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AUGUST 1, 2023

The US newspaper refers to the malware as a “ticking time bomb” that could be activated to disrupt the military. military operations in the event of a conflict, including if Beijing moves against Taiwan in coming years.” military operations in the event of a conflict, including if Beijing moves against Taiwan in coming years.”

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JUNE 23, 2020

Cisco Talos Researchers Find Hackers Using New Dropper Called IndigoDrop A spear-phishing campaign is using military-themed malicious Microsoft Office documents to infect devices, according to researchers at Cisco Talos.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Delta military intelligence). ” The Ukrainian authorities attribute the attack to the threat actor tracked as UAC-0142.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked HENSOLDT France, a company specializing in military and defense electronics. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics. The post Snatch group claims to have hacked military provider HENSOLDT France appeared first on Security Affairs.

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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. The Defense Department says there's no evidence data was stolen.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

Russia’s APT28 (also known as “Fancy Bear” or “BlueDelta”) is using spear phishing to compromise Ukrainian government and military entities, according to researchers at Recorded Future. The phishing emails are designed to exploit vulnerabilities in the open-source webmail software Roundcube.

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Security Affairs

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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KnowBe4

JUNE 22, 2022

Researchers at Zscaler warn that a spear phishing campaign is targeting the US military and other sectors with phishing emails that purport to be voicemail notifications. The emails contain links to a phishing page designed to harvest Microsoft Office 365 credentials.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2022

People are leaking classified military information on discussion boards for the video game War Thunder to win arguments — repeatedly.

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KnowBe4

JULY 7, 2023

From the “shaking our heads” files comes the story of how threat actors compromised military personnel mobile devices, credentials, accounts and more.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 4, 2021

The NSA has just declassified and released a redacted version of Military Cryptanalytics , Part III, by Lambros D. Callimahos, October 1977. Parts I and II, by Lambros D. Callimahos and William F.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. This isn’t new, this isn’t just data of non-US citizens, and this isn’t the US military.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

Anonymous continues to support Ukraine against the Russian criminal invasion targeting the Russian military and propaganda. Anonymous leaked personal details of the Russian military stationed in Bucha where the Russian military carried out a massacre of civilians that are accused of having raped and shot local women and children.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Energy Facility Impeded Attack by Blocking the Launch of the Windows Script Host Ukrainian cyber defenders say Russian military hackers targeted a critical energy infrastructure facility with phishing emails containing a malicious script leading to cyberespionage.

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HID Global

JULY 24, 2023

Ensure accurate identity verification with mobile biometrics for military bases. Discover authentication readers for secure and speedy access to sensitive zones.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Russian Military Hackers Planned Mobile Device Malware Campaign Ukrainian cyber defenders said they had thwarted an attempt by Russian military intelligence to deploy widespread malware programmed to spy on battlefield management apps.

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Security Affairs

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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AUGUST 31, 2021

Callimahos’s Military Cryptanalytics, Part III. Late last year, the NSA declassified and released a redacted version of Lambros D. We just got most of the index. It’s hard to believe that there are any real secrets left in this 44-year-old volume.

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JULY 14, 2023

State-Linked Spear-Phishing Campaign Targeting Government, Military Personnel Belarus state-linked hackers are targeting government and military entities in both Ukraine and Poland with spear-phishing campaigns that deliver remote access Trojans.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Paul Nakasoke, head of US Cyber Command and director of the NSA, said the military has taken offensive action against ransomware groups.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This year, 750 cyber specialists have participated in the military cyberwarfare exercise. ” reads the press release published by the UK Ministry of Defence. ” Britain’s 7 Military Intelligence team, who competed remotely from Italy, won the exercise, followed by te Tallinn-based 5 Military Intelligence.

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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. “There are potentially over 100,000 users affected by this data leak, with implications not only for copyright violations, but also American and British military data exposure.”

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JUNE 13, 2022

Russian Foreign Ministry Says Aggressive Actions in Cyberspace Won’t Go Unanswered Top Russian diplomat Andrei Krutskikh is pressuring the U.S. to back down in cyberspace after the director of U.S. Cyber Command, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, acknowledged America has conducted a "full spectrum" of virtual operations in support of Ukraine.

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MAY 4, 2021

Could Cyberespionage Be Campaign's Real Purpose? Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind a ransomware campaign that used a contracting company called "Emen Net Pasargard" to target more than a dozen organizations, according to the security firm Flashpoint. But could cyberespionage be the campaign's true mission?

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Startup founders say serving in the military taught them how to defend against cyberattacks and how to build teams. These lessons are serving them well as they run their own companies.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

military and other agencies for a decade and passing the gear off as American made. 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.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Japan's Classified Defense Networks Reportedly Suffered a Major Breach in 2020 Japanese classified military networks reportedly suffered a massive breach in 2020 at the hands of a Chinese cyberespionage group that proved tough to eject.

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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. Chinese APT group Tropic Trooper, aka KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines, Trend Micro researchers reported. ” continues the report.

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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. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

military and other government personnel, according to a new report from two independent security researchers.

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MAY 9, 2018

Watchdog Agency: Problems Put Patient Data at Risk Some military health facilities haven't consistently implemented security controls, putting patient data at risk, according to a new watchdog agency report. But security experts say the weaknesses are quite common at civilian health facilities as well.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Series B Money from Moore Strategic Ventures Will Help Shift5 Move Beyond Military Moore Strategic Ventures led a $33 million investment into a military and transportation security startup founded by officers who stood up U.S. Army Cyber Command.

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JULY 29, 2023

military job recruitment documents to lure Korean-speaking victims into downloading malware staged from legitimate but compromised South Korean websites, according to security researchers. Researchers Say APT37 Group Likely Behind Campaign Targeting South Koreans Government-backed North Korean hackers are posting convincing U.S.

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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. Targeted keywords in the new variant of the Ryuk stealer confirm that attackers are looking for confidential information in military, banking, finance and law enforcement.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Russian GRU Hackers Reach for Government Email Inboxes Cybersecurity defenders in Ukraine revealed multiple Russian spearphishing campaigns including an effort by Kremlin military intelligence to penetrate open source email servers used by government agencies. Russia is intensifying phishing campaigns againt Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. If we recall that CactusPete targets military, diplomatic and infrastructure organizations, the information could be very sensitive indeed,” Kaspersky continues.

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