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APT Group Targeting Military Refines Its Tactics
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 21, 2020
Military Cryptanalytics, Part III
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 4, 2021
The NSA has just declassified and released a redacted version of Military Cryptanalytics , Part III, by Lambros D. If there is any lesson for today, it’s that modern cryptanalysis is possible primarily because people make mistakes.
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The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned.
Australia Took Military System Offline Over Hack Fears
Data Breach Today
MARCH 4, 2020
Defense Department Says No Data Was Compromised Australia reportedly took a sensitive military recruiting database offline for 10 days in February following concerns it may have been compromised.
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. military against foreign targets, Barr said the DOJ did so in this case because the accused “indiscriminately” targeted American civilians on a massive scale. The U.S.
UK printing company Doxzoo exposed US and UK military docs
Security Affairs
MARCH 20, 2020
UK printing company Doxzoo exposed hundreds of gigabytes of information, including documents related to the US and British military. The researchers reported their discovery to the company on January 26, but it never responded.
Maze ransomware operators stole data from US military contractor Westech
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2020
Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. The post Maze ransomware operators stole data from US military contractor Westech appeared first on Security Affairs.
Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks
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. “The final payload is a remote administration tool that provides full control over the victim machine to its operators.”
African American Women in the Military During WWII
Unwritten Record
MARCH 12, 2020
For some great background information, be sure to visit our previous blog – Their War Too: Women in the Military During WWII. American citizens surged to enlist in all branches of the US Military and women wanted to serve their country too.
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. The new NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023, among its tasks the defense of the critical infrastructure of member states and the ability to carry out cyber attacks according to rules of engagement still to be defined. “While NATO does not have its own cyber weapons, the U.S.-led
DOJ: Company Sold Gear With Security Flaws to US Military
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Prosecutors Allege Firm Sold Chinese Surveillance Tech That Contained Vulnerabilities Federal prosecutors have charged a Long Island company, along with seven of its employees, with selling vulnerability-laden Chinese technology to the U.S. military and other agencies for a decade and passing the gear off as American made
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Locating Secret Military Bases via Fitness Data
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 29, 2018
Over this weekend, someone realized that it could be used to locate secret military bases: just look for repeated fitness activity in the middle of nowhere. datacollection geolocation military secrecyIn November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app.
Gamaredon APT Improves Toolset to Target Ukraine Government, Military
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
The Gamaredon advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been supercharging its operations lately, improving its toolset and ramping up attacks on Ukrainian national security targets.
A Trickbot Assault Shows US Military Hackers' Growing Reach
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Despite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Chinese APT Tropic Trooper target air-gapped military Networks in Asia
Security Affairs
MAY 15, 2020
Chinese threat actors, tracked as Tropic Trooper and KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines. The threat actor targeted government offices, military, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries in Taiwan , the Philippines, and Hong Kong.
How the US Military Can Better Keep Hackers
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 3, 2018
Interesting commentary : The military is an impossible place for hackers thanks to antiquated career management, forced time away from technical positions, lack of mission, non-technical mid- and senior-level leadership, and staggering pay gaps, among other issues. The model the author uses is military doctors. cybersecurity hacking military
Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet
Security Affairs
JUNE 30, 2019
The governments of Germany and The Netherlands agreed to build the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking). Government officials from Germany and the Netherlands signed an agreement for the building of the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking). “The name of this new Dutch-German military internet is the Tactical Edge Networking, or TEN, for short.” SecurityAffairs – TEN, military).
Chinese Military Wants to Develop Custom OS
Schneier on Security
JUNE 6, 2019
Citing security concerns, the Chinese military wants to replace Windows with its own custom operating system : Thanks to the Snowden, Shadow Brokers, and Vault7 leaks, Beijing officials are well aware of the US' hefty arsenal of hacking tools, available for anything from smart TVs to Linux servers, and from routers to common desktop operating systems, such as Windows and Mac. It's unclear exactly how custom this new OS will be. Or it could be something completely new.
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. It's 5:30 a.m. in #Turkey where social media have been blocked for six hours after a military incident in #Idlib , Syria.
EU Council sanctions two Russian military intelligence officers over 2015 Bundestag hack
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. “This cyber-attack targeted the parliament’s information system and affected its ability to operate for several days.
Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe
Security Affairs
AUGUST 14, 2020
China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. The post Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe appeared first on Security Affairs.
Chinese Military personnel charged with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The four members of the Chinese military unit are Wu Zhiyong (???), were members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military.
