Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2025

House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targets Canadian Telecom companies U.S.

Data breaches 60

Data breaches Ransomware Social Engineering Telecommunications 60

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Cybercrime 71

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. Yet, much of the media attention ransomware gets is focused on chronicling which companies fall prey to it. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Cybercrime 145

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

custody in exchange for Marc Fogel North Korea-linked APT Emerald Sleet is using a new tactic U.S.

Spyware 69

Spyware Firewall Artificial Intelligence Malware 69

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

On Thursday, March 10, Lapsus$ ransomware gang announced they’re starting to recruit insiders employed within major technology giants and ISPs, such companies include Microsoft, Apple, EA Games and IBM. Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T.

Hacking 98

Hacking InfoSec Telecommunications Cybercrime 98

SecureWorld News

JULY 1, 2025

officials revealed that the Chinese group Volt Typhoon had maintained undetected access to power grids, ports, and telecommunications providers for as long as five years—long enough to map every breaker, valve, and switch they might someday wish to sabotage. In February, U.S.

Social Engineering 74

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Healthcare 74

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This English-speaking collective previously served as an affiliate for ransomware group “ALPHV” and now partners with “RansomHub.” We attributed the incident with high confidence to “Scattered Spider,” an English-speaking collective acting as an affiliate for the ransomware group “RansomHub.”

Social Engineering 122

Social Engineering Accountability Engineering Backups 122

Security Boulevard

JUNE 27, 2025

Threat actor Activity HomeLand Justice Carried out destructive attacks against the Government of Albania in 2022, utilizing ransomware and disk wiping malware. Pioneer Kitten Fox Kitten UNC757 Parisite RUBIDIUM Lemon Sandstorm Br0k3r xplfinder Collaborates with ransomware groups in order to monetize access to victim networks.

Accountability 59

Accountability Passwords Authentication Energy and Utilities 59

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

According to Jay McBain, an analyst at Forrester Research, spending on IT and telecommunications will be worth about $7 trillion by 2030. The research shows that cyber threats like ransomware have become a top priority for business executives and boards of directors,” said Jon Oltsik, an analyst with ESG. Competition is fierce.

Backups 140

Backups Firewall DDOS Antivirus 140

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

A quarter were financially motivated, and three of those were linked to ransomware operations. Targeting Firewalls and IPS/IDS Appliances In the case of CVE-2022-42475, a flaw in Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL-VPN, Mandiant observed a Chinese state-sponsored group exploiting the vulnerability in late 2022.

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Firewall Internet Internet Telecommunications 105

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From a different angle, reporting from The Intercept revealed mobile surveillance capabilities available to Iran for the purposes of domestic investigations that leverage direct access to (and cooperation of) local telecommunication companies. One of the major cyber-incidents of 2022 took place early this year: the Okta hack.

Firmware 128

Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 128

Zero Day

JUNE 12, 2025

You can check your iPhone's trade-in value at one of these retailers or at a telecommunications company's authorized dealer. Features like an intact screen and a working camera greatly influence resale or trade-in values. Show more Get the morning's top stories in your inbox each day with our Tech Today newsletter.

Password Management 98

Password Management Small Business Software Retail 98

Pen Test Partners

MAY 26, 2025

iPhone prize scams, ransomware attacks that weren’t, aiding the Steele Dossier case, and even a fraudulent 14 million transfer. Project Winter Lynx Ransomware An extortion threat hit a large financial automation firm. All signs pointed to ransomware staging except for one anomaly: no encryption ever took place.

Banking 64

Banking VPN Ransomware Scams 64

Zero Day

JULY 12, 2025

You can check your iPhone's trade-in value at one of these retailers or at a telecommunications company's authorized dealer. Features like an intact screen and a working camera greatly influence resale or trade-in values. Show more Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2024.

Retail 83

Retail Artificial Intelligence Software Digital transformation 83

Zero Day

JUNE 10, 2025

You can check your iPhone's trade-in value at one of these retailers or at a telecommunications company's authorized dealer. Features like an intact screen and a working camera greatly influence resale or trade-in values. Show more Get the morning's top stories in your inbox each day with our Tech Today newsletter.

