The hactivists target the government sites and help the population to communicate. Furthermore, they are creating a site to document the violent repression.
ESET cyber security experts: The threat actor, maybe North Korea’s Lazarus, exploited custom malware, fake jobs and social engineering via LinkedIn, to compromise the targets.
Statement on the cybercrime and cyber espionage aggressions. “We are determined to employ the full range of capabilities to deter, defend against and counter the full spectrum of cyber threats”.
The UN force carries out targeted courses for local soldiers in order to improve their operational capacity and security. Primarily for the population. Demining also starts again.
The 82nd Airborne Division wants to avoid that mobile or electronic devices could reveal their locations. The spokesperson: “We are not going to put our soldiers at risk.”
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.