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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. Chinese APT group Tropic Trooper, aka KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines, Trend Micro researchers reported. The threat actor targeted government offices, military, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries in Taiwan , the Philippines, and Hong Kong. MORE
Researchers identify a new malware family called GoScanSSH that avoids servers linked to government and military IP addresses. . Cloud Security Government Hacks Malware ARM GoScanSSH GoScanSSH Malware SSH SSH Servers x86 x86_64 MORE
Security Security / National SecurityResearch shows that calm and negotiation, not excessive force, reduces damage. So why are officers still turning to tear gas? MORE
A recent malware campaign targeted victims at European and Middle East aerospace and military companies - via LinkedIn spear-phishing messages. Hacks Web Security aerospace espionage LinkedIn Middle East Military operation in(ter)ception Spear Phishing MORE
The right software and digital engineering can take military aircraft back to the future. Security Security / National Security Opinion MORE
Pensacola spokeswoman Kaycee Lagarde confirmed that the city was working with the authorities, including FBI , Department of Homeland Security and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The post City of Pensacola hit by a cyberattack few days after military base shooting appeared first on Security Affairs. Breaking News Hacking hacking news information security news Pensacola city Pierluigi Paganini Security Affairs Security News 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
Government Hacks Privacy Web Security Bank Accounts benefits portals Department of Justice Fraud global crime ring ID theft Money Laundering theft U.S. Military veterans veterans affairsAn elaborate fraudster ring stole PII then allegedly used DoD and VA benefits portals to steal payments and funds from bank accounts. MORE
Experts uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed “ Operation In(ter)receptio n,” aimed at aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East. Security experts from ESET uncovered a new sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed “ Operation In(ter)recepti on ,” aimed at aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East. MORE
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). “But we collect information only for legitimate national security purposes. The U.S. MORE
Security OpinionOpinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI. MORE
military and other government personnel, according to a new report from two independent security researchers Exposed Database Owned by AutoClerk Hotel Reservation Management System An unsecure database belonging to a company that provides hotel reservation management technology exposed about 179 GB of customer data, including travel arrangements and other data for U.S. 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. Vitali Kremez, head of SentinelLabs, said in research released on Wednesday that he has been tracking an uptick in Gamaredon cyberattacks on Ukrainian military and security institutions that started in […]. MORE
Security experts at vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. “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.” One of the platforms exposed in the database was a contractor of the US government, military, and DHS. 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. In 2016, the US Cyber Command carried out successful operations against the online propaganda of the Islamic State (ISIS), this is what emerged from declassified national security top-secret documents released on Tuesday. ” reads a post published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. MORE
Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany. historyofsecurity intelligence military MORE
Former West Point professor Greg Conti explains how military doctrines apply to cyber security, and what lessons enterprises can learn from that MORE
Citing security concerns, the Chinese military wants to replace Windows with its own custom operating system : Thanks to the Snowden, Shadow Brokers, and Vault7 leaks, Beijing officials are well aware of the US' hefty arsenal of hacking tools, available for anything from smart TVs to Linux servers, and from routers to common desktop operating systems, such as Windows and Mac. MORE
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. MORE
The US military is reexamining security policies after fitness tracker data shared on social media revealed bases and patrol routes. Security 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. The new NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023, among its tasks the defense of the critical infrastructure of member states and the ability to carry out cyber attacks according to rules of engagement still to be defined. 31 at its military hub in Belgium. MORE
Security Security / Cyberattacks and HacksDespite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission. MORE
Security Security / Security NewsThe Resistance is outmanned and outgunned, but their adaptability wins the day. 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
UK printing company Doxzoo exposed hundreds of gigabytes of information, including documents related to the US and British military. Security experts at vpnMentor discovered 343GB worth of files belonging to the printing company Doxzoo that were exposed on an AWS server. Then vpnMentor notified it to Amazon that security the archive on February 11. The post UK printing company Doxzoo exposed US and UK military docs appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. The post Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The four members of the Chinese military unit are Wu Zhiyong (???), Exposed data included names, birth dates, and social security numbers. MORE
Fitness apps are proving to be a lot less beneficial to military security than they are for military fitness. That after researchers in the Netherlands discovered that data from the Polar fitness app revealed the homes and habits of those exercising in clandestine locations around the world, including intelligence agencies, military bases, nuclear. MORE
Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.” MORE
