How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.
U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
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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Military Vets Share Lessons That Helped Them Build Infosec Startups
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Startup founders say serving in the military taught them how to defend against cyberattacks and how to build teams. These lessons are serving them well as they run their own companies.
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NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2018
The NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023, every member states will contribute with its cyber capabilities to the military hub. NATO alliance is aware of growing threats in the cyberspace and the new NATO military command center aims to respond them. 31 at its military hub in Belgium.
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White hat hackers showed how to take over a European Space Agency satellite
Security Affairs
APRIL 30, 2023
Credit: ESA – European Space Agency The offensive cybersecurity team at Thales demonstrated how to take control of the ESA satellite, the is considered the world’s first ethical satellite hacking exercise. Artist’s impression of OPS-SAT. The exercise aims at assessing the resilience of satellites to cyber attacks. .”
How to Search Still Photographs for World War II Navy Personalities
Unwritten Record
JUNE 28, 2022
At the Still Picture Branch we have multiple indexes to search for various branches of the US Military. Military personnel but in most of them, there is no identification of the people shown. How to Search 80-GX. Finding veterans who served in the US Navy during World War II just became digital. Additional Resources.
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Anonymous continues to support Ukraine against the Russia
Security Affairs
MARCH 17, 2022
We do not know how to start this tweet… how to say HOW MUCH WE YOU! The hacktivists also attempted to interfere with Russian military communications on the battlefield, recently they captured and shared Russian Military unencrypted High Frequency and morse code communications. fightforUkraine Don't stop!
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The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 13, 2020
He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks. Meet General Paul Nakasone. And he did it all without you noticing.
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Nation-State Spear Phishing Attacks Remain Alive and Well
Data Breach Today
JULY 23, 2018
Russians Tied to Hack Attacks, But 'Two-Factor' No Silver Bullet, Google Warns Spear phishing attacks are in the news again following the Justice Department's indictment of Russian military intelligence officers for alleged attacks against U.S. Here's how to play better phishing defense.
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How to Ensure Your Digital Security During the Rugby World Cup
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
First, it said that it would invest in cultivating military assets in the digital space, as reported by the Organization for World Peace. The post How to Ensure Your Digital Security During the Rugby World Cup appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.
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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks
KnowBe4
MARCH 28, 2023
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A Don't get caught in a phishing net!
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Smartphones and Civilians in Wartime
Schneier on Security
JUNE 9, 2022
Those considered civilians and civilian targets are not to be attacked by military forces; as they are not combatants, they should be spared. The conundrum, then, is how to classify a civilian who, with the use of their smartphone, potentially becomes an active participant in a military sensor system. (To
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Report: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 9, 2020
military’s Cyber Command. ” Holden added that since news of the disruption first broke a week ago, the Russian-speaking cybercriminals behind Trickbot have been discussing how to recoup their losses, and have been toying with the idea of massively increasing the amount of money demanded from future ransomware victims.
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Pentagon’s Warning on DNA Testing is Applicable to all Consumers
ARMA International
JANUARY 30, 2020
On December 23, Yahoo News [1] reported on a Department of Defense memo [2] warning military personnel that using direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing could pose “personal and operational risks.” In other words, the Pentagon is concerned about hostile entities using such biometric data to better surveil and track the military.
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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon remained undetected for years in US infrastructure
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
agencies fear the possibility that these actors could gain access to the networks of critical infrastructure to cause disruptive effects in the event of potential geopolitical tensions and/or military conflicts. .” U.S.
GUEST ESSAY: Preparing for the dire cybersecurity consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The Last Watchdog
APRIL 13, 2022
These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. Additionally, there are also Russian cybercrime organizations that are not state-sponsored but are allowed to operate.
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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware
Krebs on Security
MAY 17, 2022
Not having a smart card reader at home and lacking any obvious guidance from his co-workers on how to get one, Mark opted to purchase a $15 reader from Amazon that said it was made to handle U.S. government smart cards.
