Category: CyberWarfare / ExoWarfare

A database with information on virtually the entire US voting population has been circulated on hacker forums, opening up the potential for disinformation and scams that could impact the November 3 election, security researchers say. A report released Wednesday by the security firm Trustwave said its researchers “discovered massive databases with detailed information about US…

Austin, Texas-based security product testing company NSS Labs has announced that it ceased operations on October 15, 2020. “Due to Covid-related impacts, NSS Labs ceased operations on October 15th,” a message on the company’s website reads. On Monday, Jason Brvenik, CEO of NSS Labs, posted the same message on LinkedIn, without providing additional details on…

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced charges against six Russian intelligence officers for their alleged role in several major cyberattacks conducted over the past years. The defendants are Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, aged 32, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, 35, Pavel Valeryevich Frolov, 28, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, 29, Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko, 27, and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin,…

60 Sekunden vergehen schnell – aber in dieser Zeitspanne passiert im Internet eine Menge. Auf Basis von Schätzungen, die bei Visual Capitalist veröffentlicht worden sind, werden bei Instagram rund 347.000 neue Stories veröffentlicht, mit dem Messenger Whatsapp verschicken Nutzer 41,6 Mio. Nachrichten und per E-Commerce werden 1 Mio. US-Dollar Umsatz generiert. Alle Anzeichen deuten darauf…

Members of the Project Natick team power wash algae, barnacles and sea anemones off the Northern Isles underwater data center, which was retrieved from the seafloor off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. (Microsoft Photo / Jonathan Banks) Two years after deploying a shipping-container-size data center to the depths off Scotland’s Orkney Islands, Microsoft has reeled…

Die Code-Sprache Python ist die beliebteste aller Programmiersprachen – das besagt der PopularitY of Programming Language Index. Auf Basis von Google-Suchanfragen zu Tutorials zur jeweiligen Programmiersprache und Daten von Google Trends misst der Index die Popularität dieser. Wie die Statista-Grafik zeigt waren Python-Tutorials zuletzt Gegenstand von rund 32 Prozent aller Suchanfragen. Die Code-Sprache mit dem…

The group has added a management console and a USB worming function to its main malware, Crimson RAT. The APT group Transparent Tribe is mounting an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, researchers said, which is aimed at military and diplomatic targets around the world. The effort features a worm that can propagate from machine to machine while…

A low-privileged process on a vulnerable machine could allow data harvesting and DoS. The IBM’s next-gen data-management software suffers from a shared-memory vulnerability that researchers said could lead to other threats — as demonstrated by a new proof-of-concept exploit for the bug. The IBM Db2 is a family of hybrid data-management products containing artificial intelligence,…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have shared details on a piece of malware North Korean threat actors likely used in attacks targeting employees of defense organizations in Israel and other countries. Dubbed BLINDINGCAN, the malware was apparently used in “Dream Job,” a campaign active since the…

The U.S. Army has revealed that North Korea has a number of divisions dedicated to cryptocurrency and related cybercrimes. A report unveiled by the U.S. Army reveals that North Korea now has more than 6,000 hackers stationed in countries such as Belarus, China, India, Malaysia, Russia, among others. The operations of four sub divisions are…

A security flaw in the way Microsoft Windows guards users against malicious files was actively exploited in malware attacks for two years before last week, when Microsoft finally issued a software update to correct the problem. By Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security One of the 120 security holes Microsoft fixed on Aug. 11’s Patch…

“Medical Debt Collection” is a phenomena specific to the USA, a country without general health coverage By Brian Krebs of KrebsOnSecurity R1 RCM Inc. [NASDAQ:RCM], one of the nation’s largest medical debt collection companies, has been hit in a ransomware attack. Formerly known as Accretive Health Inc., Chicago-based R1 RCM brought in revenues of $1.18…

A never before seen malware has been used for espionage purposes via Linux systems, warn the NSA and FBI in a joint advisory. UPDATED The U.S. government is warning of new malware, dubbed Drovorub, that targets Linux systems. It also claims the malware was developed for a Russian military unit in order to carry out…

Rare attack on cellular protocol exploits an encryption-implementation flaw at base stations to record voice calls. Researchers have discovered an attack on the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) mobile communications protocol that can break its encryption and allow attackers to listen in on phone calls. Dubbed ReVoLTE, the attack — detailed by a group of academic…

Researchers disclosed flaws in Amazon Alexa that could allow attackers to access personal data and install skills on Echo devices. Vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant platform could allow attackers to access users’ banking data history or home addresses – simply by persuading them to click on a malicious link. Researchers with Check Point found…

Unendliche Weiten, riesige Datenmengen. Könnt ihr euch vorstellen, was innerhalb von einer Minute im Internet passiert? Diese Infografik zeigt es euch. In einer Zeit, in der wir praktisch 24 Stunden am Tag online sind, geht es im Internet zu wie in einem Taubenschlag. Unzählige Whatsapp-Nachrichten werden verschickt, Hunderttausende Apps werden heruntergeladen und etliche Stunden auf…

Im Juli 2019 wurde am Flughafen Leipzig/Halle eine Absichtserklärung zur Errichtung der Cyberagentur unterzeichnet. Mit dabei waren Peter Tauber (von links, CDU), Parlamentarische Staatssekretär im Verteidigungsministerium, Bundesinnenminister Horst Seehofer (CSU), Sachsen-Anhalts Ministerpräsident Reiner Haseloff (CDU) und Sachsens Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer (CDU). von dpa – 12.08.2020 “Zur Sicherstellung digitaler Souveränität” soll unter Federführung von Verteidigungs- und…

see all DEFCON 2020 presentations: https://www.youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference/videos Tens of researchers showcased their work last week at the DEF CON 28 Safe Mode (virtual) hacking conference 2020. They presented research on hacking phones, cars, satellite communications, traffic lights, smart home devices, printers, and popular software services, among many others. Here is a summary of some of the…

Mike Pompeo’s announcement will hit Chinese internet companies at their most vulnerable spots. On August 5, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a major announcement regarding U.S. cyberspace. Depicting the Chinese Communist Party as a malign actor that aggressively intrudes on U.S. telecommunications and technology infrastructures, Pompeo said the U.S. government will initiate a…

Security researchers have identified hundreds of vulnerabilities that expose devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon chips to attacks. During a presentation at DEF CON last week, Check Point security researcher Slava Makkaveev revealed how vulnerabilities in the compute digital-signal processor (DSP) – a subsystem that enables the processing of data with low power consumption – could open…