Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it has been targeted by a cyber attack. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it has been targeted by a cyber attack. Further information will be made available in due course.” “EMA has been the subject of a cyberattack. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Researchers from Cybaze Yoroi ZLab have spotted a new campaign exploiting the interest in coronavirus (COVID-19) evolution to spread malware. Nowadays, it is common to say that the physical world and the cyber world are strictly connected. The statistics are worrying, and, of course, they represent an opportunity for cyber-crooks.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Securonix researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign using a Pilot-in-Command (PIC) Drone manual document as a lure to deliver a toolkit dubbed Merlin. Upon opening the document, a malicious JavaScript embedded inside one of the HTML pages is executed. ” reads the analysis published by Securonix.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

“As a result of the cyber attack, all servers received malware. it.ru, which served the FSB of the Russian Federation, was attacked in the same way.” The agency’s primary role is to ensure the safety, security, and efficiency of air transport within the country. ” concludes the statement.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new strain of malware that is believed to be part of the arsenal of theUS Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has discovered a new malware that experts attribute to the US Central Intelligence Agency. We therefore named this malware Purple Lambert.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schneider Electric said that other divisions of the company were not impacted by the cyber attack. The gang also published several pictures of passports and company documents as proof of the hack. Today The Cactus ransomware gang published 25MB of allegedly stolen data on its Tor leak site.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. What’s more, Syrén seemed to downplay the severity of the exposure.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. Nissan already notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre. and nissan.co.nz.

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MAY 4, 2024

The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. ” Researchers at the platform Ransomfeed.it

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an “insights” document that warned organizations about “potential critical threats” following the recent cyberattacks aimed at Ukraine. “The identification of destructive malware is particularly alarming given that similar malware has been deployed in the past—e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“In this in-depth research, we uncover significant parts of two advanced Iranian cyber-groups – Domestic Kitten and Infy. Both groups have conducted long-running cyber-attacks and intrusive surveillance campaigns, which target both individuals’ mobile devices and personal computers.” ” concludes the report.

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MARCH 7, 2021

Russia-linked APT groups leveraged the Lithuanian nation’s technology infrastructure to launch cyber-attacks against targets worldwide. APT29 state-sponsored hackers also exploited Lithuania’s information technology infrastructure to carry out attacks against “foreign entities developing a COVID-19 vaccine.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Belgian intelligence service VSSE accused Alibaba of ‘possible espionage’ at European hub in Liege A WhatsApp zero-day exploit can cost several million dollars CISA adds JetBrains TeamCity and Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog NATO is investigating a new cyber attack claimed by the SiegedSec group Global CRM Provider Exposed (..)

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

. “The Ministry of Finance announces that at dawn today one of its systems was the subject of an attempted hacking via malware. The Ministry also confirms that salary transfer procedures will not be affected by this cyber attack, as the government’s financial systems are separate.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2021

Microsoft is monitoring a wave of cyber attacks that leverages SEO poisoning to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT) to steal sensitive data from the infected systems. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021. . — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021.

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JULY 3, 2023

In an era where data has become the cornerstone of business operations, the loss of vital information can result in severe setbacks and irreparable damage. Whether it’s due to accidental deletion, hardware failure, cyber-attacks, or natural disasters, the loss of valuable data can have devastating impacts on an organization.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found documents relating to Covid-19 vaccine of European Medicines Agency in the Darkweb. Security experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found several documents relating to the Covid-19 vaccine allegedly stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) leaked in the Darkweb.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

However, his experiment is a perfect example of how poor cyber hygiene can leave organizations vulnerable to cyber attacks. Russian state-sponsored cyber attacks can be devastating and leave hundreds of thousands of the Kremlin’s foes without water or electricity.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2021

“GIGABYTE released a major message stating that the information security team has cooperated with technical experts from a number of external information security companies to jointly handle this cyber attack on a small number of servers of GIGABYTE, and has notified the abnormal network conditions it has detected.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The group claims to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, backups, PII documents, and more. The gang explained that one of its partners attacked SickKids violating its rules, for this reason, it blocked the affiliate. The gang also published a sample as proof of the stolen data.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The company also confirmed that internal documents have been “corrupted,” a circumstance that suggests that DMEA was hit by a ransomware attack. At the time of this writing, no ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the security breach. “DMEA was the victim of a cyber-attack on November 7, 2021.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The website of the port was hit by a cyber attack on December 25, in response to the security breach the administrators shut down it. The Administration of the Port of Lisbon said that the cyber attack did not compromise operational activity at the critical infrastructure. All port documentation.

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AUGUST 28, 2022

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JANUARY 12, 2021

In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the time, the EMA did not provide technical details about the attack, nor whether it will have an impact on its operations while it is evaluating and approving COVID-19 vaccines. Necessary action is being taken by the law enforcement authorities.”

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This ‘line of work’ is coordinated by the FSB’s 18th Center (Information Security Center) based in Moscow.” The group relied on both legitimate, publicly available software products and custom malware, such as the Pterodo/Pteranodon backdoor. “The SSU Cyber ?? ” concludes the announcement.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

The attack was reported last week by Handelsblatt , the website databreaches.net also reported the news after @Chum1ng0 alerted them. . CyberAttack , #CyberSecurity , #ciberseguridad ; "Cyber attack paralyzes MDax group Symrise" [link] — chum1ng0 (@chum1ng0) December 14, 2020. ” reported Bleeping Computer.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Sol Orien provides consultant services to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), it confirmed to have suffered a cyber attack via Twitter. The ransomware gang threatened to leak relevant documentation and data belonging to military agencies. H/t @mcwellons — Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) June 10, 2021.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

BleepingComputer first reported that the group claimed to have stolen a database containing 500,000 social security numbers, corporate documents, and patient records. Some emergency rooms in multiple hospitals in several states were forced to close and ambulances were diverted due to a cyberattack against their networks.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The group claimed to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, backups, PII documents, and more. The gang explained that one of its partners attacked SickKids violating its rules, for this reason, it blocked the affiliate. The gang also published a sample as proof of the stolen data.

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JULY 2, 2020

According to the Economic Times, the attack took place on Sunday night, hackers targeted the National Highways Authority Of India’s email server, but according to the Indian Agency, no data was stolen. “A ransom ware attack on NHAI email server took place yesterday night. . “No data loss took place.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The bot was also targeting Linux and Mac devices and performing dictionary attacks against SSH services to guess their username and passwords. reads the Intezer’s report.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A team of cybersecurity experts from the FBI is heading to Montenegro to help local authorities in investigating the recent massive cyber attack that hit the government infrastructure last week. A persistent and ongoing cyber-attack is in process in Montenegro,” reported the website of the U.S.

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JULY 8, 2019

Government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, were shut down after a cyber attack hit them on July 6. Experts believe it was a ransomware attack. On July 6, a cyber attack brought down government computer systems atLa Porte County, Indiana. ” Kora added.

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MARCH 27, 2024

The group published the images of medical documents as proof of the hack and will publish the stolen data if the NHS does not pay the ransom. The cyber attack occurred on March 15, 2023. Special NHS Boards support the regional NHS Boards by providing a range of important specialist and national services.”

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