Defence and Security

Cisco Talos cyber security experts: At least 40 organizations across 13 different countries were compromised by a state-sponsored actor who exploits DNS hijacking.

It is the result of the Jazeera Storm manhunt against the Islamic State at Deir Ezzor. Anti-Daesh offensives also continue in Iraq on the Hamrin mountains.

The cyber security experts: There will be a rise of cybercrime attacks in the next future. The stolen data come from 6 breached companies and include user’s physical address.

The ISF, after taking the streets of Diyala that lead to the mountains, tighten the circle on the Islamic State. Syria, the SDF at Deir Ezzor intensify the hunt for the Daesh fugitives.

Bitdefender cyber security experts: cybercrime steals credentials and payment accounts from popular services, exfiltrate browsing history and cookies, and execute any malware.

The group had over 600 SIMs and worked to facilitate contacts between Daesh fugitives in Syria and in Anbar. Meanwhile, SDF at Deir Ezzor increase border surveillance.

Malwarebytes cyber security experts: The malware is linked with Arkei and it is in great demand by cybercrime. It’s dangerous and evolving.

Third chapter of a study on the history of the two groups, in order to understand why they share the same roots and purposes, aimed at recreating the Caliphate. Bin Laden, Mullah Omar and the Taliban for Global Jihad.

Yoroi-Cybaze cyber security experts: It contains Emotet malware and should linked to Russian hackers. But some elements are confusing and need to be deepened.

The operation against the Islamic State and its shelters in Diyala continues. Syria, Russian raids in Badia Al-Sham against Daesh: the militants attacked a SAA convoy in Deir Ezzor.

The US cyber security experts: It’s a new Trojan with 9 files infected. Seven of them are "proxy applications that mask traffic between malware and the remote operators.

Objective: to eliminate the Islamic State group in the area and its network of tunnels. In Syria, SDF continue to hunt Daesh sleeper cells from Raqqa to Deir Ezzor.

The “all italian” Yoroi-Cybaze sandbox will be shared for free with the InfoSec community. This to increase global cooperation against the threat.

It could host jihadists fleeing from Idlib after the breakup with HTS. Meanwhile, Iraq offers to try the Daesh foreign fighters in the hands of Jazeera Storm at Deir Ezzor.

Alert Logic cyber security experts: It exploits an ELF variant and multiple C2 servers. The actor behind is Magecart group and the threat is growing.

New attack in the former capital of the Caliphate. Jazeera Storm, however, hunts the Islamic State sleeper cells. In Iraq, ISF target Daesh facilitators to disrupt support.

Bromium cyber security experts: More than a dozen US-based web servers were used to host families: 5 banking trojan, 2 ransomware and 3 information steeler.

Jazeera Storm has also initiated similar actions in Deir Ezzor. Objective: to block the growing wave of hit and run Islamic State attacks and to clean up the region from Daesh.