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Cisco addressed Webex flaws used to compromise German government meetings

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In March, the German authorities admitted the hack by Russia-linked actors of a military meeting where participants discussed giving military support to Ukraine. Cisco notified customers who experienced observable attempts to access meeting information and metadata. ” reads the advisory published by the company. .

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Ukraine intelligence doxed 5 FSB Officers that are members of Gamaredon APT Group

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This ‘line of work’ is coordinated by the FSB’s 18th Center (Information Security Center) based in Moscow.” The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. In December 2019, the APT group targeted several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement.

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Experts spotted two Android spyware used by Indian APT Confucius

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The two malware were used to spy on personnel linked to Pakistan’s military, nuclear authorities, and Indian election officials in Kashmir. ” Both malware can exfiltrate a wide range of data, including Call logs, Contacts, Device metadata (i.e. ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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NK-linked InkySquid APT leverages IE exploits in recent attacks

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APT37 has been active since at least 2012, it mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. Supports: Win7 IE, Win10 IE, Edge, Chrome, and Naver Whale Recursively search a path and upload file metadata (timestamps, size, and full path). ” reads the post published by Volexity.

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Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app

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Anyway, depending on the single encrypted messaging apps, law enforcement could extract varying metadata that could allow unmasking the end-users. “The United States enacted the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act in March 2018 to speed access to electronic information held by U.S. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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