North Korea stole US$ 2bn with cyber attacks to fund It’s weapons program
It has been unveiled by a leaked United Nations report. Pyongyang state sponsored hackers as Lazarus preferred cryptocurrency to avoid international controls on money flux.
Cyber Espionage, APT28 leaverages IoT to access corporate networks
Microsoft cyber security experts: The Russian group aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, STRONTIUM, and Sednit) tried to compromise devices to gain initial access.
US, NSA will establish the Cyber Security Directorate
The new Division will have it’s IOC on 1 October 2019 and will be lead by Anne Neuberger, already chief of Russia Small Group. The mission: increase the cyber defense posture against foreign threats.
Commercial ships and maritime industry hit by waves of phishing cyber attacks
U.S. Cost Guard issues a Safety Alert with recommended cyber security best practices. It’s seem the ICT extension of the Iranian aggressive campaign in the Hormuz Strait.
Croatia hit by waves of cyber attacks with a new malware: SilentTrigger
Positive Technologies cyber security experts: Government agencies targeted with a spear-phishing campaign. The messages had macro weaponized.
Iran hackers increase cyber attacks against US. Will a cyber war begin?
The cyber security experts: Targets are government and critical infrastructures, as oil and gas. But this happened before CYBERCOM strike. There are risks of back-and-forth cyber warfare.
Cyber Espionage: Waterbug targets governments with a new toolset
Symantec cyber security experts: The group, aka Turla, launched 3 campaigns: one with Neptun malware, another with Meterpreter and the last one with custom RPC backdoor.
Cyber Espionage, Bouncing Golf is targeting Middle Eastern countries
Trend Micro cyber security expert: So far observed more than 660 Android devices infected with GolfSpy malware. Much of the information being stolen appear to be military-related.
Cyber espionage, MuddyWater has updated it’s POWERSTATS backdoor
Trend Micro cyber security experts: The Iranian state-sponsored APT is using new tools and payloads, which indicates that it’s continuously developing the schemes.
US, State Department proposes a new $20.8 million cyber security bureau
Cyberscoop: It’s name will be Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET). DoS sent a plan to the Congress with a proposes staff of 80.