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Beijing accused the United States on Thursday of smearing China after Washington alleged Chinese hackers were attempting to steal research on developing a vaccine against the coronavirus. US authorities said Wednesday that Chinese hackers were trying to obtain coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, warning the effort involved Chinese government-affiliated groups and others.
US Cyber Command has uploaded North Korean malware samples to the VirusTotal aggregation repository, adding to the malware samples it uploaded in February. The first of the new malware variants, COPPERHEDGE, is described as a Remote Access Tool "Used by advanced persistent threat cyber actors in the targeting of cryptocurrency exchanges and related entities."
A list posted by US-CERT this week rattles off the 10 most oft-targeted security vulnerabilities during the past three years, and finds that, shock horror, for the most part, keeping up with patching will keep you safe. Microsoft ranks highly in the list because its software is widely used, and provides the most potential targets for hackers, though on the other hand, fixes have been available for these bugs for a long while: it doesn't have to be this way, people.
US authorities warned healthcare and scientific researchers Wednesday that Chinese-backed hackers were attempting to steal research and intellectual property related to treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. "We are leading the world in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine research. It is immoral to target China with rumors and slanders in the absence of any evidence," Zhao said.
The Army is developing a new electronic warfare pod capable of being put on drones and on trucks. The Silent Crow pod is now the leading contender for the flying flagship of the Army's rebuilt electronic warfare force.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus, two newspapers reported Monday. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are planning to release a warning about the Chinese hacking as governments and private firms race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, the Wall Street Journal and New York Times reported.
Governments and organizations are unleashing new technologies to fight the spread of the coronavirus, adding to privacy and data collection concerns. A new Pew Research poll takes a look at the current sentiment regarding these new contact tracing applications and data collection.
The Czech Republic and the United States have signed a joint declaration Wednesday for cooperating on security of 5G technology. The Czech government office said the document was signed remotely by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
With the IT world turned upside-down for many organisations, it's a good time to talk network security. Because while it's something we all need more than ever, there's almost always a gap between demand and budget, or between need and the ability to service that need.
Several weeks ago, Google, which was seeing around 18 million pandemic-themed malware or phishing messages per day, revealed that nation-backed hackers were targeting healthcare organizations and those engaged in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Today, the US Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre warned that APT groups are "Actively targeting organizations involved in both national and international COVID-19 responses."