Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide, a massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille and the metropolis. The 2020 municipal elections in Marseille aims at electing the councils of the eight sectors of the city, the municipal council and the metropolitan council of Aix-Marseille-Provence. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 05 to April 11, 2020. Below a list of attacks detected this week. April 09 – Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is hacking crooks behind COVID19-themed attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 19 to April 25, 2020. April 20 – US Government concerned by cyber attacks on Czech hospitals during COVID19 crisis. April 25 – Zscaler saw 30,000% increase in Coronavirus-themed attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

As per the details to Cybersecurity Insiders, the details were siphoned from a database on December 7th,2020 and was leaked on a hacking forum this week as the car dealership service provider might have not paid heed to the demands of the hackers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. A Save The Children spokesperson told Recorded Future News that the cyber attack had no impact on the operations of the organization.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 23, 2021

Security analysts from West estimate that the much renowned games event might be on the Russian Cyber Attack Radar, as disrupting such events has been a regular practice for the said nation, if history is considered. Hacking group named Fancy Bear was assumed to be a prime suspect in the attack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

Once an attacker gains access, they can exploit system vulnerabilities, gain access to sensitive data, install different types of malware, and launch cyber-attacks” reads the report published by the NASA’s Office of Inspector General. SecurityAffairs – hacking, National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

FBI has issued a warning that cybercriminals are hiding credentials on home IP addresses after hacking connected devices like IP cams and routers. And unless business firms come up with foolproof tactics inducted into their products and services, home users will remain exposed to such cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from October 1 to December 5, 2020. Below a list of attacks detected between October 1 to December 5, 2020. December 5 – COVID19 – Johnson & Johnson saw a 30% uptick in cyber-attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, COVID).

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) shuts down a large portion of its central IT infrastructure between May 6 and May 7, 2020. The Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), German, announced today that it was forced to shut down parts of its central IT infrastructure due to a cyber attack that took place overnight, between May 6 and May 7.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 29, 2022

She said that hospital infrastructure was on the verge of being cyber-attacked by Russian sleeper cells, whose aim is to disrupt the healthcare infrastructure and to create panic among patients and their near & dear.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group has been targeting Israeli organizations with destructive cyber attacks since January. Agonizing Serpens has been active since December 2020, it is known for its destructive wiper and fake-ransomware attacks against Israeli organizations. The tool sqlextractor (binary name sql.net4.exe)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A sophisticated cyber attack launched on an IT firm serving UK’s Labour Party has reportedly leaked sensitive details related to members and supporters. The post Cyber Attack on Labour Party UK leaks sensitive data appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Mr. Bash added that his company has sent a batch of intelligence alerts to all its users since 2019 and the present year has witnessed a 33% spike in the nation backed hacking attempts targeting over 3 million accounts out of which only 1% proved successful.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 03 to May 09, 2020. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of cyber attacks against UK universities and scientific institutes involved in COVID-19 research. . Coronavirus-themed attacks April 26 – May 02, 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

APT31 (aka Zirconium) is a China-linked APT group that was involved in multiple cyber espionage operations, it made the headlines recently after Check Point Research team discovered that the group used a tool dubbed Jian, which is a clone of NSA Equation Group ‘s “EpMe” hacking tool, years before it was leaked online by Shadow Brokers hackers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

Iranian officials did not reveal details of the cyber attack that took place last week. Local authorities, including the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) in the state of Hormozgan, confirmed that operations at the port were impacted by the cyber attack. SecurityAffairs – Iran, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. In early 2020, several cybercriminals groups followed suit.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

.” Experts from cyber-security firm Bad Packets speculate attackers might have exploited the CVE-2019-11510 vulnerability to compromise unpatched Pulse Secure VPN servers at the Fintech firm. . link] pic.twitter.com/JrdDojlTuF — Bad Packets Report (@bad_packets) March 20, 2020. Travelex deja vu? Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

SolarWinds hack seems to be a never-ending saga, as Microsoft President Brad Smith has made a new revelation yesterday stating over 1000 hackers could have been involved in the attack that questioned the security of the entire federal computer system by experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

British airline EasyJet announced it was the victim of a “highly sophisticated” cyber attack that exposed email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. However, this is an evolving threat as cyber attackers get ever more sophisticated,” says EasyJet Chief Executive Officer Johan Lundgren.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 suffered a security breach and hackers asked for a “donation” to provide information on the flaws they exploited in the attack. That is why we believe it is important to inform you of this incident,” e27, Asia's Largest Tech Media Platform, notified its users of a cyber attack and data breach!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In 2019, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia discloses a cyber attack that took place on January 14th. At the time of the first attack, the threat actors stole approximately USD 30 million worth of cryptocurrencies. in total, had been dormant since the Cryptopia hack in January 2019.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2021

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that a hackers group has published the stolen data on a hacking forum that includes information related to T-Mobile customers like social security number, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, and driving licenses. Note 3- In March 2020, T mobile data breach exposed customer info of over 2.30

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Microsoft, the American tech giant, has warned the government of Australia to halt its response to cyber attacks as it is complicating the company’s attempt to mitigate hacking incidents. The post Microsoft warns Australia for complicating Cyber Attack response appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2022

According to research carried out by SecureWorks, an Iranian Hacking group dubbed “Cobalt Mirage” was discovered to be distributing ransomware. In most cases, the hackers from Iran are seen breaching networks by exploiting Log4j vulnerabilities and ProxyShell, along with Fortinet Security flaws- discovered in the early months of 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Twitch, the American online streaming platform, was reportedly hacked by an anonymous hacker last month who now claims to leak over 100GB data online to disrupt the future business plans of the victimized company further. The post Twitch hacked, and 100GB data stolen appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Millions of devices are potential exposed to attacks targeting the vulnerabilities exploited by the tools stolen from the arsenal of FireEye. million devices are potentially exposed to cyber attacks targeting the vulnerabilities exploited by the tools stolen from the arsenal of FireEye. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SolarWinds).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2022

Indian Government websites are seeing a rise in cyber attacks after one of the former BJP leaders, Nupur Sharma, made some nasty comments on Prophet Muhammad. She was appointed as a National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

The threat of bad actors hacking into airplane systems mid-flight has become a major concern for airlines and operators worldwide. Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Officials said the group has been targeting dozens of US state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) government networks since at least February 2020. Energetic Bear successfully compromised the infrastructure and as of October 1, 2020, exfiltrated data from at least two victim servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Energetic Bear).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. “This cyber-attack targeted the parliament’s information system and affected its ability to operate for several days. The cyber attack on the “Parlakom” network was discovered in early May.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

billion in 2020. According to a data breach notification published by the company on its website, the cyber attack did not affect its network, but it only impacted an Accellion FTA server. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Shell). If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

Elexon, a middleman in the UK power grid network, recently reported it was hit by a cyber attack. Elexon , a middleman in the UK power grid network, was the victim of a cyber attack, the incident impacted only affected the internal IT network, including the company’s email server, and employee laptops.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

First is the news related to a hacking group named Mustang Panda and based in China. Highly placed sources report that the said group of cyber criminals funded by Chinese intelligence can compromise internal networks of companies operating in Indonesia.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In the digital age, cyber-attacks are a growing concern for individuals, businesses, and governments worldwide. These attacks are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and damaging, threatening data privacy, financial stability, and national security.

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