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US adds Tencent to the list of companies supporting Chinese military

Security Affairs

US adds Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to the list of companies supporting the Chinese military. The US Department of Defense has added Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to its “Chinese military company” list under the Section 1260 requirement.

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Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked threat actors have been targeting Android devices of the Ukrainian military with a new malware dubbed Infamous Chisel. “The information exfiltrated is a combination of system device information, commercial application information and applications specific to the Ukrainian military. ” concludes the report.

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Recently Cloud Atlas used a new piece of polymorphic malware

Security Affairs

Cloud Atlas threat actors used a new piece of polymorphic malware in recent attacks against government organizations. The Cloud Atlas cyberespionage group, aka Inception, continues to carry out attacks against government organizations and was observed using a new piece of polymorphic malware dubbed VBShower.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

.” Hummel said NoName will typically launch their attacks using a mix of resources from rented from major, legitimate cloud services, and those from so-called “ bulletproof ” hosting providers like Stark. “And then they just keep coming back and opening new cloud accounts.” PEACE HOSTING?

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Autoclerk travel reservations platform data leak also impacts US Government and military

Security Affairs

. “The data Our team viewed highly sensitive data exposing the personal details of government and military personnel, and their travel arrangements to locations around the world, both past and future.” The list of affected users includes the US government, military, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). .

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US adds Tencent to the list of companies supporting Chinese military

Security Affairs

US adds Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to the list of companies supporting the Chinese military. The US Department of Defense has added Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent to its “Chinese military company” list under the Section 1260 requirement.

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Wiz Buys Startup Gem Security for $350M to Spot Cloud Issues

Data Breach Today

Buying CDR Startup Gem Will Help Wiz Address Needs of SecOps, Incident Responders Wiz bought a cloud detection and response startup founded by a longtime Israeli Military Intelligence leader to address security operations and incident response use cases.

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