Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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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. on November 6, 2017.”

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MARCH 8, 2023

China-linked APT group Sharp Panda targets high-profile government entities in Southeast Asia with the Soul modular framework. CheckPoint researchers observed in late 2022, a campaign attributed to the China-linked APT group Sharp Panda that is targeting a high-profile government entity in the Southeast Asia.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017 when targeted entities in the Middle East. The group’s victims are mainly in the telecommunications, government (IT services), and oil sectors. The group evolved over the years by adding new attack techniques to its arsenal.

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JULY 22, 2020

In the second half of 2017, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed it was the victim of a cyber-attack in 2016. ” Radchenko and Ieremenko were charged in January 2019 for their participation in a scheme to profit from information stolen from hacked from a government database.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to experts from Symantec, the group is now actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America. Governments in Europe.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

The KONNI RAT was first discovered in May 2017 by researchers from the Cisco Talos team after it was employed in attacks aimed at organizations linked to North Korea. The KONNI malware also employed in at least two campaigns in 2017. Upon enabling the macros, the code will fetch and install the KONNI malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations. ” reads the report published by ESET.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Estonian sues Gemalto for 152 million euros following the security flaws in the citizen ID cards issued by the company that caused their recall in 2017. Estonian authorities sue the security firm Gemalto for 152 million euros following the security flaws in the citizen ID cards issued by the company that caused their recall in 2017.

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JUNE 19, 2020

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations. but also all other versions up to v3.0.0. of the driver. .

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JANUARY 7, 2024

The researchers believe that the Turkey-linked APT Sea Turtle has been active since at least 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. The Sea Turtle APT group focuses primarily on targeting organizations in Europe and the Middle East.

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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. Malaysia’s Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT) warns of a cyber espionage campaign carried out by the China-linked APT40 group aimed at Malaysian government officials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A Ukrainian government source told Reuters that Kyiv’s hackers are behind the cyber attack that disrupted operations at the Russian state media company VGTRK on Putin’s birthday. Russian government officials have yet to publicly attribute the cyber attack to Ukraine.

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JULY 9, 2019

Last week the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) uploaded to VirusTotal a malware used by Iran-linked APT33 group in attacks in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017. USCYBERCOM has discovered active malicious use of CVE-2017-11774 and recommends immediate #patching. ” reads a report published by Kaspersky.

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JUNE 28, 2020

Recently, Australia ‘s prime minister Scott Morrison revealed that a “state-based actor” is targeting government, public services, and businesses. In many cases, attackers targeted unpatched versions of Telerik user interface (UI) by exploiting CVE-2019-18935 , CVE-2017-9248 , CVE-2017-11317 , CVE-2017-11357 vulnerabilities.

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JULY 1, 2021

Before, you likely had to manually provide this info to lenders, creditors or government agencies. Equifax’s 2017 megabreach that exposed the personal and financial details of 145.5 . “Your employees may need to verify their income and employment info when applying for things like loans, credit, or public aid.

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MAY 6, 2020

It seems that the huge trove of data was the result of a data breach that took place in 2017, the oldest entries are dated back as 2013. – Database apparently got hacked in 2017. Actor leaks Mobilink's (now @jazzpk ) database – Pakistan's leading telecom service.

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APRIL 27, 2022

government on Tuesday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information pertaining to six alleged Russian military hackers tied to the 2017 NotPetya destructive malware campaign. 6 Russian Military Intelligence Agents Charged With Launching NotPetya Destruction The U.S.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Data belongs to individuals that provided their information to Mercedez-Benz and dealer websites between 2014 and 2017. “It is our understanding the information was entered by customers and interested buyers on dealer and Mercedes-Benz websites between January 1, 2014 and June 19, 2017. The incident exposed approximately 1.6

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The document describes what to do in case a government worker expresses opinions against the Israeli state on social networks. ” The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017, when the APT group targeted entities in the Middle East. .” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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MARCH 5, 2019

A cyber-espionage group, tracked as APT40, apparently linked to the Chinese government is focused on targeting countries important to the country’s Belt and Road Initiative. Jumper , and Leviathan ), apparently linked to the Chinese government, is focused on targeting countries important to the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (i.e.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies. The Qihoo 360 experts claim that a CIA hacking unit tracked as APT-C-39 has hacked organizations in the aviation, scientific research, oil, technology industries, it also targeted government agencies.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

. “On May 12, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Defense (DoD) released three Malware Analysis Reports (MARs) on malware variants used by the North Korean government.” ” reads the DHS CISA’s advisory.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. In 2017, Symantec speculated that at least 40 targets in 16 countries have been compromised by the threat actors. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2020

The Bandook was spotted last time in 2015 and 2017 campaigns, dubbed “ Operation Manul ” and “ Dark Caracal “, respectively attributed to Kazakh and the Lebanese governments. Samples from the Dark Caracal campaign (2017) utilized around 100 commands, compared to the current 120 command version we analyzed.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Prosecutors Say Jun Ying Sold Stock Before Data Breach Was Made Public A former Equifax CIO who sold his stock in the company after learning about its 2017 data breach several months before the public and government agencies were informed has been sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

A new shocking revelation comes from the disputed from NSO Group and Facebook, NSO CEO claims Facebook tried to buy an Apple spying software in 2017. The researchers also spotted other attacks against a Mexican journalist who reported to the public a story of the corruption in the Mexican government. ”the court filing reads.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

government agencies and first responders. Special Operations Command (PDF), demanding that the government turn over information collected about him and seeking restitution for his alleged kidnapping at the hands of the CIA. put him on a terror watch list after he traveled to Syria in 2017. since 2017.

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JULY 21, 2020

Parliament Panel's Report Slams Government for Not Investigating Russian Activities The British government was underprepared for Russia's alleged attempts to influence the outcomes of the Brexit referendum in 2016 and the 2017 general election and failed to conduct adequate investigations, according to a report by the U.K.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

The attack targeted industrial plants, design bureaus and research institutes, government agencies, ministries and departments in several East European countries (Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine), as well as Afghanistan.” The emails used weaponized Microsoft Word documents exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The cybersurveillance equipment was used by the Egyptian government to track down opponents. The investigation began in 2017 following a complaint by FIDH and LDH filed with the support of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). A weapon of choice for authoritarian governments.” ” continues Télérama.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The government says Quantum Stresser had more than 80,000 customer subscriptions, and that during 2018 the service was used to conduct approximately 50,000 actual or attempted attacks targeting people and networks worldwide. The landing page for the Quantum Stresser attack-for-hire service. Attorney Adam Alexander.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

Ukrainian government attributes the recent attacks against tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151. The government of Kyiv attributes the defacement of tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151 , the Reuters agency reported in exclusive.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2021

Check Point Research (CPR) said that the Chinese APT group SharpPanda spent three years developing a new backdoor to spy on Asian governments. . The spear-phishing messages impersonate departments of the targeted governments. . In some cases, the emails are spoofed to look like they were from other government-related entities.

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MAY 7, 2019

The APT3 cyberespionage group had been active since at least 2009 and its last operation was uncovered in mid-2017. Since then, APT3 has been actively penetrating corporations and governments in the US, UK and most recently Hong Kong. Doublepulsar ), a backdoor that was subsequently released by the Shadow Brokers in 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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