Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors. Data belonging to current and former Government of Canada employees, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel have been also exposed. Both contractors suffered a security breach in October.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2024

The campaign seems active since at least early 2022 and focuses primarily on government organizations. The group often exploited access to government infrastructure to target other government entities. “Earth Krahang abuses the trust between governments to conduct their attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The Government of Bermuda believes that the recent cyberattack against its IT infrastructure was launched by Russian threat actors. This week a cyber attack hit the Government of Bermuda causing the interruption of internet/email and phone services. The attack impacted all the government departments. ” said Burt.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

Researchers discovered a new info stealer dubbed SYS01 stealer targeting critical government infrastructure and manufacturing firms. “The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using Google ads and fake Facebook profiles that promote things like games, adult content, and cracked software, etc.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. The Government experts pointed out that in some cases the group did not deployed any backdoor in the compromised systems. ” reads trhe announcement published by DKWOC.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Twitter account of NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. The Twitter account of the NASA Director and Sr Technologist for Air Transporation Sytem Mr. Parimal Kopardekar ( @nasapk ) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. NASA Director account hacked by PGA!

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Hot for Security

JUNE 30, 2021

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a letter to NASA in an effort to make the space agency more resilient to cyberattacks by proposing several security measures that would ensure its protection. In any case, NASA is not the only agency going through these changes. “We

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Hot for Security

JUNE 30, 2021

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a letter to NASA in an effort to make the space agency more resilient to cyberattacks by proposing several security measures that would ensure its protection. In any case, NASA is not the only agency going through these changes. “We

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

“Chinese cyberspies, exploiting a fundamental gap in Microsoft’s cloud, hacked email accounts at the Commerce and State departments, including that of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo — whose agency has imposed stiff export controls on Chinese technologies that Beijing has denounced as a malicious attempt to suppress its companies.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

In November 2019, the former Twitter employees Abouammo and the Saudi citizen Ali Alzabarah have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. Of course, he was also able to unmask the identities of some users on behalf of the Saudi Arabian Government.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Taiwan ‘s government agencies face around five million cyberattacks and probes every day, most of them from China. Around five million cyber attacks hit Taiwan’s government agencies every day, and most of the hacking attempts are originated from China. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Taiwan Government).

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

The FBI revealed that foreign hackers compromised the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting flaws in an unpatched Fortinet VPN. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that an APT group had breached the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched Fortinet VPN.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services. “Owners of.md

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 2, 2023

In an email newsletter, Melissa Hathaway wrote: Now that the rule is final, companies have approximately six months to one year to document and operationalize the policies and procedures for the identification and management of cybersecurity (information security/privacy) risks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

China-linked threat actors breached government organizations worldwide with attacks exploiting Barracuda ESG zero-day. Almost one out of three affected organizations were government agencies, a circumstance that suggests that the attacks were carried out as part of a cyber espionage campaign. reads the report published by Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

APT31 is also believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020, according to the government experts , the hackers breached some parliament email accounts in December 2020. The post Norway blames China-linked APT31 for 2018 government hack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Twitter removed dozens of accounts allegedly used by Russia-linked threat actors to disseminate disinformation and target western countries. Twitter has removed dozens of accounts used by Russia-linked threat actors that were used to disseminate disinformation and to target the European Union, the United States, and the NATO alliance.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. The evidence demonstrates that governments used Pegasus to intimidate journalists and critical media. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

While Twitter suspends some Anonymous accounts, the collective hacked All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). MESSAGE FROM #ANONYMOUS RABBIT: "People shouldn't be afraid of their government, governments should be afraid of their people." Enough is Enough! Stop Censorship!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

CERT France is warning of a new wave of attacks using Pysa ransomware (Mespinoza) that is targeting local governments. CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. Attackers were observed using batch and PowerShell scripts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The (ISC)² Government Professional Award recognizes government cybersecurity leaders whose commitment to excellence has helped to improve government information security and advance an in-demand workforce. Asia-Pacific Region (ISC)² Government Professional Award Honoree.

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 7, 2020

This morning I've been studying the final draft of the forthcoming second edition of ISO/IEC 27014 "Governance of information security" , partly to update ISO27001security.com but mostly out of my fascination with the topic. This will support the delivery of security education, training and awareness programs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. The post Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors appeared first on Security Affairs. com” domain. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against four entities and one individual for their role in malicious cyber operations conducted to support the government of North Korea. correspondent or payable-through account sanctions.” ” reads the announcement.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

“Victims of the analyzed campaigns fit into the pattern preferred by this actor, such as air transport and government sectors in the Middle East,” reads the researcher paper published by the experts. The post Iran-linked Chafer APT group targets governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

The US revealed that threat actors bypassed multi-factor authentication (MFA) authentication protocols to compromise cloud service accounts. Government experts confirmed that the threat actors initially attempted brute force logins on some accounts without success. Financial information) and forward them to their accounts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The keylogger was used to collect account credentials. Further investigation allowed to identify over 30 victims in multiple countries, most of whom were linked to government agencies. “If your server has been compromised, identify the account data that has been stolen and delete the file where this data is stored by hackers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

A state-based actor is launching cyber attacks against government, public services and businesses, Australia ‘s prime minister said. Australia ‘s prime minister Scott Morrison said that a “state-based actor” is targeting government, public services, and businesses.

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Hacker Combat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A report from government agencies in Taiwan indicates that the country faces over five million cyber probes and attacks daily. Chien Hung-wei, the director of the cyber security department, told the parliament that the government of Taiwan faces over five million cyber-attacks and probes daily.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

REvil members are also accused to have stolen money from the bank accounts of foreign citizens. The post Russian government claims to have dismantled REvil ransomware gang appeared first on Security Affairs. The detained members of the OPS were charged with committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Until being contacted by this reporter on Monday, the state of Vermont had at least five separate Salesforce Community sites that allowed guest access to sensitive data, including a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program that exposed the applicant’s full name, Social Security number, address, phone number, email, and bank account number.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Lynch as chief accounting officer and Andrew F. Peter Fletcher has been appointed vice president – information security officer of San Jose Water Co., Lynch has an extensive accounting and auditing background, with a 26-year career at KPMG LLP that included responsibilities as an audit partner. About SJW Group.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

file exposed information that attackers could employ for lateral movement within the ministry’s systems, potentially escalating to anything from account takeover to a ransomware attack. MIM is a government body responsible for industry and mineral resources operations. Meanwhile, the now-closed MIM’s env. The exposed env.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

In response, the non-profit has offered a glimpse into its work-in-progress “Accountability Framework,” designed to help relevant health care stakeholders take responsibility for keeping cyberspace secure by enforcing behavioral norms and also by understanding and rooting out the underlying causes when attacks do happen. “Too

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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