Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group has been targeting Israeli organizations with destructive cyber attacks since January. personally identifiable information (PII) and intellectual property) and then deploy various wipers to cover the tracks. .”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The chief executive of insurance giant Zurich warns that cyber attacks, rather than natural catastrophes, will become uninsurable. Mario Greco, chief executive of insurer giant Zurich, has warned that cyber attacks will become soon “uninsurable.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zurich). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Danish critical infrastructure was hit by the largest cyber attack on record that hit the country, according to Denmark’s SektorCERT. The attackers exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Zyxel firewalls used by many critical infrastructure operators in Denmark. through 4.73, VPN series firmware versions 4.60

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2023

“On Friday, 18 August 2023, Energy One Limited established that certain corporate systems in Australia and the United Kingdom had been affected by a cyber-attack.” Energy One will continue to provide updated information as it gains greater clarity about the incident and the likely timeframe for its resolution.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Schneider Electric said that other divisions of the company were not impacted by the cyber attack. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The cyber attack that hit the managed service provider (MSP) CTS potentially impacted hundreds in the United Kingdom. The company announced that it is investigating a cyber attack that caused a service outage. The security incident potentially impacted hundreds of British law firms.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

IBM observed a credential harvesting campaign that is targeting Citrix NetScaler gateways affected by the CVE-2023-3519 vulnerability. IBM’s X-Force researchers reported that threat actors are conducting a large-scale credential harvesting campaign exploiting the recent CVE-2023-3519 vulnerability (CVSS score: 9.8)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Researchers warn that hundreds of Citrix servers have been hacked in an ongoing campaign exploiting the RCE CVE-2023-3519. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently warned of cyber attacks against Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway devices exploiting the zero-day CVE-2023-3519.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Rhysida Ransomware group added three more US hospitals to the list of victims on its Tor leak site after the PROSPECT MEDICAL attack. Recently the Rhysida ransomware group made the headlines because it announced the hack of Prospect Medical Holdings and the theft of sensitive information from the organization.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

Microsoft is warning of cyber attacks exploiting a recently patched Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-23397 (CVSS score: 9.8). Microsoft published guidance for investigating attacks exploiting recently patched Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-23397. ” concludes the guidance.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2023

The cyber attack suffered by Suncor Energy impacted payment operations at Petro-Canada gas stations in Canada. A cyber attack against Suncor Energy made the headlines because Petro-Canada gas stations across Canada have been reportedly impacted by technical problems.

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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. The company explained that the attack took place on the evening of 18 July, 2023, and the incident impacted UK customer systems within its hosted datacenter environment.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2023

Researchers reported that more than 15000 Citrix servers exposed online are likely vulnerable to attacks exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-3519. Exploits of CVE-2023-3519 on unmitigated appliances have been observed. Update on CVE-2023-3519 vulnerable IPs: we now tag 15K Citrix IPs as vulnerable to CVE-2023-3519.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2023

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group claims to have hacked the Japanese maker of watches Seiko and added the company to its data leak site. On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

” Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, such as power grids , are very dangerous. Some of the most clamorous attacks clamorous attacks observed in the past hit Ukraine in 2015 and 2016. appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reported the Independent. Responsibility will be fixed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Further updates received during 2022 and in January 2023 have also been shared with U.S. After communication with CNCERT around January 24, 2023, the affected organization forced customers to change their passwords. Law Enforcement due to the significant presence of major Fortune 500 corporations in the observed data sets.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch).

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The website of the port was hit by a cyber attack on December 25, in response to the security breach the administrators shut down it. The Administration of the Port of Lisbon said that the cyber attack did not compromise operational activity at the critical infrastructure. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

MongoDB on Saturday announced it is investigating a cyberattack that exposed customer account metadata and contact information. MongoDB on Saturday disclosed it is investigating a cyber attack against certain corporate systems. ” The US firm urges customers to be vigilant for social engineering and phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Cleaning products giant Clorox estimates the economic impact of the cyber attack that hit the company in August 2023 at $49 million. The described impacts suggest that the company was likely a ransomware attack. ” reads the SEC filing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Community Health Systems (CHS) was the victim of a cyber attack, threat actors exploited the recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-0669 ) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer platform. The crooks also claims to have fully compromised the network organizations, but did not deploy any ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The attack did not impact systems employed in the 2013 census. “INSTAT assures the public that the 2023 Census data are not the subject of this attack. Albania’s cyber agency (AKCESK), along with state police, is helping INSTAT recover the affected systems and attribute the attack to a specific threat actor.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email. Ransomware Attacks: In 2023, a whopping 72.7% The cost of these attacks could hit $265 billion annually by 2031. of organizations faced ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

On February 12, 2023, a cyber attack halted operations at five production plants of German battery manufacturer Varta. On February 13, German battery manufacturer Varta announced that a cyber attack forced the company to shut down IT systems. billion in 2023. billion in 2023.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

UK communications regulator Ofcom suffered a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack exploiting the MOVEit file transfer zero-day. UK’s communications regulator Ofcom disclosed a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack. Recently another data breach made the headlines, the hack of the payroll services provider Zellis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2023

Clop ransomware group claims to have hacked hundreds of companies globally by exploiting MOVEit Transfer vulnerability. MOVEit Transfer is a managed file transfer that is used by enterprises to securely transfer files using SFTP, SCP, and HTTP-based uploads. .” ” reads the message published by the gang. “Our

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2024

The nation-state actor exploited the zero-day flaw CVE-2023-23397 in attacks against European entities since April 2022. In December 2023, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers reported that the group APT28 group exploited the CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability in attacks aimed at European NATO members.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal Threat actors breached Okta support system and stole customers’ data US DoJ seized domains used by North Korean IT workers to defraud businesses worldwide Alleged developer of the Ragnar Locker ransomware was arrested CISA adds Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited (..)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Comcast’s Xfinity discloses a data breach after a cyber attack hit the company by exploiting the CitrixBleed vulnerability. CitrixBleed is a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4966 , in Citrix NetScaler ADC (Application Delivery Controller) software. ” reads the notice of a security incident.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2024

Korea attempts to use generative AI for hacking attacks: spy agency Cybersecurity Is artificial intelligence the solution to cyber security threats? Pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center Participants earned more than $1.3M

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2023

In March 2023, the Biden administration announced that it will make it mandatory for the states to conduct cyber security audits of public water systems. The SCADA system provides visibility and monitoring but is not a full industrial control system (ICS).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A group of Pro-Israel hacktivists, called Predatory Sparrow, is suspected of having carried out a cyber attack against petrol stations across Iran. A Pro-Israel hacktivist group, called Predatory Sparrow (or Gonjeshke Darande in Persian), is suspected of having carried out a cyber attack against petrol stations across Iran.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Companies and Government Agencies ArcaneDoor – New espionage-focused campaign found targeting perimeter network devices Israel Tried to Keep Sensitive Spy Tech Under Wraps.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Pro-Palestinian hackers group ‘Soldiers of Solomon’ claims to have hacked one of the largest Israeli flour plants causing severe damage to the operations. The Soldiers of Solomon group continues to target Israeli organizations, recently they claimed a successful cyber attack on Ashalim Power Station located in the Negev desert.

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