Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

Telecommunications giant Lumen Technologies discovered two cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack. In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on March 27, 2023, Lumen announced two cybersecurity incidents. ” reads the 8-k form filed by the company with SEC.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The systems at the US-based ski and golf resort operator were infected with the WastedLocker ransomware, the incident impacted reservation systems. Boyne Resorts was the victim of WastedLocker ransomware attack, the incident has impacted reservation systems. This group has been active since at least 2007, in December 2019, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. QakBot threat actors are still operational after the August takedown Ransomware attack on MGM Resorts costs $110 Million Cybersecurity, why a hotline number could be important?

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A ransomware attack is likely the cause of the recent downtime for TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group went down over the weekend officially due to technical issues, but some media [ 1 , 2 ] reported that it was a victim of a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Microsoft announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box.

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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 (..)

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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. The company also identified one of the perpetrators a man named Denis Malikov, involved in the development of a ZLoader component used to deliver ransomware. Zeus OpenSSL).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Thursday, March 10, Lapsus$ ransomware gang announced they’re starting to recruit insiders employed within major technology giants and ISPs, such companies include Microsoft, Apple, EA Games and IBM. Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2020

NVSC IT staff is cleaning infected systems and restoring the operations with the help of the experts from the Central State Telecommunications Center and the National Cyber ??Security Security Center. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities. since August.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. On September 2022, the Sandworm group was observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

Ransomware keeps making headlines. attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021 (61.7M). attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021 (61.7M). Although early 2023 saw a slight decline in the number of ransomware attacks, they were more sophisticated and better targeted.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. Yet, much of the media attention ransomware gets is focused on chronicling which companies fall prey to it. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

While 2017 was the year of WannaCry , NotPetya , and BadRabbit ransomware epidemics, 2018 revealed a lack of preparedness for side-channel attacks and threats related to microprocessor vulnerabilities. The most common objective of such attacks is cyberespionage and disruption of major telecommunications companies’ work.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

” reads the report published by ClearSky. “We assess this attack vector to be significant also in 2020 apparently by exploiting new vulnerabilities in VPNs and other remote systems (such as the latest one existing in Citrix).

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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 most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. The past year — a harrowing period for the world economy — culminated in the spike of cybercrime.

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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 (..)

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