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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The British government banned the installation of Chinese-linked security cameras at sensitive facilities due to security risks. Reuters reports that the British government ordered its departments to stop installing Chinese security cameras at sensitive buildings due to security risks. ” states Reuters. . ” states Reuters.

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MARCH 25, 2022

has indicted four Russian government employees for their involvement in attacks on entities in critical infrastructure. has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. government neutralized the Volt Typhoon botnet taking over its C2 and deleting the bot from infected devices.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Threat Actor Likely Operates From A Region With A Strategic Interest In Taiwan A previously undetected cyberespionage group spied against Taiwanese government agencies and the island-country's manufacturing sector, say cybersecurity researchers.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

In most of the plants, manufacturing operations were shut down at most plants. “Manufacturing has been halted at most plants, our source told us, and the company’s IT staff is working to contain the infection and prevent it from spreading.” ” reported ZDNet. .” ” reported ZDNet.

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DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A new threat actor tracked as TA2101 is conducting malware campaigns using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy. The post New TA2101 threat actor poses as government agencies to distribute malware appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – TA2101, hacking).

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Keyless Auto Theft Mounting Threat for Car Owners A European ring of auto thieves used software branded as a diagnostic tool to make fobless thefts of cars made by two French manufacturers. It looks like the thieves found a vulnerability in the electronic control unit governing the authorization of new key fobs.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

federal networks after a government watchdog caught the government's main acquisition arm purchasing unauthorized, Chinese-manufactured video conference cameras.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Federal Government Gives Agencies Three Weeks to Patch or Mitigate Fortinet disclosed an actively exploited vulnerability in its centralized management platform following more than a week of online chatter that edge device manufacturer products have been under renewed attack.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Senator Urges Government to Tell Public About Little-Known Manufacturer Reset Codes Experts told ISMG that Chinese-made locks and commercial safes could pose national security risks when used by major U.S.

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MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have probed US government networks looking for vulnerable networking devices that could be compromised with exploits for recently disclosed vulnerabilities.

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JULY 14, 2020

Sanctions Against Chinese Firms a Factor in Decision The British government has officially reversed course and will now ban Huawei's telecom gear from its 5G networks. sanctions against the manufacturer, goes into effect at year's end. The ban on use of the Chinese firm's equipment, based in part on U.S.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

After looking at 28 of the most popular manufacturers, our research team found 3.5 What is more, the overwhelming majority of internet-facing cameras are manufactured by Chinese companies. Most of the public-facing cameras we discovered are manufactured by the Chinese company Hikvision: the Cybernews research team found over 3.37

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JUNE 1, 2021

Just recently, the group has published a stolen data allegedly belonging to the Mexican Government which still remains available for sale today, and possibly becoming the first cybercriminal group that has touched a major state in Latin America on such a level. Mexican Government data is published for sale. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2018

China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies to steal secret information. Elemental manufactured equipment for Department of Defense data centers, the CIA’s drone operations, and onboard networks of Navy warships. government.”

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In November 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government was urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Many countries are going to build 5G infrastructure, but the approach of their governments is completely different. ” reported the AP News.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

“The vulnerabilities to hacker attacks found in government- issued ID cards supplied by the Franco-Dutch company marked an embarrassing setback for Estonia, which has billed itself as the world’s most digitalised “e-government”.” ” reported the Reuters. At the time, Estonia had issued 1.3 “continues the Reuters.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Israel ‘s defence ministry announced to have foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign threat actors group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. The Israeli statement did not explicitly refer to the government of Pyongyang and did not provide details about the attack (the targeted companies, data of the attack).

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MAY 20, 2019

Drones May Be Sending Data Back to China, According to News Reports The Department of Homeland Security is warning that Chinese-made drones could be sending sensitive data back to their manufacturers, where it can be accessed by the government, according to news reports.

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AUGUST 20, 2022

Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Impersonates Mexican Government Officials Researchers uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting automotive and chemical manufacturers across the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Impersonates Mexican Government Officials Researchers uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting automotive and chemical manufacturers across the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is launching an investigation into the cybersecurity of mobile phones of certain Chinese manufacturers. Lithuanian government experts have analyzed three specific smartphone models, the Huawei P40 5G, the Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G and the OnePlus 8T 5G. reads the reply of Xiaomi.

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JULY 15, 2022

The list of victims includes manufacturing organizations, banks, schools, and event and meeting planning companies. The first possibility is that the North Korean government sponsors this activity.” Because of this, it is equally possible that the North Korean government is not enabling or supporting these ransomware attacks.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

federal government says it disrupted a criminal botnet that Russian military intelligence had converted into a platform for global cyberespionage. The malware targets Linux-based IoT devices - in this case, routers made by New York manufacturer Ubiquiti. GRU Hackers Commandeered 'Moobot' for Cyberespionage The U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The DCMS (Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) department of the United Kingdom government published the “ Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security ” and the “ Secure by Design: Improving the cyber security of consumer Internet of Things Report ”, setting guidelines and recommendations for secure IoT devices.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the gang’s Tor leak site, at least 62 companies are victims of the operation. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the gang’s Tor leak site, at least 62 companies are victims of the operation. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of NATO and Havelsan (Turkish Military/defence manufacturer). ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

government is urging computer manufacturers to improve the security of firmware architecture that boots up devices after a powerful bootkit sparked concerns over permanent malware infections. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Should Be More Secure, Says Agency The U.S.

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MARCH 15, 2022

“The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns according to §7BSIlaw before using virus protection software from the Russian manufacturer Kaspersky. BSI remarks that the trust in the reliability and self-protection of a manufacturer as well as his authentic ability to act is crucial for the safe use of any defense software.

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MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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