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. The messages use specially crafted archives containing LNK files disguised as regular documents. When clicked, the LNK files would execute malicious commands.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Gamaredon Group is a Cyber Espionage persistent operation attributed to Russians FSB ( Federal Security Service ) in a long-term military and geo-political confrontation against the Ukrainian government and more in general against the Ukrainian military power. . Information about first SFX archive. cmd” and “28847”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

The phishing messages use a RAR-archive named “Saboteurs.rar”, which contains RAR-archive “Saboteurs 21.03.rar.” “The archive contains documents and images of the bait, as well as VBScript code (Thumbs.db), which will create and run the.NET program “dhdhk0k34.com.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization. The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The Gamaredon group.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2024

The ColdRiver APT (aka “ Seaborgium “, “Callisto”, “Star Blizzard”, “TA446”) is a Russian cyberespionage group that has been targeting government officials, military personnel, journalists and think tanks since at least 2015.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The Government Team for Response to Computer Emergencies of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing messages conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) against Ukrainian state bodies. The messages use an archive named “501_25_103.zip”, zip”, which contains a shortcut file. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Back in December, the SolarWinds supply chain attack made the headlines when a Russian cyber espionage group tampered with updates for SolarWinds’ Orion Network Management products that the IT company provides to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices. ” reads the incident report published by mimecast.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The Anonymous collective continues its cyber war on Russian businesses and government organizations. GB archive containing 75,000 files, emails and disk images from CorpMSP. GB archive containing 31,990 emails from LLC Capital. The Anonymous-linked group leaked a 482.5 Anonymous leaked a 20.4 You have 3 days to contact us.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. China-linked threat actors targeted dozens of industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe.

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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. Spawn a thread to recursively search a path and upload files as a ZIP archive. The watering hole attacks on the Daily NK was conducted from March 2021 until early June 2021. services. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Fancy Bear APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. It also contains an embedded ZIP archive that the macros dropped and extracted.” The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Unwritten Record

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is well known for preserving the first written records of our nation. But what about the first government films? Wilbur and Orville Wright , several years out from their historic first flight at Kitty Hawk , decided to make a bid for the government contract.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The backdoor deploys an SFX archive containing a Windows task installation script. ” reads the analysis publisjed by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. Introduction. The Fund is financial planning for defense personnel. Figure 4: Extracted files. The SilentCMD Module.

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Preservica

JULY 26, 2018

The world’s largest grassroots human rights organization will use Preservica’s active digital preservation platform to create a global archive that will accelerate investigations into human rights violations and protect digital records of significant historical importance to the global movement. Oxford, UK and Boston, MA.

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National Archives Records Express

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Some outlets have stated that once permanent records are transferred to the National Archives, they become less accessible to the public. One of the main reasons for the existence of the National Archives is to make government records accessible.

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Unwritten Record

MARCH 11, 2021

Today I am thrilled to tell you about something we’ve been working on: Films of State, a three day online conference focused on government films and NARA’s holdings, scheduled for April 7-9, 2021. Moving Images at the National Archives And Records Administration. Registration is free and open to all.

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Unwritten Record

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here in the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives, we have many photographs within our holdings that show many different ways that breakfast has been consumed throughout history. Take a look below at some of the various images found when searching the National Archives Catalog for different terms.

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Archives Blogs

APRIL 9, 2020

Just as digitization will improve the processing and access of these records to qualify individuals for benefits based on their military service, so it will support public access for the open analysis of historically significant military actions and activities as recommended by the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB).

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Unwritten Record

AUGUST 20, 2024

This post was created in collaboration with Hilda Gitchell, Archives Technician in the Still Picture Branch Local ID: 90-G-23A-575 As the summer winds down and we brace ourselves for a transition to cooler (albeit still humid) weather, we would like to say goodbye and good riddance to a constant presence in most outdoor summer plans: the mosquito.

