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Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People ?!

Security Affairs

Today, many reports are describing how infamous attackers are abusing such an emergency time to lure people by sending thematic email campaigns or by using thematic IM within Malware or Phishing links. Following few of them that I believe would be a nice reading: New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic.

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UK, US and its allies blame Russia’s GRU for 2019 cyber-attacks on Georgia

Security Affairs

Britain and the United governments blame Russia for being behind a destructive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

I think event leaves open yet another possibility, that perhaps we’ve had many little digital pearl harbors already, such as the massive denial of service attack against Estonia, but we didn’t realize it at the time. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. But most of us failed.

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MY TAKE: Rising geopolitical tensions suggest a dire need for tighter cybersecurity in 2024

The Last Watchdog

Russia’s asymmetrical cyber-attacks have been a well-documented, rising global concern for most of the 2000s. presidential election interference (2016) The personal accounts of Clinton staffers get hacked; disinformation supporting Trump gets widely disseminated via social media. It’s not just Russia.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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APT28 and Upcoming Elections: evidence of possible interference

Security Affairs

This document actually is the first step of a more complex cyber attack. APT28 (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , SofacyGroup , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) launched several attacks on democratic institutions in Europe between September and December 2018. A copy of the Daily Express’ article published back in February.

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