Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

” The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2012 targeting organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The post Vietnam-linked Ocean Lotus hacked BMW and Hyundai networks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

. “At the present time, no damage has been done, nor are there any indications that data has been stolen or modified,” This isn’t the first attack suffered by the company, in 2012, the company was targeted by another cyber attack that was classified as “heavy” and of “exceptional quality.”.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Threat actors that goes online with the moniker ZeroX claim to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant end it is offering for sale it on multiple hacking forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Saudi Aramco). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

was hit by a new cyber attack that may have caused the leakage of information related to its business partners. was hit again by a massive cyberattack that may have caused the leakage of information related to its business partners. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Dolphin backdoor). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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 ). . ” reported Kyodo News.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Anonymous breached the internal network of Belarusian railways Feb 7- Feb 27 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict Ukraine: Volunteer IT Army is going to hit tens of Russian targets from this list Chipmaker giant Nvidia hit by a ransomware attack Fileless SockDetour backdoor targets U.S.-based Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

It is not the first time that such kind of leak has happened, in May 2012, Microsoft cut off Hangzhou DPtech Technologies Co. a MAPP partner company based in China, for leaking data related to CVE-2012-0002. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

In January, the two media outlets attributed the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ). Other Japanese defense contractors were hit by cyber attacks, including NEC Corp. SecurityAffairs – Mitsubishi, hacking). China, and Russia. Pasco Corp.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

The Platinum cyber espionage group uses steganographic technique to hide communications with the Command and Control Servers (C&C). Experts from Kaspersky have linked the Platinum APT group with cyber attacks involving an elaborate, and new steganographic technique used to hide communications with C2 servers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian national p etroleum and natural gas company, revealed that it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the Q4 2019. The energy industry is under attack, Saudi Aramco announced it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the final quarter of 2019.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Remember Shamoon, the malware that disabled some 35,000 computers at one of the world’s largest oil companies in 2012? The Impact of Cyber Attacks on Energy and Industrial Infrastructure It’s hard to understand the damage that can happen as a result of a successful cyber attack on energy and industrial infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. Iran, hacking).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Microsoft researchers reported that Iranian cyber espionage group MuddyWater is exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Microsoft published a post and a series of tweets to warn of cyber attacks exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability carried out by the Iran-linked APT group known as MuddyWater , aka Mercury.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

cyber army is targeting the Russian power grid since at least 2012 with reconnaissance operations, but recently it also carried out more offensive operations. According to the officials, US cyber soldiers attempted to deploy destructive malware inside the Russian power grid. SecurityAffairs – Russian power grid, hacking).

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