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BlackCat Ransomware gang stole secret military data from an industrial explosives manufacturer

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The BlackCat Ransomware group claims to have hacked SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA and to have stolen 2TB of “secret military data.” The BlackCat Ransomware group claims to have breached the company infrastructure and to have stolen 2TB of data, including secret military data related to weapons production.

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Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency

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The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online to mine cryp tocurrency. The security incident has happened in July at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant at Yuzhnoukrainsk, in the south of the country. ” reported ZDnet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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RedFoxtrot operations linked to China’s PLA Unit 69010 due to bad opsec

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Experts attribute a series of cyber-espionage campaigns dating back to 2014, and focused on gathering military intelligence, to China-linked Unit 69010. These targets suggest the group is likely interested in gathering intelligence on military technology and defense” reads the report published by the Insikt Group.

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Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites

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Pro-Ukraine hackers, likely linked to Ukraine IT Army , are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen websites belonging to government, military, and media. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. ” reported Crowdstrike.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 450 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutch Cancer Center New NKAbuse malware abuses NKN decentralized P2P network protocol Snatch ransomware gang claims the hack of the food giant Kraft Heinz Multiple flaws in pfSense firewall can lead to arbitrary code execution BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware Gangs Spotted (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 312

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Jen Easterly Takes Charge of CISA At Black Hack USA 2021

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She is a daughter of a military father and so she went to West Point Academy, as one of the first female cadets. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is relatively new. It’s first directory, Chris Krebs, was fired by then-president Tump for saying that the 2020 election was the most secure election in history.