heise+ | Security: Was der Staat bei groß angelegten Cyberattacken dürfen soll
Der Koalitionsvertrag der Ampelregierung lehnt Hackbacks ausdrücklich ab. Doch Bundesinnenministerin N. Faeser (SPD) will offensive Cybermaßnahmen ermöglichen.
Among those involved were “self-proclaimed ‘Islamic’ hacktivists that claim to support Palestine…have historically targeted India and have been around for years”
"Some groups have also been active in reaction to India’s support of Israel, both in favor of and against this support.”
“The Indian cyber force actually claimed to DDoS hamas.ps and webmail.gov.ps,”…
Lükex 2023: Bundesweite Übung für großangelegten Cyberangriff hat begonnen
Alle paar Jahre testen Bund, Länder und Behörden in großangelegten Übungen ihr Krisenmanagement. Am Mittwoch und Donnerstag geht es jetzt um eine IT-Attacke.
Meet the man leading the front-line effort in Ukraine's cyber war with Russia
Ukraine's defenders have been under a near constant barrage of cyberattacks, almost 3,000 this year so far. Vitiuk and his team are constantly investigating and responding to Russian state hackers, and believe they serve as a "shield to the whole Democratic world"
📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #37/2023 is out! It includes the following and much more:
➝ ☁️ 🔑 How #Google Authenticator made one company’s network #breach much, much worse
➝ 🇬🇧 🔓 30k primary pupils’ data may be at risk after #Capita cyber attack
➝ 🇬🇧 🔓 #Manchester Police officers' data exposed in #ransomware attack
➝ 🇺🇸 🎰 #Caesars Entertainment says customer data stolen in #cyberattack
➝ 🇺🇸 🎰 #MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack
➝ 🔓 #Rollbar discloses data breach after hackers stole access tokens
➝ 🇫🇷 🔓 #Airbus Launches Investigation After Hacker Leaks Data
➝ 🇮🇷 Microsoft: Iranian espionage campaign targeted satellite and defense sectors
➝ 💸 Hackers steal $53 million worth of #cryptocurrency from #CoinEx
➝ 🧨 After #Microsoft and X, Hackers Launch DDoS Attack on #Telegram
➝ 🇺🇸 ❌ #California passes first-in-the-nation data broker deletion tool
➝ 🇨🇴 💸 Several Colombian #government ministries hampered by ransomware attack
➝ 🇮🇪 💰 #TikTok slapped with $368 million fine over child privacy violations
➝ 📱 📡 #Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough?
➝ 🇺🇸 🔐 Washington summit grapples with securing #opensource software
➝ 🇷🇺 👀 Hacking #Meduza: Pegasus #spyware used to target #Putin’s critic
➝ ⚖️ 💻 The International Criminal Court will now prosecute #cyberwar crimes
➝ 🇵🇱 👀 Polish Senate says use of government spyware is illegal in the country
➝ 🦠 #Rust-Written 3AM Ransomware: A Sneak Peek into a New #Malware Family
➝ 🇺🇸 🥸 US Agencies Publish Cybersecurity Report on #Deepfake Threats
➝ 🐧 🦠 Password-stealing Linux malware served for 3 years and no one noticed
➝ 🍏 🦠 #MetaStealer Malware Targets Apple #macOS in Recent Attacks
➝ 🇮🇷 🦠 Iranian hackers #backdoor 34 orgs with new Sponsor malware
➝ 🩹 ☁️ Researchers Detail 8 Vulnerabilities in #Azure HDInsight Analytics Service
➝ 🍏 🔓 Mullvad #VPN Warns of Critical Firewall Flaw in Apple's MacOS #Sonoma
➝ ☁️ 🔓 New #Kubernetes#Vulnerabilities Enable Remote Attacks on Windows Endpoints
➝ 🇺🇸 💦 CISA offers free security scans for public water utilities
➝ 🩹 #Mozilla Rushes to Patch WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit in Firefox and Thunderbird
➝ 🩹 Google Patches #Chrome Zero-Day Reported by Apple, Spyware Hunters
➝ 🩹 Microsoft September 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 59 flaws
📚 This week's recommended reading is: "Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear" by Michael Bazzell
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China: Informationspflicht gibt Hackern womöglich Zugriff auf Sicherheitslücken
Tech-Firmen müssen in China Informationen über Sicherheitslücken umgehend an die Regierung geben. Von dort dürften die auch an staatliche Hackergruppen gehen.
China: Informationspflicht gibt Hackern womöglich Zugriff auf Sicherheitslücken
Tech-Firmen müssen in China Informationen über Sicherheitslücken umgehend an die Regierung geben. Von dort dürften die auch an staatliche Hackergruppen gehen.
#AI#USA#Pentagon#SiliconValley#CyberWar: "Three factors are driving that shift: China’s rapid development of advanced weapons systems that negate US defences, the war in Ukraine which has highlighted the advantages of integrating commercial tech into a nation’s military and the startling advances in AI.
For all these reasons, the US government has become a far more motivated customer, while a downturn in deals and valuations in Silicon Valley has made the public defence sector seem like a stable and reliable option for start-ups.
The whiff of opportunity has spurred a gold rush among investors in California, who are piling billions of dollars into defence and weapons technology start-ups. Venture capital in the sector has doubled from around $16bn in 2019 to $33bn in 2022, PitchBook data shows."
NY TIMES:
Saturday, July 29, 2023 11:57 AM ET
U.S. officials believe that China has embedded malware in the power, communications and water networks that feed American military bases. American intelligence officials believe the malicious code could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or supply operations, including during a potential Chinese move against Taiwan. #Infosec#CyberSecurity#CyberWar#Malware#China
Lükex 2023: Bund und Länder spielen großangelegten Cyberangriff durch
Bundesbehörden, Bundeswehr, Bundesregierung und die Länder üben Ende September für den Fall eines großen Cyberangriffs. Das Planspiel wurde zweimal verschoben.
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