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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. MORE
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. MORE
Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. It’s down when you get to the tier-three and the tier-four” subcontractors. MORE
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. MORE
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 MORE
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.” MORE
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. MORE
Opinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI. Security Opinion MORE
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. MORE
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 MORE
“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 greatest risk posed by this leak was to the US government and military. MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
Since these leaks have revealed that the US can hack into almost anything, the Chinese government's plan is to adopt a "security by obscurity" approach and run a custom operating system that will make it harder for foreign threat actors -- mainly the US -- to spy on Chinese military operations. MORE
While the guidance in this document may be useful to a wide range of users, it is intended primarily for NSS/DoD system users. It's hard to be clandestine in our always connected world. cybersecurity geolocation military nsa riskassessment risks smartphones tracking MORE
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. MORE
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. 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. MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
Hackers have put up for sale on the dark web sensitive military documents, some associated with the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft, one of its most lethal and technologically advanced drones, security research firm Recorded Future recently discovered. » Related Stories Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Evasive new botnet can take over enterprise devices to steal data, spread ransomware U.S. MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
It can reveal details about the number of users in a location, user and supply movements, daily routines (user and organizational), and can expose otherwise unknown associations between users and locations.” MORE
Military, the Department of Energy and other government agencies that it claimed were "Made in the U.S.A". A complaint unsealed by the Department of Justice on Thursday alleges a New York firm engineered a years-long scheme to deceive the U.S. MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
By doing so, the FY 2020 NDAA is a very small step toward the “government-wide technology investment strategy” that PIDB advocated for in its 2016 Report to the President, The Importance of Technology in Classification and Declassification. MORE
The ease with which most of us stream movies and television makes it hard to. Army Signal Corps as part of its “Film Bulletin” series , showcases the military’s efforts to produce and bring films to soldiers overseas during the Second World War. MORE
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. MORE
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.” MORE
The governments of Germany and The Netherlands agreed to build 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.” MORE
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. MORE
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 secrecy MORE
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. MORE
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. MORE
But it can't operate in a bubble, a new Washington Post study indicates MORE
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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). “The name of this new Dutch-German military internet is the Tactical Edge Networking, or TEN, for short.”
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.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 6, 2019
Since these leaks have revealed that the US can hack into almost anything, the Chinese government's plan is to adopt a "security by obscurity" approach and run a custom operating system that will make it harder for foreign threat actors -- mainly the US -- to spy on Chinese military operations.
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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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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 greatest risk posed by this leak was to the US government and military.
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.
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. 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.
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.”
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.
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.
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
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
But it can't operate in a bubble, a new Washington Post study indicates
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Archives Blogs
APRIL 9, 2020
By doing so, the FY 2020 NDAA is a very small step toward the “government-wide technology investment strategy” that PIDB advocated for in its 2016 Report to the President, The Importance of Technology in Classification and Declassification.
The Security Ledger
JULY 12, 2018
Hackers have put up for sale on the dark web sensitive military documents, some associated with the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft, one of its most lethal and technologically advanced drones, security research firm Recorded Future recently discovered. » Related Stories Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Evasive new botnet can take over enterprise devices to steal data, spread ransomware U.S.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 5, 2020
It can reveal details about the number of users in a location, user and supply movements, daily routines (user and organizational), and can expose otherwise unknown associations between users and locations.”
The Security Ledger
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Military, the Department of Energy and other government agencies that it claimed were "Made in the U.S.A". A complaint unsealed by the Department of Justice on Thursday alleges a New York firm engineered a years-long scheme to deceive the U.S.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. It’s down when you get to the tier-three and the tier-four” subcontractors.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 6, 2020
While the guidance in this document may be useful to a wide range of users, it is intended primarily for NSS/DoD system users. It's hard to be clandestine in our always connected world. cybersecurity geolocation military nsa riskassessment risks smartphones tracking
Unwritten Record
JANUARY 9, 2020
The ease with which most of us stream movies and television makes it hard to. Army Signal Corps as part of its “Film Bulletin” series , showcases the military’s efforts to produce and bring films to soldiers overseas during the Second World War.
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