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

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. November 30 – Exploring malware to bypass DNA screening and lead to ‘biohacking’ attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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 – Phishers prefer Tesla, top 3 malware strains in COVID19 phishing campaigns. Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 5, 2021

Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant has observed that a new malware campaign is on the prowl that started on December 2nd, 2020 targeting over 50 organizations so far. Researchers say that the campaign was launched by a hacking group named UNC2529 that might be connected to the state funded intelligence belonging to an Asian country.

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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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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

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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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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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

APRIL 29, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new strain of malware that is believed to be part of the arsenal of theUS Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has discovered a new malware that experts attribute to the US Central Intelligence Agency. We therefore named this malware Purple Lambert.”

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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

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. In early 2020, several cybercriminals groups followed suit.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2020

System supporting libraries in Volusia County were hit by a cyber attack, the incident took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches. The attack started around 7 AM on January 9, 2020. SecurityAffairs – Volusia County Library , hacking). ” Source BleepingComputer. .

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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

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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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

billion in 2020. According to a data breach notification published by the company on its website, the cyber attack did not affect its network, but it only impacted an Accellion FTA server. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Shell). If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

SolarWinds supply chain attack also impacted six European Union institutions, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration confirmed. In December 2020, SolarWinds revealed that 18,000 customers might have been impacted by the cyber attack against its supply chain. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SolarWinds).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services. The number of attacks surged at the beginning of the 2020 school year. ” “ reads the alert issued by CISA. ” states the alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1 See the latest malware analysis report on their TTPs at @CNMF_CyberAlert. v1 , U.S. .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 20, 2020

Who are the threat actors behind these cyber attacks? And what are key attacker motivations? The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has the answers. 2020 DBIR cybercrime report and key statistics. Has malware just gone out of fashion like poofy hair and common courtesy? Why is this?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Officials said the group has been targeting dozens of US state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) government networks since at least February 2020. Energetic Bear successfully compromised the infrastructure and as of October 1, 2020, exfiltrated data from at least two victim servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Energetic Bear).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2020

The Travelex currency exchange has been forced offline following a malware attack launched on New Year’s Eve. . This week, the UK-based currency exchange Travelex announced that it has shut down its services as a “precautionary measure” following a malware attack. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The hacked server was used by the company to manage customer information for the Queensland water supplier. The security breach took place between August 2020 and May 2021, the intrusion has been attributed to a financially motivated attacker that deployed a custom implant to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform.

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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. Phishing emails during the pandemic skyrocketed, as attackers rushed to take advantage of the newly remote workforce and the tools they required to stay connected. This gave attackers access to corporate email.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) disclose a cyber attack that disrupted its IT systems. — IMO (@IMOHQ) September 30, 2020. pic.twitter.com/miXTE7adGt — IMO (@IMOHQ) September 30, 2020. ” The interruption of service was caused by a cyber attack against our IT systems.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

Russia-linked APT groups leveraged the Lithuanian nation’s technology infrastructure to launch cyber-attacks against targets worldwide. APT29 state-sponsored hackers also exploited Lithuania’s information technology infrastructure to carry out attacks against “foreign entities developing a COVID-19 vaccine.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 293 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

Along with innovation and technology proliferation, new challenges that will shape business during 2020. The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

GoDaddy discloses a security breach, threat actors have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers in a long-runing attack. Web hosting company GoDaddy announced that attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers. ” reads a FORM- 10-K filed with SEC.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2021

Black Lotus Labs, a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, has warned all website owners about an increase in ‘watering hole’ cyber threats. The researchers from the organization say that a hacking group operating from Asia was busy launching malware campaigns targeting websites operated by large and small businesses.

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