OmniBallot Voting Platform Is Vulnerable to Hacking, Researchers Say Researchers at MIT and the University of Michigan have uncovered multiple security flaws in the online voting platform OmniBallot which could allow hackers to access and manipulate voter data. The platform is currently in use in three states for military personnel and disabled residents 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. The group has been active since 2010 and hit military organizations and other high-profile targets worldwide. MORE
Mobile Security Web Security catfish enforcement action ncis prisoners sextortion scam South Carolina U.S. MilitaryPrisoners in South Carolina posed convincingly as beautiful women on social media platforms. MORE
Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. “It is unclear if the documents stolen by the criminals include military classified information, but files which have already been leaked online suggest the hackers had access to extremely sensitive data, including payroll and emails.” MORE
Cyber security seems to subvert the globalization concept, governments are working to develop their own technology fearing possible espionage and sabotage activities of foreign states. The Russian military is in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux. “It has been officially certified by Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Service for Technical and Export Control and Federal Security Service.” MORE
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 MORE
The governments of Germany and The Netherlands agreed to build the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking). Government officials from Germany and the Netherlands signed an agreement for the building of 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.” SecurityAffairs – TEN, military). MORE
Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. “Turkey passed an internet “killswitch” into law in 2016, permitting the ICTA regulatory authority to partially or entirely suspend internet access due to war or national security needs without the need for ministerial oversight.”added MORE
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. The Iranian government is attempting to downplay the incidents, government officials declared that the explosion at the Parchin military complex was caused by a gas leak while the fire at the Natanz plant only impacted a warehouse that was under construction. MORE
The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. The post EU Council sanctions two Russian military intelligence officers over 2015 Bundestag hack appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
But it can't operate in a bubble, a new Washington Post study indicates MORE
A new piece of the Ryuk malware has been improved to steal confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. Security experts from MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new version of the Ryuk Stealer malware that has been enhanced to allow its operators to steal a greater amount of confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. MORE
Data Breach Today
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.
Data Breach Today
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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Krebs on Security
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). “But we collect information only for legitimate national security purposes. The U.S.
Threatpost
JUNE 17, 2020
A recent malware campaign targeted victims at European and Middle East aerospace and military companies - via LinkedIn spear-phishing messages. Hacks Web Security aerospace espionage LinkedIn Middle East Military operation in(ter)ception Spear Phishing
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. The new NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023, among its tasks the defense of the critical infrastructure of member states and the ability to carry out cyber attacks according to rules of engagement still to be defined. 31 at its military hub in Belgium.
eSecurity Planet
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Former West Point professor Greg Conti explains how military doctrines apply to cyber security, and what lessons enterprises can learn from that
Security Affairs
MARCH 20, 2020
UK printing company Doxzoo exposed hundreds of gigabytes of information, including documents related to the US and British military. Security experts at vpnMentor discovered 343GB worth of files belonging to the printing company Doxzoo that were exposed on an AWS server. Then vpnMentor notified it to Amazon that security the archive on February 11. The post UK printing company Doxzoo exposed US and UK military docs appeared first on Security Affairs.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Security Security / Cyberattacks and HacksDespite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission.
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). Government officials from Germany and the Netherlands signed an agreement for the building of 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.” SecurityAffairs – TEN, military).
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. “It is unclear if the documents stolen by the criminals include military classified information, but files which have already been leaked online suggest the hackers had access to extremely sensitive data, including payroll and emails.”
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. The post EU Council sanctions two Russian military intelligence officers over 2015 Bundestag hack appeared first on Security Affairs.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 6, 2019
Citing security concerns, the Chinese military wants to replace Windows with its own custom operating system : Thanks to the Snowden, Shadow Brokers, and Vault7 leaks, Beijing officials are well aware of the US' hefty arsenal of hacking tools, available for anything from smart TVs to Linux servers, and from routers to common desktop operating systems, such as Windows and Mac.
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. Vitali Kremez, head of SentinelLabs, said in research released on Wednesday that he has been tracking an uptick in Gamaredon cyberattacks on Ukrainian military and security institutions that started in […].
