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A cyber attack hit Thyssenkrupp Automotive Body Solutions business unit

Security Affairs

The company did not disclose details of the attack, however the decision to shut down the IT systems suggests it was the victim of a ransomware attack. This isn’t the first time that the company was the victim of a cyber attack. In 2016, alleged Asian threat actors targeted ThyssenKrupp to steal company secrets.

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Australia takes a vow to hack the hackers

CyberSecurity Insiders

After a cyber attack on national telecom operator Optus and Insurance company Medibank, the Australian government has hacked the hackers in order to bring them to knees. For this reason, it has begun the work to track the criminals and hack their servers to siphon the information they possess about millions of customers.

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Aoquin Dragon from China hacking Australian Government Servers

CyberSecurity Insiders

A newly detected hacking group named Aoquin Dragon from China has been found infiltrating servers from Southeast Asia and Australia. Countries like China, Russia, and the United States spy on foreign nations since 2012. The post Aoquin Dragon from China hacking Australian Government Servers appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

Justice Department this week indicted seven Chinese nationals for a decade-long hacking spree that targeted more than 100 high-tech and online gaming companies. The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. Image: FBI.

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Russia-linked actors may be behind an explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas

Security Affairs

A Russian hacking group may be responsible for a cyber attack against a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas that led to its explosion on June 8. Experts speculate a cyber attack may have turned off the industrial safety controls at the natural gas facility. SecurityAffairs – hacking, liquefied natural gas plant).

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New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic

Security Affairs

Finally, all the loot is sent to the remote command and control hosted at 66.154.98.108, operated by “Total server solutions LLC”, an US hosting provider operating since 2012. New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic. Figure 8: Path and file containing the sensitive information about the victim.

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

The Last Watchdog

FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors.