Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Vietnam-linked APT group APT32 , also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Now the Facebook security team has revealed the real identity of APT32 , linking the group to an IT company in Vietnam named CyberOne Group. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Through key facilitators like Zhdanova, Russian elites, ransomware groups, and other illicit actors sought to evade U.S. Through key facilitators like Zhdanova, Russian elites, ransomware groups, and other illicit actors sought to evade U.S. Zhdanova also supported individuals connected with the Russian Ryuk ransomware gang.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 7, 2024

Making Waves: Empowering Women in Cybersecurity madhav Fri, 03/08/2024 - 05:01 As International Women’s Day approaches, it’s a perfect moment to reflect on the pivotal role of diversity in technology, especially as this year’s theme is #InspireInclusion. Throughout history, women have been pioneers in technology.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2024

Making Waves: Empowering Women in Cybersecurity madhav Fri, 03/08/2024 - 05:01 As International Women’s Day approaches, it’s a perfect moment to reflect on the pivotal role of diversity in technology, especially as this year’s theme is #InspireInclusion. Throughout history, women have been pioneers in technology.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

National Security Agency , and a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server bug that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to make an anonymous connection. This is a Critical security bypass flaw that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to make an anonymous connection to a vulnerable SharePoint server.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Army Network Enterprise Technology Commend (NETCOM) is revitalizing its program to further its mission of ensuring freedom of action in cyberspace. While there are regional and national groups for cybersecurity non-profit associations, we recommend connecting with your local chapter for job network connections.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

Experts from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group linked a series of attacks, part of RedFoxtrot China-linked campaigns, to the PLA 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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SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has announced the arrest of 16 individuals connected to the Grandoreiro and Melcoz (also known as Mekotio) cybercrime groups. We found the group attacking assets in Chile in 2018 and, more recently, in Mexico. Kaspersky technologies detect both families as Trojan-Banker.Win32.Grandoreiro

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. This once again shows that today you don’t have to be a skilled hacker to take part in cyber war. ”. -- Cloud Native Technologies Used in Russia-Ukraine Cyber Attacks , Aqua , March 15, 2022. brooke.crothers. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 16:58. Sometimes for good. Related Posts.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I think people are conditioned to think, 'Facebook is everywhere, and whatever, they're going to get my data.'," said Disconnect Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Patrick Jackson. "I I don’t think people connect that with TikTok yet.". It turns out that pixels are already widespread. "I

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 7, 2024

Kevin Dreyer , SSCP, CISSP, is the IT Director and CISO at Maple Reinders Group, a construction services provider based in Ontario, Canada. A : There are a ton of skilled people with a passion for both technology and security that could be tapped to make a huge difference in rebalancing the game. And don't worry about fitting in.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

London based Giant Group has confirmed that its IT infrastructure was suffering repercussions gained through a cyber attack on September 24th,2021 and all its phone, email and other payroll related servers were facing digital disruption.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The threat actors know this, and our appetite toward accepting connections from people we have never met are all part of our relentless pursuit of the next 1,000 followers. A result of this has seen the targeting of executives with promises of job offers from specific threat groups; and why not? But guess what?

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SecureList

APRIL 22, 2024

We continue covering the activities of the APT group ToddyCat. This time, we have investigated how attackers obtain constant access to compromised infrastructure, what information on the hosts they are interested in, and what tools they use to extract it. One of the group’s main goals is to steal sensitive information from hosts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With the help of smart technology, even some of the most challenging festive frustrations can be made a thing of Christmas past. From 5G connectivity to smart ovens, here are four ways that technology could help improve this year’s festive celebrations: 5G for connecting with family.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have stolen sensitive data from the identity and access management giant Okta solutions. The message published by the group claims that the gang had Superuser and Admin access to multiple systems of the company. We believe the screenshots shared online are connected to this January event.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

An unidentified group of hackers is using a new fileless attack technique, dubbed Kraken, that abuses the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER). The hacking technique was employed by an unidentified hacking group to avoid detection. The hacking technique was employed by an unidentified hacking group to avoid detection.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

There’s still very limited information on the breach as the investigation continues, said Tony Cole, chief technology officer at Attivo Networks. Cole said while it certainly could be true, more data is needed to confirm this connection. However, he did say Qbot has a long history and has previously worked with other ransomware groups.

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Jane Frankland

MARCH 16, 2023

It’s run by the United Nation’s and this year, their theme was ‘DigitALL: Innovation & Technology for Gender Equality.’ IWD 2023 should have brought the theme of ‘DigitALL: Innovation & Technology for Gender Equality’ to the forefront, especially for anyone working in tech and cybersecurity.

