Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Early December, Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident. Nissan already notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit spotted the BianLian , White Rabbit , and Mario ransomware gangs collaborating in a joint extortion campaign targeting publicly-traded financial services firms. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware)

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2019

billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency due to a cyber attack. BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency was victim of a cyber attack, the Remixpoint’s subsidiary announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 BITPoint discovered the security breach overnight and immediately halted its services.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Microsoft revealed on Friday that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium or APT29 , have conducted news cyber attacks against other organizations. Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Nobelium).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine. The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine and is inviting them to step up defenses. ” reported Reuters. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DXC).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Any industry can be affected by cybersecurity attacks, but some industries are more at risk than others. Should that turn out to be the case, notifications will be issued as soon as possible." Here are some of the most targeted industries.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

And yet our pervasive deployment of IoT systems has also vastly expanded the cyber attack surface of business networks, especially in just the past few years. IoT-enabled scams and hacks quickly ramped up to a high level – and can be expected to accelerate through 2021 and beyond. This has brought us many benefits.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Bun­des­amt für Ver­fas­sungs­schutz (BfV) federal domestic intelligence agency warns of ongoing attacks coordinated by the China-linked APT27 group. defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT27). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

sectors that need to be on Russia's no-hack list. Now, there's some kind of a cyber attack against a meat processing plant. Next time, they'll say there was an attack against some Easter eggs. Biden says he gave Putin a list of 16 U.S. After all, they can find wherever the ransom was paid to.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

Iran-linked threat actor Tortoiseshell targeted shipping, logistics, and financial services companies in Israel with watering hole attacks. uPress”, a hosting service, was attacked in 2020 by the Iranian group Emennet Pasargad5 , “Hackers of Savior”, who defaced thousands of Israeli sites hosted by it.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

Ongoing attacks could cause severe damages to multiple sectors, including transportation, communication, financial services, government facilities, nuclear reactors, and critical manufacturing. We hacked Russian SCADA system and shut it down: ?????????? ???> SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT31).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2021

Were it not illegal, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) would be an exemplary business model. . Prepare to Be Hacked. . As John Chambers has been quoted saying, “There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those who don't know they have been hacked.”. Additional Information.

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Threatpost

MARCH 12, 2020

Researchers with Akamai say that 75 percent of all credential abuse attacks against the financial services industry were targeting APIs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The largest and oldest bank in Russia Sberbank faced the record-breaking DDoS attack that reached 1 million RPS. Sberbank , the Russian banking and financial services giant, announced that it was recently hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that reached 1 million RPS.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The incident, which unfolded on November 8, 2023, has sent ripples through the global financial community, emphasizing the escalating cyber threats faced by even the most robust institutions. ICBC confirmed the attack in an official statement, revealing that its U.S. billion in revenue and $53.5

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Rise of Quishing: A notable surge in phishing attacks utilizing QR codes, or “quishing,” poses new challenges, with attackers exploiting this method for its novelty and user trust. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Email Security)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Experts analyzed tools and intrusion methods used by the China-linked cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda in attacks over the past 2 years. This morning I wrote about a large-scale cyber attack that hit the I nternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in November 2016, Emissary Panda was suspected to be the culprit.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Cyber attacks and breaches continue to rise with no end in sight. With this increased spending the attacks continue at an exponential rate. According to Check Point by mid-year cyber attacks have risen 42% globally. During 2022 over 65% of organizations expected security budgets to expand.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The NSA has declined to speak in detail about the hack or EternalBlue. By Avast/Cybernews How would EternalBlue look in a real attack scenario? EternalBlue gained notable attention through its involvement in prominent cyber attacks.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cyber attacks like the one that crippled Yahoo! What used to be an unimaginable feat is now just another steppingstone to the next biggest hack. Critical Figures of Cyber Breach. s external site were not recently reissued, allowing cyber attackers to have ongoing access to encrypted communications.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Metro Bank has become the first major bank to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, but experts believe it isn’t an isolated case. ” Karsten Nohl , a researcher from Security Research Labs, conducted numerous studies on the flaws affecting the SS7 protocol and confirmed that many banks suffered similar attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2025

The cybercrime underground represents a vast marketplace for stolen data, hacking tools and nefarious knowledge. billion data breach notifications to their customers in 2024, due primarily to cyber-attacks. The steady stream of breached data that is pumped in usually gets recycled into fraud.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

sectors that need to be on Russia's no-hack list. Now, there's some kind of a cyber attack against a meat processing plant. Next time, they'll say there was an attack against some Easter eggs. Biden says he gave Putin a list of 16 U.S. After all, they can find wherever the ransom was paid to.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

So how hard is it to hack APIs? In this episode, Jason Kent from Cequence Security talks about his experience hacking a garage door opener API, the tools he uses such as Burp, ZAP, and APK tool, and why we need to be paying more attention to the OWASP API Security Top 10. I mean, how hard is it even to hack an API.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

So how hard is it to hack APIs? In this episode, Jason Kent from Cequence Security talks about his experience hacking a garage door opener API, the tools he uses such as Burp, ZAP, and APK tool, and why we need to be paying more attention to the OWASP API Security Top 10. I mean, how hard is it even to hack an API.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Metro Bank has become the first major bank to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, but experts believe it isn’t an isolated case. ” Karsten Nohl , a researcher from Security Research Labs, conducted numerous studies on the flaws affecting the SS7 protocol and confirmed that many banks suffered similar attacks.

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

During that same time frame, attacks on hospitals are expected to quadruple. In fact – the former FBI Supervisory Agent and cybersecurity expert Scott Augenbaum says healthcare suffers 2-3X more cyberattacks than financial services , which is often thought of as the most hacked vertical. To Your Success, .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

More than 1,500 organizations worldwide spanning Financial Services, Defense, Manufacturing, Energy, Aerospace, and Transportation Systems trust OPSWAT to secure their files and devices; ensure compliance with industry and government-driven policies and regulations, and protect their reputation, finances,?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

How to Defend: Empowerment Through Cyber-Threat Intelligence Executive boards and departments face a greater frequency of cyber-attacks and an increased number of vulnerability types across enterprise operations. What are the benefits of cyber security awareness trainings?

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Spinone

MAY 22, 2020

There is arguably not a greater danger to your business than the possibility of a cyber attack that leaves your business-critical data either compromised or destroyed. Cybersecurity is no doubt topping your list of priorities as a business owner.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2022

For example, in 2021 the Colonial Pipeline was hacked, and the company decided to pay $5 million in ransom since most of the East Coast’s fuel supply was shut down. Panicked East Coast Americans began hoarding gas due to a major disruption in fuel supply.

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