Password Management 85

Password Management Small Business Software Retail 85

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This English-speaking collective previously served as an affiliate for ransomware group “ALPHV” and now partners with “RansomHub.” We attributed the incident with high confidence to “Scattered Spider,” an English-speaking collective acting as an affiliate for the ransomware group “RansomHub.”

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Accountability Engineering Backups 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

AES encryption can be commonly found in communication protocols, virtual private network (VPN) encryption, full-disk encryption, and Wi-Fi transmission protocols. Two common examples of the use of malicious encryption include ransomware and encrypted communications with command and control servers.

Encryption 116

Encryption Passwords IoT Firewall 116

Zero Day

JUNE 25, 2025

You can check your iPhone's trade-in value at one of these retailers or at a telecommunications company's authorized dealer. Features like an intact screen and a working camera greatly influence resale or trade-in values. Show more Get the morning's top stories in your inbox each day with our Tech Today newsletter.

Password Management 68

Password Management Small Business Software Retail 68

Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2025

This represents a 34% increase over last years report and is driven in part by the zero-day exploitation of VPN and edge device vulnerabilities asset classes that traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) vendors struggle to assess effectively. CVE-2024-47575 FortiManager Missing Authentication in fgfmsd Vulnerability (FortiJump) 9.8

Energy and Utilities 59

Energy and Utilities Authentication Data breaches VPN 59

Zero Day

JUNE 9, 2025

You can check your iPhone's trade-in value at one of these retailers or at a telecommunications company's authorized dealer. Features like an intact screen and a working camera greatly influence resale or trade-in values. Show more Get the morning's top stories in your inbox each day with our Tech Today newsletter.

Password Management 63

Password Management Small Business Software Retail 63

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. Also read : Cybersecurity Outlook 2022: Third-Party, Ransomware, and AI Attacks Will Get Worse. Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 130

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. Group-IB: The ransomware plague cost the world over $1 billion. Late 2019 and all of 2020 were marked by an unprecedented surge in ransomware attacks. The past year — a harrowing period for the world economy — culminated in the spike of cybercrime.

Banking 143

Banking Ransomware Phishing Manufacturing 143

Security Boulevard

MARCH 15, 2022

Lapsus$: The New Name in Ransomware Gangs. According to The Record , the largest media conglomerate in Portugal, Impresa, was a target of the Lapsus$ ransomware over the New Year holiday break. Other targets include Brazil’s Ministry of Health (MoH) and Brazilian telecommunications operator Claro. brooke.crothers. UTM Medium.

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Ransomware Telecommunications Firmware Media 128

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to the same article, another such attack took place in the late 1990s when the American military attacked a Serbian telecommunications network. On the very first day of the conflict (February 24, 2022), a massive wave of indiscriminate pseudo-ransomware and wiper attacks hit Ukrainian entities.

DDOS 145

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 145

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Check Point has also observed the sharing of open VPN servers for the purpose of bypassing censorship, as Iran has limited the use of internet and social media. Check Point Research reports that key activities include leaking and selling government officials' phone numbers and emails, as well as maps of "sensitive locations.".

Government 98

Government Telecommunications Encryption Internet 98

SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

To prevent attacks via RDP, it is recommended to hide RDP servers behind a VPN or disable UDP port 3389. That said, a VPN is no panacea if it too is vulnerable to amplification attacks. In Q1 2021, for instance, attackers went after Powerhouse VPN servers. On the whole, the quarter was rich in media-reported DDoS attacks.

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DDOS Cryptocurrency Media Marketing 140

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

Kaspersky has been following the ransomware landscape for years. In the past, we’ve published yearly reports on the subject: PC ransomware in 2014-2016 , Ransomware in 2016-2017 , and Ransomware and malicious crypto miners in 2016-2018. Was ransomware, in fact, a dying species of malware? What was happening?

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Ransomware Mobile Malware Encryption 141

Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

  How the moratorium works Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)  is a $42-billion program run by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that helps states build infrastructure to expand high-speed internet access.

Internet 98

Internet Internet Artificial Intelligence Password Management 98

Zero Day

JULY 1, 2025

" Previous proposals withheld internet funds  Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) is a $42-billion program run by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that helps states build infrastructure to expand high-speed internet access.

Artificial Intelligence 81

Artificial Intelligence Password Management Energy and Utilities Internet 81