Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Australian telecommunications provider Tangerine disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 230,000 individuals. The telecommunications provider pointed out that no financial information (credit or debit card numbers, banking details) has been compromised.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Banking Mobile 92

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The gang was targeting organizations via spam campaigns to spread ransomware, however, the police did not disclose the malware family used by the group in its attacks. The gang was also providing VPN-like services used by other cybercriminal organizations to carry out malicious activities used to deliver malware to the target organization.

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Ransomware DDOS Telecommunications Malware 112

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 NSA, FBI, and CISA Release Cybersecurity Information Sheet on Deepfake Threats 38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers Clorox Blames Damaging Cyberattack for Product Shortage MGM losing up to $8.4M

Cyber Attacks 82

Cyber Attacks Firewall Data breaches Telecommunications 82

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

China-linked cyber espionage groups increasingly targeted organizations in the telecommunications industry in 2019. According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, China). Pierluigi Paganini.

Telecommunications 89

Telecommunications Mobile Spyware Advertising 89

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant observed FIN11 hackers using spear-phishing messages distributing a malware downloader dubbed FRIENDSPEAK.

Ransomware 131

Ransomware Malware Telecommunications Advertising 131

Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

According to the experts, the malware was developed by the Russian cybercrime crew known as Evil Corp , which was behind the Dridex Trojan , and multiple ransomware like Locky , Bart, Jaff , and BitPaymer. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors.

Ransomware 89

Ransomware Telecommunications Manufacturing Malware 89

Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

NCA infiltrates the cybercriminal underground with fake DDoS-for-hire sites Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 awarded $1,035,000 and a Tesla for 27 0-days CISA announced the Pre-Ransomware Notifications initiative China-linked hackers target telecommunication providers in the Middle East City of Toronto is one of the victims hacked by Clop gang using GoAnywhere (..)

Data breaches 77

Data breaches DDOS Backups Ransomware 77

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

While the malware written in.NET is new, its deployment is similar to previous attacks attributed to #Sandworm. In April, Sandworm targeted energy facilities in Ukraine with a new strain of the Industroyer ICS malware (INDUSTROYER2) and a new version of the CaddyWiper wiper. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RansomBoggs ransomware).

Ransomware 119

Ransomware Encryption Telecommunications Malware 119

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have hacked Microsoft ‘s internal Azure DevOps server and leaked the source code for some projects. Microsoft recently announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 90

Cybercrime Telecommunications VPN Hacking 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Microsoft dismantled the C2 infrastructure used by the ZLoader trojan with the help of telecommunications providers around the world and cybersecurity firms. ” Zloader is a banking malware that has been active at least since 2016, it borrows some functions from the notorious Zeus 2.0.8.9 To nominate, please visit:?

Banking 113

Banking Malware Telecommunications Antivirus 113

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2021

The G7 members highlights the importance to collaborate to increase the security of supply chains, the statement also recognizes the foundational role that telecommunications infrastructure, including 5G and future communication technologies, plays and will play in underpinning our wider digital and ICT infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 102

Ransomware Cybercrime Telecommunications Accountability 102

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

Telecommunications giant Lumen Technologies discovered two cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack. The attackers were able to conduct reconnaissance of these systems, installing malware and extracting a relatively limited amount of data. ” continues the form.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Telecommunications Technology Cybersecurity 88

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2020

An Emotet campaign hit Lithuania, the malware has infected systems at the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) and several municipalities. A large-scale Emotet campaign hit Lithuania, the malware has infected the networks of Lithuania’s National Center for Public Health (NVSC) and several municipalities. Security Center.

Passwords 101

Passwords Malware Telecommunications Banking 101

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Researchers from the NCC Group’s report and later Symantec confirmed that malware was developed by the Russian cybercrime crew known as Evil Corp , which was behind the Dridex Trojan , and multiple ransomware like Locky , Bart, Jaff , and BitPaymer. SecurityAffairs – hacking, WastedLocker). Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Telecommunications Banking Advertising 85

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The gang also targeted the South American telecommunication providers Claro and Embratel. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lapsus$ ransomware). Early this month, the ransomware gang hit the websites under Brazil’s Ministry of Health (MoH) causing the unavailability of COVID-19 vaccination data of millions of citizens.

Media 139

Media Ransomware Telecommunications Accountability 139

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The cybercrime unit of the Ukrainian police has arrested a group of cybercriminals who managed to steal payment card data from at least 70,000 people by setting up mobile fake top-up services. 361 (Unauthorized interference in the work of computers, automated systems, computer networks or telecommunications networks) and Part 3 of Art.

Phishing 81

Phishing Banking Mobile Telecommunications 81

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

. “FROZENBARENTS (aka Sandworm), a group attributed to Russian Armed Forces’ Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Unit 74455, continues to focus heavily on the war in Ukraine with campaigns spanning intelligence collection, IO, and leaking hacked data through Telegram.” ” reads the report published by the Google TAG.

