Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In 2013, Kurittu worked on investigation involving Kivimaki’s use of the Zbot botnet, among other activities Kivimaki engaged in as a member of the hacker group Hack the Planet. A Twitter account by that name was verified by Kivimaki’s attorney as his, and through that account he denied being involved in the Vastaamo extortion.

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Data breaches Cybercrime Telecommunications Accountability 194

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Lapsus$ ransomware group defaced all the sites publishing a ransom note that claims that they had access to Impresa’s Amazon Web Services account. The gang also targeted the South American telecommunication providers Claro and Embratel. The gang also targeted the South American telecommunication providers Claro and Embratel.

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Media Ransomware Telecommunications Accountability 143

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2021

We call on all states to urgently identify and disrupt ransomware criminal networks operating from within their borders, and hold those networks accountable for their actions,” reads the statement. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The cybercrime unit of the Ukrainian police has arrested a group of cybercriminals who managed to steal payment card data from at least 70,000 people by setting up mobile fake top-up services. Once obtained the data, crooks used it to empty their victims’ bank accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Bad news for the Australian telecommunications industry, the largest company in the country Telstra suffered a data breach. Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed a data breach through a third-party supplier. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Telstra Telecom). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

.” The arrest is the result of Operation Guardian led by AFP which became aware of a number of text messages demanding some Optus customers transfer $2000 to a bank account or face their personal information being used for financial crimes. The database belonging to the company was leaked on a cybercrime forum.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

NSA, FBI, and CISA Release Cybersecurity Information Sheet on Deepfake Threats 38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers Clorox Blames Damaging Cyberattack for Product Shortage MGM losing up to $8.4M

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

The group also relies on valid accounts and leverage strong operational security, which combined, allows for long-term undiscovered persistence. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson recently stated that the Volt Typhoon activity is not associated with Beijing, but linked it to a cybercrime operation. In fact, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

NCA infiltrates the cybercriminal underground with fake DDoS-for-hire sites Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 awarded $1,035,000 and a Tesla for 27 0-days CISA announced the Pre-Ransomware Notifications initiative China-linked hackers target telecommunication providers in the Middle East City of Toronto is one of the victims hacked by Clop gang using GoAnywhere (..)

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Data breaches DDOS Backups Ransomware 84

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

million current postpaid customer accounts, as well as more than 40 million records of former and prospective customers. Importantly, no phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords, or financial information were compromised in any of these files of customers or prospective customers.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Government Malware Telecommunications Cybercrime 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. The popular investigator and journalist Brian Krebs first surmised that the LAPSUS$ gang has breached T-Mobile after he reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the cybercrime group. ” wrote Krebs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is issuing this announcement to inform mobile carriers and the public of the increasing use of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swapping by criminals to steal money from fiat and virtual currency accounts.” Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts.

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Mobile Cryptocurrency Authentication Accountability 96

Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

According to the experts, the malware was developed by the Russian cybercrime crew known as Evil Corp , which was behind the Dridex Trojan , and multiple ransomware like Locky , Bart, Jaff , and BitPaymer. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors.

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Ransomware Telecommunications Manufacturing Malware 90

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

Once obtained the credentials, an attacker can add an administrator account and use it to obtain full access to the device and perform actions such as watching live footage from the camera as shown below. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IP Cameras). ” concludes Nozomi. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Surveillance Authentication Telecommunications Manufacturing 144

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to interviews with several sources, this hybrid phishing gang has a remarkably high success rate, and operates primarily through paid requests or “bounties,” where customers seeking access to specific companies or accounts can hire them to target employees working remotely at home. SCHOOL OF HACKS.

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Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 356

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In Q1 2023, threat actors linked to Russia’s military intelligence service focused their phishing campaigns on Ukraine, with the country accounting for over 60% of observed Russian targeting. On September 2022, the Sandworm group was observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware.

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Phishing Education Accountability Telecommunications 92

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2023

A Pro-Russian cybercrime group named NoName057 (16) (aka 05716nnm or Nnm05716) is behind a wave of DDoS attacks against organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries, SentinelOne researchers reported. GitHub removed the accounts after SentinelOne reported the abuse to the company. SecurityAffairs – hacking, NoName057(16) ).

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DDOS Telecommunications DNS Education 73

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

Hackers have stolen O2 customers’ data from a database run by Aerial Direct , one of the largest UK partners of the telecommunications services provider. To reassure you, the database did not include any passwords or financial details, such as bank account number or credit card information.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Passwords Advertising 108

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2021

They can do it the old fashioned way by hacking into it themselves or they can purchase an exploit that gives them access. Now for access as a service, you're getting a username and password to a database, or to the back end of the administrative account, to a hospital or to a bank. The price for network access can range quite a bit.

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Telecommunications Marketing Ransomware Accountability 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Mismanagement of user accounts – using admin privileges to upgrade user access may result in a data breach for personal profit or copying files with customer information. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2022

When LAPSUS first grabbed the attention of the cybersecurity community, they had already compromised companies like Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Brazil; Claro, one of Brazil’s telecommunications operators; and Brazil’s Ministry of Health. Notably, their use of Spanish and Portuguese was akin to native speakers.

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Hacking Social Engineering Telecommunications Cybersecurity 91

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

. “This activity was typically only within reach of intelligence agencies or surveillance contractors, but now Motherboard has confirmed that this capability is much more widely available in the hands of financially-driven cybercriminal groups, who are using it to empty bank accounts. ” said the Bank spokesman.

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Banking Telecommunications Authentication Advertising 103

Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2018

Dixons Carphone, one of the largest European consumer electronics and telecommunication retailers, suffered a major data breach in 2017 , but new data related to the incident have been shared. The company immediately reported the hack to law enforcement, regulators at the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

. “This activity was typically only within reach of intelligence agencies or surveillance contractors, but now Motherboard has confirmed that this capability is much more widely available in the hands of financially-driven cybercriminal groups, who are using it to empty bank accounts. ” said the Bank spokesman.

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Banking Telecommunications Authentication Advertising 47

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 223

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

Bad news for T-Mobile, the company disclosed a new data breach that resulted in the theft of data belonging to 37 customer accounts. T-Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actor stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts. ” reads the press release published by the company.

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Data breaches Mobile Accountability Telecommunications 81

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up!

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Mobile Phishing Authentication Advertising 310

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. Hack and leak. However, the plan was not approved because the government feared collateral damage.

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DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 131

Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The carrier states that personal financial account information and call records were not affected by the security breach. In January, T-Mobile suffered the first data breach in 2023, threat actors stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts.

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Data breaches Mobile Identity Theft Accountability 77

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

One of the trends related to the active confrontation between attackers has been hacking back, i.e. when attackers become the victims of hacking. The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks.

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Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 86

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2020

Some of the IoT botnets enslaved hundreds of thousands of hacked devices. In 2015, then 15-year-old Sterritt was involved in the high-profile hack against U.K. telecommunications provider TalkTalk. ” William Walton , supervisory special agent for the FBI’s cybercrime investigation division in Anchorage, Ala.,

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

Finally, other groups like Clop ramped up their activities over the course of last year, reaching their peak in early 2023 as they claimed to have hacked 130 organizations using a single zero-day vulnerability. The second-largest category of cases consisted of compromised accounts and malicious emails.

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Ransomware Malware Architecture Telecommunications 115

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Botmasters and account resellers are tasked with providing initial access inside the victim’s network. There is, of course, a documented porosity between the ransomware ecosystem and other cybercrime domains such as carding or point-of-sale (PoS) hacking. Part II: The darknet shenanigans. Through the market lanes.

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