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DPRK hacking groups breach South Korean defense contractors

The National Police Agency in South Korea issued an urgent warning today about North Korean hacking groups targeting defense industry entities to steal valuable technology information.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 12:56 PM
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North Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attack

In an advisory today Germany's federal intelligence agency (BfV) and South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn of an ongoing cyber-espionage operation targeting the global defense sector on behalf of the North Korean government.
- Bill Toulas
- February 19, 2024
- 03:24 PM
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Chinese hackers infect Dutch military network with malware

A Chinese cyber-espionage group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and deployed malware on compromised devices, according to the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) of the Netherlands.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 06, 2024
- 01:49 PM
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Microsoft: Hackers target defense firms with new FalseFont malware

Microsoft says the APT33 Iranian cyber-espionage group is using recently discovered FalseFont backdoor malware to attack defense contractors worldwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2023
- 03:28 PM
- 0
Iranian hackers breach defense orgs in password spray attacks

Microsoft says an Iranian-backed threat group has targeted thousands of organizations in the U.S. and worldwide in password spray attacks since February 2023.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 14, 2023
- 12:30 PM
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Microsoft: North Korean hackers target Russian govt, defense orgs

Microsoft says North Korean hacking groups have breached multiple Russian government and defense targets since the start of the year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 07, 2023
- 02:24 PM
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Hackers stole data from US defense org using Impacket, CovalentStealer

The U.S. Government today released an alert about state-backed hackers using a custom CovalentStealer malware and the Impacket framework to steal sensitive data from a U.S. organization in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 04, 2022
- 07:08 PM
- 0
Chinese hackers use new Windows malware to backdoor govt, defense orgs

An extensive series of attacks detected in January used new Windows malware to backdoor government entities and organizations in the defense industry from several countries in Eastern Europe.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 08, 2022
- 09:36 AM
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US defense contractors hit by stealthy SockDetour Windows backdoor

A new custom malware dubbed SockDetour found on systems belonging to US defense contractors has been used as a backup backdoor to maintain access to compromised networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 24, 2022
- 11:43 AM
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Ukrainian military agencies, state-owned banks hit by DDoS attacks

The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two of the country's state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine's largest bank) and Oschadbank (the State Savings Bank), are being hammered by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 15, 2022
- 01:56 PM
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Defense contractor Hensoldt confirms Lorenz ransomware attack

Hensoldt, a multinational defense contractor headquartered in Germany, has confirmed that some of its UK subsidiary's systems were compromised in a ransomware attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 14, 2022
- 12:33 PM
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FTC shares ransomware defense tips for small US businesses

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared guidance for small businesses on how to secure their networks from ransomware attacks by blocking threat actors' attempts to exploit vulnerabilities using social engineering or exploits targeting technology.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 12, 2021
- 12:14 PM
- 0
State hackers breach defense, energy, healthcare orgs worldwide

Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks warned over the weekend of an ongoing hacking campaign that has already resulted in the compromise of at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors, including defense, healthcare, energy, technology, and education.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 08, 2021
- 03:34 AM
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Microsoft: Iran-linked hackers target US defense tech companies

Iran-linked threat actors are targeting the Office 365 tenants of US and Israeli defense technology companies in extensive password spraying attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 11, 2021
- 11:52 AM
- 0
Microsoft releases SimuLand, a test lab for simulated cyberattacks

Microsoft has released SimuLand, an open-source lab environment to help test and improve Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel defenses against real attack scenarios.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 20, 2021
- 02:59 PM
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North Korean hackers target defense industry with custom malware

A North Korean-backed hacking group has targeted the defense industry with custom backdoor malware dubbed ThreatNeedle since early 2020 with the end goal of collecting highly sensitive information.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 25, 2021
- 11:14 AM
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Police arrest two in data theft cyberattack on Leonardo defense corp

Italian police have arrested two people allegedly for using malware to steal 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 05, 2020
- 03:33 PM
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