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Adam Shostack

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

CAKED is an acrostic for: Correlation of entities: Can the attacker connect two accounts, servers, identities, etc. that are not meant to be seen as connected? Even if you’re not interested in managed attribution, your organization has threats that it worries about. Ntrepid has a blog post, What is Managed Attribution? ).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

French agency ANSSI attributes a series of attacks targeting Centreon servers to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The French security agency ANSSI is warming of a series of attacks targeting Centreon monitoring software used by multiple French organizations and attributes them to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While there are several types of proxies, we can easily group them into two categories based on the types of internet protocols (IP) they offer. They stand between internet users and their target and help to accept connections, conceal the user’s IP address and deliver the connections to the target servers discreetly.

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Google Security

MAY 2, 2023

Companies welcome input from industry participants and advocacy groups on a draft specification to alert users in the event of suspected unwanted tracking Location-tracking devices help users find personal items like their keys, purse, luggage, and more through crowdsourced finding networks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

A group of anonymous security researchers that calls itself Intrusion Truth have tracked the activity of a China-linked cyber – e spionage group dubbed APT40. The Intrusion Truth group has doxed the fourth Chinese state-sponsored hacking operation. “We know that multiple areas of China each have their own APT.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Vietnam-linked APT32 group targeted Vietnamese human rights defenders (HRDs) between February 2018 and November 2020. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

These are leaders who understand how to implement progressive technologies, like the cloud, 5G, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and others that are intricately woven, interconnected, and interdependent. They appreciate the exponential growth that will come from connected, mobile devices. billion) is expected online.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

and UK and found that ownership of internet-connected cars is on the rise. Survey data shows that ownership of connected cars in 2017 is 28% in the U.S. residents (87%) believe the government should implement stricter data security regulations for connected cars, and in the UK, that percentage was even higher at 92.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Living in a more connected world leads to more risk of hacking and cyber-attacks. The worldwide number of IoT-connected devices is projected to increase to 43 billion by 2023 , an almost threefold increase from 2018 , demonstrating the pace at which the world is becoming more connected.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

Today’s columnist, Teresa Shea of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, says groups such as Girls Who Code play a major role in attracting more diversity to the cyber workforce. Nonprofit organizations such as Girls Who Code have engaged thousands of girls and young women, increasing their interest in the field.

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 27, 2023

Christoffer Vargtass Hallstensen – Head of SOC, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Christoffer, the newest Cisco Insider Advocacy community member, has gotten off to a brisk involvement with the group. Diego’s view of working with Cisco’s products is summed up in a catchy phrase: “If it’s connected, it’s protected.”

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

A while back I had the opportunity to chat with Ken Modeste, Director of Connected Technologies at UL, and I wanted to capture some of my takeaways from that conversation. It’s rare that I agree with someone so much on the topic of securing connected devices. I had the conversation as part of the media at Blackhat 2018.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Other comms technologies such as the telephone, email and videoconferencing, plus 'groups' and collaborative working, have dramatically expanded our opportunities for social contact, and also materially increased our exposure to global threats. It's a fantastic resource for the connected global community.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In our increasingly digital world, a greater proportion of businesses across different sectors are trying to integrate new technologies into their processes. Technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, edge computing, and AI have the ability to drastically improve the service and operations of any business. Untapped potential.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

According to German media, hackers suspected to be members of the Vietnam-linked APT Ocean Lotus ( APT32 ) group breached the networks of the car manufacturers BMW and Hyundai. “The attack the alleged Vietnamese hacker group began in the spring of 2019. The intrusion aimed at stealing automotive trade secrets.

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SecureList

APRIL 7, 2022

They presented themselves as ALPHV, a new generation Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group. The group is also known as BlackCat. Their infrastructure websites are also developed differently from other ransomware groups. The actor portrays itself as a successor to notorious ransomware groups like BlackMatter and REvil.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With the help of smart technology, even some of the most challenging festive frustrations can be made a thing of Christmas past. From 5G connectivity to smart ovens, here are four ways that technology could help improve this year’s festive celebrations: 5G for connecting with family.

Technology 52

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A ransomware campaign targeting transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland has been attributed to a group called IRIDIUM. Hacktivist group FRwL has used ransomware during the Ukraine war without demanding a ransom ( 4 , 14 ). Threat Actor Update: IRIDUIM Attributed to Prestige Ransomware Campaign. Structured Data.

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