cyber warfare
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U.S. Air Force Adm. Timothy Howe Takes the Helm of NSA and Cyber Command
At a critical point in cybersecurity, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and its Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) welcomes a new leader, Admiral Timothy D. Howe, who officially takes over on Friday, February 2, 2024....
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Iran's cyber espionage "muddy waters" are back, and the Middle East telecommunications industry has become a new hunting ground
The Iranian state-level cyber espionage organization "MuddyWater" has resurfaced and used a new command and control framework called "MuddyC2Go" to launch attacks targeting the telecommunications industries of Egypt, Sudan and Tanzania. Symantec Threat Hunter Team…
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New “HrServ.dll” Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Against Afghan Government
The latest analysis released by Kaspersky security researcher Mert Degirmenci shows that the Web Shell is a dynamic link library (DLL) named "hrserv.dll" with complex functions, such as custom encoding methods for client communication and memory execution. . An investigation by the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found artifacts dating back to early 2021 based on their compilation timestamps...
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[Early Warning] Serious security vulnerabilities exposed in curl and libcurl libraries
Description: cURL is a widely used multi-functional open source command line tool that uses URL syntax to transmit data and supports a variety of network protocols including SSL, TLS, HTTP, FTP, and SMTP. libcurl is…
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Investigation report on the US NSA attack on Northwestern Polytechnical University in my country
Recently, Northwestern Polytechnical University issued a "Public Statement" stating that the school suffered from overseas cyber attacks. The Beilin Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province immediately issued a "Police Information Bulletin", confirming that a number of Trojan horse program samples originating from abroad were found in the information network of Northwestern Polytechnical University. The Xi'an police...
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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "Hive" Malicious Code Attack Control Weapon Platform Analysis Report
Recently, the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center analyzed the "Hive" malicious code attack control weapon platform (hereinafter referred to as the "Hive Platform"). The Hive Platform is affiliated to the Center for Digital Innovation (DDI) of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Information…