Security Affairs
MAY 31, 2019
Cyber security seems to subvert the globalization concept, governments are working to develop their own technology fearing possible espionage and sabotage activities of foreign states. The Russian military is in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux. “It has been officially certified by Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Service for Technical and Export Control and Federal Security Service.”
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. The post Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe appeared first on Security Affairs.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 5, 2020
Security Security / National SecurityResearch shows that calm and negotiation, not excessive force, reduces damage. So why are officers still turning to tear gas?
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. The group has been active since 2010 and hit military organizations and other high-profile targets worldwide.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
But it can't operate in a bubble, a new Washington Post study indicates
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
The right software and digital engineering can take military aircraft back to the future. Security Security / National Security Opinion
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Security experts at vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. “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.” One of the platforms exposed in the database was a contractor of the US government, military, and DHS.
Threatpost
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Mobile Security Web Security catfish enforcement action ncis prisoners sextortion scam South Carolina U.S. MilitaryPrisoners in South Carolina posed convincingly as beautiful women on social media platforms.
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. Security experts from MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new version of the Ryuk Stealer malware that has been enhanced to allow its operators to steal a greater amount of confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking.
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. The threat actor targeted government offices, military, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries in Taiwan , the Philippines, and Hong Kong.
Security Affairs
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. The Iranian government is attempting to downplay the incidents, government officials declared that the explosion at the Parchin military complex was caused by a gas leak while the fire at the Natanz plant only impacted a warehouse that was under construction.
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. “Turkey passed an internet “killswitch” into law in 2016, permitting the ICTA regulatory authority to partially or entirely suspend internet access due to war or national security needs without the need for ministerial oversight.”added
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 29, 2018
The US military is reexamining security policies after fitness tracker data shared on social media revealed bases and patrol routes. Security
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The four members of the Chinese military unit are Wu Zhiyong (???), Exposed data included names, birth dates, and social security numbers.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Government Hacks Privacy Web Security Bank Accounts benefits portals Department of Justice Fraud global crime ring ID theft Money Laundering theft U.S. Military veterans veterans affairsAn elaborate fraudster ring stole PII then allegedly used DoD and VA benefits portals to steal payments and funds from bank accounts.
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
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2020
Experts uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed “ Operation In(ter)receptio n,” aimed at aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East. Security experts from ESET uncovered a new sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed “ Operation In(ter)recepti on ,” aimed at aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East.
Security Affairs
JUNE 18, 2020
Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.”
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 24, 2019
Security Security / Security NewsThe Resistance is outmanned and outgunned, but their adaptability wins the day.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 26, 2017
Security OpinionOpinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI.
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. In 2016, the US Cyber Command carried out successful operations against the online propaganda of the Islamic State (ISIS), this is what emerged from declassified national security top-secret documents released on Tuesday. ” reads a post published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
Threatpost
MARCH 27, 2018
Researchers identify a new malware family called GoScanSSH that avoids servers linked to government and military IP addresses. . Cloud Security Government Hacks Malware ARM GoScanSSH GoScanSSH Malware SSH SSH Servers x86 x86_64
The Security Ledger
JULY 10, 2018
Fitness apps are proving to be a lot less beneficial to military security than they are for military fitness. That after researchers in the Netherlands discovered that data from the Polar fitness app revealed the homes and habits of those exercising in clandestine locations around the world, including intelligence agencies, military bases, nuclear.
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
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Pensacola spokeswoman Kaycee Lagarde confirmed that the city was working with the authorities, including FBI , Department of Homeland Security and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The post City of Pensacola hit by a cyberattack few days after military base shooting appeared first on Security Affairs. Breaking News Hacking hacking news information security news Pensacola city Pierluigi Paganini Security Affairs Security News
Schneier on Security
MARCH 8, 2018
Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany. historyofsecurity intelligence military
Data Breach Today
JUNE 12, 2020
OmniBallot Voting Platform Is Vulnerable to Hacking, Researchers Say Researchers at MIT and the University of Michigan have uncovered multiple security flaws in the online voting platform OmniBallot which could allow hackers to access and manipulate voter data. The platform is currently in use in three states for military personnel and disabled residents
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