Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Local media websites in the UK are vulnerable to cyber attacks, threat actors can target them to spread fake news. According to FireEye, the campaign tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. million readers a week in print.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2023

Security analysts state that the company offers a Shipping Management software that is deployed on over 7000 vessels and so about 300 owners are on the shooting line of a cyber-attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

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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 million (2.96 million (2.96 million (2.96

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In early 2017, Babam confided to another Verified user via private message that he is from Lithuania. 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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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2017, KrebsOnSecurity showed how easy it is for identity thieves to undo a consumer’s request to freeze their credit file at Experian , one of the big three consumer credit bureaus in the United States. ” CreditLock users can both enable multifactor authentication and get alerts when someone tries to access their account.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. In 2022, the Russian APT used multiple wipers in attacks aimed at Ukraine,including AwfulShred , CaddyWiper , HermeticWiper , Industroyer2 , IsaacWiper , WhisperGate , Prestige , RansomBoggs , and ZeroWipe.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

The campaign observed by Akamai in December tracked as EternalSilence, was targeting millions of machines living behind the vulnerable routers by leveraging the EternalBlue and EternalRed (CVE-2017-7494) exploits. allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. • CVE-2013-0229 , a vulnerability found MiniUPnPd before 1.4,

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Australia based Cann Group that indulges in specialized research related to Cannabis is said to have become a victim to a sophisticated cyber attack where the company lost $3.6 million to a cyber imposter. In what is known to our Cybersecurity Insiders, the company made several payments accounting to $3.6

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2022

Although certain services are currently temporarily disabled for security reasons, the security of the accounts of citizens and business entities and their data are not in any way endangered.". The Cuba Ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack, listing the stolen information on its Tor-based data leak site.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

A common thread runs through the cyber attacks that continue to defeat the best layered defenses money can buy. Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core.

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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

MAY 4, 2023

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. In 2022, the Russian APT used multiple wipers in attacks aimed at Ukraine, including AwfulShred , CaddyWiper , HermeticWiper , Industroyer2 , IsaacWiper , WhisperGate , Prestige , RansomBoggs , and ZeroWipe. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. .

Mobile 87

Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 87

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Taiwan government websites were temporarily forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attacks during the visit to Taipei of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

DDOS 79

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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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A team of cybersecurity experts from the FBI is heading to Montenegro to help local authorities in investigating the recent massive cyber attack that hit the government infrastructure last week. Montenegro immediately reported the attack to other members of the NATO alliance. The US embassy in Montenegro advised U.S.

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Patchman, best known for patching application vulnerabilities and helping hosts stop abuse before it begins, is expanding its product offering for the first time since being acquired by SiteLock in July 2017. increase in attempted cyber attacks. increase in online sales over the same time period in 2016.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

based company in 2016 and 2017. That investigation determined the attackers also used ScreenConnect to access computers belonging to Maritz employees. “This was the same tool that was used to effectuate the cyber-attack in Spring 2016. This is remarkably similar to activity that was directed against a U.S.

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Retail Phishing Antivirus Internet 197

Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. “HSBC became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018. Obtain Credit Reports.

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Banking Data breaches Identity Theft Accountability 82

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

At least a dozen patriotic Russian hacking groups have been launching DDoS attacks since the start of the war at a variety of targets seen as opposed to Moscow. But by all accounts, few attacks from those gangs have come close to the amount of firepower wielded by a pro-Russia group calling itself “ NoName057(16).”

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This specialized form of testing has emerged as a crucial tool for evaluating the security of wireless networks and assessing their resilience against potential cyber-attacks (Davis & Brown, 2020). It encompasses a range of electromagnetic radio waves utilized for wireless information transmission.

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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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Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Advertising Manufacturing 81

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way.

Social Engineering 117

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 117

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A mid-sized financial institution reported its online banking platform received a "constant barrage" of login attempts using a variety of credential pairs, indicating that the attack was using bots. And this is just one recent example of this type of cyber attack. Detecting credential stuffing attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

. “These malicious cyber activities are targeting numerous members of Parliaments, government officials, politicians, and members of the press and civil society in the EU by accessing computer systems and personal accounts and stealing data. in attacks against Germany.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In what is commonly referred to as the most destructive and costly cyber attack ever, the conspirators unleashed the 'NotPetya' malware. And members of GRU Unit 74455 launched an attack to sting back. According to Demers: "From there, the conspirators' destructive path. widened to encompass virtually the whole world.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it. The spread of this ransomware was considered to be the worst cyber attack in terms of contamination rate and scope, putting public offices and companies (especially healthcare facilities) out of operation.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Ransomware 92

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

Critical infrastructure , industrial control (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are under increasing threat of cyber attacks, according to a number of recent warnings from government agencies and private security researchers. Industroyer1 was specifically made to attack electric grids.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2024

[RELATED: Hospitals Seek Federal Help as Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Disrupts Payments ] The attack has left hundreds, if not thousands, of providers all over the U.S. Or to be paid for taking care of patients, which has left them with piles of unpaid claims and almost no money in their bank accounts.

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Healthcare Computers and Electronics Insurance Hacking 96