Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

National Security Agency (NSA) admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to monitor Americans’ activity online without a court order. released documents that confirmed the National Security Agency (NSA) buys Americans’ internet browsing records without a court order. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. government has used court orders to remotely disinfect systems compromised with malware. Today’s operation is not the first time the U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The Government of Bermuda believes that the recent cyberattack against its IT infrastructure was launched by Russian threat actors. This week a cyber attack hit the Government of Bermuda causing the interruption of internet/email and phone services. The attack impacted all the government departments. ” said Burt.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. Both are alleged to be part of a larger criminal organization that specializes in using fake emergency data requests from compromised police and government email accounts to publicly threaten and extort their victims. .” federal government portal without authorization.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. ” On Feb.

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Javvad Malik

JULY 20, 2023

The Internet is a treacherous playground, and wouldn’t you know it, Google, the wise old seer of the digital realm, is suggesting that its employees disconnect from the very beast they helped create. So naturally, Google’s answer to this madness is to keep these digital warriors off the internet entirely.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). The military intelligence service said that the hack was the result of a successful special operation on the territory of Russia. At the same time, the Russian IT company Office.ed-it.ru,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

While the Russian army is conducting coordinated missile and drone strikes in Ukraine experts observed Internet disruptions in the country. Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported widespread Internet disruptions in the country as a result of the attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ukraine). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Iran comes under cyber-attack again, a massive offensive brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet. Iran infrastructures are under attack, a massive cyberattack brought down a large portion of the Iranian access to the Internet, according to the experts the national connectivity fell to 75%.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2023

Clop, the Russia-based ransomware gang that executed the MOVEit-Zellis supply chain hack, has commenced making extortion demands of some big name U.S. Related: Supply-chain hack ultimatum The nefarious Clop gang initially compromised MOVEit, which provided them a beachhead to gain access to Zellis, a UK-based supplier of payroll services.

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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. VPN services have yet to be blocked in the country, allowing citizens to bypass internet censorship. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cuba). Source Fox News.

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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

JUNE 6, 2022

Following the attacks of the Killnet Collective, the group responsible for the attacks against major government resources and law enforcement, a new group has been identified called “Cyber Spetsnaz”. The actor shared a list of NATO resources and a comprehensive Excel file. On June 2nd, the group created a new division called “Sparta”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A Distributed Denial of Service attack shortly known as DDoS resulted in the disruption of internet services across New Zealand leading to shut down or temporary closure of businesses from afternoon today, i.e. September 3rd,2021. But also to keep themselves entertain with their favorite content.

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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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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

As the dust settles following the recently disclosed hack of NewsCorp , important lessons are emerging for the cybersecurity and journalism communities. The Chinese government is well known for its censorship– and frequent harassment and intimidation of foreign journalists. Related: How China challenged Google in Operation Aurora.

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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. critical infrastructure to a foreign government. critical infrastructure to a foreign government? The bounty is covered by the U.S. Send us a tip. You could be eligible for a reward.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 14, 2020

government instructed all of its civilian agencies to immediately shut off various popular network and system management products being exploited as part of an ongoing cyberattack. Note: Classified networks are not connected to the Internet and their contents are likely to have remained secure.).

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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

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

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

APRIL 27, 2020

The Israeli government has issued an alert to organizations in the water sector following a series of cyberattacks that targeted the water facilities. ” reads the alert issued by the Israeli government. SecurityAffairs – water facilities, hacking). Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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.] us , a site unabashedly dedicated to helping people hack email and online gaming accounts. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. pleaded guilty to running LeakedSource[.]com

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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 Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of worldwide organizations are newly hacked via holes in Microsoft’s email software per a Krebs on Security article posted March 5, 2021. “At If your organization runs an [Outlook Web Access] OWA server exposed to the internet, assume compromise between 02/26-03/03.".

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of worldwide organizations are newly hacked via holes in Microsoft’s email software per a Krebs on Security article posted March 5, 2021. “At If your organization runs an [Outlook Web Access] OWA server exposed to the internet, assume compromise between 02/26-03/03.".

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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. What will cyber security look like now that those tools are all over the internet? Spyware are powerful weapons in the arsenal of governments and cybercrime gangs.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. A Safer Internet of Things. The post The Internet of Things Is Everywhere.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

How did America and Americans regress to being much less secure than before the Internet? Everyone knows the many amazing conveniences, benefits, and advances the Internet has enabled. The internet was designed that way.” A recent Council on Foreign Relations report confronts this irrational Internet utopianism. “

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A series of internal CIA documents released Tuesday by WikiLeaks serve as a reminder that any computer, smartphone or other devices connected to the internet is vulnerable to compromise. Highlights of the program include hacks developed to access Apple Inc iPhones, Google Inc Android devices and Samsung TVs.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

The threat actor, which has targeted high-profile organizations in Asia and Europe, often breaks into organizations by hacking into internet-facing Microsoft Exchange servers, following up with a multi-stage infection chain that deploys two custom malware programs. "We

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. commercial and government interests.

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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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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

Related: What we’ve learned from the massive breach of Capitol At RSA 2020 , I learned about how one of the routine daily chores all large organizations perform — data governance — has started to emerge as something of a cybersecurity multiplier. A robust data archiving strategy puts data into tiers, Lahiri says.

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