Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2024

“Due to the effects of a large-scale cyber attack, Niconico has been unavailable since early morning on June 8th” reads the incident notice published by the company. The company also suspended the Niconico Account login on external services. “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 16, 2022

Thomas Moore University, a university in Kentucky, has become a victim of a cyber attack as its official Facebook account was hacked to post inappropriate images and videos. A logical complaint has been registered against the hack with the law enforcement department and investigation has started.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2021

Poland ‘s government announced that it was targeted by an ‘Unprecedented’ series of cyber attacks, hackers hit against institutions and individuals. Poland’s parliament had a closed-door session to discuss an unprecedented wave of cyber attacks that hit its institutions and individuals.

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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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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Crypto.com has confirmed that a multi-million dollar cyber attack led to the compromise of 400 of its customer accounts. Although, the company's CEO stresses that customer funds are not at risk. Crypto.com is reportedly the world's third-largest cryptocurrency trading platform. [.].

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Here are the key takeaways: Lower-tier hacks. No organization wants to find itself having to recover from a devastating ransomware hack – or dealing with an unauthorized intruder who has usurped control of its operational systems. The ongoing waves of Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon hacks are a good example of these lower-tier attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber attack carried out by the Darkside ransomware gang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

The new ransomware group Arkana Security claims to have hacked US telecom provider WOW!, million accounts. s internal systems, including AppianCloud and Symphonica platforms “A major cyber attack reaps Wide Open West (WOW!), stealing customer data. WideOpenWest (WOW!) Arkana claimed to have breached WOW!s

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A cyber attack hit the German air traffic control agency (DFS) disrupting its operations, experts attribute it to Russia-linked group APT28. A cyber attack targeted the German Air Traffic Control Agency (DFS), as reported by Spiegel and European Truth. DFS immediately reported the attack to national security authorities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Ways to Protect Your Small Business from Cyber Attacks . . A successful cyber attack can cost you around $3 million! Here are some of the ways to protect your small business from cyber attacks. . Most external hacking takes place during information transfer over an internet connection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

FBI has issued a warning that cybercriminals are hiding credentials on home IP addresses after hacking connected devices like IP cams and routers. And unless business firms come up with foolproof tactics inducted into their products and services, home users will remain exposed to such cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania, a government agency reported. Albania’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed that cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

All these days, we have seen email phishing attacks where cyber crooks seen sending malicious links through emails to trap online victims. But now, a North Korea-based hacking group dubbed Kumsong 121 was found using social media to attack smart phone users using Android platform.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

“It added that it had identified over 85,000 cyber attacks which aimed to exploit system vulnerabilities.” ” Moscow has denied any attacks on the Romanian electoral systems. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Romania election)

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

A common thread runs through the cyber attacks that continue to defeat the best layered defenses money can buy. Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

This week a cyber attack hit the Government of Bermuda causing the interruption of internet/email and phone services. The attack impacted all the government departments. ” reads the message published on the official account of the government on X. . ” said Burt.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2021

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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Parliament of Finland confirmed that threat actors had access to email accounts of multiple members of parliament (MPs). . The attack was discovered by parliament technical surveillance. Some parliament e-mail accounts may have been compromised as a result of the attack, among them e-mail accounts that belong to MPs.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video and the PlayStation store are experiencing issues. Some experts suspect that the root cause of the issues could be a cyber attack. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Sony)

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

As the dust settles following the recently disclosed hack of NewsCorp , important lessons are emerging for the cybersecurity and journalism communities. Employees often reuse passwords between other services and accounts. Credential harvesting attacks via phishing emails are now a daily occurrence.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Fast Company that offers technology and business news through print and online circulation was hit by a cyber-attack recently, promoting the company to shut it down on a temporary note. But as the time progressed it, just emerged into an infiltration and data breach attack. However, nothing can be confirmed yet. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. According to Microsoft, the Hafnium APT exploited these vulnerabilities in targeted attacks against US organizations. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The company did not disclose details of the attack, however the decision to shut down the IT systems suggests it was the victim of a ransomware attack. This isn’t the first time that the company was the victim of a cyber attack. In 2016, alleged Asian threat actors targeted ThyssenKrupp to steal company secrets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As most of the UK populace have decided to stay home and shop safely online ( because of the rise in Omicron Covid variant cases) security experts are expecting a two-fold rise in credentials stuffing cyber attacks in this year. As most of the web traffic will be busy in buying gifts and luxuries for their loved ones.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Government officials recently blamed Russian state-sponsored hackers of cyber espionage on MPs. Early September, Germany has formally protested to Russia over a series of cyber attacks aimed at stealing data from lawmakers that could be used to arrange disinformation campaigns before the upcoming German election.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 11, 2022

The information exposed in the incident includes social security numbers, driving license numbers, and enrollment benefit details that can be accounted to be Personally Identifiable Information. Hackers defaced Disneyland’s Instagram and Facebook accounts last week as he/she tried to fill the pages with racist and ho%^phobic posts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In 2023, upon discovering the cyber attack, the Anna Jaques Hospital took the impacted systems down and launched an investigation into the security breach. “Additionally, Anna Jaques reminds its employees and patients to remain vigilant in reviewing financial account statements on a regular basis for any fraudulent activity.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Researchers linked the threat actor DoNot Teamto a new Android malware that was employed in highly targeted cyber attacks. ” The app can gather call logs, contacts, SMS messages, precise locations, account information, and files stored in external storage. ” reads the report published by CYFIRMA.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2025

The Record Media first reported the news of a cyber attack on Ukraines national railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia that disrupted online ticket services, causing long lines at Kyivs station. Source: Daryna Antoniuk’s X account “The online systems of Ukrzaliznytsia suffered a large-scale targeted cyberattack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2023

CommScope, an American company that is in the business of providing network infrastructure, was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack. German-based company Rheinmetall has become a victim of a cyber attack recently, and hackers fraudulently accessed data related to industrial customers, largely from the automobile sector.

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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. million prepaid customers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2023

Only a limited portion of customer data was reportedly leaked in the attack and accessed information, such as phone numbers, account details, SIM card serial numbers, and mobile billing plan details. The post Google Fi Customer Information leaked in a Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Moscow Stock Exchange and a few of the Russian TV Channels were cyber attacked by a hackers group claiming to be working for Ukraine and as expected the digital services were pulled down in retaliation for the ongoing Ukraine war crisis.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Justice Department this week indicted seven Chinese nationals for a decade-long hacking spree that targeted more than 100 high-tech and online gaming companies. The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers.

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