Bleeping Computer

MARCH 15, 2024

A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts. [.]

Telecommunications 144

Telecommunications Accountability Hacking 144

Schneier on Security

JULY 3, 2020

French police hacked EncroChat secure phones, which are widely used by criminals: Encrochat's phones are essentially modified Android devices, with some models using the "BQ Aquaris X2," an Android handset released in 2018 by a Spanish electronics company, according to the leaked documents. Lots of details about the hack in the article.

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Hacking Telecommunications Encryption Firewall 331

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The press is reporting a massive hack of US government networks by sophisticated Russian hackers. Officials said a hunt was on to determine if other parts of the government had been affected by what looked to be one of the most sophisticated, and perhaps among the largest, attacks on federal systems in the past five years.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 1, 2022

In addition to the government, military, banking, and telecommunications sectors, Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat organization that has been known to target a wide range of businesses. The post Deep Panda Hacking Group Is Targeting VMware Horizon Servers appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

In each incident, the intruders have left behind a “web shell,” an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser. organizations, including banks, credit unions, non-profits, telecommunications providers, public utilities and police, fire and rescue units.

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Hacking Software Government Internet 363

Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A fresh espionage hacking effort targeting Middle Eastern and Asian telecommunications and IT service companies was recently discovered. The post Espionage Hacking Campaign Is Targeting Telecom Operators appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Hacking Telecommunications Phishing Cybersecurity 87

Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The state-sponsored Russian hacking group tracked as 'Sandworm' has compromised eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023. [.]

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Telecommunications Hacking 119

Heimadal Security

JUNE 8, 2022

An advisory recently published by multiple US federal agencies shows that Chinese state-backed cybercriminals have attacked and impacted important telecommunications organizations and network service providers in order to snatch credentials and collect sensitive data.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A group of hackers that security researchers call LightBasin has been compromising mobile telecommunication systems across the world for the past five years. [.].

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Telecommunications Hacking Mobile 136

Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A Chinese cyber-espionage hacking group tracked as Budworm has been observed targeting a telecommunication firm in the Middle East and a government entity in Asia using a new variant of its custom 'SysUpdate' backdoor. [.]

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Telecommunications Malware Government Hacking 112

Bleeping Computer

MAY 15, 2023

A new APT hacking group dubbed Lancefly uses a custom 'Merdoor' backdoor malware to target government, aviation, and telecommunication organizations in South and Southeast Asia. [.]

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Malware Telecommunications Government Hacking 121

Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

A previously unknown threat actor that researchers have named 'Metador' has been breaching telecommunications, internet services providers (ISPs), and universities for about two years. [.].

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Telecommunications Hacking Internet Internet 100

Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Researchers have spotted a new espionage campaign targeting telecommunication and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia. [.].

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Telecommunications Hacking 119

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a tale as old as the computer, China has once again pointed fingers at the United States, accusing it of hacking into one of its technology companies. At the forefront of this rivalry stands Huawei, a prominent Chinese telecommunications company. Of course, this comes about a month after the U.S.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 10, 2022

The Iranian Lycaeum APT hacking group uses a new.NET-based DNS backdoor to conduct attacks on companies in the energy and telecommunication sectors. [.].

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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 105

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Microsoft is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ hacking group breached its internal Azure DevOps source code repositories. Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2023

AT&T is warning some of its customers that some of their information was exposed after the hack of a third-party vendor’s system. AT&T is notifying millions of customers that some of their information was exposed after a third-party vendor was hacked. ”​ Exposed data don’t include financial information (i.e.