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How to Search Still Photographs for Army Personalities
Unwritten Record
MAY 12, 2020
Within the holdings of the Still Picture Branch we have personality indexes can help assist in the search for specific individuals in the military. For an overview and additional instructions on how to search our online Catalog, see our blog post “Searching the National Archives Catalog for Still Photographs.”. 1918 – ca.
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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad
The Last Watchdog
JULY 30, 2018
DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. So it’s easy to use for anybody; you don’t have to know how to do encryption. Park: Exactly. LW: Makes sense.
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MY TAKE: Sophos X-Ops advances internal, external threat intelligence sharing to the next level
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
It’s much the same approach that has proven effective time and again in military and emergency response scenarios. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW I’ll keep watch and keep reporting. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.
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We Are Hiring!
National Archives Records Express
JANUARY 24, 2022
Who May Apply: Career Transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Family of overseas employees, Competitive service, Individuals with disabilities, Land & base management, Military spouses, Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista, Special authorities, Veterans. Please visit USA Jobs for full details and information on how to apply.
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Episode 256: Recursive Pollution? Data Feudalism? Gary McGraw On LLM Insecurity
The Security Ledger
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Paul speaks with Gary McGraw of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning (BIML), about the risks facing large language model machine learning and artificial intelligence, and how organizations looking to leverage artificial intelligence and LLMs can insulate themselves from those risks. The post Episode 256: Recursive Pollution?
Cybersecurity Insurance Not Paying for NotPetya Losses
Schneier on Security
MARCH 8, 2019
and other governments labeled the NotPetya attack as an action by the Russian military their claim was excluded under the "hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war" exemption. I get that $100 million is real money, but the insurance industry needs to figure out how to properly insure commercial networks against this sort of thing.
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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Other hubs followed at military bases, other state universities and even a high school and a non-profit community arts and tech center. The early Cyber Range hubs were mainly used to help educate and certify military technicians and cybersecurity professionals at selected companies. They answered, yes. Shoring up weak links.
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BIS Issues Long-Awaited Notice on Controls on Foundational Technologies, Adds New Entities to Entity List
Data Matters
AUGUST 28, 2020
With this ANPRM, BIS solicits public feedback on how to identify foundational technologies and establish appropriate controls under ECRA. 4) The Foundational Technologies ANPRM signals potential expansion of controls on items currently subject to military end-use and end-user restrictions. embargo, including an arms embargo.
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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks
The Last Watchdog
MAY 13, 2020
One new challenge CISOs’ suddenly face is how to lock down web conferencing tools, like Zoom, Skype and Webex, without gutting their usefulness. If you look at the military model, the military is constantly training. Both will contribute to making digital commerce as secure as it needs to be. I’ll keep watch.
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McAfee Finds Years-Long Attack by Chinese-Linked APT Groups
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
“The exfiltrated data would have either been part of an intellectual property theft for economic purposes and/or would have provided insights that would be beneficial in case of military interventions. By having such long-term access, one knows how to stay below the radar,” he said. “We
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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally
The Last Watchdog
MAY 9, 2023
Honoring data sovereignty Name any business use case: banking, retail, healthcare, government, military, entertainment, elections. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW They’re all becoming increasingly dependent on hyperconnectivity.
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Iran-linked APT35 accidentally exposed 40 GB associated with their operations
Security Affairs
JULY 17, 2020
Some of the videos were showing how to exfiltrate data (i.e. IBM X-Force IRIS did not find evidence of the two military members’ professional network credentials being compromised, and no professional information appears to have been included.” .” reads the analysis published by IBM. continues IBM. and Greek Navy.”.
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Pentagon's cybersecurity found unable to stay ahead of attackers
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 28, 2019
Automation and artificial intelligence are beginning to 'make profound changes to the cyber domain,' a threat that the military hasn’t yet fully grasped how to counter.
California Amends Breach Notification Law
Hunton Privacy
OCTOBER 15, 2019
AB 1130 also specifies that “[i]n breaches involving biometric data,” the reporting entity must provide “instructions on how to notify other entities that used the same type of biometric data as an authenticator to no longer rely on [that] data for authentication purposes.”. The amendments take effect January 1, 2020.
