Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The ex-NSA employee had Top Secret clearance that give him access to top secret documents. All three documents from which the excerpts were taken contain NDI, are classified as Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and were obtained by Dalke during his employment with the NSA.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat actors stole sensitive information from the company, including military and government documents, revealed Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. Leaked data, including a contract between the Navy and Chunghwa Telecom, are available for sale on a dark web hacking forum, Broadcaster TVBS first reported.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Security experts from Cyble found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey, is it a case of cyber hacktivism or cyber espionage? “Based on the message body of the leak, the cyber attack indicates hacktivism, but last year, around May 23, 2019, UK warned NATO allies of hacking activities of Russia -> Link.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The company was commissioned for the development of tools, training programs, and a hacking platform.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2021

Researchers disclosed two new attack techniques that allow modifying visible content on certified PDF documents without invalidating the digital signature. The attacks are documented in CVE-2020-35931 , CVE-2021-28545 , and CVE-2021-28546. ed document by inserting annotations that include malicious code.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

SiegedSec hacktivists group claimed responsibility for the hack of The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and leaked stolen human resources data. In October 2023, NATO announced it was investigating claims that SiegedSec had breached its systems and leaked unclassified documents online. organizations, especially U.S. municipalities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

Threat actors breached the Dropbox Sign production environment and accessed customer email addresses and hashed passwords Cloud storage provider DropBox revealed that threat actors have breached the production infrastructure of the DropBox Sign eSignature service and gained access to customer information and authentication data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2024

Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. In our commitment to full transparency, we wish to inform you of a recent security incident involving a third-party vendor managing employee attendance data.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 6, 2024

Ukraine claims its hackers have gained possession of "the information security and encryption software" used by Russia's Ministry of Defence , as well as secret documents, reports, and instructions exchanged between over 2,000 units of Russia's security services. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Documents belonging to the Swiss Air Force were leaked on the dark web as a result of cyberattack on a US security provider. Documents belonging to the Swiss Air Force were leaked on the dark web after the US security company Ultra Intelligence & Communications suffered a data breach.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Toyota Financial Services discloses unauthorized activity on systems after the Medusa ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the company. Medusa Toyota has set the deadline for November 26 and has published a sample of the stolen data as proof of the hack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang hacked the California Department of Finance and threatens to leak data stolen from its systems. On December 12, the California Department of Finance confirmed the security incident with a statement. “The intrusion was proactively identified through coordination with state and federal security partners. .”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Ukraine’s intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, ‘Rosaviatsia.’ ’ Ukraine’s intelligence service announced they have hacked Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, ‘Rosaviatsia.’ ” reads the announcement. ” reads the announcement.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

exe heavily via various types of Microsoft Office documents. 97% of these samples belonged to malicious Microsoft Office documents such as Excel spreadsheet files carrying.xlsb or.xlsm extensions (see Figure 3). Microsoft Word/Rich Text Format data/Composite Document —. SecurityAffairs – hacking, REvil ransomware).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2021

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers have been manipulated before the leak. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. SecurityAffairs – hacking, EMA).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked Prospect Medical Holdings and sensitive information from the company. BleepingComputer first reported that the group claimed to have stolen a database containing 500,000 social security numbers, corporate documents, and patient records.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Data allegedly stolen from the American gaming giant Activision in December security breach were leaked on a cybercrime forum. A threat actor leaked on the Breached hacking forum the data allegedly stolen from the gaming giant Activision in December 2022. Activision was breached December 4th, 2022. ” states the post.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles. On September 23, the group announced the hack of the company and the theft of sensitive data, including partners’ documents. Clarion Japan is the Japanese subsidiary of Clarion Co.,

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. What’s more, Syrén seemed to downplay the severity of the exposure.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Recently the Rhysida ransomware group made the headlines because it announced the hack of Prospect Medical Holdings and the theft of sensitive information from the organization. Rhysida Ransomware group added three more US hospitals to the list of victims on its Tor leak site after the PROSPECT MEDICAL attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2020

DoppelPaymer hackers leaked online internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world. The gang behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware has stolen internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world from the industrial contractor Visser Precision.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

TB) containing names, addresses, dates of reservation, payment method, and contact information. Additionally, there is a significant amount of your customers’ credit card data and internal company documents, which undoubtedly hold sensitive information. ” reads the message published on the leak site.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). The military intelligence service said that the hack was the result of a successful special operation on the territory of Russia. . ” concludes the statement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2022

Anonymous announced to have hacked more than 2,500 websites linked to the Russian and Belarusian governments, state-owned media outlets spreading disinformation, Russian private organizations, banks, hospitals, airports. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Anonymous). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Court documents obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool that allows accessing private Signal messages on iPhones. Court documents related to a recent gun-trafficking case in New York and obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool to access private Signal messages. SecurityAffairs – hacking, iPhone).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Daixin Team group claims to have hacked the North Texas Municipal Water District (US) and threatened to leak the stolen data. The ransomware gang claims the theft of board meeting minutes, internal project documentation, personnel details, audit reports, and more.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

Threat actors that go online with the moniker Adrastea claim to have hacked the multinational manufacturer of missiles MBDA. A threat actor that goes online with the moniker Adrastea , and that defines itself as a group of independent cybersecurity specialists and researchers, claims to have hacked MBDA. “Hello! .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2022

Anonymous announced to have hacked the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, also known as Roskomnadzor. The leaked document are arranged in two major categories, one containing more than 360,000 files that date up to March 5 (536.9 Roskomnadzor leak released.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Google announced that the new scanning capabilities implemented in Gmail have increased the detection rate of malicious documents. According to Google, since the end of 2019, the use of the new scanners allowed to increase the daily detection of weaponized Office documents by 10%. of threats that attempt to target Gmail users.

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MAY 24, 2020

Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. “Cyble has indexed this information on their data breach monitoring and notification platform, Amibreached.com. Then the threat actor leaked 1.8M

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The REvil ransomware operators made the headlines again, this time the gang claims to have hacked the Gaming Partners International (GPI). The hackers claim to have stolen 540Gb of technical and financial documents stolen form the company. “Absolutely all servers and working computers of the company are hacked and encrypted.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the UK water utility Southern Water, a major player in the UK water industry. The gang published some screenshots as proof of the attack, including passports, ID cards, and personal information of some employees. southernwater.co[.]uk reported Bleeping Computer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Who is Hunters International?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Reddit announced that it was the victim of a phishing attack aimed at its employees, resulting in unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. The post Reddit Hacked, Preventing Accidental Location Sharing, Developer Hacks His Own Company appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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APRIL 26, 2023

Pro-Russia hacking group Zarya caused a cybersecurity incident at a Canadian gas pipeline, the critical infrastructure sector is on alert. A Canadian gas pipeline suffered a cyber security incident, Canada’s top cyber official and Pro-Russia hacking group Zarya claimed the attack could have caused an explosion.

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JUNE 6, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is investigating the alleged security breach. The alleged stolen documents appear to have been included in an archive named ‘mandiantyellowpress.com.7z.’ SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lockbit). Pierluigi Paganini.

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