NSA is redefining its cybersecurity mission and with the Cybersecurity Directorate it will enhance its partnerships with unclassified collaboration and information sharing. Under the new Cybersecurity Directorate — a major organization that unifies NSA’s foreign intelligence and cyberdefense missions The NSA announced the new Cybersecurity Directorate — which will help defend domestic organizations from foreign […]
Researchers at Check Point discovered that Egypt ‘ government has been spying citizens in a sophisticated surveillance program Researchers at Check Point discovered that the Egyptian government has been spying on activists and opponents as part of a sophisticated surveillance program. The list of victims is long and includes journalists, politicians, activists and lawyers. The […]
Security experts linked a number of cyber-espionage campaigns observed over the years to the same Chinese threat actor, tracked as PKPLUG. Security experts linked a number of cyber-espionage campaigns observed over the years to the same Chinese threat actor, tracked as PKPLUG. The name comes from the threat actor using PlugX inside ZIP archives containing […]
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A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. The Russian researcher Leonid Evdokimov has found that hardware wiretapping equipment used by the Kremlin as part of the SORM surveillance system (Russian: Система оперативно-разыскных мероприятий, lit. ‘System for Operative Investigative Activities’) had been leaking data online. The […]
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! At least 23 Texas local governments […]
Romania will ban Chinese giant Huawei from its 5G network, reads a joint statement signed by the Romanian and US presidents. Romania could be the last state in order of time to ban Chinese giant Huawei from its 5G network, reads a joint statement signed by the Romanian and US presidents. The document was signed […]
Twitter announced it has banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong. Twitter has observed and banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to stir up riots and sow political discord in Hong Kong. The tweets aimed at discrediting the motivation of the Hong Kong […]
Cloud Atlas threat actors used a new piece of polymorphic malware in recent attacks against government organizations. The Cloud Atlas cyberespionage group, aka Inception, continues to carry out attacks against government organizations and was observed using a new piece of polymorphic malware dubbed VBShower. The Cloud Atlas was first observed by researchers at Kaspersky Lab […]