CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2022

In what appears as an operation first of its kind, Interpol has arrested over 2000 criminals who launched social engineering attacks worldwide. The operation to nab thousands of cyber criminals at a time was named ‘ First Light 2022’ and was performed with the coordination of police forces from about 76 countries.

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Social Engineering Engineering Scams Identity Theft 132

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

According to a report released to a renowned online news resource, a group named Chengdu, also known as APT41, was involved in the attack of infiltrating servers related to Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans and Unemployment Insurance funds prevailing in about 12 states.

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Hacking Small Business Insurance Cyber Attacks 112

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

. “This attack is a big message, a big warning, not only to Ukraine, but for the whole Western world to understand that no one is actually untouchable,” said Illia Vitiuk, head of Ukraine’s SBU. In December, Kyivstar , the largest Ukraine service provider went down after a major cyber attack.

Mobile 84

Mobile Telecommunications Cyber Attacks Internet 84

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). The CERT also provided Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for these attacks.

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VPN Education Accountability Cyber Attacks 81

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2021

A ransomware attack is said to have taken place on the servers of PrismHR that offer Payroll related services to around 2000 companies across the world.

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Ransomware Data breaches Cyber Attacks Encryption 83

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

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Internet Internet Phishing Firewall 52

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. Investigators determined that two hackers, known as Datastream Cowboy and Kuji, are behind the attack.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135