The Last Watchdog

JULY 5, 2022

The top reason, chosen from a proved list of ten, was ‘increased cyber security risks’, followed by the related concern, ‘new and/or increased data privacy regulations’. Cyber security keeps the C-suite up at night and perhaps that’s no surprise. Cyber security should also be viewed in a wider business context. Cyber in a silo?

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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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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

During a video conference of the members of the European Council, EU leaders agreed on a new strategy aimed at boosting defense and security. The EU leaders emphasized that they looked forward to cooperating with the new US administration on a strong and ambitious transatlantic agenda that included a close dialogue on security and defence.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“A January 2024 court-authorized operation has neutralized a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that GRU Military Unit 26165 , also known as APT28, Sofacy Group , Forest Blizzard , Pawn Storm , Fancy Bear , and Sednit , used to conceal and otherwise enable a variety of crimes.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

Sol Orien provides consultant services to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), it confirmed to have suffered a cyber attack via Twitter. Sol Oriens statement to us now: “In May 2021, Sol Oriens became aware of a cybersecurity incident that impacted our network environment.” states the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 2, 2021

Connecticut recently passed two cybersecurity laws that will become effective on October 1, 2021. On June 16, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5310, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. On July 6, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 6607, An Act Incentivizing the Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards for Businesses.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA published a security advisory to warn of spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT (aka Gamaredon , Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) targeting local state organizations. The group targeted government and military organizations in Ukraine. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 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.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) shared the results of their analysis on the evolution of Iran-linked threat actors at the CyberWarCon 2021. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has breached at least 14 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers since May 2021. NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Dutch government will not tolerate ransomware attacks that could threaten national security, it will use intelligence or military services to curb them. The Dutch government announced that it will not tolerate cyberattacks that pose a risk to its national security and will employ intelligence or military services to counter them.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 392 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

France National Agency for the Security of Information Systems warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group has breached several critical networks. The document provides details about the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) associated with threar actors since the second half of 2021. ” The script was hosted on “mocky[.]io,”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Researcher Sylvain Pelissier has discovered that the DataVault encryption software made by ENC Security and used by multiple vendors is affected by a couple of key derivation function issues. ” The vulnerabilities have been tracked as CVE-2021-36750 and CVE-2021-36751. ” reads the security advisory published by ENC.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the past 20 months, the group targeted at least 30 organizations within 14 nations that are probably of strategic intelligence significance to the Russian government and its military. The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. A data inventory allows you to focus the greatest security (and monitoring) where it needs to be. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). These six areas will help improve your security program.

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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. The first name was John Chris Inglis, who was nominated as the first-ever National Cyber Director, a role that was introduced by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

CyberNews experts discovered that ENC Security, a Netherlands software company, had been leaking critical business data since May 2021. The software is developed by a third-party vendor – ENC Security. The data was accessible from 27 May 2021 up until 9 November 2022. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ENC Security).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

.” The Snatch ransomware was first spotted at the end of 2019, Sophos researchers discovered a piece of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics.

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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. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The French cyber-security agency ANSSI said that the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has been targeting French organizations since February 2021. Le CERT-FR vient de publier un rapport sur des campagnes d’hameçonnage du mode opératoire d’attaquants Nobelium contre des entités françaises menées depuis février 2021.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. On May 6, 2021, an unauthorized third party acquired certain records stored in our systems,” states the letter. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS). The researchers noticed that the attackers also commonly employed multiple known vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR or CVE-2021-40444 in Windows MSHTML.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shane Huntley, the head of the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), wrote on Twitter that his group had sent an above-average batch of government-backed security warnings. . TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. — Shane Huntley (@ShaneHuntley) October 7, 2021. ” Huntley added. “At

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

A security researcher released a new PoC exploit for ProxyLogon issues that could be adapted to install web shells on vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers. A security researcher has released a new proof-of-concept exploit that could be adapted to install web shells on Microsoft Exchange servers vulnerable ProxyLogon issues.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2022

A SaaS security company says a spike in cyber attacks from Russia and China in recent weeks suggests the two countries may be coordinating their cyber efforts. reported that hackers – some linked to Russian GRU military intelligence – breached computers at nearly two dozen U.S. SaaS Apps Under Attack.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

APT37 has been active since at least 2012, it mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. The watering hole attacks on the Daily NK was conducted from March 2021 until early June 2021. ” reads the post published by Volexity. com to malicious subdomains of jquery[.]services.

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