Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. ” reads a press release published by Foreign & Commonwealth Office , National Cyber Security Centre , and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Sweden is banning Chinese tech giant Huawei and ZTE from building new 5G wireless networks due to national security concerns. The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. ” reads a press release published by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. .

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JULY 1, 2020

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE are considered as national security threats. regulators declared Huawei and ZTE to be national security threats. Last week China accused the US government of “oppressing Chinese companies” after U.S. In November 2019, the U.S.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personal were using them to track their runs, and you could look at the public data and find places where there should be no people running. Six years later, the problem remains.

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JUNE 26, 2022

Department of Justice brought charges against four Russian nationals suspected of using TRITON malware in cyber attacks on behalf of the Russian government between 2012 and 2018. ” reported the American Military News website. ” continues the American Military News website. Pierluigi Paganini. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JULY 31, 2020

The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on a Russia-linked military espionage unit, as well as companies operating for Chinese and North Korean threat actors that launched cyber-attacks against the EU and its member states. ” states the Council of the European Union.” ” conclude the EU.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Microsoft has spotted a new hacking campaign targeting 2018 midterm elections, the experts attributed the attacks to Russia-linked APT28 group. Microsoft has spotted a new hacking campaign targeting 2018 midterm elections. Security guidance and ongoing education. Securi ty Affairs – APT28, 2018 midterm elections).

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MAY 2, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

BadPackets experts observed on August 22 a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. On August 22, BadPackets experts observed a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Microsoft says Russian APT28 group carried out multiple cyberattacks on democratic institutions in Europe between September and December 2018. The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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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. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 25, 2018

Chinese-owned telecommunications firm Huawei has been banned from Australia’s 5G network due to security concerns. Has safely & securely delivered wireless technology in Aust for close to 15 yrs. — Huawei Australia (@HuaweiOZ) August 22, 2018. Huawei Australia defined the decision disappointing.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

The man was arrested in Switzerland on March 21, 2021, along with four other accomplices he conspired to gain unauthorized access to computers and to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).” national securities exchanges to purchase or sell the securities of those companies.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Chrome zero-day). Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 6, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure. Threat actors leverage VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure, to breach into the target networks. ” concludes the NCSC.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

According to the Taiwan Investigation Bureau’s Cyber Security Investigation Office, the China-linked cyberespionage groups tracked as Blacktech and Taidoor have been targeting government agencies and information service providers since 2018. . “We know for sure that these 6,000 emails have been compromised.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Cyber security department director Chien Hung-wei told parliament representatives that government infrastructure faces “five million attacks and scans a day” . On the other end, the Chinese government considers the island its territory and does not exclude its military occupation in the future. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Security Affairs – Newsletter ). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 186 – News of the week appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

The threat actors have been targeting the above industries since at least 2018. “Assessments as to the identity of the operators and authors of ShellClient resulted in the identification of a new Iranian threat actor dubbed MalKamak that has operated since at least 2018 and remained publicly unknown thus far.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. According to a report published by Symantec in October, the group was actively conducting cyber espionage campaigns against government and military organizations in Europe and South America.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2024

A previously unknown China-linked threat actor dubbed ‘Unfading Sea Haze’ has been targeting military and government entities since 2018. Since at least 2018, they used SilentGh0st, TranslucentGh0st, and three variants of the.NET agent SharpJSHandler supported by Ps2dllLoader.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Last week, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported that advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in enterprise VPN products in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2018-13379 flaw could be exploited to obtain administrator credentials in plain text.

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APRIL 13, 2021

The Swedish Sports Confederation organization was compromised in 2017-18 by hackers working for Russian military intelligence, officials said. In the same period, Russia-linked hackers working for the military intelligence service GRU targeted other prominent sporting bodies, including World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and FIFA.

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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. Since 2018, the hackers started targeting mobile users with an Android surveillance malware ChatSpy. ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018 – LulzSec Italy announced credit a string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy. In celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018, LulzSec Italy announced credit for a massive string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy.

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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. Security experts at Symantec speculate that Thrip is a sub-group of Billbug. ” concludes the report. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

The security incident has happened in July at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant at Yuzhnoukrainsk, in the south of the country. The Ukrainian authorities are currently investigating if any attackers may have had access to exposed systems to information that could threaten national security. ” reported ZDnet.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2020

military’s Cyber Command. Cyber Command , a branch of the Department of Defense headed by the director of the National Security Agency (NSA). ” Alex Holden , chief information security officer and president of Milwaukee-based Hold Security , has been monitoring Trickbot activity before and after the 10-day operation.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU , the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. Or he could just be a guy wearing a military uniform.” Some of those photos date back to 2008. ” Mr. .”

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JUNE 10, 2021

The group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. APT28 was also involved in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election , experts link the APT to the Russian military intelligence service (GRU). Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 11, 2022

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane. According to Dragos, the Hexane group has been active since at least the middle of 2018, it intensified its activity in early 2019 with an escalation of tensions within the Middle East. .”

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JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. The release was granted in part due to Ferizi’s 2018 diagnosis if asthma, as well as a COVID outbreak at the facility where he was housed in 2020.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Unknown hackers compromised 10 PCs at ministry’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration which is the office that manages the military procurement. The security breach has occurred on October 4, 2018, the attack aimed at 30 computers, but only 10 of them were hacked. ” the Korea’s Dong-A Ilbo reports.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The military has identified at least six social media accounts that were used by attackers to trick the victims into installing malicious apps. Israeli military officials explained that Hamas operatives adopted the same tactic in a campaign launched in January 2018, when the hackers used the profile of a woman named “Elianna Amer.”.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. In September 2018, security experts from ESET spotted the first UEFI rootkit of ever, the code tracked as LoJax was used in attacks in the wild. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

. “We see cyber being used to meddle in domestic political processes, attacks against critical infrastructure, and cyber will be an integral part of any future military conflict,” Stoltenberg said. Russia-linked APR groups are blamed of interference in some European elections and 2018 US midterm election.

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