IT Security Central

JULY 6, 2021

According to the FBI’s recently released Internet Crime Report 2020, cybercrime resulted in $4 billion in losses last year, a low estimate that still encapsulates the incredible value lost to threats actors. The costs and consequences of a data breach or cybersecurity incident have never been more severe.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hackers claimed to have breached an Israeli water facility, likely recycled water, in a video that was published the night of December 1st, 2020. “The reservoir’s HMI system was connected directly to the internet, without any security appliance defending it or limiting access to it. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2020

NSA is warning of cyber attacks launched by foreign threat actors against organizations in the critical infrastructure sector across the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert warning of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected. One of his alleged accomplices (40) was charged with 124 acts of computer fraud, while the police are investigating the third one.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

” ZeroX claims to have exploited a zero-day flaw to steal the data from the infrastructure of Saudi Aramco back in 2020. This isn’t the first attack suffered by the Oil giant, in 2012 Saudi Aramco suffered a major cyber attack, alleged nation-state actors used the Shamoon wiper to destroy over 30,000 computers of the company.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

.” According to the company, the attack is part of a multi-year campaign that was the cause of the data breaches disclosed in November 2021, which impacted 1.2 million customers , and March 2020, which exposed data of 28,000 customers. The malware intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The vulnerability doesn’t affect Windows 8 and Windows 10, anyway previous versions are exposed to the risk of cyber attacks. Microsoft also advised Windows Server users to block TCP port 3389 and enable Network Level Authentication to prevent any unauthenticated attacker from exploiting this vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Makop gang did not conduct any significative retooling since 2020, which is a clear indicator of their effectiveness even after three years and hundreds of successful compromises. The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

UK defence chief Sir Tony Radakin warns of Russian submarines threatening the undersea network of internet cables, which are critical infrastructure of our society. In October 2020, allied defense ministers received a confidential report urging to address the security of transatlantic undersea cables. million kilometers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The French security agency ANSSI recently warned of a series of attacks targeting Centreon monitoring software used by multiple French organizations and attributes them to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The first attack spotted by ANSSI experts dates back to the end of 2017 and the campaign continued until 2020.

Software 95

Software Hacking Cyber Attacks Internet 95

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. UK School Cyber-Attack affects 40,000 Pupils’ Email.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

The intrusion into the Potsdam administration’s servers was discovered on Tuesday, and on Wednesday evening systems were disconnected from the Internet to contain the infection and prevent data exfiltration. ” reads the advisory published by the City of P o tsdam. ” reads the advisory published by the City of P o tsdam.

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Internet Internet Advertising Cyber Attacks 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Lampion malware v2 February 2020. New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic. FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords.

Banking 90

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by Sandman threat actor, the attack took place on March 21, 2020. Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service attacks. 134.19.217.249 - - [17/Mar/2020:06:58:17 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1"

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

The information has been originally published at RaidForums which are known for the illegal selling of any data loss from Internet portals and insecure online services. . The data breach of such a resource having close ties to the victim’s lifestyle may disclose the vital information affecting user’s privacy globally.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

In a report released May 20, the Government Accountability Office looked at how the private cybersecurity insurance market has developed over the past five yearsRich Baich is global chief information security officer for insurance giant AIG. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

“One of the largest development projects in Russia, it was approved by the Russian government as a priority investment as part of the 2020 Strategy and receives government support.” “Information exchange will be carried out via AFTN channel (for urgent short message) and postal mail. ” states DDoSecrets.

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Hacking Internet Internet Government 87

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A set of vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) exposes tens of millions of devices to the risk of cyber attacks. Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered a set of five serious vulnerabilities in the implementation of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) protocol.

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Risk IoT Advertising Cyber Attacks 91

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Clop Ransomware operators plunder US universities Malware attack on Applus blocked vehicle inspections in some US states 2,5M+ users can check whether their data were exposed in Facebook data leak 33.4% If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

RavnAir Alaska airline canceled some flights following a cyber attack. FBI flash alert warns of LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware attacks. RuNet – Russia successfully concluded tests on its Internet infrastructure. Entercom Radio Network hit by a second cyber attack in a few months.

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Cyber Attacks Surveillance Advertising Ransomware 56

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

APRIL 6, 2021

Attackers attempted to accessing SAP systems to modify configurations and users and exfiltrate sensitive business information. According to the report, new unsecured SAP applications deployed in cloud (IaaS) environments are targeted by cyber attacks in less than three hours. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

IPStorm botnet continues to infect systems across the world, its size passed from around 3,000 infected systems in May 2019 to more than 13,500 devices in October 2020. Makinin controlled these infected devices as part of an extensive botnet, which is a network of compromised devices.” ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to IBM, OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, most of them involved the Echobot IoT malware. IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report analyzes the threat landscape in 2019, the experts observed a spike in the number of OT attacks. “ OT attacks hit an all-time high.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

sys “) by triggering the CVE-2020-15368 flaw to execute malicious code in the Windows kernel. ” Mandiant, which tack the toolkit as INCONTROLLER, also published a detailed analysis warning of its dangerous cyber attack capability.

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Passwords Architecture Backups Cyber Attacks 115

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

IT monitoring software company victim of supply chain cyber attack. And in this rapidly developing cyberattack, high value solar winds customers are currently being attacked through this digital Trojan horse type of cyber attack. released between March 2020 and June 2020. HF 5 through 2020.2.1,

Software 103

Software Government Malware Cyber Attacks 103

Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006). IoT Security Techniques and Implementation.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China has been using #Taidoor malware to conduct #cyber espionage on governments, corporations, and think tanks. NSCS @cse_cst @CISAgov @FBI [link] — @U.S.CyberCommand (@US_CYBERCOM) August 3, 2020. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Exercise caution when using removable media (e.g.,

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When we thought about 2020, it felt like hackers and ransomware should have been at the top (these fall under system intrusion). If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. But that isn’t what Verizon’s data showed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. T he percentage of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in the second half of the year on a global scale was 33.4%, (+0.85% than H1 2020). than in 2019). than in 2019).

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Cyber Attacks Ransomware Engineering Data collection 73

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The dissemination phase consists of active processing and dissemination of the processed data for the purpose of communicating the actionable intelligence for the purpose of ensuring that an organizations defense is actively aware of the threats facing its infrastructure and security defense mechanisms.

Cybercrime 88

Cybercrime Cyber Attacks Security Defenses Cyber threats 88

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Remote Technology. Many organizations don’t have visibility into all of their IoT devices.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. What did “the internet” think caused breaches in 2021? What influences our perception of cybersecurity breach causes? Do those perceptions reflect reality? The Guardian.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

In this context, the prime risks are the responsibility and role of employees in ensuring data and information security. In March 2020, nation-state hackers believed to be from Russia compromised a DLL file linked to a software update for the Orion platform by SolarWinds. The attack wasn’t discovered until December 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2024

Forescout experts questioned the attribution of cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023 to the Russia-linked Sandworm. Forescout experts shared findings from their analysis of the cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023, attributing them to the Russia-linked Sandworm.

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