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Apparent GE Hack Raises National Security Concerns

Data Breach Today

Prominent Threat Actor Advertises Access to GE's Military Projects General Electric says it is aware of claims made by "a bad actor" about gaining unauthorized access to its sensitive data and taking "appropriate measures to help protect the integrity of our systems" after a hacker known as IntelBroker advertised access to its networks and data.

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A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities with drone manual lures

Security Affairs

A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities using drone manuals as lures to deliver the post-exploitation toolkit Merlin. The campaign, codenamed STARK#VORTEX by Securonix, targets Ukrainian military entities and CERT-UA attributed it to a threat actor tracked as UAC-0154. ” reads the analysis published by Securonix.

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Ukrainian military intelligence service hacked the Russian Federal Taxation Service

Security Affairs

The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). The military intelligence service said that the hack was the result of a successful special operation on the territory of Russia. At the same time, the Russian IT company Office.ed-it.ru,

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Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked threat actors have been targeting Android devices of the Ukrainian military with a new malware dubbed Infamous Chisel. The GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have published an analysis of the Android malware.

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

Data Breach Today

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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Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel

Security Affairs

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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China Hacked Japan’s Military Networks

Schneier on Security

The Washington Post has the story : The hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on—plans, capabilities, assessments of military shortcomings, according to three former senior U.S. officials, who were among a dozen current and former U.S.