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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.

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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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Mar 06- Mar 12 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. March 9 – Multiple Russian government websites hacked in a supply chain attack.

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

Troy Hunt

As this service has grown, it's become an endless source of material from which I've drawn upon for conference talks, training and indeed many of my blog posts. As this service has grown, it's become an endless source of material from which I've drawn upon for conference talks, training and indeed many of my blog posts.

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Threat actors found a way to bypass mitigation F5 BIG-IP CVE-2020-5902 flaw

Security Affairs

This vulnerability allows for unauthenticated attackers, or authenticated users, with network access to the TMUI, through the BIG-IP management port and/or Self IPs, to execute arbitrary system commands, create or delete files, disable services, and/or execute arbitrary Java code.” reads the advisory published by F5.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

While this means more convenience and improved services, it also creates more opportunities for cybercriminals. One of the examples relates to the default settings users get when starting to use a new service. Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. Instead, people come up with passwords that are comfortable.

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