NATO

Russian ‘WhisperGate’ Hacks: 5 More Indicted
Richi Jennings | | Cadet Blizzard, Ember Bear, Frozenvista, GRU, GRU Unit 29155, NATO, NATO Member State, Ransomware, Russian GRU, SB Blogwatch, UAC-0056, Ukraine, ukraine conflict, Ukraine Cyber Attacks, Ukraine Cyber War, Ukraine cyberattack, Ukraine-Russia War, UNC2589, WhisperGate Wiper
Eaten by a GRU: Fake ransomware created by Russian GRU Unit 29155 attacked Ukraine and NATO—a month before the full scale invasion ...
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Germany Warns Russia: Hacking Will Have Consequences
Richi Jennings | | Annalena Baerbock, APT28, Fancy Bear, Germany, GRU, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook bug, Military Unit 26165, NATO, outlook, outlook hack, Russia, Russia-Ukraine, russia-ukraine conflict, SB Blogwatch, Strontium, Ukraine, Ukraine-Russia War, Ukraine/European Security
War of the words: Fancy Bear actions are “intolerable and unacceptable,” complains German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock ...
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CISA to Gov’t Agencies: Mitigate a Flaw in Windows and Office
The U.S. government is giving federal agencies three weeks to mitigate a zero-day Microsoft Windows and Office security flaw exploited by the Russian-linked RomCom threat group ...
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NSO Group Fires CEO — and 100 Staff — in Spyware ‘Streamlining’
Richi Jennings | | NATO, NSO, NSO Group, Out of the laid off some will become whistleblowers, Pegasus, Pegasus Spyware, SB Blogwatch, Shalev Hulio, spyware
NSO, notorious producer of the Pegasus nation-state spyware, is struggling. So it’s dumped its CEO, Shalev Hulio, and around 100 employees ...
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Aspen Security Forum 2022 – Moderator: Dafna Linzer – ‘A New, Stronger NATO?’
Marc Handelman | | Cyber Security, cybersecurity education, Information Security, Infosecurity Education, National Defense, national security, NATO, Physical Security, Security Conferences, Security Education, The Aspen Institute
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Representative Brendan Boyle, Member, House Committee on Ways and Means Ivo Daalder, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Marcin Przydacz, Deputy Foreign Minister, ...

NATO Announces Virtual Rapid Response Cybersecurity Capability
In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has flexed its muscles and responded swiftly and with solidarity against the country’s show of military aggression. So, it seemed logical that the expanding ...
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Russian Hackers Declare War on Lithuania — Killnet DDoS Panic
Richi Jennings | | ddos, eu, Kaliningrad, killnet, Lithuania, Meanwhile Russia bombed a mall in Ukraine, NATO, Putin's War Crime, Russia, SB Blogwatch, Ukraine
NATO member Lithuania is under attack from Russian hacking group Killnet. It raises serious concerns over Russia’s use of cyber warfare against NATO states ...
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US Lawmakers Seek Uniform Policy on Nation-State Cyberattacks
Following years of nation-state cyberattacks targeting United States interests, during a Securing Cyberspace panel hosted by the Washington Post, a pair of lawmakers expressed their determination to establish harsher penalties for such ...
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NATO Allies Say Kinetic Response to Cyberattacks on Table
Just days before President Biden was set to meet with Russia President Vladimir Putin, with cyberattacks a key topic on the agenda, NATO heads of state and government met at the North ...
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“All for One and One for All”
C. Warren Axelrod | | CSO/CISO Perspectives, Cybersecurity, Cyberwar, Cyberwarfare, ENISA, FS-ISAC, General, Information Security News, ISAC, NATO, Spotlight, The Fifth Domain
… So chanted the Three Musketeers. One of my main issues with cybersecurity risk management is that organizations seek to secure their own systems, data and networks, hoping that attackers will move ...