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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.

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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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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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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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MARCH 5, 2020

New problems for the wireless carrier T-Mobile that disclosed a data breach that exposed some of the customers’ personal information. The wireless carrier T-Mobile was victims of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor. The company declared that it is not aware of abuses of the exposed information.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

NISC disclosed a potential security breach involving personal data associated with email communications. 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.

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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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AUGUST 9, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. 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! Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

According to a report published by the NUKIB Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) in September, China carried out a major cyber attack on a key government institution in the Czech Republic last year. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The hacking campaign has been active since July 2015 and continued until at least February 2019. . The campaign targeted multiple organizations from both the US and abroad, hackers focus on the theft of commercial information and intellectual property. The third hacker also provided the group with malware to use in their cyber attacks.

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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense. FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee Twitter accounts hacked. Fox Kitten Campaign – Iranian hackers exploit 1-day VPN flaws in attacks. 5 Ways artificial intelligence Is Being Used to Keep Sensitive Information Secure. Personal details of 10.6M

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APRIL 22, 2020

On Sunday, the computer systems in the city of Torrance suffered a cyber attack that interrupted access to email accounts and server functions. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported Bleeping Computer. million ransom. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 20, 2020

Iranian officials did not reveal details of the cyber attack that took place on May 9, two days before Iranian officials disclosed the incident. Local authorities, including the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) in the state of Hormozgan, confirmed that operations at the port were impacted by the cyber attack.

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AUGUST 30, 2020

US DoJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize 280 Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) accounts containing funds allegedly stolen by North Korea-linked hackers. ” The analysis of the blockchain allowed the US officials to follow the stolen funds from two hacked exchange back to the 280 crypto-currency accounts.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Now the company informed its customers that the threat actors also stole personally identifiable and financial information before encrypting the files. “We recently discovered that Cognizant was the victim of a ransomware attack carried out by international cyber criminals. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 28, 2020

The company sent a security breach notification via email to its users. ” “We use Facebook and LinkedIn for account login and do not store any passwords on our system. cyber #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/VTGMyBiyz0 — Cyble (@AuCyble) June 26, 2020. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, E27).

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DECEMBER 29, 2019

RavnAir Alaska airline canceled some flights following a cyber attack. FBI flash alert warns of LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware attacks. A flaw in Twitter App for Android could have been exploited to take over the account. Entercom Radio Network hit by a second cyber attack in a few months.

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JULY 16, 2020

The APT29, also known as Cozy Bear , Office Monkeys, CozyCar, The Dukes and CozyDuke , was involved along with the APT28 group in attacks against 2016 Presidential Election. The Agency’s advisory also includes instructions on how organisations can protect their infrastructure from cyber attacks. “We Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Group was the target of a malicious computer attack on Saturday morning, and the quick and efficient intervention of our cyber security experts has helped to ensure the continued security of the Internet. The attackers also hijacked the Channel TV5Monde website and social media accounts of the French broadcaster.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

. “ it is necessary for all companies and installations the oil industry to be on full alert against physical and cyber threats,” reads a statement published on the oil ministry’s Shana website. The group is threatening Saudi Arabia of further attacks. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Iran, oil sector).

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APRIL 19, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – newsletter, hacking). adrotate banner=”13″].

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

According to the indictment, the GRU officers were involved in attacks on Ukraine, including the attacks aimed at the country’s power grid in 2015 and 2016 that employed the BlackEnergy and Industroyer malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. The post U.S.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

Russia-linked cyber-espionage groups have used common tactics, such as spear-phishing, and brute force attacks. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, 2015 and 2016. . Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 4, 2020

The current COVID-19 pandemic is pushing organizations to adopt a growing number of cloud-based services, for this reason, the DHS CISA published a new alert that provides recommendations to secure Office 365 deployments. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link].

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MARCH 12, 2020

Experts have found tens of security vulnerabilities in Zyxel Network Management Software, including backdoors and hardcoded SSH keys. Security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered several vulnerabilities Zyxel Cloud CNM SecuManager software that could expose users to cyber attacks.

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil hacked. Ohio Election Day cyber attack attempt traced Russian-Owned Company. A flaw in Microsoft OAuth authentication could lead Azure account takeover. Website of gunmaker Smith & Wesson hit by a Magecart attack. Russia-linked Gamaredon group targets Ukraine officials.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

. “The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) announces that the court’s information technology network suffered a hacker attack, this Tuesday (3), during the afternoon, when the six group classes’ judgment sessions were taking place. “It was basically a ransomware attack . . Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

“If the original guidance is not applied, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a domain controller account that could be used to steal domain credentials and take over the domain.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

“Maastricht University (UM) has been hit by a serious cyber attack. Extra security measures have been taken to protect (scientific) data. UM is investigating if the cyber attackers have had access to this data.”. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them.

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APRIL 2, 2020

With Coronavirus outbreak , the protection of healthcare organizations has become a pillar of our society and Microsoft was committed to providing all the necessary support to mitigate the risks of cyber attacks. The tech giant is sending notifications to hospitals about their surface of attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

More than 44 million Microsoft user accounts are exposed to hack. Snatch Ransomware force systems to Windows Safe Mode to bypass security solutions. Iran announced it foiled ‘really massive foreign cyber attack. Microsoft fixes CVE-2019-1458 Windows Zero-Day exploited in NK-Linked attacks.

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