Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. SilverTerrier has been active since at least 2014, it is a collective of over hundreds of individual threat actors. .

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

On January 28, 2019, the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council released the “ Medical Device and Health IT Joint Security Plan ” (“JSP” or “Plan”)—cybersecurity recommendations for medical device manufacturers, healthcare information technology vendors, and healthcare providers.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

On February 7, 2018, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its 2018 National Exam Program Examination Priorities (2018 Exam Priorities) and, once again, identified cybersecurity as one of its main areas of focus. According to OCIE, each of its examination programs will prioritize cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. since August.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

companies and government entities. BOTNET, THE MOVIE In 2015, Kovalev reportedly began filming a movie in Russia about cybercrime called “ Botnet.” In September 2021, the Kremlin issued treason charges against Ilya Sachkov , formerly head of the cybersecurity firm Group-IB. This is not the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. The average cost of a breach is $3.6

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new strain of malware that is believed to be part of the arsenal of theUS Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has discovered a new malware that experts attribute to the US Central Intelligence Agency. reads the analysis published by Symantec.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released reports on North Korea-linked HIDDEN COBRA malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

DoD and the DHS CISA agency published a malware analysis report for a new malware variant tracked as SLOTHFULMEDIA. Like other MAR analysis, the report provides technical details about the threat, including indicators of compromise (IoC), suggestions for response actions, and recommendations to prevent infections. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

The cyber mercenaries were recruited by governments and private companies, it was composed of highly skilled hackers able to conduct sophisticated attacks. This week, Chi-en (Ashley) Shen presented at the CONFidence cybersecurity conference held in Poland her analysis on new samples of malware associated with the ICEFOG group.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The malware was an info stealer and according to the researchers, it was part of a long-term campaign, tracked as “PhantomLance” that has been active at least since December 2015. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government will not exclude Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the building of the upcoming 5G telecommunication networks. The UK intelligence analysis believe that US ban on Chinese 5G technology will force Huawei to use untrusted technology. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Experts from the US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) unit and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) uploaded the samples on the Virus Total online virus scan platform. “Two Windows executables identified as a new variant of the Zebrocy backdoor were submitted for analysis.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

On February 3, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released a Risk Alert , entitled Cybersecurity Examination Sweep Summary, summarizing observations from the recent round of cybersecurity examinations of registered broker-dealers and investment advisers under the Cybersecurity Examination Initiative.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country. ” reads the analysis published by Lookout. According to Lookout, the Hermit spyware was likely developed by Italian surveillance vendor RCS Lab S.p.A

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

On February 13, 2015, at the White House’s Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Summit at Stanford University, President Obama signed an executive order promoting private sector cybersecurity information sharing (“Executive Order”).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

Critical infrastructure , industrial control (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are under increasing threat of cyber attacks, according to a number of recent warnings from government agencies and private security researchers. cybersecurity agencies yesterday encouraged U.S. Trade Cyberthreats.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 11, 2018

On May 30, 2018, the federal government released a report that identifies gaps in assets and capabilities required to manage the consequences of a cyber attack on the U.S. electrical utilities has been observed, the assessment references a December 2015 cyber attack on three Ukrainian electricity distribution companies. electric grid.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2019

Dutch intelligence services are probing Huawei for possibly spying for the Chinese government by using a “back door” in equipment of major telecoms firms. Dutch intelligence probes Huawei for possibly spying for the Chinese government by using a “back door” in the equipment used by major telecoms firms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

A white hat hacker discovered how to break Tchap, a new secure messaging app launched by the French government for officials and politicians. It aims at replacing popular instant messaging services like Telegram and WhatsApp for government people. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) that includes technical details about a new strain of malware, tracked as BLINDINGCAN, that was attributed to North Korea. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were used in a massive surveillance campaign aimed at users working in the financial services, oil and gas, media and entertainment, healthcare, government organizations, and pharmaceuticals. ” reads the analysis published by Awake Security. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The Great Cannon Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tool was used again by the Chinese government, this time it was used to target the LIHKG forum used by Hong Kong protesters to coordinate their protests against the Beijing government. ” states a report published by Citizen Lab researchers published in 2015.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The APT10 group has added two new malware loaders to its arsenal and used in attacks aimed at government and private organizations in Southeast Asia. In April 2019, China-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as APT10 has added two new loaders to its arsenal and used it against government and private organizations in Southeast Asia.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I’v been working on cybersecurity for most than 10 years. Malware Static Analysis. During my PhD program I worked for US Government (@ National Institute of Standards and Technology, Security Division) where I did intensive researches in Malware evasion techniques and penetration testing of electronic voting systems.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

NYDFS requires that all authorized property/casualty insurers that write cyber insurance in the state employ the practices identified in the Framework, including in the first instance, establishing a formal cyber insurance risk strategy that is directed and approved by senior management and the board of directors or governing body of the insurer.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

Bahrain, 08.04.2019 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , and NGN International, a global system integrator, analyzed cybersecurity landscape in Gulf countries in 2018. Upon identification of this information, CERT-GIB reached out to region’s government CERTs to inform about the threat. “It

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a malware analysis report (MAR) that includes technical details about web shells employed by Iranian hackers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

.” reads the technical analysis published by Ambionics security. ” Cybersecurity experts at Imperva observed hundreds of attacks against its customers exploiting the CVE-2019-6340 flaw on February 23. ” reads the analysis published by Imperva. ” reads the post from Imperva. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts, two cybersecurity researchers, found a flaw that could let hackers remotely change the settings of the device, potentially leading to dire consequences. Then, the FDA and Medtronic issued cybersecurity warnings about the pacemakers. The agency followed up by doing its own analysis.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 14, 2015

On January 13, 2015, President Obama announced legislative proposals and administration efforts with respect to cybersecurity, including a specific proposal for a national data breach notification standard. A third proposal seeks to modernize law enforcement to effectively combat illegal activities relating to cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

Today I want to share a quick analysis on a new leaked APT34 Tool in order to track similarities between APT34 public available toolsets. The last available Microsoft.Exchange.WebService.dll dates back to 2015, as shown in the following image, which might suggest a Jason dating period, even if it’s not an irrefutable evidence.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The Scottish government therefore launched Safe, secure and prosperous: a cyber resilience strategy for Scotland in 2015 to help develop a culture of cyber resilience across the country. As part of this initiative, the government launched the Public Sector Action Plan in November 2017. Cyber Essentials certification.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

states the analysis published by FireEye. This week, the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency shared the following tips on how to prevent Coronavirus-themed: Avoid clicking on links in unsolicited emails and be wary of email attachments. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2019

The experts discovered that many South Korean websites still use ActiveX controls, including many government sites, despite the risks associated with the use of this technology. In 2014, the South Korean government decided to lift the mandatory use of ActiveX controls, unfortunately many websites still continue using them.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2019

If you appreciate my effort in spreading cybersecurity awareness, please vote for Security Affairs in the section “Your Vote for the Best EU Security Tweeter” [link]. Sectigo says that most of certificates reported by Chronicle analysis were already revoked. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

So, I came up with this blog post and this GitHub repository where I proposed a new testing-set based on a modified version of Malware Instruction Set for Behavior-Based Analysis , also referred as MIST. The original post along many other interesting analysis are available on the Marco Ramilli blog: [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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