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Naikon APT group uses new Nebulae backdoor in attacks aimed at military orgs

Security Affairs

China-linked APT Naikon employed a new backdoor in multiple cyber-espionage operations targeting military organizations from Southeast Asia in the last 2 years. The Naikon APT group mainly focuses on high-profile orgs, including government entities and military orgs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Alleged cyber attacks caused fire and explosions at nuclear and military facilities in Iran

Security Affairs

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 Cheetahs group claimed to be dissident members of Iran’s security forces. following other recent explosions in the country.”

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Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America military

Security Affairs

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. ” reads the analysis from ESET.

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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

They affect national security. Barr repeated a common fallacy about a difference between military-grade encryption and consumer encryption: "After all, we are not talking about protecting the nation's nuclear launch codes. The thing is, that distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist.

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is free

Security Affairs

He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. Julian Assange is free after five years in Belmarsh prison, the WikiLeaks founder has been released in the U.K.

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NATO Chief calls for a new strategic to address new challenges

Security Affairs

. “My thought is that the existing Strategic Concept, which we agreed in 2010, has served NATO well. Having said that, I think we all have to realise that since we agreed the Strategic Concept back in 2010, the world has fundamentally changed.” And it has actually served us well for many years. ” Stoltenberg added.

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MI5 chief warns of Chinese cyber espionage reached an unprecedented scale

Security Affairs

During a meeting of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance held in California, McCallum told BBC that the Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale. The BBC reported the case of an acquisition of a sensitive UK tech company involved in UK military supply chains. ” reported BBC.

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