Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Military & Defense Sector: A Cybersecurity Disaster in the Making Analyzing ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

DOJ Says Contractor Falsely Claimed to Meet Critical Cyber Requirements A military health benefits administrator has agreed to pay $11.2 million to settle allegations that the company falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements - including patch management - for three years in a contract with the U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Armed Forces General Staff (Portuguese: Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas), or EMGFA, is the supreme military body of Portugal. According to the initial investigation, the documents were exfiltrated from systems in the EMGFA, in the secret military (CISMIL) and in the General Directorate of National Defense Resources.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Penchukov) — fled his mandatory military service orders and was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the alleged leader of the notorious cybercrime gang — Vyacheslav Igoravich Andreev (a.ka. He is currently in federal custody awaiting trial, and is slated to be arraigned in U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2019

The above devices have achieved the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) approval that certifies that they can be used for high-sensitive environments, such as the military. STIG approval ensures the maximum level of security for sensitive military data and improves the security of DoD information systems.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The ransomware gang threatened to leak relevant documentation and data belonging to military agencies. We hereby keep a right to forward all of the relevant documentation and data to military angencies of our choise, includig all personal data of employees.” ” reads the statement published by REvil on its leak site.

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Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Discover the best rugged tablets of 2024 that meet military standards for durability and winter shocks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Haftar, the government of Athens encouraged Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar to be constructive in Berlin. “We The Turkish government is providing military support for the government of Sarraj and plans to send its military troops to Libya to fight against Haftar’s army.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2021

Easterly has worked in the cybersecurity division at Morgan Stanley for the past four years, she has served 14 years in government and military service. We are determined to protect America’s networks and to meet the growing challenge posed by our adversaries in cyberspace — and this is the team to do it.”.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

Maze ransomware gang hacked M&A firm Threadstone Advisors LLP Ransomware attack disrupts operations at Australian beverage company Lion Tech firms suspend use of ‘biased facial recognition technology Accessories giant Claires is the victim of a Magecart attack, credit card data exposed Black Kingdom ransomware operators exploit Pulse VPN flaws (..)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee announced that the alliance has sent a counter-hybrid team to Montenegro to face Russian hybrid attacks. Last week in Brussels, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (MC), Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, announced the effort of the Alliance in facing Russian hybrid attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

During the 2016 Warsaw Summit, NATO officially recognised cyberspace as a military operational domain. During a meeting of defence ministers held in Brussels on Thursday, Germany told allies that it would make both its defensive and offensive cyber capabilities available. ” reads a post published by AFP press.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

“We see a much more assertive Russia than we did in 2010, with illegal annexation of Crimea destabilising eastern Ukraine, the military build-up. Stoltenberg highlighted the concept to enhance the resilience of our society across the member states, because “our military cannot be strong if our societies are weak.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

“The operations have primarily targeted audiences in Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland with anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives, often leveraging website compromises or spoofed email accounts to disseminate fabricated content, including falsified correspondence from military officials” reads the report published by FireEye.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The announcement is expected today at a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels, the decision follows the public commitment of Britain and Denmark in providing cyber resources to NATO. The United States is expected to announce to provide cyber warfare capabilities to NATO to strengthen its defenses against threat actors like Russian ones.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

The malicious macro attachment used the Emergency Meeting of the NATO Security Council held on February 23, 2022, as bait. ” Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ghostwriter APT group has launched , multiple attacks against the private email accounts of Ukrainian military personnel. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

OP Glowing Symphony – How US military claims to have disrupted ISIS ‘s propaganda. Cisco Webex flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to join private meetings. Yomi Hunter Catches the CurveBall. Jeff Bezos phone was hacked by Saudi crown prince. Malware attack took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Boeing, the 60 billion Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide.” At the time of this writing, the group has yet to publish any samples.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

.” The attackers used spear-phishing messages sent to government officials, they posed as a journalist, an individual from a trade publication, or individuals from a relevant military organization or non-governmental organization (NGO). The messages contained links to weaponized Office documents stored on Google Drive.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

During a meeting of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance held in California, McCallum told BBC that the Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale. The BBC reported the case of an acquisition of a sensitive UK tech company involved in UK military supply chains. ” reported BBC.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Macron’s announcement comes after the meeting, held in Paris last week, with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. 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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Military & Defense Sector: A Cybersecurity Disaster in the Making Analyzing ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

At the time, Hackers targeted Montenegro with spear phishing attacks, the malicious messages used weaponized documents pertaining to a NATO secretary meeting and a visit by a European army unit to Montenegro. Peach said that the NATO alliance had set up the first NATO counter-hybrid team in Montenegro.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Leveraging agile acquisition and rapid prototyping, cyber mission operators actively test and provide feedback during development, enabling PCTE to meet their operational needs.” military’s Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture, it allows multiple independent cyber training operations to run simultaneously.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure A database containing data of +8.9 Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure A database containing data of +8.9

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008. “document.docx,” “documents.xlsx”) from each email that meets the above criteria, then it deleted the emails to avoid processing them twice. The comRAT backdoor downloads the attachments (e.g.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors. A vulnerability in Zoom platform allowed miscreants to join Zoom meetings. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Authorities arrest 3 Indonesian hackers behind many Magecart attacks. City of Potsdam offline following a cyberattack. Magento 2.3.4

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

introduced a new XSS flaw. · The new Azorult 3.3 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . · SandboxEscaper expert is back and disclosed a new Windows Zero-Day. · Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

A chance meeting – in an elevator, no less – led to Kim veering over to the cybersecurity industry. 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. LW: Makes sense.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. Introduction. Figure 1: Piece of the malicious document employed in the Op. Transparent Tribe.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

“Microsoft assesses that Mint Sandstorm is associated with an intelligence arm of Iran’s military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an assessment that has been corroborated by multiple credible sources including Mandiant , Proofpoint , and SecureWorks.” ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

My reporting trip included meetings with Michigan-based cybersecurity vendors pursuing leading-edge innovations, as well as a tour of a number of thriving public-private cybersecurity incubator and training programs. I had the chance to meet briefly with two-term Gov. They answered, yes. Shoring up weak links. College students, U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2020

The occasion for our meeting was the opening of Infosys’ Cyber Defense Center (CDC), in Indianapolis. If you look at the military model, the military is constantly training. In its 2020 fiscal year, ending March 31, Infosys reported revenue of $12.8 billion, with $7.8 billion coming from North America, $3.1

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

At the time, Hackers targeted Montenegro with spear phishing attacks, the malicious messages used weaponized documents pertaining to a NATO secretary meeting and a visit by a European army unit to Montenegro. Peach said that the NATO alliance had set up the first NATO counter-hybrid team in Montenegro.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

About the company: The ThriveDX team is composed of military-trained cyber experts, industry veterans, and seasoned educators united in the mission to close the worldwide skills and talent gap in cybersecurity, and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion across industries. # # #

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Joacil Basilio Rael (four-year mandate), computer engineer who graduated from the Military Engineering Institute. The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) has written a white paper outlining how the ANPD can effectively meet and prioritize its statutory responsibilities.

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Archives Blogs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As a new memorial is unveiled, now is the time for us to meet Dwight David Eisenhower. The 25,000 square feet of all-new exhibits located in the museum building is where visitors get to meet Ike and Mamie again…for the first time. When our nation needed a leader, he upheld the torch of liberty as our 34th president.

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