Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

No reliable technical findings have been made of what information was transferred, but the investigation shows that there were probably usernames and passwords associated with employees in various state administration offices. . “The actor also succeeded in transferring some data from the offices’ systems.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. The alert comes after the recent attacks on the Oldsmar water treatment plant’s network where attackers tried to raise levels of sodium hydroxide, by a factor of more than 100.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

” “We use Facebook and LinkedIn for account login and do not store any passwords on our system. If you use the legacy email and password login, your passwords are encrypted, but we highly encourage that you change it. We do not store any credit card or payment related information on our servers.”

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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. Security experts from Qualys are warning that more than 7.5 As a result of the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack, multiple organizations were compromised, including FireEye.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

We’re seeing more activity leveraging the CVE-2020-1472 exploit (ZeroLogon). — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. This is the second alert published by Microsoft related to Zerologon attack in the wild.

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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

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. ” reads the advisory.

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Government Hacking Advertising Passwords 114

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. 1/2 — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. (2/2) — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. Barnes & Noble, Inc. , Thank you for your patience.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. It seems that attackers did not exfiltrate sensitive data from the compromised server.

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Hacking Passwords Government Security Awareness 88

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

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

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The company Encevo, which owns the majority of Creos, published a security advisory to announce that the gas pipeline form has suffered a cyber attack that took place between July 22 and 23. During this attack, a number of data were exfiltrated from computer systems or made inaccessible by hackers.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

. “On May 20, 2021, Morgan Stanley was notified by Guidehouse, a vendor that provides account maintenance services to Morgan Stanley’s StockPlan Connect business, that it had suffered an information security incident. ” reads the letter.

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Data breaches Hacking Banking Financial Services 121

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. “The harsh and unfortunate reality is the security of a number of security companies is s**t,” Arena said.

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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. ” reads the analysis published by Mandiant.

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Passwords Architecture Backups Cyber Attacks 115

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Video game company Ubisoft has suffered a ‘cyber security incident’ that had a severe impact on games, systems, and services. The rumors of a cyber attack against Ubisoft circulated online in the last few days, while data extortion group LAPSUS$ claimed to have hacked the company.

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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. Introduction The Makop ransomware operators started their infamous criminal business in 2020 leveraging a new variant of the notorious Phobos ransomware.

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Ransomware Software System Administration Encryption 82

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2020

.” T-Mobile said that threat actors did not access names on the account, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs. T-Mobile discovered that the attackers had access to the CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information).

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Data breaches Mobile Telecommunications Wireless 134

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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Advertising Malware IoT Technology 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords. 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.

Banking 90

Banking Malware Advertising Ransomware 90

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. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Malware Government Passwords System Administration 106

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The UN and other international agencies are privileged targets for cyber criminals and nation-state actors and unfortunately, it is quite easy to find login credentials belonging to their employees available for sale on the dark web. One of the offices that were hit by a sophisticated cyber attack is the U.N. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hacking Data breaches Cyber Attacks Software 116

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2021

In early 2020, a joint operation conducted by the FBI in coordination with the UK NCA, the Netherlands National Police Corps, the German Bundeskriminalamt, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland resulted in the seizure of the WeLeakInfo.com domain. .” ” reads the announcement published by the UK NCA. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Cybercrime Cyber Attacks Advertising 112

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

According to Bleeping Computer , the hackers used an internal T-Mobile application to target up to 400 customers in SIM swap attack attempts, the security breach did not impact business customers. Impacted T-Mobile customers are recommended to change their password, PIN, and security questions.

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Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 92

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

million current T-Mobile postpaid customer accounts’ information appears to be contained in the stolen files, as well as just over 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with T-Mobile. . “Our preliminary analysis is that approximately 7.8

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

jailbreaking tool Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020 Bug bounty hunter awarded $50,000 for a Microsoft account hijack flaw Clop ransomware gang leaks data allegedly stolen from cybersecurity firm Qualys Cyber Defense Magazine – March 2021 has arrived.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2020

pic.twitter.com/BywQtf6qSE — Nick (@vrNicknack) January 15, 2020. According to The West Australian website , hackers have stolen personal information from 100,000 West Australians in the cyber attack. Received this notice 15mins ago.

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Data breaches Banking Cyber Attacks Accountability 57

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. The experts from both security firms reported that IPStorm was infecting Android systems with ADB (Android Debug Bridge) port exposed online.

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Hacking Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks Advertising 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore common techniques used to penetrate systems and how organizations can defend against each type of attack. Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities.

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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. review Active Directory password policy. In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Experts have found tens of security vulnerabilities in Zyxel Network Management Software, including backdoors and hardcoded SSH keys. Security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered several vulnerabilities Zyxel Cloud CNM SecuManager software that could expose users to cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

In January 2020, an internal confidential report from the United Nations that was leaked to The New Humanitarian revealed that dozens of servers of the organization were “compromised” at offices in Geneva and Vienna. One of the offices that were hit by a sophisticated cyber attack is the U.N. ” conclude the experts.

Backups 69

Backups Cyber Attacks Passwords Hacking 69

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Trickbot Group’s preparations in 2020 aligned them to Russian state objectives and targeting previously conducted by Russian Intelligence Services.” companies.” . : “By sanctioning these cyber criminals, we are sending a clear signal to them and others involved in ransomware that they will be held to account.”

Banking 83

Banking Ransomware Cybercrime Malware 83

SC Magazine

MARCH 8, 2021

As a result, there has been a marked increase in cyber attacks on cloud infrastructure as well as a rise in phishing attempts. In the United States, women ended 2020 with 5.4 Joanna Burkey, chief information security officer, HP Inc. At the same time, the pandemic has wreaked havoc on the gender employment gap.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This forced security leaders and enterprise executives to assess their information security operations and overall cybersecurity posture to ensure their organizations were ready to face the challenges ahead. For cyber actors, it’s a lucrative cyber attack option that can be delivered in various ways.

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Ransomware Cyber Risk 52

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. These distinct pieces of evidence can include a one-time password or a fingerprint scan.

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