May 29, 2024 at 08:12AM Microsoft reports a new North Korean threat actor, Moonstone Sleet, targeting education, defense, and IT for espionage and revenue. The group combines tactics of other North Korean actors with unique methods, using fake companies and job opportunities to engage potential targets, employing trojanized tools, launching a custom ransomware, and engaging … Read more
March 29, 2024 at 09:24AM The US Department of Defense released a cybersecurity strategy for the defense industrial base (DIB) with four main goals for fiscal years 2024-2027. It aims to protect warfighting capabilities, strengthen DOD governance, improve DIB cybersecurity posture, preserve critical capabilities, and enhance collaboration with the DIB to defend against cyber threats … Read more
December 22, 2023 at 07:45AM Microsoft has raised an alert on Iranian state-sponsored attacks targeting US defense industrial base (DIB) organizations. The attacks, attributed to Peach Sandstorm, a group also known as APT33, are believed to have been active since at least 2013. A newly developed backdoor named FalseFont has been observed, allowing remote access … Read more