CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 1, 2021

NYT claims it has got a confirmation from a study made by US Internet security company Recorded Future that claimed the attack as a malware genre that somehow seeped into the control systems of the power supply interrupting electric distribution across India as a coal fired and high voltage transmission was deeply affected.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The Belgian interior ministry was targeted by a “sophisticated” cyber attack, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Belgian interior ministry was hit by a “sophisticated” cyber-espionage attack, the news was confirmed by a spokesman to RTBF public television on Tuesday.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 4, 2023

wherever you go, you'll probably find a free Wi-Fi captive portal to access the internet free of cost for a limited time or usage. In this article, I'll explain and show you how actually hackers do it so you can protect yourself from being hacked by this type of cyber attack. In Schools, colleges, Railway Stations, etc.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In the last hours, some western media reported destructive cyber attacks against infrastructures in the Iranian oil sector, but Iran denied it. Last week drone attacks have hit two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, one of them is the Abqaiq site. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

According to the advisory issued by NASA, the number of phishing attempts doubled in the past few days, at the same time the number of malware attacks on its systems has grown exponentially. Refrain from opening your personal email or non-work related social media on your NASA computer systems/devices. ” reads the memo.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. If you want to have peace of mind that you are using the internet and tech devices safely, just call the LifeLock phone number and they will help you choose the right membership plan. Other Tips for Internet Safety in a Nutshell.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A massive cyberattack hit Montenegro , the offensive forced government headquarters to disconnect the systems from the Internet. The attack started on August 20 and impacted online government information platforms. Coordinated Russian services are behind the cyber attack,” the ANB said in a statement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

But operational security is often imperfect, and there were a couple of glitches in this case: "Subsequent forensic investigation revealed that the hackers were largely able to hide the origins of the attacks on BCM's servers by routing their communications through Virtual Private Networks ('VPNs'). In the U.S., State of Qatar ].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

T he percentage of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in the second half of the year on a global scale was 33.4%, (+0.85% than H1 2020). Unlike past years, in 2020, experts did not observe seasonal fluctuations in cyber attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ICS). than in 2019). and Ireland at 8.6. The post 33.4%

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2022

Geopolitical Cyber Attacks — The New Battlefield. The new battlefield on display in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine war shows a progression of cybersecurity tactics revolutionizing the overall attack plan. Cyber attacks create an unpredictable dilemma in the conflict. The post Geopolitical Cyber Attacks?—?The

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2021

Massive data base breaches today generally follow a distinctive pattern: hack into a client -facing application; manipulate an API; follow the data flow to gain access to an overly permissive database or S3 bucket (cloud storage). Password and token harvesting is one of the most common techniques in hacking.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Cyber attacks meant to disrupt the 2020 presidential election in the US were a foregone conclusion. But two weeks and more than 140 million votes later, predictions of cyber attacks on the U.S. The post Episode 194: What Happened To All The Election Hacks? Are Local Governments Ready To Turn Back Election Hacks?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Nation-state backed hacking collectives have been around at least as long as the Internet. However, evidence that the ‘golden age’ of cyber espionage is upon us continues to accumulate as the first half of 2018 comes to a close. What’s changed is that cyber spies are no longer content with digital intelligence gathering.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In these hours an alleged cyber attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu made the headlines, but the KKNPP denies it. Worrying news made the headlines, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was hit by a cyber attack. ” reads a post published by the TimesNowNews website.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Charming Kitten group made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. The researchers discovered Sponsor while investigating a cyber attack on a system in Israel in May 2022. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

million members of the Chinese Communist Party were leaked on a hacking forum. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Chinese Communist Party). Security experts from Cyble discovered that the details of 1.9 During routine Dark web monitoring, the experts from Cyble found a post on a Russian-speaking forum offering the details of 1.9

