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A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

Security Affairs

It is not clear who is behind the DDoS attack, but the media speculate that it was launched by pro-Russian hacktivists in response to the German financial and military support to Ukraine. The BaFin is responsible for overseeing banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and other financial institutions.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 460 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

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Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Security Affairs

. “Total number of persons affected (including residents): 5,810” Exposed data includes names, birth dates, contact information, driver’s license information, Social Security numbers, government-issued ID (such as military ID and tax ID), and health-related information (including health insurance information).

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China-linked Moshen Dragon abuses security software to sideload malware

Security Affairs

RedFoxtrot has been active since at least 2014 and focused on gathering military intelligence from neighboring countries, it is suspected to work under the PLA China-linked Unit 69010. Experts observed overlap between the TTPs of the Moshen Dragon group with the ones of the Chinese Nomad Panda (aka RedFoxtrot).

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 488 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Head Mare hacktivist group targets Russia and Belarus Zyxel fixed critical OS command injection flaw in multiple routers VMware fixed a code execution flaw in Fusion hypervisor U.S.

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Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization

Security Affairs

The experts also discovered a large number of insurance certificates that expose various personally identifiable information (PII), such as names, phone numbers, postal and email addresses. CENTCOM requisition form for use of military aircraft. One of the files exposed via the malware analysis sandboxes appeared to be a U.S.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. The threat actor mainly targets insurance, consulting, and construction companies.

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