Meta Loosens AI Rules for US Military Use
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Policy Shift Allows Military Contractors, Security Agencies Access to its AI Model Meta revised its policy to permit U.S.
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Ukraine bans Telegram for government agencies, military, and critical infrastructure
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Ukraine’s NCCC banned the Telegram app for government agencies, military, and critical infrastructure, due to national security concerns. ” reads the announcement published by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The ban does not affect Ukrainian citizens. ” continues the announcement.
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Apparent GE Hack Raises National Security Concerns
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Prominent Threat Actor Advertises Access to GE's Military Projects General Electric says it is aware of claims made by "a bad actor" about gaining unauthorized access to its sensitive data and taking "appropriate measures to help protect the integrity of our systems" after a hacker known as IntelBroker advertised access to its networks and data.
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Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Russia-linked threat actors have been targeting Android devices of the Ukrainian military with a new malware dubbed Infamous Chisel. The GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have published an analysis of the Android malware.
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Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel
Security Affairs
JUNE 24, 2023
Army’s Criminal Investigation Division warns that US military personnel have reported receiving unsolicited smartwatches in the mail. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division reported that service members across the military received smartwatches unsolicited in the mail. ” reads the alert. ” reads the alert.
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China Hacked Japan’s Military Networks
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 14, 2023
The Washington Post has the story : The hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on—plans, capabilities, assessments of military shortcomings, according to three former senior U.S. officials, who were among a dozen current and former U.S.
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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
as members of the PLA’s 54 th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military. Attorney General Bill Barr said at a press conference today that the Justice Department doesn’t normally charge members of another country’s military with crimes (this is only the second time the agency has indicted Chinese military hackers).
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Russia-linked APT TAG-70 targets European government and military mail servers exploiting Roundcube XSS
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
The nation-state actors are known to carry out cyber-espionage against targeting government, military, and national infrastructure entities in Europe and Central Asia since at least December 2020. “TAG70 has demonstrated a high level of sophistication in its attack methods.
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UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a third-party data breach exposing military personnel data
Security Affairs
MAY 8, 2024
The Ministry of Defence revealed that a malign actor gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network, which is an external system completely separate to MOD’s core network. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told House of Commons that the impacted system is not connected to the main military HR system. ” states the BBC. .”
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 497 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 496 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
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New HiatusRAT campaign targets Taiwan and U.S. military procurement system
Security Affairs
AUGUST 21, 2023
military procurement system. Threat actors leveraged edge routers, or “living on the edge” access, to passively collect traffic and set up a covert C2 infrastructure. Threat actors leveraged edge routers, or “living on the edge” access, to passively collect traffic and set up a covert C2 infrastructure. 57 155.138.213[.]169
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The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. This isn’t new, this isn’t just data of non-US citizens, and this isn’t the US military.
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Academic Study Finds Security Flaws in Online Voting Tool
Data Breach Today
JUNE 12, 2020
OmniBallot Voting Platform Is Vulnerable to Hacking, Researchers Say Researchers at MIT and the University of Michigan have uncovered multiple security flaws in the online voting platform OmniBallot which could allow hackers to access and manipulate voter data.
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Military Bases & Mobile Biometrics: Ensure Accurate Identity Verification Is Always In-Hand
HID Global
JULY 24, 2023
Ensure accurate identity verification with mobile biometrics for military bases. Discover authentication readers for secure and speedy access to sensitive zones.
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Chinese APT Tropic Trooper target air-gapped military Networks in Asia
Security Affairs
MAY 15, 2020
Chinese threat actors, tracked as Tropic Trooper and KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines. Chinese APT group Tropic Trooper, aka KeyBoy, has been targeting air-gapped military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines, Trend Micro researchers reported. ” continues the report.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 494 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2024
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Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. The access was first blocked via national provider Turk Telecom (AS9121), but later other service providers applied the government restrictions. local time (8:30 p.m.
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Maze ransomware operators stole data from US military contractor Westech
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2020
Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. Security experts fear that hackers could attempt to sell stolen data about the nuclear deterrent on to a foreign state. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.
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Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe
Security Affairs
AUGUST 14, 2020
China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. The capabilities allow threat actors to make lateral movement and deeper access to the target organization. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CatusPete).