Phishing 86

Phishing Education Accountability Telecommunications 86

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

Advertising 220

Advertising Malware Marketing Software 220

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

Regional government telecommunications secretary Segi Marcén said that no ransom would be paid by Spanish authorities. The authorities are investigating into the security breach, the hospital did not explain if it has suffered a data breach.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Telecommunications Cyber Attacks Data breaches 85

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

The vendor addressed the issue with the release of a patch on June 28, 2022, “In addition to building security, surveillance cameras are used throughout many critical infrastructure sectors such as oil & gas, power grids, telecommunications, etc. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IP Cameras). ” concludes Nozomi.

Surveillance 143

Surveillance Authentication Telecommunications Manufacturing 143

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2021

data breach notification published by the telecommunications giant on its website revealed that the security breach impacted both employees and customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). .” In March 2020, the wireless carrier was a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor.A

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Data breaches Mobile Telecommunications Wireless 121

Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2022

When LAPSUS first grabbed the attention of the cybersecurity community, they had already compromised companies like Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Brazil; Claro, one of Brazil’s telecommunications operators; and Brazil’s Ministry of Health. It is said that they use stolen code to better hide their malware.

Hacking 89

Hacking Social Engineering Telecommunications Cybersecurity 89

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

There are many other types of attacks that organizations should be aware of, but the end result of these types of schemes is typically the installation of malware through malicious software viruses, data theft , and ransomware attacks that limit access to your organization’s valuable data.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Sinclair Broadcast Group is a Fortune 500 media company, the group is a publicly-traded American telecommunications conglomerate having annual revenues of $5.9 SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security). We are standing by as we wait to get on the air. link] — Kristin Bien (@KristinBienWSBT) October 17, 2021. billion in 2020.

Ransomware 84

Ransomware Media Telecommunications Marketing 84

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

One of the targets of the attacks was a major APAC-based Internet services, telecommunications and hosting provider. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Two weeks before, another Mirai-variant botnet launched over a dozen UDP and TCP based DDoS attacks that peaked multiple times above 1 Tbps. Another target was a gaming firm.

DDOS 120

DDOS Telecommunications Internet Internet 120

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. One month later, a new strain named RansomBoggs again hit Ukrainian targets – both malware families were attributed to Sandworm. Hack and leak. Key insights.

DDOS 131

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 131

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The malware used in the Target breach included the text string “ Rescator ,” which also was the handle chosen by the cybercriminal who was selling all of the cards stolen from Target customers. For starters, the text string “Rescator” was found in some of the malware used in the Target breach.

Cybercrime 225

Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 225

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware.

Cryptocurrency 233

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 233

SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

Security researchers discovered an archive that contained test builds of the malware for a number of less common platforms, including macOS and FreeBSD, as well as for various non-standard processor architectures, such as MIPS and SPARC. Meanwhile, the malware itself evolved, adding an LDAP-based self-spreading mechanism.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Malware Architecture Telecommunications 115

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

One of the trends related to the active confrontation between attackers has been hacking back, i.e. when attackers become the victims of hacking. The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks.

Banking 85

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 85

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world. Iran-linked attackers targeted Pulse Secure, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Citrix VPNs to hack into large companies as part of the Fox Kitten Campaign. POWSSHNET – Self-Developed Backdoor malware – RDP over SSH Tunneling.

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VPN Telecommunications Advertising Hacking 115

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Well-known malware families are involved in the biggest and most wide-reaching campaigns. There is, of course, a documented porosity between the ransomware ecosystem and other cybercrime domains such as carding or point-of-sale (PoS) hacking. Instead, access sellers go after the low-hanging fruit. Through the market lanes.

Ransomware 123

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cybercrime 123

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

Such ‘objects’, as referred to here, point to things such as malware and hijacked servers, which, when put together and ‘manipulated’, inform the technical attribution process. By covert means, we refer to signals intelligence, illegal wiretapping and sometimes even plain hacking. Tool-based attribution (i.e.,

Energy and Utilities 84

Energy and Utilities Data collection Malware Cybersecurity 84

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In October, telecommunications firm Telenor Norway was another to fall victim. Dear players, The PUBG MOBILE team are currently actively working to resolve the DDoS attacks against our systems and the new hacking issues. Extortionists’ activity regularly made the news throughout 2020.

DDOS 129

DDOS Cryptocurrency Marketing Internet 129

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It may be the most complete picture we've ever had of North Korean hacking campaigns. The unsealed documents highlight a number of attack targets and motives in an effort to hack, digitally intrude, and defraud. The hacking indictment filed in the U.S. North Korean hacking methods and attack vectors. global targets.

Hacking 103

Hacking Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Banking 103

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The past year — a harrowing period for the world economy — culminated in the spike of cybercrime. SecurityAffairs – hacking, crime trends). Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 130

Banking Ransomware Phishing Marketing 130