Tag: military
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Acting on FBI Tip, Thailand Detains Suspected Russian Hacker
Suspect May Be Military Officer Indicted by US for 2016 Election Interference. Police in Thailand have arrested a Russian citizen suspected of launching hack attacks against targets around the world, who’s wanted by the FBI. While the suspect hasn’t been named, his age matches that of a Russian military intelligence officer indicted for 2016 U.S.…
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DDoS Cyberattack Disrupts Danish Government and Defense Websites
Tags: attack, country, cyberattack, ddos, defense, government, intelligence, military, monitoring, serviceA cyberattack on Danish institutions disrupted several government and defense-related websites on November 13, according to the country’s Civil Protection Agency. The incident, which involved widespread DDoS attacks, caused temporary outages across multiple online services and prompted authorities to intensify monitoring alongside Denmark’s military intelligence service. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/cyberattack-on-danish-government-sites/
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Emulating the Espionage-Oriented Group SideWinder
Tags: attack, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, group, microsoft, military, office, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, vulnerabilityAttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by SideWinder, a threat actor with a long history of cyber espionage dating back to 2012. The group has primarily targeted government, military, and maritime sectors across South Asia and nearby regions through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns, exploitation of Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, and the…
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Emulating the Espionage-Oriented Group SideWinder
Tags: attack, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, group, microsoft, military, office, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, vulnerabilityAttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by SideWinder, a threat actor with a long history of cyber espionage dating back to 2012. The group has primarily targeted government, military, and maritime sectors across South Asia and nearby regions through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns, exploitation of Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, and the…
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Bridging the Skills Gap: How Military Veterans Are Strengthening Cybersecurity
From intelligence analysts to surface warfare officers, military veterans of all backgrounds are successfully pivoting to cybersecurity careers and strengthening the industry’s defense capabilities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/military-veterans-strengthening-cybersecurity
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United States of America Veterans Day November 11, 2025: Honoring All Who Served
Veterans Day Poster Competition – via The United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs: Veterans Day Poster Competition – Each year the Veterans Day National Committee publishes a commemorative Veterans Day poster. The Committee selects a poster from artwork submitted by artists nationwide. Over the years these posters have illustrated the rich history of our country’s…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 70
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter SesameOp: Novel backdoor uses OpenAI Assistants API for command and control Weaponized Military Documents Deliver Advanced SSH-Tor Backdoor to Defense Sector Gootloader Returns: What Goodies Did They Bring? Ransomvibing appears in VS Code extensions…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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Cyber-espionage campaign mirroring Sandworm TTPs hit Russian and Belarusian military
A spear-phishing campaign aimed to compromise Russian and Belarusian military personnel by using military-themed documents as a lure has been flagged by Cyble and Seqrite … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/03/russian-belarusian-military-spear-phishing/
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Hacktivists increasingly target industrial control systems, Canada Cyber Centre warns
Tags: authentication, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, leak, mfa, military, service, technology, vpn, vulnerabilityHacked fuel tank gauges can lead to dangerous situations: In another incident reported by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, attackers accessed an internet-exposed automated tank gauge (ATG) belonging to a Canadian oil and gas company and manipulated its values, triggering false alarms.ATGs are used to monitor fuel level, pressure, and temperature inside fuel tanks.…
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Hacktivists increasingly target industrial control systems, Canada Cyber Centre warns
Tags: authentication, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, leak, mfa, military, service, technology, vpn, vulnerabilityHacked fuel tank gauges can lead to dangerous situations: In another incident reported by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, attackers accessed an internet-exposed automated tank gauge (ATG) belonging to a Canadian oil and gas company and manipulated its values, triggering false alarms.ATGs are used to monitor fuel level, pressure, and temperature inside fuel tanks.…
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Cyble Detects Advanced Backdoor Targeting Defense Systems via Belarus Military Lure
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) have uncovered a cyber-espionage operation that used a weaponized ZIP archive to infiltrate defense-sector systems. The malicious file”, disguised as a Belarusian military document titled “ТЛГ на убытие на переподготовку.pdf” (“TLG for departure for retraining.pdf”)”, delivered a highly advanced backdoor capable of establishing covert access through SSH and Tor. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/belarus-military-hit-by-ssh-tor-backdoor/
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Cyble Detects Advanced Backdoor Targeting Defense Systems via Belarus Military Lure
