Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

China-linked cyberespionage group LightBasin hacked mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools to access calling records. CrowdStrike researchers reported that at least 13 telecommunication companies were compromised by since 2019. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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Telecommunications Mobile Hacking Architecture 114

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

Ukrtelecom, a major mobile service and internet provider in Ukraine, foiled a “massive” cyberattack that hit its infrastructure. On March 29, 2022, a massive cyber attack caused a major internet disruption across Ukraine on national provider Ukrtelecom. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ukraine). Pierluigi Paganini.

Internet 85

Internet Internet Mobile Cyber Attacks 85

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2024

The law, known as the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act (or PSTI act), will be effective on April 29, 2024. Pierluigi Paganini Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, smart device manufacturers) ” reads the announcement published by NCSC.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

In August 2021, the ShinyHunters group claimed to have a database containing private information on roughly 70 million AT&T customers, but the company denied that they had been stolen from its systems. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

In March 2020, The Ministry of Telecommunications (MoTC) issued a directive to all operators in Myanmar with a secret list of 230 sites to be blocked due to the nature of the content; adult content and fake news. There are several aspects of the Internet blocking in Myanmar that raise questions. Circumvention of Internet blocking.

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Internet Internet Telecommunications DNS 74

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Bad news for the Australian telecommunications industry, the largest company in the country Telstra suffered a data breach. Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed a data breach through a third-party supplier. It seems that the security breach also impacted other companies. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

ShroudedSnooper threat actors are targeting telecommunication service providers in the Middle East with a backdoor called HTTPSnoop. Cisco Talos researchers recently discovered a new stealthy implant dubbed HTTPSnoop that was employed in attacks against telecommunications providers in the Middle East. ” continues the report.

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Telecommunications Internet Internet Malware 102

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The attack did not impact radio and cable TV broadcasts, while SIC’s internet streaming transmission was interrupted. The gang also targeted the South American telecommunication providers Claro and Embratel. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lapsus$ ransomware). Source TheRecord. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Media Ransomware Telecommunications Accountability 141

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Ukrainian telecommunications company provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies, including 4G (LTE) in Ukraine. The Kyivstar mobile network serves about 26 million mobile customers and more than 1 million broadband fixed internet customers in the country.

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Mobile Telecommunications Cyber Attacks Internet 88

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

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. Most insecure brands.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Ukrainian telecommunications company provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies, including 4G (LTE) in Ukraine. The Kyivstar mobile network serves about 26 million mobile customers and more than 1 million broadband fixed internet customers in the country.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

. / AS27725) including Cubacel, the cellular network operated by Cuba’s sole telecommunications company.” VPN services have yet to be blocked in the country, allowing citizens to bypass internet censorship. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cuba). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks defined the PingPull RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 13, 2021

The group also targeted a smaller subset of telecommunications firms in Africa and at least one charity organization in the Middle East. The attack chain starts with exploits for vulnerable internet-exposed systems such as web servers and management interfaces for networking equipment. .” SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT).

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Threat actors that goes online with the moniker ZeroX claim to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant end it is offering for sale it on multiple hacking forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Saudi Aramco). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JULY 14, 2022

Most of the Mantis attacks targeted organizations in the Internet & Telecommunications industry (36%), followed by News, Media & Publishing industry (15%), Gaming (12%), and Finance (10%). SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mantis). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

The Chinese APT is known to be focused on telecommunications companies operating across Asia, Europe and Africa. PingPull, was first spotted by Unit 42 in June 2022, the researchers defined the RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Additional information about the investigation conducted by Resecurity are available here : [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Dark web)

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Engineering Passwords Telecommunications Accountability 119

Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers to spy on the traffic and steal data. US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers.

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Telecommunications Authentication Passwords Accountability 96

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The APT group was first observed in the victim’s environment in June 2022, at the time the attackers deployed the Neo-REGEORG webshell on an internet-facing server. In October, researchers reported that the APT Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023.

Telecommunications 107

Telecommunications Hacking Technology Internet 107

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

The vendor addressed the issue with the release of a patch on June 28, 2022, “In addition to building security, surveillance cameras are used throughout many critical infrastructure sectors such as oil & gas, power grids, telecommunications, etc. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IP Cameras). ” concludes Nozomi.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ZLoader malware). The post Microsoft has taken legal and technical action to dismantle the Zloader botnet appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Banking Malware Telecommunications Antivirus 112

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

These DDoS attacks attempt to consume the bandwidth either within the target network/service, or between the target network/service and the rest of the Internet. One of the targets of the attacks was a major APAC-based Internet services, telecommunications and hosting provider. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS).

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DDOS Telecommunications Internet Internet 118

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

officials responsible for national security and telecommunications were meeting their peers in Britain ahead of the final decision on Huawei 5G technology. officials responsible for national security and telecommunications were meeting their peers in Britain in the attempt to convince U.K. Bronze President, hacking).

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Telecommunications Government Advertising Architecture 67

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Despite the statement, security experts believe that a cyber offensive against Iranian infrastructure is onoing. According to NetBlocks , an organization that tracks internet outages, the country suffered limited intermittent disruptions of internet connectivity. SecurityAffairs – Iran, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

.” The arrest is the result of Operation Guardian led by AFP which became aware of a number of text messages demanding some Optus customers transfer $2000 to a bank account or face their personal information being used for financial crimes. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Optus). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

LuoYu has been active since at least 2008, it focuses on targets located in China, such as foreign diplomatic organizations established in the country, members of the academic community, or companies from the defense, logistics and telecommunications sectors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LuoYu). ” concludes Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. SecurityAffairs – GALLIUM, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Telecommunications DNS Malware Advertising 67

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2022

Trend Micro addressed a DLL hijacking flaw in Trend Micro Security that a China-linked threat actor actively exploited to deploy malware. In early May, SentinelOne researchers observed a China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, targeting the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with ShadowPad and PlugX malware.

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Malware Telecommunications Internet Internet 95

Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by some Internet service providers (ISPs) in Italy and Kazakhstan to infect Android and iOS users with their spyware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RCS Labs). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Surveillance Mobile Spyware Telecommunications 110

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. SecurityAffairs – hacking, undersea cables). The post Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE are considered as national security threats. regulators declared Huawei and ZTE to be national security threats. The Chinese giant Huawei was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

Demchak and Yuval Shavitt published a paper that detailed how China Telecom has been misdirecting Internet traffic through China over the past years. The term BGP hijacking is used to indicate the illegitimate takeover of groups of IP addresses by corrupting Internet routing tables maintained using the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This means that in addition to the traditional telecommunications business, the company is increasingly attentive to sectors like the cloud, the Internet of Things and cybersecurity. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Red Team). Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 25, 2020

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. The APT41 has been active since at least 2012, it was involved in both state-sponsored espionage campaigns and financially-motivated attacks since 2014.

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Telecommunications Healthcare Education Advertising 120

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2020

Security researchers from ESET revealed that the infamous Russian hacker group known as Energetic Bear is behind the hack of two San Francisco International Airport (SFO) websites. The SFO ITT urges anyone who even visited either website using the Internet Explorer web browser to change the device’s password. Pierluigi Paganini.

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