Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“According to the indictment, between 2011 and July 2017, Aliaksandr Klimenka, 42, allegedly controlled BTC-e, a digital currency exchange, with Alexander Vinnik and others.” The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin had gone into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2022

OpRussia continues, less than a week after my last update Anonymous has hacked other Russian companies and leaked their data via DDoSecrets. The financial institution was hacked by Anonymous’s affiliate Network Battalion 65, one of the most active hacking groups since the beginning of the invasion. million emails (1.7

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Security experts at Pen Test Partners (PTP) discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Solution Centre (LSC) that exists since 2011. ” read the security advisory published by Lenovo. SecurityAffairs – Lenovo Solution Centre, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 284 appeared first on Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

NASA Office of Inspector General revealed that the Agency’s network was hacked in April 2018, intruders exfiltrated roughly 500 MB of data related to Mars missions. Unfortunately, this was not the first time hackers broke into JPL , it has already happened back in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017. The post NASA hacked!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

This isn’t the first incident suffered by IMF, the agency suffered a major security breach in 2011. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, International Monetary Fund)

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. Three of the defendants are said to be officers in a provincial arm of the MSS and one was an employee of a front company that was used to obfuscate the government’s role in the hacking campaigns.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The threat actors shared a portion of the stolen data with TechCrunch as proof of the hack, it includes records on current and former government officials, diplomats, and politically exposed people. Curiously, in 2011, Thomson Reuters acquired World-Check, then in October 2018, Thomson Reuters closed a deal with The Blackstone Group.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. “Phosphorus, an Iranian actor, has targeted with this scheme potential attendees of the upcoming Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) Summit in Saudi Arabia.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA). The post CISA adds 12 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog appeared first on Security Affairs. Last week, Google rolled out emergency fixes to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3075 , in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I launched Security Affairs for passion in 2011 and millions of readers walked with me. Ten years ago I launched Security Affairs, the blog over the past decade obtained important successes in the cyber security community, but the greatest one is your immense affection. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Security Affairs).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. The new versions of FinSpy spyware were used by a new unknown hacking group, Amnesty International speculates the involvement of a nation-state actor that employed them since September 2019.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

FinCEN analyzed a data set composed of 2,184 SARs filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2021 and identified 177 CVC (convertible virtual currency) wallets addresses that were used in ransomware operations associated with the above ransomware variants. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinCEN). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). million withdrawn. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2020

.” The EU agency launched this project to improve the detection of network security incidents in the EU, by: Providing an inventory of available measures and information sources; Identifying good practices; Recommending possible areas for development. 2- Report – Measures and information sources.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

million of its customers, two months after its Passenger Service System provider SITA was hacked. million of its customers, exposed data includes the personal information of customers registered between August. 26, 2011 and February. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Air India). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

The vendor also fixed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2011 , that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition to all Panorama services by sending specially crafted registration requests. . SecurityAffairs – PaloAlto Networks, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

He joined the gang in August 2011 and worked for the organization for five-and-a-half years, DoJ states that he was among the most prolific and active members of the gang. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia-linked threat actors). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the researchers who discovered the issue, the flaw was introduced in November 2011. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PHP Composer). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It has already happened in the past that the popular antivirus software has identified Chrome as a malicious code, the website The Register reported a similar problem in 2011. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Windows Defender). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. The new versions of FinSpy spyware were used by a new unknown hacking group, Amnesty International speculates the involvement of a nation-state actor that employed them since September 2019.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

The company was purchased by Intel in 2011 for more than $7.6bn. SecurityAffairs – hacking, McAfee). The post John McAfee found dead in prison cell ahead of extradition to US appeared first on Security Affairs. John McAfee was the founder of the homonym anti-virus maker and ran it until 1994, when he resigned from the company.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope , TEMP.Jumper , and Leviathan ) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT31). This week the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Across the years, the researchers found analyzed multiple backdoors and hacking tools composing the arsenal of the cyberespionage group. Researchers at company firm Symantec reportedly linked the CIA hacking tools to a number of cyber attacks launched in recent years by a threat actor the company identified as the Longhorn group. “The

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

and above 2011 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.11.0.40 SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware Workspace ONE UEM). The post VMware fixes critical SSRF flaw in Workspace ONE UEM Console appeared first on Security Affairs. and above 2105 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.5.0.37 and above 2102 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.2.0.27 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The US had sanctioned Mahan Air in 2011 for providing financial, material, or technological support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Iran’s Mahan Air). The post Iran’s Mahan Air claims it has failed a cyber attack, hackers say the opposite appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

Alexander Vinnik , a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Alexander Vinnik)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

AridViper is an Arabic speaking APT group that is active in the Middle East since at least 2011. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Arid Viper). The post PyMICROPSIA Windows malware includes checks for Linux and macOS appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

It is estimated that the cryptocurrencies stolen between January 2011 and December 2021 amount to $12.1 SecurityAffairs – hacking, crypto security breaches). The post Crypto security breaches cause $4.25 billion losses worth of cryptos in 2021 appeared first on Security Affairs. PancakeBunny, $200M .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – hacking, Alexander Vinnik). million withdrawn.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet). The post Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, KashmirBlack botnet). The post KashmirBlack, a new botnet in the threat landscape that rapidly grows appeared first on Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

.” The security breach was discovered after Mitsubishi Electric staff found a suspicious file on one of the company’s servers, further investigation allowed the company to determine that hack of an employee account. SecurityAffairs – data breach, hacking). ” reported Kyodo News. ” reported Kyodo News. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., using a new backdoor appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT35). continues IBM. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware.

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