Tag: espionage
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Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-5647 targets Ukrainian and Polish entities with RomCom malware variants
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-5647-romcom/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-5647 targets Ukrainian and Polish entities with RomCom malware variants Feedly Summary: By Dmytro Korzhevin, Asheer Malhotra, Vanja Svajcer and Vitor Ventura. Cisco Talos has observed a new wave of attacks active since at least late 2023, from a Russian speaking group we track as “UAT-5647”, against Ukrainian…
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The Register: Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/volkswagen_ransomware_data_loss/ Source: The Register Title: Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew Feedly Summary: The German car giant appears to be unconcerned The 8Base ransomware crew claims to have stolen a huge data dump of Volkswagen files and is threatening to publish them, but the German car giant appears to be…
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The Register: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/china_intel_chip_security/ Source: The Register Title: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws Feedly Summary: Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for…
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Hacker News: Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices
Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/two-never-before-seen-tools-from-same-group-infect-air-gapped-devices/ Source: Hacker News Title: Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the discovery of advanced hacking toolsets linked to a nation-state group, likely from Russia, targeting air-gapped systems. The findings highlight the sophistication and resourcefulness involved in circumventing…
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The Register: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/us_lawmakers_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants Feedly Summary: Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also…
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Slashdot: European Govt Air-Gapped Systems Breached Using Custom Malware
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/11/1811217/european-govt-air-gapped-systems-breached-using-custom-malware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: European Govt Air-Gapped Systems Breached Using Custom Malware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: An advanced persistent threat (APT) group named GoldenJackal has been successful in breaching air-gapped government systems in Europe, employing custom tools to steal sensitive information. This activity raises significant concerns about the security…