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Poland says Russian military hackers target its govt networks
2024-05-09 23:14

Poland says a state-backed threat group linked to Russia's military intelligence service has been targeting Polish government institutions throughout the week. According to evidence found by CSIRT MON, the country's Computer Security Incident Response Team and CERT Polska, Russian APT28 state hackers attacked multiple government institutions in a large-scale phishing campaign.

Kaspersky hits back at claims its AI helped Russia develop military drone systems
2024-05-03 21:30

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Kaspersky accused of helping Russia develop military drone systems
2024-05-03 21:30

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CEO who sold fake Cisco devices to US military gets 6 years in prison
2024-05-02 22:01

Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for selling $100 million worth of counterfeit Cisco network equipment to government, health, education, and military organizations worldwide. These devices all had "Counterfeit Cisco labels, stickers, boxes, documentation, and packaging, all bearing counterfeit trademarks registered and owned by Cisco that made the goods falsely appear to be new, genuine, and high-quality devices manufactured and authorized by Cisco."

Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military
2024-05-02 20:58

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Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China
2024-04-22 15:30

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Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets
2024-04-19 10:15

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FBI disrupts Moobot botnet used by Russian military hackers
2024-02-15 18:00

The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff in spearphishing and credential theft attacks targeting the United States and its allies. Subsequently, the GRU hackers leveraged the Moobot malware to deploy their own custom malicious tools, effectively repurposing the botnet into a cyber espionage tool with global reach.

Chinese Hackers Exploited FortiGate Flaw to Breach Dutch Military Network
2024-02-07 06:29

Chinese state-backed hackers broke into a computer network that's used by the Dutch armed forces by targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. "This [computer network] was used for unclassified...

Chinese hackers infect Dutch military network with malware
2024-02-06 18:49

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 of the Netherlands. During the follow-up investigation, a previously unknown malware strain named Coathanger, a remote access trojan designed to infect Fortigate network security appliances, was also discovered on the breached network.