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The Clop ransomware gang claims to have hacked hundreds of companies by exploiting the above issue. ALL MEDIA SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ARE DO WHAT ALWAYS THEY DO. WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL COMPANY THAT IF YOU PUT DATA ON INTERNET WHERE DATA IS NOT PROTECT DO NOT BLAME US FOR PENETRATION TESTING SERVICE.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. ZDNet reviewed the ransom note and confirmed that the ransomware gang behind the attack could be the DoppelPaymer crew. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Compal). Source ZDNet.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 28, 2023

Not just that, people have also realized the significance of social media platforms. During the Covid-19 pandemic when the entire world was in lockdown, social media platforms played a critical role in keeping the world connected. All you need to do is switch it on every time you connect to an internet network.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

. “The hackers behind it reportedly took advantage of poorly configured routers that had the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service enabled, which caused the routers to forward public ports to the private devices and be open to the public internet,” reads the analysis published by Yang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2021

In April, media reported that Boris Johnson ‘s personal mobile phone number has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years after it was published in a think tank press release in 2006, but never deleted. The hack of their mobile devices could pose a threat to homeland security. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+. Denial-of-service attacks against election offices. The viral spreading of false information through websites and social media.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Do not direct cyber attacks against civilian objects. When planning a cyber attack against a military objective, do everything feasible to avoid or minimize the effects your operation may have on civilians. The Israel-Hamas war has seen a number of hacker groups already involved, both on the Israeli and Palestinian sides.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

The new Italian cybersecurity agency will develop and implement cyber strategies to prevent, monitor, detect and mitigate cyber attacks, and increase the level of cyber security of the country’ infrastructures. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybersecurity agency). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

In cybersecurity, an attack vector is a path or means by which an attacker gains unauthorized access to a computer or network, for example, through email, websites, or external/removable media. In 2020, most of the incidents were improper usage issues, followed by loss/theft of equipment and web-based attacks.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

cyber offensive? Attacking the nation's infrastructure. sectors that need to be on Russia's no-hack list. Putin and Russian state media after the Biden-Putin summit. However, state-run media had a field day with the summit's cyber topic. Next time, they'll say there was an attack against some Easter eggs.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

On November 4, 2016, the hacker "Guccifer 2.0,: a front for Russia's military intelligence service, claimed in a blogpost that the Democrats were likely to use vulnerabilities to hack the presidential elections. s are intended to undermine public confidence in voting: a cyber-attack against the US democratic system.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2019

DISCLOSURE OF COMPANY FACILITATING MASSIVE CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST MORE THAN 20 REGIME CRITICAL PHILIPPINE WEBSITES DISCLOSURE OF COMPANY FACILITATING MASSIVE CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST MORE THAN 20 REGIME CRITICAL PHILIPPINE WEBSITES. John Brule said on March 29, 1994 , when the Philippine Internet had just been born.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. The Dolphin backdoor was used as the final payload of a multistage watering-hole attack in early 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Dolphin backdoor). ” continues the report. .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2023

As the organization continues to develop their practices, techniques and ability to disrupt adversaries, they continue to be an incredibly strong asset to enterprises—both large and small—in receiving the help they need in preparation for, and response to, cyber attacks. RELATED: Col. Cedric Leighton, USAF (Ret.),

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 12, 2021

Over the ensuing years, experts have repeatedly pointed out that not only were many of the technology systems being deployed to improve the efficiency of fuel distribution infrastructure management introducing dangerous vulnerabilities, but that a cyber-attack against the operator of a fuel pipeline was eventually going to both occur and succeed.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I held this position from 2000 through 2014, during which time Windows emerged as a prime target for both precocious script kiddies and emerging criminal hacking rings. We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The popular collective Anonymous declared war on Russia for the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine and announced a series of cyber attacks calling to action its members. “The Anonymous collective is officially in” cyber war “against the Russian government.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Anonymous).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

The NCSC's technical director, Dr Ian Levy, referred to Hollywood depictions of cyber-attacks on critical city infrastructure. report claimed millions of UK people could be at risk of being hacked due to using outdated home routers. Virgin Media Super Hub and Super Hub 2. TalkTalk HG635, HG523a, and HG533.

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