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Ukraine: Military defense agencies and banks hit by cyberattacks
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
While the website of the Oschadbank bank initially remained accessible, the customers were not able to access their online banking accounts. Yesterday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) today revealed the country is the target of an ongoing “wave of hybrid warfare” conducted by Russia-linked malicious actors.
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A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors
Security Affairs
JANUARY 26, 2020
A new piece of the Ryuk malware has been improved to steal confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. “It is likely the same actor with the access to the earlier Ryuk version who repurposed the code p ortion for this stealer,” explained the p opular malware researcher Vitali Kremez.
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Chinese Military personnel charged with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax.
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Applying the OODA Loop to Cybersecurity and Secure Access Service Edge
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Organizations can best defend themselves on the cyber battlefield by adopting a military-style defense.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 460 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!
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Naikon APT group uses new Nebulae backdoor in attacks aimed at military orgs
Security Affairs
APRIL 28, 2021
China-linked APT Naikon employed a new backdoor in multiple cyber-espionage operations targeting military organizations from Southeast Asia in the last 2 years. The Naikon APT group mainly focuses on high-profile orgs, including government entities and military orgs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.
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Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks
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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Cisco addressed Webex flaws used to compromise German government meetings
Security Affairs
JUNE 5, 2024
In early May, German media outlet Zeit Online revealed that threat actors exploited vulnerabilities in the German government’s implementation of the Cisco Webex software to access internal meetings. Experts believe threat actors exploited an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability to access internal Webex meetings.
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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 26, 2024
Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.
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Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America military
Security Affairs
AUGUST 5, 2019
Security experts from ESET uncovered a cyber-espionage group tracked as Machete that stole sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. Security experts from ESET reported that a cyberespionage group tracked as Machete has stolen sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. ” reads the analysis from ESET.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 462 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
MARCH 10, 2024
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
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APT28 targets key networks in Europe with HeadLace malware
Security Affairs
JUNE 3, 2024
The compromise of networks associated with Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and European railway systems could allow attackers to gather intelligence to influence battlefield tactics and broader military strategies. Insikt Group speculates the operation is aimed at influencing regional and military dynamics.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 476 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
JUNE 16, 2024
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GUEST ESSAY: How tech tricks used by Amazon, Netflix aid Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Accessing video-based intelligence at the right time and place is a very effective method for gaining information about the constantly changing military landscape. Value of protocols Technological innovations have widely been credited for helping Ukraine even the odds against Russia’s military might.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 491 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
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InvisiMole group targets military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe
Security Affairs
JUNE 18, 2020
Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. The attack chain begins with the deployment of a TCP downloader that fetches the next stage payload.
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GUEST ESSAY: A Memorial Day call to upskill more veterans for in-demand cybersecurity roles
The Last Watchdog
MAY 30, 2022
Meanwhile, 200,000 well-trained and technically skilled military service members are discharged each year. Yet, there’s still work to be done to make this path more accessible and known among the veteran and transitioning military community. This experience can also be helpful when training cybersecurity talent. And it works.
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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 28, 2019
The Department of Justice wants access to encrypted consumer devices but promises not to infiltrate business products or affect critical infrastructure. They affect national security. The thing is, that distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist. Consumer devices are critical infrastructure.
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DOD DISA US agency discloses a security breach
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) US agency in charge of secure IT and communication for the White House has disclosed a data breach. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the DoD agency that is in charge of the security of IT and telecommunications for the White House and military troops has suffered a cyber attack.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 392
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 newsletter Round 431 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition
Security Affairs
AUGUST 6, 2023
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. It’s Testing U.S.
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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks
The Last Watchdog
MAY 13, 2020
Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. They must rally the troops to proactively engage, day-to-day, in the intricate and absolutely vital mission of preserving the security of IT assets, without stifling innovation.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 434 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition
Security Affairs
AUGUST 27, 2023
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. military procurement system Spoofing an Apple device and tricking users into sharing sensitive data Israel and US to Invest $3.85 A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Korean Kimsuky APT targets S.
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NATO is investigating a new cyber attack claimed by the SiegedSec group
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Additional cyber security measures have been put in place. There has been no impact on NATO missions, operations and military deployments.” The group published a series of screenshots showing access to hacked systems as proof of the hack. SiegedSec is a threat actor that last year carried out multiple attacks against U.S.
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