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Recent advisories whose title or summary heuristically matches the Defense sector. Derived in-browser/at-edge from a keyword catalog — treat tags as a hint and open each source for ground truth. The underlying feed updates hourly; this page is a snapshot from its last build (timestamped below).

7 recent Defense advisories

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  1. INFO malwarebytes-labs ·

    Pentagon breach exposes Social Security numbers and military records of millions

    Social Security numbers and other personal details of military personnel and their families were exposed in a months-long Pentagon breach.

  2. INFO the-record ·

    After reports on suicide deaths, Pentagon puts Cyber Command on notice

    An August 31 memo obtained by Recorded Future News shows that the Pentagon's assistant secretary for cyber policy made specific demands of U.S. Cyber Command leadership after reports of a cluster of suicide deaths.

    recorded-future
  3. INFO securityweek ·

    Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People

    The data breach affects the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintains personnel records for the Department of Defense. The post Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  4. INFO the-record ·

    Russia's internet shutdowns disrupt warnings about incoming drone attacks

    Russia’s growing restrictions on mobile internet and cellular service are making it harder for people to receive warnings about incoming Ukrainian drone and missile attacks.

    RUUA
  5. INFO the-record ·

    North Korean hackers infect thousands of devices across 100 countries as part of ‘WaterPlum’ campaign

    The FBI and Defense Department partnered with Japan’s National Police Agency and law enforcement agencies in Australia and Germany on a new advisory about “WaterPlum” — a group of cyber actors allegedly stealing cryptocurrency from job appl…

    JPAUDE
  6. INFO the-record ·

    Congress eyes new support for Cyber Command after recent suicide deaths

    Congressional sources say they view the deaths of U.S. Cyber Command personnel as an inflection point, especially as the Pentagon’s appetite for cyber capabilities grows following successful contributions to high-profile missions against Ir…

  7. INFO schneier ·

    Using AI for Weapons Development

    Last week, Anthropic released a long and detailed document describing current misuses of their Claude models. I’m still reading it, but I wanted to flag this: We identified a cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen running three weapo…

    YE

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Threat groups reported to target Defense

MITRE ATT&CK records 31 tracked groups with reported targeting of this sector. Each links to its ATT&CK profile: techniques by tactic, aliases, tooling and the groups closest to it by technique overlap. Reported targeting is not attribution of any specific advisory above.

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