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APT Group Targeting Military Refines Its Tactics

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Kaspersky: 'Transparent Tribe' Using Trojan That Now Targets Removable Devices "Transparent Tribe," a hacking group that targets military and diplomatic organizations, has updated its Crimson remote access Trojan to enable the malware to steal data from removable devices and then use these devices to spread to other systems, according to new research (..)

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Change Healthcare Outage Hits Military Pharmacies Worldwide

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military hospitals and clinics worldwide are among the entities affected by the cyberattack on Optum's Change Healthcare this week, which has forced the IT services company to take many of its applications offline. Experts Speculate About Whether the Hack Involved the ScreenConnect Flaw Exploit Pharmacies at U.S.

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US Disrupts Russian Military Intelligence Botnet

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federal government says it disrupted a criminal botnet that Russian military intelligence had converted into a platform for global cyberespionage. GRU Hackers Commandeered 'Moobot' for Cyberespionage The U.S. The malware targets Linux-based IoT devices - in this case, routers made by New York manufacturer Ubiquiti.

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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

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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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Hackers Target Taiwan UAV, Military Industries

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Threat Actor Is Likely a Beijing Cyberespionage Operator A Chinese-speaking hacking group is targeting drone manufacturers in Taiwan and other military-related industries on the island country located roughly 100 miles from mainland China. Trend Micro on Friday said it tracks the threat actor as "Tidrone."

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Russia Says It's Seen 'Unprecedented' Level of Cyberattacks

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Also: Anonymous Continues Its Cyberwar Against the Russian Government As the Ukrainian military resists Russian advances toward its major population centers, its IT security teams are contending with record cyber incidents - although the same is true of their eastern neighbors, with Russia reporting "unprecedented" cyberattacks on its networks.

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NSA: OT Security Guidance in Wake of SolarWinds Attack

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Agency Warns Attackers Could Use IT Exploits to Pivot to OT Systems The NSA is offering operational technology security guidance for the Defense Department as well as third-party military contractors and firms in the wake of the attack that targeted SolarWinds in 2020.

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