Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2024

North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky has been linked to a cyberattack on Diehl Defence, a German manufacturer of advanced military systems. North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky has been linked to a cyberattack on Diehl Defence, a defense firm specializing in the production of advanced military systems. Diehl Defence GmbH & Co.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Boeing Company, commonly known as Boeing, is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors. Boeing confirmed it is facing a cyber incident that hit its global services division, the company pointed out that flight safety isn’t affected. In 2022, Boeing recorded $66.61

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

21, 2023 — MxD, the Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute, today hosted a roundtable discussion with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Each participating organization is committed to developing cyber skills and programs to train the workforce across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2019

The Russian military is in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux. Astra Linux is a Debian-based distro developed in Russia by the Scientific/Manufacturing Enterprise Rusbitech RusBITech about ten years ago. ” reads the Wikipedia page. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor Boeing and threatened to leak the stolen data. The Boeing Company, commonly known as Boeing, is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors. In 2022, Boeing recorded $66.61 ” ?????????:

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. Recently Belgian telecoms operators Orange Belgium and Proximus announced that it will gradually replace the equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. ” reads a press release published by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kraft Heinz is an American food company, it is one of the largest food and beverage manufacturers globally. ” In August the gang claimed the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa and added the military organization to its leak site. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2022

The China-based manufacturer says 1.5 BitSight found the device in use in 169 countries, with customers including governments, militaries, law enforcement agencies, and aerospace, shipping, and manufacturing companies. million of its tracking devices are deployed across 420,000 customers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Anyway, the French government will not allow the Chinese giant to provide equipment that will be used in protect military bases, nuclear installations and other sensitive and critical infrastructures. However, Macron said that France will favor European providers of 5G technology due to security concerns. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Our military systems are vulnerable. We need to face that reality by halting the purchase of insecure weapons and support systems and by incorporating the realities of offensive cyberattacks into our military planning. Over the past decade, militaries have established cyber commands and developed cyberwar doctrine.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. The hackers targeted organizations in the chemicals, manufacturing, electronics, aerospace, healthcare, and automotive sectors. dll), which is no longer supported, as an initial access vector.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. . “the U.S. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

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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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This should include everything from the extraction of raw materials, design, manufacturing, transportation, and even the final recycling of the devices. In 2021, VITEC invested in photovoltaic panels and batteries to generate electricity for its manufacturing needs in three separate facilities in Germany, California and Georgia.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2021

The MoD is offering a salary of £33k to “work alongside some of the best scientists and engineers within defence and will be tasked with delivering prototype solutions directly to the soldiers and officers of a unique and specialized military unit.” ”What unique and specialised military unit is famously based in Hereford?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

NPO Mashinostroyeniya (JSC MIC Mashinostroyenia, NPO Mash) is a leading Russian manufacturer of missiles and military spacecraft. The cyberspies targeted NPO Mashinostroyeniya in an attempt to steal highly confidential intellectual property on sensitive missile technology currently in use and under development for the Russian military.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

The Brazilian aerospace giant Embrarer manufactures commercial, executive and military aircraft and are the world’s third largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus. Security expert Stefan Umit Uygur, CEO and Co-Founder at 4Securitas Ltd, provided his vision about the Cyber-defence solutions on the market.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Unwritten Record

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The country needed to quickly increase the number of soldiers in the military while also increasing the production of wartime goods and manufacturing. Army Air Forces, was the first military unit to be made up entirely of Hollywood professionals. The First Motion Picture Unit, part of the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. DataLocker actually got traction, early on, selling to the military. Related: How DataLocker got its start h. Park: Exactly.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

“ Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China’s PLA SSF, has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. The researchers also observed threat actors increasingly targeting organizations in the critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2024

South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported that North Korea-linked hackers hijacked VPN software updates to deploy malware. North Korean hacking organizations are also intensifying their efforts to support this policy.” ” reads the advisory. ” reads the advisory. ” continues the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

” The MiCODUS MV720 GPS Tracker is a popular vehicle GPS tracker manufactured in China, which is used by consumers for theft protection and location management, and by organizations for vehicle fleet management. The analysis of the sector usage on a global scale revealed significant differences by continent in the typical user profile.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. Exploitation requires successful authentication by a user with the necessary privileges. The researchers identified four U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Belcan is a government, defense, and aerospace contractor offering global design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information technology, and digital engineering solutions. US Government and defense contractor Belcan left its super admin credentials open to the public, Cybernews research team reveals.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Collecting data at military hospitals, she realized that infectious disease and poor sanitation were killing more soldiers than war injuries. As a result, military medical care was reformed. . It connects a vaccine manufacturer in India with researchers in the U.S. But her larger contribution was in statistics.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to the available data, by mid-2023, more than 35% of aircraft in Russia were “donated” Most Soviet An-2 aircraft are currently unable to take off from the ground because their engines were manufactured in Poland, but their supply has been stopped due to sanctions. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

“For example, UNC2529 used a unique username, masquerading as an account executive for a small California-based electronics manufacturing company, which Mandiant identified through a simple Internet search.” .” states the analysis published by FireEye. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The two malware were used to spy on personnel linked to Pakistan’s military, nuclear authorities, and Indian election officials in Kashmir. phone number, IMEI/Android ID, Model and Manufacturer, and Android version), Geolocation, Images stored on external storage, WhatsApp voice notes, if installed. . ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million newborns and pregnancy care patients Xenomorph malware is back after months of hiatus and expands the list of targets Smishing Triad Stretches Its Tentacles into the United Arab Emirates Crooks stole $200 million worth of assets from Mixin Network A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities with drone manual lures Alert!

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 20, 2024

However, this practice (“overclocking”) is not advisable since it can cause computer parts to wear out earlier than normal and can even violate CPU manufacturer warranties. The central processing unit (CPU) is the computer’s brain. There’s no way to overstate the importance of the CPU to computing.

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