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CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008

Security Affairs

” The US-linked hackers targeted the Chinese organizations between September 2008 and June 2019. Get important figuresā€˜ travel itinerary, and then pose political threats, or military suppression?” The post CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Krebs on Security

A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU , the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. From the forum’s inception until around 2008, Djamix was one of its most active and eloquent contributors.

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New Turla ComRAT backdoor uses Gmail for Command and Control

Security Affairs

Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008. Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new version of the ComRAT backdoor, also known as Agent.BTZ , which is a malware that was employed in past campaigns attributed to the Turla APT group.

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Qbot uses a new email collector module in the latest campaign

Security Affairs

QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by malware for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. Threat actors are employing a new module specifically designed to collect and compromise email threads on infected systems. .

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Microsoft releases On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to fix ProxyLogon issues

Security Affairs

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). and later Exchange 2013, 2016, or 2019 Windows Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019.

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

” The card reader Mark bought was sold by a company called Saicoo , whose sponsored Amazon listing advertises a “DOD Military USB Common Access Card (CAC) Reader” and has more than 11,700 mostly positive ratings. His site has even been officially recommended by the Army (PDF).

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NSA Launches New Cybersecurity Directorate

Security Affairs

The directorate will have NSA turn its efforts towards securing military and defense industry security. In 2011, as the financial sector was still recovering from the financial crisis of 2008, the Agency began providing Wall Street banks with cybersecurity information in the hopes that it would prevent “financial sabotage.”