Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure. Threat actors leverage VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure, to breach into the target networks.

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VPN Advertising Healthcare Data breaches 91

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services.

VPN 116

VPN Accountability Firewall Data breaches 116

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

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Data breaches 107

Data breaches Small Business Hacking Malware 107

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to.

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Passwords Security Awareness Data breaches Cybersecurity 214

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The threat actor compromised network administrator credentials through the account of a former employee that was used to successfully authenticate to an internal virtual private network (VPN) access point. The government organization also hosts its sensitive data on an Azure environment which was not accessed by the attackers.

Government 135

Government VPN Accountability Authentication 135

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Malware 103

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

VPN 113

VPN Cybercrime Ransomware Hacking 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server.

Hacking 123

Hacking VPN Ransomware Cybercrime 123

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now includes credentials for 441K accounts that were stolen by RedLine malware. The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now allows victims of the RedLine malware to check if their credentials have been stolen.

Accountability 138

Accountability Malware Data breaches Passwords 138

Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

DepositFiles’ clients are at risk of their personally identifiable information, files, and passwords being stolen. This would make it extremely complicated for the company to inform its clients about a data breach or to warn them of malware attacks,” researchers said. What DepositFiles data was exposed?

Data breaches 94

Data breaches VPN Media Passwords 94

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

HAR files can also contain sensitive data, including cookies and session tokens, that malicious actors can use to impersonate valid users.” ” reads data breach notification published by the company. Please note that the majority of the indicators are commercial VPN nodes according to our enrichment information.”

Social Engineering 121

Social Engineering Data breaches Authentication VPN 121

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.

Artificial Intelligence 103

Artificial Intelligence VPN Hacking Firewall 103

SecureList

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Every year is abundant with major data leaks, biggest data breaches and hacks drawing massive media attention (such as Medibank and Optus data breach, Twitter data breach, and Uber and Rockstar compromise in 2022 and in T-Mobile , MailChimp and OpenAI in 2023). And what you should do with it?

Data breaches 93

Data breaches Accountability Telecommunications Malware 93

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

” The ransomware attack reported in late 2023, targeted organizations’ networks using poorly secured VPN gateway on Cisco ASA or FTD devices. The attackers exploited the vulnerability CVE-2023-20269 in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD).

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Backups VPN Authentication 116

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Google fixed the ninth actively exploited Chrome zeroday this year A new Linux flaw can be chained with other two bugs to gain full root privileges Attack of drones: airborne cybersecurity nightmare Cuba Ransomware received over $60M in Ransom payments as of August 2022 Android Keyboard Apps with 2 Million downloads can remotely hack your device New (..)

Spyware 96

Spyware Data breaches VPN Hacking 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

Ivanti fixed a critical code execution issue in Pulse Connect Secure VPN RansomEXX ransomware leaks files stolen from Italian luxury brand Zegna VMware addresses critical flaws in its products CVE-2021-20090 actively exploited to target millions of IoT devices worldwide RansomEXX ransomware hit computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE.

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VPN Ransomware Manufacturing IoT 100

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2021

HackerOne announces first bug hunter to earn more than $2M in bug bounties SolarWinds releases updated advisory for SUPERNOVA backdoor Vermont Hospital confirmed the ransomware attack E-commerce app 21 Buttons exposes millions of users data Finland confirms that hackers breached MPs emails accounts Multi-platform card skimmer targets Shopify, BigCommerce, (..)

Data breaches 99

Data breaches Mobile VPN Firewall 99

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2022

years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M Samba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities Former Twitter employee sentenced to 3.5

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Hacking DDOS VPN 96

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

New Device Fingerprint Spoofing Tool Available in Dark Web The source code of the Paradise Ransomware was leaked on XSS hacking forum Fujifilm restores operations after recent ransomware attack Cyberium malware-hosting domain employed in multiple Mirai variants campaigns A flaw in Peloton Bike+ could allow hackers to control it An international joint (..)

Data breaches 103

Data breaches DDOS Small Business Ransomware 103

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

” The ransomware attack reported in late 2023, targeted organizations’ networks using poorly secured VPN gateway on Cisco ASA or FTD devices. The attackers exploited the vulnerability CVE-2023-20269 in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD).

