Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers: The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

IT Army of Ukraine hacktivists have temporarily disrupted internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by Russia. Ukrainian hacktivists belonging to the IT Army of Ukraine group have temporarily disabled internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by the Russian army.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

“The US government’s continued investigation into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting of commercial telecommunications infrastructure has revealed a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.” The Chinese APT focuses on government entities and telecommunications companies in Southeast Asia. and around the globe.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These include scrutinizing network device configurations, implementing advanced monitoring solutions, and restricting internet exposure of management traffic. Experts suspect the state-sponsored hackers have gathered extensive internet traffic and potentially compromised sensitive data. ” reads the joint advisory.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s main provider of telecommunication services, says that it’s been the target of a ‘powerful hacker attack’. The attack left customers without mobile or internet signal and caused the air raid sirens in the northeastern city of Sumy to malfunction as a result of the outage.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2025

Over 40,000 internet-exposed security cameras worldwide are vulnerable to remote hacking, posing serious privacy and security risks. Bitsight scanned the internet and identified over 40,000 exposed HTTP- and RTSP-based cameras, capturing live screenshots. RTSP is popular in professional surveillance for low-latency streaming.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

. “The US government’s continued investigation into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting of commercial telecommunications infrastructure has revealed a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.” ” reads the joint statement issued by CISA and FBI. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 9, 2023

Category Awareness, News, Case Study As one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, telecommunication has become a highly vulnerable target for cybersecurity threats. In short, telecommunications (telecom) is a fundamental and critical component of our global infrastructure. Read more of the ACT

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Telecommunications IoT Firewall Encryption 94

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Atlantic Council has published a report on securing the Internet of Things: “Security in the Billions: Toward a Multinational Strategy to Better Secure the IoT Ecosystem.”

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A new regulation coming in the form of an amendment in the Telecommunications Act of Germany could radically change the relationship between consumers and internet service providers. [.].

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

. “The US government’s continued investigation into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting of commercial telecommunications infrastructure has revealed a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.” ” reads the joint statement issued by CISA and FBI. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2020

A power outage and fluctuations in supply across Venezuela 1 March 2020, knocked out approximately 35% of the country’s telecommunications infrastructure. Confirmed: A major power outage has knocked out internet connectivity in large parts of #Venezuela ; real-time network data show 35% fall in national connectivity from 5:45 p.m.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. To execute this action, Microsoft formed an international group of industry and telecommunications providers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2023

Researchers reported that China-linked hackers targeted telecommunication providers in the Middle East in the first quarter of 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, SentinelLabs researchers spotted the initial phases of attacks against telecommunication providers in the Middle East. ” reads the report published by SentinelLabs.

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Telecommunications Malware Mobile Hacking 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, which recently compromised multiple U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“Do NOT conduct CFPB work using mobile voice calls or text messages,” reads the email sent to the employees referencing a recent government statement acknowledging the telecommunications infrastructure attack. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 9, 2019

The researchers found the hackers got into one of the cell networks by exploiting a vulnerability on an internet-connected web server to gain a foothold onto the provider's internal network. The attack was aiming to obtain CDR records of a large telecommunications provider.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

“Like the entire telecommunications industry, T-Mobile has been closely monitoring ongoing reports about a series of highly coordinated cyberattacks by bad actors known as “Salt Typhoon” that are reported to be linked to Chinese state-sponsored operations. ” reads the report published by the telecommunications company.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

A massive DDoS hit New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator isolating parts of the country from the Internet. A massive DDoS hit Vocus ISP, New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator, isolating parts of the country from the Internet. “This afternoon our network was impacted by a DDoS attack.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sea Turtle Turkish state-backed group changed to focus on internet service providers (ISPs), telcos, media, and Kurdish websites. Their goal is to collect economic and political intelligence […] The post Sea Turtle Hackers Spy on Dutch ISPs and Telecommunication Companies appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Telecommunications DNS Media Internet 94

Schneier on Security

MAY 2, 2024

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (PSTI) introduces new minimum-security standards for manufacturers, and demands that these companies are open with consumers about how long their products will receive security updates for. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted.

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Passwords IoT Manufacturing Telecommunications 334

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. telecommunications companies to gain access to internal company tools. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A court in Virginia granted Microsoft control over many Internet servers Trickbot uses to plunder infected systems, based on novel claims that the crime machine abused the software giant’s trademarks. Microsoft Corp. However, it appears the operation has not completely disabled the botnet. Image: Microsoft.

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Healthcare Ransomware Internet Internet 362

Krebs on Security

MARCH 16, 2021

Most large and legacy telecommunications providers validate transfer requests related to their customers by consulting NPAC , or the Number Portability Administration Center. NetNumber developed its own proprietary system for mapping telecommunications providers that is used by Sakari and an entire industry of similar firms.

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Telecommunications Mobile Accountability Wireless 363

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Speaking to Reuters , a senior US official said the attack telecommunications infrastructure was broad and that the hacking was still ongoing. During transit the message remains encrypted the entire time it is moving across the internet. What that means is only the person sending it and the person receiving it can read it.

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Encryption Identity Theft Media Telecommunications 143

Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Ukraine has seen internet outages this week following renewed missile attacks from Russian forces. With a combination of power cuts and DDoS attacks knocking out telecommunications systems, internet availibility suffered a 35% dip. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Internet Internet Telecommunications DDOS 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet-service providers in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2024

The telecom sector, which includes the telephones, internet, cables, and aircraft, are the backbone of global connectivity, allowing each private and industrial communications across several systems. The region which includes […] The post Cyber Attack on Telecommunications Company appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.

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Telecommunications Cyber Attacks Internet Internet 72

The State of Security

APRIL 19, 2022

Telecommunication is the first, and most robust network ever invented. Prior to the invention and development of the internet, what other way could a person pick up a device, and “dial” a few numbers and […]… Read More. The post What Makes Telecommunication Companies Such a Fertile Ground for Attack?

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Telecommunications Internet Internet 76

WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership.

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Internet Internet Telecommunications 99

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Large-scale attacks are threatening the global Internet infrastructure, the alarm was launched by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). After an emergency meeting, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) confirmed that the global Internet infrastructure is facing large-scale attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

Arkana Security, a new ransomware group, claims to have breached the telecommunications provider WideOpenWest (WOW!). is a US-based telecommunications company that provides broadband internet, cable TV, and phone services. a leading Internet Service Provider with over 1.5 stealing customer data. WideOpenWest (WOW!)

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Hacking Telecommunications Data breaches Internet 79

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 113

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, which recently compromised multiple U.S.

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Cybersecurity Telecommunications Government Healthcare 98

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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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 8, 2022

has announced exemptions on previously imposed sanctions on Russia related to telecommunications and internet-based communications, likely to prevent Russians from being isolated from Western news sources. [.]. Today, the U.S.

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