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Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency

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The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online to mine cryp tocurrency. The security incident has happened in July at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant at Yuzhnoukrainsk, in the south of the country. ” reported ZDnet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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BlackCat Ransomware gang stole secret military data from an industrial explosives manufacturer

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The BlackCat Ransomware group claims to have hacked SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA and to have stolen 2TB of “secret military data.” The BlackCat Ransomware group claims to have breached the company infrastructure and to have stolen 2TB of data, including secret military data related to weapons production.

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Targeted operation against Ukraine exploited 7-year-old MS Office bug

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Security experts at Deep Instinct Threat Lab have uncovered a targeted campaign against Ukraine, exploiting a Microsoft Office vulnerability dating back almost seven years to deploy Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. It’s a PPSX file, seemingly an outdated US Army manual for tank mine clearing blades (MCB).

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RedFoxtrot operations linked to China’s PLA Unit 69010 due to bad opsec

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Experts attribute a series of cyber-espionage campaigns dating back to 2014, and focused on gathering military intelligence, to China-linked Unit 69010. These targets suggest the group is likely interested in gathering intelligence on military technology and defense” reads the report published by the Insikt Group.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 312

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Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 450 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites

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Pro-Ukraine hackers, likely linked to Ukraine IT Army , are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen websites belonging to government, military, and media. The post Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites appeared first on Security Affairs.

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