Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Article pays particular attention to EO 12333’s designation of the National Security Agency as primarily responsible for conducting signals intelligence, which includes the installation of malware, the analysis of internet traffic traversing the telecommunications backbone, the hacking of U.S.-based

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

AT&T initially denied any data breach, below is the statement from the telecomunication giant : “Based on our investigation Thursday, the information that appeared in an internet chat room does not appear to have come from our systems,” Later, the telecommunications company retracted its initial denial and confirmed the data breach.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

In March 2020, The Ministry of Telecommunications (MoTC) issued a directive to all operators in Myanmar with a secret list of 230 sites to be blocked due to the nature of the content; adult content and fake news. The mail account hostmaster@urlblocked.pw, published as contact details in DNS, bounces all incoming mails.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

The group targets government entities, Kurdish (political) groups like PKK, telecommunication, ISPs, IT-service providers (including security companies), NGO, and Media & Entertainment sectors; Over the years, the group enhanced its evasion capabilities. Enable 2FA on all externally exposed accounts.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The Supreme Court is about to reconsider Section 230, a law that’s been the foundation of the way we have used the Internet for decades. The court will be handling a few cases that at first glance are about online platforms' liability for hosting accounts from foreign terrorists. Whether we like it or not. Google and Twitter v.

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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 attack did not impact radio and cable TV broadcasts, while SIC’s internet streaming transmission was interrupted. Source TheRecord.

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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. It seems that the security breach also impacted other companies.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. telecommunications companies to gain access to internal company tools. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Ukrainian telecommunications company provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies, including 4G (LTE) in Ukraine. The Kyivstar mobile network serves about 26 million mobile customers and more than 1 million broadband fixed internet customers in the country.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A court in Virginia granted Microsoft control over many Internet servers Trickbot uses to plunder infected systems, based on novel claims that the crime machine abused the software giant’s trademarks. Microsoft Corp. However, it appears the operation has not completely disabled the botnet. Image: Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers to spy on the traffic and steal data. US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

As an example of compromised accounts, Resecurity outlined exposed access credentials belonging to a major data center and one of the largest vendors providing international-scale network telephony connectivity to governmental and national telecom providers in Africa.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2022

The Zloader at hand is a botnet made up of computing devices in businesses, hospitals, schools, and homes around the world which is run by a global internet-based organized crime gang operating malware as a service that is designed to steal and extort money. Legal action. We also saw this method recently used against the Strontium group.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The intruder used this to access some of the employee’s accounts, including LinkedIn, as well as their work account. In 2022, Octo Tempest began selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals in order to steal their cryptocurrency. We also notified federal law enforcement.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. ” In short, although you may not be required to create online accounts to manage your affairs at your ISP, the U.S. .”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

The report stems from a detailed analysis of attacks targeting StormWall’s clientele, which spans various sectors such as finance, e-commerce, telecommunications, entertainment, transportation, education, and logistics. The financial sector emerged as the primary target, accounting for 34% of attacks and witnessing a 68% YoY increase.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

The Chinese APT is known to be focused on telecommunications companies operating across Asia, Europe and Africa. PingPull, was first spotted by Unit 42 in June 2022, the researchers defined the RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

Many threats that have until now been theoretical—like creation of a "Ru-net" as an alternative to the Internet—are becoming a reality. Cutting off Internet access to a country the size of Texas is not as simple as cutting a few cables or bombing a few cell towers. There are many tech angles to the war in Ukraine.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.” How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry. Prevent intrusions.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

In a recent cybersecurity incident, Orange Spain faced a significant internet outage on January 3, 2024. A threat actor, going by the name ‘Snow,’ exploited vulnerabilities in the company’s RIPE account.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts. Be aware of any changes in SMS-based connectivity.

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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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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

According to a recent report , bots accounted for a staggering 47.4% of total internet traffic in 2022, marking a significant 5.1% These findings shed light on the escalating prevalence of bots and the shifting dynamics of internet users. Internet Traffic in 2022 2. Stats on bots 1. rise compared to the previous year.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

As it happens, you don’t have to buy an internet connected device for one of the most private areas of your home. There’s plenty of cheap Internet of Things (IoT) baby monitors out there with default passwords baked in, insecurely stored data, and an alarming amount of compromise stories in the news.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2018

Many people, particularly older folks, proudly declare they avoid using the Web to manage various accounts tied to their personal and financial data — including everything from utilities and mobile phones to retirement benefits and online banking services. Postal Service or the Social Security Administration.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“A global privacy disaster”, “espionage gold”, and “a state-sponsored wet dream” are just some of the comments one can read regarding the breach at Syniverse, a key player in the tech/telecommunications industry that calls itself the “center of the connected world.”

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Require all accounts with password logins to have strong, unique passwords, and change passwords immediately if there are indications that a password may have been compromised.". Enable robust logging of Internet-facing systems and monitor the logs for anomalous activity.". Block obsolete or unused protocols at the network edge.".

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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. An attacker can conduct this attack by capturing one unencrypted ONVIF request authenticated with the WS-UsernameToken schema.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE are considered as national security threats. The Bureau also took into account the findings and actions of Congress, the Executive Branch, the intelligence community, our allies, and communications service providers in other countries.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Optus, the second-largest telecommunications company in Australia, has experienced an API security incident – and it might come with a $1 million price tag. According to a recent report published by Acumen Research and Consulting, the global telecommunications API market will experience a CAGR of more than 20% from 2022 to 2030.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by some Internet service providers (ISPs) in Italy and Kazakhstan to infect Android and iOS users with their spyware.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Importers and distributors are also held accountable, with a duty to ensure that no product is made available on the market without this essential compliance statement. What does non-compliance look like?

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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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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). Telecommunications MSSPs such as Verizon satisfy these needs and provide the financial security of a large corporate partner for equally large customers.

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