Tag: military
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Microsoft admonished for role in facilitating Gaza genocide
Following credible allegations that Microsoft Azure was being used to facilitate mass surveillance and lethal force against Palestinians, which prompted the company to suspend services to the Israeli military unit responsible, human rights organisations are calling for further action First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632809/Microsoft-admonished-for-role-in-facilitating-Gaza-genocide
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Why ex-military professionals are a good fit for cybersecurity
After years of working as part of a team, many military veterans look for work that still carries meaning, challenge, and purpose. Cybersecurity offers a new way to serve and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/military-veterans-cybersecurity-careers/
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Why ex-military professionals are a good fit for cybersecurity
After years of working as part of a team, many military veterans look for work that still carries meaning, challenge, and purpose. Cybersecurity offers a new way to serve and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/military-veterans-cybersecurity-careers/
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APT28 Deploys BeardShell and Covenant Modules via Weaponized Office Documents
Security researchers at Sekoia.io have uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign orchestrated by APT28, the notorious Russian state-sponsored threat actor, targeting Ukrainian military personnel with weaponized Office documents that deliver advanced malware frameworks including BeardShell and Covenant modules. The operation represents a significant evolution in APT28’s tactics, leveraging legitimate cloud infrastructure and novel obfuscation techniques to…
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Unencrypted satellites expose global communications
Researchers found nearly half of geostationary satellites leak unencrypted data, exposing consumer, corporate, and military communications. A group of researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Maryland found nearly half of geostationary satellites transmit unencrypted data, exposing sensitive consumer, corporate, and military communications to interception. The researchers used an $800 satellite receiver for…
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Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms
Researchers spent the past year alerting affected organizations, including T-Mobile and ATT, but warn that large amounts of satellite data will remain unencrypted and exposed for some years to come. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/satellites-found-exposing-unencrypted-data-including-phone-calls-and-some-military-comms/
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CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57% of incidents have never been rehearsed
Future-proof attack scenarios: As for the central problem of not knowing what kind of attacks to plan for, Avakian suggests using internal teams or partners to roleplay the most likely attack vectors. To save money, he encourages enterprises to partner with universities for imaginative threat planning and to work with vertical-specific ISACs. Ivan Shefrin, executive director…
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CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57% of incidents have never been rehearsed
Future-proof attack scenarios: As for the central problem of not knowing what kind of attacks to plan for, Avakian suggests using internal teams or partners to roleplay the most likely attack vectors. To save money, he encourages enterprises to partner with universities for imaginative threat planning and to work with vertical-specific ISACs. Ivan Shefrin, executive director…
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Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data”, including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications”, sent by satellites unencrypted. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/satellites-are-leaking-the-worlds-secrets-calls-texts-military-and-corporate-data/
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Ukraine takes steps to launch dedicated cyber force for offensive strikes
Ukraine lawmakers are considering uniting the country’s offensive and defensive military cyber capabilities under a single command within the Armed Forces. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-takes-steps-dedicated-cyber-force
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Researchers Out Front Companies for Chinese Intelligence
Beijing-Based Institute Researches Steganography, Forensics, Network Penetration. Beware previously undocumented front companies for China’s main intelligence service that appear to be tasked with gathering and developing steganography, digital forensic, network penetration and other cybersecurity tools to serve Beijing’s military and intelligence apparatus, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/researchers-out-front-companies-for-chinese-intelligence-a-29677
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Researchers Out Front Companies for Chinese Intelligence
Beijing-Based Institute Researches Steganography, Forensics, Network Penetration. Beware previously undocumented front companies for China’s main intelligence service that appear to be tasked with gathering and developing steganography, digital forensic, network penetration and other cybersecurity tools to serve Beijing’s military and intelligence apparatus, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/researchers-out-front-companies-for-chinese-intelligence-a-29677
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Police and military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in
Florida comms outfit serving cops, firefighters, and the military says hackers pinched some employee data but insists its systems stayed online First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/police_and_military_radio_maker_bk_admits_breach/
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Cyberattackers Exploit Zimbra Zero-Day Via ICS
A threat actor purporting to be from the Libyan Navy’s Office of Protocol targeted Brazil’s military earlier this year using the rare tactic. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zimbra-zero-day-ics
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Zimbra Zero-Day Exploited to Target Brazilian Military via Malicious ICS Files
A now patched security vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration was exploited as a zero-day earlier this year in cyber attacks targeting the Brazilian military.Tracked as CVE-2025-27915 (CVSS score: 5.4), the vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Classic Web Client that arises as a result of insufficient sanitization of HTML content in ICS…
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Ukrainian Defenders Report Rise in Russian Cyberattacks