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Ukraine calls on independent hackers to defend against Russia, Russian underground responds
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
The offensive volunteer unit Aushev said he is organizing would help Ukraine’s military conduct digital espionage operations against invading Russian forces. How to interpret these signals? In a 2015 cyberattack, widely attributed to Russia state hackers, 225,000 Ukrainians lost electricity.” ” reported the Reuters.
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The Last Watchdog
APRIL 22, 2019
It then took its expertise in moving massive amounts of gaming data and applied it first to training military cyber warfare specialists, and, next, to training security analysts in the enterprise, government and academic communities. It will be fascinating to see how far this can take us. And everyone wants to be successful.
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Russia-linked threat actors breached US cleared defense contractors (CDCs)
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
. “By acquiring proprietary internal documents and email communications, adversaries may be able to adjust their own military plans and priorities, hasten technological development efforts, inform foreign policymakers of U.S. intentions, and target potential sources for recruitment.”
Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites
Security Affairs
MAY 14, 2022
Our Legion conducts military cyber exercises in your countries in order to improve their skills. Everything happens similarly to your actions – the Italians and the Spaniards are going to learn how to kill people in Ukraine. If this were to happen, then April 29, 1945, the day of your surrender, would be repeated very quickly.
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Your Work Email Address is Your Work's Email Address
Troy Hunt
JULY 21, 2021
Someone sent this to me just today: pic.twitter.com/1ukVDcMKZT — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) July 17, 2018 I had a lot of discussions with companies trying to work out how to handle this incident as it relates to employees using their work addresses.
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UK Foreign Office targeted by ‘serious’ cyber attack
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
It led to worrying signs that the tensions would play out as an online proxy war, with UK and other countries that opposed Russia’s military action coming under attack. Do you want the latest advice on how to manage your cyber security risks? ” All the latest cyber security news and advice.
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EU leaders aim at boosting defense and security, including cybersecurity
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
The 27 leaders discussed on how to increase the resilience of their infrastructure to cyberattacks and hybrid threats. “The EU efforts are going hand in hand with the military efforts across the continent,” said Stoltenberg. “Second, we face new kinds of threats, cyber, hybrid, and disinformation.
Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59
eSecurity Planet
JULY 20, 2023
military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. Read next: Top Cybersecurity Training Courses for Your Employees Network Protection: How to Secure a Network 24 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools The post Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.
AIs as Computer Hackers
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Going through software code line by line is exactly the sort of tedious problem at which machine learning systems excel, if they can only be taught how to recognize a vulnerability. The rest have been Chinese only: teams from Chinese universities, teams from companies like Baidu and Tencent, teams from the military. Rules seem to vary.
How to Research: Photographs Relating to WWII Marine Corps Units
Unwritten Record
OCTOBER 12, 2017
In this fourth and final post of How to Research WWII photographs, we will provide an example of how researchers can search for and identify images related to a specific US Marine Corps unit. Looking for another branch of the Military? Marine Corps – Articles regarding Marine Units, Insignia, and Record Keeping.
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Onyx Ransomware Destroys Large Files Instead of Locking Them
eSecurity Planet
MAY 2, 2022
The hackers describe their new strain as a “military-grade algorithm” to impress their victims, but that’s clearly not the case. Also read: How to Recover From a Ransomware Attack. How to Protect Against Destructive Ransomware. Otherwise, you might wind up with additional problems. The victims should expect some data leaks.
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Microsoft Targets Critical Outlook Zero-Day Flaw
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 16, 2023
Outlook NTLM exploit “Additionally, Microsoft confirmed that the flaw had been exploited as a zero day as part of limited attacks against government, transportation, energy, and military targets organizations in Europe by a Russia-based threat actor,” Narang said.
NSA warns Russia-linked APT group is exploiting Exim flaw since 2019
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2020
“Russian military cyber actors, publicly known as Sandworm Team, have been exploiting a vulnerability in Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software since at least last August.” NSA’s advisory also includes Indicators of Compromise and instructions on how to detect exploit attempts and unauthorized changes.
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