Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

” The following image shows an archived version of the East Lothian Courier, which is one of the impacted newspapers, that was published by Reported Future News. A group claiming to be “first-class Russian hackers” defaced numerous local and regional British newspaper websites owned by Newsquest Media Group.

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Unwritten Record

MAY 19, 2020

Photographs of Native Americans can be found throughout the holdings of the National Archives in many record groups and series. In this blog post I will highlight some of the late 19th and early 20th century photographs that are located in the series 111-SC, Photographs of American Military Activities, ca.

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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.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. MassaCarrara Web Archives. Administrator Username & Password To Access Archive: [link]. State Archive of Palermo. Archive Administrative Usernames & Password: [link]. Leaked Archive: [link]. State Archives S.I.A.S.

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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. Bitdefender researchers discovered a previously unknown China-linked threat actor dubbed ‘Unfading Sea Haze’ that has been targeting military and government entities since 2018.

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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. The oldest known government-produced film in our holdings is First Army Aeroplane Flight, Fort Myer, Virginia , which captured daring test flights of the Wright Military Flyer. At that time, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

The attackers said that the stolen data includes information about the employees of the company involved in military projects, commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies. Adrastea said that they have found critical vulnerabilities in the company infrastructure and have stolen 60 GB of confidential data.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The attackers attempted to trick victims into downloading and decompress a ZIP archive (Cross-Platform Bridges.zip) containing the malicious Python code masqueraded by an arbitrage bot. log – SUGARLOADER Stage 3 (Loader)- Discord (fake) – HLOADER Stage 4 (Payload) – KANDYKORN Decompressing the archive, it reveals a Main.py

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

GB archive called “STRATEGICPLANNINGpart62.zip” Maze operators were very active during the past months, they have also stolen data from US military contractor Westech and the ST Engineering group , and they have released credit card data stolen from the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) threatening to leak other lots every week.

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The Schedule

DECEMBER 19, 2019

This testimonial about the intersections of archives and records management comes from Elizabeth McGorty, Archivist & Records Manager for Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. Architectural drawings are considered both a corporate record (as defined by our policies) and material of archival value.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 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 speculated the operation was aimed at influencing regional and military dynamics.

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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.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. The attack chain commences with spear-phishing emails with malicious attachments (.docx,rar,sfx

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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

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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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

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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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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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

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The folder included data archives ranging in size from 27 megabytes to 82 gigabytes. Experts at InfoArmor discovered that one of the archive contained data related to Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (CPFs), personal information, military info, telephone, loans, and addresses. . ” reads the report published by InfoArmor.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The attacks were spotted while analyzing network artifacts associated with RomComRAT infections resulting from attacks targeting Ukrainian military institutions. In the KeePass RomCom campaign threat actors distributed an archive named “KeePass-2.52.zip” ” reads the report published by BlackBerry.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The group targeted multiple industries, including governments, telecom, aerospace, energy, financial institutions, nuclear research, oil and gas, military, transportation, and companies developing encryption technologies. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, backdoor).

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Archives Blogs

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The National Archives released 2,891 records on Thursday related to the assassination of President John F. These instructions will allow the National Archives to release as much information as possible by the end of the temporary certification period on April 26, 2018. The National Archives established the John F.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2019

The recently patched vulnerability affecting the popular archiver utility WinRAR has been exploited to deliver new malware to targeted users. The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive.

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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

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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Unwritten Record

MAY 16, 2024

This post was created in collaboration with Phillip Wong, Archives Technician in the Still Picture Branch. Politicians and Archives staff were breaking ground on Archives II, the new DC-area National Archives building that would ease the storage issues that had been troubling the National Archives Building in Washington, DC for decades.

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Unwritten Record

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The International Military Tribunal , more commonly known at the Nuremberg trials , began this week 75 years ago in Nuremberg, Germany. The trials were a series of military tribunals held to convict major Nazi German leaders on charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit each of these crimes.

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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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Archives Blogs

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I could not have written my last book, Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America— nor have won the Pulitzer Prize for it—without the National Archives. There are plenty of sources about battles, but the information I needed on Custer as middle manager could be found only in the National Archives.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The messages use an archive named “501_25_103.zip”, In past campaigns, the group targeted a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. zip”, which contains a shortcut file. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2019

The discovered attack appears to be designed to lure military personnel: it leverage a legit document of the “State of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” dated back in the 2nd April 2019. Actually, the file is a Self Extracting Archive (SFX) claiming to be part of some Oracle software with an invalid signature. exe::6start “” “%fnQWAZC%.exe”If

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

During recent times, Gamaredon is targeting the Ukrainian military and law enforcement sectors too, as officially stated by the CERT-UA. The infection chain is composed by different stages of password protected SFX (self extracting archive), each containing vbs or batch scripts. Technical Analysis. Malicious e-mail. scr” extension.

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The Schedule

AUGUST 9, 2019

In the Other category, Digital Archives Specialist was most common. Jessika Drmacich spoke about her work with collaborative archiving of student records at Williams College and the vital role of relationship building. The people of Austin recovered the government archives and preserved Austin as the capital.

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