confirmed. . ” Sanders confirmed.

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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

as members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military. Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers).

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