Sailing the High Steppes
Sails typically bring to mind the high seas, but wind power has been used to move craft on land as well. Honoring this rich tradition, [Falcon Riley] and [Amber Word] …read more Continue reading Sailing the High Steppes
Category Archives: Mongolia
Google: apparent Russian hackers play copycat to commercial spyware vendors
The attack campaigns show how spyware tech companies have become more akin to nation-state threat actors.
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Ancient tools suggest humans spread across Eurasia earlier than previously thought
The story of human history is patchy at best, but now another patch may have been filled in. Archaeologists have found ancient tools at a dig site in Mongolia, indicating that humans were on the scene about 45,000 years ago, which is much ear… Continue reading Ancient tools suggest humans spread across Eurasia earlier than previously thought
The Bizarre True Crime Story Surrounding a ‘Big Sexy Dinosaur’
Motherboard talks to Paige Williams, author of The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy. Continue reading The Bizarre True Crime Story Surrounding a ‘Big Sexy Dinosaur’
This Chinese hacking group pwned a bunch of Mongolian government sites
A Chinese hacking group broke into a national data center in Mongolia late last year in an expansive cyber-espionage campaign that allowed the attackers to quietly plant malware into government websites, according to a new research report by Kaspersky Lab and supplemental analysis provided to CyberScoop. According to Kaspersky’s latest research, a known Chinese hacking group used watering hole-style attacks and spear phishing emails to breach specific employees of the Mongolian data center. After gaining individual access, they leveraged those accounts to gain additional control over the facility’s infrastructure. The episode began around October 2017. It was discovered by Kaspersky in March 2018. The Chinese speaking group that’s responsible is widely linked to Beijing. It’s tracked by the cybersecurity community under different names, including APT27, EmissaryPanda, IronPanda and LuckyMouse. They’ve been known to also target U.S. defense contractors. The Kaspersky report does not list Mongolia as the victim, but instead […]
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