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Backups VPN Authentication 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Sending such information through normal communication channels like email is a bad idea since there have been multiple cases of data breaches. And that is why we need to make our communication channels secure. Just select the right app, create a secure channel, and you are good to go. IRC Channels.

VPN 107

VPN Passwords Encryption Mobile 107

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online Romanians arrested for running underground malware services Threat actor shared a list of 49,577 IPs vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance (..)

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Social Engineering Ransomware Malware 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Even with high-level security measures, no one is safe from such threats. That is why most companies hire professional information security services to mitigate the risks arising from data breaches. Thus, it would be best if you secured all networks by incorporating firewalls and advanced encryption technology.

Cybersecurity 90

Cybersecurity Data breaches Backups Firewall 90

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2023

The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M

Data breaches 95

Data breaches Retail Malware VPN 95

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The crew has published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the systems at the company. The news was also confirmed by the experts at the data breach notification service Under the Breach. pic.twitter.com/0gykQl53Ft — Under the Breach (@underthebreach) April 23, 2020.

Software 105

Software Ransomware VPN Advertising 105

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Cloud hosting provider Swiss Cloud suffered a ransomware attack Hacking a Tesla Model X with a DJI Mavic 2 drone equipped with a WIFI dongle WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of Americans Expert released PoC exploit for Microsoft Exchange flaw Most Common (..)

Data breaches 94

Data breaches DDOS VPN Hacking 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

Some of the images published by the threat actors appear to be related to the company’s customer data. The company is investigating claims of a data breach which, if confirmed, could pose serious risks to the customers of the company. “We will provide updates as more information becomes available.”

Telecommunications 89

Telecommunications Data breaches VPN Hacking 89

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

Businesses must ensure that these entities understand and respect the consumers’ data rights and do not use the data in any manner inconsistent with the purpose for which it was originally collected. Data breaches and other threats. The culprit gained access to sensitive data of 11.9 Privacy Violations.

Data collection 91

Data collection Data breaches VPN Risk 91

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

At the time of the attack, the ransomware operators published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the systems at the company. The news was also confirmed by the experts at the data breach notification service Under the Breach. and Elexon electrical middleman.

Ransomware 67

Ransomware VPN Banking Data breaches 67

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Threat actors exploit a flaw in Coinbase 2FA to steal user funds Flubot Android banking Trojan spreads via fake security updates Th Tim’s RED Team Research reports 3 new CVEs, two of which in 4G/5G Baby died at Alabama Springhill Medical Center due to cyber attack Hydra Android trojan campaign targets customers of European banks Neiman Marcus discloses (..)

Banking 52

Banking Data breaches Malware VPN 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Hive ransomware gang, which claimed the responsibility for the Tata Power data breach, started leaking data. Threat actors hit the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of the company. The company confirmed that the security breach impacted “some of its IT systems.”. key files.

Ransomware 94

Ransomware Data breaches Cyber Attacks Engineering 94

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

At the end of the year, gaming giant SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket, cybersecurity firm VPN Overview reported. ” reads the report published by VPN Overview. in SEGA’s name. Several popular SEGA websites and CDNs were affected.”

VPN 131

VPN Malware Passwords Hacking 131

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

. “In addition to showing results matched to the personal info you added to your monitoring profile, dark web report will also show you other related info that may be found in those data breaches. Google also announced the availability of VPN access for all Google One plans. We are in the final!

Marketing 97

Marketing Accountability VPN Data breaches 97

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Upon achieving an MFA push acceptance, the attacker had access to the VPN in the context of the targeted user. The attacker ultimately succeeded in achieving an MFA push acceptance, granting them access to VPN in the context of the targeted user. .

Ransomware 104

Ransomware VPN Authentication Phishing 104

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The drug testing firm Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD (HMR), which performs live trials of Coronavirus vaccines, discloses a data breach. ” reads the data breach notification published by the company. The research firm revealed that many of the government IDs exposed in the data breach have since expired.

Ransomware 104

Ransomware Data breaches Healthcare Advertising 104

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email server GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app Intel and AMD address high severity vulnerabilities in products and drivers New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed (..)

Spyware 53

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Retail 53

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

” reads the data breach notification published by the company. “At this time, we strongly believe that the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and do not have any evidence that customer or employee data was accessed or exfiltrated, nor do we believe our clients’ networks were impacted.”

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Cyber Attacks Data breaches Advertising Ransomware 120