Alleged cyber attacks caused fire and explosions at nuclear and military facilities in Iran
Security Affairs
JULY 3, 2020
The media reported a fire at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site and an explosion at the Parchin military complex near Tehran, the latter is suspected to be a government center for the production of missiles.
A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors
Security Affairs
JANUARY 26, 2020
A new piece of the Ryuk malware has been improved to steal confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. It is not clear if the malware was developed by the threat actors behind Ryuk Ransomware for data exfiltration.
Russian military plans to replace Windows with Astra Linux
Security Affairs
MAY 31, 2019
The Russian military is in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux. It provides data protectionup to the level of “top secret” in Russian classified information grade.” “It has been officially certified by Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Service for Technical and Export Control and Federal Security Service.”
Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America military
Security Affairs
AUGUST 5, 2019
Security experts from ESET uncovered a cyber-espionage group tracked as Machete that stole sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. Security experts from ESET reported that a cyberespionage group tracked as Machete has stolen sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. The group has been active since 2010 and hit military organizations and other high-profile targets worldwide.
Military justice
InfoGovNuggets
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
A Brigadier General in charge defending the accused at Guantanamo was arrested on the order of a military judge. The General’s crime: allowing other civilian defense attorneys to resign after it was discovered the Government had bugged the room where the attorneys met with their clients. Do military judges have more power than either they think they have or that they should? A new oxymoron.
Autoclerk travel reservations platform data leak also impacts US Government and military
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2019
“The data Our team viewed highly sensitive data exposing the personal details of government and military personnel, and their travel arrangements to locations around the world, both past and future.” The list of affected users includes the US government, military, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). . One of the platforms exposed in the database was a contractor of the US government, military, and DHS.
Operation In(ter)reception targets Military and Aerospace employees in Europe and the Middle East
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2020
Experts uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed “ Operation In(ter)receptio n,” aimed at aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East. Finally, it created a scheduled task, set to execute a remote XSL script periodically via the copied WMIC.exe.”
InvisiMole group targets military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe
Security Affairs
JUNE 18, 2020
Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe.
Their War Too: U.S. Women in the Military During WWII. Part I
Unwritten Record
MARCH 22, 2018
This year, we are focusing on the role women played in the United States Military during World War II in a two-part blog post. It is true that millions of women were hired to work in factories and thousands were hired to work on farms through the Women’s Land Army program, but their options did not end there. The size of the global conflict was unprecedented and once the United States entered the war, its citizens had to mobilize quickly. It’s Your War, Too.
Polar Fitness App Exposes Location of ‘Spies’ and Military Personnel
Threatpost
JULY 9, 2018
The fitness app Polar Flow exposes the whereabouts of some of its high-profile users, including “spies” and those with sensitive positions in the military. Hacks Mobile Security Privacy Fitness tracker geolocation data IoT military personnel polar polar fitness Polar Flow spies
Security Pros Agree Military Should Conduct Offensive Hacking
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
But it can't operate in a bubble, a new Washington Post study indicates
OP Glowing Symphony – How US military claims to have disrupted ISIS ‘s propaganda
Security Affairs
JANUARY 22, 2020
US military claims to have disrupted the online propaganda activity of the Islamic State (ISIS) in a hacking operation dating back at least to 2016. It was initially approved for a 30-day period in late 2016, but it was later extended.
The Military Should Teach Artificial Intelligence to Watch Drone Footage
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 26, 2017
Opinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI. Security Opinion
The British government aims at improving its offensive cyber capability
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Britain’s most senior cyber general declared that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could destroy its enemies. Sanders explained that its cyber army was supported by the GCHQ intelligence agency to deliver offensive cyber capabilities.
Hacking Weapons Systems
Schneier on Security
MARCH 26, 2021
Increasingly, it is. Uncategorized cyberattack cyberweapons hacking infrastructure military national security policy weaponsLukasz Olejnik has a good essay on hacking weapons systems.
City of Pensacola hit by a cyberattack few days after military base shooting
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 10, 2019
City IT staff has been working to restore the network, but some services are still down. In response to the incident, the city was forced to disconnect most of its systems, the attack impacted emails, telephone lines, and online payment services.
Their War Too: U.S. Women in the Military During WWII. Part II
Unwritten Record
MAY 2, 2018
In part I of this two-part series, we discussed the role women played in the military during World War II by highlighting those who served in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS), and the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. Like their female counterparts servicing in other branches of the military, the primary function of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was to release men for combat duty.
U.S. military to trawl through 350B social media messages
Information Management Resources
MAY 28, 2019
military plans to analyze 350 billion social-media posts from around the world to help it track how popular movements evolve. The U.S. Social media Internet Data management
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