Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2025

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

The state Infrastructure of Montenegro was hit by a massive and “unprecedented” cyber attack, authorities announced. An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. Embassy in the capital Podgorica.

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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. Christopher C. The post U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

” Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, such as power grids , are very dangerous. Some of the most clamorous attacks clamorous attacks observed in the past hit Ukraine in 2015 and 2016. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2025

Ukrainian Cyber Alliance hacked Russian ISP Nodex, stole sensitive data, and wiped systems, highlighting their cyberattack capabilities. The Ukrainian Cyber Alliance has been active since 2016, the Pro-Ukraine group has targeted Russian entities since the invasion of Ukraine. ” reads an update published by the company.

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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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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 12, 2021

Over the ensuing years, experts have repeatedly pointed out that not only were many of the technology systems being deployed to improve the efficiency of fuel distribution infrastructure management introducing dangerous vulnerabilities, but that a cyber-attack against the operator of a fuel pipeline was eventually going to both occur and succeed.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service warns of state-sponsored attacks aimed at liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the country. Bruno Kahl, the President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst intelligence service since 2016, warned of state-sponsored attacks aimed at liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the country.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The infamous Locky ransomware was first spotted in the wild in February 2016. CryptXXX, another major family discovered in April 2016 and later rebranded as UltraCrypter, relied on exploit kits that used software vulnerabilities to infiltrate systems. The first viable Mac ransomware called KeRanger was spotted in the spring of 2016.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2024

The popular Ars Technica reporter Dan Goodin reported that an alert issued by security firm NCC Group reports a “significant compromise of the TeamViewer remote access and support platform by an APT group.” Der Spiegel pointed out that TeamViewer did not disclose the security breach to the public. “In wrote the company.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military,and media organizations in South Korea. Lookout researchers attributed the spyware to the ScarCruft group with medium confidence.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

British and Dutch data protection regulators fined the ride-sharing company Uber with $1,170,892 for the 2016 data breach. British and Dutch data protection regulators have fined Uber with $1,170,892 for the 2016 security breach that exposed personal data of 57 million of its users. That left them vulnerable.”.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

In the second half of 2017, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed it was the victim of a cyber-attack in 2016. At the time, hackers were focused on non-public information stored in its EDGAR filing system. ” reads an advisory published by the US State Department.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Around five million cyber attacks hit Taiwan’s government agencies every day, and most of the hacking attempts are originated from China. Cyber security department director Chien Hung-wei told parliament representatives that government infrastructure faces “five million attacks and scans a day” .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975. Fitch Ratings published an alert last week to warn of the “material risk” to water and sewer utilities caused by cyber attacks that could also impact their ability to repay debt. The expenses to mitigate a cyber-attack could impact the ability of the utilities of paying their debt.

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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.’

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Security Affairs

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

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

The messages link the legitimate advisory for the CVE-2016-9223 vulnerability: hxxps://cve[.]mitre[.]org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9223. name=CVE-2016-9223. The vulnerability is a critical privilege escalation issue in Cisco CloudCenter Orchestrator systems that has been exploited in cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Millions of devices are potential exposed to attacks targeting the vulnerabilities exploited by the tools stolen from the arsenal of FireEye. Security experts from Qualys are warning that more than 7.5 As a result of the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack, multiple organizations were compromised, including FireEye.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2019

The Secretary General confirmed that the alliance will not limit its operation to defense in case of a cyber attack. “We We are not limited to respond in cyberspace when we are attacked in cyberspace.” The Secretary General explained that cyber-attacks can be as damaging as conventional attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Personal health information of 42M Americans leaked between 2016 and 2021 Malvertising campaign MasquerAds abuses Google Ads New Linux malware targets WordPress sites by exploiting 30 bugs NETGEAR fixes a severe bug in its routers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

Attackers attempted to accessing SAP systems to modify configurations and users and exfiltrate sensitive business information. According to the report, new unsecured SAP applications deployed in cloud (IaaS) environments are targeted by cyber attacks in less than three hours. ” concludes the report.

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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 ). .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, attack vectors). Remote Technology. Conclusion.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, 2015 and 2016. . The post Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn appeared first on Security Affairs. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The groups are behind several hacking operations that resulted in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide and destructive cyber-attacks on infrastructure. Lazarus Group is also considered the threat actors behind the 2018 massive WannaCry attack.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2019

This is one of the Silence’s most recent international attacks which indicates that the gang has expanded its geography and has gone global, focusing now on APAC markets. The final stage of the brash cyber attack, which started months earlier, took place in Dhaka on May 31, according to the local media reports. About Silence.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has begun notifying individuals affected by a December 2023 attack carried out by Russia-linked threat actors. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has started notifying individuals whose personal information was exposed in a December 2023 cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

Australian entities were hit by several major attacks in the last years, in February, hackers broke into Australia’s Parliament Computer Network and this is just the last hack in order of time. Is China behid the last attack on the Australian National University?

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

A new Adwind variant involved in attacks on US petroleum industry. Danish company Demant expects to incur losses of up to $95 after cyber attack. Danish company Demant expects to incur losses of up to $95 Million after cyber attack. Ten hospitals in Alabama and Australia have been hit with ransomware attacks.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

In a report released May 20, the Government Accountability Office looked at how the private cybersecurity insurance market has developed over the past five yearsRich Baich is global chief information security officer for insurance giant AIG. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The group has been linked to several major cyber attacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack , several SWIFT banking attacks since 2016, and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware infection.

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Security Affairs

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. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2021

The functions and solutions proposed in the feasibility study will be implemented, the timing and implementation of requirements and tests will be planned, the native features of the application (traditional or web based) and the security rules will be established. About the author: Salvatore Lombardo. IT officer, ICT expert, Clusit member.

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