Numerous Attacks Designed and Timed ‘to Amplify the Impact of Kinetic Strikes’. Russia in the first half of this year markedly increased the tempo of its cyberattacks targeting Ukraine, with defenders cataloging 3,000 cybersecurity incidents, largely targeting the military, government, local authorities and energy sector, often timed to amplify the impact of kinetic attacks. First…
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Confucius Hackers Hit Pakistan With New WooperStealer and Anondoor Malware
The threat actor known as Confucius has been attributed to a new phishing campaign that has targeted Pakistan with malware families like WooperStealer and Anondoor.”Over the past decade, Confucius has repeatedly targeted government agencies, military organizations, defense contractors, and critical industries — especially in Pakistan using spear-phishing and malicious documents as initial First seen on…
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Phantom Taurus: New China-Linked Hacker Group Hits Governments With Stealth Malware
Government and telecommunications organizations across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia have emerged as the target of a previously undocumented China-aligned nation-state actor dubbed Phantom Taurus over the past two-and-a-half years.”Phantom Taurus’ main focus areas include ministries of foreign affairs, embassies, geopolitical events, and military operations,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Patchwork APT: Leveraging PowerShell to Create Scheduled Tasks and Deploy Final Payload
Patchwork, the advanced persistent threat (APT) actor also known as Dropping Elephant, Monsoon, and Hangover Group, has been observed deploying a new PowerShell-based loader that abuses Windows Scheduled Tasks to execute its final payload. Active since at least 2015 and focused on political and military intelligence across South and Southeast Asia, Patchwork is renowned for…
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APT35 Hackers Targeting Government and Military to Steal Login Credentials
Tags: credentials, cyber, government, hacker, intelligence, login, malicious, military, phishing, threatStormshield CTI researchers have identified two active phishing servers linked to APT35, revealing ongoing credential-stealing operations targeting government and military entities. In an active threat-hunting operation, Stormshield’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team discovered two malicious servers exhibiting hallmark characteristics of APT35 infrastructure. These servers, mirroring footprints documented by Check Point, are hosting phishing pages designed…
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Chinese hackers breached critical infrastructure globally using enterprise network gear
Tags: access, backdoor, breach, business, china, communications, control, cve, defense, exploit, framework, germany, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, korea, law, malware, military, monitoring, network, open-source, penetration-testing, programming, service, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability72-hour vulnerability exploitation window: RedNovember demonstrated the ability to weaponize newly disclosed vulnerabilities faster than most organizations could deploy patches, researchers found. When researchers published proof-of-concept code for Check Point VPN vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 on May 30, 2024, RedNovember was attacking vulnerable systems by June 3.That campaign hit at least 60 organizations across Brazil, Germany, Japan,…
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An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead
Plus: A ransomeware gang steals data on 8,000 preschoolers, Microsoft blocks Israel’s military from using its cloud for surveillance, call-recording app Neon hits pause over security holes, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/app-used-to-dox-charlie-kirk-critics-doxed-its-own-users-instead/
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The fight to lock down drones and their supply chains
Drones have already shown their impact in military operations, and their influence is spreading across the agricultural and industrial sectors. Given their technological … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/25/drones-cybersecurity-risks/
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Russia Leveraging Cyber-Attacks as a Strategic Weapon Against Key Industries in Major Nations
In 2024, as the Russia-Ukraine war prolongs and military and economic cooperation between North Korea and Russia deepens, cyberspace has become a central battleground for international conflict. Russia is leveraging cyber-attacks to alleviate economic pressure from international sanctions and to enhance its war-fighting capabilities, targeting key industries in major countries around the globe. In November…
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AI is altering entry-level cyber hiring, and the nature of the skills gap
The certification trap and broken pipelines: Other experts argued that an over reliance on CVs and certifications is one of the biggest barriers to hiring success in cybersecurity because it acts to shut out otherwise qualified candidates.”Despite bringing valuable experience and perspectives, people with 10 years of work experience are put off because there is…
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North Korean operation uses ChatGPT to forge military IDs as part of cyberattack
The hacking group known as Kimsuky used generative AI to create South Korean military IDs used in a phishing campaign against defense-related institutions, researchers said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korea-kimsuky-hackers-phishing-fake-military-ids-chatgpt
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North Korean operation uses ChatGPT to forge military IDs as part of cyberattack
The hacking group known as Kimsuky used generative AI to create South Korean military IDs used in a phishing campaign against defense-related institutions, researchers said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/north-korea-kimsuky-hackers-phishing-fake-military-ids-chatgpt
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North Korean Group Targets South With Military ID Deepfakes
The North Korea-linked group Kimsuky used ChatGPT to create deepfakes of military ID documents in an attempt to compromise South Korean targets. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/north-korean-group-south-military-id-deepfakes
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Russia Tests Hypersonic Missile at NATO’s Doorstep”, and Shares the Video
Russian military exercises near NATO borders follow the recent incursion of Russian drones into the airspace of Poland and Romania, further stoking tensions with the West. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/russia-hypersonic-missile-test-nato-borders/
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North Korea’s Kimsuky Group Uses AI-Generated Military IDs in New Attack
North Korea’s Kimsuky hackers use AI-generated fake military IDs in a new phishing campaign, GSC warns, marking a… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/north-korea-kimsuky-group-ai-generated-military-ids/