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Hackers Expose Russian FSB Cyberattack Projects

Schneier on Security

More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia : Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum.

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Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak

Krebs on Security

” The emails also revealed the proposed message when education department leaders initially prepared to respond in October: “We are grateful to the member of the media who brought this to the state’s attention,” was the proposed quote attributed to the state’s education commissioner before Parson began shooting the messenger.

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China-linked APT10 group behind new attacks on the Japanese media sector

Security Affairs

Recently researchers from FireEye uncovered and blocked a campaign powered by the Chinese APT10 cyber espionage group aimed at Japanese media sector. In July, security researchers from FireEye uncovered and blocked a campaign carried out by Chinese APT10 group (aka Menupass, and Stone Panda) aimed at Japanese media sector.

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RockYou2024 compilation containing 10 billion passwords was leaked online

Security Affairs

The compilation has been named ‘RockYou2021’ by the forum user, presumably in reference to the RockYou data breach that occurred in 2009, when threat actors hacked their way into the social app website’s servers and got their hands on more than 32 million user passwords stored in plain text. RockYou2021 had 8.4

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BrandPost: Nation States, Cyberconflict, and the Web of Profit.

CSO Magazine

Analysis of over 200 cybersecurity incidents associated with nation state activity since 2009 also shows the enterprise is now the most common target (35%), followed by cyberdefence (25%), media and communications (14%), government bodies and regulators (12%), and critical infrastructure (10%).

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538 Million Weibo users’ records being sold on Dark Web

Security Affairs

Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. Weibo is a popular Chinese micro-blogging ( weibo ) website, it was launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it claimed over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. .

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North Korea-linked Lazarus group targets cybersecurity experts with Trojanized IDA Pro

Security Affairs

In March, researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media. Experts pointed out that the domain was involved in a past campaign carried out by the APT group and aimed at security professionals.