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Moscow Military Hackers Used Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability

Data Breach Today

APT28 Used Hacked Ubiquiti Routers for Hashed Password Relay Attacks A campaign by Russian military intelligence to convert Ubiquiti routers into a platform for a global cyberespionage operation began as early as 2022, U.S. disrupted a botnet built by a hacking unit of Russian military's Main Intelligence Directorate.

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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. ” reads the alert.

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Malicious Python Packages Target Crypto Wallet Recovery Passwords

The Security Ledger

The post Malicious Python Packages Target Crypto Wallet Recovery Passwords appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. A newly discovered campaign pushing malicious open source software packages is designed to steal mnemonic phrases used to recover lost or destroyed crypto wallets, according to a report by ReversingLabs.

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

Krebs on Security

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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Defense contractor Belcan leaks admin password with a list of flaws

Security Affairs

In this case, it could take attackers as long as 22 years to crack a very strong admin password. If the password is weaker and susceptible to vocabulary attacks, it could be cracked in just a few days. However, hashes can still be cracked, and other authentication data may be used in spear phishing attacks.

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US Military Emails Exposed via Cloud Account

Dark Reading

A DoD email server hosted in the cloud (and now secured) had no password protection in place for at least two weeks.

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Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers

Security Affairs

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum.

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