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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. But ”the crossing of red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran by hostile countries, especially the Zionist regime and the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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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JANUARY 6, 2025

In it, a high school teenager seeking the newest, hottest prerelease videogame hacks into a NORAD computer by mistake, and the simulation he triggers nearly causes WWIII because the soldierly decision-making was intentionally left to the machine, not the military. Who here has seen the 1983 movie WarGames?

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

“[offensive cyber capability could] degrade, disrupt and even destroy critical capabilities and infrastructure of those who would do us harm, ranging from strategic to tactical targets” both in isolation or alongside traditional military force.” ” Sanders confirmed. . ” Sanders confirmed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 8, 2024

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told House of Commons that the impacted system is not connected to the main military HR system. The Ministry of Defence revealed that a malign actor gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network, which is an external system completely separate to MOD’s core network.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Ukraine’s CERT-UA revealed the national Delta military intelligence program has been targeted with a malware-based attack. ” states the Ukrainian military. . ” states the Ukrainian military. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Delta military intelligence). Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 24, 2023

Army’s Criminal Investigation Division warns that US military personnel have reported receiving unsolicited smartwatches in the mail. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division reported that service members across the military received smartwatches unsolicited in the mail. ” reads the alert.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

South Korea military exercise. The military drill, the Ulchi Freedom Guardian summer exercises , will start on Monday, August 21, 2023 , and will last 11 days. The military exercises aim at improving the ability of the two armies to respond to North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. .

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MAY 16, 2021

The Operation Transparent Tribe (Operation C-Major, APT36, and Mythic Leopard) was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of cyber espionage operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. ” read the analysis published Cisco Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 14, 2023

The IT giant pointed out that Cadet Blizzard is distinct from other known APT groups operating under the control of the Russian military intelligence GRU, such as Forest Blizzard ( STRONTIUM ) and Seashell Blizzard (IRIDIUM). Unlike other Russia-linked APT group, CadetBlizzard operations are extremely disruptive.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The post Ukraine: Belarusian APT group UNC1151 targets military personnel with spear phishing appeared first on Security Affairs. All your personal data has been sent to a public network. All data on your computer is destroyed and cannot be recovered. All information about you stab (public, fairy tale and wait for the worst.

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 29, 2024

The US military wants to team up with the private sector to protect assets everyone relies on. As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

military procurement system. military procurement system and was spotted targeting Taiwan-based organizations The choice of the new targets in the latest campaign suggests a strategic interest of the People’s Republic of China according to the 2023 ODNI threat assessment. military server used for contract proposals and submissions.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

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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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a letter to a US senator, a Florida-based data broker says it obtained sensitive data on US military members in Germany from a Lithuanian firm, revealing the global nature of online ad surveillance.

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Donot Team (aka APT-C-35 and Origami Elephant) has been active since 2016, it focuses ongovernment and military organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, and embassies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries. ” reads the report published by CYFIRMA.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. The Chinese state is conducting cyber espionage to promote its own economic development and develop its military capabilities. ” reads a press release published by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 8, 2024

Despite Cyber Army of Russia’s claims of swaying US “minds and hearts,” experts say the cyber sabotage group appears to be hyping its hacking for a domestic audience.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Boeing, the 60 billion Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide.” In 2022, Boeing recorded $66.61

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

Another blow by our cyber army disrupting enemy military communication at the frontlines.” IT Army of Ukraine hacktivists have temporarily disrupted internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by Russia. ” The IT Army is inviting supporters to joint its operations by installing their software.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Anyway, the French government will not allow the Chinese giant to provide equipment that will be used in protect military bases, nuclear installations and other sensitive and critical infrastructures. However, Macron said that France will favor European providers of 5G technology due to security concerns. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 3, 2024

The compromise of networks associated with Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and European railway systems could allow attackers to gather intelligence to influence battlefield tactics and broader military strategies. Insikt Group speculates the operation is aimed at influencing regional and military dynamics.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

The APT group has been active since at least 2015, previous operations targeted military and political individuals across the world, it shows a specific interest in organizations in Pakistan. The India-linked threat actor Patchwork infected one of their own computers with its RAT revealing its operations to researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 11, 2022

The attack chain observed by the researchers starts with spear-phishing messages using weaponized Word document disguised as a news report related to military affairs in Iran. The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods. As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

“By ‘crowdsourcing’ solutions with the help of the world’s best military and civilian ethical hackers, we complement our existing security measures and provide an additional means to identify and fix vulnerabilities. government is going to launch the ‘Hack the Army 3.0’ Volant, U.S. Hack the Army 3.0

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers. ” states Microsoft. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security).

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JUNE 15, 2023

The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiary’s chips, raising fears of a backdoor.

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APRIL 28, 2024

“The lure contained military-related content, suggesting it was targeting military personnel. fun are disguised as an obscure generative art site ([link] and a popular photography site ([link] These are unrelated, and it’s a bit puzzling why an attacker would use these specifically to fool military personnel.”

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JUNE 5, 2024

In March, the German authorities admitted the hack by Russia-linked actors of a military meeting where participants discussed giving military support to Ukraine. ” reads the advisory published by the company. The experts also discovered that some meeting rooms of high-ranking officials were not password-protected.

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MARCH 17, 2022

The hacktivists also attempted to interfere with Russian military communications on the battlefield, recently they captured and shared Russian Military unencrypted High Frequency and morse code communications. Early this week, the GhostSec group announced to have seized more than 100 Russian government and military printers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2025

US adds Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to the list of companies supporting the Chinese military. The US Department of Defense has added Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to its “Chinese military company” list under the Section 1260 requirement.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The BlindingCan was employed in attacks on US and foreign companies operating in the military defense and aerospace sectors. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is extending its operations and started targeting the IT supply chain on new targets. The nation-state actor used its multi-platform malware framework MATA framework.

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Collaboration 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The company's annual reflection on safe AI development comes amid shifting guidance around military AI.

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