Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022. The attackers compromised one of the company systems and had access to the emails and documents of some employees.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Twitch, the American online streaming platform, was reportedly hacked by an anonymous hacker last month who now claims to leak over 100GB data online to disrupt the future business plans of the victimized company further. The post Twitch hacked, and 100GB data stolen appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Parliament of Finland confirmed that threat actors had access to email accounts of multiple members of parliament (MPs). . “Parliament of Finland has been subjected to a cyberattack in the fall of 2020. The attack was discovered by parliament technical surveillance. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Finland).

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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

JUNE 20, 2021

APT31 (aka Zirconium) is a China-linked APT group that was involved in multiple cyber espionage operations, it made the headlines recently after Check Point Research team discovered that the group used a tool dubbed Jian, which is a clone of NSA Equation Group ‘s “EpMe” hacking tool, years before it was leaked online by Shadow Brokers hackers.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Five months later, Gunnebo disclosed it had suffered a cyber attack targeting its IT systems that forced the shutdown of internal servers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In 2019, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia discloses a cyber attack that took place on January 14th. At the time of the first attack, the threat actors stole approximately USD 30 million worth of cryptocurrencies. in total, had been dormant since the Cryptopia hack in January 2019.”

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

The threat of bad actors hacking into airplane systems mid-flight has become a major concern for airlines and operators worldwide. 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.

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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

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 suffered a security breach and hackers asked for a “donation” to provide information on the flaws they exploited in the attack. ” “We use Facebook and LinkedIn for account login and do not store any passwords on our system. SecurityAffairs – hacking, E27). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

Malicious hacks are significant problems for the public and companies alike. For example, data from a recent report showed that just two data breaches during 2020 resulted in more than 18 billion compromised records. However, before that attack happened, Mahjoub?i? knew hackers had their sights set on Macron’s campaign.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The hack of the FTA server took place in March, but the hacker had access to the data of Morgan Stanley customers in May. ” reads the letter.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The firm's key hedge fund was up 20% in 2020 thanks to economic chaos happening around the globe. And they turned their reading into profits: the hackers acted like representatives of the company and authorized millions of dollars in transfers to foreign banks accounts. Business email compromise attack works to transfer millions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. The incident was discovered on May 24, but further investigation revealed that threat actors have had access to the compromised email accounts at least since March 2023.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2020

Picture this: you're a member of the class of 2020. On Saturday, May 9, the school held a virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the class of 2020. The University will pursue every avenue available to ensure that those responsible are held accountable under the law.". Hacking virtual graduations: an emerging trend.

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Hacker Combat

JULY 8, 2022

Last week, a user going by the handle “ChinaDan” posted a message on Breach Forums (an online hacking forum in China) offering to sell about 24 terabytes of data, which also includes the data of 1 billion people allegedly stolen from Shanghai police. The data was to be sold for 10 Bitcoin, translating to 200,000 USD.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. “This cyber-attack targeted the parliament’s information system and affected its ability to operate for several days. The cyber attack on the “Parlakom” network was discovered in early May.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

Twitter released more details about its security incident that targeted 130 famous Twitter accounts. Since the attack occurred in early July, speculation about how hackers compromised Twitter's security have run rampant, especially on.Twitter. How was Twitter hacked? But now, Twitter finally has given us some answers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Researchers at cyber security firm Resecurity discovered that the entry point was UN’s proprietary project management software, called Umoja. Then the attackers gained a foothold in the target network and made lateral movements looking for sensitive data. One of the offices that were hit by a sophisticated cyber attack is the U.N.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Next time when you are hit by a cyber attack, you better be aware that the UK’s Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) will soon make the information public by posting it on its website. Companies involved in repeated hacks and having established a permanent place on the ICO website will be prosecuted by mid next year.

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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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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. com (2017).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

The Popup Builder WordPress plugin is affected by security flaws that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code into popups displayed on websites using it. More than 100,000 websites are exposed to cyber attacks that could allow attackers, to steal information, and potentially take over them.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

CVE-2020-5902 F5 Big-IP CVE-2020-14882 Oracle WebLogic CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange (Note: this vulnerability is frequently observed used in conjunction with CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065). Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S.

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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.”. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 3, 2021

According to Forbes , Cyber intelligence firm CYFIRMA, revealed cyberthreats related to coronavirus shot up 600% from February to March of 2020. Many Corporations are taking extensive measures to protect themselves from cyber-attacks. However, they often overlook the role of social engineering in cyber security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole personal information from its email system. US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system. SecurityAffairs – hacking, EWA).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Microsoft researchers are warning that threat actors are continuing to actively exploit the ZeroLogon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. ENABLE enforcement mode to address CVE-2020-1472 in your environment.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft experts spotted the Zerologon attacks involving fake software updates, the researchers noticed that the malicious code connected to command and control (C&C) infrastructure known to be associated with TA505. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. states Microsoft.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A cyber attack hit the UMass Memorial Health, threat actors had access to employee email system, potentially exposing patients info. Threat actors hacked into the employee email system of the UMass Memorial Health healthcare system, potentially accessing the personal information of thousands of patients. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini.

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