Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Britain and the United governments blame Russia for being behind a destructive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019. The governments of Britain and the US declared that Russia’s military intelligence service GRU is behind the massive cyber attack that hit Georgia during 2019.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 29, 2022

She said that hospital infrastructure was on the verge of being cyber-attacked by Russian sleeper cells, whose aim is to disrupt the healthcare infrastructure and to create panic among patients and their near & dear.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The Czech Intelligence agency blames China for a major cyber attack that hit a key government institution in the Czech Republic in 2018. According to a report published by the NUKIB Czech Intelligence agency, China carried out a major cyber attack on a key government institution in the Czech Republic last year.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. In December 2022, the APT37 group actively exploited another Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41128 , in attacks aimed at South Korean users.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CIA).

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

US Cyber Command posted on Twitter an alert about cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 vulnerability in Outlook. The alert refers to an ongoing activity aimed at infecting government networks by exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 Outlook vulnerability. ” reads the security advisory published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Ecuador suffered 40 million cyber attacks on websites of public institutions since the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In response to the arrest acktivist communities launched several attacks against the Ecuador government. SecurityAffairs – Julian Assange, hacking). ” reported the AFP agency.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks in May and June 2017, respectively, were the most devastating in history. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors. The big names that pioneered in these targeted attacks are Sodinokibi (aka REvil) and Ryuk.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2019

Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro estimated the cost of the massive attack cyber attack targeting the company in March at around $50 million. I can tell you that potential damages could be very expensive for companies, for example, the transportation giant Maersk announced in 2017 that it would incur hundreds of millions in U.S.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Montenegro).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Group-IB has estimated that crypto exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks between 2017 and 2018. According to Group-IB experts, at least 14 crypto exchanges were hacked. In the last couple of years, crypto exchanges suffered many attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. million devices are potentially exposed to cyber attacks targeting the vulnerabilities exploited by the tools stolen from the arsenal of FireEye. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SolarWinds).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

According to the New York Times, FIFA has suffered the second hack in a year, new documents are set to be published on Friday by Football Leaks. This is the second time that Federation was hacked in a year, the organization confirmed the incident, but did not disclose details of the cyber attack. ” . . ” .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Experts from the SBU also observed attackers using hacking tools that were used by the BlackEnergy hackers in previous attacks. The post Russia-linked BlackEnergy backed new cyber attacks on Ukraine’s state bodies appeared first on Security Affairs. ” states the ukrinform.net. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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). The post U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

Chinese hackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus in the recently disclosed hack of Mitsubishi Electric. According to ZDNet, the hackers involved in the attack against the Mitsubishi Electric have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Trend Micro OfficeScan to infect company servers.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. In early 2017, Babam confided to another Verified user via private message that he is from Lithuania. com (2017). In November, Bureau Veritas acknowledged that it shut down its network in response to a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The cyber attack also caused significant airport delays. In September 2017, the accountancy firm giant revealed that was targeted by a sophisticated attack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients. Deloitte has faced hacking claims twice recently.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

Investigators believe the intruders were using the ScreenConnect software on the hacked Wipro systems to connect remotely to Wipro client systems, which were then used to leverage further access into Wipro customer networks. based company in 2016 and 2017. This is remarkably similar to activity that was directed against a U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

“Al Jazeera Media Network was subjected to a series of cyber hacking attempts to penetrate some of its platforms and websites this week.” “Between June 5 and 8, 2021, Al Jazeera websites and platforms experienced continued electronic attacks aimed at accessing, disrupting, and controlling some of the news platforms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2022

1) Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has given an update that all those who are using Adobe products and services should be cautious, as hackers can easily hack their systems by exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in the software.

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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. • SecurityAffairs – UPnP-enabled devices, hacking).

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

The US State Department and Secret Service offered $2 million in reward money for help capturing two Ukrainian hackers that have been charged with hacking and selling insider corporate data stolen from the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Ieremenko successfully hacked into the computer networks of the U.S. .

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In the latter half of 2017, Qatar retained the New York-based firm of Global Risk Advisors LLC ('GRA') to coordinate that effort, and GRA thereafter introduced Qatar 'to cyber mercenaries in various countries to coordinate technical aspects of the illegal intrusion.' Diplomatic immunity: does it apply to cyber attacks?

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

For the first-ever time, the EU has imposed economical sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea following cyber-attacks aimed at the EU and its member states. “The Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber-attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 30, 2021

Cyber Security firm DarkTrace that uses the technology of Artificial Intelligence to track down cyber threats is nowadays busy protecting the computer network of British Fashion retailer Ted Baker. Note 2- Established in 2013, Darktrace is a British American company that helps protect its users from various cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. In June 2017, Homeland Security officials stated that the attack against the 2016 Presidential election was more sophisticated than first thought. On Monday, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to a new report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) almost any new weapon systems in the arsenal of the Pentagon is vulnerable to hack. The new generation of weapon systems developed by the Pentagon is heavily computerized and for this reason more exposed to cyber attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2018

US-CERT warns of cyber attacks on ERP applications, including Oracle and SAP, and refers an interesting report published by Digital Shadows and Onapsis. “The findings shed light into how nation-state actors, cybercriminals and hacktivist groups are actively attacking these applications and what organizations should.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2024

billion insurance claim for the losses caused by the NotPetya attack that took place in 2017. In August 2017, the pharmaceutical company revealed that the massive NotPetya cyberattack disrupted its worldwide operations. Merck filed a $1.4

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Transportation Command in 2017, after learning that their computerized logistical systems were mostly unclassified and on the internet. ” It’s a similar attitude to corporate executives who believe that they can’t be hacked — and equally naive.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The news is not surprising for people working in the cyber security sector, the British military claims to have had an offensive cyber capability for a decade. Intelligence experts pointed out that the British government already conducted offensive hacking operations, including the one that targeted the ISIS in 2017.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The state has been a Russian ally since 2017 when it joined NATO despite strong opposition from Russia, it also expressed support to Ukraine after its invasion. Now Moscow has added the state to its list of “enemy states” for this reason it is suspected to be the source of the attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Montenegro).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Triton is a strain of malware specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) system that has been spotted by researchers at FireEye in December 2017. The malware was first spotted after it was employed in 2017 in an attack against a Saudi petrochemical plant owned by the privately-owned Saudi company Tasnee.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 5, 2025

An Iran-aligned hacking group has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in early 2024. The activity is tied to a threat group ESET tracks as BladedFeline, which is assessed with medium confidence to be a sub-cluster within OilRig, a known Iranian nation-state cyber actor.

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