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Data breaches Hacking Wireless Telecommunications 86

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

After the invasion of the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian telecommunications infrastructure was disable by Russian soldiers. Telecommunication infrastructure and internet services are critical infrastructure and were targeted by both Russian and Ukrainian threat actors. reads the advisory published by the CERT-UA.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

ShinyHunters is a popular hacking crew that is known to have offered for sale data stolen from tens of major organizations, including Tokopedia , Homechef , Chatbooks.com , Microsoft , and Minted. ” reads a statement published by the telecommunication giant.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Cybercrime Hacking 125

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

China-linked APT41 group is targeting telecommunications companies with a new piece of malware used to spy on text messages of highly targeted individuals. The experts found the MessageTap backdoor installed on a Linux-based Short Message Service Center (SMSC) server belonging to an unnamed telecommunications company.

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Telecommunications Malware Mobile Advertising 49

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

No details about the hack. I’ve never heard of the company. It could be nothing. It could be a national intelligence service looking for information.

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Hacking Telecommunications Mobile Data breaches 54

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). The post SFO discloses data breach following the hack of 2 of its websites appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A financially motivated threat actor is hacking telecommunication service providers and business process outsourcing firms, actively reversing defensive mitigations applied when the breach is detected. [.].

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Telecommunications Hacking 100

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Australian telecommunications provider Tangerine disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 230,000 individuals. The telecommunications provider pointed out that no financial information (credit or debit card numbers, banking details) has been compromised.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Banking Mobile 85

Bleeping Computer

MARCH 16, 2023

An advanced hacking group named 'Winter Vivern' targets European government organizations and telecommunication service providers to conduct espionage. [.]

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Antivirus Telecommunications Malware Government 84

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn confirmed the hack of some EU agencies as result of the SolarWinds supply chain attack in a response to a question filed by an EU Parliament member in February 2021. The hack allowed the threat actors to spy on the internal email traffic. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hacking Software Telecommunications Cyber Attacks 109

Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A threat group that researchers call OPERA1ER has stolen at least $11 million from banks and telecommunication service providers in Africa using off-the-shelf hacking tools. [.].

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Banking Telecommunications Hacking 99

Dark Reading

MAY 21, 2020

The shift of moving telecommunications networks toward more commercial networking equipment and systems also expanded their attack surface.

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Telecommunications Hacking 100

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

ShinyHunters is a popular hacking crew that is known to have offered for sale data stolen from tens of major organizations, including Tokopedia , Homechef , Chatbooks.com , Microsoft , and Minted. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach)

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Data breaches Telecommunications Identity Theft Hacking 91

The Hacker News

JULY 18, 2023

An unidentified threat actor compromised an application used by multiple entities in Pakistan to deliver ShadowPad, a successor to the PlugX backdoor that's commonly associated with Chinese hacking crews. Targets included a Pakistan government entity, a public sector bank, and a telecommunications provider, according to Trend Micro.

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Telecommunications Malware Banking Government 88

WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive.

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Telecommunications Hacking 129

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Nation-state actors, allegedly Russia-linked hacked, have compromised the networks of several US government agencies, including the US Treasury, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The hack allowed the threat actors to spy on the internal email traffic.

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Software Hacking Telecommunications Government 120

Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Sandworm has been observed masquerading as telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. [.].

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Malware Telecommunications Hacking 88

The Hacker News

APRIL 20, 2023

Telecommunication services providers in Africa are the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-linked threat actor at least since November 2022. The intrusions have been pinned on a hacking crew tracked by Symantec as Daggerfly, and which is also tracked by the broader cybersecurity community as Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda.

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Telecommunications Hacking Cybersecurity 88

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Some webshell paths that @Volexity identified were used in targeted (likely #APT ) exploitation of key organizations in government, telecommunications, and IT, predominantly in Asia; others were used in massive worldwide #exploitation. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zimbra). #volexintel 1/4 — Volexity (@Volexity) October 13, 2022.

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Hacking Antivirus Telecommunications Engineering 108

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A new technical report published by Group-IB reveals that OPERA1ER, a French-speaking hacking group has stolen at least $11 million and successfully carried out over 30 attacks against banks, financial services, and telecommunications companies in Africa. The attackers have set up a large network to withdraw stolen cash.

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Banking Telecommunications Financial Services Hacking 98