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Recent Cyber Attacks: Trends, Tactics, and Countermeasures

Hacker's King

In the digital age, cyber-attacks are a growing concern for individuals, businesses, and governments worldwide. These attacks are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and damaging, threatening data privacy, financial stability, and national security. The rise of AI-generated content has made these attacks even more convincing.

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EU announced sanctions on three members of Russia’s GRU Unit 29155

Security Affairs

The EU sanctioned three members of Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 for cyberattacks on Estonia’s government agencies in 2020. “The Council today adopted additional restrictive measures against three Russian individuals responsible for a series of cyberattacks carried out against the Republic of Estonia in 2020. .

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A ransomware attack disrupted services at Pittsburgh Regional Transit

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The ransomware attack caused significant service disruptions to local transportation in Pittsburgh. The agency has notified law enforcement and is investigating the security breach with the assistance of cybersecurity experts. ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack.

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Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide

Security Affairs

Sophos, with the help of other cybersecurity firms, government, and law enforcement agencies investigated the cyber attacks and attributed them multiple China-linked APT groups, such as Volt Typhoon , APT31 and APT41 / Winnti.

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HPE is notifying individuals affected by a December 2023 attack

Security Affairs

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has started notifying individuals whose personal information was exposed in a December 2023 cyber attack. In January 2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed that alleged Russia-linked cyber espionage group Midnight Blizzard gained access to its Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based email environment.

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Chinese national charged for hacking thousands of Sophos firewalls

Security Affairs

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Sophos) an information technology company that develops and markets cybersecurity products.”

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 504 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Pro-Russia group NoName targeted the websites of Italian airports North Korea actors use OtterCookie malware in Contagious Interview campaign Experts warn of a surge in activity associated FICORA and Kaiten botnets Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw Brazilian citizen charged for threatening to release data stolen from a company in (..)

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