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The Unit’s boss Gen. Paul Nakasone said that the US military computer operatives are ready to target ransomware gangs and state actors, whoever poses a threat to critical US infrastructure. The US military’s hacking division called Cyber Command is taking aggressive steps to fight cybercrime gangs targeting American organizations with ransomware. According to the unit’s […]
Frederick Brown, a medical data technician & administrator associated with the 65th Medical Brigade of the US Army caused millions of dollars in losses Frederick Brown, a 40-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced to over 12 years behind bars after pled guilty to his involvement in a fraud scheme. Reportedly, Brown defrauded […]
According to AtlasVPN researchers, US military personnel lost over $822 million in different kinds of cybercrime and scams between 2017 and 30 June 2021. The researchers examined data compiled by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They discovered that the most amount ($484.4 million) was lost by military families and reservists, followed by veterans and […]
We do know that stealing and selling private information of unsuspecting users is the favorite activity of cybercriminals. However, it is quite unlikely that someone manages to steal confidential military maintenance manuals and attempts to sell them on the Dark Web. That’s exactly what has happened. According to security firm Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, a […]
Polar Flow, an app developed by Polar, a Finland based sports gadgets manufacture has been found exposing personal and sensitive details of millions of users around the globe including location data of those working for law enforcement organizations, intelligence agencies, and military bases etc. As a result, the company has suspended its Explore feature to avoid further […]
In January and February 2018, the computers belonging to a U.S. Navy contractor were compromised by hackers backed by the Chinese government – As a result, highly sensitive data was accessed and stolen. The stolen data was related to undersea warfare and includes classified information on future plans regarding the development of supersonic anti-ship missile supposed to be used on […]
The United States Marine Corps Force Reserve has become a victim of a massive data leak this week due to which sensitive, private data of around 21, 426 Marines, sailors, and civilians got exposed. Reportedly, on the morning of Monday, 26th February, the Defense Travel System or DTS of the Defense Department sent an unencrypted […]
UpGuard’s security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered three misconfigured AWS S3 buckets that are available for public access on the internet. The archives contain several terabytes of data, which includes social media posts and similar pages from across the globe. The data is the property of the US military, and it is alleged that the […]
Another day another trove of data goes public – This time, personal and sensitive data of American citizens who applied for jobs at North Carolina-based Private Military Contractor (mercenary and security firm) TigerSwan and hundreds of those claiming “Top Secret” US government security clearances. According to Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at security firm UpGuard; Resumé […]
Now, this is one such creepy news that has all conspiracy theorists excited and enthralled. Reportedly, there is a mysterious radio station in Russia that is still broadcasting sounds and code words, and nobody seems to be running it. No wonder it is being termed as a ghostly radio station. The station has been dubbed […]
In an embarrassing incident, an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) official who was supposed to give a presentation during Sainik Sammelan mistakenly played a porn clip for over 90 seconds while eight women personnel were also present at the event. He is now facing an inquiry. It happened during Sainik Sammelan (a gathering of all the soldiers and […]
Accidents happen to everyone but according to a recent report, this one is a pretty big one. Apparently, some of the confidential data related to the US military project was simply left completely unprotected on a server belonging to Amazon. The data included over 60,000 files with some of the very sensitive info publicly accessible […]
Researchers at MacKeeper Security have identified a “misconfigured device,” which was available for public access last week. It was nothing short of a treasure trove of classified data because it contained sensitive personal/official information, backup data and confidential documents belonging to the US Air Force. It has been learned that the device was owned by […]
According to Irina Wolf, the Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson, Russian Security Services officials have arrested nine hackers who are alleged to be members of a high-profile cybercrime group called Lurk. The state media news platform Tass reported that reason for their arrest is that the group has been stealing money from Russian banks since 2013 […]
A hacker going by the online handle of Shin0bi H4x0r hacked and defaced the official website of the Philippine Military on 30th Dec 2016. The hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked military website bashing the site’s admins for not implementing proper measures on such a high profile platform. Upon visiting […]
Usually, security researchers feel hesitant to report any inherent flaws and vulnerabilities in software’s code or programming and other security holes plaguing cyber-based systems of the military primarily because they fear being blamed for hacking and adverse consequences. But, now the military itself is allowing hackers a chance to point out vulnerabilities in their online […]
South Korea says their military cyber command was hacked with a malicious code – Usual culprit: North Korea. South Korea says its military cyber command center was hacked last month after officials found a malicious code in the system. It is unclear how the code got into the system but its target was a ”vaccine […]
South Korea had its Air Force website hacked — While the investigations are underway some consider North Korea as the culprit! The official website of South Korean Air Force (airforce.mil.kr) was shut down for two weeks after a massive cyber attack hit its server. On 12th May 2016, the air force website was found infected with a […]
The Squad X program will help the military to identify enemies even at night by using unmanned aerial vehicles’ scanning capability and robots following them The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off its Squad X Core Technologies program in a bid to try and improve soldiers and Marines situational awareness in treacherous and […]
Pakistan-Linked Hackers Successfully Conduct Third Cyber-Espionage Campaign Against Indian Military within a Month Operation C-Major is the name of the latest cyber-espionage campaign implemented by Pakistan-linked hackers. Trend Micro reports that the campaign targeted Indian military employees via a spear-phishing mechanism with which spyware was distributed to the victims. As per the security firm’s analysis, […]
The US army is working on a self-destructing bullet in order to reduce the risk of collateral damage Researchers from the US Army Armament, Research, Development and Engineering center recently patented a new type of bullet. This bullet, unlike any other, is designed to self-destruct after traveling a certain distance. Actually, it doesn’t actually destroy […]