Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

A Russian hacking group may be responsible for a cyber attack against a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas that led to its explosion on June 8. Experts speculate a cyber attack may have turned off the industrial safety controls at the natural gas facility. SecurityAffairs – hacking, liquefied natural gas plant).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

the company behind the interactive “pew-pew” cyber attack map shown in the image below? Flushed with venture capital funding in 2012, Norse’s founders started hiring dozens of talented cybersecurity professionals. Remember Norse Corp. , Last month, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web. The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. I started hacking a long time ago.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A wave of cyber attacks hit 2,000 websites in Georgia, including the sites of the president, courts, and local media. A mysterious wave of cyber attacks hit some 2,000 websites in Georgia, including the websites of the president, courts, and media. SecurityAffairs – Georgia, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2022

A newly detected hacking group named Aoquin Dragon from China has been found infiltrating servers from Southeast Asia and Australia. Countries like China, Russia, and the United States spy on foreign nations since 2012. The post Aoquin Dragon from China hacking Australian Government Servers appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

was hit by a new cyber attack that may have caused the leakage of information related to its business partners. The two media outlets attribute the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ). SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to a new report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) almost any new weapon systems in the arsenal of the Pentagon is vulnerable to hack. The new generation of weapon systems developed by the Pentagon is heavily computerized and for this reason more exposed to cyber attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

” “Mitsubishi Electric, a major general electronics maker , has been hit by a large-scale cyber attack , and it has been found that information about public and private business partners such as highly confidential defense-related and important social infrastructure such as electric power and railroad may leak out.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

After a cyber attack on national telecom operator Optus and Insurance company Medibank, the Australian government has hacked the hackers in order to bring them to knees. For this reason, it has begun the work to track the criminals and hack their servers to siphon the information they possess about millions of customers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

” The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2012 targeting organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The post Vietnam-linked Ocean Lotus hacked BMW and Hyundai networks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. All of these domains date back to between 2012 and 2013. At some point, mindjolt.com apparently also was hacked, because a copy of its database at Constella says the bo3dom@gmail.com used two passwords at that site: lebeda1 and a123456.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2022

According to an investigation conducted by broadcaster ZDF, Schoenbohm was in contact with Russia through an association that he co-founded in 2012, the Cyber Security Council of Germany. Germany has repeatedly accused Russia-linked threat actors of cyber attacks against its Parliament and infrastructure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2021

Or else they are on the verge of getting hacked by cyber crooks that could then install programs, view or delete data or even create new user accounts of a PC without the knowledge of the user or the system administration if/when on network. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The breach was detected almost eight months ago, on June 28, 2019, with the delay being attributed to the increased complexity of the investigation caused by the attackers deleting activity logs. Two Japanese media outlets attributed the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ).

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

In January, the two media outlets attributed the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ). Other Japanese defense contractors were hit by cyber attacks, including NEC Corp. SecurityAffairs – Mitsubishi, hacking). China, and Russia. Pasco Corp.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Dolphin backdoor). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

. “At the present time, no damage has been done, nor are there any indications that data has been stolen or modified,” This isn’t the first attack suffered by the company, in 2012, the company was targeted by another cyber attack that was classified as “heavy” and of “exceptional quality.”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Andrei Tyurin, the man that is accused to be the responsible for major cyber attacks against financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, was extradited to the United States from Georgia. Andrei Tyurin is accused of being the mastermind of the organization that targeted the US financial institution from 2012 to mid-2015.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Microsoft researchers reported that Iranian cyber espionage group MuddyWater is exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Microsoft published a post and a series of tweets to warn of cyber attacks exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability carried out by the Iran-linked APT group known as MuddyWater , aka Mercury.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

The Platinum cyber espionage group uses steganographic technique to hide communications with the Command and Control Servers (C&C). Experts from Kaspersky have linked the Platinum APT group with cyber attacks involving an elaborate, and new steganographic technique used to hide communications with C2 servers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

It is not the first time that such kind of leak has happened, in May 2012, Microsoft cut off Hangzhou DPtech Technologies Co. a MAPP partner company based in China, for leaking data related to CVE-2012-0002. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2018

A new variant of the Shamoon malware, aka DistTrack, was uploaded to VirusTotal from Italy this week, but experts haven’t linked it to a specific attack yet. Shamoon was first observed in 2012 when it infected and wiped more than 30,000 systems at Saudi Aramco and other oil companies in the Middle East.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The first Cyber Range training and testing hub opened at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012. It can host training, such as capture the flag exercises, demonstrate how known hacks play out, test defensive responses and be utilized for software security testing. They answered, yes. Shoring up weak links.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

Cobalt Strike was first released in 2012 to address perceived gaps in an existing Red Team tool, the Metasploit Framework. In December 2020, the Cobalt Strike Beacon was discovered to be one of the tools Russian-based threat actors used in the SolarWinds hack. By 2016, Proofpoint observed Cobalt being used by threat actors.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Paper ballots can be miscounted or lost and DRE machines are susceptible to hacking and software errors. These vulnerabilities include risk to tampering, fraud, and cyber attacks, which can emphasize the integrity of elections and affect public trust. Hacking the 2016 election: The real-world threats. Halderman, J.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Anonymous breached the internal network of Belarusian railways Feb 7- Feb 27 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict Ukraine: Volunteer IT Army is going to hit tens of Russian targets from this list Chipmaker giant Nvidia hit by a ransomware attack Fileless SockDetour backdoor targets U.S.-based Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35 Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult. million from U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Just like Charming Kitten ( which is not included into this report since it is a quite ongoing mistery even if a great report from Clear Sky is available ), Cleaver is a threat group that is responsible of one of the first most advanced and silent cyber attack attributed to Iran known until now ( OpCleaver , by Cylance).

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. Cybersecurity analysts have warned of such attacks for years, and its believed that these attacks will continue as deep fake technology becomes more sophisticated and easy to use. This client is the only disclosed victim of the cyber attack.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

Cobalt Strike was first released in 2012 to address perceived gaps in an existing Red Team tool, the Metasploit Framework. In December 2020, the Cobalt Strike Beacon was discovered to be one of the tools Russian-based threat actors used in the SolarWinds hack. By 2016, Proofpoint observed Cobalt being used by threat actors.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

(This won’t protect from an NAS attack, but it will protect you from other cyber attacks). WD: The vulnerability report CVE-2018-18472 affects My Book Live devices originally introduced to the market between 2010 and 2012. The original report is available here.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian national p etroleum and natural gas company, revealed that it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the Q4 2019. The energy industry is under attack, Saudi Aramco announced it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the final quarter of 2019.

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