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

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

Telecommunications giant Lumen Technologies discovered two cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack. In this second incident, a sophisticated intruder accessed a limited number of the Company’s internal information technology systems. ” continues the form.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN11). ” reads the analysis published by FireEye. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). In September 2022, Sandworm has been observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

The rumors of a cyber attack against Ubisoft circulated online in the last few days, while data extortion group LAPSUS$ claimed to have hacked the company. Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ubisoft). Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Telecommunications Hacking Cyber Attacks 87

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Data breaches caused by weak security measures and procedures result in severe monetary losses, erosion of clients’ trust, and irreversible reputation damage to organizations in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and retail industries, as well as government and public sector entities.

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Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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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.

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Phishing Education Accountability Telecommunications 86

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2021

They can do it the old fashioned way by hacking into it themselves or they can purchase an exploit that gives them access. While the highest price was $95,000 for an Asian telecommunications service provider. Technology and telecommunications companies are among the most common victims and often command higher prices.

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Telecommunications Marketing Ransomware Accountability 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries. The phishers will explain that they’re calling from the employer’s IT department to help troubleshoot issues with the company’s virtual private networking (VPN) technology.

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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. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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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. Following these activities, the international hacking collective known as “Anonymous” declared cyber war against Killnet on May 23. Hack and leak. Key insights.

DDOS 131

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 131

Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking).

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Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 85

SecureWorld News

JUNE 24, 2021

private sector defense, technology, and telecommunications companies, according to Reuters. NSA Director of Cybersecurity Rob Joyce says this move will help develop deeper ties and detect active hacking campaigns on U.S. companies. "I Establishing this Center is just a part of the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Cyber threats Telecommunications Government 66

SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

Finally, other groups like Clop ramped up their activities over the course of last year, reaching their peak in early 2023 as they claimed to have hacked 130 organizations using a single zero-day vulnerability. The latest case reported by Kaspersky is rather odd as it does not fit either of the previous two categories.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Malware Architecture Telecommunications 115

SecureWorld News

JUNE 24, 2021

private sector defense, technology, and telecommunications companies, according to Reuters. NSA Director of Cybersecurity Rob Joyce says this move will help develop deeper ties and detect active hacking campaigns on U.S. companies. "I Establishing this Center is just a part of the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Cyber threats Telecommunications Government 52

SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

By covert means, we refer to signals intelligence, illegal wiretapping and sometimes even plain hacking. How the pie gets made: steps in conducting technical attribution.

Energy and Utilities 84

Energy and Utilities Data collection Malware Cybersecurity 84

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. The victims we observed were all high-profile Tunisian organizations, such as telecommunications or aviation companies. FinFly Web is, in essence, a suite of tools and packages that implement a web-based exploitation server.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

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.

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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.

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Banking Ransomware Phishing Marketing 129

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From a different angle, reporting from The Intercept revealed mobile surveillance capabilities available to Iran for the purposes of domestic investigations that leverage direct access to (and cooperation of) local telecommunication companies. One glaring example is Iran, which faced a series of spectacular hacks and sabotages.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Mail servers become priority targets In June, Recorded Future warned that BlueDelta (aka Sofacy, APT28, Fancy Bear and Sednit) exploited vulnerabilities in Roundcube Webmail to hack multiple organizations including government institutions and military entities involved in aviation infrastructure. Drone hacking!

Hacking 102

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal Threat actors breached Okta support system and stole customers’ data US DoJ seized domains used by North Korean IT workers to defraud businesses worldwide Alleged developer of the Ragnar Locker ransomware was arrested CISA adds Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited (..)

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Telecommunications Data breaches Mobile 106