Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2024

The law, known as the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act (or PSTI act), will be effective on April 29, 2024. Manufacturers are obliged to designate a contact point for reporting security issues and must specify the minimum duration for which the device will receive crucial security updates.

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Iran telecommunications minister announced that the Islamic republic had recently thwarted a “highly organized cyber attack” targeting government infrastructure. “I cannot say for now which country has conducted the attack.” ” reported the FarsNews. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Hungarian financial institutions and telecommunications infrastructure were hit by a powerful DDoS attack originating from servers in Russia, China and Vietnam. A powerful DDoS attack hit some Hungarian banking and telecommunication services that briefly disrupted them.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2020

T-Mobile discovered that the attackers had access to the CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information). Customer proprietary network information (CPNI) is the data collected by telecommunications companies about a consumer’s telephone calls.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Each of these organizations performs cyber operations for various reasons. The Russian government, military, and intelligence service may wish to achieve some operational effect, for example, disrupting the power grid or interfering with telecommunications infrastructure, which may be part of a larger war plan. Cyber attack targets.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

New problems for the wireless carrier T-Mobile that disclosed a data breach that exposed some of the customers’ personal information. The wireless carrier T-Mobile was victims of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) US agency in charge of secure IT and communication for the White House has disclosed a data breach. The agency sent a data breach notification to its employees last week informing them of a security breach that took place last year between May and July.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2021

.” The messages also urged passengers to call for information and provided the phone number of the office of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The cyber attack led to “unprecedented chaos” at rail stations in the country. ” reported ABC News.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Statistics show a steady increase in cyber attacks targeting citizens and businesses, causing financial, security and privacy damage. First, it would ensure an immediate point of contact for those who find themselves victims of a cyber attack. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2021

.” In March 2020, the wireless carrier was a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor.A data breach notification published by the telecommunications giant on its website revealed that the security breach impacted both employees and customers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2020

Iranian officials did not reveal details of the cyber attack that took place on May 9, two days before Iranian officials disclosed the incident. 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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2022, the Russian APT used multiple wipers in attacks aimed at Ukraine,including AwfulShred , CaddyWiper , HermeticWiper , Industroyer2 , IsaacWiper , WhisperGate , Prestige , RansomBoggs , and ZeroWipe. In December, Kyivstar , the largest Ukraine service provider went down after a major cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

The number of cyber-attacks continues to increase as well as their level of sophistication. For this reason, the behavior of each actor in the cyber arena is becoming a national security concern for every government. Some of those activities being malicious.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

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

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Italy also joins the security bug research, with the Red Team Research laboratory of TIM, an important Italian telecommunications company. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. The complete list of CVEs discovered by TIM researchers (formerly Telecom Italia S.p.A.)

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

This isn’t the first attack suffered by the Oil giant, in 2012 Saudi Aramco suffered a major cyber attack, alleged nation-state actors used the Shamoon wiper to destroy over 30,000 computers of the company. ZeroX is also offering a 1 GB sample for US$2,000 that could be paid in Monero (XMR) virtual currency.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of the main hospitals in the Spanish city, suffered a cyber attack that crippled its computer system. On Sunday, a ransomware attack hit the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of the main hospitals of the Catalan city. ” states the Associated Press.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

18,000 SolarWinds customers may have been impacted by the attack against its supply chain, the company said in a SEC filing. SolarWinds revealed that 18,000 customers might have been impacted by the cyber attack against its supply chain. The hack allowed the threat actors to spy on the internal email traffic.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

In December 2020, SolarWinds revealed that 18,000 customers might have been impacted by the cyber attack against its supply chain. The alarming data emerged in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

Frontier Communications is notifying over 750,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a recent cyber attack. Last week, the RansomHub ransomware group claimed to have stolen the information of over 2 million customers from the American telecommunications company Frontier Communications.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Kan said, “I was notified that it was confirmed that there was no leak of sensitive information such as defense equipment and electric power.” ” The two media outlets attribute the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ). . ” reported Kyodo News.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

In March 2020, the wireless carrier was a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor.A data breach notification published by the telecommunications giant on its website revealed that the security breach impacted both employees and customers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 29, 2022, a massive cyber attack caused a major internet disruption across Ukraine on national provider Ukrtelecom. The specialists from the SSSCIP Ukraine promptly reacted to the situation, due to which the attack was repelled.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Video game company Ubisoft has suffered a ‘cyber security incident’ that had a severe impact on games, systems, and services. The rumors of a cyber attack against Ubisoft circulated online in the last few days, while data extortion group LAPSUS$ claimed to have hacked the company.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Belgian intelligence service VSSE accused Alibaba of ‘possible espionage’ at European hub in Liege A WhatsApp zero-day exploit can cost several million dollars CISA adds JetBrains TeamCity and Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog NATO is investigating a new cyber attack claimed by the SiegedSec group Global CRM Provider Exposed (..)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

China-linked threat actors are preparing cyber attacks against U.S. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that China-linked threat actors are preparing an attack against U.S. critical infrastructure warned FBI Director Christopher Wray. critical infrastructure, Reuters reported.

Energy and Utilities 131

Energy and Utilities Telecommunications Technology Government 131

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This means that in addition to the traditional telecommunications business, the company is increasingly attentive to sectors like the cloud, the Internet of Things and cybersecurity. The aim is to have an advantage over a potential cyber attack, publicly sharing the areas for improvement to the benefit of the system as a whole.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A team of cybersecurity experts from the FBI is heading to Montenegro to help local authorities in investigating the recent massive cyber attack that hit the government infrastructure last week. A persistent and ongoing cyber-attack is in process in Montenegro,” reported the website of the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

NCA infiltrates the cybercriminal underground with fake DDoS-for-hire sites Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 awarded $1,035,000 and a Tesla for 27 0-days CISA announced the Pre-Ransomware Notifications initiative China-linked hackers target telecommunication providers in the Middle East City of Toronto is one of the victims hacked by Clop gang using GoAnywhere (..)

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Data breaches DDOS Ransomware Backups 98

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Penetration tests are simulated cyber attacks executed by white hat hackers on systems and networks. The goal of these simulations is to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, errors, and other weaknesses that real attackers could exploit.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

For enterprise digital health, it is imperative to prevent illegitimate access attempts and to deter inside and outside attackers from causing serious damage. Cloud security success and choosing the right investments is all about having a clear understanding of threat types and their resulting damages.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This specialized form of testing has emerged as a crucial tool for evaluating the security of wireless networks and assessing their resilience against potential cyber-attacks (Davis & Brown, 2020). It has significantly impacted various industries, from telecommunications and healthcare to transportation and entertainment.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2025

The Danish Social Security Agency published a new threat assessment for the cyber threat to the telecommunications sector that highlights the risks for the telecom companies in Europe. This is because the extent of cyber espionage against the telecommunications sector in Europe has likely increased.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

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