Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

. “The European Commission has told its staff to start using Signal, an end-to-end-encrypted messaging app, in a push to increase the security of its communications.” There is no doubt, Signal is the first choice for hackers and security experts … and not only them. SecurityAffairs – security, Signal).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2020

Army this week has banned the popular TikTok app from government mobile amid fear of China-linked cyberespionage. The US Army has banned the use of the popular TikTok app on mobile phones used by its personnel for security reasons. “We do not allow it on government phones.” ” Source: Il Messaggero.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2021

Poland ‘s government announced that it was targeted by an ‘Unprecedented’ series of cyber attacks, hackers hit against institutions and individuals. Mateusz Morawiecki had to provide details about the attacks presenting secret documents related to attacks, as anticipated by government spokesman Piotr Muller.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 uses fake NATO training documents as bait in attacks aimed at government bodies. The Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is behind a string of attacks that targeting government bodies with Zebrocy Delphi malware. The researchers analyzed files (Course 5 – 16 October 2020.zipx)

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened RSA Conference 2024 last week issuing a clarion call for the cybersecurity community to defend national security, nurture economic prosperity and reinforce democratic values. And, of course, this has created new tiers of criminal hacking opportunities. KINGSTON, Wash. — U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

A British court has rejected the request of the US government to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country. Of course, the U.S. government will likely appeal the decision. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The provider of network security products Stormshield discloses data breach, threat actors stole information on some of its clients. Stormshield is a major provider of network security products to the French government, some approved to be used on sensitive networks. ” continues Stormshield. ” continues Stormshield.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The Japanese government’s cybersecurity strategy chief Yoshitaka Sakurada is in the middle of a heated debate due to his admission about his cyber capability. Of course, the response shocked the audience, including Imai. “It’s a matter that should be dealt with by the government as a whole. ” said Imai.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

The media reported that the politicians targeted by the hackers used their private Gmail accounts for communications, instead of using their secure government accounts. According to Muller, the attacks did not target only Dworczyk, hackers also targeted government members, the PiS party, and a large group of people. aw Gowin.”.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

. “These crimes included vast spearphishing and similar credential harvesting campaigns against targets of intelligence interest to the Russian government, such as U.S. and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” continues the press release.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. TS: Like a lot of things in security, the economics always win.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2020

NotPetya wrought $10 billion in damages , according to Tom Bossert a senior Department of Homeland Security official at the time. This is true of all software, of course. Of course it’s rarely practical to lock down everything. For instance, a scan might turn up a configuration setting that ought to be changed to boost security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Security measures have been taken to limit the risk of propagation.” “According to our sources, the incident started to spread during the course of last night. The post Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the press release published by the company.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Security experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found several documents relating to the Covid-19 vaccine allegedly stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) leaked in the Darkweb. Further information will be made available in due course.”. reads the EMA’s announcement. Pierluigi Paganini. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other government departments and service personnel from other nations. The majority of training is postgraduate with many courses being accredited for the award of civilian qualifications. Teaching continues.”.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( SUPO ) warns Russia will highly likely intensify its cyber activity over the winter. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( Suojelupoliisi or SUPO ) warn of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

federal government domain names, or else assume there are at least more stringent verification requirements involved in obtaining a.gov domain versus a commercial one ending in.com or.org. WHO WANTS TO BE A GOVERNMENT? Many readers probably believe they can trust links and emails coming from U.S. Then you either mail or fax it in.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Despite all the intensive security measures, there is no 100-percent protection against cyberattacks.”. The highest possible data security at the Foreign Ministry is guaranteed and no damage to the IT equipment could be detected.”. The attack took place on the evening of Saturday 4 January evening and it was quickly detected.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And of course we need to be able to make sure that our suppliers handle all data according to applicable law and within the framework agreed upon with them.” ” states the Government Agency. Peter Kruse, cyber security expert and founder of the CSIS group, explained that Google had access to 1.2 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. backup servers, network shares, servers, auditing devices). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Security experts at Trustwave have shared their findings of a recent data breach suffered by a Pakistani government website. Most of the victims of the hack were, of course, Pakistani citizens, followed by Saudi Arabia, the United States, and China. SecurityAffairs – ScanBox, Pakistan government). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2019

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new Binding Operational Directive ( BOD 19-02 ) ordering federal agencies and departments quickly patch serious vulnerabilities in Internet-facing systems. Government systems exposed online undergo Cyber Hygiene vulnerability assessment to help agencies identify flaws. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem, this governance is the role of API management. – Authentication and Security : APIs may require authentication for access control. organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem. This governance is the role of API management.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Monitoring of social media platforms is a crucial activity for intelligence agencies, almost any government is working to gather intelligence for these systems. “ The surveillance system have to allow government operators to spy on users by searching for targeted keywords, such as terror, resistance, nationality and religion.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

2316 ) – Two US Senators have introduced a bill to protect US government supply chain against foreign sabotage and cyber espionage. 2316) that aims at protecting US government supply chain against foreign sabotage and cyber espionage. SecurityAffairs – Supply Chain Security, MICROCHIPS Act). MICROCHIPS Act ( S.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” and Saudi Arabia have been steadily escalating for at least the past decade, with notable spikes in activity throughout the course of 2019. .”

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Gimmal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Enter metadata—a powerful tool that can revolutionize your information governance strategy. Facilitate Compliance and Governance : Use metadata to automate records management processes, apply retention policies, and ensure regulatory compliance. The labeled can, of course. You come across two cans: A plain can with no label.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2019

Ukraine reported a surge in cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election, the Government believes that Russian nation-state actors could be responsible for them. Of course, Russia has denied any involvement in hacking campaigns aimed at Ukraine’s elections. said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Further information will be made available in due course.” Nation-state actors consider organizations involved in the research of the vaccine a strategic target to gather intelligence on the ongoing response of the government to the pandemic. .” reads the EMA’s announcement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2020

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert about the active exploitation of the unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability affecting F5 Big-IP ADC devices. F5 has released security updates to address the issue along with some mitigations that should prevent exploitation.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2023

“Based on the materials collected by the Military Counterintelligence Service and the material collected in the course of the investigation, it was established that they participated in the activities of the Russian military intelligence” said the Warsaw prosecutor’s office. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

The surveillance software developed by NSO Group was used by government organizations worldwide to spy on human rights groups , activists, journalists, lawyers, and dissidents. Security experts have detected and analyzed some of the tools in its arsenals, such as the popular Pegasus spyware (for iOS) and Chrysaor (for Android). .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2019

According to the cyber security community, NotPetya is a cyber weapon develped by Russia to hit the Ukrainian government. Of course, this situation will not have a simple resolution, even if Zurich has found a way to avoid paying the policy, it will be obliged to prove the attribution of the attack to Russia. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. The Russian Government has announced on Monday that it has successfully concluded the test on its RuNet intranet and the complete disconnection of the country from the Internet.

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