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Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers

Security Affairs

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. The Russia-linked APT group Sandworm (UAC-0165) has compromised eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023, reported the Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA).

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io. ” SPEAR VISHING.

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China-linked threat actors have breached telcos and network service providers

Security Affairs

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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The War in Technology: A Digital Iron Curtain Goes Up

SecureWorld News

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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China-linked Alloy Taurus APT uses a Linux variant of PingPull malware

Security Affairs

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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The Best Ways to Secure Communication Channels in The Enterprise Environment

CyberSecurity Insiders

The upcoming updates on SharePass will also allow you to send account credentials, QR codes, JSON structured data and other types of information. There are several services on the internet that allow you to send emails that are encrypted with a password. Using a VPN gives you lots of benefits. This server is run by the VPN host.

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A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks

Krebs on Security

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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