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.
Over a dozen military-industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe have come under a wave of targeted attacks since January 2022 to steal confidential data by simultaneously making use of six different backdoors
We're 'highly likely' to see similar attacks, Kaspersky warned Beijing-backed cyberspies used specially crafted phishing emails and six different backdoors to break into and then steal confidential data from military and industrial groups, government agencies and other public institutions, according to Kaspersky researchers.…