Security News

Chip lobby group SEMI to EU: Export restrictions should only be used in self-defense
2024-03-06 08:23

SEMI, an industry association representing 3,000 chip vendors, would really appreciate it if the European Union would back off plans to impose export controls on China, arguing that they should only be used as a "Last resort" to protect national security. Restrictions on the export of chip tech have become a potent instrument in US efforts to stifle China's domestic semiconductor industry.

German defense chat overheard by Russian eavesdroppers on Cisco's WebEx
2024-03-04 17:45

Roderich Kiesewetter, deputy chairman of the German parliament's oversight committee, said the Bundeswehr leak was possibly caused by a Russian agent inside the WebEx call or the Bundeswehr's implementation of it, but the country is still working on discovering how the intrusion took place. RT has since made a number of claims after publishing the call, including that the conversation provides proof that Germany was planning to help Ukraine to destroy the Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to the illegally annexed Crimea.

Ukraine claims it hacked Russian Ministry of Defense servers
2024-03-04 15:41

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense and stole sensitive documents. Software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense for protecting and encrypting data.

Iranian charged over attacks against US defense contractors, government agencies
2024-03-01 18:30

The US Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment accusing an Iranian national of a years-long campaign that compromised hundreds of thousands of accounts and attempting to infiltrate US defense contractors and multiple government agencies. "Nasab participated in a cyber campaign using spear phishing and other hacking techniques to infect more than 200,000 victim devices, many of which contained sensitive or classified defense information," said Damian Williams, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

U.S. charges Iranian for hacks on defense orgs, offers $10M for info
2024-03-01 14:47

The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled an indictment against Alireza Shafie Nasab, a 39-year-old Iranian national, for his role in a cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. government and defense entities. The U.S. DoJ announcement says Nasab's job with Mahak Rayan Afraz was merely a front for the hacker's malicious operations.

New Silver SAML Attack Evades Golden SAML Defenses in Identity Systems
2024-02-29 15:21

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new attack technique called Silver SAML that can be successful even in cases where mitigations have been applied against Golden SAML attacks. Silver SAML...

Iran-Linked UNC1549 Hackers Target Middle East Aerospace & Defense Sectors
2024-02-28 15:08

An Iran-nexus threat actor known as UNC1549 has been attributed with medium confidence to a new set of attacks targeting aerospace, aviation, and defense industries in the Middle East, including...

US govt shares cyberattack defense tips for water utilities
2024-02-21 18:39

CISA, the FBI, and the Environmental Protection Agency shared a list of defense measures U.S. water utilities should implement to better defend their systems against cyberattacks. The fact sheet they published today outlines the top eight actions U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems sector organizations can take to reduce cyberattack risks and boost their resilience against malicious activity.

New Report Reveals North Korean Hackers Targeting Defense Firms Worldwide
2024-02-20 10:53

The North Korean state-sponsored threat actors have been attributed to a cyber espionage campaign targeting the defense sector across the world. In a joint advisory published by Germany's Federal...

North Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attack
2024-02-19 20:24

In an advisory today Germany's federal intelligence agency and South Korea's National Intelligence Service warn of an ongoing cyber-espionage operation targeting the global defense sector on behalf of the North Korean government. Today's joint cybersecurity advisory highlights two cases attributed to North Korean actors, one of them the Lazarus group, to provide the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by the attackers.