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Unwritten Record

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

(Local ID: 111-SC-387947) This post was created in collaboration with Cecilia Figliuolo, Archives Technician in the Still Picture Branch. Two guests share a moment at the Christmas Cocktail Party sponsored by the National Archives Association. Check out the National Archives Catalog and spend some time researching the things you love!

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Archives Blogs

MARCH 31, 2020

The National Archives is committed to the health and safety of our visitors and staff, and we continue to do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19. National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC. NPRC’s holdings include medical records and patient clinical records from military hospitals across the world.

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Unwritten Record

MARCH 25, 2021

You may have heard that the National Archives is partnering with the University of Maryland Cinema and Media Studies Program to present Films of State , an online conference on government-produced moving images (if not, check out my last blog post for more background). Researchers for the most part came to Washington, D.C.,

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The Schedule

AUGUST 9, 2019

In the Other category, Digital Archives Specialist was most common. Academic institutions are by far the largest employer of section members, and about a quarter of us work for some level of government. The people of Austin recovered the government archives and preserved Austin as the capital.

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Preservica

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From academic institutions and government agencies to corporate businesses and the health sector, 2022 was full of world events that will shape our history forever. The new Charter incorporates 7 Sustainability Principles around data, software, operations, knowledge, finance, governance, and environmental impact.

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Unwritten Record

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Local Identifier: 111-SC-238651; National Archives Identifier: 531334. “No ” Local Identifier: 111-SC-200791; National Archives Identifier: 531249. ” Local Identifier: 111-SC-202080; National Archives Identifier: 175539147. ” Local Identifier: 111-SC-426441; National Archives Identifier: 175539237.

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Unwritten Record

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Still Picture Branch at the National Archives and Records Administration houses a multitude of posters used during World War II by the United States Government. The messages range from the promotion of Victory Gardens to recruitment for the various branches of the military. Additional Series that are Not Currently Digitized.

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Everteam

MARCH 14, 2019

Riyadh, KSA – March 2019 – An event was held at the General Auditing bureau to conclude the fourth stage of linking the government entities under GAB’s supervision to the Smart Electronic Auditing Platform “SHAMEL” project with Everteam. We are very proud of this achievement.” Stated Ali Hmedeh, Head of SHAMEL, Everteam.

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Unwritten Record

JANUARY 18, 2022

Maps of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay from the Army Corps of Engineers have been digitized and are available to view and download from the National Archives Catalog. Below is a map of Richmond, Virginia, showing churches, schools, and government buildings: Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789-1999.

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Unwritten Record

AUGUST 2, 2022

Government-issued combat boots. Here in the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives, we have a handful of photographs within our holdings that show a glimpse into Elvis’ time with the military. Army Center of Military History: Elvis Presley’s Military Career. and civilian life. March 1, 1960.

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Unwritten Record

JANUARY 24, 2023

A Mother, a Baby, a Name: Identifying One of the Youngest Survivors of the Holocaust Finding Family in Images of Liberation at Buchenwald Our holdings also include footage and audio recordings from military trials held after World War II. military tribunals at Nuremberg, and U.S.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

IT Governance found 73 publicly disclosed security incidents in August 2023, accounting for 79,729,271 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Unwritten Record

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Photograph of the Wright Brothers’ Camp in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,” Records of the US Army Air Forces, Record Group 18, National Archives Local Identifier: 18-WP-48625. Despite such a momentous achievement, as laid out by the Smithsonian Institute, the US government initially took little interest in the Wright’s invention.

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Unwritten Record

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

These maps date primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s, cover most areas of the world, and provide a particularly interesting glimpse into the activities and interests of the CIA and US government during the Cold War and Vietnam War.

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Preservica

MARCH 7, 2022

Trusted by leading business, government and cultural organizations around the world, we are continuing to grow fast, and you are a part of that! The acceleration in digital transformation and cloud-first initiatives over the last year has put increased focus on the way long-term digital content is governed and used.

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Unwritten Record

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The country needed to quickly increase the number of soldiers in the military while also increasing the production of wartime goods and manufacturing. To do this, the United States Government employed several strategies to garner the support of the American people. The First Motion Picture Unit, part of the U.S.

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