Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Russia’s internet watchdog, ‘Roskomnadzor’, has announced the ban of other VPN products, 15 VPN services are now illegal in Russia. Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor tightens the control over the Internet and blocked access to six more VPN services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VPN services). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In August 2020, mass anti-government protests erupted in Belarus against the re-election of the president Alexander Lukashenko and the arrest of opposition political candidates. The Internet was shutdown several days and more than 80 websites, most of them news and political sites, were blocked. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Internet).

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

NetBlocks reported partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021 shortly after Cubans went to the streets to protest the government. The move to limit the access online to Cubans aims at blocking citizens from sharing information about the situation within the country. Source Fox News.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

government announced up to a $10 million bounty for information linking the Clop ransomware gang to a foreign government. The US goverment is offering up to a $10 million bounty for information linking CL0P Ransomware Gang or any other threat actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure to a foreign government.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2021

A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack shut down Belgiums’ government websites, internal networks were also impacted. A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack hit most of the Belgium government ’s IT network, according to the media the attack also knocked offline internal systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2023

Researchers at Censys have identified hundreds of devices deployed within federal networks that have internet-exposed management interfaces. The experts focused on roughly 1,300 of these hosts that were accessible online and discovered hundreds of devices with management interfaces exposed to the public internet. ” states CISA.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. Russia will ban Instagram, the decision was announced by Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2022

Anonymous hacked into the most popular Russian streaming services to broadcast war footage from Ukraine. JUST IN: The hacking collective #Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from #Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

The security breach took place on on May 14, and the institute discovered it only on May 31, then the research institute reported the incident to the government and launched an investigation. The investigation into the intrusion revealed the involvement of 13 internet addresses including one traced to the Kimsuky APt group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I transcribed a recent interview, here some questions and answers about nation-state hacking, spyware, and cyber warfare. Enjoy” How has spyware changed the rules of cyber security in recent years? What will cyber security look like now that those tools are all over the internet?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) recently made a statement accusing the United States National Security Agency (NSA) of repeatedly hacking the Northwestern Polytechnical University, a key public military research university located in Xi'an, China. TAO is a tactical implementation unit of the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. The fact that there are so many different APIs is the main challenge for enterprises when it comes to API security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

The Anonymous collective hacked the Russian investment firm Thozis Corp, but it’s a mystery the attack against the Russian Civil Aviation Authority Rosaviatsia. The popular collective claims to have hacked the Russian investment firm Thozis Corp, which is owned by the oligarch Zakhar Smushkin. . ” states DDoSecrets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

They aim to exploit modular, internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS), targeting software components like human machine interfaces (HMIs). The government agencies urge OT operators in critical infrastructure sectors to implement a set of mitigations provided in the advisory. ” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2023

Rubrik Onex Axis Bank Rio Tinto Investissement Québec Hitachi Energy Sans Fifth Avenue Procter and Gamble Pension Protection… pic.twitter.com/XeXFnQRRbc — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) March 23, 2023 The news of the hack was also confirmed by BleepingComputer which reached a spokesperson for the City of Toronto.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

DarkHotel nation-state actor is exploiting a VPN zero -day to breach Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai. Chinese security-firm Qihoo 360 has uncovered a hacking campaign conducted by a DarkHotel APT group (APT-C-06) aimed at Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai. are vulnerable.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Due to continued efforts in brand protection for many clients in the Middle East, Resecurity has effectively blocked over 320 fraudulent resources that were impersonating key logistics providers and e-government services.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in the country vulnerable to critical flaws. “Around 45,000 Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany can currently be accessed from the Internet without restrictions. ” reads the alert published by the BSI.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2020

Slovak police seized wiretapping devices connected to Govnet government network and arrested four individuals, including the head of a government agency. GOVNET is a network that interconnects different Slovak government agencies. ” reads a post published by the Dennikn website. The news site Aktuality.sk

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

While Twitter suspends some Anonymous accounts, the collective hacked All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). MESSAGE FROM #ANONYMOUS RABBIT: "People shouldn't be afraid of their government, governments should be afraid of their people." SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ukraine).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Players hacked during the matches of Apex Legends Global Series. surfaces in the threat landscape Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Last week, network data from the Internet observatory NetBlocks detailed a near-total disruption to internet service in parts of Kurdistan in Iran from the evening of Monday 19 September 2022. Then the Iranian government shut down the mobile networks in the country. Dear Iran, you shut down internet.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2019

Bad news for citizens of Kazakhstan, the government is beginning to intercept all the encrypted traffic, and to do it, it is forcing them to install a certificate. The Kazakhstan government is beginning to intercept all the encrypted traffic and to do it is forcing users in the country to install a certificate. ” states Tele2.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Most of the victims were in Vietnam, the group focuses on foreign government organizations of countries in Southeast Asia. . For instance, it could be easier to manage and control, while at the same time the C&C IPs wouldn’t be flagged as suspicious, as they would be part of the same regional internet infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Numerous strains of this destructive code have been the front-page news in global computer security chronicles for almost a decade now, with jaw-dropping ups and dramatic downs accompanying its progress. In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

His talk was nostalgic, reflecting on the 40+ years of computer hacking. Moss also said that all hacking is not infosec and that all infosec is not hacking. “Hacking can provide a lot of joy and absolutely no income. But hacking, not so much. Where with infosec the goal is to produce income. It’s a job.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2021

According to coordinated reports published by FireEye and Pulse Secure , two hacking groups have exploited a new zero-day vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN equipment to break into the networks of US defense contractors and government organizations worldwide. SecurityAffairs – hacking, China).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The number of internet-facing cameras in the world is growing exponentially. Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. New research by Cybernews shows an exponential rise in the uptake of internet-facing cameras. Surge in internet-facing cameras.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

There are several aspects of the Internet blocking in Myanmar that raise questions. Internet blocking is normally requested by the Ministry of Transport and Communication, but in order to force operators to implement the blocking, a legal decree is required. Circumvention of Internet blocking. Blocking without accountability.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

The group targets government entities, Kurdish (political) groups like PKK, telecommunication, ISPs, IT-service providers (including security companies), NGO, and Media & Entertainment sectors; Over the years, the group enhanced its evasion capabilities. . Reduce the number of systems that can be reached over internet using SSH.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2019

The governments of Germany and The Netherlands agreed to build the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking). Government officials from Germany and the Netherlands signed an agreement for the building of the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

This week the Anonymous hacker collective claims to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and stole accessed 35,000 documents. Anonymous hacks Russia's Central Bank and more than 35,000 files will be exposed in 48 hours. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Central Bank of Russia). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A new threat actor tracked as TA2101 is conducting malware campaigns using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy. Another campaign observed by ProofPoint aimed at German users impersonating the German internet service provider 1&1 Internet AG. SecurityAffairs – TA2101, hacking).

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