France adopts a new doctrine against the Information Warfare
Objective: to counter the growing spread of fake news and disinformation against Paris and its Armed Forces. Parly: “We want to win the war before the war.”
Terrorism, Iraq will build an anti-Islamic State wall on the border with Syria
Goal: to prevent the former ISIS jihadists movements between the 2 countries, from Kurdistan to Anbar. It will be three meters high with thermal cameras interconnected.
Cybercrime, Afghanistan and India targeted with commodity RATs
Cisco Talos cybersecurity experts: The attacker, a single actor, deploys a variety of malware, such as DcRAT and QuasarRAT, via diplomatic and humanitarian lures.
Syria, first failed Islamic State ambush against pro-Iran militias
Local groups adopt a new strategy to counter ex-ISIS attacks against their bases: a rapid reaction force and better information channels.
Cybercrime, Karma ransomware group exploits the JSWorm legacy
Sentinel Labs cybersecurity experts: The malware seems am evolution of Nemty, Nefilim, Fusion, Milihpen and Gangbang. If victims don’t pay, stolen info finish on a data leak site.
Iraq, the ISF capture Ghazwan Al-Zoba’I (aka Abu Ubaidah Baghdad)
The man was one of the most important operationsl leaders of the former ISIS. His arrest, probably in Turkey, follows that of the IS "Finance Minister", Sami Jasim al-Jaburi.
Cybercrime, REvil disappears again after losing control of Tor payment portal and data leak website
The cybersecurity expert Dmitry Smilyanets: The ransomware group went off the radar again, following a message from its element user 0_neday.
Cybercrime, Netwire hides behind the purchase of a property
The email 7z attachment hides an executable inside. This is the malware itself.
Syria, pro-Iran militias begin to buy real estate also in Raqqa
Tehran's objective is twofold: on the one hand to hide deposits from Israeli raids and on the other to increase the presence of Shiites in the province.
Cybercrime, ransomware gangs are under the lens of more than 30 countries
The Ransomware Initiative Meeting members will target the cryptocurrency payment channels used by the groups to finance their operations.