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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
It is there that American and Soviet forces met on April 25, 1945 marking the end of World War II in Germany. ” These images stand out from other footage documenting the end of World War II not only because it is in color but also because it shows female Soviet solders. 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
But Americans don’t trust it to do so responsibly, a survey from a U.K. Facebook Inc. is among the technology companies leading the race to develop artificial intelligence. think tank has found. Artificial intelligence Machine learning Facebook Google 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
A research group at NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence catfished soldiers involved in an European military exercise -- we don't know what country they were from -- to demonstrate the power of the attack technique. It's varied, but everybody has a button. 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
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
Poland announced it will launch a cyberspace defense force by 2024 composed of around 2,000 soldiers with a deep knowledge in cybersecurity. The news was reported by AFP, Blaszczak announced that the cyber command unit would start its operations in 2022. 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 governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. 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
The Ke3chang hacking group added a new malware dubbed Ketrum to its arsenal, it borrows portions of code and features from older backdoors. Thee newer Ketrum 2 seems to have been built for minimalism, it drops most of the useless features of the Ke3chang backdoors. 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
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
Allen at the Center for a New American Security has a new report with some interesting analysis and insights into China's AI strategy, commercial, government, and military. Gregory C. 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
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
The exposed data includes information on the Army's Distributed Common Ground System and its cloud component, Red Disk 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 film, Uncommon Valor , offers viewers a unique perspective of the creation of the memorial and the thought process behind it. The title of the film takes its name from a quote located on the memorial itself, “Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue.” 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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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
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.”
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
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.
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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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
MAY 28, 2020
The Ke3chang hacking group added a new malware dubbed Ketrum to its arsenal, it borrows portions of code and features from older backdoors. Thee newer Ketrum 2 seems to have been built for minimalism, it drops most of the useless features of the Ke3chang backdoors.
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.
Unwritten Record
MAY 6, 2020
It is there that American and Soviet forces met on April 25, 1945 marking the end of World War II in Germany. ” These images stand out from other footage documenting the end of World War II not only because it is in color but also because it shows female Soviet solders.
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.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Poland announced it will launch a cyberspace defense force by 2024 composed of around 2,000 soldiers with a deep knowledge in cybersecurity. The news was reported by AFP, Blaszczak announced that the cyber command unit would start its operations in 2022.
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 11, 2019
But Americans don’t trust it to do so responsibly, a survey from a U.K. Facebook Inc. is among the technology companies leading the race to develop artificial intelligence. think tank has found. Artificial intelligence Machine learning Facebook Google
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Allen at the Center for a New American Security has a new report with some interesting analysis and insights into China's AI strategy, commercial, government, and military. Gregory C.
eSecurity Planet
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
The exposed data includes information on the Army's Distributed Common Ground System and its cloud component, Red Disk
Unwritten Record
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The film, Uncommon Valor , offers viewers a unique perspective of the creation of the memorial and the thought process behind it. The title of the film takes its name from a quote located on the memorial itself, “Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue.”
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
A research group at NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence catfished soldiers involved in an European military exercise -- we don't know what country they were from -- to demonstrate the power of the attack technique. It's varied, but everybody has a button.
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