Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Zoom has implemented two-factor authentication (2FA) to protect all user accounts against security breaches and other cyber attacks. Zoom has announced finally implemented the two-factor authentication (2FA) to protect all user accounts from unauthorized accesses. ” reads the announcement published by Zoom.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns of cyber attacks exploiting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerabilities. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a widely adopted protocol for remote administration, but it could dramatically enlarge the attack surface if it isn’t properly managed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2018

fine to Tesco Bank for the vulnerabilities in its systems that were exploited by hackers to steal millions of pounds from customers’ online accounts in 2016. In November 2016, Tesco Bank halted all online transactions after a cyber heist affected thousands of its customers. Security Affairs – Tesco cyber heist, cybercrime).

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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. The attacks were targeting U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine L agarde, is warning that a cyber-attack on a major financial institution could trigger a liquidity crisis. The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has warned that a coordinated cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Iran telecommunications minister announced that for the second time in a week Iran has foiled a cyber attack against its infrastructure. Iran has foiled a new cyber-attack, the country’s telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azari- Jahromi says. ” reported the BBC. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended. In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Experts warn of cyber attacks against these systems launched by nation-state actors. In a BMDS facility, users used single-factor authentication for up to 14 days during account creation, in another facility users were allowed to access a system t hat does not even support multifactor authentication. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2019

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a physical attack on Hamas It could be the first time that a state responds with a conventional strike to a cyber attack. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched a physical attack on Hamas in response to an alleged cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2019

has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. The National Cyber Security Centre announced that the U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. NCSC Report: U.K. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2024

. “The Federal Government’s national attribution procedure regarding this campaign has concluded that, for a relatively long period, the cyber actor APT28 used a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that remained unidentified at the time to compromise numerous email accounts.” ” reads the announcement.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web. The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. “I need the money. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

VISA is warning of ongoing targeted cyber attacks conducted by crooks on point-of-sale (POS) systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants. According to a security alert published by VISA, the PoS systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants are under attack. ” continues the security alert. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Callisto APT group (aka “ Seaborgium “, “Star Blizzard”, “ ColdRiver” , “TA446”) targeted government officials, military personnel, journalists and think tanks since at least 2015. The theft of UK-US trade documents leaked before the 2019 General Election.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A study released by the Government Accountability Office earlier this year showed that the State Department has deployed two-factor authentication to only 11% of the devices used by staff. This includes a months-long 2014 incident that has been described as the digital equivalent of “hand to hand combat” with cyber attackers.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Babam has authored more than 270 posts since joining Exploit in 2015, including dozens of sales threads. Cyber intelligence platform Constella Intelligence told KrebsOnSecurity that the operns@gmail.com address was used in 2016 to register an account at filmai.in , which is a movie streaming service catering to Lithuanian speakers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 They account for 80% of all financial phishing sites. million (2.96

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to state investigators, Dunkin' Donuts failed to respond to a series of successful cyber attacks that left tens of thousands of customer's online accounts vulnerable. The Security Program must include reasonable measures to protect Customer Accounts against brute force and credential stuffing attacks.". "In

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

The patch addresses the UPnP memory corruption vulnerability ( CVE-2007-1204 ) that enables a remote attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of a local service account.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – UPnP-enabled devices, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

The wireless carrier T-Mobile was victims of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor. T-Mobile confirmed that some of these accounts accessed by the hackers contained account information for its customers and employees. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hijack their Google account. It doesn’t mean that hackers successfully compromised their Google accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — HIPAA — has undergone some massive changes in the past few years to minimize the burden of healthcare entities. Last year, the government saw that even the most security-conscious organizations could not prevent cyber attacks. Promoting best practices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Threat actors likely compromised the email account of one of the agency members. WikiLeaks previously disclosed that the US carried out cyber espionage against Japan, including cabinet members,” China’s foreign ministry said. Could they [Japan’s cyber experts] be focusing their attention in the wrong direction?”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Norway’s parliament announced Tuesday that it was the target of a major cyber-attack that allowed hackers to access emails and data of a small number of parliamentary representatives and employees. “The parliament has recently been targetted in a vast cyber attack,” reads a statement from Norway’s parliament.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The ICC PRO systems were deployed with default factory settings, which don’t have a password for the default user’s account. In April, an attack hit an Israeli water facility attempting to modify water chlorine levels. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – cyber security, newsletter). A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Another city in the United States was hit by a cyber attack, according to officials in the city of Naples (Florida) they lost $700,000 in a recent attack. “The City of Naples says the cyber attack that resulted in the loss of $700,000 was a “sophisticated” spear phishing strategy.”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Such services as distributed cloud account protection can detect malicious actors very accurately by monitoring transactions at a large scale and in real time. As cyber-attacks continue to increase, the real-time monitoring of internal systems and threat intelligence is vital for a robust security strategy.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’ Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly linked to China a series of cyber attacks against EU hospitals and health care institutions during the COVID-1 9 pandemic. Several hospitals in the eastern Czech cities of Olomouc and Ostrava, as well as, several other infrastructures reported attack attempts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The hacking campaign has been active since July 2015 and continued until at least February 2019. . The three hackers used fake online profiles and email accounts to impersonate US citizens working in the satellite and aerospace fields. The third hacker also provided the group with malware to use in their cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed. The Australian P&N Bank is notifying its customers a data breach that has exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

Revista Factum suffered week-long cyber attacks for denouncing corruption by the president of El Salvador. Bugs in Avast AntiTrack expose users to cyber attacks. Cookiethief, the Android malware that hijacks Facebook accounts. Russia-Linked Turla APT uses new malware in watering hole attacks.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial institutions and energy infrastructure. Unless it was against his bank account.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

According to the Girl Scouts of Orange County, an unknown threat actor gained access to an email account operated by the organization and used it to send messages. The account was compromised from Sept. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are notifying everyone whose information was in this email account,” Salcido added.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

A parliamentary committee in the Czech Republic revealed that the National Cyber and Information Security Agency blamed a foreign state for a cyber attack that targeted the Czech Foreign Ministry. The committee did not reveal the name of the state allegedly involved in the attack.

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