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) have uncovered a cyber-espionage operation that used a weaponized ZIP archive to infiltrate defense-sector systems. The malicious file”, disguised as a Belarusian military document titled “ТЛГ на убытие на переподготовку.pdf” (“TLG for departure for retraining.pdf”)”, delivered a highly advanced backdoor capable of establishing covert access through SSH and Tor. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/belarus-military-hit-by-ssh-tor-backdoor/
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Operation SkyCloak Targets Russian/Belarusian Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor Backdoor
The post Operation SkyCloak Targets Russian/Belarusian Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor Backdoor appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/operation-skycloak-targets-russian-belarusian-military-with-lnk-exploit-and-openssh-over-tor-backdoor/
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Operation SkyCloak Targets Russian/Belarusian Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor Backdoor
The post Operation SkyCloak Targets Russian/Belarusian Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor Backdoor appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/operation-skycloak-targets-russian-belarusian-military-with-lnk-exploit-and-openssh-over-tor-backdoor/
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China kann Busse in Norwegen still legen; Israel zieht China-Autos wegen Spionage-Gefahr ein
Ich fasse mal zwei Meldungen zusammen, die mir gerade auf den Tisch kamen. Das israelische Militär zieht chinesische PKWs ihrer Soldaten ein, weil der Verdacht besteht, dass diese Fahrzeuge für Spionage eingesetzt werden. Und in Norwegen hat ein geheimer Test … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/11/03/china-kann-busse-in-norwegen-still-legen-israel-zieht-china-autos-wegen-spionage-gefahr-ein/
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China kann Busse in Norwegen still legen; Israel zieht China-Autos wegen Spionage-Gefahr ein
Ich fasse mal zwei Meldungen zusammen, die mir gerade auf den Tisch kamen. Das israelische Militär zieht chinesische PKWs ihrer Soldaten ein, weil der Verdacht besteht, dass diese Fahrzeuge für Spionage eingesetzt werden. Und in Norwegen hat ein geheimer Test … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/11/03/china-kann-busse-in-norwegen-still-legen-israel-zieht-china-autos-wegen-spionage-gefahr-ein/
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Sandworm APT Attacks Belarus Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor obfs4 Backdoor
The post Sandworm APT Attacks Belarus Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor obfs4 Backdoor appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/sandworm-apt-attacks-belarus-military-with-lnk-exploit-and-openssh-over-tor-obfs4-backdoor/
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Sandworm APT Attacks Belarus Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor obfs4 Backdoor
The post Sandworm APT Attacks Belarus Military With LNK Exploit and OpenSSH Over Tor obfs4 Backdoor appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/sandworm-apt-attacks-belarus-military-with-lnk-exploit-and-openssh-over-tor-obfs4-backdoor/
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Hackers Hide SSHTor Backdoor Inside Weaponized Military Documents
In October 2025, cybersecurity researchers at Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign distributing weaponized ZIP archives disguised as military documents. The attack specifically targeted Belarusian military personnel through a lure document titled >>ТЛГ на убытие на переподготовку.pdf
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Transnational Organized Crime Gang Steals $1 Million from Ontario Couple
Today my LinkedIn feed and Google News filter is showing me several stories that illustrate how we are failing to stop online scammers from stealing from our elderly. It starts with the headlines. CTVNews: Ontario seniors GIVE AWAY MORE THAN $1 MILLION to scammers.CTVNews: Ontario couple LOSES MORE THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS to fraud.Toronto Only:…
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Step aside, SOC. It’s time to ROC
Tags: attack, breach, business, communications, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, framework, government, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, military, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, soc, strategy, threat, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhat is a ROC?: At its core, the Resilience Risk Operations Center (ROC) is a proactive intelligence hub. Think of it as a fusion center in which cyber, business and financial risk come together to form one clear picture.While the idea of a ROC isn’t entirely new, versions of it have existed across government and…
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Step aside, SOC. It’s time to ROC
Tags: attack, breach, business, communications, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, framework, government, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, military, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, soc, strategy, threat, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhat is a ROC?: At its core, the Resilience Risk Operations Center (ROC) is a proactive intelligence hub. Think of it as a fusion center in which cyber, business and financial risk come together to form one clear picture.While the idea of a ROC isn’t entirely new, versions of it have existed across government and…
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Civilian Airport OT: the US Military’s Soft Underbelly
Airport Baggage Carousels Are Weapons, in the Right Hands. Consider the airport baggage carousel. It’s big, clunky and tedious to wait by. But look at it like a war planner does, and it’s suddenly very different: An almost certainly poorly secured technology system that foreign adversaries could exploit to disrupt military mobilization across the United…
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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Cyberangriff auf Jaguar ist teuerster in britischer Geschichte
Der Hackerangriff auf den Autobauer Jaguar Land Rover hat die britische Regierung viel Geld gekostet.Der Cyberangriff auf den britischen Autobauer Jaguar Land Rover war nach Einschätzung von Experten der wirtschaftlich schädlichste in der Geschichte des Landes. Die Einbußen durch den wochenlangen erzwungenen Produktionsstopp belaufen sich demnach auf geschätzte 1,9 Milliarden Pfund (knapp 2,2 Milliarden Euro). Die…