Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Russian APT groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

Security researchers have found a new government spyware, tracked as Exodus, that was distributed through the Google Play Store. According to Motherboard, the Android surveillance malware on the Google Play store that was sold to the Italian government by a company that sells surveillance cameras. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Spanish Police arrested an unnamed hacker who allegedly breached tens of government institutions in Spain and the US. Spanish National Police arrested a hacker responsible for multiple cyberattacks on government institutions in Spain and the U.S. Targe including the U.S. Army, UN, NATO, and other agencies.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The access was first blocked via national provider Turk Telecom (AS9121), but later other service providers applied the government restrictions. In December 2016 , the Turkish blocked social media in the country to prevent the sharing of a video of the executions of Turkish soldiers by the IS group. local time (8:30 p.m.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 17, 2020

“We must care as much about securing our systems as we care about running them if we are to make the necessary revolutionary change.” What kind of security failures created an environment that allegedly allowed a former CIA employee to exfiltrate so much sensitive data? Moving too slowly to enact key security safeguards.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

The US State Department and Secret Service offered $2 million in reward money for help capturing two Ukrainian hackers that have been charged with hacking and selling insider corporate data stolen from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offer was covered by the State Department’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

The annual national security threat assessment report released by Lithuania’s State Security Department states that Russia-linked APT groups conducted cyber-attacks against top Lithuanian officials and decision-makers last in 2020. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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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 13, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 353 appeared first on Security Affairs. US seizes $3.6 US seizes $3.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The threat actors shared a portion of the stolen data with TechCrunch as proof of the hack, it includes records on current and former government officials, diplomats, and politically exposed people. In June 2016, security researcher Chris Vickery found a copy of the World-Check database dated 2014 that was accidentally exposed online.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Roskomnadzor is attempting to oblige the IT giants, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google to move data related to Russian citizens to servers in Russia allowing the Government to monitor them., The Russian government could also ban IT companies that will not comply with the same law. .” reported the Associated Press.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In addition, the government seized the domain names for two popular anonymity services that were heavily advertised on Cracked and Nulled and allowed customers to rent virtual servers: StarkRDP[.]io to , and vDOS , a DDoS-for-hire service that was shut down in 2016 after its founders were arrested. io , and rdp[.]sh. lol and nulled[.]it.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

The former National Security Agency contractor Harold Thomas Martin III , who was accused and subsequently pled guilty to stealing over 50TB of classified NSA data, was sentenced to nine years in prison. 13, 2016, asked one of the researchers to arrange a conversation with Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in the country vulnerable to critical flaws. The BSI urges operators running vulnerable instances to install available security updates and configure them securely. ” reads the alert published by the BSI.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The APT28 group 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. Governments in Europe. A government of a South American country.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The French government announced a “Paris Call” for global talks about cyberspace security aimed at laying out a shared framework of rules. The French government is promoting a series of Global Talks on cyberspace security, it urges for a “code of good conduct” for states in the cyberspace.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Microsoft has observed APT28 using GooseEgg in post-compromise activities against various targets, including government, non-governmental, education, and transportation sector organizations in Ukraine, Western Europe, and North America. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The man has remained stuck in the Asian country since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the local government and the cancelation of international travel. TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors. Hackers penetrated NEC defense business division in 2016. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 249 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived!

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APRIL 12, 2022

The good news is that the attacks were detected and neutralized by government experts with the help of cybersecurity firms ESET and Microsoft. Security firm ESET, which helped the Ukrainian government, published a detailed report on the Industroyer2 wiper used to target a Ukrainian energy company. . To nominate, please visit:?

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC , ESET , Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs , NTT , and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joint the forces and announced today a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky was recently spotted using a new piece of malware in attacks on government agencies and human rights activists. The researchers believe that attackers have tampered with the creation date of most of the files employed in the attacks and backdated them to 2016. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Bruno Kahl, the President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst intelligence service since 2016, warned of state-sponsored attacks aimed at liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the country. Nation-state actors from Russia and China are the biggest cyber threats to homeland security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

The Sweden government is going to authorize the use of spyware on suspects’ devices to spy on their communications and track them. ” Starting from March 1, 2020, the Police Authority, the Security Police, the Customs Administration and the Swedish Crime Agency will be granted extended powers with the proposal.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

According to an internal report drown up after the 2016 data breach that led to the ‘ Vault 7 ‘ data leak, a specialized CIA unit involved in the development of hacking tools and cyber weapons failed in protecting its operations and was able to respond after the leak of its secrets. ” reported The Washington Post. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

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. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint alert to warn critical infrastructure operators about threats from Russian state-sponsored hackers. ” reads the joint alert. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

A parliamentary committee in the Czech Republic revealed that the National Cyber and Information Security Agency blamed a foreign state for a cyber attack that targeted the Czech Foreign Ministry. A government source told Reuters that Czech authorities suspected the attacks originated from Russia. ” states the Associated Press.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Government of Pyongyang focuses on crypto hacking to fund its military program following harsh U.N. sanctions imposed in 2016 and 1017, and the impact on its economy is dramatic. Cyber security and intelligence experts believe that attacks aimed at the cryptocurrency industry will continue to increase next year.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 5G – The Future of Security and Privacy in Smart Cities. Hacker that hit UK National Lottery in 2016 was sentenced to prison. Turkish Hackers hit Greek Government websites and local stock exchange. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! Pierluigi Paganini.

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JULY 25, 2019

Much has been written about the need to further secure our elections, from ensuring the integrity of voting machines to combating fake news. California has a civil grand jury system designed to serve as an independent oversight of local government functions, and each county impanels jurors to perform this service annually.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 30, 2023

The 2003 Cyberattack Has Been Linked to a State-Sponsored Cyberespionage Campaign The United Kingdom's national cybersecurity agency on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of its response to the first-ever cyberattack against the government by disclosing how government agencies responded.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The FBI and NSA have published a joint security alert containing technical details about a new piece of Linux malware, tracked as Drovorub , allegedly employed by Russia-linked the APT28 group. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. The name comes from drovo [?????] .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Monitoring of social media platforms is a crucial activity for intelligence agencies, almost any government is working to gather intelligence for these systems. “The Israel Defense Forces asked cybersecurity companies in 2016 to present proposals for creating a system that would monitor social media users’ personal correspondence.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, 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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