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Google warned 12K+ users targeted by state-sponsored hackers

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. “TAG tracks more than 270 targeted or government-backed groups from more than 50 countries. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com. ” he observed.

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China-linked APT41 group spotted using open-source red teaming tool GC2

Security Affairs

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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The UK and Australian Governments Are Now Monitoring Their Gov Domains on Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

And this is precisely why I'm writing this piece - to talk about how I'm assisting the UK and Australian governments with access to data about their own domains. Amongst those verified domain searches are government departments and they too are enormously varied; local councils, legal and health services, telecoms and infrastructure etc.

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Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

Security Affairs

Security expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the recently leaked APT34 hacking tool tracked as Jason – Exchange Mail BF. This strategy is especially important against nations it sees as a threat to its regional power such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.” Michael Lortz. WebService.dll assemply version.

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Historic Charges: First Enforcement Action Filed by New York Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation

Data Matters

4 The Regulation sets minimum standards for compliance related to the assessment of cybersecurity risks, the prevention and detection of security events, and post-breach management. e) and 500.01(g), g), respectively. First American’s Six Alleged Violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation.

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Google issued 40,000 alerts of State-Sponsored attacks in 2019

Security Affairs

The number of alerts decreased by 25% when compared to 2018, possible reasons for this drop could be the increased efficiency of defense measures implemented by Google, but we cannot underestimate the risk of an increased level of sophistication of the attacks that allowed nation-state actors to fly under the radar.

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