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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The APT group is using almost exclusively living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity to evade detection.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Protecting our kids and teens online is critically important, particularly since COVID increased our reliance on technology,” said Blackburn in a press release. Creating accountability for social media platforms to act in preventing and mitigating content that could harm minors.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Enterprises in the finance, banking, and telecommunications sectors are the most susceptible to online fraud, but it can happen to any company,” said Vaidotas Sedys , Head of Risk Management at Oxylabs. Cloud technologies also play an important role in the latest anti-fraud developments. Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct.

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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.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Thales 2023 Data Threat Report: The Increased Telco Cybersecurity Challenges in the 5G Era madhav Tue, 09/12/2023 - 05:15 Telecommunications firms have always faced a unique set of security challenges. Securing investments and technology is not just about deploying preventive or responsive controls.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

ANSSI observed at least three attack techniques employed by APT28 in the attacks against French organizations: searching for zero-day vulnerabilities [T1212, T1587.004]; compromise of routers and personal email accounts [T1584.005, T1586.002]; the use of open source tools and online services [T1588.002, T1583.006].

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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.

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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.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Data breaches caused by weak security measures and procedures result in severe monetary losses, erosion of clients’ trust, and irreversible reputation damage to organizations in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and retail industries, as well as government and public sector entities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

The list of targets includes multiple Fortune 500 companies operating in various industry sectors, such as: Global government and military departments National telecommunications companies Defense contractors Technology firms Banking, finance, and accounting institutions Worldwide consulting services Aerospace, aviation, and engineering entities After (..)

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2021

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. While the highest price was $95,000 for an Asian telecommunications service provider. The price for network access can range quite a bit.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2021

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers. “ANSSI has observed a number of phishing campaigns directed against French entities since February 2021.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors. Manufacturing was the sector most affected, accounting for five targeted organizations. This was followed by Information Technology (four) and Media and Telecommunications (three).”

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 28, 2023

These arrests have finally shed some much-needed light on the nefarious activities of this group that had sent shockwaves through the technology industry, leaving even the most well-defended organizations vulnerable and concerned. The group's activities extended from 2021 to 2022 and involved individuals from both the U.K. and Brazil.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 15, 2022

It was the Expresso Twitter account that the hackers used to bait the organization to demonstrate their control over the company's IT infrastructure. Other targets include Brazil’s Ministry of Health (MoH) and Brazilian telecommunications operator Claro. Impresa owns the country's largest TV channel and newspaper, SIC and Expresso.

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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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SecureWorld News

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.". Supply chain security: "Securing supply chains. Related podcast: should you pay a ransomware demand?

Telecommunications 52

Telecommunications Cybercrime Ransomware Accountability 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

” Todd McKinnon, CEO at Okta, confirmed that in late January 2022, the company detected an attempt to compromise the account of a third party customer support engineer working for one of its subprocessors. Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T.

Telecommunications 82

Telecommunications Data breaches VPN Hacking 82

SecureWorld News

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.". Supply chain security: "Securing supply chains. Related podcast: should you pay a ransomware demand?

Telecommunications 52

Telecommunications Cybercrime Ransomware Accountability 52

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.". PRC state-sponsored cyber actors continue to exploit known vulnerabilities and use publicly available tools to target networks of interest.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The threat actors used certificates from Nvidia and Kuwait Telecommunications Company to sign their malware; the former was already leaked, but we’re not sure how they got their hands on the latter. The ransomware – use of Kuwait Telecommunications Company signing certificate. Kuwait Telecommunications company certificate. [1]

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The group focuses on government departments that are involved in foreign affairs, technology, and telecommunications. The experts reported that the group exfiltrates documents from target systems and attempts to steal email account credentials.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 27, 2023

According to the DOJ , the HIVE ransomware network had been operating for several years, using the "ransomware-as-a-service" model to target a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including government facilities, telecommunication companies, manufacturing, information technology, and healthcare and public health.

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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. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com.

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Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 357

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

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Hacker Combat

JULY 8, 2022

What I am sure of is that the files actually exist, “said Schaefer, who is a technology partner at Trivium China, a policy research company. “Roughly 12 billion compromised accounts have been published on the Dark Web as of late.” . ”It can be difficult to verify whether the data leak actually happened.

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Hacking Telecommunications Mobile Government 89

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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Government Telecommunications Internet Internet 83

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

History of MSSPs As internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (telecoms) began offering commercial access to the internet in the late 1990s, they began to also offer firewall appliances and associated managed services. Outsourcing U.S. companies may trust U.S.

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Telecommunications Firewall Penetration Testing Cybersecurity 84

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The researchers used their OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) technology to crawl places and resources within the TOR network, across various web forums, Pastebin, IRC channels, social networks, messenger chats and many other locations where it is possible find leaked data. ” states the report published by ImmuniWeb.

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Passwords Telecommunications Advertising Retail 76

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

reported that Hexane is targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry and telecommunication providers. Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. Security experts at Dragos Inc. ” reads the report published by SecureWork.

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DNS Passwords Penetration Testing Social Engineering 81

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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2024

modification – GIFTEDVISITOR” section of Volexity’s recent blog post.

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VPN Authentication Small Business Telecommunications 83

IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Speaking of training and taking into account humans’ perceptions, cybersecurity awareness training is by far the best place to start. Furthermore, as AI and ML technology evolves and used by bad actors, these awareness campaigns can help people spot deepfake signs and address them adequately. He is also a writer for Bora.

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Cyber threats Cybersecurity Education Risk 111

Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The rapid advancement of technology has woven a complex fabric of wireless networks, each interwoven with vulnerabilities waiting to be exposed. It underscores the vital role it plays in fortifying the burgeoning landscape of wireless technologies. Radio Frequency (RF) stands as a pivotal component in today's technological landscape.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers. “On May 25, the NOBELIUM campaign escalated significantly. ” continues Microsoft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2021

Yet, there are some key concerns that telecommunication providers need to be aware of if they are going to successfully implement this next generation of connectivity, as well as inspire trust in customers. Estimations from the GSMA predict that by 2025, 5G will account for 21% of total mobile connections , with around 1.8

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