Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

Ukrtelecom, a major mobile service and internet provider in Ukraine, foiled a “massive” cyberattack that hit its infrastructure. On March 29, 2022, a massive cyber attack caused a major internet disruption across Ukraine on national provider Ukrtelecom. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 23, 2023

Telecommunication providers in the Middle East are the subject of new cyber attacks that commenced in the first quarter of 2023. The intrusion set has been attributed to a Chinese cyber espionage actor associated with a long-running campaign dubbed Operation Soft Cell based on tooling overlaps.

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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. after Ecuador withdrew asylum after seven years. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 24, 2023

New cyber attacks against Middle Eastern telecommunications operators emerged in the first quarter of 2023. Based on technical overlaps, the intrusion set was identified as being the work of a Chinese cyber espionage actor associated with a long-running campaign dubbed Operation Soft Cell.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Russia successfully disconnected from the internet. Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. One of them is checking the integrity and security of the Internet as a result of external negative influences.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

In December, Kyivstar , the largest Ukraine service provider went down after a major cyber attack. The Ukrainian telecommunications company provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies, including 4G (LTE) in Ukraine.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Predictably, there has been an equal amount of increase in cyber attacks on connected devices, with over 12,000 cyber attacks targeting them every week. A new legislation was introduced in the Britain’s parliament last week aiming to better protect IoT devices from sophisticated hackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2022

United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued an advisory to all telecom and network operators in the United States asking them to be vigilant against state sponsored cyber attacks from China.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 21, 2020

It's considered one of Argentina's largest cyber attacks. Over the weekend, ransomware gang REvil took control of an internet service provider (ISP), infecting the internal network. The attack began with a domain admin and spread throughout the company network with extensive damage.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It went into effect on 13 th August 2020 and addresses the new prohibition on the use of banned telecommunications equipment and services, while also clarifying the ban from 2019 on buying such equipment. The end goal is to combat the threat that potential cyber-attacks pose to our national security. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

StormWall , a premier cybersecurity firm specializing in the defense of websites, networks, and online services from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, has published an in-depth report on the DDoS landscape during the first quarter of 2023.

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 7, 2020

A recent Chubb SME Cyber Preparedness Survey showed that Singapore SMEs are not prepared for cyber-attacks including most of the small and medium enterprises across Asia Pacific. Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents believe they are less exposed to cyber incidents than multinationals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

This isn’t the first attack suffered by the Oil giant, in 2012 Saudi Aramco suffered a major cyber attack, alleged nation-state actors used the Shamoon wiper to destroy over 30,000 computers of the company. ZeroX is also offering a 1 GB sample for US$2,000 that could be paid in Monero (XMR) virtual currency.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 8, 2020

To achieve their 5G transformation, telecommunications providers require security solutions and platforms built from the ground up for modern, dynamic business models. The post Opinion: Staying Secure Through 5G Migration appeared first on The Security Ledger.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

However, it looks like things are starting to break apart now that Australia has passed the “Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018”. On the 6th of December 2018, a law that is a direct attack on internet users’ privacy was agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). As cyber attacks continue to increase in number and sophistication, the need for MSSPs grows. Outsourcing U.S. companies may trust U.S.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is a top priority. Reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware on CNI will be paramount to the stability of national economies for the years to come.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

The 2023 Edition of the National Risk Register predicts that, in the next two years, there is a 5 to 25% chance that a devastating attack will target critical infrastructure and cause physical harm. A nationwide loss of power could create a ripple effect, causing disruption to internet telecommunications, water, sewage, fuel and gas supplies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

SolarWinds is one example of a threat actor finding a way to compromise one company and leveraging that attack to allow them to compromise the customers of the initial target. Threat actors gained access to telecommunications providers, which then enabled them to access and monitor communications for customers of those providers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

Several threat actors have taken advantage of the war in Ukraine to launch a number of cyber attacks. Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation). The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence continues to monitor cyber attacks related to the Ukraine war.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This means that in addition to the traditional telecommunications business, the company is increasingly attentive to sectors like the cloud, the Internet of Things and cybersecurity. The aim is to have an advantage over a potential cyber attack, publicly sharing the areas for improvement to the benefit of the system as a whole.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

The emergency directive is probably related to a recently disclosed campaign of DNS hijacking attacks uncovered by FireEye. The same IPs were previously associated with cyber attacks conducted by Iranian cyberspies.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006). IoT Security Techniques and Implementation.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., Believe it or not, the fifth generation of wireless technology is already here. Conclusion.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Large scale cyber-attacks with major impact on Ukrainian infrastructure or services have not been observed. Analysts acknowledge that in the fog of war, government entities or private institutions likely have not identified nor reported all cyber-incidents. Viasat Inc., One such beam is located over Kyiv.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Independent Security Researchers Feel the Chill Up North Episode 162: Have We missed Electric Grid Cyber Attacks for Years? . » Related Stories From China with Love: New York Firm sold millions in PRC Surveillance Gear to US Government, Military Episode 165: Oh, Canada! Also: Breaking Bad Security Habits.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Penetration tests are simulated cyber attacks executed by white hat hackers on systems and networks. The goal of these simulations is to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, errors, and other weaknesses that real attackers could exploit. Additionally, tests can be comprehensive or limited.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to the same article, another such attack took place in the late 1990s when the American military attacked a Serbian telecommunications network. The “AcidRain” wiper was first described later in March, while ViaSat published an official analysis of the cyber-attack.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of launching cyber-attacks on its country with a daily basis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Iran launched cyber-attacks on Israel on a daily basis, but its experts are able to block them. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Israel, Netanyahu).

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat. The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Security experts at FireEye uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that is targeting government agencies, ISPs and other telecommunications providers, Internet infrastructure entities, and sensitive commercial organizations in the Middle East, North Africa, North America and Europe. ” reads the report published by FireEye.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The deployment of 5G to change sustainability and efficiency improvements may be jeopardized by cyber-attacks. Both the renewable energy business and the telecommunications industry are projected to expand significantly over the next decade, and the green energy movement is gaining traction. The benefits of 5G connectivity.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

As attack methodologies evolve due to AI, machine learning and nation-state hackers , security startups are receiving a lot of funding to develop products that can secure application access for remote workers , provide real-time visibility into cyber attacks and protect data as it travels from the cloud to IoT devices.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Hosting content on this portion of the internet does however come with challenges for the extortion groups, with internet speeds capped and only individuals with dedicated software—such as the Onion Router (ToR)—capable of accessing breached data.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity can often feel like a game of cat and mouse where cyber attackers and defenders engage in a chase, with one party trying to outsmart the other. Just like in previous years, 2024 is set to test practitioners’ skills as the frequency of cyber threats continues to surge leaving no room for complacency.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Insight Partners.

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