In an open letter, a group of professors from the field of IT security call on the federal government to implement more measures against encryption software, so-called ransomware. For companies that have not yet been affected by a ransomware attack, on the other hand, only 67 percent would be willing to do so in principle...
Absolute Software, a leading provider of self-healing zero trust solutions, has achieved Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 12.14+ with its NetMotion Mobility 4 VPN solution. NetMotion Mobility, which meets the highest level of certification internationally recognized under the Common Criteria program for software products, is the company's Secure Access product. Absolute is the only networking solution provider to receive this certification for its Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. The certification confirms that NetMotion Mobility meets the highest security requirements and meets the complex security requirements of government and enterprise customers....
ESET researchers analyzed two variants of the yty framework: Gedit and DarkMusical. Their espionage attacks target governments and militaries in South Asia. The main task of the yty malware framework is to collect and exfiltrate data. The hacking group Donot Team (also known as APT-C-35 or SectorE02) has been conducting espionage attacks on embassies, government and military facilities, and foreign ministries for at least two years. According to ESET researchers' analysis, the group's campaigns focused on targets in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal. Their diplomatic facilities in Europe, the Middle East and America…
On Friday January 14, 2022 there was a cyber attack on several websites of the Ukrainian government and embassy. Commentary on the incident by John Hultquist, VP of Intelligence Analysis, Mandiant. “The sweeping defacement of several Ukrainian government websites is consistent with incidents we have observed in the past as tensions have risen in the region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was already defamed during the invasion of Georgia in 2008. The Georgian President was then compared to Hitler. As recently as 2019, GRU unit 74455 (“Sandworm”) carried out mass defacements in Georgia….
Current cyber espionage campaign: Transparent Tribe targets military and government institutions worldwide. Germany is among the worst affected countries. Since January 2019, Kaspersky has been investigating an ongoing campaign by the APT group Transparent Tribe that is spreading the Remote Access Trojan (RAT) Crimson. The attacks began with malicious Microsoft Office documents being sent to victims using spear phishing emails. Within a year, the researchers were able to identify more than 1.000 targets in almost 30 countries. The analysis of the Crimson Trojan also revealed new, previously unknown components, which suggests that its development process has not yet ...
