CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 23, 2021

Security analysts from West estimate that the much renowned games event might be on the Russian Cyber Attack Radar, as disrupting such events has been a regular practice for the said nation, if history is considered. Hacking group named Fancy Bear was assumed to be a prime suspect in the attack.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 11, 2022

Interestingly, the IT staff of the Financial firm could not detect the unauthorized intrusion as it was taking place from Dec’2020 to February 2022. The post Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A sophisticated cyber attack launched on an IT firm serving UK’s Labour Party has reportedly leaked sensitive details related to members and supporters. The post Cyber Attack on Labour Party UK leaks sensitive data appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Mr. Bash added that his company has sent a batch of intelligence alerts to all its users since 2019 and the present year has witnessed a 33% spike in the nation backed hacking attempts targeting over 3 million accounts out of which only 1% proved successful.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

As per the details to Cybersecurity Insiders, the details were siphoned from a database on December 7th,2020 and was leaked on a hacking forum this week as the car dealership service provider might have not paid heed to the demands of the hackers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Hundreds of millions of Android users are potentially exposed to the risk of hack due to the use of Android Play Core Library versions vulnerable to CVE-2020-8913. The CVE-2020-8913 flaw is a local, arbitrary code execution vulnerability that resides exists in the SplitCompat.install endpoint in Android’s Play Core Library.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Microsoft, the American tech giant, has warned the government of Australia to halt its response to cyber attacks as it is complicating the company’s attempt to mitigate hacking incidents. The post Microsoft warns Australia for complicating Cyber Attack response appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 1, 2021

The post claims that the incident took place in 2020 and was a retaliation attack launched by China because of the border dispute with India in Ladakh region. What’s surprising about the incident is that none of the Indian Media resources detailed the blackout as cyber attack as it could induce panic into public.

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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

MAY 27, 2021

Once an attacker gains access, they can exploit system vulnerabilities, gain access to sensitive data, install different types of malware, and launch cyber-attacks” reads the report published by the NASA’s Office of Inspector General. SecurityAffairs – hacking, National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

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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 6, 2020

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from October 1 to December 5, 2020. Below a list of attacks detected between October 1 to December 5, 2020. December 5 – COVID19 – Johnson & Johnson saw a 30% uptick in cyber-attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, COVID).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from February 1 to March 15, 2020. February 1, 2020 – Crooks start exploiting Coronavirus as bait to spread malware. February 25, 2020 – South Korea suffers from the spread of people infected with Corona 19. ‘

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide, a massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille and the metropolis. The 2020 municipal elections in Marseille aims at electing the councils of the eight sectors of the city, the municipal council and the metropolitan council of Aix-Marseille-Provence. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

Two British ambulance services were not able to access electronic patient records after a cyber attack that hit their software provider Ortivus. Both organizations moved to a hosted environment for Ortivus’s MobiMed software following an agreement signed in 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 19 to April 25, 2020. April 20 – US Government concerned by cyber attacks on Czech hospitals during COVID19 crisis. April 25 – Zscaler saw 30,000% increase in Coronavirus-themed attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2021

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that a hackers group has published the stolen data on a hacking forum that includes information related to T-Mobile customers like social security number, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, and driving licenses. Note 3- In March 2020, T mobile data breach exposed customer info of over 2.30

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2023

The Phishing email attack took place in the year 2021 and the Museum of Gloucester that identified the unauthorized intrusion is still being affected by the cyber incident. ALPHV ransomware gang claims to have hacked into the database network of RING cameras, owned by Amazon.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

SolarWinds hack seems to be a never-ending saga, as Microsoft President Brad Smith has made a new revelation yesterday stating over 1000 hackers could have been involved in the attack that questioned the security of the entire federal computer system by experts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 05 to April 11, 2020. Below a list of attacks detected this week. April 09 – Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is hacking crooks behind COVID19-themed attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

voters have appeared on Russian hacking forums. Cybersecurity researchers have determined the records are authentic and current as of March 2020. State and federal government officials have denied that the data was acquired via hacking and have maintained that the data was available through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). “[We]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2021

All these days we only knew that APT41 was a Chinese state sponsored hacking firm that was involved in over 100 cyber-attacks that also involves ransomware attacks. . divulged some extra details about the APT41 that is suspected to have involved in the Microsoft Exchange Server hack of 2021.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

RELATED: Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack? ] citizen, pleaded guilty to his role in the Twitter hack, as well as cyberstalking and other schemes. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Joseph James O'Connor, a 23-year-old U.K.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

Iranian officials did not reveal details of the cyber attack that took place last week. Local authorities, including the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) in the state of Hormozgan, confirmed that operations at the port were impacted by the cyber attack. SecurityAffairs – Iran, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) shuts down a large portion of its central IT infrastructure between May 6 and May 7, 2020. The Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), German, announced today that it was forced to shut down parts of its central IT infrastructure due to a cyber attack that took place overnight, between May 6 and May 7.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2021

White House has formally disclosed that Joe Biden will likely discuss cyber attacks that are taking place on the US National Infrastructure with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a conference to be held in Geneva later this month. . Microsoft endorsed the finding as true in May 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 03 to May 09, 2020. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of cyber attacks against UK universities and scientific institutes involved in COVID-19 research. . Coronavirus-themed attacks April 26 – May 02, 2020.

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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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MARCH 21, 2020

.” Experts from cyber-security firm Bad Packets speculate attackers might have exploited the CVE-2019-11510 vulnerability to compromise unpatched Pulse Secure VPN servers at the Fintech firm. . link] pic.twitter.com/JrdDojlTuF — Bad Packets Report (@bad_packets) March 20, 2020. Travelex deja vu? Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. That is why we believe it is important to inform you of this incident,” e27, Asia's Largest Tech Media Platform, notified its users of a cyber attack and data breach!

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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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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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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. The post Using Fake Documents to Fool Cyber Attackers appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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