Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Kaspersky has uncovered an Uzbeki hacking operation, mostly due to incompetence on the part of the government hackers.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 14, 2023

The Dark Pink APT has been linked to a new wave of attacks using the KamiKakaBot malware against government and military entities in Southeast Asian countries.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 26, 2022

Brian Krebs has an interesting story of a smart ID card reader with a malware-infested Windows driver, and US government employees who inadvertently buy and use them.

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The Hacker News

MAY 10, 2023

Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign that leverages a previously undocumented strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Bitdefender, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said the activity remains active, with evidence likely pointing to the involvement of Russia-based threat actors.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 12, 2023

Surveillance malware targets Libyan government entities, with possible links to a 2019 Egypt attack campaign.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 11, 2023

Multiple government agencies and military bodies in the APAC region have been targeted by what appears to be a new advanced threat actor that uses custom malware. The post APT Group Dark Pink Doubles Down on Government and Military Targets with Custom Malware appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 18, 2024

Kaspersky Labs researchers have revealed a new, targeted malware campaign dubbed “DuneQuixote” with a focus on government entities within the Middle East.

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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. exe, and rundll32.exe.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert warning of an increase in Emotet malware-based phishing attacks on state and local agencies. Since August, CISA and MS-ISAC have seen a significant increase in malicious cyber actors targeting state and local governments with Emotet phishing emails.

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The Hacker News

MAY 9, 2024

Polish government institutions have been targeted as part of a large-scale malware campaign orchestrated by a Russia-linked nation-state actor called APT28.

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The State of Security

APRIL 14, 2022

Agencies of the US Government have issued a joint warning that hackers have revealed their capability to gain full system access to industrial control systems that might help enemy states sabotage critical infrastructure. The post US Government warns of new malware attacks on ICS/SCADA systems appeared first on The State of Security.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 14, 2022

The Department of Energy, CISA, the FBI, and the NSA jointly issued an advisory describing a sophisticated piece of malware called Pipedream that’s designed to attack a wide range of industrial control systems. This is clearly from a government, but no attribution is given. It seems not to have been used yet. More information.

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Trend Micro

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We observed and tracked the advanced persistent threat (APT) APT34 group with a new malware variant accompanying a phishing attack comparatively similar to the SideTwist backdoor malware. Following the campaign, the group abused a fake license registration form of an African government agency to target a victim in Saudi Arabia.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 19, 2023

The Pakistan-based advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Transparent Tribe used a two-factor authentication (2FA) tool used by Indian government agencies as a ruse to deliver a new Linux backdoor called Poseidon.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level. government smart cards. government smart cards.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 29, 2024

As per recent media reports, certain government networks in Ukraine have been infected with the Offlrouter malware since 2015. The Offlrouter malware Ukraine has managed to escape detection for nearly a decade now. However, VBA macro malware has recently come under the radar of Cisco Talos.

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Hacker Combat

AUGUST 6, 2021

The disclosure cantered on the Mail-O malware when the attackers attempted to access Russian federal officials’ emails. Then, SentinelOne thought it was related to a malware variant called manager or PhantomNet created by TA428. Group-IB performed an in-depth analysis of the malware families used by the attackers.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 18, 2024

Select Ukrainian government networks have remained infected with a malware called OfflRouter since 2015. Cisco Talos said its findings are based on an analysis of over 100 confidential documents that were infected with the VBA macro virus and uploaded to the VirusTotal malware scanning platform.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 18, 2022

A warning about a new wave of social engineering cyberattacks that distribute the IcedID malware and employ Zimbra exploits for sensitive data theft purposes has been recently issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new CaddyWiper malware on servers of some organizations belonging to the Ukrainian government. While the former wants to stop the war, the latter wants Ukrainian soldiers to surrender to the government of the Russian federation. .

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

An ongoing espionage campaign operated by the Russia-linked Gamaredon group is targeting employees of Ukrainian government, defense, and law enforcement agencies with a piece of custom-made information stealing malware.

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Government Malware Phishing 88

The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Government entities in Asia-Pacific and North America are being targeted by an unknown threat actor with an off-the-shelf malware downloader known as PureCrypter to deliver an array of information stealers and ransomware.

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 16, 2022

Cybersecurity teams from Microsoft on Saturday disclosed they identified evidence of a new destructive malware operation targeting government, non-profit, and information technology entities in Ukraine amid brewing geopolitical tensions between the country and Russia.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 22, 2024

The group... The post ToddyCat: Unveiling the Stealthy APT Group Targeting Asia-Pacific Governments appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 24, 2024

A new report by Seqrite Labs reveals an alarming escalation in cyberattacks against Indian government entities by Pakistani Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 2, 2023

Indian government agencies are urging their employees not to connect their personal laptops and smart phones to office networks. They also issued a ban on using the office devices to download torrents and pirated movies, as it can invite cyber troubles such as malware into computer networks.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 1, 2022

A previously undocumented espionage tool has been deployed against selected governments and other critical infrastructure targets as part of a long-running espionage campaign orchestrated by China-linked threat actors since at least 2013.

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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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Government Phishing Accountability VPN 83

Penetration Testing

MARCH 10, 2024

Security researchers at QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign waged by the Kimsuky APT group.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 27, 2024

Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified version of an open-source information stealer malware called HackBrowserData and exfiltrate sensitive information in some cases by using Slack as command-and-control (C2).

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Government and telecom entities have been subjected to a new wave of attacks by a China-linked threat actor tracked as Budworm using an updated malware toolset.

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Government Telecommunications Malware 97

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

Researchers discovered a new info stealer dubbed SYS01 stealer targeting critical government infrastructure and manufacturing firms. The last stage malware is the PHP-based SYS01stealer malware which is able to steal browser cookies and abuse authenticated Facebook sessions to steal information from the victim’s Facebook account.

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Government Manufacturing Social Engineering Malware 93

The Hacker News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

High-profile government and telecom entities in Asia have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign since 2021 that's designed to deploy basic backdoors and loaders for delivering next-stage malware. Cybersecurity company Check Point is tracking the activity under the name Stayin' Alive.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Commercially-available malware, with minimal modification, is behind attacks against the Indian government, says Cisco's Talos security research group.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Threat actors are targeting the education, government and business services sectors with a remote access trojan called NetSupport RAT.

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Government Business Services Education Phishing 110

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information. The company revealed that multiple work computers were infected with malware, in response to the compromise the security staff disconnected impacted systems from the network. .

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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. exe, and rundll32.exe.

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