IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

As the Russian invasion continues, many cyber security experts have advised that conflicts could play out in cyberspace. Meanwhile, the CERT-UA posted on Facebook that it had detected a widespread phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian military personnel. Remote access tools enable people to use a computer while not physically present.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

NPO Mashinostroyeniya (JSC MIC Mashinostroyenia, NPO Mash) is a leading Russian manufacturer of missiles and military spacecraft. Treasury Department in July 2014 due to its support to the Russian government in attempting of destabilizing eastern Ukraine and its ongoing occupation of Crimea. The Russian firm was sanctioned by the U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 uses fake NATO training documents as bait in attacks aimed at government bodies. The Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is behind a string of attacks that targeting government bodies with Zebrocy Delphi malware. The Zebrocy payload (present in “Course 5 – 16 October 2020.exe”)

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

Security experts from FireEye have uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. “We Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his government needs to boost its capability to conduct cyber attacks on foreign threat actors. The announcement comes ahead of the presentation of a long-term review of national security strategy to parliament on Tuesday which could lead to a reduction in armed forces personnel.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government will not exclude Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the building of the upcoming 5G telecommunication networks. However, Macron said that France will favor European providers of 5G technology due to security concerns. ” reported the Associated Press agency.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

According to security researchers from Trend Micro, the Russia-linked APT28 cyberespionage group has been scanning vulnerable email servers for more than a year. The cyberespionage group continues to target members of defense companies, embassies, governments, and the military. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The company is now primed to secure 2-4 more acquisitions within the next 6 to 18 months, bolstering its position in the cybersecurity landscape. Security and risk management leaders must rethink their balance of investments across technology, structural, and human-centric elements as they design and implement their cybersecurity programs.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

A lack of region locks may also have caused card thieves to gravitate toward buying up as many cards as they could from USAA , a savings bank that caters to active and former military service members and their immediate families. Not long ago, the price of CNP accounts was less than half that of card-present accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

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. Zebrocy is mainly used against governments and commercial organizations engaged in foreign affairs.

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IT Governance

JUNE 16, 2022

The message was filmed at what appeared to be GCHQ – the UK government’s intelligence and security headquarters – and informed viewers that Britain’s energy and water supplies could be cut off by an imminent attack. Both sides have used cyber attacks to support hard power.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. In 2017, U.S. According to cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence , the address polkas@bk.ru

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

In a National Cyber Security Alliance report, research showed that of the 1,009 small businesses with 500 employees surveyed, 10% went out of business, 25% filed for bankruptcy, and 37% experienced financial loss. Security’s deep impact on company performance isn’t a thing of the past. The culprit?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

In a National Cyber Security Alliance report, research showed that of the 1,009 small businesses with 500 employees surveyed, 10% went out of business, 25% filed for bankruptcy, and 37% experienced financial loss. Security’s deep impact on company performance isn’t a thing of the past. The culprit?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. ” concludes Anomaly.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

The initiatives that stand out the most — critical infrastructure security standards, a national data privacy and security law, and liability for security failures — will likely take time and the support of Congress to implement. is the creation of mandatory requirements for critical infrastructure security.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. ” We are glad to present you our services! Here’s snippet of Icamis’s ad on Spamdot from Aug.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

The cyber security industry, much like the rest of the world, is on edge. In the final days of February, there were a flurry of security incidents related, either directly or indirectly, to the Ukraine conflict. First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

A security researcher found new evidence of activities conducted by the ICEFOG APT group, also tracked by the experts as Fucobha. Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha ) is still active. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The list of Crypto’s customers included Iran, India and Pakistan, military juntas in Latin America and the Vatican. The events under discussion date back to 1945 and are difficult to reconstruct and interpret in the present-day context,”. The company was completely under the control of the spy agencies since 1970.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2022

Each present a unique set of challenges and require equally powerful next-generation cyber security. For most commercial businesses, countermeasures against cyberattacks are about preserving data privacy, integrity, and security. government. But another, far more damaging, attack vector is looming – quantum attack.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2019

It’s clear that closing the cybersecurity skills gap has to happen in order to make our internet-centric world as private and secure as it ought to be. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit again with Circadence security evangelist Keenan Skelly. And this puts security personnel on a path to achieve higher-level certifications.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. The meeting presenters try to spice things up. I started doubting my own security procedures.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Security researchers revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom used BGP hijacking to misdirect Internet traffic through China. Security researchers Chris C. The incident also affected US government (‘‘.gov’’) gov’’) and military (‘‘.mil’’) ” states the paper. mil’’) websites.

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The Texas Record

JUNE 3, 2021

Recently, TSLAC Government Information Analyst Joslyn Ceasar had the opportunity to talk to a record and information professional with extensive experience in and knowledge of the records management field. Barry Primes has spent 30 years in records management in the federal, local, military, and private sectors. Barry Primes.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

We've brought technology from our past into the present by creating emulators for Enigma, Typex and The Bombe in #CyberChef. The GCHQ developed emulators for Enigma, Typex and the Bombe that could be executed in the CyberChef , The Enigma machines were used by the German military to protect communications during the Second World War.

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The Texas Record

MAY 18, 2021

Barry Primes has spent 30 years in records management in the federal, local, military, and private sector. BP : Well, I have always worked with records, dating back to my days in the military when working in an orderly room or admin (administrative) area. In fact, I’ve discovered that both are governed by very similar requirements.

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Brandeis Records Manager

JULY 13, 2017

Red teaming (RT), with origins in the military, involves thinking differently and more objectively about your program, looking under rocks, and grasping alternative views of the way things are. Murder boarding,” or grilling an idea or presenter before actual product delivery, is a similar approach to cleaning up planning and execution.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 18, 2021

The new Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly, opened Day 2 of Black Hat USA 2021 with a remote presentation on Hacking the Cybersecurity Puzzle. Easterly began by presenting her bio. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is relatively new.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Affecting big companies and small in virtually every vertical and hitting government institutions at the local, state and federal level, sensitive data is routinely exfiltrated, stolen and leveraged with shocking regularity. This is not unlike the regular security breaches in the news. It’s sarcastic, it’s comical, but it’s also real.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

But, according to security researchers at Abnormal Security, cybercriminals are becoming brazen and are taking their shots at very large prizes. According to Abnormal Security, nearly every aspect of the request looked legitimate. Blog post with screenshots and links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. The document presents itself as a request for a DSOP FUND (Defence Services Officers Provident Fund ).

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The experts also analyzed another malicious DLL, apparently unrelated to the previous samples, that presents many similarities with other payloads attributed to the Russian APT group.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

The governments of the world wanted the quick and agile minds of children who could think three dimensional -- and without all that moralizing about killing, you know, space aliens. I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about cyber ranges-- simulations that can both teach and improve the security of your networks.

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