2011, Cyber Attacks and Information Security

Iran’s Mahan Air claims it has failed a cyber attack, hackers say the opposite

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Iranian airline Mahan Air was hit by a cyberattack on Sunday morning, the “Hooshyarane Vatan” hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian private airline Mahan Air has foiled a cyber attack over the weekend, Iranian state media reported. The airliner’s flight schedule was not affected by the cyberattack.

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PlayStation Network outage has been going on for over 24 hours

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Some experts suspect that the root cause of the issues could be a cyber attack. Account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video and the PlayStation store are experiencing issues.

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Air India suffered a data breach, 4.5 million customers impacted

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

million of its customers, exposed data includes the personal information of customers registered between August. 26, 2011 and February. ” The company recommends passengers to change their passwords to prevent unauthorized access to their accounts and ensure their data security.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Kan said, “I was notified that it was confirmed that there was no leak of sensitive information such as defense equipment and electric power.” ” The two media outlets attribute the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ). .

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Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn

Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018. Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, 2015 and 2016. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Iranian Charming Kitten APT targets various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a new backdoor

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors.

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US Treasury imposes sanctions on a Russian research institute behind Triton malware

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

“In August 2017, a petrochemical facility in the Middle East was the target of a cyber-attack involving the Triton malware. FireEye also discovered that one IP address registered to the Russian research institute was involved in the Triton attacks. According to the experts, the infection caused an explosion.

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Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric disclosed the security incident only after two local newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei , reported the security breach. The two media outlets attribute the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ).

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Introducing our new CISO Advisor, Pam Lindemeon

Cisco Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

Pam joins us with 25 years experience in the IT industry, with her most recent role being Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Anthem, Inc. I took an active role in understanding what the Security team were trying to achieve, and how my work and my team could help them. What are your main learnings from this experience?

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Charming Kitten APT is targeting Iranian dissidents in Germany

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Symantec believes Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011.

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Iran-linked Phosphorous APT hacked emails of security conference attendees

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. In past campaigns, the APT group launched spear-phishing attacks against activists and journalists focusing on the Middle East, US organizations, and entities located in Israel , the U.K.,

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Dissecting the malicious arsenal of the Makop ransomware gang

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The disclosure of the Makop cyber arsenal tools shall enable defenders to correlate even more intrusion attempts to the gang, to reach early detection of the abuse of both legit and custom-made tools. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This specialized form of testing has emerged as a crucial tool for evaluating the security of wireless networks and assessing their resilience against potential cyber-attacks (Davis & Brown, 2020). Journal of Information Security Research, 25(1), 78-91. IoT Security Techniques and Implementation.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

During the recent period, Italy has been heavily targeted by cyber attacks, especially from young collectives of cyber-partisans supporting the Kremlin’s propaganda such as Killnet and NoName057. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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The 2016 Presidential Candidates and Cybersecurity. Where Do They Stand?

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Regardless of the reason, cybersecurity is a national security issue and the next president will be tasked with addressing it. According to CBS News, fifty-five percent of Information Security professionals believe cybersecurity should be an essential issue in the 2016 election. Bernie Sanders.

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Iran’s Mahan Air claims it has failed a cyber attack, hackers say the opposite

PlayStation Network outage has been going on for over 24 hours

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Air India suffered a data breach, 4.5 million customers impacted

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn

Iranian Charming Kitten APT targets various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a new backdoor

SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

US Treasury imposes sanctions on a Russian research institute behind Triton malware

Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Introducing our new CISO Advisor, Pam Lindemeon

Charming Kitten APT is targeting Iranian dissidents in Germany

Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Iran-linked Phosphorous APT hacked emails of security conference attendees

Dissecting the malicious arsenal of the Makop ransomware gang

The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

The 2016 Presidential Candidates and Cybersecurity. Where Do They Stand?

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