Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

UK and US agencies are warning of Russia-linked APT28 group exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco networking equipment. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Defence Academy of the UK was forced to rebuild its network last year after suffering a cyber attack, a high-ranking officer has revealed. The school, which is based in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, teaches 28,000 military personnel, diplomats and civil servants a year. It’s not clear who was responsible for the attack.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It led to worrying signs that the tensions would play out as an online proxy war, with UK and other countries that opposed Russia’s military action coming under attack. The post UK Foreign Office targeted by ‘serious’ cyber attack appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

officials are blaming the Russian military for launching an October 2019 cyberattack on the country of Georgia that crippled at least 2,000 government, news media and court websites over the course of one day. Allies Say GRU Hackers Crippled and Defaced Thousands of Websites U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

In 2019, the UK government spent 2.1% Last year, the UK government announced a new defence spending of £16.5 The post Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to enhance UK cyber capabilities appeared first on Security Affairs. of national income, roughly $59 billion, on defence, more than any other European country.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Britain’s most senior cyber general declared that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could destroy its enemies. The news is not surprising for people working in the cyber security sector, the British military claims to have had an offensive cyber capability for a decade. ” Sanders confirmed.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

US and UK cybersecurity agencies said the Russia-linked APT28 group is behind a series of large-scale brute-force attacks. US and UK cybersecurity agencies published a joint alert about a series of large-scale brute-force conducted by the Russia-linked APT28 group. ” reads the advisory published by the NSA. .”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The new National Cyber Force (NCF) is working to improve UK’s offensive cyber capabilities to disrupt adversaries and keep the UK safe. The UK government has announced a new defence spending of £16.5 ” states the UK Government. ” states the UK Government. We are a world-leading cyber power.”

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An analysis of the RomCom APT shows the group is expanding its efforts beyond the Ukrainian military into the UK and other English-speaking countries.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

MI5 chief warns Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale, more than 20,000 people in the UK have now been targeted. The head of MI5, Ken McCallum, warns that Chinese spies targeted more than 20,000 people in the UK. The BBC reported the case of an acquisition of a sensitive UK tech company involved in UK military supply chains.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2021

A job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed the existence of a previously undisclosed secret SAS mobile hacker team. The UK Ministry of Defence is looking for an extraordinary talented electronics engineer to hire for its secretive unit is located in Hereford.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

This activity is ongoing, targeting both UK and international organisations. Affected sectors include government, military, academic, business and healthcare,”. The post UK NCSC agency warns of APTs exploiting Enterprise VPN vulnerabilities appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the alert issued by the NCSC.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Japanese authorities are under scrutiny by the US and regional allies due to the forthcoming “deeper military co-operation” “The discovery of the incident and the sensitivity of the target comes at a time of unprecedented scrutiny of Japan’s vulnerability to cyber attack.” ” reported the Financial Times.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

The Ukrainian government and its military were targeted by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, while a pro-Ukrainian group attacked the Belarusian railway system with ransomware after discovering that it was being used by Russia to transport tanks and weapons. Tesco warns customers of voucher scam. Get started.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2020

British Army has created a new regiment that will be tasked to operate its in-house security operations centre … cybersecurity is a pillar of UK defence strategy! “This is a step-change in the modernisation of the UK Armed Forces for information warfare.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

is part of our larger goal of international expansion, with a UK launch in September 2023. Cybermindz implements the evidence-based iRest protocol , which has found success within the US Military for almost 20 years and is used to treat conditions like anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Bringing our services to the U.S.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 26, 2018

UK's National Cyber Security Center Also Ties HBO, University Hacks to Group The U.K. Department of Justice indictment, which charges nine Iranians, plus the Mabna Institute, with perpetrating a five-year hacking campaign designed to steal scientific secrets for Iran's military and private industry.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 26, 2018

UK's National Cyber Security Center Also Ties Hacks to Group The U.K. Department of Justice indictment, which charges nine Iranians, plus the Mabna Institute, with perpetrating a five-year hacking campaign designed to steal scientific secrets for Iran's military and private industry.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A joint UK and US investigation has revealed that the Russian cyber espionage group Turla carried out cyber attacks masqueraded as Iranian hackers. The two-year investigation was conducted by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre in collaboration with the US’ National Security Agency. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Recently, UK and US agencies are warned of the APT28 group exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco networking equipment.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Dual-use items have both military and civil applications. The Notice provides two key clarifications: Shipments between EU Member States and the UK: All shipments of dual-use items from the EU to the UK will require an EU export authorization, as set out in the EU Dual-Use Regulation.

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CILIP

MARCH 23, 2020

However, there is one area of British life that remains hugely underrepresented in UK libraries and that is Armed Forces life. Some might feel passionately about protecting children from violence and have a personal anti-military stance. s profession in books and stories. They regularly see their parent go to work in uniform.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The researchers uncovered a phishing campaign conducted by the COLDRIVER (aka Calisto ) APT against a NATO Centre of Excellence and Eastern European militaries. Google experts pointed out that this is the first time that the cyber spies target NATO and the military of multiple Eastern European countries. labs occurred as U.N.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. ” reads a press release published by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

February 25 – Ukraine: Belarusian APT group UNC1151 targets military personnel with spear phishing. February 19 – White House and UK Gov attribute DDoS attacks on Ukraine to Russia’s GRU. February 15 – Ukraine: Military defense agencies and banks hit by cyberattacks.

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IT Governance

JUNE 16, 2022

Channel 4 has faced heavy criticism after broadcasting a fake emergency news message warning that the UK is about to be hit by a catastrophic cyber attack. Two years later, the then-head of the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre), Ciaran Martin, said that it was a matter of “when, not if” the UK suffers a major cyber attack.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

million SHEIN customers, a potential £30 million FCA fine for Tesco Bank, the UK’s new £250 million cyberwarfare unit, and a $148 million settlement for Uber. We are both committed to continuing to invest in this area, given the real threats the UK faces.”. Big numbers this week: we discuss a data breach affecting 6.42

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of NATO and Havelsan (Turkish Military/defence manufacturer). ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

As always, you can find the full list of incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094. Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Anyway, the French government will not allow the Chinese giant to provide equipment that will be used in protect military bases, nuclear installations and other sensitive and critical infrastructures. The decision comes after a new UK intelligence agency GCHQ’s report raised new security concerns over Huawei 5G equipment.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The list of Alaumary’s customers is long, he helped cybercriminals that stole money from victims worldwide, including BankIslami in Pakistan, a UK professional soccer club, and an Indian bank. Prosecutors claim that the criminal activity of the money launderer caused nearly $60 million in losses. In February, the U.S.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 30, 2023

The company, which runs crucial services for local councils, the military and NHS, experienced the hack, which caused a significant IT outage, in March. Continue reading.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Dutch government will not tolerate ransomware attacks that could threaten national security, it will use intelligence or military services to curb them. The Dutch government announced that it will not tolerate cyberattacks that pose a risk to its national security and will employ intelligence or military services to counter them.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

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