Military systems depend on secure communications, control systems, and logistics networks, where cyber incidents can disrupt missions and endanger personnel.
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Military covers armed forces and the systems supporting defense operations, including classified networks, command-and-control, tactical communications, weapons platforms, intelligence repositories, logistics, and personnel identity systems. These environments depend on trusted data, resilient communications, precise timing and positioning, and mission availability; failures or manipulation can affect safety and operational decisions, not just confidentiality.
Security priorities include separating networks and privileges by mission and clearance, protecting endpoints and embedded or operational technology, and validating software, hardware, and maintenance suppliers. Remote access, contractor and allied connections, legacy equipment, and intermittent or contested connectivity create important attack surfaces. Controls commonly include strong authentication, encryption, secure configuration, vulnerability and patch management, offline or degraded-mode operation, and tested recovery and incident-response procedures. Classified or personal data also requires strict access logging, retention, and applicable national-security and privacy controls.
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Dutch intelligence reveals Russian state hackers are trying to hijack the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of key targets
Military strikes in the Middle East escalate cyber ops, raising spillover risks globally for firms
Amazon researchers believe this campaign is part of a bigger operation spearheaded by Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU
The International Defence Esports Games (IDEG) will help sharpen cyber and battlefield skills for allied soldiers
Genians observed the Kimsuky group impersonate a defense institution in a spear-phishing attack, leveraging ChatGPT to create fake military ID cards
Bitdefender said the sophisticated multi-stage operation allowed attackers to maintain persistent access and steal sensitive data from a Philippines military company
SecurityScorecard analysis highlights wide variety of Iranian threat actors and coordination with military activity
Russian military intelligence-linked hackers are using a new malware called “Authentic Antics” to secretly access Microsoft cloud email accounts, the UK's NCSC reports
The DHS warned of a heightened risk of cyber and physical attacks on US targets by Iran in retaliation for strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend
Marbled Dust has been exploiting a vulnerability in user accounts associated with the Kurdish military operating in Iraq for over a year, according to Microsoft
Bitsight reveals that UK companies are more exposed to cyber risk than global peers via their digital supply chains
Hudson Rock has found evidence that infostealers have compromised hundreds of US military and defense contractor credentials
The UK MoD has announced it is fast-tracking the recruitment of specialist cybersecurity roles, with recruits offered a starting salary of above £40,000
Spain’s National Police force has arrested a suspected data thief who targeted government and military victims
The December 2024 cyber-attack on the country’s state registers, was attributed to Russian military intelligence services
Microsoft detailed how Russian espionage group Secret Blizzard is leveraging infrastructure of other threat actors to target the Ukrainian military with custom malware
Google researchers have observed Russian threat actor UNC5812 using a malware campaign via Telegram to access the devices of Ukrainian military recruits
An overall rise in cyber incidents coming from Russian-aligned adversaries in 2024 was accompanied by a decrease in high and critical-severity incidents
TIDRONE group targets military, drone and satellite industries in Taiwan
The joint government advisory highlighted the cyber activities of Unit 29155, which has launched destructive cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure globally