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Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers

Security Affairs

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. According to public sources, the threat actors targeted ICS of at least 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers leading to the disruption of their services. ” reads the advisory.

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On Executive Order 12333

Schneier on Security

The Article pays particular attention to EO 12333’s designation of the National Security Agency as primarily responsible for conducting signals intelligence, which includes the installation of malware, the analysis of internet traffic traversing the telecommunications backbone, the hacking of U.S.-based

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On Chinese "Spy Trains"

Schneier on Security

Like the United States, China is more likely to try to get data from the US communications infrastructure, or from the large Internet companies that already collect data on our every move as part of their business model. If there's any lesson from all of this, it's that everybody spies using the Internet.

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Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables

Security Affairs

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. The data collected by the undersea cable would include content from online messages, browsing sessions, VOIP calls, and emails. ” reported The Sunday Times.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. com , postaljobscenter[.]com com and usps-jobs[.]com.

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‘Unpacking’ technical attribution and challenges for ensuring stability in cyberspace

SecureList

within network activity logs collected by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), etc.). Below are some examples of the type of data collected and strategies of collection and analysis during the technical attribution process. How the pie gets made: steps in conducting technical attribution.