Schneier on Security

JANUARY 17, 2023

The FBI also found what specific pages Al-Azhari visited, including a section on donating Bitcoin; another focused on military operations conducted by ISIS fighters in Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria; and another page that provided links to material from ISIS’s media arm. There are lots of ways to de-anonymize Tor users.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2021

President Joe Biden has assigned to two former senior National Security Agency (NSA) officials key cyber roles in his administration. Inglis retired from NSA in 2014 where he served the US government for 28 years, since 2013 as the agency’s deputy director. I’m proud of what we are building across the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Security experts who reviewed the leaked data say they believe the information is legitimate, and that i-SOON works closely with China’s Ministry of State Security and the military. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.” ”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence disclosed the real identities of five alleged members of the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (aka Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) that are suspected to be components of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). ” concludes the announcement.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2021

The MoD is offering a salary of £33k to “work alongside some of the best scientists and engineers within defence and will be tasked with delivering prototype solutions directly to the soldiers and officers of a unique and specialized military unit.” ”What unique and specialised military unit is famously based in Hereford?

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The Operation Transparent Tribe (Operation C-Major, APT36, and Mythic Leopard) was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of cyber espionage operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. ” read the analysis published Cisco Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Symantec and TrendMicro first discovered the Gamaredon group in 2015, but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. It is distributed in a spear-phishing campaign with a weaponized office document that appears to be designed to lure military personnel.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, backdoor).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In November, Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence disclosed the real identities of five alleged members of the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (aka Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) that are suspected to be components of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2020

The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. In December 2019, the APT group targeted several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The InvisiMole group is a Russia-linked threat actor that has been active since at least 2013- ESET experts linked the group to the Gamaredon Russian APT group, despite it is considering the two crews independent. The post Russia-linked InvisiMole APT targets state organizations of Ukraine appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have provided details about two recently discovered Android spyware families, dubbed Hornbill and SunBird, used by an APT group named Confucius. Confucius is a pro-India APT group that has been active since 2013, it mainly focused on Pakistani and other South Asian targets.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported MS Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. We have tested this tool across Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 deployments.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. continues IBM. and Greek Navy.”. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In November, Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence disclosed the real identities of five alleged members of the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (aka Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) that are suspected to be components of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. The Transparent Tribe APT group is carrying out an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at military and diplomatic targets worldwide. Transparent Tribe continues to show high activity against multiple targets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

The sanctioned entities conducted operations to steal funds to support the military strategy of the regime. Cyber security and intelligence experts believe that attacks aimed at the cryptocurrency industry will continue to increase next year. ” reads the announcement. trillion won ($1.2 ” We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Malaysia’s MyCERT issued a security alert to warn of a hacking campaign targeting government officials that was carried out by the China-linked APT40 group. The APT40 group has been active since at least 2013 and appears to be focused on supporting naval modernization efforts of the Government of Beijing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

A security researcher found new evidence of activities conducted by the ICEFOG APT group, also tracked by the experts as Fucobha. Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha ) is still active. Feedbacks and questions are welcome!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Experts at Symantec first exposed the activity of the Chinese-linked APT Thrip in 2018, now the security firm confirms that cyber espionage group has continued to carry out attacks in South East Asia. The Thrip group has been active since 2013, but this is the first time Symantec publicly shared details of its activities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Established in 2013, the FIDO alliance is an open industry association focused on developing authentication standards to help reduce the world’s over-dependency on passwords. These advantages include less friction, a higher level of security that’s offered for each app and the elimination of the legacy password.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. ” reads the report published by Anomaly.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Garda and military intelligence agencies believe the Russian agents were sent by the military intelligence branch of the Russian armed forces, the GRU. Despite the Cable & Wireless bought by Vodafone in July 2012, the Nigella surveillance access point remained active as of April 2013. Source [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And the risks are multiplying as more digital devices become connected in insufficiently secured environments. And until recently, security surrounding operational technology (OT) – the networks that run production operations – have been siloed, or air-gapped, from information technology (IT) operations, which work in the corporate space.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 28, 2020

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting comments to identify foundational technologies essential to U.S. national security by October 26, 2020 (the Foundational Technologies ANPRM). national security.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. I wrote the essay below in September 2013. I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. It made sense. It wasn’t there.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the group targeted the aviation industry and energy companies with connections to petrochemical production. “We recommend companies in the oil and gas industry to cross-relate their security log files with the IP addresses listed above.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. All organizations should assume that the next threat is already inside their networks and won’t be caught by conventional perimeter security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

” reads the report published by the security firm Intezer. ” Back in 2013, the security researchers at FireEye spotted a group of China-Linked hackers that conducted an espionage campaign on foreign affairs ministries in Europe. “We believe the operation was conducted very recently.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

based security vendor in the thick of helping companies make more of their threat feeds. The company launched in 2013, the brainchild of Ryan Trost and Wayne Chiang, a couple of buddies working as security analysts in a U.S. We spoke at Black Hat USA 2019. ThreatQuotient is a Reston, Virg.-based Talk more soon.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

ZDNet is reporting about another data leak, this one from US Army's Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), which is also within to the NSA. Red Disk was envisioned as a highly customizable cloud system that could meet the demands of large, complex military operations. This doesn't feel like a big deal to me. Slashdot thread.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

A group of anonymous security researchers that calls itself Intrusion Truth have tracked the activity of a China-linked cyber – e spionage group dubbed APT40. The APT40 group has been active since at least 2013 and appears to be focused on supporting naval modernization efforts of the Government of Beijing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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InfoGovNuggets

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Questions as to the Kaspersky antivirus software company were raised by military intelligence in 2004, well before the 2013 threat assessment issued Pentagon-wide. “Russian Firm Was Long Seen as Threat,” The Wall Street Journal , November 18, 2017 A2. Who dropped the ball? Did the Russians have an inside track?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2019

APT28 is a well known Russian cyber espionage group attributed, with a medium level of confidence, to Russian military intelligence agency GRU (by CrowdStrike). I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2019

Security researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon. The Gamaredon APT was first spotted in 2013 and in 2015, when researchers at LookingGlass shared the details of a cyber espionage operation tracked as Operation Armageddon, targeting other Ukrainian entities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2021

While Microsoft released a series of security updates on March 2, in order to address the discovered vulnerabilities, they felt the need to simplify the mitigation process for their customers in order to attain herd immunity across the world. It is important to note that the simplified tool is not a replacement for the security updates.

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