Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders. The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. The post New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A group calling itself "Anonymous Sudan" has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack which knocked the website of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) offline earlier this week, and left customer data exposed. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Ecuador suffered 40 million cyber attacks on websites of public institutions since the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In response to the arrest acktivist communities launched several attacks against the Ecuador government. At the time of publishing there is no news of data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting Ukraine’s IT Army , threat actors are using infostealer malware mimicking a DDoS tool called the “Liberator.” A Telegram channel was used to coordinate the efforts and plan the cyber-attacks that will be conducted by the IT Army. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Air Canada did not share details about the attack, at the time of this writing, no known extortion group has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack. The attacks severely impacted operations at several Canadian airports last week. The attacks severely impacted operations at several Canadian airports last week.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

People suddenly getting a lot of spam emails may be the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack. It may also be a part of a more targeted attack. Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. billion people by using malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

million customers Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely 1.9

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

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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 Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The gang also published a sample as proof of the stolen data. The gang explained that one of its partners attacked SickKids violating its rules, for this reason, it blocked the affiliate. The same group this week claimed to have breached other three US hospitals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

So, companies small and medium can take the help of the awareness program to help their companies defend their computer networks against the growing cyber threats such as ransomware, phishing and Ddos attacks. Now, to those who need a bit of enlightenment on why SMBs act as attractive targets for cyber criminals- here’s gist-.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware Lapsus$ gang leaks data allegedly stolen from Samsung Electronics Anonymous #OpRussia Thousands of sites hacked, data leaks and more Thousands of satellite users offline in Europe following a cyberattack, is it a conflict spillover?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

State-Backed Tactics Above the Battlefield During the weeks preceding the official invasion of Ukraine, the ReliaQuest Photon Research team observed foreboding signs—among them, military movements along the Ukrainian borders and minor cyber attacks against Ukrainian private and public entities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The popular collective Anonymous declared war on Russia for the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine and announced a series of cyber attacks calling to action its members. February 24 – Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What you might think is an influx of traffic, could actually be a cybercriminal using malicious bots to aid in a DDoS attack attempting to take down your website. What is a DDoS Attack? To mitigate DDoS attacks, set up DDoS attack protection. Tip #4: Educate your employees to avoid human error.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

” The nature of the data breaches leads the experts into excluding that the hacks were the result of law enforcement operations. In January, experts noticed on the popular Raid Forums an advertisement for the Verified’s database containing registered users’ data and their private messages, posts, and threads.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

This trend is particularly vital for core workloads, as enterprises seek faster data access and lower latency. Data Breaches Data breaches frequently occur due to exploited vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure or applications. Provide ongoing training for individuals involved in setup and maintenance.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services. Netanyahu accuses Iran of cyber attacks carried out daily. Airbus data breach exposes some employeesdata. CookieMiner Mac Malware steals browser cookies and sensitive Data. Home Design website Houzz suffered a data breach.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Ransomware an ongoing threat to industry as crime gangs organise Malware-based cyber-attacks are the most prominent threat to industry, Europol says. A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. MORE Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 26, 2024

Regular security assessment and penetration testing can also be carried out to identify potential vulnerabilities that, if exploited by cyber threats, may compromise the systems of vehicles. A data breach could result in the disclosure of this information to hackers who may then commit identity theft, fraud or other illicit activities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2018

US ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) open to cyber attacks. Czech cyber-security agency warns over Huawei, ZTE security threat. Twitter uncovered a possible nation-state attack. NASA data breach – The agency notifies employees of a security intrusion. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic. Samsung leaked data of a few UK Customers. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks. Data on Detection of Malicious Documents in Gmail are impressive. Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

. · Firefox DoS issue crashes the browser and sometimes the Windows OS. · Akamai Report: Credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat. · Bitcoin Core Team fixes a critical DDoS flaw in wallet software. · SHEIN Data breach affected 6.42

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

Thousands of satellite internet users across Europe were disconnected from the internet by a cyber-event, experts suspect a cyber attack. March 4 – These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns. March 4 – These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Report cyber attacks and cases of malware infection to law enforcement agencies. Install hardware and equipment that decreases the dependence on physical damage to information system components. Educate your colleagues. Assign incident response team for better management.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There was an interesting data protection angle to the Microsoft survey covered in the story above. RTÉ noted that although 33 per cent of companies had experienced a data breach, only 14 per cent had to report the incident to the Data Protection Commission. Sounds like excessive surveillance?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Sometimes when you are down in the cyber attack trees defending your organization, it can be tough to see the cyber threat forest. And now we have brand new research coming from the EU which unpacks the top cyber threats as they stand now. Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks. Data Breach.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2021

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Is your organization prepared to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against mission-critical cloud-based applications? A DDoS attack is a cyber attack that uses bots to flood the targeted server or application with junk traffic, exhausting its resources and disrupting service for real human users.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. First, a little background It’s been a little over a year since we first shared our research on the data breach perception problem.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And this is just one recent example of this type of cyber attack. Financial industry targeted the most by credential stuffing attacks. From 2017 to 2019, the FBI says credential stuffing attacks were the most common type of attack against the financial sector, accounting for 41% of total incidents.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2019

Millions of Exim mail servers vulnerable to cyber attacks. Retro video game website Emuparadise suffered a data breach. Shanghai Jiao Tong University data leak – 8.4TB in email metadata exposed. RAMBleed, a new Side-Channel Attack that allows stealing sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest.

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