USCYBERCOM Releases IoCs for Malware Targeting Ukraine
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DefenceTalkFORT GEORGE E. MEADE: In close coordination with the Security Service of Ukraine, USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force is disclosing these indicators of compromise. In the last few months, the Security Service of Ukraine discovered several types of malware in their country, and have analyzed the samples and identified IOCs. The IOCs included 20 novel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uscybercom-releases-iocs-for-malware-targeting-ukraine-79121/
Ukraine: Microsoft reports destructive malware after cyberattack
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DefenceTalkMicrosoft security specialists have discovered malware on dozens of Ukrainian government computers that could prove more destructive than originally thought, the US company said late on Saturday. A Microsoft blog post said that the malware was first detected on Thursday, coinciding with an attack that took down some 70 government websites. The malware was disguised […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-microsoft-reports-destructive-malware-after-cyberattack-77694/
Malicious coders will lose anonymity as identity-finding research matures
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DefenceTalkLiterature critics may know a writer by his style, in the same way a chunk of computer code is identified through a machine learning algorithm according to its writer’s nuances. Writing style extends beyond prose, so that even in computer languages you could attribute work to its author in minutes with near perfect accuracy – […]https://www.defencetalk.com/malicious-coders-will-lose-anonymity-as-identity-finding-research-matures-66394/
NSA has ‘industrial scale’ malware for spying: report
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DefenceTalkThe National Security Agency has developed malware that allows it to collect data automatically from millions of computers worldwide, a report based on leaked documents showed Wednesday. The report co-authored by former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald for the online news site The Intercept said the program has dramatically expanded the US spy agency’s ability to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nsa-has-industrial-scale-malware-for-spying-report-59010/