The Hacker News

APRIL 19, 2023

Elite hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence service have been linked to large-volume phishing campaigns aimed at hundreds of users in Ukraine to extract intelligence and influence public discourse related to the war.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine’s government for intelligence purposes. Below is the tweet published by TAG chief, Shane Huntley, who cited the Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard. The Ukraine war isn’t only attracting interest from European threat actors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukrainian and European government and military organizations, as well as individuals. ” concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Ajax Bash, the Security Engineer of Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) endorsed the statement and attributed a large global campaign to a group of threat actors belonging to Kremlin based Fancy Bear (APT28).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. ” reads the report published by Google TAG.”We SecurityAffairs – Google TAG, state-sponsored hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

Researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have published their findings about a group they have dubbed Coldriver. The main targets of the Coldriver group are high-profile individuals in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), former intelligence and military officials, and NATO governments.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

Data intelligence company BigID announced this week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that it has rolled out new features for its privacy and data protection platform, allowing users to programmatically restrict access to sensitive cloud-based information when it’s under threat. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2022

In middle June, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team noticed a back-ported security update in the popular WordPress plugin Ninja Forms, which has over one million active installations. The vulnerability resides in the Merge Tag feature of the plugin. ” reads the advisory published by Wordfence.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Threat intelligence feeds are continually updated streams of data that inform users of different cybersecurity threats, their sources, and any infrastructure impacted or at risk of being impacted by those threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

On April 3 of this year, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) announced that APT43 was in-volved in cryptocurrency theft and digital currency laundering. Since September 2021, the group of cyber criminals has shifted its focus to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The next-gen HYAS Insight is going to have better and more contextualized intelligence. This new pipeline is higher volume and is expected to better align with real threats you’re dealing with on a daily basis. The resulting intelligence is not only timely, but we aim to make it as relevant and actionable as possible for you.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Shane Huntley, Director at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), revealed that her team has shared its findings with the campaigns and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The IT giant pointed out that major events like elections and COVID-19 represent opportunities for threat actors. election. . of all Gmail accounts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

Intellexa is an Israeli surveillance firm founded by Israeli entrepreneur Tal Dilian, it offers surveillance and hacking solution to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The offer includes remote, one-click browser-based exploits that allow threat actors to compromise both Android and iOS mobile devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

China-linked threat actors continue to target Indian power grid organizations, most of the attacks involved the ShadowPad backdoor. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor targeting Indian power grid organizations. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. ” wrote Ajax Bash, a Google security engineer from the TAG.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Apr 02 – Ukraine intelligence leaks names of 620 alleged Russian FSB agents. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Intelligence leaked personal data belonging to 620 alleged Russian FSB agents. Mar 31 – Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These radios are being tracked and tagged by marketers, telecom companies and individuals in an effort to resell that data to parties willing to pay. Tiny BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tags are being placed in people’s vehicles, pockets, bags and other items on the move all the time.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Threat actors hit the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of the company. The Economic Times, citing a senior official from the Maharashtra Police’s cyber unit, confirmed that local authorities warned of a threat to electricity companies in the country, including Tata Power. ” reported The Economic Times.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 12, 2023

SAP Security Note #3350297 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.1, The New HotNews Note in Detail SAP Security Note #3411067 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.1, High Priority SAP Security Notes SAP Security Notes #3394567 , tagged with a CVSS score of 8.1, SAP Security Notes #3382353 , tagged with a CVSS score of 7.5,

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

Russia-linked threat actors are behind a new website that published leaked emails from leading proponents of Britain’s exit from the EU, the Reuters reported. According to Reuters, at least victims of the leak confirmed the authenticity of the messages and revealed they were targeted by Russia-linked hackers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Threat actors created fake login pages for each organization and sent spear-phishing messages to nuclear scientists in an attempt to trick them into providing their passwords. Cybersecurity and intelligence experts observed an escalation in the activity associated with the Cold River APT since the invasion of Ukraine.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

But, as with all games like this, it comes with a steep price tag, so it's no surprise to suddenly see websites peddling "cracked" versions of the game for free. Malware Intelligence Analyst Stefan Dasic looked into the above websites claiming to share the cracked PC version of the game. They're also generally available for free.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2021

Today, we are reviewing the GreatHorn Cloud Email Security Platform, an email security solution to protect organizations against phishing attacks and advanced communication threats. What distinguishes the GreatHorn email solution is the degree to which it leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence. SOLUTION OVERVIEW.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shane Huntley, the head of the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), wrote on Twitter that his group had sent an above-average batch of government-backed security warnings. . TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2023

Threat actors are targeting NATO and groups supporting Ukraine in a spear-phishing campaign distributing the RomCom RAT. On July 4, the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team uncovered a spear phishing campaign aimed at an organization supporting Ukraine abroad. ” reads the report published by BlackBerry.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2023

Executive Summary On February 09, 2023, EclecticIQ analysts identified a spear phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian government entities like the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZRU) and Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). The web panel allowed the threat actor to send emails using the hardcoded sender address pivn-kr@prokuratura[.]dp[.]ua.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

CISA warns of actively exploited Ivanti EPMM flaw CVE-2023-35082 The Quantum Computing Cryptopocalypse – I’ll Know It When I See It Kansas State University suffered a serious cybersecurity incident CISA adds Chrome and Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Google TAG warns that Russian COLDRIVER APT is using a custom backdoor (..)

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 13, 2023

This note is tagged with a CVSS score of 7.9. Updates in previously released High Priority SAP Security Notes SAP Security Note #3326210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 7.1, SAP Security Note #3102769 , tagged with a CVSS score of 8.8, SAP Note #3318657 is tagged with a CVSS score of 6.4

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A review of the Pushwoosh founder’s online presence via Constella Intelligence shows his Pushwoosh email address was tied to a phone number in Washington, D.C. Pushwoosh employees posing at a company laser tag event. ” FOREIGN ADTECH THREAT? Pushwoosh told Reuters it used addresses in the Washington, D.C.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Threat actors are actively exploiting the Fortinet FortiNAC vulnerability CVE-2022-39952 a few hours after the publication of the PoC exploit code. Unfortunately, the threat actors started exploiting the Fortinet FortiNAC vulnerability CVE-2022-39952 the same day Horizon3 released the PoC exploit. Tags and blocklists available now.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In cybersecurity, threats are like mosquitoes on a humid August evening. For end users, threat intelligence is key to improving the configuration of environments and defenses. Which is something Google is hoping to help make easier with its new Threat Horizons report. So how are malicious threat actors gaining access?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

A threat actor sitting in the network for several months is an extremely long time and raises several issues. First, from an investigatory standpoint, its going to be difficult to identify what data the threat actor potentially accessed as logs roll over," Halm said. Second, it raises questions about intent.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2023

The malicious code injected was inside a Google Tag Manager (GTM) snippet encoded as Base64. Malwarebytes’ Director of Threat Intelligence Jérôme Segura commented: The attack on LCBO's online portal follows a trend we've seen before of injecting malicious code disguised as legitimate snippets such as Google Tag Manager.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 16, 2024

However, the evolving threat landscape necessitates a shift toward more comprehensive data loss prevention methods considering data in various states—whether at rest, in motion, or in use. Regular assessments and adjustments based on emerging threat landscapes contribute to the longevity of the DLP framework.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Endpoint Detections are explainable: Many of the detections generated by endpoint solutions link back to a file hash and threat intelligence with an explanation of what that file is and does, what the risk is to the asset that it is on, and the level of risk to the organization as a whole.

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