Defense contractor

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2025
How Interlock Ransomware Affects the Defense Industrial Base Supply Chain

Interlock Ransomware ‘s attack on a defense contractor exposed global defense supply chain details, risking operations of top contractors and their clients. Resecurity envisions the cascading effects on the defense supply chain due to ransomware activity. In the recent incident, by attacking a defense contractor, Interlock Ransomware uncovered details about the supply chains and operations […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2024
North Korea-linked APT groups target South Korean defense contractors

The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities. The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities to steal defense technology information. North Korea-linked APT groups Lazarus, Andariel, and Kimsuky hacked multiple defense companies in South […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2017
Thousands resumes of US military and intel contractors left unsecured on an Amazon server

Experts discovered thousands of files containing personal data on former US military, intelligence, and government workers exposed online for months. Researchers from cybersecurity company UpGuard have discovered thousands of files containing personal data on former US military, intelligence, and government workers have allegedly been exposed online for months. The data breach has been initially attributed to security […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2017
Top Defense contractor left Pentagon docs unsecured on Amazon server

A top defense contractor left tens of thousands sensitive Pentagon documents on Amazon Server Without any protection in places. The popular security expert Chris Vickery discovered more than 60,000 sensitive files belonging to a US military project for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) left on Amazon cloud storage server without authentication. The documents were reportedly left unsecured on […]