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Orange Business Services hit by Nefilim ransomware operators

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

According to Cyble, the hackers claim to have compromised the Orange Business Solutions , a subsidiary of Orange S.A, Orange confirmed to BleepingComputer that the Orange Business Services division was victim of a ransomware attack on the night of Saturday, July 4th, 2020, into July 5th. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Government contractor Conduent disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

The business services provider Conduent told the SEC a January cyberattack exposed personal data, including names and Social Security numbers. The business services provider Conduent revealed that personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was stolen in a January cyberattack.

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Business Services industry targeted across the country for backdoor access

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2022

The presence of so many hacking tools in the detections for the Business Services industry tells a story about these organizations being targeted for not only infection, but to establish backdoors and likely gain access to customers of the organizations through the victim’s network.

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AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

. “These technologies are primarily used by small- to medium-sized businesses for their ease in enabling website development with integrations for eCommerce, website content management, and business service offerings.”

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New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat, a term that generally refers to state-sponsored hacking groups.

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U.S. Justice Department Cracks Down on Scattered Spider Phishing Ring

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As this case shows, phishing and hacking has become increasingly sophisticated and can result in enormous losses. If something about the text or email you received or website you're viewing seems off, it probably is."

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Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Business services firm Morley was hit by a ransomware attack that may have exposed data of +500,000 individuals. Business services company Morley was victim of a ransomware attack that may have resulted in a data breach impacting more than 500,000 individuals. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Morley ).

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Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education, government, and business services sectors. The most impacted sectors are education, government, and business services. NetSupport RAT is a remote control and desktop management software developed by NetSupport Ltd. .”Once

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Operation Phobos Aetor: Police dismantled 8Base ransomware gang

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The 8Base ransomware group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. Source Nation Thailand The gang compromised at least 17 Swiss companies using the Phobos ransomware between April 2023 and October 2024.

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TinyNuke banking malware targets French organizations

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The TinyNuke malware is back and now was used in attacks aimed at French users working in manufacturing, technology, construction, and business services. “In the most recent campaigns, the threat actor uses invoice-themed lures purporting to be logistics, transportation, or business services entities.”

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New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

The vulnerabilities are exploited remotely through Microsoft Exchange’s Client Access Service (CAS) running on port 443 in IIS. The vulnerabilities were discovered by security Researcher Tsai orange from Devcore, the issues were awarded $ 200,000 during the April 2021 Pwn2Own hacking contest. — 0patch (@0patch) August 19, 2021.

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Ransomware infected systems at Xchanging, a DXC subsidiary

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology disclosed a ransomware attack that infected systems at its Xchanging subsidiary. Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry.

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LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

ransomware: The victims of the Lockfile ransomware gang are in the manufacturing, financial services, engineering, legal, business services, and travel and tourism sectors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lockfile ransomware). The HTA ransom note used by LockFile closely resembles the one used by LockBit 2.0

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Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This may allow hackers to gain server privileges, delete or steal data, or even lead to an encryption extortion, critically endangering normal business services.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, mining). ” reads the post published by Zhu on September 11, 2022. ’),” Censys adds. bash_history).

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8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware) and Brazil.

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Balikbayan Foxes group spoofs Philippine gov to spread RATs

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The group focuses on Shipping/Logistics, Manufacturing, Business Services, Pharmaceutical, and Energy entities, among others. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Balikbayan Foxes). Both Remcos and NanoCore are used for information gathering, data exfiltration, surveillance, and control of the victims’ computers. .

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UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries. SecurityAffairs – hacking, UNC2529). ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Telco service provider giant Syniverse had unauthorized access since 2016

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Syniverse service provider discloses a security breach, threat actors have had access to its databases since 2016 and gained some customers’ credentials. Syniverse is a global company that provides technology and business services for a number of telecommunications companies as well as a variety of other multinational enterprises.

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Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Port employees are currently at work but have limited functionality, which may have temporary impacts on service to the public, especially in the areas of park permits, public records requests, and business services. Security Affairs – Pangu iOS 12 jailbreak, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experts warn of a spike in May and June of 8Base ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2023

The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. The experts observed a massive spike in activity associated with this threat actor between May and June 2023. and Brazil.

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The people problem: Large businesses shift resources to address risks tied to new and disgruntled employees

SC Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

Threats increased between Q3 and Q4 at more than half (54%) of the organizations surveyed, with financial services (61%) and high-tech/business services (57%) reporting the highest rate of increase. Vulnerabilities associated with remote work continue to drive security training and management.

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Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 4, 2018

» Related Stories As Election Threats Mount, Voting Machine Hacks are a Distraction Cryptojacking and MikroTik’s Bad-Feeling Feel Good Patch Story Iranians Indicted in SamSam Ransomware Scheme. And: you’ve heard of Business Email Compromise attacks but what about Business Service Impersonation scams?

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Increasing Value with Security Integration

McAfee

OCTOBER 22, 2019

When asked what concerns limited their ability to improve IT security capabilities, 44% reported security was too busy with routine operations, and 37 percent cited high levels of demand for new business services. According to IDC, enterprises are expected to spend $1.7 trillion on digital transformation by the end of this year.

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The First Steps After an Attack

NopSec

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A hacking event can interrupt business services, damage the company-customer relationship, and lead to a series of legal and regulatory obligations which vary according to the state in which the event occurred, the industry of the company affected, and the type of breach.

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GE Employees Lit Up with Sensitive Doc Breach

Threatpost

MARCH 25, 2020

Marriage, divorce and death certificates, beneficiary info, passports and more were all caught up in an email takeover hack.

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Nation-State Actors Phishing Trump and Biden Campaigns

SecureWorld News

JUNE 5, 2020

This specialized team hunts down major cybersecurity threats, including tracking nation-state hacking groups. These are the two groups and the nation-states they are attached to: APT31 : Also known as Zirconium or Hurricane Panda, APT31 is a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group active since 2016.

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JULY 19, 2020

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Orange Business Services hit by Nefilim ransomware operators

Government contractor Conduent disclosed a data breach

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Business Services industry targeted across the country for backdoor access

AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

U.S. Justice Department Cracks Down on Scattered Spider Phishing Ring

Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley

Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors

Operation Phobos Aetor: Police dismantled 8Base ransomware gang

TinyNuke banking malware targets French organizations

New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

Ransomware infected systems at Xchanging, a DXC subsidiary

LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign

8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware

Balikbayan Foxes group spoofs Philippine gov to spread RATs

UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

Telco service provider giant Syniverse had unauthorized access since 2016

Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona

Experts warn of a spike in May and June of 8Base ransomware attacks

The people problem: Large businesses shift resources to address risks tied to new and disgruntled employees

Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

Increasing Value with Security Integration

The First Steps After an Attack

GE Employees Lit Up with Sensitive Doc Breach

Nation-State Actors Phishing Trump and Biden Campaigns

Security Affairs newsletter Round 273

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